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| d' {prep} [before a vowel or a mute h] | :: apocopic form of de: of |
| d' {prep} [colloquial, after a vowel] | :: apocopic form of de: of |
| d {letter} | :: letter |
| D10 {n} [dice games] | :: d10 |
| D12 {n} [dice games] | :: d12 |
| D20 {n} [dice games] | :: d20 |
| D4 {n} [dice games] | :: d4 |
| D6 {n} [dice games] | :: d6 |
| D8 {n} [dice games] | :: d8 |
| DAB {m} | :: acronym of distributeur automatique de billets |
| d'abord {adv} | :: first, at first, right away |
| d'abord {adv} | :: primarily |
| d'abord {adv} | :: for one thing |
| d'abord {adv} | :: Used to add annoyed emphasis, particularly to a refusal |
| d'abord {adv} [archaic or regional] | :: Immediately |
| d'abord {adv} [Québec] | :: in that case, then, if that is so |
| d'abord et avant tout {adv} [pleonasm] | :: first and foremost (primarily; most importantly) |
| d'abord que {prep} [archaic or regional] | :: as soon as |
| d'abord que {prep} [regional] | :: as long as, since |
| d'ac {interj} [colloquial] | :: agreed, alright, OK |
| dac {interj} | :: OK!, sure! |
| d'acc {interj} [colloquial] | :: agreed, alright, OK |
| d'accord {adv} [avec] | :: in agreement |
| d'accord {interj} | :: sure!, OK!, of course!, naturally! |
| d'acier {adj} [figuratively] | :: of steel, rock solid (extremely resistant) |
| dacryocyste {m} [anatomy] | :: dacryocyst |
| d'actualité {adj} | :: current, topical |
| -dactyle {suffix} | :: -dactyl |
| dactyle {m} | :: dactyl (poetical foot of three syllables) |
| dactyle {m} | :: cocksfoot |
| dactylique {adj} [prosody, poetry] | :: dactylic |
| dactylo {mf} | :: typist |
| dactylo {mf} [by extension] | :: secretary |
| dactylo {f} | :: typing; dactylography |
| dactylogramme {m} | :: dactylogram, fingerprint |
| dactylographe {mf} [dated] | :: Secretary |
| dactylographie {f} | :: typing |
| dactylographier {v} | :: to type |
| dactylologie {f} | :: dactylology |
| dactylologie {f} | :: sign language |
| dactyloscopie {f} | :: dactyloscopy |
| dada {m} [childish] | :: horse |
| dada {m} | :: hobby horse |
| dadais {m} | :: clumsy child, awkward youth ; an oaf |
| dadaïsme {m} | :: dadaism (cultural movement) |
| dadaïste {mf} | :: Dadaist |
| dadaïste {adj} | :: Dadaist |
| dadyle {f} [organic chemistry] | :: dadyl |
| Daech {prop} {m} | :: Daesh (ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State) |
| dæmon {m} | :: obsolete form of démon |
| dæmoniaque {adj} | :: obsolete form of démoniaque |
| dæmoniaque {mf} | :: obsolete form of démoniaque |
| d'affilée {adv} | :: in a row; consecutively; on end |
| Daghestan {m} | :: Dagestan |
| dague {f} [historical] | :: dagger (of the Middle Ages) |
| dague {f} [zoology] | :: tusk (of wild boar), spike (of deer) |
| daguer {vt} | :: "to stab; (hunt.) to rut" |
| daguerréotype {m} [photography] | :: daguerreotype (type of photograph) |
| daguerréotype {m} | :: (photography) daguerreotypy (method of producing these photographs) |
| daguerréotyper {v} [photography] | :: to daguerreotype |
| daguerréotypie {f} [photography] | :: daguerreotypy |
| daguet {m} | :: brocket (young stag) |
| dahir {m} | :: A decree issued by the king of Morocco |
| dahline {f} [organic chemistry] | :: dahlin |
| dahoméen {adj} | :: Dahomeyan |
| Dahoméen {m} | :: Dahomeyan |
| Dahoméenne {f} | :: feminine noun of Dahoméen |
| Daigneault {prop} | :: surname |
| daigner {v} | :: to deign, condescend |
| Daillencourt {prop} | :: surname |
| d'ailleurs {adv} | :: See: fr de ailleurs |
| d'ailleurs {adv} | :: besides, furthermore, moreover, what’s more |
| daim {m} | :: fallow deer |
| daim {m} [in general] | :: deer |
| daim {m} | :: buck |
| daim {m} | :: buckskin, doeskin; suede |
| daimyo {m} [historical] | :: daimyo |
| daine {f} | :: fallow doe (female deer) |
| daiquiri {m} | :: daiquiri |
| daïra {f} [Algeria] | :: A subdivision of a wilaya in Algeria |
| dais {m} | :: dais |
| Dakar {prop} {m} | :: Dakar (capital city) |
| dakarois {adj} | :: of or relating to Dakar |
| Dakarois {m} | :: person from Dakar |
| Dakaroise {f} | :: feminine noun of Dakarois |
| dalaï-lama {m} [Buddhism] | :: Dalai Lama |
| dalécarlien {m} | :: The Elfdalian language |
| Dalencourt {prop} | :: surname |
| Dalila {prop} {f} [Biblical character] | :: Delilah (mistress of Samson) |
| Dalila {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| dalinien {adj} | :: Daliesque |
| dallage {m} | :: paving (on the pavement, etc...) |
| Dallago {prop} | :: Dallago; surname |
| dalle {f} | :: slab, flagstone |
| daller {v} | :: to pave with slabs |
| dalleux {adj} [slang, chiefly of men, pejorative] | :: on the prowl, eager for sex, sexually frustrated |
| dalleux {m} [slang, pejorative] | :: horndog, sexually frustrated man |
| dalmate {adj} | :: Dalmatian (of or pertaining to Dalmatia) |
| dalmate {m} | :: Dalmatian (extinct language) |
| Dalmatie {prop} {f} | :: Dalmatia |
| dalmatien {adj} | :: Dalmatian |
| dalmatien {m} | :: dalmatian (dog) |
| dalmatienne {f} | :: feminine noun of dalmatien |
| dalmatique {f} | :: dalmatic |
| DALO {m} | :: acronym of droit au logement opposable: redeemable right to housing |
| dalot {m} [nautical] | :: scupper |
| dalot {m} [bowling] | :: gutter |
| daltonien {adj} | :: color blind |
| daltonisme {m} | :: daltonism (red-green color blindness) |
| daltoniste {mf} | :: daltonist |
| dam {m} [obsolete except in phrases] | :: damage |
| dam {m} [religion] | :: damnation |
| daman {m} | :: hyrax (any species of the order Hyracoidea) |
| Damas {prop} | :: Damas (capital city) |
| damascène {adj} | :: Damascene |
| damascène {mf} | :: damascene (pigeon) |
| Damascène {mf} | :: Damascene |
| Damascène {prop} {f} | :: Damascene (region) |
| damasquin {adj} | :: damascene |
| damasquinage {m} | :: damascening |
| damasquiner {v} | :: To damascene |
| damasquineur {m} | :: "damascener" |
| damassé {m} | :: The fabric damassé, which is woven figured like damask |
| damasser {v} | :: "to damask, to work damask-like" |
| damasseur {m} | :: "damask-weaver, damask-worker" |
| damassure {f} | :: "damasking, damask-work" |
| dame {f} | :: A lady |
| dame {f} | :: A polite form of address for a woman |
| dame {f} [chess] | :: queen |
| dame {f} [card games] | :: queen |
| dame blanche {f} [Belgium] | :: a type of dessert resembling the sundae |
| dame d'honneur {f} | :: maid of honor/matron of honor, lady-in-waiting |
| damedieu {m} | :: God Almighty |
| dame-jeanne {f} | :: demijohn (bottle) |
| Dame Nature {f} [figuratively] | :: Mother Nature |
| dame patronnesse {f} | :: patroness |
| damer {vt} [chess] | :: to queen (transform a pawn into a queen, by advancing it to the opponent's side of the board) |
| damer {vt} [checkers] | :: to crown, to king |
| damer {vt} | :: to pat down, to pat, pack down |
| damer {vt} | :: to groom (snow) |
| dameuse {f} | :: snow groomer |
| Damien {prop} | :: given name |
| damier {m} | :: draughtboard (UK), checkerboard (US) |
| damma {m} | :: damma |
| damnablement {adv} | :: damnably |
| damnation {f} | :: damnation |
| damner {v} | :: to damn (to condemn as unfit etc.) |
| Damoclès {prop} {m} [Greek mythology] | :: Damocles |
| damoiseau {m} [archaic] | :: young man |
| damoiseau {m} [historical] | :: A young gentleman who was not yet a knight and aspired to be one; young nobleman accompanying his lord or lady to hunt, walk, travel, etc |
| damoiseau {m} [ironic, dated] | :: A handsome, charming young male who is courteous and/or amorous to women |
| damoiselle {f} [archaic] | :: (noble) lady |
| damoiselle {f} [historical] | :: damsel |
| d'Amour {prop} | :: d'Amour; surname |
| Dampierre-le-Château {prop} | :: Dampierre-le-Château (commune) |
| dan {m} | :: dan |
| dance {f} | :: dance music |
| Dancourt {prop} | :: surname |
| dandin {m} | :: buffoon, idiot |
| dandinement {m} | :: waddling |
| dandiner {v} [colloquial] | :: to waddle (about), to toddle, to dander |
| dandysme {m} | :: dandyism |
| danegeld {m} | :: Danegeld |
| Danemark {prop} {m} | :: Denmark |
| Dang {prop} | :: surname |
| danger {m} | :: danger |
| danger {m} | :: jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure) |
| dangereusement {adv} | :: dangerously |
| dangereux {adj} | :: dangerous |
| dangerosité {f} | :: dangerousness |
| danger public {m} [colloquial] | :: danger to the public, danger to everybody, public menace; reckless driver |
| Danglars {prop} [rare] | :: given name |
| Daniel {prop} {m} | :: Daniel (biblical book and prophet) |
| Daniel {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Danièle {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Daniel |
| Danielle {prop} {f} | :: given name, feminine form of Daniel |
| Danien {prop} {m} | :: Danian period |
| dano- {prefix} | :: Dano- |
| danois {m} | :: Danish, the Danish language |
| danois {adj} | :: Danish |
| Danois {m} | :: Dane, someone from Denmark |
| danoise {f} [Quebec] | :: danish [pastry] |
| Danoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Danois |
| dano-norvégien {adj} | :: Dano-Norwegian |
| dano-norvégien {m} | :: Dano-Norwegian |
| dans {prep} | :: in (inside) |
| dans {prep} | :: in, into (from outside, to inside) |
| dans {prep} | :: in, within (a longer period of time) |
| dans {prep} | :: out of, from |
| dans {prep} [with respect to time] | :: during |
| dansant {adj} | :: dancing |
| dans ce cas {adv} | :: in that case, if that's the case |
| danse {f} | :: dance |
| danse du ventre {f} | :: belly dance |
| danse macabre {f} [arts] | :: danse macabre |
| danser {vit} | :: to dance |
| danseur {m} | :: (male) ballet dancer |
| danseuse {f} | :: female equivalent of danseur |
| dans l'absolu {adv} [colloquial] | :: in absolute terms, per se, in and of itself, as such |
| dans la foulée {phrase} | :: while you're at it, at the same time |
| dans la foulée {phrase} | :: within the bounds [de=of] |
| dans la foulée {phrase} | :: in the wake [de=of] |
| dans la foulée {phrase} | :: not outside the bounds of |
| dans l'air {adj} [figuratively] | :: in the air, in the wind, in the offing |
| dans l'air du temps {adj} | :: in the spirit of the times, in the spirit of the age, in keeping with the times; in fashion |
| dans la joie et la bonne humeur {adv} | :: joyfully, cheerfully, merrily |
| dans la lune {adj} | :: absent-minded, distracted |
| dans l'âme {prep} | :: at bottom, at heart, deep down |
| dans la même veine {adv} [figuratively] | :: in the same vein |
| dans la merde {prep} [rather vulgar] | :: in trouble, up shit creek, in deep shit |
| dans la mesure du possible {adv} | :: as much as possible, insofar as possible, if at all possible, if possible |
| dans la mesure où {conj} | :: inasmuch as, insofar as, given that |
| dans la poche {adj} [colloquial] | :: in the bag (virtually assured of success) |
| dans le besoin {adj} | :: in need, indigent, poor, penniless |
| dans le coup {adj} [colloquial] | :: in the loop; fashionable |
| dans le courant de {prep} | :: in the course of |
| dans le feu de l'action {adv} | :: in the heat of the moment |
| dans le même temps {adv} | :: at the same time, at once, in the same breath, simultaneously |
| dans le même temps {adv} | :: on the other hand, at the same time, then again |
| dans le mille {adv} [colloquial] | :: in the bullseye, right on target |
| dans l'ensemble {adv} | :: for the most part, on the whole, by and large, in the main |
| dans le passé {adv} | :: in the past |
| dans le pétrin {prep} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: in the soup, in a fix, in a pickle, in trouble |
| dans le plus simple appareil {adj} | :: in one's birthday suit, naked as a jaybird, in all one's glory |
| dans le rouge {adj} [figuratively] | :: in the red, overdrawn |
| dans le sac {adj} [colloquial] | :: in the bag (virtually assured of success) |
| dans les bras de Morphée {prep} [figuratively] | :: asleep; in the arms of Morpheus |
| dans les choux {prep} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: in the soup, in a fix, in a pickle, in trouble |
| dans les clous {adv} | :: on a pedestrian crossing |
| dans les clous {adv} [figuratively] | :: abiding by the rules |
| dans les faits {adv} | :: in practice |
| dans les grandes largeurs {adv} [colloquial] | :: completely, thoroughly |
| dans les grandes lignes {adv} | :: broadly, broadly speaking, for the most part |
| dans les plus brefs délais {adv} | :: as soon as possible |
| dans les règles {adv} | :: by the book, according to the rules |
| dans les temps {prep} | :: in time, on time, on schedule (within the prescribed time limit) |
| dans le temps {adv} | :: in the old days, back in the day, in the past |
| dans l'immédiat {adv} [colloquial] | :: right now, at the moment, for the moment, for the time being |
| dans sa barbe {adv} | :: under one's breath |
| dans son assiette {adj} [idiomatic] | :: at home, at ease |
| dans son bon droit {prep} | :: within one's rights |
| dans son plus simple appareil {adj} | :: alternative form of dans le plus simple appareil |
| dans tes rêves {phrase} [colloquial] | :: in your dreams, you wish! |
| dans tous ses états {adj} [colloquial] | :: in a flap, in a state, beside oneself, very agitated |
| dans toute sa splendeur {adv} | :: in all one's glory, in all one's splendour |
| dans un cas comme dans l'autre {adv} | :: either way |
| dans une certaine mesure {adv} | :: up to a point, to some extent, to an extent |
| dans un premier temps {adv} | :: first, initially, at first |
| dans un second temps {adv} | :: secondly, afterwards, then |
| dans un sens {adv} [colloquial] | :: in a way, in a sense |
| dantesque {adj} | :: Dantesque (of, pertaining to, or in the style of Dante; characterized by a formal, elevated tone and somber focus) |
| Danton {prop} {mf} | :: surname |
| dantoniste {mf} | :: Dantonist |
| Danube {prop} {m} [geography] | :: Danube (river) |
| danubien {adj} | :: Danube (attributive), Danubian |
| Dany {prop} | :: given name |
| daphné {m} | :: daphne |
| Daphné {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| daphnéine {f} [organic chemistry] | :: daphnin |
| d'aplomb {adj} [of a wall] | :: plumb, perfectly vertical, straight, level |
| d'aplomb {adj} [of a person] | :: balanced, steady |
| d'aplomb {adj} [of a person, figuratively] | :: right as rain, up and about |
| d'apparat {adj} | :: ceremonial; formal; stately |
| d'application {adj} | :: that applies in a given case |
| d'après {prep} | :: according to (in the opinion of) |
| d'après {prep} | :: after, following (a model); correspondingly, in accordance with |
| Daquin {prop} | :: a patronymic surname |
| darbouka {f} | :: darbuka |
| dard {m} [military, obsolete] | :: javelin, spear |
| dard {m} | :: sting (of an animal) |
| dard {m} | :: prickle, spine (of a plant) |
| dard {m} | :: dart (small metal object used in the game of darts) |
| dard {m} [slang] | :: cock, dick |
| Dardanelles {prop} {fp} | :: Dardanelles |
| darder {v} | :: to shoot (an arrow, look etc.) |
| darder {v} | :: to point (up or out) |
| dare-dare {adv} [colloquial] | :: double-quick |
| daredare {adv} | :: alternative form of dare-dare |
| Darfour {prop} {m} | :: Darfur |
| darija {mf} | :: Darija |
| darique {f} | :: daric |
| darmstadtium {m} | :: darmstadtium |
| daron {m} [slang] | :: old man (father) |
| daronne {f} [colloquial, slang] | :: mum, mom |
| d'arrache-pied {adv} | :: flat-out |
| Darracq {prop} | :: surname |
| dartois {m} | :: A kind of sweet pie or pastry |
| dartre {f} | :: tetter (or similar skin condition) |
| dartreux {adj} | :: herpetic |
| darwinien {adj} | :: Darwinian |
| darwinisme {m} | :: Darwinism |
| darwiniste {adj} | :: Darwinist |
| das {m} [slang] | :: AIDS |
| dashi {m} | :: dashi |
| dasyproctidé {m} | :: dasyproctid |
| dasyure {m} | :: dasyure |
| database {f} [dated] | :: database |
| datagramme {m} | :: Datagram |
| datation {f} | :: dating (action of determining the date of something) |
| datavisualisation {f} | :: data visualization (statistical graphics) |
| dataviz {f} | :: datavisualisation |
| datcha {f} | :: dacha |
| date {f} | :: date (point in time) |
| date {mf} [slang, anglicism] | :: date (romantic meeting) |
| date {mf} [slang, anglicism, masculine] | :: date (person you go on a romantic meeting with) |
| daté {adj} | :: dated, outdated, out of fashion |
| date butoir {f} | :: deadline; cutoff date |
| date de naissance {f} | :: birthdate |
| date de péremption {f} | :: expiry date; use-by date |
| dater {v} | :: to date, to add a date onto something |
| dater {v} | :: to date [de from] |
| dateur {adj} | :: date-indicating |
| datif {m} [grammar] | :: dative, dative case |
| datif éthique {m} [grammar] | :: ethical dative |
| datiscine {f} [organic chemistry] | :: datiscin |
| datolite {f} [mineral] | :: datolite |
| datte {f} | :: date (fruit) |
| dattier {m} | :: date palm |
| daube {f} | :: stew, casserole; daube |
| daube {f} [slang] | :: crap; crappiness (something of low quality) |
| dauber {v} [dated] | :: to hit; to strike |
| dauber {v} [by extension] | :: to insult; to denigrate; to defame |
| daubière {f} | :: A traditional terracotta pot resembling a pitcher, with a concave lid, used to cook daube while keeping it moist |
| d'aucuns {pron} [literary] | :: certain people, some |
| dauphin {m} | :: dolphin |
| dauphin {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: dolphin; the animal used as a charge |
| dauphin {m} | :: successor, dauphin |
| dauphin {m} | :: runner-up |
| Dauphin {prop} {m} [geography] | :: Dauphin, a placename |
| Dauphin {prop} {m} | :: Dauphin (commune) |
| Dauphin {prop} {m} | :: Dauphin (city) |
| Dauphin {prop} {m} [aristocracy] | :: Dauphin, the crown prince of France, from his title, dauphin |
| dauphin à gros nez {m} | :: synonym of grand dauphin |
| dauphin de Chine {m} | :: synonym of baiji |
| dauphin du Yangzi {m} | :: synonym of baiji |
| dauphine {f} | :: feminine noun of dauphin |
| dauphinois {adj} | :: Dauphinois, of or pertaining to Dauphiné |
| dauphinois {m} | :: Dauphinois (the dialect) |
| daurade {f} | :: alternative form of dorade |
| d'autant moins que {conj} | :: all the less ... that, even less so because |
| d'autant plus {adv} | :: even more; all the more |
| d'autant plus que {conj} | :: all the more reason that, even more so because, especially given that |
| d'autant que {conj} | :: because of the fact that, since, as |
| d'autre part {adv} | :: besides, additionally, furthermore, what's more |
| davantage {adv} | :: more |
| d'avec {contraction} | :: from |
| d'aventure {adv} [literary] | :: by chance |
| David {prop} {m} [biblical character] | :: David |
| David {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| David {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| davier {m} [dentistry] | :: forceps |
| Davis {prop} | :: surname |
| d'avoir {contraction} | :: de + avoir |
| Davy {prop} {m} | :: surname derived from David |
| Davy {prop} {m} | :: given name of modern usage |
| DCA {n} | :: initialism of défense contre les aéronefs |
| DDO {prop} | :: initialism of Dollard-des-Ormeaux - a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada |
| DDT {m} | :: abbreviation of dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane |
| de {prep} | :: of (expresses belonging) |
| de {prep} | :: of (used to express property or association) |
| de {prep} | :: from (used to indicate origin) |
| de {prep} | :: of (indicates an amount) |
| de {prep} | :: used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word |
| de {prep} | :: from (used to indicate the start of a time or range) |
| de {prep} | :: used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive |
| de {prep} | :: by (indicates the amount of change) |
| de {art} [indefinite] | :: some; any (in questions or negatives) |
| de {art} [negative] | :: (pas de) a, an, any |
| de {n} | :: abbreviation of dame |
| dé- {prefix} | :: used to make antonyms (similar to English prefixes un-, dis-) |
| dé {m} | :: die (dice) |
| dé {m} | :: diced slice (of meat) |
| dé {m} | :: thimble |
| dé {m} | :: letter: d |
| DEA {m} | :: initialism of diplôme d'études approfondies (a tertiary education degree higher than a master's, but lower than a doctorate) |
| DEA {f} | :: abbreviation of diethanolamine |
| de A à Z {adv} [idiomatic] | :: from A to Z (comprehensively) |
| dé à coudre {m} | :: thimble (a protective cap for the finger) |
| dead {v} [slang, anglicism] | :: to succeed (in doing something well, "killing it") |
| deader {v} [slang, anglicism] | :: to succeed (in doing something well, "killing it") |
| dealer {v} [slang] | :: to deal (drugs) |
| dealer {m} [slang] | :: drug dealer |
| dealeur {m} | :: drug dealer |
| dealeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of dealeur |
| déambulateur {m} | :: Zimmer frame, walking frame, walker |
| déambulation {f} | :: stroll, strolling |
| déambuler {v} | :: to stroll, to walk around, to amble |
| déamination {f} [chemistry] | :: deamination |
| débâcher {v} | :: To remove the tarpaulin or other covering from the load on a lorry |
| débâcle {f} | :: debacle |
| débâcler {vi} [of ice] | :: to break up |
| débâcler {vi} [of a river] | :: to lose the ice on the surface |
| débagouler {vt} | :: to vomit, to sick up |
| débagouler {vt} [figuratively] | :: to hurl (abuse etc.) |
| débâillonner {vt} | :: to ungag |
| débâillonner {vt} | :: to uncensor |
| déballage {m} | :: unpacking |
| déballement {m} | :: unpacking |
| déballer {vt} | :: to unpack, unwrap |
| déballonner {vr} | :: to chicken out |
| débandade {f} | :: stampede, rush |
| débandade {f} | :: disarray |
| débandement {m} [military] | :: disbandment |
| débander {v} | :: to unfasten a bandage, |
| débander {v} | :: to remove a blindfold |
| débander {v} | :: to loosen, relax (a bow) |
| débander {vi} [vulgar] | :: to lose an erection; to go soft |
| débanquer {v} | :: To break the bank (at a casino) |
| débaptiser {vt} | :: to remove a person from the parish register (expel them from the church) |
| débaptiser {vt} | :: to rename |
| Debaralle {prop} | :: surname |
| débarbouiller {vt} | :: to wash (somebody's face) |
| débarbouiller {vp} | :: to wash one's face |
| débarbouillette {f} [Quebec] | :: facecloth |
| débarcadère {f} | :: landing stage, jetty |
| débardage {m} | :: The transportation of logs after being chopped down |
| débarder {v} | :: to transport logs |
| débardeur {m} | :: docker, longshoreman |
| débardeur {m} | :: haulier (of logs etc) |
| débardeur {m} | :: A type of carnival character |
| débardeur {m} | :: sleeveless T-shirt, tank top |
| débardeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of débardeur |
| débarquement {m} | :: landing |
| débarquement {m} | :: debarkation |
| débarquement {m} | :: disembarking |
| débarquement {m} | :: disembarkation, disembarkment |
| débarquer {vt} | :: to unload (merchandise), land (troops, passengers) |
| débarquer {vt} [colloquial] | :: to fire, sack |
| débarquer {vi} | :: to disembark |
| débarquer {vi} [colloquial] | :: to turn up, arrive (suddenly) |
| débarquer {vi} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to realize, to become aware of something |
| débarquer {v} [Louisiana French] | :: to get out of a vehicle |
| débarras {m} | :: storeroom |
| débarras {m} | :: clearing, riddance |
| débarrassé {adj} | :: cleared, removed |
| débarrasser {vt} | :: to clear (a table, a desk etc.) |
| débarrasser {v} [de] | :: to rid, relieve (someone of something) |
| débarrasser {vr} [de, .pronominal] | :: to get rid, rid oneself of |
| débarrasser {v} [de, .pronominal] | :: to remove, take off (piece of clothing) |
| débarrasser le plancher {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to sling one's hook, to buzz off, to beat it |
| débarrer {vt} | :: to unbar (remove a bar from) |
| de base {adv} [colloquial] | :: originally, initially |
| de base {adj} | :: basic |
| de bas étage {adj} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: inferior, mediocre, third-rate, low-level, gutter (attributive) |
| débat {m} | :: debate |
| débâter {v} | :: To unsaddle |
| débattable {adj} | :: debatable |
| débattre {v} | :: to negotiate |
| débattre {v} | :: ( + de / sur) to discuss, debate |
| débattre {vr} | :: to struggle |
| débauchage {m} | :: poaching |
| débauchage {m} | :: laying off (of staff) |
| débauche {f} | :: debauchery |
| débaucher {v} | :: to make redundant, to lay off |
| débaucheur {m} | :: debaucher, seducer |
| débaucheuse {f} | :: feminine singular of débaucheur |
| débecqueter {v} | :: alternative spelling of débequeter |
| débecter {v} [slang] | :: to hurl, to spew (to vomit) |
| débequeter {v} [slang] | :: To spew, to puke, to cat (to vomit) |
| débet {m} | :: debit |
| Debierne {prop} | :: surname |
| débile {adj} [obsolete] | :: weak |
| débile {adj} | :: dumb, stupid |
| débilement {adv} | :: stupidly |
| débilement {adv} | :: despicably; lamentably |
| débilitant {adj} | :: debilitating |
| débilitation {f} | :: debilitation, weakening |
| débilité {f} [psychiatry, medicine] | :: debility, retardation |
| débilité {f} | :: silliness, stupidity |
| débiliter {v} | :: to debilitate |
| débillardement {m} [carpentry] | :: cutting diagonally |
| débillarder {v} [carpentry] | :: to cut diagonally |
| débiner {vt} | :: to denigrate, run down |
| débismuthage {m} | :: debismuthization |
| débit {m} [of water] | :: flow, rate of flow |
| débit {m} [of production] | :: output |
| débit {m} [accounting] | :: debit |
| débit {m} [hydrology] | :: discharge |
| débit {m} [telecommunications] | :: bandwidth, throughput |
| débitage {m} | :: chopping up (wood etc) |
| débitant {m} | :: producer etc |
| débit de tabac {m} | :: tobacconist's (shop that sells tobacco products) |
| débiter {vt} | :: to sell continuously |
| débiter {vt} | :: to turn out, produce (continuously) |
| débiter {vt} [of a speech, sermon, etc.] | :: to recite, deliver |
| débiter {vt} | :: to reel off, rattle off |
| débiter {vt} | :: to sing quickly and in a lively manner |
| débiter {vt} [of news, lies, etc.] | :: to spread |
| débiter {vt} [of a material] | :: to cut, cut out (into a desired shape) |
| débiter {vt} [of wood] | :: to chop (up), cut up (especially for firewood) |
| débiter {vt} | :: to debit |
| débiteur {m} [finance] | :: debtor |
| débitrice {f} | :: feminine noun of débiteur |
| débitumer {v} | :: To debituminize |
| débituminiser {v} | :: To debituminize |
| déblai {m} | :: clearing and levelling (of land) |
| déblai {m} | :: excavation |
| déblaiement {m} | :: clearing, clearing away |
| déblatérer {v} [colloquial] | :: to rant about |
| déblatérer {v} [colloquial] | :: to drivel, blather |
| déblayer {v} | :: to clear, to clear away |
| déblocage {m} | :: unblocking (action of unblocking something) |
| débloquer {vt} | :: to unblock |
| débloquer {vt} | :: to unlock (release, make available) |
| débloquer {vi} [colloquial] | :: to be out of one's mind |
| débobiner {v} | :: to unwind (to wind off), to unspool |
| débogage {m} | :: debugging; action of debugging |
| déboguer {v} | :: to debug |
| débogueur {m} | :: debugger |
| déboire {m} [figuratively and literally] | :: unpleasant aftertaste, bad taste |
| déboisement {m} | :: deforestation |
| déboiser {v} | :: to deforest |
| déboîtement {m} | :: dislocation |
| déboiter {v} | :: alternative spelling of déboîter |
| déboîter {vt} | :: to take apart, disconnect (an assembled object) |
| déboîter {vtr} | :: to dislocate |
| déboîter {vi} | :: to move out of line |
| de bon aloi {adj} [of a currency] | :: of good quality, of genuine worth, wholesome |
| de bon aloi {adj} [figuratively] | :: proper, appropriate, in order, suitable |
| de bon cœur {adv} | :: with good grace, willingly, cheerfully, gladly |
| débonder {vt} | :: to unbung, uncork |
| débonder {vt} [figuratively] | :: to pour out (one's heart) |
| débonder {vi} [of liquid] | :: to pour out, flood out |
| débonder {vr} | :: to become unbunged |
| débonder {vr} | :: to lose liquid quickly |
| de bon gré {adv} | :: with good grace, willingly, cheerfully, gladly |
| de bon matin {adv} | :: early in the morning, bright and early |
| débonnaire {adj} | :: kind; gentle, good |
| débonnaire {adj} [pejorative] | :: weak-willed; soft |
| débonnairement {adv} | :: good-naturedly |
| débonnaireté {f} | :: good nature |
| de bonne famille {adj} | :: well-born |
| de bonne foi {adv} | :: in good faith, in earnest |
| de bonne foi {adj} | :: sincere, genuine |
| de bonne grâce {adv} | :: with good grace, willingly, cheerfully |
| de bonne guerre {adj} | :: fair and square, only fair, deserved, understandable (in an eye for an eye, tit-for-tat sense of justice) |
| de bonne heure {adv} | :: in advance; ahead of time |
| de bonne heure {adv} | :: early in the morning |
| de bon ton {adj} | :: polite, tasteful, civil |
| Débora {prop} {f} [biblical character] | :: Deborah (a judge of Israel) |
| Débora {prop} {f} | :: given name; now more often spelled Déborah |
| Déborah {prop} {f} | :: given name. The modern English style spelling of biblical Débora |
| débordant {adj} | :: overflowing, unbounded |
| débordant {adj} | :: exuberant |
| débordant {adj} [military] | :: outflanking |
| débordé {adj} | :: overworked, snowed under |
| débordement {m} | :: flooding |
| débordement {m} | :: overflowing, overflow |
| débordement {m} | :: overshooting (of weapon) |
| débordement {m} [tennis] | :: passing (act of hitting the ball past a player who is at net) |
| déborder {v} | :: to overflow (go over the brim) |
| déborder {v} [military] | :: to overshoot (shoot too far); to outflank |
| débotter {vt} | :: to remove the boots of |
| débouchage {m} | :: uncorking |
| débouché {m} [economics] | :: market; outlet |
| débouché {m} | :: job opportunity |
| débouché {m} | :: mouth (of valley) |
| débouchement {m} | :: debouchement |
| débouchement {m} | :: uncorking |
| débouchement {m} | :: unblocking |
| déboucher {vt} | :: to unblock; to clear |
| déboucher {vt} | :: to uncork (a bottle) |
| déboucher {vi} [figuratively] | :: to culminate, to finish |
| déboucheur {m} | :: drain cleaner |
| déboucler {vt} | :: to unbuckle (a belt) |
| déboucler {vt} | :: to undo curls |
| débouillir {v} | :: To blanch (textiles) |
| débouler {v} | :: to tumble down, fall down |
| débouler {v} | :: to turn up, show up, drop in |
| déboulonner {vt} | :: to unbolt |
| déboulonner {vt} | :: to remove from office; to oust |
| débouquement {m} [navigation] | :: narrow channel |
| débouquement {m} [navigation] | :: disemboguement |
| débouquer {vi} [navigation] | :: to disembogue |
| débourbage {m} | :: clarification, settling (of wine) |
| débourrage {m} | :: unblocking, unclogging |
| débours {m} | :: outlay, outgoings |
| déboursement {m} | :: disbursement |
| débourser {v} | :: to pay out; disburse, shell out |
| déboussolé {adj} | :: disoriented |
| déboussoler {vt} | :: to disorientate |
| debout {adv} | :: standing, stood up |
| debout {adv} | :: awake |
| debout {interj} | :: get up! |
| de bout en bout {adv} | :: from start to finish, from one end to the other |
| débouter {v} [legal] | :: to dismiss |
| déboutonner {v} | :: to unbutton |
| débraillé {adj} | :: slovenly |
| débrailler {vr} | :: to loosen one's clothing |
| débranchement {m} | :: unplugging |
| débranchement {m} | :: (of an alarm) turning off, switching off |
| débrancher {v} | :: to unplug |
| débrancher {v} | :: [of an alarm] To turn off, switch off |
| débraser {vt} | :: to unsolder |
| débrayable {adj} | :: (of part of a mechanism) Able to be disengaged |
| débrayage {m} | :: declutching |
| débrayage {m} | :: strike (work stoppage as a form of protest) |
| débrayer {vi} | :: to declutch; to disengage |
| débrayer {vi} | :: to strike (of workers) |
| débreaker {v} [tennis] | :: To break back (thus nullifying an opponent's break of service) |
| Debrecen {prop} | :: Debrecen |
| débridé {adj} | :: unbridled |
| débridement {m} | :: unbridling, unharnessing |
| débridement {m} | :: lancing |
| débrider {v} | :: to unbridle, to unharness |
| débrider {v} | :: to jailbreak (a mobile phone) |
| débrider {v} | :: to soup up a motor |
| débriefer {v} | :: to debrief |
| débris {m} | :: debris |
| débrocher {v} | :: to unspit |
| débrouillard {adj} | :: resourceful, self-reliant, able to cope, crafty, wily |
| débrouillard {m} | :: resourceful person, hustler |
| débrouillardise {f} | :: resourcefulness, the ability to cope |
| débrouiller {v} | :: to disentangle [threads] |
| débrouiller {vp} | :: to get by; to manage; to bootstrap |
| débroussailler {v} | :: to clear (land of brushwood) |
| débroussailler {v} | :: to do the groundwork (on a problem etc.) |
| débroussailleuse {f} | :: brushcutter, strimmer, string trimmer |
| débrûler {v} [obsolete, chemistry] | :: to reduce |
| débrutir {vt} | :: "to clear off the rough; to polish (gems)" |
| débrutissement {m} | :: rough-polishing (of gems) |
| debte {f} | :: obsolete form of dette |
| débucher {vi} [hunting] | :: to start |
| débucher {vt} [hunting] | :: to dislodge, to start |
| débucher {m} | :: start |
| débullage {m} | :: The removal of bubbles from a liquid |
| débusquer {v} [hunting] | :: to drive out, smoke out, flush out |
| débusquer {v} | :: to track down, sniff out (someone or something hiding or hidden) |
| Debussy {prop} | :: surname |
| debussyen {adj} | :: Debussyan |
| début {m} | :: start, beginning |
| débutant {m} | :: debutant, newbie, beginner |
| débutant {adj} | :: who is a beginner |
| débutante {f} | :: A debutante |
| début du fou {m} [chess] | :: bishop's opening |
| de but en blanc {adv} | :: very bluntly, point-blank, directly, all of a sudden, suddenly |
| débuter {v} | :: to start |
| débuter {v} | :: to debut, to make one's debut |
| début ouvert {m} [chess] | :: open game |
| déc. {n} | :: abbreviation of décembre Dec |
| deçà {adv} [obsolete as used alone] | :: over here, on this side |
| déca- {prefix} | :: deca- |
| déca {m} [colloquial] | :: decaf |
| décacheter {vt} | :: to unseal; to open [that which was sealed] |
| décadaire {adj} | :: decadal (related to the decades of the Republican calendar) |
| décade {f} | :: period of ten days (such as the week in the French Republican Calendar) |
| décade {f} | :: decade |
| décadence {f} | :: decadence |
| décadent {adj} | :: decadent |
| décadent {adj} | :: declining |
| décadentisme {m} | :: decadence |
| décadi {m} [historical] | :: The tenth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar |
| décadrer {v} | :: to unframe |
| décaèdre {m} | :: decahedron |
| décaféination {f} | :: decaffeination |
| décaféiné {adj} | :: decaffeinated |
| décaféiné {m} | :: decaffeinated coffee, decaf |
| décaféiner {vt} | :: to decaffeinate |
| décagonal {adj} | :: decagonal |
| décagone {m} | :: decagon |
| décagramme {m} | :: decagram / decagramme |
| décaillage {m} | :: decurdling (in cheesemaking) |
| décaisser {v} | :: to pay out |
| décakatal {m} | :: decakatal |
| décalage {m} | :: gap, discrepancy |
| décalage {m} [astronomy, technology] | :: shift, offset |
| décalage {m} | :: time shifting (practice of recording a broadcast for later watching or listening) |
| décalage {m} | :: jet lag |
| décalage horaire {m} | :: timezone difference |
| décalage horaire {m} | :: jet lag |
| décalage vers le rouge {m} [physics, astronomy] | :: redshift |
| décalaminer {vt} | :: to decoke; to decarbonize |
| décalcification {f} | :: decalcification |
| décalcifier {v} | :: to decalcify, to remove the calcium from |
| décalcomanie {f} | :: decalcomania (the process of transferring designs onto surfaces using decals) |
| décalé {adj} | :: surprising |
| décaler {v} | :: to unload (a ship) |
| décaler {v} | :: to bring forward, put back (a meeting etc.) |
| décaler {v} | :: to stagger (a shift) |
| décaler {v} [soccer] | :: to set up |
| décalogue {m} | :: alternative form of Décalogue |
| Décalogue {prop} {m} | :: Decalogue, Ten Commandments |
| décalotter {v} | :: to pull back the foreskin |
| décalque {m} | :: decal |
| décalque {m} | :: decalcomania |
| décalquer {vt} | :: to trace, transfer (a design) |
| décaméride {f} | :: decameride |
| décamètre {m} | :: decametre/decameter |
| décamétrique {adj} | :: decametric |
| décamper {vi} | :: to decamp |
| décamper {vi} | :: to clear off, buzz off, hop it |
| décan {m} [astrology] | :: decan, ten days |
| décanat {m} | :: deanship (in university) |
| décane {m} [organic compound] | :: decane |
| décanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: decanoic |
| décantation {f} | :: decantation |
| décanter {vt} | :: to decant |
| décanteur {m} | :: decanter |
| décaoxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: decaoxide |
| décapage {m} | :: scouring, stripping (material from a surface) |
| décapant {m} | :: paint stripper |
| décapant {adj} | :: stripping |
| décapant {adj} | :: caustic |
| de cape et d'épée {adj} | :: cloak-and-dagger |
| décaper {vt} | :: to scour; to strip [paint, etc., from a surface] |
| décapitalisation {f} | :: decapitalization |
| décapitaliser {v} | :: to take capital status away from a city; to make a city not a capital anymore |
| décapitation {f} | :: decapitation or beheading, the act of decapitating or beheading |
| décapiter {vt} | :: to decapitate, to behead |
| décapiter {vt} | :: to cut the top off (e.g. a tree) |
| décapiteur {m} | :: beheader or decapitator, someone who beheads or decapitates |
| décapode {adj} | :: decapod |
| décapode {m} | :: decapod |
| Décapole {prop} {f} | :: Decapolis |
