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Words 17001–17100
17001questionnaire à choix multiple
multiple-choice questionnaire
Noun
17002ASN
ASN (“national sporting authority”): abbreviation of autorité sportive nationale; DSC (“Digital Selective Calling”): abbreviation of appel sélectif numérique
Noun
17003poinçon
stamp (device); a pointed tool, such as a punch, chisel, bodkin or awl; hallmark (an official marking)
Noun
17004dealer
to deal (drugs)
Verb
17005prospecter
prospect (to search as for gold)
Verb
17006virtuose
virtuoso
Adjective
17007skateboard
skateboarding; skateboard
Noun
17008grégorien
Gregorian
Adjective
17009désistement
withdrawal; cancellation
Noun
17010anagramme
anagram (word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase)
Noun
17011boisseau
bushel (measure and vessel); hollow cylinder (of various types)
Noun
17012recomposition
recomposition; process by which a compound word which has undergone phonetic changes is reformed anew from its constituents; the result of that process
Noun
17013paravent
folding screen
Noun
17014consécutive
consecutive interpreting, consecutive interpretation
Noun
17015égaré
stray; astray; mislaid, misplaced; wild (of look)
Adjective
17016protoxyde d'azote
nitrous oxide
Noun
17017casher
kosher
Adjective
17018galoper
to gallop
Verb
17019vriller
to spiral; to spin; to twist; to roll up; to wrap up; to gimlet; to bore; to pierce; to torment; to penetrate painfully; to stare piercingly; to break down
Verb
17020calculateur
calculating person; calculator (“device”)
Noun
17021concubine
cohabitant, female domestic partner; concubine
Noun
17022bât
packsaddle
Noun
17023exproprier
to expropriate
Verb
17024brouille
quarrel, tiff
Noun
17025capsuler
to capsule; to encapsule
Verb
17026cassant
brittle; harsh, cutting, catty
Adjective
17027fidéliser
to loyalize, to keep loyal
Verb
17028filmographie
filmography
Noun
17029grimpant
climbing, rambling
Adjective
17030athénée
a type of high school; atheneum
Noun
17031rami
rummy (the card game)
Noun
17032extorquer
to extort
Verb
17033Éthiopien
an Ethiopian
Noun
17034raire
to troat, cry, bellow, make noises
Verb
17035bitumer
to asphalt
Verb
17036comparse
extra; accomplice; sidekick
Noun
17037menteur
mendacious, lying
Adjective
17038réfractaire
deserter
Noun
17039monopoler
synonym of monopoliser
Verb
17040exempt
exempt, (type of) policeman
Noun
17041feignant
lazy, idle
Adjective
17042gibbon
Gibbon
Noun
17043monologuer
to soliloquize
Verb
17044crasher
to crash-land; to crash
Verb
17045deck
deck, skateboard cover; deck, a trading card player’s collection employed in a match; deck, floorlike covering of a nautical vessel; deck, an external building
Noun
17046rôtir
to roast
Verb
17047micron
micron
Noun
17048sondeur
pollster; sounder, depth finder (masculine only)
Noun
17049octet
byte (of eight bits), octet
Noun
17050autiste
someone who is autistic
Noun
17051enneiger
to cover in snow
Verb
17052crin
hair (of certain animals, especially horses); horsehair
Noun
17053éventrer
to gut, to disembowel; to rip apart, to tear open; to gore
Verb
17054hantise
a haunting; obsessive fear; obsession
Noun
17055leitmotiv
leitmotif
Noun
17056graminée
grass (true grass, species of Poaceae)
Noun
17057gogol
googol; idiot
Noun
17058malhonnêteté
dishonesty
Noun
17059packaging
packaging (material)
Noun
17060perçant
piercing, shrill; sharp (vision, etc.)
Adjective
17061commanderie
commandery, commandry
Noun
17062incontrôlé
uncontrolled, unchecked; out of control
Adjective
17063abrutir
to render idiotic; to turn into idiots; to blunt or deaden the mind; to overwhelm, to devastate; to return to a brutish or bestial state
Verb
17064intouchable
pariah
Noun
17065agoniser
to be dying (slowly); to be at death's door; to be in one's death throes
Verb
17066jonc
rush, bulrush; cane, rattan; trim (of a car); bangle, ring; gold, object made of gold; dick (penis)
Noun
17067lamer
to flatten
Verb
17068scintiller
to sparkle, twinkle
Verb
17069poissonnier
fishmonger (someone who sells fish)
Noun
17070abysse
deep sea; abyss (something fathomless, unfathomable)
Noun
17071chardon
thistle; spikes (on wall etc.)
Noun
17072juron
swearword, curse word
Noun
17073lignage
lineage (all senses); descent
Noun
17074fétichisme
fetishism; adoration of a false god; fetishism; fetish
Noun
17075tzigane
Gypsy
Noun
17076tortiller
to twist, twirl; to wriggle, squirm, writhe
Verb
17077myriade
ten thousand; myriad
Noun
17078figuier
fig tree; synonym of figuier commun (Ficus carica)
Noun
17079dislocation
dislocation
Noun
17080préfabriqué
prefabricated
Adjective
17081molette
rowel; scroll wheel; mouse wheel
Noun
17082sarde
Sardinian (language)
Noun
17083inuit
Inuit
Adjective
17084laiterie
dairy (shop)
Noun
17085écrouer
to lock up, to imprison
Verb
17086chihuahua
Chihuahua / chihuahua (the dog breed or an individual of this breed)
Noun
17087divisionnaire
division
Adjective
17088entailler
to snick, to cut into, to gash (wood, stone, metal, etc.)
Verb
17089auditer
to audit
Verb
17090côt
malbec (grape or wine)
Noun
17091ultrason
ultrasound
Noun
17092Lombard
Lombard (member of a medieval Germanic people); Lombard (native or inhabitant of Lombardy, Italy) (usually male)
Noun
17093lombard
the Lombard language; the Lombardic language
Noun
17094semoule
semolina
Noun
17095démontage
taking down; removal
Noun
17096stup
narcotic
Noun
17097centaure
centaur (mythical half horse, half man)
Noun
17098trucage
rigging, doctoring (especially fraudulent); special effects
Noun
17099vulgariser
to generalize
Verb
17100malgache
Malagasy, the Malagasy language
Noun