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| fa {m} [music] | :: fa, the note 'F' |
| façade {f} | :: façade (of a building) |
| façade {f} | :: façade (deceptive outward appearance) |
| fabacée {f} [botany] | :: legume (of family Fabaceae) |
| fabien {adj} | :: Fabian |
| Fabien {prop} | :: given name, cognate to Fabian |
| Fabienne {prop} | :: given name, the feminine form of Fabien ( =Fabian ) |
| fable {f} | :: fable, story |
| fabliau {m} | :: fabliau |
| fabricant {m} | :: manufacturer, producer |
| fabricant {mf} | :: artisan, maker |
| fabricateur {m} | :: fabricator |
| fabrication {f} | :: manufacture, manufacturing |
| fabrication {f} | :: fabrication |
| fabrication {f} | :: production |
| Fabrice {prop} | :: given name |
| fabrique {f} | :: factory, plant (factory or industrial facility) |
| fabriquer {v} | :: to make; to create |
| fabriquer {v} [colloquial, colloquial] | :: to do, a more polite than ficher, less polite than faire |
| fabulateur {adj} | :: fantasizing |
| fabulateur {m} | :: fantasizer |
| fabuler {vi} [rare] | :: to fantasize |
| fabulette {f} | :: tale, fable |
| fabulette {f} | :: lie |
| fabuleusement {adv} | :: fabulously |
| fabuleux {adj} | :: fabulous |
| fabuleux {adj} | :: fabled |
| fabulisme {m} | :: fabulism |
| fabuliste {adj} | :: fabulist |
| fabuliste {mf} | :: fabulist |
| fac {f} [colloquial, France] | :: university |
| face {f} | :: face (anatomy) |
| face {f} | :: surface, side |
| face {f} | :: face (geometry) |
| face {f} | :: head (of a coin) |
| face à {prep} | :: facing towards |
| face à {prep} | :: versus, against; faced with |
| face-à-face {m} | :: face-to-face interview |
| face-à-face {m} | :: head-on collision |
| facetté {adj} | :: facetted |
| facette {f} | :: facet |
| facetter {v} | :: to facet |
| facho {adj} [slang] | :: fascist, right-wing |
| facho {mf} [slang] | :: fascist, right-winger |
| facial {adj} | :: facial |
| facile {adj} | :: easy, simple |
| facilement {adv} | :: easily |
| facilité {f} | :: ease, easiness |
| facilité {adj} | :: facilitated |
| facilitateur {m} | :: facilitator |
| facilitation {f} | :: facilitation |
| faciliter {v} | :: facilitate |
| faciomusculaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: faciomuscular |
| faciès {m} | :: Facies; appearance |
| faconde {f} [literary] | :: eloquence, gift of the gab |
| fac-similé {m} | :: alternative form of facsimilé |
| facsimilé {m} | :: facsimile |
| facsimilé {m} | :: fax |
| factage {m} | :: drayage (transportation of goods or baggage) |
| facteur {m} | :: factor; element |
| facteur {m} [mathematics] | :: factor |
| facteur {m} | :: postman [UK]; mailman [US] |
| factice {adj} | :: fake, artificial, false |
| facticement {adv} | :: artificially |
| facticement {adv} | :: falsely |
| facétie {f} | :: practical joke |
| facétieusement {adv} | :: facetiously |
| factieusement {adv} | :: factiously, provocatively |
| facétieux {adj} | :: facetious |
| factieux {adj} | :: factious, agitating, provocative |
| factieux {m} | :: agitator, provocator |
| faction {f} | :: act of keeping watch |
| faction {f} | :: a watchman |
| faction {f} [politics] | :: a faction; specifically one which causes trouble |
| factionnaire {m} | :: A soldier who is on guard; sentry, sentinel, guard |
| factitif {adj} [grammar] | :: causative; factitive |
| factitif {m} [grammar] | :: causative; factitive |
| factorerie {f} | :: The office or factory of a colonial agent or factor |
| factorialiser {v} | :: To factorialize |
| factorialité {f} [maths] | :: factoriality |
| factoriel {adj} [mathematics] | :: factorial |
| factorielle {f} [mathematics] | :: factorial (mathematical operation or its result) |
| factorisation {f} | :: factorisation |
| factoriser {v} [mathematics] | :: to factorize |
| factrice {f} | :: feminine noun of facteur |
| factuel {adj} | :: factual |
| factuellement {adv} | :: factually |
| facturation {f} | :: invoicing |
| facture {f} | :: bill, invoice |
| facture {f} | :: craft, making, fabric |
| facturer {vt} | :: to charge, invoice, bill |
| facturette {f} | :: credit card slip (for old-style credit cards that require a signature) |
| facturier {m} | :: invoice clerk |
| facturière {f} | :: feminine noun of facturier |
| faculté {f} | :: capacity; ability |
| faculté {f} | :: faculty |
| faculté {f} | :: resources |
| faculté {f} | :: department (of a university) |
| faculté {f} | :: [by extension] a university |
| facultatif {adj} | :: optional, elective; not mandatory; facultative |
| facultativement {adv} | :: optionally, electively |
| fadaise {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: uninteresting or banal thought; twaddle |
| fadasse {adj} | :: wishy-washy (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support) |
| fade {adj} | :: tasteless, insipid |
| fade {adj} | :: boring; lukewarm |
| fade {m} [criminal slang] | :: share of loot / booty |
| fadement {adv} | :: insipidly, blandly |
| fader {vr} [colloquial] | :: to get stuck with |
| fadette {f} | :: fairy |
| fadette {f} [police, slang] | :: A detailed list of phone calls made and received, together with associated GPS information |
| fadeur {f} | :: blandness, dullness, insipidness |
| faena {f} [bullfighting] | :: faena |
| faïence {f} | :: faience |
| faïencerie {f} | :: pottery, earthenware |
| faïencier {m} | :: A person who makes or sells earthenware (faience) |
| faïencière {f} | :: feminine singular of faïencier |
| fafiot {m} [slang] | :: banknote |
| fafiot {m} [slang] | :: cheat sheet |
| fafiot {m} [slang] | :: any written paper |
| fagacée {f} | :: beech (any member of Fagaceae) |
| fagne {f} | :: marshland; fen |
| fagot {m} | :: fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together) |
| fagoté {adj} | :: togged up |
| fagoter {vt} | :: to bundle |
| fagoter {vt} | :: to dress up (wear special clothes) |
| fagoue {f} | :: sweetbread (pancreas of an animal) |
| faiblard {adj} | :: feeble, weak |
| faiblard {m} | :: weakling |
| faible {adj} | :: weak |
| faible {adj} | :: lacking endurance |
| faible {m} | :: weakness, soft spot (for someone/something) |
| faiblement {adv} | :: weakly |
| faiblement {adv} | :: slightly; mildly (not sharply) |
| faiblement {adv} | :: dimly (not brightly) |
| faiblesse {f} | :: weakness |
| faiblir {v} | :: to weaken, to get weaker |
| faiblissant {adj} | :: weakening |
| faict {m} | :: obsolete spelling of fait |
| faignant {adj} | :: alternative form of feignant |
| faignant {m} | :: alternative form of feignant |
| faille {f} [seismology] | :: fault |
| faille {f} | :: flaw |
| faille {f} | :: faille (fabric woven from silk) |
| faillibilité {f} | :: fallibility |
| faillible {adj} | :: fallible |
| failliblement {adv} | :: fallibly |
| faillir {v} | :: to almost do something |
| faillir {v} | :: to fail |
| faillir {v} | :: to go bankrupt |
| faillite {f} | :: bankruptcy |
| faillite {f} | :: failure |
| faim {f} | :: hunger (desire of food) |
| faim {f} | :: hunger (strong desire) |
| fainéant {m} | :: a lazybones; one who makes little or no effort |
| fainéant {adj} | :: lazy |
| fainéant {adj} | :: nonchalant |
| fainéant {adj} | :: apathetic |
| fainéante {f} | :: feminine noun of fainéant |
| fainéanter {v} | :: to do nothing; to be idle; to faff |
| fainéantise {f} | :: idleness |
| faire {vt} | :: to do |
| faire {vt} | :: to make |
| faire {vt} | :: to say [of a person], to go (of an animal) |
| faire {vt} | :: to make (cause someone or something to do something) |
| faire {v} [impersonal] | :: To be [of the weather or various situations] |
| faire {vr} | :: to do, to make (oneself) |
| faire {vr} [followed by an infinitive] | :: to be, to get (used for a passive action) |
| faire {vr} | :: to ripen [of fruit], to mature (, etc.) |
| faire {vr} [~ à] | :: to become used to, to get used to |
| faire {vrt} [slang] | :: to do (to have sex with) |
| faire {vr} | :: to become, to get |
| faire abstraction {v} [de] | :: to forget; to ignore, to set aside, to disregard, to not take into account (for simplification purposes) |
| faire amende honorable {v} | :: to make amends, to mend one's ways, to eat crow |
| faire attention {v} | :: to pay attention |
| faire autorité {v} | :: to be an authority, to be authoritative; to be a definitive work |
| faire barrage à {v} | :: to stand in the way of |
| faire bien de {v} [colloquial] | :: to do well to, had better |
| faire bon ménage {v} [figuratively] | :: to get along well, to make good bedfellows |
| faire bonne mesure {v} | :: to be generous; to do more than necessary |
| faire caca {v} [childish] | :: to poo (defecate) |
| faire carrière {v} | :: to have a career, to make a career (in some industry) |
| faire cas {v} | :: [~ de] to have a high opinion (of), to esteem |
| faire chambre à part {v} | :: to sleep in separate rooms (of a couple) |
| faire chanter {v} [idiomatic] | :: to blackmail |
| faire chaud {v} | :: to be hot (of the weather) |
| faire chaud au cœur {v} [colloquial] | :: [à] to gladden someone's heart, to warm the cockles of someone's heart, to be heart-warming |
| faire chaudière ensemble {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Mary Parish] | :: to marry |
| faire chier {v} [vulgar slang] | :: to piss off, to annoy or irritate |
| faire chier {v} [vulgar slang] | :: to have a (fucking) nightmare, to be pissed off |
| faire chiquer poteau {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Martin Parish] | :: to prevent a young man from dancing with a young girl |
| faire comme chez soi {vi} [colloquial, simile, idiom] | :: to make oneself at home |
| faire confiance {v} [à] | :: to trust; to have trust in (someone, something) |
| faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur {v} | :: to grin and bear it, to make the best of a bad job, to put a good face on it |
| faire cul sec {v} | :: to finish one's drink in one go; to down; "Bottoms up!" |
| faire date {v} | :: to make history, to go down in history, to become a historical milestone, to set a precedent |
| faire de la peine {v} [à] | :: to upset, to hurt, to hurt someone's feelings |
| faire demi-tour {v} | :: to go back (or to drive back, etc.) before arriving to one's destination, or when there was no fixed destination |
| faire des courbettes {v} [figuratively] | :: to bow and scrape |
| faire de son mieux {v} | :: to do one's best, to do one's utmost |
| faire des plans sur la comète {v} | :: alternative form of tirer des plans sur la comète |
| faire des salamalecs {v} [idiomatic] | :: to grovel, kowtow; to drown (someone) in courtesies |
| faire des vagues {v} [figuratively] | :: to make waves; to rock the boat |
| faire défaut {v} [à] | :: to be lacking |
| faire défaut {v} [legal] | :: to default |
| faire diversion {v} | :: to create a diversion |
| faire dodo {v} [childish] | :: to sleep |
| faire don {v} | :: to make a gift of something to someone |
| faire désordre {v} [colloquial] | :: to look disjointed and disorganised, to not look good, to look disorderly |
| faire d'une pierre deux coups {v} [figuratively] | :: to kill two birds with one stone |
| faire effet {v} | :: to take effect |
| faire en sorte {v} | :: to see to it, make sure (que that) |
| faire exprès {v} [idiomatic] | :: to do (something) deliberately; to do (something) on purpose |
| faire face {v} [à] | :: to square up; to come up against; to deal with, to face up to, to meet the challenge of |
| faire fausse route {v} [figuratively] | :: To be on the wrong track, to bark up the wrong tree |
| faire faux bond {v} [à] | :: [colloquial] To let someone down, to leave in the lurch, stand someone up |
| faire feu {v} | :: to fire (shoot a weapon) |
| faire fi de {v} | :: to turn one's nose up (at), disdain |
| faire fi de {v} | :: to disregard or ignore a factor |
| faire florès {vi} | :: To flourish, to be successful, to gain a reputation |
| faire fortune {v} | :: to make a fortune, to make a pile |
| faire froid {v} [impersonal] | :: to be cold (of the weather) |
| faire froid dans le dos {v} [figuratively] | :: to be chilling, to give the creeps, to send shivers down someone's spine |
| faire fureur {vi} [colloquial] | :: To be all the rage, to be red hot |
| faire gaffe {v} [colloquial] | :: to pay attention, to watch out, to mind |
| faire genre {v} [slang] | :: to put on airs |
| faire grand cas {v} [literary] | :: [de] to have a high opinion (of), to esteem |
| faire grocerie {v} [Louisiana French] | :: to go grocery shopping |
| faire grève {v} | :: to strike; to be on strike |
| faire la connaissance {v} | :: to get to know |
| faire la cour {v} [à] | :: to woo; to court |
| faire l'affaire {v} [colloquial] | :: to do the trick, to fit the bill, to do, to be enough/sufficient |
| faire la fine bouche {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to be finicky, to be choosy, to turn up one's nose |
| faire la fête {phrase} | :: to party, have a party, live it up |
| faire la grasse matinée {v} | :: to sleep in, to have a lie in |
| faire la leçon {v} [figuratively] | :: to preach, lecture |
| faire la manche {vi} [figuratively] | :: to beg, to panhandle |
| faire la mijaurée {v} [of a woman] | :: to put on airs |
| faire la moue {v} | :: to pout |
| faire l'amour {v} | :: to make love, to have sex |
| faire la noce {phrase} [Switzerland] | :: to party |
| faire la paire {v} [colloquial] | :: to make quite a duo, to be two of a kind |
| faire la paix {v} [avec] | :: to make peace with |
| faire la part belle {v} [à] | :: to give somebody or something top billing, to feature somebody or something prominently |
| faire la part des choses {v} [figuratively] | :: To put things into perspective |
| faire la plonge {v} [slang] | :: to wash up, do the washing-up |
| faire la poussière {v} | :: to dust; to do the dusting |
| faire la sourde oreille {v} | :: to turn a deaf ear |
| faire la tête {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to sulk, to pout |
| faire la une {v} [idiomatic] | :: To hit the headlines (to appear on the front page of a publication) |
| faire l'autruche {v} [figuratively] | :: to bury one's head in the sand, to ignore what is going on |
| faire la vaisselle {vi} | :: to wash up, to wash the dishes, to do the washing-up |
| faire le beau {v} [of a dog] | :: to sit up and beg |
| faire le canard {v} [idiom] | :: To suck up to; flatter too much |
| faire le con {v} | :: to fool around |
| faire le difficile {v} [colloquial] | :: to be choosy, to be nitpicky, to be particular, to be difficult |
| faire le grand saut {v} [euphemistic, idiomatic] | :: to snuff it, to kick the bucket (to die) |
| faire le gros dos {vi} [of a cat] | :: to arch one's back |
| faire le gros dos {vi} [idiomatic] | :: to weather the storm, lie low |
| faire le lit {v} | :: make the bed (to prepare a bed for later use and for tidiness) |
| faire le malin {v} [colloquial] | :: to get wise, get cute, to act smart, to try to be clever, to be impertinent |
| faire le ménage {v} [literally] | :: to do the housework, the household chores |
| faire le ménage {v} [figuratively] | :: to clean up; to clear out |
| faire le mort {v} | :: to play dead (to act as though no longer alive) |
| faire le plein {v} [colloquial] | :: To fill up (with petrol) |
| faire le point {v} [sur] | :: to review, to take stock of, to get a fix on |
| faire le pont {v} [figuratively] | :: To take an extra day off work in addition to a public holiday that falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, thereby making a four-day weekend. If the public holiday falls on Wednesday, the individual has the option of taking either Monday and Tuesday or Thursday and Friday off |
| faire les cent pas {v} | :: to pace up and down |
| faire les courses {vi} | :: to do the shopping, to do the shopping errands |
| faire les frais {v} | :: to bear the brunt (of) |
| faire les yeux doux {v} [followed by the preposition à] | :: to make eyes at somebody, to look at somebody with doe eyes |
| faire le trottoir {v} [figuratively] | :: to act as a prostitute |
| faire l'objet {v} [de] | :: to be the subject of, to be subject to |
| faire long feu {v} | :: to fizzle out |
| faire machine arrière {v} [nautical] | :: to go astern |
| faire machine arrière {v} [figuratively] | :: to backpedal, retreat, do a U-turn |
| faire main basse {v} [sur] | :: to help oneself to, to get hold of, to walk off with |
| faire mal {v} | :: to hurt (to cause pain) |
| faire marche arrière {phrase} | :: to turn back, go backwards |
| faire marche arrière {phrase} | :: to backpedal |
| faire marcher {v} [literally] | :: to make someone walk |
| faire marcher {v} [idiomatic] | :: to fool someone, usually as a joke |
| faire mieux de {v} [colloquial] | :: had better |
| faire minette {v} [idiomatic slang, vulgar] | :: to eat pussy; to perform cunnilingus |
| faire mouche {v} | :: to hit the bullseye |
| faire mouche {v} [figuratively] | :: to hit home |
| faire mumuse {v} [childish, colloquial] | :: to play around |
| faire noir {v} [idiomatic] | :: To be dark, especially when it's night |
| faire noir comme chez le loup {v} [simile, impersonal] | :: To be dark to the point where one can't see; to be pitch-dark |
| faire noir comme dans un four {v} [simile, impersonal] | :: To be dark to the point where one can't see; to be pitch-dark |
| faire office de {v} | :: to act as |
| faire office de {v} | :: to serve as |
| faire part {v} [à] | :: to inform someone of something, to tell someone about something |
| faire-part {m} | :: announcement |
| faire partie {v} [de] | :: to be a part of |
| faire peu de cas {v} | :: [~ de] to neglect, to disregard, to consider trivial |
| faire peur {vt} [with à] | :: to frighten |
| faire pipi {v} [childish] | :: to wee (urinate) |
| faire pitié {v} [colloquial] | :: to be pathetic |
| faire place {vi} | :: to give way; to make way (à for) |
| faire plaisir {v} [colloquial] | :: [à] to please someone, to do something nice for someone, to cheer up someone, to keep someone happy, to make someone happy |
| faire pression {v} [sur] | :: to put pressure on, to pressure (someone), to lobby |
| faire preuve {v} [de] | :: to show, to demonstrate, to display (a quality) |
| faire profil bas {v} [colloquial] | :: to keep a low profile, to lie low |
| faire péter {vt} [familiar] | :: To pass, hand something |
| faire rage {v} | :: to rage (to move with great violence) |
| faire route {vi} | :: advance, move, travel |
| faire sauter la banque {v} | :: break the bank |
| faire savoir {v} | :: to inform, to let someone know |
| faire semblant {v} [de] | :: to pretend |
| faire sens {v} [proscribed] | :: to make sense |
| faire sensation {v} | :: to make a splash, to cause a stir, to cause a sensation; to be a hit, to be a huge success |
| faire ses besoins {v} [euphemistic] | :: to do one's business, to relieve oneself |
| faire ses choux gras {v} | :: to have a field day |
| faire ses dents {v} | :: to teethe |
| faire ses dents {v} [figuratively] | :: to cut one's teeth |
| faire ses preuves {v} | :: to prove oneself, to prove one's worth, to win one's spurs, to earn one's stripes, to earn one's wings |
| faire signe {v} | :: to signal; to gesticulate; to indicate using gestures |
| faire son possible {v} | :: to do one's best, do one's utmost |
| faire surface {v} | :: to surface, to emerge |
| faire table rase {v} | :: to start again from scratch, to start again with a clean slate |
| faire tache {v} [idiomatic] | :: to not belong; to stand out awkwardly |
| faire étalage {v} [de] | :: to make a display of, to flaunt |
| faire état {v} | :: [~ de] to cite, to mention, to give an account |
| faire état {v} | :: [~ de] to give (something) some thought, to consider |
| faire toute une histoire de {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to make a big thing out of, to make a meal of |
| faire tout un foin de {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to make a meal of, make a big thing out of |
| faire tout un fromage de {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to make a meal of, to make a big thing out of |
| faire tout un plat de {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to make a meal of, make a big thing out of |
| faire un carton {v} [colloquial] | :: to be a hit, to be a huge success |
| faire une belle jambe {v} [colloquial, sarcastic] | :: [à] to not care |
| faire une carte de France {v} [literally] | :: to make a map of France |
| faire une carte de France {v} [euphemistic, slang] | :: to have a wet dream |
| faire une croix sur {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to forsake something, to kiss goodbye to something (to give up something reluctantly) |
| faire une fleur {v} [à] | :: [figuratively] to do someone a kindness, to do someone a good turn, to cut someone a break, to cut someone some slack |
| faire une joke {v} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, Acadia] | :: to make a joke |
| faire une montagne d'une taupinière {v} [figuratively] | :: to make a mountain out of a molehill, to sweat the small stuff |
| faire une scène {v} [colloquial] | :: to make a scene, to cause a scene, to raise a fuss |
| faire une scène {v} [à] | :: [colloquial] to blow up at, to lay into |
| faire un malheur {vi} [colloquial] | :: To be all the rage, to be a huge success, to be a hit |
| faire un pied de nez {v} | :: to thumb one's nose |
| faire un tabac {v} [colloquial] | :: to be a hit |
| faire un tour {v} | :: to take a stroll, to go for a walk |
| faire valoir {v} | :: to assert, affirm |
| faire-valoir {m} | :: a sidekick, a foil, a stooge |
| fair-play {m} | :: fair play |
| faisabilité {f} | :: feasibility, doability |
| faisable {adj} | :: feasible; doable (able to be done) |
| faisan {m} | :: pheasant (a bird of family Phasianidae) |
| faisan {m} | :: cock pheasant (male pheasant) |
| faisandé {adj} | :: gamy, high (of meat) |
| faisandé {adj} | :: corrupt, decadent |
| faisane {f} | :: feminine noun of faisan |
| faisceau {m} | :: fasces |
