Words 10201–10300
10208mûrir
to mature, to become mature; to ripen, to become ripe; to mature, to cause to be mature
Verb
10210froisser
to crumple, rumple, crease (paper, fabric…); to offend, to hurt someone's feelings; to take offence, be hurt
Verb
10221raie
ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land); line; scratch, mark; cleft (zone between the buttocks); stripe; parting (of hair); ray
Noun
10223routier
rutter; trucker, truck driver; restaurant for truckers and other road travellers; truck stop; diner
Noun
10224crosse
butt (of rifle etc.); stick; crosier; hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club; lacrosse; fraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse); masturbation
Noun
10226Maitre
post-1990 spelling of Maître, a title given to lawyers and notaries public in France, Belgium, and Canada
Noun
10232rajeunir
to rejuvenate; to make young; to take off (years from someone's age) (to make appear younger); to bring back; to send back (remind of a past time); to get younger
Verb
10233commanditaire
a sponsor; a silent partner, a sleeping partner; principal, instigator, employer (person who orders a crime, person who hires someone to commit a crime in their stead)
Noun
10234hérésie
heresy (doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs); heresy, sacrilege (violation of something regarded as sacred)
Noun
10235doublage
dubbing; a penalty by which, on completion of a sentence, a prisoner was required to remain at the penal colony as an employee for a further period of time equivalent to the original sentence
Noun
10240disproportionné
misproportioned, disproportionate, out of proportion, misshaped (not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size); out of proportion, excessive, exaggerate, disproportionate
Adjective
10250abîme
abyss, chasm; bottom of a chasm or valley; infiniteness of thought; superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme; hell; abyss of a shield, fess point
Noun
10273fente
cleft, fissure, crack (in rock); split, crack (in wood); slit, slot; slit (in skirt), vent (in jacket etc.); fissure; lunge; crack, slit (vulva)
Noun
10275informe
formless, shapeless; unfaithful; Étoiles informes : An old term for stars that were not members of any constellation
Adjective
10277assise
foundation (supporting base of a wall); base, basis, foundation; stratum, bed, layer (layer of sedimentary rock); stratum (layer of vegetation); stratum (layer of tissue); course (row or layer of bricks); seat of a chair; fly excrement
Noun
10285bachelier
graduate of the baccalauréat; person holding a bachelor's degree; bachelor's degree
Noun
10290gésir
to lie (to be in a horizontal position), especially when dead or wounded; to be located; to be buried, hidden
Verb
10293épi
ear, spike (of grain); corncob, cob of corn; cowlick (unruly lock or section of hair); spica (bandage); groyne, groin (US) (projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults); finial; opus spicatum (herringbone masonry); angle parking; shelf or storage unit with storage areas on both sides, placed in the middle of a room, notably found in libraries
Noun
10297méconnu
little known, unfamiliar (previously encountered but not familiar or well-acquainted); unrecognized, unfamiliar, unidentified (previously encountered but not known by name or identity); misunderstood (which is correctly recognized or identified, but whose true nature, qualities, character, etc. are not); underappreciated, unrecognized (deserving or worthy of recognition that is not received); unsung, obscure (not famous but deserving to be)
Adjective
10299terminologie
terminology (the set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms); terminology (the scientific study of such terms)
Noun