Words 4401–4500
4401puce
flea; chip (electronics), silicon chip; bullet; sweetie (used to address a young girl, or a woman one is romantically involved with)
Noun
4402rattacher
to attach, fix, fix on, put on, link; to post (an employee); to reattach, put back on; to connect back (to); to join together, put together; to have an attachment to
Verb
4405bander
to bandage; to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten; to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on
Verb
4411CH
initialism of centre hospitalier (literally “hospital center”); initialism of club de hockey (“hockey club”); HC; initialism of club de hockey sur glace; alternative letter-case form of ch (“horsepower”)
Noun
4420cavalier
horseman; knight; cavalier; horserider; knight (in tarot); U-nail, fence staple, construction staple; cable clip; partner; date, (male) companion for social activities
Noun
4426écoute
the act of listening; (always in plural) listening in, especially short for écoutes téléphoniques (phone hacking); sheet (line to control a sail)
Noun
4430papillon
butterfly; someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant; knot; butterfly stroke; parking ticket; butterfly valve
Noun
4431rideau
curtain (woven fabric to cover, e.g., windows); blind (cover for windows); curtain, veil (something keeping another in secret)
Noun
4432conséquent
a countersubject; a consequent (the second term in various semantic or logical relationship)
Noun
4433secouer
to shake; to shake off (oppression etc.); to shake (emotionally, figuratively); to shake up; to shake (oneself); to make an effort
Verb
4434affaiblir
to weaken, to flag, to make weaker, to enfeeble, enervate, attenuate; to weaken, to become weaker
Verb
4445conséquent
Acting or operating in a consistent or logical manner; coherent; Ensuing logically from something else; consequent; Large; considerable; important; substantial
Adjective
4452brique
brick (hardened block used for building); carton box (food packaging); doorstop (thick, massive book, large book); ten thousand French francs (one million old francs, ~1524 euros)
Noun
4453vedette
star (celebrity); flagship; headword (word used as the title of a section); vedette (sentry)
Noun
4458déléguer
to delegate (to commit a task to someone), depute; to devolve; to appoint, commission
Verb
4463coco
Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de coco; a kind of bean; Motor fuel; a type of licorice drink, by analogy with coconut milk; Commie; cocaine; egg; friendly, joking term for a friend; pal, mate, buddy; aggressive, disdainful term of address, usually preceded by mon, ma, or mes. Roughly punk or buddy, as in “You wanna try, punk?”, or “Hey buddy, what do you think you’re doing?”
Noun
4475incroyable
During the revolutionary period in France, a young man who wore extravagant clothes and affected a particular speaking style
Noun
4483intellectuel
an intellectual (intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters)
Noun
4485parrain
godfather; masculine of marraine; namer, christener (of a ship); synonym of patron; sponsor, proposer; boss; crime boss; godfather
Noun
4488indicateur
indicator, measure, index; gauge, indicator, meter; informer, informant; street directory, signpost
Noun
4495back
to back (something) up, to move (something) back; to move (oneself) back, to reverse direction; to back, to support (a political candidate, etc.)
Verb