| faisceau {m} | :: beam, ray |
| faisceau {m} | :: bundle, sheaf, cluster |
| fais ce que je dis pas ce que je fais {proverb} | :: do as I say and not as I do |
| fais de beaux rêves {phrase} | :: sweet dreams |
| faiseur {m} | :: maker |
| faiseur {m} | :: tailor |
| faiseur d'anges {m} [euphemistic] | :: Someone who carries out an abortion |
| faiseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of faiseur |
| faiseuse d'anges {f} | :: feminine noun of faiseur d'anges |
| faisselle {f} | :: cheese strainer |
| faisselle {f} | :: curd cheese |
| fait {m} | :: fact |
| fait {adj} | :: done |
| fait {adj} | :: cut out |
| fait accompli {m} | :: a fait accompli, a done deal |
| fait divers {m} [idiomatic] | :: news story |
| faites vos jeux {phrase} [gambling] | :: place your bets, faites vos jeux [call made by the croupier] |
| fait maison {adj} | :: homemade (made at home) (self made) |
| faitout {m} | :: stewpot (large cooking pot with handles and a lid) |
| fait que {conj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: So, therefore, in that case |
| fait-tout {m} | :: alternative spelling of faitout |
| faix {m} [literary or dated] | :: burden, heavy load |
| fak {conj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: Phonetic, vernacular spelling of fait que |
| fakir {m} | :: fakir (all meanings) |
| féal {adj} [obsolete] | :: faithful |
| FAL {m} | :: FAL, FN-FAL (the NATO standard rifle) |
| falaise {f} | :: cliff (steep rock face) |
| falbala {m} | :: furbelow (a ruffle) |
| falbala {m} | :: furbelow (a flashy ornament) |
| falconiforme {m} | :: bird belonging to Falconiforms |
| falisque {m} | :: Faliscan (language) |
| falklandais {adj} | :: Falkland |
| Falklandais {m} | :: a Falklander |
| Falklandaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Falklandais |
| fallacieusement {adv} | :: deceptively, fallaciously |
| fallacieux {adj} | :: fallacious (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) |
| falloir {v} [impersonal] | :: to need, have to |
| falloir {v} | :: to take (time) |
| falloir {vr} [with "en"] | :: to be missing |
| falot {m} | :: lantern |
| falot {adj} | :: droll |
| falotement {adv} | :: drolly |
| falsifiabilité {f} | :: falsifiability |
| falsifiable {adj} | :: falsifiable |
| falsificateur {m} | :: falsifier |
| falsification {f} | :: falsification |
| falsificatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of falsificateur |
| falsifier {v} | :: to falsify (all meanings) |
| faluche {f} | :: faluche |
| faluche {f} | :: A type of dense white bread from northern France |
| famé {adj} | :: (in combination) Having a specified reputation |
| fameusement {adv} | :: famously |
| fameusement {adv} [dated] | :: very |
| fameux {adj} | :: recognised, well-known, famous |
| familial {adj} | :: familial, relating to a family |
| familialement {adv} | :: familially |
| familiariser {vt} | :: to familiarize |
| familiarité {f} | :: familiarity |
| familier {adj} | :: familiar (known to one) |
| familier {adj} [linguistics] | :: familiar, informal, colloquial (lexicon) |
| familièrement {adv} | :: colloquially; informally |
| famille {f} | :: family (group of related people) |
| famille {f} [biology] | :: family |
| famille recomposée {f} | :: blended family (a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living kids from prior partners) |
| famine {f} | :: famine |
| famélique {adj} | :: half-starved; scrawny |
| famélique {mf} | :: starveling |
| fan {mf} | :: fan (admirer, supporter) |
| fan {f} [Canada] | :: fan (ventilator) |
| fané {adj} | :: faded |
| FAN {prop} {fp} | :: Forces Armées du Nord (Armed Forces of the North), a Chadian rebel army active during the Chadian Civil War |
| fanal {m} | :: lantern |
| fanal {m} | :: beacon, lamp (of lighthouse) |
| fanal {m} | :: headlight (of train) |
| fanatique {adj} | :: fanatic, fanatical |
| fanatique {mf} | :: fanatic (one who is zealously enthusiastic) |
| fanatiquement {adv} | :: fanatically |
| fanatiser {vt} | :: to fanaticize |
| fanatisme {m} | :: fanaticism (the characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) |
| fane {f} [archaic] | :: dry leaf |
| fane {f} [cooking] | :: The leaf attached to vegetable which are not usually consumed, such as carrot, radishes and cauliflowers |
| fane {f} [gardening, agriculture] | :: The leaves of any vegetable which is not itself a leaf vegetable, and which are not usually attached to the edible part, such as potatoes, tomatoes and beans |
| faner {vi} [literary] | :: to make hay |
| faner {vt} | :: to toss, turn [grass, hay, etc.] |
| faner {vt} [literary] | :: to fade |
| faner {vr} | :: to fade, wither |
| faneur {m} | :: haymaker |
| faneur {m} | :: tedder (feminine) |
| faneuse {f} | :: tedder |
| fanfare {f} [music] | :: fanfare |
| fanfaron {adj} | :: boasting |
| fanfaron {m} | :: boaster |
| fanfaronade {f} | :: fanfaronade, boasting, bragging |
| fanfaronnade {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: bragging, boasting |
| fanfaronner {v} | :: to boast, swagger |
| fanfiction {f} | :: fan fiction |
| fanfreluche {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: frill(s); decorative trimmings or embellishments |
| fanfrelucher {vt} | :: to decorate with frills |
| fange {f} [literary] | :: filth, mire |
| fange {f} [literary, figurative] | :: filth, baseness, debauchery |
| fange {f} [literary, archaic] | :: fen, swamp |
| fangeux {adj} | :: muddy, miry, filthy |
| fangeux {adj} | :: abject |
| fanion {m} | :: fanion |
| fanion {m} | :: pennant |
| Fanny {prop} | :: given name borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie |
| fanon {m} | :: dewlap (pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, lizard, or other animal) |
| fanon {m} | :: wattle (wrinkled fold of skin hanging from the neck of a turkey or other bird) |
| fanon {m} [in the plural] | :: baleen plate; baleen (bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of a baleen whale) |
| fanon {m} | :: feather, feathering (long hair on the lower legs of a horse) |
| fanon {m} [heraldry] | :: bracelet on the right arm |
| fanon {m} | :: fanon (vestment reserved for the Pope) |
| fanon {m} [usually plural] | :: fanon (part of a bishops mitre) |
| fanon {m} [by extension, usually plural] | :: tabs on a banner or pennant |
| fanonien {adj} | :: Fanonian |
| fanorona {m} | :: The national game of Madagascar, a board game similar to checkers / draughts |
| fantaisie {f} | :: fantasy (something fanciful) |
| fantaisie {f} | :: fantasy (something created by the imagination) |
| fantaisie {f} | :: imagination |
| fantaisie {f} [music] | :: fantasia |
| fantaisiste {adj} | :: fanciful |
| fantaisiste {m} | :: music hall / variety artist |
| fantascope {m} | :: synonym of fantasmascope |
| fantasie {f} | :: alternative form of fantasy |
| fantasier {v} [obsolete] | :: to imagine |
| fantasmé {adj} | :: fantasized, dreamt |
| fantasmé {adj} | :: chimeric |
| fantasmagorie {f} | :: phantasmagoria |
| fantasmagorique {adj} | :: phantasmagoric |
| fantasmagoriquement {adv} | :: phantasmagorically |
| fantasmascope {m} | :: phenakistoscope |
| fantasmatique {adj} | :: fantastical |
| fantasmatique {adj} | :: phantasmal |
| fantasmatiquement {adv} | :: fantastically |
| fantasmatiquement {adv} | :: phantasmally |
| fantasme {m} [chiefly sexuality] | :: fantasy |
| fantasme {m} [dated] | :: hallucination |
| fantasmer {v} | :: to fantasise |
| fantasque {adj} | :: capricious, unpredictable (character); whimsical, fanciful (story etc.) |
| fantasquement {adv} | :: capriciously |
| fantasquement {adv} | :: fancifully |
| fantassin {m} | :: foot soldier, infantryman |
| fantastique {adj} | :: fantastic (related to fantasy or fantasies) |
| fantastiquement {adv} | :: fantastically (in a way related to fantasy) |
| fantasy {f} [literature] | :: fantasy (literary genre) |
| Fantômas {prop} {m} | :: one of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction |
| fantôme {m} | :: ghost |
| fantoche {m} | :: puppet |
| fantoche {adj} | :: manipulated |
| fantochement {adv} | :: manipulatedly |
| fantomatique {adj} | :: ghostly |
| fantosme {m} | :: obsolete form of fantôme |
| fanzine {m} | :: fanzine |
| fao {abbr} | :: Forces Armées Occidentales, a Chadian insurgent group |
| FAO {abbr} | :: alternative case form of fao |
| façon {f} | :: way; manner; fashion |
| faon {m} | :: fawn (young deer) |
| façon de parler {f} | :: façon de parler |
| façonnable {adj} [rare] | :: malleable, shapeable |
| façonnage {m} | :: shaping, making, processing |
| façonner {vt} | :: to work on, to shape, notably with tool(s); to fashion |
| façonner {vt} | :: to educate morally, spiritually |
| façonner {vi} | :: to perform labor |
| faonner {vi} | :: To fawn; to give birth to a fawn, or young deer |
| façonnier {mf} | :: A person who works in the fashion business |
| FAQ {f} | :: FAQ (foire aux questions) |
| faque {conj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: Phonetic vernacular spelling of fait que |
| faquin {m} [archaic] | :: wretch, rascal |
| far {m} | :: A traditional Breton cake |
| farad {m} | :: farad |
| faradique {adj} [physics] | :: faradic |
| faramineux {adj} [colloquial] | :: colossal, staggering, incredible |
| faraud {adj} | :: smug |
| far breton {m} | :: A kind of cake from Brittany, often made with plums |
| farce {f} | :: stuffing (for meat, etc) |
| farce {f} | :: farce (play) |
| farceur {m} | :: joker; trickster; prankster, jokester |
| farceur {m} [dated] | :: actor who plays in a farce |
| farcin {m} | :: farcy |
| farcineux {adj} | :: farcinous |
| farcir {v} [cooking] | :: to stuff; to applying stuffing to |
| farcir {vp} | :: to get saddled with; to have to put up with |
| fard {m} | :: make-up |
| fardé {adj} | :: disguised |
| fardé {adj} | :: made up (i.e. with make-up) |
| farde {f} [Belgium] | :: file (stationery to keep documents together), binder, folder |
| fardeau {m} | :: burden |
| fardeau {m} | :: load |
| fardeau {m} [figuratively] | :: A worry or trouble |
| farder {v} | :: to disguise |
| farder {v} | :: to make up or paint (the face) |
| farder {v} | :: to represent in a false light; to augment with falsehoods or affectations |
| farder {v} | :: to weigh heavily; to be burdensome |
| farder {v} | :: to settle or sink downwards |
| farfadet {m} | :: elf, leprechaun (or similar small demon) |
| farfelu {adj} [of a person] | :: eccentric, scatty |
| farfelu {adj} [of an idea] | :: ridiculous, harebrained |
| farfouiller {vi} | :: to rummage around |
| faribole {f} [especially, in plural] | :: nonsense, poppycock |
| fariboler {v} | :: to fool about; mess around |
| farigoule {f} [regional] | :: synonym of thym (aromatic herb used in cooking) |
| farinacé {adj} | :: farinaceous |
| farine {f} | :: flour, specifically wheat flour |
| farine {f} | :: feed, animal food |
| fariner {v} | :: to flour (to apply flour to something) |
| farineux {adj} | :: floury, mealy |
| farinier {m} | :: miller |
| farinier {m} | :: flour merchant |
| farinière {f} | :: feminine singular of farinier |
| farniente {m} | :: dolce far niente, sweet idleness |
| farnésol {m} [organic compound] | :: farnesol |
| farouche {adj} [of animals] | :: wild, shy of humans |
| farouche {adj} | :: shy, unsociable, retiring, hesitant |
| farouche {adj} [of women] | :: distant, unapproachable |
| farouche {adj} | :: stubborn, intransigent |
| farouche {adj} [of things] | :: savage, dangerous, fierce |
| farouche {adj} [of supporters] | :: staunch |
| farouchement {adv} | :: fiercely, strongly, bitterly, doggedly, rabidly |
| fart {m} | :: wax (for skis) |
| farter {v} | :: to wax skis |
| Far West {prop} {m} | :: The western part of the United States, earlier defined as the American frontier and later as the areas west of the Midwest |
| Far West {prop} {m} [figuratively] | :: a state of lawlessness |
| fasce {f} [heraldiccharge] | :: fess |
| fascié {adj} | :: fasciated, banded |
| fascicule {m} | :: instalment |
| fascicule {m} | :: fascicle |
| fascicule {m} | :: bundle |
| fascinant {adj} | :: fascinating; captivating |
| fascination {f} | :: fascination |
| fasciner {vt} | :: to fascinate |
| fascisant {adj} | :: fascistic |
| fascisme {m} | :: Fascism, an extreme-right totalitarian political regime/ideology |
| fasciste {adj} | :: fascist (supporting the principles of fascism) |
| fasciste {mf} | :: fascist |
| fascistement {adv} | :: fascistically |
| fascistissime {adj} | :: Very fascist |
| faste {m} | :: splendour; pomp |
| faste {adj} | :: auspicious |
| fastidieusement {adv} | :: tiresomely; boringly |
| fastidieux {adj} | :: tedious; tiresome; boring |
| fastoche {adj} [slang] | :: easy |
| fastueusement {adv} | :: sumptuously, lavishly |
| fastueux {adj} | :: sumptuous, luxurious |
| fat {adj} | :: conceited |
| faîtage {m} | :: ridge (of a roof) |
| faîtage {m} | :: ridgepole |
| fatal {adj} | :: fatal (due to fate) |
| fatal {adj} | :: fatal (causing death) |
| fatalement {adv} | :: fatally |
| fatalisme {m} | :: fatalism |
| fataliste {mf} | :: fatalist |
| fatalité {f} | :: fatality |
| fat bike {m} [winter sports] | :: fat bike |
| fatbike {m} | :: alternate form of fat bike |
| faîte {m} | :: top, summit, pinnacle |
| fatha {mf} | :: fatha |
| fatidique {adj} | :: fateful |
| fatidique {adj} | :: fated |
| fatidiquement {adv} | :: fatedly, fatefully |
| fatigabilité {f} | :: fatigability |
| fatigant {adj} | :: tiring |
| fatigant {adj} | :: tiresome; annoying; boring |
| fatigué {adj} | :: tired |
| fatiguant {adj} | :: tiring, draining |
| fatigue {f} | :: fatigue, weariness |
| fatiguer {vi} | :: to tire |
| fatiguer {vt} | :: to wear out, to drain |
| fatiguer {vr} | :: to make an effort [especially in the negative] |
| Fatimata {prop} {f} | :: given name, widely used in Islamic West Africa |
| fatimide {mf} | :: Fatimid (related to the Fatimid caliphate) |
| faîtière {f} | :: ridge tile |
| fatiste {m} | :: actor in a medieval mystery play |
| fatras {m} | :: jumble, hodgepodge |
| fattouch {m} | :: fattouch |
| fatuité {f} | :: self-satisfaction, complacency |
| fatwa {f} [Islam] | :: fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti) |
| faubert {m} | :: a mop made from old rope (particularly hemp rope), used for cleaning the deck of a ship |
| faubourg {m} | :: suburb |
| faubourien {adj} | :: working class Parisian |
| fauché {adj} [slang] | :: skint, broke or otherwise lacking money |
| fauchage {m} | :: mowing, reaping |
| fauchaison {f} [rare] | :: scything, scything season |
| faucher {v} | :: to mow, to reap |
| faucher {v} | :: to run over, to knock down |
| faucheur {m} | :: harvester (someone who harvests) |
| faucheur {m} | :: harvestman; daddy longlegs |
| Faucheuse {prop} {f} | :: Grim Reaper (a personification of Death as a cloaked old man or a skeleton, usually carrying a scythe) |
| faucheux {m} | :: daddy longlegs |
| fauchon {m} | :: falchion |
| faucille {f} | :: sickle (agricultural implement) |
| fauciller {v} | :: to sickle (cut with a sickle) |
| faucon {m} | :: falcon |
| fauconnerie {f} | :: falconry |
| fauconnier {m} | :: falconer (a person who breeds or trains hawks) |
| fauconnière {f} | :: feminine noun of fauconnier |
| faufil {m} | :: tacking thread |
| faufilage {m} | :: tacking (in sewing) |
| faufiler {v} [sewing] | :: to baste |
| faufiler {vp} | :: to worm one's way, to slink (about) |
| faune {m} | :: faun |
| faune {m} | :: tree grayling (butterfly Hipparchia statilinus) |
| faune {f} | :: fauna, wildlife |
| faunesse {f} | :: satyress, fauness |
| faunique {adj} | :: faunistic |
| faunistique {adj} | :: faunal, faunistic |
| faunistiquement {adv} | :: faunally, faunistically |
| faussé {adj} | :: falsified |
| faussé {adj} | :: distorted, skewed |
| faussaire {mf} | :: forger |
| fausse couche {f} | :: miscarriage |
| faussement {adv} | :: falsely; untruly |
| fausse modestie {f} | :: false modesty, humblebragging |
| fausse-monnayeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of faux-monnayeur |
| fausse note {f} | :: false note |
| fausser {v} | :: to falsify, to render invalid |
| fausser {v} | :: to skew, to distort (a result) |
| fausseté {f} | :: falseness; falsity |
| fausset {m} | :: faucet (tap used to stop the flow of liquid from a vessel) |
| fausset {m} [chiefly in the singular] | :: falsetto (type of singing voice) |
| faustien {adj} | :: Faustian |
| faute {f} | :: error, mistake |
| faute {f} | :: fault, blame |
| faute {f} [legal] | :: wrong, misdemeanor |
| faute {f} [sports] | :: foul, fault (infraction of the rules) |
| faute de {prep} | :: through lack of; for want of; because of a lack of |
| faute de frappe {f} | :: typing error, typo (typographical error) |
| faute de mieux {adv} | :: for want of something better, faute de mieux |
| faute directe {f} [sports] | :: unforced error |
| fauter {vi} | :: to make a mistake, to mess up |
| fauteuil {m} | :: armchair |
| fauteuil à bascule {m} | :: rocking chair (chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked) |
| fauteuil roulant {m} | :: wheelchair |
| fauteur {m} | :: instigator |
| Fauteux {prop} | :: surname |
| fautif {adj} [of a thing] | :: incorrect; wrong; erroneous |
| fautif {adj} [of a thing] | :: faulty; malfunctioning |
| fautif {adj} [of a person] | :: guilty, culprit |
| fautivement {adv} | :: wrongly; erroneously |
| fauve {adj} | :: tawny |
| fauve {adj} [rare, archaic] | :: savage, fierce (having the ferocity of a wild animal) 19th c |
| fauve {adj} [rare, by extension] | :: dangerous, wild from mid-19th c |
| fauve {adj} [arts] | :: fauvist from early 20th c |
| fauve {m} [dated] | :: tawny-coloured animal from late 16th c |
| fauve {m} [by extension] | :: a big cat, such as a lion or lynx |
| fauve {m} [by extension] | :: beast, wild animal, especially fierce, aggressive, or predatory |
| fauve {m} [figuratively] | :: a violent or aggressive man or woman |
| fauve {m} | :: a brownish orange color, tawny from mid-19th c |
| fauve {m} [polytechnic jargon, obsolete] | :: examiner |
| fauvement {adv} | :: savagely, fiercely, dangerously, wildly |
| fauverie {f} | :: An enclosure for containing and displaying wild animals |
| fauverie {f} | :: The characteristic color of the fauvist artists |
| fauvette {f} | :: warbler |
| fauvisme {m} | :: fauvism |
| faux {adj} | :: false; untrue |
| faux {adj} | :: false; not real |
| faux {adv} | :: badly; inaccurately; untruly |
| faux {f} | :: scythe |
| faux-ami {m} | :: Faux ami, false friend |
| faux anglicisme {m} [lexicography] | :: pseudo-anglicism |
| faux bonhomme {m} | :: One who has a false visage of joviality and lightheartedness |
| faux-bourdon {m} | :: drone (bee) |
| faux-bourdon {m} | :: A musical style in which a countermelody sung above the melody and another sung below create the impression of a bass that isn't really there |
| faux cul {m} [colloquial, vulgar] | :: hypocrite, phony |
| faux départ {m} | :: false start |
| faux-filet {m} | :: sirloin |
| faux-fuyant {m} | :: prevarication, pretext |
| faux jeton {m} [colloquial] | :: hypocrite, phony, two-faced person, two-timer |
| faux-monnayeur {m} | :: counterfeiter (a person who counterfeits) |
| faux-nez {m} [Internet] | :: sock puppet |
| faux négatif {m} | :: false negative |
| faux-palais {m} | :: retainer (a device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment) |
| faux pas {m} | :: stumble, misstep, false step |
| faux pas {m} [figuratively] | :: faux pas, blunder |
| faux plat {m} | :: false flat |
| faux positif {m} | :: false positive |
| faveur {f} | :: favour |
| favéole {f} | :: faveolus |
| favorable {adj} | :: favourable, favorable |
| favorablement {adv} | :: favorably |
| favori {adj} | :: favourite [UK] / favorite [US] |
| favori {m} | :: favorite |
| favori {m} [in the plural] | :: sideburns, side whiskers |
| favoris {mp} | :: sideburns, side whiskers |
| favorisant {adj} | :: favoring / favouring |
| favorisant {adj} | :: promoting |
| favorisant {adj} | :: encouraging |
| favoriser {v} | :: to favour, to show a preference to something |
| favoriser {v} | :: to prioritise |
| favoriser {v} | :: to promote, encourage, foster |
| favoritisme {m} | :: favoritism, favouritism |
| Favre {prop} | :: surname for a smith |
| favus {m} | :: favus |
| faxer {v} | :: to fax (send a document) |
| fayalite {f} [mineral] | :: fayalite |
| fayence {f} [dated] | :: alternative spelling of faïence |
| fayencier {m} | :: alternative form of faïencier |
| fayencière {f} | :: feminine singular of fayencier |
| fayettiste {mf} | :: A supporter of Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette during the French Revolution |
| fayot {m} [France, colloquial] | :: bean |
| fayot {m} [France, colloquial] | :: bootlicker |
| fayoter {v} [France, colloquial] | :: to brownnose |
| FBI {prop} {m} | :: FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
| fébrifuge {adj} | :: febrifugal |
| fébrifuge {m} | :: febrifuge |
| fébrile {adj} | :: febrile, feverous, feverish |
| fébrilement {adv} | :: feverishly; feverously |
| fébrilement {adv} [figuratively] | :: erratically; chaotically |
| fébrilité {f} | :: febrility |
| fébrilité {f} | :: feverishness |
| FC {prop} {fp} [Canada, military] | :: initialism of w:Forces canadiennes; CF (Canadian Forces) |
| féca {m} [slang, verlan, backslang] | :: coffee |
| fécal {adj} | :: fecal (of or relating to feces) |
| fæces {fp} [very, rare] | :: obsolete form of fèces |
| fèces {fp} [medicine, pluralonly] | :: Faeces |
| fèces {fp} [pharmacy, archaic, pluralonly] | :: Sediments depositing in a container of murky or cloudy liquid |
| fâché {adj} | :: angry |
| fâchant {adj} | :: annoying |
| fâcher {v} | :: to annoy, to vex |
| fâcher {vp} | :: to get angry, fall out |
| fâcherie {f} [colloquial] | :: anger |
| fâcheusement {adv} | :: irritatingly; annoyingly |
| fâcheux {adj} | :: annoying; irritating |
| fâcheux {adj} | :: unfortunate; regrettable |
| fécond {adj} [biology] | :: fertile (able to procreate) |
| fécond {adj} | :: fecund |
