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Words 9801–9900
9801lâcheté
cowardice
Noun
9802rétro
retro
Adjective
9803danois
Danish, the Danish language
Noun
9804dédicacer
to sign, autograph
Verb
9805floraison
flowering, florescence; an instance of flowering
Noun
9806bienvenu
welcome
Adjective
9807rebondissement
rebound, bounce back; plot twist
Noun
9808baraque
shack, hut; stall, stand; pad, crib (house); musclehead, muscleman, man built like a brick shithouse, bulky man (large and muscular man)
Noun
9809cornet
cone; horn; (ice-cream) cone; post horn; cornet; cornet stop (on organ); portable inkhorn; plastic bag; ear trumpet
Noun
9810symétrique
symmetric, symmetrical
Adjective
9811taliban
Taliban
Adjective
9812inchangé
unchanged
Adjective
9813rom
Roma
Adjective
9814celtique
Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)
Adjective
9815métrique
metric (relating to metric system); metrical (relating to poetic meter)
Adjective
9816récipient
container, vessel, recipient
Noun
9817novice
beginner, novice
Noun
9818méchanceté
nastiness, malice, wickedness
Noun
9819marquage
marking (action of making a mark); mark, marking (the sign marked); marking (coloration of an animal); marking (action of e.g. marking a page); branding (e.g. of cattle); marking (of another player); scoring (of e.g. a goal)
Noun
9820brasser
to brew (beer); to intermingle
Verb
9821exonération
exoneration
Noun
9822tunique
tunic (garment); membrane
Noun
9823automatisation
automation, automatization/automatisation
Noun
9824atrocité
atrocity
Noun
9825léopard
leopard (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
Noun
9826phobie
phobia
Noun
9827modélisation
modelling
Noun
9828prud'homme
a master craftsman or expert; prud'homme (male member of employment tribunal)
Noun
9829Jedi
Jedi
Noun
9830incursion
incursion; foray; excursion
Noun
9831tangible
tangible
Adjective
9832répit
respite, relief (brief interval of rest or relief), break
Noun
9833bip
beep (short, electronically-produced sound)
Noun
9834bénéficiaire
beneficial
Adjective
9835piétiner
to stomp (make loud sounds by stepping); to shuffle (move forwards with short steps and with difficulty); to make no headway, to go into a dead end; to trample (underfoot)
Verb
9836hexagone
hexagon
Noun
9837introuvable
unfindable, nowhere to be found; unobtainable or nonexistent; elusive, rare
Adjective
9838thérapeutique
field of medicine that studies and applies treatments; set of processes involved in a specific treatment
Noun
9839prodiguer
to dispense, to lavish (something on someone)
Verb
9840envahisseur
invader (one who invades)
Noun
9841atteler
to harness, yoke, hitch (e.g. a horse to a wagon); to get down to, apply oneself to
Verb
9842agrémenter
to brighten up; to liven up; to supplement, adorn
Verb
9843inclusif
inclusive
Adjective
9844urine
urine
Noun
9845éloignement
distancing (putting something further away); removal; distance between two things; long time ago; long distance; distance (lack of intimacy)
Noun
9846porn
porn
Noun
9847quartz
quartz
Noun
9848pédophilie
pedophilia
Noun
9849sainteté
sanctity
Noun
9850convenablement
appropriately; accordingly; suitably
Adverb
9851école normale supérieure
a selective type of public service school (grandes écoles) providing training for researchers and teachers in France
Noun
9852cohabiter
to cohabit, to live together
Verb
9853professionnalisme
professionalism
Noun
9854banderole
banner (in political demonstration); banderole (in the sense of "streamer, little banner, little flag"); streamer (as a decoration); banderole (flat band with an inscription)
Noun
9855truquer
to tamper with, to fiddle, to falsify; to trick; to fix, rig (e.g. elections, a sports match)
Verb
9856PLU
initialism of plan local d'urbanisme, an urban development plan produced by municipalities in France.
Noun
9857corneille
crow (bird)
Noun
9858thaï
Thai
Adjective
9859cover
cover (rerecording)
Noun
9860lièvre
hare; pacesetter, pacemaker, pacer
Noun
9861délibéré
deliberate; planned; calculated
Adjective
9862écuyer
squire, equerry; rider, horseman
Noun
9863prétendu
fiancé, future husband; boyfriend
Noun
9864aveugler
to blind (make temporarily or permanently blind)
Verb
9865concerter
to concert; plan
Verb
9866multinational
multinational
Adjective
9867corvée
corvee (labour due to a feudal lord; labour on roads); drudgery; chore; fatigue; menial task
Noun
9868chouchou
term of endearment (like petit chou, mon chou); blue-eyed boy, teacher's pet (student perceived to be favored by the teacher); a hair scrunchie, scrunchy; chayote; candied peanut
Noun
9869contingent
quota; contingent
Noun
9870métaphysique
metaphysical
Adjective
9871stagner
to stagnate
Verb
9872hospice
hospice
Noun
9873émissaire
emissary
Noun
9874boréal
boreal
Adjective
9875martyre
martyrdom; martyress; female equivalent of martyr
Noun
9876jeton
a game chip or token, a counter; a coin; a Scrabble tile
Noun
9877usuel
usual, everyday
Adjective
9878vietnamien
Vietnamese
Adjective
9879BP
FV: alternative form of B/P
Noun
9880rincer
to rinse; to drink a lot of alcohol
Verb
9881fiançailles
engagement (before a marriage); betrothal
Noun
9882cidre
cider
Noun
9883juvénile
youthful; young
Adjective
9884contraception
contraception
Noun
9885actionner
to work (to set into action), actuate, action
Verb
9886résigner
to relinquish, renounce; to resign oneself (to)
Verb
9887fissure
fissure
Noun
9888répressif
repressive
Adjective
9889constitutif
constitutive, constituent
Adjective
9890jaguar
jaguar (cat); Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2); jaguar (car); Jaguar (British car manufacturer)
Noun
9891morsure
bite (act of biting); bite (wound that is the result of being bitten)
Noun
9892rechange
replacement, spare, change (of clothes)
Noun
9893insomnie
insomnia (sleeping disorder)
Noun
9894gastro-entérite
gastroenteritis
Noun
9895concorder
to match, tally; to concur
Verb
9896parrainer
to mentor; to sponsor
Verb
9897déchiffrer
to decipher (all meanings); to sightread (or sight read)
Verb
9898émerveiller
to fascinate, amaze (strike with admiration and marvel); to marvel (at)
Verb
9899synode
synod
Noun
9900reconquérir
to reconquer; to regain, to win back
Verb