| décapotable {adj} | :: convertible |
| décapotable {f} | :: convertible (automobile) |
| décapoter {vt} | :: to put down the soft top / hood of a convertible (car) |
| décapsidation {f} [virology] | :: decapsidation |
| décapsuler {v} | :: to take or remove the lid or top off something, uncap; open the cap of a bottle |
| décapsuleur {m} | :: bottle opener |
| décapuchonner {v} | :: To remove a hood |
| décapuchonner {v} | :: To uncap, unstopper a bottle |
| décarbonaté {adj} | :: decarbonated |
| décarbonater {v} | :: To decarbonate |
| décarboner {v} | :: to lower carbon levels (in prdocution) |
| décarbonyler {v} [organic chemistry] | :: To decarbonylate |
| décarboxylase {f} [enzyme] | :: decarboxylase |
| décarboxylation {f} [organic chemistry] | :: decarboxylation |
| décarboxylé {adj} | :: decarboxylated |
| décarboxyler {v} [chemistry] | :: To decarboxylate |
| décarburation {f} | :: decarburation, decarbonization |
| décarburer {vt} | :: to decarburize, decarbonize |
| décarcasser {v} | :: to open up the carcass of an animal or to remove the cover of an object |
| décarcasser {vp} [colloquial] | :: to go through much trouble, to bend over backwards |
| décastère {m} | :: decastere |
| décathlon {m} | :: decathlon |
| décathlonien {m} | :: decathlete |
| décati {adj} | :: decrepit |
| décavé {adj} | :: ruined |
| décawatt {m} | :: decawatt |
| décéder {v} [formal] | :: to pass away, decease |
| de ce fait {adv} | :: consequently, as a result, thereby, because of this |
| décelable {adj} | :: detectable |
| décelé {adj} | :: discovered, detected |
| décelé {adj} | :: revealed, indicated |
| déceler {v} | :: to discover, detect |
| déceler {v} | :: to reveal, indicate |
| décélérateur {adj} | :: decelerating |
| décélérateur {m} | :: decelerator |
| décélération {f} | :: deceleration |
| décélérer {v} | :: to decelerate, to slow down |
| décembre {m} | :: December |
| décemment {adv} | :: decently |
| décemment {adv} | :: reasonably |
| décemvir {m} | :: decemvir |
| décemvirat {m} | :: decemvirate |
| décence {f} | :: decency, seemliness |
| décène {m} [organic compound] | :: decene |
| décennal {adj} | :: ten-yearly, decennial |
| décennie {f} | :: decade, ten-year period |
| décent {adj} | :: decent (sufficiently clothed) |
| décent {adj} | :: decent (fair, good enough) |
| décentralisateur {adj} | :: decentralizing |
| décentralisation {f} | :: decentralisation |
| décentraliser {v} | :: to decentralise, to decentralize |
| décentrement {m} | :: decentering |
| décentrer {vt} | :: to move off-centre |
| de ce pas {adv} | :: straightaway, at once, forthwith |
| déceptif {adj} | :: deceptive |
| déception {f} | :: disappointment |
| déceptivement {adv} | :: deceptively |
| décérébrer {v} | :: to decerebrate |
| décerner {v} | :: to award |
| décervelage {m} | :: Action of removing the brain. |
| décerveler {v} | :: to remove the brain |
| décerveler {v} [figuratively] | :: To brainwash |
| décès {m} | :: death (act or fact of dying) |
| décevant {adj} | :: disappointing |
| décevoir {v} | :: to disappoint |
| décevoir {v} [archaic] | :: to deceive; to trick |
| déchainement {m} | :: outburst |
| déchaînement {m} | :: alternative form of déchainement |
| déchainer {v} | :: alternative spelling of déchaîner |
| déchaîner {v} | :: to unleash |
| déchaîner {v} | :: to arouse, rouse |
| déchaîner {v} | :: to cause, bring out |
| déchaîner {vr} | :: to go wild, to let rip, rage |
| déchanter {v} | :: to become disillusioned |
| déchaperonner {vt} | :: to unhood |
| décharge {f} | :: discharge |
| décharge {f} | :: release |
| décharge {f} | :: unloading (action of unloading something) |
| décharge {f} | :: landfill |
| déchargé {adj} | :: unloaded |
| déchargé {adj} | :: discharged |
| déchargeable {adj} | :: downloadable |
| déchargement {m} | :: unloading |
| décharger {v} | :: to unload; offload |
| décharger {v} | :: to discharge |
| décharger {v} | :: to let off (remove the guilt from someone) |
| décharger {v} | :: to remove a charge from |
| décharger {vr} | :: to offload (ejaculate) |
| décharné {adj} | :: emaciated |
| décharné {adj} | :: scrawny, gaunt |
| décharner {v} | :: to remove the flesh from bones or skin; to deflesh |
| décharner {v} | :: to emaciate |
| de Charybde en Scylla {prep} | :: between Scylla and Charybdis; between a rock and a hard place; out of the frying pan, into the fire |
| déchausser {v} | :: to remove someone's shoes |
| déchausser {vr} [se déchausser] | :: to take one's shoes off |
| déchaux {adj} [archaic] | :: discalced, discalceate |
| dèche {f} [colloquial] | :: the state of being broke |
| déchéance {f} | :: decay |
| déchéance {f} | :: downfall |
| déchet {m} | :: rubbish, trash |
| déchet {m} [of a person, slang] | :: a mess, a basket case (especially after having drunk alcohol) |
| déchèterie {f} | :: tip (recycling centre) |
| déchet radioactif {m} | :: radioactive waste |
| déchetterie {f} | :: alternative form of déchèterie |
| de cheval {adj} [colloquial] | :: strong |
| décheveler {vt} | :: to dishevel |
| décheveler {vr} | :: to dishevel one another's hair |
| décheviller {vt} | :: to unpeg, to unpin |
| déchiffrable {adj} | :: decipherable |
| déchiffrage {m} | :: Action of deciphering |
| déchiffrement {m} | :: Action of deciphering |
| déchiffrer {v} | :: to decipher (all meanings) |
| déchiquetage {m} | :: shredding |
| déchiqueter {v} | :: to rip up (into small pieces) |
| déchiqueter {v} | :: to cut up (into small pieces) |
| déchiqueteur {m} | :: shredder |
| déchiqueteuse {f} | :: shredder |
| déchiqueture {v} | :: slashing, cutting, pinking |
| déchirant {adj} | :: heartbreaking, heartrending, heart-splitting, heartwrenching |
| déchirant {adj} | :: agonizing |
| déchirement {m} | :: act of tearing something to pieces |
| déchirer {v} | :: to rip up |
| déchirer {v} [figurative] | :: to tear up emotionally |
| déchirer {vi} [colloquial, slang] | :: to kick arse, kick ass, kick butt, rock, or rule |
| déchireur {m} | :: shredder |
| déchirure {f} | :: tear, rip |
| déchlorer {v} | :: To dechlorinate |
| de choc {adj} [colloquial] | :: shock (relational) |
| déchoir {v} [literary] | :: to wane (diminish) |
| déchoir {v} [literary] | :: to strip |
| de choix {adj} | :: of choice, choice, select, excellent, prominent |
| déchoquage {m} [medicine] | :: Emergency antishock treatment |
| déchouer {vt} | :: "to get off, to set afloat (a ship that is aground)" |
| déchristianisateur {m} | :: dechristianizer |
| déchristianisation {f} | :: dechristianization |
| déchristianisatrice {f} | :: feminine singular of déchristianisateur |
| déchristianiser {v} | :: To dechristianize |
| déchu {adj} | :: deposed, dethroned |
| déci- {prefix} | :: deci- |
| déci {m} [Switzerland] | :: décilitre |
| décibel {m} | :: decibel |
| décidabilité {f} | :: decidability |
| décidable {adj} | :: decidable |
| décidément {adv} | :: obviously, really |
| décidément {adv} | :: decidedly |
| décider {vi} | :: to decide |
| décider {vt} | :: to persuade, convince (someone à faire to do) |
| décider {vr} | :: to make a decision, to make up one's mind |
| décideur {m} [legal] | :: policymaker |
| décideuse {f} | :: feminine noun of décideur |
| décidu {adj} | :: deciduous |
| décidual {adj} | :: decidual |
| décigrade {m} | :: decigrade |
| décigramme {m} | :: decigram |
| décikatal {m} | :: decikatal |
| décile {m} [statistics] | :: decile |
| décilitre {m} | :: decilitre |
| déciller {v} | :: alternative spelling of dessiller |
| décillion {m} | :: decillion |
| décimal {adj} | :: decimal |
| décimalisation {f} | :: decimalisation |
| décimaliser {v} | :: to decimalise; to decimalize |
| decimalite {adj} | :: having the characteristics of decimals |
| décimateur {m} | :: decimator (receiver of tithes) |
| décime {f} [historical] | :: A coin valued at one-tenth of a franc minted prior to 1815 |
| décime {f} [colloquial] | :: A 10-centime coin, minted up to 1999 and bearing the same value |
| décimer {v} | :: to decimate (reduce by one tenth) |
| décimer {v} | :: to decimate (massacre, almost wipe out) |
| décimètre {m} | :: decimetre (one-tenth of a metre) |
| décimétrique {adj} | :: decimetric |
| décimilliheure {f} [obsolete] | :: one hundredth of an hour |
| de circonstance {adj} | :: appropriate, suitable, suited to the occasion |
| décirer {vt} | :: to take the wax off |
| déciseconde {f} | :: decisecond (one tenth of a second) |
| décisif {adj} | :: decisive |
| décision {f} | :: decision |
| décisionnel {adj} | :: decisional |
| décisivement {adv} | :: decisively |
| décistère {m} | :: decistere |
| déclamation {f} | :: declamation |
| déclamation {f} | :: ranting |
| déclamatoire {adj} | :: declamatory |
| déclamatoire {adj} | :: ranting |
| déclamatoirement {adv} | :: declamatorily |
| déclamatoirement {adv} | :: bombastically |
| déclamer {v} | :: to declaim, speak out (against) |
| déclarable {adj} | :: declarable (for excise duty) |
| déclaratif {adj} | :: declarative |
| déclaration {f} | :: declaration (written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief) |
| déclaration sur l'honneur {f} [law] | :: sworn statement, signed statement, affidavit |
| déclaratoire {adj} | :: declaratory |
| déclarer {v} | :: to declare |
| déclarer forfait {v} [sports] | :: to forfeit, to withdraw |
| déclarer forfait {v} | :: to give up |
| déclarer sa flamme {v} [à] | :: [figuratively] to declare one's love to someone |
| déclassé {adj} [literally] | :: stricken from the classification, no longer listed |
| déclassé {adj} | :: outcast, expelled |
| déclassé {m} | :: An outcast, reject, pariah |
| déclassée {f} | :: feminine noun of déclassé |
| déclassement {m} | :: reclassification |
| déclassement {m} | :: decommissioning |
| déclasser {v} | :: to relegate (demote) |
| déclasser {v} | :: to delist (take off a list) |
| déclasser {v} | :: to downgrade |
| déclassification {f} | :: declassification |
| déclassifié {adj} | :: declassified |
| déclassifier {v} | :: To declassify |
| déclenchement {m} | :: onset |
| déclenchement {m} | :: outbreak |
| déclenchement {m} | :: triggering (action of causing something) |
| déclencher {v} | :: to trigger, to spark, to set off |
| déclencher {v} | :: to set off (a device) |
| déclencher {v} | :: to take off the latch |
| déclencher {vr} [se déclencher] | :: to be under way, to start happening |
| déclencheur {m} | :: trigger, spark |
| déclencheur {m} | :: release mechanism |
| déclencheur {m} [photography] | :: shutter release |
| déclencheur {m} [databases] | :: trigger |
| décléricalisation {f} | :: declericalisation |
| décléricaliser {v} | :: To declericalize |
| déclic {m} | :: click |
| déclimater {vt} | :: "to accustom to a foreign climate" |
| déclin {m} | :: decline |
| déclinable {adj} | :: declinable |
| déclinaison {f} | :: declination |
| déclinant {adj} | :: declining |
| déclinateur {m} | :: declinator |
| déclinatoire {adj} | :: declinatory |
| déclinatoire {m} [legal] | :: declinatory plea, exception |
| décliné {adj} | :: declined |
| décliner {vi} | :: to weaken, to sicken, to go downhill |
| décliner {vt} | :: to enumerate |
| décliner {vt} [grammar] | :: to decline |
| décliner {vt} | :: to develop a range from a product |
| décliner {vp} [sales] | :: to be available (in a variety of forms, models, etc.) |
| décliniste {mf} | :: declinist |
| déclive {adj} | :: declivous, sloping |
| déclive {adj} [surgical] | :: dependent |
| déclive {f} | :: slope |
| décliver {v} | :: To tilt |
| décliver {v} | :: To decline, decrease |
| déclivité {f} | :: slope, incline, declivity |
| décloisonner {vt} | :: to decompartmentalize |
| décloîtrer {vt} | :: "to withdraw from a convent" |
| déclore {v} [archaic] | :: to open, reopen (open something which was closed) |
| déclouer {vt} | :: to unnail |
| déco {f} [colloquial, clipping] | :: decoration |
| déco {f} [colloquial] | :: disconnection |
| décocher {v} | :: to untick (UK); to uncheck (US) |
| décocher {v} [computing] | :: to deselect |
| décocher {v} | :: to shoot (with a bow) |
| décocher {v} | :: to smack; lash (hit suddenly) |
| décocher {v} | :: to lash out (at) |
| décoction {f} | :: decoction |
| décodage {m} | :: decoding |
| décoder {v} | :: to decode |
| décodeur {m} | :: decoder |
| décoffrage {m} | :: stripping |
| décohérence {f} [physics] | :: decoherence |
| décohérer {v} | :: To decohere |
| décohésion {f} | :: decohesion |
| décoiffant {adj} | :: mind-blowing |
| décoiffé {adj} | :: messed-up |
| décoiffé {adj} | :: dishevelled |
| décoiffer {vt} | :: to mess up someone's hair |
| décoiffer {vt} | :: to knock someone's hat off |
| décoiffer {vt} | :: to take one's breath away (be mindblowing) |
| décoincer {vt} | :: to unjam, loosen |
| décoincer {vt} | :: to loosen up |
| décolérer {v} | :: to calm down |
| décollage {m} | :: takeoff, lift-off (e.g. of an aircraft from a surface into the air) |
| décollation {f} | :: beheading |
| décollement {m} | :: detachment, unsticking |
| décoller {vi} | :: To take off (i.e. a plane) |
| décoller {vt} | :: unstick |
| décoller {vi} | :: To come undone, come unstuck |
| décolletage {m} | :: neckline, décolletage |
| décolletage {m} [aeronautics] | :: undercutting |
| décolletage {m} [agriculture] | :: topping |
| décolleté {adj} | :: low-cut (dress etc.) |
| décolleté {adj} | :: decapitated |
| décolleté {m} | :: cleavage |
| décolleté {m} | :: low neckline |
| décolleter {v} [of a dress, etc.] | :: to reveal the neck or neckline |
| décolléter {v} | :: to uncover the neck or shoulders; show some skin |
| décolléter {vt} | :: To cut (clothing) low; to give a low cut |
| décolonisation {f} | :: decolonization |
| décoloniser {vt} | :: to decolonize |
| décolorant {adj} | :: bleaching |
| décoloration {f} | :: discolouration |
| décoloration {f} | :: fading |
| décoloré {adj} | :: bleaching, decolorant |
| décolorer {vt} | :: to discolour, fade |
| décolorer {vt} | :: to bleach |
| décolorisation {f} | :: the removal of the colour from something; decolorisation or bleaching |
| décombrer {vt} | :: "to clear away rubbish, to clear rubbish from" |
| décombres {mp} | :: rubble, ruins (of a building) |
| décommander {vt} | :: to cancel [an order, event, etc.] |
| décommander {vt} | :: to put off [until another time] |
| décommander {vt} | :: to withdraw [an invitation] |
| décommunisation {f} | :: decommunization |
| décommuniser {v} | :: To decommunize |
| décompilateur {m} [computer science] | :: decompiler |
| décompiler {v} [computer science] | :: to decompile |
| décompléter {vt} | :: to render incomplete |
| décomplexé {adj} | :: uninhibited |
| décomplexé {adj} | :: self-assured |
| décomposable {adj} | :: decomposable |
| décomposé {adj} | :: decomposed |
| décomposer {vt} | :: to decompose, to break down [into components] |
| décomposer {v} [mathematics] | :: to factorize |
| décomposer {vr} [se décomposer, organic matter] | :: to decompose, decay |
| décomposer {vr} [se décomposer] | :: to break down [for analysis] |
| décomposeur {m} | :: decomposer |
| décomposition {f} | :: decomposition |
| décompresser {v} | :: to decompress, uncompress |
| décompresser {v} | :: to relax, unwind |
| décompresseur {m} | :: decompressor |
| décompression {f} | :: decompression |
| décomprimer {vt} | :: to decompress |
| décompte {m} | :: deduction, that which is to be subtracted |
| décompte {m} | :: counting, the act or manner of making a count |
| décompter {v} | :: to deduct (take one thing from another) |
| décompter {v} | :: to pick out |
| décompter {v} | :: to scrap |
| de comptoir {adj} [pejorative] | :: cracker-barrel |
| déconcentration {f} | :: deconcentration |
| déconcentration {f} | :: decentralization, devolution |
| déconcentration {f} | :: (momentary) loss of concentration |
| déconcentré {adj} | :: suffering a loss of concentration |
| déconcentrer {vt} | :: to distract |
| déconcentrer {vt} | :: to devolve |
| déconceptualiser {v} | :: to deconceptualize |
| de concert {adv} [figuratively] | :: hand in hand, together, in concert |
| déconcertant {adj} | :: disconcerting |
| déconcerter {vt} | :: to disconcert |
| déconcerter {vt} | :: to baffle, confound, bewilder |
| déconditionner {vt} | :: to decondition |
| déconfessionnalisation {f} | :: deconfessionalization |
| déconfessionnaliser {v} | :: To deconfessionalize |
| de confiance {adj} | :: trustworthy, reliable |
| déconfinement {m} [physics] | :: deconfinement |
| déconfinement {m} | :: easing of lockdown, lifting of lockdown, ceasing of quarantine and return to normal life |
| déconfire {v} [archaic] | :: to destroy, annihilate |
| déconfire {v} | :: to discombobulate |
| déconfit {adj} | :: crestfallen |
| déconfiture {f} | :: collapse |
| déconfiture {f} | :: defeat |
| décongélation {f} | :: thawing, defrosting |
| décongelé {adj} | :: defrosted |
| décongeler {vt} [of food] | :: to thaw, unfreeze, defrost |
| décongestionnant {m} | :: decongestant |
| décongestionner {vt} | :: to decongest (relieve congestion in) |
| déconnecter {v} | :: to disconnect |
| déconner {v} [archaic, vulgar, rare] | :: to pull out, "decunt" (remove one's penis from a vagina) |
| déconner {v} [slang] | :: to talk rubbish, talk bollocks, kid, joke |
| déconner {v} [slang] | :: to mess up, act up, malfunction |
| déconnexion {f} | :: disconnection |
| déconnexion {f} | :: logout, sign-out (signout) |
| déconseillé {adj} | :: Not recommended |
| déconseiller {v} | :: to advise against, to not recommend |
| de conserve {adv} [figuratively] | :: hand in hand, hand in glove, together, in concert |
| déconsidérer {vt} | :: to discredit |
| déconsolidation {f} | :: deconsolidation |
| déconstruction {f} | :: deconstruction |
| déconstruire {v} | :: to deconstruct, take apart |
| décontamination {f} | :: decontamination |
| décontaminer {vt} | :: to decontaminate |
| décontamineur {m} | :: decontaminant |
| décontenancer {v} | :: to disconcert, make uncomfortable, discountenance |
| décontracté {adj} | :: relaxed |
| décontracté {adj} | :: casual, informal, relaxed |
| décontracter {vt} | :: to relax |
| décontraction {f} | :: laid-back attitude |
| décontraction {f} | :: relaxation (of muscles) |
| déconvenue {f} | :: discomfiture, disappointment (caused by failure) |
| déconvoluer {v} [maths] | :: To deconvolute |
| déconvolution {f} [maths] | :: deconvolution |
| décor {m} | :: decor, decoration |
| décor {m} [theatre] | :: set, location |
| décor {m} | :: scenery, backdrop |
| décorateur {m} | :: decorator |
| décoratif {adj} | :: decorative |
| décoration {f} | :: decoration |
| décoration {f} [military] | :: decoration (honor, medal) |
| décorativement {adv} | :: decoratively |
| décoratrice {f} | :: feminine singular of décorateur |
| décorder {v} | :: to unrope (remove from a rope) |
| décorer {v} | :: to decorate |
| décorner {v} [husbandry] | :: to remove the horns of; to dehorn |
| décortiqué {adj} | :: shelled |
| décortiqué {adj} | :: decorticated |
| décortiquer {v} | :: to decorticate, to peel, to shell (remove a shell, an outer layer from) |
| décortiquer {v} [figuratively] | :: to dissect, to analyse, to study |
| décorum {m} | :: decorum |
| décosaquisation {f} | :: decossackization |
| décote {f} | :: discount |
| décote {f} | :: tax relief |
| découcher {vi} | :: to sleep away from home |
| découcher {vi} | :: to stay out all night |
| découdre {vt} | :: to unsew, unstitch (remove the stitches from something that is sewn) |
| découdre {vi} | :: to do battle |
| découler {v} [inanimate] | :: to follow from; to ensue |
| de couleur {adj} | :: of color, colored (of skin color other than white) |
| découpage {m} | :: cutting (action of to cut) |
| découpage {m} | :: decoupage |
| découper {v} | :: to cut up, to chop up |
| découper {v} | :: to cut out (to remove by cutting) |
| découper {v} | :: to zone, to divide up (into areas) |
| découper {v} [figuratively] | :: to cast shadow (against a background), to silhouette |
| découplage {m} | :: decoupling |
| découplement {m} | :: uncoupling |
| découplement {m} | :: decoupling |
| découpler {vt} | :: to uncouple, decouple |
| découpler {vt} | :: to set apart |
| découpure {f} | :: indentation |
| découpure {f} | :: herald (moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix) |
| décourageant {adj} | :: discouraging |
| décourageant {adj} | :: depressing |
| découragement {m} | :: discouragement |
| décourager {vt} | :: to discourage |
| décourager {vp} | :: to lose heart, lose faith |
| Decourcelle {prop} | :: surname |
| décours {m} | :: "decrease; wane (of the moon)" |
| décousabilité {f} | :: ability to be unsewed |
| décousu {adj} | :: unstitched |
| décousu {adj} [figuratively] | :: incoherent, disjointed |
| de coutume {adv} [literary] | :: ordinarily, usually |
| de coutume {adj} | :: customary, usual |
| découvert {adj} | :: discovered |
| découvert {adj} | :: uncovered, unprotected, exposed |
| découvert {m} | :: overdraft |
| découverte {f} | :: discovery |
| découvreur {m} | :: discoverer |
| découvrir {v} | :: to discover |
| découvrir {v} | :: to show, to reveal |
| découvrir {v} | :: to leave uncovered, to expose |
| découvrir {v} | :: to leave unprotected, to expose |
| décrassage {m} | :: cleaning up |
| décrassage {m} [sports] | :: warmdown (after exercise) |
| décrasser {vt} | :: to clean up, to scrub |
| décrasser {vr} | :: to clean up (oneself) |
| décrédibiliser {v} | :: discredit |
| décréditement {m} | :: discrediting |
| décréditer {vt} | :: to discredit, to disgrace, to bring into discredit |
| décréditer {vr} | :: to sink into discredit, to lose one's credit or reputation |
| décrépir {v} | :: to remove roughcast (from) |
| décrépit {adj} | :: decrepit (weakened or worn out) |
| décrépitation {f} | :: decrepitation |
| décrépiter {v} | :: To decrepitate |
| décrépitude {f} | :: decrepitude, decay |
| décret {m} [historic] | :: decree (royal, ecclesiastical) |
| décret {m} [law] | :: statutory instrument |
| décrétale {f} [ecclesiastical] | :: decretal |
| décréter {v} | :: to order, decree |
| décréter {v} | :: to declare (a state of emergency) |
| décrier {v} | :: to decry; to criticize, disparage, censure |
| décrire {v} | :: to describe |
| décrispation {f} | :: easing of tension |
| décrisper {vt} | :: to unclench |
| décrochable {adj} | :: unhookable; detachable |
| décrochage {m} [aeronautics] | :: stall, loss of lift |
| décrochage {m} [Quebec] | :: the action of dropping out of school prematurely |
| décrochement {m} | :: setback |
| décrochement {m} | :: recess |
| décrocher {v} | :: to unhook, remove from a hook |
| décrocher {v} | :: to pick up, pick up the phone, start a telephone conversation |
| décrocher {v} [aeronautics] | :: To stall |
| décrocher {v} | :: to pick up, get one's hands on |
| décrocher {v} | :: to withdraw (from drugs, alcohol, etc.) |
| décrocher {v} | :: to drop out of school |
| décrocher {v} | :: to abandon an interest or activity; to separate oneself from a person, group, idea, identity, etc |
| décroisé {adj} | :: uncrossed |
| décroisé {adj} [football] | :: to the near post |
| décroisé {adj} [tennis] | :: down the line |
| décroiser {vt} | :: to uncross |
| décroiser {vt} | :: to unfold |
| décroissance {f} | :: decrease, decline |
| décroissant {adj} | :: descending |
| décroissant {m} | :: waning (of the moon) |
| décroissement {m} | :: waning (a gradual diminution) |
| décroitre {v} | :: alternative form of décroître |
| décroître {v} | :: to decrease |
| décrotter {vt} | :: to clean the mud off |
| décrucifier {vt} | :: to decrucify |
| décruer {vt} | :: "(dy.) to scour" |
| décrûment {m} | :: (dy.) scouring |
| décrusement {m} | :: (dy.) ungumming |
| décruser {vt} | :: "(dy.) to ungum" |
| décryptage {m} | :: Attempt at decryption while not knowing the key, secret, or password |
| décrypté {adj} | :: decrypted |
| décryptement {m} | :: synonym of décryptage |
| décrypter {v} | :: to decrypt |
| déçu {adj} | :: disappointed |
| décuirassé {adj} | :: unarmoured |
| décuire {vt} | :: to lower the cooking temperature of sugar syrup or jam by stirring in cold water gradually, until it is the correct consistency |
| de cujus {m} | :: deceased |
| de cujus {m} [legal] | :: testator |
| déculotter {v} | :: to remove someone's knickers or underwear |
| déculotter {vr} [slang] | :: to fess up |
| déculpabiliser {vt} | :: to exonerate |
| décuple {adj} | :: tenfold |
| décupler {v} [ergative] | :: to render or become ten times bigger |
| décuplet {m} [physics] | :: decuplet |
| décurie {f} [historical, Ancient Rome, military] | :: decury |
| décurion {m} [Ancient Rome, military] | :: decurion (all senses) |
| décussation {f} | :: decussation |
| décussé {adj} | :: decussate |
| décuvage {m} | :: devatting (removal of wine from the fermentation vats) |
| décuver {vt} | :: to remove (grapes, wine, etc.) from a vat |
| décuver {v} | :: to sober up; to sleep it off (to recover from the effects of self-induced acute alcohol intoxication) |
| dédaignable {adj} [in the negative] | :: not to be sneezed at |
| dédaigner {v} | :: to scorn, to despise, to disdain |
| dédaigneusement {adv} | :: scornfully, disdainfully, contemptuously |
| dédaigneux {adj} | :: scornful, disdainful, contemptuous |
| dédain {m} | :: contempt, scorn, disdain |
| dédale {m} | :: maze |
| dedans {adv} | :: towards the inside; inwardly; internally |
| dedans {mf} | :: interior, inside (of an object) |
| dedans {prep} | :: inside, in, within |
| de derrière les fagots {adj} [colloquial] | :: very special, that one has been keeping preciously, that one has been keeping up one's sleeve (with the implication that it is excellent, exquisite) |
| de deux {adv} [colloquial] | :: next, secondly, second |
| de deux choses l'une {phrase} | :: it's one of those two things; there are two possibilities, there are two possible scenarios; you have two options; you choose(: either ... or) |
| dédicace {f} | :: dedication (in a book) |
| dédicacé {adj} | :: signed (by) |
| dédicacer {vt} | :: to sign, autograph |
| dédicataire {mf} | :: dedicatee |
| dédicatoire {adj} | :: dedicatory |
| dédier {v} | :: to dedicate |
| dédire {v} [reflexive] | :: to go back on, retract |
| dédit {m} | :: forfeit |
| dédommagement {m} | :: compensation |
| dédommager {vt} | :: to compensate |
| dédommager {vt} | :: to make up for |
| dédopé {adj} | :: dedoped |
| dédorer {v} | :: to tarnish |
| dédouanement {m} | :: customs clearance |
| dédouaner {vt} | :: to clear through customs |
| dédoublement {m} | :: doubling, duplication |
| dédoubler {v} | :: to reunite; to put back together |
| dédoubler {v} | :: to separate; to share out |
| dédoubler {v} | :: to duplicate |
| dédoublonner {v} [computing, colloquial] | :: To remove duplicates from a list |
| dédramatiser {vt} | :: to play down |
| dédramatiser {vt} | :: to make less dramatic or daunting |
| déductibilité {f} | :: deductibility |
| déductible {adj} | :: deductible |
| déductif {adj} | :: deductive |
| déduction {f} | :: deduction |
| déduction {f} [logic, epistemology] | :: deduction |
| déduire {v} | :: to deduce; to work out |
| déduire {v} | :: to deduct |
| déduit {adj} | :: deducted |
| déesse {f} | :: goddess |
| DEET {m} | :: DEET (an insect repellant) |
| défâcher {vt} | :: to pacify |
| défâcher {vr} | :: to be pacified or pleased again, to cool |
| de facto {adj} | :: de facto |
| de facto {adv} | :: de facto |
| défaillance {f} | :: fainting spell; faintness; dizziness |
| défaillance {f} | :: weakness; failure |
| défaillance de marché {f} [economics] | :: market failure |
| défaillance du marché {f} | :: alternative form of défaillance de marché |
| défaillant {adj} | :: faulty (device, system etc.) |
| défaillant {adj} | :: failing (health, memory) |
| défaillant {adj} | :: fainting (person) |
| défaillir {v} | :: to faint, feel faint (de with/from) |
| défaillir {v} | :: to weaken, falter, fail (of strength, courage etc.) |
| défaire {vt} | :: to take down, take apart, dismantle |
| défaire {vt} | :: to undo, unfasten, unwind |
| défaire {vt} | :: to break, break up, unmake |
| défaire {vt} [literary] | :: to defeat, conquer |
| défaire {vr} | :: to come undone, fall apart, disintegrate |
| défaire {v} [.pronominal, de] | :: to part with |
| défaisance {f} | :: defeasance |
| défaiseur {m} | :: agent noun of défaire; undoer |
| de fait {adv} | :: de facto (according to actual practice) |
| de fait {adv} | :: indeed |
| défaite {f} | :: defeat |
| défaitisme {m} | :: defeatism |
| défaitiste {adj} | :: defeatist |
| défaitiste {mf} | :: defeatist |
| défalcation {f} | :: deduction (act of deducting), defalcation |
| défalquer {vt} | :: to deduct |
| défalquer {vt} | :: to recoup |
| défanage {m} | :: The killing of the tops of plants such as potatoes before harvesting |
| défaner {vt} | :: to kill the tops of plants such as potatoes before harvesting |
| défausser {vt} | :: to straighten |
| défausser {vp} | :: to discard (in a card game) |
| défaut {m} | :: shortcoming |
| défaut {m} | :: defect |
| défaut {m} | :: default (computing) |
| défaveur {f} | :: disfavour |
| défavorable {adj} | :: unfavourable, disadvantageous |
| défavorablement {adv} | :: unfavorably |
| défavorisé {adj} | :: disenfranchised, underprivileged (not represented) |
| défavorisé {adj} | :: disadvantaged |
| défavorisé {adj} | :: (of a neighbourhood) poor, low-income |
| défavoriser {v} | :: to disfavour; put out |
| défavoriser {v} | :: to disadvantage, to treat unfairly |
| défavoriser {v} | :: to discriminate |
| défécation {f} | :: defecation |
| défectible {adj} | :: imperfect, incomplete |
| défectiblement {adv} | :: imperfectly, incompletely |
| défectif {adj} [grammar] | :: defective (with only some tenses) |
| défection {f} | :: defection |
| défectivement {adv} | :: defectively |
| défectivité {f} | :: defectivity |
| défectueusement {adv} | :: defectively (in a way that malfunctions) |
| défectueux {adj} | :: faulty, defective |
| défectuosité {f} | :: defectiveness |
| défectuosité {f} | :: defect, fault, imperfection |
| défendable {adj} | :: justifiable, defendable, within reason |
| défenderesse {f} | :: feminine singular of défendeur |
| défendeur {m} [legal] | :: defendant, (the) accused |
| défendre {v} | :: to defend |
| défendre {v} | :: to forbid |
| défendu {adj} | :: forbidden |
| défenestrable {adj} | :: defenestrateable, throwable through or from a window |
| défenestration {f} | :: defenestration (act of throwing out a window) |
| défenestrer {v} | :: to throw out of the window; to defenestrate |
| défens {m} | :: A forest in which only the local lord could hunt |
| défense {f} | :: defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose) |
| défense {f} [legal] | :: defence |
| défense {f} [sports] | :: defence |
| défense {f} | :: prohibition |
| défense {f} [nautical] | :: fender |
| défense {f} | :: tusk (of animal) |
| défenseur {m} | :: defender |
| défenseur {m} [ice hockey] | :: defenseman (US), defenceman (Canada) |
| défensif {adj} | :: defensive |
| défensivement {adv} | :: defensively |
| déféquer {v} | :: to defecate |
| de fer {adj} [of health, figuratively] | :: excellent |
| de fer {adj} [of will, figuratively] | :: strong |
| déférence {f} | :: deference |
| déférent {adj} | :: deferential |
| déférentiel {adj} | :: deferential |
| déférer {v} | :: to remand |
| déferlant {adj} | :: breaking (waves) |
| déferlant {adj} | :: surging |
| déferlement {m} [electric current] | :: surge |
| déferlement {m} [figuratively] | :: upsurge, surge, barrage |
| déferler {vi} [of waves] | :: to break |
| déferler {vi} [figurative] | :: to break out, to surge, to rise up, to sweep |
| déferler {vt} [nautical] | :: to unfurl (sails) |
| déféroxamine {f} [organic compound] | :: deferoxamine |
| déferrer {v} | :: to remove iron from |
| défervescence {f} | :: defervescence |
| défeuillé {adj} | :: defoliated |
| défeuiller {v} | :: to defoliate, lose leaves |
| défi {m} | :: challenge |
| défiance {f} | :: mistrust |
| défiant {adj} | :: mistrustful |
| défibrillateur {m} | :: defibrillator |
| défibrillation {f} | :: defibrillation |
| défibriller {v} | :: to defibrillate |
| défibriner {vt} | :: to defibrinate |
| déficeler {vt} | :: to untwine |
| déficience {f} | :: deficiency |
| déficient {adj} | :: deficient |
| déficient {adj} | :: defective |
| déficit {m} [finance] | :: deficit |
| déficit {m} [commerce] | :: shortage (in weight) |
| déficit {m} | :: deficiency |
| déficitaire {adj} | :: loss-making, in the red |
| défier {vt} | :: to defy, challenge |
| défigurer {v} | :: to disfigure; to deform |
| défilable {adj} [computing] | :: scrollable |
| défilé {m} | :: parade |
| défilé {m} | :: march in protest |
| défilé de mode {m} | :: fashion show |
| défilement {m} [military] | :: defilement: the use of terrain and fortification to protect a location from enfilading fire |
| défilement {m} [technology] | :: unreeling, unwinding |
| défilement {m} [technology, film] | :: playing, showing, projection |
| défilement {m} [computing] | :: scrolling |
| de fil en aiguille {adv} | :: one thing leading to another |
| défiler {vi} | :: To parade or march |
| défiler {vi} | :: To appear one after the other |
| défiler {vi} | :: To unfold; to happen |
| défiler {vi} [computing] | :: To scroll |
| défiler {vp} | :: To slip away or off |
| défiler {vp} | :: To weasel out of something; to cop out |
| défiler {vt} | :: To undo thread that has been spun |
| défini {adj} | :: defined |
| défini {adj} | :: definite |
| définir {v} | :: to define |
| définissable {adj} | :: definable |
| définitif {adj} | :: definitive, conclusive, final |
| définitif {adj} | :: permanent |
| définition {f} | :: definition |
| définitionnel {adj} | :: definitional |
| définitivement {adv} | :: definitively, for good, once and for all |
| définitoire {adj} | :: definitory, defining |
| défiscaliser {v} | :: (of a government) To reduce taxation |
| défiscaliser {v} | :: (of a person or company) To reduce or to avoid paying taxes |
| déflagrant {adj} | :: deflagrant |
| déflagration {f} | :: detonation; explosion |
| déflagrer {v} | :: to deflagrate |
| déflater {v} [economics] | :: To deflate (cause deflation) |
| déflation {f} [economics] | :: deflation |
| déflation {f} [geology] | :: wind erosion |
| déflationniste {adj} | :: deflationary |
| défléchir {vt} | :: to deflect |
| déflecteur {m} | :: deflector, baffle |
| déflecteur {m} | :: quarterlight (small car window) |
| déflegmation {f} | :: dephlegmation |
| déflegmer {vt} [chemistry] | :: to dephlegmate |
| défleuraison {f} | :: fall of the blossom |
| défleurir {vi} | :: to shed blossoms |
| défleurir {vt} | :: "to nip or strip off blossoms; to take off the bloom of fruit (by handling it)" |
| déflexion {f} | :: deflection |
| déflorant {adj} | :: deflowering |
| défloration {f} | :: defloration, deflowering |
| déflorer {vt} | :: to completely pluck (a flower) |
| déflorer {vt} | :: to deflower |
| déflorer {vt} | :: to spoil, to impurify (take away purity) |
| deflurane {f} | :: desflurane |
| défocaliser {vt} | :: to unfocus |
| défolier {v} | :: to defoliate |
| défoncé {adj} [slang] | :: screwed up, wasted, stoned, high (on drugs) |
| défoncer {v} [agriculture] | :: to deep-plough |
| défoncer {v} | :: to smash in, smash up, break, break open (destroy violently) |
| défoncer {v} | :: to rip, rip apart, tear apart |
| défoncer {vt} [of drugs] | :: to fuck up, make high, screw up (intoxicate) |
| défoncer {vr} | :: to get high, get pissed |
| défoncer {v} [vulgar] | :: to fuck |
| défonçeuse {f} | :: router (power tool) |
| de fond en comble {adv} [figuratively] | :: from top to bottom, from wall to wall, thoroughly |
| de force {adv} | :: by force, forcibly, against someone's will |
| déforestation {f} | :: deforestation |
| déformable {adj} | :: deformable |
| déformant {adj} | :: distorting |
| déformateur {m} | :: distorter, corrupter |
| déformation {f} | :: deformation |
| déformation {f} | :: distortion |
| déformation {f} | :: deformity |
| déformation {f} [physics] | :: strain |
| déformatrice {f} | :: feminine singular of déformateur |
| déformé {adj} | :: distorted, out of shape |
| déformer {v} | :: distort, twist out of shape, contort (to bring something out of shape) |
| déformer {v} | :: distort, pervert |
| de fortune {adj} | :: makeshift, temporary, jury-rigged |
| défouetter {vt} | :: to untie / unstring (in book-binding) |
| défoulement {m} | :: catharsis |
| défoulement {m} | :: unwinding |
| défouler {vt} | :: to vent; to be a release for |
| défouler {vr} | :: to let off steam; unwind |
| défouloir {m} | :: stress relief |
| défouloir {m} | :: escape valve |
| défourner {vt} | :: to remove from an oven; to take out of an oven |
| défourrer {v} | :: to remove the fur from |
| défragmentation {f} | :: defragmentation |
| défragmenter {v} [computing] | :: to defragment |
| défraîchi {adj} | :: withered |
| défraîchi {adj} | :: tatty, tattered, torn |
| défraîchir {vt} | :: to wither (destroy the freshness of) |
| défranciser {vt} | :: to unfrenchify |
| défrayer {v} | :: to defray (someone's expenses) |
| défrayer la chronique {v} [colloquial] | :: to make waves, to hit the headlines, to get oneself talked about, to be much talked about, to be the talk of the town |
| défrichage {m} | :: clearance of land (for crops, farms and etc) |
| défrichement {m} | :: clearance |
| défrichement {m} | :: reclamation |
| défricher {v} | :: to clear (land, e.g. for agriculture) |
| défricheur {m} | :: land-clearer |
