provençal

provençal (feminine provençale, masculine plural provençaux, feminine plural provençales)

provençale (feminine)
provençaux (masculine plural)
provençales (feminine plural)

From Provence + -al. Compare provincial.


basset

fr-adj

basset (feminine bassette, masculine plural bassets, feminine plural bassettes)

bassette (feminine)
bassets (masculine plural)
bassettes (feminine plural)

From bas (“low”) + -et (diminutive suffix).


entrepreneurial

entrepreneurial (feminine entrepreneuriale, masculine plural entrepreneuriaux, feminine plural entrepreneuriales)

entrepreneuriale (feminine)
entrepreneuriaux (masculine plural)
entrepreneuriales (feminine plural)


indolore

Learned borrowing from Latin indolorius.


magnanime

Borrowed from Latin magnanimus, from magnus (“great”) + animus (“soul, mind”).


inédit

inédit (feminine inédite, masculine plural inédits, feminine plural inédites)

inédite (feminine)
inédits (masculine plural)
inédites (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin ineditus. Cognate to Italian inedito, English inedita.

spectacle inédit

(figurative) brand new, original; unheard-of, never-been-seen-before


inefficace

Learned borrowing from Latin inefficāx. By surface analysis, in- + efficace.


digne

Inherited from Middle French and Old French digne, a borrowing from Latin dignus.


moindre

Inherited from Old French meindre, the nominative case of menor, inherited from Latin minor. Doublet of mineur.

de deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre

entre deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre

comparative degree of petit; lower; less; lesser

le moindre doute

Si j’entends le moindre son, je tirerai.

If I hear the slightest sound, I will shoot.

(preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of petit; the smallest, the slightest, the least


inodore

Dictionnaire de la langue française
Émile Littré


pliante

N’oublie pas d’apporter ta chaise pliante.

Don't forget to bring your folding chair.


virtuel

virtuel (feminine virtuelle, masculine plural virtuels, feminine plural virtuelles)

virtuelle (feminine)
virtuels (masculine plural)
virtuelles (feminine plural)


foudroyant

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)


binaural

binaural (feminine binaurale, masculine plural binauraux, feminine plural binaurales)

binaurale (feminine)
binauraux (masculine plural)
binaurales (feminine plural)


surpris

surpris (feminine surprise, masculine plural surpris, feminine plural surprises)

surprise (feminine)
surpris (masculine plural)
surprises (feminine plural)


riant

riant (feminine riante, masculine plural riants, feminine plural riantes)

riante (feminine)
riants (masculine plural)
riantes (feminine plural)


bénévole

voluntary, unpaid (working or done without payment)


parlé

parlé (feminine parlée, masculine plural parlés, feminine plural parlées)

parlée (feminine)
parlés (masculine plural)
parlées (feminine plural)


volontaire

Inherited from Middle French voluntaire, from late Old French voluntaire, borrowed from Latin voluntārius (“voluntary; volunteer”), from voluntās (“free will”), from volō, velle (“wish, intend”). Compare volontiers, inherited from a related word.

bor

Qui est volontaire pour faire la vaisselle?


branché

fr-adj

branché (feminine branchée, masculine plural branchés, feminine plural branchées)

branchée (feminine)
branchés (masculine plural)
branchées (feminine plural)


exprès

exprès (feminine expresse, masculine plural exprès, feminine plural expresses)

expresse (feminine)
exprès (masculine plural)
expresses (feminine plural)


tergal

tergal (feminine tergale, masculine plural tergaux, feminine plural tergales)

tergale (feminine)
tergaux (masculine plural)
tergales (feminine plural)


rasé

rasé (feminine rasée, masculine plural rasés, feminine plural rasées)

rasée (feminine)
rasés (masculine plural)
rasées (feminine plural)


rasoir

Inherited from Old French rasuir, from Late Latin rasōrium, from Latin rāsus (“shaved”). By surface analysis, raser + -oir.


parisien

parisien (feminine parisienne, masculine plural parisiens, feminine plural parisiennes)

parisienne (feminine)
parisiens (masculine plural)
parisiennes (feminine plural)


remarquable

Dutch: remarquabel

English: remarkable


assuré

assuré (feminine assurée, masculine plural assurés, feminine plural assurées)

assurée (feminine)
assurés (masculine plural)
assurées (feminine plural)


dubitatif

dubitatif (feminine dubitative, masculine plural dubitatifs, feminine plural dubitatives)

dubitative (feminine)
dubitatifs (masculine plural)
dubitatives (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin dubitātīvus.


