surveiller

surveiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
surveillant (gerund participle present)
surveillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
surveillé (participle past)
surveillé (participle past)
surveille (first-person indicative present singular)
surveilles (indicative present second-person singular)
surveille (indicative present singular third-person)
surveillons (first-person indicative plural present)
surveillons (first-person indicative plural present)
surveillez (indicative plural present second-person)
surveillez (indicative plural present second-person)
surveillent (indicative plural present third-person)
surveillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
surveillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
surveillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
surveillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
surveillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
surveillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
surveillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
surveilliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
surveillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
surveillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
surveillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
surveillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
surveillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
surveillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
surveilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
surveilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
surveillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
surveillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
surveillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
surveillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
surveillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
surveillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
surveillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
surveilleras (future indicative second-person singular)
surveillera (future indicative singular third-person)
surveillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
surveillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
surveilleront (future indicative plural third-person)
surveillerais (conditional first-person singular)
surveillerais (conditional second-person singular)
surveillerait (conditional singular third-person)
surveillerions (conditional first-person plural)
surveillerions (conditional first-person plural)
surveilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
surveilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
surveilleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
surveille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
surveilles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
surveille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
surveillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
surveilliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
surveillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
surveillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
surveillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
surveillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
surveillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
surveillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
surveillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
surveillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
surveillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
surveillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
surveillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
surveillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
surveillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
surveille (imperative second-person singular)
surveillons (first-person imperative plural)
surveillons (first-person imperative plural)
surveillez (imperative plural second-person)
surveillez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French surveillier. By surface analysis, sur- + veiller, corresponding to Latin super (“on top of”) + vigilō (“to watch”). Cognate with English surveil.

(espionage) to monitor, to survey, to watch


appendicite

fr-noun

appendicite f (usually uncountable, plural appendicites)

→ Persian: آپاندیسیت (âpândisit)

→ Romanian: apendicită

→ Turkish: apandisit

Borrowed from English appendicitis. Morphologically, from appendice + -ite.

vermiform appendix
vermiform appendix#English

(pathology) appendicitis (inflammation of the vermiform appendix)


Irène

a female given name, equivalent to English Irene


maréchal-ferrant

maréchal-ferrant m (plural maréchaux-ferrants, feminine maréchale-ferrante)

maréchaux-ferrants (plural)
maréchale-ferrante (feminine)

farrier (person who trims and shoes horses' hooves)


mouchard

mouchard m (plural mouchards, feminine moucharde)

From mouche (“fly”) + -ard (pejorative suffix).

af

(informal) (espionage) snitch, grass, tell-tale (police informant)

(espionage) mouchard (undercover investigator)

(espionage) (computing) spyware (piece of spyware)


arrière-petit-enfant

fr-noun

arrière-petit-enfant m (plural arrière-petits-enfants)

great-grandchild (grandchild of someone’s child)


grand-parent

/ɡʁɑ̃.pa.ʁɑ̃/

grandparent (parent of someone’s parent)


petit-fils

Inherited from Middle French petit fils, petit filz.


petite-fille

Inherited from Middle French petite-fille, from petite (“little, small”) + fille (“daughter”).


arrière-petit-fils

fr-noun

arrière-petit-fils m (plural arrière-petits-fils)


moyenne harmonique

moyenne harmonique f (plural moyennes harmoniques)


péché capital

péché capital m (plural péchés capitaux)

(theology) deadly sin (any of the seven deadly sins)


identificateur

identificateur m (plural identificateurs)


catholicisme

→ Persian: کاتولیسیسم (kâtolisism)

→ Romanian: catolicism

→ Turkish: Katolisizm


feuilleter

feuilleter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
feuilletant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
feuilleté (participle past)
feuillette (first-person indicative present singular)
feuillète (first-person indicative present singular)
feuillettes (indicative present second-person singular)
feuillètes (indicative present second-person singular)
feuillette (indicative present singular third-person)
feuillète (indicative present singular third-person)
feuilletons (first-person indicative plural present)
feuilletez (indicative plural present second-person)
feuillettent (indicative plural present third-person)
feuillètent (indicative plural present third-person)
feuilletais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
feuilletais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
feuilletait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
feuilletions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
feuilletiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
feuilletaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
feuilletai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
feuilletas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
feuilleta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
feuilletâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
feuilletâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
feuilletèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
feuilletterai (first-person future indicative singular)
feuillèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
feuilletteras (future indicative second-person singular)
feuillèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
feuillettera (future indicative singular third-person)
feuillètera (future indicative singular third-person)
feuilletterons (first-person future indicative plural)
feuillèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
feuilletterez (future indicative plural second-person)
feuillèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
feuilletteront (future indicative plural third-person)
feuillèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
feuilletterais (conditional first-person singular)
feuillèterais (conditional first-person singular)
feuilletterais (conditional second-person singular)
feuillèterais (conditional second-person singular)
feuilletterait (conditional singular third-person)
feuillèterait (conditional singular third-person)
feuilletterions (conditional first-person plural)
feuillèterions (conditional first-person plural)
feuilletteriez (conditional plural second-person)
feuillèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
feuilletteraient (conditional plural third-person)
feuillèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
feuillette (first-person present singular subjunctive)
feuillète (first-person present singular subjunctive)
feuillettes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
feuillètes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
feuillette (present singular subjunctive third-person)
feuillète (present singular subjunctive third-person)
feuilletions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
feuilletiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
feuillettent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
feuillètent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
feuilletasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
feuilletasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
feuilletât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
feuilletassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
feuilletassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
feuilletassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
feuillette (imperative second-person singular)
feuillète (imperative second-person singular)
feuilletons (first-person imperative plural)
feuilletez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, baking) to laminate (cause to separate into thin layers)


branchie

Borrowed from Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).


carriole

Borrowed from Old Occitan carriola, from carri (“chariot”), from Vulgar Latin *carreum, variant of carrus.


clou de girofle

fr-noun

clou de girofle m (plural clous de girofle)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Assassas77-clou de girofle.wav

From clou (“nail”), from their resemblance to nails.


coriandre

→ Romanian: coriandru

Inherited from Old French coriandre, borrowed from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίανδρον (koríandron).

(uncountable) coriander (the herb and spice)


ciboulette

→ Catalan: cibulet

Diminutive of ciboule, with the suffix -ette.


thym

Comment conserver le thym ? Le thym frais peut être stocké au réfrigérateur enveloppé dans du papier journal ou papier kraft, jamais dans un sac plastique. Humidifié, il peut être mis dans de pots en verre teinté foncé, et pourra ainsi être conservé plusieurs mois loin de la lumière.

2013, Henri Joyeux, Guillaume Bouguet, Le thym et le chirurgien:

How do you preserve thyme? Fresh thyme can be stored in the refrigerator wrapped in newspaper or brown paper, never in a plastic bag. It can also be put into dark-coloured glass jars with some water, and kept for several months away from light.


safran

Inherited from Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).


masturber

masturber (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
masturbant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
masturbé (participle past)
masturbe (first-person indicative present singular)
masturbes (indicative present second-person singular)
masturbe (indicative present singular third-person)
masturbons (first-person indicative plural present)
masturbez (indicative plural present second-person)
masturbent (indicative plural present third-person)
masturbais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
masturbais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
masturbait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
masturbions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
masturbiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
masturbaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
masturbai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
masturbas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
masturba (historic indicative past singular third-person)
masturbâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
masturbâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
masturbèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
masturberai (first-person future indicative singular)
masturberas (future indicative second-person singular)
masturbera (future indicative singular third-person)
masturberons (first-person future indicative plural)
masturberez (future indicative plural second-person)
masturberont (future indicative plural third-person)
masturberais (conditional first-person singular)
masturberais (conditional second-person singular)
masturberait (conditional singular third-person)
masturberions (conditional first-person plural)
masturberiez (conditional plural second-person)
masturberaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
masturbe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
masturbes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
masturbe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
masturbions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
masturbiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
masturbent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
masturbasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
masturbasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
masturbât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
masturbassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
masturbassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
masturbassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
masturbe (imperative second-person singular)
masturbons (first-person imperative plural)
masturbez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive) to masturbate (another person)

Elle aime se masturber.