| défricheur {m} | :: pioneer |
| défriper {vt} | :: to smooth out |
| défriser {v} | :: to remove curls (usually from hair) |
| défroisser {vt} | :: to iron [clothes] |
| défroncement {m} | :: unplaiting, unfolding |
| défroncer {vt} | :: to undo gathers, folds, or plaits |
| défroncer {vt} | :: to unknit (the brows), to smooth (one's brow) |
| défroque {f} | :: cast-offs, rags |
| défroqué {adj} | :: defrocked |
| défroquer {v} | :: To defrock |
| défruiter {vt} | :: to remove fruit |
| défuner {vt} [navigation] | :: "to strip (a mast)" |
| défunt {adj} [formal] | :: (of a person) late, deceased |
| défunt {adj} [formal] | :: (of a place, era etc.) which is dead and gone, bygone |
| défunt {adj} [literary] | :: defunct |
| défunt {m} [formal] | :: deceased |
| dég {adj} [colloquial] | :: disgusted |
| dég {adj} [colloquial] | :: disappointed |
| dég {adj} [colloquial] | :: disgusting |
| dégagé {adj} | :: clear |
| dégagé {adj} | :: bare |
| dégagé {adj} | :: disengaged |
| dégagé {adj} | :: out in the sticks |
| dégagement {m} | :: clearance, clearing |
| dégagement {m} | :: emission (of gases) |
| dégagement {m} | :: disengagement (military) |
| dégagement {m} | :: freeing (of prisoners etc) |
| dégagement {m} [soccer] | :: clearance |
| dégager {v} | :: to free (someone or something) |
| dégager {v} [military] | :: to relieve (a town, army, etc.) |
| dégager {v} | :: to release (funds) |
| dégager {v} | :: to clear (a table, area, nose etc.) |
| dégager {v} | :: to give off, emit, radiate |
| dégager {v} | :: to draw, bring out (a conclusion, idea etc.) |
| dégager {v} [sports] | :: to clear (the ball) |
| dégager {vi} [vulgar] | :: to get out of here |
| de gaieté de cœur {adv} | :: cheerfully, gladly, happily, lightheartedly |
| dégaine {f} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: unusual appearance |
| dégaine {f} [climbing] | :: quickdraw |
| dégainer {v} | :: to unsheath |
| d'égal à égal {adv} | :: as equals, between equals |
| déganter {v} | :: to remove gloves from a hand |
| de garde {adj} | :: on guard |
| de garde {adj} | :: on call (for work etc.) |
| dégarnir {vt} | :: to strip (remove) |
| dégarnir {vr} | :: to go bald |
| dégât {m} | :: damage |
| dégât des eaux {m} [idiomatic, plurale tantum, European French, insurance] | :: water damage |
| dégât des eaux {m} [European French, insurance] | :: An incident, such as a burst pipe or overflowing tub, that causes water damage |
| dégauchir {vt} | :: to plane [a surface] |
| dégausser {v} | :: to degauss |
| dégausseur {m} | :: degausser |
| dégazage {m} | :: degassing |
| dégazage {m} | :: outgassing |
| dégazer {vt} | :: to degas |
| dégel {m} | :: thaw (action of unfreezing/melting) |
| dégel {m} [colloquialism, Canada] | :: spring thaw |
| dégeler {v} | :: to defrost; to thaw |
| dégénératif {adj} | :: degenerative |
| dégénéré {adj} | :: degenerate (all senses) |
| dégénérer {v} | :: to degenerate |
| dégénérer {vi} | :: to take a turn for the worse, to go south |
| dégénérescence {f} | :: degeneration |
| dégénérescent {adj} | :: That has become degenerate |
| dégeu {adj} | :: alternative form of dégueu |
| dégingandé {adj} | :: lanky, gangling, gawky |
| dégivrable {adj} | :: defrostable |
| dégivrage {m} | :: defrosting |
| dégivrage {m} | :: deicing |
| dégivrer {vt} | :: to de-ice, defrost |
| dégivreur {m} | :: defroster |
| dégivreur {m} | :: deicer |
| déglaçage {m} | :: deglazing |
| déglacer {vt} | :: to de-ice, remove ice from |
| déglacer {v} [colloquial] | :: to warm up, defrost (a cold person or animal) |
| déglacer {v} [cooking] | :: to deglaze |
| déglinguer {v} [slang] | :: to knacker, screw up |
| déglinguer {v} [vulgar] | :: to fuck, screw |
| dégluer {v} | :: to remove birdlime (from) |
| déglutination {f} | :: swallowing |
| déglutination {f} | :: deglutination |
| déglutination {f} | :: detachment |
| déglutir {v} | :: to swallow; swallow down (food) |
| déglutition {f} | :: deglutition, swallowing |
| dégobiller {v} [colloquial] | :: to throw up, puke |
| dégoiser {v} | :: to rattle off (speak volubly) |
| dégommer {vt} | :: to degum |
| dégommer {v} [Switzerland] | :: to leave (a place) |
| dégommer {vt} [colloquial] | :: to bump off somebody |
| dégonder {vt} | :: to unhinge, to take from its hinge |
| dégonder {vr} | :: "to come unhinged, to come off its hinges; to be unhinged (confused)" |
| dégonflement {m} | :: deflation |
| dégonfler {vt} | :: to deflate |
| dégonfler {vr} | :: to deflate, go down |
| dégonfler {vr} [slang] | :: to chicken out |
| dégor {m} | :: a discharging tube in a distilling vessel |
| dégorgement {m} | :: disgorgement |
| dégorger {v} [of a liquid or figuratively] | :: to flow into, to spill into |
| dégoter {vt} [colloquial] | :: to dig up |
| dégotter {v} [colloquial] | :: to dig up |
| dégoudronner {vt} | :: to detar |
| dégoulinant {adj} | :: dripping |
| dégouliner {v} | :: to drip |
| dégoupiller {vt} | :: to unpin |
| dégourdir {vr} | :: to warm up (one's fingers etc); to stretch (one's legs) |
| dégourdir {vt} | :: to teach a thing or two, knock the rough edges off |
| dégout {m} | :: alternative form of dégoût |
| dégoût {m} | :: disgust |
| dégoutamment {adv} | :: disgustingly |
| dégoûtamment {adv} | :: disgustingly |
| dégoutant {adj} | :: alternative spelling of dégoûtant |
| dégoûtant {adj} | :: disgusting |
| dégouter {v} | :: alternative spelling of dégoûter |
| dégoûter {v} | :: to disgust, to nauseate, to sicken, to turn the stomach of |
| dégoûter {vr} | :: to grow disgusted of, to tire of, to grow sick and tired of |
| dégoutter {v} | :: to drip |
| de grâce {interj} | :: please, pray, for the love of God, for God's sake, I beg you |
| dégradable {adj} | :: degradable |
| dégradant {adj} | :: degrading |
| dégradation {f} | :: degradation |
| dégradé {m} | :: color gradient |
| dégrader {v} | :: to demote (lower someone's position in an organisation) |
| dégrader {v} | :: to degrade (lessen someone's reputation) |
| dégrader {v} | :: to deface (vandalise) |
| dégrafer {vt} | :: to unclasp, unfasten, unhook (a piece of clothing) |
| dégrafer {vp} | :: to unbutton oneself, take one's clothes off |
| dégraissage {m} | :: degreasing |
| dégraissage {m} | :: dry cleaning |
| dégraisser {vt} | :: to degrease |
| dégraisser {vt} | :: to remove fat from |
| de Grasse {prop} | :: de Grasse; surname |
| dégravoyer {vt} [architecture] | :: to bare, to lay bare |
| dégrayer {vr} [Quebec] | :: to take off one's outer garments (such as coat, hat or gloves) |
| degré {m} | :: degree |
| de gré à gré {adv} [law] | :: by mutual agreement, by mutual consent; by private treaty, over-the-counter, out-of-court, amicably |
| degré Celsius {m} | :: degree Celsius |
| dégréement {m} | :: unrigging |
| dégréer {vt} [nautical] | :: to unrig |
| degré fléchi {m} [linguistic morphology, Indo-European studies] | :: o-grade |
| de gré ou de force {adv} | :: willingly or not, one way or another, by hook or by crook, by fair means or foul |
| degré plein {m} [linguistic morphology, Indo-European studies] | :: e-grade, full-grade |
| dégressif {adj} | :: decreasing, degressive |
| dégrèvement {m} | :: relief (of taxes etc) |
| dégrèvement {m} | :: rebate |
| dégrever {vt} | :: to unburden |
| dégrever {vt} | :: to take a weight off (someone's shoulders) |
| degré zéro {m} [linguistic morphology, Indo-European studies] | :: zero-grade, null grade |
| dégriffer {vt} | :: to scratch off (a mark) |
| dégringolade {f} | :: fall, tumble; collapse |
| dégringoler {vi} | :: to tumble, to fall down |
| dégringoler {vi} [of numbers] | :: to tumble, to fall (decrease) |
| dégringoler {v} | :: to descend quickly (stairs etc.) |
| dégriser {v} | :: to sober up |
| dégrossage {m} | :: "drawing fine; (wire-drawing) reducing |
| dégrosser {vt} | :: "(wire-drawing) to reduce; to draw smaller" |
| dégrossir {vt} | :: to rough-hew |
| dégrossir {vt} | :: to dress down; tell off |
| dégrossissage {m} | :: roughing |
| dégrossissage {m} | :: clearing |
| dégrouiller {vr} [colloquial] | :: to hurry up; make it snappy |
| dégroupage {m} | :: unbundling |
| dégrouper {vt} | :: to ungroup; take apart, separate |
| déguenillé {adj} | :: ragged, tattered |
| déguerpir {vi} | :: to flee, to run off; to scram, skedaddle, scarper |
| déguerpir {v} | :: to bug |
| de guerre lasse {adv} | :: out of resignation, because one is tired of fighting, resisting or waiting; giving up, throwing in the towel, worn down |
| dégueu {adj} [colloquial] | :: bloody disgusting; rank; yucky |
| dégueulasse {adj} [slang] | :: bloody disgusting; rank; yucky |
| dégueulasse {adj} [Québec, slang] | :: cool, wicked, amazing |
| dégueulassement {adv} [colloquial] | :: disgustingly, revoltingly |
| dégueulasserie {f} | :: disgusting behaviour |
| dégueuler {v} [slang] | :: to chuck up; to spew; to throw up (to vomit) |
| dégueulis {m} [colloquial, slang] | :: vomit |
| déguignonner {vt} | :: to change ill-luck |
| de guingois {prep} [colloquial] | :: awry |
| déguisement {m} | :: disguise, costume (outfit worn to hide one's identity) |
| déguisement {m} | :: camouflage |
| déguisement {m} | :: fancy dress |
| déguiser {vt} | :: to disguise (change someone's appearance to make him/her look different) |
| déguiser {vt} | :: to disguise (hide something by covering it up) |
| dégun {pron} [Provence] | :: nobody |
| dégun {m} [Provence, pejorative] | :: nobody, zero (person of little or no importance) |
| dégustateur {m} | :: taster |
| dégustation {f} | :: tasting, act of tasting or trying out food |
| dégustatrice {f} | :: feminine singular of dégustateur |
| déguster {v} | :: to try, to taste (food or drink) |
| déguster {v} | :: to savor, to relish something |
| déguster {v} | :: (popular) to withstand |
| déguster {vi} | :: (popular) to suffer |
| déhanché {m} | :: Movement of the pelvis making the hips salient |
| déhanché {m} | :: (Motorcycling) Technique of tilting the body when taking a curve in a motorcycle race |
| déhanché {m} | :: (In particular) Body attitude meant to enhance the silhouette by making the hips stand out |
| déhanché {m} | :: (In particular - gymnastics, dance) Movement of the hips and legs |
| déhanché {adj} | :: lopsided |
| déhanchement {m} | :: lopsidedness |
| déhanchement {m} [in the plural] | :: swaying hips |
| déhancher {vr} | :: to wiggle one's hips, sway one's hips |
| déharnachement {m} | :: unharnessing |
| déharnacher {vt} | :: to unharness |
| de haute lutte {adv} [literary] | :: after a long, hard-fought struggle, after a fierce battle |
| de haute volée {adj} [figuratively] | :: first-rate, first-class, high-level |
| de Havilland {prop} | :: surname |
| dehors {adv} | :: outside |
| dehors {m} | :: outside |
| dehors {prep} | :: outside; outside of |
| déhouiller {vt} | :: to remove coal from |
| déhydratant {adj} | :: dehydrating, drying |
| déhydrogénation {f} [chemistry] | :: dehydrogenation |
| déicide {adj} | :: deicidal (pertaining to killing a god) |
| déicide {m} | :: deicide |
| déictique {adj} [grammar] | :: deictic |
| déification {f} | :: deification |
| déifier {v} | :: to deify |
| déifique {adj} | :: deific |
| déisme {m} | :: deism |
| déiste {adj} | :: deist |
| déiste {mf} | :: deist |
| déité {f} | :: deity; god |
| déjà {adv} | :: already |
| déjà {adv} | :: again (following a question) |
| déjà {adv} | :: for a start |
| déjanté {adj} [colloquial] | :: crazy, nutty |
| déjanté {adj} [colloquial] | :: eccentric |
| déjanter {v} | :: to come off the rim |
| déjanter {v} | :: to go crazy; to lose it |
| déjà vu {m} | :: alternative form of déjà-vu |
| déjà-vu {m} | :: déjà vu |
| déjection {f} [medicine] | :: dejection, defecation |
| déjeté {adj} | :: lopsided |
| déjeté {adj} | :: crooked |
| déjeuner {v} [formal] | :: to lunch, to eat lunch, to have lunch |
| déjeuner {v} | :: to have breakfast |
| déjeuner {m} [France] | :: lunch, luncheon |
| déjeuner {m} [outside of France] | :: breakfast |
| déjeûner {v} | :: alternative form of déjeuner |
| déjeûner {m} | :: alternative form of déjeuner |
| déjeuneur {m} | :: A person eating lunch |
| déjeuneuse {f} | :: feminine singular of déjeuneur |
| déjeusner {v} [archaic] | :: alternative form of déjeuner |
| déjoindre {vt} | :: "to disjoin (stone, wood)" |
| déjoindre {vr} | :: to become disjoined |
| déjouer {v} | :: to foil, to thwart, to frustrate |
| de jour {adv} | :: during the day, by day |
| déjuger {v} [legal] | :: to reverse a judgement |
| de justesse {adv} | :: narrowly, only just; by the skin of one's teeth |
| dékoulakisation {f} | :: dekulakization |
| dékoulakiser {v} | :: To dekulakize |
| de l' {art} | :: Some; the singular prevocalic partitive article |
| de la {art} | :: Of the |
| de la {art} | :: Some; the feminine partitive article |
| delà {adv} | :: beyond (usually used in the phrases au-delà and par-delà) |
| délabré {adj} | :: dilapidated (having fallen into a state of disrepair) |
| délabrement {m} | :: dilapidation, disrepair |
| délabrer {v} | :: to dilapidate (building) |
| délacer {v} | :: to unlace (undo laces) |
| delacroix {m} [obsolete] | :: A one-hundred French franc note |
| Delage {prop} | :: surname |
| délai {m} | :: time limit |
| délai {m} | :: delay |
| délaissé {adj} | :: abandoned, forsaken |
| délaissement {m} | :: abandonment, desertion, neglect, dereliction |
| délaisser {v} | :: to abandon, to forsake |
| délaisser {v} | :: to leave (give up possession of) |
| délaiter {v} | :: to skim off buttermilk |
| délaminer {v} | :: To delaminate |
| de la pire espèce {adj} [pejorative] | :: of the worst kind, of the deepest dye |
| délardement {v} [architecture] | :: splay, slope |
| délarder {vt} [architecture] | :: to splay |
| de la sorte {adv} | :: like that, in this way, in such a manner |
| de la sorte {adv} | :: this way (as a consequence) |
| délassement {m} | :: relaxation |
| délassement {m} | :: recreation |
| délasser {vt} | :: to relax, to refresh |
| délasser {vr} | :: to relax |
| de la tête aux pieds {adv} | :: head to toe |
| délateur {m} | :: informer |
| délatif {m} [grammar] | :: delative, delative case |
| délation {f} | :: informing, tattling |
| délatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of délateur |
| délatter {vt} | :: to unlath |
| de l'autre côté de {prep} | :: across (on the other side of) |
| délavage {m} [textiles] | :: the process of fading |
| délavé {adj} | :: faded, washed-out |
| délaver {v} | :: soak |
| délaver {v} | :: fade |
| délaver {v} | :: wash out |
| de l'avis de {prep} | :: in the opinion of, according to |
| délayage {m} | :: thinning, watering down |
| délayage {m} | :: padding out |
| délayant {adj} | :: That thins the blood |
| délayer {vt} | :: to add water to |
| délayer {v} | :: to thin (paint) |
| délayer {v} | :: to water down (another liquid) |
| délayer {v} | :: to pad out (e.g. a speech) |
| delco {m} | :: distributor (in an engine) |
| de le {art} [Louisiana French, ] | :: alternative form of du, "of the", some |
| délectable {adj} | :: delectable, delightful |
| délectablement {adv} | :: delectably |
| délectation {f} | :: delight, pleasure |
| délecter {vt} | :: to relish (to take great pleasure in something) |
| délégataire {mf} | :: delegatee |
| délégation {f} | :: delegation |
| délégation {f} | :: devolvement |
| délégiférer {v} | :: to delegislate (repeal legislation) |
| délégitimer {v} | :: To delegitimize |
| délégué {m} | :: delegate |
| délégué de classe {m} | :: class president, class representative, class delegate, class monitor (student representative) |
| délégué du personnel {m} | :: staff representative, workers' representative |
| déléguée {f} | :: feminine noun of délégué |
| déléguer {v} | :: to delegate (to commit a task to someone), depute |
| déléguer {v} | :: to devolve |
| déléguer {v} | :: to appoint, commission |
| de les {art} [Louisiana French, ] | :: alternative form of des, "of the", some |
| délestage {m} | :: load shedding |
| délestage {m} | :: alternative route (to avoid congestion) |
| délester {v} | :: to jettison ballast, remove ballast from (a ship, balloon etc.) |
| délester {v} | :: to divert traffic from, reduce congestion on (a road) |
| délester {v} [colloquial] | :: to rid of (one's responsibilities) |
| délester {vr} [colloquial] | :: to rid of one's responsibilities, to unburden |
| délester {v} [colloquial] | :: to relieve (someone of something of value) |
| délester {vr} [colloquial] | :: to shell out (money), to cough up |
| délétère {adj} [literary] | :: hazardous to health and life; pernicious, nocive, toxic |
| délétère {adj} [literary] | :: harmful to situations or relations; injurious, damaging |
| délétèrement {adv} | :: deleteriously |
| délétion {f} [genetics] | :: deletion |
| de leur côté {conj} | :: for their part |
| deleuzement {adv} | :: Deleuzianly |
| deleuzien {adj} | :: Deleuzian |
| DELF {n} | :: acronym of diplôme d'étude de langue française a French-language qualification |
| délibérant {adj} | :: deliberative |
| délibératif {adj} | :: deliberative |
| délibératif {adj} | :: voting (attributive) |
| délibération {f} | :: deliberation; contemplation |
| délibération {f} | :: deliberation; discussion |
| délibération {f} | :: deliberation (decision taken by a governing body) |
| délibérativement {adv} | :: deliberatively |
| délibéré {adj} | :: deliberate; planned; calculated |
| délibérément {adv} | :: deliberately (in a well-planned way) |
| délibérer {v} | :: to plan, to prepare |
| délibérer {v} | :: to deliberate |
| délicat {adj} | :: delicate |
| délicatement {adv} | :: delicately |
| délicater {vt} | :: "(ant.) to cocker, to fondle, to pamper" |
| délicatesse {f} | :: delicacy; delicateness |
| délice {m} | :: delight |
| délices de Capoue {fp} | :: wallowing in pleasure, voluptuous idleness |
| délicieusement {adv} | :: deliciously |
| délicieux {adj} | :: delicious |
| délicieux {adj} | :: delightful |
| délictuel {adj} | :: criminal, condemnable |
| délictueux {adj} | :: criminal |
| délier {v} | :: to untie, loosen, release |
| délierrage {m} | :: removal of ivy (from trees, buildings, etc.) |
| délimitation {f} | :: delimitation |
| délimitation {f} | :: demarcation |
| délimiter {vt} | :: to delimit (make or form the limits or boundaries of) |
| délimiter {vt} | :: to outline; delineate |
| délinéer {v} | :: to delineate |
| délinquance {f} | :: delinquency |
| délinquant {m} | :: delinquent |
| délinquant {adj} | :: delinquent |
| délinquante {f} | :: feminine noun of délinquant |
| délinquer {v} [archaic, rare] | :: to commit a crime |
| déliquescence {f} | :: deliquescence |
| déliquescence {f} | :: corruption, decay |
| déliquescent {adj} | :: deliquescent |
| déliquescent {adj} | :: decaying |
| délirant {adj} | :: delirious |
| délire {m} | :: delirium |
| délirer {v} | :: to be delirious |
| délirer {v} [colloquial] | :: to be out of one's mind |
| délit {m} | :: crime, offence |
| délitage {m} | :: disintegration |
| délit de faciès {m} [pejorative] | :: the crime of looking like a criminal, of having the stereotypical look of a criminal |
| délit de fuite {m} [law] | :: hit and run |
| délit de sale gueule {m} [vulgar] | :: synonym of délit de faciès |
| délit d'initié {m} [law] | :: insider dealing, insider trading |
| délit d'opinion {m} | :: thoughtcrime |
| délitement {m} | :: synonym of délitage |
| déliter {v} | :: to split and crumble (of stratified rock) |
| déliter {v} | :: to disintegrate |
| délitescence {f} | :: delitescence |
| délitescent {adj} | :: delitescent |
| délivrable {adj} | :: deliverable |
| délivrance {f} | :: deliverance, relief, liberation |
| délivrance {f} | :: afterbirth |
| délivrer {v} | :: to set free |
| délivrer {v} | :: to deliver (a message) |
| délivrer {v} [Louisiana French] | :: to deliver a child |
| délocalisable {adj} | :: relocatable |
| délocalisable {adj} | :: delocalizable |
| délocalisation {f} | :: relocation |
| délocalisation {f} | :: outsourcing, offshoring |
| délocalisation {f} [chemistry, physics] | :: delocalization |
| délocalisé {adj} | :: outsourced, offshore |
| délocalisé {adj} | :: relocated |
| délocalisé {adj} | :: delocalized |
| délocaliser {v} | :: relocate |
| délocaliser {v} [chemistry, physics] | :: To delocalize |
| délogeable {adj} | :: dislodgeable, moveable |
| délogement {m} | :: dislodgement |
| déloger {vi} | :: to move out (of e.g. a house) |
| déloger {vt} | :: to kick out, expel (from e.g. a house) |
| déloger {vt} | :: to dislodge |
| de loin {prep} | :: from far |
| de loin {prep} [idiomatic] | :: by far |
| de long en large {adv} | :: back and forth |
| de longtemps {adv} [literary] | :: before long |
| de longue date {adj} | :: long-standing |
| de longue haleine {adj} | :: long-term, lengthy |
| de longue main {adv} [literary] | :: for a long time |
| déloyal {adj} | :: disloyal |
| déloyal {adj} | :: unfair |
| déloyalement {adv} | :: disloyally, traitorously |
| déloyauté {f} [countable and uncountable] | :: disloyalty |
| Delphes {prop} | :: Delphi |
| delphinal {adj} | :: Relating to a dauphin (heir to the throne) |
| delphinal {adj} | :: Of or from Dauphiné |
| delphinarium {m} | :: dolphinarium |
| Delphine {prop} | :: given name |
| delphinule {f} | :: delphinula (Angaria delphinus) |
| delphique {adj} | :: Delphic |
| delta {m} | :: delta (Greek letter) |
| delta {m} | :: delta (geographical feature) |
| deltaèdre {m} [geometry] | :: deltohedron |
| deltaïque {adj} | :: deltaic; delta (attributive) |
| deltaméthrine {f} | :: deltamethrin |
| deltaplane {m} | :: hang glider |
| deltiologie {f} | :: deltiology (study and collection of postcards) |
| deltoïde {m} [anatomy] | :: deltoid |
| deltoïde {adj} [anatomy] | :: deltoid |
| deltoïdien {adj} [anatomy] | :: deltoid |
| déluge {m} [biblical] | :: the Deluge, the Flood |
| déluge {m} [by extension] | :: deluge (large amount of precipitation) |
| déluge {m} [figuratively] | :: deluge (an overwhelming amount of something) |
| déluré {adj} | :: sharp, smart, resourceful |
| déluré {adj} | :: forward |
| délustrer {vt} | :: to take off the lustre, the gloss of |
| déluter {vt} | :: to unlute |
| de luxe {adj} | :: luxurious |
| Delvaux {prop} | :: surname |
| Delvincourt {prop} | :: surname |
| démagnétisation {f} | :: demagnetization |
| démagnétiser {vt} | :: to demagnetize |
| démagogie {f} [countable] | :: demagogy |
| démagogie {f} [uncountable] | :: demagogism |
| démagogique {adj} | :: demagogic, demagogical |
| démagogiquement {adv} | :: demagogically |
| démagogue {mf} | :: demagogue |
| démagogue {adj} | :: demagogic |
| démailloter {vt} | :: to unswathe; unswaddle |
| demain {adv} | :: tomorrow |
| de main de maitre {adv} | :: alternative spelling of de main de maître |
| de main de maître {adv} | :: masterfully |
| demain est un autre jour {proverb} | :: tomorrow is another day |
| de mal en pis {phrase} [literary] | :: from bad to worse, worse and worse |
| de malheur {adj} [colloquial] | :: pesky, damn, bloody |
| démancher {vt} | :: to take off the handle |
| démancher {vr} | :: to lose its handle |
| démancher {vr} | :: to go wrong |
| démancher {vi} [navigation] | :: to get out of the channel |
| démancher {v} [music] | :: to shift |
| demande {f} | :: request (act of requesting) |
| demande {f} [economics] | :: demand |
| demande {f} | :: favour, favor |
| demande {f} | :: small fine (paid after breaking a rule) |
| demander {vi} [followed by à] | :: to ask (a person) |
| demander {vt} | :: to request |
| demander {vr} | :: to wonder |
| demanderesse {f} | :: feminine noun of demandeur |
| demander la lune {v} [figuratively] | :: to ask for the moon, to ask the impossible |
| demander la parole {v} | :: to ask for the right to speak, to ask for permission to speak, to ask to speak |
| demander pardon {v} [à] | :: to ask for someone's forgiveness, to ask someone for forgiveness, to apologise to someone |
| demander pardon {v} [à] | :: to beg someone's pardon (to enquire whether one has heard something right) |
| demandeur {m} | :: asker or requester (one who asks or requests something) |
| demandeur {m} | :: seeker |
| demandeur {m} [legal] | :: complainant, plaintiff (one who brings a lawsuit against another) |
| demandeur d'asile {m} | :: asylum seeker |
| demandeur d'emploi {m} | :: a jobseeker, an unemployed person |
| demandeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of demandeur |
| demandeuse d'asile {f} | :: feminine singular of demandeur d'asile |
| démangeaison {f} | :: itch (on one's skin) |
| démanger {vt} | :: to itch, to cause to feel itchy |
| démanger {vt} [figuratively] | :: to cause to have the desire to, to cause to itch for action |
| de manière générale {adv} | :: generally speaking, generally |
| démantèlement {m} | :: disassembly, dismantling |
| démanteler {v} | :: to dismantle |
| démantibuler {v} | :: to smash to smithereens |
| démaquillant {adj} | :: cleansing |
| démaquillant {m} | :: makeup remover |
| démaquiller {vt} | :: to remove makeup |
| de marbre {adj} [figuratively] | :: impassive, cold, unmoved, stony-faced, expressionless |
| démarcage {m} | :: alternative form of démarquage |
| démarcation {f} | :: demarcation |
| démarcation {f} | :: dividing line |
| démarchage {m} | :: door-to-door selling |
| démarchage {m} | :: canvassing |
| démarche {f} | :: gait, walk |
| démarche {f} | :: step, procedure, move, intervention |
| démarche {f} | :: reasoning |
| démarcher {v} | :: To canvass |
| démarcheur {m} | :: door-to-door salesman |
| démarcheur {m} | :: canvasser |
| démarcheuse {f} | :: feminine singular of démarcheur |
| démarier {vt} | :: to unmarry |
| démarier {vr} | :: to be unmarried |
| démarquage {m} | :: marking down |
| démarquage {m} | :: plagiarism |
| démarqué {adj} | :: reduced, marked down (in price) |
| démarquer {vt} | :: to remove a mark or label from |
| démarquer {vt} | :: to remove a bookmark from; take out a bookmark |
| démarquer {vt} | :: to reduce or mark down (a price) |
| démarquer {vt} [sports] | :: to get free from a marker (someone who is marking) |
| démarquer {vi} [sports] | :: to lose all the points that have been scored |
| démarquer {vr} | :: to distance oneself from |
| démarquer {vr} | :: to stand out |
| démarrage {m} | :: startup, starting up |
| démarrage {m} | :: departure |
| démarrer {vt} | :: to start (up) |
| démarrer {vi} | :: to get started, to start up |
| démarrer {vi} | :: (of car, driver) to drive off, pull away |
| démarreur {m} | :: starter motor |
| démasquer {v} | :: to remove a mask, to unmask |
| démasquer {v} [figuratively] | :: to expose, to uncover (e.g. a secret) |
| démâtage {m} | :: unmasting, demasting, dismasting |
| démâtement {m} | :: unmasting, demasting, dismasting |
| démâter {vt} [nautical] | :: to unmast; to dismast |
| dématérialisation {f} | :: dematerialization |
| dématérialiser {v} | :: to dematerialize |
| de mauvais aloi {adj} [of a currency] | :: of bad quality, of doubtful worth |
| de mauvais aloi {adj} [figuratively] | :: improper, inappropriate, unsuitable; unsavoury |
| de mauvaise foi {adj} | :: insincere, dishonest, bloody-minded |
| de mauvaise grâce {adv} | :: with bad grace, grudgingly, reluctantly, unwillingly |
| de mauvais poil {adj} [colloquial] | :: in a bad mood, crabby, ratty, grouchy |
| Dembélé {prop} | :: surname |
| d'emblée {adv} | :: straightaway, at once |
| dème {m} [historical, Ancient Greece] | :: deme |
| démêlé {m} | :: dispute, quarrel |
| démêlé {m} | :: problem, trouble |
| démêler {v} | :: to unmix (separate two or more things that are mixed together), to untangle |
| démêler {v} [figuratively] | :: to clarify; to decipher |
| démêler le vrai du faux {v} [figuratively] | :: to separate fact from fiction, to separate fact and fiction |
| démembrement {m} | :: dismemberment |
| démembrer {v} | :: to dismember |
| démembrer {v} [figuratively] | :: to diminish; to make smaller |
| de même {adv} | :: likewise |
| de même que {conj} | :: just like, in the same way as, so too does |
| de même que {conj} | :: as well as, as does |
| de mémoire {adv} | :: from memory |
| de mémoire {adv} | :: if memory serves |
| de mémoire d'homme {adv} | :: in living memory |
| déménagement {m} | :: move, house move (the event of changing one's residence) |
| déménager {vt} | :: to move (an object from a place to another) |
| déménager {vi} | :: to move house, to leave a house |
| déménager {vi} [slang] | :: to kick ass, to kick butt, to rock, to rule (to be awesome) |
| déménager à la cloche de bois {v} | :: to do a moonlight flit, to levant (to move out of a place without telling the owner and without paying one's rent, to disappear with one's possessions); to take French leave, to abscond, to do a runner |
| déménageur {m} | :: mover, house mover |
| démence {f} | :: dementia |
| démener {vp} | :: to convulse, thrash about; to struggle |
| démèner {v} | :: obsolete form of démener |
| dément {m} | :: One who suffers from dementia, who is insane |
| dément {adj} | :: (about a person) Demented, insane, lunatic |
| dément {adj} [figuratively, familiar] | :: Which is beyond reason, unbelievable |
| démenti {m} | :: denial (claim that a rumour or other statement is not true) |
| démentiel {m} | :: insane |
| démentielle {f} | :: feminine singular of démentiel |
| démentir {v} | :: to contradict, gainsay (someone) |
| démentir {v} | :: to deny, refute (rumour etc.) |
| démentir {v} | :: to belie (appearances) |
| de merde {adj} [vulgar] | :: shit, shitty, crappy, lousy |
| de merde {adj} [vulgar] | :: fucking (as an intensifier), pesky, damned, bloody |
| démerder {vr} [vulgar] | :: to manage, to get by |
| démerder {vr} [vulgar] | :: to figure something out |
| démériter {vi} | :: to be unworthy |
| démersal {adj} | :: demersal |
| de mes couilles {adj} [vulgar] | :: pesky, damned, bloody, fucking (as an intensifier) |
| de mes deux {adj} [vulgar] | :: pesky, damned, bloody, fucking (as an intensifier) |
| démesure {f} | :: outrageousness, excessiveness |
| démesuré {adj} | :: vaulting, huge |
| démesurément {adv} | :: disproportionately, excessively; exorbitantly |
| Déméter {prop} {f} | :: Demeter |
| déméthylation {f} [organic chemistry] | :: demethylation |
| déméthyler {v} [chemistry] | :: to demethylate |
| Démétrius {prop} {m} | :: Demetrius |
| démettre {vt} | :: to dismiss, discharge (from a post) |
| démettre {vt} [law] | :: to nonsuit (dismiss on the grounds of a lawsuit being brought without cause) |
| démettre {vtr} | :: to dislocate (a bone) |
| démettre {vr} | :: to relinquish, leave (a position or post) |
| démeubler {v} | :: to remove the furniture from (a room etc.); to unfurnish |
| demeurant {m} | :: rest |
| demeurant {adj} | :: living |
| demeure {f} [dated] | :: delay |
| demeure {f} | :: home, domicile, residence |
| demeuré {m} | :: person with a mental handicap |
| demeuré {m} [colloquial] | :: idiot, stupid person |
| demeurer {v} | :: to live, stay |
| demeurer {v} [formal] | :: to stay, to remain, to stop for a long time |
| demeurer {v} [figuratively] | :: to last, to persist |
| demi- {prefix} | :: semi-, demi-, half- |
| demi {adj} | :: half |
| demi {m} | :: half (fraction) |
| demi {m} | :: (used in time) half (half-hour) |
| demi {m} [Polynesia, France] | :: a person of multiracial descent, usually a person with French and other non-European origin; mixed-race |
| demi {m} | :: a glass of beer of 250 ml volume |
| demi-cercle {m} [geometry] | :: semicircle |
| demi-clef {f} [nautical] | :: half hitch |
| demi de mêlée {m} [rugby] | :: scrum-half |
| demi-dieu {m} | :: demigod, in mythological or figurative sense |
| demi-douche {f} [juggling] | :: half-shower |
| demi d'ouverture {m} [rugby] | :: fly-half |
| demi-douzaine {f} | :: half dozen |
| demi-droite {f} | :: ray, half-line |
| de mieux en mieux {adv} | :: better and better |
| demi-finale {f} | :: semi-final |
| demi-finaliste {mf} | :: semi-finalist |
| demi-frère {m} | :: half-brother |
| demi-heure {f} | :: half an hour; thirty minutes |
| démilitarisation {f} | :: demilitarization |
| démilitariser {vt} | :: to demilitarize |
| demi-lune {f} | :: half-moon |
| demi-lune {f} [sports] | :: half-pipe |
| demilune {f} | :: alternative form of demi-lune |
| demi-mesure {f} | :: half-measure, inadequate measure |
| demi-molle {f} [colloquial] | :: a semi-on, a semi-hard-on |
| demi-mondaine {f} | :: A hedonist, a demimondaine |
| demi-monde {m} | :: demimonde |
| demi-mot {m} | :: hint, that what is written between the lines |
| déminage {m} | :: mine-clearing |
| déminer {vt} | :: to remove mines from (to demine) |
| déminéralisation {f} | :: demineralization |
| déminéralisé {adj} | :: demineralized |
| déminéraliser {vt} | :: to demineralize |
| démineur {m} [nautical] | :: minesweeper |
| démineur {m} [uncountable, computing, video games] | :: minesweeper |
| démineur {m} [military] | :: deminer (bomb disposal expert) |
| déminuer {v} | :: synonym of diminuer |
| demi-pension {f} | :: half board; hotel accommodation with bed, breakfast, and one main meal per day |
| demi-plan {m} | :: half-plane |
| de mise {adj} | :: proper, appropriate, conventional; required, necessary |
| demi-sec {adj} | :: medium dry (sparkling wine) |
| demi-soeur {f} | :: nonstandard spelling of demi-sœur |
| demi-sœur {f} | :: half sister |
| démission {f} | :: resignation |
| démission {f} | :: abdication (of responsibilities etc.) |
| démissionnaire {mf} | :: resigner (someone who resigns) |
| démissionner {vi} | :: to resign |
| démissionner {vt} | :: to dismiss, make resign |
| demi-tasse {f} | :: demitasse (coffee cup) |
| demi-tasse {f} | :: demitasse (serving of coffee in such a cup) |
| demi-teinte {f} [literal, of a color] | :: a medium shade, neither particularly light nor particularly dark |
| demi-teinte {f} [figurative] | :: something medium, mitigated, nuanced — often used as an adjective with en |
| demi-ton {m} [music] | :: semitone (musical interval) |
| demi-tour {m} | :: U-turn, about-turn |
| démiurge {m} | :: demiurge |
| démiurgique {adj} | :: demiurgic |
| démiurgiquement {adv} | :: demiurgically |
| demi-vie {f} [physics] | :: half-life |
| demi-volée {f} [sports] | :: half volley |
| démo- {prefix} | :: demo- |
| démo {m} | :: demo |
| démobilisation {f} | :: demobilization |
| démobiliser {v} | :: to demobilise |
| démocrate {mf} | :: democrat |
| démocrate {adj} | :: democratic |
| démocratie {f} | :: democracy |
| démocratie participative {f} | :: participatory democracy (political system) |
| démocratique {adj} | :: democratic |
| démocratiquement {adv} | :: democratically |
| démocratisation {f} | :: democratization |
| démocratiser {vt} | :: to democratize |
| démocratiseur {m} | :: a democratiser |
| démocratisme {m} | :: democratism |
| démocratiste {adj} | :: democratist |
| Démocrite {prop} {m} | :: Democritus |
| démodé {adj} | :: old-fashioned; outdated |
| démodécique {adj} | :: demodectic |
| démoder {vr} | :: to go out of fashion |
| démodulateur {m} | :: demodulator |
| démoduler {v} | :: to demodulate |
| démogéronte {m} | :: demogeron |
| démogérontie {f} | :: demogerontia |
| démographe {mf} | :: demographer |
| démographie {f} | :: demography |
| démographique {adj} | :: demographic |
| démographiquement {adv} | :: demographically |
| de moins en moins {adv} | :: less and less |
| demoiselle {f} | :: damsel, maiden |
| demoiselle {f} | :: miss |
| demoiselle {f} | :: damselfly |
| demoiselle d'honneur {f} | :: maid of honour, bridesmaid |
| demoiselle en détresse {f} | :: damsel in distress |
| démolinguistique {adj} | :: demolinguistic |
| démolinguistique {f} | :: demolinguistics |
| démolir {v} | :: to demolish |
| démolir {v} | :: to wreck, to ruin |
| démolir {v} [slang] | :: to shellac |
| démolisseur {adj} | :: destructive |
| démolisseur {m} | :: wrecker (demolition worker) |
| démolition {f} | :: demolition (the action of demolishing or destroying, in particular of buildings or other structures) |
| démon {m} | :: demon |
| démondialisation {f} | :: deglobalization |
| démondialiser {v} | :: To deglobalize |
| démone {f} | :: demoness (female demon) |
| démonétisation {f} | :: demonetization |
| démonétiser {vt} | :: to demonetize |
| démoniaque {adj} | :: demonic |
| démoniser {v} | :: to demonize |
| démoniste {mf} | :: warlock |
| démonologue {mf} | :: demonologist |
| démonstrateur {m} | :: demonstrator |
| démonstratif {adj} | :: demonstrative |
| démonstration {f} | :: demonstration (act of showing and explaining) |
| démonstration de force {f} | :: a show of force, a show of strength |
| démonstrativement {adv} | :: demonstratively |
| démonstratrice {f} | :: feminine singular of démonstrateur |
| demonstrer {v} | :: archaic spelling of démontrer |
| démontable {adj} | :: demountable, dismantlable, that can be taken apart |
| démontage {m} | :: taking down; removal |
| démonte-pneu {m} | :: tire iron |
| démonter {vt} | :: To dismantle, to take down |
| démonter {v} | :: to remove, to take off |
| démonter {v} | :: to disconcert |
| démonter {vt} [colloquial] | :: to run rings around, to chew up, to take apart, to tear apart (a rival team) |
| démontrable {adj} | :: demonstrable, provable |
| démontrablement {adv} | :: demonstrably |
| démontrer {v} | :: to prove, to demonstrate |
| démonyme {m} | :: demonym (name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place) |
| démoralisant {adj} | :: demoralizing (having a demoralizing effect) |
| démoralisateur {adj} | :: demoralizing |
| démoralisation {f} | :: demoralization |
| démoralisé {adj} | :: demoralized |
