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| -o- {interfix} | :: -o- |
| -o {suffix} | :: added to a noun or an adjective after apocope, to create a familiar synonym |
| o {m} | :: letter: o |
| o {symbol} [computing] | :: octet (B (byte)) |
| O {n} | :: abbreviation of ouest; west |
| O {letter} | :: The fifteenth letter of the French alphabet |
| ô {particle} | :: O (vocative) |
| OACI {prop} | :: initialism of [] |
| OAS {prop} [France] | :: initialism of Organisation de l’Armée Secrète |
| oasien {adj} [attributive] | :: oasis; oasitic |
| oasien {m} | :: someone who lives in an oasis |
| oasis {mf} | :: oasis |
| obæré {adj} | :: obsolete form of obéré |
| obamania {f} | :: Obamamania (admiration for Barack Obama) |
| obéance {f} [obsolete] | :: Part of the revenue of the cathedral in Lyon |
| obédience {f} | :: persuasion; allegiance |
| obédience {f} [religion, literary] | :: obedience |
| obéir {vi} | :: To obey [+ à a person] |
| obéir {vi} | :: To obey, to follow [+ à a rule or instruction] |
| obéissamment {adv} | :: obediently |
| obéissance {f} | :: obedience |
| obéissant {adj} | :: obedient |
| obélion {m} [anatomy] | :: obelion |
| obélisque {m} [architecture] | :: obelisk (a tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point) |
| obéré {adj} | :: in debt |
| obérer {vt} [formal] | :: to be a burden on |
| obérer {vt} [formal] | :: to be a threat to |
| obèse {adj} | :: obese |
| obèse {mf} | :: an obese person |
| obésité {f} | :: obesity (act or state of being obese) |
| obfuscation {f} [programming] | :: obfuscation |
| obier {m} | :: guelder rose |
| obiit {m} [heraldry] | :: hatchment |
| obione {f} | :: orach or similar plants of the genus Atriplex |
| obit {m} [archaic] | :: death |
| obituaire {m} | :: obituary (register of deaths) |
| objectal {adj} [psychology, attributive] | :: object |
| objecter {v} | :: to object (disagree with something or someone) |
| objecteur {m} | :: objector |
| objecteur de conscience {m} | :: conscientious objector |
| objectif {adj} | :: objective (relating to a material object) |
| objectif {adj} | :: objective; impartial |
| objectif {m} | :: objective, goal, aim |
| objectif {m} [photography] | :: lens; camera lens |
| objection {f} | :: objection (all meanings) |
| objectivement {adv} | :: objectively |
| objectiver {vt} | :: to objectivize |
| objectivité {f} | :: objectivity |
| objectrice {f} [rare] | :: female objector |
| objet {m} | :: (perceptible) thing, object |
| objet {m} | :: in particuliar crafted or manufactured thing |
| objet {m} | :: aim, goal |
| objet {m} | :: mental representation, what is thought |
| objet {m} | :: source or target of feeling |
| objet {m} [grammar] | :: object |
| objet {m} [object-oriented] | :: object |
| objet {m} [letters and emails] | :: subject line |
| objet direct {m} [grammar] | :: direct object |
| objet indirect {m} [grammar] | :: indirect object |
| objet volant non identifié {m} | :: unidentified flying object, UFO |
| oblat {m} | :: oblate |
| oblatif {adj} [psychology] | :: oblative |
| obligataire {mf} [legal] | :: bondholder |
| obligation {f} | :: obligation |
| obligatoire {adj} | :: obligatory; mandatory |
| obligatoire {adj} | :: compulsory |
| obligatoirement {adv} | :: obligatorily, mandatorily |
| obligeamment {adv} | :: obligingly |
| obligeance {f} | :: obligingness |
| obligeant {adj} | :: obliging |
| obligeant {adj} | :: accommodating |
| obliger {vt} | :: to oblige, to require, to compel, to force someone (to do something: [à]) |
| obliger {v} [Louisiana French] | :: to help, to aid |
| obliger {v} [passive] | :: [de] to have to |
| oblique {adj} | :: oblique |
| obliquement {adv} | :: at an angle; at a tilt |
| obliquement {adv} | :: obliquely |
| obliquer {vi} | :: to bear, bear off |
| obliquer {vi} | :: to look away (from someone) |
| obliquité {f} | :: obliqueness |
| obliquité {f} | :: obliquity |
| oblitération {f} | :: cancellation (of a postage stamp); postmark |
| oblitération {f} | :: obstruction (of an artery etc) |
| oblitérer {vt} | :: to fade out (memories) |
| oblitérer {vt} [formal] | :: to block, block up, obstruct |
| oblitérer {vt} | :: to cancel (a stamp); stub (a ticket, so that it is no longer valid) |
| oblong {adj} | :: oblong |
| obnubilation {f} [medicine, obsolete] | :: perception of objects as if seen through a cloud, dazzlement, obnubilation |
| obnubilation {f} [medicine] | :: a disorder of consciousness characterised by slowed and obscured thought, obnubilation |
| obnubilation {f} [in the etymological sense] | :: the state of being covered with clouds or fog, obnubilation |
| obnubiler {vt} | :: to cloud, to obscure |
| obnubiler {vt} | :: to obsess, to engross |
| obnubler {v} [obsolete] | :: obnubilate; obscure |
| obole {f} | :: (monetary) offering |
| obole {f} | :: obole (obsolete French money) |
| obole {f} | :: obol (obsolete Greek money) |
| obreptice {adj} | :: obreptitious |
| obrepticement {adv} | :: obreptitiously |
| obscène {adj} | :: obscene |
| obscènement {adv} | :: obscenely (in an obscene way) |
| obscénité {f} | :: obscenity |
| obscur {adj} | :: obscure (dark, faint or indistinct) |
| obscurantisme {m} | :: obscurantism |
| obscurantiste {mf} | :: obscurantist |
| obscurcir {v} | :: to darken (a colour) |
| obscurcir {v} [figuratively] | :: to obscure, to blur |
| obscurcir {v} [computing] | :: to obfuscate |
| obscurcir {vr} [of sky] | :: to darken |
| obscurcir {vr} | :: to become obscure |
| obscurément {adv} | :: darkly |
| obscurément {adv} | :: obscurely |
| obscurément {adv} | :: vaguely |
| obscurité {f} | :: darkness, dark |
| obscurité {f} | :: obscurity, unknown |
| obsédant {adj} | :: haunting |
| obsédant {adj} | :: obsessive |
| obsédé {adj} | :: obsessed |
| obsédé {m} [by extension] | :: person who is obsessed |
| obsédé {m} [slang] | :: stalker, creep (person who stalks for sexual reasons) |
| obséder {v} | :: to obsess |
| obsèque {f} [rare, archaic] | :: funeral |
| obsèques {fp} | :: funeral |
| obséquieusement {adv} | :: obsequiously |
| obséquieux {adj} | :: obsequious |
| obséquiosité {m} | :: obsequiousness |
| observabilité {f} | :: observability |
| observable {adj} | :: observable |
| observance {f} | :: observance |
| observateur {adj} | :: Having the ability to notice things; having power of observation; observant |
| observateur {m} | :: observer |
| observation {f} | :: observation |
| observationnel {adj} | :: observational |
| observationnellement {adv} | :: observationally |
| observatoire {m} | :: observatory |
| observatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of observateur |
| observer {v} | :: to observe, watch |
| observer {v} | :: to note, notice |
| observer {v} | :: to keep, maintain |
| obsessif {adj} | :: obsessive |
| obsession {f} | :: obsession |
| obsessionnel {adj} | :: obsessive |
| obsessionnellement {adv} | :: obsessively |
| obsidienne {f} | :: obsidian (a type of black glass produced by volcanoes) |
| obsolescence {f} | :: obsolescence |
| obsolescence programmée {f} [manufacturing] | :: planned obsolescence |
| obsolescent {adj} | :: obsolescent |
| obsolète {adj} [computing] | :: obsolete, deprecated |
| obstacle {m} | :: obstacle |
| obstétrical {adj} | :: obstetric, obstetrical |
| obstétricien {m} | :: obstetrician |
| obstétrique {adj} | :: obstetric, obstetrical |
| obstétrique {f} | :: obstetrics |
| obstination {f} | :: obstinacy; stubbornness; obstination |
| obstination {f} [countable] | :: an obstinate act |
| obstiné {adj} | :: obstinate, stubborn (adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually unreasonably) |
| obstiné {m} | :: obstinate person |
| obstinément {adv} | :: obstinately |
| obstiner {vr} | :: to persevere, persist, insist |
| obstiner {vr} | :: be obstinate about something |
| obstruction {f} | :: block (something that prevents passing) |
| obstruction {f} | :: obstruction |
| obstructionniste {mf} | :: obstructionist |
| obstructionniste {adj} | :: obstructionist (attributive) |
| obstruer {v} | :: to block off |
| obtempérer {vt} | :: to obey |
| obtempérer {vt} | :: to comply (with) |
| obtenir {v} | :: to get, to obtain |
| obtenteur {m} | :: obtainer |
| obtenteur {m} | :: plant breeder |
| obtenteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of obtenteur |
| obtention {f} | :: the act of obtaining |
| obturant {adj} | :: sealing |
| obturateur {m} [photography] | :: shutter |
| obturation {f} | :: sealing; closing up |
| obturation {f} | :: blockage |
| obturation {f} | :: a dental filling |
| obturer {v} | :: to seal, close up |
| obtus {adj} [geometry] | :: obtuse |
| obtus {adj} | :: narrow-minded, obtuse |
| obtus {adj} | :: dull, boring, lifeless |
| obtusangle {adj} | :: obtuse-angled (of a triangle) |
| obtusement {adv} | :: obtusely |
| obtusion {f} | :: Obtusion |
| obus {m} [military] | :: shell (cylindrical projectile) |
| obusier {m} | :: howitzer |
| obusite {f} [dated, World War I] | :: shell shock |
| obvenir {v} [rare, law, defective] | :: to happen, to occur |
| obvie {adj} [literary or philosophy] | :: obvious |
| obvier {v} | :: to obviate |
| occase {f} [colloquial] | :: bargain; opportunity |
| occasion {f} | :: occasion, opportunity |
| occasion {f} | :: cause |
| occasion {f} | :: bargain, good deal |
| occasion {f} | :: secondhand or used item |
| occasionnel {adj} | :: occasional; casual |
| occasionnellement {adv} | :: occasionally (from time to time) |
| occasionnellement {adv} | :: occasionally (according to the occasion) |
| occasionner {v} | :: to provoke, to cause |
| occident {m} | :: west (compass point) |
| occident {m} | :: alternative case form of Occident |
| Occident {prop} {m} | :: the West (Western world) |
| occidental {adj} | :: Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western |
| occidentalisation {f} | :: westernization (assimilation of the western culture) |
| occidentaliser {v} | :: to westernise |
| occiput {m} | :: occiput |
| occire {v} [archaic or humorous] | :: to slay |
| occitan {m} | :: Occitan (language) |
| occitan {adj} | :: of or pertaining to Occitan (the region or the language) |
| Occitanie {prop} {f} | :: Occitania (historical region) |
| Occitanie {prop} {f} | :: Occitanie, region of France |
| occitan médiéval {m} | :: the Old Occitan language |
| occlure {v} | :: to occlude |
| occlusif {adj} | :: occlusive |
| occlusion {f} | :: occlusion |
| occlusive {f} [phonology, phonetics] | :: plosive, stop |
| occulte {adj} | :: occult |
| occulte {m} | :: occult (supernatural affairs) |
| occultement {adv} | :: occultly |
| occulter {vt} | :: to occult |
| occultisme {m} | :: occult, occultism (supernatural affairs) |
| occupant {adj} | :: occupying |
| occupant {m} | :: occupant |
| occupation {f} | :: occupation (the occupying of a territory; something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby; act of occupying, of being an occupant) |
| occupationnel {adj} | :: occupational |
| occupé {adj} | :: busy |
| occupé {adj} | :: taken; occupied |
| occuper {v} | :: to occupy, to take up |
| occuper {v} | :: to employ |
| occuper {vr} [s'occuper] | :: to be busy, to keep oneself busy |
| occuper {vr} [s'occuper de quelqu'un, with de] | :: to take care of, to tend to, to deal with someone |
| occuper après {v} [Louisiana French, ] | :: to listen (to) |
| occurrence {f} | :: occurrence |
| océan {m} | :: ocean |
| océan Arctique {m} | :: Arctic Ocean (the smallest of the five oceans of the Earth, on and around the North Pole) |
| océan Atlantique {m} | :: Atlantic Ocean (the ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east) |
| océanaute {mf} | :: oceanaut |
| Océane {prop} | :: given name, popular in the 1990s and the 2000s |
| Océanie {prop} {f} | :: Oceania |
| océanien {adj} | :: Oceanian |
| océan Indien {m} | :: Indian Ocean (the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica) |
| océanique {adj} | :: oceanic |
| océaniste {mf} | :: Oceanianist, specialist in the study of Oceania and its peoples |
| Océanne {prop} | :: given name |
| océanographe {mf} | :: oceanographer |
| océanographie {f} | :: oceanography |
| océanographique {adj} | :: oceanographic |
| océanographiquement {adv} | :: oceanographically |
| océanologie {f} | :: oceanology |
| océanologique {adj} | :: oceanological, oceanologic |