Il se masturbe depuis deux heures.

(reciprocal reflexive) to masturbate (each other)


branle

(nautical) a sailor's hammock on board a ship


empoisonner

empoisonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
empoisonnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
empoisonné (participle past)
empoisonne (first-person indicative present singular)
empoisonnes (indicative present second-person singular)
empoisonne (indicative present singular third-person)
empoisonnons (first-person indicative plural present)
empoisonnez (indicative plural present second-person)
empoisonnent (indicative plural present third-person)
empoisonnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
empoisonnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
empoisonnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
empoisonnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
empoisonniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
empoisonnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
empoisonnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
empoisonnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
empoisonna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
empoisonnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
empoisonnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
empoisonnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
empoisonnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
empoisonneras (future indicative second-person singular)
empoisonnera (future indicative singular third-person)
empoisonnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
empoisonnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
empoisonneront (future indicative plural third-person)
empoisonnerais (conditional first-person singular)
empoisonnerais (conditional second-person singular)
empoisonnerait (conditional singular third-person)
empoisonnerions (conditional first-person plural)
empoisonneriez (conditional plural second-person)
empoisonneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
empoisonne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
empoisonnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
empoisonne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
empoisonnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
empoisonniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
empoisonnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
empoisonnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
empoisonnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
empoisonnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
empoisonnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
empoisonnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
empoisonnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
empoisonne (imperative second-person singular)
empoisonnons (first-person imperative plural)
empoisonnez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive) to poison, to kill by poisoning


paradis

→ Niuean: paratiso

→ Russian: паради́з (paradíz)

→ Tokelauan: palatiho

Inherited from Middle French paradis, from Old French paradis, borrowed from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis.


tueur de masse

tueur de masse m (plural tueurs de masse, feminine tueuse de masse)

tueurs de masse (plural)
tueuse de masse (feminine)


tueur en série

tueur en série m (plural tueurs en série, feminine tueuse en série)

tueurs en série (plural)
tueuse en série (feminine)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-tueur en série.wav


laïque

laïque m or f by sense (plural laïques, masculine laïc)

From Latin lāicus (“lay, layman, laic, laical”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”). Doublet of lai (“lay, not belonging to the clergy”).


territoire

→ Romanian: teritoriu

Borrowed from Latin territōrium. Compare the inherited doublet terroir.


modèle

→ Azerbaijani: model

→ Bulgarian: моде́л (modél)

desc

→ Chinese: → 模特兒 /模特儿, → 模特 (mótè) (transliteration)

→ Crimean Tatar: model

→ English: model, modell (see there for further descendants)

→ Persian: مدل

→ Russian: модель (modelʹ)

→ Serbo-Croatian: модел, mòdel

→ Turkish: model

→ Ukrainian: модель (modelʹ)

→ Vietnamese: mô-đen

Inherited from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”).


texte

→ Hebrew: טֶקְסְט (tekst)

→ Romanian: text

→ Turkish: tekst

From Latin textus, perfect passive participle of texō (“weave”).


religieux

fr-adj

religieux (feminine religieuse, masculine plural religieux, feminine plural religieuses)

religieuse (feminine)
religieux (masculine plural)
religieuses (feminine plural)

→ Danish: religiøs

→ German: religiös

→ Norwegian Bokmål: religiøs

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: religiøs

→ Romanian: religios

→ Swedish: religiös

Inherited from Middle French religieux, from Old French religieus, from Latin religiōsus.


religieux

fr-noun

religieux m (plural religieux, feminine religieuse)

religieux (plural)
religieuse (feminine)

→ English: religieux

(Catholicism) a religious (a man who is a member of a religious institute or order; a friar, monk, or religious priest)


zigouiller

zigouiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
zigouillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
zigouillé (participle past)
zigouille (first-person indicative present singular)
zigouilles (indicative present second-person singular)
zigouille (indicative present singular third-person)
zigouillons (first-person indicative plural present)
zigouillez (indicative plural present second-person)
zigouillent (indicative plural present third-person)
zigouillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
zigouillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
zigouillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
zigouillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
zigouilliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
zigouillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
zigouillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
zigouillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
zigouilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
zigouillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
zigouillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
zigouillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
zigouillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
zigouilleras (future indicative second-person singular)
zigouillera (future indicative singular third-person)
zigouillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
zigouillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
zigouilleront (future indicative plural third-person)
zigouillerais (conditional first-person singular)
zigouillerais (conditional second-person singular)
zigouillerait (conditional singular third-person)
zigouillerions (conditional first-person plural)
zigouilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
zigouilleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
zigouille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
zigouilles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
zigouille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
zigouillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
zigouilliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
zigouillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
zigouillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
zigouillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
zigouillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
zigouillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
zigouillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
zigouillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
zigouille (imperative second-person singular)
zigouillons (first-person imperative plural)
zigouillez (imperative plural second-person)

Originally a dialectal word meaning “to cut something with a bad knife”, from zigue-zigue (“bad knife”), ultimately onomatopoeic.

(transitive, slang) to bump off, to do in (to kill)


Toulonnais

Toulonnais m (plural Toulonnais, feminine Toulonnaise)

Toulonnais (plural)
Toulonnaise (feminine)

resident or native of Toulon, city in the southeast of France


Renaud

a male given name, equivalent to English Reynold


guêpière

From guêpe + -ière, after the phrase taille de guêpe.


jupette

→ English: jupette


bredouiller

bredouiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bredouillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bredouillé (participle past)
bredouille (first-person indicative present singular)
bredouilles (indicative present second-person singular)
bredouille (indicative present singular third-person)
bredouillons (first-person indicative plural present)
bredouillez (indicative plural present second-person)
bredouillent (indicative plural present third-person)
bredouillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bredouillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bredouillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bredouillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bredouilliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bredouillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bredouillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bredouillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bredouilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bredouillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bredouillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bredouillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bredouillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
bredouilleras (future indicative second-person singular)
bredouillera (future indicative singular third-person)
bredouillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
bredouillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
bredouilleront (future indicative plural third-person)
bredouillerais (conditional first-person singular)
bredouillerais (conditional second-person singular)
bredouillerait (conditional singular third-person)
bredouillerions (conditional first-person plural)
bredouilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
bredouilleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
bredouille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bredouilles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bredouille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bredouillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bredouilliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bredouillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bredouillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bredouillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bredouillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bredouillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bredouillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bredouillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bredouille (imperative second-person singular)
bredouillons (first-person imperative plural)
bredouillez (imperative plural second-person)

Possibly from Old French bredeler, variant of bretter / bretonner (“to talk like a Breton”).

