réduire

réduire (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
réduisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
réduit (participle past)
réduis (first-person indicative present singular)
réduis (indicative present second-person singular)
réduit (indicative present singular third-person)
réduisons (first-person indicative plural present)
réduisez (indicative plural present second-person)
réduisent (indicative plural present third-person)
réduisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
réduisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
réduisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
réduisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
réduisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
réduisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
réduisis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
réduisis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
réduisit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
réduisîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
réduisîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
réduisirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
réduirai (first-person future indicative singular)
réduiras (future indicative second-person singular)
réduira (future indicative singular third-person)
réduirons (first-person future indicative plural)
réduirez (future indicative plural second-person)
réduiront (future indicative plural third-person)
réduirais (conditional first-person singular)
réduirais (conditional second-person singular)
réduirait (conditional singular third-person)
réduirions (conditional first-person plural)
réduiriez (conditional plural second-person)
réduiraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
réduise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
réduises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
réduise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
réduisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
réduisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
réduisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
réduisisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
réduisisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
réduisît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
réduisissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
réduisissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
réduisissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
réduis (imperative second-person singular)
réduisons (first-person imperative plural)
réduisez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French reduire, from Old French reduire, an alteration or Gallicization of Latin redūcere (“reduce”), after conduire.


vin de table

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cidre

→ German: Cidre

→ Polish: cydr

→ Romanian: cidru

→ Russian: сидр (sidr)

→ Ukrainian: сидр (sydr)

From Old French sidre, from Latin sicera, from Ancient Greek σῑ́κερᾰ (sī́keră), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār), from Proto-Semitic *šikar- (“alcoholic drink”).

der

Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār)


brasserie

From brasser (“to brew”) + -erie, from Old French bracer, from brace (“malt”), from Gaulish bracem.

beer bar, beer parlor / beer parlour, alehouse (a pub or bar where beer is sold)


bière à la pression

fr-noun

bière à la pression f (plural bières à la pression)


médecin

médecin m or f by sense (plural médecins)

Inherited from Middle French medecin, a back-formation from Old French medeciner (“to treat medically”). Replaced Old French mire, mege, meide, meie, etc. inherited from Latin medicus.


hôpital

→ Kaba: òpìtāl

→ Chadian Arabic: لبتان

Inherited from Middle French hospital, from Old French hospital (12th c.), a borrowing from Late Latin hospitāle (“hospital, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hôtel.

bor

c’est l’hôpital qui se moque de la charité


docteur

fr-noun

docteur m (plural docteurs, feminine docteur or (especially Canadian) docteure or (dated) doctoresse or (slang) docteuse)

docteurs (plural)
docteur (feminine)
docteure (Canadian especially feminine)
doctoresse (dated feminine)
docteuse (feminine slang)

→ Arabic: دُكْتور (doktōr)

→ Kaba: dòktórò

→ Persian: دکتر (doktor)

→ Ottoman Turkish: دوقتور (doktor)

→ Turkish: doktor
→ Ladino: doktor

→ Vietnamese: đốc-tờ

Je suis le docteur Pipo, Pipo.
Je répare les pianos.
Piano ! Piano ! Écoute-nous !
Parle-nous ! Réponds-nous !

1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:

I am Dr. Pipo, Pipo.
I fix pianos.
Piano! Piano! Listen to us!
Talk to us! Answer us!

a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate), especially a male doctor


tousser

tousser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
toussant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
toussé (participle past)
tousse (first-person indicative present singular)
tousses (indicative present second-person singular)
tousse (indicative present singular third-person)
toussons (first-person indicative plural present)
toussez (indicative plural present second-person)
toussent (indicative plural present third-person)
toussais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
toussais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
toussait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
toussions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
toussiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
toussaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
toussai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
toussas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
toussa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
toussâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
toussâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
toussèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
tousserai (first-person future indicative singular)
tousseras (future indicative second-person singular)
toussera (future indicative singular third-person)
tousserons (first-person future indicative plural)
tousserez (future indicative plural second-person)
tousseront (future indicative plural third-person)
tousserais (conditional first-person singular)
tousserais (conditional second-person singular)
tousserait (conditional singular third-person)
tousserions (conditional first-person plural)
tousseriez (conditional plural second-person)
tousseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
tousse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tousses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tousse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
toussions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
toussiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
toussent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
toussasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
toussasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
toussât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
toussassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
toussassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
toussassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tousse (imperative second-person singular)
toussons (first-person imperative plural)
toussez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French toussir with change of conjugation class, from Latin tussīre.


pression

Learned borrowing from Latin pressiō, pressiōnis.

lbor

(medicine, physics, uncountable) pressure


croquant

(anatomy) antihelix (cartilage of the ear)


chancre

→ English: chancre

Inherited from Middle French chancre, from Old French chancre, inherited from Latin cancrum, from Proto-Italic *kankros, dissimilation of *karkros (“enclosure”) (because the pincers of a crab form a circle), from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of cancer.


alcool

Haitian Creole: alkòl

Mauritian Creole: lalkol

Seychellois Creole: lalkol

→ English: alcool

→ Khmer: អាកុល (ʼaakol)

→ Malagasy: alkola

→? Norman: alcool

→ Romanian: alcool

→ Ottoman Turkish: آلقول (alkol)

→ Turkish: alkol

→ Persian: الکل (alkol)

→ Vietnamese: ancol, cồn

Borrowed from Medieval Latin alcohol, from Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Il n’y a jamais une goutte d’alcool, ni même de vin dans la maison.

1951, Georges Simenon, Maigret en meublé:

There is never a drop of alcohol, not even (one of) wine in the house.

spirits, hard liquor (strong alcoholic beverage, excludes wine, cider, beer)


bave

From Old French beve (altered based on baver), from Vulgar Latin root *baba, of imitative origin. Compare Portuguese baba.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Coordinate term: salive

la bave du crapaud n’atteint pas la blanche colombe


purpura

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura. Doublet of pourpre.


forme fruste

(medicine) forme fruste, unfinished form


English: RU-486

Roussel+UCLAF+486, from Usines Chimiques des Laboratoires Français. From the codename RU-38486, the 38,486th compound synthesized by Roussel-Uclaf; then shortened to RU-486.

(pharmacology) RU-486: mifepristone: Synonym of mifépristone.


(pharmacology) RU-486: mifépristone: A drug formulation containing the active agent mifepristone


frein

→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)
Turkish: fren

→ Vietnamese: phanh

Inherited from Old French frein, from Latin frēnum n. Cognate with Portuguese freio and Spanish freno.
Cf. the borrowed freiner.

frein de la langue

frein du prépuce


virion

From virus + Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).


marteau

Inherited from Middle French marteau m, from a back-formation from Old French marteaus (ca. 1140), plural of martel, from Late Latin martellus, from martulus, variant form of marculus, diminutive of Latin marcus, or from malleus.


cardio-

From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”).


toilette

→ Bulgarian: тоале́т (toalét)

→ Dutch: toilet

desctree

→ German: Toilette
→ Estonian: tualett
→ Hungarian: toalett

→ Greek: τουαλέτα (toualéta)

→ Italian: toilette

→ Ottoman Turkish: توالت
Turkish: tuvalet

→ Persian: توالت (tovâlet)

→ Polish: toaleta

→ Portuguese: toalete

→ Romanian: toaletă


hospice

Inherited from Old French hospise, borrowed from Latin hospitium.


chocolat au lait

fr-noun

chocolat au lait m (plural chocolats au lait)

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From chocolat (“chocolate”) + au + lait (“milk”).


