manager

(sports, Europe, Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia) manager


grigri

[…] un Foulah vint me trouver au pied de l’arbre où je reposais, et me demanda en ouolof, que j’entendais, un grigri pour avoir des richesses ; je le lui écrivis, et en reconnaissance il me donna une jatte de lait.

1830, René Caillié, Voyage à Tombouctou, Paris: La Découverte, published 1996, →ISBN, page 47:

[…] a Fula came to find me at the foot of the tree where I was resting, and asked me in Wolof, which I understood, for a wealth charm. I wrote one for him, and out of gratitude he gave me a bowl of milk.


toboggan

(Europe, Africa, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, New Caledonia) slide (in a playground)


jeton

→ Catalan: getó

→ English: jeton

→ Hebrew: ז'יטון (jiton)

→ Italian: gettone

→ Louisiana Creole: jetnée

→ Persian: ژتون (žeton)

→ Polish: żeton

→ Romanian: jeton

→ Russian: жетон (žeton)

→ Swedish: jetong

→ Turkish: jeton


toub

Borrowed from Arabic طُوب (ṭūb). Compare English adobe.

derrière vos murs en toub


saper

Ce type-là est toujours bien sapé.

(informal, transitive, reflexive, Europe, Africa) to dress


football américain

(Europe, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia, Africa) American football


abacost

Contraction of the political slogan à bas le costume! (“down with the suit!”).


enceinter

enceinter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enceintant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enceinté (participle past)
enceinte (first-person indicative present singular)
enceintes (indicative present second-person singular)
enceinte (indicative present singular third-person)
enceintons (first-person indicative plural present)
enceintez (indicative plural present second-person)
enceintent (indicative plural present third-person)
enceintais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enceintais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enceintait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enceintions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enceintiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enceintaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enceintai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enceintas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enceinta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enceintâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enceintâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enceintèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enceinterai (first-person future indicative singular)
enceinteras (future indicative second-person singular)
enceintera (future indicative singular third-person)
enceinterons (first-person future indicative plural)
enceinterez (future indicative plural second-person)
enceinteront (future indicative plural third-person)
enceinterais (conditional first-person singular)
enceinterais (conditional second-person singular)
enceinterait (conditional singular third-person)
enceinterions (conditional first-person plural)
enceinteriez (conditional plural second-person)
enceinteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enceinte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enceintes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enceinte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enceintions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enceintiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enceintent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enceintasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enceintasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enceintât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enceintassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enceintassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enceintassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enceinte (imperative second-person singular)
enceintons (first-person imperative plural)
enceintez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, Africa) to make pregnant; to knock up


ambiancer

ambiancer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ambiançant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
ambiancé (participle past)
ambiance (first-person indicative present singular)
ambiances (indicative present second-person singular)
ambiance (indicative present singular third-person)
ambiançons (first-person indicative plural present)
ambiancez (indicative plural present second-person)
ambiancent (indicative plural present third-person)
ambiançais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ambiançais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ambiançait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ambiancions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ambianciez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ambiançaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ambiançai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ambianças (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ambiança (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ambiançâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ambiançâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ambiancèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ambiancerai (first-person future indicative singular)
ambianceras (future indicative second-person singular)
ambiancera (future indicative singular third-person)
ambiancerons (first-person future indicative plural)
ambiancerez (future indicative plural second-person)
ambianceront (future indicative plural third-person)
ambiancerais (conditional first-person singular)
ambiancerais (conditional second-person singular)
ambiancerait (conditional singular third-person)
ambiancerions (conditional first-person plural)
ambianceriez (conditional plural second-person)
ambianceraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
ambiance (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ambiances (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ambiance (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ambiancions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ambianciez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ambiancent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ambiançasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ambiançasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ambiançât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ambiançassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ambiançassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ambiançassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ambiance (imperative second-person singular)
ambiançons (first-person imperative plural)
ambiancez (imperative plural second-person)