(transitive, intransitive) to stammer, to mumble


dodu

fr-adj

dodu (feminine dodue, masculine plural dodus, feminine plural dodues)

dodue (feminine)
dodus (masculine plural)
dodues (feminine plural)

Ils se sont rencontrés régulièrement pendant près de trois ans, dans le box étroit où elle faisait mourir des plantes vertes. La trentaine, pimpante, fausse rousse, dodue, grosse poitrine, madame Bodard parlait volontiers de ses deux garçons, qui lui donnaient des soucis, […].

2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 10:


pommette

LL-Q150 (fra)-Mathieu Denel WMFr-pommette.wav


arc-bouter

arc-bouter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
arc-boutant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
arc-bouté (participle past)
arc-boute (first-person indicative present singular)
arc-boutes (indicative present second-person singular)
arc-boute (indicative present singular third-person)
arc-boutons (first-person indicative plural present)
arc-boutez (indicative plural present second-person)
arc-boutent (indicative plural present third-person)
arc-boutais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
arc-boutais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
arc-boutait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
arc-boutions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
arc-boutiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
arc-boutaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
arc-boutai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
arc-boutas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
arc-bouta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
arc-boutâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
arc-boutâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
arc-boutèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
arc-bouterai (first-person future indicative singular)
arc-bouteras (future indicative second-person singular)
arc-boutera (future indicative singular third-person)
arc-bouterons (first-person future indicative plural)
arc-bouterez (future indicative plural second-person)
arc-bouteront (future indicative plural third-person)
arc-bouterais (conditional first-person singular)
arc-bouterais (conditional second-person singular)
arc-bouterait (conditional singular third-person)
arc-bouterions (conditional first-person plural)
arc-bouteriez (conditional plural second-person)
arc-bouteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
arc-boute (first-person present singular subjunctive)
arc-boutes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
arc-boute (present singular subjunctive third-person)
arc-boutions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
arc-boutiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
arc-boutent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
arc-boutasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
arc-boutasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
arc-boutât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
arc-boutassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
arc-boutassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
arc-boutassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
arc-boute (imperative second-person singular)
arc-boutons (first-person imperative plural)
arc-boutez (imperative plural second-person)


doubler

doubler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
doublant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
doublé (participle past)
double (first-person indicative present singular)
doubles (indicative present second-person singular)
double (indicative present singular third-person)
doublons (first-person indicative plural present)
doublez (indicative plural present second-person)
doublent (indicative plural present third-person)
doublais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
doublais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
doublait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
doublions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
doubliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
doublaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
doublai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
doublas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
doubla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
doublâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
doublâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
doublèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
doublerai (first-person future indicative singular)
doubleras (future indicative second-person singular)
doublera (future indicative singular third-person)
doublerons (first-person future indicative plural)
doublerez (future indicative plural second-person)
doubleront (future indicative plural third-person)
doublerais (conditional first-person singular)
doublerais (conditional second-person singular)
doublerait (conditional singular third-person)
doublerions (conditional first-person plural)
doubleriez (conditional plural second-person)
doubleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
double (first-person present singular subjunctive)
doubles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
double (present singular subjunctive third-person)
doublions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
doubliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
doublent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
doublasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
doublasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
doublât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
doublassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
doublassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
doublassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
double (imperative second-person singular)
doublons (first-person imperative plural)
doublez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Brazilian Portuguese: dublar

→ Romanian: dubla

Inherited from Old French dobler, from Late Latin dūplāre, from Latin dūplus. Compare Spanish and Catalan doblar, Portuguese dobrar, Italian doppiare.

Daniel Beretta qui double Arnold Schwarzenegger en français depuis 1987 a également prêté sa voix à l’agent Sam Fisher.

Daniel Beretta, who has dubbed Arnold Schwarzenegger in the French versions of his films since 1987, has also lent his voice to the agent Sam Fisher.


doublage

→ Arabic: دبلج

→ Persian: دوبلاژ (dublâž)

→ Bulgarian: дубла́ж (dubláž)

→ Brazilian Portuguese: dublagem

→ Romanian: dublaj

→ Russian: дубля́ж (dubljáž)

→ Turkish: dublaj

→ Ukrainian: дубля́ж (dubljáž)


règne

Inherited from Middle French regne, from Old French regne, borrowed from Latin rēgnum.

reign, ruling, rule (period of reigning or ruling)


contrôle

→ Catalan: control

→ Galician: control

→ Italian: controllo

desc

→ Portuguese: controlo, controle (chiefly Brazil), contrôlo (pre-reform spelling)

→ Romanian: control

→ Spanish: control

→ Turkish: kontrol

→ Persian: کنترل (kontorol)

An haplology of Middle French contrerole, a borrowing from Medieval Latin contrārotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Latin rotulus, rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).


abondance

→ Dutch: abondance


rampe

desctree

→? Ottoman Turkish: رامپه (rampa)
Turkish: rampa

Back-formation from the Old French verb ramper (“to go up, climb, ascend”).


radiateur

→ Haitian Creole: radyatè

→ Turkish: radyatör


évier

Haitian Creole: evye

→ Ido: eviero

→ Turkish: eviye

Inherited from Old French evier, ewer, inherited from Latin aquārium. Doublet of aquarium, a later borrowing.


correspondance

fr-noun

correspondance f (plural correspondances)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin correspondentia.


nerveux

fr-adj

nerveux (feminine nerveuse, masculine plural nerveux, feminine plural nerveuses)

nerveuse (feminine)
nerveux (masculine plural)
nerveuses (feminine plural)

→ Danish: nervøs

→ Norwegian Bokmål: nervøs

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: nervøs

Inherited from Middle French nerfveux, from Old French nerveus, a borrowing from Latin nervōsus.

elle était bien nerveuse


atterrissage

Coordinate term: décollage

landing on the ground; touchdown (of an aircraft)


décollage

→ Brazilian Portuguese: decolagem

→ English: décollage

takeoff, lift-off (e.g. of an aircraft from a surface into the air)


gnosticisme

fr-noun

gnosticisme m (usually uncountable, plural gnosticismes)


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent aigu (“acute accent”) in French, and found on É/é.


Rolande

a female given name, feminine form of Roland


Séverin

a male given name derived from Latin Severinus, rather rare today


Séverine

a female given name popular in the 1970s; a feminine form of Séverin, from the Latin saints' name Severinus


tribord

Inherited from Old French estribord, a Germanic loanword. Compare German Steuerbord, Dutch stuurboord, Old Norse stjórnborði. More at steer and board.


Axelle

a female given name, a modern feminine equivalent Axel


déserter

déserter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
désertant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
déserté (participle past)
déserte (first-person indicative present singular)
désertes (indicative present second-person singular)
déserte (indicative present singular third-person)
désertons (first-person indicative plural present)
désertez (indicative plural present second-person)
désertent (indicative plural present third-person)
désertais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
désertais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
désertait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
désertions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
désertiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
désertaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
désertai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
désertas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
déserta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
désertâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
désertâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
désertèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
déserterai (first-person future indicative singular)
déserteras (future indicative second-person singular)
désertera (future indicative singular third-person)
déserterons (first-person future indicative plural)
déserterez (future indicative plural second-person)
déserteront (future indicative plural third-person)
déserterais (conditional first-person singular)
déserterais (conditional second-person singular)
déserterait (conditional singular third-person)
déserterions (conditional first-person plural)
déserteriez (conditional plural second-person)
déserteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
déserte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
désertes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
déserte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
désertions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
désertiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
désertent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
désertasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
désertasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
désertât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
désertassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
désertassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
désertassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
déserte (imperative second-person singular)
désertons (first-person imperative plural)
désertez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Late Latin dēsertāre, from Latin dēsertus.


