Words 801–900
détourner
to divert, to redirect; to distract, to divert (attention); to hijack; to embezzle; to turn aside, to turn away, to avert (from something); to turn aside, to turn away
Verb
canton
canton (of Switzerland, France, Luxembourg or Bosnia-Herzegovina); township (of Canada); canton
Noun
écarter
to separate, move apart; to spread, open (fingers, legs etc); to draw (curtains); to dismiss, rule out, turn down; to remove a person from a job or position; to lose; to withdraw, diverge, deviate; to stray
Verb
délit
misdemeanor (a crime of a less serious nature than a felony); tort (a wrongful act unrelated to a contract)
Noun
commandement
command, order; authority, power to command, to give orders; command; commander; commandment; rule or law imposed by a superior power
Noun
combinaison
combination, combining; combination (of lock, safe etc.); slip; petticoat; jumpsuit; overalls; diving suit
Noun
inspiration
inspiration (instance of breathing in); inspiration (divine intervention); inspiration (something which brings about creativity or perseverance)
Noun
variation
variation; variation (technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass)
Noun
abuser
to mislead; to take advantage [with de ‘of’] (especially sexually); to abuse (use improperly); to go too far
Verb
succession
succession; series; inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors
Noun
fragile
fragile, breakable, brittle, delicate (that breaks easily); frail; fragile, precarious, uncertain
Adjective
crever
to pop, burst; to have a puncture; to snuff it, pop one's clogs; to die; to wear out, knacker
Verb
communautaire
community; communal; behaviour of something or someone who actively wants to create smaller ethnic, religious or cultural communities out of or inside a wider society (see communautarisme); that relates to the European Communities; that relates to the linguistic communities that make up the country
Adjective
allonger
to lay down; to lengthen, to make longer, to extend; to extend out, to stretch; to lengthen; to grow, to get longer; to stretch out; to lie, to lie down
Verb
activer
to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate); to activate (to put a device, mechanism or system into action or motion; to enable); to activate (to render radioactive); to speed up; to stoke (e.g. a fire)
Verb
collaborateur
collaborator; one who collaborates or has collaborated with the Nazis, fascists or another enemy; traitorous collaborator
Noun
aire
(surface) area; a flat surface; direction of the wind; threshing floor; area, zone, range (a space in which a certain thing occurs); eyrie, aerie
Noun
minorité
minority (the state of being a minor; youth; period of life preceding adulthood); minority (any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
Noun
enchaîner
to chain, to shackle; to subjugate, to enslave; to put together (in a sequence), to concatenate
Verb
sacrer
to crown; to post (nominate to a certain post or position); whack; slam (put violently); to swear, curse; to run one's mouth; to throw, to fling
Verb