îles Mariannes du Nord

fr-proper noun

îles Mariannes du Nord f pl (plural only)

Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands#English

Northern Mariana Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean)


péninsule ibérique

La péninsule ibérique est entourée par la mer Méditerranée au sud et au sud-est, l’océan Atlantique au sud-ouest, à l’ouest et au nord-ouest, et les Pyrénées au nord-est qui séparent l’Espagne de la France.

The Iberian Peninsula is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south and south-east, the Atlantic Ocean to the south-west, west and north-west, and the Pyrenees to the north-east, which separate Spain from France.


Dordogne

Named after the river Dordogne, from Latin Duranius (named by Ausonius).
Folk etymology derives it from two mountain streams, Dor (shortened from mont d’ or (“mountain of gold”) and dogne, from dord (“babbling, muttering”) (imitative) + aven (“river”), though this may have influenced the spelling.

Dordogne (a long river in south-central and southwestern France)


Garonne

Inherited from Latin Garumna, Garonna, probably from Gaulish *garunda (“shallows, riverbank”).

der

Garonne (a long river in southwestern France)


Sarthe

Sarthe (a right tributary of the Loire, in northwestern France)


Isère

Isère (a left tributary of the Rhône, in southeastern France)


Alexandrine

a female given name, equivalent to English Alexandrina


eurodéputé

fr-noun

eurodéputé m (plural eurodéputés, feminine eurodéputée)

eurodéputés (plural)
eurodéputée (feminine)


Doubs

From Gaulish Dubis, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”). Compare Latin Dūbis, Breton du (“black”).

Doubs (a river in France and Switzerland)


République fédérale d'Allemagne

République fédérale d’ Allemagne (canonical feminine)

Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Germany#English

Federal Republic of Germany, Germany (a country in Central Europe)


Gange

→ Arabic: الْغَانْج (al-ḡānj)

→ Iranian Persian: گانْژ (gânž)

→ Turkish: Ganj

Borrowed from Latin Gangēs, from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”).


Corne de l'Afrique

Corne de l’ Afrique (canonical feminine)


anversois

fr-adj

anversois (feminine anversoise, masculine plural anversois, feminine plural anversoises)

anversoise (feminine)
anversois (masculine plural)
anversoises (feminine plural)


Anversois

fr-noun

Anversois m (plural Anversois, feminine Anversoise)

Anversois (plural)
Anversoise (feminine)

resident or native of Antwerp; Antwerpian


Gandois

Gandois m (plural Gandois, feminine Gandoise)

From Gand + -ois.
THIS IS NOT CORRECT.
IT HAS TO BE gantois, with a small letter and a t


gandois

fr-adj

gandois (feminine gandoise, masculine plural gandois, feminine plural gandoises)

gandoise (feminine)
gandois (masculine plural)
gandoises (feminine plural)


genevois

genevois (feminine genevoise, masculine plural genevois, feminine plural genevoises)

genevoise (feminine)
genevois (masculine plural)
genevoises (feminine plural)
génevois (alternative)


piémont

→ Catalan: piemont

→ Romanian: piemont

From Medieval Latin Pedemontem, from Latin ad pedem montium. By surface analysis, pied (“foot”) + -mont (“hill”).


Aisne

From the Roman name, Latin Acinum, Latinized from the Gaulish river Axona.

Aisne (a left tributary of the Oise, in northeastern France)


Allier

Allier (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Ariège

The department is named after the river; said to be from Latin aurigera (“bearing gold”), referring to the Gauls' practice of panning gold.

Ariège (a right tributary of the Garonne in Occitanie, France)


Aube

Aube (a right tributary of the Seine, in northeastern France)


Aveyron

Named after the Arve River, of uncertain origin, possibly a Celtic name from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“violent, rough, bumpy”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”). Compare Welsh garw (“rough, bumpy”) and Irish garbh.

der

Aude (a right tributary of the Tarn, in southern France)


Charente

Charente (a river in southwestern France)


Corrèze

Corrèze (a left tributary of the Vézère, in southwestern France)


Creuse

Creuse (a right tributary of the Vienne, in southwestern France)


Drôme

Drôme (a left tributary of the Rhône, in southeastern France)


Essonne

Named after the river, from the Gallo-Roman water goddess, Gaulish and Latin Acionna, Acionnae, of Celtic origin, probably sharing the same Proto-Indo-European source as the river Axona.

Essonne (a left tributary of the Seine, in northern France)


Eure

Inherited from Middle French Evreux, from Latin Autricum. The department is named for the river.

Eure (a left tributary of the Seine, in northwestern France)


Gers

Gers (a left tributary of the Garonne, in southern France)


Hérault

Found in Latin as Arauris (or Araura by Strabo), the name of a river. The name is sometimes considered Pre-Celtic although the element Ara- suggests a Celtic root.


Indre

Indre (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Loiret

Loiret (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Marne

From Latin Mātrona (“Marne”), from Gaulish *Mātronā, from Proto-Celtic *Mātronā, a derivative of Proto-Celtic *mātīr (“mother”).

Marne (a right tributary of the Seine, in eastern France)


Nièvre

Nièvre (a right tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Oise

Named after the River Oise, itself from or related to the Roman river name Latin Isara, thus also related to the river Isère.

Oise (a right tributary of the Seine, in northeastern France and Belgium)


Klamath

The Klamath (a river in southern Oregon, and northern California)


Ægypte

Iſis craignant le rauiſſement de Iupiter, ſ’enfuit en Ægypte :[…]

1628, Sébastien Roulliard, Melun ou l'Histoire de la Ville de Melun, page 32:

Isis, fearing the ravishment of Jupiter, fled to Egypt: […]


Arabie

From Latin Arabia; alternatively from arabe + -ie.


Tonkin

English: Tonkin

From Vietnamese Đông Kinh, a former name for Hanoi. Also see Pékin (“Beijing”) and Nankin (“Nanjing”).

A gulf in northern Vietnam: the Gulf of Tonkin


baie de Guanabara

Le 10 novembre, Villegaignon mouille dans la baie de Guanabara, où Français et Portugais se disputaient depuis plusieurs années les faveurs des indigènes.

1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, chapter 9, in Tristes Tropiques, Plon, published 1993, →ISBN, page 90:

On November 10th, Villegaignon anchored in the bay of Guanabara, where for several years the French and the Portuguese had been vying with each other in wooing the natives.

Guanabara Bay (a bay in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)


Cyrène

Holonym: Cyrénaïque


Crétois

fr-noun

Crétois m (plural Crétois, feminine Crétoise)


Alexandrin

Alexandrin m (plural Alexandrins, feminine Alexandrine)

Alexandrins (plural)
Alexandrine (feminine)


Vallée des rois

Valley of the Kings (Egyptian valley known for its tombs)


Tamanduatehy

Sur le talus descendant vers le Tamanduatehy et qui domine les quartiers populaires du Braz et de la Penha, subsistaient encore en 1935 quelques ruelles provinciales et des largos : places carrées et herbues, entourées de maisons basses à toit de tuiles et à petites fenêtres grillagées, peintes à la chaux, [...]

