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Words 5101–5200
5101aîné
oldest, elder
Adjective
5102suédois
Swedish
Adjective
5103impatience
impatience (the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something)
Noun
5104centime
centime (hundredth of a franc, coin); cent (one-hundredth of a euro), eurocent
Noun
5105protestation
admission, exclamation, statement; protest, objection
Noun
5106tordre
to twist; to bend; to wring; to writhe
Verb
5107oignon
onion (Allium cepa); bulb (of a plant); one's own business
Noun
5108inondation
flood (overflow of water); flood, inundation (a large influx of e.g. people)
Noun
5109sexualité
sexuality
Noun
5110cohérence
coherence, consistence, consistency
Noun
5111prélever
to take (sur from); to take (blood), remove (an organ), harvest (an organ); to take out, withdraw (money); to deduct, to subtract (numbers, or percentages)
Verb
5112if
yew
Noun
5113harceler
to hassle; to bother; to disrupt; to harass
Verb
5114dalle
slab, flagstone
Noun
5115cent
cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro)
Noun
5116foudre
lightning; thunderbolt; foeder (large barrel used for aging beer or wine)
Noun
5117contestation
challenge, dispute; protest
Noun
5118journalisme
journalism
Noun
5119triomphe
triumph
Noun
5120river
to drive/set a rivet
Verb
5121maïs
corn, maize
Noun
5122prochainement
soon
Adverb
5123id.
the same, similar to the preceding
Adverb
5124volontiers
willingly; gladly; with pleasure
Adverb
5125repenser
to rethink, to reconsider
Verb
5126minimal
minimal
Adjective
5127communiste
communist; a member of the French communist party.
Noun
5128arrêté
agreement, resolution, a thing agreed on, resolved upon; order (ruling by an official imposing certain conditions on a group or individual)
Noun
5129pelouse
lawn; public enclosure; field, ground
Noun
5130flotter
to float; to flutter, to wave; to mill about
Verb
5131structurer
to structure
Verb
5132tasse
cup; cupful
Noun
5133expo
an expo, an exhibition; a world's fair
Noun
5134bannière
banner
Noun
5135vaisselle
crockery, dishes, dishware; table- and cookware that remains to be washed
Noun
5136sandwich
sandwich (food)
Noun
5137inévitable
inevitable; unavoidable
Adjective
5138agrandir
to enlarge, make bigger; to extend, to expand (a house, building, area); to grow, get bigger; to embiggen; to aggrandize
Verb
5139génocide
genocide
Noun
5140mépriser
to hate, despise, scorn, disdain
Verb
5141relevé
statement, summary; bill; list (of addresses etc.); layout; crunch, raise; relevé
Noun
5142mince
drat!, darn!; wow!, blimey!
Interjection
5143sceau
seal (pattern; design)
Noun
5144compensation
compensation
Noun
5145laser
laser (umbelliferous plant); laser
Noun
5146routine
routine (all senses); small path, cowpath; trick (something designed to fool)
Noun
5147semestre
semester; semester, term (at a school or university)
Noun
5148rallier
to rally (group or bring together); to rally (motivate); to bring round (convince, cause someone to have the same opinion); to catch up with (reach); to come round (to) (join a group with a point of view)
Verb
5149grenier
granary; attic, garret (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof)
Noun
5150foncé
dark (having a dark shade)
Adjective
5151fictif
fictional
Adjective
5152espion
spy (person who secretly watches)
Noun
5153enlèvement
takeoff, liftoff; removal, whether by moving, by destroying, or by erasing; abduction, kidnapping
Noun
5154roulant
equipped with wheels; Equipped with rolling cylinders or similar mechanisms for transportation of things; Very funny
Adjective
5155supplément
supplement; supplement (in a magazine or a newspaper)
Noun
5156rappeur
rapper
Noun
5157dynamique
dynamics
Noun
5158inconscient
unthinking, unaware; unconscious; irresponsible
Adjective
5159croisière
cruise (sea voyage); cruiser (vessel which cruises)
Noun
5160sergent
sergeant
Noun
5161ça va
how are you? how's it going? how are things?; things are going fine; OK, all right, sure, sure thing, sounds good, that's fine, that works for me
Interjection
5162rentable
profitable; cost-effective
Adjective
5163opposé
opposite
Noun
5164juste
a righteous person
Noun
5165bouquet
bouquet, bunch; a set or selection of something; a group of trees forming a grove; aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)
Noun
5166honteux
ashamed (feeling shame); shameful, disgraceful (causing or meriting shame or disgrace)
Adjective
5167observateur
observer
Noun
5168téléphoner
to call, to ring, to telephone; to telegraph, to communicate nonverbally, whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign, especially unintentionally.
Verb
5169paniquer
to panic
Verb
5170idiot
idiotic; stupid
Adjective
5171colon
colonist, colonizer, colonial settler; camper (child in a colonie de vacances); sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire; hillbilly, hick; colonel
Noun
5172décoller
to take off (i.e. a plane); to leave; unstick; to come undone, come unstuck; to behead, to decapitate
Verb
5173détour
detour; curve; evasion
Noun
5174triangle
triangle (polygon); triangle (percussion instrument)
Noun
5175cumuler
to accumulate; to multitask (do many things at once)
Verb
5176vatican
Vatican
Adjective
5177martyr
martyr
Noun
5178secte
sect (offshoot of a larger religion or denomination, usually and especially one with unorthodox or extreme political and/or religious beliefs)
Noun
5179désaccord
disagreement, discord
Noun
5180décliner
to weaken, to sicken, to go downhill; to enumerate; to decline; to develop a range from a product; to be available (in a variety of forms, models, etc.)
Verb
5181redouter
to dread, to fear
Verb
5182déclin
decline
Noun
5183damer
to queen (transform a pawn into a queen, by advancing it to the opponent's side of the board); to crown, to king; to pat down, to pat, pack down; to groom (snow)
Verb
5184égo
ego, the ego
Noun
5185bactérie
bacterium
Noun
5186limitation
limitation (action of limiting)
Noun
5187serge
twill, serge
Noun
5188coiffure
headwear, headgear (garment worn on one's head); hairstyle
Noun
5189tournant
bend, turn, corner; turning point
Noun
5190dehors
outside
Noun
5191appellation
call (instance of calling out); a common name; appellation
Noun
5192convoi
convoy; load (used in the phrase convoi exceptionnel)
Noun
5193crash
crash landing; crash
Noun
5194divorcer
to divorce (to legally dissolve a marriage); to get divorced, to divorce one another
Verb
5195abstenir
to abstain, to forbear
Verb
5196olive
olive
Noun
5197forestier
forested; forest-dwelling
Adjective
5198fracture
fracture
Noun
5199pull
pullover
Noun
5200confrontation
confrontation
Noun