partagé

fr-adj

partagé (feminine partagée, masculine plural partagés, feminine plural partagées)

partagée (feminine)
partagés (masculine plural)
partagées (feminine plural)


utilisé

utilisé (feminine utilisée, masculine plural utilisés, feminine plural utilisées)

utilisée (feminine)
utilisés (masculine plural)
utilisées (feminine plural)


cinglé

cinglé (feminine cinglée, masculine plural cinglés, feminine plural cinglées)

cinglée (feminine)
cinglés (masculine plural)
cinglées (feminine plural)


eusocial

eusocial (feminine eusociale, masculine plural eusociaux, feminine plural eusociales)

eusociale (feminine)
eusociaux (masculine plural)
eusociales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from English eusocial. By surface analysis, eu- + social. First used in 1966.


phare

Borrowed from Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

“La vie en rose” est une des chansons phares d’Édith Piaf.

“La vie en rose” is one of Edith Piaf's signature songs.


actif

actif (feminine active, masculine plural actifs, feminine plural actives)

active (feminine)
actifs (masculine plural)
actives (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus.

la voix active

la population active

la vie active


mou

mou (masculine singular before vowel mol, feminine molle, masculine plural mous, feminine plural molles)

mol (before-vowel masculine singular)
molle (feminine)
mous (masculine plural)
molles (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French mol, inherited from Latin mollem.


bien pensant

bien pensant (feminine bien pensante, masculine plural bien pensants, feminine plural bien pensantes)

bien pensante (feminine)
bien pensants (masculine plural)
bien pensantes (feminine plural)


méplat

méplat (feminine méplate, masculine plural méplats, feminine plural méplates)

méplate (feminine)
méplats (masculine plural)
méplates (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French mesplat (“thicker on one side than on the other”), from Middle French mes- (“mis-”) + Middle French plat (“flat”), see French més- and plat for further etymology. By surface analysis, mé- + plat, although the semantics are different.

inh+

Une planche méplate


mouvant

fr-adj

mouvant (feminine mouvante, masculine plural mouvants, feminine plural mouvantes)

mouvante (feminine)
mouvants (masculine plural)
mouvantes (feminine plural)


paraphernal

paraphernal (feminine paraphernale, masculine plural paraphernaux, feminine plural paraphernales)

paraphernale (feminine)
paraphernaux (masculine plural)
paraphernales (feminine plural)


exploitable

First attested in 1270. From exploiter + -able.


lixiviant

lixiviant (feminine lixiviante, masculine plural lixiviants, feminine plural lixiviantes)

lixiviante (feminine)
lixiviants (masculine plural)
lixiviantes (feminine plural)


bloqué

bloqué (feminine bloquée, masculine plural bloqués, feminine plural bloquées)

bloquée (feminine)
bloqués (masculine plural)
bloquées (feminine plural)

→ Turkish: bloke

cette route est bloquée


annuel

annuel (feminine annuelle, masculine plural annuels, feminine plural annuelles)

annuelle (feminine)
annuels (masculine plural)
annuelles (feminine plural)

From Late Latin annuālem, adjective from Latin annus (“year”).

Plus tard, la démogérontie fit un marché avec le gouvernement, et, moyennant un droit fixe et annuel, elle fit abolir à la fois le monopole et l’impôt, et obtint que le commerce fût libre.

1856, “Mémoire sur l'île de Chio présenté par M. Fustel de Coulanges, membre de l'École française d'Athènes”, in Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires, volume 5, Paris, page 624:

Later, the Demogeronty made a deal with the government, and, by means of a fixed annual fee, it abolished both the monopoly and the tax, and obtained free trade.

(botany) annual (with only one growing season)


extraterritorial

extraterritorial (feminine extraterritoriale, masculine plural extraterritoriaux, feminine plural extraterritoriales)

extraterritoriale (feminine)
extraterritoriaux (masculine plural)
extraterritoriales (feminine plural)


frais

frais (feminine fraîche or fraiche, masculine plural frais, feminine plural fraîches or fraiches)

fraîche (feminine)
fraiche (feminine)
frais (masculine plural)
fraîches (feminine plural)
fraiches (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French frais, from Old French freis, from Vulgar Latin *friscum. Related to English fresh. Doublet of fresque.