1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, chapter XI, in Tristes Tropiques, Plon, published 1993, →ISBN, page 109; republished as John & Doreen Weightman, transl., Tristes Tropiques, Penguin, 2011, →ISBN:

— On the slope which leads down to the Tamanduatehy and overlooks the working-class districts of Braz and Penha, there still remained, in 1935, a few small provinvial streets and largos, grassy squares surrounded by low, tiled and whitewashed houses with small barred windows.


Frobisher Bay

Frobisher Bay (a bay at the southern end of Baffin Island, Canada)


Thessalonicien

Thessalonicien m (plural Thessaloniciens, feminine Thessalonicienne)

Thessaloniciens (plural)
Thessalonicienne (feminine)


thessalonicien

fr-adj

thessalonicien (feminine thessalonicienne, masculine plural thessaloniciens, feminine plural thessaloniciennes)

thessalonicienne (feminine)
thessaloniciens (masculine plural)
thessaloniciennes (feminine plural)


roche moutonnée

fr-noun

roche moutonnée f (plural roches moutonnées)


Asturien

Asturien m (plural Asturiens, feminine Asturienne)

Asturiens (plural)
Asturienne (feminine)


algérois

fr-adj

algérois (feminine algéroise, masculine plural algérois, feminine plural algéroises)

algéroise (feminine)
algérois (masculine plural)
algéroises (feminine plural)


brabançon

Parles-tu le brabançon?


tourbière

→ Italian: torbiera


îles Malouines

desc

→ Spanish: islas Malvinas (partial calque)

From malouin (“of Saint-Malo”), so named by explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1764 because they were occupied by sailors from the French port of Saint-Malo.

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands#English:_Q9648

Falkland Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic)


Mélanésie

→ Dutch: Melanesië

→ English: Melanesia

→ German: Melanesien

Coined by Jules Dumont d'Urville, from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”), referring to the skin color of the inhabitants.


Minorque

From Late Latin Minorca, from Latin balearis minor. Compare Majorque.


Ghiolof

Arrivés sur les frontières du Cayor, nous trouvâmes un désert qui le sépare du Ghiolof. On sait qu’autrefois ces deux pays appartenaient au même souverain, qui les gouvernait sous le titre de bour (ou empereur), [...]

1830, René Caillié, Voyage à Tombouctou, Paris: La Découverte, published 1996, →ISBN, page 46:

(obsolete) A former country in West Africa


corinthien

fr-adj

corinthien (feminine corinthienne, masculine plural corinthiens, feminine plural corinthiennes)

corinthienne (feminine)
corinthiens (masculine plural)
corinthiennes (feminine plural)

Corinthian (of or relating to Corinth in Greece)


gantois

gantois (feminine gantoise, masculine plural gantois, feminine plural gantoises)

gantoise (feminine)
gantois (masculine plural)
gantoises (feminine plural)


saoudien

saoudien (feminine saoudienne, masculine plural saoudiens, feminine plural saoudiennes)

saoudienne (feminine)
saoudiens (masculine plural)
saoudiennes (feminine plural)


Beaujolais

fr-noun

Beaujolais m (plural Beaujolais, feminine Beaujolaise)

Beaujolais (plural)
Beaujolaise (feminine)


Stambouliote

Stambouliote m or f by sense (plural Stambouliotes)

resident or native of Istanbul see Istanbulite


katchina

katchinas (plural)
kachina (alternative)
katsina (alternative)
Katsina (alternative)

Borrowed from English kachina, itself from Hopi.


banc de sable

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-banc de sable.wav


amerloque

amerloques (plural)
amerlo (alternative)
amerloc (alternative)
amerlock (alternative)
amerlok (alternative)
amerlot (alternative)

Romanian: amerloc


Mignon

Holonym: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Mignon (a left tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Royaume de Belgique

LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Royaume de Belgique.wav

Kingdom of Belgium
Kingdom of Belgium#English

Kingdom of Belgium (the official name of Belgium, a country in Western Europe)


Sibérien

Sibérien m (plural Sibériens, feminine Sibérienne)

Sibériens (plural)
Sibérienne (feminine)


Haute-Volta

Upper Volta (the former name of Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa)


République démocratique du Congo

République Démocratique du Congo (alternative)

LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-République Démocratique du Congo.wav

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Cocyte

Borrowed from Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, “lamentation”).


Achéron

Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn, “lamentation”).


Phlégéthon

From Latin Phlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων (Phlegéthōn).


Arménistan

1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, p. 159; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland

— Turkish cuisine is the heartiest in the world; Iranian has a refined simplicity; Armenistan is unequalled for pickles and sweet-and-sour; for ourselves, we ate a great deal of bread …

La cuisine turque est la plus substantielle du monde ; l’iranienne, d’une subtile simplicité ; l’Arménistan, inégalable dans le confit et l’aigre-doux ; nous, nous mangions surtout du pain.


désert du Lout

1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, p. 298; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland

— It was the southern extremity of the Lut desert where year in, year out, half a dozen drivers turn to dust because of a broken axle or a battery dried out by the sun.

C’est l’extrémité méridionale du désert du Lout où, bon an mal an, pour un axe cassé, pour une batterie séchée par le soleil, une demi-douzaine de chauffeurs laissent leur peau.


oshinko

From Japanese お新香 (oshinko, “pickled vegetables”, literally “new fragrance”).

bor

oshinko: traditional Japanese pickled vegetable mix


Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines

fr-proper noun

Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines m pl (plural only)

Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines (alternative)
St.-Vincent-et-Grenadines (alternative)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Germanie

(rare) Germany (a country in Central Europe)


Bâlois

fr-noun

Bâlois m (plural Bâlois, feminine Bâloise)


Centrafrique

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


République d'Afrique du Sud

République d’ Afrique du Sud (canonical feminine)

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa#English

Republic of South Africa, South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Loir

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

The Loir (a left tributary of the Sarthe in Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire, France)


djebel

djebels (plural)
djabal (alternative)
djébel (alternative)
gebel (alternative)
jabal (alternative)
jbel (alternative)
jebel (alternative)


Kamloops

Borrowed from English Kamloops. From French Camp des loups (“camp (“camp”)+loup (“wolf”)”). From Shuswap tk'əmlúps (“meeting of the rivers”).

der

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

Ellipsis of lac Kamloops.: Kamloops Lake (a lake in British Columbia, Canada)


Gatineau

English: Gatineau

Korean: 가티노 (Gatino)

rivière Gatineau
rivière Gatineau#French

Ellipsis of rivière Gatineau. A river in Quebec, Canada; tributary of the Ottawa River


Chibougamau

Chibougamau (a town and lake in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada)


Waswanipi

From Cree ᐙᔂᓂᐲ (waaswaanipii, “light over the water”), a traditional night-time fishing method.