Volkswagen

LL-Q150 (fra)-Damien R. (BiblioCanet66)-Volkswagen.wav

, Volksie


corbeau

corbeau m (plural corbeaux, feminine corbelle)

→ English: corbeau

Inherited from Middle French corbeau m, from Old French corbel m, itself either a diminutive of corp m (“raven”), or from a Late Latin corbellus, corvellus m, from Latin corvus m (Vulgar Latin variant *corbus m).

(viticulture) douce noir (a variety of grape)


antonyme

desctree

→ Russian: антоним (antonim)
→ Georgian: ანტონიმი (anṭonimi)
→ Kazakh: антоним (antonim)

From anti- + -onyme, modelled after synonyme.

antonym (word which has the opposite meaning)


prévoir

prévoir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
prévoyant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
prévu (participle past)
prévois (first-person indicative present singular)
prévois (indicative present second-person singular)
prévoit (indicative present singular third-person)
prévoyons (first-person indicative plural present)
prévoyez (indicative plural present second-person)
prévoient (indicative plural present third-person)
prévoyais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prévoyais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prévoyait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prévoyions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prévoyiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prévoyaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prévis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
prévis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
prévit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
prévîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
prévîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
prévirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
prévoirai (first-person future indicative singular)
prévoiras (future indicative second-person singular)
prévoira (future indicative singular third-person)
prévoirons (first-person future indicative plural)
prévoirez (future indicative plural second-person)
prévoiront (future indicative plural third-person)
prévoirais (conditional first-person singular)
prévoirais (conditional second-person singular)
prévoirait (conditional singular third-person)
prévoirions (conditional first-person plural)
prévoiriez (conditional plural second-person)
prévoiraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
prévoie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prévoies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
prévoie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prévoyions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prévoyiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
prévoient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prévisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prévisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prévît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prévissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prévissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prévissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prévois (imperative second-person singular)
prévoyons (first-person imperative plural)
prévoyez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Romanian: prevedea (semantic loan)

Inherited from Middle French prevoir, from Old French preveoir, borrowed from Latin praevidere.

to allow, make plans for, prepare, make provision for


Portugais

fr-noun

Portugais m (plural Portugais, feminine Portugaise)

Portugais (plural)
Portugaise (feminine)


languir

languir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
languissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
langui (participle past)
languis (first-person indicative present singular)
languis (indicative present second-person singular)
languit (indicative present singular third-person)
languissons (first-person indicative plural present)
languissez (indicative plural present second-person)
languissent (indicative plural present third-person)
languissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
languissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
languissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
languissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
languissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
languissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
languis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
languis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
languit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
languîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
languîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
languirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
languirai (first-person future indicative singular)
languiras (future indicative second-person singular)
languira (future indicative singular third-person)
languirons (first-person future indicative plural)
languirez (future indicative plural second-person)
languiront (future indicative plural third-person)
languirais (conditional first-person singular)
languirais (conditional second-person singular)
languirait (conditional singular third-person)
languirions (conditional first-person plural)
languiriez (conditional plural second-person)
languiraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
languisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
languisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
languisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
languissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
languissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
languissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
languisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
languisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
languît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
languissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
languissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
languissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
languis (imperative second-person singular)
languissons (first-person imperative plural)
languissez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French languir, from Late Latin languīre, from Latin languēre.

(intransitive) to flag, die down, slack off, be slack


myriade

Borrowed from Late Latin myrias, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás).


taillé

fr-adj

taillé (feminine taillée, masculine plural taillés, feminine plural taillées)

taillée (feminine)
taillés (masculine plural)
taillées (feminine plural)


dépêche

Danish: depeche

Georgian: დეპეშა (deṗeša)

German: Depesche

Polish: depesza

Romanian: depeșă

Russian: депе́ша (depéša)


fichtre

Je n’en sais fichtre rien

(dated) adds emphasis to what the speaker is saying


petit four

→ Greek: πτιφούρ (ptifoúr)

→⇒ Polish: ptifurki


malicieux

malicieux (feminine malicieuse, masculine plural malicieux, feminine plural malicieuses)

malicieuse (feminine)
malicieux (masculine plural)
malicieuses (feminine plural)


calomel

fr-noun

calomel m (usually uncountable, plural calomels)

From calomélas, a compound of Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) and μέλας (mélas, “black”), likely due to its reaction with ammonia, which produces elemental mercury and yields a dark color.


triboluminescence

fr-noun

triboluminescence f (plural triboluminescences)


mort ou vif

fr-adj

mort ou vif (feminine morte ou vive, masculine plural morts ou vifs, feminine plural mortes ou vives)

morte ou vive (feminine)
morts ou vifs (masculine plural)
mortes ou vives (feminine plural)


brasse

From Latin (tēnsa) bracchia (“(outstretched) arms”).

der

le 100 mètres à la brasse


Nicolette

Diminutive of Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas.


génétique

→ Persian: ژنتیک (ženetik)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεννητικός (gennētikós).


Timothée

a male given name, equivalent to English Timothy


inférieur

fr-adj

inférieur (feminine inférieure, masculine plural inférieurs, feminine plural inférieures)

inférieure (feminine)
inférieurs (masculine plural)
inférieures (feminine plural)

/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁjœʁ/

(mathematics) less than or equal to. ≤, ⩽


athéiste

fr-noun

athéiste m or f by sense (plural athéistes)

Inherited from Middle French athéiste. By surface analysis, athée + -iste.


athéiste

→ Persian: آتئیست (âte'ist)


espérance

From espérer + -ance (Middle French and Old French esperance), or possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Compare Italian speranza, Spanish esperanza, Catalan esperança.


actualiser

actualiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
actualisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
actualisé (participle past)
actualise (first-person indicative present singular)
actualises (indicative present second-person singular)
actualise (indicative present singular third-person)
actualisons (first-person indicative plural present)
actualisez (indicative plural present second-person)
actualisent (indicative plural present third-person)
actualisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
actualisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
actualisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
actualisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
actualisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
actualisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
actualisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
actualisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
actualisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
actualisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
actualisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
actualisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
actualiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
actualiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
actualisera (future indicative singular third-person)
actualiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
actualiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
actualiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
actualiserais (conditional first-person singular)
actualiserais (conditional second-person singular)
actualiserait (conditional singular third-person)
actualiserions (conditional first-person plural)
actualiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
actualiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
actualise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
actualises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
actualise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
actualisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
actualisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
actualisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
actualisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
actualisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
actualisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
actualisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
actualisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
actualisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
actualise (imperative second-person singular)
actualisons (first-person imperative plural)
actualisez (imperative plural second-person)


toutes voiles dehors

LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-toutes voiles dehors.wav

(nautical) in full sail, at full sail, full sail (making use of all sails)


rempli

fr-past participle

rempli (feminine remplie, masculine plural remplis, feminine plural remplies)

remplie (feminine)
remplis (masculine plural)
remplies (feminine plural)

D’azur au chef d’or rempli de gueules, ou bien d’azur au chef coufu de gueules, bordé d’or.

1669, Marc de Vulson (sieur de La Colombière), La science heroique,traitant de la noblesse et de l'origine des armes: de leurs blasons & symboles,etc, page 106:

Azure with a chief or filled with gules, or azure with a couped chief gules, bordered in gold.