Il est frais mon poisson !

Une brise fraîche souffla soudain sur mon visage ; je frémis doucement.

Suddenly a cool breeze blew across my face; I shivered a little.

J’aime écouter les nouvelles fraîches du matin.

I like listening to the recent news in the morning.

recent, something that has just happened


glial

glial (feminine gliale, masculine plural gliaux, feminine plural gliales)

gliale (feminine)
gliaux (masculine plural)
gliales (feminine plural)


travailleur

travailleur (feminine travailleuse, masculine plural travailleurs, feminine plural travailleuses)

travailleuse (feminine)
travailleurs (masculine plural)
travailleuses (feminine plural)


XXS

Pour le prouver, il débourse de sa poche 850 thakas (24 euros). Ces prêts taille XXS aideront à financer les microprojets de quarante-deux femmes parmi les plus pauvres de Jobra. Cela leur suffit, par exemple, pour acquérir une poule et générer un revenu quotidien de la vente des œufs.

2005, Sylvain Darnil, Mathieu Le Roux, 80 hommes pour changer le monde, JC Lattès, →ISBN:

To prove it, he pays 850 taka (24 euros) out of his own pocket. These very small loans will help to finance the microprojects of forty-two women who are among the poorest in Jobra. It is enough, for example, for them to buy a hen and generate a daily income by selling eggs.

Quelques doubles aussi, avec ou sans salle de bains, certaines taille XXS.

2021, Guide du Routard Thaïlande 2022/23, Hachette Livre, →ISBN, page 131:

Some doubles too, with or without en suite, some very small.


couvert

couvert (feminine couverte, masculine plural couverts, feminine plural couvertes)

couverte (feminine)
couverts (masculine plural)
couvertes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French covert, from Latin coopertus.


nucléaire

→ Romanian: nuclear

→ Turkish: nükleer


appris

appris (feminine apprise, masculine plural appris, feminine plural apprises)

apprise (feminine)
appris (masculine plural)
apprises (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French, from Latin apprēnsus, variant of apprehensus.


étrangère

/e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/


vil

vil (feminine vile, masculine plural vils, feminine plural viles)

vile (feminine)
vils (masculine plural)
viles (feminine plural)

Cessez de blasphémer, vile créature ! Apprenez, ignorante, que saint Prétextat était archevêque de Rouen au VIᵉ siècle, et grand ami de Grégoire de Tours, qui était un homme très bien, dont vous n’avez naturellement jamais entendu parler.

1992, Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l’assassin [The Assassin’s Hygiene] (fiction):

Stop blaspheming, you vile creature! You’d better learn, ignorant woman, that Saint Praetextatus was Archbishop of Rouen in the 6ᵗʰ century, and a friend of Gregory of Tours, who was a very good man, which you, unsurprisingly, never heard of.


terrestre

Inherited from Old French terrestre, borrowed from Latin terrestris.


nécessiteux

nécessiteux (feminine nécessiteuse, masculine plural nécessiteux, feminine plural nécessiteuses)

nécessiteuse (feminine)
nécessiteux (masculine plural)
nécessiteuses (feminine plural)


bioluminescent

bioluminescent (feminine bioluminescente, masculine plural bioluminescents, feminine plural bioluminescentes)

bioluminescente (feminine)
bioluminescents (masculine plural)
bioluminescentes (feminine plural)


obscur

obscur (feminine obscure, masculine plural obscurs, feminine plural obscures)

obscure (feminine)
obscurs (masculine plural)
obscures (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French obscur, from Old French oscur, from Latin obscurus. The -b- through learned relatinisation in Middle French.


arménien

arménien (feminine arménienne, masculine plural arméniens, feminine plural arméniennes)

arménienne (feminine)
arméniens (masculine plural)
arméniennes (feminine plural)


favori

favori (feminine favorite, masculine plural favoris, feminine plural favorites)

favorite (feminine)
favoris (masculine plural)
favorites (feminine plural)

