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Burgundian (of, from or relating to Burgundy, a geographic region and former province, now part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

Adjective

évier

sink, basin

Noun

datation

dating (action of determining the date of something)

Noun

cobaye

guinea pig; guinea pig (a living experimental subject)

Noun

renoncement

renouncement; resignation

Noun

oratoire

oratory (room); oratory (place of worship)

Noun

régularisation

regularization

Noun

nicotine

nicotine (alkaloid)

Noun

étanche

watertight; airtight

Adjective

bohème

Bohemian; the Bohemian lifestyle

Noun

broderie

embroidery

Noun

injustifié

unjustified, unwarranted

Adjective

répercuter

of sound; of light; figurative senses

Verb

déficitaire

loss-making, in the red

Adjective

flatteur

flattering

Adjective

obstiner

to persevere, persist, insist; be obstinate about something

Verb

interrupteur

switch

Noun

matelot

sailor (male), seaman

Noun

redistribuer

to redistribute

Verb

morbide

morbid

Adjective

géopolitique

geopolitics

Noun

trouer

to hole, pierce

Verb

hérétique

heretic

Noun

devin

seer, soothsayer

Noun

illumination

enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge); illumination, lighting

Noun

envi

only used in à l'envi

Noun

numériser

to digitize; to scan

Verb

recouper

to recut

Verb

oreillette

earphone (transducer, earpiece or headphone); auricle (part of the heart); asarabacca, European wild ginger (Asarum europaeum); beignet, fritter; an oreillette (ear-covering on a medieval helmet, civilian hood, etc)

Noun

omission

omission (act of omitting)

Noun

vitrer

to glaze, fit with glass, install a glass pane in

Verb

agrégation

aggregation; a high-level competitive examination for the recruitment of teachers in France

Noun

émanciper

to emancipate

Verb

recevable

acceptable, admissible; receivable; admissible

Adjective

célibat

celibacy (state of being unmarried); celibacy (state of not engaging in sexual intercourse)

Noun

bactérien

bacterial

Adjective

carabine

rifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier

Noun

évaporer

to evaporate; to vanish into thin air, to disappear

Verb

marquise

marchioness (a member of foreign nobility); a type of finger-ring; awning, marquee (projecting canopy over an entrance)

Noun

tanner

to tan (in leather-making); to beat physically, whip, thrash; to exasperate, annoy, make someone sick of something

Verb

gazelle

gazelle

Noun

barman

barman, bartender

Noun

cosmétique

cosmetic

Adjective

immerger

to immerse

Verb

aliénation

alienation

Noun

gracier

to pardon, to issue a pardon to

Verb

lisière

border, selvage; edge

Noun

outrager

to offend greatly, insult; to outrage; to rape

Verb

désagrément

annoyance, bother; displeasure; condition

Noun

grincer

to squeak (emit sound); to creak, rasp, squeal; to gnash; to squawk; to grumble

Verb

cataloguer

to catalogue; to pigeonhole

Verb

chevron

rafter; chevron

Noun

tournesol

sunflower (Helianthus annuus); heliotrope (plant with flowers which turn to follow the sun); litmus

Noun

zodiaque

zodiac (belt-like region in the sky); zodiac (collectively, the signs of the zodiac)

Noun

dérangeant

unsettling; disruptive

Adjective

pulvériser

to pulverise (to grind into powder); to pulverise (defeat thoroughly); to spray (to project as liquid droplets)

Verb

latex

latex (milky sap of trees); latex (emulsion of rubber in water)

Noun

unanimement

unanimously

Adverb

piété

piety (the condition and quality of being pious)

Noun

trôner

to sit on a throne

Verb

sociable

sociable

Adjective

sédiment

sediment (all senses)

Noun

arpenter

to survey land; to pace, to measure; to pace, to walk to and fro

Verb

mascarade

masquerade, masque; farce

Noun

bienfaiteur

benefactor; do-gooder

Noun

enjoindre

to order; to enjoin (someone à faire something)

Verb

bavure

smudge, blemish, smear; mistake, blunder

Noun

déclic

click; aha moment, epiphany

Noun

grief

complaint; grief; grievance (formal complaint filed with an authority)

Noun

girafe

giraffe (mammal); boom (a movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)

Noun

chaudron

cauldron; pot

Noun

jongler

to juggle; to entertain; to think about, to worry about; to think of, to think about; to think, to meditate, to reflect, to ponder, to worry; to daydream, to dream

Verb

exergue

exergue (space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for an inscription); inscription; epigraph

Noun

impartialité

impartiality (the quality of being impartial; fairness)

Noun

symboliquement

symbolically

Adverb

camouflage

camouflage

Noun

revirement

change of mind; reversal, drastic change; turnover

Noun

pointeur

One who points a cannon at its target; One who maintains a register of people present and absent; a pointer; a sex offender, especially one showing pedophile behaviour

Noun

combe

combe (valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river)

Noun

légiférer

to legislate (to pass laws)

Verb

futé

wily, cunning, crafty

Adjective

heurt

collision; bump (action of bumping); clash