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Words 12401–12500
12401libido
sex drive, libido
Noun
12402Camerounais
a Cameroonian
Noun
12403avoisinant
neighbouring, bordering
Adjective
12404extirper
to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground); to remove, take out (e.g. an organ); to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic); to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.); to drag out, hoist out, lug out (remove someone, with difficulty, from a place); to pull oneself out (of somewhere); to fish out, make someone cough up (obtain e.g. information from someone)
Verb
12405maçonnique
masonic, Masonic
Adjective
12406couverte
covering, covert
Noun
12407fortuit
fortuitous (happening by chance, by fortune)
Adjective
12408saxophone
saxophone
Noun
12409décroître
to decrease
Verb
12410enragé
furious, enraged, incensed; rabid
Adjective
12411tropique
tropic
Noun
12412furie
Fury; a raging or belligerent woman; fury, anger, rage; furiousness
Noun
12413panoplie
panoply; outfit, costume (clothes for dressing up); armoury; range (collection of things)
Noun
12414boiser
to panel (a room with wooden panels); to afforest; to hit the ball with the frame (wood) of the racket
Verb
12415magnum
a bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle
Noun
12416balayage
sweeping, sweep; scanning, scan
Noun
12417structuré
structured
Adjective
12418jetter
to cast (a metal statue)
Verb
12419same
Sami; Sami (language)
Noun
12420indulgent
lenient (tolerant; not strict)
Adjective
12421caméraman
cameraman
Noun
12422parage
parage (social rank); environs, surroundings
Noun
12423muer
to moult (molt), to slough (sluff) (to shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, etc.); to break (to become deeper at puberty); to change, to mutate, to transform
Verb
12424zizi
willy (British), pee-pee (US) (penis)
Noun
12425égalitaire
egalitarian
Adjective
12426insurmontable
insurmountable
Adjective
12427colo
camp
Noun
12428mémoriser
to memorize (to fix in one's memory)
Verb
12429asperger
to spray, sprinkle; to splash, splatter
Verb
12430aversion
aversion
Noun
12431estuaire
estuary
Noun
12432vagabond
vagabond
Noun
12433malformation
malformation
Noun
12434utopique
utopian
Adjective
12435ambre
amber (fossil resin)
Noun
12436cantique
canticle
Noun
12437tympan
eardrum; middle ear; tympanum; treadwheel, treadmill; hydraulic wheel; various percussion instruments, such as gongs, tympans, tambourines, etc.; tympan
Noun
12438sortilège
magic spell, sorcery, witchcraft
Noun
12439lampadaire
standard lamp; street light
Noun
12440blabla
post-1990 spelling of bla-bla
Noun
12441manager
to manage
Verb
12442ambiancer
to set up a festive mood
Verb
12443intransigeant
intransigent, unaccommodating
Adjective
12444TOM
acronym of territoire d'outre-mer (“French overseas territory”)
Noun
12445réaménagement
restructuration, redevelopment
Noun
12446scénique
stage, scenic (of or relating to a theatrical scene)
Adjective
12447béni
blessed (see usage notes); fortunate
Adjective
12448fuseau
spindle; bobbin (lacemaking); lune (geometry); timezone
Noun
12449tsé
Contracted form of tu sais; you know
12450pointure
shoe size; master, expert, dab hand; big name (person very skilled at doing something)
Noun
12451rigolo
joker, funny person; an unserious person, a clown; revolver, handgun
Noun
12452compris
you hear me? understood?
Interjection
12453mandarin
mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
Adjective
12454seizième
sixteenth
Adjective
12455merveilleusement
wonderfully; brilliantly; amazingly
Adverb
12456brio
brilliance, panache; con brio
Noun
12457involontairement
involuntarily; unintentionally
Adverb
12458fédéralisme
federalism
Noun
12459géographiquement
geographically
Adverb
12460ponctuellement
punctually; occasionally, less frequently, only at certain times
Adverb
12461virtuellement
virtually
Adverb
12462bonnement
really, exactly; simply
Adverb
12463allaitement
breastfeeding; suckling
Noun
12464jacky
a person who pimps (excessively customizes)
Noun
12465jante
rim (of a wheel), wheelrim; wheel (of a bike, without the tire)
Noun
12466populisme
populism
Noun
12467préfète
A female prefect.; A female director of an athenaeum.; A female spouse of a male prefect.
Noun
12468dénué
lacking (in), devoid (of)
Adjective
12469chevreuil
roe deer, roebuck; any of various local species of deer in the genus Odocoileus; mostly the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Noun
12470félin
feline; catlike
Adjective
12471mensuel
a monthly: a newspaper or magazine that is published monthly
Noun
12472forer
to bore; to drill (to make a hole)
Verb
12473tin
a wooden support, often used on watercraft
Noun
12474daigner
to deign, condescend
Verb
12475courses
shopping, usually for groceries, rarely for clothes.
Noun
12476aplomb
vertical line, as measured with a plumb line; stability, equilibrium, uprightness, plumb; aplomb, self-confidence
Noun
12477cobra
cobra (snake)
Noun
12478alibi
alibi
Noun
12479guidon
handlebar (bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicles using the hands); guidon (pennant, banner); sight (aiming aid at the end of a gun barrel)
Noun
12480droitier
right-handed; right-footed; synonym of droitiste
Adjective
12481Montréalais
resident or native of Montreal, Montrealer
Noun
12482dualité
duality; twoness
Noun
12483conjurer
to beseech, to beg; to ward off; to conspire, to plot, to conjure; to conjure
Verb
12484tombée
fall (act of falling); the arranging of a small quantity of something on a plate
Noun
12485barber
to bore someone
Verb
12486éblouissant
dazzling
Adjective
12487préparateur
preparator; assistant, demonstrator
Noun
12488paumé
lost; out of one's depth; godforsaken
Adjective
12489rosé
pinkish
Adjective
12490étain
tin; pewter, item made of pewter
Noun
12491sanglot
sob
Noun
12492manuelle
a manual car, a car with manual transmission
Noun
12493jackpot
jackpot (all senses)
Noun
12494caricaturer
to caricature
Verb
12495assouplir
to soften (make softer); to make more supple; to relax (of e.g. a law or rule make less strict); to soften up, get soft (become softer); to become more supple; to become relaxed, relax (become less strict); to limber up
Verb
12496hippie
hippie
Noun
12497naufrager
to sink, go down; to be on a sinking vessel, go down; to be on a sinking ship
Verb
12498macho
One who is excessively or aggressively masculine or misogynistic; a chauvinist
Noun
12499intrépide
intrepid, fearless
Adjective
12500pendaison
hanging (of something or someone)
Noun