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Words 21101–21200
21101doubleur
dubber; doubler
Noun
21102remordre
to rebite, bite again, bite back
Verb
21103fourbe
guile, deception; double-dealer, swindler
Noun
21104extraverti
extrovert
Adjective
21105conforté
reinforced
Adjective
21106commandite
a type of limited partnership in France, Quebec, and elsewhere; its full legal name is a société en commandite (SCS)
Noun
21107acouphène
tinnitus (perception of nonexistent noise)
Noun
21108indétectable
undetectable
Adjective
21109squatteur
a squatter
Noun
21110décomposé
decomposed
Adjective
21111tagine
tajine, tagine
Noun
21112adduction
adduction (all senses)
Noun
21113appétence
appetence
Noun
21114apathique
apathetic; inactive, sluggish
Adjective
21115bretzel
pretzel
Noun
21116frémissement
quiver, shiver (light shaking movement); a simmering temperature, just below boiling
Noun
21117missel
missal
Noun
21118travelling
dolly, camera dolly (a specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted); travelling shot
Noun
21119rudesse
roughness, harshness; ruggedness
Noun
21120Trésor
Treasury (government department)
Noun
21121cosigner
to cosign
Verb
21122sangloter
to sob
Verb
21123moderniste
modernist
Adjective
21124mimique
funny face; mimicry
Noun
21125chevauchée
ride on horseback, usually for the purpose of raiding and pillaging
Noun
21126magnanime
magnanimous
Adjective
21127ohm
ohm
Noun
21128interrogatif
interrogative; questioning
Adjective
21129bottin
telephone directory, phone book
Noun
21130accédant
accessor
Noun
21131pucer
to chip (insert a chip under the skin)
Verb
21132huileux
oily (covered with oil)
Adjective
21133vicomtesse
viscountess
Noun
21134éventer
to air, ventilate (expose to the air); to fan; to expose to the wind; to expose, to reveal; to go off, go stale, go flat
Verb
21135encombré
cluttered; congested; burdened, encombered; jammed (of a switchboard)
Adjective
21136inconvenant
improper, unseemly, indecent
Adjective
21137cormier
service tree (Cormus domestica, syn. Sorbus domestica)
Noun
21138sexologue
sexologist
Noun
21139transactionnel
transactional
Adjective
21140désaltérer
to quench the thirst
Verb
21141rhô
ugh!, argh! (an expression of exasperation)
Interjection
21142crispation
twitch; tension
Noun
21143tarmac
tarmac (part of airport)
Noun
21144mioche
kid, nipper; brat
Noun
21145snober
to snub, high-hat, disregard someone; to refuse, ignore, disdain a favor, an honor
Verb
21146déballage
unpacking
Noun
21147carrossier
coachbuilder; draught horse
Noun
21148nobiliaire
nobility
Adjective
21149colique
colic; diarrhoea
Noun
21150géranium
geranium (Geranium); geranium (Pelargonium)
Noun
21151tchécoslovaque
Czechoslovak, Czechoslovakian
Adjective
21152isoloir
booth; voting booth
Noun
21153cafouillage
screw-up
Noun
21154ribambelle
string, herd, swarm
Noun
21155poncho
poncho
Noun
21156climatiser
to air-condition
Verb
21157frisbee
Frisbee (a disk thrown for recreation); Frisbee (sport)
Noun
21158visioconférence
video conference
Noun
21159goutte
not, not at all, not a drop
Adverb
21160septante
seventy
Numeric
21161sablé
sandy
Adjective
21162interjeter
to lodge
Verb
21163timoré
timorous, timid, fearful (lacking in courage or confidence)
Adjective
21164accoudoir
armrest
Noun
21165grive
thrush (bird); robin (Turdus migratorius)
Noun
21166pivoine
peony (flower)
Noun
21167pogo
pogo (corndog on a stick)
Noun
21168démontable
demountable, dismantlable, dismantleable, that can be taken apart
Adjective
21169fanon
dewlap (pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, lizard, or other animal); wattle (wrinkled fold of skin hanging from the neck of a turkey or other bird); baleen plate; (in the plural) baleen (bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of a baleen whale); feather, feathering (long hair on the lower legs of a horse); bracelet on the right arm; fanon (vestment reserved for the Pope); fanon (part of a bishops mitre); tabs on a banner or pennant
Noun
21170affaler
to lower, let down; to slump, slouch, plop down
Verb
21171tourterelle
turtle dove / turtle-dove / turtledove; dove grey
Noun
21172nocturne
nocturne; opening hours at night; match of sport at night
Noun
21173heureusement
and a good job too! and a good thing too! well that's lucky! I'm glad to hear it! it's just as well! thank goodness!
Interjection
21174skipper
to skipper
Verb
21175dissipé
diverted from duty by frivolous distractions
Adjective
21176fessier
buttocks, gluteal; Specifically, of the buttocks' muscles
Adjective
21177notarial
notarial
Adjective
21178flamboyer
to blaze, flame
Verb
21179trique
cudgel, club (large sticklike object); hard-on (erection)
Noun
21180intello
intellectual, highbrow
Adjective
21181imperturbable
imperturbable; unflappable
Adjective
21182ajournement
adjournment; deferment, postponement; referral; failure at an exam with an option to resit it
Noun
21183formalisation
formalization
Noun
21184routage
routing
Noun
21185charolais
of Charols
Adjective
21186coing
quince (pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family) (Cydonia oblonga)
Noun
21187comtois
of Franche-Comté
Adjective
21188procrastination
procrastination
Noun
21189végétarisme
vegetarianism
Noun
21190bounty
A black person who acts and speaks like a white person.
Noun
21191transportation
transportation
Noun
21192népotisme
nepotism
Noun
21193antimoine
antimony
Noun
21194hyperactivité
hyperactivity
Noun
21195NDT
TN (“translator's note”); initialism of note du traducteur
Noun
21196espéranto
Esperanto (auxiliary language)
Noun
21197fouillis
mess, confusion, jumble
Noun
21198eugénisme
eugenics
Noun
21199divinement
divinely
Adverb
21200frottis
smear, smear test
Noun