cervelle

Inherited from Middle French cervelle, from Old French cervele, from Latin cerebella, the plural of cerebellum (whence French cerveau) reinterpreted as a feminine singular.

cervelle de veau au beurre


angoisse

Inherited from Old French angoisse, from Latin angustia.


testicule

→ Persian: تستیکول (testikul)


occipital

fr-adj

occipital (feminine occipitale, masculine plural occipitaux, feminine plural occipitales)

occipitale (feminine)
occipitaux (masculine plural)
occipitales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (whence occiput).

lobe occipital


préservatif

préservatif (feminine préservative, masculine plural préservatifs, feminine plural préservatives)

préservative (feminine)
préservatifs (masculine plural)
préservatives (feminine plural)

From préserver (“to preserve”) + -atif (“-ative”).


dermatite

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + -ite.


couveuse

→ Danish: kuvøse

→ Dutch: couveuse

→ English: couveuse

→ Swedish: kuvös

(medicine) an incubator for sick or premature newborns; couveuse


psychiatrie

→ Turkish: psikiyatri


foudroyant

fr-adj

foudroyant (feminine foudroyante, masculine plural foudroyants, feminine plural foudroyantes)

foudroyante (feminine)
foudroyants (masculine plural)
foudroyantes (feminine plural)

Il a contracté une méningite foudroyante.
He contracted a fulminant meningitis.

(medicine) fulminant; fatal, deadly (coming on quickly and destructively)


bouse

From Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian. Cognate with Piedmontese busa, Ligurian bêusa, bûsa, bûsia and Occitan bosa, bosia.


glande

→ Romanian: glandă

→ Russian: гла́нда (glánda) (see there for further descendants)

Inherited from Old French glandre, from Medical Latin glandula, from glāns, glāndem.

(medicine, non-technical) swollen lymph node


patte

From Middle French, from Old French pade, pate (“paw, foot of an animal”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), borrowed from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *pat-, *paþa- (“to walk, tread, go, step”), of uncertain origin and relation. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”).
Cognate with Dutch poot (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”). Related to English pad, path.


enfantement

From enfanter (“to give birth”) + -ment.


tresser

tresser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
tressant (gerund participle present)
tressant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
tressé (participle past)
tressé (participle past)
tresse (first-person indicative present singular)
tresses (indicative present second-person singular)
tresse (indicative present singular third-person)
tressons (first-person indicative plural present)
tressons (first-person indicative plural present)
tressez (indicative plural present second-person)
tressez (indicative plural present second-person)
tressent (indicative plural present third-person)
tressais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tressais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tressais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tressais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tressait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tressait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tressions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tressions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tressiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tressiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tressaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tressaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tressai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
tressai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
tressas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
tressas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
tressa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
tressa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
tressâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
tressâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
tressâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
tressâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
tressèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
tressèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
tresserai (first-person future indicative singular)
tresserai (first-person future indicative singular)
tresseras (future indicative second-person singular)
tresseras (future indicative second-person singular)
tressera (future indicative singular third-person)
tressera (future indicative singular third-person)
tresserons (first-person future indicative plural)
tresserons (first-person future indicative plural)
tresserez (future indicative plural second-person)
tresserez (future indicative plural second-person)
tresseront (future indicative plural third-person)
tresseront (future indicative plural third-person)
tresserais (conditional first-person singular)
tresserais (conditional first-person singular)
tresserais (conditional second-person singular)
tresserais (conditional second-person singular)
tresserait (conditional singular third-person)
tresserait (conditional singular third-person)
tresserions (conditional first-person plural)
tresserions (conditional first-person plural)
tresseriez (conditional plural second-person)
tresseriez (conditional plural second-person)
tresseraient (conditional plural third-person)
tresseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
tresse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tresses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tresse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tressions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tressions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tressiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tressiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tressent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tressasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tressasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tressasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tressasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tressât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tressât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tressassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tressassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tressassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tressassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tressassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tressassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tresse (imperative second-person singular)
tressons (first-person imperative plural)
tressons (first-person imperative plural)
tressez (imperative plural second-person)
tressez (imperative plural second-person)

From tresse (“tress, braid, plait”) + -er.


induration

Borrowed from Medieval Latin indurātiōnem.

bor+

(medicine) induration, (hardening of tissue)


coprophage

Borrowed from Latin coprophagus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κοπροφάγος (koprophágos), from κόπρος (kópros, “dung”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “eater; glutton”). Equivalent to copro- + -phage.


coprophage

fr-noun

coprophage m or f by sense (plural coprophages)


chicha

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Turkish şişe, from Persian شیشه (šiša, “glass, mirror”).

bor+

Coordinate term: narguilé


vagine

Borrowed from Latin vāgīna. Compare the inherited doublet gaine.


chirurgie

Borrowed from Latin chirurgia, from chirurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).


dentiste

fr-noun

dentiste m or f by sense (plural dentistes)


bronchite

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: برونشیت (bronşit)
Turkish: bronşit

→ Persian: برونشیت (boronšit)

→ Romanian: bronșită


otite

→ Persian: اوتیت (otit)

→ Romanian: otită

→ Turkish: otit

From Ancient Greek οὖς, ὠτός (oûs, ōtós, “ear”) + -ite.

af

(pathology) otitis (inflammation of the ear)


sinusite

→ Persian: سینوزیت (sinuzit)

→ Romanian: sinuzită

→ Turkish: sinüzit


varicelle

→ Portuguese: varicela

Derived from variole with influence from varicocèle (“varicocele”).


aspirine

→ Romanian: aspirină

→ Turkish: aspirin

Borrowed from German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated salicylic acid”). The second word comes from the name of the plant genus Spiraea.

(pharmacology) an aspirin (analgesic drug)


pellagre

From Italian pelle (“skin”) + agra (“sour”).


gastrite

→ Turkish: gastrit


immunologie

→ Persian: ایمونولوژی (imunoloži)

→ Romanian: imunologie

→ Turkish: immünoloji


urologie

→ Persian: اورولوژی (uroloži)

→ Turkish: üroloji


oncologie

→ Turkish: onkoloji

(medicine) (oncology) oncology (branch of medicine concerned with tumors and cancers)


dermatologie

→ Persian: درماتولوژی (dermâtoloži)

→ Romanian: dermatologie

→ Turkish: dermatoloji


cardiologie

→ Persian: کاردیولوژی (kârdiyoloži)

→ Romanian: cardiologie

→ Turkish: kardiyoloji


neurologie

→ Persian: نورولوژی (noroloži)

→ Turkish: nöroloji


tonsille

→ English: tonsil


tonsillectomie

fr-noun

tonsillectomie f (plural tonsillectomies)


purin

From Old French purer, pur + -in (compare French pureau).


carotide

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρωτίς (karōtís), from κάρος (káros, “stupor”).


amidon

Borrowed from Medieval Latin amidum, from Latin amylum, from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon). Compare Spanish almidón, Greek άμυλο (ámylo), Hebrew עמילן (amilan).


folie du pourquoi

fr-noun

folie du pourquoi f (usually uncountable, plural folies du pourquoi)

Literally, “the insanity (madness) of why”.

lit

(psychology) A medical condition in which a patient has a psychopathological urge to compulsively pose questions.


paupière

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *palpetra, variant of Latin palpebra.


cordon sanitaire

fr-noun

cordon sanitaire m (plural cordons sanitaires)

→ Catalan: cordó sanitari (calque)

→ Dutch: cordon sanitaire

→ English: cordon sanitaire

(Belgium, politics, figuratively) The agreement amongst Belgian political parties to not govern with the party Vlaams Belang.


sondage

→ Albanian: sondazh

→ Catalan: sondatge

→ Czech: sondáž

→ English: sondage

→ Galician: sondaxe

→ Italian: sondaggio

→ Occitan: sondatge

→ Portuguese: sondagem

→ Romanian: sondaj

→ Spanish: sondaje

→ Turkish: sondaj

(medicine) probing, probe, catheterization


lancette

→ Portuguese: lanceta

Inherited from Old French lancete (diminutive of lance). By surface analysis, lance + -ette.