| démoraliser {v} | :: to render immoral; to immoralize |
| démoraliser {v} | :: to demoralize |
| démordre {vi} [rare, dated] | :: to let go, release (something held in the teeth) |
| démordre {vi} [colloquial, with de] | :: to give up, abandon, renounce (an opinion, plan, etc.) |
| Démosthène {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece] | :: Demosthenes (an Ancient Greek given name, most notably borne by the 5th century BCE politician Demosthenes) |
| démotique {adj} | :: demotic |
| démotiquement {adv} | :: demotically |
| démotivation {f} | :: demotivation |
| démotiver {vt} | :: to demotivate |
| démouler {vt} | :: to turn out (remove from a mould) |
| démoustiquer {vt} | :: to rid of mosquitos |
| démultiplication {f} | :: reduction, lowering |
| démultiplication {f} | :: gearing down |
| démultiplier {v} | :: to lever or multiply |
| démultiplier {v} [mechanics] | :: to gear up |
| démuni {adj} | :: destitute, penniless |
| démunir {v} | :: to deprive of, to divest of |
| démunir {vr} [~ de] | :: to leave oneself without, to deprive oneself of |
| démurer {v} | :: unwall |
| démuseler {vt} | :: to unmuzzle |
| démyélinisation {f} | :: demyelination |
| démyéliniser {vt} | :: to demyelinate |
| démystification {f} | :: demystification |
| démystifier {v} | :: to demystify |
| démythifier {v} | :: to demystify |
| démythifier {v} | :: to reveal |
| démythifier {v} | :: to unlock |
| d'en {contraction} | :: de + en |
| dénaire {adj} [rare] | :: pertaining to the number ten |
| de naissance {adv} | :: by birth, by nature, natural-born |
| dénantir {vt} | :: to deprive of security |
| dénantir {vr} | :: "to give up (securities)" |
| dénatalité {f} | :: decline in the birth rate |
| dénationalisation {f} | :: denationalization |
| dénationaliser {v} | :: to denationalize |
| dénatter {v} | :: to disentangle; to remove knots |
| dénaturant {m} | :: substance that alters another |
| dénaturant {adj} | :: that alters |
| dénaturation {f} [biochemistry] | :: denaturing, denaturation |
| dénaturé {adj} | :: misrepresented |
| dénaturé {adj} | :: denatured |
| dénaturer {v} | :: to misrepresent |
| dénaturer {v} [biochemistry] | :: To denature |
| dénazification {f} | :: denazification |
| denché {adj} [heraldry] | :: scalloped (bordered with little semicircles or similar) |
| dendrimère {m} [chemistry, maths] | :: dendrimer |
| dendritique {adj} | :: dendritic |
| dendrochronologie {f} | :: dendrochronology |
| dendrochronologique {adj} | :: dendrochronological |
| dendrochronologiquement {adv} | :: dendrochronologically |
| dendrologie {f} | :: dendrology (the study of trees and other woody plants) |
| dénégation {f} | :: denial |
| dénégation {f} | :: disclaimer |
| déneigement {m} | :: the removal or clearing of snow |
| déneiger {v} | :: to remove snow (from) |
| Deneuve {prop} | :: surname |
| d'enfer {adj} [colloquial] | :: terrific, awesome; helluva |
| dengue {f} [pathology] | :: dengue |
| déni {m} [legal] | :: denial |
| déniaiser {vt} | :: to smarten up (make less stupid or naive) |
| déniaiser {vt} | :: to lose one's virginity |
| dénicher {v} | :: to scare up |
| dénicher {v} | :: to hunt out, to track down |
| dénicher {v} [colloquial] | :: to dig out, to unearth |
| dénicotinisé {adj} | :: nicotine-free |
| Denicourt {prop} | :: surname |
| déni de grossesse {m} | :: denial of pregnancy |
| denier {m} | :: denier (coin) |
| denier {m} [by extension] | :: money |
| denier {m} | :: denier (unit of weight) |
| dénier {v} | :: to deny |
| deniers publics {mp} | :: public money, public funds |
| dénigrant {adj} | :: denigrating |
| dénigrement {m} | :: denigration |
| dénigrer {v} | :: to denigrate (to criticise or defame) |
| dénigreur {adj} | :: denigrating |
| denim {m} | :: denim |
| Denis {prop} {m} | :: given name; originally given in honor of a third century bishop of Paris, the patron saint of France |
| Denis {prop} {m} | :: surname based on the given name |
| Denise {prop} | :: given name, the feminine form of Denis |
| dénitrifiant {adj} | :: denitrifying |
| dénivelé {m} | :: height difference, change in height, change in altitude, drop |
| dénivelé {adj} | :: on a lower level |
| déniveler {vt} | :: to make uneven |
| dénivellation {f} | :: difference in altitude, rise and fall |
| dénivellation {f} | :: change of altitude/level |
| dénivellation {f} | :: level difference |
| dénombrabilité {f} | :: countability |
| dénombrable {adj} [grammar] | :: countable |
| dénombrement {m} | :: counting |
| dénombrement {m} | :: enumeration |
| dénombrer {v} | :: to count, enumerate |
| dénominal {m} [linguistics] | :: denominal |
| dénominateur {m} [mathematics] | :: denominator (the number or expression written below the line in a fraction) |
| dénominateur commun {m} [mathematics] | :: common denominator |
| dénomination {f} | :: denomination (all senses) |
| dénommer {vt} | :: to name |
| dénoncé {adj} | :: denounced |
| dénoncer {vt} | :: To denounce |
| dénoncer {vr} | :: To give oneself up |
| dénonciateur {adj} | :: denunciatory |
| dénonciateur {m} | :: informer |
| dénonciateur {m} | :: campaign |
| dénonciation {f} | :: denunciation |
| Denoncourt {prop} | :: surname |
| de nos jours {adv} | :: currently; nowadays |
| dénoté {adj} | :: denoted |
| dénoter {vt} | :: to denote |
| dénouement {m} | :: outcome |
| dénouement {m} [theater] | :: dénouement |
| dénouer {v} | :: to undo (a knot), to unknot |
| dénouer {v} | :: to untangle, to unravel (a situation) |
| dénoûment {m} | :: archaic spelling of dénouement |
| de nouveau {adv} | :: again; once again |
| dénoyage {m} | :: draining, drainage, dewatering |
| dénoyauter {vt} | :: to stone, pit (to remove stones or pits from) |
| dénoyauteur {m} | :: pitter (device) |
| dénoyer {v} | :: to drain, dewater |
| denrée {f} [archaic] | :: merchandise, goods |
| denrée {f} | :: commodity |
| denrée {f} | :: foodstuff |
| dense {adj} | :: dense |
| densement {adv} | :: densely |
| densément {adv} | :: densely |
| densification {f} | :: densification |
| densifier {v} | :: to densify, to become denser |
| densité {f} | :: density |
| dent {f} | :: tooth |
| dent {f} | :: cog (tooth on a gear) |
| dentaire {adj} | :: dental |
| dentairement {adv} | :: dentally |
| dental {adj} [linguistics] | :: dental |
| dentale {f} [linguistics] | :: dental consonant |
| dentale {m} | :: any of the tusk shells in the family Dentaliidae |
| dent de lait {f} | :: milk tooth (tooth of the first set of teeth) |
| dent-de-lion {m} [obsolete, outside, Switzerland] | :: dandelion |
| dent de sagesse {f} | :: wisdom tooth |
| denté {adj} | :: toothed |
| dentelaire {m} [botany] | :: plumbago, leadwort |
| dentelé {adj} | :: jagged |
| dentelé {adj} [heraldry] | :: indented |
| denteler {vt} | :: to indent, to notch, to jag |
| dentelle {f} | :: lace |
| dentellerie {f} | :: lacemaking, lace industry, lace manufacture, lace business |
| dentellier {m} | :: lacemaker |
| dentellière {f} | :: female lacemaker |
| dentelure {f} | :: serration (of leaf); perforation (of stamp) |
| dentelure {f} | :: jagged outline (of mountain etc.) |
| dentelure {f} [architecture] | :: serration |
| denticité {f} [chemistry] | :: denticity |
| dentier {m} | :: denture |
| dentifrice {m} | :: toothpaste |
| dentine {f} | :: dentin |
| dentiste {mf} | :: dentist |
| dentisterie {f} | :: dentistry |
| dentition {f} | :: dentition |
| dento-facial {adj} | :: dentofacial |
| d'entrée de jeu {adv} | :: right from the start, from the get-go, straightaway, at the outset |
| dents du bonheur {fp} | :: gap between one's upper front teeth, diastema |
| dénucléariser {vt} | :: to denuclearize (make nuclear-free) |
| dénuder {v} | :: to render nude, to take off (clothing) |
| dénuder {v} | :: to remove, to strip off, to expose |
| dénué {adj} | :: (~ de) lacking (in), devoid (of) |
| dénuement {m} | :: destitution |
| dénuer {v} | :: to deprive |
| de nuit {adv} | :: at night |
| de nuit {adj} | :: night (attributive) |
| dénûment {m} | :: alternative form of dénuement |
| dénutrition {f} | :: undernourishment |
| déo {m} [colloquial] | :: deodorant |
| déodorant {m} | :: deodorant (odor-controlling cosmetic for the underarm) |
| déodorant {adj} | :: odor-controlling |
| déodoriser {vt} | :: alternative form of désodoriser |
| déontique {adj} | :: deontic (pertaining to necessity, duty or obligation) |
| déontologie {f} | :: code, (professional) ethics |
| déontologie {f} [philosophy] | :: deontology |
| déontologique {adj} | :: deontological, ethical |
| déontologiquement {adv} | :: deontologically, ethically |
| dep {m} [verlan] | :: gay; faggot |
| dép {m} [Canada] | :: abbreviation of dépanneur |
| de pacotille {adj} [pejorative] | :: tacky, ticky-tacky, cheap, shoddy, rubbishy, tin-pot, junk, worthless |
| dépannage {m} | :: troubleshooting, fixing, repairing |
| dépanner {v} [rare] | :: to fix, repair |
| dépanner {v} [colloquial] | :: to help out |
| dépanner {v} [colloquial] | :: to tide over |
| dépanneur {m} | :: troubleshooter, repairman |
| dépanneur {m} [Canada] | :: convenience store |
| dépanneuse {f} | :: breakdown lorry, tow truck |
| dépaqueter {v} | :: to unpack |
| dépareillé {adj} | :: incomplete |
| dépareillé {adj} | :: odd |
| dépareiller {vt} | :: to unmatch, to spoil the pair of, to render incomplete |
| déparer {v} | :: to spoil, put out of place (make something look more ugly) |
| déparier {vt} | :: "to take away one (of a pair); to separate (the male and female of certain animals)" |
| déparler {v} | :: to speak nastily |
| déparler {v} | :: to speak nonsense or gibberish |
| déparler {v} | :: to stop talking |
| de parole {prep} | :: of one's word |
| déparquer {vt} | :: "to let the sheep out of a fold; to unpen" |
| départ {m} | :: departure, start |
| départager {vt} | :: to shift the balance between two parties of, or break the tie between, decide between |
| départager {vt} | :: to divide, separate |
| départager {vt} | :: to isolate, separate, determine |
| départager {vt} | :: to distinguish, differentiate, or decide between |
| départager {vr} [sports] | :: to find a winner, break a (or the) tie |
| département {m} | :: department |
| département {m} | :: département |
| départemental {adj} | :: departmental |
| départementalement {adv} | :: departmentally |
| départementalisation {f} | :: departmentalization |
| départementaliser {v} | :: To departmentalize |
| de part en part {adv} | :: from end to end, right through, through and through |
| de part et d'autre {prep} | :: on either side (of) |
| départir {vr} [se départir de] | :: to divest, dispose of |
| départir {vt} [obsolete] | :: to distribute |
| départir {vr} [Louisiana French] | :: to depart, to leave |
| de passage {adj} | :: passing by |
| dépassé {adj} | :: outdated |
| dépassement {m} | :: excess, exceeding |
| dépassement {m} | :: passing, overtaking |
| dépassement {m} | :: overrun |
| dépassement {m} | :: overflow |
| dépasser {v} | :: to exceed, to surpass, to overtake, to go past |
| dépasser l'entendement {v} | :: to be beyond comprehension, to be mind-boggling, to be beyond belief, to beggar belief |
| dépasser les bornes {v} [colloquial] | :: to cross the line, to go too far, to overstep the mark, to go beyond the pale, to go off the reservation |
| dépassionné {adj} | :: dispassionate, unpassionate |
| dépassionner {v} | :: to defuse, take the sting out of |
| dépaver {vt} | :: to remove the cobblestones from a road; to unpave, to depave |
| dépaysé {adj} | :: disorientated |
| dépaysé {adj} | :: homesick |
| dépaysement {m} | :: the feeling of not being at home, in a foreign or different place, whether a good or a bad feeling; change of scenery |
| dépaysement {m} [obsolete] | :: exile |
| dépayser {vt} [dated] | :: to move somebody from their usual country or place |
| dépayser {vt} [by extension] | :: to disorient |
| dépayser {vt} [figuratively] | :: to give a change of scenery |
| dépayser {vp} [figuratively] | :: to change a habit |
| dépeçage {m} | :: chopping up |
| dépeçage {m} | :: taking apart, break-up |
| dépeçage {m} | :: division, separation |
| dépeçage {m} | :: breaking-up (of old boats) |
| dépeçage {m} [private international law] | :: the joint application of norms from different legal systems |
| dépecer {vt} [said of flesh or meat] | :: to chop up |
| dépecer {vt} [said of a physical things e.g. vessels] | :: to take apart |
| dépecer {vt} [figuratively] | :: to divide up (put into parts) |
| dépecer {vt} [figuratively] | :: to pick apart (examine in great detail) |
| dépecer {vt} [figuratively] | :: to tear apart (criticise severely) |
| dépeceur {m} | :: dismemberer |
| dépeceur {m} | :: butcher |
| dépeceuse {f} | :: feminine singular of dépeceur |
| dépêche {f} | :: dispatch (express private message) |
| dépêche {f} | :: telegram |
| dépêcher {vt} | :: to send, dispatch (urgently) |
| dépêcher {vpr} | :: to haste, to hurry up |
| dépeigner {v} | :: to mess up (someone's hair) |
| dépeindre {v} | :: to depict, portray |
| dépeindre {v} [rare] | :: to depaint (remove paint) |
| dépeint {adj} | :: depicted, portrayed |
| dépenailler {v} | :: to shred |
| dépénaliser {v} | :: To decriminalize |
| dépendamment {adv} | :: dependently |
| dépendance {f} | :: addiction, dependence (a habit or practice) |
| dépendance {f} | :: outbuilding |
| dépendance {f} [grammar] | :: dependence |
| dépendant {adj} | :: dependent |
| dépendant {m} | :: dependent; one who is dependent |
| dépendante {f} | :: feminine noun of dépendant |
| dépendre {vi} | :: to depend (rely on for support; to be contingent) |
| dépendre {vi} | :: to belong (to), be part (of) |
| dépendre {vt} | :: to unhang |
| dépendre {vt} | :: to remove from a gallows |
| dépens {mp} | :: (legal) costs |
| dépens {mp} [figuratively] | :: expense |
| dépense {f} | :: expense |
| dépense {f} | :: expenditure |
| dépense {f} | :: spending |
| dépenser {v} | :: to spend (money) |
| dépensier {adj} | :: spendthrift |
| dépensier {m} | :: spendthrift |
| déperdition {f} | :: decrease |
| déperdition {f} | :: loss, leakage |
| dépérir {vi} | :: to fade away, decline, wither (away), go downhill |
| dépérissement {m} | :: decline |
| dépérissement {m} | :: wasting (away), withering |
| dépersonnaliser {v} | :: to depersonalise |
| dépersuader {vt} | :: to dissuade |
| dépêtrer {vt} | :: to disentangle |
| dépeuplement {m} | :: depopulation |
| dépeupler {vt} | :: to depopulate |
| de peur que {conj} | :: lest, for fear that |
| déphasage {m} | :: dephasing |
| déphaser {v} | :: To dephase |
| déphlogistiqué {adj} | :: dephlogisticated |
| déphlogistiquer {vt} | :: to dephlogisticate |
| déphosphoration {f} | :: dephosphorization |
| déphosphoryler {v} | :: To dephosphorylate |
| dépiauter {vt} | :: to skin |
| dépiauter {vt} [colloquial] | :: to undress |
| dépiauter {vt} [colloquial] | :: to dismantle |
| de pied en cap {adv} [rather formal] | :: from head to toe, from top to toe |
| de pied ferme {adv} [figuratively] | :: resolutely, standing firm |
| dépigmentation {f} | :: depigmentation |
| dépilation {f} | :: depilation |
| dépiler {v} | :: to depilate |
| de pire en pire {adv} [colloquial] | :: worse and worse |
| dépistage {m} | :: tracking |
| dépistage {m} | :: screening |
| dépister {v} | :: to track an animal using its tracks |
| dépister {v} | :: to derail |
| dépister {v} [medicine, epidemiology] | :: to screen |
| dépit {m} | :: scorn |
| dépité {adj} | :: vexed |
| dépiter {vt} | :: to sadden, upset |
| déplacé {adj} | :: inappropriate, uncalled-for |
| déplacé {adj} | :: rude, offensive |
| déplacement {m} | :: trip, journey |
| déplacement {m} | :: movement (act of moving from one place to another) |
| déplacement {m} | :: a move (action of moving) |
| déplacement {m} | :: displacement |
| déplacer {vt} | :: to move |
| déplacer {vr} [se déplacer] | :: To go around, to move about |
| déplacer {vr} [se déplacer] | :: To come over, to go over to, to make a house call, as to travel to perform some work |
| déplacer des montagnes {v} [figuratively] | :: to move mountains |
| de plain-pied {adv} | :: on one level |
| de plain-pied {adv} | :: walk-in |
| de plain-pied {adv} [figuratively] | :: on an equal footing |
| de plain-pied {adv} [figuratively] | :: directly, without transition |
| déplaire {vi} | :: to be displeasing or disliked |
| déplaire {vp} | :: to be ill at ease |
| déplaisamment {adv} | :: unpleasantly |
| déplaisant {adj} | :: unpleasant |
| déplaisir {m} | :: displeasure |
| déplanter {v} | :: to deplant |
| déplâtrer {v} | :: to remove from plaster |
| de plein fouet {adv} | :: With a direct or harsh hit, harshly |
| de plein gré {prep} | :: willingly |
| déplétion {f} | :: depletion |
| dépliant {adj} | :: unfolding (able to unfold) |
| dépliant {m} | :: leaflet; flyer |
| déplier {v} | :: to unfold (undo the action of folding) |
| déplisser {v} | :: to unwrinkle |
| déploiement {m} | :: deployment, deploying |
| déplorable {adj} | :: lamentable, regrettable |
| déplorablement {adv} | :: deplorably |
| déplorer {vt} | :: to deplore something, to rue something |
| déployer {v} | :: to spread out, to unfold |
| déployer {v} [military] | :: to deploy (troops, etc.) |
| déplumé {adj} | :: plucked (de-feathered) |
| déplumer {vt} | :: to pluck (feathers from a living bird) |
| déplumer {vr} | :: to lose feathers |
| de plus {phrase} | :: moreover, furthermore |
| de plus belle {adv} | :: even more, even harder than before, with even greater intensity |
| de plus en plus {adv} | :: more and more (used to express a progressive increase) |
| de poche {adj} | :: pocket (attributive) (of a size suitable for putting into a pocket) |
| dépoétiser {vt} | :: to depoetize |
| de poids {adj} [figuratively] | :: weighty, that carries weight |
| de pointe {adj} | :: cutting-edge, state-of-the-art |
| dépoitraillé {adj} | :: with shirt/clothes open to the waist; bare-chested |
| dépolarisation {f} | :: depolarization |
| dépolariser {v} | :: to depolarize |
| dépoli {adj} | :: frosted (glass) |
| dépolir {v} | :: to unpolish |
| dépolitisation {f} | :: depoliticization |
| dépolitisé {adj} | :: depoliticized |
| dépolitiser {v} | :: to depoliticize, depoliticise |
| dépolluant {adj} | :: depolluting |
| dépollué {adj} | :: depolluted |
| dépolluer {vt} | :: to depollute |
| dépollution {f} | :: cleanup of pollution |
| dépolymérisation {f} [chemistry] | :: depolymerization |
| dépolymériser {v} | :: To depolymerize |
| dépopulariser {vt} | :: to render unpopular |
| dépopulariser {vr} | :: to become unpopular |
| dépopulation {f} | :: depopulation |
| d'époque {adj} | :: authentic |
| déportation {f} | :: deportation |
| déportation {f} | :: internment (in a concentration camp) |
| déportement {m} [especially, in plural] | :: a bad way of life |
| déportement {m} | :: swerve |
| déporter {vt} | :: to deport (expel from a country) |
| déporter {vt} | :: to send to a concentration camp |
| déporter {vt} | :: to put off course, carry off course |
| déporter {vr} [of a vehicle] | :: to swerve |
| déporter {vr} | :: to sway, waver |
| déposant {m} | :: depositor |
| déposant {m} [legal] | :: person who makes a deposition |
| déposante {f} | :: feminine singular of déposant |
| déposé {adj} [legal] | :: registered, recorded |
| déposer {v} | :: to put down (set down), lay down |
| déposer {v} | :: to deposit (one material onto another) |
| déposer {v} [banking] | :: To deposit (money) |
| déposer {v} | :: to depose |
| déposer {v} | :: to file (an application); to present (a document) |
| déposer les armes {v} | :: to lay down one's arms, to lay down one's weapons |
| déposer les armes {v} [figuratively] | :: to give up, to surrender |
| dépositaire {mf} [banking] | :: depositary, trustee |
| déposition {f} | :: deposition, statement |
| déposition {f} | :: evidence, testimony |
| déposséder {vt} | :: to dispossess |
| dépossession {f} | :: dispossession |
| déposter {vt} | :: to drive from a post, to dislodge |
| dépôt {m} | :: warehouse, store, depot, depository |
| dépôt {m} | :: act of depositing, act of placing |
| dépôt {m} | :: deposit (object being deposited) |
| dépôt {m} | :: registration, proposal |
| dépôt {m} [banking] | :: deposit |
| dépôt {m} [geology] | :: deposit |
| dépôt de bilan {m} [business] | :: bankruptcy application, liquidation, statement of affairs |
| dépoter {v} | :: to unpot |
| dépotoir {m} | :: dumping ground, tip, landfill |
| dépoudrer {vt} | :: to unpowder |
| dépoudrer {vr} | :: to unpowder one's hair |
| dépouille {f} | :: skin, hide |
| dépouille {f} | :: body |
| dépouille {f} [in the plural] | :: remains |
| dépouille {f} | :: booty, plunder |
| dépouillement {m} | :: stripping; skinning (removal of skin from an animal) |
| dépouillement {m} | :: loss; shedding (of leaves from a tree) |
| dépouillement {m} | :: stripping; reduction; cutting; snipping; whittling down (removal, at least in part, e.g. of text); act of getting rid |
| dépouillement {m} | :: robbing, stealing; pinching |
| dépouillement {m} | :: destitution (state of being without) |
| dépouillement {m} | :: shedding, disowning (e.g. of personal belongings) |
| dépouillement {m} | :: count; vote count; counting of votes |
| dépouillement {m} [computing] | :: data reduction |
| dépouiller {v} | :: to skin (an animal) |
| dépouiller {v} [literary] | :: to rob, despoil |
| dépouiller {v} | :: to count (votes); to go through (mail); to peruse, examine in detail |
| dépouiller {v} [literary] | :: to strip, denude (of clothes, possessions etc.) |
| dépouiller {vp} [literary] | :: to divest oneself of |
| dépouiller {vp} | :: (of an animal) to shed its skin |
| dépouilles opimes {fp} [Ancient Rome] | :: spolia opima |
| dépouilleur {m} | :: stripper (someone who strips e.g. a carcass) |
| dépouilleur {m} | :: checker, scrutinizer |
| dépouilleur {m} | :: vote counter (someone who counts votes in an election) |
| dépourvoir {v} | :: to unequip |
| dépourvu {adj} [dépourvu de] | :: without, lacking in, devoid of |
| dépourvu {m} [as "au dépourvu"] | :: surprise |
| dépoussiérage {m} | :: the act of dusting, vacuum-cleaning |
| dépoussiérage {m} [figuratively] | :: the act of updating, making current |
| dépoussiérer {v} | :: to dust; to do the dusting |
| dépoussiérer {v} [figuratively] | :: to update, to make current |
| dépoussiéreur {m} | :: deduster |
| dépravation {f} | :: depravity |
| dépravé {adj} | :: corrupted, perverted, depraved |
| dépraver {vt} | :: to corrupt, pervert, deprave |
| déprécation {f} | :: prayer asking for happiness or misfortune to befall others |
| déprécation {f} | :: prayer asking for forgiveness for some misdeed or fault |
| dépréciatif {adj} | :: depreciatory, depreciative, derogatory, disparaging |
| dépréciation {f} | :: depreciation |
| déprécier {vt} | :: To depreciate (lower the value of) |
| déprécier {vr} | :: To depreciate (lower in value) |
| déprédataire {adj} | :: synonym of voleur |
| déprédation {f} | :: damage, destruction, depredation |
| de prédilection {adj} | :: preferred |
| de préférence {adv} | :: preferably, ideally |
| dépréfixation {f} | :: stemming (removing a prefix) |
| de premier choix {adj} | :: top-class, first-class, first-rate, of prime quality, of finest quality, of choice, choice |
| de première {adj} [colloquial] | :: bigtime, total |
| de premier ordre {adj} | :: top, top-notch, first-rate, first-class |
| de premier plan {adj} | :: major, leading, high-profile, top, first-rate |
| déprendre {v} | :: to abandon (especially a person) |
| de près {adv} | :: closely |
| dépresser {v} | :: To thin out (plants) |
| dépresseur {m} [medicine] | :: depressant |
| dépressif {adj} | :: depressive |
| dépression {f} | :: depression (area that is lower than its surroundings) |
| dépression {f} | :: depression (area of low atmospheric pressure) |
| dépression {f} | :: depression (mood disorder) |
| dépression hivernale {f} | :: seasonal affective disorder (depression associated with lack of natural light in winter) |
| dépressionnaire {adj} [meteorology] | :: depression, low pressure (attributive) |
| dépressurisation {f} | :: depressurization |
| dépressuriser {v} | :: depressurize |
| déprêtriser {v} | :: to unfrock a priest |
| déprier {vt} | :: to disinvite |
| déprimant {adj} | :: depressing, cheerless |
| déprimé {adj} | :: depressed, dejected |
| de prime abord {adv} | :: at first sight, at first |
| déprimer {v} | :: to depress, to deject |
| dépris {adj} | :: abandoned |
| déprise {f} | :: abandonment |
| dépriser {v} | :: to undervalue, depreciate |
| dépriser {v} | :: to underestimate (in value) |
| dépriser {vr} | :: to underestimate oneself |
| dépriver {v} | :: to deprive of |
| de proche en proche {adv} | :: gradually, progressively, little by little, bit by bit, step by step, from one object or person to the next |
| déprogrammation {f} | :: deprogramming |
| déprogrammer {v} [television] | :: to pull (off the air) |
| déprotonation {f} [chemistry] | :: deprotonation |
| déprotoné {adj} [chemistry] | :: deprotonated |
| déprotonisation {f} [chemistry] | :: deprotonation |
| dépt {n} | :: abbreviation of département |
| dépuceler {v} | :: to deflower, to pop someone's cherry (to take someone's virginity) |
| dépucellement {m} [obsolete] | :: deflowering |
| depuis {prep} | :: since |
| depuis {prep} | :: since, ever since |
| depuis {prep} [regarding time] | :: for ~ |
| depuis {prep} [regarding time] | :: for the last ~, over the past ~ |
| depuis {prep} | :: from |
| depuis {adv} [colloquial] | :: ever since |
| depuis le temps {adv} [colloquial] | :: after all this time |
| depuis lors {adv} | :: since then |
| depuis lors {adv} | :: ever since |
| depuis que {conj} | :: since, ever since |
| depuis toujours {adv} | :: from time immemorial, since the dawn of time, always |
| dépulper {vt} | :: to mash to a pulp |
| dépuratif {adj} | :: depurative, purgative |
| dépuration {f} | :: depuration |
| dépurer {vt} [medicine] | :: to purify |
| députation {f} | :: deputation |
| députation {f} | :: The role of a deputy (in politics) |
| député {m} [politics] | :: deputy (delegate) |
| député {m} | :: Member of Parliament |
| députée {f} | :: feminine noun of député |
| députer {vt} [archaic, literary] | :: to deputize |
| de quel bois quelqu'un se chauffe {phrase} [colloquial] | :: what someone is made of, what someone is capable of, someone's true mettle |
| de quoi {interj} | :: What was that |
| de quoi {phrase} | :: What is necessary to |
| de quoi {phrase} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: something |
| de quoi je me mêle {phrase} [colloquial] | :: that's none of your business! |
| der {mf} | :: last |
| de race {adj} | :: pedigree, purebred; (of horse) thoroughbred |
| déracémiser {v} [chemistry] | :: To deracemize |
| déracinable {adj} | :: eradicable |
| déracinement {m} | :: uprooting |
| déracinement {m} | :: eradication |
| déraciner {v} | :: to uproot, to deracinate (a tree) |
| déraciner {v} | :: to deracinate (a person) |
| dérader {vi} [navigation] | :: to be driven from the anchors and forced out to sea |
| déradicaliser {v} | :: deradicalize |
| déraidir {vt} | :: to unstiffen, to make pliant, to soften |
| déraidir {vr} | :: to grow pliant, soft, supple |
| déraillement {m} | :: derailment |
| dérailler {vi} | :: to derail, be derailed [all senses] |
| dérailler {vi} [colloquial] | :: to be off one's rocker |
| dérailleur {m} | :: derailleur (gears) |
| déraison {f} | :: unreasonableness |
| déraisonnable {adj} | :: unreasonable |
| déraisonnablement {adv} | :: foolishly |
| déraisonner {v} | :: to talk nonsense |
| de rang {adv} | :: in a row |
| dérangé {adj} | :: insane |
| dérangeant {adj} | :: unsettling |
| dérangeant {adj} | :: disruptive |
| dérangement {m} | :: disturbance, inconvenience, disruption, trouble, bother |
| déranger {v} | :: to bother; to disrupt |
| déranger {v} | :: to disarray/disarrange (throw into disorder) |
| dérapage {m} | :: skid; action of skidding |
| déraper {v} | :: to skid, to slide |
| déraper {v} [of an anchor] | :: to drag |
| déraper {v} [figurative] | :: to get out of hand, to get out of control |
| dératé {adj} [of a greyhound] | :: that has undergone splenectomy to improve its running |
| dératé {m} | :: A person who has undergone splenectomy |
| dérater {vt} | :: to take out, to extract, the spleen |
| dératisable {adj} | :: derattable |
| dératisation {f} | :: deratization |
| dératiser {v} | :: derat; rid of rats |
| dératiseur {m} | :: exterminator (not just of rats) |
| derby {m} | :: derby (horse race) |
| derby {m} | :: derby (local derby) |
| der des ders {f} | :: the war to end all wars (World War One) |
| derechef {adv} [literary, dated] | :: once more, anew |
| derechef {adv} | :: (more common) immediately |
| déréférencer {v} | :: to dereference |
| de règle {adj} | :: customary, usual |
| déréglé {adj} | :: deranged |
| déréglé {adj} | :: wonky |
| déréglément {adv} | :: derangedly |
| déréglément {adv} | :: wonkily |
| dérèglement {m} | :: malfunctioning, breakdown, disorder |
| dérèglement {m} [medicine] | :: upset |
| déréglementation {f} | :: deregulation |
| déréglementer {vt} | :: to deregulate |
| déréglementer {vt} | :: to derestrict |
| dérèglementer {v} | :: alternative form of déréglementer |
| dérégler {v} | :: to disrupt, to disturb |
| dérégler {v} | :: to unsettle |
| dérégler {v} | :: to put off |
| dérégulateur {adj} | :: deregulatory |
| dérégulation {f} | :: deregulation |
| déréguler {v} | :: to deregulate |
| déréliction {f} [literary] | :: dereliction; feeling of solitude, loneliness |
| dérembourser {v} | :: to no longer reimburse |
| de renom {adj} | :: renowned |
| de retour {adj} | :: back |
| de rêve {adj} [colloquial] | :: dream; ideal; idealized |
| Déricourt {prop} | :: surname |
| dérider {vt} | :: to brighten up, cheer up |
| de rien {phrase} [after being thanked] | :: you're welcome, it's nothing |
| de rien du tout {adj} [colloquial] | :: tiny, paltry, insignificant |
| de rigueur {adj} | :: absolutely necessary |
| dérision {f} | :: derision |
| dérisoire {adj} [of an amount] | :: paltry, trivial |
| dérisoire {adj} [of power or strength] | :: hollow, pathetic |
| dérisoirement {adv} | :: derisorily, trivially, pathetically |
| dérivabilité {f} [maths] | :: derivability |
| dérivable {adj} | :: derivable |
| dérivatif {adj} [medicine] | :: Causing a derivation (a drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process) |
| dérivatif {adj} | :: derivative |
| dérivatif {m} [medicine] | :: A medicine that causes a derivation |
| dérivatif {m} | :: diversion, distraction |
| dérivation {f} | :: diversion |
| dérivation {f} [linguistics, linguistic morphology, grammar, lexicography] | :: derivation |
| dérivation inverse {f} [linguistics] | :: back-formation |
| dérivationnel {adj} [linguistics, grammar] | :: derivational |
| dérivation régressive {f} [linguistics] | :: back-formation |
| dérive {f} | :: drift |
| dérive {f} [nautical] | :: centreboard |
| dérivé {m} | :: a derivation of any sort |
| dérivé {m} [linguistics] | :: a derived term, derivative |
| dérivée {f} | :: a derived one of any sort [of feminine grammatical gender] |
| dérivée {f} [mathematics] | :: derivative (in analysis: value of a function) |
| dériver {vi} | :: to derive (originate from) |
| dériver {vi} | :: to drift |
| dériver {vt} [mathematics] | :: to derive |
| dériver {vt} [of a river] | :: to redirect, to divert |
| dériver {vt} [electricity] | :: to shunt |
| dériver {vt} | :: to unrivet |
| dériveur {m} | :: dinghy (with a centreboard) |
| dérivomètre {m} | :: drift meter |
| derjavinien {adj} | :: Derzhavinian |
| dermabraser {v} [medical] | :: to perform dermabrasion |
| dermabrasion {f} [medical] | :: dermabrasion |
| dermaptère {m} | :: dermapteran; earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera) |
| dermato {mf} | :: dermatologist |
| dermatographie {f} | :: dermatography |
| dermatographique {adj} | :: dermatographic |
| dermatologie {f} | :: dermatology |
| dermatologique {adj} | :: dermatological |
| dermatologue {mf} | :: dermatologist |
| dermatose {f} [pathology] | :: dermatosis |
| derme {m} | :: dermis |
| dermique {adj} | :: dermic |
| dermique {adj} | :: skin (attributive) |
| dermite {f} [pathology] | :: dermatitis |
| dermographie {f} | :: dermography |
| dermoptère {m} | :: colugo (animal of the order Dermoptera) |
| dernier {adj} | :: last |
| dernier {adj} | :: latest (most recent) |
| dernier {adj} | :: latter |
| dernier cri {adj} | :: up-to-date (state of the art) |
| dernière demeure {f} [euphemistic] | :: resting place |
| dernière ligne droite {f} [figuratively] | :: home stretch, home straight |
| dernièrement {adv} | :: recently, lately, of late (in the recent past) |
| dernièrement {adv} | :: lastly (in last place) |
| dérobade {f} | :: evasion, avoidance |
| dérobé {adj} | :: concealed (door, feature etc.) |
| dérober {vt} | :: to conceal, screen, shield (à from) |
| dérober {vt} | :: to steal (à from) |
| dérober {vt} [literary] | :: to turn away (one's head, gaze etc.) |
| dérober {vr} | :: to shirk, shy away (à from) |
| dérober {vr} | :: to hide (oneself) |
| dérober {vr} | :: to slip away (free oneself) |
| dérober {vr} | :: to give way (collapse) |
| dérober {vr} [horseriding] | :: to refuse |
| dérocher {vt} | :: to remove rocks from |
| dérogation {f} | :: dispensation |
| dérogatoire {adj} | :: derogatory |
| déroger {v} | :: to repeal (a law), to break away (from a tradition) |
| dérougir {vt} | :: to cause to stop being red |
| dérougir {vr} | :: to cease being red, to lose redness |
| dérouillage {m} | :: derusting (rust removal) |
| dérouillée {f} [colloquial] | :: thrashing, beating |
| dérouiller {vt} | :: to remove rust from |
| dérouiller {vt} | :: to get back into, dust off |
| dérouiller {vr} | :: to lose rust |
| dérouiller {vr} [of a skill] | :: to come back |
| dérouine {f} [obsolete, Canada] | :: derouine |
| déroulant {adj} | :: unrolling, unravelling, unfolding |
| déroulant {adj} | :: breaking (of waves) |
| déroulement {m} | :: event, occurrence |
| dérouler {v} | :: to unroll |
| dérouler {v} [of waves] | :: to break |
| dérouler {vr} [of events, etc.] | :: to unravel, to unfold |
| déroutant {adj} | :: uncanny (strange, mysteriously unsettling) |
| déroutant {adj} | :: jinky |
| déroute {f} | :: rout, ruin (state of being in ruin) |
| dérouter {vt} | :: to reroute, derail (cause to change path) |
| dérouter {vt} | :: to set back |
| dérouter {vt} [figurative] | :: to disconcert |
| Derrida {prop} | :: surname |
| Derrida {prop} | :: Jacques Derrida, French philosopher |
| derrière {adv} | :: behind |
| derrière {m} | :: rear of an object |
| derrière {m} | :: bottom, bum, backside |
| derrière {prep} | :: behind |
| derrière les barreaux {prep} [figuratively] | :: behind bars, in prison |
| derviche {m} | :: Dervish |
| derviche tourneur {m} | :: One of the Whirling Dervishes |
| des {contraction} | :: Contraction of de + les (of the, from the, some) |
| dés- {prefix} [variant of dé- before a vowel] | :: dis-, de- |
| dès {prep} | :: since, from |
| désabonner {v} | :: to unsubscribe |
| désabuser {v} | :: to correct, to enlighten |
| désabuser {v} | :: to disenchant, to disillusion |
| désaccord {m} | :: disagreement |
| désaccorder {vr} | :: To disagree |
| désaccorder {vt} [music] | :: To cause to be out of tune |
| désaccoupler {vt} | :: to unbind, separate |
| désaccoutumer {vr} | :: to become unaccustomed to |
| de sac et de corde {adj} [dated] | :: villainous, scoundrelly |
| désacétylation {f} [organic chemistry] | :: deacetylation |
| désacétyler {v} [organic chemistry] | :: To deacetylate |
| désachalander {vt} | :: to take away the customers |
| désacidifier {vt} | :: to deacidify |
| désacralisation {f} | :: desecration |
| désacraliser {vt} | :: to deconsecrate |
| désactivable {adj} | :: deactivatable, disableable |
| désactiver {v} | :: to deactivate |
| désactiver {v} | :: to disable (to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device) |
| désadhérence {f} | :: cleavage (act of cleaving) |
| désaffecté {adj} | :: disused |
| désaffecter {v} | :: to decommission |
| désaffection {f} | :: disaffection |
| désafférentation {f} [biology] | :: deafferentation |
| désafférenté {adj} [biology] | :: deafferent |
| désaffiliation {f} | :: disaffiliation |
| désaffourcher {vt} [navigation] | :: to unmoor or heave up an anchor |
| désaffubler {vt} | :: to unmuffle |
| désagrafable {adj} | :: unstaplable |
| désagrafer {vt} | :: to unstaple |
| désagréable {adj} | :: unpleasant; disagreeable |
| désagréablement {adv} | :: unpleasantly ; disagreeably |
| désagréer {v} [à] | :: |
| désagréer {vt} | :: to unrig |
| désagrégation {f} | :: disintegration |
| désagrégé {adj} | :: disaggregated |
| désagrégeant {adj} | :: disaggregating |
| désagrégeant {m} | :: disaggregant |
| désagréger {vt} | :: to break up or disintegrate |
| désagrément {m} | :: annoyance, bother |
| désagrément {m} | :: (medical) condition |
| désaimantation {f} | :: demagnetization |
| désaimanter {v} | :: To demagnetize |
| désaimer {v} [rare] | :: to cease to love |
| désaisonnalisation {f} | :: deseasonalization |
| désaisonnaliser {v} | :: To deseasonalize |
| désajuster {vt} | :: to derange, to disturb, to put out of order |
| désajuster {vr} | :: to become deranged, disturbed, to get out of order |
| désaligner {vt} | :: "to make uneven (ranks of soldiers)" |
| désaligner {vr} | :: to fall out of the ranks |
