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Words 13901–14000
13901arménien
Armenian language
Noun
13902corporatif
corporate
Adjective
13903millionnaire
Very rich
Adjective
13904pope
an Orthodox priest.
Noun
13905crétin
cretinous (stupid; idiotic etc.)
Adjective
13906multiplicité
multiplicity
Noun
13907populariser
to popularize
Verb
13908affluer
to flow (into) (said of rivers); to pour (in), to come in droves (said of people, things)
Verb
13909inépuisable
inexhaustible (that cannot be used up)
Adjective
13910inventif
inventive
Adjective
13911apanage
prerogative, privilege; apanage
Noun
13912royer
to rain
Verb
13913journalier
a journeyman, laborer employed on a daily basis
Noun
13914hanté
haunted
Adjective
13915tartine
tartine (a slice of bread topped with sweet or savoury spreadable food such as butter, jam, honey, cream, or sauce); a screed, a ream
Noun
13916inefficacité
inefficiency
Noun
13917engraisser
to fatten
Verb
13918illico
pronto, right away
Adverb
13919salement
dirty, dirtily; Intensitive adverb : very, really. (in a bad way) "J'ai été salement amoché par une crise néphrétique" (André Gide, Letters) : "I've been really banged-up by renal crisis"; Related to the precedent (antiphrasis) : very, really (in a good way) " Faut acheter des sardines … C'est salement bon !" (Louis Pergaud, La Guerre des boutons) : "We got to buy sardines … It's really good !"
Adverb
13920voyance
the apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses; mind-reading
Noun
13921intentionnellement
intentionally; deliberately; on purpose; in intention only
Adverb
13922polygamie
polygamy
Noun
13923normalité
normality
Noun
13924éloquence
eloquence (the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing)
Noun
13925convivialité
friendliness, conviviality; user-friendliness
Noun
13926rougeole
measles, rubeola (acute highly contagious viral disease)
Noun
13927culturellement
culturally
Adverb
13928arbitrairement
arbitrarily
Adverb
13929froidement
coldly
Adverb
13930rescousse
rescue
Noun
13931alcoolémie
alcoholaemia; blood alcohol content
Noun
13932pareillement
likewise; in the same way; equally; too; also
Adverb
13933primauté
primacy
Noun
13934RG
a member of the DCRG, usually working as plain-clothes police or incognito
Noun
13935réciproquement
reciprocally; one another; vice versa; conversely
Adverb
13936médiatisation
media coverage; mediatization
Noun
13937passivité
passivity, passiveness
Noun
13938héhé
hehe (giggling sound); lol (or similar emoticon)
Interjection
13939apollinaire
Apollinarian
Adjective
13940tournevis
screwdriver
Noun
13941impureté
impurity
Noun
13942immensité
immensity, vastness; scale
Noun
13943matricule
list, register; serial number
Noun
13944paroxysme
paroxysm (sudden recurrence of a disease); height, peak
Noun
13945lunch
a lunch, (usually light) meal around noon; a light meal with sandwiches, cold cuts, pastry etc. served at a festive reception
Noun
13946lynchage
lynching
Noun
13947inhumation
inhumation
Noun
13948revendiqué
professed, asserted
Adjective
13949ada
tyrant (bird)
Noun
13950tacos
a taxicab
Noun
13951dépeint
depicted, portrayed
Adjective
13952clairière
glade, clearing (an area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)
Noun
13953afghan
Afghan (of, from or relating to Afghanistan)
Adjective
13954implémentation
implementation
Noun
13955coacher
to coach
Verb
13956institutrice
teacher (in a school); female equivalent of instituteur
Noun
13957pneumatique
pneumatic
Adjective
13958dissous
dissolved
Adjective
13959longitudinal
longitudinal (relating to length; running in the direction of the long axis of a body); longitudinal (relating to longitude); longitudinal (sampling data over time rather than merely once)
Adjective
13960débouter
to dismiss
Verb
13961centriste
a centrist
Noun
13962abdos
abs (abdominal muscles); sit-up
Noun
13963fastidieux
tedious; tiresome; boring
Adjective
13964boyau
gut, intestine (of an animal, or, informally of a human); catgut, gut; communication trench, boyau; hose, e.g. a firehose
Noun
13965piraterie
piracy (business of being a pirate); piracy (act done by pirates)
Noun
13966désolation
desolation
Noun
13967réconfortant
comforting
Adjective
13968nutella
Nutella (any chocolate spread)
Noun
13969élasticité
elasticity
Noun
13970saucer
to drench in sauce; to sauce; to mop up the sauce; to drench, soak; to reprimand severely, to give an earful
Verb
13971bisexuel
bisexual
Adjective
13972motoriser
to motorize (to provide with a motor or motors)
Verb
13973étager
to layer, to set one above the other; to set in progressive installments
Verb
13974rétroviseur
rear-view mirror
Noun
13975intègre
honest, upright, upstanding
Adjective
13976murer
to wall; wall off; to wall up; to lock up (put into prison)
Verb
13977limitant
limiting
Adjective
13978suppléant
substitute, replacement
Noun
13979fondue
fondue
Noun
13980enjamber
to straddle; to step over, to stride; to make an enjambment; to ignore
Verb
13981débordant
overflowing, unbounded; exuberant; outflanking
Adjective
13982turbiner
to churn; to bust a gut (work hard); to walk the street, prostitute oneself
Verb
13983majordome
majordomo
Noun
13984désobéir
to disobey (+ à a person); to disobey (+ à rules or instructions)
Verb
13985volontariat
volunteering (action of volunteering)
Noun
13986soude
soda, lye, sodium hydroxide (NaOH); sodium (Na); sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃); seepweed, sea blite, saltwort (plants, usually of the genus Suaeda, which produce sodium carbonate when burned); prickly saltwort (Salsola kali, syn. Kali turgidum)
Noun
13987boomer
a baby boomer, an old person stereotypically portrayed as ignorant of new technology or modern concepts
Noun
13988triage
triage; sorting; classification, marshalling; classification yard, marshalling yard; the smallest unit of forest in the ancien régime
Noun
13989ramassage
collection, the act of picking up
Noun
13990exploitable
exploitable
Adjective
13991SAS
abbreviation of section des agressions sexuelles (“sexual assault squad”)
Noun
13992limousin
of Limousin
Adjective
13993paralympique
Paralympic
Adjective
13994pupitre
pupil's desk, school desk; console, control panel; music stand
Noun
13995hépatique
hepatic
Adjective
13996versus
versus, full form of vs
Preposition
13997semé
dotted, riddled; sprinkled or sown; said of a field or charge when strewn with small charges
Adjective
13998napoléonien
Napoleonic
Adjective
13999armagnac
Armagnac (brandy)
Noun
14000albanais
Albanian (language)
Noun