(medicine) a lancet, a sharp pointed medical instrument


hydromel

hydromel m (usually uncountable, plural hydromels)

Borrowed from Latin hydromel, hydromeli, from hydro- (from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”)) + mel (“honey”).


échauffer

échauffer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
échauffant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
échauffé (participle past)
échauffe (first-person indicative present singular)
échauffes (indicative present second-person singular)
échauffe (indicative present singular third-person)
échauffons (first-person indicative plural present)
échauffez (indicative plural present second-person)
échauffent (indicative plural present third-person)
échauffais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
échauffais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
échauffait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
échauffions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
échauffiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
échauffaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
échauffai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
échauffas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
échauffa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
échauffâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
échauffâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
échauffèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
échaufferai (first-person future indicative singular)
échaufferas (future indicative second-person singular)
échauffera (future indicative singular third-person)
échaufferons (first-person future indicative plural)
échaufferez (future indicative plural second-person)
échaufferont (future indicative plural third-person)
échaufferais (conditional first-person singular)
échaufferais (conditional second-person singular)
échaufferait (conditional singular third-person)
échaufferions (conditional first-person plural)
échaufferiez (conditional plural second-person)
échaufferaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
échauffe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
échauffes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
échauffe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
échauffions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
échauffiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
échauffent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
échauffasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
échauffasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
échauffât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
échauffassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
échauffassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
échauffassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
échauffe (imperative second-person singular)
échauffons (first-person imperative plural)
échauffez (imperative plural second-person)

German: echauffieren

Inherited from Middle French eschauffer, from Old French eschaufer, eschalfer, from Vulgar Latin *excalfāre, from Latin excal(e)facere, from ex + cal(e)facere.
Ultimately related to échauder (cognate and synonym of English "scald").


isolement

From isoler + -ment, first attested in 1701.

(medicine) isolation (separation of a patient)


vibrisse

(anatomy, ornithology) vibrissa (any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat; any similar feather near the mouth of some birds)


bougie à boule

bougie à boule f (plural bougies à boule)

(medicine) a urological tool used to assess urethral diameter, that is ball- (or bulb-) tipped


palustre

accès palustre

(medicine, relational) malaria, malarial


boyau

→ English: boyau

Inherited from Old French boïel, bouel, from Latin botellus.

(anatomy) gut, intestine (of an animal, or, informally of a human)


brosse à dents

brosse à dents f (plural brosses à dents)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-brosse à dents.wav


fessier

fr-adj

fessier (feminine fessière, masculine plural fessiers, feminine plural fessières)

fessière (feminine)
fessiers (masculine plural)
fessières (feminine plural)

(anatomy) Specifically, of the buttocks' muscles


thérapeutique

desc

→ Greek: θεραπευτική (therapeftikí) (learned)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”).

lbor

θεραπευτικός

(medicine) Set of processes involved in a specific treatment


acharnement thérapeutique

fr-noun

acharnement thérapeutique m (plural acharnements thérapeutiques)

(idiomatic, medicine) Providing medical care to keep patients alive when there is no hope that it will benefit or cure them


curaçao

Borrowed from Dutch curaçao, named after the island Curaçao.

the orange peel-flavored liqueur curaçao


récupérer

récupérer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
récupérant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
récupéré (participle past)
récupère (first-person indicative present singular)
récupères (indicative present second-person singular)
récupère (indicative present singular third-person)
récupérons (first-person indicative plural present)
récupérez (indicative plural present second-person)
récupèrent (indicative plural present third-person)
récupérais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
récupérais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
récupérait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
récupérions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
récupériez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
récupéraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
récupérai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
récupéras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
récupéra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
récupérâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
récupérâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
récupérèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
récupèrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
récupérerai (first-person future indicative singular)
récupèreras (future indicative second-person singular)
récupéreras (future indicative second-person singular)
récupèrera (future indicative singular third-person)
récupérera (future indicative singular third-person)
récupèrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
récupérerons (first-person future indicative plural)
récupèrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
récupérerez (future indicative plural second-person)
récupèreront (future indicative plural third-person)
récupéreront (future indicative plural third-person)
récupèrerais (conditional first-person singular)
récupérerais (conditional first-person singular)
récupèrerais (conditional second-person singular)
récupérerais (conditional second-person singular)
récupèrerait (conditional singular third-person)
récupérerait (conditional singular third-person)
récupèrerions (conditional first-person plural)
récupérerions (conditional first-person plural)
récupèreriez (conditional plural second-person)
récupéreriez (conditional plural second-person)
récupèreraient (conditional plural third-person)
récupéreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
récupère (first-person present singular subjunctive)
récupères (present second-person singular subjunctive)
récupère (present singular subjunctive third-person)
récupérions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
récupériez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
récupèrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
récupérasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
récupérasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
récupérât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
récupérassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
récupérassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
récupérassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
récupère (imperative second-person singular)
récupérons (first-person imperative plural)
récupérez (imperative plural second-person)

→ English: recoup

→ Romanian: recupera

Borrowed from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of recouvrer, which was inherited.


affres

Inherited from Old French affre, afre, from Old Occitan affre (“horror”), from Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍂𐍃 (aifrs), from Proto-Germanic *aibraz (“horrible, terrible”).

der

[I]l ne doutait pas que je l’ignorasse, et surtout il s’en effrayait. Aussi disait-il «vous le savez» pour s’éviter à lui-même les affres qu’il traverserait en prononçant les phrases destinées à me l’apprendre.

1921, Marcel Proust, Sodome et Gomorrhe:

He had no doubt that I didn't know about it, and it frightened him. He also said "you know" to avoid the torment he felt in voicing those phrases that would inform me.


bésicles

(plural only, dated or colloquial) Alternative spelling of besicles


besicles

From Old French bericles, from beryl, which served to make magnifying glasses.

(plural only, dated or colloquial) spectacles, glasses


fèces

Les habitudes alimentaires des chauves-souris ont été déterminées à partir d’échantillons de fèces. Nous avons également vérifié la composition et l’abondance relative des différents ordres d’insectes dans les trois habitats à l’aide de pièges lumineux. Les villes où les rues sont éclairées par des lampes à vapeur de mercure constituent d’importantes aires d’alimentation pour les chauves-souris.

2002, Ya-Fu Lee, Gary F. McCracken, “Foraging activity and food resources use of Brazilian free-tailed bats, Tadarida brasiliensis (Molossidae)”, in Écoscience, page 306:

Food habits of the bats were determined from fecal samples, and the composition and relative abundance of various insect orders in the three habitats were assessed using light traps. Towns with mercury-vapor type street lamps appeared to be important feeding areas for the bats.

(pharmacy, archaic, plural only) sediments depositing in a container of murky or cloudy liquid


antibiotique

From anti- + biotique. Coined in 1889 by French mycologist Jean Paul Vuillemin.


antibiotique

→ English: antibiotic

→ Persian: آنتیبیوتیک (ânti-biyotik)

→ Romanian: antibiotic

→ Turkish: antibiyotik


bactériologie

→ Persian: باکتریولوژی (bâkteriyoloži)

→ Romanian: bacteriologie

→ Turkish: bakteriyoloji


abajoue

(anatomy, zoology) a pouch in the cheek of some animals, usually used to carry food; a cheek pouch


adipeux

fr-adj

adipeux (feminine adipeuse, masculine plural adipeux, feminine plural adipeuses)

adipeuse (feminine)
adipeux (masculine plural)
adipeuses (feminine plural)

À dire vrai, que ce sédentaire adipeux ait survécu jusqu’à l’âge de quatre-vingt-trois ans rendait perplexe la médecine moderne.