From Middle French favori, favorit (16th c.), from Italian favorito, past participle of favorire (“to favour”). The form in -it was borrowed directly from the Italian participle, while that in -i (feminine accordingly favorie) is in line with the Middle French verb favorir (now replaced with favoriser). Inconsistent standardization led to the modern hybrid forms (cf. also absous, andalou, coi, esquimau).


fluvial

fluvial (feminine fluviale, masculine plural fluviaux, feminine plural fluviales)

fluviale (feminine)
fluviaux (masculine plural)
fluviales (feminine plural)


laborant

laborant (feminine laborante, masculine plural laborants, feminine plural laborantes)

laborante (feminine)
laborants (masculine plural)
laborantes (feminine plural)


chenu

chenu (feminine chenue, masculine plural chenus, feminine plural chenues)

chenue (feminine)
chenus (masculine plural)
chenues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French chenu, inherited from Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.


périodique

→ Turkish: periyodik


brisé

brisé (feminine brisée, masculine plural brisés, feminine plural brisées)

brisée (feminine)
brisés (masculine plural)
brisées (feminine plural)


typographique

→ Turkish: tipografik


pieux

pieux (feminine pieuse, masculine plural pieux, feminine plural pieuses)

pieuse (feminine)
pieux (masculine plural)
pieuses (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French pieux, from Old French piu(s) (later changed on the basis of adjectives ending in -eux), from Latin pius.


dissonant

dissonant (feminine dissonante, masculine plural dissonants, feminine plural dissonantes)

dissonante (feminine)
dissonants (masculine plural)
dissonantes (feminine plural)


logique

Learned borrowing from Latin logicus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek λογικός (logikós).

C’est logique!


dominante

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


uninominal

fr-adj

uninominal (feminine uninominale, masculine plural uninominaux, feminine plural uninominales)

uninominale (feminine)
uninominaux (masculine plural)
uninominales (feminine plural)

scrutin uninominal majoritaire à deux tours


adulte

Learned borrowing from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect participle of adolēscō (“to grow up”) (the present participle of which - adolēscens (“growing up”) - gave French adolescent).

lbor

Jésus fut circoncis à huit jours, et baptisé étant adulte, selon la coutume de plusieurs Juifs, qui regardaient le baptême comme une purification des souillures de l’âme: c’était un ancien usage des peuples de l’Indus et du Gange, à qui les brachmanes avaient fait accroire que l’eau lave les péchés comme les vêtements.

1762, Voltaire, Extraits des sentiments de Jean Meslier:

Jesus was circumcised when he was eight days old and baptised as an adult, in accordance with the custom of a few Jews who looked upon baptism as the cleansing of the soul's stains. This was an old custom of the peoples of the Indus and the Ganges who had been convinced by the Brahmans that water washes sins like it washes clothes.


enfantin

fr-adj

enfantin (feminine enfantine, masculine plural enfantins, feminine plural enfantines)

enfantine (feminine)
enfantins (masculine plural)
enfantines (feminine plural)

/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛ̃/

Un jeu enfantin


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.


responsable

Inherited from Middle French responsable, corresponding to response (Modern French réponse) + -able.


majorant

fr-adj

majorant (feminine majorante, masculine plural majorants, feminine plural majorantes)

majorante (feminine)
majorants (masculine plural)
majorantes (feminine plural)


galactophage

From Ancient Greek γαλακτοφάγος (galaktophágos, “milk-fed”). Found in the works of Voltaire.

uder

γαλακτοφάγος


sinistre

Borrowed from Latin sinister, whence also French senestre, an inherited doublet.


chanmé

Le concert était chanmé !

(slang, antiphrastic) excellent, very enjoyable, wicked


potentiel

fr-adj

potentiel (feminine potentielle, masculine plural potentiels, feminine plural potentielles)

potentielle (feminine)
potentiels (masculine plural)
potentielles (feminine plural)

Turkish: potansiyel


frette

From fretter, or Old French freit, from Latin frīgidus (“cold”).

(North America) Alternative form of froid


particulier

particulier (feminine particulière, masculine plural particuliers, feminine plural particulières)

particulière (feminine)
particuliers (masculine plural)
particulières (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French particulier, from Old French particulier, borrowed from Latin particularis.


introuvable

Mais, ce problème-là, personne ne le résoudra jamais, et c’est folie que de s’obstiner à en chercher l’introuvable solution.

