enrager

enrager (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enrageant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enragé (participle past)
enrage (first-person indicative present singular)
enrages (indicative present second-person singular)
enrage (indicative present singular third-person)
enrageons (first-person indicative plural present)
enragez (indicative plural present second-person)
enragent (indicative plural present third-person)
enrageais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enrageais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enrageait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enragions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enragiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enrageaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enrageai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enrageas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enragea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enrageâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enrageâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enragèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enragerai (first-person future indicative singular)
enrageras (future indicative second-person singular)
enragera (future indicative singular third-person)
enragerons (first-person future indicative plural)
enragerez (future indicative plural second-person)
enrageront (future indicative plural third-person)
enragerais (conditional first-person singular)
enragerais (conditional second-person singular)
enragerait (conditional singular third-person)
enragerions (conditional first-person plural)
enrageriez (conditional plural second-person)
enrageraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enrage (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enrages (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enrage (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enragions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enragiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enragent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enrageasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enrageasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enrageât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enrageassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enrageassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enrageassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enrage (imperative second-person singular)
enrageons (first-person imperative plural)
enragez (imperative plural second-person)

First attested in Old French, corresponding to en- + rage + -er.


image satellite

fr-noun

image satellite f (plural images satellites)


pistard

pistard m (plural pistards, feminine pistarde)

→ Italian: pistard

→ Romanian: pistard


curieux

fr-adj

curieux (feminine curieuse, masculine plural curieux, feminine plural curieuses)

curieuse (feminine)
curieux (masculine plural)
curieuses (feminine plural)

→ Danish: kuriøs

Borrowed from Latin cūriōsus (“careful, attentive, inquisitive”).

bor+

C’est un garçon curieux.

curious, inquisitive, intrigued, wondering; possessing curiosity

C’est un curieux garçon.

curious, unusual, interesting, quaint; inducing curiosity


kibitka

Borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka).


ottomane

→ German: Ottomane


arbouse

Borrowed from Occitan arboça, from arboç, from Latin arbuteus (“of the strawberry tree”), from arbutus (“strawberry tree”).

der

(botany) arbutus berry (fruit of the strawberry tree)


Déborah

a female given name; the modern English style spelling of biblical Débora


maisonnette

→ English: maisonette

Attested circa 1175, from maison (“house”) + -ette (“diminutive suffix”)


XP

(motor racing) Abbreviation of extrême prix; xPrix.; from grand prix extrême


NPD

Nouveau Parti démocratique
Nouveau Parti démocratique#French

New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party

(Canada) NDP; initialism of Nouveau Parti démocratique (“New Democratic Party”).


Edmée

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Edmond


lapider

lapider (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
lapidant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
lapidé (participle past)
lapide (first-person indicative present singular)
lapides (indicative present second-person singular)
lapide (indicative present singular third-person)
lapidons (first-person indicative plural present)
lapidez (indicative plural present second-person)
lapident (indicative plural present third-person)
lapidais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
lapidais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
lapidait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
lapidions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
lapidiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
lapidaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
lapidai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
lapidas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
lapida (historic indicative past singular third-person)
lapidâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
lapidâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
lapidèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
lapiderai (first-person future indicative singular)
lapideras (future indicative second-person singular)
lapidera (future indicative singular third-person)
lapiderons (first-person future indicative plural)
lapiderez (future indicative plural second-person)
lapideront (future indicative plural third-person)
lapiderais (conditional first-person singular)
lapiderais (conditional second-person singular)
lapiderait (conditional singular third-person)
lapiderions (conditional first-person plural)
lapideriez (conditional plural second-person)
lapideraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
lapide (first-person present singular subjunctive)
lapides (present second-person singular subjunctive)
lapide (present singular subjunctive third-person)
lapidions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
lapidiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
lapident (plural present subjunctive third-person)
lapidasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
lapidasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
lapidât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
lapidassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
lapidassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
lapidassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lapide (imperative second-person singular)
lapidons (first-person imperative plural)
lapidez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin lapidāre (“to stone”).

bor+

to stone; to lapidate (pelt with stones)


canicule

Borrowed from Latin Canicula and canicula. Doublet of chenille.


dialecte

→ Romanian: dialect

→ Turkish: diyalekt

Inherited from Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).

(linguistics) language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not a variety of it or in any other sense derived from it


Swazi

fr-noun

Swazi m (plural Swazis, feminine Swazie)


Amaury

a male given name, equivalent to English Amory


provin

From Old French provain, from Latin prōpāgō, prōpāginem.


forfait

→ Catalan: forfet

→ Italian: forfait

From Old French forfait, past participle of forfaire, from for(t) (variant of Old French fuer, fur) and faire.

un forfait ski

J’ai gagné par forfait

(sports) elimination due to withdrawal; default


Émeric

Taken from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home”) + *rīkiją (“ruler”); cf. *Haimarīks. Cognate to French Henri and English Emery or Henry.


turlute

Related to turluter, turlut, and turlutaine, ultimately onomatopoetic for the song of the lark.

Elle m’a fait une bonne turlute ce matin.

She gave me a good blowjob this morning.


taule

Alternative form of tôle (a dialectal form of table), which acquired a special meaning. Doublet of tôle and table.


taverne

→ Romanian: tavernă


impulsif

fr-adj

impulsif (feminine impulsive, masculine plural impulsifs, feminine plural impulsives)

impulsive (feminine)
impulsifs (masculine plural)
impulsives (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin impulsivus.

Il est très impulsif.


fougasse

From earlier fougade, probably borrowed from Italian fogata (from fogare, from foga), with a change of suffix.


fougasse

→ English: fougasse

Inherited from Middle French fougasse, foucasse, borrowed from Old Occitan fogatza, fogassa, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of the inherited fouace.

(cooking) fougasse (lattice-shaped bread associated with Provence)


sélénium

Lingala: seleni

Coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1818 from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”)


défunt

défunt (feminine défunte, masculine plural défunts, feminine plural défuntes)

défunte (feminine)
défunts (masculine plural)
défuntes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French defun(c)t, from Old French defunz (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin (de vita) defunctus.


nover

nover (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
novant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
nové (participle past)
nove (first-person indicative present singular)
noves (indicative present second-person singular)
nove (indicative present singular third-person)
novons (first-person indicative plural present)
novez (indicative plural present second-person)
novent (indicative plural present third-person)
novais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
novais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
novait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
novions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
noviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
novaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
novai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
novas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
nova (historic indicative past singular third-person)
novâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
novâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
novèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
noverai (first-person future indicative singular)
noveras (future indicative second-person singular)
novera (future indicative singular third-person)
noverons (first-person future indicative plural)
noverez (future indicative plural second-person)
noveront (future indicative plural third-person)
noverais (conditional first-person singular)
noverais (conditional second-person singular)
noverait (conditional singular third-person)
noverions (conditional first-person plural)
noveriez (conditional plural second-person)
noveraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
nove (first-person present singular subjunctive)
noves (present second-person singular subjunctive)
nove (present singular subjunctive third-person)
novions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
noviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
novent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
novasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
novasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
novât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
novassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
novassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
novassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
nove (imperative second-person singular)
novons (first-person imperative plural)
novez (imperative plural second-person)


aïoli

Borrowed from Occitan alhòli, contraction of alh (“garlic”) + òli (“oil”).


présomptueux

présomptueux (feminine présomptueuse, masculine plural présomptueux, feminine plural présomptueuses)

présomptueuse (feminine)
présomptueux (masculine plural)
présomptueuses (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin praesumptuōsus, from Latin praesūmō (whence présumer).


curryfication

Calque of the English; equivalent of Haskell Curry + -fication

Alors, pour utiliser la curryfication, on est obligé d’utiliser des lambdas.