| océanologue {mf} | :: oceanologist |
| océan Pacifique {m} | :: Pacific Ocean (the world's largest body of water) |
| ocellaire {adj} | :: ocellar, ocellary |
| ocelle {m} | :: ocellus |
| ocellé {v} | :: ocellated |
| ocelot {m} | :: ocelot |
| Och {prop} | :: Och (city) |
| -oche {suffix} [slang] | :: Used to form nouns or adjectives |
| -oche {suffix} [rare] | :: Used to form nouns from verbs |
| ochlocratie {f} | :: ochlocracy |
| ochlophilie {f} | :: ochlophilia |
| ochratoxine {f} | :: ochratoxin |
| ocieux {adj} [obsolete] | :: idle |
| Ocon {prop} | :: Ocon; surname |
| ocre {m} | :: ochre |
| ocre {adj} | :: ochre |
| ocrer {v} | :: to ochre (cover with ochre) |
| oct. {n} | :: abbreviation of octobre Oct |
| octabromure {m} [chemistry] | :: octabromide |
| octacosanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: octacosanoic |
| octacyclique {adj} | :: octacyclic |
| octadécane {m} [organic compound] | :: octadecane |
| octadécanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: octadecanoic |
| octadécatriénoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: octadecatrienoic |
| octadécène {m} [organic compound] | :: octadecene |
| octadécénoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: octadecenoic |
| octadécènoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: octadecenoic |
| octadécylique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: octadecylic |
| octadiène {m} [organic compound] | :: octadiene |
| octaèdre {m} | :: octahedron |
| octaédrique {adj} | :: octahedral |
| octaédrite {f} [mineral] | :: octahedrite |
| octanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: octanoic |
| octant {m} | :: octant (all senses) |
| octante {num} | :: [dialect] eighty |
| octante-et-un {num} | :: [obsolete, outside, Switzerland and other dialects] eighty-one |
| octante-neuf {num} | :: [Switzerland] eighty-nine |
| octantième {adj} [archaic] | :: eightieth |
| octantième {mf} [archaic] | :: eightieth |
| octasoufre {m} [inorganic compound] | :: octasulfur |
| octateuque {m} | :: octateuch |
| octatomique {adj} [chemistry] | :: octatomic |
| octavien {adj} | :: Octavian |
| octavier {v} | :: to octavate |
| octavon {m} | :: octoroon |
| octavonne {f} | :: feminine noun of octavon |
| octet {m} [computing] | :: byte (of eight bits), octet |
| octidi {m} [historical] | :: The eighth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar |
| octilliard {m} | :: sexdecillion |
| octo- {prefix} | :: octo- |
| octobre {m} | :: October |
| octogénaire {mf} | :: octogenarian |
| octogonal {adj} | :: octagonal |
| octogone {m} | :: octagon |
| octomère {m} [chemistry] | :: octomer |
| octomériser {v} [chemistry] | :: To octomerize |
| octopode {adj} | :: octopod; eight-legged |
| octopode {mf} | :: octopod (creature with eight legs) |
| octosyllabique {adj} | :: octosyllabic |
| octovalent {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: octavalent |
| octroi {m} | :: grant, granting; concession |
| octroyer {v} | :: to grant |
| octuor {m} [chiefly music] | :: octet |
| octuple {adj} | :: octuple |
| octupler {v} | :: to octuple; to multiply by eight |
| oculaire {adj} | :: ocular (relating to the eye) |
| oculaire {adj} | :: eye (witness) |
| oculairement {adv} | :: ocularly |
| oculiste {mf} | :: oculist, eye doctor |
| oculogyrie {m} | :: oculogyria |
| oculogyrique {adj} | :: oculogyric |
| ocytocine {f} | :: oxytocin |
| ocytocique {adj} | :: Oxytocic |
| ocytocique {m} | :: Oxytocic |
| odalisque {f} | :: odalisque |
| Odebrecht {prop} | :: surname |
| Odénat {prop} {m} | :: Odaenathus |
| odéon {m} | :: odeon (music hall) |
| Odette {prop} | :: given name |
| odeur {f} | :: smell, odour |
| odieusement {adv} | :: horribly; meanly; odiously |
| odieux {adj} | :: obnoxious (very annoying) |
| odieux {adj} | :: odious |
| odieux {adj} | :: unbearable (of person) |
| Odile {prop} | :: given name |
| Odin {prop} {m} [Norse mythology] | :: Odin (god) |
| odomètre {m} | :: odometer |
| odonate {m} | :: odonate |
| odontoïde {adj} | :: odontoid |
| odontoïde {f} | :: odontoid |
| odontologie {f} | :: odontology |
| odontologiste {mf} | :: odontologist |
| odontomètre {m} | :: perforation gauge (device for measuring perforation) |
| odontothèque {f} [dentistry] | :: odontotheca |
| odorant {adj} | :: scented, aromatic |
| odorat {m} | :: smell (sense of smell) |
| odoriférant {adj} | :: odoriferous, fragrant |
| odyssée {f} | :: odyssey |
| Odyssée {prop} {f} | :: Odyssey |
| œ {symbol} | :: Ligature in French spelling, a combination of o and e |
| Π{letter} | :: Letter used in French, a combination of O and E |
| OEA {prop} | :: initialism of Organisation des États américains |
| œcologie {f} | :: dated form of écologie |
| œcologique {adj} | :: dated form of écologique |
| œcologiquement {adv} | :: rare spelling of écologiquement |
| œcologiste {mf} | :: rare spelling of écologiste |
| œconomat {m} | :: obsolete spelling of économat |
| œconome {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of économe |
| œconome {m} | :: obsolete spelling of économe |
| œconomiquement {adv} | :: obsolete form of économiquement |
| œconomiser {v} | :: obsolete form of économiser |
| œconomiste {mf} | :: obsolete form of économiste |
| œcoumène {mf} | :: alternative form of écoumène |
| œcuménique {adj} | :: œcumenic, ecumenic, ecumenical |
| œcuméniquement {adv} | :: ecumenically |
| œcuménisme {m} | :: ecumenism (philosophy) |
| œcumenopole {m} | :: ecumenopolis |
| œcumenopolis {f} | :: alternative form of œcumenopole |
| œdémateux {adj} | :: oedematous, œdematous, edematous |
| œdème {m} [pathology] | :: edema, oedema |
| œdipe {m} | :: a person adept at solving puzzles |
| œdipe {m} | :: (by extension) a crossword enthusiast, a cruciverbalist |
| œdipe {m} | :: Oedipus complex |
| Œdipe {prop} | :: Oedipus |
| œdipianiser {v} | :: oedipalize, oedipalise |
| œdipien {adj} | :: Oedipal |
| œdipiennement {adv} | :: Oedipally |
| œdomètre {f} [geology] | :: oedometer |
| oeil {m} | :: nonstandard spelling of œil |
| œil {m} [anatomy, plural yeux] | :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see |
| œil {m} | :: [plural œils] glyph, rendering of a single character |
| œil {m} | :: [plural œils] eye (of a needle) |
| œil au beurre noir {m} | :: black eye |
| œil-de-bœuf {m} [architecture] | :: bull's eye, oculus |
| œil de lynx {m} [figuratively] | :: eagle eye, sharp vision |
| œil-de-tigre {m} [mineral] | :: tiger's eye |
| oeillade {f} | :: nonstandard spelling of œillade |
| œillade {f} | :: a wink |
| œillère {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: blinker(s) (for a horse) |
| oeillet {m} | :: nonstandard spelling of œillet |
| œillet {m} | :: eye (of a needle) |
| œillet {m} | :: pink, carnation |
| œillet {m} | :: buttonhole |
| œillet {m} | :: eyelet (in shoe etc.); hole (in belt) |
| œillet {m} | :: grommet |
| œillet {m} [nautical] | :: cringle |
| œillet de poète {m} | :: sweet william (Dianthus barbatus) |
| œillet des prés {m} | :: ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi) |
| œilleton {m} | :: eyepiece |
| œillette {f} | :: A type of poppy (Papaver setigerum) |
| œil pour œil, dent pour dent {phrase} | :: eye for an eye (tooth for a tooth) |
| œkoumène {mf} | :: alternative form of écoumène |
| œnanthal {m} [organic compound] | :: enanthal |
| œnanthique {adj} | :: Enanthic; oenanthic; œnanthic |
| œno- {prefix} | :: oeno- |
| œnochoé {m} | :: oenochoe |
| oenologie {f} | :: nonstandard spelling of œnologie |
| œnologie {f} | :: oenology |
| œnologique {adj} | :: oenological |
| œnologiquement {adv} | :: Enologically; oenologically |
| oenologue {mf} | :: nonstandard spelling of œnologue |
| œnologue {mf} | :: enologist |
| œnomel {m} | :: oenomel |
| œnophile {mf} | :: oenophile |
| œnophobe {mf} | :: A person who dislikes wine (strongly) |
| œnothèque {f} | :: wine shop |
| œnothèque {f} | :: wine cellar (collection of wine) |
| œnothèque {f} | :: wine bar |
| œnotourisme {m} | :: wine tourism |
| œrsted {m} | :: oersted |
| oesophage {m} | :: alternative form of œsophage |
| œsophage {m} | :: oesophagus |
| œsophagectomie {f} [surgery] | :: oesophagectomy |
| œsophagien {adj} | :: esophageal |
| œsophagisme {m} | :: Esophagospasm; oesophagospasm; œsophagospasm |
| œsophagite {f} | :: oesophagitis, œsophagitis, esophagitis |
| œsophagotomie {f} | :: Esophagotomy; oesophagotomy; œsophagotomy |
| œstral {adj} | :: oestral; oestrous |
| oestrogène {m} | :: alternative form of œstrogène |
| œstrogène {m} | :: oestrogen |
| œstrogénique {adj} | :: estrogenic, oestrogenic, œstrogenic |
| œstrone {f} | :: estrone |
| œstroprogestatif {adj} | :: oestroprogestative |
| œstrus {m} | :: oestrus, œstrus, estrus |
| oeuf {m} | :: nonstandard spelling of œuf |
| œuf {m} | :: egg |
| œuf {m} | :: egg; ovum |
| œuf à la coque {m} | :: boiled egg (soft-boiled egg) |
| œuf de Pâques {m} | :: Easter egg |
| œuf miroir {m} | :: fried egg |
| œufs brouillés {mp} | :: scrambled eggs |
| œufs dans l'eau {phrase} | :: A mnemonic for e dans l'o |
| œuf sur le plat {m} | :: fried egg, sunny side up |
| œuf tourné {m} [Quebec] | :: over easy egg |
| oeuvre {f} | :: nonstandard spelling of œuvre |
| œuvre {f} | :: work, book, piece |
| œuvre {f} | :: activity, operation |
| œuvre {f} | :: The complete body of an artist's work, or their works in a particular category |
| œuvre cinématographique {f} | :: film, flick, motion picture, movie or picture |
| œuvre d'art {f} | :: work of art (product of the fine arts) |
| oeuvrer {v} | :: nonstandard spelling of œuvrer |
| œuvrer {v} | :: to work |
| œuvrette {f} | :: A short literary or theatrical work |
| offensant {adj} | :: offensive |
| offensant {adj} | :: insulting |
| offenser {v} | :: to offend (to insult, to cause offence) |
| offenser {v} | :: to hurt (physically damage) |
| offenseur {m} | :: offender |
| offensif {adj} | :: offensive |
| offensive {f} | :: An offensive (military attack) |
| offensivement {adv} | :: offensively |
| offensive terrestre {f} [military] | :: ground offensive |
| offertoire {m} | :: offertory |
| office {m} | :: charge, task, mandate |
| office {m} | :: administrative bureau, department |
| office {m} | :: religious service, notably liturgical office |
| office {m} | :: place where a household's table (food and drink)-related services are conducted, especially by domestic staff |
| office des Grandes Heures {prop} {f} [Eastern Orthodoxy] | :: Great Hours |
| office de tourisme {m} | :: tourist office |
| office du tourisme {m} | :: alternative form of office de tourisme |
| officialisation {f} | :: officialization |
| officialiser {v} | :: to formalise |
| officialité {f} | :: officiality |
| officiant {adj} | :: officiating |
| officiel {adj} | :: official |
| officiellement {adv} | :: officially |
| officier {v} | :: to officiate |
| officier {m} | :: officer |
| officière {f} | :: officer (female) |
| officieusement {adv} | :: unofficially |
| officieux {adj} | :: unofficial (not official) |
| officine {f} | :: pharmacy, dispensary (especially retail) |
| offrande {f} [religion] | :: offering |
| offre {f} | :: offer (something offered) |
| offre {f} [economics] | :: supply |
| offre publique d'achat {f} | :: takeover bid; tender offer |
| offreur {m} | :: offeror |
| offrir {v} | :: to offer |
| offrir {v} | :: to give as a gift |
| offrir {vr} | :: to buy for oneself |
| offrir {vr} | :: to treat oneself |
| offrir {vr} | :: to open oneself up to (someone) |
| off-shore {adj} | :: alternative form of offshore |
| offshore {adj} | :: offshore, in the sea away from the coast |
| offshore {adj} | :: offshore, in another country |
| offusquer {vt} | :: to offend |
| offusquer {vp} | :: to be offended (de (by)), to take offence (de (at)) |
| oflag {m} | :: oflag |
| Ogawa {prop} | :: surname |
| oghamique {adj} | :: oghamic |
| Oghouzes {prop} | :: Oghuz, the Oghuz people |
| ogival {adj} | :: ogival |
| ogive {f} [architecture] | :: diagonal rib, ogive |
| ogive {f} [military] | :: nose cone (of missile) |
| OGM {m} | :: (organisme génétiquement modifié) GMO; [loosely] GM, GM crops |
| ognon {m} | :: post-1990 spelling of oignon |
| ogre {m} [mythology] | :: ogre |
| ogresse {f} | :: ogress; feminine noun of ogre |
| oh {interj} | :: oh |
| ohé {interj} | :: oy; hi; ahoy; yoohoo (used to get someone's attention) |