| désalinisation {f} | :: desalination |
| désaliniser {v} | :: To desalinate |
| désallier {vt} | :: "to disunite (allies)" |
| désallier {vr} | :: to make an unsuitable match |
| désaltérant {adj} | :: thirst-quenching |
| désaltérer {vt} | :: to quench the thirst |
| désamarrer {v} [nautical] | :: to unmoor |
| désambiguïsation {f} | :: Disambiguation |
| désambiguïser {v} | :: To disambiguate |
| désamianter {vt} | :: to remove asbestos from |
| désaminase {f} [enzyme] | :: deaminase |
| désamination {f} [organic chemistry] | :: deamination |
| désamorçage {m} | :: defusing (of a bomb) |
| désamorcer {v} | :: to defuse (e.g. a weapon) |
| désamorcer {v} | :: to forestall, to hinder, to prevent something from happening |
| désamour {m} | :: unlove (lack, absence, or omission of love) |
| désaper {v} | :: to undress |
| désapparier {vt} | :: "to separate (birds that have been paired)" |
| désappointement {m} [literary] | :: disappointment |
| désappointer {v} [obsolete] | :: to dismiss |
| désappointer {v} [rare, proscribed, except in, Louisiana French] | :: to disappoint |
| désapprendre {v} | :: to unlearn |
| désapprobateur {adj} | :: disapproving, censorious |
| désapprobation {f} | :: disapproval, disapprobation |
| désapprouver {vt} | :: to disapprove (of) |
| dès à présent {adv} | :: here and now, right now, as of now, already |
| désarbrer {v} [rare] | :: to cut down trees |
| désarçonner {v} | :: to unhorse, unseat |
| désarçonner {v} [figurative, colloquial] | :: to disconcert, to disarm |
| désargenté {adj} | :: impoverished, penniless |
| désarmant {adj} | :: disarming |
| désarmé {adj} | :: disarmed |
| désarmé {adj} | :: weaponless |
| désarmement {m} | :: disarmament |
| désarmer {v} | :: to disarm |
| désarrimer {vt} | :: to shift (move something that had been placed somewhere) |
| désarroi {m} | :: disarray (want of array or regular order) |
| désarticulation {f} | :: dislocation |
| désarticulation {f} | :: disarticulation |
| désarticuler {v} [medicine] | :: to dislocate |
| désassembler {v} | :: to disassemble (to take to pieces) |
| désassembleur {m} | :: disassembler |
| désassocier {vt} | :: to disassociate |
| désassorti {adj} | :: incomplete, odd |
| désassorti {adj} | :: sold out (merchandise) |
| désassortir {vt} | :: to spoil the match of, to mismatch |
| désastre {m} | :: disaster |
| désastre {m} | :: bankruptcy, breakup |
| désastreusement {adv} | :: disastrously |
| désastreux {adj} | :: disastrous, calamitous |
| désavantage {m} | :: drawback, disadvantage, handicap |
| désavantager {v} | :: to disadvantage; hinder |
| désavantageusement {adv} | :: disadvantageously |
| désavantageux {adj} | :: disadvantageous |
| désaveu {m} | :: denial, rejection |
| désaveugler {vt} | :: to unblind |
| désaveugler {vt} | :: to open someone's eyes |
| désavouer {v} | :: to take back (something that has been said) |
| désavouer {v} | :: to disown |
| désavouer {v} | :: to disavow |
| désavouer {v} | :: to deny, deny ownership of |
| désaxer {v} | :: to unbalance |
| désaxer {v} | :: to derail |
| Descaves {prop} | :: surname |
| desceller {vt} | :: to break the seal of, unseal |
| desceller {vt} | :: to free, pull free |
| desceller {vr} | :: to come loose |
| Descemet {prop} | :: Descemet (surname) |
| descendance {f} | :: line of descent |
| descendant {m} | :: A descendant; one who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time; e.g. a child; a grandchild, etc |
| descendant {adj} | :: (which is) descending |
| descendre {vi} | :: to go down |
| descendre {vit} | :: to descend |
| descendre {vt} | :: to put down; disparage |
| descendre {vt} [slang] | :: to kill (someone) |
| descendre {vi} | :: to stay (in a hotel or other temporary lodging) |
| descente {f} | :: descent (act of going down) |
| descente {f} | :: descent (downward slope) |
| descente {f} | :: way down |
| descente {f} | :: descending |
| descente {f} | :: raid (e.g. police raid) |
| descente {f} [sports] | :: downhill (an event in skiing or canoeing) |
| descente {f} | :: comedown (from a drug), crash |
| descente aux enfers {f} | :: harrowing of hell, descent into hell |
| descente aux enfers {f} [figuratively] | :: highway to hell, road to hell |
| Deschamps {prop} | :: surname |
| déscolarisation {f} | :: The normal act of leaving school (to get a job or go to college) |
| déscolarisation {f} | :: unschooling |
| déscolariser {vi} | :: to leave school |
| descripteur {m} | :: descriptor |
| descriptif {adj} | :: descriptive |
| descriptif {adj} [linguistics] | :: descriptive |
| description {f} | :: description |
| descriptivisme {m} [linguistics] | :: descriptivism |
| desdites {contraction} | :: contraction of de + lesdites |
| desdits {contraction} | :: contraction of de + lesdits |
| déséchouer {vt} [navigation] | :: to get afloat |
| de seconde main {adj} | :: secondhand |
| de seconde zone {adj} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: second-rate, second-class, inferior |
| de second ordre {adj} [pejorative] | :: second-rate, second-class, inferior; middling, mediocre |
| désemballer {vt} | :: to unpack |
| désembarquement {m} | :: disembarkment |
| désembarquer {v} | :: disembark |
| désemboîter {vt} | :: "to disjoint; to put out of socket; to dislocate |
| désembouage {m} | :: desludging |
| désembouer {v} | :: To desludge |
| désembourber {vt} | :: to draw out of the mire |
| désembourber {vr} | :: to get out of the mire |
| désembourgeoiser {v} | :: to no longer be bourgeois |
| désemparé {adj} | :: distraught, at a loss |
| désemparé {adj} | :: in distress |
| désemparer {v} | :: to disable (a ship) |
| désemparer {v} [figurative] | :: to cripple, to damage |
| désempeser {vt} | :: to unstarch, to take out the starch |
| désempeser {vr} | :: to become unstarched |
| désemplir {vt} [rare] | :: to (partially) empty (something that is full up) |
| désemplir {vi} | :: to be nearly full (only used in negative constructions) |
| désemprisonner {v} | :: to free from prison |
| désenchanté {adj} | :: disenchanted |
| désenchantement {m} | :: disenchantment |
| désenchanter {v} | :: to disenchant (to remove an enchantment from) |
| désenclavement {m} | :: opening up (of a geopolitical region) |
| désenclaver {v} | :: to disenclave |
| désencombrer {v} | :: to unclutter; to declutter; to disencumber |
| désendettement {m} | :: debt reduction |
| désendetter {v} [economics, finance] | :: To deleverage (reduce debt) |
| désenfler {v} | :: to deflate |
| désengagement {m} | :: disengagement |
| désengager {v} | :: to disengage, withdraw |
| désengorgement {m} | :: unclogging |
| désengorger {v} | :: to unclog, to unclutter |
| désengrener {vt} | :: to throw out of gear |
| désenivrement {m} | :: sobering up |
| désenivrer {v} | :: to sober up |
| désenlaidir {vt} | :: to render less ugly |
| désenlaidir {vr} | :: to become less ugly |
| désennuyer {vt} | :: to relieve boredom (from) |
| désenrhumer {vt} | :: to cure of a cold |
| désenrhumer {vr} | :: to cure one's cold |
| désenrouer {vt} | :: to cure of hoarseness |
| désenrouer {vr} | :: to cure one's hoarseness |
| désensabler {vt} | :: to remove sand from |
| désensevelir {vt} | :: "to unwrap (a corpse); to exhume" |
| désensibiliser {v} | :: to desensitize |
| désensorceler {vt} | :: to unbewitch |
| désensorcellement {m} | :: unbewitching |
| désenterrer {v} [rare] | :: to disinter; to exhume |
| désentêter {vt} | :: to cure of obstinacy |
| désentêter {vr} | :: to be cured of obstinacy; |
| désentrelacer {v} | :: to deinterlace |
| désenverguer {vt} | :: "to unbend (sails)" |
| désenvoûter {v} | :: to unbewitch, disenchant; to exorcise |
| déséquilibre {m} | :: unevenness; imbalance |
| déséquilibré {adj} | :: unbalanced |
| déséquilibré {m} | :: lunatic |
| déséquilibrer {vt} | :: to unbalance |
| désert {m} | :: desert |
| désert {adj} | :: deserted |
| désert alimentaire {m} | :: food desert |
| désert du Lout {prop} {m} | :: Lut Desert |
| déserter {vt} | :: to desert (a place), abandon |
| déserter {vi} [military] | :: to desert |
| déserteur {m} [chiefly military] | :: deserter (person who leaves the military without permission) |
| déserteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of déserteur |
| désertification {f} | :: desertification |
| désertifier {v} | :: to desertify |
| désertion {f} | :: desertion |
| désertique {adj} | :: desert (related to deserts) |
| désertique {adj} | :: desert |
| désescalader {v} | :: to climb down |
| désespéramment {adv} | :: desperately |
| désespérance {f} [literary] | :: despair |
| désespérant {adj} | :: despairing |
| désespérant {adj} | :: hopeless |
| désespérant {adj} | :: discouraging, disheartening |
| désespéré {adj} [of a person] | :: hopeless |
| désespéré {adj} | :: desperate |
| désespérément {adv} | :: desperately |
| désespérer {vi} | :: to despair (feel hopeless) |
| désespoir {m} | :: despair |
| désespoir des singes {m} [botany] | :: monkey puzzle, araucaria |
| désespoir du singe {m} [botany] | :: monkey puzzle, araucaria |
| déseuropéaniser {v} | :: To de-Europeanize |
| désexcitation {f} [physics] | :: deexcitation |
| désexciter {vt} | :: to deexcite |
| des familles {adj} [colloquial, affectionate] | :: good old, nice little, plain old |
| des fois que {conj} [colloquial] | :: if, in case |
| des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas {proverb} | :: there's no accounting for taste |
| déshabillé {adj} | :: Undressed, in a state of undress |
| déshabillé {m} | :: Négligée (type of dressing gown) |
| déshabiller {v} | :: to undress |
| déshabiller {vr} | :: To get undressed |
| déshabiller Paul pour habiller Jean {v} | :: synonym of déshabiller Pierre pour habiller Paul |
| déshabiller Pierre pour habiller Paul {v} [figuratively] | :: to rob Peter to pay Paul |
| déshabituer {vtp} | :: to rid of a habit |
| désharmonieusement {adv} | :: disharmoniously |
| désharmonieux {adj} | :: disharmonious |
| des hauts et des bas {mp} | :: ups and downs |
| désherbant {adj} | :: herbicidal |
| désherber {v} | :: to weed (remove weeds from) |
| déshérence {f} | :: escheat |
| déshérité {adj} | :: disinherited |
| déshérité {adj} | :: deprived |
| déshériter {vt} | :: to disinherit |
| déshériter {vt} [figurative] | :: to handicap, to disadvantage |
| désheurer {vt} | :: "(ant.) to disturb one (in one's occupations)" |
| désheurer {vr} | :: to disturb one's self (in one's occupations) |
| déshonnête {adj} | :: that is contrary to the proprieties, against common decency |
| déshonnêtement {adv} | :: dishonestly |
| déshonneur {m} | :: dishonor (all meanings) |
| déshonorable {adj} | :: dishonorable |
| déshonorablement {adv} | :: dishonorably |
| déshonorant {adj} | :: dishonourable |
| déshonorer {v} | :: to dishonor |
| déshumanisation {f} | :: dehumanization |
| déshumaniser {vt} | :: to dehumanize |
| déshydratase {f} [enzyme] | :: dehydratase |
| déshydratation {f} | :: dehydration |
| déshydraté {adj} | :: dehydrated |
| déshydrater {vt} | :: to dehydrate |
| déshydro- {prefix} [organic chemistry] | :: dehydro- |
| déshydroascorbate {f} [organic chemistry] | :: dehydroascorbate |
| déshydroascorbique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: dehydroascorbic |
| déshydrocholestérol {m} [organic compound] | :: dehydrocholesterol |
| déshydrogénase {f} [enzyme] | :: dehydrogenase |
| déshydrogénation {f} [chemistry] | :: dehydrogenation |
| déshydrogéné {adj} | :: dehydrogenated |
| déshydrohalogénation {f} [chemistry] | :: dehydrohalogenation |
| desiderata {m} | :: desideratum |
| design {m} | :: design |
| désignation {f} | :: designation |
| désignation {f} | :: indication |
| désignation {f} | :: connotation |
| designer {m} | :: designer |
| designer {v} | :: to design |
| désigner {v} | :: to designate |
| désigner {v} | :: to indicate (symbol, abbreviation, etc.) |
| désigner {v} | :: to connote (to signify beyond principal meaning) |
| désilage {m} | :: removal from a silo |
| désiler {v} | :: To remove from a silo |
| désillusion {f} | :: disillusion, disenchantment |
| désillusionné {adj} | :: disenchanting |
| désillusionner {vt} | :: to disillusion, disenchant, to burst someone's bubble |
| désimbloquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to unblock (a mobile phone that has a locked SIM card) |
| désincarcérer {v} | :: To extricate |
| désincarné {adj} | :: disembodied |
| désincarner {v} | :: to disembody or disincarnate |
| désincorporer {vt} | :: to disincorporate, to separate, to disunite |
| désindustrialisation {f} | :: deindustrialization |
| désinence {f} [linguistics] | :: ending, desinence, inflectional suffix |
| désinfatuer {vt} | :: to disabuse, to undeceive, to dispel the infatuation of |
| désinfatuer {vr} | :: to cease being infatuated |
| désinfectant {adj} | :: disinfectant |
| désinfectant {m} | :: disinfectant |
| désinfecter {v} | :: to disinfect |
| désinfecteur {m} | :: disinfector |
| désinfection {f} | :: disinfection |
| désinformation {f} | :: disinformation, misinformation |
| désinformer {v} | :: To misinform, disinform |
| désinscrire {v} | :: to unsubscribe |
| désinsectiser {v} | :: debug (to remove insects from somewhere) |
| désinstallation {f} | :: uninstallation |
| désinstaller {v} | :: to uninstall |
| désinstalleur {m} [computing] | :: uninstaller |
| désintégration {f} | :: disintegration |
| désintégré {adj} | :: disintegrated |
| désintégrer {v} | :: to disintegrate |
| désintéressé {adj} | :: disinterested (impartial) |
| désintéressement {m} | :: disinterest, disinterestedness, unselfishness, detachment |
| désintéressement {m} | :: buying out (an associate), paying off (a creditor) |
| désintéresser {v} | :: give money to (somebody) as a compensation for something |
| désintéresser {vr} | :: to lose interest (in), stop being interested in |
| désintérêt {m} | :: disinterest |
| désintoxication {f} | :: detoxification, detox, rehab |
| désintoxiquer {vt} | :: to detoxify (for drugs or alcohol) |
| désinvestir {v} [finance] | :: to divest |
| désinviter {vt} | :: to recall an invitation |
| désinvolte {adj} | :: nonchalant, flippant |
| désinvolture {f} | :: casual manner, casualness, flippancy |
| désionisé {adj} | :: deionized |
| désioniser {v} | :: To deionize |
| désir {m} | :: desire |
| désirabilité {f} | :: desirability; desirableness |
| désirable {adj} | :: wanted |
| désirable {adj} | :: desirable |
| Désiré {prop} | :: given name |
| Désirée {prop} | :: given name; best known for a 19th century French-born queen of Sweden |
| désirer {vt} | :: to desire, want |
| désireux {adj} | :: desirous |
| désistement {m} | :: withdrawal |
| désistement {m} | :: cancellation |
| désister {vp} | :: to cancel, to withdraw |
| Desjardins {prop} | :: surname, particularly common in Quebec |
| dès lors {adv} | :: thence, thenceforth |
| dès lors {adv} | :: from that moment/time |
| dès lors {adv} | :: as a result, therefore |
| desman {m} | :: desman |
| desmographie {f} [anatomy] | :: desmography |
| desmologie {f} [anatomy] | :: desmology |
| désobéir {vi} | :: To disobey [+ à a person] |
| désobéir {vi} | :: To disobey [+ à rules or instructions] |
| désobéissance {f} | :: disobedience |
| désobéissance {f} | :: disregard |
| désobéissance civile {f} | :: civil disobedience |
| désobéissant {adj} | :: disobedient |
| désobésifier {v} | :: deobesify |
| désobligeamment {adv} | :: disparagingly |
| désobligeant {adj} | :: derogatory, disparaging |
| désobliger {v} | :: to offend |
| désobstruer {v} | :: to deobstruct |
| désodorisation {f} | :: deodourization |
| désodoriser {vt} | :: to deodorize |
| désoeuvré {adj} | :: nonstandard spelling of désœuvré |
| désœuvré {adj} | :: idle, aimless |
| désœuvrement {m} | :: idleness |
| désœuvrer {vt} | :: to deprive of work or of another activity |
| désolant {adj} | :: sad |
| désolant {adj} | :: distressing |
| désolation {f} | :: desolation |
| désolé {adj} | :: desolate |
| désolé {adj} | :: very sorry, apologetic |
| désolé {interj} | :: sorry (an apology) |
| désoler {v} | :: to sadden, distress |
| désoler {vr} | :: to be upset |
| désolidarisation {f} | :: dissociation, disconnection |
| désolidariser {v} | :: To dissociate (break up a group) |
| désolidariser {v} | :: To dissociate oneself from an idea, course of action etc |
| désolvatation {f} | :: desolvation |
| de son choix {adj} | :: of one's choosing, of one's choice |
| de son état {prep} [rather literary] | :: by trade, by profession |
| de son propre chef {adv} | :: of one's own accord, off one's own bat, on one's own initiative, at one's own instigation |
| désopilant {adj} | :: funny, hilarious |
| désorber {v} | :: to desorb |
| désordonné {adj} | :: disorderly, untidy |
| désordonnément {adv} | :: disorderly, untidily |
| désordre {m} | :: disorder, chaos |
| désordre {m} | :: mess |
| désorganisation {f} | :: disorganization |
| désorganisé {adj} | :: disorganized |
| désorganiser {vt} | :: to disorganize |
| désorientation {f} | :: disorientation |
| désorientation {f} | :: confusion |
| désorienter {v} | :: to disorient |
| désorienter {v} | :: to bewilder |
| désormais {adv} | :: henceforth, from now on |
| désorption {f} | :: desorption |
| désossé {adj} [cooking] | :: boned, off the bone |
| désossé {adj} | :: flabby |
| désossé {adj} | :: supple |
| désossé {adj} | :: boneless |
| désosser {v} | :: to debone |
| désosser {v} [figuratively] | :: to dismantle, to take apart |
| de souche {adj} | :: pureblooded, native (of many generations standing, of impeccable pedigree) |
| désourdir {vt} | :: "(l.u.) to unweave, to unravel" |
| désourisation {f} | :: demousing |
| désoxyadénosine {f} [organic compound] | :: deoxyadenosine |
| désoxydation {f} | :: deoxidation |
| désoxyder {v} | :: to deoxidize |
| désoxyder {v} [chemistry] | :: To reduce |
| désoxygénation {f} [chemistry] | :: deoxygenation |
| désoxygéner {v} | :: to deoxidise, to deoxygenate |
| désoxyhémoglobine {f} [organic compound] | :: deoxyhemoglobin |
| désoxyribofuranose {m} [organic chemistry] | :: deoxyribofuranose |
| désoxyribonucléique {adj} | :: deoxyribonucleic |
| désoxyribonucleoside {f} | :: deoxyribonucleoside |
| désoxyribonucléotide {m} [biochemistry] | :: deoxyribonucleotide |
| désoxyribose {m} [carbohydrate] | :: deoxyribose |
| des pieds à la tête {adv} [rare] | :: head to toe |
| despote {mf} | :: despot |
| despote {mf} | :: tyrant |
| despotique {adj} | :: despotic |
| despotiquement {adv} | :: despotically |
| despotisme {m} | :: despotism (government by a singular authority) |
| despotisme éclairé {m} | :: enlightened absolutism |
| Després {prop} | :: surname |
| d'esprit {adj} | :: spiritual |
| despumer {v} | :: synonym of écumer |
| dès que {conj} | :: once, as soon as |
| dès que possible {adv} | :: as soon as possible |
| dessacheuse {f} | :: An industrial bag-opener that feeds material into a hopper |
| dessaisir {v} [transitive + de] | :: to disseize, dispossess, or deprive |
| dessaisir {v} [reflexive + de] | :: to deprive one's self of, to give up |
| dessaisissement {m} | :: relinquishment |
| dessaisissement {m} | :: divestiture |
| dessaisonner {vt} | :: to plough, manure, or sow land unseasonably and contrary to custom |
| dessalement {m} | :: desalination |
| dessaler {v} | :: to desalt |
| dessangler {vt} | :: to ungirth, to loosen the girth |
| dessaouler {v} | :: alternative form of dessouler |
| desséchant {adj} | :: desiccant, drying |
| desséché {adj} | :: dried out, dessicated |
| dessèchement {m} | :: drying (out) |
| dessécher {vr} | :: to dry out |
| dessein {m} [literary] | :: intention; plan; design |
| desseller {vt} | :: to unsaddle |
| desselle-toi que je te monte {interj} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Mary Parish] | :: prepare for a fight! |
| desserrer {vt} | :: to loosen (knot, belt, etc.) |
| desserrer {vt} | :: to unclench (teeth); relax (grip); release (brakes) |
| desserrer {vt} [typography] | :: to space out |
| desserrer {vt} [economics] | :: to ease, relax |
| desserrer {vr} | :: to come loose; to slacken |
| dessert {m} | :: dessert, pudding |
| desserte {f} | :: side table (or the food served on it) |
| desserte {f} | :: service |
| dessertir {v} | :: to unsocket, to remove (a gem) from its socket on a piece of jewellery |
| desservant {m} | :: A vicar, curate etc |
| desservante {f} | :: feminine singular of desservant |
| desservir {vt} [religion] | :: to serve (be the pastor of a church) |
| desservir {vt} [transport] | :: to serve (of a train or bus, to stop at a particular town) |
| desservir {vt} | :: to clear, clear away (e.g. a table) |
| desservir {v} | :: to do a disservice, to perform ill offices to someone |
| dessiccatif {adj} | :: desiccant |
| dessiccation {f} | :: desiccation |
| dessiller {vt} | :: to open someone's eyes (to) (make them see or understand something) |
| dessin {m} | :: drawing |
| dessin {m} | :: design (pattern) |
| dessin animé {m} [animation] | :: animated cartoon |
| dessinateur {m} | :: designer, draughtsman |
| dessinateur {m} | :: cartoonist, drawer |
| dessinatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of dessinateur |
| dessiner {v} | :: to draw, to sketch |
| dessiner {v} | :: to draw up, to design |
| dessiner {vp} [se dessiner] | :: to take shape, to appear slowly |
| dessoler {vt} | :: "(agri.) to unsole (animals); to take off the sole; to change the usual order of the cultivation of land" |
| dessouder {v} | :: to unsolder |
| dessouder {v} [colloquial] | :: to murder |
| dessouler {v} [ergative] | :: to sober up |
| dessoûler {v} | :: alternative form of dessouler |
| dessous {adv} | :: underneath; beneath |
| dessous {m} | :: underside; bottom |
| dessous {m} | :: disadvantage |
| dessous {m} [in plural] | :: (women's) underwear |
| dessous {m} [in plural] | :: hidden agenda |
| dessous {prep} | :: under; beneath |
| dessous de bras {m} [colloquial] | :: armpit |
| dessous-de-bras {m} | :: dress shield |
| dessous-de-table {m} | :: bribe |
| dessous de verre {m} | :: coaster (for cups) |
| dessuintage {m} | :: scouring |
| dessus {adv} | :: on |
| dessus {adv} | :: on top |
| dessus {adv} | :: upstairs |
| dessus {adv} | :: over |
| dessus {prep} [dated] | :: on, on top of |
| dessus {m} | :: upside; top side |
| dessus {m} | :: the upper hand; advantage |
| dessus du panier {m} | :: the best of the bunch, the pick of the litter, the cream of the crop, the upper crust, the top of the barrel |
| DEST {prop} | :: Diplôme d'études supérieures techniques, a diploma formerly awarded in France |
| déstabilisateur {adj} | :: destabilizing |
| déstabilisation {f} | :: destabilization |
| déstabilisé {adj} | :: destabilised |
| déstabiliser {v} | :: to destabilise |
| déstalinisation {f} | :: destalinization |
| déstaliniser {v} | :: to destalinize |
| destin {m} | :: destiny, fate |
| destinataire {mf} | :: recipient, addressee |
| destination {f} | :: destination |
| destinée {f} | :: Destiny, fate |
| destiner {v} | :: to destine, to fate, to mean for |
| destituer {vt} | :: to discharge, to relieve (one from their duty), to depose (someone from the throne) |
| destitution {f} | :: discharge, dismissal |
| destitution {f} | :: deposition (of a politician etc.) |
| déstockage {m} | :: destocking |
| déstocké {adj} | :: destocked |
| déstocker {v} | :: to destock |
| Destour {prop} | :: The political party whose aim was to free Tunisia from French rule |
| destourien {adj} | :: Relating to the socialist party in power in Tunisia following independence |
| déstresser {vt} | :: To destress |
| déstresser {vi} | :: To unwind (reduce one's stress) |
| destrier {m} | :: destrier |
| Destroismaisons {prop} | :: surname |
| destroyer {m} [France, military] | :: destroyer (warship) |
| destructeur {adj} | :: destructive |
| destructeur {m} | :: destroyer, destructor (that who/which destroys) |
| destructeur {m} [object-oriented programming] | :: destructor |
| destructif {adj} | :: destructive |
| destruction {f} | :: destruction |
| déstructuration {f} | :: deconstruction, destructuration |
| déstructurer {v} | :: to deconstruct, to dismantle, to take apart |
| déstructurer {v} [figuratively] | :: to destructure, to dismantle |
| destruxine {f} | :: destruxin |
| désucrer {v} | :: To remove the sugar from |
| désuet {adj} | :: no longer in use; obsolete |
| désuet {adj} | :: out of style or fashion, old-fashioned, passé |
| désuétude {f} | :: obsolescence |
| désuffixation {f} | :: stemming (removing a suffix) |
| de suite {adv} | :: consecutively, in a row |
| de suite {adv} [colloquial, proscribed] | :: straightaway, immediately |
| désulfhydrase {f} [enzyme] | :: desulfhydrase |
| désulfuration {f} [chemistry] | :: desulfuration |
| désulfurer {v} [chemistry] | :: to desulfurize |
| désumoyler {v} [organic chemistry] | :: To deSUMOylate |
| désunion {f} | :: disunity; act of separating |
| désunir {v} | :: to disunite, to separate, to divide |
| de surcroît {adv} [rather formal] | :: besides, moreover, furthermore |
| détachable {adj} | :: detachable, removable |
| détachement {m} | :: detachment |
| détacher {vt} | :: to remove spots, stains |
| détacher {vt} | :: to detach, unbind or untie |
| détacher {vr} | :: to come off (become detached, unbound, untied etc.) |
| détacher {vr} | :: to stand out |
| détail {m} | :: detail (something small enough to escape casual notice, or a profusion of details) |
| détaillant {m} | :: retailer |
| détaillante {f} | :: feminine singular of détaillant |
| de taille {adj} | :: major, significant, important, big, sizable |
| détaillé {adj} | :: detailed, itemized, elaborate |
| détailler {v} | :: to detail (to explain in detail) |
| détailler {v} | :: to retail |
| détaler {vi} | :: to make oneself scarce, to scamper (off or away), to make off |
| détalinguer {vi} [navigation] | :: to unbend the cable |
| détaper {vt} | :: to take out the tompion (of a cannon) |
| détapisser {v} | :: to strip (the wallpaper) |
| détartrage {m} | :: descaling, scaling |
| détartrant {m} | :: descaler (agent) |
| détartrer {v} | :: to descale |
| détaxation {f} | :: detaxation |
| détaxe {f} | :: removal, reduction or refund of tax |
| détaxé {adj} | :: tax-free |
| détaxer {vt} | :: to free from tax |
| détectable {adj} | :: detectable |
| détecter {v} | :: to detect |
| détecter {v} | :: to discover, to uncover |
| détecteur {m} | :: detector, sensor |
| détection {f} | :: detection |
| détective {m} | :: detective (police officer who looks for evidence) |
| déteindre {vt} | :: to bleach |
| déteindre {vr} | :: to lose one's color |
| dételer {vt} | :: to unyoke (a bull), unharness (a horse); unhitch, uncouple (a wagon) |
| dételer {vi} [colloquial] | :: to knock off, stop working |
| de temps à autre {adv} | :: now and then, from time to time |
| de temps en temps {adv} | :: from time to time, once in a while |
| détendeur {m} | :: regulator |
| détendre {vr} | :: to relax |
| détendre {v} | :: to loosen, to untighten |
| détendre {v} | :: to help relax, to calm |
| détendu {adj} | :: relaxed |
| détenir {v} [legal] | :: to detain |
| détenir {v} | :: to possess, to have, to hold |
| détente {f} | :: relaxation, détente |
| détente {f} | :: trigger (firearms) |
| détente {f} [sports] | :: height to which one is able to jump |
| détente {f} [physics] | :: expansion of a gas or a spring |
| détenteur {m} [legal] | :: holder |
| détenteur {m} | :: holder (of e.g. a record) |
| détention {f} [legal] | :: detention |
| détention {f} | :: possession, keeping, holding |
| détentrice {f} | :: feminine noun of détenteur |
| détenu {adj} | :: detained |
| détenu {adj} | :: imprisoned, confined |
| détenu {adj} | :: retaining |
| détenu {m} | :: detainee, prisoner, inmate |
| détenue {f} | :: feminine noun of détenu |
| déter {adj} [colloquial] | :: diehard, hellbent, determined (resolute, possessing much determination) |
| détergent {m} | :: detergent |
| déterger {vt} | :: "(med.) to deterge; to absterge, to cleanse" |
| détérioration {f} | :: deterioration |
| détériorer {v} | :: to deteriorate |
| déterminable {adj} | :: determinable |
| déterminant {adj} | :: determinant |
| déterminant {m} [grammar] | :: determiner |
| déterminant {m} [biology] | :: determinant |
| déterminant {m} [linear algebra] | :: determinant |
| déterminant {m} | :: determinant as a determining factor |
| déterminant possessif {m} [grammar] | :: possessive determiner |
| déterminatif {adj} [linguistics, grammar] | :: determinative |
| détermination {f} | :: determination |
| déterminé {adj} | :: determined (resolute, possessing much determination) |
| déterminé {adj} | :: precise; exact |
| déterminément {adv} | :: determinedly; in a determined way |
| déterminer {v} | :: to determine, establish |
| déterminisme {m} | :: determinism |
| déterministe {adj} | :: deterministic |
| déterministe {mf} | :: determinist |
| déterministique {adj} | :: deterministic |
| déterministiquement {adv} | :: deterministically |
| déterrer {v} | :: to dig up |
| déterrer {v} | :: to exhume, disinter |
| déterrer la hache de guerre {v} [figuratively] | :: to take up the hatchet, to go on the warpath, to be back on the warpath |
| détersif {adj} | :: detergent |
| détersif {m} | :: detergent |
| détestable {adj} | :: detestable, despicable |
| détestable {adj} [humorous, colloquial] | :: awful, terrible, very bad at something |
| détestablement {adv} | :: detestably |
| détestation {f} | :: detestation, abhorrence |
| détester {v} | :: to thoroughly dislike; to hate; to detest |
| de tête {prep} | :: only with one's mind or memory, with no external aid |
| détiarer {vt} | :: to deprive of one's tiara; to discrown |
| détirer {v} | :: to stretch (by pulling) |
| détiser {vt} | :: "to rake out (the fire); to still, to quell" |
| détisser {vt} | :: to unweave |
| détonateur {m} | :: detonator |
| détonation {f} | :: detonation |
| détoner {vi} | :: to detonate |
| détonner {v} [music] | :: to sing out of tune |
| détonner {vt} | :: to stick out, to stick out like a sore thumb |
| détordre {vt} | :: to untwist |
| détorquer {vt} | :: to distort, to misrepresent |
| détortiller {vt} | :: "to untwist; to unravel" |
| détortiller {vr} | :: "to become untwisted; to unravel" |
| de toujours {adj} | :: lifelong, very old |
| détouper {vt} | :: "to unstop, to take out the bung or stopple; to take the tow out of" |
| détoupillonner {vt} | :: "to prune (orange-trees)" |
| détour {m} | :: detour |
| détour {m} | :: curve |
| détour {m} | :: evasion |
| détournement {m} | :: rerouting, diversion |
| détournement {m} [media] | :: detournement |
| détournement {m} | :: hijacking |
| détourner {v} | :: to divert |
| détourner {v} [figuratively] | :: to distract, to divert (attention) |
| détourner {v} | :: to hijack |
| détourner {v} | :: to embezzle |
| détourner {v} | :: to turn aside, to turn away, to avert (from something) |
| détourner {vr} | :: to turn aside, to turn away |
| de tous les diables {adj} [colloquial] | :: a hell of a, hellish, huge |
| de tous les instants {adj} | :: perpetual, constant, round-the-clock (of surveillance, attention, etc.) |
| de tous les temps {prep} | :: of all time, ever, in history |
| de tout cœur {adv} [figuratively] | :: with all one's heart, wholeheartedly |
| de toute beauté {adj} | :: magnificent, splendid, superb, exquisite, beautiful |
| de toute éternité {v} | :: from time immemorial, since the dawn of time |
| de toute évidence {adv} | :: evidently, clearly (obviously) |
| de toute façon {adv} | :: anyway, anyhow |
| de toute manière {adv} | :: anyway, anyhow |
| de toutes pièces {adv} [pejorative] | :: from scratch, ex nihilo, entirely, completely |
| de toutes ses forces {adv} | :: with all one's might |
| de tout poil {adj} [colloquial] | :: of all kinds |
| de tout repos {adj} | :: relaxing, restful |
| de tout temps {adv} | :: from time immemorial, since the dawn of time |
| détoxication {f} | :: detoxification |
| détoxification {f} | :: detoxification |
| détoxifier {vt} | :: to detoxify |
| détoxiquer {v} | :: to detoxify |
| détracteur {m} | :: critic, detractor |
| détranger {vt} [horticulture] | :: To drive away (insects that injure the plants). |
| détraqué {adj} | :: broken, broken down, busted |
| détraqué {adj} | :: unsettled |
| détraquer {vt} | :: to upset, wreck |
| détraquer {vt} | :: to unsettle |
| de travers {adv} | :: awry, crookedly, all over the place (in a mess) |
| de travers {adv} | :: askance |
| détrempe {f} [arts] | :: tempera |
| détrempé {adj} | :: sodden |
| détrempé {adj} | :: waterlogged |
| détremper {vt} | :: to soak |
| détremper {vt} | :: to water down |
| détresse {f} | :: distress, despair, anguish |
| détresser {vt} | :: to unweave, to unplait |
| détricotage {m} | :: the act of unravelling a thread |
| détricotage {m} [figuratively] | :: the act of backing out on a promise |
| détricoter {v} | :: to unravel, to undo (stitches) |
| détricoter {v} [figuratively] | :: to back out on, to undo (a decision), to default |
| détriment {m} | :: detriment |
| détrimentaire {adj} | :: detrimental |
| détritique {adj} | :: detrital |
| détritivore {adj} | :: detritivorous |
| détritivore {m} | :: detritivore |
| détritus {m} | :: detritus |
| détritus {m} | :: litter (fallen leaves etc) |
| Detroit {prop} | :: Detroit; alternative form of Détroit |
| Detroit {prop} | :: Detroit (city) |
| Detroit {prop} | :: Detroit (river) |
| détroit {m} | :: strait (narrow channel of water) |
| Détroit {prop} | :: Detroit; Détroit (city) |
| Détroit {prop} | :: Detroit; Détroit (river) |
| détroit de Béring {m} | :: Bering Strait |
| détroit de Gibraltar {m} | :: Strait of Gibraltar |
| détroit de Messine {prop} {m} | :: the Strait of Messina |
| détromper {vt} | :: to disabuse (with de = of); to undeceive; to disillusion |
| détrompeur {m} | :: poka-yoke |
| détrôné {adj} | :: dethroned |
| détrôner {v} | :: to dethrone |
| détrousser {v} | :: to rob someone of what they are wearing or carrying; to mug |
| détrousseur {m} | :: agent noun of détrousser; robber, mugger |
| détrousseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of détrousseur |
| détruire {v} | :: to destroy |
| détruire {v} | :: to destruct |
| détruire {v} | :: to demolish |
| dette {f} | :: debt |
| détumescence {f} | :: detumescence |
| deuil {m} | :: bereavement |
| deuil {m} [uncountable] | :: mourning |
| deuil {m} | :: mourning (clothes) |
| deuil {m} | :: funeral procession |
| de un {adv} [colloquial] | :: first, first up |
| deusio {adv} | :: alternative form of deuzio |
| deuspi {m} [verlan, back slang] | :: speed |
| deutéragoniste {mf} | :: deuteragonist |
| deutéré {adj} [chemistry, physics] | :: deuterated |
| deutérium {m} | :: deuterium |
| deutérocanonique {adj} | :: deuterocanonical |
| deutéron {m} [physics] | :: deuteron |
| Deutéronome {prop} {m} [bible] | :: Deuteronomy |
| deutérure {m} | :: deuteride |
| deuton {m} [physics] | :: deuteron |
| deutoxide {m} [chemistry, archaic] | :: deutoxide |
| deutoxyde {m} [chemistry, archaic] | :: deutoxide |
| deutschemark {m} | :: Deutsche Mark (former currency unit of Germany) |
| deux {num} | :: two |
| deux {m} | :: two |
| deux {m} [in the plural] | :: twos |
| deux avis valent mieux qu'un {phrase} | :: two heads are better than one |
| deux cents {m} | :: two hundred |
| deux-cents {num} | :: two hundred |
| deuxième {adj} | :: second |
| deuxième {mf} | :: second |
| deuxième base {f} [Europe] | :: alternative form of deuxième but |
| deuxième but {m} [baseball] | :: second base |
| deuxième but {m} | :: [by ellipsis] second baseman |
| deuxième classe {f} | :: second class (the second-most (least, if there are only two) luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, airplane, etc.) |
| Deuxième Guerre mondiale {prop} {f} | :: World War II |
| deuxièmement {adv} | :: secondly |
| deuxième personne {f} | :: second person (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience) |
| deuxième poteau {m} | :: far post |
| deux paires {fp} [poker] | :: two pair |
| deux poids, deux mesures {phrase} | :: double standard |
| deux poids et deux mesures {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: double standard |
| deux points {mp} | :: colon (punctuation mark) |
| deux-roues {m} | :: two-wheeler |
| Deux-Sèvres {prop} | :: Deux-Sèvres (department) |
| deuzio {adv} | :: synonym of deuxièmement |
| déva {m} | :: deva |
| Devalcourt {prop} | :: surname |
| dévaler {vti} | :: to go down, descend |
| de valeur {adj} | :: valuable, precious |
| dévaliser {vt} | :: to burgle; to rob |
| dévalorisation {f} | :: devaluation, depreciation |
| dévaloriser {v} | :: to devalorize; to reduce in value |
| dévaluation {f} | :: devaluation |
| dévaluer {vt} | :: to devalue |
| devancer {v} | :: to overtake, to get ahead, to surpass |
| devancer {v} | :: to arrive earlier than (someone), to do (something before somebody else), to beat to the punch |
| devancer {v} | :: to precede, to be ahead of (something in a list) |
| devancer {v} | :: to anticipate, to pre-empt |
| devancier {m} | :: precursor |
| devancier {m} | :: predecessor |
| devancière {f} | :: precursor, predecessor (feminine) |
| devant {prep} | :: confronted with, faced with |
| devant {prep} | :: in front of, before |
| devant {prep} | :: outside |
| devant {m} | :: front |
| devanture {f} | :: frontage (shop front) |
| devanture {f} [by extension] | :: shop window (or the display in it) |
| dévastateur {adj} | :: devastating |
| dévastation {f} | :: devastation, destruction |