1992, Amélie Nothomb, translated by Alison Anderson, Hygiène de l'assassin; republished as Hygiene and the Assassin, 2010:

Modern medicine was sincerely puzzled by the fact that this adipose, sedentary man had survived to the age of eighty-three.


pharmacien

fr-noun

pharmacien m (plural pharmaciens, feminine pharmacienne)

pharmaciens (plural)
pharmacienne (feminine)


pathologie

→ Dutch: pathologie

→ Turkish: patoloji


toxicologie

→ Turkish: toksikoloji


pathologique

→ Romanian: patologic

→ Turkish: patolojik

From Ancient Greek παθολογικός (pathologikós).


moelle épinière

fr-noun

moelle épinière f (plural moelles épinières)


tronc cérébral

tronc cérébral m (plural troncs cérébraux)


cérébral

cérébral m (plural cérébraux, feminine cérébrale)

A learned formation from the root of Latin cerebrum and the suffix -al.

C’est un cérébral, il pense plus qu’il n’agit.

He's a cerebral person; he thinks more than he acts.


adrénaline

Borrowed from English adrenaline. Genericized trademark.

(biochemistry) adrenaline (epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter)


plaquette

→ Catalan: plaqueta

→ English: plaquette

→ Italian: plaquette

→ Portuguese: plaqueta

→ Spanish: plaqueta

→ Turkish: plaket


prépuce

Inherited from Middle French prepuce, borrowed from Latin praeputium.

Holonym: pénis

Comeronyms: corps caverneux, corps spongieux, frein, gland

Au moment où il suçota son gland et titilla son prépuce sensible, un cri bouleversant sorti de la gorge de Damon.

2021, Camille Jedel, Les Deux Royaumes : 1 - Il était une fois, page 82:


médecine

Inherited from Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, borrowed from Latin medicīna. Replaced the inherited Old French form mecine.


paroi

Inherited from Old French paroi, parei, pareit, from Late Latin parētem, from Latin parietem m.


mollet

Les habits, qui pèsent sur mes mollets, sont plats, tièdes d’un côté seulement. Les lacets de mes souliers n’ont plus de ferrets.

1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis, archived from the original on 2019-05-27:


cloison

Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *clausiōnem, from Latin clausus.


infirmière

fr-noun

infirmière f (plural infirmières, masculine infirmier)

infirmières (plural)
infirmier (masculine)


rhume

Borrowed from Late Latin rheuma, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma).

Avoir le rhume.


glande pinéale

glande pinéale f (plural glandes pinéales)


opération

→ Romanian: operație

→ Turkish: operasyon

(medicine) operation (medical operation)


pernicieux

fr-adj

pernicieux (feminine pernicieuse, masculine plural pernicieux, feminine plural pernicieuses)

pernicieuse (feminine)
pernicieux (masculine plural)
pernicieuses (feminine plural)

anémie pernicieuse

pernicious anemia, or Biermer's anemia, a form of megaloblastic anemia due to vitamin B12 deficiency

fièvre pernicieuse

pernicious fever (old term for neuro-malaria, the most serious form of malaria fever)

Elle est insuffisante, répondit le reporter, et un troisième accès de fièvre pernicieuse qu’on ne coupe pas au moyen de la quinine est toujours mortel!

[It] Is insufficient. And a third attack of pernicious fever, when one cannot break it by means of quinine, is always mortal!

(medicine, rare) insidious (having a slow and discreet, but dangerous evolution)


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)


branchie

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


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


pommette

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


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:


corbeau

fr-noun

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)


marteau à réflexes

marteau à réflexes m (plural marteaux à réflexes)


pissoir

→ Czech: pisoár

→ Estonian: pissuaar

→ Finnish: pisoaari

→ German: Pissoir

→ Polish: pisuar

→ Romanian: pisoar

→ Russian: писсуар (pissuar)

→ Turkish: pisuvar


organe

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


rouge à lèvres

fr-noun

rouge à lèvres m (plural rouges à lèvres)

desc

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

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-rouge à lèvres.wav


pastèque

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


cordon ombilical

fr-noun

cordon ombilical m (plural cordons ombilicaux)


dural

fr-adj

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

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


lunettes de soleil

LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-lunettes de soleil.wav


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.


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.


amygdale

Borrowed from Latin amygdala (“almond”). Doublet of amande and mandorle.


autisme

→ Romanian: autism

→ Persian: اوتیسم (otism)

→ Turkish: otizm


périnée

→ Persian: پرینه (perine)

→ Spanish: periné

→ Turkish: perine

Borrowed from Late Latin perinaeum, from Ancient Greek περίναιον (perínaion).


cure-dent

→ Turkish: kürdan


antagoniste

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs).

lbor

ἀνταγωνιστής

(anatomy, physiology) antagonist (muscle that acts in opposition to another)


antagoniste

ἀνταγωνιστής


rogne

Inherited from Old French roigne, from Latin arānea (“spider's web”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *ronea or *aronea, influenced by rodō (“gnaw”). Compare Italian rogna.

(dated, pathology) ringworm (skin condition)


orteil

Alteration, probably under influence of Gaulish ordiga (“toe(?)”) (cf. Old Irish orddu lamae (“thumb”)), of arteil, from Old French arteilh, from Latin articulus. Compare Occitan artelh, Catalan artell and Spanish artejo. Doublet of article, a learned loan.

Coordinate term: doigt


pneumologie

→ Persian: پنومولوژی (penomoloži)

→ Romanian: pneumologie

→ Turkish: pnömoloji


syndrome prémenstruel

premenstrual syndrome
premenstrual syndrome

premenstrual tension
premenstrual tension

premenstrual syndrome, premenstrual tension


syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise

fr-noun

syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise m (uncountable)

syndrome d’ immunodéficience acquise (canonical masculine)

acquired immune deficiency syndrome
acquired immune deficiency syndrome


gliadine

gliadine f (countable and uncountable, plural gliadines)


bassin

→ Czech: bazén

→ Danish: bassin

→ German: Bassin

→ Lithuanian: baseinas

→ Persian: باسن

→ Polish: basen

→ Romanian: bazin

→ Russian: бассейн (bassejn)

→ Swedish: bassäng

From Middle French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinus, *baccinum, probably from Gaulish.


psychologue

psychologue m or f by sense (plural psychologues)


uvule

Borrowed from Late Latin ūvula (“small grape”), diminutive of Latin ūva. Doublet of uvula.