féticher

féticher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fétichant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
fétiché (participle past)
fétiche (first-person indicative present singular)
fétiches (indicative present second-person singular)
fétiche (indicative present singular third-person)
fétichons (first-person indicative plural present)
fétichez (indicative plural present second-person)
fétichent (indicative plural present third-person)
fétichais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fétichais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fétichait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fétichions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fétichiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fétichaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fétichai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fétichas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
féticha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fétichâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fétichâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
fétichèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
féticherai (first-person future indicative singular)
féticheras (future indicative second-person singular)
fétichera (future indicative singular third-person)
féticherons (first-person future indicative plural)
féticherez (future indicative plural second-person)
féticheront (future indicative plural third-person)
féticherais (conditional first-person singular)
féticherais (conditional second-person singular)
féticherait (conditional singular third-person)
féticherions (conditional first-person plural)
féticheriez (conditional plural second-person)
féticheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
fétiche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
fétiches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fétiche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fétichions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
fétichiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fétichent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fétichasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fétichasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fétichât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fétichassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fétichassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fétichassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fétiche (imperative second-person singular)
fétichons (first-person imperative plural)
fétichez (imperative plural second-person)

Tu pars chez une personne qui sait «féticher» l’éléphant.

You're going to visit someone who can "enchant" an elephant.

(Africa) to enchant by magic; to cast a spell


ambianceur

fr-noun

ambianceur m (plural ambianceurs, feminine ambianceuse)

ambianceurs (plural)
ambianceuse (feminine)

(chiefly Africa) One who creates an ambiance or atmosphere


taximan

taximan m (plural taximans, feminine taxiwoman)

(Belgium, Switzerland, Africa) (male) taxi driver


lavette

(Europe, Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia) dishcloth (to wash dishes)


doudou

(Antilles, Africa) beloved, darling (term of endearment)


sapeur

sapeur m (plural sapeurs, feminine sapeuse)

From sape + -eur. In the context of La Sape, the word is also treated as an initialism of Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes ("Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People").

(Africa) a member of the social movement known as La Sape, who dress as dandies and put great emphasis on style and physical appearance


subsidier

subsidier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
subsidiant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
subsidié (participle past)
subsidie (first-person indicative present singular)
subsidies (indicative present second-person singular)
subsidie (indicative present singular third-person)
subsidions (first-person indicative plural present)
subsidiez (indicative plural present second-person)
subsidient (indicative plural present third-person)
subsidiais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
subsidiais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
subsidiait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
subsidiions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
subsidiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
subsidiaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
subsidiai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
subsidias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
subsidia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
subsidiâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
subsidiâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
subsidièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
subsidierai (first-person future indicative singular)
subsidieras (future indicative second-person singular)
subsidiera (future indicative singular third-person)
subsidierons (first-person future indicative plural)
subsidierez (future indicative plural second-person)
subsidieront (future indicative plural third-person)
subsidierais (conditional first-person singular)
subsidierais (conditional second-person singular)
subsidierait (conditional singular third-person)
subsidierions (conditional first-person plural)
subsidieriez (conditional plural second-person)
subsidieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
subsidie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
subsidies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
subsidie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
subsidiions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
subsidiiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
subsidient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
subsidiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
subsidiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
subsidiât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
subsidiassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
subsidiassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
subsidiassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
subsidie (imperative second-person singular)
subsidions (first-person imperative plural)
subsidiez (imperative plural second-person)


poisson-chien

(Africa) the tigerfish, in the genus Hydrocynus


mzoungou

mzoungou m (plural mzoungous or wazoungou)


papier hygiénique

papier hygiénique m (usually uncountable, plural papiers hygiéniques)


ville morte

Le 26 février, il avait déjà organisé une première journée ville morte qui s’était soldée par la mort d’un manifestant, tué par les forces de l’ordre.

2018 March 12, “L’opposition guinéenne salue le succès de son opération « ville morte » à Conakry”, in Le Monde:

The first general strike day on February 26 ended with the death of a protester, killed by law enforcement.

(Africa) a town shut down by a general strike