| dévasté {adj} | :: devastated, destroyed |
| dévaster {v} | :: to devastate, destroy |
| Deveaux {prop} | :: surname |
| déveine {f} | :: bad luck |
| développante {f} [geometry] | :: involute |
| développé {adj} | :: developed |
| développé couché {m} [weightlifting] | :: bench press |
| développement {m} | :: development |
| développemental {adj} | :: developmental |
| développement durable {m} | :: sustainable development |
| développement personnel {m} | :: personal development, self-improvement, self-help |
| développer {v} | :: to develop |
| développer {v} [computing] | :: to code (an application) |
| développeur {m} | :: developer (software programmer) |
| développeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of développeur |
| développoïde {f} [geometry] | :: developoid |
| devenir {m} | :: future |
| devenir {v} | :: to become |
| devenir {v} [Louisiana French, followed by de] | :: to come from |
| devenir chèvre {v} | :: to get worked up, to lose patience |
| devenir chèvre {v} | :: to become furious, to become enraged |
| déventer {vt} [navigation] | :: to take the wind out (of the sails of a vessel) |
| déverbatif {adj} [grammar] | :: deverbative |
| déverbatif {m} [grammar] | :: deverbative |
| dévergondage {f} | :: shamelessness |
| dévergondage {f} | :: extravagance |
| dévergondé {adj} | :: shameless |
| dévergonder {vp} | :: to break bad, be led astray |
| dévergonder {vt} [rare] | :: to debauch, corrupt, pervert |
| déverguer {vt} [navigation] | :: to unbend the sails from the yards |
| déverminage {m} | :: burn-in |
| déverminer {v} [computing] | :: to debug |
| déverni {adj} | :: unvarnished |
| déverrouillage {m} | :: unlocking |
| déverrouiller {vt} | :: to unlock, unbolt, unfasten |
| devers {prep} | :: towards |
| déversement {m} | :: spillage, discharge |
| déverser {vt} | :: to pour, pour out, spill out |
| déverser {vr} [with dans] | :: to pour (into), to flow (into) |
| déversoir {m} | :: overflow, spillway |
| dévêtir {vr} | :: to undress |
| dévêtu {adj} | :: undressed |
| déviance {f} | :: deviance (variation from expected behavior or form) |
| déviance {f} [statistics] | :: anomaly |
| déviant {adj} | :: deviant |
| déviation {f} [transport] | :: diversion; different route to travel |
| déviation {f} [optics, sport] | :: deflection |
| déviationniste {adj} | :: deviationist |
| déviationniste {mf} | :: deviationist |
| dévidage {m} | :: reeling, unwinding, spooling |
| dévider {v} | :: to put (string) into a ball |
| dévider {v} | :: to unwind, spool, reel |
| dévider {v} [figuratively] | :: to recount, to reel off (a story) |
| dévidoir {m} | :: reel, spool |
| dévier {v} | :: to divert |
| dévier {v} | :: to deviate, stray, go off course |
| dévier {v} | :: to deflect, parry |
| Deville {prop} | :: Deville; surname |
| devin {m} | :: forecaster |
| devine quoi {phrase} [colloquial] | :: guess what, what do you know |
| deviner {v} | :: to guess; to work out, figure out |
| deviner {v} | :: to sense, perceive |
| devineresse {f} | :: feminine noun of devin |
| devinette {f} | :: riddle |
| dévirginiser {v} | :: to deflower |
| devis {m} | :: quote, estimate |
| dévisager {vt} | :: to peer at (someone's face), stare at (the face of) |
| devise {f} [heraldry] | :: motto |
| devise {f} [finance] | :: assets in foreign currency |
| devise {f} [finance, by extension] | :: currency |
| deviser {vi} | :: to chat (converse familiarly) |
| deviser {vt} | :: to make a quote for a prospective client |
| dévissable {adj} | :: unscrewable (capable of being unscrewed) |
| dévissage {m} | :: unscrewing |
| dévisser {vt} | :: to unscrew, undo |
| de visu {adv} | :: with one's own eyes |
| dévitalisation {f} | :: root canal surgery |
| dévitalisé {adj} | :: devitalized |
| dévitaliser {v} | :: to devitalize |
| dévitaliser {v} [surgery] | :: to perform root canal surgery |
| dévitrification {f} | :: devitrification |
| dévitrifier {v} | :: to devitrify |
| de vive voix {adv} | :: in person, personally, viva voce |
| dévoiement {m} [of a conduit] | :: canting, sloping |
| dévoiement {m} | :: the act of leading astray, corruption |
| dévoiement {m} | :: runny bowels, diarrhoea |
| dévoiler {vt} | :: to unveil (remove a veil from) |
| dévoiler {vt} [figuratively] | :: to unveil, to reveal, to disclose |
| devoir {m} | :: duty |
| devoir {m} | :: exercise, assignment (set for homework) |
| devoir {v} | :: must, to have to, should (as a requirement) |
| devoir {v} | :: must, to do or have with certainty |
| devoir {vt} | :: to owe (money, obligation and etc) |
| devoir {vi} [literary, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject] | :: (even) though it be necessary (+ infinitive) |
| devoir {vr} [~ de] | :: to have a duty to |
| devoir de mémoire {m} | :: duty of remembrance, duty never to forget, obligation to remember |
| devoirs {mp} | :: Homework |
| devoir sur table {m} | :: written test |
| devoir surveillé {m} | :: test, examination |
| devoir une fière chandelle {v} [à] | :: To owe someone one |
| dévoisement {f} [phonetics, phonology] | :: devoicing |
| Devolle {prop} | :: surname |
| dévolu {adj} | :: devolved (to) |
| dévolu {adj} | :: reserved (for) |
| dévolution {f} [legal] | :: devolution (transfer of power) |
| dévorant {adj} | :: consuming, devouring |
| dévorateur {adj} | :: devouring |
| dévorer {v} [literally and figuratively] | :: to devour |
| dévorer des yeux {vt} | :: to stare hungrily at, to eye intensely, greedily, to eye up and down; to feast one's eyes on, to devour with one's eyes |
| dévorer du regard {vt} | :: to stare hungrily at, to eye intensely, greedily, to eye up and down; to feast one's eyes on, to devour with one's eyes |
| dévoreur {m} | :: devourer |
| dévoreur {adj} | :: devouring |
| Devos {prop} | :: surname |
| dévot {adj} | :: devout, godly |
| dévotement {adv} | :: devoutly |
| dévotieusement {adv} | :: devotionally |
| dévotieusement {adv} | :: devoutly |
| dévotieusement {adv} | :: devotedly |
| dévotion {f} [uncountable] | :: religious devotion |
| dévotion {f} [countable] | :: any religious ritual |
| dévotionnel {adj} | :: devotional |
| dévoué {adj} | :: devoted |
| dévouement {m} | :: dedication, commitment (to duty); self-sacrifice |
| dévouement {m} | :: devotion, devotedness |
| dévouer {vt} | :: to sacrifice, to make sacrifices |
| dévouer {vr} | :: to devote, dedicate |
| dévoûment {m} | :: alternative spelling of dévouement |
| dévoyé {adj} [figurative] | :: astray, perverted, immoral, corrupt (having strayed from what is viewed as moral) |
| dévoyé {m} | :: stray, immoral or corrupt person (someone who has strayed from a moral lifestyle) |
| dévoyer {v} | :: to mislead, to lead astray |
| dévoyer {vp} [figuratively] | :: to go down the wrong path, to turn delinquant, to leave the straight and narrow |
| dexaméthasone {f} | :: dexamethasone |
| d'exception {adj} | :: exceptional |
| dextérité {f} | :: dexterity, skill |
| dextrane {m} [carbohydrate] | :: dextran |
| dextre {adj} | :: adroit, dextrous |
| dextre {adj} [dated] | :: right-handed |
| dextre {adj} [heraldry] | :: dexter; right-hand side of the shield |
| dextrement {adv} | :: adroitly; dextrously |
| dextro- {prefix} | :: dextro- |
| dextrochere {m} | :: obsolete spelling of dextrochère |
| dextrochère {m} | :: dextrochere |
| dextrogyre {adj} [chemistry] | :: dextrogyre |
| dextrométhorphane {m} [organic compound] | :: dextromethorphan |
| dextrose {m} | :: dextrose (sugar) |
| dézinguer {v} | :: To dezinc, to remove a previously-applied zinc coating from a surface |
| dézinguer {v} | :: To supplant (remove forcibly) |
| dézinguer {v} | :: To demolish (an argument) |
| dézinguer {v} | :: To kill, gun down |
| dézipper {v} [computing] | :: to unzip |
| dézoner {vti} | :: To dezone (remove zoning) |
| dézoner {v} [sport] | :: To stray from one's allotted position of the field |
| dézoomer {vi} | :: to zoom out |
| DGSE {prop} | :: initialism of Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure: a French intelligence agency |
| d'habitude {adv} | :: usually |
| dhamma {m} | :: dhamma |
| d'homme à homme {phrase} | :: man-to-man |
| di- {prefix} | :: di- |
| dia- {prefix} | :: dia- |
| dia {interj} | :: yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left |
| diabase {f} [geology] | :: diabase |
| diabète {m} | :: diabetes |
| diabète sucré {m} | :: diabetes mellitus |
| diabétique {adj} | :: diabetic |
| diabétique {mf} | :: diabetic |
| diabétologue {mf} | :: diabetologist |
| diable {m} [religion, mythology] | :: devil |
| diable {m} [colloquial] | :: rogue, (old) devil |
| diable {m} | :: hand truck |
| diable {prop} {m} | :: the Devil |
| diable {interj} [dated] | :: dash it!, deuce! |
| diable de Tasmanie {m} | :: Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) |
| diablement {adv} | :: fiendishly, devilishly |
| diablerie {f} | :: devilry; the deeds or the domain of the devil |
| diablerie {f} | :: witchcraft, diablerie |
| diablerie {f} | :: mischief, machination |
| diablerie {f} | :: a painting or play about the devil |
| diablesse {f} | :: she-devil, demoness |
| diableteau {m} | :: A little devil; an imp |
| diable vauvert {adv} [idiomatic] | :: a million miles away, to the ends of the earth |
| diablotin {m} | :: small devil, imp |
| diablotin {m} | :: lively, impish child |
| diablotin {m} | :: a certain type of sail |
| diabolique {adj} | :: diabolic (relating to the Devil or to devils) |
| diaboliquement {adv} | :: diabolically |
| diabolisation {f} | :: demonization |
| diaboliser {v} | :: to demonise |
| diaboliste {mf} | :: devil-worshipper |
| diaboliste {adj} | :: devil worship (attributive) |
| diaboliste {mf} | :: diaboloist |
| diabolo {m} [juggling] | :: diabolo |
| diabolo {m} | :: a sort of sugary non-alcoholic drink |
| diacaustique {adj} | :: diacaustic |
| diacétate {m} [chemistry] | :: diacetate |
| diacétyle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diacetyl |
| diacétylène {m} [organic compound] | :: diacetylene |
| diachronie {f} | :: diachrony |
| diachronique {adj} | :: diachronic |
| diacide {m} [chemistry] | :: diacid |
| diaclase {f} [geology] | :: diaclasis |
| diacre {m} [Christianity] | :: deacon |
| diacritique {adj} | :: diacritical |
| diacritique {m} | :: diacritic (special mark) |
| diacritique {f} | :: diacritics |
| diacritiquement {adv} | :: diacritically |
| diacylglycérol {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diacylglycerol |
| diadème {m} | :: diadem |
| diærese {f} | :: obsolete form of diérèse |
| diæte {f} | :: obsolete form of diète |
| diagenèse {f} [geology] | :: diagenesis |
| diagénèse {f} | :: alternative form of diagenèse |
| diagenétique {adj} [geology] | :: diagenetic |
| diagnose {f} | :: diagnosis |
| diagnostic {m} | :: diagnosis |
| diagnostiqué {adj} | :: diagnosed |
| diagnostiquer {vt} | :: to diagnose (determine the root cause of) |
| diagomètre {m} | :: diagometer |
| diagonal {adj} | :: diagonal, transverse, oblique |
| diagonale {f} | :: diagonal |
| diagonalement {adv} | :: diagonally |
| diagonalisabilité {f} | :: diagonalizability |
| diagonalisable {adj} [maths] | :: diagonalizable |
| diagonaliser {v} [maths] | :: To diagonalize |
| diagramme {m} | :: diagram |
| diagraphe {m} | :: diagraph |
| diagraphie {f} | :: diagraphy |
| diaire {m} | :: journal |
| diaire {m} | :: diary |
| dialcool {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diol |
| dialdéhyde {m} [organic chemistry] | :: dialdehyde |
| dialectal {adj} | :: dialectal |
| dialecte {m} [linguistics] | :: language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not a variety of it or in any other sense derived from it |
| dialecte {m} [colloquial] | :: dialect |
| dialecticien {adj} | :: dialectician |
| dialectique {adj} | :: dialectic, dialectical |
| dialectiquement {adv} | :: dialectically |
| diallèle {m} | :: diallel |
| dialogique {adj} | :: dialogic |
| dialogiquement {adv} | :: dialogically |
| dialogue {m} | :: dialogue |
| dialogue de sourds {m} [figuratively] | :: a dialogue where both participants speak past one another, without listening to each other |
| dialoguer {v} | :: to dialogue, discuss, negotiate |
| dialoguiste {mf} | :: dialogue writer; scriptwriter |
| dialysat {m} [medicine] | :: dialysate |
| dialyse {f} [chemistry, medicine] | :: dialysis (chemical method) |
| dialysé {adj} | :: dialyzed |
| dialyser {v} | :: to dialyze |
| diamagnétique {adj} | :: diamagnetic |
| diamagnétiquement {adv} | :: diamagnetically |
| diamagnétisme {m} [physics] | :: diamagnetism |
| diamant {m} | :: diamond (gem) |
| diamant {m} | :: diamond (shape) |
| diamant {m} | :: needle (of a record player) |
| diamant {m} [uncountable, printing, dated] | :: excelsior (a small size of type, standardized as 3 point) |
| diamanté {adj} | :: adorned with diamonds |
| diamanter {v} | :: to diamond (adorn with diamonds) |
| diamantifère {adj} | :: diamondiferous |
| diamant mandarin {m} | :: zebra finch |
| diamétral {adj} [chiefly geometry] | :: diametric |
| diamétralement {adv} | :: diametrically |
| diamètre {m} | :: diameter |
| diamine {f} [chemistry] | :: diamine |
| diaminobenzène {m} [organic compound] | :: diaminobenzene |
| diaminoéthane {m} [organic compound] | :: diaminoethane |
| diane {f} [military, now literary] | :: reveille |
| Diane {prop} {f} [Roman god] | :: Diana |
| Diane {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| dianétique {adj} | :: Dianetic |
| dianétique {f} | :: Dianetics |
| diantre {interj} [archaic] | :: the deuce! |
| diantrement {adv} | :: devilishly |
| diapason {m} [music, uncountable] | :: range, diapason |
| diapason {m} [countable] | :: a tuning fork |
| diaphane {adj} [physics or formal] | :: diaphanous, translucent |
| diaphane {adj} [of a person or their physical traits] | :: delicate, fragile |
| diaphanéité {f} | :: transparency, diaphaneity |
| diaphanement {adv} | :: diaphanously |
| diaphanomètre {m} | :: diaphanometer |
| diaphasique {adj} [linguistics] | :: diaphasic, relating to variation across register |
| diaphorèse {f} | :: diaphoresis |
| diaphragmatique {adj} | :: diaphragmatic |
| diaphragme {m} [anatomy] | :: diaphragm |
| diaphragme {m} [photography] | :: diaphragm |
| diaphragme {m} | :: diaphragm (contraceptive) |
| diaphragmer {v} [photography] | :: to diaphragm |
| diaphyse {f} [anatomy] | :: diaphysis |
| diapo {f} | :: clipping of diapositive |
| diaporama {m} | :: a slideshow |
| diapositive {f} [photography] | :: slide (used with a projector for projecting images) |
| diapositive {f} [by extension, computing] | :: slide (of a presentation program) |
| diapré {adj} | :: multicoloured, variegated |
| diaprer {vt} | :: to variegate, diaper; to iridize |
| diarchie {f} | :: alternative spelling of dyarchie |
| diarrhée {f} | :: diarrhea (medical condition) |
| diarrhéique {adj} | :: diarrheal |
| diarrhœe {f} | :: obsolete form of diarrhée |
| diarthrose {f} [anatomy] | :: diarthrosis |
| diaspora {f} | :: diaspora |
| diasporamètre {m} | :: diasporameter |
| diasporique {adj} | :: diasporic |
| diastasique {adj} | :: diastasic |
| diastème {m} | :: diastema, gap between teeth |
| diastéréoisomère {m} | :: diastereoisomer |
| diastéréoisomère {adj} | :: diastereoisomeric |
| diastéréomère {m} | :: alternative form of diastéréoisomère |
| diastéréotope {adj} [chemistry] | :: diastereotopic |
| diastole {f} [physiology] | :: diastole |
| diastolique {adj} | :: diastolic |
| diathermane {adj} | :: diathermic |
| diathermanéité {f} | :: diathermancy |
| diathèse {f} [medicine, grammar] | :: diathesis |
| diatomée {f} | :: diatom |
| diatomicité {f} [chemistry] | :: diatomicity |
| diatomique {adj} [chemistry] | :: diatomic |
| diaton {m} [music] | :: An interval of two whole tones |
| diatonique {adj} [music] | :: diatonic |
| diatoniquement {adv} | :: diatonically |
| diatribe {f} | :: diatribe (abusive, bitter discourse) |
| diazène {m} [chemistry] | :: diazene |
| diazépine {f} [organic compound] | :: diazepine |
| diazotation {f} [organic chemistry] | :: diazotization |
| diazote {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: dinitrogen (nitrogen molecule) |
| dibrome {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: dibromine |
| dibromure {m} [chemistry] | :: dibromide |
| dicarboxylique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: dicarboxylic |
| dicastère {m} | :: dicastery |
| dicétone {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diketone |
| dichlore {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: dichlorine |
| dichlorobenzène {m} [organic compound] | :: dichlorobenzene |
| dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane {m} [organic compound] | :: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| dichlorométhane {m} [organic compound] | :: dichloromethane |
| dichlorure {m} [chemistry] | :: dichloride |
| dichogamie {f} | :: dichogamy |
| dichotomie {f} | :: dichotomy |
| dichotomique {adj} | :: dichotomous |
| dichotomiquement {adv} | :: dichotomously |
| dichroé {adj} | :: synonym of bicolore |
| dichroïque {adj} | :: dichroic |
| dichroïsme {m} | :: dichroism |
| dichromatique {adj} | :: dichromatic |
| d'ici peu {adv} | :: soon, shortly, in a moment |
| dickensien {adj} | :: Dickensian |
| dickinsonien {adj} | :: Dickinsonian |
| dico {m} [colloquial] | :: dictionary |
| dicotylédone {f} | :: dicotyledon |
| dictame {m} [botany] | :: dittany, dictamnus |
| dictame {m} [figuratively] | :: balm |
| dictaphone {m} | :: dictation machine, dictaphone |
| dictateur {m} | :: dictator |
| dictatorial {adj} | :: dictatorial |
| dictatorialement {adv} | :: dictatorially |
| dictatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of dictateur |
| dictature {f} | :: dictatorship |
| dictature du prolétariat {f} [Marxism] | :: dictatorship of the proletariat |
| dictée {f} | :: dictation (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) |
| dicter {v} | :: to dictate |
| dictionnaire {m} | :: dictionary: a list of words, usually arranged alphabetically and presented with definitions or translations |
| dictionnaire {m} [computing] | :: dictionary, an associative array |
| dictionnairique {adj} [rare] | :: dictionaric |
| dicton {m} | :: saying, maxim, proverb, adage |
| dictyoptère {m} | :: dictyopteran |
| dicyanure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: dicyanide |
| didacticiel {m} [computing] | :: courseware (educational software) |
| didacticiel {m} [computing] | :: tutorial in software |
| didactique {adj} | :: didactic (instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate) |
| didactique {f} | :: didacticism |
| didactiquement {adv} | :: didactically |
| didascalie {f} [theatre] | :: caption |
| Didenheim {prop} | :: Didenheim |
| didermique {adj} | :: diderm, didermic |
| Diderot {prop} | :: surname |
| Diderot {prop} | :: Denis Diderot, French philosopher |
| Didier {prop} | :: given name, borne by two early French saints |
| didodécaèdre {adj} | :: didodecahedral |
| Didon {prop} {f} | :: Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage) |
| didrachme {m} | :: didrachma |
| didyme {m} | :: didymium |
| Didyme {prop} | :: Didymus |
| dièdre {m} | :: dihedron |
| diégèse {f} | :: diegesis |
| diégétique {adj} | :: diegetic |
| diélectrique {adj} | :: dielectric |
| diélectrique {m} | :: dielectric |
| diélectriquement {adv} | :: dielectrically |
| diencéphale {m} [anatomy] | :: diencephalon |
| diéne {m} [organic compound] | :: diene |
| diène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diene |
| diénoïque {adj} | :: dienoic |
| dieppois {adj} | :: Of or from Dieppe |
| Dieppois {m} | :: Native or inhabitant of Dieppe |
| Dieppoise {f} | :: feminine singular of Dieppois |
| diérèse {f} | :: diaeresis (all meanings) |
| dièse {m} [music, history] | :: diesis |
| dièse {m} [music] | :: sharp |
| dièse {m} | :: hash (punctuation mark) |
| diesel {m} | :: alternative form of diésel |
| diésel {adj} | :: diesel |
| diésel {m} | :: diesel |
| diéser {v} [music] | :: to sharp |
| diète {f} | :: diet (regulation of nutrition) |
| diète {f} | :: diet (council or assembly) |
| Dietemann {prop} | :: surname |
| diététicien {m} | :: dietitian (person who studies or practices dietetics) |
| diététicienne {f} | :: feminine noun of diététicien |
| diététique {adj} | :: dietetic |
| diététiquement {adv} | :: dietetically |
| diététiste {mf} [Quebec] | :: dietitian |
| diéthion {m} [chemistry] | :: diethion |
| diéthoxy {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diethoxy |
| diéthylamide de l'acide lysergique {m} [chemistry] | :: lysergic acid diethylamide |
| diéthyldithiocarbamate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diethyldithiocarbamate |
| diéthyle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diethyl |
| diéthyléther {m} [organic compound] | :: diethyl ether |
| diéthylique {adj} | :: diethyl (attributive) |
| diéthylphtalate {m} [organic compound] | :: diethyl phthalate |
| dieu {m} | :: A god, male divinity |
| Dieu {prop} {m} | :: God |
| dieudonnesque {adj} | :: Characteristic of French comedian and political activist Dieudonné |
| Dieu le Père {prop} {m} | :: God the Father, Holy Father |
| Dieu merci {interj} | :: thank God! thank goodness! |
| Dieu soit loué {interj} | :: thank God! thank heavens! thank goodness! |
| DIF {m} | :: initialism of droit individuel à la formation |
| diffa {f} [Morocco] | :: feast, banquet [especially for a wedding] |
| diffamateur {m} | :: libeller, slanderer, defamer |
| diffamation {f} | :: defamation |
| diffamatoire {adj} | :: defamatory; slanderous |
| diffamatrice {f} | :: feminine singular of diffamateur |
| diffamer {v} | :: to defame; smear; ruin the name of |
| difféomorphe {adj} [maths] | :: diffeomorphic |
| difféomorphisme {m} [maths] | :: diffeomorphism |
| différance {f} [literary theory, linguistics] | :: différance |
| différemment {adv} | :: differently |
| différence {f} | :: difference |
| différenciable {adj} | :: differentiable |
| différenciation {f} | :: differentiation |
| différencié {adj} | :: differentiated |
| différencier {vt} | :: to differentiate (all senses), distinguish |
| différend {m} | :: dispute, difference, debate, disagreement |
| différent {adj} | :: different |
| différentiable {adj} | :: differentiable |
| différentiation {f} | :: differentiation (all senses) |
| différentié {adj} [mathematics] | :: differentiated |
| différentiel {m} [mathematics] | :: differential |
| différentiel {adj} [mathematics] | :: differential |
| différentiellement {adv} | :: differentially |
| différentier {vt} | :: alternative form of différencier |
| différer {v} | :: to differ |
| difficile {adj} | :: difficult |
| difficile {adj} | :: choosy, fussy, picky |
| difficilement {adv} | :: difficultly, with difficulty |
| difficulté {f} | :: difficulty |
| difficultueusement {adv} | :: problematically |
| difficultueux {adj} [of people, dated] | :: peevish, who starts difficulties |
| difficultueux {adj} [of things, colloquial, dated] | :: problematic (leading to all sorts of difficulties) |
| diffluer {vi} | :: to spread diffusely |
| difforme {adj} | :: misshapen, deformed |
| difformer {vt} | :: "to deform, to spoil; to deface (coins, money)" |
| difformité {f} | :: deformity |
| diffracter {vt} | :: to diffract |
| diffractif {adj} [physics] | :: diffractive |
| diffraction {f} | :: diffraction |
| diffractométrie {f} | :: diffractometry |
| diffus {adj} | :: diffuse |
| diffusément {adv} | :: diffusely |
| diffuser {v} | :: to diffuse |
| diffuser {v} | :: to broadcast |
| diffuseur {m} | :: diffuser |
| diffuseur {m} | :: distributor (newspapers) |
| diffusible {adj} | :: diffusible |
| diffusif {adj} | :: diffusive |
| diffusion {f} | :: broadcasting, showing |
| diffusion {f} | :: dissemination, diffusion (of culture, knowledge, etc.) |
| diffusion {f} | :: circulation (of a news medium) |
| diffusion {f} [physics] | :: diffusion |
| dificile {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of difficile |
| difluor {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: difluorine |
| difluorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: difluoride |
| difonctionnel {adj} | :: difunctional |
| digame {adj} | :: digamous |
| digamma {m} | :: digamma (Greek letter) |
| digastrique {adj} [anatomy] | :: digastric |
| digba {m} [nouchi] | :: muscle |
| digba {adj} [nouchi] | :: bulky, hench |
| digérer {v} [literally and figuratively] | :: to digest |
| digérer {v} | :: to come to terms with, to accept |
| digeste {m} | :: digest |
| digeste {adj} | :: digestible |
| digesteur {m} [chemistry] | :: digester |
| digestibilité {f} | :: digestibility |
| digestible {adj} | :: digestible |
| digestif {m} | :: a digestive |
| digestif {m} | :: a digestif |
| digestion {f} | :: digestion |
| digital {adj} | :: of or pertaining to fingers or toes |
| digital {adj} | :: digital |
| digitale {f} [botany, pharmacy] | :: digitalis |
| digitale {f} | :: foxglove |
| digitigrade {adj} | :: digitigrade |
| digitigrade {m} | :: digitigrade |
| diglossie {f} | :: diglossia |
| diglycéride {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diglyceride |
| digne {adj} | :: worthy |
| digne {adj} | :: having dignity; dignified |
| digne de ce nom {adj} | :: worth one's salt, decent |
| digne de foi {adj} | :: trustworthy; credible |
| dignement {adv} | :: worthily, fittingly, with dignity |
| dignitaire {m} | :: dignitary |
| dignité {f} | :: dignity |
| digone {adj} [maths] | :: digonal |
| digone {m} [geometry] | :: digon |
| digraphie {f} | :: digraphia |
| digresser {vt} | :: to digress |
| digressif {adj} | :: digressive |
| digression {f} | :: digression |
| digressivement {adv} | :: digressively |
| digue {f} | :: seawall, dyke, breakwater |
| diguer {vt} | :: "to dam, to dike; to spur (a horse)" |
| digynie {f} [biology] | :: digyny |
| diholoside {m} [carbohydrate] | :: disaccharide |
| dihydraté {adj} [chemistry] | :: dihydrated |
| dihydrique {adj} [chemistry] | :: dihydric |
| dihydrobenzène {m} [organic compound] | :: dihydrobenzene, cyclohexadiene |
| dihydroergocalciférol {m} [organic compound] | :: dihydroergocalciferol |
| dihydrogène {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: dihydrogen (hydrogen molecule) |
| dihydrotestostérone {f} [organic compound] | :: dihydrotestosterone |
| dihydroxyacétone {f} [carbohydrate] | :: dihydroxyacetone |
| dihydroxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: dihydroxide |
| dihydrure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: dihydride |
| diiode {m} [inorganic compound] | :: diiodine (the normal I2 molecule) |
| diiodométhane {m} [organic compound] | :: diiodomethane |
| diiodure {m} [chemistry] | :: diiodide |
| Dijon {prop} {m} | :: Dijon (capital city) |
| dijonnais {adj} | :: of or from Dijon |
| Dijonnais {m} | :: someone of or from Dijon |
| Dijonnaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Dijonnais |
| diktat {m} | :: diktat |
| dilacérer {v} | :: to shred |
| dilapidation {f} | :: waste |
| dilapidation {f} | :: an embezzlement for one's own profit |
| dilapider {vt} | :: to squander, waste, whittle away |
| dilatabilité {f} | :: dilatability |
| dilatable {adj} | :: dilatable |
| dilatateur {adj} | :: dilatative (causing dilation) |
| dilatation {f} | :: dilation; act or instance of dilating |
| dilaté {adj} | :: dilated |
| dilater {vt} | :: to dilate |
| dilatoire {adj} | :: dilatory, delaying |
| dilatoirement {adv} | :: dilatorily |
| dilatomètre {m} | :: dilatometer |
| dilatométrie {f} | :: dilatometry |
| dilatométrique {adj} | :: dilatometric |
| dilemme {m} | :: dilemma |
| dilemme cornélien {m} | :: Cornelian dilemma, Cornelian choice |
| dilettante {mf} | :: dilettante |
| dilettantisme {m} | :: amateurism |
| diligemment {adv} | :: diligently |
| diligence {f} [uncountable] | :: diligence, conscientiousness |
| diligence {f} [uncountable] | :: haste |
| diligence {f} [countable] | :: stage-coach, diligence |
| diligent {adj} | :: diligent (performing with intense concentration) |
| diligenter {v} | :: To expedite |
| diluable {adj} | :: dilutable |
| dilué {adj} | :: diluted |
| diluer {v} | :: to dilute |
| dilution {f} | :: dilution |
| diluvial {adj} | :: diluvial |
| diluvien {adj} | :: diluvial |
| dimanche {m} | :: Sunday |
| dimanche de Pâques {prop} {m} | :: Easter Sunday |
| dimanganèse {m} [inorganic chemistry, in combination] | :: dimanganese |
| dîme {f} | :: tithe |
| dimension {f} | :: dimension |
| dimensionnalité {f} | :: dimensionality |
| dimensionnel {adj} | :: dimensional |
| dimensionnellement {adv} | :: dimensionally |
| dimensionnement {m} | :: sizing, dimensioning |
| dimensionner {v} | :: to size, size up |
| dîmer {vt} | :: to tithe, to levy tithes |
| dimère {adj} | :: dimeric |
| dimère {m} | :: dimer |
| dimérique {adj} [chemistry] | :: dimeric |
| dimérisation {f} [chemistry] | :: dimerization |
| dimériser {v} [chemistry] | :: To dimerize / dimerise |
| diméthyl {m} [organic chemistry, in combination] | :: dimethyl |
| diméthylbutane {m} [organic compound] | :: dimethylbutane |
| diméthylcétone {m} [organic compound] | :: acetone |
| diméthyle {m} [organic chemistry, in combination] | :: dimethyl |
| diméthyléther {m} [organic compound] | :: dimethyl ether |
| diméthylformamide {m} [organic compound] | :: dimethylformamide |
| diméthylglycine {f} [organic compound] | :: dimethylglycine |
| diméthylmercure {m} [organic compound] | :: dimethylmercury |
| diméthylpropane {m} [organic compound] | :: dimethylpropane |
| diméthylsilanediol {m} [organic chemistry] | :: dimethylsiloxane |
| diméthylsulfure {m} [organic compound] | :: dimethylsulfide |
| diminuer {v} | :: to diminish |
| diminuer {v} | :: to decrease |
| diminuteur {m} [maths] | :: subtrahend |
| diminutif {adj} | :: diminutive, small in size |
| diminutif {m} | :: diminutive (word form expressing smallness) |
| diminution {f} | :: diminution, abatement |
| diminutivement {adv} | :: diminutively |
| Dimitri {prop} | :: given name |
| dimorphisme {m} | :: dimorphism |
| d'importance {adj} | :: important, significant |
| dim up {mp} [colloquial] | :: hold-ups |
| dinanderie {f} | :: brassware |
| Dinarque {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece] | :: Dinarchus |
| dinatoire {adj} | :: prandial |
| dînatoire {adj} | :: alternative form of dinatoire |
| dinde {f} | :: turkey-hen (a female turkey) |
| dinde {f} [cooking] | :: turkey meat (of a male or a female turkey) |
| dindon {m} | :: turkeycock (a male turkey) |
| dindon de la farce {m} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: the sucker, the patsy, the fall guy; the butt of the joke |
| dindonneau {m} | :: turkey poult |
| diner {v} | :: alternative spelling of dîner |
| dîner {v} | :: to dine |
| dîner {m} | :: dinner, evening meal |
| dîner {m} [Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Congo, Louisiana French] | :: lunch, midday meal |
| dînette {f} | :: (children's) tea party |
| dineur {m} | :: alternative spelling of dîneur |
| dîneur {m} | :: diner; one who dines |
| dineuse {f} | :: feminine noun of dineur |
| dîneuse {f} | :: feminine noun of dîneur |
| dinghy {m} [nautical] | :: dinghy |
| dingo {adj} | :: abbreviation of dingue |
| Dingo {prop} {m} | :: Goofy (cartoon character) |
| -dingue {suffix} [colloquial] | :: suffix used to form augmentatives |
| dingue {adj} [slang] | :: mad, crazy, nuts |
| dinguer {v} | :: to ding (hit or strike) |
| Dinh {prop} | :: surname |
| dinitrobenzène {m} [organic compound] | :: dinitrobenzene |
| dinitronitramide {m} [inorganic compound] | :: trinitramide |
| dinitrophénol {m} [organic compound] | :: dinitrophenol |
| dino {m} | :: dino |
| dinosaure {m} | :: dinosaur |
| dinucléaire {adj} | :: dinuclear |
| dinucléotide {m} [biochemistry] | :: dinucleotide |
| diocésain {adj} | :: diocesan |
| diocèse {m} [Christianity] | :: diocese |
| Dioclétien {prop} {m} | :: Diocletian, the Roman emperor |
| diode {f} [electronics] | :: diode |
| Diodore {prop} {m} | :: Diodorus |
| diœcese {m} | :: obsolete form of diocèse |
| Diogène {prop} {m} | :: an Ancient Greek given name |
| Diogène {prop} {m} | :: in particular, the Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher Diogenes |
| diogénite {f} [mineral] | :: diogenite |
| dioïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: dioic |
| diol {m} [organic compound] | :: diol |
| Dion {prop} | :: surname |
| dionée {f} | :: Venus flytrap |
| Diophante {prop} {m} | :: the Ancient Greek mathematician Diophantus |
| diopside {m} [mineral] | :: diopside |
| dioptase {f} | :: dioptase |
| dioptrique {adj} | :: dioptric |
| dioptrique {f} | :: dioptrics |
| diorite {f} [rock] | :: diorite |
| Dioscures {prop} | :: Dioscuri |
| dioside {m} [organic chemistry] | :: disaccharide |
| diosmine {f} | :: diosmin |
| diot {m} | :: A type of sausage from Savoy |
| diotis {m} | :: cottonweed |
| Diourbel {prop} | :: Diourbel (city) |
| dioxétane {m} [organic compound] | :: dioxetane |
| dioxine {f} [organic compound] | :: dioxin |
| dioxyde {m} [chemistry] | :: dioxide |
| dioxyde de carbone {m} | :: carbon dioxide (CO2) |
| dioxygène {m} | :: dioxygen |
| dioxygényle {m} [inorganic compound] | :: dioxygenyl |
| dipe {m} | :: three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta and Stylodipus spp.) |
| diphasé {adj} | :: two-phase |
| diphénadione {f} [organic compound] | :: diphenadione |
| diphénylamine {m} [organic compound] | :: diphenylamine |
| diphényle {m} [organic chemistry, in ombination] | :: diphenyl |
| Diphile {prop} {m} | :: Diphilus |
| diphosgène {m} [organic compound] | :: diphosgene |
| diphtérie {f} [pathology] | :: diphtheria |
| diphtérique {adj} | :: diphtheritic |
| diphthongaison {f} | :: alternative form of diphtongaison |
| diphthongue {f} | :: alternative form of diphtongue |
| diphtongaison {f} [phonetics, phonology] | :: diphthongization |
| diphtongue {f} [phonetics, phonology] | :: diphthong |
| diphtongue {f} [incorrectly] | :: digraph, trigraph |
| diphycerque {adj} | :: diphycercal |
| diphyodonte {adj} [anatomy] | :: diphyodont |
| diphyodonte {m} [biology] | :: diphyodont |
| diphyodontie {f} [anatomy] | :: diphyodonty |
| dipinto {m} [archaeology, epigraphy] | :: a dipinto |
| diploblastique {adj} | :: diploblastic |
| diploé {m} [anatomy] | :: diploe |
| diploèdre {m} | :: diplohedron |
| diploïde {adj} | :: diploid (of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome) |
| diplomate {mf} | :: diplomat |
| diplomatie {f} | :: diplomacy |
| diplomatique {adj} | :: diplomatic |
| diplomatiquement {adv} | :: diplomatically |
| diplôme {m} | :: degree (academic award) |
| diplôme {m} | :: diploma |
| diplômé {adj} | :: Having a diploma or a degree |
| diplômé {m} | :: Degree-holder, someone who has a degree |
| diplômer {vt} | :: To graduate; to attribute a diploma to |
| diplopie {f} | :: diplopia |
| diplotaxis {m} | :: wall rocket (of the genus Diplotaxis (Brassicaceae)) |
| diploure {m} | :: dipluran |
| dipneuste {m} | :: lungfish |
| dipolaire {adj} [physics] | :: dipolar; dipole (attributive) |
| dipôle {m} [physics] | :: dipole |
| dipotassique {adj} [chemistry] | :: dipotassium (attributive) |
| diptère {m} | :: dipteran |
| diptote {adj} | :: diptote |
| diptyque {m} [arts] | :: diptych |
| diptyque {m} | :: two-part film |
| dipyramide {m} [geometry] | :: dipyramid |
| dire {v} | :: to say, to tell |
| dire {m} | :: saying (that which is said) |
| dire {m} | :: belief, opinion |
| dire adieu {v} [à] | :: to farewell, to bid farewell, to take one's leave, to say goodbye |
| dire adieu {v} [à] | :: [figuratively] to kiss goodbye to |
| direct {adj} | :: direct |
| direct {adv} [colloquial] | :: directly |
| directement {adv} | :: directly |
| directer {v} [Louisiana French] | :: to run; to direct |
| directeur {adj} | :: leading, managing |
| directeur {m} | :: director |
| directeur {m} | :: school principal |
| directeur sportif {m} | :: sports director |
| direction {f} | :: (spatial) direction |
| direction {f} [figuratively] | :: direction |
| direction {f} | :: government |
| direction {f} [figuratively] | :: the director of the administration/organisation |
| direction {f} | :: (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government |
| direction assistée {f} | :: power steering |
| directionnel {adj} | :: directional (of or pertaining to direction) |
| directive {f} | :: directive, general instructions, guideline |
| directoire {m} | :: directory |
| directoire {m} | :: board of directors |
| directorial {adj} | :: directorial, managerial |
| directos {adv} [colloquial] | :: directly |
| directrice {f} | :: female equivalent of directeur |
| dire du mal {v} [colloquial] | :: [de] to speak ill of, to cast aspersions on, to badmouth, to slag off, to backbite, to talk about someone behind their back |
| dire que {conj} [colloquial] | :: to think that |
| dire quelque chose {v} [idiom] | :: to ring a bell |
| dire quelque chose {v} [literal] | :: to say something |
| dire quoi {v} [à] | :: [colloquial, Belgium] to keep updated, to keep informed |
| dire ses quatre vérités {v} [à] | :: [colloquial] to give someone a piece of one's mind; to tell someone some home truths, to say a few choice words to someone |
| dirhombicosidodécaèdre {m} | :: dirhombicosidodecahedron |
| dirhombidodécaèdre {m} | :: dirhombidodecahedron |
| dirigeable {adj} | :: directable |
| dirigeable {m} | :: dirigible, blimp |