| oh là là {interj} | :: Expression of surprise |
| oh là là {interj} | :: Expression of sympathy or concern |
| ohm {m} | :: ohm |
| ohmique {adj} [physics] | :: ohmic |
| ohmmètre {m} | :: ohmmeter |
| oh mon Dieu {interj} | :: oh my God! |
| oh non {interj} | :: oh no! |
| -oïde {suffix} | :: -oid |
| oïdium {m} | :: powdery mildew |
| oie {f} | :: goose |
| oie cendrée {f} | :: grey goose |
| oie des neiges {f} | :: snow goose (Chen caerulescens syn. Anser caerulescens) |
| -oient {suffix} | :: obsolete spelling of -aient |
| oignez vilain, il vous poindra {proverb} | :: ellipsis of oignez vilain, il vous poindra ; poignez vilain, il vous oindra |
| oignez vilain, il vous poindra ; poignez vilain, il vous oindra {proverb} | :: if you behave kindly towards a bad person, they will be mean; conversely, if you behave spitefully, they will be kind to you |
| oignon {m} | :: onion (Allium cepa) |
| oignon {m} | :: bulb (of a plant) |
| oignon {m} [in the plural, colloquial] | :: one's own business |
| oignonière {f} | :: onion plantation |
| oignon vert {m} | :: green onion |
| oignon vert {m} | :: spring onion |
| oignon vert {m} | :: scallion |
| oignon vert {m} | :: shallot |
| oignon vert {m} | :: chive |
| oignon vert {m} [Quebec, slang] | :: oignon vert |
| oïlitan {m} | :: langue d'oïl |
| oïlitan {adj} | :: langue d'oïl (attributive) |
| OIML {prop} {m} [legal, standardisation] | :: initialism of w:Organisation internationale de métrologie légale |
| oindre {v} [dated] | :: to anoint |
| oing {m} [archaic] | :: unction |
| oinj {m} [slang] | :: joint (marijuana cigarette) |
| -oïque {suffix} [organic chemistry] | :: -oic |
| -oir {suffix} | :: A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words for objects or tools used to do something |
| -oir {suffix} | :: A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words for places where something is done |
| -oir {suffix} | :: A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs |
| -oire {suffix} | :: A suffix used on verbs to form usually feminine words for objects or tools used to do something |
| -oire {suffix} | :: A suffix used on verbs (usually via the Latin supine form) to form masculine or feminine words for places where something is done |
| -oire {suffix} | :: A suffix used to form adjectives matched to nouns ending in -ation (or its variants) and derived from a Latin verb |
| -ois {suffix} | :: Used to form adjectives related to a particular country, region or city, their associated inhabitant names, and the local language or dialect |
| -oise {suffix} | :: used to form feminine nouns referring to female inhabitants of particular countries, regions or cities (along with associated adjectives) |
| Oise {prop} {f} | :: Oise |
| oiseau {m} | :: bird |
| oiseau de malheur {m} | :: bird of ill omen |
| oiseau de mauvais augure {m} | :: bird of ill omen |
| oiseau de nuit {m} [zoology] | :: A nocturnal bird |
| oiseau de nuit {m} [colloquial] | :: A person active at night; a night owl |
| oiseau de paradis {m} | :: bird of paradise (bird) |
| oiseau de passage {m} | :: migratory bird, bird of passage |
| oiseau de proie {m} | :: bird of prey |
| oiseau matinal {m} | :: early bird |
| oiseau-mouche {m} | :: hummingbird (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae) |
| oiseau rare {m} | :: rara avis, rare bird |
| oiselet {m} [archaic] | :: young bird, baby bird, birdlet |
| oiseleur {m} | :: birdcatcher |
| oiselier {m} | :: bird seller; birdseller |
| oiselle {f} [poetic] | :: female bird |
| oisellerie {f} | :: bird-catching |
| oisellerie {f} | :: bird-breeding |
| oisellerie {f} | :: bird-selling (trade, profession) |
| oisellerie {f} | :: birdshop |
| oisellerie {f} | :: aviary |
| oiseusement {adv} | :: pointlessly |
| oiseusement {adv} | :: idly |
| oiseux {adj} | :: pointless |
| oiseux {adj} | :: idle |
| oisif {adj} | :: idle (not engaged in any occupation) |
| oisillon {m} | :: young bird; chick, fledgling, baby bird, little bird |
| oisivement {adv} | :: idly |
| oisiveté {f} | :: idleness (of a person), as in laziness or indolence |
| oison {m} | :: gosling |
| okay {interj} | :: OK (endorsement; approval) |
| oki {interj} | :: ok, okay |
| okoumé {m} | :: Aucoumea klaineana, an African hardwood |
| okroug {m} | :: okrug |
| -ol {suffix} [chemistry] | :: -ol |
| OL {prop} [soccer] | :: initialism of Olympique Lyonnais (a soccer team from the French town of Lyons) |
| Öland {prop} | :: Öland |
| -ole {suffix} | :: added to a noun to form a diminutive, or a depreciative form of that noun |
| oléacée {f} | :: Any plant of the family Oleaceae |
| oléagineux {adj} | :: oleaginous |
| oléandre {m} | :: oleander |
| oléate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: oleate |
| olécrane {m} [anatomy] | :: olecranon |
| olécrâne {m} [anatomy] | :: alternative form of olécrane |
| olécranien {adj} [anatomy] | :: olecranal |
| olécrânien {adj} [anatomy] | :: alternative form of olécranien |
| oléfine {m} [organic chemistry] | :: olefin |
| oléicole {adj} [attributive] | :: olive |
| oléiculteur {m} | :: olivegrower |
| oléicultrice {f} | :: feminine singular of oléiculteur |
| oléiculture {f} | :: olivegrowing |
| oléine {f} | :: olein |
| oléique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: oleic |
| oléoduc {m} | :: pipeline |
| oléomargarine {f} | :: oleomargarine |
| oléomètre {m} | :: oleometer |
| oléométrie {f} | :: oleometry |
| oléométrique {adj} | :: oleometric |
| oléone {f} | :: oleone |
| oléopneumatique {adj} [of an automotive suspension system] | :: Involving oil and air; hydropneumatic |
| oléorésine {f} | :: oleoresin |
| oléosoluble {adj} | :: oil-soluble |
| Oléron {prop} | :: An island in Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
| oléum {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oleum |
| oleuropéine {f} [organic compound] | :: oleuropein |
| olfactif {adj} | :: olfactory (concerning the sense of smell) |
| olfaction {f} | :: olfaction |
| oliban {m} [rare] | :: incense; frankincense |
| olibrius {m} | :: oddball (ridiculous person) |
| olifant {m} | :: olifant [ivory horn] |
| oligarchie {f} [politics, philosophy] | :: oligarchy |
| oligarchique {adj} | :: oligarchic |
| oligarchiquement {adv} | :: oligarchically |
| oligarque {m} | :: oligarch (a member of an oligarchy) |
| Oligocène {prop} {m} | :: Oligocene period |
| oligoélément {m} | :: trace element |
| oligoholoside {m} [carbohydrate] | :: oligosaccharide |
| oligolécithe {adj} | :: oligolecithal |
| oligomère {m} [chemistry] | :: oligomer |
| oligomérisation {f} [chemistry] | :: oligomerization |
| oligopole {m} | :: oligopoly |
| oligopolistique {adj} | :: oligopolistic |
| oligoside {m} [carbohydrate] | :: oligosaccharide |
| oligothérapie {f} | :: oligotherapy |
| oligotrique {adj} | :: oligotrichous |
| olim {m} | :: The records of judgments rendered by the king's court during the reigns of St. Louis, Philip the Bold, Philip the Fair, Louis the Hutin, and Philip the Long |
| olisbos {m} | :: dildo (artificial phallus) |
| olivaie {f} | :: olive plantation |
| olivaire {adj} | :: olive (attributive) |
| olivâtre {adj} | :: olivey (having a somewhat olive colour) |
| olive {f} | :: olive |
| oliveraie {f} | :: olive orchard |
| olivète {f} | :: alternative form of œillette |
| olivette {f} | :: olive grove |
| olivette {f} | :: small olive |
| olivette {f} | :: small olive tree |
| olivette {f} | :: plum tomato |
| olivette {f} | :: a type of Provençal dance |
| Olivia {prop} | :: given name |
| olivier {m} | :: olive tree |
| Olivier {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Olivier {prop} | :: surname |
| olivine {f} | :: olivine |
| olivinique {adj} | :: olivinic |
| olographe {adj} | :: holograph |
| olonetsien {m} | :: Livvi, Olonets (dialect of Karelian language) |
| Olténie {prop} {f} | :: Olténie (historical region) |
| olympe {m} | :: A high, majestic place |
| Olympe {prop} {m} | :: Olympus (mountain) |
| olympiade {f} | :: olympiad (period of four years) |
| olympiade {f} | :: Olympiad (Olympic Games) |
| Olympie {prop} {f} | :: The Ancient Greek city Olympia, home of the original Olympics |
| olympien {adj} | :: Olympian |
| olympique {adj} | :: Olympic (of, or pertaining to the Olympic Games) |
| Olympiques {prop} | :: Olympics; ellipsis of Jeux olympiques |
| olympisme {m} | :: olympism |
| OM {prop} | :: initialism of Olympique de Marseille a football team from Marseille |
| omanais {adj} | :: Omani |
| Omanais {m} | :: Omani person |
| Omanaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Omanais |
| ombelle {f} [botany] | :: umbel |
| ombellifère {adj} | :: umbelliferous |
| ombellifère {f} | :: umbellifer |
| ombilic {m} | :: navel (remnant of umbilical cord) |
| ombilic {m} | :: umbilicus |
| ombilical {adj} | :: umbilical |
| omble {m} | :: char (fish) |
| ombrage {m} | :: (leafy) shade |
| ombrage {m} | :: umbrage, offence |
| ombragé {adj} | :: shaded, shady |
| ombrager {vt} | :: to shade |
| ombrager {vt} | :: to overshadow |
| ombrageusement {adv} | :: skittishly |
| ombrageux {adj} | :: umbrageous |
| ombrageux {adj} [animals, especially horses] | :: skittish, shy |
| ombral {adj} [maths] | :: umbral |
| ombre {f} | :: shade, shadow |
| ombre {f} | :: darkness |
| ombre {f} | :: ghost |
| ombre {m} [Ichthyology] | :: A fish of Osteichthyes of the freshwater family Salmonidae, of the genus Thymallus |
| ombrelle {f} | :: parasol |
| ombrer {v} | :: to shade (put into the shade) |
| ombreusement {adv} | :: shadily |
| ombreux {adj} | :: shady |
| Ombrie {prop} | :: Ombrie (region) |
| ombrien {m} | :: Umbrian (language) |
| ombrien {adj} | :: Umbrian |
| Ombrien {m} | :: Umbrian |
| Ombrienne {f} | :: feminine singular of Ombrien |
| ombudsman {mf} | :: An appointed official within an organization whose duty is to investigate complaints against that organization by its customers, taxpayers, and sometimes employees, and often to act as a consultant to improve services and processes |
| OMC {prop} | :: initialism of Organisation mondiale du commerce (WTO (World Trade Organization)) |
| -ome {suffix} | :: -oma |
| oméga {m} | :: omega (Greek letter) |
| omelette {f} | :: omelette |
| Omer {prop} | :: given name |
| omettre {vt} | :: to omit |
| omeyyade {adj} | :: Umayyad (attributive) |
| OMG {n} | :: alternative form of OGM |
| omicron {m} | :: omicron (Greek letter) |
| omission {f} | :: omission (act of omitting) |
| ommatidie {f} | :: ommatidium |
| omni- {prefix} | :: prefix meaning everywhere |
| omni- {prefix} | :: prefix meaning all |
| omnibus {adj} [rail transport, of a train] | :: Pertaining to a local (making stops at all stations) |
| omnibus {m} [dated] | :: omnibus, bus (especially, a 19th-century horse-drawn omnibus) |
| omnidirectionnel {adj} | :: omnidirectional |
| omnipotent {adj} | :: omnipotent |
| omniprésence {f} | :: omnipresence |
| omniprésent {adj} | :: omnipresent |
| omniscience {f} | :: omniscience |
| omniscient {adj} | :: omniscient |
| omnisports {adj} | :: multisport |
| omnium {m} [sport] | :: an open (open sports tournament) |
| omnium {m} [cycling] | :: an omnium (a multi-event track cycling race) |
| omnivore {adj} | :: omnivorous |
| omnivore {m} | :: omnivore |
| ô mon Dieu {interj} | :: oh my God! |
| omoplate {f} [anatomy] | :: shoulder blade, scapula |
| omotique {adj} | :: Omotic |
| omphalectomie {f} [surgery] | :: omphalectomy |
| OMS {prop} {f} | :: initialism of Organisation Mondiale de la Santé WHO (World Health Organisation) |
| -on {suffix} | :: Forming diminutives of things, including some animals |
| -on {suffix} | :: Indicating origin or occupation |
| -on {suffix} [physics and biology] | :: -on |
| on {pron} [indefinite] | :: one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual) |
| on {pron} [personal, colloquial] | :: we |
| On {prop} | :: On (village) |
| onagre {m} | :: onager (mammal) |
| onagre {m} | :: onager (machinery) |
| onagre {f} | :: Oenothera, evening primrose |
| onanisme {m} | :: onanism |
| onc {adv} [obsolete] | :: one day |
| onc {adv} [obsolete, used with "ne"] | :: never |
| once {f} | :: ounce (avoirdupois ounce) |
| once {f} [figuratively, by extension] | :: a little bit |
| once {f} | :: snow leopard |
| oncial {adj} | :: uncial (related to a majuscule style of writing) |