Sahraoui

fr-noun

Sahraoui m (plural Sahraouis, feminine Sahraouie)

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْرَاوِيّ (ṣaḥrāwiyy, “of the desert”, from صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”)).

bor+

from <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">صَحْرَاء</i> (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”)


Etats-Unis d'Amérique

fr-proper noun

Etats-Unis d’Amérique m pl (plural only)

Etats-Unis d’ Amérique (canonical masculine plural)

États-Unis d’Amérique
États-Unis d'Amérique#French

United States of America
United States of America#English

Alternative form of États-Unis d’Amérique: United States of America (a country in North America)


cracovien

fr-adj

cracovien (feminine cracovienne, masculine plural cracoviens, feminine plural cracoviennes)

cracovienne (feminine)
cracoviens (masculine plural)
cracoviennes (feminine plural)

From Cracovie (“Cracow”) + -ien (“-ian”).


Cracovien

fr-noun

Cracovien m (plural Cracoviens, feminine Cracovienne)

Cracoviens (plural)
Cracovienne (feminine)

Cracovian (resident or native of Cracow)


moules-frites

a dish consisting of mussels and French fries


ispravnik

Borrowed from Russian испра́вник (isprávnik). Possibly through Romanian ispravnic.


niakoué

niakoué m or f by sense (plural niakoués)

(offensive, by extension) Any South East Asian or Chinese person.


République populaire de Chine

LL-Q150 (fra)-Fhala.K-République populaire de Chine.wav

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China#English

People's Republic of China, China (a country in East Asia)


République de Chine

LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-République de Chine.wav

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

Republic of China, Taiwan (partly-recognized country in East Asia)


Bosnie-et-Herzégovine

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Rhade

Borrowed from Bahnar Rađe or Eastern Mnong Rađê.

Rhadé (alternative)
Radé (alternative)
Rade (alternative)

(plural only) the Rade people, a minor ethnic group in the Central Highlands of Vietnam


rhade

rhadé (alternative)
radé (alternative)
rade (alternative)

the Rade language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Rade people


Isle

A right tributary of the Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


ÉUA

USA (a country in North America); initialism of États-Unis d’Amérique (“United States of America”)


indianiser

indianiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
indianisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
indianisé (participle past)
indianise (first-person indicative present singular)
indianises (indicative present second-person singular)
indianise (indicative present singular third-person)
indianisons (first-person indicative plural present)
indianisez (indicative plural present second-person)
indianisent (indicative plural present third-person)
indianisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
indianisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
indianisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
indianisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
indianisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
indianisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
indianisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
indianisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
indianisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
indianisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
indianisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
indianisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
indianiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
indianiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
indianisera (future indicative singular third-person)
indianiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
indianiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
indianiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
indianiserais (conditional first-person singular)
indianiserais (conditional second-person singular)
indianiserait (conditional singular third-person)
indianiserions (conditional first-person plural)
indianiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
indianiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
indianise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
indianises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
indianise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
indianisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
indianisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
indianisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
indianisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
indianisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
indianisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
indianisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
indianisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
indianisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
indianise (imperative second-person singular)
indianisons (first-person imperative plural)
indianisez (imperative plural second-person)


Arabie Saoudite

Alternative form of Arabie saoudite: Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


ouïghour

ouïghours (plural)
ouïgour (alternative)


gasconisme

gasconismes (plural)
gasconnisme (alternative)


casablancais

fr-adj

casablancais (feminine casablancaise, masculine plural casablancais, feminine plural casablancaises)

casablancaise (feminine)
casablancais (masculine plural)
casablancaises (feminine plural)


tangérois

tangérois (feminine tangéroise, masculine plural tangérois, feminine plural tangéroises)

tangéroise (feminine)
tangérois (masculine plural)
tangéroises (feminine plural)


État libre associé de Porto Rico

Calque of Spanish Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico

calque

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico#English

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the official name of Puerto Rico, a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States)


Kampuchéa

Transliteration of Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə). Doublet of Cambodge.

translit

(history) Kampuchea (former name of Cambodia, a country in Southeast Asia, during the time of the Khmer Rouge)


Galicien

fr-noun

Galicien m (plural Galiciens, feminine Galicienne)

Galiciens (plural)
Galicienne (feminine)

Galician (resident or native of either Galicia in Spain or Galicia in Eastern Europe)


Bellefontaine

English: Bellefontaine

From belle (“beautiful”) + fontaine (“fountain”).

af

Bellefontaine (toponym of numerous places)


Saïgonnais

fr-noun

Saïgonnais m (plural Saïgonnais, feminine Saïgonnaise)

Saïgonnais (plural)
Saïgonnaise (feminine)


Godbout

English: Godbout

From Middle English or Old French Godbald (male given name), from gōd (“good”) + bald (“bold”). The river and village are named after early local settler Nicolas Godeboust. The village and river were earlier spelled as "Godebout" before migrating to the current North American standard spelling "Godbout" of the surname for this term that is still "Godebout" in Europe.

Godebout (alternative)
Godeboust (alternative)

Godbout River: Ellipsis of Rivière Godbout.; A river in Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada


Vachon

English: Vachon

A river in Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

A river in Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada


Frémont

→ English: Fremont

Ellipsis of Lac Frémont.; A lake in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada


Lessard

English: Lessard

desc

→ Chinese: 萊薩爾 /莱萨尔 (Láisà'ěr) (transliteration)

Lessard: A placename
Ellipsis of Rivière Lessard.
A river in Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada


Blouin

English: Blouin

Shortened from the name Belouin, of Germanic origin, from *biliz (“gentle, kind, fitting”) + *winiz (“loved one, friend”). Also from the Old French adjective bloe (“blue”). Compare the variant Beloin.

Belouin (alternative)
Belloin (alternative)
Bellouin (alternative)
Beloin (alternative)

Ellipsis of Lac Blouin.; Blouin (a lake in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada)


Frison

fr-noun

Frison m (plural Frisons, feminine Frisonne)


Monte-Carlo

Monte Carlo (a part of Monaco famous for its casinos)


Autrichienne

The sobriquet arises from reanalysis as Autrichien (“Austrian”) + chienne (“bitch”).


Ouachita

Ouachita (a river, the Ouachita River, which flows through Arkansas and Louisiana)


Viau

English: Viau

desc

→ Chinese: 維奧 /维奥 (Wéi'ào) (transliteration)

Deviau (alternative)
De Viau (alternative)
de Viau (alternative)

(masculine) Viau (a river in the Tarn department, Occitania, France, a tributary of the Tarn river)


Verdon

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

A left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


ANP

Autorité nationale palestinienne
w:fr:Autorité nationale palestinienne

Initialism of Autorité nationale palestinienne (“Palestinian National Authority”).: PNA


Winnipegosis

Borrowed from Swampy Cree, meaning "little muddy water", a diminutive of Winnipeg.