immunoglobuline

fr-noun

immunoglobuline f (plural immunoglobulines)


morphologique

(relational) morphology; morphological
(biology; anatomy and physiology)


arthrite

→ Turkish: artrit


amputer

amputer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
amputant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
amputé (participle past)
ampute (first-person indicative present singular)
amputes (indicative present second-person singular)
ampute (indicative present singular third-person)
amputons (first-person indicative plural present)
amputez (indicative plural present second-person)
amputent (indicative plural present third-person)
amputais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
amputais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
amputait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
amputions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
amputiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
amputaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
amputai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
amputas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
amputa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
amputâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
amputâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
amputèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
amputerai (first-person future indicative singular)
amputeras (future indicative second-person singular)
amputera (future indicative singular third-person)
amputerons (first-person future indicative plural)
amputerez (future indicative plural second-person)
amputeront (future indicative plural third-person)
amputerais (conditional first-person singular)
amputerais (conditional second-person singular)
amputerait (conditional singular third-person)
amputerions (conditional first-person plural)
amputeriez (conditional plural second-person)
amputeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
ampute (first-person present singular subjunctive)
amputes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ampute (present singular subjunctive third-person)
amputions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
amputiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
amputent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
amputasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
amputasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
amputât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
amputassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
amputassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
amputassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ampute (imperative second-person singular)
amputons (first-person imperative plural)
amputez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Romanian: amputa


gonade

→ Dutch: gonade


fente

From Vulgar Latin *findita, feminine of *finditus, as an alternate past participle of Latin findō (normally fissus).


embolie

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμβολή (embolḗ).

lbor

(pathology) embolism (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)


seringue

Borrowed from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”).


mouille

(vulgar) vaginal secretion, vaginal lubrication


sectionner

sectionner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
sectionnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
sectionné (participle past)
sectionne (first-person indicative present singular)
sectionnes (indicative present second-person singular)
sectionne (indicative present singular third-person)
sectionnons (first-person indicative plural present)
sectionnez (indicative plural present second-person)
sectionnent (indicative plural present third-person)
sectionnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sectionnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sectionnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sectionnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sectionniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sectionnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sectionnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sectionnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sectionna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sectionnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sectionnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sectionnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sectionnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
sectionneras (future indicative second-person singular)
sectionnera (future indicative singular third-person)
sectionnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
sectionnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
sectionneront (future indicative plural third-person)
sectionnerais (conditional first-person singular)
sectionnerais (conditional second-person singular)
sectionnerait (conditional singular third-person)
sectionnerions (conditional first-person plural)
sectionneriez (conditional plural second-person)
sectionneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
sectionne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sectionnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sectionne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sectionnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sectionniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sectionnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sectionnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sectionnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sectionnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sectionnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sectionnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sectionnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sectionne (imperative second-person singular)
sectionnons (first-person imperative plural)
sectionnez (imperative plural second-person)


cocaïne

C’est le problème avec la cocaïne parisienne : elle est tellement coupée qu’il faut avoir les narines solides.

2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 44:

That's the problem with the cocaine in Paris: it's so cut that you have to have strong nostrils.


ovaire

Semi-learned borrowing from New Latin ovārium, from Medieval Latin ovāria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”).


chirurgien

fr-noun

chirurgien m (plural chirurgiens, feminine chirurgienne)

chirurgiens (plural)
chirurgienne (feminine)

Inherited from Middle French chirurgien, from Old French cirurgiien (see also Old French surgien, inherited through Vulgar Latin), or simply formed from the root of chirurgie, borrowed from Latin chīrūrgia, from chīrūrgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).


jointure

Inherited from Old French jointure, from Latin iūnctūra.


brachial

fr-adj

brachial (feminine brachiale, masculine plural brachiaux, feminine plural brachiales)

brachiale (feminine)
brachiaux (masculine plural)
brachiales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin bracchiālis, from bracchium (“arm”).


cyprine

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύπρις (kúpris), an epithet of Aphrodite, + -ine.

(sex) vaginal lubrication, vaginal fluid


monoamine oxydase

fr-noun

monoamine oxydase f (plural monoamines oxydases)


dyslexie

(pathology) dyslexia (a syndrome, inability of reading)


néphrologie

From Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”).


dent de lait

milk tooth (tooth of the first set of teeth)


salle de bain

bathroom (a room containing a bath where one can bathe)


vétérinaire

fr-noun

vétérinaire m or f by sense (plural vétérinaires)

Learned borrowing from Latin veterīnārius.

lbor

veterinarian, veterinary surgeon, vet (short form for the two previous terms)


aigu

fr-adj

aigu (feminine aiguë or aigüe, masculine plural aigus, feminine plural aiguës or aigües)

aiguë (feminine)
aigüe (feminine)
aigus (masculine plural)
aiguës (feminine plural)
aigües (feminine plural)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: aigu

Inherited from Middle French aigu, agu, from Old French agu, from Latin acūtus (“sharp”); related to English acute. The original Old French result was eü (preserved in the toponym Montheu < Latin Mons acutus (“sharp mountain”)), which was likely modified into the form agu based on the Latin, and then influenced by words like aigre, or aiguiser, as with aiguille.
Doublet of acut.


enrhumer

enrhumer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enrhumant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enrhumé (participle past)
enrhume (first-person indicative present singular)
enrhumes (indicative present second-person singular)
enrhume (indicative present singular third-person)
enrhumons (first-person indicative plural present)
enrhumez (indicative plural present second-person)
enrhument (indicative plural present third-person)
enrhumais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enrhumais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enrhumait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enrhumions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enrhumiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enrhumaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enrhumai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enrhumas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enrhuma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enrhumâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enrhumâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enrhumèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enrhumerai (first-person future indicative singular)
enrhumeras (future indicative second-person singular)
enrhumera (future indicative singular third-person)
enrhumerons (first-person future indicative plural)
enrhumerez (future indicative plural second-person)
enrhumeront (future indicative plural third-person)
enrhumerais (conditional first-person singular)
enrhumerais (conditional second-person singular)
enrhumerait (conditional singular third-person)
enrhumerions (conditional first-person plural)
enrhumeriez (conditional plural second-person)
enrhumeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enrhume (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enrhumes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enrhume (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enrhumions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enrhumiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enrhument (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enrhumasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enrhumasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enrhumât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enrhumassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enrhumassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enrhumassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enrhume (imperative second-person singular)
enrhumons (first-person imperative plural)
enrhumez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive) to affect with a cold, to give someone a cold (illness)


dysenterie

Inherited from Old French dissenterie, borrowed from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería).


choléra

→ Turkish: kolera

Borrowed from Late Latin cholera, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra), from χολή (kholḗ). Doublet of colère.


bourgeonner

bourgeonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bourgeonnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bourgeonné (participle past)
bourgeonne (first-person indicative present singular)
bourgeonnes (indicative present second-person singular)
bourgeonne (indicative present singular third-person)
bourgeonnons (first-person indicative plural present)
bourgeonnez (indicative plural present second-person)
bourgeonnent (indicative plural present third-person)
bourgeonnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bourgeonnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bourgeonnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bourgeonnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bourgeonniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bourgeonnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bourgeonnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bourgeonnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bourgeonna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bourgeonnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bourgeonnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bourgeonnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bourgeonnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
bourgeonneras (future indicative second-person singular)
bourgeonnera (future indicative singular third-person)
bourgeonnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
bourgeonnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
bourgeonneront (future indicative plural third-person)
bourgeonnerais (conditional first-person singular)
bourgeonnerais (conditional second-person singular)
bourgeonnerait (conditional singular third-person)
bourgeonnerions (conditional first-person plural)
bourgeonneriez (conditional plural second-person)
bourgeonneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
bourgeonne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bourgeonnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bourgeonne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bourgeonnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bourgeonniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bourgeonnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bourgeonnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bourgeonnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bourgeonnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bourgeonnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bourgeonnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bourgeonnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bourgeonne (imperative second-person singular)
bourgeonnons (first-person imperative plural)
bourgeonnez (imperative plural second-person)

(medicine) to granulate; to have pimples, spots


sanitaire

→ Danish: sanitær

→ German: sanitär

→ Norwegian Bokmål: sanitær

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: sanitær

A learned formation created from the base of Latin sānitās (cf. santé).


hygiène

Turkish: hijyen

From Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (hugieinḗ) τέχνη (tékhnē) (art of health), from ὑγιεινός (hugieinós, “of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”).


radiologie

→ Persian: رادیولوژی (râdiyoloži)

→ Turkish: radyoloji

From radio- + -logie, compare English radiology.


méningite

→ Persian: مننژیت (menanžit)


anodin

anodin (feminine anodine, masculine plural anodins, feminine plural anodines)

anodine (feminine)
anodins (masculine plural)
anodines (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνώδυνος (anṓdunos, “free from pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”).

lbor

Les préparations de ciguë, d’opium, etc., sont des remèdes anodins.

