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Words 28101–28200
28101dédire
to go back on, retract
Verb
28102débrayer
to declutch; to disengage; to strike (of workers)
Verb
28103drolatique
humorous
Adjective
28104magnétoscoper
to record, to tape (using a videocassette recorder)
Verb
28105casanier
stay-at-home, homely
Adjective
28106potée
potful; a dish of meat and vegetables (often cabbage) that have been boiled together, (In France, there are as many potées as there are regions.); hotpot (of various sorts); tin oxide powder used to polish metals
Noun
28107frangine
sis, sister; woman, girl
Noun
28108évolué
évolué
Noun
28109cerclé
encircled
Adjective
28110solidariser
to interlock or unify; to stand by someone
Verb
28111mozambicain
Mozambican
Adjective
28112carbonifère
Carboniferous
Adjective
28113grésiller
to crackle; to sizzle; to sleet
Verb
28114impudent
impudent
Adjective
28115intercepteur
interceptor; defender
Noun
28116quadrille
cuadrilla
Noun
28117achéen
Achaean
Adjective
28118citronné
lemon flavoured or scented, lemony
Adjective
28119orgasmique
orgasmic
Adjective
28120maquettiste
scale modeler
Noun
28121hélas
noise
Noun
28122chiquer
to chew tobacco; to chew gum
Verb
28123drosophile
fruit fly (member of genus Drosophila)
Noun
28124intracrânien
intracranial
Adjective
28125climatologique
climatological
Adjective
28126poitriner
to sing with a chest voice; to keep one's cards close to one's chest
Verb
28127capitule
chapter (reading at canonical hour); capitulum, flower head
Noun
28128encéphalopathie
encephalopathy
Noun
28129carole
carol (round dance accompanied by singing)
Noun
28130électrotechnique
electrotechnical
Adjective
28131inertiel
inertial
Adjective
28132bananier
any species of bananas relating to the genus Musa; boat or ship used to transport bananas
Noun
28133scellement
sealing; seal
Noun
28134facétieux
a facetious person
Noun
28135estaminet
restaurant room where smoking is allowed; small café, estaminet
Noun
28136résonateur
resonator
Noun
28137parpaing
through (stone, ashlar)
Adjective
28138galbé
rounded; curved
Adjective
28139bottier
bootmaker
Noun
28140bacchanale
bacchanal
Noun
28141axone
axon
Noun
28142aristotélicien
Aristotelian
Noun
28143dominatrice
dominatrix
Noun
28144franchouillard
typically, rustically French; excessively chauvinistic
Adjective
28145intrication
entanglement
Noun
28146margelle
brink, edge; stone forming the edge of a well or fountain
Noun
28147osmotique
osmotic
Adjective
28148ménopausé
menopaused (having been through the menopause)
Adjective
28149attique
Attic; delicate; elegant
Adjective
28150asserter
to assert
Verb
28151Mayennais
resident or native of Mayenne
Noun
28152tyrannosaure
tyrannosaur
Noun
28153étrangleur
strangler
Noun
28154prédisposé
predisposed
Adjective
28155sourdiner
to stop the vibrations of a power line support
Verb
28156repairer
to go home
Verb
28157rassis
stale (having lost its freshness)
Adjective
28158cohéritier
coinheritor
Noun
28159claironner
to bugle (play the bugle); to holler, yell
Verb
28160dégorger
to flow into, to spill into
Verb
28161éculer
to damage or remove the bottom of something; particularly the sole of a shoe
Verb
28162licencieux
licentious
Adjective
28163engrosser
to impregnate, to knock up
Verb
28164affidé
trustworthy
Adjective
28165formatif
formative
Adjective
28166bonde
a plug, a bung
Noun
28167fascisant
fascist
Adjective
28168treizième
thirteenth
Noun
28169comploteur
conspirator
Noun
28170haltérophile
weightlifter
Noun
28171bulot
whelk (certain edible sea snails); imbecile, idiot
Noun
28172Gibelin
Ghibelline
Noun
28173antidouleur
painkilling
Adjective
28174grigri
charm, fetish, gris-gris
Noun
28175anthère
anther
Noun
28176couac
noise of a crow. caw, squawk, croak
Interjection
28177recroquevillé
curled up
Adjective
28178gabeler
to tax the production of salt
Verb
28179capitoul
a capitoul or capitol: the former chief magistrates of the city of Toulouse, France. The requirements included being male, married, over 25 years of age, and Catholic; having a house in Toulouse; and plying an honorable profession, such as the law or trade
Noun
28180évolutionniste
evolutionist, Darwinist
Noun
28181ardoise
Similar in color to slate, a dark gray between neutral or blueish
Adjective
28182Francilien
native or inhabitant of Île-de-France (usually male)
Noun
28183barioler
to paint with garish colours
Verb
28184chambré
room temperature (of wine), chambré
Adjective
28185humecter
to moisten (make slightly wet)
Verb
28186vilayet
vilayet
Noun
28187interligne
spacing; lead, leading
Noun
28188encorbellement
corbelling
Noun
28189gréer
to rig
Verb
28190désobéissant
disobedient
Adjective
28191partenarial
associative, as a partner
Adjective
28192dérouiller
to derust, to remove rust from; to get back into, dust off; to lose rust; to come back
Verb
28193bicéphale
bicephalous
Adjective
28194perfuser
to perfuse
Verb
28195potassique
potassium
Adjective
28196daronne
mum, mom
Noun
28197enluminer
to light up, embrighten; to brighten, make brighter, brighten up (make more colorful); to illuminate (a manuscript, etc.)
Verb
28198brestois
of, from or relating to the port city of Brest, Finistère department, Brittany, France
Adjective
28199compartimenter
to put into compartments, compartmentalize, to section off
Verb
28200interrogateur
interrogator, questioner
Noun