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Words 15001–15100
15001scrupuleux
scrupulous, meticulous, painstaking (exactly and carefully conducted); scrupulous (having scruples or compunctions, having principles, having a conscience)
Adjective
15002docker
docker; longshoreman
Noun
15003jetée
pier; jetty
Noun
15004inca
inca (bird)
Noun
15005matraquer
to club; to hype
Verb
15006méritant
deserving; worthy, meritorious
Adjective
15007modérateur
moderate, not extreme
Adjective
15008réintroduire
to reintroduce
Verb
15009puriste
purist
Noun
15010internement
internment
Noun
15011hernie
hernia (part of the body protruding abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part)
Noun
15012aileron
fin (of some fish); flipper (of penguins and other animals); aileron; spoiler (of an automobile)
Noun
15013houleux
rough, stormy (of sea); heated
Adjective
15014Bourguignon
Burgundian (native or inhabitant of Burgundy, a geographic region and former province, now part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France) (usually male)
Noun
15015accentué
pronounced, marked, accented
Adjective
15016impuni
unpunished
Adjective
15017imprévu
unforeseen event
Noun
15018résidant
residing
Adjective
15019chiche
mean, stingy; scanty, meagre, stingy; able, capable
Adjective
15020édicter
to promulgate or enact
Verb
15021verbaliser
to verbalize, to put into words (express using speech); to make a statement (dresser un procès-verbal); to give somebody a ticket, a fine; to write up somebody
Verb
15022manchot
penguin; one-armed or no-armed person
Noun
15023rogner
to trim, to snip, to cut, to crop (a picture)
Verb
15024infra
infra
Adverb
15025gaspard
rat
Noun
15026bene
well
Adverb
15027nounours
teddy bear; a very affectionate person
Noun
15028viticulture
viticulture
Noun
15029reflux
ebb, ebb tide; vicissitude; reflux
Noun
15030MST
STD (sexually transmitted disease)
Noun
15031électrification
electrification
Noun
15032tollé
outcry; backlash
Noun
15033abnégation
selflessness, self-sacrifice; denial, abnegation
Noun
15034prou
a lot; enough
Adverb
15035surpopulation
overpopulation
Noun
15036haras
stud farm (establishment for selectively breeding horses)
Noun
15037unisson
unison
Noun
15038lisibilité
legibility; readability
Noun
15039escient
wisdom, knowledge
Noun
15040foncièrement
fundamentally; at heart
Adverb
15041farouchement
fiercely, strongly, bitterly, doggedly, rabidly
Adverb
15042PHI
initialism of porte-hélicoptère d'intervention (“helicopter intervention carrier”)
Noun
15043septique
septic; infected
Adjective
15044mouillage
wetting (act of making something wet); watering down (act of adding water to something); anchoring (act of laying down an anchor)
Noun
15045satanique
satanic
Adjective
15046bungalow
bungalow
Noun
15047cabrer
to rear up (on a horse or a motorcycle); to complain
Verb
15048glacière
icehouse (a deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice); ice cave; icebox; ice chest, coolbox; freezer (a very cold place); waiting room (used as a means to soften a suspect)
Noun
15049fermant
closing
Adjective
15050impénétrable
impenetrable; not understandable, mysterious
Adjective
15051targuer
to claim, boast
Verb
15052parquer
to pen, corral; to park
Verb
15053dancing
dancehall (public hall for dancing)
Noun
15054débâcle
debacle (break-up of ice dam); debacle (fiasco); the French defeat in the Battle of France (May–June 1940)
Noun
15055amazonien
Amazon
Adjective
15056poursuivant
pursuer; prosecutor
Noun
15057essayiste
essayist
Noun
15058goulag
gulag
Noun
15059tapisser
to carpet (cover with carpet); to decorate; to cover; to overlay
Verb
15060régenter
to dictate, (seek to) dominate
Verb
15061redessiner
to redesign
Verb
15062intermittence
intermittence
Noun
15063REM
REM; rapid eye movement
Noun
15064embêtant
annoying, bothersome
Adjective
15065tarot
tarot
Noun
15066impropre
inappropriate; unsuited (to), unfit (for)
Adjective
15067platane
a sycamore or planetree (genus Platanus)
Noun
15068boite
post-1990 spelling of boîte
Noun
15069archevêché
archbishopric, archdiocese; archbishop's palace
Noun
15070détaillant
retailer
Noun
15071liner
liner (boat); eye-liner
Noun
15072caniveau
gutter
Noun
15073ranimer
to revive; to animate; to motivate, to rally (troops)
Verb
15074pervertir
to worsen; to corrupt
Verb
15075rotatif
rotary; rotating, revolving, rotative
Adjective
15076préjuger
to prejudge; to foresee; say in advance
Verb
15077myrtille
blueberry (fruit), bilberry
Noun
15078métabolique
metabolic
Adjective
15079répertorié
indexed
Adjective
15080sauterelle
bush-cricket; grasshopper, locust; sauterelle (instrument to trace and form angles)
Noun
15081absent
absentee; missing person
Noun
15082instrumentalisation
making use of something to achieve a practical or political goal, manipulation
Noun
15083pompon
pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.); culmination; climax; a very good or bad exemplar or end result
Noun
15084piton
nail (metal object); spike, pick (especially for mountaineering)
Noun
15085entremise
an intervention, means, or method
Noun
15086hématome
hematoma; bruise
Noun
15087névrose
neurosis
Noun
15088enregistreur
recorder (something that records)
Noun
15089photon
photon
Noun
15090écrou
nut (that fits on a bolt), female screw; prison register, prison admission form; incarceration
Noun
15091alchimiste
an alchemist; one who practices alchemy
Noun
15092Maghrébin
Maghrebi
Noun
15093chandelier
candlestick; chandelier; candlemaker
Noun
15094jupon
petticoat, underskirt; a bit of skirt; a sleeveless jacket worn over armor (medieval)
Noun
15095anémie
anemia (medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue)
Noun
15096gradé
NCO or officer
Adjective
15097bic
disposable ballpoint pen, stick pen; Bic, Biro (Britain, Australia, New Zealand); disposable lighter; Bic
Noun
15098crinière
mane; plume (on helmet)
Noun
15099locatif
locative, locative case
Noun
15100compote
stewed fruit or meat, compote
Noun