| oncial {adj} | :: calligraphic (written in an artistic style) |
| oncle {m} | :: uncle |
| oncogène {m} | :: oncogene |
| oncogénicité {f} [pathology] | :: oncogenicity |
| oncogénique {adj} [pathology] | :: oncogenic |
| oncologie {f} [medicine] | :: oncology (branch of medicine concerned with tumors and cancers) |
| oncologique {adj} | :: oncologic |
| oncologue {m} | :: oncologist (one who specialises in oncology) |
| oncoprotéine {f} [protein] | :: oncoprotein |
| oncosphère {f} | :: oncosphere |
| oncotique {adj} [physics] | :: oncotic |
| oncques {adv} [obsolete] | :: one day |
| oncques {adv} [obsolete, used with "ne"] | :: never |
| onction {f} | :: unction |
| onctueusement {adv} | :: runnily, unctuously |
| onctueux {adj} | :: runny (unctuous, in liquid form) |
| onctueux {adj} | :: smooth, creamy |
| onde {f} [technical] | :: wave |
| onde {f} [literary, dated] | :: water, especially calm water |
| ondé {adj} [literary] | :: wavy (of hair) |
| ondé {adj} [heraldry] | :: wavy; undy |
| onde de choc {f} | :: shockwave |
| onde de choc {f} [astronomy] | :: bow shock |
| ondée {f} | :: shower (rain) |
| onde électromagnétique {f} [physics] | :: electromagnetic wave |
| onde gravitationnelle {f} [physics] | :: gravitational wave |
| ondelette {f} | :: wavelet |
| ondin {m} | :: merfolk, merman |
| ondine {f} | :: undine; water-sprite |
| ondine {f} | :: mermaid |
| ondinisme {m} [sexuality] | :: urophilia, urolagnia, undinism |
| ondiniste {adj} | :: undinist |
| ondiniste {mf} | :: undinist |
| ondioline {f} [musical instruments] | :: ondioline |
| on-dit {m} | :: hearsay (evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge) |
| ondoiement {m} | :: undulation |
| ondoyer {v} | :: to sway, undulate |
| ondulant {adj} | :: undulating, sinuous |
| ondulant {adj} | :: wavelike |
| ondulation {f} | :: undulation |
| ondulatoire {adj} | :: undulatory |
| ondulatoire {adj} [physics] | :: wave (attributive) |
| onduler {v} | :: to wave (wave one's hand) |
| onduleur {m} | :: converter, inverter (of electricity) |
| onduleusement {adv} | :: sinuously |
| onduleux {adj} | :: undulating, sinuous |
| onduleux {adj} | :: billowing |
| onéreusement {adv} | :: onerously |
| onéreux {adj} | :: onerous |
| Onésime {prop} | :: Onesimus |
| ONG {f} | :: initialism of organisation non-gouvernementale = NGO (non-governmental organisation) |
| ongle {m} | :: nail, fingernail |
| onglerie {f} | :: nail bar, nail salon |
| onglet {m} | :: tab (navigational widget in a GUI) |
| onglet {m} [mechanics] | :: fillet fairing joining wing root to fuselage |
| onglet {m} | :: a hanger steak |
| onguent {m} | :: ointment; salve; unguent |
| ongulé {m} | :: ungulate |
| oniomanie {f} | :: oniomania |
| onirique {adj} [attributive] | :: dream |
| onirique {adj} | :: inspired by dreams |
| onirique {adj} | :: dreamlike |
| onirique {adj} | :: oneiric |
| onirisme {m} [psychology] | :: oneirism |
| onirisme {m} | :: dreaminess, dreams; fantasizing |
| on n'apprend pas à un vieux singe à faire des grimaces {proverb} | :: alternative form of ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimaces |
| on n'a rien sans rien {proverb} | :: you don't get something for nothing, there's no such thing as a free lunch |
| on n'attrape pas des mouches avec du vinaigre {proverb} | :: Honey catches more flies than vinegar; you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar |
| on ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des œufs {proverb} | :: you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette |
| on ne peut plus {adv} | :: very, extremely, most |
| on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n'a pas soif {proverb} | :: you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink |
| on n'est jamais mieux servi que par soi-même {proverb} | :: if you want a thing done well, do it yourself |
| on ne vit qu'une fois {phrase} | :: YOLO |
| onomastique {adj} | :: onomastic |
| onomastique {f} [linguistics] | :: onomastics |
| onomastiquement {adv} | :: onomastically |
| onomatologie {f} | :: onomatology |
| onomatopée {f} | :: onomatopoeia |
| onomatopéique {adj} | :: onomatopoeic |
| onoporde {m} | :: onopordum (Onopordum acanthium) |
| onopordon {m} | :: alternative form of onoporde |
| onques {adv} [obsolete] | :: one day |
| onques {adv} [obsolete, used with "ne"] | :: never |
| -ons {suffix} | :: A suffix denoting the first-person plural present indicative form of a verb |
| ontarien {adj} | :: Ontarian (relating to Ontario) |
| Ontarien {m} | :: Ontarian (someone from Ontario) |
| Ontarienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Ontarien |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (all senses): |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (province) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (village) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (city) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (unincorporated community) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (unincorporated community) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (community) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (county) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (town/hamlet/and/CDP) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (city) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (city) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (populated place) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (populated place) |
| Ontario {prop} {m} | :: Ontario (village) |
| ontogénéticien {m} | :: ontogeneticist |
| ontogénéticienne {f} | :: feminine noun of ontogénéticien |
| ontogénétique {adj} | :: ontogenetic, ontogenic |
| ontologie {f} [philosophy] | :: ontology (the metaphysical study of being) |
| ontologique {adj} | :: ontological |
| ontologiquement {adv} | :: ontologically |
| ONU {prop} {f} [politics, government] | :: initialism of Organisation des Nations Unies = UNO; often used for UN (United Nations) |
| onusien {adj} | :: UN (attributive) |
| onycho- {prefix} [anatomy] | :: onycho- (nail) |
| onychomycose {f} | :: onychomycosis (nail fungus) |
| -onyme {suffix} | :: -onym |
| onze {num} | :: eleven |
| onzième {adj} | :: eleventh |
| onzième {mf} | :: eleventh |
| onzièmement {adv} | :: eleventhly |
| oocyste {m} | :: oocyst |
| OODA {phrase} [military] | :: OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act); initialism of observer, s'orienter, décider, et agir |
| oogame {adj} | :: oogamous |
| oogamie {f} | :: oogamy |
| oogenèse {f} [biology] | :: oogenesis |
| oolithe {m} [geology] | :: oolite |
| oolithique {adj} [geology] | :: oolitic |
| oologie {f} | :: oology |
| oologique {adj} | :: oologic |
| oophage {adj} | :: oophagous |
| oophagie {f} | :: oophagy |
| oophore {m} | :: oophore |
| oophoridie {f} | :: oophoridium |
| oophorite {f} [pathology] | :: oophoritis |
| oosphère {f} | :: oosphere |
| oosporose {f} | :: oosporosis |
| oothèque {f} | :: ootheca |
| oozoïde {m} | :: oozoid |
| OPA {f} | :: takeover bid [UK], tender offer [US] |
| opacifier {vt} | :: to opacify |
| opacité {f} | :: opacity; opaqueness |
| opale {f} [mineralogy] | :: opal |
| opalin {adj} | :: opal (having an opal color) |
| opaque {adj} | :: opaque |
| opaquement {adv} | :: opaquely |
| open {m} | :: open; open tournament |
| OPEP {prop} {f} | :: OPEC; acronym of Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole |
| opéra {m} [music] | :: opera |
| opérable {adj} | :: operable |
| opéra bouffe {m} | :: opera bouffe |
| opéra comique {m} | :: opéra comique |
| opéra-féerie {m} | :: fairy opera |
| opéraïsme {m} | :: workerism |
| opéraïste {adj} | :: workerist |
| opéraïste {mf} | :: workerist |
| opérande {m} [mathematics, computing] | :: operand (quantity to which an operator is applied) |
| opérant {adj} | :: operant |
| opérateur {m} | :: operator (someone who operates) |
| opérateur {m} [mathematics] | :: operator |
| opératif {adj} | :: operative |
| opération {f} | :: operation (method by which a device performs its function) |
| opération {f} | :: Operation (medical operation) |
| opération de changement de sexe {f} | :: sex reassignment surgery |
| opérationnel {adj} | :: operational (all meanings) |
| opérationnellement {adv} | :: operationally |
| opératique {adj} | :: operatic |
| opératiquement {adv} | :: operatically |
| opératoire {adj} | :: operative |
| opératoire {adj} | :: surgical |
| opératoirement {adv} | :: operatively |
| opératoirement {adv} | :: surgically |
| opératrice {f} | :: feminine noun of opérateur |
| opercule {f} | :: operculum |
| operculé {adj} | :: sealed (especially with an operculum) |
| opérer {vt} | :: to operate (on) |
| opérer {vr} | :: to take place |
| opérette {f} [music] | :: operetta, light opera |
| Ophélie {prop} | :: given name |
| ophicléide {m} | :: ophicleide |
| ophidien {m} | :: ophidian |
| ophidien {adj} | :: ophidian |
| ophiographie {f} | :: ophiography |
| ophiotoxine {f} | :: ophiotoxin |
| ophiure {f} | :: ophiuroid, brittle star |
| ophrys {m} | :: bee orchid of the genus Ophrys |
| ophtalmie {f} | :: ophthalmia |
| ophtalmie égyptienne {f} [disease] | :: Egyptian ophthalmia (trachoma) |
| ophtalmique {adj} | :: ophthalmic |
| ophtalmo {mf} [colloquial] | :: optician, ophthalmologist |
| ophtalmologie {f} | :: ophthalmology |
| ophtalmologique {adj} | :: ophthalmological |
| ophtalmologiste {mf} | :: ophthalmologist |
| ophtalmologue {mf} | :: ophthalmologist |
| opiacé {adj} | :: opiate |
| opiacé {m} | :: opiate |
| opiane {f} | :: synonym of narcotine |
| opianique {adj} | :: opianic |
| opinel {m} | :: wood-handled folding knife |
| opiner {v} | :: to opine |
| opiner du bonnet {v} [literary] | :: to nod in agreement, to nod in approval, to approve |
| opiner du chef {v} [literary] | :: to nod in agreement, to nod in approval, to approve |
| opiniastre {adj} | :: obsolete form of opiniâtre |
| opiniâtre {adj} | :: opinionated, stubborn, obstinate (stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent) |
| opiniâtrement {adv} | :: doggedly, persistently |
| opiniâtrement {adv} | :: stubbornly, obstinately |
| opiniâtreté {f} | :: stubbornness, obstinacy |
| opinion {f} | :: opinion (thought, estimation) |
| opinion publique {f} | :: public opinion (opinion of the public) |
| opioïde {m} | :: opioid |
| opiomane {mf} | :: opium addict |
| opiomanie {f} | :: opium addiction |
| opiorphine {f} [organic compound] | :: opiorphin |
| opisthogastrique {adj} [anatomy] | :: opisthogastric |
| opisthographe {adj} | :: opisthographic |
| opisthosome {f} | :: opisthosoma |
| opium {m} | :: opium |
| oponce {m} | :: prickly pear |
| opopanax {m} | :: opopanax (all meanings) |
| opoponax {m} | :: alternative spelling of opopanax |
| opossum {m} | :: opossum |
| opothérapie {f} [medicine] | :: organotherapy |
| opothérapique {adj} | :: opotherapeutic |
| opothérapiquement {adv} | :: opotherapeutically, in an opotherapeutic way |
| opportun {adj} | :: opportune, timely |
| opportun {adj} | :: expedient |
| opportun {adj} | :: suitable |
| opportunément {adv} | :: opportunely |
| opportunisme {m} | :: opportunism (the taking of opportunities) |
| opportuniste {adj} | :: opportunistic |
| opportunité {f} | :: a state of opportuneness; fortuity |
| opportunité {f} [Anglicism, proscribed] | :: a favourable occasion, an opportunity |
| opposant {m} | :: opponent (someone to defeat) |
| opposant {m} | :: challenger |
| opposante {f} | :: feminine noun of opposant |
| opposé {m} | :: opposite |
| opposé {adj} | :: opposite |
| opposer {v} | :: to oppose |
| opposition {f} | :: opposition |
| oppositionnel {adj} | :: oppositional |
| oppressant {adj} | :: oppressive |
| oppresser {vt} | :: to oppress |
| oppresser {vt} | :: to squeeze so as to prevent breathing |
| oppresseur {m} | :: oppressor |
| oppressif {adj} | :: oppressive |
| oppression {f} | :: oppression |
| oppression {f} [Louisiana French, ] | :: asthma |
| oppressivement {adv} | :: oppressively |
| opprimer {v} | :: to oppress (to keep down by force) |
| opprobre {m} | :: opprobrium, infamy |
| opsonique {adj} | :: opsonic |
| optatif {adj} [grammar] | :: optative |
| optativement {adv} | :: optatively |
| opter {v} | :: to opt |
| opticien {m} | :: optician, optometrist |
| opticienne {f} | :: feminine noun of opticien |
| opticité {f} | :: opticity |
