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Words 17901–18000
17901stylistique
stylistic
Adjective
17902rouquin
redhead, ginger; red wine
Noun
17903tata
goodbye; thank you
Interjection
17904postulant
applicant (person who applies for something); postulant (person seeking admission to a religious order)
Noun
17905temporalité
temporality, sense of time; time frame, timescale, time reference
Noun
17906choyer
to cherish, pamper, coddle (care for with affection and tenderness); to hold in great esteem, revere, going to great lengths to demonstrate this; to cherish, treasure, conserve with great care
Verb
17907oratoire
oratorical
Adjective
17908angélique
angelica (Angelica); A plucked bowl lute
Noun
17909tin
(surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens
Interjection
17910diaboliser
to demonise
Verb
17911déferlant
breaking (waves); surging
Adjective
17912Sarrasin
Saracen
Noun
17913aigri
embittered
Adjective
17914sulfure
sulfide / sulphide
Noun
17915infirmité
disability, impairment; infirmity
Noun
17916signifiant
signifying
Adjective
17917fournée
the capacity of an oven; batch
Noun
17918présomptueux
presumptuous
Adjective
17919aiguillage
points; switch; turnout; shunting; switching
Noun
17920biodégradable
biodegradable
Adjective
17921causerie
chat, talk
Noun
17922sinistré
destroyed by a natural disaster
Adjective
17923imbriquer
to imbricate; to nest one within another; to be interlinked, to be closely linked
Verb
17924merlot
Merlot
Noun
17925alexandra
a cocktail containing cognac, crème de cacao and crème fraîche with grated nutmeg for decoration
Noun
17926copte
Copt (Egyptian Christian person); the Coptic language
Noun
17927proactif
proactive (acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty)
Adjective
17928bidouiller
to fiddle (with);to tamper (with); to hack; to kludge out
Verb
17929sourciller
to frown
Verb
17930référendaire
referendary, legal secretary
Noun
17931subordonnée
subordinate clause
Noun
17932ardennais
of the Ardennes
Adjective
17933tourneur
turner, lathe operator; tour organizer
Noun
17934héraut
herald
Noun
17935foudroyant
rapid; devastating; fulminant; fatal, deadly (coming on quickly and destructively)
Adjective
17936saugrenu
absurd, ridiculous, preposterous
Adjective
17937Toscan
Tuscan (native or inhabitant of the region of Tuscany, Italy) (usually male)
Noun
17938dilapider
to squander, waste, whittle away
Verb
17939sensei
sensei (martial arts instructor)
Noun
17940squash
(uncountable) squash; squash game; squash court
Noun
17941ouch
interjection expressing a sharp pain: ouch!
Interjection
17942weird
weird, bizarre
Adjective
17943damnation
damnation
Noun
17944flint
flint glass
Noun
17945oncologie
(oncology) oncology (branch of medicine concerned with tumors and cancers)
Noun
17946neurologie
neurology
Noun
17947anchois
anchovy (small saltwater fish)
Noun
17948stratégiquement
strategically
Adverb
17949paléontologie
paleontology (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Noun
17950incrédulité
incredulity (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
Noun
17951aléatoirement
doubtfully, dubiously, uncertainly, unpredictably; randomly, aleatorily
Adverb
17952fin de semaine
the end of the working week (Thursday and Friday); the weekend (Saturday and Sunday)
Noun
17953oralement
orally
Adverb
17954impopularité
unpopularity
Noun
17955féminisation
feminization/feminisation
Noun
17956transcendance
transcendence
Noun
17957spirituellement
spiritually
Adverb
17958actionnariat
shareholding; shareholders
Noun
17959partialité
partiality, bias
Noun
17960pluviométrie
pluviometry; rainfall
Noun
17961prorata
proportion
Noun
17962stérilité
sterility; infertility
Noun
17963salpêtrière
saltpetre mine
Noun
17964AMR
initialism of auto-mitrailleuse de reconnaissance (“reconnaissance machine-gun carrier or armored car”)
Noun
17965grizzli
grizzly bear
Noun
17966perméable
permeable
Adjective
17967périssable
perishable
Adjective
17968tourbière
bog
Noun
17969motivant
motivating
Adjective
17970bette
chard (vegetable); beet plant; beet, beetroot (vegetable)
Noun
17971chabot
bullhead (Cottus gobio); chabot
Noun
17972injecté
bloodshot (eyes)
Adjective
17973désaffecter
to decommission
Verb
17974désaveu
denial, rejection, disavowal
Noun
17975bassesse
baseness, lowness, contemptibility; something trivial; quality of being of low, unnoble birth
Noun
17976défrayer
to defray (someone's expenses)
Verb
17977faramineux
colossal, staggering, incredible
Adjective
17978cendrer
to give the color of ash; to mix or cover with ashes
Verb
17979pâture
grazing food for livestock; pasture (field full of such food)
Noun
17980fourrage
forage, fodder
Noun
17981matador
matador
Noun
17982râper
to grate (e.g. cheese); to shave (e.g. wood)
Verb
17983lamentation
lamentation, loud/ostentatious plaint
Noun
17984milanais
Milanese (of, from or relating to the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy)
Adjective
17985discount
discount
Noun
17986carolingien
Carolingian
Adjective
17987luth
lute, a stringed instrument
Noun
17988réglo
correct, on the level, stand-up
Adjective
17989refoulement
push back (air pushing back on an airframe); psychological repression; in refugee law, the term for a country returning a refugee or refugee claimant to the country of origin or to danger; refoulment
Noun
17990nominé
nominated, named
Adjective
17991nominé
nominee
Noun
17992pis
and, besides
Conjunction
17993joaillier
jeweller, gemsmith
Noun
17994médina
medina (old town of North African cities)
Noun
17995proportionner
to proportion
Verb
17996ciseaux
scissors
Noun
17997coulis
flowing; running
Adjective
17998badaud
onlooker, bystander, rubbernecker
Noun
17999pénalty
post-1990 spelling of penalty
Noun
18000égrener
to shell, pod (maize, peas, wheat etc.); to gin (cotton); to ripple (flax); to drop off the stalk or bunch; to dish out; to rattle off, go through (a list), tick away (time)
Verb