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Words 9901–10000
9901playlist
playlist
Noun
9902bouddhiste
Buddhist
Adjective
9903vrac
bulk (goods sold and transported unpackaged in large amounts)
Noun
9904guérilla
guerrilla (guerrilla war)
Noun
9905immigrer
to immigrate (to move into another country or area)
Verb
9906fructueux
fruitful
Adjective
9907intuitif
intuitive (all meanings)
Adjective
9908exprès
on purpose, intentionally, deliberately
Adverb
9909radieux
radiant
Adjective
9910must
that which is compulsory; an obligation; duty; must; must-have (item that one must own)
Noun
9911tripler
to triple
Verb
9912mêlée
fray, brawl, fight, melee (especially disorganized); scrum
Noun
9913diversion
diversion; pastime; entertainment
Noun
9914fiancer
to get engaged (to be married)
Verb
9915adjectif
adjective
Noun
9916basque
Basque
Adjective
9917additionner
to sum; to add (add together)
Verb
9918bourge
posho; snob, toff
Noun
9919carcasse
carcass (dead animal); carcass; skeleton; bones (of a plan); an assembly of pieces of wood, metal or another substance making up the framework of a construction
Noun
9920collecteur
collector (all senses); main drain / sewer
Noun
9921punch
punch (drink); punch (power, strength, energy)
Noun
9922pff
pff
Interjection
9923gravier
gravel (small fragments of rock); crushed rocks between 5 and 40 mm in diameter (used on unpaved roads, in gardens to increase drainage, etc.); gravel, kidney stones, gallstones; beach woman, shoreman (individual who spreads out and dries cod on a (gravel) beach)
Noun
9924convoiter
to covet, to desire
Verb
9925normalisation
normalization
Noun
9926tremplin
springboard; springboard (something to jumpstart or boost e.g. a career); ski jump (ramp)
Noun
9927insistant
insistent, pressing; persistent
Adjective
9928lie
lees, dregs (of wine, of society)
Noun
9929inconnue
unknown
Noun
9930anarchiste
anarchistic
Adjective
9931annonceur
announcer, commentator; advertiser
Noun
9932légaliser
to legalize (make legal)
Verb
9933flinguer
to gun, to gun down; to commit suicide with a gun
Verb
9934discernement
judgment, discretion
Noun
9935forcement
fixing number; cooking the books
Noun
9936corp
another name for the fish ombre
Noun
9937inculper
to charge
Verb
9938comparé
compared
Adjective
9939auditif
aural, auditory, auditive
Adjective
9940aromatique
aromatic (all senses)
Adjective
9941liquidité
liquidity
Noun
9942prompt
prompt, swift, quick; curt
Adjective
9943stimulant
stimulating
Adjective
9944citerne
cistern
Noun
9945fourneau
stove (cooker); stove (heater); chamber (of a tobacco pipe); beggar, hobo
Noun
9946sillage
wake (the path left behind a ship on the surface of the water); slipstream; sillage (trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume)
Noun
9947satire
satire
Noun
9948tissage
weaving
Noun
9949endosser
to carry on one's back; to assume responsibility, to shoulder; to endorse; to take on (e.g. a role); to put on, to don
Verb
9950paquebot
ship, liner
Noun
9951testicule
testicle
Noun
9952entasser
to pile (objects), to hoard (money etc.); to pile up
Verb
9953agréablement
pleasantly, nicely
Adverb
9954apartheid
apartheid (racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994); apartheid (any policy of racial segregation)
Noun
9955industrialisation
industrialisation
Noun
9956amiante
asbestos
Noun
9957bravoure
bravery, courage
Noun
9958intérieurement
inside, on the inside, internally, interiorly
Adverb
9959NC
initialism of cable ship
Noun
9960irréversible
irreversible
Adjective
9961écureuil
squirrel
Noun
9962Viking
Viking
Noun
9963télescope
spyglass; telescope (optical instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects)
Noun
9964mitigé
qualified (success etc.); ambivalent, mixed (feelings), lukewarm (results)
Adjective
9965sexiste
sexist
Adjective
9966rêveur
a dreamer or idealist
Noun
9967fossile
fossil
Adjective
9968couronnement
a coronation, crowning ceremony; any similar investiture, triumph etc.; a crest, something physically in prominent top-position; a culmination
Noun
9969adoptif
adoption; adoptive
Adjective
9970pécheur
sinner
Noun
9971conjugaison
conjugation; pairing, combining
Noun
9972activation
activation
Noun
9973induit
induced
Adjective
9974vendu
a sellout (sense 2)
Noun
9975éteint
extinct; dead, lifeless
Adjective
9976voguer
to travel through the water; to sail; to swim; to row; to wander
Verb
9977irruption
outbreak (an eruption, sudden appearance); irruption
Noun
9978luxembourgeois
of Luxembourg
Adjective
9979cafard
hypocrite; tattletale, informant, rat; cockroach; depression, melancholy
Noun
9980faucher
to mow, to reap; to run over, to knock down; to steal
Verb
9981civilisé
civilized
Adjective
9982habillement
clothing; vestment
Noun
9983réactif
reactive; responsive, quick to respond, who replies fast; reactive (not proactive, not acting preventively, dealing with problems only after the fact, tackling issues only after they've occurred)
Adjective
9984sonnette
bell (for example, on a bicycle), handbell; doorbell; pile driver
Noun
9985flambeau
torch; candle; candlestick; light, flame as symbolic spirit of something
Noun
9986adjuger
to auction; to adjudicate; to take (all for oneself), to grant (oneself) the prerogative to
Verb
9987externe
(a school student who doesn't stay in his establishment for meals or at night)
Noun
9988diversification
diversification
Noun
9989commerçant
trading; mercantile
Adjective
9990aristocratie
aristocracy
Noun
9991viticole
viticulture, viticultural
Adjective
9992négociateur
negotiator, dealmaker
Noun
9993pacha
pasha
Noun
9994distiller
to distill
Verb
9995thermal
thermal
Adjective
9996plomber
to fill with lead, to weigh down with lead; to become a burden, to weigh down
Verb
9997asthme
asthma (chronic respiratory disease)
Noun
9998cloison
partition, partition wall; septum, partition; bulkhead
Noun
9999péripétie
peripeteia (sudden change in circumstances); chain of unexpected events
Noun
10000subvenir
to provide for, to meet
Verb