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Words 11801–11900
11801docile
docile
Adjective
11802anthropologue
anthropologist
Noun
11803négociable
negotiable
Adjective
11804simpliste
simplistic
Adjective
11805émérite
emeritus; senior (work position)
Adjective
11806prospection
prospecting
Noun
11807hype
hype
Noun
11808criant
shouting; so shocking as to cause outcries; scandalous, outrageous; blatant, flagrant
Adjective
11809courgette
courgette (UK), zucchini (Australia, Canada, US)
Noun
11810liégeois
of Liège, Belgium
Adjective
11811congestion
congestion
Noun
11812autruche
ostrich
Noun
11813root
root
Noun
11814garniture
garniture; lapping, winding
Noun
11815fève
strictly, a fava bean (Vicia faba); non-legume beans, as in coffee beans; the trinket in a king cake (galette des rois) – originally an actual broad bean, today often a plastic, metal or porcelain figurine; bean
Noun
11816bavure
smudge, blemish, smear; mistake, blunder
Noun
11817ponctuation
punctuation
Noun
11818officieux
unofficial (not official)
Adjective
11819haut potentiel
high (intellectual) potential; intellectually gifted person
Noun
11820odyssée
odyssey
Noun
11821accompagnateur
accompanier; co-(something); accompanist
Noun
11822puberté
puberty
Noun
11823éprendre
to burn; to become enamoured with, fall in love with
Verb
11824déclic
click; aha moment, epiphany
Noun
11825trèfle
clover; clubs (card suit); trefoil
Noun
11826grief
complaint; grief; grievance (formal complaint filed with an authority)
Noun
11827préoccupant
worrying, disquieting
Adjective
11828confident
confidant; tête-à-tête (love seat in an s-shape)
Noun
11829sécurisé
protected, secure, secured (where one is safe)
Adjective
11830dioxyde
dioxide
Noun
11831hâtif
hasty; hurried
Adjective
11832goûter
nuncheon; meal similar to breakfast taken around 4 P.M
Noun
11833transversale
crossbar
Noun
11834retranscrire
to retranscribe
Verb
11835girafe
giraffe (mammal); boom (a movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)
Noun
11836coupon
coupon (certificate of interest due); an oddment or offcut, a short rest of fabric remaining from a bolt (roll) or large piece.
Noun
11837volée
flying, flight; flock, group; volley; thrashing, defeat; flight
Noun
11838intercommunalité
intercommunality (region of France)
Noun
11839désapprouver
to disapprove of
Verb
11840chaudron
cauldron; pot
Noun
11841falsifier
to falsify (all meanings)
Verb
11842néerlandais
Dutch, the Dutch language
Noun
11843Néerlandais
Dutchman
Noun
11844caller
to attract game by imitating their call; to call
Verb
11845jongler
to juggle; to entertain; to think about, to worry about; to think of, to think about; to think, to meditate, to reflect, to ponder, to worry; to daydream, to dream
Verb
11846marmite
pot, cooking pot, marmite; meal prepared in a cooking pot; (heavy) shell; prostitute, especially one past the first youth, the "flesh pot" of the souteneur
Noun
11847cristalliser
to crystallize; to freeze
Verb
11848rangement
place where things are tidied away, e.g. cupboards, shelves, etc.; action of tidying things away
Noun
11849slow
waltz (slow waltz, English waltz)
Noun
11850citadin
city dweller, urbanite, townsman; city slicker
Noun
11851forgeron
blacksmith
Noun
11852abrogation
abrogation; repeal
Noun
11853dia
yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left
Interjection
11854patois
patois (French dialect); patois (any regional dialect); saying, maxim, proverb, adage
Noun
11855EPS
physical education
Noun
11856maquis
macchia (Mediterranean brush); thicket; resistance, underground (movement during World War II)
Noun
11857patiemment
patiently
Adverb
11858habilement
skilfully
Adverb
11859exergue
exergue (space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for an inscription); inscription; epigraph
Noun
11860bienfaisance
charity, beneficence; benevolence
Noun
11861natalité
birthrate
Noun
11862occasionnellement
occasionally (from time to time); occasionally (according to the occasion)
Adverb
11863confortablement
comfortably
Adverb
11864objectivement
objectively
Adverb
11865impartialité
impartiality (the quality of being impartial; fairness)
Noun
11866symboliquement
symbolically
Adverb
11867émotionnellement
emotionally
Adverb
11868cholestérol
cholesterol (an essential component of mammalian cell membranes)
Noun
11869moyennement
averagely, moderately (in an average way); not much, not really
Adverb
11870mécaniquement
mechanically
Adverb
11871osef
abbreviation of on s'en fout
Interjection
11872cruiser
to hit on; to make a pass at
Verb
11873camouflage
camouflage
Noun
11874oxydation
oxidation
Noun
11875soudre
resolve; pay off
Verb
11876revirement
change of mind; reversal, drastic change; turnover
Noun
11877pointeur
One who points a cannon at its target; One who maintains a register of people present and absent; a pointer; a sex offender, especially one showing pedophile behaviour
Noun
11878mollusque
mollusc; wimp, drip
Noun
11879brigadier
brigadier (military); Military rank equivalent to corporal; crossing guard
Noun
11880combe
combe (valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river)
Noun
11881reposant
relaxing, restful
Adjective
11882légiférer
to legislate (to pass laws)
Verb
11883intentionnel
intentional
Adjective
11884bipolaire
bipolar (having two poles); bipolar (relating to bipolar disorder)
Adjective
11885futé
wily, cunning, crafty
Adjective
11886hasardeux
risky, hazardous; risk-taking, daring
Adjective
11887vivement
I'll be glad when …, I can't wait for the day that …
Conjunction
11888mongol
Mongolian
Adjective
11889branleur
wanker
Noun
11890heurt
collision; bump (action of bumping); clash
Noun
11891californien
of California; Californian
Adjective
11892abrupt
Extremely steep, near vertical; curt and abrupt; Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking
Adjective
11893twist
twist (dance)
Noun
11894cheminer
to walk on, to keep walking (especially on a long and regular or a painful walk)
Verb
11895composant
component
Adjective
11896glaciaire
glacial
Adjective
11897provocateur
provocateur, provoker; one who provokes
Noun
11898Dominicain
Dominican (person)
Noun
11899puéril
childlike; puerile, childish, immature
Adjective
11900pratiquant
churchgoing
Adjective