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Words 23501–23600
23501lote
burbot (a freshwater fish: Lota lota)
Noun
23502enrôlé
recruit
Noun
23503mousqueton
musketoon; carabiner (metal link with a gate)
Noun
23504saumâtre
unpleasantly salty; brackish; nasty, unpleasant; bitter
Adjective
23505cartonné
hardback
Adjective
23506incurie
negligence, carelessness
Noun
23507polyéthylène
polyethylene
Noun
23508gru
grits
Noun
23509waterproof
waterproof
Adjective
23510stretch
stretchy material
Noun
23511cyberpunk
cyberpunk
Noun
23512sanctification
sanctification
Noun
23513airain
any alloy based on copper; bronze; object made of this alloy
Noun
23514quasimodo
Quasimodo
Noun
23515quin
(surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens
Interjection
23516impulsivité
impulsiveness
Noun
23517bastos
bullet; projectile of a firearm
Noun
23518strabisme
strabismus (a defect of vision)
Noun
23519paternalisme
paternalism
Noun
23520célérité
celerity, swiftness, speed; celerity
Noun
23521civilement
civilly
Adverb
23522sédentarité
sedentism
Noun
23523brièveté
brevity (quality of being brief)
Noun
23524dévalorisation
devaluation, depreciation
Noun
23525ostracisme
ostracism
Noun
23526hypersensibilité
hypersensitivity
Noun
23527millénium
millennium
Noun
23528réarmement
rearmament
Noun
23529gaillac
a red wine from the Midi-Pyrénées
Noun
23530camaro
buddy, friend
Noun
23531comtat
county
Noun
23532némésis
divine retribution
Noun
23533indic
nark, grass (informant)
Noun
23534aber
a ria, especially one in Brittany
Noun
23535suaire
shroud
Noun
23536détestation
detestation, abhorrence
Noun
23537pâtée
any pet food in the form of a paste, such as cat food or dog food
Noun
23538tartuffe
tartuffe
Noun
23539pervenche
periwinkle; female traffic warden, meter maid (US)
Noun
23540mitochondrie
mitochondrion
Noun
23541démographe
demographer
Noun
23542froissé
crumpled, rumpled, creased
Adjective
23543réfrigérant
refrigerant
Adjective
23544extatique
ecstatic
Adjective
23545guyanais
of French Guiana; Guianese
Adjective
23546soubrette
maid (female servant (role) in a theatrical performance); maid (female servant)
Noun
23547médicaliser
to medicalize
Verb
23548endurant
resistant, tough, hardy (who has a lot of stamina)
Adjective
23549émancipateur
emancipator
Noun
23550réinsérer
to reinsert
Verb
23551répétiteur
tutor, someone who helps pupils with their lessons; a repetiteur
Noun
23552desséché
dried out, desiccated
Adjective
23553insulaire
islander (person who lives on an island)
Noun
23554anticapitaliste
anticapitalist
Adjective
23555confédérer
to confederate
Verb
23556ensemencer
to sow, seed
Verb
23557indivis
indivisible, shared, joint
Adjective
23558moufle
mitten; polyspast
Noun
23559macérer
to soak; to macerate
Verb
23560apparatchik
apparatchik
Noun
23561yézidi
Yazidi
Adjective
23562contextualiser
to contextualize
Verb
23563trimaran
trimaran
Noun
23564virevolter
to twirl, spin around, loop around
Verb
23565épithélium
epithelium
Noun
23566dédaigneux
scornful, disdainful, contemptuous
Adjective
23567embrayer
to engage (to mesh or interlock); to engage, set in motion; to begin, engage (to draw into conversation)
Verb
23568raquer
to pay up
Verb
23569apatride
stateless person
Noun
23570flingueur
killer, assassin
Noun
23571hallucinogène
hallucinogenic
Adjective
23572déshérité
disinherited; deprived
Adjective
23573ethnicité
ethnicity
Noun
23574opiniâtre
opinionated, stubborn, obstinate (stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Adjective
23575jarretelle
suspenders (feminine), garter
Noun
23576décaper
to scour; to strip (paint, etc., from a surface)
Verb
23577sherry
synonym of xérès (“sherry”)
Noun
23578ascète
ascetic
Noun
23579rebattre
to beat again, defeat again; to beat up again; to fight again; to whisk or whip eggs; to reshuffle
Verb
23580doyenné
deanship; deanery, decanate; a type of creamy pear
Noun
23581mélanine
melanin
Noun
23582masure
dilapidated house, hovel; farmhouse, rural estate; orchard
Noun
23583globulaire
globular
Adjective
23584alémanique
Alemannic
Adjective
23585colombage
half-timbering
Noun
23586éreinter
to wear out, to exhaust; to criticize strongly; to wear oneself out
Verb
23587rustre
a bumpkin, a yokel (person from the countryside); a lout; a hulk; rustre
Noun
23588ocre
ochre
Noun
23589abrasif
able to abrade a surface when scrubbed against it; abrasive
Adjective
23590traversier
ferry (for cars, etc.)
Noun
23591séditieux
rebellious, seditious, riotous
Adjective
23592virguler
to put a comma or commas (in a text)
Verb
23593tanker
tanker (vessel)
Noun
23594impudique
immodest
Adjective
23595déambulation
stroll, strolling
Noun
23596manipulable
manipulable
Adjective
23597calage
timing (of an engine); synchronization; adjustment
Noun
23598tenaille
pincer (tool); tenaille
Noun
23599fiduciaire
fiduciary
Adjective
23600autocritique
self-criticism
Noun