So, applying currying requires the use of lambdas.


garenne

Inherited from Middle French garenne, garanne, from Old French garenne, garanne, guarenne, from Medieval Latin warenna, itself of Germanic origin; from or related to Old High German warōn (“to be wary”) and werren (“to forbid”), through Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to heed, be careful”) and Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to become aware; take heed”).
Unclear if has relationship to Gaulish varenna (“enclosed area”); if any it is likely not a direct one. Also compare English warren.


coup du lapin

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-coup du lapin.wav

rabbit punch (chopping punch to the back of the neck or head)


bourdonner

bourdonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bourdonnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bourdonné (participle past)
bourdonne (first-person indicative present singular)
bourdonnes (indicative present second-person singular)
bourdonne (indicative present singular third-person)
bourdonnons (first-person indicative plural present)
bourdonnez (indicative plural present second-person)
bourdonnent (indicative plural present third-person)
bourdonnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bourdonnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bourdonnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bourdonnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bourdonniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bourdonnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bourdonnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bourdonnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bourdonna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bourdonnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bourdonnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bourdonnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bourdonnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
bourdonneras (future indicative second-person singular)
bourdonnera (future indicative singular third-person)
bourdonnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
bourdonnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
bourdonneront (future indicative plural third-person)
bourdonnerais (conditional first-person singular)
bourdonnerais (conditional second-person singular)
bourdonnerait (conditional singular third-person)
bourdonnerions (conditional first-person plural)
bourdonneriez (conditional plural second-person)
bourdonneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
bourdonne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bourdonnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bourdonne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bourdonnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bourdonniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bourdonnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bourdonnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bourdonnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bourdonnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bourdonnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bourdonnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bourdonnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bourdonne (imperative second-person singular)
bourdonnons (first-person imperative plural)
bourdonnez (imperative plural second-person)


sinciput

Borrowed from Latin sinciput (“half a head”; “smoked hog’s cheek or half-jowl”; (transferred senses): “brain”, “head”), whence English sinciput.


salto arrière

Coordinate term: salto avant


salto avant

Coordinate term: salto arrière


ioniser

ioniser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ionisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
ionisé (participle past)
ionise (first-person indicative present singular)
ionises (indicative present second-person singular)
ionise (indicative present singular third-person)
ionisons (first-person indicative plural present)
ionisez (indicative plural present second-person)
ionisent (indicative plural present third-person)
ionisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ionisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ionisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ionisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ionisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ionisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ionisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ionisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ionisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ionisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ionisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ionisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ioniserai (first-person future indicative singular)
ioniseras (future indicative second-person singular)
ionisera (future indicative singular third-person)
ioniserons (first-person future indicative plural)
ioniserez (future indicative plural second-person)
ioniseront (future indicative plural third-person)
ioniserais (conditional first-person singular)
ioniserais (conditional second-person singular)
ioniserait (conditional singular third-person)
ioniserions (conditional first-person plural)
ioniseriez (conditional plural second-person)
ioniseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
ionise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ionises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ionise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ionisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ionisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ionisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ionisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ionisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ionisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ionisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ionisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ionisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ionise (imperative second-person singular)
ionisons (first-person imperative plural)
ionisez (imperative plural second-person)


cytologie

→ Turkish: sitoloji


pierrade

From pierre + -ade. Genericized trademark.

a dish (a form of barbecue) in which thin slices of meat are cooked on a heated stone and served with sauces, salads, potatoes, etc.


refoulement

fr-noun

refoulement m (usually uncountable, plural refoulements)

(aviation) push back (air pushing back on an airframe)


processus léger

processus léger m (plural processus légers)


OL

(soccer) Initialism of Olympique Lyonnais. (a soccer team from the French town of Lyons)


Liliane

a female given name, equivalent to English Lilian


Geoffroy

From Germanic origin, perhaps Frankish *Gardifriþu or *Gaiʀafriþu. See Geoffrey for more.

a male given name, equivalent to English Geoffrey


Godefroy

a male given name, equivalent to English Godfrey


javanais

From Java + -ais, with the addition of the interfix (n) to prevent the sequence -aa-. Java + -n- + ais.


dialyse

→ Persian: دیالیز (diyâliz)

(chemistry, medicine) dialysis (chemical method)


Acadien

Acadien m (plural Acadiens, feminine Acadienne)


googler

googler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
googlant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
googlé (participle past)
google (first-person indicative present singular)
googles (indicative present second-person singular)
google (indicative present singular third-person)
googlons (first-person indicative plural present)
googlez (indicative plural present second-person)
googlent (indicative plural present third-person)
googlais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
googlais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
googlait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
googlions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
googliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
googlaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
googlai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
googlas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
googla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
googlâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
googlâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
googlèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
googlerai (first-person future indicative singular)
googleras (future indicative second-person singular)
googlera (future indicative singular third-person)
googlerons (first-person future indicative plural)
googlerez (future indicative plural second-person)
googleront (future indicative plural third-person)
googlerais (conditional first-person singular)
googlerais (conditional second-person singular)
googlerait (conditional singular third-person)
googlerions (conditional first-person plural)
googleriez (conditional plural second-person)
googleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
google (first-person present singular subjunctive)
googles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
google (present singular subjunctive third-person)
googlions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
googliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
googlent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
googlasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
googlasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
googlât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
googlassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
googlassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
googlassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
google (imperative second-person singular)
googlons (first-person imperative plural)
googlez (imperative plural second-person)

to google (to search for on the Internet)


contrarié

fr-adj

contrarié (feminine contrariée, masculine plural contrariés, feminine plural contrariées)

contrariée (feminine)
contrariés (masculine plural)
contrariées (feminine plural)


système d'exploitation

fr-noun

système d’exploitation m (plural systèmes d’exploitation)

système d’ exploitation (canonical masculine)
systèmes d’exploitation (plural)

operating system (software which controls computer)


sunnite

sunnite m or f by sense (plural sunnites)

Spanish: sunita, sunnita


virtuose

Borrowed from Italian virtuoso. Doublet of vertueux.


virtuose

virtuose m or f by sense (plural virtuoses)

desctree

→ Russian: виртуоз (virtuoz)
→ Georgian: ვირტუოზი (virṭuozi)


barbant

fr-adj

barbant (feminine barbante, masculine plural barbants, feminine plural barbantes)

barbante (feminine)
barbants (masculine plural)
barbantes (feminine plural)

C’est vrai que c’est barbant la rhéologie.


États-Unien

fr-noun

États-Unien m (plural États-Uniens, feminine États-Unienne)

États-Uniens (plural)
États-Unienne (feminine)


mathématique

desctree

→ Norwegian Bokmål: matematikk
→? Northern Sami: matematihkka

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: matematikk
→? Northern Sami: matematihkka

→ Romanian: matematică

→ Turkish: matematik

Inherited from Middle French mathematique, from Latin mathematicus.


blindé

fr-adj

blindé (feminine blindée, masculine plural blindés, feminine plural blindées)

blindée (feminine)
blindés (masculine plural)
blindées (feminine plural)

(military) armoured, armour-plated; reinforced


blindé

L’assaut fut lancé par des blindés et des paras.

1967, Gaalyahu Cornfeld, War for Redemption and Peace/La Guerre pour la Redemption et la Paix, page 19:

The attack was launched by the armoured vehicles and paratroopers.


toupie

Inherited from Middle French toupie (“spinning top”), from Old French topoie (“spinning top”), probably from Frankish *topp (“spinning top”), uncertain whether from *tuppaz (“top, summit, peak”), if so then so called because the toy spins on its tip, which is the top. Cognate with Middle Dutch top, topp (“spinning top”), dialectal Dutch top and dop (“spinning top”) against standard tol, West Frisian top (“spinning top”), Middle English and English top (“spinning top”), Old High German topf (“spinning top”).


bonnet de nuit

fr-noun

bonnet de nuit m (plural bonnets de nuit)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bonnet de nuit.wav


attentif

fr-adj

attentif (feminine attentive, masculine plural attentifs, feminine plural attentives)

attentive (feminine)
attentifs (masculine plural)
attentives (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French attentif, derived from Latin attentus, with the suffix -if.


passe-temps

Inherited from Middle French passetemps. By surface analysis, passe (“pass”) + temps (“time”).