| dirigeant {adj} | :: managing |
| dirigeant {m} | :: ruler, leader |
| diriger {vt} | :: to run; to direct (be the director of) |
| diriger {v} | :: to supervise; to oversee |
| diriger {v} | :: to steer (vehicles) |
| diriger {v} | :: to aim, to direct |
| diriger {v} | :: to direct (a film) |
| diriger {vr} [se diriger] | :: To go towards; to head (for) |
| dirigisme {m} | :: dirigisme (politico-economic doctrine) |
| dirigiste {adj} | :: dirigiste (of or relating to the doctrine of dirigisme) |
| dirigiste {mf} | :: dirigiste (advocate of dirigisme) |
| dirimant {adj} [law] | :: diriment, nullifying, precluding, prohibitive |
| dirlo {m} [colloquial] | :: school principal |
| dis- {prefix} | :: dis- |
| disassortatif {adj} | :: disassortative |
| discal {adj} | :: relating to disk in the spine |
| discaler {vi} | :: "(com.) to tare, to diminish" |
| discernable {adj} | :: discernible |
| discernement {m} | :: (good) judgment |
| discerner {v} | :: to discern |
| disciforme {adj} | :: disciform |
| disciple {m} | :: disciple |
| disciplinaire {adj} | :: disciplinary |
| disciplinairement {adv} | :: disciplinarily |
| discipline {f} | :: discipline, sanction |
| discipline {f} | :: discipline, self-control |
| discipline {f} | :: discipline, branch |
| discipliner {v} | :: to (submit to) discipline, punish |
| discipliner {v} | :: to discipline, drill |
| discobole {m} | :: discobolus, discus thrower |
| discographie {f} [medicine] | :: discography |
| discographie {f} | :: discography (complete collection of the releases of a musical act) |
| discographique {adj} | :: discographic |
| discographiquement {adv} | :: discographically |
| discoïde {adj} | :: discoid |
| discompte {m} | :: discount |
| disconnexe {adj} [topology] | :: disconnected |
| discontinu {adj} | :: discontinuous, intermittent |
| discontinuer {vi} | :: to discontinue, to cease, to leave off |
| discontinuité {f} | :: discontinuity |
| disconvenable {adj} | :: inappropriate |
| disconvenablement {adv} | :: inappropriately |
| disconvenir {v} | :: to disagree |
| disconvenir {v} | :: to be inappropriate; to be unsuitable |
| discophile {mf} | :: discophile |
| discordamment {adv} | :: discordantly |
| discordant {adj} | :: discordant, dissonant |
| discordant {adj} | :: grating, jarring |
| discorde {f} | :: discord |
| discorder {v} | :: to discord |
| discothèque {f} | :: discotheque (nightclub) |
| discoureur {m} | :: babbler; waffler |
| discoureuse {f} | :: female equivalent of discoureur |
| discourir {vi} | :: to talk, discourse, hold forth |
| discours {m} | :: oral presentation; discourse; speech; oration |
| discours direct {m} [grammar, narratology] | :: direct speech |
| discours indirect {m} [grammar, narratology] | :: reported speech, indirect speech |
| discours indirect libre {m} | :: free indirect speech |
| discourtois {adj} | :: discourteous |
| discourtoisement {adv} | :: discourteously |
| discrédit {m} | :: disrepute |
| discréditation {f} | :: the process of discrediting |
| discréditer {v} | :: to discredit (harm reputation) |
| discrépance {f} | :: discrepancy |
| discret {adj} | :: discreet |
| discret {adj} [mathematics] | :: discrete |
| discrètement {adv} | :: discreetly, discretely |
| discrétion {f} | :: discretion |
| discrétionnaire {adj} | :: discretionary |
| discrétionnairement {adv} | :: discretionarily |
| discrétisation {f} | :: discretization |
| discrétisé {adj} | :: discretized / discretised |
| discrétiser {vt} | :: To discretize / discretise |
| discrétos {adv} [colloquial] | :: synonym of discrètement |
| discriminant {m} [mathematics] | :: discriminant |
| discrimination {f} | :: discrimination, distinction |
| discrimination positive {f} | :: reverse discrimination, affirmative action |
| discriminatoire {adj} | :: discriminatory |
| discriminer {v} | :: to discriminate (to differentiate) |
| discriminer {v} | :: to discriminate (to treat people based on prejudice) |
| disculper {vt} | :: to exonerate |
| discursif {adj} | :: discursive |
| discursivement {adv} | :: discursively |
| discussion {f} | :: conversation, discussion (not contradictory or conflictual) |
| discutable {adj} | :: debatable, arguable |
| discutablement {adv} | :: disputably; debatably; arguably |
| discutailler {vi} | :: to quibble |
| discutant {m} | :: discussant; a participant in a formal or academic discussion |
| discutante {f} | :: feminine noun of discutant |
| discuter {v} | :: to discuss |
| discuter {v} | :: to chat |
| discuter du sexe des anges {v} [figuratively] | :: to count angels on pinheads |
| dis donc {interj} | :: so; listen up |
| diséléniure {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: diselenide |
| disert {adj} | :: eloquent, forthcoming |
| disert {adj} | :: talkative |
| disertement {adv} | :: eloquently |
| disertement {adv} | :: talkatively |
| disette {f} | :: scarcity, shortage, dearth |
| disette {f} [specifically] | :: food shortage, famine |
| disette {f} [archaic] | :: an old variety of beet |
| diseur {m} | :: teller |
| diseur {m} | :: monologist; elocutionist |
| diseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of diseur |
| diseuse de bonne aventure {f} | :: fortuneteller |
| disgrâce {f} | :: disgrace |
| disgracié {adj} | :: disgraced |
| disgracier {vt} | :: to disgrace, to put out of favour |
| disgracieusement {adv} | :: displeasingly |
| disgracieusement {adv} | :: ungainly |
| disgracieux {adj} | :: lacking refinement, displeasing, unsightly, ungainly |
| disgréger {vt} | :: "(opt.) (l.u.) to scatter, to separate, to disperse" |
| disgression {f} | :: alternative form of digression |
| disjoindre {vt} | :: to separate |
| disjoindre {vp} | :: to come apart, separate |
| disjoint {adj} | :: disjoint, unattached |
| disjoncter {v} | :: to fuse, break |
| disjoncteur {m} | :: circuit breaker |
| disjonctif {adj} | :: disjunctive |
| disjonction {f} | :: disjunction |
| dislocation {f} [linguistics, grammar] | :: dislocation |
| dislocation à droite {f} [linguistics, grammar] | :: right dislocation |
| dislocation à gauche {f} [linguistics, grammar] | :: left dislocation |
| disloqué {adj} | :: dislocated |
| disloquer {vt} | :: to dislocate |
| disloquer {vt} | :: to break up, split up, smash up |
| dis-moi qui tu fréquentes et je te dirai qui tu es {proverb} | :: Birds of a feather flock together |
| dismuter {v} [chemistry] | :: To dismutate |
| disneur {m} | :: obsolete spelling of dîneur |
| disneuse {f} | :: feminine noun of disneur |
| disodique {adj} [chemistry] | :: disodium (attributive) |
| disomie {f} [cytology] | :: disomy |
| disoufre {m} [inorganic chemistry, in combination] | :: disulfur / disulphur |
| dispacheur {m} | :: average adjuster, claims adjuster |
| disparaissable {adj} | :: that can be made to disappear |
| disparaitre {v} | :: alternative spelling of disparaître |
| disparaître {v} | :: to disappear |
| disparaître {v} [video games] | :: to despawn |
| disparate {adj} | :: disparate; incongruous |
| dispareil {adj} | :: uneven; unequal |
| disparité {f} | :: disparity |
| disparition {f} | :: disappearance |
| disparu {m} | :: missing in action person |
| disparu {m} [euphemism] | :: dead |
| disparu {adj} | :: disappeared |
| disparu {adj} | :: extinct |
| dispatcher {v} | :: to dispatch |
| dispendieusement {adv} | :: expensively |
| dispendieux {adj} | :: expensive |
| dispensaire {m} | :: dispensary |
| dispensateur {m} | :: dispenser, provider |
| dispense {f} | :: dispensation |
| dispenser {vt} | :: to excuse, exempt (de from) |
| dispenser {vt} [literary] | :: to dispense, give out, radiate |
| dispenser {vt} | :: to distribute, dispense |
| dispenser {vr} | :: to avoid, refrain (de from) |
| disperser {v} | :: to scatter; to disperse |
| dispersion {f} | :: dispersion |
| dispersoïde {m} | :: dispersoid |
| displacif {adj} | :: displacive |
| dispo {adj} [colloquial] | :: available |
| disponibilité {f} | :: availability |
| disponible {adj} | :: available (pour for, à to) |
| dispos {adj} | :: nimble, active, cheerful, smart |
| disposé {adj} | :: organized, placed in a certain fashion, arranged |
| disposé {adj} | :: willing, ready to do (something), prepared |
| disposer {vt} | :: To organize, to arrange, to distribute in a certain fashion |
| disposer {vt} | :: To prepare (something) for an occasion, to incline (someone) towards |
| disposer {vp} | :: To prepare oneself for, to be about to |
| disposer {vi} | :: To have at one's disposal or available; to have access to |
| disposer {vi} | :: To use someone to do one's biddings |
| disposer {vi} | :: To leave, to go |
| disposer {vi} [legal] | :: To make use of one's right of dismembering, selling or otherwise dispose of a certain owned item |
| disposer {vt} [rare] | :: To prepare psychologically |
| disposer {vi} [rare] | :: To take measures, to decree |
| dispositif {m} | :: arrangement, lay-out |
| dispositif {m} | :: measures, expedient, means to an end |
| dispositif {m} | :: device, machine, system |
| dispositif {m} | :: operation, plan |
| dispositif {m} [legal] | :: dispositif |
| dispositif intra-utérin {m} | :: intrauterine device (contraceptive device) |
| disposition {f} | :: arrangement; layout |
| disposition {f} | :: disposal; the ability or authority to use something |
| disposition {f} | :: step; arrangement; measure |
| disposition {f} | :: disposition; tendency |
| disproportionné {adj} | :: disproportionate |
| disproportionnellement {adv} | :: disproportionally |
| disproportionnément {adv} | :: disproportionately |
| disputailler {vi} | :: to dispute about trifles |
| dispute {f} | :: dispute |
| disputer {vr} | :: to dispute |
| disputer {v} | :: to take part in |
| disputeur {m} | :: disputer |
| disputeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of disputeur |
| disquaire {m} | :: record dealer (one who sells music records) |
| disqualifier {v} | :: to disqualify |
| disque {m} | :: disc (any flat or nearly flat circular object) |
| disque {m} [mathematics] | :: disc |
| disque {m} [athletics] | :: discus |
| disque {m} [music] | :: disk; record |
| disque {m} [computing] | :: disk |
| disque {m} [anatomy] | :: disc |
| disque {m} [mechanics] | :: disk |
| disque {m} [astronomy] | :: disk |
| disque compact {m} | :: compact disk (CD) |
| disque d'accrétion {m} [astronomy] | :: accretion disk |
| disque de glace {m} | :: ice circle (revolving floating circular disc of ice) |
| disque dur {m} [computing] | :: hard drive (device used for storing large amounts of data) |
| disquette {f} | :: floppy disk (flexible disk used for storing digital data) |
| disquisition {f} [formal] | :: disquisition |
| disrupter {v} [economics] | :: To disrupt an economic model by disruptive innovation |
| disruption {f} | :: break; fracture |
| dissécation {f} | :: desiccation |
| dissection {f} | :: dissection |
| dissemblable {adj} | :: dissimilar, unlike |
| dissemblablement {adv} | :: dissimilarly |
| dissemblance {f} | :: dissemblance |
| dissembler {vt} | :: to differ, to be unlike |
| dissémination {f} | :: dissemination, scattering, strewing |
| dissémination {f} | :: dispersal, proliferation |
| disséminé {adj} | :: disseminated, scattered, dispersed |
| disséminer {vt} | :: to disseminate, scatter, disperse |
| dissension {f} | :: dissension |
| dissentiment {m} | :: dissent |
| dissentiment {m} | :: disagreement |
| disséquer {v} | :: to dissect |
| dissertation {f} | :: dissertation, essay |
| disserter {vi} | :: to discourse (on) |
| dissidence {f} | :: dissent, dissidence |
| dissident {adj} | :: dissenting, dissident |
| dissident {m} | :: dissident, someone who has dissenting opinion |
| dissigne {m} [maths] | :: alternative form of signe |
| dissimilaire {adj} | :: dissimilar |
| dissimilation {f} [phonology] | :: dissimilation |
| dissimiler {v} | :: To dissimilate |
| dissimulateur {adj} | :: dissembling |
| dissimulateur {m} | :: dissembler |
| dissimulation {f} | :: dissimulation |
| dissimuler {vt} | :: to hide, to conceal |
| dissimuler {vr} | :: to hide |
| dissipateur {adj} | :: dissipative |
| dissipateur {m} | :: dissipator |
| dissipatif {adj} [physics] | :: dissipative |
| dissipation {f} | :: clearing, dissipation, disappearance |
| dissipé {adj} | :: Diverted from duty by frivolous distractions |
| dissiper {v} | :: to dissipate |
| dissiper {v} | :: to squander (waste) |
| dissiper {v} [literary] | :: To distract (someone) from serious thoughts |
| dissociant {adj} | :: dissociative, dissociating |
| dissociatif {adj} | :: dissociative |
| dissocié {adj} | :: dissociated |
| dissocier {v} | :: to dissociate |
| dissocier {v} | :: to break up, separate |
| dissolu {adj} | :: dissolute, profligate |
| dissoluble {adj} | :: dissolvent, which can be dissolved |
| dissolument {adv} | :: dissolutely, profligately |
| dissolution {f} | :: dissolution |
| dissolvant {adj} | :: solvent (able to dissolve) |
| dissolvant {m} | :: solvent |
| dissonance cognitive {f} [psychology] | :: cognitive dissonance |
| dissonant {adj} | :: dissonant |
| dissoner {vi} [music] | :: to make a discord, to jar, to be discordant |
| dissoudre {v} | :: to dissolve |
| dissous {adj} | :: dissolved |
| dissuader {v} | :: to dissuade; to put off |
| dissuasif {adj} | :: deterrent, dissuasive (serving to deter) |
| dissuasion {f} | :: deterrence |
| dissymétrie {f} | :: dissymmetry, imperfection |
| dissymétrique {adj} | :: asymmetric, dissymmetric |
| distal {adj} [anatomy] | :: distal |
| distalité {f} | :: distality |
| distance {f} | :: distance |
| distance de freinage {f} | :: braking distance |
| distance focale {f} [photography] | :: focal length |
| distance matrimoniale {f} | :: mating distance |
| distancer {vt} | :: to distance, outdistance |
| distanciation {f} | :: detachment |
| distanciation sociale {f} | :: social distancing |
| distancier {v} | :: to distance (be detached) |
| distant {adj} | :: distant |
| distant {adj} | :: aloof |
| distendre {vt} | :: to distend |
| distendu {adj} | :: distended |
| disthène {m} [mineral] | :: kyanite |
| distillat {m} | :: distillate |
| distillatoire {adj} | :: distillation (attributive) |
| distiller {v} | :: to distill |
| distinct {adj} | :: distinct |
| distinct {adj} | :: discrete |
| distinctement {adv} | :: distinctly |
| distinctif {adj} | :: distinctive |
| distinction {f} | :: distinction (difference, honour) |
| distinctivement {adv} | :: distinctively |
| distinguabilité {f} | :: distinguishability (the state of being distinguishable) |
| distinguable {adj} | :: distinguishable (able, or easily able to be distinguished) |
| distinguer {v} | :: to distinguish |
| distinguer {vr} | :: to be distinguished |
| distique {adj} [botany] | :: distichous (arranged in two rows on each side of an axis) |
| distique {adj} [mineralogy] | :: having two rows of facets around each base |
| distique {m} | :: distich (couplet, especially one that makes sense on its own) |
| distiquement {adv} | :: distichously |
| distordre {v} | :: to distort |
| distordu {adj} | :: distorted |
| distorsion {f} | :: distortion |
| distractif {adj} | :: distractive, entertaining, recreational |
| distraction {f} | :: distraction |
| distraction {f} | :: entertainment |
| distraire {v} | :: to distract |
| distrait {adj} | :: absent-minded |
| distrait {adj} | :: distracted |
| distraitement {adv} | :: absent-mindedly |
| distrayant {adj} | :: distracting, entertaining |
| distribanque {m} | :: cash dispenser, ATM |
| distribuer {v} | :: to distribute |
| distributeur {m} | :: distributor |
| distributeur {m} | :: vending machine |
| distributeur {m} | :: ATM |
| distributeur {m} | :: dispenser (soap) |
| distributeur de billets {m} | :: ATM, cash machine, hole-in-the-wall (automatic teller machine) |
| distributif {adj} | :: distributive |
| distributif {m} [grammar] | :: distributive, distributive case |
| distribution {f} | :: A distribution |
| distribution {f} | :: A physical arrangement, spacing |
| distributivement {adv} | :: distributively |
| distributivité {f} [maths] | :: distributivity |
| distributrice {f} | :: distributor (company) |
| distributrice {f} [Canada] | :: vending machine |
| district {m} | :: district |
| disturber {v} [rare] | :: to disturb |
| disulfirame {m} | :: disulfiram |
| disulfure {m} [chemistry] | :: disulfide / disulphide |
| diterpène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: diterpene |
| dithiépane {m} [organic compound] | :: dithiepane |
| dithiétane {m} [organic compound] | :: dithietane |
| dithionique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: dithionic |
| dithyrambe {m} | :: dithyramb |
| dithyrambique {adj} [literature] | :: dithyrambic |
| dithyrambique {adj} | :: eulogistic, laudatory |
| dition {f} | :: authority (absolute) |
| dititane {m} [inorganic chemistry, in combination] | :: dititanium |
| DIU {m} | :: initialism of dispositif intra-utérin |
| diurèse {f} [medicine] | :: diuresis |
| diurétique {adj} | :: diuretic |
| diurétique {m} | :: a diuretic |
| diurne {adj} | :: diurnal |
| diurne {mf} | :: a diurnal creature |
| diva {f} | :: A diva |
| divagation {f} | :: divagation |
| divagation {f} | :: wandering, rambling |
| divagation {f} | :: raving |
| divaguer {v} | :: to ramble, wander (to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course) |
| divaguer {v} [of a path] | :: to wind |
| divaguer {v} [of movement] | :: to wander, roam, wander about |
| divan {m} | :: Any type of undistinguished couch |
| divan {m} | :: A divan in either of the original Turkish senses |
| divergence {f} | :: divergence |
| divergent {adj} | :: divergent |
| diverger {v} | :: to diverge |
| divers {adj} | :: various; varying |
| diversement {adv} | :: diversely |
| divers et varié {adj} | :: many and varied, many and various, various and sundry |
| diversification {f} | :: diversification |
| diversifier {v} | :: to diversify, broaden |
| diversion {f} | :: pastime, diversion, entertainment |
| diversité {f} | :: diversity |
| diverticule {f} | :: diverticulum |
| diverticulose {f} [pathology] | :: diverticulosis |
| divertir {v} | :: to amuse; to entertain |
| divertir {v} | :: to distract |
| divertissant {adj} | :: amusing; enjoyable |
| divertissement {m} | :: entertainment |
| dividende {m} | :: dividend |
| divin {adj} | :: divine, godlike |
| divinateur {adj} | :: perspicacious |
| divination {f} | :: divination |
| divinatoire {adj} | :: divinatory |
| divinement {adv} | :: divinely |
| divinisation {f} | :: divinization, deification |
| diviniser {vt} | :: to deify |
| divinité {f} | :: divinity |
| divinité {f} | :: godhead |
| divisément {adv} | :: separately |
| diviser {v} | :: to divide |
| diviser {v} [mathematics] | :: to divide |
| diviseur {m} [maths] | :: divisor |
| diviseur {adj} | :: dividing |
| divisibilité {f} | :: divisibility (extent to which something is divisible) |
| divisible {adj} | :: divisible |
| divisiblement {adv} | :: divisibly |
| division {f} | :: division (act or process of dividing) |
| division {f} [arithmetic] | :: division |
| division {f} [military] | :: division |
| division {f} | :: division (subsection) |
| divisionnaire {adj} | :: division (attributive) |
| divorce {m} | :: divorce |
| divorcer {vt} | :: to divorce (to legally dissolve a marriage) |
| divorcer {vr} [se divorcer] | :: to get divorced, to divorce one another |
| divulgâcher {v} [Quebec] | :: to spoil |
| divulgation {f} | :: divulgation |
| divulguer {v} | :: to divulge |
| dix {num} | :: ten |
| dixain {m} | :: alternative form of dizain |
| dix-huit {num} | :: eighteen |
| dix-huitième {adj} | :: eighteenth |
| dix-huitième {mf} | :: eighteenth |
| dix-huitièmement {adv} | :: eighteenthly |
| dixième {adj} | :: tenth |
| dixième {mf} | :: tenth |
| dixièmement {adv} | :: tenthly |
| dixit {prep} | :: Names the author of a previously quoted statement |
| dix-neuf {num} | :: nineteen |
| dix-neuvième {adj} | :: nineteenth |
| dix-neuvième {mf} | :: nineteenth |
| dix-neuvièmement {adv} | :: nineteenthly |
| dix-neuvièmiste {mf} | :: A specialist in nineteenth-century culture (especially literature) |
| dix-sept {num} | :: seventeen |
| dix-septième {adj} | :: seventeenth |
| dix-septième {mf} | :: seventeenth |
| dix-septièmement {adv} | :: seventeenthly |
| dizain {m} | :: decastich |
| dizaine {f} | :: about 10 |
| dizainier {m} | :: A head of a team of ten people; but especially the head of an administrative district in the Middle Ages |
| dizainière {f} | :: feminine singular of dizainier |
| dizenier {m} | :: alternative form of dizainier |
| dizenière {f} | :: feminine singular of dizenier |
| djai {m} [nouchi] | :: gwop, skrilla |
| djaïn {adj} | :: Jain |
| djaïn {m} | :: Jain |
| djaïne {f} | :: feminine noun of djaïn |
| djaïnisme {m} | :: Jainism |
| djandjou {mf} [nouchi] | :: woman who lets herself be seduced for material gain |
| djaouli {adj} [nouchi] | :: okay, adequately provided, having enough, being in a state of agreement |
| djaouli {v} [nouchi] | :: to make provisions, to make sure that somebody is adequately prepared |
| djebel {m} | :: jebel |
| Djeferson {prop} [rare] | :: given name |
| djellaba {f} | :: djellaba |
| djembé {m} | :: djembe (large drum played with both hands) |
| djermakoye {m} | :: djermakoy |
| djeule {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: alternative form of gueule, mouth, opening |
| djeune {m} [slang, humorous] | :: alternative form of jeune |
| djiadisme {m} | :: alternative form of djihadisme |
| Djibouti {prop} | :: Djibouti (country) |
| Djibouti {prop} | :: Djibouti (capital city) |
| djiboutien {adj} | :: Djiboutian |
| Djiboutien {m} | :: a Djiboutian |
| Djiboutienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Djiboutien |
| djidji {adj} [nouchi] | :: true, real |
| djihad {m} | :: jihad |
| djihadisme {m} | :: alternative form of jihadisme |
| djihadiste {mf} | :: alternative form of jihadiste |
| djinn {m} [mythology] | :: jinn, genie |
| djo {v} | :: alternative spelling of djô |
| djô {vtr} [inconjugable, nouchi] | :: to meet, to encounter |
| djoundi {m} | :: djoundi |
| d'la {contraction} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: contraction of de la |
| dlle {n} | :: abbreviation of demoiselle |
| d'main {adv} [colloquial, colloquial] | :: contraction of demain |
| DNA {prop} | :: initialism of Dernière Nouvelles d'Alsace |
| do {m} [music] | :: do, the note 'C' |
| Do {prop} | :: surname |
| doberman {mf} | :: Dobermann (type of dog) |
| dobermann {m} | :: Dobermann (type of dog) |
| Dobrescu {prop} | :: surname |
| d'occasion {adj} | :: Used; second hand |
| docile {adj} | :: docile |
| docilement {adv} | :: docilely |
| docilité {f} | :: docility; docileness |
| docimasie {f} | :: assaying |
| docimastique {adj} | :: docimastic |
| docimastiquement {adv} | :: docimastically |
| docimologie {f} | :: educational assessment |
| docosahexaénoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: docosahexaenoic |
| docosanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: docosanoic |
| docosénoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: docosenoic |
| docte {adj} [literary] | :: learned |
| doctement {adv} | :: learnedly |
| docteur {m} | :: a doctor (physician) |
| docteur {m} | :: a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate), especially a male doctor |
| docteure {f} [slang] | :: a female doctor; feminine form of docteur |
| docteure {f} [Canada] | :: feminine form of the title docteur: la docteure Tremblay. Abbreviation Dre. |
| docteuse {f} [slang] | :: a female doctor; feminine form of docteur |
| doctoral {adj} | :: doctoral |
| doctoralement {adv} | :: doctorally |
| doctorant {m} | :: doctoral student (studying for a PhD etc) |
| doctorante {f} | :: feminine noun of doctorant |
| doctorat {m} | :: doctorate |
| doctoresse {f} [dated] | :: feminine noun of docteur; lady doctor |
| doctrinaire {mf} | :: doctrinaire |
| doctrinaire {adj} | :: doctrinaire |
| doctrinaire {adj} | :: doctrinal |
| doctrinairement {adv} | :: doctrinally |
| doctrinairement {adv} | :: stubbornly |
| doctrinal {adj} | :: doctrinal |
| doctrinalement {adv} | :: doctrinally |
| doctrine {f} | :: doctrine |
| docufiction {f} | :: docudrama (drama that combines elements of documentary and drama) |
| document {m} | :: document |
| document {m} [computing] | :: file |
| documentaire {adj} | :: documentary |
| documentaire {m} | :: documentary (production, publication etc.) |
| documentaliste {mf} | :: documentalist |
| documentariste {mf} | :: documentarian |
| documentation {f} | :: documentation (written account) |
| documenter {v} | :: to document (to record in documents) |
| documenteur {m} | :: mockumentary |
| Dodart {prop} | :: surname |
| dodéca- {prefix} | :: dodeca- |
| dodécadodécaèdre {m} | :: dodecadodecahedron |
| dodécaèdre {m} | :: dodecahedron |
| dodécaédrique {adj} | :: dodecahedral |
| dodécagone {m} [geometry] | :: dodecagon |
| dodécahémicosaèdre {m} [geometry] | :: dodecahemicosahedron |
| dodécahémidodécaèdre {m} | :: dodecahemidodecahedron |
| dodécane {m} [organic compound] | :: dodecane |
| Dodécanèse {prop} {m} | :: Dodecanese, island group of Greece |
| dodécanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: dodecanoic |
| dodécanol {m} [organic compound] | :: dodecanol |
| dodécaphoniste {mf} | :: dodecaphonist (proponent of dodecaphony) |
| dodécicosaèdre {m} [geometry] | :: dodecicosahedron |
| dodécicosidodécaèdre {m} | :: dodecicosidodecahedron |
| dodécylique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: dodecyl |
| dodeliner {vt} | :: to cradle, rock (e.g. a baby, in one's arms) |
| dodeliner {vt} | :: to sway, shake (e.g. a body part) |
| dodiner {v} | :: to shake, swing, rock (gently) |
| dodo {m} [child language] | :: Sleep, kip |
| dodo {m} | :: A dodo bird |
| dodu {adj} | :: chubby, plump |
| d'office {adv} | :: ex officio |
| d'office {adv} | :: automatically |
| dogat {m} | :: dogate |
| doge {m} | :: doge |
| dogmatique {adj} | :: dogmatic |
| dogmatique {m} | :: person who is dogmatic |
| dogmatiquement {adv} | :: dogmatically |
| dogmatiser {v} | :: to dogmatize |
| dogmatisme {m} | :: dogmatism |
| dogmatiste {mf} | :: dogmatist |
| dogme {m} | :: dogma (an authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion) |
| dogue {m} | :: mastiff |
| doigt {m} | :: finger |
| doigt {m} | :: toe |
| doigt {m} | :: finger [measurement of a beverage] |
| doigt de pied {m} [colloquial] | :: toe (digit of the foot) |
| doigt d'honneur {m} | :: one finger salute, the finger (insulting gesture) |
| doigté {m} | :: fingering |
| doigter {vt} [music] | :: to finger, to put fingerings on a music sheet |
| doigter {vt} [sex] | :: to finger, to flick off |
| doigter {m} [music] | :: fingering |
| doigtier {m} | :: fingerguard (any object used to protect a finger) |
| doigtier {m} | :: common foxglove (plant, Digitalis purpurea) |
| doigts de fée {mp} [figuratively] | :: deft touch, nimble fingers |
| dojo {m} [martial arts] | :: dojo |
| dol {m} [law] | :: A fraud (the act), cheating |
| doléance {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: grievance; complaint |
| dolemment {adv} | :: dolefully |
| dolent {adj} [archaic] | :: mournful |
| doler {v} | :: to plane (cut with a plane) |
| dolichocéphalie {f} | :: dolichocephaly |
| doline {f} | :: sinkhole, shakehole |
| dollar {m} | :: dollar |
| dollar américain {m} | :: American dollar, US dollar |
| dollar australien {m} | :: Australian dollar |
| dollar canadien {m} | :: Canadian dollar |
| dollarisation {f} | :: dollarization (the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency) |
| doloire {f} | :: plane (type of tool) |
| doloire {f} | :: doloire (axelike weapon) |
| dolomie {f} [geology] | :: dolostone |
| dolomite {f} | :: dolomite |
| dolomitisé {adj} [geology] | :: dolomitized |
| Dolorès {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| doloriste {adj} | :: doleful |
| dom {m} | :: title of respect given to certain monks and other religious figures |
| DOM {m} | :: overseas department |
| domaine {m} | :: domain |
| domaine {m} | :: zone |
| domaine {m} | :: field (of study etc) |
| domaine public {m} [law] | :: public domain |
| domanial {adj} | :: domanial |
| domanialiser {vt} | :: to consolidate several states into one, or unite them to the crown |
| domatique {adj} | :: domatic |
| Dombey {prop} | :: surname |
| dôme {m} [architecture] | :: dome |
| Domengeaux {prop} | :: surname |
| domestication {f} | :: domestication |
| domesticité {f} | :: domesticness; state of being domestic; domesticated |
| domestique {adj} | :: domestic |
| domestique {mf} | :: servant; maid |
| domestique {mf} | :: cleaner, housemaid |
| domestiqué {adj} | :: domesticated, tamed |
| domestiquement {adv} | :: domestically |
| domestiquer {v} | :: to tame (an animal, etc.) |
| domicile {m} | :: domicile |
| domiciliaire {adj} | :: domiciliary |
| domiciliation {f} [law] | :: domiciliation |
| domiciliation {f} [finance] | :: standing order |
| domicilier {vr} [chiefly se domicilier] | :: to reside, to have as a home |
| dominance {f} | :: dominance |
| dominant {adj} | :: dominant |
| dominante {f} [music] | :: dominant |
| dominateur {m} | :: dominator, usually a tyrant or a dictator |
| dominateur {m} [sexuality] | :: dominator |
| dominateur {adj} | :: dominating, domineering |
| domination {f} | :: domination |
| dominatrice {f} [sexuality] | :: dominatrix |
| dominatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of dominateur |
| dominer {v} | :: to dominate |
| dominguois {adj} | :: Dominguan |
| dominicain {adj} | :: Dominican (relating to the Dominicain Republic) |
| Dominicain {m} | :: Dominican (person) |
| Dominicaine {f} | :: feminine noun of Dominicain |
| dominical {adj} [attributive] | :: Sunday |
| dominical {adj} | :: from the Lord (i.e. Jesus Christ) |
| dominion {m} | :: dominion |
| dominiquais {adj} | :: Dominican (relating to Dominica) |
| Dominiquais {m} | :: Dominican (person from Dominica) |
| Dominiquaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Dominiquais |
| Dominique {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Dominique {prop} {f} | :: given name, corresponding to a feminine form of Dominic |
| Dominique {prop} {f} | :: Dominique (island/and/country) |
| domino {m} | :: dominoes |
| domino {m} [plural] | :: a domino set |
| domino {m} [singular] | :: a domino tile |
| Domitien {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| dommage {m} | :: damage |
| dommage {m} | :: injury |
| dommage {interj} | :: (what a) shame! what a pity! too bad! |
| dommageable {adj} | :: damaging; causing damage |
| dommageablement {adv} | :: harmfully |
| dommages et intérêts {mp} [legal] | :: damages |
| dommages-intérêts {mp} [legal] | :: alternative form of dommages et intérêts |
| domoïde {m} [geometry] | :: polygonal pyramid |
| domotique {f} | :: domotics (technology in the home) |
| domper {v} [Canada, slang] | :: to dump [end a relationship] |
| domptable {adj} | :: tamable, subduable, domitable |
| domptage {m} | :: taming (action or process of taming) |
| dompter {vt} | :: to tame (a wild animal), break in (a horse) |
| dompter {vt} | :: to subdue, suppress (rebellion, uprising, emotions etc.) |
| dompteur {m} | :: tamer |
| dompteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of dompteur |
| don {m} | :: gift, talent, knack |
| don {m} | :: gift (present) |
| don {m} | :: donation |
| Donaldville {prop} {f} | :: Duckburg (fictional city where Donald Duck lives) |
| donaldvillois {adj} | :: Duckburgian, relating to Duckburg (fictional town in the Disney universe) or its people |
| Donaldvillois {m} | :: A native or inhabitant of Duckburg (fictional town in the Disney universe); a Duckburgian |
| Donaldvilloise {f} | :: feminine noun of Donaldvillois |
| donateur {m} | :: donator |
| donation {f} | :: donation |
| donatisme {m} | :: donatism |
| donatiste {mf} | :: Donatist |
| donatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of donateur |
| donc {adv} | :: therefore, consequently; thus |
| dondaine {f} | :: quarrel (bolt from a crossbow) |
| don de sang {m} | :: blood donation |
| donjon {m} | :: donjon, keep |
| donnant donnant {phrase} | :: fair's fair, give and take |
| donne {f} | :: distribution |
| donné {adj} | :: affordable, cheap |
| donné {adj} | :: viable, achievable, not difficult |
| donnée {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: datum, (item of data) |
| données {fp} [rare in the singular] | :: data |
| donner {v} | :: to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else |
| donner {v} | :: to donate |
| donner {vi} | :: To come across |
| donner c'est donner, reprendre c'est voler {proverb} | :: a gift is a gift; giving is giving, taking back is stealing (a gift is irrevocable) |
| donner de la confiture à des cochons {v} [figuratively] | :: to cast pearls before swine |
| donner de sa personne {v} [figuratively] | :: to give of oneself, not to spare oneself, to go out of one's way to help others |
| donner du mou {v} [à] | :: [colloquial, figuratively] to cut someone some slack, to give someone some rope, to give someone more leeway |
| donner en mariage {vt} | :: to bestow, to give in marriage, to marry off |
| donner en pâture {vt} | :: [à] to serve (someone) up to (someone), to throw (someone) to the lions |
| donner et retenir ne vaut {proverb} [law, literary] | :: a gift is a gift; giving is giving, taking back is stealing (a gift is irrevocable) |
| donner la parole {v} [à] | :: to give the floor to someone, to call on someone, to give someone a chance to speak |
| donner l'assaut {v} | :: to storm, to attack |
| donner le bon Dieu sans confession {v} [à] | :: to trust (someone) because of their appearance, because they look like the salt of the earth |
| donner le change {v} [hunting, of game] | :: to set a hunter on the wrong track (to escape by directing the hunter's attention to another animal) |
| donner le change {v} [à] | :: to deceive someone, to pull the wool over someone's eyes |
| donner le jour {v} | :: to give birth |
| donner le jour {v} [figuratively] | :: to create, to engender, to bring into existence |
| donner le sein {v} [à] | :: to breastfeed, to nurse |
| donner le ton {v} [figuratively] | :: to set the tone, to set the pace |
| donner l'exemple {v} | :: to set an example |
| donner libre cours {v} [à] | :: to give free rein to; to give free expression to; to vent |
| donner lieu {v} [à] | :: to give rise to, to lead to, to cause, to bring about |
| donner naissance {v} [à] | :: to give birth to |
| donner naissance {v} [à] | :: [figuratively] to give rise to |
| donner raison {v} [à] | :: to prove someone/something right, to bear someone/something out |
| donner raison {v} [à] | :: to agree with |
| donner sa langue au chat {v} [colloquial] | :: to give up trying to guess something, e.g. the answer to a riddle |
| donner sa parole {v} [à] | :: [figuratively] to give one's word, to promise (to someone) |
| donner suite {v} [à] | :: to follow up (on a case), to pursue, to act on |
| donner sur {v} | :: to look out onto (la fenêtre donne sur un jardin - the window looks out onto a garden) |
| donner tort {v} [à] | :: [law] to rule against |
| donner tort {v} [à] | :: to prove wrong |
| donner un coup de balai {v} | :: to sweep the floor |
| donner un coup de balai {v} | :: to make a clean sweep |
| donner un coup de pied dans la fourmilière {v} [figuratively] | :: to stir up a hornets' nest, to stir things up |
| donneur {m} | :: donor |
| donneur {m} [card games] | :: dealer |
| donneur de leçons {m} [pejorative] | :: someone prone to pontificating, to lecturing and patronizing people |
| donneuse {f} | :: feminine noun of donneur |
| Don Quichotte {prop} {f} | :: Don Quixote (the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel) |
| dont {pron} | :: of/from whom/which, whose |
| dont {pron} [sometimes] | :: by which |
| dont {pron} | :: Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations |
| dont acte {phrase} [legal] | :: Used at the end of contracts, agreements, etc., to affirm that the parties and/or relevant officials have formally taken note of the contents |
| dont acte {phrase} | :: Take note; heed this; govern yourselves accordingly |
| dont acte {phrase} | :: duly noted, duly acknowledged, point taken |
| donut {m} | :: doughnut (deep-fried piece of dough or batter) |
| donzelle {f} [literary] | :: maiden, damsel |
| dopage {m} | :: doping |
| dopamine {f} | :: dopamine |
| dopaminergique {adj} | :: dopaminergic |
| dopant {adj} | :: boosting |
| dope {f} [colloquial] | :: illicit drug, narcotic |
| dopé {adj} | :: doped |
| doper {v} | :: to dope; to do doping |
| doper {v} | :: to boost (one's performance by doping) |
| d'opérette {adj} [pejorative] | :: amateur, petty |
| doping {m} | :: doping (use of drugs to improve athletic performance) |
| d'or {adj} [figuratively] | :: golden, gold |
| dorade {f} | :: sea bream |
| doradille {f} | :: ceterach |
| dorage {m} | :: gilt; gilding |
| d'ordinaire {adv} [somewhat literary] | :: ordinarily |
| dordognais {adj} | :: of or from Dordogne |
| Dordognais {m} | :: Someone from Dordogne |
| Dordognaise {f} | :: feminine singular of Dordognais |
| Dordogne {prop} {f} | :: Dordogne (department) |
| Dordogne {prop} {f} | :: Dordogne (river) |
| doré {adj} | :: golden |
| Doré {prop} | :: surname |
| dorénavant {adv} | :: henceforth, from now on, from this day forward |
