Words 1501–1600
bouchon
cork, bung, stopper, plug; float (in angling); traffic jam; dongle; restaurant; kid, mite, munchkin
Noun
dégrader
to demote (lower someone's position in an organisation); to degrade (lessen someone's reputation); to deface (vandalise)
Verb
griller
to toast (cook with a toaster); to grill (cook with a grill); to toast (heat up, said of e.g. skin); to smoke (a cigarette); to run; to pass a stop signal or stop sign, or without yielding right of way (at duty to yield)
Verb
dégradation
removal from office or a function; loss of certain civil or other rights as a punishment; loss of rank and dishonourable discharge from the army as a punishment; the act of causing degradation or damage; the act or result of weakening or diminishing; degradation, steady progression to a worse state; loss of value
Noun
index
index; forefinger; the welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
Noun
demandeur
asker or requester (one who asks or requests something); seeker; complainant, plaintiff (one who brings a lawsuit against another)
Noun
découper
to cut up, to chop up; to cut out (to remove by cutting); to zone, to divide up (into areas); to cast shadow (against a background), to silhouette
Verb
aspirer
to aspire (to wait, to long); to aspirate (to produce an audible puff of breath. especially following a consonant); to inhale, to breathe in or out; to extract, to suck up
Verb
parallèlement
parallelly; at the same time; conjointly; equivalently, in correlation, symmetrically
Adverb
coupure
the act or result of cutting; a cut; interruption; power cut, blackout; cutting, cut out, clipping; bill, a piece of paper money
Noun
défiler
to parade or march; to appear one after the other; to unfold; to happen; to scroll; to slip away or off; to weasel out of something; to cop out; to undo thread that has been spun
Verb
douteux
doubtful, uncertain, questionable (issue, outcome, date etc.); dubious, questionable (morals, qualities etc.); rather unclean (piece of clothing)
Adjective
réacteur
reactor (a device which uses atomic energy to produce heat); reaction engine, jet engine
Noun
blocage
block (e.g. of traffic); block (act of physically blocking); block (obstruction); block, blocking; blockage; locking (of brakes)
Noun