épilepsie

→ Turkish: epilepsi

From Old French epilepsie, from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία (epilēpsía).


altruisme

desctree

→ Dutch: altruïsme
→ Indonesian: altruismê

→ English: altruism

→ German: Altruismus

→ Russian: альтруизм (alʹtruizm)
→ Georgian: ალტრუიზმი (alṭruizmi)
→ Kazakh: альтруизм (altruizm)

Coined by Auguste Comte in 1830, from autrui + -isme. From Old French, from Latin alteri, dative of alter (“other”). Apparently inspired by French Latin legal phrase l’autrui, from le bien, le droit d’autrui (“the good, the right of the other”).


sémaphore

→ Crimean Tatar: semafor

→ English: semaphore

→ Italian: semaforo

→ Polish: semafor

→ Portuguese: semáforo

→ Spanish: semáforo

→ Turkish: semafor

From Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”) + -phore (“carrier”).


dent de sagesse

fr-noun

dent de sagesse f (plural dents de sagesse)

Calque of Latin dēns sapientiae, itself a calque of Ancient Greek σωφρονιστήρ (sōphronistḗr).


magnétoscope

videocassette recorder
videocassette recorder


infirmier

fr-adj

infirmier (feminine infirmière, masculine plural infirmiers, feminine plural infirmières)

infirmière (feminine)
infirmiers (masculine plural)
infirmières (feminine plural)


espion

fr-noun

espion m (plural espions, feminine espionne)

→ Basque: espioi

→ German: Spion (or directly from Italian)

→ Norman: espion

→ Portuguese: espião

→ Turkish: ispiyon

Inherited from Middle French *espion (attested only in the verb espionner), from Old French espion, spion (“one assigned to observe or spy”).
Alternatively, derived from Old French espie (“spy”), under influence of Italian spione (“spy”).
According to another theory, French espion is borrowed from Italian spione. The word is ultimately from Frankish *spehō (“spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to look, spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną.

(espionage) spy (person who secretly watches)


espionner

espionner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
espionnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
espionné (participle past)
espionne (first-person indicative present singular)
espionnes (indicative present second-person singular)
espionne (indicative present singular third-person)
espionnons (first-person indicative plural present)
espionnez (indicative plural present second-person)
espionnent (indicative plural present third-person)
espionnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
espionnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
espionnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
espionnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
espionniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
espionnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
espionnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
espionnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
espionna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
espionnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
espionnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
espionnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
espionnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
espionneras (future indicative second-person singular)
espionnera (future indicative singular third-person)
espionnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
espionnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
espionneront (future indicative plural third-person)
espionnerais (conditional first-person singular)
espionnerais (conditional second-person singular)
espionnerait (conditional singular third-person)
espionnerions (conditional first-person plural)
espionneriez (conditional plural second-person)
espionneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
espionne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
espionnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
espionne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
espionnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
espionniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
espionnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
espionnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
espionnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
espionnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
espionnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
espionnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
espionnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
espionne (imperative second-person singular)
espionnons (first-person imperative plural)
espionnez (imperative plural second-person)


barre oblique

barre oblique f (plural barres obliques)


flamand

fr-adj

flamand (feminine flamande, masculine plural flamands, feminine plural flamandes)

flamande (feminine)
flamands (masculine plural)
flamandes (feminine plural)

⇒ Armenian: ֆլամանդացի (flamandacʻi)

→ Azerbaijani: flamand

→ Bashkir: фламанд (flamand)

desc

⇒ Bulgarian: флама́ндец (flamándec), флама́ндски (flamándski)

→ Dutch: flamand

⇒ Georgian: ფლამანდიელი (plamandieli)

→ Hungarian: flamand

→ Kazakh: фламанд (flamand)

→ Kyrgyz: фламанд (flamand)

→ Polish: Flamand

→ Romanian: flamand

флама́ндский

⇒ Russian: флама́ндец (flamándec), флама́ндский (flamándskij)

⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: Фламанац, фламански

Cyrillic script: Фламанац, фламански

Latin script: Flamanac, flamanski

→ Tatar: фламанд (flamand)

→ Turkish: Flaman

флама́ндський

⇒ Ukrainian: флама́ндець (flamándecʹ), флама́ндський (flamándsʹkyj)

→ Uzbek: flamand

From Old French flamenc, from Middle Dutch vlaminc.


Blanche-Neige

From blanche (“white”) + neige (“snow”).


mascaron

→ Polish: maskaron


cerque

From New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).


mandoline

→ English: mandoline


serré

fr-adj

serré (feminine serrée, masculine plural serrés, feminine plural serrées)

serrée (feminine)
serrés (masculine plural)
serrées (feminine plural)


se tirer une balle dans le pied

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-se tirer une balle dans le pied.wav

shoot oneself in the foot
shoot oneself in the foot

(figuratively) to shoot oneself in the foot

scier la branche sur laquelle on est assis


palmé

palmé (feminine palmée, masculine plural palmés, feminine plural palmées)

palmée (feminine)
palmés (masculine plural)
palmées (feminine plural)


lèche-cul

fr-noun

lèche-cul m or f by sense (plural lèche-cul or lèche-culs)

From lécher (“to lick”) + cul (“arse, hole”). Said because the ass is considered vulgar and being willing to kiss another's is considered a sign of submission and patronage.

(vulgar) ass-licker (US), arse-licker (UK)


afficher

afficher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
affichant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
affiché (participle past)
affiche (first-person indicative present singular)
affiches (indicative present second-person singular)
affiche (indicative present singular third-person)
affichons (first-person indicative plural present)
affichez (indicative plural present second-person)
affichent (indicative plural present third-person)
affichais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
affichais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
affichait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
affichions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
affichiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
affichaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
affichai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
affichas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
afficha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
affichâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
affichâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
affichèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
afficherai (first-person future indicative singular)
afficheras (future indicative second-person singular)
affichera (future indicative singular third-person)
afficherons (first-person future indicative plural)
afficherez (future indicative plural second-person)
afficheront (future indicative plural third-person)
afficherais (conditional first-person singular)
afficherais (conditional second-person singular)
afficherait (conditional singular third-person)
afficherions (conditional first-person plural)
afficheriez (conditional plural second-person)
afficheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
affiche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
affiches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
affiche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
affichions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
affichiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
affichent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
affichasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
affichasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
affichât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
affichassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
affichassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
affichassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
affiche (imperative second-person singular)
affichons (first-person imperative plural)
affichez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French afichier (“to declare firmly”), equivalent to a- + ficher (“to fasten, fix, settle in”). More at fix.


clôturer

clôturer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
clôturant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
clôturé (participle past)
clôture (first-person indicative present singular)
clôtures (indicative present second-person singular)
clôture (indicative present singular third-person)
clôturons (first-person indicative plural present)
clôturez (indicative plural present second-person)
clôturent (indicative plural present third-person)
clôturais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
clôturais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
clôturait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
clôturions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
clôturiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
clôturaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
clôturai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
clôturas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
clôtura (historic indicative past singular third-person)
clôturâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
clôturâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
clôturèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
clôturerai (first-person future indicative singular)
clôtureras (future indicative second-person singular)
clôturera (future indicative singular third-person)
clôturerons (first-person future indicative plural)
clôturerez (future indicative plural second-person)
clôtureront (future indicative plural third-person)
clôturerais (conditional first-person singular)
clôturerais (conditional second-person singular)
clôturerait (conditional singular third-person)
clôturerions (conditional first-person plural)
clôtureriez (conditional plural second-person)
clôtureraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
clôture (first-person present singular subjunctive)
clôtures (present second-person singular subjunctive)
clôture (present singular subjunctive third-person)
clôturions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
clôturiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
clôturent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
clôturasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
clôturasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
clôturât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
clôturassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
clôturassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
clôturassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
clôture (imperative second-person singular)
clôturons (first-person imperative plural)
clôturez (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive, finance, stock market) to close


pétrole

From Medieval Latin petroleum, from petra (“rock”) + oleum (“oil”).