| fécond {adj} | :: fruit-bearing |
| fécond {adj} | :: fruitful |
| fécond {adj} | :: productive |
| fécond {adj} | :: abundant (in), rich (in) |
| fécondabilité {f} | :: fecundability |
| fécondable {adj} | :: fertilisable |
| fécondant {adj} | :: fecund |
| fécondation {f} | :: fertilisation |
| fécondation {f} | :: impregnation |
| fécondation {f} | :: insemination |
| fécondation {f} | :: pollinisation |
| fécondement {adv} | :: fecundly, fruitfully, prolifically |
| féconder {v} | :: to fecundate |
| fécondité {f} | :: fertility (state of being fertile) |
| fécondité {f} | :: fecundity |
| fécondité {f} [of plants] | :: ability to bear fruits |
| fécondité {f} | :: productivity |
| fécondité {f} | :: fruitfulness |
| fécule {f} | :: starch from potatoes, manioc etc |
| féculent {adj} | :: starchy |
| féculent {m} | :: any starchy food |
| féculeux {adj} | :: starchy |
| fœdité {f} | :: rare spelling of fédité |
| fédité {f} | :: fedity |
| fdpin {adv} | :: P&P included |
| fdpout {adv} | :: P&P not included |
| fédéral {adj} | :: federal |
| fédéralisation {f} | :: federalization |
| fédéraliser {vt} | :: to federalize |
| fédéralisme {m} | :: federalism |
| fédéraliste {mf} | :: federalist |
| fédéraliste {adj} | :: federalist |
| fédérateur {adj} | :: federative, unifying |
| fédérateur {m} | :: unifier |
| fédératif {adj} | :: federative |
| fédération {f} | :: federation |
| fœdération {f} | :: obsolete form of fédération |
| fédérer {v} | :: to federate |
| fée {f} | :: fairy, fay |
| FE {prop} {f} [automotive, sport] | :: abbreviation of Formule E |
| feedback {m} | :: feedback (generic) |
| feeling {m} | :: instinct, hunch |
| feignant {adj} | :: lazy, idle |
| feignant {m} | :: idler, loafer |
| feijoada {f} | :: feijoada |
| feindre {v} | :: to fake; to feign |
| feinter {v} [sports] | :: to feint |
| feintise {f} [archaic] | :: disguise |
| feintise {f} [archaic] | :: trickery; deceit |
| Fekir {prop} | :: surname |
| fellaga {m} | :: A supporter of liberation from French rule in colonial Tunisia and Algeria |
| fellagha {m} | :: fellagha |
| fellateur {m} | :: fellator |
| fellation {f} | :: fellatio |
| fellatrice {f} | :: fellatrix |
| felouque {f} | :: felucca |
| femelle {adj} | :: female |
| femelle {f} | :: female (of a species) |
| femelle {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French] | :: woman, girl |
| femelle {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French] | :: wife |
| femme {f} | :: woman |
| femme {f} | :: wife |
| femme au foyer {f} | :: housewife (female head of household) |
| femme de chambre {f} | :: chambermaid |
| femme de charge {f} [dated] | :: housekeeper |
| femme de Dieu {f} | :: a godly woman |
| femme de ménage {f} | :: cleaning woman |
| femme de réconfort {f} | :: comfort woman |
| femme du monde {f} | :: woman of the world |
| femme fatale {f} | :: femme fatale |
| femme fontaine {f} | :: a woman who visibly ejaculates on orgasm |
| femme galante {f} [dated] | :: courtesan |
| femmelette {f} | :: wimp |
| femmelette {f} | :: sissy |
| femme politique {f} | :: a (female) politician |
| femto- {prefix} | :: femto- |
| femtokatal {m} | :: femtokatal |
| femtométrique {adj} | :: femtometric |
| fenaison {f} | :: haymaking |
| fenasse {f} | :: sainfoin |
| fenasse {f} | :: Arrhenatherum elatius |
| fendard {adj} [France, slang] | :: funny, comical |
| fendeur {m} | :: splitter, chopper (person) |
| fendeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of fendeur |
| fendillé {adj} | :: cracked, crazed (surface) |
| fendiller {vt} | :: to crack, craze |
| fendoir {m} | :: cleaver (a squarish knife used for hacking) |
| fendre {v} | :: to split, to chop (wood), to crack |
| fendre {v} | :: to shoulder (one's way through a crowd) |
| fendre {v} [figurative] | :: to break (someone's heart) |
| fendre {vr} [se fendre, of heart] | :: to break |
| fendre {vr} [se fendre] | :: to crack, to split |
| fendre {vr} [se fendre, ~ de] | :: to manage, to come up with |
| fendre {vr} [se fendre, fencing] | :: to lunge |
| fendre son biscuit {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Martin Parish] | :: to beat |
| fendre son garganna {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Martin Parish] | :: to beat someone, to win |
| fenestre {f} | :: obsolete spelling of fenêtre |
| fenil {m} | :: hay loft |
| fennique {adj} | :: Finnic |
| fenouil {m} | :: fennel |
| fente {f} | :: cleft, fissure, crack (in rock) |
| fente {f} | :: split, crack (in wood) |
| fente {f} | :: slit, slot |
| fente {f} | :: slit (in skirt), vent (in jacket etc.) |
| fente {f} [anatomy] | :: fissure |
| fente {f} [fencing] | :: lunge |
| fente {f} [vulgar, slang] | :: crack, slit (vagina) |
| fenêtre {f} | :: window |
| fenugrec {m} | :: fenugreek (the plant) |
| fenugrec {m} | :: fenugreek (the herb) |
| fer {m} | :: iron |
| fer {m} | :: shoe (for horse); steel tip |
| fer {m} [golf] | :: iron |
| fer {m} | :: iron (appliance) |
| fer {m} [in the plural, archaic] | :: irons, fetters |
| fer-blanc {m} | :: tin, tinplate |
| ferblanterie {f} | :: tinplate (objects, manufacture) |
| ferblantier {m} | :: tinsmith |
| ferblantière {f} | :: feminine noun of ferblantier |
| ferbérite {f} [mineral] | :: ferberite |
| fer à cheval {m} | :: horseshoe |
| fer de lance {m} [literally] | :: spearhead, arrowhead |
| fer de lance {m} [figuratively] | :: spearhead |
| fer de lance {m} | :: fer-de-lance (snake) |
| fer à friser {m} | :: curling iron |
| féerie {f} | :: what fairies do |
| féerie {f} | :: any fictional universe involving magical creatures such as fairies, ogres and dragons |
| féerie {f} | :: faerie, féerie |
| féerie {f} | :: extravaganza |
| féerie {f} [figuratively] | :: something impressive and/or enchanting |
| féerique {adj} | :: relating to fairies |
| féerique {adj} | :: relating to fairytales |
| féeriquement {adv} | :: fairily |
| ferler {v} [nautical] | :: to furl, to roll up (a sail) |
| fermé {adj} | :: closed |
| fermage {m} | :: The rent in a contract passed between a landlord and a farmer (affermage). Its amount is set in advance, independent of the results of exploitation |
| ferme {adj} | :: firm |
| ferme {f} [carpentry] | :: roof truss |
| ferme {f} | :: farm |
| fermement {adv} | :: firmly, strongly, tightly |
| fermement {adv} | :: hard |
| fermenté {adj} | :: fermented |
| fermentaire {adj} | :: fermentation (attributive) |
| fermentation {f} | :: fermentation |
| fermentation homolactique {f} | :: homolactic fermentation |
| fermenter {v} | :: to ferment |
| fermentescible {adj} | :: fermentable |
| ferme piscicole {f} | :: fish farm |
| fermer {v} | :: to shut |
| fermer {v} | :: to close |
| fermer boutique {v} | :: to close up shop, to shut up shop, to close down |
| fermer à clé {v} | :: alternative spelling of fermer à clef |
| fermer à clef {vt} | :: to lock |
| fermer les yeux {v} [idiomatic] | :: to turn a blind eye |
| fermer les yeux {v} [idiomatic] | :: to pass away, to die |
| fermer les yeux {v} [literally] | :: to shut one's eyes |
| fermer sa gueule {v} [vulgar, offensive] | :: to shut one's mouth; to shut up (refrain from speech) |
| fermeté {f} | :: firmness |
| ferme ta gueule {interj} [vulgar, offensive] | :: shut up; shut the fuck up; shut your mouth! |
| fermette {f} | :: farmhouse |
| fermette {f} | :: small farm |
| fermeture {f} | :: closing |
| fermeture {f} | :: fastener |
| fermeture éclair {f} | :: zip fastener |
| fermier {adj} | :: farmer (attributive) |
| fermier {m} | :: farmer |
| fermion {m} [physics] | :: fermion |
| fermionique {adj} [physics] | :: fermionic |
| fermière {f} | :: (female) farmer |
| fermière {f} | :: farmer's wife |
| fermium {m} | :: fermium |
| fermoir {m} | :: clasp (or similar small metal fastening) |
| Fernand {prop} | :: given name, cognate to Ferdinand |
| Fernande {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Fernand |
| ferré {adj} | :: Strong, powerful |
| ferrage {m} | :: shoeing (of a horse) |
| ferraillage {m} | :: The network of rebars used within reinforced concrete |
| ferraille {f} | :: old iron, scrap |
| ferraille {f} [colloquial] | :: loose change, shrapnel |
| ferrailler {vt} | :: to cross swords with |
| ferrailler {vt} | :: to scrap or recycle |
| ferrailleur {m} | :: swordsman |
| ferrailleur {m} | :: scrap dealer or merchant |
| ferrane {m} [Morocco] | :: A public oven where locals can cheaply bake their own bread |
| Ferrare {prop} {m} | :: Ferrara (city and province in Italy) |
| ferrédoxine {f} [protein] | :: ferredoxin |
| fer à repasser {m} | :: iron (for smoothing clothes) |
| ferrer {v} | :: to clad in iron (transitive), to be clad in iron (intransitive) |
| ferrer {v} | :: to shoe (a horse) |
| ferrer {v} | :: to clad in some metal, not necessarily iron |
| ferrer {v} | :: to hook (a fish) |
| ferret {m} | :: (metal) tag; aglet, aiguillette |
| ferreux {adj} | :: ferrous (all senses) |
| ferricyanure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: ferricyanide |
| ferrier {m} [historical] | :: a farrier |
| ferrier {m} [historical] | :: a blacksmith |
| ferrier {m} [historical] | :: a small mound, heap, or hill composed of the remnants or by-products (slag/dross/scoria) of an ancient iron forge or bloomery, especially from the late Iron age and Gallo-Roman era in France |
| ferrifère {adj} | :: ferriferous |
| ferrimagnétique {adj} [physics] | :: ferrimagnetic |
| ferrimagnétisme {m} [physics] | :: ferrimagnetism |
| ferriprive {adj} [pathology] | :: Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| ferrique {adj} [chemistry] | :: ferric |
| ferrière {f} | :: feminine noun of ferrier |
| ferro- {prefix} | :: ferro- |
| ferro- {prefix} | :: Relating to railways |
| ferrocène {m} [chemistry] | :: ferrocene |
| ferrocérium {m} | :: ferrocerium |
| ferrocyane {m} | :: synonym of cyanoferre |
| ferrocyanique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: ferrocyanic |
| ferrocyanure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: ferrocyanide |
| ferrofluide {m} [physics] | :: ferrofluid |
| ferroique {adj} [physics] | :: ferroic |
| ferroélasticité {f} [physics] | :: ferroelasticity |
| ferroélectricité {f} [physics] | :: ferroelectricity |
| ferroélectrique {adj} [physics] | :: ferroelectric |
| ferromagnésien {adj} | :: ferromagnesian |
| ferromagnétique {adj} [physics] | :: ferromagnetic |
| ferromagnétisme {m} [physics] | :: ferromagnetism |
| ferron {m} | :: wrought iron |
| ferronnerie {f} | :: ironwork (the art of the blacksmith) |
| ferronnerie {f} | :: ironworks (iron factory) |
| ferronnier {m} | :: blacksmith (worker in wrought iron) |
| ferronnière {f} | :: feminine noun of ferronnier |
| ferrosilicium {m} | :: ferrosilicon |
| ferrotoroïdicité {f} [physics] | :: ferrotoroidicity |
| ferrotype {m} | :: ferrotype |
| ferroutage {m} | :: piggyback transportation (of a lorry on a train) |
| ferrouter {v} | :: To piggyback (transport a lorry on a train) |
| ferroviaire {adj} | :: Rail; pertaining to railroad transportation |
| ferrugineux {adj} | :: ferruginous |
| ferrure {f} | :: iron fitting (often ornamental) |
| ferry {m} | :: ferry |
| fer à souder {m} | :: soldering iron (tool) |
| fertile {adj} | :: fertile |
| fertilement {adv} | :: fertilely |
| fertilisant {adj} | :: fertilizing |
| fertilisation {f} | :: fertilization |
| fertiliser {v} | :: to fertilize |
| fertilité {f} | :: fertility |
| fervemment {adv} | :: fervently; with fervor |
| fervent {adj} | :: fervent |
| ferveur {f} | :: ardour, zeal, fervor |
| fessé {m} | :: Male spankee |
| fesse {f} | :: buttock |
| fessée {f} | :: Female spankee |
| fessée {f} | :: Spanking |
| Fessebouc {prop} [humorous, pejorative] | |
| fessecul {m} | :: saltbush Atriplex halimus |
| fesser {v} | :: to spank |
| fesser {v} [Quebec, slang] | :: to whack |
| fessier {adj} | :: Pertaining or belonging to the buttocks |
| fessier {adj} [anatomy] | :: Specifically, of the buttocks' muscles |
| fessier {m} | :: The butt as a whole |
| fessier {m} | :: One of several muscles in the buttocks |
| fessu {adj} | :: having fat buttocks |
| festif {adj} | :: festive |
| festin {m} | :: banquet, feast (a large celebratory meal) |
| festiner {v} | :: to feast |
| festival {m} | :: festival |
| festivalier {adj} | :: festival (attributive) |
| festivalier {m} | :: festivalgoer |
| festivement {adv} | :: festively |
| festivité {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: festivity, merrymaking |
| feston {m} | :: festoon |
| festonner {v} | :: to festoon |
| festoyer {vt} | :: to feast, banquet |
| festoyeur {m} | :: reveler |
| festoyeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of festoyeur |
| feu {m} | :: fire |
| feu {m} | :: (cigarette) lighter |
| feu {m} | :: traffic light |
| feu {adj} | :: deceased |
| feu {m} [slang, backslang, verlan] | :: apocopic form of feuheu, egg |
| feu d'artifice {m} | :: firework |
| feudataire {adj} | :: feudatory |
| feudataire {mf} | :: feudatory, vassal |
| feu de camp {m} | :: campfire (fire at a campground) |
| feu de joie {m} | :: bonfire |
| feu de paille {m} [figuratively] | :: a flash in the pan |
| feu follet {m} | :: will-o'-the-wisp |
| feu grégeois {m} | :: Greek fire |
| feuh {m} [verlan, backslang, slang] | :: apocopic form of feuheu, egg |
| feuheu {m} [verlan, backslang] | :: egg |
| feuillage {m} | :: foliage |
| feuillaison {f} | :: foliation (annual formation of leaves) |
| feuillant {adj} | :: Feuillant |
| feuillant {m} | :: Feuillant |
| feuillard {m} | :: band (of iron) |
| feuille {f} | :: leaf (of a plant or tree) |
| feuille {f} | :: sheet (of paper, etc) |
| feuille {f} [colloquial] | :: ear |
| feuillée {f} [obsolete] | :: foliage |
| feuillée {f} [in plural, military slang] | :: latrines, lats |
| feuille d'acanthe {f} [arts and architecture] | :: An acanthus decorative pattern |
| feuille de pompe {f} | :: cheat sheet |
| feuille de rose {f} [euphemistic] | :: anilingus |
| feuille de route {f} | :: road map; action plan |
| feuille-morte {adj} | :: of the colour of dying leaves: russet, feuillemorte |
| feuilleté {adj} | :: laminated |
| feuilleté {adj} | :: layered |
| feuilleté {m} | :: A layered cake |
| feuillet {m} | :: page, leaf (of book etc.) |
| feuillet {m} | :: layer (of wood) |
| feuillet {m} | :: omasum, manyplies (of ruminants) |
| Feuillet {prop} | :: surname |
| feuilletage {m} | :: flakiness (of pastry etc) |
| feuilleter {v} | :: to leaf through (to turn the pages of (a book) rapidly reading short sections at random) |
| feuilleton {m} | :: soap opera (TV) |
| feuilletonesque {adj} | :: serialized (especially as a soap opera) |
| feuillette {f} | :: half-barrel (of wine) |
| feuillu {adj} | :: leafy, leafed |
| feuillu {m} | :: broad-leaved tree |
| feuj {adj} [slang, sometimes, pejorative] | :: Jewish |
| feulement {m} | :: growl |
| feuler {v} [especially of a tiger or other big cats] | :: to growl |
| feurre {m} [obsolete] | :: hay, straw (especially as used to cushion chairs, cover rural housing etc.) |
| Feurs {prop} | :: A small town in the Loire department of Rhône-Alpes |
| feuteu {f} [verlan, slang, backslang] | :: party |
| feutré {adj} | :: having a texture like felt; felt-like |
| feutré {adj} [figuratively] | :: muted, muffled |
| feutrage {m} | :: felting (all senses) |
| feutre {m} | :: felt |
| feutre {m} | :: felt hat; trilby (UK), fedora (US) |
| feutre {m} | :: felt-tip (pen) |
| feutrer {vt} | :: to felt |
| feutrer {vt} | :: to muffle |
| feutrine {f} | :: lightweight felt |
| feu vert {m} | :: green light (green traffic light) |
| feu vert {m} [idiomatic] | :: green light, go-ahead |
| feux croisés {mp} [military] | :: crossfire |
| fez {m} | :: fez |
| FFF {initialism} [soccer] | :: Fédération Française de Football, the governing body of football (soccer) in France |
| führer {m} | :: The Führer, the title of Adolf Hitler as ruler of Nazi Germany |
| fi {interj} [archaic] | :: faugh, fie |
| FIA {initialism} | :: FIA - initialism of Fédération internationale de l'automobile |
| fiabilisation {f} | :: reliability |
| fiabiliser {v} | :: To make more reliable |
| fiabilité {f} | :: reliability |
| fiable {adj} | :: reliable, dependable |
| fiablité {f} | :: reliability |
| fiançaille {f} [obsolete in the singular] | :: betrothal |
| fiançaille {f} [in the plural] | :: engagement (before a marriage) |
| fiançailles {fp} | :: engagement (before a marriage); betrothal |
| fiancé {adj} | :: engaged |
| fiancé {m} | :: fiancé |
| fiancée {f} | :: feminine noun of fiancé; a fiancée |
| fiancée {f} | :: a large yellow underwing |
| fiance {f} [obsolete] | :: faith; confidence |
| fiancer {v} | :: to get engaged (to be married) |
| fiasco {m} | :: fiasco (situation) |
| fiasco {m} | :: fiasco (bottle) |
| fibré {adj} | :: fibrous |
| fibrage {m} | :: optical fibre installation |
| fibranne {f} | :: A rayon fabric |
| fibre {f} | :: fibre |
| fibreux {adj} | :: fibrous |
| fibrillaire {adj} | :: fibrillary |
| fibrille {f} | :: fibril |
| fibrinogène {m} [protein] | :: fibrinogen |
| fibroblaste {m} | :: fibroblast |
| fibrociment {m} | :: fibre cement, fibrocement (containing asbestos etc.) |
| fibrome {m} [pathology] | :: fibroma |
| fibromyalgie {f} [pathology] | :: fibromyalgia |
| fibroïne {f} [protein] | :: fibroin |
| fibroprotéine {f} [protein] | :: fibrous protein |
| fibroscope {m} | :: fibrescope / fiberscope |
| fibroscopie {f} | :: fibroscopy / fiberoscopy |
| fibule {f} | :: fibula (brooch) |
| ficaire {m} | :: lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria) |
| ficelage {m} | :: tying (up) |
| ficeler {v} | :: to tie up, to truss |
| ficelle {f} | :: twine |
| ficelles du métier {fp} | :: the tricks of the trade |
| fiché {adj} [heraldry] | :: fitché (said of a cross) |
| fichage {m} [computing] | :: filing |
| fichage {m} [by extension] | :: surveillance |
| fiche {f} | :: card (in a file) |
| fiche {f} | :: plug |
| ficher {vt} | :: to plug in; to drive something in by its point, as with a nail or a stake |
| ficher {v} | :: to file, record, track (e.g. by police) |
| ficher {vr} [s'en ficher, euphemistic] | :: to not care |
| ficher {v} [infinitive "fiche", colloquial, past participle "fichu", euphemism] | :: to do |
| ficher {vr} [colloquial, followed with "de", se ficher de/se fiche de (quelqu'un)] | :: to make fun of someone |
| ficher le camp {v} [idiomatic, slang] | :: to get the hell out; to get out of here; to bugger off; to scarper |
| fichier {m} | :: File (collection of papers) |
| fichier {m} [computing] | :: File |
| fichtre {interj} [dated] | :: gosh! |
| fichtre {adv} [dated] | :: adds emphasis to what the speaker is saying |
| fichtrement {adv} | :: very, terribly, awfully, darned, damn |
| fichu {m} [historical] | :: fichu |
| fichu {m} | :: scarf, headscarf |
| fichu {adj} [colloquial] | :: lousy, rotten, hell of a |
| fichu {adj} [colloquial] | :: done for |
| fichu {adj} [colloquial] | :: put together, rigged out, got up |
| ficoïde {f} | :: fig marigold, ice plant (of family Aizoaceae or Ficoidaceae) |
| fictif {adj} | :: fictional |
| fiction {f} | :: fiction |
| fictionaliser {v} | :: to fictionalize |
| fictionnel {adj} | :: fictional |
| fictionnellement {adv} | :: fictionally |
| fictivement {adv} | :: fictitiously |
| FIDIC {prop} {f} | :: acronym of Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils |
| fidéicommis {m} [historical] | :: fideicommissum |
| fidéicommis {m} [legal] | :: trust, living trust; trusteeship |
| fidéisme {m} | :: fideism |
| fidéiste {adj} | :: fideistic |
| fidéiste {mf} | :: fideist |
| Fidji {prop} {fp} | :: Fiji |
| fidjien {adj} | :: Fijian (of or pertaining to Fiji or its people or culture) |
| fidjien {m} | :: Fijian, the Fijian language |
| Fidjien {m} | :: a Fijian |
| Fidjienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Fidjien |
| fidèle {adj} | :: loyal |
| fidèle {adj} | :: faithful |
| fidèle {m} | :: a believer |
| fidèlement {adv} | :: faithfully |
| fidélisation {f} | :: gaining the loyalty of a customer or client |
| fidéliser {vt} | :: to loyalize, to keep loyal |
| fidélité {f} | :: faithfulness, fidelity |
| fiduciaire {mf} | :: trustee, fiduciary |
| fiduciaire {adj} | :: fiduciary |
| fiduciairement {adv} | :: fiduciarily |
| fiducie {f} | :: escrow, trust |
| fief {m} | :: fief |
| fieffé {adj} | :: arrant, out-and-out, blatant |
| fiel {m} | :: bile |
| fielleusement {adv} | :: venomously |
| fielleusement {adv} | :: spitefully |
| fielleux {adj} | :: venomous, spiteful, scurrilous |
| fiente {f} | :: droppings |
| fier {adj} | :: proud |
| fier {vr} [se fier à quelqu'un] | :: to trust someone (à), to rely on someone (à) |
| -fier {suffix} | :: alternative form of -ifier |
| fier-à-bras {m} [pejorative] | :: braggart |
| fier comme un paon {adj} [simile] | :: proud as a peacock |
| fierté {f} | :: pride (emotion), self-esteem |
| fieu {m} [Picardy, colloquial] | :: son (male child) |
| fif {m} [Quebec, slang, derogatory] | :: an effeminate male homosexual; poof; faggot |
| Fifi Brindacier {prop} {f} | :: Pippi Longstocking (fictional character invented by Astrid Lindgren) |
| fifille {f} | :: little girl |
| fifre {m} | :: fife |
| fig. {adj} | :: abbreviation of figuré; figurative |
| figé {adj} | :: frozen |
| figé {adj} | :: (of an expression) fixed |
| figé {adj} [by extension] | :: lifeless; motionless |
| figaro {m} | :: barber |
| figeage {m} | :: freezing |
| figement {m} | :: freezing (action or result of freezing) |
| figer {v} | :: to freeze |
| figer {v} [figuratively] | :: to scare, to frighten |
| fignolage {m} | :: tweaking, fine tuning |
| fignoler {vt} | :: to tweak, put the finishing touches to |
| figue {f} | :: fig (fruit) |
| figuier {m} | :: fig tree |
| figuré {adj} | :: figurative |
| figurant {m} [cinema] | :: extra |
| figurant {m} [theater] | :: bit player |
| figuratif {adj} | :: figurative |
| figurativement {adv} | :: figuratively |
| figure {f} | :: face |
| figure {f} | :: figure |
| figure d'autorité {f} | :: authority figure |
