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Words 1901–2000
âpreté
harshness
Noun
cubitus
ulna
Noun
laïcisation
laicization, secularization
Noun
assourdir
to deafen; to devoice
Verb
contondant
blunt (of an instrument, weapon, tool)
Adjective
infamant
dishonouring
Adjective
hochement
nod, shake (of the head)
Noun
prestidigitateur
conjurer, magician
Noun
franquisme
Francoism
Noun
imprudemment
imprudently, recklessly, rashly, carelessly
Adverb
antifascisme
anti-fascism
Noun
reconductible
renewable
Adjective
monorail
monorail
Noun
muscadet
muscadet
Noun
cadreur
cameraman
Noun
protéiforme
protean
Adjective
castillan
Castilian (language)
Noun
friterie
chip shop, fish and chips takeaway; a restaurant that specializes in serving French fries
Noun
sourcier
dowser, water diviner
Noun
bestialité
bestiality (beastlike, brutish behavior); bestiality (sexual relations with an animal)
Noun
tancer
to scold, reprimand, rebuke
Verb
wolof
Wolof (language)
Noun
opercule
operculum
Noun
bravement
bravely
Adverb
anticonformiste
nonconformist
Adjective
pompiste
pump station attendant
Noun
désopilant
funny, hilarious
Adjective
alcootest
breathalyser; breath test for alcohol
Noun
myrrhe
myrrh (dried sap of the myrrha tree)
Noun
éthologie
ethology
Noun
microclimat
microclimate
Noun
tentateur
tempter
Noun
damoiselle
(noble) lady; damsel
Noun
tourtière
piedish; tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie. synonym of tourtière du Lac-St-Jean; meat pie
Noun
scientiste
scientistic
Adjective
débonnaire
kind; gentle, good; weak-willed; soft
Adjective
palabre
convoluted discussion; palaver
Noun
taïga
taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest)
Noun
casaque
blouse; jersey (of a jockey)
Noun
potée
potful; a dish of meat and vegetables (often cabbage) that have been boiled together, (In France, there are as many potées as there are regions.); hotpot (of various sorts); tin oxide powder used to polish metals
Noun
carbonifère
Carboniferous
Adjective
quadrille
cuadrilla
Noun
maquettiste
scale modeler
Noun
drosophile
fruit fly (member of genus Drosophila)
Noun
barioler
to paint with garish colours
Verb
désobéissant
disobedient
Adjective
pasteurisation
pasteurisation
Noun
en-cas
snack
Noun
sumérien
Sumerian
Adjective
sucrier
a sugar producer or seller; sugar jar, sugar bowl
Noun
superlatif
superlative; superlative (the best)
Adjective
provisionnel
provisional
Adjective
amuseur
amuser; entertainer
Noun
vachette
young cow, calf; calfskin; type of dice game
Noun
fêler
to crack
Verb
fané
faded
Adjective
avidement
avidly
Adverb
déloyauté
disloyalty
Noun
fortifiant
fortifying, strengthening, restorative
Adjective
flâneur
loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer
Noun
colonialiste
colonialist
Adjective
électrotechnique
electrical technology
Noun
courroucer
to enrage; to infuriate
Verb
duelliste
duelist, duellist
Noun
savonnette
bath soap
Noun
vascularisation
vascularisation
Noun
pauvrement
poorly
Adverb
fumiste
a person who installs fireplaces etc.; an unpleasant, untrustworthy person; fumist (member or supporter of fumism art movement)
Noun
esquimau
Inuit (language of the Eskimo); snowsuit; popsicle
Noun
mouflon
mouflon
Noun
palimpseste
palimpsest
Noun
allusif
allusive
Adjective
perfectionnisme
perfectionism (a dislike for anything less than perfection)
Noun
scientisme
scientism
Noun
versatilité
versatility; fickleness
Noun
nichée
litter (of dogs), brood (of birds)
Noun
commercialisable
marketable
Adjective
entresol
entresol
Noun
concomitamment
concomitantly
Adverb
bimoteur
twin-engine
Adjective
aubade
aubade (song; poem); aubade (love song)
Noun
nymphéa
waterlily
Noun
rhumatologie
rheumatology
Noun
acétylcholine
acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter in humans and other animals)
Noun
nivernais
of Nièvre
Adjective
rembobiner
to recoil onto a bobbin; to rewind a cassette
Verb
tranquillisant
tranquillizer; sedative
Noun
scintigraphie
scintigraphy
Noun
contrit
contrite; apologetic
Adjective
corvéable
liable to corvée labour; exploitable
Adjective
dermique
dermic; skin
Adjective
racontar
gossip
Noun
braconner
to poach (hunt clandestinely)
Verb
célébrissime
superfamous
Adjective
américaniser
to Americanize (to make American)
Verb
antihéros
antihero
Noun
harassant
exhausting
Adjective
productivisme
productivism
Noun
démotivation
demotivation
Noun
buron
a traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof
Noun