10003bouffonfool (person who entertained a sovereign); buffoon, fool (someone foolish)
Noun
10006nazeworthless; useless; lame; knackered; beat; exhausted
Adjective
10008déviationdiversion; different route to travel; deflection
Noun
10009mondainworldly, mundane; chic
Adjective
10010attachéattaché, attache (employment of civil servant in several administrations)
Noun
10011implacableimplacable, harsh, unrelenting
Adjective
10015virgulecomma (punctuation mark); decimal comma (see usage notes)
Noun
10016irrationnelirrational; irrational (that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers)
Adjective
10018trusta trust (a group of businessmen or traders)
Noun
10020modulerto modulate; to modulate (to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression)
Verb
10021négationdenial (act of denying); negative
Noun
10022instructifinstructive (conveying knowledge, information or instruction)
Adjective
10023loupemagnifying glass; loupe; wen (a cyst on the skin); burl, a growth on the side of a tree; laziness
Noun
10024minutieuxthorough, elaborate, detailed
Adjective
10028castecaste (hereditary class); class (social position)
Noun
10030affûtgun carriage; mount, tripod; hide, blind (a spot where hunters hide and await their game); hunting from a blind
Noun
10031lébreadth, width; strip, length (of paper, textiles etc.)
Noun
10034hélicehelix (blade); propeller; helix
Noun
10035lexiquevocabulary; lexicon; glossary
Noun
10038étendardstandard (flag used in battle)
Noun
10039titcontraction of petit
Noun
10040mallelarge suitcase; trunk
Noun
10041pleindue; a lot, lots of, many
Adverb
10043culminerto culminate (to come to an end); to culminate; reach the highest point
Verb
10046matérialiserto realize, to make happen, to materialize (to cause to take physical form); to materialize (to take physical form)
Verb
10047voiléveiled (wearing a veil)
Adjective
10048fichulousy, rotten, hell of a; done for; put together, rigged out, got up
Adjective
10049tenacelong-lasting; tenacious, persistent
Adjective
10052mensongerfalse, mendacious, deceitful, untruthful
Adjective
10054garouwerewolf; were- (used like a suffix); daphne, any plant of the species of genus Daphne, particularly spurge olive (Daphne mezereum) as well as Cneorum tricoccon and the flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium)
Noun
10055numéroterto number (to assign numbers to)
Verb
10056attiserto stir up (fire); to rekindle; to fan the flames of, to stir up (emotion etc.); to inflame
Verb
10060gronderto rumble, roar; to growl; to tell off, scold, chew out
Verb
10061overdoseoverdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug); overdose of, excess of, surfeit of something (instance of someone having had too much of something, having overdone something)
Noun
10066faiblementweakly; slightly; mildly (not sharply); dimly (not brightly)
Adverb
10067PACclassified advertisement: abbreviation of petite annonce classée (petite annonce); classifieds: abbreviation of petites annonces classées (petites annonces)
Noun
10068adrénalineadrenaline (epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter)
Noun
10069èscontraction of en + les, literally “in the”
10070deçàover here, on this side
Adverb
10071islamophobieIslamophobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims)
Noun
10075révolubygone, past, gone by
Adjective
10077pluvieuxrainy (characterised by rain)
Adjective
10078aridearid (very dry); dry (free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness)
Adjective
10079aboutissementthe end or conclusion of a process; a result or outcome, usually a positive one
Noun
10080détestabledetestable, despicable; awful, terrible, very bad at something
Adjective
10082dépouilleskin, hide; body; remains; booty, plunder
Noun
10083décimerto decimate (reduce by one tenth); to decimate (massacre, almost wipe out)
Verb
10084remplacéreplaced; exchanged
Adjective
10085entretenukept clean, tidy; in good condition, well-preserved; kept, supported financially, whose material expenses are covered by someone else (especially a lover)
Adjective
10086flingueshooter, pistol, gat (gun)
Noun
10088déchoirto wane (diminish); to strip
Verb
10090défavorisédisenfranchised, underprivileged (not represented); disadvantaged; poor, low-income (of a neighbourhood)
Adjective
10092turcTurkish; the Turkish language
Noun
10093frappantstriking; noticeable; remarkable
Adjective
10094mendianta beggar; a traditional Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders; a pastry from Alsace and Franche-Comté
Noun
10095retombéefallout; spillover, fallout, side effects
Noun
10098plaidoyerspeech for the defence; plea
Noun
10099ravissantravishing, delightful, entrancing; pretty, beautiful
Adjective