1906, George Bernanos, Unpublished correspondences:

But this problem, no one will ever solve it, and it is madness to persist in seeking an [lit. the] nonexistent solution for it.

(by extension) unobtainable or nonexistent


agricole

Borrowed from Latin agricola. Equivalent to agri- + -cole.


altruiste

altruistic (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)


autiste

→ Turkish: otist


avide

Borrowed from Latin avidus (“greedy; eager; hungry”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).


acide

Borrowed from Latin acidus (“acid”), from aceō (“to be sour”).


diurne

Learned borrowing from Latin diurnus. Doublet of jour.


fasciste

fascist (supporting the principles of fascism)


fluide

Switzerland


immonde

From Latin immundus (“unclean”). Compare Italian immondo, Spanish inmundo and Portuguese imundo.


impuni

fr-adj

impuni (feminine impunie, masculine plural impunis, feminine plural impunies)

impunie (feminine)
impunis (masculine plural)
impunies (feminine plural)


implicite

Borrowed from Latin implicitus, derived from plico (whence French plier).


insipide

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsipidus (“tasteless”).


indigeste

Learned borrowing from Latin indigestus. By surface analysis, in- + digeste.

indigestible; heavy on the stomach, stodgy


nitide

Borrowed from Latin nitidus. Doublet of net, which was inherited.


morbide

obésité morbide


minimaliste

Borrowed from English minimalist. By surface analysis, minimal + -iste.


intime

→ Dutch: intiem
Afrikaans: intiem

→ Romanian: intim


motrice

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pallide

Learned borrowing from Latin pallidus. Doublet of pâle.


pessimiste

→ Ottoman Turkish: پهسیمیست (pesimist)

Turkish: pesimist


robuste

→ Dutch: robuust


socialiste

Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques


tranquille

From Middle French tranquille (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin tranquillis.

calm, quiet, tranquil, still, peaceful, serene


stupide

Borrowed from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupeō (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”).

bor+

Un hamster stupide se balade au bord d’une rivière. Tout à coup, il aperçoit son copain le hamster crétin de l’autre côté de la rive. Il veut le rejoindre et l’appelle :
- Eh ! Hamster crétin, comment faire pour passer de l’autre côté de la rivière ?
- Hamster stupide… T’es déjà de l’autre côté !

2005 November 1, “Humour de rire : Zoo Zin Zin [Humor for Laughs: Zoo Zin Zin]”, in Picsou Magazine (fiction), Disney Hachette Presse, page 144:

A stupid hamster is walking on the riverside. All of sudden, he sees his buddy, the cretin hamster, on the other side of the bank. He wants to join him and calls him:
- Hey! Cretin hamster, how can I get to the other side of the river?
- Stupid hamster… Yer awready on the other side!


solide

Borrowed from Latin solidus. Doublet of sou.


complet

fr-adj

complet (feminine complète, masculine plural complets, feminine plural complètes)

complète (feminine)
complets (masculine plural)
complètes (feminine plural)


ranivore

Ranivore. Frog-eating. An example is that the bird-of-prey, the African Marsh Harrier is known as the busard ranivore in French


converti

converti (feminine convertie, masculine plural convertis, feminine plural converties)

convertie (feminine)
convertis (masculine plural)
converties (feminine plural)


jaloux

jaloux (feminine jalouse, masculine plural jaloux, feminine plural jalouses)

jalouse (feminine)
jaloux (masculine plural)
jalouses (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole: jalou

Inherited from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelōsus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Compare Italian geloso, Spanish celoso. However, the final form in -oux is now held to come from Old Occitan gelos, rather than the expected -eux being inherited from Latin.

der

Je suis jaloux de lui, je l’avoue.


femelle

Inherited from Middle French femelle, from Old French femele, from Latin femella.


suret

fr-adj

suret (feminine surette, masculine plural surets, feminine plural surettes)

surette (feminine)
surets (masculine plural)
surettes (feminine plural)


inhabitable

From Middle French inhabitable, from Latin inhabitābilis (“uninhabitable”), as if in- + habitable.


accommodant

accommodant (feminine accommodante, masculine plural accommodants, feminine plural accommodantes)

accommodante (feminine)
accommodants (masculine plural)
accommodantes (feminine plural)


équivalent

équivalent (feminine équivalente, masculine plural équivalents, feminine plural équivalentes)

équivalente (feminine)
équivalents (masculine plural)
équivalentes (feminine plural)


ardoise

From vernacular Late Latin of Northern France like Vulgar Latin *ardesia, possibly from Gaulish artuā or Gaulish root *ard(u)- (“high, in altitude”), found also in Ardu-enna (the Ardennes), a region where slate has been quarried for centuries.

