Vocabulary
consacrer
to dedicate, to devote (time, effort); to consecrate; to standardize through long usage
Verb
volume
volume (of a book, a written work); volume (sound); volume (amount of space something takes up); volume (amount; quantity); an overly long piece of writing
Noun
tonne
large barrel; tonne, metric ton; ton; a tonlet; a piece of medieval European armor of articulated lames or long flared metal skirt protecting the hips and thighs
Noun
licence
licence; permit, certificate; bachelor's degree (three-year long); licence: excessive or undue freedom or liberty
Noun
calendrier
calendar (an organized, linear system used for measuring long periods of time); calendar (a chart or other visual aid, organized and printed or made otherwise reviewable for the purpose of tracking the progression of time); program, schedule
Noun
relais
a horse (or team of horses) that transported a rider or coach etc from one staging post to another; a hotel that is used as a stop on long journeys; relay (electromechanical device); relay race
Noun
dépression
depression (area that is lower than its surroundings); depression (area of low atmospheric pressure); depression (state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future); depression (period of major economic contraction)
Noun
diminution
diminution, abatement; division (instrumental variation of a melody conceived as the dividing a succession of long notes into several short ones).
Noun
aspirer
to aspire (to wait, to long); to aspirate (to produce an audible puff of breath. especially following a consonant); to inhale, to breathe in or out; to extract, to suck up
Verb
galère
galley (kind of ship); torturous forced labor (long done at the oars of state galleys); a terrible task, drudge, ordeal, problem; a type of oven; mason's cart, for loading building materials; a group of people having a common interest, especially a coterie of undesirable people; an unpleasant situation
Noun
baguette
stick, rod, any long thin object; baguette, French stick; chopstick; drumstick; (conductor's) baton; wand; gun-stick, rod for stuffing the gun with ammunition; the barrel of a gun
Noun
flûte
flute (woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger); flute (glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne); Originally meaning fluyt, by the late 17th century used for any large cargo vessel
Noun
merlin
splitting maul: an axe with a long handle, the blade of which is coupled with a broad side that can be used as a sledgehammer
Noun
pavé
cobblestone; cobblestone street; parallelepiped; pavé (rectangular food); thick, massive book; doorstop; screed, ream, long text
Noun
bandeau
headband, bandeau; parted hair; bandage; blindfold; a tight headband worn for a long time, usually from youth, for the ancient folk custom of cranial deformation
Noun
lustre
lustrum; period of five years; a very long time, an eternity; lustre, chandelier; gloss, shine, lustre
Noun
revenant
a supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost; a person who returns after a long absence
Noun
éloignement
distancing (putting something further away); removal; distance between two things; long time ago; long distance; distance (lack of intimacy)
Noun
vivace
Full of life or vitality; vivacious; long-lived, enduring; perennial (that can live several years); cold hardy (that can withstand frost)
Adjective
travaillé
polished, finely wrought, refined, well-made (that has been worked on for a long time and is consequently excellent)
Adjective
longitudinal
longitudinal (relating to length; running in the direction of the long axis of a body); longitudinal (relating to longitude); longitudinal (sampling data over time rather than merely once)
Adjective