Lake Winnipegosis
Lake Winnipegosis#English

Lake Winnipegosis (a lake in Manitoba, Canada)


Katsina

Alternative spelling of katchina (“kachina”) (spirit being)


Yamachiche

A river in the region of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada


tyrien

fr-adj

tyrien (feminine tyrienne, masculine plural tyriens, feminine plural tyriennes)

tyrienne (feminine)
tyriens (masculine plural)
tyriennes (feminine plural)


Fransaskois

fr-noun

Fransaskois m (plural Fransaskois, feminine Fransaskoise)

Fransaskois (plural)
Fransaskoise (feminine)

From franco- + Saskatchewan (“Sask.”) + -ois. Compare Québécois.


fransaskois

fr-adj

fransaskois (feminine fransaskoise, masculine plural fransaskois, feminine plural fransaskoises)

fransaskoise (feminine)
fransaskois (masculine plural)
fransaskoises (feminine plural)

From franco- + Saskatchewan + -ois. Compare québécois.


île de Man

Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)


Banque centrale européenne

European Central Bank
European Central Bank


Yangtsé

Yangtze (a major river in China, the third-longest river in the world)


garbure

→ English: garbure


Empire du Milieu

l’Empire du Milieu (canonical masculine)
empire du milieu (alternative)
empire du Milieu (alternative)

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(dated or journalism) the Middle Kingdom (China)


Céleste-Empire

le Céleste-Empire (canonical masculine)
Céleste Empire (alternative)

(obsolete or historical) Celestial Empire (China)


ligne de crête

fr-noun

ligne de crête f (plural lignes de crête)


gilet jaune

gilets jaunes (plural)
Gilet jaune (alternative)

→ English: gilet jaune, → yellow vest (calque), → yellow jacket (calque)

fr:gilet de haute visibilité
fr:mouvement des Gilets jaunes

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gilet jaune.

(by extension, France, metonymically) a member of a French protest movement which started in late 2018 against rising fuel prices; members of the movement wore such vests


Genevois

Genevois m (plural Genevois, feminine Genevoise)

Genevois (plural)
Genevoise (feminine)
Génevois (alternative)


Tokélaou

Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)


mer d'Aral

Aral Sea (a saline lake straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border)


détroit de Béring

le détroit de Béring (canonical masculine)


détroit de Gibraltar

le détroit de Gibraltar (canonical masculine)


beyrouthin

fr-adj

beyrouthin (feminine beyrouthine, masculine plural beyrouthins, feminine plural beyrouthines)

beyrouthine (feminine)
beyrouthins (masculine plural)
beyrouthines (feminine plural)


Beyrouthin

fr-noun

Beyrouthin m (plural Beyrouthins, feminine Beyrouthine)

Beyrouthins (plural)
Beyrouthine (feminine)


Cairote

Cairote m or f by sense (plural Cairotes)


Yèvre

A right tributary of the Cher, in the department of Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France

A right tributary of the Auve, in the department of Marne, Grand Est, France


fr-proper noun

République populaire démocratique de Corée f

/ʁe.py.blik pɔ.py.lɛʁ de.mɔ.kʁa.tik də kɔ.ʁe/

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Democratic People's Republic of Korea#English

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the official name of North Korea, a country in East Asia)


Luy

A left tributary of the Adour, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


téhéranais

fr-adj

téhéranais (feminine téhéranaise, masculine plural téhéranais, feminine plural téhéranaises)

téhéranaise (feminine)
téhéranais (masculine plural)
téhéranaises (feminine plural)


Téhéranais

fr-noun

Téhéranais m (plural Téhéranais, feminine Téhéranaise)

Téhéranais (plural)
Téhéranaise (feminine)


Asie de l'Ouest

Holonym: Asie


Alépin

Alépin m (plural Alépins, feminine Alépine)


Damascène

Damascène m or f by sense (plural Damascènes)


République islamique d'Iran

République islamique d’Iran (canonical feminine)

Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran#English

Islamic Republic of Iran (the official name of Iran, a country in Western Asia)


mer Méditerranée

la mer Méditerranée (canonical feminine)


Canso

Borrowed from English Canso, from French Canseau, from Mi'kmaq Kamsok.

détroit de Canso
détroit de Canso#French

Ellipsis of détroit de Canso.; A strait in Nova Scotia, Canada


monts Oural

Ural Mountains (mountain range in Russia)


kibick

Likely borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka).


ouïgour

fr-adj

ouïgour (feminine ouïgoure, masculine plural ouïgours, feminine plural ouïgoures)

ouïgoure (feminine)
ouïgours (masculine plural)
ouïgoures (feminine plural)


Détroit

English: Detroit

Detroit; A river in Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada


Hallyu

Borrowed from Korean 한류(韓流) (Hallyu, “Korean current”).


Couserans

le Couserans (canonical masculine)
Conserans (alternative)

Holonyms: Ariège, Gascogne

Meronyms: Aleu, Alos, Antras, Argein, Arrien-en-Bethmale, Aucazein, Audressein, Aulus-les-Bains, Balaguères, Biert, Boussenac, Castillon-en-Couserans, Cescau, Couflens, Engomer, Encourtiech, Ercé, Erp, Eycheil, Lacourt, Le Port, Lorp-Sentaraille, Massat, Montjoie-en-Couserans, Oust, Rivèrenert, Saint-Girons, Saint-Lizier, Salsein, Seix, Sentein, Sentenac-d’Oust, Soueix-Rogalle, Soulan

Couserans (a historical region of Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Mécanisme européen de stabilité

European Stability Mechanism
European Stability Mechanism


Cythère

Translingual: Cythere

Borrowed from Latin Cythēra, from Ancient Greek Κύθηρα (Kúthēra).


Haut-Karabakh

L’étau se resserre autour du Haut-Karabakh, que Bakou entend ramener dans son giron.

2023 May, Constant Léon, “L'Arménie en quête de soutien”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 12:

Nagorno-Karabakh (a region of the South Caucasus)


République d'Artsakh

République d’ Artsakh (canonical feminine)

Synonym of Haut-Karabakh (“Republic of Artsakh”)


de Lesseps

English: de Lesseps

Spanish: de Lesseps

From de + Lesseps. From ennoblement of the Lesseps family.

Lesseps (alternative)
De Lesseps (alternative)

Ellipsis of lac de Lesseps.; De Lesseps Lake (a lake in Ontario, Canada)

lac de Lesseps

rivière de Lesseps
rivière de Lesseps#French

De Lesseps River
De Lesseps River#English

Ellipsis of rivière de Lesseps.; De Lesseps River (a river in Ontario, Canada)


De Lesseps

De Lesseps: Ellipsis of lac De Lesseps.; De Lesseps Lake (a lake in Ontario, Canada)

rivière De Lesseps
rivière De Lesseps#French

De Lesseps: Ellipsis of rivière De Lesseps.; De Lesseps River (a river in Ontario, Canada)


Taiowa

Borrowed from English Taiowa, itself from Hopi.