De gueules, au chef d’or rempli de gueules, ou bien d’azur, au chef coufu d’azur ou bordé d’or.

1754, Jean Baptiste Dupuy Demportes, Traite historique et moral du blason, ouvrage rempli de recherches curieuses et instructives, sur l'origine et les progres de cet Art, page 205:

Gules with a chief or filled with gules, or azure with a couped chief azure, bordered in gold.

Beurl (Styria). "Gules à un coude" (an elbow) "en triangle d’or, mouvant de l’angle senestre de l’écu en traverse, et recoupant en burèle rempli de sable." This seems needlessly complicated. For we have here merely a gyron (or) extending from […]

1886, Robert Charles Jenkins, Heraldry, English and Foreign, page 61:

Beurl (Styria). "Gules with a bend embowed" (an elbow) "in a triangle or, issuant from the sinister angle of the shield in a crosspiece, and intersecting in a bend filled with sable." This seems needlessly complicated. For we have here merely a gyron (or) extending from […]

(heraldry) filled (having another tincture than its own covering the greater part)


mortier

Inherited from Old French mortier, inherited from Latin mortārium.

mortar (mixture for bonding building blocks) [from c. 1160]

mortarboard (academic's ceremonial headgear) [from 1461]


Jean-Philippe

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Philippe


digue

Inherited from Middle French digue, from Old French dike, diic, from Middle Dutch dijc (compare modern Dutch dijk), from Old Dutch diic, dīc, from Frankish *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (“pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, stab, pierce, dig”). More at dig, dike, ditch.


côtoyer

côtoyer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
côtoyant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
côtoyé (participle past)
côtoie (first-person indicative present singular)
côtoies (indicative present second-person singular)
côtoie (indicative present singular third-person)
côtoyons (first-person indicative plural present)
côtoyez (indicative plural present second-person)
côtoient (indicative plural present third-person)
côtoyais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
côtoyais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
côtoyait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
côtoyions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
côtoyiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
côtoyaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
côtoyai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
côtoyas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
côtoya (historic indicative past singular third-person)
côtoyâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
côtoyâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
côtoyèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
côtoierai (first-person future indicative singular)
côtoieras (future indicative second-person singular)
côtoiera (future indicative singular third-person)
côtoierons (first-person future indicative plural)
côtoierez (future indicative plural second-person)
côtoieront (future indicative plural third-person)
côtoierais (conditional first-person singular)
côtoierais (conditional second-person singular)
côtoierait (conditional singular third-person)
côtoierions (conditional first-person plural)
côtoieriez (conditional plural second-person)
côtoieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
côtoie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
côtoies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
côtoie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
côtoyions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
côtoyiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
côtoient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
côtoyasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
côtoyasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
côtoyât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
côtoyassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
côtoyassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
côtoyassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
côtoie (imperative second-person singular)
côtoyons (first-person imperative plural)
côtoyez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French costoier. See côte and -oyer.


ataraxie

→ Romanian: ataraxie f

→ Turkish: ataraksi, ataraksiya

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía).


porcherie

pigsty, pigpen (enclosure where pigs are kept)

(informal, derogatory, figurative) pigsty (very dirty and untidy place)


gendre

From Old French gendre, inherited from Latin gener.


dictature

Borrowed from Latin dictātūra, from dictō.


Mélanie

a female given name, equivalent to English Melanie


désoler

désoler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
désolant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
désolé (participle past)
désole (first-person indicative present singular)
désoles (indicative present second-person singular)
désole (indicative present singular third-person)
désolons (first-person indicative plural present)
désolez (indicative plural present second-person)
désolent (indicative plural present third-person)
désolais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
désolais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
désolait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
désolions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
désoliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
désolaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
désolai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
désolas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
désola (historic indicative past singular third-person)
désolâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
désolâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
désolèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
désolerai (first-person future indicative singular)
désoleras (future indicative second-person singular)
désolera (future indicative singular third-person)
désolerons (first-person future indicative plural)
désolerez (future indicative plural second-person)
désoleront (future indicative plural third-person)
désolerais (conditional first-person singular)
désolerais (conditional second-person singular)
désolerait (conditional singular third-person)
désolerions (conditional first-person plural)
désoleriez (conditional plural second-person)
désoleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
désole (first-person present singular subjunctive)
désoles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
désole (present singular subjunctive third-person)
désolions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
désoliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
désolent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
désolasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
désolasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
désolât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
désolassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
désolassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
désolassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
désole (imperative second-person singular)
désolons (first-person imperative plural)
désolez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin dēsōlāre, from dē- + sōlus + -ō. Cognate with English desolate, Italian desolare, Portuguese desolar, Romanian dezolare, and Spanish desolar.


collante

(Scrabble) a play where all or most letters form perpendicular words


legendre

(Scrabble) a technical play where a tile with a value higher than 1 is placed on a square multiplying its value while the value of the word is simultaneous multiplied by another square


nuitée

From nuit, analogous to journée. Compare Italian nottata.


dérivée

(mathematics) derivative (in analysis: value of a function)


parallèle

Inherited from Middle French parallèle, borrowed from Latin parallēlus.


belle-sœur

Inherited from Middle French [Term?]. By surface analysis, belle- + sœur.

sister-in-law (wife's or husband's sister)


belle-fille

→ Franco-Provençal: bèla-felye

Inherited from Middle French belle-fille. By surface analysis, belle- + fille.

inh+

stepdaughter (daughter of one's spouse and another person)


tronçonneuse

chainsaw (saw with a power driven chain)


chauve-souris

Used as early as the 8th century in Gallic Late Latin calva sōrex (“bald mouse”); the first element ("bald") may originally be an alteration of Vulgar Latin *cawa (“crow, tawny owl”). Equivalent to chauve (“bald”) + souris (“mouse”).

(heraldry) a charge depicting the animal of the same name


tatouage

→ Catalan: tatuatge

→ Esperanto: tatuaĵo

→ Galician: tatuaxe

→ Greek: τατουάζ (tatouáz)

→ Italian: tatuaggio

→ Polish: tatuaż

→ Portuguese: tatuagem

→ Romanian: tatuaj

→ Serbo-Croatian: tetovaža

→ Spanish: tatuaje


coffre-fort

safe (a box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)


Bulgare

fr-noun

Bulgare m or f by sense (plural Bulgares)

Bulgarian (native of Bulgaria, of either gender)


bavarder

bavarder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bavardant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bavardé (participle past)
bavarde (first-person indicative present singular)
bavardes (indicative present second-person singular)
bavarde (indicative present singular third-person)
bavardons (first-person indicative plural present)
bavardez (indicative plural present second-person)
bavardent (indicative plural present third-person)
bavardais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bavardais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bavardait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bavardions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bavardiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bavardaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bavardai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bavardas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bavarda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bavardâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bavardâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bavardèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bavarderai (first-person future indicative singular)
bavarderas (future indicative second-person singular)
bavardera (future indicative singular third-person)
bavarderons (first-person future indicative plural)
bavarderez (future indicative plural second-person)
bavarderont (future indicative plural third-person)
bavarderais (conditional first-person singular)
bavarderais (conditional second-person singular)
bavarderait (conditional singular third-person)
bavarderions (conditional first-person plural)
bavarderiez (conditional plural second-person)
bavarderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
bavarde (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bavardes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bavarde (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bavardions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bavardiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bavardent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bavardasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bavardasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bavardât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bavardassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bavardassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bavardassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bavarde (imperative second-person singular)
bavardons (first-person imperative plural)
bavardez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, obsolete) to have a lengthy talk about something


paletot

desc

→ Bulgarian: палто (palto), ⇒ балтон (balton)