fourneau

Inherited from Middle French fourneau, from Old French fornel, a diminutive of Old French forn (“oven”) (Modern French four) with suffix -eau, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *furnellus, from Latin furnus. Compare Italian fornello, Occitan fornèl, Catalan fornell, Spanish hornillo, Walloon fornea, etc.


bambin

fr-noun

bambin m (plural bambins, feminine bambine)

Borrowed from Italian bambino, from onomatopoeic bambo for the first stammerings of children.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic


hilarant

fr-adj

hilarant (feminine hilarante, masculine plural hilarants, feminine plural hilarantes)

hilarante (feminine)
hilarants (masculine plural)
hilarantes (feminine plural)


brème

→ Portuguese: brema

Inherited from Old French braisme, from Frankish *brahsima (compare Dutch brasem), from West Germanic *brahsmō, from Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see English braid (verb)).

der

(ichthyology) bream (fish of the genus Abramis)


pertuisane

From Italian partigiana, influenced by pertuis.


pneumonie

→ Persian: پنومونی (penomoni)

→ Turkish: pnömoni


orgueilleux

fr-adj

orgueilleux (feminine orgueilleuse, masculine plural orgueilleux, feminine plural orgueilleuses)

orgueilleuse (feminine)
orgueilleux (masculine plural)
orgueilleuses (feminine plural)


hautain

hautain (feminine hautaine, masculine plural hautains, feminine plural hautaines)

hautaine (feminine)
hautains (masculine plural)
hautaines (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: hautain

Inherited from Old French altaigne; morphologically, from haut + -ain.


désespoir

Inherited from Middle French desespoir. By surface analysis, dés- + espoir.


éon

(geology) eon (longest time period used in geology)


rondocubisme

fr-noun

rondocubisme m (usually uncountable, plural rondocubismes)

Après la Première Guerre mondiale, ce mouvement évolue vers le rondocubisme, un « maniérisme » du cubisme en quelque sorte, qui lie aux formes cubistes pures que sont les prismes et les cubes, des formes géométriques plus douces : cylindres et sphères.


manhua

Borrowed from Mandarin 漫畫 /漫画 (mànhuà), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhwa.

(comics) manhua (comic originating in China)


manhwa

Borrowed from Korean 만화(漫畫) (manhwa), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhua.

(comics) manhwa (comic originating in Korea)


inculpé

inculpé m (plural inculpés, feminine inculpée)


centriste

centriste m or f by sense (plural centristes)

→ English: centrist


chemisier

fr-adj

chemisier (feminine chemisière, masculine plural chemisiers, feminine plural chemisières)

chemisière (feminine)
chemisiers (masculine plural)
chemisières (feminine plural)


chemisier

fr-noun

chemisier m (plural chemisiers, feminine chemisière)

chemisiers (plural)
chemisière (feminine)


chinoiserie

→ English: chinoiserie

→ German: Chinoiserie

From chinois (“Chinese”) + -erie (“having the quality of”).


vulcanologie

w:Trésor de la langue française informatisé

(proscribed) volcanology (study of volcanoes)


blocage

Inherited from Middle French bloccage. By surface analysis, bloquer + -age.


prendre fin

/pʁɑ̃.dʁə fɛ̃/


fanfaron

fr-adj

fanfaron (feminine fanfaronne, masculine plural fanfarons, feminine plural fanfaronnes)

fanfaronne (feminine)
fanfarons (masculine plural)
fanfaronnes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār).


fanfaron

fr-noun

fanfaron m (plural fanfarons, feminine fanfaronne)

fanfarons (plural)
fanfaronne (feminine)

>? English: foofaraw

→ Polish: fanfaron


ganse

Probably from Occitan ganso, from Ancient Greek γαμψός (gampsós, “curved”).


crapaudine

English: crapaudine


boucle d'oreille

fr-noun

boucle d’oreille f (plural boucles d’oreille)

boucle d’ oreille (canonical feminine)
boucles d’oreille (plural)


questeur

questeur m (plural questeurs, feminine questeuse or questeure or questrice)

questeurs (plural)
questeuse (feminine)
questeure (feminine)
questrice (feminine)

Les questeurs de la Chambre des députés

The quaestors of the Chamber of Representatives

(politics) in political assemblies, a member charged with administration and budget management


tison

Inherited from Old French tisun, from Latin tītiōnem. Cognate with Spanish tizón and Catalan tió.

Ô muse de mon cœur, amante des palais, / Auras-tu quand Janvier lâchera ses Borées, / Durant les noirs ennuis des neigeuses soirées, / Un tison pour chauffer tes deux pieds violets ?

1857, Charles Baudelaire, “La Muse vénale”, in Les Fleurs du mal:

firebrand, ember (partially burnt piece of wood)


démettre

démettre (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
démettant (gerund participle present)
démettant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
démis (participle past)
démets (first-person indicative present singular)
démets (indicative present second-person singular)
démet (indicative present singular third-person)
démettons (first-person indicative plural present)
démettons (first-person indicative plural present)
démettez (indicative plural present second-person)
démettez (indicative plural present second-person)
démettent (indicative plural present third-person)
démettais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
démettais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
démettais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
démettais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
démettait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
démettait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
démettions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
démettions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
démettiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
démettiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
démettaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
démettaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
démis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
démis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
démit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
démîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
démîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
démirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
démettrai (first-person future indicative singular)
démettrai (first-person future indicative singular)
démettras (future indicative second-person singular)
démettras (future indicative second-person singular)
démettra (future indicative singular third-person)
démettra (future indicative singular third-person)
démettrons (first-person future indicative plural)
démettrons (first-person future indicative plural)
démettrez (future indicative plural second-person)
démettrez (future indicative plural second-person)
démettront (future indicative plural third-person)
démettront (future indicative plural third-person)
démettrais (conditional first-person singular)
démettrais (conditional first-person singular)
démettrais (conditional second-person singular)
démettrais (conditional second-person singular)
démettrait (conditional singular third-person)
démettrait (conditional singular third-person)
démettrions (conditional first-person plural)
démettrions (conditional first-person plural)
démettriez (conditional plural second-person)
démettriez (conditional plural second-person)
démettraient (conditional plural third-person)
démettraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
démette (first-person present singular subjunctive)
démettes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
démette (present singular subjunctive third-person)
démettions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
démettions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
démettiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
démettiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
démettent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
démisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
démisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
démît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
démissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
démissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
démissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
démets (imperative second-person singular)
démettons (first-person imperative plural)
démettons (first-person imperative plural)
démettez (imperative plural second-person)
démettez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, law) to nonsuit (dismiss on the grounds of a lawsuit being brought without cause)


numéraire

Learned borrowing from Late Latin numerārius, from numerus (whence French nombre).


fromager

fr-noun

fromager m (plural fromagers, feminine fromagère)

English: fromager


chemisette

→ English: chemisette


portier

portier m (plural portiers, feminine portière)

From porte + -ier. From Old French portier, from Late Latin portārius (“porter, gatekeeper”), from Latin porta.


ventouse

Inherited from Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, ellipsis of Medieval Latin [cucurbita] ventōsa. Doublet of venteux and ventôse.


producteur

fr-noun

producteur m (plural producteurs, feminine productrice)

producteurs (plural)
productrice (feminine)

→ Turkish: prodüktör

Borrowed from Latin productor, from productus.


numérique

→ Romanian: numeric

→ Turkish: nümerik

From Latin numerus (whence nombre) + -ique.
Use in electronics is a semantic loan from English digital, which has also been directly borrowed into French.


