17702chocolateriechocolaterie (chocolate shop); chocolate factory
Noun
17703hécatombehecatomb (sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen); bloodbath; mass destruction (destruction of a huge quantity of things)
Noun
17704ajournerpostpone, adjourn, put off (an event)
Verb
17705quidamplaceholder for persons whose name are unknown or not mentioned, in a conversation or in writing; individual
Noun
17707littéraireliterary person (person who likes literature, especially in preference to other subjects)
Noun
17708ceindreto gird, put on (clothes, which fit around a part of the body); to wrap round; to don (an item of ceremonious clothing)
Verb
17709dépecerto chop up, dismember; to take apart; to divide up (put into parts); to pick apart (examine in great detail); to tear apart (criticise severely)
Verb
17710daguedagger (of the Middle Ages); tusk (of wild boar), spike (of deer)
Noun
17713obélisqueobelisk (a tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
Noun
17714couvreurslater, roofer (one who lays slate)
Noun
17717jovialjovial, jolly
Adjective
17718draca type of mythological creature associated with the dangers of water
Noun
17721fourmillerto swarm, to be full of; to tingle
Verb
17722barrirto trumpet (to make the sound of an elephant's cry)
Verb
17723pesterto rant, curse, fulminate
Verb
17724fareA tradition of going fishing as part of celebrating the fishing festival, typically held around May, banned in 1679 to conserve freshwater fish populations.; Of a saltworks, a reservoir around the perimeter, forming the compartment of a series of heating pools.; A traditional Polynesian house.
Noun
17725encombreobstacle, hindrance, difficulty
Noun
17726vinificationwinemaking; the fermentation stage of winemaking
Noun
17727écorcerto debark, to strip the bark from a tree
Verb
17728institprimary school teacher
Noun
17731remblaiembankment; landfill
Noun
17735bourbiermorass; morass, quagmire
Noun
17736ayatollahayatollah; strong proponent of something; person behaving tyrannically and despotically in a particular matter
Noun
17738ruminerto ruminate (to chew the cud); to ponder, turn over, chew over (in one's mind)
Verb
17739trimerto slave away (to work very hard); to walk for a long time; to tramp
Verb
17744béquillerto walk with the aid of crutches; to lower the kickstand of a motorcycle; to prop up a motorcycle on its kickstand
Verb
17748bourreletpadding; roll of fat; bourrelet
Noun
17749faucheura scyther; harvestman; daddy longlegs
Noun
17750serpenterto snake, wind (move in a winding path)
Verb
17752tercerto plough a third time
Verb
17753flancherto drop out; pussy out; wuss out; chicken out; back down
Verb
17754basketballpost-1990 spelling of basket-ball
Noun
17755moisir(to cause) to go mouldy, to moulder; to hang around, to gather dust
Verb
17756escarpésteep (near-vertical)
Adjective
17759déviancedeviance (variation from expected behavior or form); anomaly
Noun
17760sommeliersommelier, wine steward (a person who is in charge of the wine cellar in a restaurant); the person in charge of bread, linens, crockery, and liquor; the chief of table setting; the person in charge of the wine convoy, its beasts of burden, and its protection
Noun
17761langeflannel blanket, baby blanket; swaddling clothes; diaper, nappy
Noun
17770zoushoo, let's go!
Interjection
17778jouvenceyouth (state of being young)
Noun
17781indûmentunjustly; unfairly; undeservedly
Adverb
17786ramassisbunch; jumble; scraps, slops, swill; debris deposited by storms
Noun
17787incolorecolourless; uncoloured; dull, uninteresting
Adjective
17789levrettefemale greyhound; doggy style position
Noun
17791exiléexiled, in exile
Adjective
17797sylvainthat lives in the forest, sylvan; of or from Forest-l'Abbaye
Adjective
17798renforçantreinforcing, strengthening
Adjective
17799grilloncricket (insect); culinary specialty of the West of France, made with pieces of pork fried in fat and served cold (also sometimes denotes rillettes with fatty pieces)
Noun
17800zébrerto stripe, to stripe like a zebra
Verb