Words 7101–7200
7105assainissement
healing, getting back to health; sanitation; cleanup, cleaning up; purification
Noun
7106tampon
plug, stopper; pad (for a flute, saxophone); (for closing a leak); swab; tampon (menstrual product); sponge, pad (piece of porous material); used for washing; to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture; to apply ink; stamp; …
Noun
7107guichet
(small) door, gate (in wall, fort etc.); wicket; hatch, grill (in cell etc.); ticket office, box office, ticket booth; counter (at post office, bank etc.)
Noun
7114ruelle
lane/laneway, alley/alleyway; ruelle (a space between bed and wall); ruelle (a room used to hold literary gatherings)
Noun
7117touché
A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
Noun
7119enthousiaste
inspired, passionate (religiously or artistically); often construed with de (= by); enthusiastic; easily inspired or impassioned; often construed with de (= about); enthusiastic, expressing enthusiasm
Adjective
7120régaler
to cook (someone) a really good meal; to have a great meal; to treat, to serve a treat, to cook up something special
Verb
7124maçonnerie
masonry: the art, profession, work, or product of a mason, or a thing constructed of stone, brick, or the like
Noun
7128vicieux
lecherous, perverted, depraved; sly, deceitful; tricky (question); vicious (horse); wrong (word, pronunciation, etc.)
Adjective
7129brouiller
to blur; to mix up, confuse; to scramble (an egg); to set at odds, put (someone) off (something); to jam (a transmission), to scramble (a message); to become blurred, get mixed up; to fall out; to cloud over
Verb
7144sévèrement
severely; austerely; rigorously, strictly; strictly, harshly; gravely, seriously
Adverb
7149acharner
to incite; to sic; to hound, to fiercely attack; to slave away, to persevere; to attach oneself excessively
Verb
7150claque
slap on the cheek; vamp (of a shoe); overshoe; thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat); claque (group of people hired to either applaud or boo); gambling den; whorehouse, brothel
Noun
7162flûte
flute (woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger); flute (glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne); Originally meaning fluyt, by the late 17th century used for any large cargo vessel
Noun
7167resserrer
to retighten (knot, belt, screw, etc.); to tighten (link, knot); to become stricter (discipline); to narrow (road, gap)
Verb
7175éphémère
ephemeral (lasting for only a short time; transitory); existing for only one day; ephemeral
Adjective
7177messagerie
messaging, messager (software for sending messages); distribution or parceling service; voice mail
Noun
7182brosser
to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush); to whip, to beat (to defeat); to play truant, to skip class
Verb
7183fantastique
A genre of literature and film that is characterized by the intrusion of the supernatural into the realistic framework of a story.
Noun
7187frisson
a shiver caused by cold or fever; a shiver or thrill of fright that can be strangely pleasurable, as when reading good horror fiction; an experience of intense excitement
Noun
7193déguster
to try, to taste (food or drink); to savor, to relish something; to withstand; to suffer
Verb