végétalien

fr-adj

végétalien (feminine végétalienne, masculine plural végétaliens, feminine plural végétaliennes)

végétalienne (feminine)
végétaliens (masculine plural)
végétaliennes (feminine plural)


végétalien

fr-noun

végétalien m (plural végétaliens, feminine végétalienne)

végétaliens (plural)
végétalienne (feminine)


hôtel de ville

hôtel de ville m (plural hôtels de ville)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-hôtel de ville.wav


feu d'artifice

feu d’artifice m (plural feux d’artifice)

feu d’ artifice (canonical masculine)
feux d’artifice (plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Le Commissaire-feu d'artifice.wav


tapissier

tapissier m (plural tapissiers, feminine tapissière)

tapissiers (plural)
tapissière (feminine)


brouiller

brouiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
brouillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
brouillé (participle past)
brouille (first-person indicative present singular)
brouilles (indicative present second-person singular)
brouille (indicative present singular third-person)
brouillons (first-person indicative plural present)
brouillez (indicative plural present second-person)
brouillent (indicative plural present third-person)
brouillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
brouillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
brouillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
brouillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
brouilliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
brouillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
brouillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
brouillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
brouilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
brouillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
brouillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
brouillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
brouillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
brouilleras (future indicative second-person singular)
brouillera (future indicative singular third-person)
brouillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
brouillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
brouilleront (future indicative plural third-person)
brouillerais (conditional first-person singular)
brouillerais (conditional second-person singular)
brouillerait (conditional singular third-person)
brouillerions (conditional first-person plural)
brouilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
brouilleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
brouille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
brouilles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
brouille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
brouillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
brouilliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
brouillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
brouillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
brouillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
brouillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
brouillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
brouillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
brouillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
brouille (imperative second-person singular)
brouillons (first-person imperative plural)
brouillez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Dutch: brouilleren

>? Sranan Tongo: bruya

→ Romanian: bruia

Inherited from Middle French brouiller, from Old French brouiller, from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre, from *brodicāre (compare Lombard brodigar (“to soil, pollute”)), from Late Latin brodium (“broth, stew, mixture”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“stock, broth”). More at English broth, broil.

der

(reflexive) to become blurred, get mixed up


rédacteur

fr-noun

rédacteur m (plural rédacteurs, feminine rédactrice)

rédacteurs (plural)
rédactrice (feminine)

→ Danish: redaktør

→ Dutch: redacteur

→ German: Redakteur, Redaktor

→ Norwegian Bokmål: redaktør

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: redaktør

→ Swedish: redaktör

→ Turkish: redaktör

editor (main writer of e.g. a newspaper)


sauvetage

→ Spanish: salvataje


constructeur

constructeur m (plural constructeurs, feminine constructrice)

constructeurs (plural)
constructrice (feminine)

Borrowed from Late Latin cōnstructor (“builder”), from Latin cōnstruere (“to build, pile together”).

der

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming


dard

→ Italian: dardo

→ Portuguese: dardo

→ Spanish: dardo

Via Old French dart, from Frankish *daroth (compare Old High German tart, Old Norse darradr).


chardon

From late Latin cardō, cardōnis (“thistle”) (unrelated to Classical Latin cardō, cardinis (“a hinge”)), derived from Latin carduus. Doublet of cardon.


crincrin

(derogatory) squeaky fiddle/violin; sawing, squeaking


cravate de notaire

fr-noun

cravate de notaire f (plural cravates de notaire)

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(sexual slang) mammary intercourse, titfuck, French fuck


funérailles

Borrowed from Medieval Latin funerālia. See also funéral, funéraire.


obsèques

Borrowed from Late Latin obsequiae, alteration of Latin exsequiae.


pluviomètre

From Latin pluvia (“rain”) + -o- + mètre.


obsolète

Partly from Middle French obsolet, partly directly borrowed from Latin obsolētus (“worn out, gone out of use”).


Arménien

fr-noun

Arménien m (plural Arméniens, feminine Arménienne)

Arméniens (plural)
Arménienne (feminine)


oseille

From Old French oisele, from Latin acidula.


vingt et unième

fr-adj

vingt et unième (plural vingt et unièmes)


vingt et unième

fr-noun

vingt et unième m (plural vingt et unièmes)


clavecin

→ Catalan: clavecí

→ Romanian: clavecin

From Medieval Latin clāvicymbalum (compare Italian clavicembalo), from clāvis (“key”) + cymbalum (“dulcimer, cymbal”).

(music) harpsichord (musical instrument)


prévenant

fr-adj

prévenant (feminine prévenante, masculine plural prévenants, feminine plural prévenantes)

prévenante (feminine)
prévenants (masculine plural)
prévenantes (feminine plural)


boulimie

bulimia (bulimia nervosa - eating disorder)


mareyeur

fr-noun

mareyeur m (plural mareyeurs, feminine mareyeuse)


hypothermie

→ Dutch: hypothermie

→ Turkish: hipotermi

→ Romanian: hipotermie

Coordinate term: hyperthermie


torpille

→ Greek: τορπίλη (torpíli)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: طورپیل (torpil)
Turkish: torpil
→ Armenian: թօռփիլ (tʻōṙpʻil), թօռփին (tʻōṙpʻin)

From obsolete torpin with change of suffix.


caméléon

Learned borrowing from Latin chamaeleōn, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek χᾰμαιλέων (khămailéōn).

(figuratively) chameleon (person who always changes)


huppe

From Latin upupa, via the syncopated Vulgar Latin ūppa.

C’est un assez grand oiseau, de 45 cent. de long, au plumage blanc éclatant. La huppe, les plumes qui recouvrent les oreilles, le milieu du ventre, les ailes et la partie radicale de la face interne des pennes caudales sont jaunes de soufre pâle ; le bec est noir ; les pattes sont d’un brun grisâtre.

1873, A. E. Brehm, “Le cacatoës à huppe jaune [The sulphur-crested cockatoo]”, in La vie des animaux:

It is a fairly large bird, 45 cm. in length, with sparkling white plumage. The crest, the ear coverts, the centre of the belly, the wings and the base of the underside of the tail feathers are pale sulphur-yellow; the beak is black; the feet are greyish-brown.

(zoology) crest (tuft growing on an animal's head)


fauteuil roulant

fr-noun

fauteuil roulant m (plural fauteuils roulants)


philanthrope

philanthrope m or f by sense (plural philanthropes)

From Ancient Greek φιλάνθρωπος (philánthrōpos).


égoïsme

→ Crimean Tatar: egoizm

→ English: egoism

→ Romanian: egoism

→ Russian: эгоизм (egoizm)

→ Turkish: egoizm


desserrer

desserrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
desserrant (gerund participle present)
desserrant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
desserré (participle past)
desserré (participle past)
desserre (first-person indicative present singular)
desserres (indicative present second-person singular)
desserre (indicative present singular third-person)
desserrons (first-person indicative plural present)
desserrons (first-person indicative plural present)
desserrez (indicative plural present second-person)
desserrez (indicative plural present second-person)
desserrent (indicative plural present third-person)
desserrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
desserrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
desserrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
desserrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
desserrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
desserrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
desserrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
desserrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
desserriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
desserriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
desserraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
desserraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
desserrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
desserrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
desserras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
desserras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
desserra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
desserra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
desserrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
desserrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
desserrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
desserrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
desserrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
desserrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
desserrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
desserrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
desserreras (future indicative second-person singular)
desserreras (future indicative second-person singular)
desserrera (future indicative singular third-person)
desserrera (future indicative singular third-person)
desserrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
desserrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
desserrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
desserrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
desserreront (future indicative plural third-person)
desserreront (future indicative plural third-person)
desserrerais (conditional first-person singular)
desserrerais (conditional first-person singular)
desserrerais (conditional second-person singular)
desserrerais (conditional second-person singular)
desserrerait (conditional singular third-person)
desserrerait (conditional singular third-person)
desserrerions (conditional first-person plural)
desserrerions (conditional first-person plural)
desserreriez (conditional plural second-person)
desserreriez (conditional plural second-person)
desserreraient (conditional plural third-person)
desserreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
desserre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
desserres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
desserre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
desserrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
desserrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
desserriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
desserriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
desserrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
desserrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
desserrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
desserrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
desserrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
desserrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
desserrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
desserrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
desserrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
desserrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desserrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desserrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
desserrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
desserre (imperative second-person singular)
desserrons (first-person imperative plural)
desserrons (first-person imperative plural)
desserrez (imperative plural second-person)
desserrez (imperative plural second-person)

From dé- (“undo”) + serrer (“to tighten”).