Tokpela

Borrowed from English Tokpela, itself from Hopi.


Indes

Indosphere (a region of Asia), i.e. both South and Southeast Asia

(uncommon) East Indies (a region of Asia)


Soninké

fr-noun

Soninké m or f by sense (plural Soninkés)


Grande Bleue

mer Méditerranée
mer Méditerranée#French

(journalism) Synonym of mer Méditerranée (“Mediterranean Sea”)


Grande Ile

Grande Île (alternative)
Grande-Île (alternative)
Grande-Ile (alternative)

(journalism) Alternative form of Grande Île


Grande Île

Grande Ile (alternative)
Grande-Île (alternative)
Grande-Ile (alternative)


empire du Milieu

l’empire du Milieu (canonical masculine)

Empire du Milieu
Empire du Milieu#French

Alternative letter-case form of Empire du Milieu


Etat de l'égalité

l’Etat de l’égalité (canonical masculine)

État de l’égalité
État de l'égalité#French

Alternative spelling of État de l’égalité


État de l'égalité

l’État de l’égalité (canonical masculine)
Etat de l’égalité (alternative)


golfe de Gascogne

Holonym: océan Atlantique


golfe de Gabès

Holonym: mer Méditerranée


moïsme

From Mo + -isme. After philosopher Mozi.


mohisme

(Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of moïsme (“Mohism”)


Quercy

Holonym: Occitanie


Urau

English: Urau

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Noustens, Urale

Urau (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Comminges

English: Comminges

Holonym: Gascogne

Meronyms: Arbas, Aspet, Belbèze-en-Comminges, Figarol, Lavelanet-de-Comminges, Mane, Martres-Tolosane, Mazères-sur-Salat, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Saleich, Salies-du-Salat, Soueich, Urau

Comminges (a former region in France, Occitanie)


Saleich

English: Saleich

Borrowed from Occitan Saleish. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Artihaguère, Chac, Gérus, Gouttille, Montégut, Pyrène, Saleich Vieille, Tachouères

Saleich (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Couflens

English: Couflens

Borrowed from Occitan Coflens, from Latin cōnfluentia.

Holonym: Couserans

Couflens (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Oust

English: Oust

Holonym: Couserans

Oust (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Longages

English: Longages

Holonyms: Haute-Garonne, Languedoc

Longages (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Yangzi Jiang

Yang-Tsze-Kiang (alternative)
Yang Tse Kiang (alternative)

Synonym of Yangtsé: Yangtze (a major river in China)


Huangpu

Holonym: Shanghaï


Yangjingbang

Holonym: Shanghaï

(historical) the Yangjingbang (former river in Shanghai)


Est-Asiatique

Est-Asiatique m or f by sense (plural Est-Asiatiques)

Holonyms: Asiatique, Oriental

Meronyms: Aïnou, Chinois, Coréen, Japonais, Mongol, Tibétain, Vietnamien


désert Libyque

Holonym: Sahara


Oriège

Holonym: Ariège

Oriège (a right tributary of the Ariège in Occitanie, France)


Lusitanien

Lusitanien m (plural Lusitaniens, feminine Lusitanienne)

Lusitaniens (plural)
Lusitanienne (feminine)


Macronie

2021 June 8, “VIDEO. Emmanuel Macron giflé par un homme qui a crié "A bas la Macronie !", deux interpellations”, in La Dépêche:

Emmanuel Macron slapped by a man shouting "Down with Macronland!", two arrests

France under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron


source chaude

source chaude f (plural sources chaudes)


Auberjonois

English: Auberjonois

Originating from Switzerland; extremely rare in France.


outre-Rhin

Literally, “across the Rhine (from France and Switzerland)”.

lit

(journalism, France, Switzerland) in Germany


outre-Quiévrain

Literally, “on the other side of Quiévrain”.
Historically, the Quiévrain station was the border crossing on the Paris-Brussels railway, from 1846 until 1988.

(uncommon, journalism, France) in Belgium


outre-Atlantique

Literally, “across the Atlantic (from Europe)”.

(journalism, France) in the United States


Centre-Asiatique

fr-noun

Centre-Asiatique m or f by sense (plural Centre-Asiatiques)

Centre-Asiatiques (plural)
Centrasiatique (alternative)

Central Asian (resident or native of Central Asia)


Nord-Caucasien

Nord-Caucasien m or f by sense (plural Nord-Caucasiens)

North Caucasian (resident or native of North Caucasus)


Pont

Learned borrowing from Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos).

(historical) Pontus (an ancient region and kingdom on the south coast of the Black Sea).


É.-U.

L’actuelle vice-présidente des É.-U., c’est Kamala Harris.

The current vice-president of the US is Kamala Harris.

US, USA (a country in North America); initialism of États-Unis (“United States”)


Erdre

From Latin Erda, Proto-Celtic *ered, in Breton Erzh.


République de Corée

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Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea#English

Republic of Korea, South Korea (a country in East Asia)


Moyen-Oriental

Moyen-Oriental m or f by sense (plural Moyen-Orientaux)

Middle Easterner (resident or native of the Middle East)


Nord-Africain

Nord-Africain m or f by sense (plural Nord-Africains)

Nord-Africains (plural)
Nord-africain (alternative)

North African (resident or native of North Africa)


Grand Remplacement

le Grand Remplacement (canonical masculine)
grand remplacement (alternative)

/ɡʁɑ̃ ʁɑ̃.plas.mɑ̃/

Coined by French novelist, conspiracy theorist and white nationalist writer Renaud Camus in 2010.

coin

Mais pour les théoriciens du « grand remplacement », les « descendants d’immigrés », dans leur acception biologique, seront éternellement des étrangers à la Nation, génération après génération.

2014 January 24, Frédéric Joignot, quoting Nicolas Bancel, “« Un inquiétant imaginaire de purification ethnique et culturelle »”, in Le Monde:


Thérouanne

A river in the Seine-et-Marne department


Asco

Asco (a left tributary of the Golo, Corsica, France)


Ciron

→ English: Ciron

Holonym: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Ciron (a left tributary of the Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


mer d'Arabie

Holonym: océan Indien


désert du Cholistan

Holonyms: désert du Thar, Pendjab


Macédoine du Nord

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North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


nord-africain

fr-adj

nord-africain (feminine nord-africaine, masculine plural nord-africains, feminine plural nord-africaines)

nord-africaine (feminine)
nord-africains (masculine plural)
nord-africaines (feminine plural)


Leysse

A river in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Ognon

A left tributary of the Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Vézère

A right tributary of the Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Anatolie

Meronyms: Carie, Galatie


Dronne

A right tributary of the Isle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Agout

A left tributary of the Tarn, Occitanie, France.


Baïse

A left tributary of the Garonne, France.


Serein

A right tributary of the Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Sauldre

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

A right tributary of the Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Auloue

A left tributary of the Baïse, Occitanie, France.


