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Words 2001–2100
atavisme
atavism (reappearance of an ancestral characteristic)
Noun
cochère
only used in porte cochère
Adjective
enceindre
to surround
Verb
spationaute
spationaut, astronaut
Noun
barbiche
goatee
Noun
tramontane
tramontana
Noun
prégnance
salience; predominance
Noun
broussailleux
bushy, shaggy
Adjective
gazinière
gas stove / cooker
Noun
sanscrit
Sanskrit
Noun
cogito
cogito
Noun
affectivement
affectionately; softly
Adverb
incomparablement
incomparably
Adverb
pardieu
by God
Interjection
incroyant
unbeliever, nonbeliever
Noun
décolleter
to reveal the neck or neckline
Verb
saccade
a jerk (jerking movement); a rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another; the act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins
Noun
astronef
spaceship, spacecraft; starship
Noun
cléricalisme
clericalism
Noun
circonstancier
to present the circumstances of an affair
Verb
misérabilisme
miserabilism
Noun
reclure
to withdraw into a place, so as to have no contact with others
Verb
baby-foot
table football, foosball (game); foosball table (furniture)
Noun
aquacole
aquaculture
Adjective
raffermissement
strengthening
Noun
tontine
tontine
Noun
décimètre
decimetre (UK) / decimeter (US)
Noun
ostensoir
monstrance, ostensory (ornamental in which the sacramental bread is placed for veneration)
Noun
concurremment
concurrently; in competition
Adverb
romanche
the Romansch language
Noun
démonétiser
to demonetize
Verb
kilowattheure
kilowatt-hour
Noun
litho
litho; lithographer
Noun
lansquenet
lansquenet
Noun
dactylographie
typing
Noun
obérer
to be a burden on; to be a threat to
Verb
réticule
reticle
Noun
effronterie
insolence, cheek, effrontery
Noun
tintouin
noise in the ears; fuss
Noun
cabotin
ham (actor); poser
Noun
renâcler
to display fear, anger or reluctance by snorting (of animals, especially horses); to display reluctance
Verb
gardian
An Occitan cowboy in the Camargue region
Noun
fauvisme
fauvism
Noun
torsade
twist; torsade (decoration); braid (of hair etc.); cable moulding; cable
Noun
battoir
beater; carpet beater; washing beetle, battledore
Noun
bourrache
borage (Borago officinalis)
Noun
préfabrication
prefabrication
Noun
épousailles
nuptials; wedding celebration
Noun
impassibilité
impassivity, impassiveness
Noun
atavique
atavistic
Adjective
pétulant
exuberant, lively; impetuous
Adjective
cassolette
cassolette
Noun
cannelloni
cannelloni
Noun
attrouper
to gather (a group of people) together, to assemble
Verb
diglossie
diglossia
Noun
symbolisation
symbolization
Noun
corpusculaire
corpuscular; particle
Adjective
chèche
Long scarf worn by Arab men, usually around the head
Noun
désillusionner
to disillusion, disenchant, to burst someone's bubble
Verb
antédiluvien
antediluvian (from the time before the flood); ancient; antiquated (old or outmoded, often with a connotation of irony or hyperbole)
Adjective
démotique
demotic
Adjective
cafetan
kaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)
Noun
vespéral
evening
Adjective
guarani
Guarani (language, singular only); guaraní (currency)
Noun
monosyllabique
monosyllabic
Adjective
frissonnant
shivering; thrilled; shivery
Adjective
économiseur
economiser
Noun
joual
joual; horse
Noun
dijonnais
of, from or relating to the city of Dijon, the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Adjective
févier
honey locust (tree of the genus Gleditsia)
Noun
gardénia
gardenia
Noun
cachottier
secretive
Adjective
presbyte
farsighted, long-sighted
Adjective
vermoulu
riddled with woodworm, worm-eaten; moth-eaten
Adjective
autocentré
self-centered
Adjective
darne
steak (of fish), fillet
Noun
anophèle
anopheles
Noun
berlue
disturbance of vision, distorted view
Noun
détoxication
detoxication
Noun
rocambole
rocambole (sand leek)
Noun
bisquer
to be scornful; to be moody
Verb
diurèse
diuresis
Noun
débarbouiller
to wash (somebody's face); to wash one's face
Verb
radioscopie
radioscopy
Noun
trituration
trituration
Noun
capeline
capeline
Noun
homophonie
homophony
Noun
télégénique
telegenic
Adjective
pointillisme
pointillism
Noun
embêtement
problem, difficulty; (especially in plural) bother
Noun
neurophysiologique
neurophysiological
Adjective
canaque
Kanak
Adjective
régénérescence
regeneration (especially the first signs of)
Noun
protubérant
bulging, protuberant; protruding
Adjective
contiguïté
contiguity
Noun
assertif
assertive
Adjective
coassement
croak, croaking
Noun
alanguir
to cause to become languid; to become languid
Verb
oecuménisme
oecumenicism
Noun
montmartrois
Of or relating to Montmartre.
Adjective