| optimal {adj} | :: optimal |
| optimalement {adv} | :: optimally |
| optime {adj} [obsolete, rare] | :: great, optimum |
| optimisation {f} | :: optimization |
| optimisé {adj} | :: optimized |
| optimiser {v} | :: to optimize |
| optimisme {m} | :: optimism |
| optimiste {mf} | :: optimist |
| optimiste {adj} | :: optimistic |
| option {f} | :: option |
| optionnel {adj} | :: optional |
| optionnellement {adv} | :: optionally |
| optique {adj} | :: optic, optical |
| optique {f} [physics] | :: optics |
| optique {f} | :: point of view, perspective |
| optiquement {adv} | :: optically |
| optochine {m} | :: optochin |
| optoélectronique {adj} | :: optoelectronic |
| optoélectronique {f} | :: optoelectronics |
| optogénétique {adj} | :: optogenetic |
| optogénétique {f} | :: optogenetics |
| optronique {adj} | :: optronic |
| optronique {f} | :: optronics |
| opulemment {adv} | :: opulently |
| opulence {f} | :: opulence |
| opulent {adj} | :: opulent |
| opuntia {m} | :: opuntia (flower) |
| opuscule {m} | :: opuscule |
| OQ {n} | :: initialism of officier de l'ordre national du Québec |
| OQLF {prop} [Quebec] | :: initialism of Office québécois de la langue française: the Quebec Board of the French Language |
| oque {f} | :: An oka: any of various units of mass formerly used in Turkey, Greece, and Egypt, all being approximately 1¼ kilograms (2¾ pounds) |
| or {m} | :: gold |
| or {m} [tincture] | :: or (yellow in heraldry) |
| or {adv} [obsolete] | :: now, presently |
| or {conj} | :: yet, however, now |
| oracle {m} | :: oracle |
| orage {m} | :: thunderstorm |
| orage {m} | :: storm, upset |
| orage {m} [literary] | :: turmoil, tumult |
| orage {m} | :: A device on an organ, which produces a "thunder" effect, usually by playing a large cluster chord on the pedalboard |
| orageusement {adv} | :: stormily |
| orageux {adj} | :: stormy (weather) |
| orageux {adj} | :: stormy, tumultuous (a situation) |
| oraison {f} | :: oration |
| oraison {f} | :: orison, meditative prayer |
| oral {adj} | :: oral |
| oral {m} | :: an oral exam, a viva, a viva voce |
| oralement {adv} | :: orally |
| oralisation {f} | :: oralization/oralisation |
| oraliser {v} | :: to oralize/oralise |
| oralité {f} | :: orality, the spoken word |
| oranais {adj} | :: Oranese (from or relating to Oran) |
| Oranais {m} | :: Oranese (person from Oran) |
| Oranaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Oranais |
| orange {f} | :: orange (fruit) |
| orange {m} | :: orange (color) |
| orange {adj} | :: orange |
| Orange {n} | :: Orange (town) |
| orangé {adj} | :: orangey |
| orangeat {m} | :: orangeat |
| oranger {m} | :: orange tree |
| oranger {v} | :: to make orange in color |
| orangeraie {f} | :: orange tree orchard |
| orangerie {f} | :: orangery |
| orange sanguine {f} | :: blood orange (Citrus sinensis) |
| orangiste {adj} | :: Orangeism (attributive) |
| orangiste {mf} | :: Orangeman |
| orang-outan {m} | :: orangutan [arboreal anthropoid ape] |
| orang-outang {m} | :: orangutan |
| orateur {m} | :: orator |
| orateur {m} | :: speaker, public speaker |
| oratoire {m} [religion] | :: oratory (room) |
| oratoire {m} [religion] | :: oratory (place of worship) |
| oratoire {adj} | :: oratorical |
| oratoirement {adv} | :: oratorically |
| oratorien {m} [religion] | :: oratorian |
| oratorien {adj} | :: oratorian (relating to an oratory) |
| oratorio {m} [music] | :: oratorio |
| oratrice {f} | :: feminine noun of orateur |
| orbe {m} [obsolete] | :: circle |
| orbe {m} | :: orb (spherical body) |
| orbe {m} | :: globus cruciger |
| orbiculaire {adj} | :: orbicular |
| orbiculairement {adv} | :: orbicularly (in a ring) |
| orbitaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: orbital |
| orbital {adj} | :: orbital |
| orbitalaire {adj} [physics] | :: orbital (of an atom or molecule, attributive) |
| orbitale {f} [physics] | :: orbital (of an atom or molecule) |
| orbitale antiliante {f} [physics, chemistry] | :: antibonding orbital |
| orbite {f} | :: orbit (path of one object around another) |
| orbite {f} [anatomy] | :: eye socket |
| orbiter {v} | :: to orbit (circle another object) |
| or blanc {m} | :: white gold (alloy of gold and another precious metal) |
| Orcades {prop} {fp} | :: Orkney Islands (archipelago) |
| orcadien {adj} | :: Orcadian |
| Orcadien {m} | :: Orcadian |
| Orcadienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Orcadien |
| orcanète {f} | :: alternative form of orcanette |
| orcanette {f} | :: bugloss |
| orcéine {f} [organic compound] | :: orcein |
| orchestral {adj} | :: orchestral |
| orchestrateur {m} [music] | :: orchestrator |
| orchestration {f} | :: orchestration |
| orchestratrice {f} | :: feminine singular of orchestrateur |
| orchestre {m} | :: orchestra, band |
| orchestre {m} | :: stalls (of cinema or theatre) |
| orchestrer {v} | :: to orchestrate |
| orchidectomie {f} [surgery] | :: orchidectomy |
| orchidée {f} | :: orchid |
| orchite {f} [pathology] | :: orchitis |
| orcine {f} [organic compound] | :: orcin |
| ordalie {f} | :: ordalium; ordeal |
| ordi {m} [colloquial] | :: computer; comp, puter |
| ordinaire {adj} | :: ordinary |
| ordinaire {m} [with the definite article] | :: the ordinary, the usual |
| ordinairement {adv} | :: ordinarily; normally |
| ordinal {adj} | :: ordinal |
| ordinand {m} | :: ordinand |
| ordinariat {m} | :: ordinariate |
| ordinarité {f} [rare] | :: ordinariness |
| ordinarité {f} [maths] | :: ordinarity |
| ordinateur {m} | :: A computer, a computing device |
| ordinateur {m} [archaic, Christianity] | :: One who performs an ordination ceremony |
| ordinateur portable {m} | :: laptop computer |
| ordination {f} | :: ordination |
| ordiphone {m} [rare] | :: smartphone |
| ordonnance {f} [medicine] | :: prescription |
| ordonnance {f} [legal] | :: order, decree |
| ordonnance {f} [legal] | :: ordinance |
| ordonnancement {m} | :: arrangement |
| ordonnancement {m} | :: scheduling |
| ordonnancement {m} [computing] | :: sequencing |
| ordonnancer {v} [finance] | :: to authorize |
| ordonnance restrictive {f} [law] | :: restraining order |
| ordonnateur {m} | :: organizer, director (one who gives orders) |
| ordonné {adj} | :: arranged, ordered |
| ordonné {adj} | :: prescribed |
| ordonnée {f} | :: ordinate (y coordinate) |
| ordonnément {adv} | :: in an ordered manner |
| ordonner {v} | :: to arrange, to organise, sort out (put in order) |
| ordonner {v} | :: to prescribe (e.g. medicine) |
| ordonner {v} | :: to prescribe, to order (give an order) |
| ordonner {v} [religion] | :: to ordain |
| ordre {m} | :: order (way in which things are arranged) |
| ordre {m} | :: order (group) |
| ordre {m} [legal] | :: order (calm) |
| ordre {m} | :: region (used in estimations) |
| ordre {m} | :: kind, sort |
| ordre {m} | :: order (tidiness) |
| ordre {m} | :: order (instruction) |
| ordre {m} [finance] | :: order |
| ordre {m} [taxonomy] | :: order |
| ordre {m} [architecture] | :: classical order |
| ordre de bataille {m} | :: order of battle |
| ordre de grandeur {m} | :: order of magnitude |
| ordre des mots {m} | :: word order (order of syntactic constituents) |
| ordre du Temple {prop} [history] | :: the Knights Templar |
| ordre permanent {m} [finance] | :: standing order, direct debit |
| ordre public {m} | :: law and order, public order |
| ordure {f} | :: garbage, refuse |
| ordure {f} | :: dung, animal faeces |
| ordure {f} [slang] | :: obscenity, filthy material |
| ordure {f} [slang, pejorative] | :: a filthy person |
| ordurer {vi} | :: to leave waste, to soil, to defecate |
| ordurier {adj} | :: foul, filthy |
| orée {f} [literary] | :: edge, border |
| oreillard {adj} | :: (especially in combination) eared (having a specified type of ear) |
| oreillard {m} | :: long-eared bat (of genus Plecotus) |
| oreille {f} | :: ear |
| oreille absolue {f} [music] | :: perfect pitch, absolute pitch (the ability to identify a note by name upon hearing it) |
| oreille de crisse {f} | :: oreille de crisse |
| oreille externe {f} [anatomy] | :: outer ear (portion of ear) |
| oreille interne {f} | :: inner ear |
| oreille moyenne {f} | :: middle ear |
| oreiller {m} | :: pillow |
| oreille relative {f} [music] | :: relative pitch |
| oreillette {f} | :: earphone (transducer, earpiece or headphone) |
| oreillette {f} [anatomy] | :: auricle (part of the heart) |
| oreillette {f} [botany] | :: asarabacca, European wild ginger (Asarum europaeum) |
| oreillette {f} [culinary] | :: beignet, fritter |
| oreillons {mp} | :: mumps |
| oréotrague {m} | :: klipspringer |
| ores {adv} [obsolete except in phrases] | :: now |
| orfèvre {m} | :: goldsmith, silversmith |
| orfèvre en la matière {m} [idiom] | :: An expert in the matter; a person with good judgment |
| orfèvrerie {f} | :: gold plate, silver plate |
| orfèvrerie {f} | :: the trade of making such things |
| orfévri {adj} [archaic] | :: wrought, crafted |
| orfraie {f} | :: white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) |
| orfraie {f} | :: osprey |
| orfraie {f} | :: bird of ill omen |
| organe {m} [anatomy] | :: organ (any part of the body) |
| organe {m} | :: organ (official publication) |
| organe {m} | :: subsystem [of mechanical parts] |
| organe {m} | :: body [of an organization], organ |
| organe {m} | :: voice |
| organelle {m} [cytology] | :: organelle |
| organes génitaux {mp} [anatomy] | :: genitals, genitalia |
| organicien {m} [chemistry] | :: organic chemist |
| organicien {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organic chemistry (attributive) |
| organicisme {m} | :: organicism |
| organiciste {adj} | :: organicist |
| organigramme {m} | :: organization chart, organigram (chart of reporting relationships in an organization) |
| organique {adj} | :: organic (all meanings) |
| organiquement {adv} | :: organically |
| organisateur {m} | :: organizer, host |
| organisation {f} | :: organization |
| Organisation des Nations Unies {prop} {f} | :: United Nations Organization |
| Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord {f} | :: North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| organisationnel {adj} | :: organizational |
| organisationnellement {adv} | :: organizationally |
| organisation non gouvernementale {f} | :: non-governmental organization (organization without government funding) |
| organisatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of organisateur |
| organiser {v} | :: to organise; to plan an event |
| organiser {v} | :: to organise; to put something in a specific order |
| organiseur {f} | :: organizer (hand-held micro-computer) |
| organisme {m} | :: organism (all senses) |
| organisme {m} | :: organisation |
| organiste {mf} | :: organist |
| organite {m} [cytology] | :: organelle |
| organo- {prefix} | :: organo- |
| organoarsénié {adj} [chemistry] | :: organoarsenic |
| organoboronique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organoboronic |
| organobromé {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organobromine (attributive) |
| organocatalyse {f} [organic chemistry] | :: organocatalysis |
| organocatalyseur {m} [organic chemistry] | :: organocatalyst |
| organochloré {adj} | :: organochlorinated |
| organochloré {m} | :: organochloride (chlorine substituted organic compound) |
| organoétain {m} [organic chemistry] | :: organotin |
| organofluoré {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organofluorine (attributive) |
| organogenèse {f} | :: organogenesis |
| organoiodé {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organoiodine (attributive) |
| organoleptique {adj} | :: organoleptic |
| organoleptiquement {adv} | :: organoleptically |
| organolithien {m} [organic chemistry] | :: organolithium |
| organomagnésien {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organomagnesium (attributive) |
| organomercuriel {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organomercurial |
| organométallique {adj} [chemistry] | :: organometallic |
| organoplombique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organolead |
| organostannique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organostannic |
| organozincique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: organozinc (attributive) |
| organza {m} | :: organza |
| orgasme {m} | :: orgasm |
| orgasme multiple {m} | :: multiple orgasm |