Sousson

A left tributary of the Gers, Occitanie, France.


Bishnoï

fr-noun

Bishnoï m (plural Bishnoïs, feminine Bishnoïe)


Viaur

A left tributary of the Aveyron, Occitanie, France.


Durance

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Durance (a left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Ubaye

A left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Sioule

A left tributary of the Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Lèze

A left tributary of the Ariège, Occitanie, France.


Meurthe

A right tributary of the Moselle, Grand Est, France.


Vénézuéla

Alternative form of Venezuela: Venezuela (a country in South America)


mer Érythrée

From Latin Erythraeum mare, itself a partial calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα (Eruthrà thálassa).

der

Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα


Jialing

le Jialing (canonical masculine)
Kialing (alternative)

Holonym: Sichuan

The Jialing (a left tributary of the Yangtze in Sichuan, China)


Vésubie

The Vésubie, a river that flows in southeastern France


Sénezien

fr-noun

Sénezien m (plural Séneziens, feminine Sénezienne)

Séneziens (plural)
Sénezienne (feminine)

an inhabitant of Senez, a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence


Touloubre

Touloubre (a river in Bouches-du-rhône, France)


Baup

Holonym: Couserans

The Baup (a right tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Arize

Arize (a river in Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Artillac

Artillac (a river in Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Volp

Volp (a right tributary of the Garonne, Occitanie, France).


Ouest-Asiatique

Ouest-Asiatique m or f by sense (plural Ouest-Asiatiques)

Holonym: Asiatique


Asie de l'Est

Holonym: Asie


Asie du Sud

Holonym: Asie


Sud-Est-Asiatique

Sud-Est-Asiatique m or f by sense (plural Sud-Est-Asiatiques)


Sud-Asiatique

Sud-Asiatique m or f by sense (plural Sud-Asiatiques)

Holonyms: Asiatique, Oriental


Centrasiatique

Centrasiatique m or f by sense (plural Centrasiatiques)

Centrasiatiques (plural)
Centre-Asiatique (alternative)

Central Asian (resident or native of Central Asia)


lac salé

From lac (“lake”) + salé (“salty”, past participle of saler (“to salt”)).


vague coréenne

fr-noun

vague coréenne f (plural vagues coréennes)

Calque of Korean 한류(韓流) (Hallyu, “Korean current”), from vague (“wave”) + coréenne (“Korean”).


Ligua

La Ligua River (a river in Petorca, Chile)


lac Poyang

Partial calque of Chinese 鄱阳湖 (Póyáng Hú).


Lapon

fr-noun

Lapon m (plural Lapons, feminine Laponne)


raspoutitsa

Borrowed from Russian распу́тица (raspútica).


R. F.

République française
République française#French


diadoque

diadoques (plural)
diadoche (alternative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάδοχος (diádokhos).


diadoche

(dated, historical) Alternative spelling of diadoque (“diadochus”)


Tya

(Australian Aboriginal mythology) Personification of Earth.


forêt amazonienne

fr-noun

forêt amazonienne f (plural forêts amazoniennes)

From forêt (“forest”) + amazonienne (“Amazonian”).

La forêt amazonienne est le poumon de la planète.

The Amazon Rainforest is the lungs of the planet.

the Amazon Rainforest (an enormous jungle covering the majority of northern South America, mostly in Brazil)


taekwondoïste

taekwondoïste m or f (plural taekwondoïstes)


Mirepech

Mirepech (a tributary of the Rucan in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Rucan

Rucan (a tributary of the Arbas in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Arbas

* (surname): From Spanish Arbas/Arbás.
* (village in Haute-Garonne): Borrowed from Occitan Arbast.

Arbas (a left tributary of the Salat in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Montastruc-de-Salies

Holonym: Comminges

Montastruc-de-Salies (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Rouède

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Bagiri, Cloutas, Loumat, Peyré, Tumares

Rouède (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


État de la Cité du Vatican

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Îles Salomon

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Salente

From Italian Salento, from Salentino dialect Salentu, of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin salum (“(surrounded by) sea”).

Salento (peninsula at the south-eastern tip of Italy).


États confédérés d'Amérique

fr-proper noun

États confédérés d’Amérique f pl (plural only)

États confédérés d’Amérique (canonical feminine plural)

Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America


étendue d'eau

étendue d’ eau (canonical feminine)
étendues d’eau (plural)


con tinh

The lustful ghost of a virgin woman (in Vietnamese folklore).


femme-renarde

fr-noun

femme-renarde f (plural femmes-renardes)


ma gia

(Vietnamese folklore) The murderous ghost of an unrecovered drowned person, trying to drown travelers and capsize boats.


ma troi

will o' the wisp (in Vietnamese folklore)


ma lai

A type of evil spirit of Vietnamese folklore


mer Tyrrhénienne

la mer Tyrrhénienne (canonical feminine)


océan Austral

Austral Ocean (the ocean surrounding Antarctica)


Trois Glorieuses

les Trois Glorieuses (canonical feminine plural)

Ellipsis of trois glorieuses journées (literally “three glorious [days]”).

ellipsis

(history) The three days of the French July Revolution of 1830, from July 27 to 29.


Agly

Borrowed from Catalan Aglí. Lagly attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Têt

Têt (a river of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


Tech

Borrowed from Catalan Tec. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Tech (a river of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


lisbonnais

fr-adj

lisbonnais (feminine lisbonnaise, masculine plural lisbonnais, feminine plural lisbonnaises)

lisbonnaise (feminine)
lisbonnais (masculine plural)
lisbonnaises (feminine plural)


lisbonnin

lisbonnin (feminine lisbonnine, masculine plural lisbonnins, feminine plural lisbonnines)

lisbonnine (feminine)
lisbonnins (masculine plural)
lisbonnines (feminine plural)


Lisbonnin

fr-noun

Lisbonnin m (plural Lisbonnins, feminine Lisbonnine)

Lisbonnins (plural)
Lisbonnine (feminine)


Lisbonnais

Lisbonnais m (plural Lisbonnais, feminine Lisbonnaise)

Lisbonnais (plural)
Lisbonnaise (feminine)


Lisboète

Lisboète m or f by sense (plural Lisboètes)


Trieux

→ English: Trieux

English: Truex, Truax, Truaxe

→ Dutch: Trieux

→ English: Trieux

English: Truex, Truax, Truaxe

From trieux, from Walloon try /trixhe /triche, from Dutch driesch.