Similar in color to slate, a dark gray between neutral or blueish


complexe

From Latin complexus, from com-, combining form of cum, with, and plex, fold.


comble

Inherited from Old French cumble, inherited through a Vulgar Latin form *cumlu(s) from Latin cumulus. Doublet of cumulus, a borrowing.

Le stade est comble.


fréquent

fréquent (feminine fréquente, masculine plural fréquents, feminine plural fréquentes)

fréquente (feminine)
fréquents (masculine plural)
fréquentes (feminine plural)


nomade

Coordinate term: sédentaire


insuffisant

insuffisant (feminine insuffisante, masculine plural insuffisants, feminine plural insuffisantes)

insuffisante (feminine)
insuffisants (masculine plural)
insuffisantes (feminine plural)


moite

Inherited from Old French moiste, muste, from a cross between Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus) with forms of mustum; cf. *mustidus.


annales

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


clos

fr-adj

clos (feminine close, masculine plural clos, feminine plural closes)

close (feminine)
clos (masculine plural)
closes (feminine plural)

Past participle of clore. From Old French clos. Corresponds to Latin clausus.


coquin

coquin (feminine coquine, masculine plural coquins, feminine plural coquines)

coquine (feminine)
coquins (masculine plural)
coquines (feminine plural)

From Old French coquin, of obscure origin.


champenois

champenois (feminine champenoise, masculine plural champenois, feminine plural champenoises)

champenoise (feminine)
champenois (masculine plural)
champenoises (feminine plural)

→ English: Champenois


replet

replet (feminine replète, masculine plural replets, feminine plural replètes)

replète (feminine)
replets (masculine plural)
replètes (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin replētus (“full”).


directorial

fr-adj

directorial (feminine directoriale, masculine plural directoriaux, feminine plural directoriales)

directoriale (feminine)
directoriaux (masculine plural)
directoriales (feminine plural)


incivil

incivil (feminine incivile, masculine plural incivils, feminine plural inciviles)

incivile (feminine)
incivils (masculine plural)
inciviles (feminine plural)


roumain

roumain (feminine roumaine, masculine plural roumains, feminine plural roumaines)

roumaine (feminine)
roumains (masculine plural)
roumaines (feminine plural)

From Roumanie, based on analogy with romain (“Roman”), itself from Latin romānus; cf. Romanian român (older rumân). Compare also Italian rumeno, Spanish rumano, etc.


dynamique

→ Turkish: dinamik

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós).

lbor

Coordinate term: statique

une figure dynamique


zen

(colloquial) extremely relaxed and collected


exclusif

fr-adj

exclusif (feminine exclusive, masculine plural exclusifs, feminine plural exclusives)

exclusive (feminine)
exclusifs (masculine plural)
exclusives (feminine plural)


salarié

salarié (feminine salariée, masculine plural salariés, feminine plural salariées)

salariée (feminine)
salariés (masculine plural)
salariées (feminine plural)


quinzième

From quinze + -ième, compare Late Latin quindecimus.


vingtième

From Old French vintisme. Equivalent to vingt + -ième.


suri

suri (feminine surie, masculine plural suris, feminine plural suries)

surie (feminine)
suris (masculine plural)
suries (feminine plural)


légal

légal (feminine légale, masculine plural légaux, feminine plural légales)

légale (feminine)
légaux (masculine plural)
légales (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: legaal

→ Romanian: legal

→ Turkish: legal

Borrowed from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of loyal.

statutory: having to do with an act of parliament

legal, lawful, licit: in accordance with the law


bâillant

bâillant (feminine bâillante, masculine plural bâillants, feminine plural bâillantes)

bâillante (feminine)
bâillants (masculine plural)
bâillantes (feminine plural)


parlant

parlant (feminine parlante, masculine plural parlants, feminine plural parlantes)

parlante (feminine)
parlants (masculine plural)
parlantes (feminine plural)

Cet exemple n’est pas très parlant. Choisis-en un autre.