→ Catalan: paltó

→ English: paletot

→ German: Paletot

→ Greek: παλτό (paltó)

→ Ottoman Turkish: پالطو (palto)

> Turkish: palto (inherited)

→ Persian: پالتو (pâlto)

→ Polish: palto

→ Portuguese: paletó

→ Romanian: palton

→ Russian: пальто (palʹto) (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: paltó

→ Ukrainian: пальто (palʹto)

Inherited from Middle French paltoke, paletoc, from Middle English paltok; first element related to Latin pallium (“cloak”), second element of uncertain origin.


anneau

Inherited from Middle French anneau, from Old French anel, from Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”). Compare Catalan anell, Italian anello, Portuguese anel, Spanish anillo.


banneton

→ English: banneton

(baking) banneton (basket used to provide structure for breads during proofing)


intérêt

From Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse, from inter- + esse.

zone naturelle d’intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique


taraud

Alteration of tareau, with change of suffix.


Jean-Pierre

English: Jean-Pierre

* (surname): Most prevalent in Martinique.

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Pierre


Perrine

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Pierre


Jean-Marie

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Marie


tourterelle

Inherited from Old French turterele, turtrele, from Late Latin turturella or Latin turturilla, a diminutive of turtur (“turtle dove”). Compare Italian tortorella, Romanian turturea. Cf. also tourte / tourtre.


marteau-piolet

fr-noun

marteau-piolet m (plural marteaux-piolets)

(climbing) an ice axe where the adze has been replaced with a hammering tool


marteau-piqueur

marteau-piqueur m (plural marteaux-piqueurs)


marteau à réflexes

marteau à réflexes m (plural marteaux à réflexes)


besaiguë

From Old French besagües, biesagüe, from Vulgar Latin (ascia) bisacuta, from Latin bis + acūta (“double-edged”). Compare Italian bisacuto.

(carpentry) large, long-handled twibill with a broad chisel and a mortise chisel for cutting mortises


boucharde

→ Galician: buxarda

→ Italian: bocciarda

→ Portuguese: bujarda

→ Spanish: bujarda

Inherited from Middle French, of Germanic origin, from or related to German pochen (“to thump”) + -ard.

a granulating roller used to add marking to cement


maillet

(sports) the mallet used to play croquet and polo


plaquer

plaquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
plaquant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
plaqué (participle past)
plaque (first-person indicative present singular)
plaques (indicative present second-person singular)
plaque (indicative present singular third-person)
plaquons (first-person indicative plural present)
plaquez (indicative plural present second-person)
plaquent (indicative plural present third-person)
plaquais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
plaquais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
plaquait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
plaquions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
plaquiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
plaquaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
plaquai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
plaquas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
plaqua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
plaquâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
plaquâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
plaquèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
plaquerai (first-person future indicative singular)
plaqueras (future indicative second-person singular)
plaquera (future indicative singular third-person)
plaquerons (first-person future indicative plural)
plaquerez (future indicative plural second-person)
plaqueront (future indicative plural third-person)
plaquerais (conditional first-person singular)
plaquerais (conditional second-person singular)
plaquerait (conditional singular third-person)
plaquerions (conditional first-person plural)
plaqueriez (conditional plural second-person)
plaqueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
plaque (first-person present singular subjunctive)
plaques (present second-person singular subjunctive)
plaque (present singular subjunctive third-person)
plaquions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
plaquiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
plaquent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
plaquasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
plaquasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
plaquât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
plaquassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
plaquassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
plaquassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
plaque (imperative second-person singular)
plaquons (first-person imperative plural)
plaquez (imperative plural second-person)


étalon

Inherited from Middle French étalon, from Old French estalon, from Frankish *stalō, *stalu, from Proto-Germanic *staluz. Compare Middle Dutch stele, stael.

standard, reference sample (something used as a measure for comparative evaluations)


furtif

fr-adj

furtif (feminine furtive, masculine plural furtifs, feminine plural furtives)

furtive (feminine)
furtifs (masculine plural)
furtives (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: furtief

→ Romanian: furtiv

avion furtif

(military) stealth; with stealth capabilities


salle de rédaction

fr-noun

salle de rédaction f (plural salles de rédaction)


cérémonie du thé

cérémonie du thé f (plural cérémonies du thé)


Angélique

a female given name, equivalent to English Angelica


Angeline

English: Angeline

1898, Émile Zola, Angeline ou la maison hantée:

a female given name, equivalent to English Angelina


Angèle

a female given name, equivalent to English Angela


Édith

a female given name, equivalent to English Edith


Théodore

a male given name, equivalent to English Theodore


Théo

a diminutive of the male given name Théophile, equivalent to English Theo; popular in the 1990s and the 2000s


Dorothée

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa).

bor+

a female given name, equivalent to English Dorothy


Armin

Borrowed from German Armin, from Latin Arminius.

a male given name, Armin, from German or Latin


échecs

Les échecs me font peur : je jouais avec le roi — la reine a pris mon cœur !

Chess scares me: I was playing with the king, and the queen stole my heart!


bôme

From Dutch boom. Related to English beam.


galant

fr-adj

galant (feminine galante, masculine plural galants, feminine plural galantes)

galante (feminine)
galants (masculine plural)
galantes (feminine plural)

→ Catalan: galant, galà

→ English: gallant

→ German: galant

→ Romanian: galant

desctree

→ Russian: галантный (galantnyj)
→ Georgian: გალანტური (galanṭuri)

→ Spanish: galante, galán

Present participle of Old French galer, from Frankish *wala (“well”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *wel(h₁)- (“to choose, wish”).


courageux

fr-adj

courageux (feminine courageuse, masculine plural courageux, feminine plural courageuses)

courageuse (feminine)
courageux (masculine plural)
courageuses (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: curajos

From Old French corageus, corresponding to courage + -eux.

courageux mais pas téméraire


hardi

hardi (feminine hardie, masculine plural hardis, feminine plural hardies)

hardie (feminine)
hardis (masculine plural)
hardies (feminine plural)

From Old French hardi, past tense of hardir, of Frankish origin.
Compare Catalan ardit.