| figure de proue {f} [literally and figuratively] | :: figurehead |
| figure de style {f} | :: figure of speech (word or phrase) |
| figurer {v} | :: to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent |
| figurer {vr} | :: to imagine, picture |
| figurine {f} | :: figurine |
| figurine {f} | :: (games) miniature |
| figurément {adv} | :: figuratively |
| fil {m} | :: thread, wire |
| fil {m} | :: grain (of wood etc.) |
| fil {m} | :: edge (of blade, razor etc.) |
| filé {m} | :: simple or twisted textile thread, as used for needlework |
| filé {m} | :: fine, equivalent precious metal thread, used in luxury production |
| FIL {prop} | :: FIL; synonym of FCI; initialism of Fédération Internationale de Lacrosse |
| filage {m} | :: spinning (of thread) |
| filage {m} | :: run-through (rehearsal) |
| filaggrine {f} [protein] | :: filaggrin |
| filaire {adj} | :: wired, corded (connected by wire/cord) |
| filamenteux {adj} | :: Filamentous; having filaments |
| filandreux {adj} | :: stringy (resembling strings) |
| filandreux {adj} [of prose] | :: rambling |
| filant {adj} | :: spinning (as a thread) |
| filasse {f} | :: tow, oakum, hards |
| filasse {f} [by metonymy] | :: its distinctive bleak color |
| filasse {f} | :: something of that color, especially blond hair |
| filasse {f} [by extension] | :: a yellowish-blond haired person; a towhead |
| filateur {m} | :: spinner (machine, person) |
| filatrice {f} | :: feminine singular of filateur |
| filature {f} | :: filature |
| filature {f} | :: spinning factory |
| filature {f} | :: watch, surveillance |
| fil de fer {f} | :: wire |
| fil de fer {f} | :: wirewalking |
| fil de fer {f} | :: larva of the click beetle |
| fil de fer {f} [computing] | :: wireframe |
| fil de fer barbelé {m} | :: barbed wire |
| fildefériste {mf} | :: alternative form of fil-de-fériste |
| fil-de-fériste {mf} | :: tightrope walker (high wire artist) |
| fil dentaire {m} | :: dental floss (floss used to clean the areas between the teeth) |
| file {f} | :: A line of objects placed one after the other |
| file {f} [Belgium] | :: traffic jam |
| file d'attente {f} | :: queue |
| file indienne {f} | :: single file, Indian file |
| filer {vt} | :: to spin (a web) |
| filer {vt} | :: to thread through (a crowd) |
| filer {vi} | :: to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances) |
| filer {vi} [colloquial] | :: to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through |
| filer {vt} [colloquial] | :: to pass, to hand, to give |
| filer {vt} [nautical] | :: to ease a line |
| filer à l'anglaise {v} [idiomatic] | :: to take French leave |
| filer par le bout {v} | :: to slip the anchor |
| filet {m} | :: trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke) |
| filet {m} | :: fillet, filet (of meat) |
| filet {m} [anatomy] | :: frenum |
| filet {m} [typography] | :: rule |
| filet {m} [architecture] | :: fillet, listel |
| filet {m} [fishing, sports] | :: net |
| filet {m} | :: (used for carrying groceries) net |
| fileté {adj} | :: threaded |
| filetage {m} | :: screw thread |
| filet à cheveux {m} | :: hairnet (net designed to keep hair up) |
| filetier {m} | :: spinner (maker of threads) |
| filet japonais {m} | :: mist net |
| filet mignon {m} | :: filet mignon |
| filet à papillons {m} | :: butterfly net |
| fileur {m} | :: spinner (person who spins thread) |
| fileuse {f} | :: spinner, spinster (female person who spins thread) |
| filial {adj} | :: Characteristic of or befitting the relationship between a son or daughter and their parents |
| filiale {f} | :: subsidiary |
| filialement {adv} | :: filially |
| filialisation {f} | :: subsidiarization |
| filialiser {v} | :: To subsidiarize |
| filialiser {v} | :: To spin off |
| filiation {f} | :: filiation |
| filicique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: filicic |
| filiforme {adj} | :: filiform, threadlike |
| filigrane {m} | :: watermark (translucent design impressed on paper) |
| filigrane {m} | :: filigree |
| filigraner {v} | :: filigree (to decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire) |
| filin {m} [nautical] | :: rope, cord |
| filipino {m} | :: Filipino (language) |
| filière {f} | :: industry |
| filière {f} | :: creance (in falconry) |
| filière {f} | :: die (in manufacturing) |
| filière {f} | :: spinneret (of a spider) |
| filière {f} | :: course of events |
| filière {f} | :: ring (of people, for example in drug dealing) |
| fille {f} | :: girl |
| fille {f} | :: daughter |
| fille {f} [slang] | :: prostitute, wench |
| fille de comptoir {f} | :: A barmaid |
| fille de cuisine {f} | :: kitchen maid |
| fille de joie {f} [euphemistic] | :: lady of the night |
| fille de laiterie {f} | :: milkmaid |
| fille de pute {f} | :: feminine noun of fils de pute |
| fille de rue {f} [euphemistic, pejorative] | :: a prostitute |
| fille des rues {f} [euphemistic, pejorative] | :: a prostitute |
| fille de trottoir {f} [euphemistic, pejorative] | :: a prostitute |
| fille du port {f} [euphemistic, slang] | :: a prostitute who works in harbours, harbour girl |
| fille facile {f} [euphemistic, pejorative] | :: a prostitute |
| fille manquée {f} [often disparaging] | :: tomgirl; boy who behaves like a girl; effeminate man or boy |
| fille-mère {f} | :: single mother, unmarried mother |
| fille publique {f} | :: streetwalker |
| fille soumise {f} [euphemistic, pejorative] | :: a prostitute |
| fillette {f} | :: A little girl |
| fillette {f} | :: A little daughter |
| filleul {m} | :: godson |
| filleule {f} | :: goddaughter |
| fille unique {f} | :: Female only child |
| Fillon {prop} | :: surname |
| filloniste {adj} | :: Relating to, or characteristic of François Fillon |
| fillonniste {adj} | :: Relating to, or characteristic of François Fillon |
| film {m} | :: movie, film |
| film de cul {m} [colloquial, slightly vulgar] | :: a porn movie, a skin flick, a blue movie, a porno |
| film d'exploitation {m} | :: exploitation film |
| film d'horreur {m} | :: horror movie |
| filmer {v} | :: to film |
| filmique {adj} | :: film / movie (attributive) |
| filmique {adj} | :: filmic, cinematic |
| film muet {m} | :: silent film |
| film noir {m} | :: film noir |
| filmographie {f} | :: filmography |
| filoir {m} [nautical] | :: fairlead |
| filon {m} [geology] | :: lode, seam, vein |
| filonien {adj} | :: fibrous |
| filopode {m} | :: filopodium |
| filou {m} [archaic] | :: thief, pickpocket |
| filou {m} | :: rascal, rogue |
| filou {m} | :: trickster |
| filou {m} [colloquial] | :: mischievous child |
| filouterie {f} | :: knavery |
| filouterie {f} | :: fraud |
| fil à plomb {m} | :: plumb line |
| fils {m} | :: son |
| fils {m} | :: any male descendant |
| fils {m} | :: any direct descendant, male or female |
| fils {m} | :: Jr. (postnomial designator indicating a son with the same name as the father) |
| fils {m} | :: darling, dear (term of affection for a male beloved) |
| Fils {prop} [Christianity] | :: Son, person of the Holy Trinity |
| Fils de l'homme {prop} {m} [Christianity] | :: Son of Man |
| fils de putain {m} [vulgar] | :: alternative form of fils de pute |
| fils de pute {m} [vulgar, pejorative] | :: son of a prostitute : whoreson, son of a whore |
| fils de pute {m} [vulgar, offensive] | :: objectionable person : son of a bitch, motherfucker, bastard |
| fils à papa {m} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: rich kid, daddy's boy, spoiled brat |
| fils prodigue {m} | :: prodigal son |
| fils unique {m} | :: Male only child |
| filtré {adj} | :: filtered |
| filtrage {m} | :: filtering |
| filtrant {adj} | :: filter (attributive) |
| filtrat {m} | :: filtrate |
| filtration {f} | :: filtration |
| filtre {m} | :: filter |
| filtrer {vt} | :: to filter |
| filtrer {v} | :: to leak (secret information) |
| filtreur {adj} | :: filter (attributive) |
| fin {f} | :: end, close, finish |
| fin {f} | :: end, end goal, objective, purpose |
| fin {adj} | :: thin, fine |
| fin {adj} [Quebec] | :: kind, nice |
| final {adj} | :: final (last) |
| final {adj} [linguistics, grammar] | :: expressing purpose |
| finale {f} | :: a final |
| finalement {adv} | :: finally; last; lastly |
| finalement {adv} | :: finally; eventually; after all |
| finalisation {f} | :: finalisation |
| finaliser {v} [administration] | :: To finalize |
| finalisme {m} | :: finalism |
| finaliste {mf} | :: finalist |
| finalité {f} | :: purpose, end result |
| finalité {f} [philosophy] | :: idea according to which things and forms are created and change according to an end, teleology |
| finance {f} | :: finance |
| financement {m} | :: funding, financing |
| financer {v} | :: to fund |
| financeur {adj} | :: financing |
| financeur {m} | :: financer |
| financeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of financeur |
| financiarisation {f} | :: financialisation |
| financier {adj} | :: financial (of, or relating to, the world of money) |
| financier {m} | :: financier (person) |
| financier {m} | :: financier (type of cake) |
| financier {m} | :: banker |
| financièrement {adv} | :: financially |
| finasser {vt} | :: to finesse |
| finasserie {f} | :: trick, dodge, ruse |
| finastéride {f} [organic compound] | :: finasteride |
| finaud {adj} | :: wily, sly |
| fin comme du gros sel {adj} [simile] | :: Unsubtle, subtle as a sledgehammer |
| fin de semaine {f} [chiefly Europe] | :: the end of the working week (Thursday and Friday) |
| fin de semaine {f} [chiefly Canada] | :: the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) |
| fin de semaine folle {f} | :: Thanksgiving Weekend or Black Friday Weekend (the shopping period from Thanksgiving Thursday (U.S. Thanksgiving Day) through Cyber Monday (cyberlundi), including Black Friday (vendredi noir or vendredi fou), with large discounts in the prices of goods) |
| fine {f} [typography] | :: thin space, non-breakable space |
| fine {f} | :: a number of high grade French brandies (usually AOC certified) |
| fine fleur {f} [figuratively] | :: crème de la crème, cream (of) |
| finement {adv} | :: finely; delicately |
| finesse {f} | :: fineness (of hair, writing etc.) |
| finesse {f} | :: thinness |
| finesse {f} | :: keenness, sharpness (of blade) |
| finesse {f} | :: fineness, delicacy; slenderness |
| finesse {f} | :: perceptiveness; sensitivity, finesse |
| fini {m} | :: Aspect or texture of what has been completed |
| fini {adj} | :: Completed or done |
| fini {adj} | :: Which has come to an end |
| fini {adj} [technical, philosophical] | :: Which has an end, limited, finite |
| fini {adj} | :: Which has been carefully done |
| fini {adj} [pejorative] | :: Whose art has been perfected; accomplished; complete |
| fini {adj} | :: Which has been morally damaged and has lost his reputation; done for |
| fini {adj} | :: Readily useable |
| finiment {adv} | :: finitely |
| fini-parti {n} | :: A work arrangement by which the employee can leave as soon as their work is done, regardless of the number of daily hours in the contract |
| finir {v} | :: to finish, end, complete |
| finissage {m} | :: finishing, polish |
| finissant {m} [Quebec] | :: A student who completely or incompletely finishes a educational stage |
| finissant {adj} [literary] | :: Which is ending |
| finissante {f} | :: feminine noun of finissant |
| finissement {m} [rare] | :: end |
| finisseur {m} | :: finisher |
| finisseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of finisseur |
| Finistère {prop} {m} | :: Finistère |
| finistérien {adj} | :: of, from, or relating to, Finistère, the westernmost department in Brittany |
| Finistérien {m} | :: someone of or from Finistère |
| Finistérienne {f} | :: feminine singular of Finistérien |
| finitaire {adj} [maths] | :: finitary |
| finition {f} | :: finishing (act of finishing) |
| finitisme {m} [maths] | :: finitism |
| finitude {f} | :: finitude, impermanence, transience |
| finlandais {adj} | :: Finnish (from, or pertaining to Finland) |
| Finlandais {m} | :: Finn (person from Finland) |
| Finlandaise {f} | :: (female) Finn |
| Finlande {prop} {f} | :: Finland |
| finlandisation {f} | :: Finlandization (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) |
| fin mot {m} | :: the real story, the whole story, the truth (behind something) |
| finnois {m} | :: Finnish, the Finnish language |
| finnois {adj} | :: Finnish (related to the Finnish language) |
| Finnois {m} | :: Finn (person from Finland) |
| Finnoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Finnois |
| finno-ougrien {n} | :: Finno-Ugric |
| finnophone {adj} | :: Finnophone |
| finnophone {mf} | :: a Finnophone |
| fiole {f} | :: vial, phial |
| fiole Erlenmeyer {f} | :: Erlenmeyer flask |
| fion {m} [slang] | :: arse, arsehole |
| Fiona {prop} | :: given name of Goidelic origin, popular in the 1990s and the 2000s |
| fioriture {f} | :: (especially in plural) flourish, frill, fioriture |
| fiote {f} | :: alternative spelling of fiotte |
| fiotte {f} [pejorative, vulgar] | :: faggot; poof |
| fiou {interj} | :: phew, an onomatopoeic interjection used to express relief |
| fioul {m} | :: heating oil, fuel oil |
| fioul {m} [Canada] | :: diesel |
| fièrement {adv} | :: proudly |
| firmament {m} | :: firmament |
| firme {f} | :: firm (company) |
| fiérot {adj} | :: cocky (pleased with oneself) |
| FIS {prop} [ski] | :: abbreviation of Fédération internationale de ski; the International Ski Federation |
| fisc {f} [economics] | :: fiscal administration |
| fiscal {adj} | :: fiscal, financial |
| fiscalement {adv} [finance] | :: fiscally |
| fiscaliser {vt} | :: to tax (make taxable) |
| fiscaliste {mf} | :: A taxation expert |
| fiscaliste {mf} | :: An economist that believes fiscal policy is of paramount importance in economic regulation |
| fiscalité {f} | :: the practice of managing taxes and taxation |
| Fischer {prop} | :: surname of German origin |
| Fiset {prop} | :: surname |
| fissa {adv} [slang] | :: snappy (rapid and without delay) |
| fissible {adj} [physics] | :: fissile |
| fissile {adj} | :: fissile, fissible |
| fission {f} [chiefly physics] | :: fission |
| fissionner {v} [physics] | :: To fission |
| fission nucléaire {f} | :: nuclear fission |
| fissipare {adj} [biology] | :: fissiparous |
| fissiparie {f} [biology] | :: fissiparity |
| fissure {f} | :: fissure |
| fissurer {v} | :: to fissure |
| fissurer {v} | :: to crack |
| fister {v} | :: to fist-fuck |
| fisétine {f} [organic compound] | :: fisetin |
| fiston {m} | :: boy, son, lad, young man (as a form of address) |
| fistule {f} [medicine] | :: fistula |
| fitness {m} | :: (physical) fitness |
| fièvre {f} | :: fever |
| fièvre aphteuse {f} | :: foot-and-mouth disease |
| fièvre de cheval {f} | :: a strong, raging fever |
| fièvre de lait {f} | :: milk fever |
| fièvre jaune {f} | :: yellow fever |
| fiévreusement {adv} [figuratively] | :: feverishly; zealously |
| fiévreux {adj} | :: feverish, running a high body-temperature |
| fiévreux {adj} | :: causing fever |
| fiévreux {adj} [figuratively] | :: hot-tempered, agitated |
| fiévreux {m} | :: A fever-sufferer, notably a feverish patient |
| fiévreux {m} [figuratively] | :: A hothead, feverishly agitated person |
| fivète {f} | :: IVF (in vitro fertilization) |
| fix {m} | :: fix |
| fixage {m} | :: fixing |
| fixateur {m} | :: fixer |
| fixatif {adj} | :: fixative |
| fixation {f} | :: fixation |
| fixation {f} [psychology, colloquial] | :: fixation, obsession |
| fixatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of fixateur |
| fixe {adj} | :: fixed |
| fixe {m} | :: fix |
| fixement {adv} | :: fixedly |
| fixer {v} | :: to fix, fasten |
| fixer {v} | :: to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.) |
| fixer {vr} | :: to settle (in a place) |
| fixer {vt} | :: to stare at |
| fixisme {m} | :: fixism |
| fixiste {adj} [biology] | :: fixist |
| fixiste {mf} [biology] | :: fixist |
| fixité {f} | :: fixedness, fixity, immovability |
| fjeld {m} [geography] | :: fjeld |
| fjord {m} | :: fjord |
| fêlé {adj} | :: cracked |
| Fl. {f} [music] | :: Fl. (flute) |
| flaccide {adj} | :: flaccid |
| flaccidité {f} | :: flaccidity, limpness |
| flacon {m} | :: vial, flacon |
| flafla {m} | :: ostentation, display |
| flafla {m} [chiefly in the plural] | :: frills |
| flagada {adj} | :: tired, exhausted, knackered |
| flagellé {adj} | :: flagellate |
| flagellé {m} | :: flagellate |
| flagellantisme {m} | :: flagellantism |
| flagellateur {m} | :: flagellator |
| flagellatrice {f} | :: feminine singular of flagellateur |
| flageller {vt} | :: To beat severely, with a scourge or a whip |
| flageller {vr} | :: To whip oneself as mortification |
| flageller {vt} | :: To abuse verbally, give a tongue-lashing |
| flageolant {adj} | :: trembling |
| flageolant {adj} | :: wobbly |
| flageoler {vi} | :: to stagger |
| flageolet {m} [musical instruments] | :: flageolet (type of small flute) |
| flageolet {m} | :: A type of kidney bean, common in France |
| flagorner {vt} [literary] | :: to flatter coarsely |
| flagornerie {f} | :: coarse flattery |
| flagorneur {m} | :: sycophant |
| flagorneuse {f} | :: sycophant (female) |
| flagramment {adv} [rare, proscribed] | :: blatantly |
| flagrance {f} | :: flagrancy |
| flagrant {adj} | :: flagrant |
| flair {m} | :: sense of smell |
| flair {m} [by extension] | :: intuition, sixth sense |
| flairer {vt} | :: to smell, sniff (at) |
| flairer {vt} [hunting] | :: to scent |
| flairer {vt} | :: to sense |
| flamand {prop} {m} | :: Flemish (dialect) |
| flamand {adj} | :: Flemish |
| Flamand {m} | :: Fleming, person from Flanders, Belgium |
| Flamande {f} | :: feminine noun of Flamand |
| flamant {m} | :: flamingo |
| flambage {m} | :: buckling |
| flambant {adj} | :: flaming (on fire) |
| flambant neuf {adj} | :: brand new |
| flambard {adj} | :: funloving |
| flambe {f} | :: A kind of iris flower. |
| flambe {f} | :: A sword with a curved blade. |
| flambe {f} [archaic or dialectal] | :: A high, clear flame. |
| flambe {f} [argot] | :: game |
| flambée {f} | :: fire |
| flambée {f} [figuratively] | :: flare-up, explosion |
| flambeau {m} | :: torch |
| flambeau {m} | :: candle |
| flambeau {m} | :: candlestick |
| flambeau {m} [metonymy] | :: light, flame as symbolic spirit of something |
| flamber {vt} | :: to flame, flambé |
| flamber {vt} [figuratively] | :: to squander money, especially on gambling |
| flamber {vi} | :: to burn, blaze |
| flamber {v} | :: to buckle |
| flambeur {m} | :: (big-time) gambler |
| flambeur {m} | :: Big spender |
| flambeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of flambeur |
| flamboiement {m} | :: blaze, flare (of heat or light) |
| flamboyamment {adv} | :: flamingly |
| flamboyamment {adv} | :: flamboyantly |
| flamboyant {adj} | :: flaming |
| flamboyant {adj} | :: flamboyant |
| flamboyer {vi} | :: to blaze, flame |
| flamenco {m} | :: flamenco (music, dance) |
| flamer {v} [Internet] | :: to flame (post disruptive messages) |
| flamiche {f} | :: leek pie (or any of several other pastries) |
| flamine {m} | :: flamen |
| flamingant {adj} | :: Flemish-speaking |
| flamingant {m} | :: Flemish nationalist |
| flamingantisme {m} | :: Flemish nationalism (in Belgium) |
| flaminique {f} | :: female flamen |
| flaminique {f} | :: wife of a flamen |
| flammé {adj} | :: flamed |
| flammèche {f} | :: spark (detached from burning material) |
| flamme {f} | :: flame |
| flamme {f} [figurative] | :: talent, brilliance |
| flamme {f} [nautical] | :: streamer (long, narrow flag) |
| flammer {v} | :: To bleed (an animal) |
| flammer {v} [regional] | :: To flame |
| flammerole {f} | :: will-o'-the-wisp |
| flamme rouge {f} [cycling] | :: a red flag indicating to riders that the finish line is coming up in one kilometre |
| flammette {f} [nautical] | :: A small streamer (long, narrow flag) |
| flan {m} | :: baked custard tart |
| flan {m} | :: coin die |
| flanc {m} | :: side (of person); side, flank (of animal) |
| flanc {m} [military] | :: flank |
| flanc {m} | :: side, slope (of mountain etc.) |
| flanc {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: flaunch |
| flancher {v} | :: to drop out; pussy out; wuss out; chicken out; back down |
| flanchet {m} | :: flank (meat from the flank) |
| Flandre {prop} {f} | :: Flanders (subnational state in the north of federal Belgium) |
| flandrien {n} | :: Flandrian |
| Flandrien {m} | :: Flandrian |
| Flandrienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Flandrien |
| flanelle {f} | :: flannel (soft cloth material) |
| flanker {m} [rugby] | :: flanker |
| flanquer {v} | :: to flank, adjoin |
| flanquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to fling, chuck |
| flanquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to give |
| flanquer {v} | :: to stay by (someone's) side, to be someone's right hand man |
| flanquer une tripotée {v} | :: to beat up |
| flanquer une tripotée {vp} | :: to get into a fight, have a bust-up |
| flaperon {m} | :: flaperon |
| flapi {adj} [colloquial] | :: dog-tired, knackered |
| flaque {f} | :: puddle |
| flaquer {v} [archaic] | :: to splash |
| flash {m} | :: flash (burst of light) |
| flash {m} [photography] | :: flash |
| flash {m} | :: newsflash |
| flash {m} [juggling] | :: flash |
| flash-ball {m} | :: flash-ball |
| flasher {v} | :: to flash (of a light, to have intermittent periods on and off) |
| flasher {v} | :: to flash (of a camera, to use flash photography) |
| flasher {v} | :: to flash (of a vehicle, to be caught on camera speeding) |
| flasque {adj} | :: flabby, not firm |
| flasque {f} | :: flask |
| flasquement {adv} | :: flabbily |
| flatter {v} | :: to flatter |
| flatter {v} | :: to pet, to caress |
| flatterie {f} | :: flattery |
| flatteur {adj} | :: flattering |
| flatteur {m} | :: flatterer (one who flatters) |
| flatteusement {adv} | :: flatteringly |
| flatulence {f} | :: flatulence |
| flatuosité {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: flatulence, flatus, wind |
| fléau {m} | :: A flail, either tool or weapon |
