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Words 16901–17000
16901liseuse
a nightgown, a bedjacket, a garment useful when reading in bed; a small paperknife used to open uncut books, also useful as a bookmark; a dust jacket (removable book cover); a reading lamp; a nightstand, a bedside table; an e-book reader
Noun
16902coléoptère
beetle
Noun
16903attouchement
touching, fondling, stroking; feel (sexual); tangent point
Noun
16904montgolfière
hot-air balloon
Noun
16905géorgien
Georgian, the Georgian language
Noun
16906croate
Croatian, the national language of Croatia
Noun
16907Croate
Croat
Noun
16908radin
stingy
Adjective
16909désertion
desertion
Noun
16910monoparental
uniparental, monoparental, single-parent
Adjective
16911possible
possibly
Adverb
16912noise
quarrel, argument
Noun
16913patronne
female owner; madame (of a brothel)
Noun
16914compatissant
compassionate; sympathetic
Adjective
16915ante
anta
Noun
16916coordonnateur
coordinating
Adjective
16917immergé
immersed
Adjective
16918miné
mined; undermined
Adjective
16919interviewer
interviewer
Noun
16920bivouac
bivouac (encampment for the night)
Noun
16921colérique
habitually angry or bad-tempered
Adjective
16922puceau
virgin (male person who has never had sexual relations)
Noun
16923diction
diction (clarity of word choice)
Noun
16924chilien
Chilean (of, from or relating to Chile)
Adjective
16925raclée
hiding, thrashing, beating; drubbing, heavy defeat
Noun
16926planteur
planter
Noun
16927charbonnier
coalman; coal merchant (person who sells charcoal); charcoal burner, collier; collier (vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal); coal bunker (place where coal is stored); charbonnier; sablefish
Noun
16928ennuyé
annoyed, upset, sorry, angry, disappointed, embarrassed, concerned; worried, bothered, annoyed (avoir l'air ennuyé); bored, ennuyé
Adjective
16929islandais
Icelandic
Adjective
16930énervement
annoyance
Noun
16931bock
a beer glass having the capacity of approximately a quarter of a litre; the content of such a beer glass
Noun
16932balancier
pendulum; balance wheel; beam; balancing pole; outrigger; haltere
Noun
16933déconcerter
to disconcert; to baffle, confound, bewilder
Verb
16934frigorifique
refrigerating, cooling
Adjective
16935balèze
hefty; sturdy; strong, powerful; difficult
Adjective
16936coauteur
coauthor; cowriter
Noun
16937claquette
flip-flop, thong, slide (footwear); clapperboard; clapper (music instrument); parry
Noun
16938indiscrétion
indiscretion
Noun
16939cyanure
cyanide
Noun
16940asservissement
enslavement; slavery; control engineering
Noun
16941suicidaire
suicidal; suicidal person
Noun
16942sauteur
jumper (person who jumps); long jumper, triple jumper; libertine, fornicator
Noun
16943toune
tune, melody, song
Noun
16944paner
to bread (coat with bread or breadcrumbs)
Verb
16945gymnaste
gymnast
Noun
16946rechuter
to relapse, to recur
Verb
16947historienne
historian
Noun
16948miroiter
to sparkle, gleam
Verb
16949hypothéser
to hypothesize
Verb
16950impatienter
to make, become impatient; to be losing patience, to get restless
Verb
16951quadriller
to crosshatch (mark into squares); to criss-cross
Verb
16952contrebandier
smuggler
Noun
16953pavaner
to strut one's stuff; to swagger
Verb
16954semestriel
biannual (twice-yearly), semestrial (six-monthly)
Adjective
16955astreindre
to constrain, compel, force
Verb
16956balustrade
balustrade
Noun
16957radicalisé
radicalized
Adjective
16958tapoter
to tap (strike lightly and repeatedly)
Verb
16959couleuvre
serpent; grass snake, garter snake
Noun
16960assuré
insuree
Noun
16961luxuriant
luxuriant
Adjective
16962chantant
singsong, melodious
Adjective
16963gallon
gallon
Noun
16964échoppe
stall, booth, small shop; a type of chisel with a flat or rounded side used by engravers to efface
Noun
16965prussien
Prussian (language)
Noun
16966verrue
wart, verruca
Noun
16967envoye
slowworm (anguis fragilis)
Noun
16968albanais
Albanian (of, from or relating to Albania)
Adjective
16969concrétisation
realization; embodiment
Noun
16970rab
rest, remainder, leftovers, extra food; (especially) in a canteen, where using which, one can ask for some extra food from the cook or canteen service
Noun
16971paillasson
doormat; pushover, submissive person accepting any humiliation
Noun
16972expéditif
expeditious, efficient, rapid; perfunctory, hasty, hurried
Adjective
16973moribond
moribund
Adjective
16974dévaloriser
to devalorize; to reduce in value
Verb
16975barcelonais
of, from or relating to the city of Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, Spain
Adjective
16976ragoût
ragout; stew
Noun
16977stressé
stressed
Adjective
16978Acadien
Acadian (a native of Acadia)
Noun
16979curriculum
curriculum
Noun
16980proscrit
proscribed, banned
Adjective
16981optimisé
optimized
Adjective
16982initiateur
innovative, groundbreaking
Adjective
16983clairvoyance
clairvoyance
Noun
16984quinoa
quinoa
Noun
16985minus
idiot, imbecile
Noun
16986minibus
minibus
Noun
16987internationalisation
internationalization
Noun
16988droiture
rectitude, uprightness, honesty
Noun
16989immanquablement
unmissably; inevitably
Adverb
16990kérosène
kerosene (fuel oil)
Noun
16991froment
wheat, specifically common wheat (Triticum aestivum); (any) cereal (type of grass cultivated for its edible grains)
Noun
16992inexorablement
inexorably, relentlessly, mercilessly, ruthlessly
Adverb
16993impatiemment
impatiently, without patience; sadly, with sadness
Adverb
16994affreusement
dreadfully (in a dreadful manner), horribly
Adverb
16995prioritairement
primarily; essentially, importantly
Adverb
16996scientologie
Scientology
Noun
16997notoirement
notoriously (in a notorious or notable manner)
Adverb
16998banditisme
banditry (acts characteristic of a bandit)
Noun
16999alpinisme
mountaineering; hiking
Noun
17000vénération
veneration
Noun