| orgasmique {adj} | :: orgasmic (of or relating to orgasms) |
| orgastique {adj} | :: orgastic |
| orge {mf} | :: barley |
| orgeat {m} | :: orgeat |
| orgeat {m} | :: a drink made of orgeat syrup, diluted with water |
| orge perlé {m} | :: pearl barley |
| orgiaque {adj} | :: orgiastic |
| orgiastique {adj} [rare] | :: orgiastic |
| orgie {f} | :: orgy (group activity) |
| orgie {f} | :: orgy (group sex) |
| orgie {f} | :: orgy, load, ocean, score (large amount) |
| orgue {m} [musical instruments] | :: organ |
| orgue de Barbarie {m} | :: barrel organ |
| orgueil {m} | :: pride; proudness; haughtiness, arrogance |
| orgueilleusement {adv} | :: proudly; with pride |
| orgueilleux {adj} | :: haughty, proud, arrogant |
| orgues {fp} [plurale tantum, music] | :: organ |
| orgues {fp} [plurale tantum, geology] | :: columns |
| Orianne {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| oricha {m} | :: orisha |
| oriental {adj} | :: Eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East |
| orientalement {adv} | :: orientally |
| orientaliser {v} | :: to orientalise |
| orientalisme {m} | :: orientalism |
| orientaliste {adj} | :: orientalist |
| orientaliste {mf} | :: orientalist |
| orientation {f} | :: orientation |
| orientation sexuelle {f} | :: sexual orientation |
| orienté {adj} | :: orientated |
| orienté {adj} | :: guided |
| orienter {v} | :: to orientate |
| orienter {v} | :: to set to north |
| orienter {v} | :: to guide |
| orienteur {m} | :: orienteerer |
| orienteur {m} | :: school counselor |
| orienteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of orienteur |
| orifice {m} | :: an orifice |
| oriflamme {f} [historical] | :: oriflamme |
| oriflamme {f} | :: banner, standard |
| origami {m} [uncountable] | :: origami (the Japanese art of paper folding) |
| origami {m} [countable] | :: origami (piece of art made by folding paper) |
| origamique {adj} | :: origamic (pertaining to origami) |
| origamiquement {adv} | :: origamically (by means of origami) |
| origan {m} | :: oregano (the plant) |
| origan {m} | :: oregano (the herb) |
| originaire {adj} [followed by "de"] | :: originating (from) |
| originairement {adv} | :: originally, at first |
| original {adj} | :: original |
| original {m} | :: an unusual or eccentric person |
| original {m} | :: an original manuscript |
| originalement {adv} | :: originally |
| originalité {f} | :: originality |
| origine {f} | :: origin (start place) |
| origine {f} | :: origin (place of creation) |
| origine {f} | :: start, beginning |
| origine {f} [mathematics] | :: origin |
| originel {adj} | :: original (relating to or going back to the origin) |
| originellement {adv} | :: originally |
| orignal {m} [Canada] | :: moose |
| Orinda {prop} | :: given name |
| oripeau {m} [archaic] | :: shining copper blade |
| oripeau {m} [in the plural] | :: rags |
| oriya {m} | :: Oriya (language) |
| ORL {adj} | :: abbreviation of otorhinolaryngologique (otolaryngological) |
| ORL {n} | :: abbreviation of otorhinolaryngologie: ENT (otolaryngology) |
| ORL {n} | :: abbreviation of otorhinolaryngologiste (otolaryngologist) |
| orle {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: orle, bordure |
| orle {m} [architecture] | :: orle |
| orléanais {adj} | :: someone of or from Orleans |
| orléanais {adj} | :: someone of or from Orléanais |
| Orléanais {m} | :: The region of Orleans |
| Orléanais {m} | :: The duchy of Orleans |
| Orléanaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Orléanais |
| orléanisme {m} | :: Orleanism |
| orléaniste {mf} | :: Orleanist |
| Orléans {prop} | :: Orléans (city) |
| orme {m} | :: elm |
| ormeau {m} | :: abalone (mollusc) |
| ormeau {m} | :: (small) elm |
| orme de Sibérie {m} | :: Siberian elm |
| ormiau {m} [regional] | :: alternative form of ormeau |
| or mussif {m} | :: mosaic gold |
| orne {m} | :: manna ash (Fraxinus ornus) |
| Orne {prop} | :: Orne (department) |
| Orne {prop} | :: Orne (river) |
| ornement {m} | :: show |
| ornement {m} | :: ornament, embellishment |
| ornement {m} [figuratively] | :: jewel |
| ornemental {adj} | :: ornamental |
| ornementalement {adv} | :: ornamentally |
| ornementation {f} | :: ornamentation |
| ornementation {f} | :: ornateness |
| ornementer {vt} | :: to ornement |
| orner {v} | :: to decorate, to adorn |
| ornière {f} | :: rut (groove in a road) |
| ornière {f} [figurative] | :: habit; routine |
| ornithochorie {f} [biology] | :: ornithochory |
| ornithogale {f} | :: star-of-Bethlehem (flowering plant of genus Ornithogalum) |
| ornithologie {f} | :: ornithology |
| ornithologique {adj} | :: ornithological |
| ornithologiste {mf} | :: ornithologist |
| ornithologue {mf} | :: ornithologist |
| ornithophilie {f} | :: ornithophily |
| ornithopode {m} | :: ornithopod |
| ornithorynque {m} | :: platypus |
| or noir {m} [figuratively] | :: black gold, petroleum |
| orogenèse {f} | :: orogenesis |
| orogénique {adj} | :: orogenic |
| orographie {f} | :: orography |
| orographique {adj} | :: orographic |
| orographiquement {adv} | :: orographically |
| oromo {m} | :: Oromo (language) |
| Oronce {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| oronge {f} | :: agaric |
| Oronte {prop} {m} | :: Orontes (river) |
| orontien {adj} | :: Orontian |
| Orontien {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| oropharyngé {adj} [anatomy] | :: oropharyngeal |
| orotique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: orotic |
| orpaillage {m} | :: placer mining |
| orpailleur {m} | :: gold prospector, gold panner, one who pans for gold |
| Orphée {prop} {m} [Greek mythology] | :: Orpheus |
| orphelin {m} | :: orphan |
| orphelin {adj} | :: orphaned |
| orphelinat {m} | :: orphanage |
| orphéon {m} [music] | :: choral society |
| orphéonique {adj} | :: Relating to, or characteristic of a choral society |
| orphéoniste {mf} | :: A member of a choral society |
| orphisme {m} | :: Orphism |
| orphiste {mf} | :: Orphist |
| orque {f} | :: killer whale; orca |
| Orsay {prop} | :: a commune in the Essonne department of Île-de-France |
| ORSEC {prop} | :: initialism of organisation de la réponse de sécurité civile: French plans for dealing with disasters and emergencies, specifying the personnel, equipment, and techniques to be used |
| orteil {m} | :: toe |
| ortho- {prefix} | :: right |
| orthobasique {adj} | :: orthorhombic |
| orthocère {adj} | :: orthoceratid (attributive) |
| orthochromatique {adj} | :: orthochromatic |
| orthocinèse {f} | :: alternative form of orthokinèse |
| orthodentine {f} | :: orthodentin |
| orthodiagraphie {f} | :: orthodiagraphy |
| orthodontie {f} [surgery] | :: orthodontics |
| orthodontiste {mf} | :: orthodontist |
| orthodoxe {adj} | :: orthodox |
| orthodoxe {adj} [religion] | :: Orthodox |
| orthodoxe {mf} | :: orthodox (person) |
| orthodoxement {adv} | :: orthodoxly |
| orthodoxie {f} | :: orthodoxy |
| orthodromie {f} | :: orthodromic distance |
| orthodromique {adj} | :: orthodromic |
| orthoédrique {adj} | :: orthoedric |
| orthoépie {f} [phonetics] | :: orthoepy |
| orthoépique {adj} | :: orthoepic |
| orthogenèse {f} | :: orthogenesis |
| orthogénétique {adj} | :: orthogenetic |
| orthogénie {f} | :: family planning |
| orthognathe {adj} | :: orthognathous |
| orthogonal {adj} | :: orthogonal |
| orthogonalement {adv} | :: orthogonally |
| orthogonalisation {f} [maths] | :: orthogonalization |
| orthogonaliser {v} [maths] | :: To orthogonalize |
| orthogonalité {f} [maths] | :: orthogonality |
| orthogone {adj} | :: orthogonal |
| orthographe {f} | :: orthography; spelling |
| orthographie {f} [architecture] | :: orthography, orthographic projection |
| orthographie {f} [chiefly before 1900] | :: obsolete form of orthographe |
| orthographier {v} | :: to spell |
| orthographieur {m} | :: orthographer |
| orthographieuse {f} | :: feminine singular of orthographieur |
| orthographique {adj} | :: orthographic, orthographical |
| orthographiquement {adv} | :: orthographically |
| orthographiste {m} | :: orthographist |
| orthohydrogène {m} | :: orthohydrogen |
| orthokératologie {f} | :: orthokeratology |
| orthokinèse {f} | :: orthokinesis |
| ortholexie {m} | :: good diction |
| orthologie {f} | :: orthology |
| orthologique {adj} | :: orthological |
| orthomoléculaire {adj} | :: orthomolecular |
| orthomorphie {f} | :: synonym of orthopédie |
| orthonormal {adj} | :: orthonormal |
| orthonormaliser {v} | :: To orthonormalize |
| orthonormé {adj} [maths] | :: orthonormal |
| orthopantomogramme {m} | :: orthopantomogram |
| orthopédie {f} | :: orthopaedics |
| orthopédique {adj} | :: orthopedic |
| orthopédiste {mf} | :: orthopaedist |
| orthophonie {f} | :: speech therapy |
| orthophoniste {mf} | :: speech therapist |
| orthophosphorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: orthophosphoric |
| orthophotographie {f} | :: orthophoto, orthophotograph |
| orthophotographie {f} | :: orthophotography |
| orthopnée {f} | :: orthopnoea / orthopnea |
| orthopnoïque {adj} | :: orthopnoeic / orthopneic |
| orthopraxie {f} | :: orthopraxy |
| orthoptère {m} | :: orthopteran |
| orthoptéroïde {m} | :: orthopteroid |
| orthoptie {f} | :: orthoptics |
| orthoptique {adj} | :: orthoptic |
| orthoptiste {mf} | :: orthoptist |
| orthopyroxène {m} [mineral] | :: orthopyroxene |
| orthorexie {f} | :: orthorexia |
| orthorexique {adj} | :: orthorexic |
| orthorhombique {adj} | :: orthorhombic |
| orthorhombiquement {adv} | :: orthorhombically |
| orthorhynque {m} | :: Antillean crested hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) |
| orthorrhombique {adj} | :: alternative form of orthorhombique |
| orthoscopie {f} | :: orthoscopy |
| orthoscopique {adj} | :: orthoscopic |
| orthose {f} [mineralogy] | :: orthoclase |
| orthosexuel {adj} | :: orthosexual |
| orthosie {f} | :: orthosia (moth) |
| orthosiphon {m} | :: orthosiphon |
| orthospermé {adj} [botany] | :: orthospermous |
| orthostate {m} | :: orthostat |
| orthostatique {adj} | :: orthostatic |
| orthostatisme {m} | :: orthostatism |
| orthosympathique {adj} | :: orthosympathetic |
| orthotopique {adj} | :: orthotopic |
| orthotrope {adj} | :: orthotropic |
| ortie {f} | :: nettle |
| ortolan {m} | :: ortolan (small bird) |
| orvet {m} | :: slowworm |
| Orville {prop} | :: A placename |
| Orville {prop} | :: Orville, Indre, France |
| Orville {prop} | :: Orville, Orne, France |
| Orville {prop} | :: A placename |
| Orville {prop} | :: Orville, Côte-d'Or, France; (From the golden coloration found in the local wineries and their golden leafed grape vines) |
| orwellien {adj} | :: Orwellian |
| oryctérope {m} | :: aardvark |
| oryctognosie {f} [obsolete] | :: oryctognosy |
| oryctologie {f} [obsolete] | :: oryctology |
| oryctologique {adj} [obsolete] | :: oryctological |
| -os {suffix} [slang] | :: Slang ending of nouns, adjectives and adverbs; without changing the meaning |
| os {m} | :: bone |
| oscarisé {adj} | :: Oscar-winning |
| oscariser {vt} | :: to award an Oscar to |
| oscillateur {m} | :: oscillator |
| oscillateur de battement {m} | :: beat frequency oscillator |
| oscillation {f} | :: oscillation |
| oscillatoire {adj} | :: oscillatory |
| osciller {v} | :: to oscillate |
| osciller {v} | :: to wobble |
| oscillo {m} [colloquial] | :: oscilloscope |
| oscillographe {m} | :: oscillograph |
| oscillographie {f} | :: oscillography |
| oscillographique {adj} | :: oscillographic |
| oscilloscope {m} | :: oscilloscope |
| osculateur {adj} [geometry] | :: osculating |
| oscule {m} [biology] | :: osculum |
| -ose {suffix} [pathology] | :: -osis, a functional disease or condition |
| -ose {suffix} [chemistry] | :: -ose, a saccharide (simple sugar) |
| osé {adj} | :: daring, risqué |
| Osée {prop} {m} [bible] | :: Hosea |
| osef {interj} [internet slang, colloquial, vulgar, acronym] | :: abbreviation of on s'en fout |
| oseille {f} | :: [botany] sorrel |
| oseille {f} [colloquial] | :: dough, dosh, bread (money) |
| oser {v} | :: to dare |
| oser {v} [Switzerland] | :: to be allowed to |
| oseraie {f} | :: willow orchard |
| os ethmoïde {m} | :: ethmoid bone |
| os frontal {m} | :: frontal bone |
| os hyoïde {m} | :: hyoid bone |
| oside {m} [carbohydrate] | :: saccharide (especially a polymeric one) |
| osidique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: saccharidic |
