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Words 13101–13200
13101enrober
to coat
Verb
13102dynamiser
to dynamize, dynamise (make more dynamic)
Verb
13103acompte
down payment, advance payment
Noun
13104bûche
log
Noun
13105muffin
muffin
Noun
13106calotte
zucchetto (skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy); kippah (Jewish cap); calotte (religious skullcap); cap worn by students of Belgian Catholic universities after the corona ceremony (a sort of hazing); tap, knock on the head, buffet, smack, cuff; cap (of ice)
Noun
13107frérot
little brother, kid; bro
Noun
13108permettant
allowing, enabling, ensuring, so that, through which to, make it possible, as a means to, which could
Verb
13109lillois
of, from or relating to Lille, a major city, the prefecture of the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France
Adjective
13110circonscrire
to circumscribe
Verb
13111sottise
stupidity, foolishness; nonsense
Noun
13112lacté
milk; milky
Adjective
13113capucin
capuchin (primate); Capuchin monk
Noun
13114Parisienne
Parisienne
Noun
13115transpercer
to pierce, to impale
Verb
13116veillée
gathering (in the evening); vigil
Noun
13117rétro
any mirror on a vehicle; rear-view mirror (mirror inside a vehicle that allows the driver to see the traffic behind); wing mirror, side mirror (either of a pair of mirrors on the sides of a car or other vehicle that enable the driver to see to the side and behind)
Noun
13118clarification
clarification
Noun
13119caveau
crypt, sepulchre; a small cellar used to store wines and liquors; a dark place, place without light; a subterranean club, café, cabaret; a dug-out or sod hut
Noun
13120ducal
ducal
Adjective
13121pore
pore (small opening in the skin); small opening of any kind
Noun
13122paysanne
peasantess, female peasant
Noun
13123égayer
to entertain; to brighten up (make appear more jolly); to have fun, to enjoy oneself
Verb
13124gourmandise
delicacy (a pleasing food); culinary taste; joie de manger; gluttony
Noun
13125lotir
to parcel out (divide into lots)
Verb
13126sinistre
accident, incident; disaster
Noun
13127ace
ace
Noun
13128ACE
acronym of antigène carcino-embryonnaire (“carcinoembryonic antigen”): CEA
Noun
13129gobelin
a gnome, such as the evil goblin
Noun
13130benoît
blessed, fortunate; sanctimonious, holier-than-thou; blissful, delighted, happy
Adjective
13131jaque
jackfruit; gambison
Noun
13132influencé
influenced
Adjective
13133prédominer
to predominate
Verb
13134justificatif
justifying (tending to justify)
Adjective
13135usurpation
usurpation (wrongful seizure); that which is usurped
Noun
13136mouler
to mold, mould; to fit tightly (clothes); to grind, mill
Verb
13137glucide
carbohydrate, saccharide
Noun
13138égérie
muse (woman who is a source of inspiration); a person, usually a woman, who is the public face or representative of some campaign or movement
Noun
13139raffinement
refinement
Noun
13140trivial
trivial (common, easy, obvious); ordinary, mundane, commonplace; inelegant, unrefined (especially of a person's language); crass, crude, vulgar, obscene (words, language, behavior, etc.)
Adjective
13141banaliser
to banalise; to downplay, normalize, trivialize; to dismiss something unusual and serious as commonplace
Verb
13142étiqueter
label
Verb
13143filon
lode, seam, vein
Noun
13144pénitencier
penitentiary, prison; a priest who administers the sacrament of absolution
Noun
13145obsédé
obsessed; dirty-minded
Adjective
13146poireau
leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum); cock, dick
Noun
13147cadastre
cadastre (a register showing details of land ownership and value)
Noun
13148moineau
sparrow; (type of) small bastion
Noun
13149alouette
lark (bird)
Noun
13150textuel
textual
Adjective
13151ailé
winged (having wings); winglike
Adjective
13152soyeux
silky
Adjective
13153découpe
cutting out, cutting; cutout, cut-out
Noun
13154aspirant
aspirant; officer candidate, officer designate, midshipman
Noun
13155incompatibilité
incompatibility
Noun
13156caron
háček (the háček diacritic)
Noun
13157java
a popular dance developed in 1920s Paris
Noun
13158épiler
to epilate
Verb
13159tapir
to hide
Verb
13160gué
ford (crossing)
Noun
13161arrosage
watering (act of giving or adding water); bribery, bribe
Noun
13162acquittement
acquittal of debt, discharge, settlement; cancellation; absolution; acknowledgement of something, such as a message, upon its receipt
Noun
13163gastrique
gastric
Adjective
13164terrien
land, earth; Earth; possessing land, earth; landed
Adjective
13165chrome
chromium
Noun
13166croiseur
cruiser (a type of warship)
Noun
13167titiller
to titillate
Verb
13168laps
lapse, length (of time)
Noun
13169ellipse
ellipse (the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone); ellipsis (the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated)
Noun
13170cordial
stimulating the heart; tonic; coming from the heart; sincere; amiable
Adjective
13171basta
enough, stop, basta
Interjection
13172maryland
tobacco originating from Maryland
Noun
13173silicium
silicon
Noun
13174pragmatisme
pragmatism
Noun
13175spontanéité
spontaneity
Noun
13176joyeusement
joyfully, joyously
Adverb
13177brillamment
brilliantly, superbly; shiningly
Adverb
13178richement
richly; wealthily; expensively
Adverb
13179probité
probity
Noun
13180scolarisation
the sending (of a child) to school, schooling
Noun
13181pluralisme
pluralism
Noun
13182N/M
M/S: initialism of navire à moteur (“motor ship”) A ship prefix used for motor vessels.; MV: initialism of navire marchand (“merchant ship”) A ship prefix used for commercial vessels.
Noun
13183sionisme
Zionism
Noun
13184tacher
to soil or stain; to tarnish one's reputation
Verb
13185prémunir
to warn; to protect; to protect oneself (from/against), guard (against)
Verb
13186mafieux
Mafioso (member of the mafia)
Noun
13187afférent
relative, pertaining; afferent, carrying
Adjective
13188marger
to margin (to give something a margin)
Verb
13189neutron
neutron
Noun
13190barricader
to barricade
Verb
13191avare
stingy, miserly
Adjective
13192impérialiste
imperialist
Adjective
13193foutre
spunk, sperm, cum
Noun
13194faïence
faience
Noun
13195muser
to wander about, usually aimlessly
Verb
13196tricot
knitting; sweater, jumper; sea krait (snake)
Noun
13197gallois
Welsh, the Welsh language
Noun
13198follower
follower
Noun
13199rucher
to pile up hay stacks in the form of a beehive; to shirr or to pleat an item of clothing patterned after a beehive
Verb
13200fédéraliste
federalist
Adjective