Toile d'araignée mondiale

Toile d’ araignée mondiale (canonical feminine)


ouaf

(onomatopoeia) woof, the sound of a dog's bark


vasodilatateur

fr-adj

vasodilatateur (feminine vasodilatatrice, masculine plural vasodilatateurs, feminine plural vasodilatatrices)

vasodilatatrice (feminine)
vasodilatateurs (masculine plural)
vasodilatatrices (feminine plural)


vasodilatateur

fr-noun

vasodilatateur m (plural vasodilatateurs)


traumatisme

Formed as: traumat(ique) + -isme, after the Ancient Greek τραυματισμός (traumatismós).

uder

τραυματισμός

Quand vous tombez malade et que vous faites face à la mort, vous subissez un traumatisme comme à la guerre.

When one falls sick and comes face to face with death, one experiences trauma like in a war.


hydrologie

→ Persian: هیدرولوژی (hidrôloži)

→ Turkish: hidroloji


yttrialite

L’yttria employée provient de la gadolinite ou l’yttrialite.

1905, “Revue de métallurgie”, in Volume 2, page 593:

The yttria used comes from gadolinite or yttrialite.


congrès

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: قونغره (kongre)
Turkish: kongre

→ Persian: کنگره (kongre)

desc

→ Ukrainian: конгре́с (konhrés), конґре́с (kongrés)


sommaire

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin summārium.


odieux

fr-adj

odieux (feminine odieuse, masculine plural odieux, feminine plural odieuses)

odieuse (feminine)
odieux (masculine plural)
odieuses (feminine plural)


nausée

Borrowed from Latin nausea, nausia, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “seasickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”).


druse

→ Catalan: drusa

→ Spanish: drusa


belliciste

fr-noun

belliciste m or f by sense (plural bellicistes)

From Latin bellum (“war”), compare belligérant.


prohiber

prohiber (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
prohibant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
prohibé (participle past)
prohibe (first-person indicative present singular)
prohibes (indicative present second-person singular)
prohibe (indicative present singular third-person)
prohibons (first-person indicative plural present)
prohibez (indicative plural present second-person)
prohibent (indicative plural present third-person)
prohibais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prohibais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prohibait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prohibions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prohibiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prohibaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prohibai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
prohibas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
prohiba (historic indicative past singular third-person)
prohibâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
prohibâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
prohibèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
prohiberai (first-person future indicative singular)
prohiberas (future indicative second-person singular)
prohibera (future indicative singular third-person)
prohiberons (first-person future indicative plural)
prohiberez (future indicative plural second-person)
prohiberont (future indicative plural third-person)
prohiberais (conditional first-person singular)
prohiberais (conditional second-person singular)
prohiberait (conditional singular third-person)
prohiberions (conditional first-person plural)
prohiberiez (conditional plural second-person)
prohiberaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
prohibe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prohibes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
prohibe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prohibions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prohibiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
prohibent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prohibasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prohibasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prohibât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prohibassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prohibassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prohibassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prohibe (imperative second-person singular)
prohibons (first-person imperative plural)
prohibez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin prohibēre (“to prohibit”).

bor+

(transitive, law, formal) to prohibit (to proscribe)


canne à sucre

Saccharum officinarum
Saccharum officinarum#Translingual

sugar cane (species of grass (Saccharum officinarum) whose sap is a source of sugar)


glousser

glousser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
gloussant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
gloussé (participle past)
glousse (first-person indicative present singular)
glousses (indicative present second-person singular)
glousse (indicative present singular third-person)
gloussons (first-person indicative plural present)
gloussez (indicative plural present second-person)
gloussent (indicative plural present third-person)
gloussais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
gloussais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
gloussait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
gloussions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
gloussiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
gloussaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
gloussai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
gloussas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
gloussa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
gloussâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
gloussâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
gloussèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
glousserai (first-person future indicative singular)
glousseras (future indicative second-person singular)
gloussera (future indicative singular third-person)
glousserons (first-person future indicative plural)
glousserez (future indicative plural second-person)
glousseront (future indicative plural third-person)
glousserais (conditional first-person singular)
glousserais (conditional second-person singular)
glousserait (conditional singular third-person)
glousserions (conditional first-person plural)
glousseriez (conditional plural second-person)
glousseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
glousse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
glousses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
glousse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
gloussions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
gloussiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
gloussent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
gloussasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
gloussasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
gloussât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
gloussassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
gloussassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
gloussassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
glousse (imperative second-person singular)
gloussons (first-person imperative plural)
gloussez (imperative plural second-person)

From Vulgar Latin clociare, from Latin glocire.

Et, à un moment, tu comprends pourquoi ils gloussent tous : il y a des traces de rouge à lèvres sur la braguette de ton jean blanc.

2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 86:

And at some point, you realize why they are all giggling: there are traces of lipstick on the flies of your white jeans.


roucouler

roucouler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
roucoulant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
roucoulé (participle past)
roucoule (first-person indicative present singular)
roucoules (indicative present second-person singular)
roucoule (indicative present singular third-person)
roucoulons (first-person indicative plural present)
roucoulez (indicative plural present second-person)
roucoulent (indicative plural present third-person)
roucoulais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
roucoulais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
roucoulait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
roucoulions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
roucouliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
roucoulaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
roucoulai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
roucoulas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
roucoula (historic indicative past singular third-person)
roucoulâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
roucoulâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
roucoulèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
roucoulerai (first-person future indicative singular)
roucouleras (future indicative second-person singular)
roucoulera (future indicative singular third-person)
roucoulerons (first-person future indicative plural)
roucoulerez (future indicative plural second-person)
roucouleront (future indicative plural third-person)
roucoulerais (conditional first-person singular)
roucoulerais (conditional second-person singular)
roucoulerait (conditional singular third-person)
roucoulerions (conditional first-person plural)
roucouleriez (conditional plural second-person)
roucouleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
roucoule (first-person present singular subjunctive)
roucoules (present second-person singular subjunctive)
roucoule (present singular subjunctive third-person)
roucoulions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
roucouliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
roucoulent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
roucoulasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
roucoulasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
roucoulât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
roucoulassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
roucoulassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
roucoulassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
roucoule (imperative second-person singular)
roucoulons (first-person imperative plural)
roucoulez (imperative plural second-person)

to coo (make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon)


numérateur

Inherited from Middle French numerateur, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin numerātōr.

Coordinate term: dénominateur

(arithmetic) numerator (number or expression written above the line in a fraction)


scénario

fr-noun

scénario m (plural scénarios or scénarii)

→ Bulgarian: сцена́рий (scenárij)

→ Romanian: scenariu

→ Turkish: senaryo

Borrowed from Italian scenario, with an acute accent to indicate the pronunciation.


marde

Ben tabarnak, ça sent la marde icitte!

"Tu es trop jeune pour boire, dit Maurice.//Mange de la marde, riposta-t-elle en lui tournant aussitôt le dos."

1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 64:

You're too young to drink, Maurice said.//Go eat shit! came the answer as she immediately whirled around.

(Quebec, New Brunswick, vulgar, slang) Alternative form of merde


cellier

Inherited from Old French celier, from Late Latin cellārium (“pantry”), from Latin cella.


garde-magasin

garde-magasin m (plural gardes-magasins)


ferraille

→ Spanish: ferralla


cadran solaire

cadran solaire m (plural cadrans solaires)

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supersonique

supersonic (greater than the speed of sound)


céruléen

fr-adj

céruléen (feminine céruléenne, masculine plural céruléens, feminine plural céruléennes)

céruléenne (feminine)
céruléens (masculine plural)
céruléennes (feminine plural)


dirigeable

→ English: dirigible

desctree

→ Russian: дирижа́бль (dirižáblʹ)
→ Kazakh: дирижабль (dirijabl)
→ Lithuanian: dirižablis


arctique

Inherited from Old French arctique, borrowed from Latin arcticus.