| osier {m} [countable] | :: osier (tree) |
| osier {m} [uncountable] | :: wicker |
| osier {m} [tree] | :: willow |
| -osité {suffix} | :: -osity |
| os lacrymal {m} | :: lacrimal bone |
| Oslo {prop} {f} | :: Oslo (county/and/municipality/capital city) |
| osmanthe {m} | :: osmanthus |
| osmazôme {m} | :: osmazome |
| osmique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: osmic |
| osmium {m} | :: osmium |
| osmiure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: osmide |
| osmolalité {f} [chemistry] | :: osmolality |
| osmolarité {f} [chemistry] | :: osmolarity |
| osmorécepteur {m} | :: osmoreceptor |
| osmose {m} | :: osmosis |
| osmotique {adj} | :: osmotic |
| osmotrophie {f} [biology] | :: osmotrophy |
| osmotrophique {adj} [biology] | :: osmotrophic |
| os nasal {m} | :: nasal bone |
| os occipital {m} | :: occipital bone |
| os palatin {m} | :: palatine bone |
| os pariétal {m} | :: parietal bone |
| os pisiforme {m} | :: pisiform bone |
| osque {adj} | :: Oscan |
| osque {m} | :: Oscan |
| Osque {mf} | :: Oscan (person) |
| Osroène {prop} {f} | :: Osroene |
| osroénien {adj} | :: Osroenian |
| ossature {f} | :: frame, structure, framework |
| ossature {f} | :: bone structure |
| osséine {f} [protein] | :: ossein |
| osselet {m} | :: small bone; (of the ear) ossicle |
| osselet {m} | :: jack, knucklebone |
| ossements {mp} | :: bones, denuded of flesh |
| Ossète {mf} | :: an Ossetian |
| Ossétie {prop} {f} | :: Ossetia, a Caucasian region, ancestral home of the Ossetic culture |
| Ossétie du Nord {prop} {f} | :: The Russian Caucasian region North Ossetia |
| Ossétie du Sud {prop} {f} | :: The Georgian Caucasian region South Ossetia |
| Ossétien {m} | :: Ossetian |
| osseusement {adv} | :: osseously |
| osseusement {adv} | :: bonily |
| osseux {adj} | :: osseous |
| osseux {adj} | :: bony |
| ossifier {v} | :: to ossify (turn to bone) |
| osso buco {m} | :: osso buco (Italian meat dish) |
| ossobuco {m} | :: alternative spelling of osso buco |
| os sphénoïde {m} | :: sphenoid bone |
| ossuaire {m} | :: ossuary |
| ost {m} [archaic, literary] | :: host, army |
| ostéide {m} | :: osteoid |
| os temporal {m} | :: temporal bone |
| ostendais {adj} | :: Of or from Ostend |
| Ostende {prop} {m} | :: Ostende (city) |
| ostensible {adj} | :: apparent |
| ostensiblement {adv} | :: ostensibly, apparently |
| ostensiblement {adv} | :: conspicuously |
| ostensoir {m} | :: monstrance (ornamental in which the consecrated host is placed for veneration) |
| ostentation {f} | :: ostentation |
| ostentatoire {adj} | :: ostentatious |
| ostentatoirement {adv} | :: ostentatiously |
| ostéo- {prefix} | :: osteo- |
| ostéoblaste {m} | :: osteoblast |
| ostéocalcine {f} [protein] | :: osteocalcin |
| ostéoclaste {m} [biology] | :: osteoclast |
| ostéocolle {f} | :: The coating of lime that builds up on objects suspended in a source of hard water |
| ostéodystrophie {f} | :: osteodystrophy |
| ostéoformation {f} | :: osteoformation |
| ostéogenèse {f} [physiology] | :: osteogenesis |
| ostéoïde {adj} | :: osteoid |
| ostéoïde {m} | :: osteoid |
| ostéologique {adj} | :: osteological |
| ostéolyse {f} [biology] | :: osteolysis |
| ostéomalacie {f} [pathology] | :: osteomalacia |
| ostéométrique {adj} | :: osteometric |
| ostéomorphologique {adj} | :: osteomorphological |
| ostéomyélite {f} [pathology] | :: osteomyelitis |
| ostéon {m} [anatomy] | :: osteon |
| ostéopathe {mf} | :: osteopath |
| ostéopathie {f} | :: osteopathy |
| ostéopathique {adj} | :: osteopathic |
| ostéoplaste {m} [anatomy] | :: osteoplast |
| ostéoporose {f} [pathology] | :: osteoporosis |
| ostéotomie {f} [anatomy, surgery] | :: osteotomy |
| ostiaire {m} [historical, Ancient Rome or archaic] | :: porter, doorman, ostiary |
| ostie {f} [Quebec, vulgar] | :: An expletive and intensifier for all purposes |
| Ostie {prop} {f} | :: Ostia |
| ostracisation {f} | :: ostracization |
| ostraciser {vt} | :: to ostracize |
| ostracisme {m} | :: ostracism |
| os trapèze {m} [skeleton] | :: trapezium |
| os trapézoïde {m} [skeleton] | :: trapezoid bone |
| ostréicole {adj} [attributive] | :: oyster; oyster farming |
| ostréiculteur {m} | :: oyster farmer |
| ostréiculteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of ostréiculteur |
| ostréiculture {f} | :: oyster farming |
| ostrier {m} | :: hop hornbeam (of genus Ostrya) |
| ostrogoth {m} [colloquial] | :: a barbarian, an uncivilized bigot |
| ostrogothique {adj} | :: Ostrogothic |
| os zygomatique {m} | :: zygomatic bone |
| -ot {suffix} | :: A diminutive indicator for certain words, functioning similarly to the more common -et. Used for some names: |
| Ota {prop} | :: surname |
| otage {mf} | :: hostage |
| Otan {prop} | :: alternative form of OTAN |
| OTAN {prop} {f} | :: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| otarie {f} | :: sea lion |
| -ote {suffix} | :: suffix indicating provenance |
| -ote {suffix} | :: feminine noun of -ot |
| -oter {suffix} [colloquial] | :: Forming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive or frequentative sense |
| ôter {v} | :: to take away, remove |
| ôter {v} | :: to take off, remove (clothes, etc.) |
| ôter {v} | :: to remove, cut (text etc.); to take away (in arithmetic) |
| ôter {v} | :: to take (something) away from someone; to deprive |
| ôter {vp} | :: to move oneself, get out of the way |
| ôter une épine du pied {v} [à] | :: [colloquial, figuratively] to get out of a tight spot, to help out of a jam; to take a weight off someone's shoulders; to be a relief |
| otique {adj} [anatomy] | :: otic |
| otoconie {f} [anatomy] | :: otoconium |
| otographie {f} [anatomy] | :: otography |
| otographique {adj} [anatomy] | :: otographic |
| otolithe {m} [anatomy] | :: otolith |
| otolithique {adj} [anatomy] | :: otolithic |
| otologie {f} | :: otology (the branch of medicine that deals with the ear) |
| otologique {adj} | :: otological |
| oto-rhino-laryngologie {f} [medicine] | :: otorhinolaryngology |
| otorhinolaryngologie {f} [medicine, 1990 spelling reform] | :: otorhinolaryngology |
| oto-rhino-laryngologique {n} [medicine] | :: otorhinolaryngological |
| otorhinolaryngologique {n} [medicine, 1990 spelling reform] | :: otorhinolaryngological |
| oto-rhino-laryngologiste {mf} [medicine] | :: otorhinolaryngologist |
| otorhinolaryngologiste {mf} [medicine, 1990 spelling reform] | :: otorhinolaryngologist |
| Otrante {prop} {m} | :: Otrante (town) |
| Ottawa {prop} | :: Ottawa (city) |
| Ottawa-Hull {prop} | :: The National Capital Region (NCR) of Canada; former name of Ottawa-Gatineau |
| -otte {suffix} | :: feminine noun of -ot; forming feminine nouns and adjectives, chiefly with diminutive effect |
| ottoman {adj} | :: Ottoman |
| ottonien {adj} | :: Ottonian |
| ou {conj} | :: or |
| ou {conj} | :: either...or |
| où {adv} | :: where (interrogative) |
| où {adv} | :: where (relative pronoun) |
| où {adv} | :: At that time; when |
| où {adv} [poetic] | :: whither |
| ouaf {interj} [onomatopoeia] | :: woof, the sound of a dog's bark |
| ouagalais {adj} | :: From or related to Ouagadougou |
| ouah {adv} [colloquial] | :: yeah, yep, yup |
| ouah {interj} [colloquial] | :: yeah, yep, yup |
| ouah {interj} [colloquial] | :: wow! |
| ouah {interj} [onomatopoeia] | :: woof, the sound of a dog's bark |
| ouaï {m} [slang, Marseille dialect] | :: mess, chaos |
| ouaiiis {interj} | :: whee |
| ouaille {f} | :: ewe |
| ouaille {f} [in plural] | :: flock (of sheep, or the people looked after by a Christian pastor) |
| ouaille {adv} [colloquial] | :: yeah, yep, yup |
| ouaille {interj} [colloquial] | :: yeah, yep, yup |
| ouaip {interj} | :: yep |
| ouais {interj} [colloquial] | :: yeah, yep, yup, yes, affirmative expression |
| ouais {interj} [colloquial] | :: Used to express consent |
| ouais {interj} [dated] | :: wow |
| ouais {interj} [colloquial] | :: whoo (expresses joy) |
| Oualid {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| ouananiche {f} [Canada] | :: a wananish / winninish |
| oua-oua {interj} | :: A representation of a dog's bark |
| ouaouaron {m} [Canadian, Louisiana French] | :: bullfrog |
| ouate {f} | :: cotton wool |
| ouaté {adj} | :: quilted |
| ouaté {adj} | :: muffled |
| ouate de phoque {interj} [humorous] | :: what the hell |
| ouater {v} | :: to cotton-wool (cover with cotton wool) |
| ouaterie {f} | :: wool-making |
| ouateux {adj} | :: woolly, soft like wool |
| Oubangui {prop} {m} | :: Ubangi (river) |
| ou bien {conj} | :: either (... or ...) |
| oubli {m} | :: oversight (omission) |
| oubliable {adj} | :: forgettable |
| oublie {f} | :: wafer |
| oublie {f} | :: (religion) host |
| oublié {adj} | :: forgotten |
| oublier {v} | :: to forget |
| oublier {v} | :: to leave something behind by accident |
| oubliette {f} | :: oubliette |
| oubliettes de l'histoire {fp} | :: trash heap of history, ash heap of history |
| oublieusement {adv} | :: obliviously |
| oublieux {adj} | :: oblivious, forgetful (failing to remember) |
| ouch {interj} | :: interjection expressing a sharp pain: ouch! |
| ouchanka {f} | :: ushanka |
| oued {m} | :: wadi (a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season) |
| Ouellet {prop} | :: surname |
| Ouellette {prop} | :: surname |
| ouest {m} | :: west |
| Ouest {prop} {m} | :: West (Western block, Western Europe) |
| ouest-asiatique {adj} | :: Western Asian |
| ouest-nord-ouest {m} | :: west-northwest (compass point) |
| ouest-quart-nord-ouest {m} | :: west by north (compass point) |
| ouest-quart-sud-ouest {m} | :: north-northwest (compass point) |
| ouest-sud-ouest {m} | :: west-southwest (compass point) |
| ouf {interj} | :: phew!, whew! (expressing relief) |
| ouf {adj} [slang] | :: crazy; nuts |
| ouf {m} [slang] | :: crazy person, nutter |
| Ouganda {prop} {m} | :: Uganda |
| ougandais {adj} | :: Ugandan |
| Ougandais {m} | :: Ugandan (A person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent) |
| Ougandaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Ougandais |
| ouguiya {m} | :: ouguiya (currency of Mauritania) |
| ouh {interj} | :: ooh, ouch |
| ouh {interj} | :: booh, hiss |
| oui {adv} | :: yes |
| oui {interj} | :: yes |
| ouiche {f} [humorous] | :: quiche |
| oui-da {interj} [archaic] | :: yes indeed; in truth, assuredly |
| ouï-dire {m} | :: hearsay |
| ouïe {f} | :: hearing, audition |
| ouïe {f} | :: gill (breathing organ) |
| ouïe {f} [musical instruments, lutherie] | :: f-hole, sound hole |
| ouïghour {adj} | :: Uyghur |
| ouïghour {m} | :: Uyghur (language) |
| ouïgour {adj} | :: alternative spelling of ouïghour |
| ouïgour {m} | :: alternative spelling of ouïghour |
| Ouïgour {m} | :: alternative spelling of Ouïghour |
| ouillage {m} | :: ullage (topping up) |
| ouille {interj} | :: ouch! ow! |
| ouiller {v} | :: to add wine to a barrel to replace evaporated wine |
| ouiménon {adv} [colloquial] | :: kinda |
| Ouimet {prop} | :: surname |
| ouin {m} | :: An expression of sadness (like crying) by making such a sound |
| ouip {interj} | :: informal form of ouipe |
| ouipe {interj} [colloquial, neologism] | :: Yep; yup |
| ouïr {v} [archaic] | :: to hear |
| ouïr {v} [archaic] | :: to listen |
| ouiski {m} [rare] | :: alternative spelling of whisky |
| ouisqui {m} [rare] | :: alternative spelling of whisky |
| ouisquie {m} [rare] | :: alternative spelling of whisky |
| ouistiti {m} | :: marmoset |
| ouistiti {interj} [photography] | :: cheese |
| oukase {m} | :: alternative spelling of ukase |
| Oulan-Bator {prop} {f} | :: Ulan Bator |
| oule {f} | :: cauldron, handleless earthen pot, marmite |
| oule {f} [geography] | :: pothole, water cavity |
| oule {f} [geography, by extension] | :: watercourse that contains such a pothole |
| oule {f} [by extension] | :: town or village located near such a fluvial feature |
| ouléma {m} [Islam] | :: A Muslim scholar |
| oulipien {adj} | :: Of or relating to the Oulipo movement |
| Oulipo {prop} | :: Ouvroir de littérature potentielle (workshop of potential literature): a loose gathering of (mainly) French-speaking writers and mathematicians who seek to create works using constrained writing techniques |
| OuLiPo {prop} | :: alternative spelling of Oulipo |
| Ouo {prop} | :: Ouo (town) |
| ouolof {m} | :: alternative form of wolof |
| oups {interj} | :: oops, whoops |
| ouragan {m} [weather] | :: hurricane |
| Oural {prop} {m} | :: Urals |