Preparations of hemlock, opium, and so forth, are known as anodynes.


onycho-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).


perfusion

(medicine) perfusion, drip, intravenous injection


rétablissement

fr-noun

rétablissement m (plural rétablissements)


prompt rétablissement

get well soon, a phrase expressing hope that the listener will soon recover from physical illness


fistule

Borrowed from Latin fistula. Doublet of felle.


bon rétablissement

get well soon (a phrase indicating hope that the listener recovers from physical illness)


hypnotique

Borrowed from Late Latin hypnōticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós).


pomme d'Adam

pomme d’ Adam (canonical feminine)
pommes d’Adam (plural)

Haitian Creole: pòmdadan


laiterie

From lait + -erie. Compare Italian latteria, Catalan lleteria, Spanish lechería, Portuguese leitaria, Romanian lăptărie.


mèche

→ Italian: mèche

→ Portuguese: mecha

→ Sicilian: mecciu

→ Turkish: meç

Inherited from Old French mesche, via Late Latin *micca or Vulgar Latin *mysca, alteration of Latin myxa (“sebesten tree”).


psychiatre

psychiatre m or f by sense (plural psychiatres)

First attested in 1802. psych- + -iatre.


tumeur

Inherited from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor.


dépression

dépression nerveuse

(psychology, psychiatry) depression (state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future)


muguet

→ Catalan: muguet

→ Turkish: müge

From Old French muguete, muguede (as in nois muguete (“nutmeg”)), from Latin muscāta, feminine of muscātus (“musky”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian mwšk' (/*mušk/, “musk”), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.

(medicine) thrush (oral yeast infection, oral candidiasis)


enclume

Inherited from Old French anclume, from Latin incūs, incūdem, through a variant Vulgar Latin form *incūdō, incūdinem (compare Italian incudine). The intrusive -l- probably influenced by Latin inclūdō.


sage-femme

From Middle French sage-femme, from Old French sage-femme. By surface analysis, sage (“wise”) + femme (“woman”).


clin d'œil

fr-noun

clin d’œil m (plural clins d’œil or clins d’yeux)

clin d’ œil (canonical masculine)
clins d’œil (plural)
clins d’yeux (plural)


protide

(nutrition) protein, peptides and similar materials


désarticuler

désarticuler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
désarticulant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
désarticulé (participle past)
désarticule (first-person indicative present singular)
désarticules (indicative present second-person singular)
désarticule (indicative present singular third-person)
désarticulons (first-person indicative plural present)
désarticulez (indicative plural present second-person)
désarticulent (indicative plural present third-person)
désarticulais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
désarticulais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
désarticulait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
désarticulions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
désarticuliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
désarticulaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
désarticulai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
désarticulas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
désarticula (historic indicative past singular third-person)
désarticulâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
désarticulâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
désarticulèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
désarticulerai (first-person future indicative singular)
désarticuleras (future indicative second-person singular)
désarticulera (future indicative singular third-person)
désarticulerons (first-person future indicative plural)
désarticulerez (future indicative plural second-person)
désarticuleront (future indicative plural third-person)
désarticulerais (conditional first-person singular)
désarticulerais (conditional second-person singular)
désarticulerait (conditional singular third-person)
désarticulerions (conditional first-person plural)
désarticuleriez (conditional plural second-person)
désarticuleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
désarticule (first-person present singular subjunctive)
désarticules (present second-person singular subjunctive)
désarticule (present singular subjunctive third-person)
désarticulions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
désarticuliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
désarticulent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
désarticulasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
désarticulasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
désarticulât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
désarticulassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
désarticulassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
désarticulassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
désarticule (imperative second-person singular)
désarticulons (first-person imperative plural)
désarticulez (imperative plural second-person)


unguis

Borrowed from Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”), so-called because of its transparency and its shape, reminiscent of a fingernail.

bor+

(anatomy) The smallest of the facial bones, located at the inner wall of the orbit.


neurochirurgie

fr-noun

neurochirurgie f (plural neurochirurgies)


toupet

→ Catalan: tupè

→ Danish: toupé

→ Dutch: toupet

→ English: toupee, toupet

→ German: Toupet

→ Italian: toupet

→ Norwegian Bokmål: tupé

→ Romanian: tupeu

Sicilian: tuppettu

→ Spanish: tupé

From Middle French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), from Old French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), diminutive of toupe, top (“tuft of hair”), from Frankish *topp (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”). Cognate with Old Dutch topp (“top”) (Dutch top), Old Frisian top (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), Old English top (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), Old High German zopf (“end, summit, tuft of hair”), Old Norse toppr (“tuft of hair, forelock”). More at top.


fumier

Inherited from Old French femier, from Vulgar Latin *femārium, from *femus, alteration of Latin fimus. Spelling influenced by fumer.


bistouri

→ Albanian: bisturi

→ Catalan: bisturí

→ Dutch: bistouri

→ Indonesian: bisturi

→ English: bistoury

→ Esperanto: bisturio

→ Italian: bisturi

→ Romanian: bisturiu

→ Spanish: bisturí

→ Turkish: bisturi

Borrowed from Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”, see Latin Pistōrium); the city of Pistoia was once famous for the manufacturing of blades. Doublet of pistoïen.

(surgery) bistoury, scalpel, surgical knife


attelle

Inherited from Late Latin astella, from astla, from Latin assula (“splinter”).


stupéfiant

Lexicalised present participle of stupéfier. Compare English stupefacient.


récupération

→ Turkish: reküperasyon

Inherited from Middle French recuperation, recuperacion, borrowed from Latin recuperātiōnem. Morphologically, from récupérer + -ation.


tunique

→ Romanian: tunică

→ Turkish: tunik

Inherited from Middle French tunique, from Old French tunique, borrowed from Latin tunica.


recoudre

recoudre (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
recousant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
recousu (participle past)
recouds (first-person indicative present singular)
recouds (indicative present second-person singular)
recoud (indicative present singular third-person)
recousons (first-person indicative plural present)
recousez (indicative plural present second-person)
recousent (indicative plural present third-person)
recousais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
recousais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
recousait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
recousions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
recousiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
recousaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
recousis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
recousis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
recousit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
recousîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
recousîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
recousirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
recoudrai (first-person future indicative singular)
recoudras (future indicative second-person singular)
recoudra (future indicative singular third-person)
recoudrons (first-person future indicative plural)
recoudrez (future indicative plural second-person)
recoudront (future indicative plural third-person)
recoudrais (conditional first-person singular)
recoudrais (conditional second-person singular)
recoudrait (conditional singular third-person)
recoudrions (conditional first-person plural)
recoudriez (conditional plural second-person)
recoudraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
recouse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
recouses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
recouse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
recousions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
recousiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
recousent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
recousisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
recousisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
recousît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
recousissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
recousissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
recousissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
recouds (imperative second-person singular)
recousons (first-person imperative plural)
recousez (imperative plural second-person)

(surgery, transitive) to stitch together, to close (an incision or wound) with surgical stitches


mandibule

Borrowed from Late Latin mandibula, from Latin mandō.