| fléau {m} | :: A scourge; a curse, a calamity or a plague |
| fléau {m} [mechanics] | :: The beam of a mechanical balance |
| Flaubert {prop} | :: surname |
| flavanthrène {m} | :: flavanthrone |
| flavescine {f} | :: flavescin |
| flavien {adj} | :: Flavian |
| flavine {f} [organic chemistry] | :: flavin |
| flavonoïde {m} [organic chemistry] | :: flavonoid |
| flébile {adj} [rare, literary] | :: whiny, doleful |
| fléchage {m} | :: signposting, waymarking (arrows as signs) |
| flèche {f} [archery, symbol] | :: arrow (projectile or symbol) |
| flèche {f} | :: spire |
| flèche {f} | :: jib |
| flèche {f} | :: pointer, needle |
| flèche {f} [fencing] | :: fleche |
| Flèche {prop} {f} [astronomy] | :: Sagitta, a constellation |
| flécher {vt} | :: to mark with arrows |
| fléchette {f} | :: dart |
| fléchettes {f} [sports] | :: darts |
| fléchir {vt} | :: to bend, to fold |
| fléchir {vi} | :: to bend, to bend over |
| fléchir {vt} [figuratively] | :: to provoke pity |
| fléchissement {m} | :: bending, sagging |
| fléchissement {m} | :: weakening |
| fléchissement {m} | :: fall-off |
| fléchisseur {m} [anatomy] | :: flexor |
| FLE {initialism} | :: Français langue étrangère - the learning or teaching of the French language as a foreign language |
| flegmatique {adj} | :: phlegmatic, stolid |
| flegmatiquement {adv} | :: phlegmatically |
| flegme {m} [medicine, historical] | :: phlegm |
| flegme {m} | :: composure |
| fleischnacka {f} | :: alternative form of fleischschnacka |
| fleischschnacka {f} | :: An Alsatian meat-stuffed noodle dish, typically made with minced beef |
| flemmard {m} [colloquial] | :: slacker, idler |
| flemmard {adj} [colloquial] | :: shiftless, bone-idle |
| flemmarder {v} [colloquial] | :: to laze about, to laze around |
| flemmardise {f} [colloquial] | :: laziness |
| flemme {f} [colloquial] | :: laziness |
| fêler {vt} | :: to crack |
| fêler {vp} | :: to crack |
| flet {m} | :: flounder (fish) |
| fleur {f} [botany] | :: Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants") |
| fleur {f} [by metonymy] | :: Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself |
| fleur {f} [figuratively] | :: A kind favor given by one person to another |
| fleur {f} [figuratively] | :: The best of something |
| fleur {f} [by metaphor] | :: The virginity of a woman |
| fleur {f} [archaic, chemistry] | :: Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation |
| fleur bleue {adj} [pejorative] | :: mushy, slushy, cheesy, corny, sappy, soppy, schmaltzy, syrupy, saccharine, maudlin, sentimental |
| fleur de lis {f} | :: alternative form of fleur de lys |
| fleurdeliser {v} | :: alternative form of fleurdelyser |
| fleur de lys {f} | :: fleur-de-lys |
| fleurdelysé {m} | :: The flag of Quebec |
| fleurdelysé {adj} | :: fleur-de-lysed, decorated with fleurs-de-lys |
| fleurdelyser {v} | :: To decorate with fleurs-de-lys |
| fleurer {v} | :: to give off (an odor) |
| fleurer {v} | :: to waft |
| fleurer {v} | :: to smell, catch a waft of |
| fleurer {v} | :: to sprinkle |
| fleuret {m} [fencing] | :: foil (weapon) |
| fleurette {f} | :: small flower |
| fleurettiste {m} | :: foil fencer |
| fleuri {adj} | :: flowery |
| fleurie {m} | :: A red wine from the Rhône department |
| fleurir {v} | :: to flower; to produce flowers |
| fleurir {v} | :: to bloom |
| fleurir {v} | :: to flourish |
| fleurissement {m} | :: flowering, blooming |
| fleuriste {mf} | :: florist |
| fleuron {m} | :: (crown) jewel |
| fleuron {m} [architecture] | :: fleuron, finial |
| fleuron {m} [botany] | :: floret |
| fleuron {m} [figuratively] | :: jewel, emblem |
| fleuronné {adj} [of a manuscript, etc.] | :: floreted (decorated with flowers) |
| fleuve {m} | :: A river (one that flows into an ocean or sea. A river that flows into another river is called a rivière) |
| Flevoland {prop} {m} | :: Flevoland |
| flexibilisation {f} | :: flexibilization |
| flexibiliser {vt} | :: to make supple |
| flexibiliser {vi} | :: to become supple |
| flexibilité {f} | :: flexibility; flexibleness |
| flexible {adj} | :: flexible |
| flexiblement {adv} | :: flexibly |
| flexion {f} [grammar] | :: inflection |
| flexionnel {adj} [linguistics] | :: inflected (allowing inflection) |
| flexionnel {adj} [linguistics] | :: inflectional |
| flexueusement {adv} | :: flexuously, sinuously |
| flexueux {adj} | :: flexuous, sinuous |
| félibre {m} | :: félibre |
| flibuste {f} | :: buccaneering, freebooting |
| flibuste {f} | :: buccaneers, freebooters (collectively) |
| flibuster {v} | :: to buccaneer |
| flibuster {v} | :: to steal; to filch |
| flibustier {m} | :: A filibuster, a pirate |
| flic {m} [slang, pejorative] | :: copper, pig, rozzer; (police officer) |
| flicage {m} | :: policing |
| flicage {m} | :: surveillance |
| flicaille {f} [collectively, derogatory, slang] | :: cops; pigs; the fuzz (the police) |
| Félicien {prop} | :: given name |
| félicité {f} | :: bliss |
| félicité {f} | :: happiness |
| félicité {f} | :: felicity |
| Félicité {prop} {f} | :: given name, equivalent to the English Felicity |
| félicitation {f} | :: congratulation |
| félicitations {interj} | :: felicitations, congratulations, well done |
| féliciter {v} | :: to congratulate |
| félidé {m} [usually, in the plural] | :: A felid: a member of the Felidae sub-family |
| félin {adj} | :: feline |
| félin {adj} | :: catlike |
| félin {m} | :: A cat, or a member of the cat family (family Felidae) |
| flingot {m} [dated] | :: gun |
| flingue {m} [colloquial] | :: shooter, pistol, gat (gun) |
| flinguer {v} [colloquial] | :: to gun, to gun down |
| flingueur {m} | :: killer, assassin |
| flip {m} | :: a type of alcoholic punch from Normandy, composed of cider and calvados |
| flip {m} [gymnastics] | :: backflip |
| flip-flap {m} [gymnastics] | :: flip (frontflip or backflip) |
| flippant {adj} [Europe, colloquial] | :: Surprising |
| flippant {adj} [Europe, colloquial] | :: Worrying; scary |
| flipper {m} | :: pinball |
| flipper {v} [colloquial, slang] | :: to freak out |
| fliquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to police |
| fliquesse {f} [colloquial] | :: policewoman |
| fliquette {f} [colloquial] | :: female police officer |
| flirt {m} | :: An episode of (or the act of) flirting |
| flirter {vi} | :: to flirt |
| flirteur {adj} | :: flirtatious, flirty |
| flirteur {m} | :: flirt |
| flirteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of flirteur |
| Félix {prop} | :: given name |
| FLN {initialism} | :: FLN (political party) |
| flâner {v} | :: to wander around |
| flâner {v} | :: to loiter, mill about |
| flânerie {f} | :: idling about, dawdling about, loafing about |
| flânerie {f} | :: stroll |
| flâneur {m} | :: loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer |
| flâneuse {f} | :: feminine noun of flâneur |
| flânocher {vi} [colloquial] | :: to loiter |
| flocon {m} | :: a flock (as of wool) |
| flocon {m} | :: a snowflake, a small mass of falling snow |
| flocon {m} | :: a flake of cereal, as of cornflakes |
| flocon d'avoine {m} | :: flake of oat; oatmeal |
| floconneux {adj} | :: flaky |
| floconneux {adj} | :: fleecy, fluffy |
| floculation {f} [chemistry] | :: flocculation |
| floculer {v} | :: to flocculate |
| félon {adj} | :: treacherous, perfidious |
| félon {m} | :: traitor |
| flonflon {m} [colloquial, especially in plural] | :: blare |
| félonie {f} | :: treachery, treason |
| flopée {f} [colloquial] | :: ton, shedload (large amount) |
| floppée {f} | :: alternative form of flopée |
| Flora {prop} | :: given name, a latinate variant of Flore |
| floraison {f} | :: flowering, florescence |
| floraison {f} | :: an instance of flowering |
| floral {adj} | :: floral |
| floréal {m} [historical] | :: Floréal (the eighth month of French Republican Calendar) |
| floralie {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: flower show |
| flore {f} [uncountable] | :: flora (plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.) |
| flore {f} [countable] | :: flora (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) |
| flore {f} [uncountable] | :: flora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) |
| Flore {prop} [Roman mythology] | :: Flora |
| Flore {prop} | :: given name, cognate to English Flora |
| flore intestinale {f} | :: gut flora (the microorganisms that inhabit intestine) |
| Florence {prop} {f} | :: Florence (province) |
| Florence {prop} {f} | :: Florence (city) |
| Florence {prop} {f} | :: given name, feminine form of the saint's name Florent |
| Florent {prop} | :: given name |
| florentin {adj} | :: Florentine; of or pertaining to Florence |
| florentin {m} [cooking] | :: florentine (biscuit made with honey and almonds) |
| Florentin {m} | :: Florentine; person from Florence |
| Florentin {prop} {m} | :: given name, cognate to Florentin |
| Florentine {f} | :: feminine noun of Florentin |
| Florian {prop} | :: given name, equivalent to German Florian |
| floribond {adj} | :: producing many flowers |
| floriculteur {m} | :: flower grower |
| floricultrice {f} | :: feminine noun of floriculteur |
| floriculture {f} | :: floriculture |
| Floride {prop} | :: Florida |
| florilège {m} | :: anthology |
| florir {v} | :: to flourish, to be prosperous |
| florissant {adj} | :: flourishing |
| floristique {adj} | :: floral (pertaining to the flora of a region), floristic |
| floristiquement {adv} | :: floristically |
| florès {adj} | :: only used in faire florès |
| flot {m} [in the plural, literary] | :: waves |
| flot {m} | :: stream, flood (large amount) |
| flot {m} | :: incoming tide (of the sea); floodtide |
| flottabilité {f} | :: buoyancy |
| flottage {m} | :: floating (especially as a means of transporting logs) |
| flottaison {f} | :: floating, flotation (in water) |
| flottaison {f} [nautical] | :: buoyancy |
| flottant {adj} | :: floating |
| flottant {adj} [figuratively] | :: vacillating, fluctuating, indecisive, variable |
| flottation {f} | :: floating (all senses) |
| flottation {f} | :: flotation (industrial process) |
| flotte {f} | :: fleet |
| flotte {f} [colloquial] | :: water |
| flotte {f} [colloquial] | :: rain |
| flottement {m} | :: hesitation |
| flottement {m} | :: flutter, fluctuation |
| flottement {m} | :: floating |
| flotter {vi} | :: To float |
| flotter {v} | :: to flutter, to wave |
| flotter {v} [colloquial] | :: to mill about |
| flotteur {m} | :: float (any of many floating devices) |
| flottille {f} | :: flotilla |
| flou {adj} | :: fuzzy; blurred, blurry; unclear |
| flouer {vt} | :: to swindle, con |
| flous {m} [Maghreb] | :: money |
| flouse {m} [slang] | :: dosh, dough, bread |
| flouze {m} [slang] | :: dough (money) |
| flérovium {m} | :: flerovium |
| flûté {adj} | :: reedy (of a voice) |
| flétan {m} | :: halibut (fish of genus Hippoglossus) |
| flûte {f} [musical instruments] | :: flute (musical instrument) |
| flûte {interj} | :: blow!, drat! (mildly impolite interjection) |
| flûte à bec {f} | :: recorder (musical instrument) |
| flûte traversière {f} [musical instruments] | :: transverse flute |
| flûtiste {mf} | :: flutist, flautist |
| flétri {adj} | :: withered, wizened |
| flétrir {vt} | :: to wither |
| flétrir {vr} | :: to wither, wilt, shrivel |
| flétrir {vt} [archaic] | :: to brand (as punishment) |
| flétrir {vt} [archaic] | :: to condemn |
| flétrir {vt} [archaic] | :: to blacken, besmirch (someone's reputation etc.) |
| flétrissant {adj} | :: withering |
| flétrissant {adj} | :: ignominious |
| flétrissement {m} | :: withering, wilting, fading |
| flétrissure {f} | :: stigmatization |
| flétrissure {f} | :: making something unfresh |
| fluage {m} [metallurgy] | :: creep (progressive deformation) |
| fluctuant {adj} | :: fluctuant |
| fluctuation {f} | :: fluctuation |
| fluctuer {v} | :: to fluctuate (to vary irregularly; to swing) |
| fluer {v} [medicine] | :: to flow |
| fluer {v} [science] | :: to creep |
| fluet {adj} | :: slender, slim, skinny |
| fluet {adj} [of a sound, voice etc.] | :: weak, thin |
| fluide {m} | :: fluid |
| fluidement {adv} | :: fluidly |
| fluidification {f} | :: fluidification |
| fluidifier {v} | :: to fluidify |
| fluidisé {adj} | :: fluidized |
| fluidité {f} | :: fluidity |
| fluoborique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: fluoboric |
| fluoborure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: fluoboride, borofluoride |
| fluocompact {mf} | :: energy-saving light bulb |
| fluocompacte {adj} | :: compact fluorescent (of lamps) |
| fluor {m} | :: fluorine (chemical element) |
| fluoré {adj} | :: fluorinated, fluoridated |
| fluoranthène {m} [organic compound] | :: fluoranthene |
| fluorate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: fluorate |
| fluoration {f} | :: fluoridation |
| fluorescence {f} [physics] | :: fluorescence |
| fluorescentement {adv} | :: fluorescently |
| fluorescéine {f} [organic compound] | :: fluorescein |
| fluorhydrate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: hydrofluoride |
| fluorhydrique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: hydrofluoric |
| fluorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: fluoric |
| fluorène {m} [organic compound] | :: fluorene |
| fluorénone {m} [organic compound] | :: fluorenone |
| fluorohydrure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: fluorohydride |
| fluoropolymère {m} [organic chemistry] | :: fluoropolymer |
| fluorose {f} [pathology] | :: fluorosis |
| fluorouracile {f} | :: fluorouracil |
| fluorure {f} [chemistry] | :: fluoride |
| fluosilicié {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: fluosilicic |
| fluosilicique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: fluosilicic |
| fluoxétine {m} [medicine] | :: fluoxetine |
| fêlure {f} | :: crack |
| flush {m} [poker] | :: flush |
| flush {m} [anglicism] | :: flush (reddening of the face) |
| flush {m} [anglicism, IT] | :: emptying of the cache |
| flusher {v} [Canada, anglicism] | :: to flush (a toilet) |
| flute {f} | :: alternative spelling of flûte |
| flutiste {mf} | :: alternative form of flûtiste |
| fluvial {adj} | :: fluvial |
| flux {m} | :: flow (the flow of the tide) |
| fluxage {m} | :: flux, flow |
| flux de travaux {m} [computing] | :: workflow (a process and/or procedure in which tasks are completed) |
| fluxion de poitrine {f} [obsolete] | :: pneumonia |
| flyé {adj} [Quebec, of a person] | :: eccentric |
| flyer {m} | :: flyer (leaflet) |
| FMI {prop} | :: IMF (International Monetary Fund) |
| féminicide {f} | :: femicide |
| féminilité {f} [archaic] | :: feminility |
| féminin {m} [linguistics] | :: feminine |
| féminin {adj} | :: female |
| féminin {adj} | :: feminine |
| fœminin {adj} [hypercorrect] | :: obsolete form of féminin |
| fémininement {adv} | :: femininely |
| féminisation {f} | :: feminisation |
| féminiser {v} | :: to feminize (make (more) feminine) |
| féminisme {m} | :: feminism (all meanings) |
| féministe {adj} | :: feminist |
| féministe {mf} | :: feminist |
| féminité {f} | :: femininity |
| féminitude {f} | :: womynhood (feminist definition of feminity) |
| féminologie {f} | :: feminology |
| féminologique {adj} [very, rare] | :: feminological |
| fémoral {adj} | :: femoral (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh) |
| fémur {m} | :: femur |
| FN {prop} {m} | :: Front National; a political party from either France or Belgium |
| FN {prop} {f} | :: Fabrique Nationale; a Belgian firearms manufacturer |
| Fnac {prop} {f} | :: Fnac, a large French retail chain selling books, music and consumer electronics |
| FN FAL {m} | :: alternative form of FN-FAL |
| FN-FAL {m} | :: FN-FAL; the NATO standard assault rifle |
| FNSEA {prop} | :: Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles - National Federation of Farmer's Unions |
| foc {m} [nautical] | :: jib (sail) |
| focal {adj} | :: focal |
| focalisation {f} | :: focalization |
| focalisation {f} | :: focusing |
| focaliser {v} | :: to focus; to focalize |
| focusser {v} [Quebec] | :: to focus |
| féodal {adj} | :: feudal |
| féodalement {adv} | :: feudally |
| féodalisme {m} [history, economics, politics] | :: feudalism |
| féodalité {f} | :: feudalism, feudality |
| fodmap {m} | :: FODMAP |
| foehn {m} [meteorology] | :: foehn |
| foehn {m} [Switzerland, Alsace] | :: hair-dryer |
| foehner {v} [Switzerland] | :: To dry one's hair with a hairdryer |
| foi {f} | :: faith |
| foi {f} [heraldry] | :: a depiction of a handshake |
| foie {m} | :: liver (anatomy, food) |
| foie gras {m} | :: foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) |
| foin {m} | :: hay |
| foirache {f} [regional] | :: annual mercury (Mercurialis annua) |
| foirade {f} | :: screwup |
| foirail {m} | :: fairground |
| foirante {f} [regional] | :: annual mercury (Mercurialis annua) |
| foiraude {f} [regional] | :: annual mercury (Mercurialis annua) |
| foire {f} | :: a fair, an exposition |
| foire {f} | :: a marketplace selling artisan goods |
| foire {f} [vulgar] | :: diarrhoea |
| foire {f} [figuratively, slang] | :: fuckup, mess |
| foire aux questions {f} | :: frequently asked questions (online document) |
| foire d'empoigne {f} [colloquial] | :: a free-for-all, a rat race, a rough-and-tumble situation |
| foirer {vit} [colloquial] | :: to screw up, mess up |
| foireux {adj} [slang] | :: crappy |
| foireux {adj} [slang] | :: ineffective, half-baked |
| foirode {f} | :: synonym of foiraude |
| foirole {f} | :: synonym of foiraude |
| foirolle {f} | :: synonym of foiraude |
| fois {f} | :: time, an instance of something happening; a repetition |
| fois {f} [arithmetic] | :: times, multiplied by |
| foison {f} [dated] | :: abundance, great deal, load |
| foisonnant {adj} | :: abounding (in); abundant |
| foisonnement {m} | :: abundance, proliferation |
| foisonner {vi} | :: to abound, to be plentiful, to teem (with) |
| foisonner {vi} | :: to breed, multiply (said of various types of animals) |
| foldingue {adj} [colloquial] | :: nutty, crazy |
| foldoscope {m} | :: foldscope |
| foliaire {adj} | :: foliar |
| foliaire {adj} | :: foliate |
| folichon {adj} [colloquial] | :: slight, lightweight; mischievous |
| folie {f} | :: madness, folly, insanity; silliness, craziness |
| folie {f} [architecture] | :: folly |
| folie des grandeurs {f} | :: delusions of grandeur, megalomania |
| folie du pourquoi {f} [psychology] | :: a medical condition in which a patient has a psychopathological condition to compulsively ask questions |
| foliole {f} [botany] | :: leaflet (component of a compound leaf) |
| folique {adj} | :: folic |
| folklore {m} | :: folklore |
| folklorique {adj} | :: folk (related to folklore) |
| folle {f} | :: madwoman |
| folle {f} [slang] | :: queen [male homosexual] |
| folle de la gâchette {f} | :: feminine noun of fou de la gâchette |
| follement {adv} [usually figuratively] | :: madly; insanely |
| follerie {f} [Quebec] | :: silliness, craziness, ridiculousness |
| follet {m} [archaic] | :: sprite, goblin |
| follet {adj} | :: scatterbrained |
| follet {adj} | :: manic, irregular |
| follicule {m} [anatomy] | :: follicle |
| follistatine {f} [protein] | :: follistatin |
| follower {m} [Internet] | :: follower (on Twitter and similar sites) |
| follower {v} [Internet] | :: To follow (on Twitter and similar sites) |
| folâtre {adj} | :: playful, frolicsome, frisky |
| folâtrement {adv} | :: playfully, friskily |
| folâtrer {vi} | :: to frolic, gambol |
| fomentateur {m} | :: agitator |
| fomenter {v} | :: to foment |
| fon {m} | :: Fon (language) |
| foncé {adj} [of a colour] | :: dark (having a dark shade) |
| foncedé {adj} [slang, verlan, backslang] | :: very drunk, screwed up |
| foncedé {v} [slang, backslang, verlan] | :: défoncer |
| fonceder {v} | :: to smash in, smash up, break, break open (destroy violently) |
| fonceder {v} | :: to rip, rip apart, tear apart |
| fonceder {vt} [of drugs] | :: to fuck up, make high, screw up (intoxicate) |
| fonceder {vr} | :: to get high, get pissed |
| fonceder {v} [vulgar] | :: to fuck |
| foncer {vti} | :: to darken |
| foncer {vi} | :: to tear along (of person, vehicle etc.) |
| foncer {vi} [colloquial] | :: to get a move on, go for it |
| fonceur {m} [colloquial] | :: go-getter |
| fonceuse {f} | :: feminine noun of fonceur |
| foncier {adj} | :: (of) land, property |
| foncier {adj} | :: fundamental, basic |
| foncièrement {adv} | :: fundamentally |
| foncteur {m} | :: functor |
| foncteur {m} [object-oriented programming] | :: functor |
| fonction {f} | :: A function (what something does or is used for) |
| fonction {f} | :: role (function or position of something or someone) |
| fonction {f} [mathematics] | :: A function |
| fonction exponentielle {f} [mathematics] | :: exponential function |
| fonction générique {f} [object-oriented] | :: generic function |
| fonction impaire {f} [mathematics] | :: odd function |
| fonctionnaire {mf} | :: civil servant, official |
| fonctionnalisation {f} | :: functionalization |
| fonctionnaliser {v} | :: To functionalize |
| fonctionnalisme {m} | :: functionalism |
| fonctionnaliste {adj} | :: functionalist |
| fonctionnaliste {mf} | :: functionalist |
| fonctionnalité {f} | :: functionality |
| fonctionnariat {m} | :: officialdom (the status of a civil servant or similar official) |
| fonctionnarisation {f} | :: establishment as a civil servant |
| fonctionnariser {vt} | :: to establish as a civil servant |
| fonctionnel {adj} | :: functional (related to functions) |
| fonctionnel {adj} | :: functional (able to be used) |
| fonctionnel {adj} | :: Of or relating to bodily functions |
| fonctionnellement {adv} | :: functionally |
| fonctionnement {m} | :: working |
| fonctionnement {m} | :: functioning |
| fonctionnement {m} | :: operation |
| fonctionner {v} | :: to function, to work |
| fonction paire {f} [mathematics] | :: even function |
| fonction virtuelle {f} [object-oriented] | :: virtual function |
| fond {m} | :: back |
| fond {m} | :: bottom |
| fond {m} | :: fund; funding |
| fond {m} | :: foundation |
