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Words 28701–28800
28701rôtisserie
rotisserie; cooked meat shop or counter
Noun
28702salésien
Salesian
Adjective
28703ablutions
the washing of the body, particularly a ritual one; an ablution
Noun
28704gigue
string instrument, roughly in the form of a mandoline (c. 1120–50); lively and gay dance originally from the British Isles, gigue, jig; musical melody, to be danced in the way of a gigue; long leg, tall and skinny girl, haunch of some animals especially venison (19th century); disorderly way of dancing (danser la gigue), twerk of the hips (gigue des fesses; early 20th century); a small boat, gig; jitter
Noun
28705Bantou
Bantu
Noun
28706intercostal
intercostal
Adjective
28707cotre
cutter (sailboat)
Noun
28708jute
Jute (of an ancient Germanic people)
Adjective
28709récréer
to rejoice, celebrate, entertain
Verb
28710bog
an ombrotrophic peatland
Noun
28711tubulure
tubulure
Noun
28712calleux
calloused
Adjective
28713charognard
scavenging
Adjective
28714engeance
breed (of animals, especially those that fly); descendance, children, offspring; sort, type (of people); mob, brood
Noun
28715étriper
to gut, disembowel; to thrash (defeat convincingly)
Verb
28716meunerie
milling (flour trade)
Noun
28717quadrige
quadriga; chariot
Noun
28718baudir
to embolden
Verb
28719pondeuse
an egg laying hen; a woman who gives birth to many children; a breeder
Noun
28720décarboner
decarbonize (to lower carbon levels (in prodcution))
Verb
28721kapo
kapo
Noun
28722anion
anion
Noun
28723défricheur
land-clearer; pioneer
Noun
28724massique
mass; specific
Adjective
28725sandwicherie
a sandwich bar, sandwich shop
Noun
28726curviligne
curvilinear
Adjective
28727untel
so-and-so
Pronoun
28728agonir
to throw (insults at), to spit (profanities at)
Verb
28729flâneur
loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer
Noun
28730chartrain
of, from or relating to the city of Chartres, the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Adjective
28731béguinage
beguinage
Noun
28732palindrome
palindrome
Noun
28733crade
a dirty person
Noun
28734alcoolo
alcoholic
Adjective
28735vibrato
vibrato
Noun
28736herbage
pasture
Noun
28737ajonc
gorse (Ulex); synonym of jonc (“rush”)
Noun
28738intervieweur
post-1990 spelling of interviewer (noun)
Noun
28739ampoulé
exaggerated; over the top
Adjective
28740chanterelle
chanterelle; chanterelle (highest string of the violin or similar instrument)
Noun
28741bernache
brant, barnacle goose; any goose of the genus Branta; grape juice at the beginning of its fermentation process; barnacle
Noun
28742étalonner
to calibrate
Verb
28743amouracher
to fall hopelessly in love; to be infatuated (de (“with”))
Verb
28744cracheur
spitter (someone who spits)
Noun
28745fichu
fichu; scarf, headscarf
Noun
28746barbaresque
Barbary
Adjective
28747fractionnaire
of fractions; fractional
Adjective
28748lobotomie
lobotomy
Noun
28749charmille
bower, arbor
Noun
28750kot
student flat, student room
Noun
28751adjudicataire
a winning bidder or tenderer
Noun
28752reparaitre
post-1990 spelling of reparaître
Verb
28753marmotter
to mumble, mutter
Verb
28754postillon
postman (courier who rides post); postilion; a French-style hat worn by the postal workers; (drop of) spit, spittle, saliva (sprayed when speaking)
Noun
28755mortification
mortification
Noun
28756écorché
écorché
Noun
28757brumisateur
atomizer, spray
Noun
28758Batave
Batavian; Dutchman; Hollander
Noun
28759développemental
developmental
Adjective
28760follet
sprite, goblin
Noun
28761soixantième
sixtieth
Adjective
28762trémolo
tremolo
Noun
28763ganglionnaire
ganglial
Adjective
28764déflationniste
deflationary
Adjective
28765antilibéral
antiliberal
Adjective
28766super
to suck, to sip
Verb
28767cigarettier
cigarette company; cigarette seller
Noun
28768irisé
iridescent
Adjective
28769zarbi
strange; unusual
Adjective
28770remobiliser
to remobilize
Verb
28771inconséquence
inconsistency; thoughtlessness
Noun
28772circonstancié
circumstantial; particular; detailed
Adjective
28773rusé
shrewd person
Noun
28774bourrée
bourrée; faggot (bundle of sticks); torch
Noun
28775croulant
an elderly person
Noun
28776sécessionniste
secessionist
Adjective
28777inassouvi
unsatisfied, unfulfilled
Adjective
28778endocrinologue
endocrinologist (practitioner of endocrinology)
Noun
28779retardateur
self-timer (on a camera)
Noun
28780accéléromètre
accelerometer
Noun
28781hercynien
Hercynian, Variscan
Adjective
28782souabe
Swabian (dialect)
Noun
28783engoncé
constrained, squeezed into
Adjective
28784aréole
areola; areole
Noun
28785javanais
Javanese (language); a coffee and chocolate flavored French pastry; javanais (French slang)
Noun
28786merisier
wild cherry (tree); cherry (wood)
Noun
28787monoclonal
monoclonal
Adjective
28788malachite
malachite
Noun
28789ort
gross weight.; dirty, rough
Adjective
28790ESB
BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
Noun
28791fauconnerie
falconry
Noun
28792gonorrhée
gonorrhea
Noun
28793nô
noh (Japanese theatrical genre); a noh play
Noun
28794anthropomorphisme
anthropomorphism
Noun
28795dépendamment
dependently
Adverb
28796pancrace
pankration (Ancient Greek martial art)
Noun
28797fayence
dated spelling of faïence
Noun
28798p'tet
contraction of peut-être
Adverb
28799maoïsme
Maoism
Noun
28800chronométrage
timing (action of keeping time or a record of timing)
Noun