os zygomatique

fr-noun

os zygomatique m (plural os zygomatiques)


hospitaliser

hospitaliser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
hospitalisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
hospitalisé (participle past)
hospitalise (first-person indicative present singular)
hospitalises (indicative present second-person singular)
hospitalise (indicative present singular third-person)
hospitalisons (first-person indicative plural present)
hospitalisez (indicative plural present second-person)
hospitalisent (indicative plural present third-person)
hospitalisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
hospitalisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
hospitalisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
hospitalisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
hospitalisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
hospitalisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
hospitalisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
hospitalisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
hospitalisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
hospitalisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
hospitalisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
hospitalisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
hospitaliserai (first-person future indicative singular)
hospitaliseras (future indicative second-person singular)
hospitalisera (future indicative singular third-person)
hospitaliserons (first-person future indicative plural)
hospitaliserez (future indicative plural second-person)
hospitaliseront (future indicative plural third-person)
hospitaliserais (conditional first-person singular)
hospitaliserais (conditional second-person singular)
hospitaliserait (conditional singular third-person)
hospitaliserions (conditional first-person plural)
hospitaliseriez (conditional plural second-person)
hospitaliseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
hospitalise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
hospitalises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
hospitalise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
hospitalisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
hospitalisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
hospitalisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
hospitalisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
hospitalisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hospitalisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hospitalisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
hospitalisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hospitalisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hospitalise (imperative second-person singular)
hospitalisons (first-person imperative plural)
hospitalisez (imperative plural second-person)

19th century, derived from hôpital + -iser, using the Latinate form of the noun as retained in hospitalier.


brasseur

brasseur m (plural brasseurs, feminine brasseuse)


trapèze

→ English: trapeze

→ Romanian: trapez

→ Turkish: trapez


brasser

brasser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
brassant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
brassé (participle past)
brasse (first-person indicative present singular)
brasses (indicative present second-person singular)
brasse (indicative present singular third-person)
brassons (first-person indicative plural present)
brassez (indicative plural present second-person)
brassent (indicative plural present third-person)
brassais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
brassais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
brassait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
brassions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
brassiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
brassaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
brassai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
brassas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
brassa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
brassâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
brassâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
brassèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
brasserai (first-person future indicative singular)
brasseras (future indicative second-person singular)
brassera (future indicative singular third-person)
brasserons (first-person future indicative plural)
brasserez (future indicative plural second-person)
brasseront (future indicative plural third-person)
brasserais (conditional first-person singular)
brasserais (conditional second-person singular)
brasserait (conditional singular third-person)
brasserions (conditional first-person plural)
brasseriez (conditional plural second-person)
brasseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
brasse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
brasses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
brasse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
brassions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
brassiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
brassent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
brassasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
brassasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
brassât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
brassassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
brassassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
brassassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
brasse (imperative second-person singular)
brassons (first-person imperative plural)
brassez (imperative plural second-person)

From Old French bracier, from brace (“malt”), from Gaulish bracem (Pliny) (compare Scottish Gaelic braich, Welsh brag), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥ke/o, *morko (compare Latin marcēre (“to wither, droop”), North Frisian marig (“tallow”), Lithuanian mer̃kti (“to soak”), Ossetian марг (marg, “poison”)).


pariétal

fr-adj

pariétal (feminine pariétale, masculine plural pariétaux, feminine plural pariétales)

pariétale (feminine)
pariétaux (masculine plural)
pariétales (feminine plural)

(anatomy, relational) parietal (relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity)


hyoïde

→ English: hyoid

From modern Latin hyoides, from Ancient Greek ὑοειδής (huoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter υ (u)”).

uder

shaped like the letter <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">υ</i> (u)


claviculaire

(anatomy, relational) clavicle; clavicular

(anatomy, relational, less commonly) ankle


clavicule

Borrowed from Latin clāvicula. Doublet of cheville, which was inherited.


vertèbre cervicale

fr-noun

vertèbre cervicale f (plural vertèbres cervicales)


colonne vertébrale

colonne vertébrale f (plural colonnes vertébrales)


branchial

fr-adj

branchial (feminine branchiale, masculine plural branchiaux, feminine plural branchiales)

branchiale (feminine)
branchiaux (masculine plural)
branchiales (feminine plural)


omoplate

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠμοπλάτη (ōmoplátē).

bor+

Et pendant ce temps-là, divine candeur, je sens le regard de mon saint Sébastien […] toujours dans mon dos. Ça me chauffe délicieusement les omoplates mais plutôt crever que de me retourner, ça gâcherait le poème.

1999, Anna Gavalda, “Petites pratiques germanopratines”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:


endocardite

→ Persian: آندوکاردیت (ândokârdit)

→ Turkish: endokardit

Coordinate term: péricardite


cache-œil

fr-noun

cache-œil m (plural cache-œil or cache-œils)


agoniste

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs).

lbor

(anatomy, physiology) agonist (muscle that contracts while the other relaxes)


agoniste

le muscle agoniste

(anatomy, physiology) agonistic, synergistic


appareil

From appareiller (in Old French apareil). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *apparic(u)lum; cf. apparātus (whence apparat).

appareil vocal

appareil génital

appareil reproducteur

appareil urinaire

appareil respiratoire


enrager

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

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


provin

From Old French provain, from Latin prōpāgō, prōpāginem.


sinciput

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


dialyse

→ Persian: دیالیز (diyâliz)

(chemistry, medicine) dialysis (chemical method)


épilepsie

→ Turkish: epilepsi

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


dent de sagesse

fr-noun

dent de sagesse f (plural dents de sagesse)

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


infirmier

fr-adj

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

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


pneumonie

→ Persian: پنومونی (penomoni)

→ Turkish: pnömoni


boulimie

bulimia (bulimia nervosa - eating disorder)


hypothermie

→ Dutch: hypothermie

→ Turkish: hipotermi

→ Romanian: hipotermie

Coordinate term: hyperthermie


traumatisme

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

uder

τραυματισμός

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

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


nausée

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


marde

Ben tabarnak, ça sent la marde icitte!

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

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

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

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


hyperactif

fr-adj

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

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


CHU

centre hospitalier universitaire
centre hospitalier universitaire#French

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


rhum

→ Romanian: rom


cristallin

Learned borrowing from Latin crystallinus.


jarret

→ Catalan: jarret

→ Portuguese: jarrete

→ Spanish: jarrete

From Gaulish *garra (“leg”) (compare Welsh gar), from Proto-Celtic *garrā, which is of uncertain origin; possibly sharing a Pre-Greek / substrate origin with Ancient Greek ἄκαρα (ákara, “leg, shank”).


système immunitaire

fr-noun

système immunitaire m (plural systèmes immunitaires)


bactériophage

From bacterio- (“bacteria”) + -phage (“eater”).


panser

panser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pansant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pansé (participle past)
panse (first-person indicative present singular)
panses (indicative present second-person singular)
panse (indicative present singular third-person)
pansons (first-person indicative plural present)
pansez (indicative plural present second-person)
pansent (indicative plural present third-person)
pansais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pansais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pansait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pansions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pansiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pansaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pansai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pansas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pansa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pansâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pansâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pansèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
panserai (first-person future indicative singular)
panseras (future indicative second-person singular)
pansera (future indicative singular third-person)
panserons (first-person future indicative plural)
panserez (future indicative plural second-person)
panseront (future indicative plural third-person)
panserais (conditional first-person singular)
panserais (conditional second-person singular)
panserait (conditional singular third-person)
panserions (conditional first-person plural)
panseriez (conditional plural second-person)
panseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
panse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
panses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
panse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pansions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pansiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pansent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pansasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pansasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pansât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pansassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pansassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pansassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
panse (imperative second-person singular)
pansons (first-person imperative plural)
pansez (imperative plural second-person)

