Vocabulary
fou
f: other spellingmadman; jester (court entertainer); nut (extreme enthusiast); bishop; booby (bird)
Noun
ouïe
hearing, audition; gill (breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals); f-hole, sound hole
Noun
pyrénée
only used in monts Pyrénées m pl (“Pyrenean mounts”) and montagnes Pyrénées f (“Pyrenean mountains”); epithet of Venus
Adjective
CPM
PMO (Prime Minister's Office); initialism of cabinet de la première ministre f; PMO (Prime Minister's Office); initialism of cabinet du premier ministre m
Noun
arc-boutement
load amplied on a slide joint, parallel to the sliding axis but with a lever arm, so that the resulting torque blocks the system and prevents the sliding. This phenomenon is due to friction, and can be used by purpose, e.g. for an F-clamp or a roller freewheel. Over-centering, over-center locking, more than acceptable edge loading
Noun
République française
French Republic (official name of France: a country in Western Europe; abbreviation R. F.)
Name
pharmacien-ne-s
pharmacists: gender-neutral neologism for pharmaciens m and pharmaciennes f (“pharmacists”); plural of pharmacien-ne.
Noun
pharmacien-ne
pharmacist: gender-neutral neologism for pharmacien m and pharmacienne f (“pharamcist”).
Noun
cor de basset
basset horn (alto instrument of the clarinet family, pitched in F below middle C, with a range reaching down to F below that)
Noun
faire
to do; to make; to say (of a person), to go (of an animal or device); to make (cause someone or something to do something); to act like (something); to be (of the weather or various situations); to do, to make (oneself); to be, to get (used for a passive action); to ripen (of fruit), to mature; to become used to, to get used to; …
Verb
fils
son; any male descendant; any direct descendant, male or female; Jr. (postnominal designator indicating a son with the same name as the father); darling, dear (term of affection for a male beloved)
Noun
frère
brother (son of the same parents as another person); brother (male fellow member of a religious community); bro (male comrade or friend)
Noun
fort
strong; powerful; (informal) skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects); who can count on
Adjective
fonction
function (what something does or is used for); role (function or position of something or someone); function
Noun
fond
back; bottom; fund; funding; foundation; content; essence; background; base; foundation stop on a pipe organ
Noun
fermer
to shut; to close; to do up (of clothing); to switch off, to turn off (of a device or an appliance); to shut down, to discontinue, to axe (of a service); to bind off (of stitches in knitting); to harden (of someone's face); to put someone off something, to turn someone off something; to mark the border of
Verb
foutre
to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker; to give; to put on/in (quickly), to shove, to stick, to stash; to tease, to make fun of, to mock, to not take seriously or to dismiss; to fuck, to screw, to have sex; to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank
Verb
fournir
to supply, to provide, to furnish; to put in; to follow suit; to poke, to shaft, to hump; to have sex
Verb
frapper
to hit, to strike, to bash; to knock (e.g. on a door); to bang (to get attention); to beat time (as a conductor); to strike (a chord); to strike down; to hit (to affect by a punishment); to strike; to shake
Verb
fixer
to fix, fasten; to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.); to settle (in a place); to stare at
Verb
finale
ellipsis of partie finale; final, finals (game between the last two competitors remaining in the running, in elimination tournaments); endgame, end game (moment in the game when the threat of checkmate is low and the kings participate in the struggle); last part of a sentence; finale (ensemble piece that ends an act of an opera, symphony, sonata)
Noun