(geography, relational) of the Arctic; Arctic


Genèse

From Latin genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation”).


hyperactif

fr-adj

hyperactif (feminine hyperactive, masculine plural hyperactifs, feminine plural hyperactives)

hyperactive (feminine)
hyperactifs (masculine plural)
hyperactives (feminine plural)


authentique

→ Turkish: otantik

From Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikós).


babylonien

babylonien (feminine babylonienne, masculine plural babyloniens, feminine plural babyloniennes)

babylonienne (feminine)
babyloniens (masculine plural)
babyloniennes (feminine plural)


gamelle

→ German: Gamelle

→ Italian: gamella

→ Malagasy: gamela

→ Vietnamese: cà-mèn

Borrowed from Spanish gamella, from Latin camella.


CHU

centre hospitalier universitaire
centre hospitalier universitaire#French

Abbreviation of centre hospitalier universitaire (literally “university hospital center”); a teaching hospital


Cl.

Abbreviation of clarinette (“clarinet”).


décliner

décliner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
déclinant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
décliné (participle past)
décline (first-person indicative present singular)
déclines (indicative present second-person singular)
décline (indicative present singular third-person)
déclinons (first-person indicative plural present)
déclinez (indicative plural present second-person)
déclinent (indicative plural present third-person)
déclinais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
déclinais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
déclinait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
déclinions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
décliniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
déclinaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
déclinai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
déclinas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
déclina (historic indicative past singular third-person)
déclinâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
déclinâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
déclinèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
déclinerai (first-person future indicative singular)
déclineras (future indicative second-person singular)
déclinera (future indicative singular third-person)
déclinerons (first-person future indicative plural)
déclinerez (future indicative plural second-person)
déclineront (future indicative plural third-person)
déclinerais (conditional first-person singular)
déclinerais (conditional second-person singular)
déclinerait (conditional singular third-person)
déclinerions (conditional first-person plural)
déclineriez (conditional plural second-person)
déclineraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
décline (first-person present singular subjunctive)
déclines (present second-person singular subjunctive)
décline (present singular subjunctive third-person)
déclinions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
décliniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
déclinent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
déclinasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
déclinasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
déclinât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
déclinassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
déclinassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
déclinassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
décline (imperative second-person singular)
déclinons (first-person imperative plural)
déclinez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French decliner, borrowed from Latin dēclīnāre.


nœud gordien

/nø ɡɔʁ.djɛ̃/


Gibraltarien

fr-noun

Gibraltarien m (plural Gibraltariens, feminine Gibraltarienne)

Gibraltariens (plural)
Gibraltarienne (feminine)


manchon

Romanian: manșon


contredanse

→ English: contra dance, → contredanse

→ Spanish: contradanza

Borrowed from English country-dance, with assimilation of first element to contre-.


bénitier

From Old French benoitier, earlier eaubenoitier, from ewe benëeite (“blessed water”).


cierge

Inherited from Old French cierge, cirge, from Latin cereus (“waxy”), from cera (“wax”). The French word has an irregular development, possibly due to its contact with liturgical Latin or perhaps influence from vierge. Compare Dalmatian cir and Italian cero.

Mais qu’on retrouve matin dans l’église qui roupille / Raide comme une saillie, blanc comme un cierge de Pâques

1965, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Ces gens-là”:

But in the morning we find in the drowsy church / Straight as a thrust, white as an Easter candle

(religion) cierge (wax candle used in religious rites)


ordi

(video games) CPU (character or entity controlled by the game software).


CAm

(military) Abbreviation of contre-amiral (“rear admiral, or RAdm”).


éprendre

éprendre (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
éprenant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
épris (participle past)
éprends (first-person indicative present singular)
éprends (indicative present second-person singular)
éprend (indicative present singular third-person)
éprenons (first-person indicative plural present)
éprenez (indicative plural present second-person)
éprennent (indicative plural present third-person)
éprenais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
éprenais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
éprenait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
éprenions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
épreniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
éprenaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
épris (first-person historic indicative past singular)
épris (historic indicative past second-person singular)
éprit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
éprîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
éprîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
éprirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
éprendrai (first-person future indicative singular)
éprendras (future indicative second-person singular)
éprendra (future indicative singular third-person)
éprendrons (first-person future indicative plural)
éprendrez (future indicative plural second-person)
éprendront (future indicative plural third-person)
éprendrais (conditional first-person singular)
éprendrais (conditional second-person singular)
éprendrait (conditional singular third-person)
éprendrions (conditional first-person plural)
éprendriez (conditional plural second-person)
éprendraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
éprenne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
éprennes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
éprenne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
éprenions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
épreniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
éprennent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
éprisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
éprisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
éprît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
éprissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
éprissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
éprissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
éprends (imperative second-person singular)
éprenons (first-person imperative plural)
éprenez (imperative plural second-person)

(reflexive, literary) to become enamoured with, fall in love with


rhum

→ Romanian: rom


terraformer

terraformer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
terraformant (gerund participle present)
terraformant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
terraformé (participle past)
terraformé (participle past)
terraforme (first-person indicative present singular)
terraforme (first-person indicative present singular)
terraformes (indicative present second-person singular)
terraformes (indicative present second-person singular)
terraforme (indicative present singular third-person)
terraforme (indicative present singular third-person)
terraformons (first-person indicative plural present)
terraformons (first-person indicative plural present)
terraformez (indicative plural present second-person)
terraformez (indicative plural present second-person)
terraforment (indicative plural present third-person)
terraforment (indicative plural present third-person)
terraformais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
terraformais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
terraformais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
terraformais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
terraformait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
terraformait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
terraformions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
terraformions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
terraformiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
terraformiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
terraformaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
terraformaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
terraformai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
terraformai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
terraformas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
terraformas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
terraforma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
terraforma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
terraformâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
terraformâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
terraformâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
terraformâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
terraformèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
terraformèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
terraformerai (first-person future indicative singular)
terraformerai (first-person future indicative singular)
terraformeras (future indicative second-person singular)
terraformeras (future indicative second-person singular)
terraformera (future indicative singular third-person)
terraformera (future indicative singular third-person)
terraformerons (first-person future indicative plural)
terraformerons (first-person future indicative plural)
terraformerez (future indicative plural second-person)
terraformerez (future indicative plural second-person)
terraformeront (future indicative plural third-person)
terraformeront (future indicative plural third-person)
terraformerais (conditional first-person singular)
terraformerais (conditional first-person singular)
terraformerais (conditional second-person singular)
terraformerais (conditional second-person singular)
terraformerait (conditional singular third-person)
terraformerait (conditional singular third-person)
terraformerions (conditional first-person plural)
terraformerions (conditional first-person plural)
terraformeriez (conditional plural second-person)
terraformeriez (conditional plural second-person)
terraformeraient (conditional plural third-person)
terraformeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
terraforme (first-person present singular subjunctive)
terraforme (first-person present singular subjunctive)
terraformes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
terraformes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
terraforme (present singular subjunctive third-person)
terraforme (present singular subjunctive third-person)
terraformions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
terraformions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
terraformiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
terraformiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
terraforment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
terraforment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
terraformasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
terraformasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
terraformasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
terraformasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
terraformât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
terraformât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
terraformassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
terraformassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
terraformassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
terraformassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
terraformassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
terraformassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
terraforme (imperative second-person singular)
terraforme (imperative second-person singular)
terraformons (first-person imperative plural)
terraformons (first-person imperative plural)
terraformez (imperative plural second-person)
terraformez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, science fiction) to terraform


dithyrambique

Learned borrowing from Latin dithyrambicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek διθυραμβικός (dithurambikós). By surface analysis, dithyrambe + -ique.

