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47883 words

Words 801–900
801chanson
song
Noun
802course
run, running; race; errand
Noun
803militaire
military, militaristic
Adjective
804soleil
sun (star); sunflower
Noun
805bord
border, edge, limit; boundary; side; rim; shore, by
Noun
806défendre
to defend; to forbid
Verb
807téléphone
telephone
Noun
808contrôle
control (all senses); verification, checking; test
Noun
809lit
bed; layer
Noun
810député
deputy (delegate); Member of Parliament
Noun
811professeur
teacher; professor
Noun
812administration
management (administration; the process or practice of managing)
Noun
813vol
flight; stealing, theft, robbery
Noun
814nouvelle
news, a piece of information; novella, short story
Noun
815puisque
since, because
Conjunction
816établir
to make out (a bill), to draw up (a document etc.); to establish, to set up (a business, government, camp, reputation etc.); to demonstrate, establish (a fact, responsibility); to set (a record); to institute (a rule); to settle down; (+ preposition à) to stand at (about a statistic); to colonize; to become part of common usage
Verb
817personnage
character (in a play, program, film); person
Noun
818rencontre
encounter; meeting; fixture
Noun
819édition
edition (of a magazine, etc.); publishing industry
Noun
820petit
small one (anything that is small); little one (anything that is little); little one; child (of humans or other animals); the young (of a species)
Noun
821honneur
honor; face card
Noun
822taux
rate, level
Noun
823accès
access; attack, sudden fit, bout
Noun
824officiel
official
Adjective
825rejoindre
to join, to join up; to rejoin, join together; to reach (a destination)
Verb
826maladie
illness, disease
Noun
827clair
clear (see-through); clear (understandable); light (having a light shade, not dark) (of a color)
Adjective
828étudiant
student
Noun
829imposer
to impose; to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax); to triumph, to win; to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself; to be required, to be called for
Verb
830île
island
Noun
831lumière
light; lumen; traffic light; headlight; headlamp
Noun
832nommer
to nominate; to name, to call; to be called, to call oneself
Verb
833droite
straight line; the right, right wing; right, right-hand side; right-handed punch
Noun
834secteur
circular sector (part of a circle, extending to the center); sector (field of economic activity); area, vicinity
Noun
835bras
arm
Noun
836ex
ex (former partner)
Noun
837finalement
finally; last; lastly; finally; eventually; after all
Adverb
838bas
socks; stockings; feet; lower end; bottom (of a thing); stocking
Noun
839boire
to drink
Verb
840entrée
entry, act of entering; entrance, way in; starter (of a meal); mudroom; headword, entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia); ticket
Noun
841acteur
actor
Noun
842style
style (manner of doing something); style (of a flower); fashion, trend, style; style (personal comportment); flair; style; method characteristic of an artist; artistic manner or characteristic by which an artistic movement may be defined; gnomon, style (needle of a sundial); stylus, style (implement for writing on tablets); complement of jargon particular to a field; style (manner of writing specific to a field or discipline); sort, type; category of things; …
Noun
843court
short
Adjective
844banque
bank
Noun
845fou
madman; jester (court entertainer); nut (extreme enthusiast); bishop; booby (bird)
Noun
846charge
load, burden; cargo, freight; responsibility, charge; charge; caricature, comic exaggeration; costs, expenses
Noun
847commun
common (shared); common (widespread); common (popular); common (of low class); communal
Adjective
848mériter
to deserve, merit
Verb
849cacher
to hide; to hide (oneself)
Verb
850durant
during, while
Preposition
851apparaître
to appear (become visible); to appear, to seem; to spawn
Verb
852accompagner
to accompany, to escort
Verb
853gauche
the left, the left-hand side; the left (the left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group)
Noun
854différence
difference
Noun
855gramme
gram (unit of mass)
Noun
856habitant
an inhabitant of some place; someone who has a poor understanding of social conventions, making them look backward; anybody from a rural or recently colonized area; a member of the habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies; Montreal Canadiens hockey club or supporter of Montreal Canadiens hockey club; a farmer
Noun
857journaliste
a journalist; an anchor, anchorperson, anchorman or anchorwoman; a reporter
Noun
858village
village; town, city
Noun
859quant
only used in quant à
Adverb
860événement
event
Noun
861bande
band, strip; stripe; strip (e.g. magnetic strip); cushion; bend; soundtrack; band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc); pack (of wolves); pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you
Noun
862près
attached to, connects a person or an organisation delegated officially to a setting.
Preposition
863contenir
to contain; to contain, to hold back, to keep in check (to control); to hold, to take, to seat (to have a capacity of)
Verb
864instant
instant, minute, moment
Noun
865lever
to raise, lift; to rise, stand up; to rise, come up; to get up (out of bed); to clear, lift
Verb
866presse
press, papers (the media); press (e.g. printing press); haste, hurry, rush
Noun
867adorer
to love, to adore; to worship
Verb
868attaque
attack; onset of a syllable
Noun
869pousser
to push; to urge on, encourage; to grow; to spring up, to sprout; to utter; to move aside
Verb
870sept
seven
Numeric
871rapidement
speedily; quickly
Adverb
872auprès
nearby
Adverb
873union
union
Noun
874autorité
authority (the power to enforce rules or give orders); authority (entity with power)
Noun
875dormir
to sleep
Verb
876couple
two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship; a force couple; a pure moment; an ordered pair; an accessory used to tightly attach two animals next to each other by the neck; a pair of something; a couple of something, not to be mistaken as a few
Noun
877diriger
to run; to direct (be the director of); to supervise; to oversee; to steer (vehicles); to aim, to direct; to direct (a film); to go towards; to head (for)
Verb
878inviter
to invite
Verb
879docteur
a doctor (physician); a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate), especially a male doctor
Noun
880fou
mad, crazy
Adjective
881courir
to run; to hurry; to rush; to go
Verb
882respecter
to respect; to meet (deadline); to comply with (rules, laws)
Verb
883chiffre
a digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number; figure (number); cipher (method of transforming a text to conceal meaning); cipher (code); figure; monogram
Noun
884samedi
Saturday
Noun
885midi
noon, midday (time of the day at which the sun reaches its highest point); south (cardinal direction)
Noun
886moitié
half; significant other
Noun
887obliger
to oblige, to require, to compel, to force; (intransitive) to have to; to help, to aid
Verb
888défense
defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose); defence; prohibition (often on signs informing onlookers that an activity is forbidden); fender; tusk (of animal)
Noun
889composer
to compose; to compose (to produce or create a musical work); to constitute, to make up; to dial (a number); to come to terms, to come to a compromise (on), to compromise
Verb
890média
media; outlet
Noun
891prison
prison
Noun
892réel
real (true, factual, not fictional); real (of a number)
Adjective
893maintenir
to maintain; to stick to; to stay fair; to persist; to keep up
Verb
894particulièrement
particularly, specifically; especially; in particular
Adverb
895jusqu'au
jusque + au
896émission
emission; programme, show
Noun
897dossier
back of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on; dossier; folder; an organizer to keep papers in, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet, see folder; case, notably legal
Noun
898intéressant
interesting
Adjective
899élève
schoolboy, pupil, student; schoolchild, pupil, student; schoolgirl, pupil, student
Noun
900être
being, thing, creature; being, the state or fact of existence
Noun