Dutrieux (alternative)
DuTrieux (alternative)
duTrieux (alternative)
Du Trieux (alternative)
du Trieux (alternative)


Sucy

(Town): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Sucy (a small river in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France)


Gardon

Borrowed from Occitan Gardon, from the Roman name, Latin Vardo, possibly of pre-Roman origin, but compare the river Varus. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonyms: Gard, Lozère

Gardon (a right tributary of the Rhône in Occitanie, France)


Royaume d'Espagne

Royaume d’ Espagne (canonical masculine)

Kingdom of Spain
Kingdom of Spain#English

Kingdom of Spain (official name of Spain)


amerlot

Alternative form of amerloque (“Yank, Yankee”)


Corinthien

Corinthien m (plural Corinthiens, feminine Corinthienne)

Corinthiens (plural)
Corinthienne (feminine)

Corinthian (resident or native of Corinth)


crevette Bigeard

crevette Bigeard f (plural crevettes Bigeard)

Compound of crevette (“shrimp”) + Bigeard. Named after French general and politician Marcel Bigeard, who was accused of overseeing the torture operations.

named-after

a death flight victim during the Algerian War who had their feet affixed in concrete before being thrown off from helicopters into the ocean.


Moselotte

Holonym: Vosges

Moselotte (a right tributary of the Moselle in Grand Est, France)


perfide Albion

→ English: Perfidious Albion (calque)

First coined by the French poet and playwright Augustin Louis de Ximénès at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.

Augustin Louis de Ximénès
French Revolutionary Wars


communautariser

communautariser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
communautarisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
communautarisé (participle past)
communautarise (first-person indicative present singular)
communautarises (indicative present second-person singular)
communautarise (indicative present singular third-person)
communautarisons (first-person indicative plural present)
communautarisez (indicative plural present second-person)
communautarisent (indicative plural present third-person)
communautarisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
communautarisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
communautarisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
communautarisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
communautarisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
communautarisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
communautarisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
communautarisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
communautarisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
communautarisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
communautarisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
communautarisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
communautariserai (first-person future indicative singular)
communautariseras (future indicative second-person singular)
communautarisera (future indicative singular third-person)
communautariserons (first-person future indicative plural)
communautariserez (future indicative plural second-person)
communautariseront (future indicative plural third-person)
communautariserais (conditional first-person singular)
communautariserais (conditional second-person singular)
communautariserait (conditional singular third-person)
communautariserions (conditional first-person plural)
communautariseriez (conditional plural second-person)
communautariseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
communautarise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
communautarises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
communautarise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
communautarisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
communautarisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
communautarisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
communautarisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
communautarisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
communautarisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
communautarisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
communautarisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
communautarisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
communautarise (imperative second-person singular)
communautarisons (first-person imperative plural)
communautarisez (imperative plural second-person)

communautés européennes
communautés européennes#French

(European Union) share, pool national competences on the European level (see communautés européennes)


décommunautariser

décommunautariser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
décommunautarisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
décommunautarisé (participle past)
décommunautarise (first-person indicative present singular)
décommunautarises (indicative present second-person singular)
décommunautarise (indicative present singular third-person)
décommunautarisons (first-person indicative plural present)
décommunautarisez (indicative plural present second-person)
décommunautarisent (indicative plural present third-person)
décommunautarisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
décommunautarisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
décommunautarisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
décommunautarisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
décommunautarisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
décommunautarisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
décommunautarisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
décommunautarisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
décommunautarisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
décommunautarisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
décommunautarisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
décommunautarisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
décommunautariserai (first-person future indicative singular)
décommunautariseras (future indicative second-person singular)
décommunautarisera (future indicative singular third-person)
décommunautariserons (first-person future indicative plural)
décommunautariserez (future indicative plural second-person)
décommunautariseront (future indicative plural third-person)
décommunautariserais (conditional first-person singular)
décommunautariserais (conditional second-person singular)
décommunautariserait (conditional singular third-person)
décommunautariserions (conditional first-person plural)
décommunautariseriez (conditional plural second-person)
décommunautariseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
décommunautarise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
décommunautarises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
décommunautarise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
décommunautarisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
décommunautarisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
décommunautarisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
décommunautarisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
décommunautarisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
décommunautarisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
décommunautarisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
décommunautarisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
décommunautarisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
décommunautarise (imperative second-person singular)
décommunautarisons (first-person imperative plural)
décommunautarisez (imperative plural second-person)

dé- + communautaire + -iser. See notes below to understand the difference of meaning of the word between the EU and Belgium.

(European Union) to decentralize competences from the European level to the state level


monts San Francisco

San Francisco Peaks
San Francisco Peaks#English

San Francisco Peaks (a mountain range in Coconino County, Arizona, United States).


pics San Francisco

les pics San Francisco (canonical masculine plural)

The San Francisco Peaks (a mountain range in Coconino County, Arizona, United States).


Australasie

Literally, “the southern Asia”, from Latin australis (“southern”).

Australasia (a region of Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand and some neighboring islands)


Sotuknang

Borrowed from English Sotuknang, itself from Hopi.


Petit Colorado

The Little Colorado (a tributary of the Colorado in Arizona, United States)


Wuwuchim

Borrowed from English Wuwuchim, itself from Hopi.


Soyal

Borrowed from English Soyal, itself from Hopi.


Powamu

Borrowed from English Powamu, itself from Hopi.


Niman Katchina

Borrowed from English Niman Kachina, itself from Hopi.


Maasa'u

Borrowed from English, itself from Hopi.


Kokyangwuti

Borrowed from English Kókyangwúti, itself from Hopi Kookyangwuuti.


Mère Araignée

(Hopi religion) Synonym of Kokyangwuti (“Spider Woman”)


Quatrième Univers

le Quatrième Univers (canonical masculine)


Tuwaquachi

Borrowed from English Túwaquachi, itself from Hopi.


UEM

(chiefly European Union) Initialism of union économique et monétaire (“EMU”).


Cinquième Univers

le Cinquième Univers (canonical masculine)


Cinquième Monde

le Cinquième Monde (canonical masculine)

(Navajo religion) Fifth World (the present world)


plate-forme de glace Filchner-Ronne

la plate-forme de glace Filchner-Ronne (canonical feminine)
plateforme de glace Filchner-Ronne (alternative)

Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf


plateforme de glace Filchner-Ronne

la plateforme de glace Filchner-Ronne (canonical feminine)
plate-forme de glace Filchner-Ronne (alternative)


plateforme de glace

fr-noun

plateforme de glace f (plural plateformes de glace)

plateformes de glace (plural)
plate-forme de glace (alternative)


plate-forme de glace

plate-forme de glace f (plural plate-formes de glace)

plate-formes de glace (plural)
plateforme de glace (alternative)


Dadou

→ English: Dadou

Holonym: Tarn

A right tributary of the Agout in Occitanie, France


Lakon

Borrowed from English Lakon, itself from Hopi.


Brabançon

fr-proper noun

Brabançon m (plural Brabançons or Brabançonnes, feminine Brabançonne)

Brabançons (plural)
Brabançonnes (plural)
Brabançonne (feminine)

Brabantian (a person from the respective provinces or historic region of Brabant, especially if Brabantian-speaking)


Grand-Mère Araignée

(Hopi religion) Synonym of Kokyangwuti (“Spider Grandmother”)


Quatrième Monde

le Quatrième Monde (canonical masculine)


Tupungato

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Tupungato, itself from a Huarpean language.

ubor

Tupungato (volcano on the Argentina-Chile border).