| ouraline {m} | :: uranium glass |
| ouralo-altaïque {adj} | :: Ural-Altaic |
| ouranien {adj} | :: uranian |
| ouranien {adj} | :: celestial |
| ouraque {m} [anatomy] | :: urachus |
| ourdir {vt} | :: to warp (set up a weaving frame) |
| ourdir {vt} [by extension, literary] | :: to plot (set up a plan) |
| ourdophone {adj} | :: alternative spelling of ourdouphone |
| ourdophone {mf} | :: alternative spelling of ourdouphone |
| ourdou {m} | :: the Urdu langue |
| ourdou {adj} | :: Urdu (related to the Urdu language) |
| ourdouphone {adj} | :: Urdu-speaking |
| ourdouphone {mf} | :: An Urdu-speaking person |
| ourler {v} | :: to hem |
| ourlet {m} | :: hem |
| ourlet {m} [anatomy] | :: rim, helix |
| ours {m} | :: bear (animal) |
| ours {m} | :: masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff) |
| ours blanc {m} | :: polar bear |
| ourse {f} | :: she-bear (a female bear) |
| ours en peluche {m} | :: teddy bear (a stuffed toy bear) |
| oursin {m} | :: sea urchin |
| oursinade {f} | :: sea urchin meal or festival |
| ours mal léché {m} [colloquial] | :: a roughneck, a gruff person, an ill-mannered person, a surly person |
| ours noir {m} | :: black bear |
| ourson {m} | :: cub; bear cub |
| oursonne {f} | :: feminine noun of ourson |
| ours polaire {m} | :: polar bear |
| -ouse {suffix} | :: Forming feminine nouns of colloquial or slang speech (from other nouns) |
| ousque {adv} | :: alternative form of oùsque |
| oùsque {adv} | :: alternative form of où (interrogative or relative) |
| Oussouriisk {prop} {m} | :: Ussuriysk |
| oustachi {adj} | :: Ustaše (attributive) |
| ouste {interj} | :: shoo, begone, hop it! |
| oustiti {m} | :: marmoset |
| oustiti {interj} [colloquial] | :: cheese (used to make someone smile when posing for a photo) |
| oût {m} | :: rare form of août |
| outaouais {adj} | :: Of or from Outaouais |
| Outaouais {prop} | :: Outaouais (region) |
| outarde {m} | :: bustard |
| outarde {m} | :: Canada goose |
| outardeau {m} | :: The young of a bustard |
| outchitel {m} | :: A tutor or teacher who is Russian |
| outil {m} | :: tool (something designed to aid in a task) |
| outillage {m} | :: equipment, tools |
| outillé {adj} | :: equipped |
| outiller {vt} | :: to equip; to tool up |
| outrage {m} | :: offence, insult, contempt |
| outrage {m} [literary] | :: onslaught |
| outrageant {adj} | :: outrageous |
| outrageant {adj} | :: offensive, insulting |
| outrager {v} | :: to offend greatly, insult |
| outrager {v} | :: to outrage |
| outrageusement {adv} | :: outrageously |
| outrageux {adj} | :: outrageous, over-the-top |
| outrance {f} | :: extravagance |
| outrance {f} | :: excess |
| outrancier {adj} | :: outrageous |
| outrancier {adj} | :: outre |
| outrancièrement {adv} | :: outrageously |
| outre {f} | :: goatskin, wine skin, water skin |
| outre {prep} | :: as well as, besides, on top of |
| outré {adj} | :: excessive |
| outré {adj} | :: outrageous |
| outrecuidamment {adv} | :: overweeningly, presumptuously |
| outrecuidance {f} | :: presumptuousness, impertinence |
| outrecuidant {adj} [literary] | :: overweening, presumptuous |
| outre-Manche {adv} | :: across the Channel (i.e., in the UK) |
| outrément {adv} | :: extravagantly |
| outrément {adv} | :: unconventionally |
| outre-mer {adv} | :: overseas |
| outre-mer {f} | :: Collectively, the overseas territories (départements) of France, such as Guadeloupe and Réunion. Also called départements d'outre-mer or France d'outre-mer |
| outremer {m} | :: ultramarine (color) |
| outremer {adj} | :: ultramarine |
| outre mesure {adv} [literary] | :: overly, overmuch, to excess, immoderately, unduly |
| Outremont {prop} | :: Outremont |
| Outremont {prop} | :: Outremont (borough) |
| Outremont {prop} [historical] | :: Outremont (former city) |
| outrenoir {m} [arts] | :: An artistic style involving endless depth of blackness, created by playing with the light reflected off the texture of the paint, and associated with the works of Pierre Soulages |
| outrepasser {v} | :: to go beyond, exceed, overstep |
| outre que {conj} | :: besides that |
| outrer {vt} | :: to exaggerate |
| outrer {vt} | :: to outrage |
| outre-tombe {m} | :: afterlife |
| outsider {m} | :: long shot, dark horse, outsider |
| ouvert {adj} | :: open |
| ouvert d'esprit {adj} | :: open-minded, broad-minded |
| ouvertement {adv} | :: openly; overtly |
| ouverture {f} | :: opening |
| ouverture {f} [music] | :: overture |
| ouverture d'esprit {f} | :: open-mindedness, broad-mindedness |
| ouvrable {adj} | :: working, business (attributive) |
| ouvrage {m} | :: work, labour |
| ouvrage {m} | :: piece of work |
| ouvrage {m} | :: work, oeuvre |
| ouvrage {m} | :: book, volume |
| ouvragé {adj} | :: elaborate (finely wrought) |
| ouvrage d'art {m} | :: civil engineering structure, such as viaduct or tunnel |
| ouvré {adj} | :: working, work (attributive) |
| ouvre-boîtes {m} | :: can-opener, tin-opener |
| ouvre-bouteille {m} | :: bottle opener (literally "open-bottle") |
| ouvrer {vit} | :: to work |
| ouvreur {m} | :: opener |
| ouvreur {m} | :: forerunner |
| ouvreur {m} | :: usher |
| ouvreur {m} | :: a worker in papermaking, charged with drawing out the paste from the vat and spreading it evenly to make a sheet |
| ouvreur {m} | :: a worker in glassmaking |
| ouvreur {m} | :: a worker who fashions textile materials and prepares them for weaving |
| ouvreuse {f} | :: feminine noun of ouvreur |
| ouvrier {m} | :: worker, labourer (manual worker); workman |
| ouvrier {m} | :: operator |
| ouvrière {f} | :: feminine noun of ouvrier (female worker) |
| ouvrière {f} [zoology] | :: worker (bee) |
| ouvriérisme {m} | :: ouvrierism, workerism |
| ouvriériste {adj} | :: ouvrierist, workerist |
| ouvriériste {mf} | :: ouvrierist, workerist |
| ouvrir {vt} | :: to open |
| ouvrir {vt} | :: to begin |
| ouvrir {vr} [s'ouvrir, of a door, a gate] | :: to open (become open) |
| ouvrir la marche {v} | :: to lead the way |
| ouvrir la marque {v} [sports] | :: to break the deadlock (to score the first goal in a match) |
| ouvrir la voie {v} [à] | :: [figuratively] to pave the way for, to blaze the trail for |
| ouvrir le bal {v} | :: open the ball (to begin operations; to set things in motion) |
| ouvrir le feu {vi} | :: to open fire |
| ouvrir les yeux {v} [sur] | :: [colloquial, figuratively] to wake up to (something), to wake up and smell the coffee |
| ouvrir les yeux {v} [à, ;, sur] | :: [colloquial, figuratively] to open someone's eyes to (something) |
| ouvroir {m} | :: workroom, sewing room |
| ouwarovite {f} | :: alternative form of uvarovite |
| ouzbek {adj} | :: Uzbek (of or pertaining to Uzbekistan or its people or culture) |
| ouzbek {m} | :: Uzbek, the Uzbek language |
| Ouzbek {mf} | :: Uzbek (a person) |
| Ouzbèke {f} | :: feminine singular of Ouzbek |
| Ouzbékistan {prop} {m} | :: Uzbekistan |
| -ouze {suffix} | :: Forming feminine nouns of colloquial or slang speech (from other nouns) |
| ouzo {m} | :: ouzo |
| ovaire {m} | :: ovary |
| ovalaire {adj} | :: oval (all senses) |
| ovale {adj} | :: oval |
| ovale {m} | :: oval |
| ovalène {m} [organic compound] | :: ovalene |
| ovaliser {v} | :: To ovalize |
| ovariectomie {f} [surgery] | :: ovariectomy |
| ovarien {adj} | :: ovarian |
| ovation {f} | :: ovation |
| ovationner {vt} | :: to cheer (give an ovation) |
| overbooker {v} | :: to overbook |
| overdose {f} [medicine] | :: overdose |
| Overijssel {prop} | :: Overijssel |
| Ovide {prop} {m} | :: Ovid |
| oviducte {m} [anatomy] | :: oviduct, Fallopian tube |
| ovin {adj} | :: ovine (of or relating to sheep) |
| ovin {m} | :: ovine (a sheep) |
| ovipare {adj} | :: oviparous (egg laying) |
| ovisme {m} | :: ovism |
| oviste {adj} | :: ovist |
| oviste {mf} | :: ovist |
| ovni {m} [initialism] | :: UFO |
| ovni {m} | :: A person or product that is surprising and difficult to classify |
| OVNI {m} | :: alternative form of ovni |
| ovniologie {f} | :: ufology |
| ovniologue {mf} | :: ufologist |
| ovocyte {m} [cytology] | :: oocyte |
| ovogenèse {f} | :: ovogenesis |
| ovogonie {f} [anatomy] | :: ovogonium, oogonium |
| ovoïde {adj} | :: ovoid |
| ovologie {f} | :: ovology |
| ovologie {f} [by extension] | :: embryology |
| ovologie {f} | :: oology |
| ovotide {m} [biology] | :: ootid |
| ovovitelline {f} [protein] | :: ovovitellin |
| ovulaire {adj} [biology] | :: ovular |
| ovulation {f} | :: ovulation |
| ovule {m} | :: ovum |
| ovuler {v} | :: to ovulate |
| owénisme {m} | :: Owenism |
| oweniste {adj} | :: alternative form of owéniste |
| owéniste {adj} | :: Owenist |
| owéniste {mf} | :: Owenist |
| oxacide {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxyacid |
| oxalate {m} | :: oxalate |
| oxalhydrique {adj} [obsolete, organic chemistry] | :: synonym of tartrique |
| oxalique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: oxalic |
| oxaloacétate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: oxaloacetate |
| oxaloacétique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: oxaloacetic |
| oxalovinique {adj} [obsolete, organic chemistry] | :: oxalovinic |
| oxalurique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: oxaluric |
| oxamique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: oxamic |
| oxanion {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxyanion |
| oxépane {m} [organic compound] | :: oxepane |
| oxépine {m} [organic compound] | :: oxepine |
| oxétane {m} [organic compound] | :: oxetane |
| oxfordien {adj} | :: Oxfordian, Oxonian |
| Oxfordien {m} | :: Oxfordian, Oxonian |
| Oxfordienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Oxfordien |
| oxide {m} | :: obsolete spelling of oxyde |
| oxigène {m} | :: obsolete spelling of oxygène |
| oxirène {m} [organic compound] | :: oxirene |
| oxoacétate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: oxoacetate |
| oxoacétique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: oxoacetic |
| oxoacide {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxoacid |
| oxoéthane {m} [organic compound] | :: synonym of éthanal |
| oxophile {adj} [chemistry] | :: oxophilic |
| oxy- {prefix} | :: oxy- |
| oxyacétylénique {adj} | :: oxyacetylenic |
| oxychloration {f} [chemistry] | :: oxychlorination |
| oxychlorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxychloric |
| oxychlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxychloride |
| oxycodon {m} | :: oxycodone |
| oxydable {adj} | :: oxidizable |
| oxydable {adj} | :: liable to rust |
| oxydant {m} | :: oxidant |
| oxydant {adj} | :: oxidant (attributive) |
| oxydase {f} [enzyme] | :: oxidase |
| oxydatif {adj} [chemistry] | :: oxidative |
| oxydation {f} [chemistry] | :: oxidation |
| oxyde {m} [chemistry] | :: oxide |
| oxyde blanc d'arsenic {m} | :: white arsenic oxide, white arsenic |
| oxyde de carbone {m} | :: carbon dioxide |
| oxyder {v} | :: to oxidise |
| oxyder {vp} | :: to oxidise |
| oxydoréduction {f} [chemistry] | :: oxidoreduction, redox reaction |
| oxydule {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: protoxide |
| oxyfluorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxyfluoride |
| oxygénase {f} [enzyme] | :: oxygenase |
| oxygénateur {m} | :: oxygenator |
| oxygénation {f} | :: oxygenation |
| oxygéné {adj} | :: oxygenated |
| oxygéné {adj} | :: bleached (with peroxide) |
| oxygène {m} | :: oxygen |
| oxygéner {v} | :: to oxygenate |
| oxygénique {adj} | :: oxygenic |
| oxyhémoglobine {f} [biochemistry] | :: oxyhemoglobin |
| oxyhydroxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxyhydroxide |
| oxymètre {m} | :: oximeter |
| oxymore {m} | :: oxymoron (figure of speech) |
| oxynitrure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxynitride |
| oxysulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxysulfide / oxysulphide |
| oxytétrafluorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: oxytetrafluoride |
| oxyure {m} | :: pinworm |
| oyant {m} [judicial, legal] | :: one who hears a case |
| -oyer {suffix} | :: A suffix used to form some verbs, often with factitive effect |
| oz {symbol} | :: oz |
| ozaphane {m} | :: A form of cellulose acetate used as film stock |
| ozone {m} | :: ozone (O3) |
| ozoner {v} | :: to ozonate |
| ozoniser {v} | :: to ozonize |
| ozonolyse {f} [chemistry] | :: ozonolysis |
| ozonosphère {f} | :: ozonosphere |