Near-synonyms: courageux, brave


audacieux

audacieux (feminine audacieuse, masculine plural audacieux, feminine plural audacieuses)

audacieuse (feminine)
audacieux (masculine plural)
audacieuses (feminine plural)


raie

Inherited from Old French roie, from a Vulgar Latin riga, probably from Gaulish *rica (“furrow”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā (“furrow”) (compare Old Irish rech).

une raie de champ

(agriculture) ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land)


itinéraire

From Late Latin itinerārium, from Late Latin itinerārius.


homonyme

homonym (word with the same sound or spelling but different meaning)


pôle

Inherited from Middle French pole, from Old French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).


archéologue

fr-noun

archéologue m or f by sense (plural archéologues)

From post-classical Latin archaiologus or its etymon Byzantine Greek ἀρχαιολόγος (arkhaiológos), from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιο- (arkhaio-) + -λογος (-logos). By surface analysis, archéologie + -logue.

surf

archaeologist (someone who is skilled, professes or practices archaeology)


mousson

→ Turkish: muson

Borrowed from Portuguese monção, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”). The word was borrowed at least three times, from Dutch and Spanish as well as directly from Portuguese.

monsoon (extremely strong tropical wind)


poper

poper (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
popant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
popé (participle past)
pope (first-person indicative present singular)
popes (indicative present second-person singular)
pope (indicative present singular third-person)
popons (first-person indicative plural present)
popez (indicative plural present second-person)
popent (indicative plural present third-person)
popais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
popais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
popait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
popions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
popiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
popaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
popai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
popas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
popa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
popâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
popâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
popèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
poperai (first-person future indicative singular)
poperas (future indicative second-person singular)
popera (future indicative singular third-person)
poperons (first-person future indicative plural)
poperez (future indicative plural second-person)
poperont (future indicative plural third-person)
poperais (conditional first-person singular)
poperais (conditional second-person singular)
poperait (conditional singular third-person)
poperions (conditional first-person plural)
poperiez (conditional plural second-person)
poperaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pope (first-person present singular subjunctive)
popes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pope (present singular subjunctive third-person)
popions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
popiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
popent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
popasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
popasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
popât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
popassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
popassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
popassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pope (imperative second-person singular)
popons (first-person imperative plural)
popez (imperative plural second-person)

(Internet) to access email via a POP server


Zacharie

Zacharias; Zachariah; Zechariah (biblical character)


Père Noël

desc

بَابَا نُوِيل

→ Arabic: بَابَا نُوِيل (bābā nuwīl) (partial calque)

→ Persian: بابا نوئل (bâbâ no'el) (partial calque)

Portuguese: → Pai Natal (calque), → Papai Noel (partial calque)

→ Spanish: Papá Noel (calque)


boule de neige

fr-noun

boule de neige f (plural boules de neige)

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casse-noix

From casse (“breaks”, third-person singular present indicative of casser (“to break”)) + noix (“nut”), literally “[that which] breaks nut”.

compound

third-person singular present indicative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">casser</i> (“to break”)


casse-noisette

fr-noun

casse-noisette f (plural casse-noisettes)

From casse (“breaks”, third-person singular present indicative of casser (“to break”)) + noisette (“hazelnut”), literally “[that which] breaks hazelnut”.


entraîner

entraîner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entraînant (gerund participle present)
entraînant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
entraîné (participle past)
entraîné (participle past)
entraîne (first-person indicative present singular)
entraînes (indicative present second-person singular)
entraîne (indicative present singular third-person)
entraînons (first-person indicative plural present)
entraînons (first-person indicative plural present)
entraînez (indicative plural present second-person)
entraînez (indicative plural present second-person)
entraînent (indicative plural present third-person)
entraînais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
entraînais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
entraînais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
entraînais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
entraînait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
entraînait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
entraînions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
entraînions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
entraîniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entraîniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entraînaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
entraînaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
entraînai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
entraînai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
entraînas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
entraînas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
entraîna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
entraîna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
entraînâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
entraînâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
entraînâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
entraînâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
entraînèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
entraînèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
entraînerai (first-person future indicative singular)
entraîneras (future indicative second-person singular)
entraînera (future indicative singular third-person)
entraînerons (first-person future indicative plural)
entraînerez (future indicative plural second-person)
entraîneront (future indicative plural third-person)
entraînerais (conditional first-person singular)
entraînerais (conditional second-person singular)
entraînerait (conditional singular third-person)
entraînerions (conditional first-person plural)
entraînerions (conditional first-person plural)
entraîneriez (conditional plural second-person)
entraîneriez (conditional plural second-person)
entraîneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
entraîne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
entraînes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
entraîne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
entraînions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
entraînions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
entraîniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entraîniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entraînent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
entraînasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
entraînasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
entraînasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
entraînasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
entraînât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
entraînât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
entraînassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
entraînassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
entraînassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entraînassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entraînassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entraînassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entraîne (imperative second-person singular)
entraînons (first-person imperative plural)
entraînons (first-person imperative plural)
entraînez (imperative plural second-person)
entraînez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Catalan: entrenar

→ Romanian: antrena

→ Spanish: entrenar

(reflexive, s'entraîner) to exercise, to train


romancier

fr-noun

romancier m (plural romanciers, feminine romancière)

romanciers (plural)
romancière (feminine)

→ Dutch: romancier

→ Romanian: romancier


puy

Inherited from Middle French puy, from Old French puy (“hill, height”), pui, from Latin podium. Its current use as a regionalism referring to certain geographic features may be taken at least in part from Franco-Provençal; cf. also Occitan puèg and Catalan puig. In Old French, it had a somewhat different or more varied set of meanings (cf. also the feminine puie, puye, poye (“balustrade”), whence English pew through Anglo-Norman), later coming to be applied to mountains and hills especially in the Auvergne region and Massif Central, the remains of extinct volcanoes. Doublet of the later borrowing podium.


organe

Borrowed from Latin organum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of orgue, an older borrowing.


pissoir

→ Czech: pisoár

→ Estonian: pissuaar

→ Finnish: pisoaari

→ German: Pissoir

→ Polish: pisuar

→ Romanian: pisoar

→ Russian: писсуар (pissuar)

→ Slovene: pisoar

→ Turkish: pisuvar


nouille

Tu veux pas me sucer la nouille ?


annal

fr-adj

annal (feminine annale, masculine plural annaux, feminine plural annales)

annale (feminine)
annaux (masculine plural)
annales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin annālis, from annus (“year”).

(law) usable or available only for one year


saignant

saignant (feminine saignante, masculine plural saignants, feminine plural saignantes)

saignante (feminine)
saignants (masculine plural)
saignantes (feminine plural)

(cooking) rare, bloody (cooked very lightly)


rouge à lèvres

fr-noun

rouge à lèvres m (plural rouges à lèvres)

desc

→ Persian: رژ لب (rož-e lab) (partial calque)

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pastèque

Borrowed from Portuguese pateca, from Arabic بَطِّيخَة (baṭṭīḵa, “melon, watermelon”).


bouclier

Ellipsis of Old French escut boucler (“shield with a buckle”), with change of suffix. Morphologically, from boucle + -ier.

levée de boucliers

outcry, protest (literally, “raising of shields”)

He also carried his small triangular shield, broad enough at the top to protect the breast, and from thence diminishing to a point.

1820 [1819], Alexandre Dumas, transl., Ivanhoé, translation of Ivanhoe by Walter Scott:

shield (broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body)


baïonnette

→ English: bayonet

→ German: Bajonett

→ Greek: μπαγιονέτα (bagionéta)

→ Spanish: bayoneta

From Bayonne (the town where they were first made) + -ette.


amorce

Corruption of Old French amorse, form of amordre, a compound of mordre.


élégant

fr-adj

élégant (feminine élégante, masculine plural élégants, feminine plural élégantes)

élégante (feminine)
élégants (masculine plural)
élégantes (feminine plural)

→ German: Elegant

→ Romanian: elegant

→ Turkish: elegan


créatif

créatif (feminine créative, masculine plural créatifs, feminine plural créatives)

créative (feminine)
créatifs (masculine plural)
créatives (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: creatief
→ Indonesian: kreatif

→ Romanian: creativ

→ Turkish: kreatif

Formed from the root of Latin creatus and the suffix -if, or borrowed from Late Latin creativus.


mélancolique

→ Romanian: melancolic

→ Turkish: melankolik


viennoiserie

→ Catalan: vieneseria

→ English: viennoiserie


berceau

Haitian Creole: bèso

→ Portuguese: berço

→ Swedish: berså

From Old French berçuel (diminutive of bers) from Vulgar Latin berciolum diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).
Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with Catalan bressol, Portuguese berço and Galician berce.