(medicine) to dress (a wound etc.); to bandage


glotte

Back-formation from épiglotte (“epiglottis”).


métabolisme

→ Persian: متابولیسم (metâbolism)

From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -isme, from μετά (metá, “meta-”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

af

(physiology) metabolism (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells)


diarrhée

→ Dutch: diarree

→ Norwegian Bokmål: diaré

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: diaré

→ Romanian: diaree

→ Swedish: diarré

Inherited from the Middle French diarrie.


stase

From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis).

stasis, inactive state, as of a body liquid arrested in its flow


psychiatrique

→ Romanian: psihiatric

→ Turkish: psikiyatrik


abaisseur

fr-adj

abaisseur (feminine abaisseuse, masculine plural abaisseurs, feminine plural abaisseuses)

abaisseuse (feminine)
abaisseurs (masculine plural)
abaisseuses (feminine plural)

(anatomy) Said of a muscle that lowers a body part


abaisseur

L’abaisseur des paupières est un petit faisceau charnu faisant partie du muscle orbiculaire.
The eyelid depressor is a small ligament part of the orbicularis oculi muscle.

(anatomy) a muscle or similar body part that moves something downward; a depressor


queue-de-cheval

fr-noun

queue-de-cheval f (plural queues-de-cheval)


macrocéphalie

(pathology) macrocephaly (a condition in which the head is abnormally large)


pinard

(colloquial, derogatory) plonk (cheap wine)


télencéphale

telencephalon; endbrain (the anterior part of the forebrain)


paraplégie

(pathology) paraplegia (paralysed condition)


râle

→ Dutch: ral

→ English: rale


abortif

fr-adj

abortif (feminine abortive, masculine plural abortifs, feminine plural abortives)

abortive (feminine)
abortifs (masculine plural)
abortives (feminine plural)

From Old French, from Latin abortivus. Cognate with Italian abortivo.

(medicine) Capable of causing abortion when absorbed


gambette

From Picard gambette (“little leg”), see gambe.


réanimer

réanimer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
réanimant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
réanimé (participle past)
réanime (first-person indicative present singular)
réanimes (indicative present second-person singular)
réanime (indicative present singular third-person)
réanimons (first-person indicative plural present)
réanimez (indicative plural present second-person)
réaniment (indicative plural present third-person)
réanimais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
réanimais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
réanimait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
réanimions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
réanimiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
réanimaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
réanimai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
réanimas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
réanima (historic indicative past singular third-person)
réanimâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
réanimâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
réanimèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
réanimerai (first-person future indicative singular)
réanimeras (future indicative second-person singular)
réanimera (future indicative singular third-person)
réanimerons (first-person future indicative plural)
réanimerez (future indicative plural second-person)
réanimeront (future indicative plural third-person)
réanimerais (conditional first-person singular)
réanimerais (conditional second-person singular)
réanimerait (conditional singular third-person)
réanimerions (conditional first-person plural)
réanimeriez (conditional plural second-person)
réanimeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
réanime (first-person present singular subjunctive)
réanimes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
réanime (present singular subjunctive third-person)
réanimions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
réanimiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
réaniment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
réanimasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
réanimasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
réanimât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
réanimassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
réanimassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
réanimassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
réanime (imperative second-person singular)
réanimons (first-person imperative plural)
réanimez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Dutch: reanimeren


diéthylamide de l'acide lysergique

fr-noun

diéthylamide de l’acide lysergique m (uncountable)

diéthylamide de l’ acide lysergique (canonical masculine)

lysergic acid diethylamide
lysergic acid diethylamide


scarlatine

Borrowed from scientific Latin scarlatina (febris), as used by Thomas Sydenham in the first description of the disease.


cancéreux

fr-adj

cancéreux (feminine cancéreuse, masculine plural cancéreux, feminine plural cancéreuses)

cancéreuse (feminine)
cancéreux (masculine plural)
cancéreuses (feminine plural)


abcéder

abcéder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
abcédant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
abcédé (participle past)
abcède (first-person indicative present singular)
abcèdes (indicative present second-person singular)
abcède (indicative present singular third-person)
abcédons (first-person indicative plural present)
abcédez (indicative plural present second-person)
abcèdent (indicative plural present third-person)
abcédais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
abcédais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
abcédait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
abcédions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
abcédiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
abcédaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
abcédai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
abcédas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
abcéda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
abcédâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
abcédâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
abcédèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
abcèderai (first-person future indicative singular)
abcéderai (first-person future indicative singular)
abcèderas (future indicative second-person singular)
abcéderas (future indicative second-person singular)
abcèdera (future indicative singular third-person)
abcédera (future indicative singular third-person)
abcèderons (first-person future indicative plural)
abcéderons (first-person future indicative plural)
abcèderez (future indicative plural second-person)
abcéderez (future indicative plural second-person)
abcèderont (future indicative plural third-person)
abcéderont (future indicative plural third-person)
abcèderais (conditional first-person singular)
abcéderais (conditional first-person singular)
abcèderais (conditional second-person singular)
abcéderais (conditional second-person singular)
abcèderait (conditional singular third-person)
abcéderait (conditional singular third-person)
abcèderions (conditional first-person plural)
abcéderions (conditional first-person plural)
abcèderiez (conditional plural second-person)
abcéderiez (conditional plural second-person)
abcèderaient (conditional plural third-person)
abcéderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
abcède (first-person present singular subjunctive)
abcèdes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
abcède (present singular subjunctive third-person)
abcédions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
abcédiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
abcèdent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
abcédasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
abcédasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
abcédât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
abcédassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
abcédassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
abcédassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
abcède (imperative second-person singular)
abcédons (first-person imperative plural)
abcédez (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive or pronominal, medicine) to form into an abscess; to abscess


abducteur

Borrowed from New Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.


abducteur

abducteur (feminine abductrice, masculine plural abducteurs, feminine plural abductrices)

abductrice (feminine)
abducteurs (masculine plural)
abductrices (feminine plural)

(anatomy, physiology, relational) of the abductor muscles and their movement; abductive


fluer

fluer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fluant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
flué (participle past)
flue (first-person indicative present singular)
flues (indicative present second-person singular)
flue (indicative present singular third-person)
fluons (first-person indicative plural present)
fluez (indicative plural present second-person)
fluent (indicative plural present third-person)
fluais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fluais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fluait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fluions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fluiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fluaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fluai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fluas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
flua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fluâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fluâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
fluèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
fluerai (first-person future indicative singular)
flueras (future indicative second-person singular)
fluera (future indicative singular third-person)
fluerons (first-person future indicative plural)
fluerez (future indicative plural second-person)
flueront (future indicative plural third-person)
fluerais (conditional first-person singular)
fluerais (conditional second-person singular)
fluerait (conditional singular third-person)
fluerions (conditional first-person plural)
flueriez (conditional plural second-person)
flueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
flue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
flues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
flue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fluions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
fluiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fluent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fluasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fluasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fluât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fluassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fluassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fluassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
flue (imperative second-person singular)
fluons (first-person imperative plural)
fluez (imperative plural second-person)

From Latin fluere (“to flow”) (with change to first conjugation).


abarticulaire

(medicine) Having to do with the tissues near an articulation; juxta-articular


ischémie

Learned borrowing from New Latin ischaemia, itself derived from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”).


vernis à ongles

fr-noun

vernis à ongles m (plural vernis à ongles)

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