Words 4201–4300
c
Informal spelling of c'est
épave
wreck (ship, car, etc.); human wreck, basket case; wreckage, piece of wreckage; flotsam; derelict; ruins
Noun
aperçu
glance, glimpse; insight, hint; rough estimate; sketch, outline, summary; view; overview; preview
Noun
desserrer
to loosen (knot, belt, etc.); to unclench (teeth); relax (grip); release (brakes); to space out; to ease, relax; to come loose; to slacken
Verb
ressortir
to go or come back out; to go/come out again; to take back out; to take out [again]; to emerge from, according to evidence [with de ‘from’]; to stand out; to come under the jurispendence [of]
Verb
dépouiller
to skin (an animal); to rob, despoil, rip off; to count (votes); to go through (mail); to peruse, examine in detail; to strip, denude (of clothes, possessions etc.); to divest oneself of; to shed its skin
Verb
attente
wait (the time that one is waiting or the state of waiting); expectation (act or state of expecting); shoulder strap insignia
Noun
manche
sleeve (clothing); round; set; frame; inning; innings; end; handle; unhandy person; only used in faire la manche
Noun
caisse
box, crate; cash register; checkout (in a supermarket); fund; bank (establishment managing such funds); car; fart; body (of a car)
Noun
dégager
to free (someone or something); to relieve (a town, army, etc.); to release (funds); to clear (a table, area, nose etc.); to give off, emit, radiate; to draw, bring out (a conclusion, idea etc.); to clear (kicking a ball away from the goal one is defend); to get out of here
Verb
mèche
wick (of candle); fuse (of a bomb); lock, tuft (of hair); streak (of colour, etc., in hair); packing; drill bit; hair; cracker, popper, snapper (string tied to the end of a whip); rudderpost, (rudder) post; marsh
Noun
allumé
lit, on, lit up; lit, on, on fire; on, turned on, switched on; crazy, weird, eccentric, wacko; drunk; congested; with its eyes bright (and a specified color)
Adjective
procès-verbal
minutes (of a meeting, etc.); proceedings; statement (made to the police); ticket, statement of offense
Noun
favoriser
to favour, to show a preference to something; to prioritise; to promote, encourage, foster
Verb
semence
seed (fertilized grain); seed (semen, sperm); seed (precursor, something that makes another flourish)
Noun
filial
filial (characteristic of or befitting the relationship between a son or daughter and their parents)
Adjective
ruiner
to ruin; to raze to the ground, to destroy, to wreck; to shatter (hope), to ruin (reputation)
Verb
bourgeois
A member of the middle class; bourgeois; an inhabitant of a town or city; someone who belongs to neither the aristocratic, clerical, nor military classes
Noun
champagne
champagne (“wine from the Champagne region of France”); sparkling wine, generic champagne; base; bottom third of a coat of arms; an expanse of flat and open cultivated earth
Noun
carde
card (a machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning); cardoon (perennial plant related to the artichoke); edible stalks of either cardoon or chard
Noun
intégrer
to integrate, to incorporate; to join, to join in (a group, a band); to fit in; to integrate
Verb