Odette

Diminutive of a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element od-, ot- "riches," from Proto-Germanic *audaz.


beau-frère

fr-noun

beau-frère m (plural beaux-frères, feminine belle-sœur)

beaux-frères (plural)
belle-sœur (feminine)

Inherited from Middle French beau frere, beau-frere, beaufrere, beau-frère, beauffrère, biau frere. By surface analysis, beau- + frère.

brother-in-law (brother of one's husband)

brother-in-law (husband of one's sister)

brother-in-law (husband of one's brother)


blague

18th century, from Dutch balg. The sense “joke” (ca. 1800) from the notion of something puffed up, hence vain, fanciful.


blaguer

blaguer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
blaguant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
blagué (participle past)
blague (first-person indicative present singular)
blagues (indicative present second-person singular)
blague (indicative present singular third-person)
blaguons (first-person indicative plural present)
blaguez (indicative plural present second-person)
blaguent (indicative plural present third-person)
blaguais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
blaguais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
blaguait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
blaguions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
blaguiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
blaguaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
blaguai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
blaguas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
blagua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
blaguâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
blaguâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
blaguèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
blaguerai (first-person future indicative singular)
blagueras (future indicative second-person singular)
blaguera (future indicative singular third-person)
blaguerons (first-person future indicative plural)
blaguerez (future indicative plural second-person)
blagueront (future indicative plural third-person)
blaguerais (conditional first-person singular)
blaguerais (conditional second-person singular)
blaguerait (conditional singular third-person)
blaguerions (conditional first-person plural)
blagueriez (conditional plural second-person)
blagueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
blague (first-person present singular subjunctive)
blagues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
blague (present singular subjunctive third-person)
blaguions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
blaguiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
blaguent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
blaguasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
blaguasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
blaguât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
blaguassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
blaguassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
blaguassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
blague (imperative second-person singular)
blaguons (first-person imperative plural)
blaguez (imperative plural second-person)


crever

crever (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
crevant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
crevé (participle past)
crève (first-person indicative present singular)
crèves (indicative present second-person singular)
crève (indicative present singular third-person)
crevons (first-person indicative plural present)
crevez (indicative plural present second-person)
crèvent (indicative plural present third-person)
crevais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
crevais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
crevait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
crevions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
creviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
crevaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
crevai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
crevas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
creva (historic indicative past singular third-person)
crevâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
crevâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
crevèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
crèverai (first-person future indicative singular)
crèverai (first-person future indicative singular)
crèveras (future indicative second-person singular)
crèveras (future indicative second-person singular)
crèvera (future indicative singular third-person)
crèvera (future indicative singular third-person)
crèverons (first-person future indicative plural)
crèverons (first-person future indicative plural)
crèverez (future indicative plural second-person)
crèverez (future indicative plural second-person)
crèveront (future indicative plural third-person)
crèveront (future indicative plural third-person)
crèverais (conditional first-person singular)
crèverais (conditional first-person singular)
crèverais (conditional second-person singular)
crèverais (conditional second-person singular)
crèverait (conditional singular third-person)
crèverait (conditional singular third-person)
crèverions (conditional first-person plural)
crèverions (conditional first-person plural)
crèveriez (conditional plural second-person)
crèveriez (conditional plural second-person)
crèveraient (conditional plural third-person)
crèveraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
crève (first-person present singular subjunctive)
crèves (present second-person singular subjunctive)
crève (present singular subjunctive third-person)
crevions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
creviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
crèvent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
crevasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
crevasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
crevât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
crevassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
crevassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
crevassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
crève (imperative second-person singular)
crevons (first-person imperative plural)
crevez (imperative plural second-person)

From Old French crever, inherited from Latin crepāre (“to rattle, creak, crack”).
The informal sense of 'die' is shared with the Italian cognate crepare and Romanian crăpa.

inh

Mon pneu a à nouveau crevé.

crever de faim

crever de soif

crever de froid

crever de chaud

(informal, intransitive) to snuff it, pop one's clogs (to die)


dural

fr-adj

dural (feminine durale, masculine plural duraux, feminine plural durales)

durale (feminine)
duraux (masculine plural)
durales (feminine plural)


solaire

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”).

(astronomy, relational) solar (relative to the sun)


cordon ombilical

fr-noun

cordon ombilical m (plural cordons ombilicaux)


acoustique

→ Persian: آکوستیک (âkustik)

Coined by physicist Joseph Sauveur (1653–1716) from Ancient Greek ἀκουστικός (akoustikós), from ἀκούω (akoúō, “hear”).


objectif

Borrowed from Latin objectivus. See objet and -if.


jeu vidéo

jeu vidéo m (plural jeux vidéo or jeux vidéos)

jeux vidéo (plural)
jeux vidéos (plural)

(video games, uncountable) video game industry


accès

→ Romanian: acces

From Latin accessus (“approach”), from accēdō (“approach, accede”).

Le malade prétend avoir, étant jeune homme, souffert d’accès de vertige qui duraient plusieurs secondes et pendant lesquels il avait comme le sentiment que tout son être se désagrégeait.

1895, R. von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis:

The patient claims to have, as a young man, suffered an attack of vertigo which lasted several seconds and during which he had the feeling that his entire being was coming apart.


lunettes de soleil

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(plural only) sunglasses (tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light)


synecdoque

Borrowed from Latin synecdochē, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”).


géométrie

From géo- + -métrie, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geōmetría, “geometry, land-survey”), from γεωμετρέω (geōmetréō, “to practice or to profess geometry, to measure, to survey land”), from γαία (gaía, “earth, land, country”) + μετρέω (metréō, “to measure, to count”).

uder

géométrie euclidienne

géométrie différentielle

géométrie projective

géométrie algébrique

géométrie sphérique

géométrie hyperbolique

géométrie synthétique

géométrie elliptique

géométrie analytique

géométrie symplectique

géométrie métrique


familier

fr-adj

familier (feminine familière, masculine plural familiers, feminine plural familières)

familière (feminine)
familiers (masculine plural)
familières (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin familiāris.

(linguistics) familiar, informal, colloquial


sarcophage

Borrowed from Latin sarcophagus. Doublet of cercueil.


sergent

fr-noun

sergent m (plural sergents, feminine sergente)

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin or Late Latin servientem (“a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Classical Latin servientem (“serving”), present participle of serviō, servīre (“serve, be a slave to”). See also servant.


peintre

fr-noun

peintre m or f by sense (plural peintres)

Inherited from Middle French paintre, from Old French peintre, paintre, from the nominative case of Vulgar Latin *pinctor, from Classical Latin pictor (“painter”). Cf. also the Old French forms peintor, paintor, poentor, from the Vulgar Latin accusative *pinctorem.


zone érogène

L’orgasme humain résulte le plus souvent de la stimulation du pénis ou du clitoris, même si d’autres zones érogènes du corps peuvent être sollicitées.

Human orgasm most often results from stimulation of the penis or the clitoris, even if other erogenous zones of the body can be solicited.


Junon

(astronomy) Juno, the third asteroid discovered


Athéna

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).


Apollon

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo (god)


Arès

Borrowed from Latin Arēs, from Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs).


Poséidon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).


hérétique

fr-noun

hérétique m or f by sense (plural hérétiques)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin herēticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós).