Words 1201–1300
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
barrer
to bar, bar up (to lock or bolt with a bar); to bar off; to cross out, strike out (put written lines through written text, to show it is erroneous); to go away, to leave, to fuck off; to lock (a door etc.; not necessarily with a bar)
Verb
commandement
command, order; authority, power to command, to give orders; command; commander; commandment; rule or law imposed by a superior power
Noun
abbé
an abbot, the head of an abbey; a low-ranking member of the Roman Catholic clergy in France who is not a member of a religious order, is not a priest, and can marry and inherit property; an honorific title for such a clergymember
Noun
combinaison
combination, combining; combination (of lock, safe etc.); slip; petticoat; jumpsuit; overalls; diving suit
Noun
Québécois
native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec (usually male)
Noun
inspiration
inspiration (instance of breathing in); inspiration (divine intervention); inspiration (something which brings about creativity or perseverance)
Noun
marc
pomace, marc; grounds (e.g. from coffee); a weight, especially of gold and silver, equivalent to ca. 245 grams
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
lorsqu'on
lorsque + on
pencher
to tilt, tip up; to lean, list; to lean towards (an opinion, idea etc.); to be inclined (to do something); to bend down, lean over; to look into
Verb
quintal
quintal, a nonstandard metric unit of mass equivalent to exactly 100 kg; quintal, French hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 49.95 kg
Noun
succession
succession; series; inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors
Noun
envahir
to invade; to stretch, to overgrow, to fill; to come over (someone) or wash over (someone), as a feeling
Verb
animateur
presenter; leader; group leader (person responsible for looking after or entertaining children)
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
rattraper
to get back (something which is lost); to catch up (with) (arrive at the same level as); to catch (e.g. an elevator)
Verb
boucle
loop (line returning to its origin); earring; buckle (of a belt, etc.); curl (of hair); ringlet; loop; loop jump; loop the loop (aircraft manoeuvre)
Noun
règne
reign, ruling, rule (period of reigning or ruling); kingship, royalty; realm, state, kingdom; control, governance, regulation; ascendancy, ascendance
Noun
déménager
to move (an object from a place to another); to move house; to move out; to move an object as part of moving house; to kick ass, to kick butt, to rock, to rule (to be awesome)
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
brevet
a patent; an exam done at the end of troisième, see Diplôme national du brevet on Wikipedia; a teaching license or certificate
Noun
répandre
to spill, scatter; to spread; to shed (tears); to give off, give out (a smell etc.); to spread, to propagate
Verb