| fond {m} [figuratively] | :: basics, essence |
| fond {m} | :: background |
| fond {m} [cooking] | :: base |
| fond {m} [music] | :: foundation stop on a pipe organ |
| fondé {adj} | :: founded |
| fondamental {adj} | :: fundamental |
| fondamental {m} | :: fundamental (that which is fundamental) |
| fondamentalement {adv} | :: fundamentally |
| fondamentalisme {m} [religion, philosophy] | :: fundamentalism |
| fondamentaliste {adj} | :: fundamentalist |
| fondamentaliste {mf} | :: fundamentalist |
| fondant {adj} | :: melting |
| fondant {adj} | :: melt in the mouth |
| fondant {m} | :: fondant (all senses) |
| fondateur {m} | :: founder |
| fondation {f} [business] | :: foundation |
| fondation {f} [construction] | :: foundation |
| fondatrice {f} | :: founder (female) |
| fond de teint {m} [cosmetics] | :: foundation |
| fondement {m} | :: foundation (all senses) |
| fondement {m} | :: fundament (anus) |
| fonder {v} | :: to found |
| fonderie {f} | :: foundry |
| fondeur {m} | :: owner of a foundry |
| fondeur {m} | :: founder, the iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation in a foundry |
| fondeur {m} | :: cross-country skier |
| fondouk {m} [North Africa] | :: hotel, hostel; fonduk |
| fondre {vt} | :: to melt, melt down, smelt |
| fondre {vi} | :: to melt |
| fondre {vi} | :: to melt away, waste away |
| fondre {vi} | :: to dwindle; to diminish |
| fondre {vr} [se fondre dans] | :: to blend in, blend into |
| fondre comme neige au soleil {v} [simile] | :: to dwindle or diminish very rapidly |
| fondrière {f} | :: pothole (hole in a road caused by weathering) |
| fonds {mp} | :: fund, funds |
| fonds {mp} | :: resources |
| fonds {m} [Switzerland] | :: field |
| fonds commercial {m} | :: goodwill (the value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities) |
| fondu {m} | :: fade |
| fondu {m} [film, video] | :: fade |
| fondue {f} | :: fondue |
| foëne {f} | :: a fishgig; a pronged harpoon |
| foëne {f} [regional] | :: a pitchfork for handling hay |
| foène {f} | :: alternative spelling of foëne |
| foëner {v} | :: to fish with a fishgig |
| foëner {v} [regionalism] | :: to make hay |
| fongibilité {f} | :: fungibility |
| fongible {adj} [legal] | :: fungible (able to be substituted for something of equal value) |
| fongicide {adj} | :: fungicidal |
| fongicide {m} | :: fungicide |
| fongique {adj} | :: fungal |
| fonio {m} | :: Digitaria exilis, a cereal cultivated in western Africa |
| fontaine {f} | :: fountain |
| fontaine {f} [juggling] | :: fountain |
| fontaine {f} | :: cistern (domestic); tank (of a flush toilet) |
| fontaine {f} | :: standpipe |
| Fontaine {prop} | :: Fontaine; surname |
| fontaine de lave {f} [geology] | :: lava fountain |
| fontainerie {f} | :: The manufacture of fountains or of domestic plumbing |
| fontainier {m} | :: a plumber |
| fontainier {m} | :: A person who builds fountains |
| fontainière {f} | :: feminine singular of fontainier |
| fontanelle {f} | :: fontanelle |
| fonte {f} | :: melting, smelting, thawing |
| fonte {f} | :: cast iron |
| fonte {f} [typography] | :: fount |
| fonte {f} | :: holster (on saddle) |
| Fontenay-aux-Roses {prop} | :: A French commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris |
| Fontenot {prop} | :: surname |
| fonts {mp} | :: church font, as that used for baptism |
| foodista {f} | :: foodie |
| foot {m} [colloquial] | :: association football; football, soccer |
| football {m} | :: association football, soccer |
| football {m} [Canada] | :: Canadian football |
| football {m} [Louisiana French] | :: American football |
| football américain {m} [Europe] | :: American football |
| football canadien {m} | :: Canadian football |
| footballeur {m} | :: footballer |
| footballeuse {f} | :: (female) footballer |
| footballistique {adj} | :: footballing |
| footballène {m} [colloquial] | :: buckminsterfullerène |
| footeux {adj} [colloquial, attributive] | :: footie; footballing (related to football (soccer)) |
| footeux {m} [colloquial] | :: footie player; footballer (soccer player) |
| footing {m} [France] | :: Exercise walking, jogging (as a form of exercise) |
| for {m} [obsolete] | :: only used in for intérieur |
| for- {prefix} | :: [nonproductive] prefix used to express error, exclusion, or inadequacy |
| foré {adj} | :: bored, drilled |
| forçable {adj} | :: forceable; able to be forced |
| forage {m} | :: drilling (act of drilling) |
| forain {m} | :: showman (fairground entertainer) |
| forain {m} | :: stallholder |
| forain {adj} | :: fair, fairground (attributive) |
| foraminé {adj} | :: foraminiferous |
| foraminifère {m} | :: foraminifer |
| forçat {m} | :: convict |
| forçat {m} | :: galley slave |
| forban {m} [archaic] | :: pirate |
| forban {m} | :: rogue, scoundrel; an unscrupulous individual capable of any wrongdoing |
| force {f} | :: force |
| force {adj} [archaic] | :: Many; a lot of; a great quantity of |
| force de frappe {f} [countable, military] | :: strike force |
| force de frappe {f} [uncountable] | :: force de frappe |
| force de l'âge {f} | :: acme, prime of life |
| force majeure {f} [law] | :: force majeure |
| forcené {adj} | :: crazed, frenzied, deranged |
| forcené {m} | :: maniac |
| forcener {v} | :: to become enraged |
| forcer {v} | :: to force |
| forcer la main {v} [à] | :: to twist someone's arm; force someone's hand |
| forces aériennes {fp} [military] | :: air force, air corps or flying corps |
| Forces armées canadiennes {prop} [Canada, military] | :: Forces canadiennes |
| Forces canadiennes {prop} [Canada, military] | :: Canadian Forces |
| forces de l'ordre {fp} | :: the law enforcement agencies, the law enforcement, the police, the authorities |
| forceur {m} | :: forcer |
| forceur {m} | :: aggressor |
| forceuse {f} | :: feminine singular of forceur |
| forcir {vi} | :: to become stronger, fatter |
| forclore {vt} [legal] | :: to debar |
| forclusion {f} [legal] | :: debarment |
| forcément {adv} | :: inevitably |
| forcément {adv} | :: (with a negative) necessarily |
| fordisme {m} | :: Fordism |
| forer {v} | :: to bore; to drill (to make a hole) |
| foresterie {f} [Canada] | :: forestry |
| forestier {adj} [attributive] | :: forested |
| forestier {m} | :: male forester |
| Forestier {prop} | :: a French surname |
| forestière {f} | :: feminine noun of forestier |
| forestièrement {adv} | :: forestedly |
| foret {m} | :: drill bit (driving part of a drill) |
| foreur {m} | :: driller |
| foreuse {f} | :: drill (tool) |
| forfait {m} | :: crime, infamy |
| forfait {m} [telephone] | :: flat rate, fixed rate |
| forfait {m} [tourism] | :: a package, a pass |
| forfait {m} [sports] | :: elimination due to withdrawal |
| forfaitaire {adj} | :: fixed-price; flat-rate; inclusive |
| forfaitairement {adv} | :: at a flat rate; inclusively |
| forfaiture {f} [legal] | :: abuse of authority |
| forfanterie {f} | :: boasting, boastfulness |
| forficule {f} | :: earwig |
| forge {f} | :: forge (workshop) |
| forge {f} | :: forge (furnace) |
| forgeage {m} | :: forging (metalworking) |
| forger {v} | :: to fashion metal with fire and a hammer, to forge |
| forger {v} | :: to forge, falsify |
| forger {v} [figuratively] | :: to create, to conceive, to make up |
| forger {v} [equestrian] | :: to trot |
| forgeron {m} | :: blacksmith |
| forgeronne {f} | :: feminine noun of forgeron |
| Forgues {prop} | :: surname |
| for intérieur {m} | :: heart of hearts, innermost part of the self |
| forjuger {v} [obsolete] | :: To strip somebody of a right, a property, by legal sentence, to dispossess |
| formable {adj} | :: formable, shapeable |
| formage {m} | :: forming (metalworking) |
| formage {m} [Louisiana French, ] | :: alternative form of fromage, cheese |
| formaldéhyde {m} [organic compound] | :: formaldehyde |
| formaliser {v} | :: to formalize, legalize |
| formaliser {vp} | :: to take offense |
| formalisme {m} | :: formalism |
| formaliste {adj} | :: formalist |
| formaliste {mf} | :: formalist |
| formalité {f} | :: formality (all meanings) |
| format {m} | :: format |
| formatage {m} [computing] | :: the act of formatting |
| formatage {m} [pejorative] | :: the act of restraining someone in a certain fixed way/manner of thought/thinking (cf. set in one's ways) |
| formater {v} [computing] | :: to format |
| formateur {adj} | :: shaping |
| formateur {m} | :: trainer, former |
| formation {f} | :: formation, forming, development |
| formation {f} | :: education; training |
| formation {f} [military] | :: formation |
| formatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of formateur |
| forme {f} | :: shape (geometrical representation) |
| forme {f} | :: shape (physical appearance) |
| forme {f} | :: form |
| forme canonique {f} [mathematics] | :: canonical form (standard or normal presentation of a mathematical entity) |
| forme canonique {f} [linguistics] | :: dictionary form (standard or normal form of a word) |
| forme fruste {f} [medical] | :: forme fruste, unfinished form |
| formel {adj} | :: formal; official |
| formel {adj} | :: adamant, positive, certain |
| formellement {adv} | :: formally |
| former {v} | :: to form (generic sense) |
| former {v} | :: to shape (to make into a certain shape) |
| former {v} | :: to train; to educate |
| formidable {adj} [dated or literary] | :: fearsome |
| formidable {adj} | :: fantastic, tremendous |
| formidablement {adv} | :: brilliantly; excellently |
| formidablement {adv} | :: formidably |
| formique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: formic |
| formène {m} [obsolete, organic compound] | :: methane |
| formosan {adj} | :: Formosan |
| formulable {adj} | :: formulable |
| formulaire {m} | :: form (document to be filled in) |
| formulation {f} | :: wording |
| formulation {f} | :: formulation |
| formule {f} | :: formula |
| formule {f} [gastronomy] | :: menu offer, set meal |
| Formule 1 {f} | :: Formula One |
| formule magique {f} | :: magic formula, magic spell |
| formule magique {f} [figuratively] | :: magic bullet |
| formuler {v} | :: to formulate |
| formuler {v} | :: to express; to word, to put into words |
| formulette {f} | :: A brief, verbal phrase, used in traditional circumstances, children's games etc |
| formyle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: formyl |
| formylium {m} | :: formylium |
| forniquer {v} | :: to fornicate |
| forskalie {f} | :: siphonophore of the genus Forskalia |
| forstérite {f} [mineral] | :: forsterite |
| forsythia {m} | :: forsythia |
| fort {adj} | :: strong; powerful |
| fort {adj} [en] | :: [colloquial] skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" [often used in reference to academic subjects] |
| fort {adj} [de] | :: who can count on |
| fort {adv} | :: strongly |
| fort {adv} | :: much, a lot |
| fort {adv} [when preceding an adjective] | :: very [the adjective] |
| fort {m} | :: A fort |
| forêt {f} | :: forest |
| fort comme un bœuf {adj} [simile] | :: strong as an ox |
| Fort-de-France {prop} | :: A city and the capital of Martinique |
| fortement {adv} | :: strongly, powerfully |
| fortement {adv} | :: highly, extremely, sorely |
| fortement {adv} | :: seriously, greatly |
| forteresse {f} | :: fortress |
| fortiche {adj} [colloquial] | :: clever, smart, brainy |
| fortiche {mf} [colloquial] | :: someone who's intelligent, a brain |
| Fortier {prop} | :: surname |
| fortifié {adj} | :: fortified |
| fortifiant {adj} | :: fortifying, strengthening, restorative |
| fortification {f} | :: fortification (all meanings) |
| fortifier {v} | :: to fortify (make stronger) |
| Fortin {prop} | :: surname |
| fortissimo {adv} [music] | :: fortissimo |
| fortitude {f} | :: fortitude |
| Forêt-Noire {prop} {f} | :: Black Forest (German forest and mountain range) |
| fortran {m} | :: Fortran |
| fortuit {adj} | :: fortuitous (happening by chance, by fortune) |
| fortuitement {adv} | :: fortuitously |
| fortuné {adj} | :: With good luck; fortunate |
| fortuné {adj} | :: wealthy; well-off |
| fortune {f} | :: fortune |
| forêt vierge {f} | :: virgin forest, primeval forest |
| forum {m} | :: forum |
| forum {m} | :: forum (for Internet) |
| forézien {adj} | :: Of or from Feurs |
| fossé {m} | :: ditch; trench; moat |
| fosse {f} | :: pit (hole in the ground) |
| fossette {f} | :: dimple |
| fossile {m} | :: fossil |
| fossile vivant {m} | :: living fossil |
| fossilifère {adj} | :: fossiliferous |
| fossilisation {f} | :: fossilization (the process of conversion into a fossil) |
| fossiliser {v} | :: to fossilize |
| fossoyeur {m} | :: gravedigger |
| fossoyeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of fossoyeur |
| fou {adj} | :: mad, crazy |
| fou {m} | :: madman |
| fou {m} [court entertainer] | :: jester |
| fou {m} [chess, ] | :: bishop |
| fou {m} | :: booby (bird) |
| fouace {f} | :: a type of brioche or other light pastry or bun from some regions of France, such as Auvergne |
| fouane {f} | :: alternative form of foëne |
| foucade {f} | :: caprice |
| foucaldien {adj} | :: Foucauldian |
| Foucault {prop} | :: surname |
| Foucault {prop} [physics] | :: the French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault |
| Foucault {prop} [philosophy] | :: the French philosopher Michel Foucault |
| Foucher {prop} | :: surname |
| fou comme un balai {adj} [Quebec, simile] | :: very agitated out of excitation or anxiousness |
| fou de la gâchette {adj} | :: trigger-happy (with firearms) |
| fou de la gâchette {m} | :: a trigger-happy man (with firearms) |
| foudre {f} | :: lightning |
| foudre {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: thunderbolt |
| foudroyé {adj} | :: thunderstruck |
| foudroyé {adj} | :: blasted, devastated |
| foudroyant {adj} [figurative] | :: rapid |
| foudroyant {adj} [figurative] | :: devastating |
| foudroyant {adj} [medicine] | :: fulminant; fatal, deadly (coming on quickly and destructively) |
| foudroyer {v} | :: to strike (of lightning) |
| foudroyer {v} | :: to devastate; to cause to be thunderstruck |
| fouet {m} | :: whip (tool) |
| fouet {m} [cooking] | :: whisk |
| fouet {m} [zoology] | :: tip |
| fouetté {adj} | :: whipped |
| fouettard {adj} | :: whipping - but used only in the term père fouettard |
| fouette-cul {m} | :: A person in charge of administering discipline by serious spankings, as once done to pupils in French Catholic schools by a priest |
| fouettement {m} | :: lashing, whipping |
| fouetter {vt} | :: to beat with a whip |
| fouetter {vti} | :: to hit and sting like a whip |
| fouetter {vt} | :: to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion |
| fouetter {vt} | :: to stimulate or urge into action |
| fouetter {vi} [slang] | :: to stink |
| fouetteur {m} | :: whipper, beater (someone who beats, especially with a whip) |
| fouetteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of fouetteur |
| foufou {adj} [colloquial] | :: nutty, scatty, dippy |
| foufou {m} | :: foo-foo |
| foufoune {f} [France] | :: vulva (especially of young girls); foo-foo, front bottom |
| foufoune {f} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: buttock |
| foufounette {f} | :: pussy |
| fougasse {f} [military] | :: fougasse (land-mine) |
| fougasse {f} [culinary] | :: fougasse (lattice-shaped bread associated with Provence) |
| fougeraie {f} | :: stand of ferns |
| fougère {f} | :: fern |
| Fougère {prop} | :: surname |
| fougue {f} | :: enthusiasm, ardour |
| fougueusement {adv} | :: ardently |
| fougueusement {adv} | :: impetuously |
| fougueux {adj} | :: spirited, lively |
| fougueux {adj} | :: enthusiastic |
| fouille {f} | :: search (act of searching through something, e.g. a bag, pocket) |
| fouille {f} | :: rummage |
| fouille {f} [archaeology] | :: excavation |
| fouille-merde {mf} | :: muckraker (a scandal-mongering person who is not driven by any social principle) |
| fouiller {vt} | :: to search (place, thing) |
| fouiller {vt} | :: to search, frisk (person) |
| fouiller {vt} | :: to go into, investigate (question, issue) |
| fouiller {vi} | :: to rummage, delve (dans in) |
| fouiller {vr} | :: to go through one's pockets |
| fouiller {vt} | :: to dig |
| fouillis {m} | :: mess, confusion, jumble |
| fouine {f} | :: beech marten |
| fouiner {v} [colloquial] | :: to furrow, ferret, snoop around |
| fouineur {m} | :: busybody (someone who interferes with others) |
| fouineur {m} [computing] | :: hacker |
| fouineuse {f} | :: feminine noun of fouineur |
| fouir {vt} | :: to dig, grub, burrow |
| fouisseur {adj} | :: burrowing |
| foulé {adj} | :: sprained; twisted |
| foulage {m} | :: pressing, crushing |
| foulant {adj} | :: crowding, pressing (by use of pressure) |
| foulard {m} | :: headscarf |
| foule {f} | :: crowd |
| foule {f} | :: the thronging of a crowd |
| foule {f} | :: a great number, multitude, mass; host |
| foule {f} | :: the act or process of treading or milling |
| foule {f} | :: oppression, vexation |
| foulée {f} | :: stride (of horse, athlete etc.) |
| fouler {vt} | :: to stamp, impress, dent; to mill |
| fouler {vt} | :: to walk on, trample |
| fouler {vt} | :: to oppress, mistreat |
| fouler {vt} | :: to injure by knocking, bumping or dinting |
| fouler {vr} | :: to sprain |
| fouler {vp} [chiefly in the negative, colloquial] | :: to wear oneself out, to overdo it |
| fouleur {m} | :: fuller (profession) |
| fouleuse {f} | :: feminine singular of fouleur |
| fou à lier {adj} [colloquial] | :: stark raving mad, crazy, barking |
| fouloir {m} | :: press (for grapes etc) |
| foulon {m} | :: fuller (job) |
| foulonné {adj} | :: tanned |
| foulque {f} | :: coot (bird) |
| foultitude {f} | :: oodles (a large number of things) |
| foulure {f} | :: sprain |
| foune {f} [vulgar] | :: pussy, beaver (vagina) |
| fouëne {f} | :: alternative spelling of foëne |
| Fouquet {prop} | :: surname |
| four {m} | :: oven |
| four {m} | :: stove |
| four {m} | :: flop |
| fourbe {f} [literary] | :: guile, deception |
| fourbe {mf} | :: double-dealer, swindler |
| fourbe {adj} | :: two-faced, treacherous, deceitful |
| fourberie {f} | :: deceit, trickery, guile |
| fourbi {m} | :: stuff, kit |
| fourbi {m} | :: junk |
| fourbir {vt} | :: to furbish, burnish |
| fourbisseur {m} | :: furbisher (of weapons) |
| fourbisseuse {f} | :: feminine singular of fourbisseur |
| fourbu {adj} | :: worn out |
| fourbu {adj} | :: exhausted |
| fourche {f} | :: pitchfork |
| fourche {f} | :: fork (in the road etc.) |
| fourche {f} | :: crotch |
| fourche {f} | :: split end (hair) |
| fourche {f} | :: fork (of a bicycle) |
| fourcher {vi} | :: to fork |
| fourcher {vi} | :: to make a slip of the tongue |
| fourchette {f} | :: fork (for eating) |
| fourchette {f} | :: wishbone |
| fourchette {f} [statistics] | :: margin |
| fourchette {f} [chess] | :: fork |
| fourchette {f} | :: band, bracket (as of taxes) |
| fourchette {f} | :: frog (part of a horse's hoof) |
| fourchette à découper {f} | :: carving fork |
| fourchette à fondue {f} | :: fondue fork |
| fourchette à gâteau {f} | :: pastry fork |
| fourchette à poisson {f} | :: fish fork |
| fourchette à salade {f} | :: salad fork |
| fourchette sternale {f} | :: suprasternal notch |
| fourchette vulvaire {f} [anatomy] | :: fourchette |
| fourchu {adj} | :: cloven, cleft |
| fourchu {adj} | :: forked |
| fourchu {adj} | :: split (ends of hair) |
| fourgon {m} | :: poker, fire poker |
| fourgon {m} [archaic] | :: coach, wagon |
| fourgon {m} [archaic, military] | :: truck |
| fourgon {m} | :: van |
| fourgon {m} | :: minivan |
| fourgon {m} [rail] | :: goods wagon, freight car |
| fourgonnette {f} | :: van |
| fourgonnette {f} | :: minivan |
| fourguer {v} | :: to sell off; to flog |
| fourguer {v} | :: to get rid of (something) |
| Fourier {prop} | :: surname |
| Fourier {prop} | :: French mathematician Joseph Fourier |
| fouriérisme {m} | :: Fourierism |
| fouriériste {adj} | :: Fourierist |
| fourme {f} | :: a type of blue cheese made from cow's milk |
| fourmi {f} | :: ant |
| fourmi {f} [plurale tantum] | :: pins and needles |
| four micro-onde {m} | :: microwave oven |
| four à micro-ondes {m} | :: microwave oven, microwave (oven) |
| fourmilier {m} | :: anteater |
| fourmilier {m} | :: any of a number of different species of ant-eating birds |
| fourmilier géant {m} | :: giant anteater |
| fourmilier nain {m} | :: silky anteater, pygmy anteater |
| fourmilière {f} | :: anthill |
| fourmillement {m} | :: swarming |
| fourmillement {m} | :: pins and needles |
| fourmiller {v} | :: to swarm, to be full of |
| fourmiller {v} | :: to tingle |
| fourmis {fp} | :: pins and needles |
| fournaise {f} | :: furnace, oven |
| fournaise {f} | :: blaze, conflagration |
| fournée {f} | :: the capacity of an oven |
| fournée {f} [by extension, baking] | :: batch |
| fourneau {m} | :: stove (cooker) |
| fourneau {m} | :: stove (heater) |
| fourneau {m} | :: chamber (of a tobacco pipe) |
| fourneau {m} [slang, archaic] | :: beggar, hobo |
| Fourneau {prop} | :: surname |
| Fourneaux {prop} | :: surname |
| fourni {adj} | :: abundant, luxuriant |
| Fournier {prop} | :: surname |
| fournil {m} | :: bakehouse |
| fourniment {m} | :: equipment, kit, furniment |
| fournir {v} | :: to supply, to provide |
| fournir {v} | :: to put in |
| fournir {v} [card games] | :: To follow suit |
| fournir {v} [slang] | :: To poke, to shaft, to hump; to have sex |
| fournisseur {m} | :: provider, supplier |
| fournisseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of fournisseur |
| fourniture {f} | :: supply, provision |
| fourniture {f} | :: provisioning, victualling |
| fourré {m} | :: shrubbery |
| fourrage {m} | :: forage, fodder |
| fourrager {adj} | :: fodder [attributive] |
| fourrager {vi} | :: to forage |
| fourrager {vi} | :: to rummage through |
| fourragère {f} | :: hay wagon |
| fourre {f} [Switzerland] | :: cover, slipcover, folder |
| fourreau {m} | :: scabbard, sheath |
| fourreau {m} | :: sheath dress |
| fourrer {vt} [colloquial] | :: to shove, stick, stuff (dans in something) |
| fourrer {vt} | :: to stuff (a turkey etc.); to fill (a cake) |