der

διθυραμβικός


quinquet

→ Catalan: quinqué

→ Polish: kinkiet

→ Spanish: quinqué

→ Russian: кинкет (kinket)

Named after pharmacist Antoine Quinquet (1745–1803).


lamartinien

fr-adj

lamartinien (feminine lamartinienne, masculine plural lamartiniens, feminine plural lamartiniennes)

lamartinienne (feminine)
lamartiniens (masculine plural)
lamartiniennes (feminine plural)

→ English: Lamartinian

From Lamartine + -ien, after Alphonse de Lamartine.


assyrien

assyrien (feminine assyrienne, masculine plural assyriens, feminine plural assyriennes)

assyrienne (feminine)
assyriens (masculine plural)
assyriennes (feminine plural)


marinier

marinier (feminine marinière, masculine plural mariniers, feminine plural marinières)

marinière (feminine)
mariniers (masculine plural)
marinières (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French marinier, from Old French mariner. By surface analysis, marin + -ier. Compare Catalan mariner, Italian marinaio, Spanish marinero, Portuguese marinheiro. Cf. also Vulgar Latin marinarius.


aumônier

fr-noun

aumônier m (plural aumôniers, feminine aumônière)

→ Basque: omonier

From Old French aumosnier, from Latin eleemosynārius.


cristallin

Learned borrowing from Latin crystallinus.


japper

japper (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
jappant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
jappé (participle past)
jappe (first-person indicative present singular)
jappes (indicative present second-person singular)
jappe (indicative present singular third-person)
jappons (first-person indicative plural present)
jappez (indicative plural present second-person)
jappent (indicative plural present third-person)
jappais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
jappais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
jappait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
jappions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
jappiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
jappaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
jappai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
jappas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
jappa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
jappâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
jappâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
jappèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
japperai (first-person future indicative singular)
japperas (future indicative second-person singular)
jappera (future indicative singular third-person)
japperons (first-person future indicative plural)
japperez (future indicative plural second-person)
japperont (future indicative plural third-person)
japperais (conditional first-person singular)
japperais (conditional second-person singular)
japperait (conditional singular third-person)
japperions (conditional first-person plural)
japperiez (conditional plural second-person)
japperaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
jappe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
jappes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
jappe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
jappions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
jappiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
jappent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
jappasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
jappasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
jappât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
jappassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
jappassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
jappassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
jappe (imperative second-person singular)
jappons (first-person imperative plural)
jappez (imperative plural second-person)

From Middle French japper, from Old French japer (“to bark, howl, scream”), related to Old Occitan japar, jaupar (“to bark, yelp, yap”), probably of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *galpōn (“to boast, brag, bark”), from Proto-Germanic *galpōną (“to sound out, boast”).
Related to Old Saxon galpōn (“to cry loudly, make a noise, brag”), Low German galpen (“to bark, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen (“to scream, bark, boast, proclaim”), Old Norse gjalpa (“to yelp”), Swedish dialectal galpa (“to cry, screech”). Compare also English yap. More at galp.


infinitif

fr-adj

infinitif (feminine infinitive, masculine plural infinitifs, feminine plural infinitives)

infinitive (feminine)
infinitifs (masculine plural)
infinitives (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin īnfīnītīvus [modus].

proposition infinitive


infinitif

(grammar) infinitive (uninflected verb form)


bourdonnement

From bourdonner (“to buzz; to drone”) + -ment.

af

et toutles les mouches réunies font entendre un pieux bourdonnement

1949 [1946], Jacques Prévert, “Événements”, in Paroles [Words], Éditions Gallimard, page 54:

...une sueur glacée est sortie à la fois de tous mes membres, j’ai senti mes tempes se gonfler, et j’avais les oreilles pleines de bourdonnements.

1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné:

ice-cold sweat dripped of every part of my body at the same time, I felt my temples swell, and there was a deafening hum in my ears.


plongeur

fr-noun

plongeur m (plural plongeurs, feminine plongeuse)

→ Romanian: plonjor

→ Turkish: plonjor

diver (one who dives for pearls, coral, sponges, sunken items, and so on)


STF

(initialism) "sous-titres français" — French subtitles (FST)


VASTF

(initialism) "version anglais sous-titres français" — English version with French subtitles (EVFST); a film dubbed in English, and subtitled in French


VOASTF

(initialism) "version originale anglais sous-titres français" — English-language original with French subtitles (OEVFST); a film with original English-language dialogue having French-language subtitles


VOSTF

(initialism) "version originale sous-titres français" — original-language version French subtitles (OVFST); a film in a non-French language, with French-language subtitles


VF

(initialism, film) "version française" — French-language version (FV); a film dubbed in French


VOF

(initialism, film) "version originale française" — original French version (OFV); a French-language film


VOFSTA

(initialism) "version originale française sous-titres anglais" — French-language original with English subtitles (OFVEST); a film with original French-language dialogue having English-language subtitles


VFSTA

(initialism) "version français sous-titres anglais" — French-language version with English subtitles (OFVEST); a film dubbed in French with English-language subtitles


VOSTA

(initialism) "version originale sous-titres anglais" — non-French original with English subtitles (OFVEST); a non-French-language film having English-language subtitles


jonc

Inherited from Middle French jonc, from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus (“bulrush; cane made from a bulrush”).


fascisme

→ Persian: فاشیسم (fâšism)

fascism, an extreme-right totalitarian political regime/ideology


pelouse

Originally dialectal, a borrowing from Provençal or Occitan pelouso, pelos (“thickset”), from Latin pilosus. Doublet of pileux.


criminel

fr-noun

criminel m (plural criminels, feminine criminelle)

criminels (plural)
criminelle (feminine)

Inherited from Old French criminal, borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis, from Latin crīmen.


entrecôte

→ Danish: entrecote

→ Dutch: entrecôte

→ English: entrecôte

→ Romanian: antricot

→ Russian: антрекот (antrekot)

→ Swedish: entrecôte

→ Turkish: antrikot

First attested in 1746. From entre (“between”) + côte (“rib”).


diphtongue

Borrowed from Latin diphthongos or diphthongus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “diphthong”).


angle droit

(geometry) right angle (angle of 90 degrees)


chevelure

→ Russian: шевелю́ра (ševeljúra)

Inherited from Middle French chevelure. By surface analysis, cheveu + -ure. Compare Occitan cabeladura.


dépôt

→ Danish: depot

→? Dutch: depot

→ English: depot

→ German: Depot

→ Turkish: depo, debboy

From Old French depost, from Latin dēpositum (“deposit”, noun), also the passive participle of dēpōnere (“to deposit”). Cognate with Spanish depósito.


déposer

déposer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
déposant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
déposé (participle past)
dépose (first-person indicative present singular)
déposes (indicative present second-person singular)
dépose (indicative present singular third-person)
déposons (first-person indicative plural present)
déposez (indicative plural present second-person)
déposent (indicative plural present third-person)
déposais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
déposais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
déposait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
déposions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
déposiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
déposaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
déposai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
déposas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
déposa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
déposâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
déposâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
déposèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
déposerai (first-person future indicative singular)
déposeras (future indicative second-person singular)
déposera (future indicative singular third-person)
déposerons (first-person future indicative plural)
déposerez (future indicative plural second-person)
déposeront (future indicative plural third-person)
déposerais (conditional first-person singular)
déposerais (conditional second-person singular)
déposerait (conditional singular third-person)
déposerions (conditional first-person plural)
déposeriez (conditional plural second-person)
déposeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
dépose (first-person present singular subjunctive)
déposes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dépose (present singular subjunctive third-person)
déposions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
déposiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
déposent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
déposasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
déposasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
déposât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
déposassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
déposassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
déposassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dépose (imperative second-person singular)
déposons (first-person imperative plural)
déposez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin dēpōnere (“to put aside or away”), influenced by poser; equivalent of French dé- + poser.


Mandchou

fr-noun

Mandchou m (plural Mandchous, feminine Mandchoue)

From Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju); first attested in 1724 as Mant-cheoux.