| dorer {v} | :: to gild; to coat something in gold |
| dorer {v} | :: to brighten up, to brighten something to give it a golden colour |
| dorer {v} [cooking] | :: to brown, to give food a golden colour by adding an egg yolk |
| dorer la pilule {v} [figuratively] | :: to gild the pill, to sweeten the pill, to sugar the pill, to sugarcoat it |
| d'ores et déjà {adv} | :: right now, already |
| doreur {m} | :: gilder (craftsman who works with gold and silver) |
| doreuse {f} | :: female equivalent of doreur |
| dorien {adj} | :: Dorian |
| dorien {m} | :: Doric (dialect of the Ancient Greek language) |
| d'origine {adj} | :: original (first in a series or copies/versions) |
| dorique {adj} | :: Dorian |
| Dorléac {prop} | :: surname |
| dorloter {v} | :: to pamper, cosset |
| dormance {f} | :: dormancy |
| dormant {adj} | :: dormant |
| dormant {adj} | :: asleep |
| dormeur {m} | :: sleeper (person who sleeps) |
| dormeur {adj} | :: that tends to sleep |
| dormeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of dormeur |
| dormir {vi} | :: to sleep |
| dormir à poings fermés {v} | :: to sleep like a baby, to sleep the sleep of the just |
| dormir comme un bébé {v} [simile] | :: to sleep like a baby |
| dormir comme un bienheureux {v} [simile] | :: to sleep like a baby, to sleep the sleep of the just |
| dormir comme une souche {v} [figuratively] | :: to sleep like a log |
| dormir comme un loir {v} [simile] | :: sleep like a log |
| dormir comme un sabot {v} [figuratively] | :: to sleep like a log |
| dormir du sommeil du juste {v} | :: to sleep the sleep of the just, to sleep like a baby |
| dormir sur ses deux oreilles {v} | :: to sleep soundly, to sleep without a worry, to rest easy |
| dormitif {adj} | :: soporific, causing sleep |
| dormitif {m} | :: a sedative |
| dormition {f} | :: dormition |
| dormitique {adj} [Louisiana French, ] | :: tired, fatigued |
| Dornach {prop} | :: Dornach (neighbourhood) |
| Dornach {prop} | :: Dornach (town) |
| Dorothée {prop} | :: given name |
| dorsal {adj} | :: dorsal |
| dorsalgie {f} [medicine] | :: dorsalgia |
| dortoir {m} | :: dormitory |
| dorure {f} | :: gilt, gilding |
| Dorval {prop} | :: surname |
| Dorval {prop} | :: Dorval, a city on the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada |
| Dorval {prop} | :: YUL (Trudeau airport) |
| dorycnie {f} | :: A variety of pea of the genus Dorycnium |
| doryline {m} | :: army ant |
| doryphore {m} [biology] | :: Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) |
| dos {m} [anatomy] | :: back (of a person) |
| dos {m} | :: [in the plural] backs (of persons) |
| dos {m} [swimming] | :: backstroke |
| dos {m} [book] | :: spine |
| dos à dos {adj} | :: back-to-back |
| dos à dos {adv} | :: back-to-back |
| dos-à-dos {adj} [literally] | :: back to back |
| dos-à-dos {m} | :: a move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other |
| dosage {m} | :: dosage (measured amount of a medication) |
| dos crawlé {m} | :: backstroke |
| dos d'âne {m} [idiomatic] | :: speed bump; sleeping policeman |
| dose {f} | :: proportion |
| dose {f} | :: dose |
| dosé {adj} | :: dosed, administered |
| dosé {adj} | :: dished out |
| dose de cheval {f} [colloquial] | :: big dose, strong dose |
| doser {v} | :: to dose (administer a dose) |
| doser {v} [figuratively] | :: to dish out |
| dosette {f} | :: pod, capsule (a sealed, single-serving pack of a product) |
| doseur {m} | :: measure |
| doseur {m} | :: dosing |
| dosimètre {m} | :: dosimeter |
| dosimétrie {f} | :: dosimetry |
| dosimétrique {adj} | :: dosimetric |
| dossard {m} | :: number on the back of a sportsman's shirt |
| dossard {m} [Quebec] | :: pinny (colorful overshirt worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities) |
| dossier {m} | :: back of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on |
| dossier {m} | :: dossier |
| dossier {m} [computing] | :: folder |
| dossier {m} | :: An organizer to keep papers in, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet, see folder |
| dossier {m} [figuratively] | :: case, notably legal |
| dostoïevskien {adj} | :: Dostoyevskian |
| dot {f} | :: dowry, marriage portion |
| dotation {f} | :: allowance |
| dotation {f} | :: endowment |
| doter {vt} | :: to endow, donate |
| doter {vt} | :: to fund |
| dotriacontanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: dotriacontanoic |
| d'où {adv} | :: from where; whence; from which place or source |
| d'où {adv} | :: hence |
| d'où {conj} | :: wherefore |
| douahou {m} [nouchi] | :: chance |
| douaire {m} | :: dower |
| douairière {f} | :: dowager |
| douane {f} | :: customs (an authority responsible for controlling the flow of goods to and from a country) |
| douane {f} | :: customs office |
| douanier {adj} | :: customs (attributive) |
| douanier {m} | :: customs officer |
| Douanier {prop} {m} | :: Henri Rousseau, French painter |
| douanière {f} | :: female equivalent of douanier |
| douar {m} | :: douar, duar |
| doubeurre {f} | :: butternut squash |
| doubien {adj} | :: Of, from, or relating to the department of Doubs |
| doublage {m} | :: dubbing |
| doublage {m} [historical] | :: a penalty by which, on completion of a sentence, a prisoner was required to remain at the penal colony as an employee for a further period of time equivalent to the original sentence |
| double {adj} | :: double (all senses), two |
| double {adj} [music] | :: sixteenth note |
| double {m} | :: double (twice the number, amount, etc.) |
| double {m} | :: duplicate (an identical copy) |
| double {m} [baseball] | :: double |
| double-clic {m} [computing] | :: double-click |
| double croche {f} [music] | :: sixteenth note |
| double emploi {m} | :: unnecessary duplication |
| double faute {f} [tennis] | :: double fault |
| double-hélice {f} | :: double helix |
| double jeu {m} [baseball] | :: double play |
| double jeu {m} [espionage] | :: double game, double-dealing |
| doublement {adv} | :: doubly |
| double menton {m} | :: double chin |
| double paire {f} [poker] | :: two pair |
| doubler {v} | :: to double, duplicate |
| doubler {v} | :: to double-cross |
| doubler {v} | :: to overtake, pass |
| doubler {v} | :: to dub |
| doubler {v} [Belgium] | :: to repeat a school year |
| double sens {m} | :: double meaning |
| double sens {m} | :: two-way |
| double-sens {m} | :: alternative spelling of double sens |
| doublet {m} [lexicography] | :: doublet |
| doubleur {m} | :: dubber |
| doubleur {m} | :: doubler |
| doubleuse {f} | :: feminine singular of doubleur |
| double vé {m} | :: double-u, letter: w |
| double vitrage {m} | :: double glazing |
| doublon {m} | :: doublet (pair of two similar or equal things) |
| doublon {m} | :: duplicate |
| doublon {m} | :: doubloon |
| doublure {f} | :: lining |
| doublure {f} [theater] | :: understudy |
| doublure {f} [cinema] | :: body double, stand-in; stuntman |
| Doubs {prop} {m} | :: Doubs (river running through Switzerland and France) |
| Doubs {prop} {m} | :: Doubs (department) |
| doubte {mf} | :: obsolete form of doute |
| doubter {v} | :: obsolete form of douter |
| douçâtre {adj} [derogatory] | :: sweetish, sickly |
| douceâtre {adj} [derogatory] | :: sweetish, sickly |
| doucement {adv} | :: softly |
| doucement {adv} | :: quietly |
| doucement {adv} | :: gently |
| doucereusement {adv} | :: sweetly |
| doucereusement {adv} | :: softly |
| doucereux {adj} [of a thing] | :: squidgy |
| doucereux {adj} [of a person] | :: sweet |
| doucereux {adj} | :: soft |
| doucereux {adj} | :: sickly sweet |
| doucet {adj} [of a person] | :: soft; tender |
| doucette {f} | :: A plant used in salads: lamb's lettuce or mâche, Valerianella locusta |
| Doucette {prop} | :: surname |
| doucettement {adv} | :: softly |
| doucettement {adv} | :: tenderly |
| douceur {f} | :: softness, tenderness |
| douceur {f} | :: sweetness |
| douceur de vivre {f} | :: The sweetness of life, the sweetness of living |
| Douchanbé {prop} {f} | :: Douchanbé (capital city) |
| douche {f} | :: shower |
| douche {f} [juggling] | :: shower |
| douche dorée {f} [sexuality] | :: golden shower |
| douche écossaise {f} | :: a shower which alternates between hot and cold water |
| douche écossaise {f} [figuratively] | :: bit of a blow, quite a shock |
| douche froide {f} | :: See: fr douche froide |
| douche froide {f} [figurative] | :: a let-down, disappointment |
| doucher {vt} | :: To shower |
| doucher {vr} | :: To take a shower |
| douchette {f} | :: A shower head |
| douchette {f} | :: A barcode reader |
| douchours {adv} [nonstandard] | :: alternative form of toujours |
| doucir {vt} | :: to polish (looking-glasses) |
| doudou {m} | :: any stuffed toy such as a stuffed animal |
| doudoune {f} [colloquial] | :: breast, melon |
| doudoune {f} [colloquial, clothing] | :: parka, anorak, down jacket |
| doudoune {f} [colloquial] | :: soft toy, stuffed animal, plush toy |
| doué {adj} | :: talented; gifted |
| douelle {f} | :: ditch (small moat around a castle etc) |
| douer {v} | :: to endow (someone) (de with) |
| Douglas {prop} | :: Douglas (capital city) |
| douille {f} | :: socket (electrical socket) |
| douille {f} | :: cartridge case (unprofessional; the correct term in the military is étui) |
| douille {f} [archaic] | :: money |
| douiller {v} | :: to hurt |
| douiller {vit} | :: to cough up, stump up, fork out, shell out [money] |
| douillet {adj} | :: cosy, snug |
| douillet {adj} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: soft, oversensitive to pain |
| douillette {f} | :: (quilted) housecoat |
| douillettement {adv} | :: cosily, snugly |
| doujours {adv} [nonstandard] | :: alternative form of toujours |
| douleur {f} | :: pain |
| douleur {f} | :: distress |
| douloir {vr} [obsolete] | :: to suffer |
| douloureusement {adv} | :: painfully |
| douloureux {adj} | :: painful |
| doum {m} [Morocco] | :: gingerbread tree (Hyphaene thebaica); doum palm |
| douma {f} | :: duma |
| doute {m} | :: doubt |
| douter {v} [followed by the preposition de] | :: to doubt |
| douter {vp} | :: to suspect, to have an inkling |
| douteur {m} | :: doubter; one who doubts |
| douteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of douteur |
| douteusement {adv} | :: doubtfully |
| douteux {adj} | :: doubtful, uncertain, questionable (issue, outcome, date etc.) |
| douteux {adj} | :: dubious, questionable (morals, qualities etc.) |
| douve {f} | :: moat (defensive ditch) |
| douve {f} | :: stave (of a barrel) |
| douve {f} | :: fluke (parasitic flatworm) |
| Douvres {prop} | :: Douvres (town/and/port) |
| doux {adj} | :: sweet |
| doux {adj} | :: soft |
| doux {adj} | :: mild, gentle |
| doux {adj} | :: [of water] fresh, not salty |
| doux {adv} | :: gently |
| doux-amer {adj} | :: bittersweet (both bitter and sweet) |
| doux comme un agneau {adj} [simile] | :: very gentle; meek as a lamb |
| doux Jésus {interj} | :: sweet Jesus! |
| douzaine {f} | :: (a group of) twelve; dozen |
| douzaine {f} | :: about twelve |
| douze {num} | :: twelve |
| douze coups de minuit {mp} | :: The twelve strokes of midnight |
| Douze Grandes Fêtes {prop} {fp} [Eastern Orthodoxy] | :: Great Feasts |
| douzième {adj} | :: twelfth |
| douzième {mf} | :: twelfth |
| douzièmement {adv} | :: twelfthly |
| doxa {f} | :: doxa |
| doxastique {adj} | :: doxastic (related to beliefs, convictions) |
| doxologie {f} | :: doxology (praise God expression) |
| doyen {m} [religion, university] | :: dean |
| doyen {m} | :: senior member, doyen |
| doyenne {f} | :: The oldest woman |
| doyenne {f} | :: A female dean at an educational establishment (Canada) |
| doyenné {m} | :: deanship |
| doyenné {m} | :: deanery |
| doyenné {m} | :: A type of creamy pear |
| Doyon {prop} | :: surname |
| Dr. {n} | :: abbreviation of docteur |
| drac {m} [mythology] | :: A type of mythological creature associated with the dangers of water |
| dracena {f} | :: alternative spelling of dracéna |
| dracéna {f} | :: Any plant of the genus Dracaena |
| drache {f} [Belgium] | :: Heavy rain; downpour |
| dracher {v} [Belgium] | :: to pour, rain hard, to chuck it down |
| drachme {f} | :: drachma |
| drachme {f} | :: dram [unit of weight] |
| Dracon {prop} | :: Draco (lawmaker) |
| draconien {adj} | :: draconian (related to Draco) |
| draconien {adj} | :: draconian (severe, harsh) |
| draculine {f} [protein] | :: draculin |
| dragage {m} | :: dredging (action of dredging) |
| dragée {f} | :: a sweet with almond filling |
| dragée {f} | :: a dragée, a sugar-coated pill |
| dragée {f} [historical, firearms, uncountable] | :: swan-shot, small-shot, hail-shot |
| dragée {f} [slang, countable] | :: a bullet, a dot |
| dragéifié {adj} | :: sugar-coated |
| drageoir {m} | :: sweet-box, drageoir |
| drageon {m} [botany] | :: a sprout growing from a root |
| drageonner {vi} | :: to put forth shoots or suckers |
| dragoman {m} | :: dragoman |
| dragon {m} | :: a dragon, creature or person |
| dragon {m} | :: a dragoon |
| Dragon {prop} {m} [astronomy] | :: Draco (a constellation) |
| dragon de Komodo {m} | :: Komodo dragon |
| dragonne {f} | :: feminine noun of dragon |
| dragonne {f} | :: sword knot |
| dragonner {vt} | :: "to dragoon; to worry" |
| dragonner {vr} | :: to torment one's self |
| dragonnier {m} | :: dragon tree |
| dragster {m} | :: drag racing |
| drague {f} [colloquial] | :: pickup, seduction |
| draguer {vt} | :: to dredge (to make a channel wider or deeper) |
| draguer {vt} | :: to dredge (to bring something underwater to surface) |
| draguer {vt} [colloquial, slang] | :: to chat up (to talk to flirtatiously), to flirt |
| dragueur {m} | :: dredger (boat) |
| dragueur {m} | :: dredger (person) |
| dragueur {m} [colloquial] | :: someone who chats people up, usually regularly |
| dragueur de mines {m} | :: minesweeper |
| dragueuse {f} | :: feminine noun of dragueur |
| draille {f} | :: A cable along which a ferry is pulled |
| drainage {m} | :: drainage |
| drainant {adj} | :: draining |
| draine {f} | :: mistle thrush |
| drainer {v} | :: to drain |
| drainer {v} [figuratively] | :: to drain |
| draineur {m} | :: someone who uses machinery in order to drain |
| draineuse {f} | :: feminine noun of draineur |
| draisienne {f} | :: hobby horse, dandy horse (early bicycle) |
| draisine {f} | :: draisine |
| drakkar {m} | :: longship (type of Viking vessel) |
| dramathérapie {f} | :: drama therapy |
| dramatique {adj} | :: dramatic |
| dramatiquement {adv} | :: dramatically |
| dramatisation {f} | :: dramatization (the act of dramatizing) |
| dramatiser {v} | :: to dramatise |
| dramaturge {mf} [theater] | :: playwright (writer of plays for the theatre) |
| dramaturgie {f} | :: dramaturgy |
| dramaturgique {adj} | :: dramaturgic |
| drame {m} | :: drama (piece of theatre) |
| drame {m} | :: drama (something entertaining or action-packed) |
| Drancourt {prop} | :: surname |
| dranyen {m} [musical instruments] | :: dramyin |
| drap {m} | :: sheet, duvet |
| drapeau {m} | :: flag |
| drapeau {m} [Louisiana French] | :: diaper |
| Drapeau {prop} | :: surname |
| drapeau blanc {m} | :: white flag (flag with a white color, used as a symbol of truce or surrender) |
| drapeau jaune complet {m} [motorsports] | :: full-course yellow |
| draper {v} | :: to drape |
| draperie {f} | :: drapery |
| drapier {adj} [attributive] | :: clothmaking |
| drapier {m} | :: clothmaker |
| drapière {f} | :: feminine noun of drapier |
| drastique {adj} | :: drastic |
| drastiquement {adv} | :: drastically |
| dravidien {adj} | :: Dravidian (all meanings) |
| drayer {vt} | :: "to flesh (hides)" |
| Dre. {prefix} | :: Dr. (prenominal titular prefix for a female doctor); abbreviation of docteure; feminine noun of Dr. |
| dreadnought {m} | :: dreadnought (battleship in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber) |
| drelin {interj} | :: brrr, whirr (a whirring sound, such as that of a machine) |
| drelin-drelin {interj} | :: ding dong (onomatopoeia for the sound of a doorbell) |
| Drenthe {prop} | :: Drenthe |
| drépanocytose {f} [pathology] | :: sickle-cell anemia |
| Dresde {prop} {f} | :: Dresden |
| dressable {adj} [chiefly of an animal] | :: trainable |
| dressage {m} | :: training |
| dressage {m} | :: dressage |
| dresser {vt} | :: to erect, put up |
| dresser {vt} | :: to pitch (a tent) |
| dresser {vt} | :: to lift, raise |
| dresser {vt} | :: to set, lay out |
| dresser {vt} | :: to tame [lion etc], break in [horse], to train (an animal) |
| dresser {vr} | :: to stand |
| dresser l'oreille {v} | :: synonym of tendre l'oreille |
| dresseur {m} | :: tamer |
| dresseuse {f} | :: tamer, feminine noun of dresseur |
| dressing {m} | :: wardrobe |
| dressing {m} | :: dressing room (small walk-in room off a bedroom) |
| dressoir {m} | :: dresser (furniture) |
| drette {adj} [Canada] | :: direct |
| drette {adv} [Canada] | :: directly |
| Dreyfus {prop} | :: surname |
| dreyfusard {adj} [historical] | :: supportive of or sympathetic to Alfred Dreyfus in the Dreyfus affair |
| dribble {m} [sports] | :: dribble |
| dribbler {vit} [sports] | :: to dribble |
| dribbleur {m} [sports] | :: dribbler |
| dribbleuse {f} | :: feminine noun of dribbleur |
| drigaille {f} [Louisiana French, ] | :: rubbish, trash |
| drigaille {f} [Louisiana French, ] | :: scoundrelry, persons without worth |
| drill {m} | :: drill (tool) |
| driller {v} | :: to drill (to instruct, to train, to coach) |
| dring {interj} | :: brrr, whirr (a whirring sound, such as that of a machine) |
| dringueille {f} [Belgium] | :: pocket money, allowance |
| drink {m} | :: a reception or afterparty where alcohol is served |
| drisse {f} | :: halyard |
| driver {m} [golf] | :: driver |
| driver {v} [golf, except in, Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: to drive |
| driveur {m} | :: alternative spelling of driver |
| drogue {f} | :: drug |
| drogue douce {f} | :: soft drug, recreational drug |
| drogue dure {f} | :: hard drug |
| droguer {vr} [usually, se droguer] | :: to take drugs (intoxicating substances) |
| droguerie {f} | :: drugstore (establishment selling medications) |
| droguet {m} | :: drugget |
| droguiste {m} | :: druggist |
| droit {m} | :: right (entitlement) |
| droit {m} | :: law (study of law) |
| droit {m} [geometry] | :: right angle |
| droit {adj} | :: right (on the right-hand side) |
| droit {adj} | :: straight (not bent or crooked) |
| droit {adj} [geometry] | :: right [of an angle] |
| droit {adv} | :: straight, straight on |
| droit {adv} | :: upright, straight, not bent or crooked |
| droit au but {adv} | :: straight to the point |
| droit chemin {m} | :: right track, straight and narrow (path of honesty, virtuous path) |
| droit civil {m} [law] | :: civil law |
| droit comme un i {adj} [simile] | :: bolt upright, ramrod straight, straight as a ramrod, straight as an arrow |
| droit comme un i {adj} [simile, figuratively] | :: self-assured, sure of oneself |
| droit commun {m} [law] | :: common law |
| droit d'accise {m} | :: excise tax |
| droit d'asile {m} | :: right of asylum |
| droit d'auteur {m} | :: copyright (right an author has on his creations) |
| droit d'auteur {m} | :: royalty (payment for intellectual property) |
| droit de l'homme {m} [chiefly in the plural] | :: human right |
| droit-de-l'hommisme {m} | :: alternative spelling of droits-de-l'hommisme |
| droit-de-l'hommiste {m} | :: alternative spelling of droits-de-l'hommiste |
| droit de passage {m} | :: wayleave, right of way |
| droit de seigneur {m} | :: droit de seigneur |
| droit divin {m} [theology] | :: divine law |
| droit du travail {m} [law] | :: labour law |
| droite {f} [geometry, countable] | :: straight line |
| droite {f} [politics, uncountable] | :: the right, right wing |
| droite {f} [uncountable] | :: right, right-hand side |
| droitement {adv} [archaic] | :: straight; straightly |
| droitement {adv} | :: correctly; properly; rightly |
| droitier {adj} | :: right-handed |
| droitier {adj} | :: right-footed |
| droitier {m} | :: a right-handed or right-footed person |
| droitière {f} | :: feminine noun of droitier |
| droit international {m} | :: international law |
| droitisation {f} [politics] | :: A movement (of policies) to the right |
| droitiser {v} | :: to move to the right (politically) |
| droitiste {adj} [politics] | :: rightist |
| droitiste {adj} | :: synonym of droitier |
| droitiste {m} [politics] | :: rightist |
| droitiste {m} | :: synonym of droitier |
| droit pénal {m} | :: criminal law |
| droits de l'homme {mp} | :: human rights |
| droits-de-l'hommisme {m} [pejorative] | :: human-rightism |
| droits-de-l'hommiste {m} [pejorative] | :: human-rightist |
| droits des animaux {mp} | :: animal rights |
| droits de succession {mp} [law] | :: inheritance tax, estate tax, death duty |
| droiture {f} | :: rectitude, uprightness, honesty |
| drolatique {adj} | :: humorous |
| drôlatique {adj} | :: alternative form of drolatique |
| drolatiquement {adv} | :: humorously |
| drôle {adj} | :: funny, amusing |
| drôle {adj} [sometimes with "de"] | :: strange, weird, bizarre |
| drôle de {adj} [colloquial] | :: funny, weird, strange, odd |
| drôle de guerre {prop} {f} | :: Phoney War |
| drôle d'oiseau {m} [colloquial] | :: strange bird, an unusual person |
| drôlement {adv} | :: funnily |
| drôlement {adv} | :: loads, tons ["very much so"] |
| drôlerie {f} | :: comical quality |
| drôlerie {f} [dated] | :: a joke (humorous comment) |
| drôlesse {f} [pejorative] | :: an unintelligent woman |
| drôlissime {adj} | :: very funny |
| drolle {adj} | :: archaic spelling of drôle |
| dromadaire {adj} | :: dromedary |
| dromadaire {m} | :: dromedary |
| -drome {suffix} | :: -drome |
| Drôme {prop} {f} | :: Drôme |
| drômois {adj} | :: Of or from Drôme |
| dromomane {mf} | :: dromomane |
| drone {m} | :: drone (unmanned aircraft) |
| droniste {mf} | :: dronist |
| dronte {m} | :: dodo (bird) |
| drop {m} [rugby] | :: drop goal |
| droper {vt} [golf] | :: to drop (a golf ball in a position other than it has landed) |
| droper {vt} [colloquial] | :: to drop (to forget, cease talking about) |
| dropper {vt} [golf] | :: to drop (a golf ball in a position other than it has landed) |
| dropper {vt} [colloquial] | :: to drop (to forget, cease talking about) |
| droschki {m} | :: "drosky (Russian carriage)" |
| droséra {f} | :: drosera (plant) |
| drosophile {f} | :: fruit fly (member of genus Drosophila) |
| drosser {vt} [nautical] | :: to put off course |
| Drouillard {prop} | :: surname |
| Drouin {prop} | :: surname of Norman origin |
| drousser {vt} | :: to card and oil woollen cloth |
| dru {adj} | :: thick |
| dru {adj} [of hair] | :: thick |
| dru {adv} | :: thickly |
| dru {adv} | :: heavily |
| druide {m} | :: druid |
| druidesse {f} | :: druidess (female druid) |
| druidique {adj} | :: druidic |
| druidisme {m} | :: druidism |
| drummer {mf} | :: drummer |
| drupacé {adj} | :: drupaceous |
| drupe {f} | :: drupe |
| druze {adj} | :: Druze (attributive) |
| dryade {f} [Greek mythology] | :: dryad |
| dryade {f} [ecology] | :: forest tree, sciaphilous in young state |
| DS {n} | :: initialism of directeur sportif |
| DSK {prop} | :: Dominique Strauss-Kahn |
| dsl {interj} [Internet slang, abbreviation] | :: abbreviation of désolé |
| DST {prop} {f} | :: ≈ MI5, CIA |
| du {contraction} | :: contraction of de + le (of the) |
| du {contraction} | :: contraction of de + le; forms the partitive article |
| dû {m} | :: what is owed, money's worth |
| dualine {f} | :: dualin |
| dualiser {v} | :: to dualize |
| dualisme {m} [countable and uncountable, philosophy, religion] | :: dualism |
| dualisme {m} [countable and uncountable, politics] | :: dualism |
| dualiste {mf} | :: dualist |
| dualiste {adj} | :: dualist |
| dualistique {adj} | :: dualistic |
| dualité {f} [mathematics, physics] | :: duality; twoness |
| Dubaï {prop} {m} | :: Dubaï (emirate) |
| Dubaï {prop} {m} | :: Dubaï (capital city) |
| du balai {interj} [colloquial] | :: hop it! shoo! begone! push off! on your bike! |
| Dubay {prop} | :: surname |
| Dubé {prop} | :: surname |
| dubieux {adj} | :: doubtful, uncertain |
| dubitatif {adj} | :: sceptical |
| dubitation {f} [literary] | :: dubitation: the action of putting in doubt, or a state of doubt |
| dubitation {f} [rhetoric] | :: a figure of speech, a passage in which a writer or speaker expresses or feigns doubt, for example to forestall objections |
| dubitativement {adv} | :: doubtingly; with doubts |
| Dublin {prop} | :: Dublin (capital city) |
| dubnium {m} | :: dubnium |
| Dubois {prop} | :: surname |
| Dubonnet {prop} | :: A French bittersweet red aperitif (of which a drier white version is also available) |
| Dubreuil {prop} | :: surname |
| dubstep {m} | :: dubstep |
| Dubuisson {prop} | :: surname |
| duc {m} | :: duke (nobleman) |
| ducal {adj} | :: ducal |
| du calme {interj} | :: quiet! calm down! |
| ducasse {f} [Belgium, North of France] | :: any festival that takes place one every two years |
| Ducasse {prop} | :: surname |
| ducat {m} [numismatics] | :: ducat |
| duché {m} | :: a duchy |
| Duchesne {prop} | :: surname |
| duchesse {f} | :: duchess |
| du coin {adj} | :: local, from the neighbourhood |
| du coup {conj} [colloquial] | :: so, as a result |
| ductile {adj} | :: ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) |
| ductilité {f} | :: ductility (ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force) |
| du diable {adj} [colloquial] | :: a hell of a, hellish, huge |
| du dimanche {adj} [pejorative] | :: amateur, weekend (attributive) |
| dudit {contraction} | :: contraction of de + ledit |
| duègne {f} | :: chaperone, duenna |
| dueil {m} | :: obsolete spelling of deuil |
| duel {adj} | :: dual (having two components) |
| duel {m} | :: duel (battle) |
| duel {m} [grammar] | :: dual |
| duelliste {mf} | :: duelist, duellist |
| duettiste {mf} | :: duettist (someone who takes part in a duet) |
| duetto {m} [music] | :: a duet |
| Dufaux {prop} | :: surname |
| du feu de Dieu {adj} [colloquial] | :: terrific, awesome |
| du feu de Dieu {adv} [colloquial] | :: extremely well |
| duffel coat {m} | :: alternative spelling of duffel-coat |
| duffel-coat {m} | :: duffel coat |
| duffle-coat {m} | :: alternative spelling of duffel-coat |
| du fil à retordre {m} [idiomatic] | :: a hard time, some difficulties |
| du fond du cœur {adv} [figuratively] | :: from the bottom of one's heart |
| Dufour {prop} | :: Dufour; surname |
| Dufrêne {prop} | :: surname |
| Dufresne {prop} | :: surname |
| dugong {m} | :: dugong |
| duire {vt} | :: "(ant.) to suit" |
| duite {f} | :: The number of weft threads per unit length (typically per centimetre) of fabric as a measure of fineness |
| du jour au lendemain {adv} | :: overnight, very rapidly |
| dukasien {adj} | :: Dukasian |
| dulcamarine {f} | :: dulcamarin |
| dulcification {f} | :: softening (act or process of making softer) |
| dulcifier {vt} | :: to soften (make softer) |
| dulcinée {f} [poetic] | :: inspiring, beautiful woman |
| dulcite {f} | :: dulcite |
| dulcose {f} | :: synonym of dulcite |
| dulie {f} | :: dulia |
| Dumas {prop} | :: surname |
| dumasien {adj} | :: Dumasian |
| du matin au soir {v} [idiom] | :: all day long; every waking hour |
| du même acabit {adj} [figuratively] | :: of that kind, of the same ilk, of the same stripe |
| du même tonneau {adj} [pejorative, figuratively] | :: of the same ilk, of the same stripe |
| dument {adv} | :: alternative spelling of dûment |
| dûment {adv} | :: duly |
| Dumitrescu {prop} | :: surname |
| du moins {adv} | :: at least |
| du moment que {conj} | :: as long as; provided (that) |
| Dumont {prop} | :: surname |
| Dumoulin {prop} | :: surname |
| d'un {contraction} | :: contraction of de + un |
| dunaire {adj} | :: dunal |
| d'un autre côté {adv} | :: on the other hand |
| d'un commun accord {adv} | :: by mutual agreement, by common consent, consensually |
| dundee {m} | :: a type of small fishing boat |
| dundée {m} | :: alternative form of dundee |
| d'une {contraction} | :: de + une |
| dune {f} | :: dune |
| d'une main de maître {adv} | :: alternative form of de main de maître |
| du nerf {interj} | :: go on! give it some welly! put some welly into it! buck up! |
| d'une seule traite {adv} | :: synonym of d'une traite |
| d'une traite {adv} [colloquial] | :: in one go, without stopping, in one sitting |
| dunette {f} [nautical] | :: poop deck |
| d'un instant à l'autre {adv} | :: any minute now, any time now, momentarily, imminently, very soon |
| d'un iota {adv} | :: Not a bit, not at all |
| dunkerque {m} | :: cabinet |
| Dunkerque {prop} | :: Dunkerque (city) |
| dunkerquois {adj} | :: of or from Dunkirk |
| Dunkerquois {m} | :: Someone of or from Dunkirk |
| Dunkerquoise {f} | :: feminine singular of Dunkerquois |
| d'un moment à l'autre {adv} | :: any minute now, any time now, any moment now, imminently, very soon |
| d'un poil {adv} [colloquial] | :: by the skin of one's teeth (barely, closely) |
| d'un seul coup {adv} | :: in one fell swoop |
| duo {m} | :: duo (combination of two things) |
| duo {m} [music] | :: duet (a musical composition for two performers) |
| duodécimal {adj} | :: duodecimal |
| duodénaire {adj} | :: duodenary |
| duodénal {adj} | :: duodenal |
| duodénite {f} | :: duodenitis |
| duodénum {m} | :: duodenum |
| duodi {m} [historical] | :: The second day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar |
| Duong {prop} | :: surname |
| duopole {m} | :: duopoly |
| dupe {f} | :: A person who has been deceived, see dupe |
| duper {v} | :: to trick, fool, dupe |
| duperie {f} | :: hoax; con; windup |
| dupeur {m} | :: duper (person who dupes) |
| dupeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of dupeur |
| Duplessis {prop} | :: surname |
| duplex {m} | :: a link between two points, such as a cable or a wire |
| duplex {m} | :: duplex, maisonette (dwelling) |
| duplexer {v} | :: to link two points (with cables, wires, etc.) |
| duplicata {m} | :: duplicate |
| duplicateur {m} | :: duplicator |
| duplicateuse {f} | :: feminine noun of duplicateur |
| duplication {f} | :: duplication |
| duplicatrice {f} [maths] | :: duplicatrix |
| duplicature {f} | :: duplicature |
| duplicité {f} | :: duplicity (intentional deceptiveness) |
| duplicité {f} | :: duality; twoness |
| dupliquer {v} | :: to duplicate |
| du plus bel effet {adj} | :: striking, stunning; splendid; successful |
| Dupont {prop} | :: surname |
| Dupré {prop} | :: surname |
| Duprée {prop} | :: surname |
| du premier coup {adv} | :: first time, first try (on one's first try) |
| du propre {m} [ironic] | :: a fine mess |
| Dupuis {prop} | :: surname |
| duquel {pron} | :: of which, of whom, from which, from whom |
| dur {adj} | :: hard, tough (difficult to penetrate) |
| dur {adj} | :: hard (not soft) |
| dur {adj} | :: hard, tough (not easy, difficult) |
| dur {adj} | :: harsh [e.g. harsh conditions] |
| dur {adj} [arts] | :: harsh [of a penstroke] |
| dur {adv} | :: hard |
| dur {m} | :: firmness, solidity |
| dur {m} | :: hard case (tough person) |
| durabilité {f} | :: durability; sustainability (all meanings) |
| durable {adj} | :: durable |
| durable {adj} | :: sustainable |
| durablement {adv} | :: durably |
| duracine {f} | :: A variety of peach with firm flesh |
| dur à cuire {adj} | :: (lit. "tough to cook") hard-boiled, tough, badass |
| dural {adj} [anatomy] | :: dural |
| duralumin {m} | :: duralumin |
| duramen {m} | :: heartwood; duramen |
| durant {prep} | :: during, while |
| durant {postp} | :: on end |
| durassien {adj} | :: Durassian |
| duratif {adj} [linguistics] | :: durative (expressing continuing action) |
| duratif {m} | :: the durative case |
| durcir {v} | :: to harden |
| durcir {vp} | :: to harden, become more serious |
| durcissement {m} [countable and uncountable] | :: hardening |
| durcisseur {adj} [literally and figuratively] | :: hardening (causing hardness) |
| dur de la feuille {adj} [colloquial] | :: hard of hearing |
| dur d'oreille {adj} [colloquial] | :: hard of hearing |
| durée {f} | :: duration, period, time taken |
| durée de vie {f} | :: lifetime |
| durement {adv} | :: sternly, harshly |
| durement {adv} | :: with difficulty |
| durène {m} [organic compound] | :: durene |
| durer {v} | :: to last (for) |
| du reste {adv} [literary] | :: furthermore; besides; on top of that |
| dureté {f} | :: hardness, especially of water |
| dureté {f} | :: harshness |
| Durex {prop} [Canada] | :: A brand of adhesive tape |
| Durex {prop} [France] | :: A brand of condom |
| durian {m} | :: durian |
| durillon {m} | :: callus (hardened skin) |
| durillonner {vt} | :: "to become hard" |
| durillonner {vr} | :: "to grow callous" |
| durissime {adj} | :: superhard |
| durit {f} | :: alternative form of durite |
| durite {f} | :: hose [in a car radiator] |
| Durocher {prop} | :: surname |
| durophagie {f} [biology] | :: durophagy |
| d'usage {adj} | :: customary, usual |
| Dussault {prop} | :: surname |
| du tac au tac {adv} [colloquial] | :: off the bat |
| du tonnerre {adj} [colloquial] | :: terrific, awesome |
| du tonnerre {adv} [colloquial] | :: extremely well |
| du tout {adv} | :: at all |
| du tout {adv} [obsolete] | :: entirely, absolutely |
| du tout {interj} [colloquial] | :: not at all |
| du tout au tout {adv} | :: completely, radically, entirely, utterly |
| duumvir {m} | :: duumvir |
| duumvirat {m} [chiefly historical] | :: duumvirate |
| Duval {prop} | :: surname |
| Duvauchelle {prop} | :: surname |
| du vent {interj} [colloquial] | :: hop it! shoo! begone! push off! be off with you! |
| duvet {m} [uncountable] | :: down (soft, fine feathers) |
| duvet {m} | :: down, fuzz (on face, peach, etc) |
| duvet {m} | :: (down-filled) sleeping bag |
| duvet {m} | :: duvet, continental quilt |
| duvet {m} [Belgium, Switzerland] | :: eiderdown |
| duveter {vr} [se duveter, of a bird] | :: to become downy; covered with down |
| duveteux {adj} | :: downy (characterized by soft feathers) |
| du vivant de {prep} | :: during the lifetime of (someone), in (someone)'s lifetime, when (someone) was alive |
| DVD {m} [initialism] | :: DVD |
| d'y {contraction} | :: de + y |
| dyadique {adj} | :: diadic |
| Dylan {prop} | :: given name of Welsh origin, popular in the 1990s |
| dynamique {adj} | :: dynamic, energetic |
| dynamique {f} [mechanics] | :: dynamics |
| dynamiquement {adv} | :: dynamically |
| dynamisation {f} | :: dynamization |
| dynamiser {v} | :: to dynamize, dynamise (make more dynamic) |
| dynamisme {m} | :: dynamism |
| dynamitage {m} | :: dynamiting, blasting |
| dynamiter {vt} | :: to dynamite (blow up with dynamite) |
| dynamiteur {m} | :: dynamiter (person) |
| dynamiteur {m} | :: destroyer |
| dynamiteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of dynamiteur |
| dynamo- {prefix} | :: dynamo- |
| dynamoélectrique {adj} [physics] | :: electrodynamic |
| dynamomagnétique {adj} [physics] | :: magnetodynamic |
| dynamomètre {m} | :: dynamometer |
| dynamométrie {f} | :: dynamometry |
| dynamométrique {adj} | :: dynamometric |
| dynamométriquement {adv} | :: dynamometrically |
| dynamoscope {m} | :: dynamoscope |
| dynaste {m} | :: petty king, ruler of a smaller state within a greater empire |
| dynaste {m} | :: rhinoceros beetle |
| dynastie {f} | :: dynasty |
| dynastique {adj} | :: dynastic |
| dynastiquement {adv} | :: dynastically |
| dyne {f} [physics] | :: dyne |
| dyonisiaque {adj} | :: Dionysian |
| dys- {prefix} | :: bad status |
| dys- {prefix} | :: malfunctioning |
| dysæsthésie {f} | :: obsolete form of dysesthésie |
| dysarthrie {f} [pathology] | :: dysarthria |
| dyscalculie {f} | :: dyscalculia |
| dyscalculique {mf} | :: dyscalculic |
| dyschondroplasie {f} | :: dyschondroplasia |
| dyschromatopsie {f} | :: dyschromatopsia |
| dyschromie {f} | :: dyschromia |
| dyscrasie {f} | :: dyscrasy |
| dysembryome {f} | :: dysembryoma |
| dysembryoplasie {f} | :: dysembryoplasia |
| dysenterie {f} | :: dysentery |
| dysentérique {mf} | :: dysenteric |
| dysérythropoïèse {f} | :: dyserythropoiesis |
| dysérythropoïétique {adj} | :: dyserythropoietic |
| dysfibrinogène {m} | :: Anormal fibrinogen of dysfibrinogenemias |
| dysfibrinogénémie {f} | :: dysfibrinogenemia |
| dysfonction érectile {f} [pathology] | :: erectile dysfunction |
| dysfonctionnel {adj} | :: dysfunctional |
| dysfonctionnement {m} | :: malfunction |
| dysfonctionner {v} | :: To malfunction |
| dysgraphie {f} | :: dysgraphia |
| dyslatéralité {f} | :: dyslaterality |
| dyslexie {f} [pathology] | :: dyslexia (a syndrome, inability of reading) |
| dyslexique {adj} | :: dyslexic |
| dyslexique {mf} | :: dyslexic person |
| dysorthographie {f} | :: dysorthographia |
| dyspareunie {f} [medicine] | :: dyspareunia |
| dyspepsie {f} | :: dyspepsia |
| dysphagie {f} | :: dysphagy; difficulty in swallowing |
| dysphasie {f} [pathology] | :: dysphasia |
| dysphémisme {m} [rare] | :: dysphemism |
| dysphorique {adj} | :: dysphoric |
| dysplasie {f} [pathology] | :: dysplasia |
| dyspnée {f} | :: dyspnea |
| dyspnœe {f} | :: obsolete form of dyspnée |
| dysprosium {m} | :: dysprosium |
| dysthymie {f} | :: dysthymia |
| dysthymique {adj} | :: dysthymic (of or relating to dysthymia) |
| dystonique {adj} | :: dystonic |
| dystopie {f} | :: dystopia |
| dystrophie {f} | :: dystrophy |
| dystrophine {f} [protein] | :: dystrophin |
| dystrophisation {f} [ecology] | :: dystrophisation |
| dysurie {f} [pathology] | :: dysuria |
| dzêta {m} | :: alternative spelling of zêta |
| dzo {m} | :: dzo |
| dzongkha {m} | :: Dzongkha |