| fourrer {vt} [vulgar, slang] | :: to fuck, to shaft, to screw |
| fourre-tout {m} [pejorative] | :: catch-all |
| fourre-tout {m} [pejorative] | :: ragbag, hodgepodge |
| fourre-tout {m} | :: holdall (UK), carryall (US) |
| fourreur {m} | :: furrier |
| fourrière {f} | :: pound (a place for the detention of stray animals) |
| fourrière {f} | :: tow pound (to where law enforcement tows vehicle) |
| fourrure {f} [zoology, fashion, heraldry] | :: fur |
| Fourès {prop} | :: surname |
| fourvoyer {vt} | :: to mislead |
| fourvoyer {vp} | :: to make a mistake, go astray, err |
| fourvoyer {v} | :: to cloak |
| fous {pron} | :: eye dialect of vous |
| foutage de gueule {m} [vulgar] | :: piss-take (form of mockery) |
| foutaise {f} | :: crap, bullcrap (nonsense) |
| foutaises {fp} | :: guff (nonsensical talk or thinking) |
| fouterie {f} [archaic, vulgar] | :: fucking |
| fouteur {m} [vulgar, dated] | :: fucker (one who loves or frequently participates in sex) |
| foutoir {m} [archaic, vulgar] | :: brothel |
| foutoir {m} [slang] | :: mess, shambles |
| foutre {vt} [vulgar, slang] | :: to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker |
| foutre {vt} [slang] | :: to give |
| foutre {vt} [slang] | :: to put on/in (quickly), to shove, to stick, to stash |
| foutre {vr} [slang] | :: to tease, to make fun of, to mock, to not take seriously or to dismiss |
| foutre {vt} [vulgar, archaic] | :: to fuck, to screw, to have sex |
| foutre {vr} [vulgar] | :: to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank |
| foutre {m} [vulgar, slang] | :: spunk, sperm, cum |
| foutre en l'air {vt} [vulgar slang] | :: to screw up, mess up, fuck up, botch up something |
| foutre la merde {v} [vulgar] | :: to stir shit, to mess things up, to fuck things up |
| foutre la paix {v} [very, colloquial] | :: [à] to leave alone, to leave be |
| foutre la pression {v} [à] | :: [very, colloquial] to put pressure on, to pressure (someone) |
| foutre le camp {v} [slang, somewhat vulgar] | :: to get the hell out; to get out of here; to bugger off; to get stuffed; to sling one's hook |
| foutrement {adv} [as an intensifier] | :: bloody, fucking |
| foutu {adj} [slang] | :: done for, screwed, fucked, doomed |
| foutu {adj} [slang] | :: broken beyond repair, destroyed |
| foutu {adj} [slang, pejorative, always before the noun] | :: fucking (as an intensifier), pesky, damned, bloody |
| foutu {adj} [slang, pejorative, followed by de + infinitive] | :: liable to, capable of |
| foutu {adj} [slang, of a thing] | :: (poorly/badly) made, built, executed, devised |
| foutu {adj} [slang, of a person] | :: (well) built |
| foutument {adv} [rare] | :: damnedly |
| foutument {adv} [rare] | :: very |
| fovéa {f} [anatomy] | :: fovea; retinal fovea |
| fovéal {adj} | :: foveal |
| foxé {adj} | :: [of wine] foxy; tasting of blackcurrant |
| fox-trot {m} | :: foxtrot (dance) |
| fox-trott {m} | :: alternative spelling of fox-trot |
| foyer {m} | :: hearth |
| foyer {m} | :: lobby, foyer |
| foyer {m} | :: home, domicile |
| foyer {m} | :: household |
| foyer {m} | :: source, centre, seat |
| fpqc {adj} [maths] | :: initialism of fidèlement plat et quasi-compact |
| fqih {m} | :: fqih, faqih |
| Fraï {prop} | :: Frai, usage of using French word mixed with Thai word |
| frac {m} | :: white tie and tails |
| fracas {m} | :: crash |
| fracas {m} | :: din, roar |
| fracasser {v} | :: to smash (to break violently) |
| fraîchement {adv} | :: freshly |
| fraîcheur {f} | :: freshness |
| fraîcheur {f} [climate] | :: coolness |
| fraîchir {vi} | :: to freshen [temperature, wind] |
| fraîchir {v} [impersonal] | :: to deteriorate [weather] |
| fractal {adj} | :: fractal |
| fractal {m} [rare] | :: synonym of fractale |
| fractale {m} | :: fractal (self-similar shape) |
| fraction {f} | :: fraction (small amount) |
| fraction {f} [mathematics] | :: fraction |
| fraction {f} | :: fraction, breakup |
| fractionné {adj} | :: fractionated |
| fractionnaire {adj} [mathematics] | :: fractional (of or pertaining to fractions) |
| fractionnel {adj} | :: fractional |
| fractionnement {m} | :: fractionation |
| fractionnement {m} | :: division |
| fractionner {vt} | :: to fractionate |
| fractionner {vt} | :: to divide [into fractions] |
| fractionnisme {m} | :: fractionism |
| fractionniste {adj} | :: fractionist |
| fractionniste {mf} | :: fractionist |
| fracturation {f} | :: breaking, fracturing |
| fracturation hydraulique {f} [oil industry] | :: hydraulic fracturing, fracking |
| fracture {f} | :: fracture |
| fracturer {vt} | :: To fracture |
| fragile {adj} | :: fragile |
| fragilement {adv} | :: fragilely |
| fragilisation {f} | :: weakening |
| fragilisation {f} | :: embrittlement |
| fragiliser {v} | :: to weaken |
| fragilité {f} | :: fragility |
| fragment {m} | :: fragment |
| fragmentaire {adj} | :: fragmentary |
| fragmentation {f} | :: fragmentation |
| fragment d'Okazaki {m} [genetics] | :: Okazaki fragment |
| fragmenter {vt} | :: to split up, divide, fragment |
| fragon {m} | :: laurel, butcher's broom (and other plants of the genus Ruscus) |
| fragrance {f} | :: a fragrance, a pleasurable smell |
| frai {m} | :: fry (young fish); spawn |
| fraichement {adv} | :: alternative spelling of fraîchement |
| fraicheur {f} | :: alternative spelling of fraîcheur |
| frairie {f} [archaic] | :: fete, festival (of a locality) |
| frairie {f} [archaic] | :: merrymaking |
| frais {adj} | :: fresh |
| frais {adj} | :: cool (temperature) |
| frais {adj} | :: recent, something that has just happened |
| frais {mp} | :: cost, charge |
| fraisé {adj} | :: sheered |
| fraisage {m} | :: sheering |
| frais comme un gardon {adj} [simile] | :: fit as a fiddle |
| frais de scolarité {mp} | :: tuition |
| fraise {f} | :: strawberry |
| fraise {f} | :: bulwark, palisade (defensive rampart of earth with sharpened wooden stakes set in at an angle) |
| fraise {f} [literary] | :: nipple |
| fraise {f} | :: milling cutter |
| fraise {f} | :: calf's mesentery |
| fraise {f} [historical] | :: fraise (ruff collar) |
| fraiser {v} | :: to sheer (with a cutting tool) |
| fraiseraie {f} | :: strawberry orchard |
| fraiseur {m} | :: milling machine operator |
| fraiseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of fraiseur |
| fraiseuse {f} | :: milling machine |
| fraisier {m} | :: strawberry (plant) |
| féral {adj} | :: feral; wild |
| féralies {fp} | :: Feralia |
| framboise {f} | :: raspberry (fruit) |
| framboise {adj} | :: raspberry (colour) |
| framboiseraie {f} | :: raspberry orchard |
| framboisier {m} | :: Rubus idaeus, the raspberry plant |
| Françafrique {prop} {f} [often, pejorative] | :: Relations between France and its former colonies in Africa |
| français {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to France |
| français {adj} [Louisiana French] | :: Franco-American or Francophone |
| français {m} | :: The French language |
| Français {m} | :: Frenchman |
| Français {m} [Louisiana French] | :: Anybody with French ancestry or who is Francophone |
| français cassé {m} [Louisiana French] | :: A name for the Louisiana Creole French language |
| Française {f} | :: Frenchwoman |
| françaisement {adv} | :: Frenchly |
| françate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: francate |
| franc {adj} | :: free |
| franc {adj} | :: frank |
| franc {adj} | :: full |
| franc {adj} | :: tax-free |
| franc {m} [monetary] | :: franc |
| franc {m} | :: Frank |
| franc {adj} | :: Frankish, Franconian |
| Franc {m} | :: Frank (member of a people that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany) |
| franc CFA {m} | :: CFA franc |
| franc-comtois {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to Franche-Comté or its inhabitants |
| franc-comtois {m} | :: The dialect spoken in Franche-Comté |
| France {prop} {f} | :: France (country) |
| France {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| France {prop} {f} | :: surname |
| France profonde {prop} {f} | :: A phrase used in French political and social commentary to mean rural, small-town France, as opposed to Paris and other large cities |
| Francfort {prop} | :: Frankfurt (German city) |
| francfortois {adj} [attributive] | :: Frankfurt |
| Francfortois {m} | :: Frankfurter (someone from Frankfurt) |
| Francfortoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Francfortois |
| franc français {m} | :: French franc |
| Franche-Comté {prop} {f} | :: Franche-Comté (former region of France) |
| franchement {adv} | :: frankly; sincerely |
| franchir {v} | :: to clear, to cross (a line), to pass (an obstacle etc.); to get over (a fence) |
| franchir {v} | :: to cover (a distance) |
| franchir le pas {v} | :: to take the plunge; to go for it |
| franchir le Rubicon {v} [idiomatic] | :: to cross the Rubicon |
| franchisage {m} | :: franchising |
| franchise {f} [archaic] | :: liberty, freedom |
| franchise {f} | :: frankness, honesty |
| franchise {f} [insurance] | :: excess [UK], deductible [US] |
| franchise {f} [business] | :: franchise |
| franchiser {v} [business] | :: to franchise |
| franchiseur {m} | :: franchisor |
| franchisme {m} | :: alternative form of frankisme |
| franchissable {adj} | :: surmountable, passable |
| franchissement {m} | :: the act of crossing (e.g. a road, a river) |
| franchissement {m} | :: the act of clearing (e.g. an obstacle) |
| franchouillard {adj} | :: typically French [familiar and sometimes pejorative] |
| franchouillardement {adv} | :: In a typically French manner (pejoratively) |
| francien {m} | :: Francien |
| francien {adj} | :: Francien |
| francilien {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to the Île-de-France region of France |
| Francilien {m} | :: person from Île-de-France |
| Francilienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Francilien |
| Francine {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| francique {adj} | :: Frankish |
| francique {adj} | :: Franconian |
| francique {m} | :: Frankish |
| francique {m} | :: Franconian |
| francique ripuaire {m} | :: Ripuarian |
| Francis {prop} | :: given name, variant of François |
| francisation {f} | :: Frenchification, francization |
| franciscain {adj} | :: Franciscan |
| franciser {v} | :: to Frenchify |
| francisque {f} | :: A type of throwing axe |
| francisque {f} | :: A decoration awarded by the Vichy regime |
| francité {f} | :: Frenchness (being French) |
| francitude {f} | :: Frenchness |
| francium {m} | :: francium |
| Franck {prop} {m} | :: given name, cognate to Frank |
| franckisme {m} | :: alternative form of frankisme |
| franc-maçon {m} | :: Freemason |
| franco- {prefix} | :: Franco- (relating to France, the ethnic French, the French language, or the Franks) |
| franconien {adj} | :: Franconian (relating to the Franks or their empire; Frankish) |
| franconien {adj} | :: relating to the Franconcian languages |
| franconien {m} | :: Frankish (language) |
| Franconien {m} | :: Franconian person |
| Franconienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Franconien |
| francophile {mf} | :: A Francophile |
| francophile {adj} | :: Francophile |
| francophilie {f} | :: francophilia |
| francophobe {mf} | :: Francophobe |
| francophobe {adj} | :: Francophobe |
| francophobie {f} | :: Francophobia |
| francophone {adj} | :: Francophone |
| francophone {mf} | :: a Francophone |
| francophonie {f} | :: Francophonie |
| Francophonie {prop} {f} | :: Francophonie (organization of countries) |
| francoprovençal {m} | :: alternative form of franco-provençal |
| francoprovençal {adj} | :: alternative form of franco-provençal |
| franco-provençal {m} | :: Franco-Provençal |
| franco-provençal {adj} | :: Franco-Provençal |
| franc suisse {m} | :: Swiss franc |
| franc-tireur {m} [military] | :: a sniper |
| franc-tireur {m} [figuratively] | :: someone who works alone, outside of the rules |
| frange {f} | :: fringe |
| franger {v} | :: to fringe |
| frangible {adj} | :: frangible, breakable |
| frangin {m} [colloquial] | :: buddy; mate |
| frangin {m} [colloquial] | :: bro |
| frangine {f} [colloquial] | :: sis, sister |
| frangine {f} [slang] | :: woman, girl |
| frangipanier {m} | :: frangipani (tree) |
| franglais {m} | :: Franglais |
| Frank {prop} {m} | :: given name, cognate to English Frank |
| frankisme {m} [religion] | :: Frankism |
| frankiste {mf} | :: Frankist |
| François {prop} {m} | :: given name, equivalent to Francis in English |
| François {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| Françoise {prop} {f} | :: given name, equivalent to English-language Frances |
| Franque {f} | :: feminine noun of Franc |
| franquette {f} | :: only used in à la bonne franquette |
| franquisme {m} | :: Francoism |
| franquiste {adj} | :: Francoist |
| fransaskois {adj} | :: Fransaskois |
| Fransaskois {m} | :: Fransaskois |
| Fransaskoise {f} | :: feminine of Fransaskois |
| frapadingue {m} | :: alternate spelling of frappadingue |
| frappé {adj} | :: beaten, hit |
| frappé {m} [music] | :: downbeat |
| frappé {m} [Switzerland] | :: milkshake |
| frappé {m} | :: Short for café frappé, iced coffee |
| frappadingue {adj} [colloquial, slang] | :: mad, crazy |
| frappadingue {mf} [colloquial, slang] | :: a madman or madwoman, a lunatic |
| frappant {adj} | :: striking; noticeable; remarkable |
| frappe {f} | :: hit |
| frappe {f} | :: strike, striking, kick |
| frappe {f} [pejorative] | :: knave, thug, villain |
| frapper {v} | :: to hit, to strike, to bash |
| frapper {v} | :: to knock (e.g. on a door) |
| frapper {v} | :: to bang (to get attention) |
| frapper {v} [music] | :: to beat time (as a conductor) |
| frapper {v} [music] | :: to strike (a chord) |
| frapper {v} | :: to strike down |
| frapper {v} | :: to hit (to be affected by a punishment) |
| frapper {v} [figuratively] | :: to strike |
| frapper {v} [bartending] | :: to shake |
| frapper les grands coups {v} [idiomatic] | :: make waves |
| frapper un ennemi à terre {v} [idiomatic] | :: To kick someone when they are down |
| frapper un grand coup {v} [idiomatic] | :: make a splash, hit hard |
| frappeur {m} [baseball, cricket] | :: hitter, batter, batsman |
| frappeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of frappeur |
| frappuccino {m} | :: frappuccino |
| frasage {m} | :: tempering (mixing of bread ingredients before kneading them) |
| fraser {v} | :: to slowly mix yeast, flour and water |
| frasque {f} | :: escapade; a foolish experience or adventure |
| fraternel {adj} | :: fraternal |
| fraternellement {adv} | :: fraternally |
| fraternisation {f} | :: fraternization |
| fraterniser {v} | :: to fraternize |
| fraternité {f} | :: brotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother) |
| fraternité {f} | :: brotherhood (organization) |
| fraternité {f} | :: fraternity |
| fratricide {m} | :: fratricide (crime) |
| fratricide {m} | :: fratricide (person who commits this crime) |
| fratricide {adj} | :: fratricidal |
| fratrie {f} | :: set of siblings |
| fraude {f} | :: fraud |
| fraude {f} [education] | :: cheating |
| fraude fiscale {f} | :: tax evasion |
| frauder {vi} | :: To commit fraud |
| fraudeur {f} | :: A fraudster |
| frauduleusement {adv} | :: fraudulently |
| frauduleux {adj} | :: fraudulent (all meanings) |
| fraudulosité {f} | :: fraudulentness |
| fraxinine {f} | :: fraxinin |
| frayer {vt} | :: to open up, clear (a path etc.) |
| frayer {vi} [zoology] | :: to spawn, to fertilize an egg |
| frayer {vr} [se frayer, literally, figuratively] | :: to find (one's way through something); to clear (oneself) a path |
| frayer {v} [obsolete] | :: to rub |
| frayeur {f} | :: fright, fear, dread |
| Frédéric {prop} | :: given name, equivalent to English Frederick |
| frédéricien {adj} | :: Frederician |
| Frédérique {prop} | :: given name, the feminine form of Frédéric; an equivalent of Frederica |
| -fère {suffix} | :: -ferous, -iferous |
| fredaine {f} | :: prank, escapade |
| fredonner {v} | :: to hum (to make sound with lips closed) |
| fredonneur {m} | :: hummer |
| fredonneuse {f} | :: feminine noun of fredonneur |
| freezer {m} | :: freezer compartment |
| Fregozes {prop} {mp} | :: obsolete spelling of Frégoses |
| frein {m} | :: brake (of a vehicle, etc.) |
| frein {m} [chiefly obsolete] | :: bit (equipment put in a horse's mouth) |
| frein {m} | :: restraint, reserve |
| freinage {m} | :: action of braking |
| freinage {m} | :: deceleration |
| frein à disque {m} | :: disc brake |
| freiner {v} | :: to brake |
| freiner {v} [figuratively] | :: to put a stop on, to slow down the progress of |
| frein à main {m} | :: handbrake (hand-operated brake in a car) |
| frelaté {adj} | :: adulterated |
| frelaté {adj} | :: tainted |
| frelater {v} | :: To adulterate |
| frelater {v} | :: To corrupt |
| frelon {m} | :: hornet |
| freluquet {m} | :: whippersnapper |
| freluquet {m} | :: popinjay |
| freluquet {m} | :: runt |
| frencher {v} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: to French kiss |
| Frenette {prop} | :: surname |
| fresque {f} | :: fresco |
| fressure {f} | :: giblets |
| fressure {f} | :: offal |
| fret {m} [shipping] | :: Freight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat |
| fret {m} [by extension] | :: Rental of a ship, in whole or in part |
| fret {m} | :: Freight, cargo, payload [of a ship] |
| fretin {m} | :: fry (young fish) |
| frette {f} [heraldiccharge] | :: fret |
| frette {f} [music] | :: fret |
| frette {adj} [Acadia, , Louisiana French, Cajun French, Quebec] | :: alternative form of froid |
| fretter {v} | :: to reinforce with ferrules |
| freudien {adj} | :: Freudian |
| freudiennement {adv} | :: Freudianly |
| freudisme {m} | :: Freudianism (freudian beliefs and practices) |
| freux {m} | :: rook (bird) |
| frégate {f} [nautical] | :: frigate [a number of different classes of ships] |
| frégate {f} | :: frigatebird |
| Frégoses {prop} {mp} | :: Fregosi (one of the families that controlled the dogate in Genoa) |
| férié {adj} [obsolete] | :: holiday (attributive) |
| friabilité {f} | :: friability |
| friable {adj} | :: crumbly |
| friable {adj} | :: crummy, pitiful |
| friand {adj} | :: cultured, having good taste |
| friand {adj} [of food] | :: delicious, tasty |
| friand {m} | :: friand (a sausage wrapped in puff pastry) |
| friandement {adv} | :: deliciously, tastily |
| friandise {f} [usually, in the plural] | :: sweet; cake; piece of cake |
| friandise {f} [figuratively] | :: something small and dainty |
| Fribourg {prop} | :: Fribourg (the city) |
| Fribourg {prop} | :: Fribourg (the canton of Switzerland) |
| fribourgeois {adj} | :: Of or from Fribourg |
| fric {m} [slang] | :: dosh, dough, bread (money) |
| fricassée {f} | :: fricassee |
| fricasser {v} | :: To fricassee |
| fricasser {v} | :: To partake in debauchery |
| fricatif {adj} | :: fricative |
| fricative {f} [phonetics] | :: fricative |
| friche {f} | :: fallow land |
| friche {f} | :: wasteland |
| fricot {m} | :: stew |
| fricot {m} [regional] | :: feast |
| fricoter {vit} | :: to cook a stew |
| fricoter {vit} | :: to flirt, knock about (with) |
| fricoteur {adj} | :: flirtatious |
| fricoteur {m} | :: flirt |
| friction {f} | :: friction: the rubbing, the conflict or the physics force |
| frictionner {vt} | :: to rub, rub down, massage |
| férier {v} [obsolete] | :: to celebrate |
| frifri {m} | :: pussy (vulva) |
| frigidaire {m} | :: A refrigerator |
| frigide {adj} | :: frigid (very cold) |
| frigide {adj} | :: frigid (unable to take part in sexual intercourse) |
| frigidité {f} | :: frigidity (all senses) |
| frigélisation {f} | :: winterization |
| frigéliser {v} | :: To winterize |
| frigo {m} [colloquial] | :: fridge; refrigerator |
| frigoporteur {m} | :: coolant |
| frigorifier {vt} | :: to refrigerate |
| frigorifique {adj} | :: refrigerating, cooling |
| frigorigène {adj} | :: refrigerant |
| frigotartinable {adj} | :: (of margarine or butter) spreadable straight from the refrigerator |
| frigoule {f} | :: synonym of thym |
| frileusement {adv} | :: in a chilly manner; shivering |
| frileux {adj} | :: sensitive to the cold, psychrosensitive |
| frileux {adj} | :: cautious (of policy, attitude, etc.) |
| frilosité {f} | :: sensitivity to the cold |
| frimaire {m} [historical] | :: Frimaire (the third month of the French Republican Calendar) |
| frimas {m} | :: Thick fog that tends to freeze |
| frimas {m} [obsolete] | :: Frost |
| frime {f} | :: show (showing off, for the sake of acting) |
| frimer {v} [colloquial] | :: to show off |
| frimeur {m} | :: show-off |
| frimeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of frimeur |
| frimousse {f} [colloquial] | :: sweet face, cute little face |
| frimousse {f} [Internet] | :: emoticon, smiley |
| fringale {f} | :: ravenous hunger |
| fringale {f} | :: craving |
| fringant {adj} | :: dashing |
| fringant {adj} | :: alert |
| fringant {adj} | :: exuberant |
| féringien {adj} | :: Faroese |
| fringue {mf} [colloquial] | :: gear (garment, item of clothing), dress, clothes |
| fringuer {vtr} | :: to tog up |
| frioulan {m} | :: Friulian (language spoken in Friuli) |
| Frioul-Vénétie julienne {prop} {m} | :: Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| fripe {f} | :: rag (tattered clothes) |
| friper {v} | :: to crumple, crush |
| friperie {f} | :: second-hand shop |
| fripier {m} | :: secondhand clothes dealer |
| fripière {f} | :: feminine noun of fripier |
| fripon {m} | :: rascal, rogue |
| fripon {adj} | :: mischievous |
| friponnerie {f} | :: knavery, roguery |
| fripouille {f} [colloquial] | :: crook |
| féérique {adj} | :: alternative form of féerique |
| féériquement {adv} | :: alternative form of féeriquement |
| férir {v} [obsolete] | :: to hit, to strike |
| frire {v} [defective] | :: to fry (cook in hot fat) |
| frisé {adj} | :: twisted; contorted |
| frisé {adj} | :: curly |
| frisbee {m} | :: Frisbee (a disk thrown for recreation) |
| frisbee {m} | :: Frisbee (sport) |
| frise {f} | :: border |
| frise {f} | :: frieze |
| Frise {prop} {f} | :: Friesland (Dutch province) |