Risle

la Risle (canonical feminine)
Rille (alternative)

From Middle French Risla, from Medieval Latin *Risilina, by metathesis from fluvius Lirizinus (Saint Germer), Latinized from a hydronym *Lericina, *Liricina, a form derived from the primitive name of the *Lera, also found in the of the village *Lira (compare La Vieille-Lyre) and ultimately related to the source of Liger.

Holonym: Normandie

The Risle (a left tributary of the Seine in Normandy, France)


rouergat

A Languedocian dialect spoken in Aveyron


État de Palestine

l’État de Palestine (canonical feminine)


Afrique de l'Ouest

Afrique de l’ Ouest (canonical feminine)


Chanteraine

→ English: Chanteraine

Holonym: Cher

A right tributary of the Vauvise in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Orge

→ English: Orge

Holonym: Île-de-France

A left tributary of the Seine, Île-de-France, France.


Cruou

English: Cruou

Holonym: causse Comtal

The Cruou (a right tributary of the Créneau in Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Créneau

English: Créneau

Dourdou de Conques
Dourdou de Conques#English

The Créneau (a left tributary of the Dourdou de Conques in Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Luynes

* (Bouches-du-Rhône): Borrowed from Occitan Loina.
* (Indre-et-Loire): 1619. Previously named Maillé.

The Luynes (a left tributary of the Arc in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Restonica

Restonica (a right tributary of the Tavignano, Corsica, France)


Lenne

A toponym for rivers and settlements in Germany


pays du Matin-Calme

le pays du Matin-Calme (canonical masculine)

(journalism, periphrasis) Synonym of Corée or Corée du Sud (“Korea/South Korea”)


kaboulien

fr-adj

kaboulien (feminine kaboulienne, masculine plural kabouliens, feminine plural kabouliennes)

kaboulienne (feminine)
kabouliens (masculine plural)
kabouliennes (feminine plural)


Kaboulien

fr-noun

Kaboulien m (plural Kabouliens, feminine Kaboulienne)

Kabouliens (plural)
Kaboulienne (feminine)

Sur les réseaux sociaux, les Kabouliens racontent eux comment ils ont dû modifier leur habitudes.

2020 January 16, Sonia Ghezali, “Sur les réseaux sociaux, les Kabouliens crient leur ras-le-bol de l’insécurité [Kabulis take to social media to cry out that they are fed up with insecurity.]”, in Radio France Internationale:

On social media, Kabulis tell how they've had to change their habits.

Kabuli, a resident or native of the Afghan city of Kabul


Malnoue

From malnoue (literally “bad (marshy) pasture”), from mal- + noue.

A farm in Ruan-sur-Egvonne, Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Malnoue

A district of Aubigny-sur-Nère, Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Egvonne

English: Egvonne

The Egvonne (a right tributary of the Loir in Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Cité du Vatican

LL-Q150 (fra)-Ncfavier-Cité du Vatican.wav

Partial calque of Italian Città del Vaticano, from Latin Cīvitās Vāticāna.

pcal

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


philhellène

fr-noun

philhellène m or f by sense (plural philhellènes)

desc

→ Greek: φιλέλληνας (filéllinas) (semantic loan) (in the sense 'supporter of Greek independence')

First attested in 1823. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φιλέλλην (philéllēn), from φίλος (phílos) + Έλλην (Éllēn).

lbor

philhellene, Hellenophile (a lover of Greece or Greek culture)


Suisse romande

the French-speaking area of Switzerland, Romandy


Vègre

From Middle French Veigre, Vaigre, Vaygre, from Old French Vesgre, Vegrie, Vegre, Veigrie.

Vègre (a river, a right tributary of the Sarthe, having its source near Rouessé-Vassé, its generally southward course in the Sarthe department, France, and its mouth near Avoise)


dodécathéisme

Calque of Greek δωδεκαθεϊσμός (dodekatheïsmós, “Dodekatheism”), from dodéca- (“twelve”) + théisme (“theism”).

cal

δωδεκαθεϊσμός

On sait que la division administrative de l’Égypte en douze nomes répondait à un panthéon de douze grands dieux et qu’Hérodote rapporte à l’Egypte l’origine du dodécathéisme grec.

2001 November 1, Vincent Bounoure, Le surréalisme et les arts sauvages, Éditions L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 60:

We know that the administrative division of Egypt into twelve nomes corresponded to a pantheon of twelve great gods and that Herodotus reported the origin of Greek Dodekatheism to Egypt.

Aussi appelé parfois dodécathéisme ou plus souvent néopaganisme hellénique) est la résurgence contemporaine de la religion grecque antique interdite par l’empereur Théodose en 392 et 393.

2014 May 19, Vincent Bounoure, La religion racontée à Charlotte, TheBookEdition, →ISBN, page 139:

Also sometimes called Dodekatheism or more often Hellenic neopaganism) is the contemporary resurgence of the ancient Greek religion banned by Emperor Theodosius in 392 and 393.

L’hellénisme, autrement appelé le « dodécathéisme » (culte des douze dieux de l’Olympe), semble, en effet, la forme de néopaganisme la plus présente chez les utilisateurs francophones de TikTok.

2022 November 6, Damien Fabre, “Néopaganisme et dieux grecs ont le vent en poupe sur TikTok”, in Le Monde, archived from the original on 2023-11-27:

Hellenism, alternatively known as “Dodekatheism” (the worship of the twelve gods of Olympus), seems, in fact, to be the form of neopaganism most present among French-speaking TikTok users.


Rimkieta

A district of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.


Marcazeau

English: Marcazeau

Holonym: Couserans

The Marcazeau (a left tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Merdançon

English: Merdançon

Holonym: Couserans

The Merdançon (a left tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)

The Merdançon (a tributary of the Tave, Gard, Occitanie, France)


fr-proper noun

République algérienne démocratique et populaire f

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria#English

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (the official name of Algeria, a country in North Africa)


filanzane

(chiefly historical) A kind of Malagasy sedan chair.


Suisse de l'Asie

la Suisse de l’ Asie (canonical feminine)

Synonym of Singapour (“Switzerland of Asia”)


détroit de Magellan

le détroit de Magellan (canonical masculine)

Holonym: Chili


cordillère des Andes

la cordillère des Andes (canonical feminine)
Cordillère des Andes (alternative)

Calque of Spanish cordillera de los Andes.

calque

Holonym: cordillère américaine

The Andes Mountains (a mountain range in South America).


ceinture orogénique

fr-noun

ceinture orogénique f (plural ceintures orogéniques)


outre-Pyrénées

Literally, “across the Pyrenees (from France)”.


Juché

Borrowed from Korean 주체(主體) (juche, “self-reliance”, literally “subject”).

bor+

Juche (alternative)
Djoutché (alternative)
juche (alternative)
juché (alternative)

(Juche) Juche, the state ideology of North Korea.