| friser {v} | :: to curl |
| friser {v} | :: to graze, to pass by barely touching |
| friser {v} | :: to skip, to print double |
| friser {v} [figuratively] | :: to just miss |
| friser {v} | :: to buzz |
| friseur {m} [dated] | :: hairdresser |
| friseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of friseur |
| frison {m} | :: a lock of hair |
| frison {adj} | :: Frisian, from or pertaining to Friesland |
| frison {m} | :: Frisian (language) |
| Frison {m} | :: Frisian (person from Friesland) |
| Frison {m} | :: Any member of the Frisian ethnic group |
| Frisonne {f} | :: feminine singular of Frison |
| frisotis {m} | :: alternative form of frisottis |
| frisottis {m} | :: frizz (small curl of hair) |
| frisquet {adj} | :: chilly, cold |
| frisquet {adj} [figurative] | :: reserved, taciturn, cold |
| frisson {m} | :: A shiver or thrill of fright that can be strangely pleasurable, as when reading good horror fiction |
| frisson {m} | :: An experience of intense excitement |
| frissonnant {adj} | :: shivering; thrilled |
| frissonnant {adj} | :: shivery |
| frissonnement {m} | :: shivering, the shivers |
| frissonner {v} [of emotion] | :: tremble |
| frissonner {v} | :: shiver |
| frissonner {v} [literary] | :: rustle |
| frisure {f} | :: curl (of hair) |
| frit {adj} | :: fried |
| frite {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: chips, French fries |
| friterie {f} | :: chip shop, fish and chips takeaway |
| friterie {f} | :: a restaurant that specializes in serving patates frites |
| fritillaire {f} | :: fritillary |
| fritté {adj} | :: sintered |
| frittage {m} | :: sintering |
| fritter {vt} | :: to fritter / sinter |
| friture {f} | :: the act of frying |
| friture {f} | :: fried product |
| friture {f} | :: anything that assists in frying such as butter and oil |
| friture {f} [colloquial] | :: signal interference in radios and etc, crackling |
| friture {f} [Belgium] | :: (deprecated, use friterie) chip shop, fish and chips takeaway |
| frivole {adj} | :: vain; conceited |
| frivolement {adv} | :: vainly; conceitedly |
| frivolité {f} | :: frivolity |
| frêle {adj} | :: frail |
| frôlement {m} | :: brush, soft, light touch |
| frôlement {m} | :: caress |
| frôler {vt} | :: to brush against, touch, skim |
| frôler {vt} | :: to verge on |
| frêmer {v} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: alternative form of fermer, to close |
| Frémicourt {prop} | :: surname |
| frémir {v} | :: to quiver; to shiver |
| frémir {v} | :: to simmer |
| frémissant {adj} | :: simmering (water) |
| frémissement {m} | :: quiver, shiver (light shaking movement) |
| frémissement {m} | :: A simmering temperature, just below boiling |
| Frémont {prop} | :: surname |
| frênaie {f} | :: ash tree plantation |
| frénal {adj} [anatomy] | :: frenal |
| frêne {m} | :: ash tree |
| frénésie {f} | :: frenzy |
| frénétique {adj} | :: frantic; frenetic |
| frénétiquement {adv} | :: frantically |
| Frobisher Bay {prop} [obsolete] | :: Iqaluit (capital of Nunavut) |
| froc {m} | :: frock (clerical garment) |
| froc {m} | :: [by extension] the clerical profession |
| froc {m} [colloquial] | :: pants; trousers |
| féroce {adj} | :: ferocious |
| féroce {adj} | :: wild |
| férocement {adv} | :: ferociously |
| férocement {adv} | :: wildly |
| férocité {f} | :: ferocity |
| férocité {f} | :: rabidness |
| féroïen {m} | :: Faroese, the Faroese language |
| féroïen {adj} | :: Faroese, pertaining to the Faroese language, the Faroe Islands and its inhabitants |
| Féroïen {m} | :: A Faroese person |
| Féroïenne {f} | :: feminine noun of Féroïen |
| froid {adj} | :: cold (temperature) |
| froid {m} [diseases] | :: cold, chill |
| froid {m} [of a relationship] | :: distance, strain |
| froid de canard {m} [idiom] | :: bitter cold; brass monkeys weather |
| froidement {adv} [figuratively] | :: coldly |
| froideur {f} | :: coldness, cold |
| froidir {v} [archaic] | :: to cool; to cool off; to cool down |
| froidure {f} [literary] | :: cold |
| froidure {f} [poetic] | :: winter |
| froidure {f} [medicine] | :: frostbite |
| froissé {adj} | :: crumpled, rumpled, creased |
| froissement {m} | :: rustle, rustling |
| froissement {m} | :: crumpling (of paper, fabric etc.) |
| froissement {m} [medicine] | :: strain |
| froisser {v} | :: to crumple, rumple, crease (paper, fabric…) |
| froisser {v} | :: to offend, to hurt someone's feelings |
| fromage {m} | :: cheese |
| fromage à la pie {m} | :: soft cow's-milk cheese with herbs |
| fromager {adj} | :: related to cheese making, especially the industry |
| fromager {m} | :: cheesemonger, one who sells cheese |
| fromager {m} | :: cheesemaker, one who makes cheese |
| fromager {m} | :: silk-cotton tree |
| fromagerie {f} | :: fromagerie |
| fromageux {adj} | :: Cheesy (resembling cheese) |
| fromagère {f} | :: cheesemonger, one who sells cheese |
| fromagère {f} | :: cheesemaker, one who makes cheese |
| froment {m} [dated, agriculture] | :: wheat, bread wheat, common wheat (Triticum aestivum) |
| froment {m} [Switzerland] | :: (any) cereal (type of grass cultivated for its edible grains) |
| fréon {m} | :: freon |
| féron {m} | :: ironworker |
| fronce {f} | :: a frown; scowl |
| froncement {m} | :: scowl (the wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning) |
| froncer {v} | :: to scowl |
| froncer {vt} | :: to gather (fabric) |
| froncer les sourcils {v} [idiomatic] | :: knit one's brows |
| frondaison {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: foliage |
| frondaison {f} | :: foliation |
| fronde {f} [dated, literary] | :: foliage |
| fronde {f} | :: frond |
| fronde {f} | :: sling, slingshot |
| fronde {f} [by extension] | :: criticism, opposition |
| fronder {v} [dated] | :: to slingshot |
| fronder {v} [figurative] | :: to critique |
| frondeur {m} | :: slinger (someone who slings or who uses a sling) |
| frondeur {m} [historical] | :: member of the Fronde (civil war in France, 1648–1653) |
| frondeur {m} [by extension] | :: political rebel |
| frondeur {adj} | :: politically disapproving |
| frondeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of frondeur |
| fronsac {m} | :: A red wine from the Bordeaux region |
| front {m} | :: forehead |
| front {m} [military] | :: front, frontline |
| frontal {adj} | :: frontal (relating to the forehead) |
| frontalement {adv} | :: frontally |
| frontalier {adj} [attributive] | :: border |
| frontalier {adj} | :: near the border, on the border |
| frontalier {m} | :: border-dweller (someone who lives near the border) |
| frontalière {f} | :: feminine noun of frontalier |
| fronteau {m} | :: frontlet |
| fronteau {m} | :: phylactery (when worn on the forehead) |
| front intérieur {m} | :: home front |
| frontière {f} | :: boundary, frontier, border |
| frontispice {m} | :: frontispiece |
| frontiste {adj} | :: Of or relating to the Front national |
| frontiste {mf} | :: A member of the Front national |
| fronton {m} | :: fronton |
| fronton {m} [architecture] | :: pediment |
| frottant {adj} | :: rubbing |
| frottement {m} | :: rub; rubbing |
| frottement {m} | :: friction |
| frotter {v} | :: to rub, chafe |
| frotter {v} | :: to scrub, scour |
| frotter {v} | :: to scrape |
| frotter {v} | :: to fritter |
| frotter {v} | :: to stone |
| frotter {vp} [figurative, colloquial, se frotter] | :: to rub (someone) in the wrong way, to get on (someone)'s bad side |
| frotteur {m} | :: One who rubs a finish on floors |
| frotteurisme {m} | :: frotteurism (paraphilia) |
| frottis {m} [medicine] | :: smear, smear test |
| frottoir {m} | :: friction strip (on a box of matches) |
| frottoir {m} | :: brush |
| frou-frou {m} | :: a frou-frou; a rustling sound, as of silk fabric |
| froufrouter {vi} | :: to rustle |
| frouiller {v} [Switzerland] | :: to cheat |
| froumi {m} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: alternative form of fourmi, ant |
| froussard {adj} [colloquial] | :: cowardly, chicken |
| frousse {f} [colloquial] | :: fear, terror |
| fréquemment {adv} | :: often, frequently |
| fréquence {f} | :: frequency (all meanings) |
| fréquent {adj} | :: frequent |
| fréquentable {adj} | :: respectable |
| fréquentatif {adj} | :: frequentative |
| fréquentatif {m} | :: frequentative (subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action) |
| fréquentation {f} | :: company, companionship |
| fréquentation {f} | :: activity |
| fréquentation {f} | :: frequentation |
| fréquenter {vt} | :: To frequent, to go to (a place) |
| fréquenter {vt} | :: To socialise with (people) |
| frère {m} | :: brother (relation) |
| frère {m} | :: brother (monk) |
| frère de lait {m} | :: foster brother |
| frère siamois {m} | :: (male) Siamese twin |
| frérot {m} | :: little brother, kid |
| frérot {m} [colloquial] | :: bro |
| frésillon {m} | :: synonym of troène |
| fréter {v} | :: to charter; to loan |
| fréteur {m} | :: charterer |
| fréteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of fréteur |
| frétillant {adj} | :: wriggling |
| frétillant {adj} | :: wagging |
| frétiller {vi} | :: to wriggle |
| frétiller {vi} | :: to wag [of a tail] |
| féru {adj} | :: addicted, bitten (figurative sense), passionate about |
| féru {m} | :: fan, addict |
| fructane {m} [carbohydrate] | :: fructan |
| fructidor {m} [historical] | :: Fructidor (the twelfth month of the French Republican Calendar) |
| fructifier {v} | :: to fructify |
| fructose {m} [carbohydrate] | :: fructose |
| fructueusement {adv} | :: fruitfully (producing positive outcomes) |
| fructueux {adj} | :: fruitful |
| frugal {adj} | :: frugal, austere |
| frugalement {adv} | :: frugally |
| frugalité {f} | :: frugality |
| fruict {m} | :: archaic spelling of fruit |
| fruit {m} | :: fruit |
| fruité {adj} | :: fruity (containing fruit or fruit flavoring) |
| fruit à coque {m} | :: nut (a seed possessing a hard shell) |
| fruit de la passion {m} | :: passion fruit |
| fruit de mer {m} | :: a piece of seafood |
| fruit défendu {m} | :: forbidden fruit |
| fruiterie {f} | :: fruitshop |
| fruiticulteur {m} | :: fruit grower |
| fruiticultrice {f} | :: feminine noun of fruiticulteur |
| fruitier {adj} | :: fruit-bearing |
| fruitier {m} | :: fruit-seller |
| fruitière {f} | :: feminine noun of fruitier |
| fruitière {f} [regional] | :: cheese producer (especially of Gruyère) |
| fruits de mer {mp} | :: seafood |
| fruit sec {f} | :: dried fruit |
| férule {f} | :: fennel, giant fennel (genus Ferula) |
| férule {f} | :: ferule (device for hitting schoolchildren) |
| férule {f} | :: the crook of a bishop, abbot, or pope |
| férulique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: ferulic |
| frumentaire {adj} | :: frumentary |
| frusques {fp} [colloquial] | :: clothes, especially poor quality ones |
| fruste {adj} | :: rough, uncouth, coarse |
| frustement {adv} | :: roughly, coarsely |
| frustré {adj} | :: frustrated |
| frustrant {adj} | :: frustrating, vexing |
| frustration {f} | :: frustration |
| frustration sexuelle {f} | :: sexual frustration |
| frustratoire {adj} | :: vexatious |
| frustratoirement {adv} | :: vexatiously |
| frustrer {v} | :: to frustrate, to vex |
| Fès {prop} {f} | :: Fez (Moroccan town) |
| fût {m} | :: bole (of tree) |
| fût {m} | :: keg, cask, draft |
| fœtal {adj} | :: fetal |
| fétal {adj} | :: alternative form of fœtal |
| fêtard {m} | :: party animal |
| fêtard {m} | :: partygoer |
| fêtarde {f} | :: feminine singular of fêtard |
| fête {f} | :: holiday |
| fête {f} | :: party |
| fête {f} [Christianity] | :: name day |
| fête {f} [Canada] | :: birthday |
| fête champêtre {f} | :: A garden party (pastoral festival) that was a popular form of entertainment in the 18th century, particularly popular at the French court, at Versailles. In theory it is a simple pastoral festival but in practice it was often contrived and elaborate with orchestras and fancy dress |
| fête des Mères {f} | :: Mother's Day |
| fête des Pères {f} | :: Father's Day |
| fête foraine {f} | :: travelling funfair |
| fêter {vt} | :: to celebrate [an event] |
| fêter {vt} | :: to celebrate [somebody] |
| fétiche {m} [religion] | :: fetish, idol |
| fétiche {m} [figuratively] | :: amulet |
| fétiche {m} [sexuality] | :: fetish |
| fétiche {adj} [religion] | :: animist |
| fétiche {adj} | :: bringing good luck |
| fétiche {adj} [sexuality] | :: fetish, used as a sexual fetish |
| féticher {v} [Africa] | :: to enchant by magic; to cast a spell |
| féticher {v} [religion] | :: to practice fetishism |
| fétichisation {f} | :: fetishization |
| fétichiser {v} | :: to fetishize |
| fétichisme {m} [religion] | :: fetishism |
| fétichisme {m} [figuratively] | :: adoration of a false god |
| fétichisme {m} [sexuality] | :: fetishism; fetish |
| fétichiste {adj} | :: fetishistic |
| fétichiste {mf} | :: fetishist |
| fétide {adj} | :: fetid, foetid, foul |
| fétidité {f} | :: fetidness |
| fétidité {f} | :: stench |
| fœtoscopie {f} | :: fetoscopy / foetoscopy |
| fétu {m} [countable] | :: straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant) |
| fétu {m} [figurative] | :: straw (something proverbially worthless) |
| fétuine {f} [protein] | :: fetuin |
| fétuque {f} | :: fescue |
| fœtus {m} | :: fetus |
| fuchsia {m} | :: fuchsia |
| fuchsia {adj} | :: fuchsia |
| fuchsien {adj} | :: Fuchsian |
| fucker {v} [Quebec, vulgar] | :: to fuck up, mess up, ruin |
| fucker {v} [Quebec, vulgar] | :: to do something with difficulty |
| fucoïdane {m} [carbohydrate] | :: fucoidan |
| fucoxanthine {f} [organic compound] | :: fucoxanthin |
| fucus {m} | :: fucus |
| fucus {m} | :: kelp |
| fuel {m} | :: heating oil |
| fugace {adj} | :: fleeting (brief, passing) |
| fugacement {adv} | :: fleetingly |
| fugacité {f} | :: transience, fugacity |
| fuégien {adj} | :: Fuegian |
| Fuégien {m} | :: Fuegian (inhabitant of Tierra del Fuego) |
| fugitif {m} | :: Fugitive |
| fugitive {f} | :: feminine noun of fugitif; a female fugitive |
| fugitivement {adv} | :: fleetingly |
| fugue {f} [colloquial] | :: running away (from a place where one was staying) |
| fugue {f} [music] | :: fugue |
| fuguer {v} | :: to flee, especially to run away from home |
| fugueur {adj} | :: runaway |
| fugueur {m} | :: runaway |
| fuir {vi} | :: to escape |
| fuir {vt} | :: to flee |
| fuir {vi} | :: to leak; to have a leak |
| fuir comme la peste {vt} [simile] | :: to avoid like the plague |
| fuite {f} | :: getaway; flight (e.g. from prison) |
| fuite {f} | :: leak; the act of leaking |
| fuite des cerveaux {f} | :: brain drain |
| fuiter {vi} [dialectal] | :: to leak information |
| Fujita {prop} | :: surname |
| fulani {m} | :: Fula, Fulani (language) |
| fulgurant {adj} | :: flashing, dazzling, full of lightning |
| fulgurant {adj} | :: quick as a flash, fast as lightning |
| fulgurant {adj} [of pain] | :: intense, sharp |
| fulgurant {adj} [in regards to the imagination or spirit] | :: striking |
| fulgurer {v} | :: to fulgurate |
| fuligineux {adj} | :: sooty, fuliginous |
| full {adj} [Québec] | :: full |
| full {adj} [Québec] | :: overflowing, packed, crowded |
| full {adv} [Québec] | :: very, really |
| full {m} [poker] | :: full house |
| fullerène {m} [chemistry] | :: fullerene |
| fulminer {v} | :: to fulminate |
| fulminique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: fulminic |
| fumé {adj} | :: smoked |
| fumage {m} | :: smoking (of food etc) |
| fumaison {f} | :: smoking (of food etc) |
| fumana {m} | :: sunrose of genus Fumana |
| fumant {adj} | :: smoking, smouldering, steaming |
| fumarique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: fumaric |
| fumée {f} | :: smoke |
| fumée {f} | :: steam |
| fumée {f} | :: spoor (of game animals) |
| fumer {vit} | :: to smoke |
| fumer {vi} | :: to emit smoke |
| fumer {vi} | :: to steam |
| fumer comme une cheminée {v} [simile] | :: Be a heavy smoker; smoke like a chimney |
| fumer comme un pompier {v} [simile] | :: Be a heavy smoker; smoke like a chimney |
| fumerolle {f} | :: fumarole |
| fumerolle {f} | :: the gas and smoke from a fumarole |
| fumet {m} | :: aroma, odor (of meat etc.); bouquet (of wine) |
| fumet {m} [hunting] | :: scent |
| fumeterre {f} | :: fumitory (plant) |
| fumette {f} [slang] | :: toke (of cannabis cigarette) |
| fumeur {m} | :: smoker |
| fumeusement {adv} | :: smokily |
| fumeux {adj} | :: smoky |
| fumeux {adj} | :: smoking |
| fumeux {adj} | :: woolly, unclear |
| fumiciel {m} | :: vapourware |
| fumier {m} | :: manure, dung |
| fumier {m} [vulgar, slang] | :: bastard, shit |
| fumigateur {m} | :: fumigator |
| fumigène {m} | :: smoke grenade, smoke device |
| fumigène {m} [agriculture] | :: fumigator |
| fumiste {mf} | :: A person who installs fireplaces etc |
| fumiste {mf} | :: An unpleasant, untrustworthy person |
| fumisterie {f} | :: The installation of fireplaces etc |
| fumisterie {f} | :: (Figuratively) A bad / unpleasant joke |
| fumoir {m} | :: smoking room (room used to smoke food) |
| fumoir {m} | :: smoking room (room reserved for smokers) |
| fumonisine {f} | :: fumonisin |
| fumure {f} | :: manuring, fertilizing (land) |
| fun {adj} [colloquial] | :: fun |
| funambule {f} | :: tightrope walker (acrobat who practices tightrope walking) |
| funambuler {v} | :: To walk the tightrope |
| funambulisme {m} | :: tightrope walking (acrobatic feat of walking on a tightrope) |
| funèbre {adj} | :: funereal |
| funèbrement {adv} | :: sombrely |
| funeste {adj} | :: baneful, disastrous (causing disaster) |
| funeste {adj} | :: fatal; deadly |
| funestement {adv} | :: disastrously |
| funestement {adv} | :: fatally |
| funiculaire {adj} | :: funicular |
| funiculaire {m} | :: funicular railway |
| funky {adj} [music] | :: funky |
| funéraille {f} [rare, archaic] | :: funeral |
| funéraire {adj} | :: funerary; (attributive) funeral |
| funérarium {m} | :: funeral parlour |
| funérarium {m} | :: crematorium |
| fur {m} | :: only used in au fur et à mesure |
| furane {m} [organic compound] | :: furan |
| furanique {adj} | :: furan (attributive) |
| furanique {adj} | :: furanose (attributive) |
| furanéol {m} [organic compound] | :: furaneol |
| furax {adj} [colloquial] | :: furious |
| furet {m} | :: ferret |
| fureter {v} | :: to ferret (around, about); to rummage |
| fureteur {m} | :: ferreter |
| fureteur {m} [Internet, Quebec] | :: browser |
| fureteur {m} | :: snooper |
| fureteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of fureteur |
| fureur {f} | :: wrath (great anger) |
| furibard {adj} | :: very furious; livid |
| furibond {adj} | :: furious |
| furieusement {adv} | :: furiously |
| furieux {adj} | :: furious |
| Furneaux {prop} | :: surname |
| furoncle {m} | :: boil, furuncle, carbuncle |
| furtif {adj} | :: furtive, stealthy |
| furtivement {adv} | :: furtively, stealthily, surreptitiously |
| furtivité {f} | :: stealth (attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy) |
| fusain {m} | :: spindle-tree |
| fusain {m} [art] | :: charcoal |
| fusée {f} | :: rocket (vehicle) |
| fusée {f} [heraldiccharge] | :: fusil |
| fuseau {m} | :: spindle |
| fuseau {m} | :: bobbin (lacemaking) |
| fuseau {m} | :: lune (geometry) |
| fuseau {m} | :: timezone |
| fuseau horaire {m} | :: time zone (range of longitudes where a common standard time is used) |
| fuselage {m} | :: fuselage |
| fuseler {v} | :: to give the shape of a spindle |
| fusement {m} | :: melting, fusing |
| fuser {v} | :: to melt or fuse |
| fuser {v} | :: to gush or spurt |
| fuser {v} | :: to ring out, sound out |
| fusible {m} | :: fuse (electrical component) |
| fusiforme {adj} | :: fusiform |
| fusil {m} | :: rifle, gun |
| fusil {m} | :: steel to strike sparks from a flint (pierre à fusil) |
| fusilier {m} | :: rifleman |
| fusillade {f} | :: shootout; shooting (of a firearm) |
| fusillade {f} | :: fusillade |
| fusillade {f} [ice hockey] | :: penalty |
| fusiller {v} | :: to shoot, to shoot down, to gun down (especially with a rifle, but also with other firearms) |
| fusion {f} [physics, chemistry] | :: fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it) |
| fusion {f} [figuratively] | :: mix; mixture |
| fusion {f} [nuclear physics] | :: fusion |
| fusionnel {adj} | :: inseparable (said of a very close relationship between people) |
| fusionnement {m} | :: merger, fusion, incorporation |
| fusionner {v} | :: to fuse, to meld |
| fustigateur {m} | :: fustigator |
| fustiger {v} | :: to fustigate, to publicly criticize |
| fustine {f} | :: fustin |
| fut {f} | :: alternative spelling of fût |
| futé {adj} | :: wily, cunning, crafty |
| futaie {f} | :: cluster of (tall) trees, tall forest |
| futaille {f} [rare] | :: barrel, cask |
| futal {m} [colloquial] | :: trousers, pants |
| futile {adj} | :: futile |
| futilement {adv} | :: futilely |
| futilité {f} | :: futility |
| Futuna {prop} | :: Futuna |
| futunien {adj} | :: Of or from Futuna |
| futur {adj} | :: future |
| futur {m} | :: future (what will happen) |
| futur {m} [grammar] | :: future, future tense |
| futur antérieur {m} [grammar] | :: future perfect (verb tense) |
| futurisme {m} [arts] | :: futurism |
| futuriste {adj} | :: futuristic (advanced so far beyond that which is current as to appear to be from the future) |
| futuriste {mf} | :: futurist |
| futurologue {mf} | :: futurologist |
| futur simple {m} [grammar] | :: simple future (verb tense) |
| fuyant {adj} | :: fleeing (in the process of fleeing) |
| fuyard {adj} | :: fleeing |
| fuyard {m} | :: fleer, runaway |
| fuyard {m} [military] | :: deserter (someone who runs away from battle) |
| fuyarde {f} | :: feminine noun of fuyard |
| fève {f} | :: bean, generally |
| fève {f} | :: strictly, the broad bean Vicia faba |
| fève {f} | :: non-legume beans, as in coffee beans |
| fève {f} | :: the trinket in a king cake (galette des rois) – originally an actual broad bean, today often a plastic, metal or porcelain figurine |
| fèverole {f} | :: broad bean; horse bean |
| févier {m} | :: honey locust (tree of the genus Gleditsia) |
| février {m} | :: February |