That's not a very good example. Choose another one.


alpin

alpin (feminine alpine, masculine plural alpins, feminine plural alpines)

alpine (feminine)
alpins (masculine plural)
alpines (feminine plural)


salin

salin (feminine saline, masculine plural salins, feminine plural salines)

saline (feminine)
salins (masculine plural)
salines (feminine plural)


parsi

parsi (feminine parsie, masculine plural parsis, feminine plural parsies)

parsie (feminine)
parsis (masculine plural)
parsies (feminine plural)


isotrope

isotropic (having properties which are equivalent in all directions)


défoncé

défoncé (feminine défoncée, masculine plural défoncés, feminine plural défoncées)

défoncée (feminine)
défoncés (masculine plural)
défoncées (feminine plural)

(slang) screwed up, wasted, stoned, high (on drugs)


illégal

illégal (feminine illégale, masculine plural illégaux, feminine plural illégales)

illégale (feminine)
illégaux (masculine plural)
illégales (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: illegaal

→ Romanian: ilegal

→ Turkish: illegal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin illegālis, from Latin legālis. Also il- + légal.

certains juristes avancent que le caractère illégal d’un mariage religieux non précédé d’un mariage civil serait discutable.


mongolien

mongolien (feminine mongolienne, masculine plural mongoliens, feminine plural mongoliennes)

mongolienne (feminine)
mongoliens (masculine plural)
mongoliennes (feminine plural)


égal

égal (feminine égale, masculine plural égaux, feminine plural égales)

égale (feminine)
égaux (masculine plural)
égales (feminine plural)

→ Danish: egal

→ Dutch: egaal

→ German: egal

→ Romanian: egal

→ Serbo-Croatian: egal

Inherited from Old French egal, igal, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin aequālis, displacing inherited Old French evel, ivel, oel, uel.


aéroportuaire

From aéroport + -aire, under the influence of portuaire.


portuaire

Borrowed from Latin portuārius. By surface analysis, port + -aire.


enthousiaste

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs).

bor+

ἐνθουσιαστής

inspired, passionate (religiously or artistically); often construed with de (= by)

enthusiastic; easily inspired or impassioned; often construed with de (= about)


havrais

fr-adj

havrais (feminine havraise, masculine plural havrais, feminine plural havraises)

havraise (feminine)
havrais (masculine plural)
havraises (feminine plural)


sud-africain

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

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


radioactif

radioactif (feminine radioactive, masculine plural radioactifs, feminine plural radioactives)

radioactive (feminine)
radioactifs (masculine plural)
radioactives (feminine plural)

Coined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 from radio- + actif.

1898, Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, title of article in Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences t. 127

On a new radioactive substance contained in pitchblende

Sur une substance nouvelle radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende


shogunal

shogunal (feminine shogunale, masculine plural shogunaux, feminine plural shogunales)

shogunale (feminine)
shogunaux (masculine plural)
shogunales (feminine plural)

From shogun + -al. Perhaps from English shogunal.


rouille

Inherited from Old French reoïlle, from Vulgar Latin *robicla, from syncopation of Latin *robicula, a diminutive of Latin rōbīgō (“rust”) + -cula (from -culus (suffix forming diminutives)). Rōbīgō is derived from rōbus (a variant of rūfus (“red, reddish”)) + -īgō (suffix forming nouns usually denoting diseased conditions). Compare Catalan rovell, Occitan rovilh, Spanish robín.


tumoral

tumoral (feminine tumorale, masculine plural tumoraux, feminine plural tumorales)

tumorale (feminine)
tumoraux (masculine plural)
tumorales (feminine plural)


violette

Louisiana Creole: vyolèt

desc

⇒ Bulgarian: виолетка (violetka), виолетов (violetov)

Inherited from Old French violette, from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.


souterrain

fr-adj

souterrain (feminine souterraine, masculine plural souterrains, feminine plural souterraines)

souterraine (feminine)
souterrains (masculine plural)
souterraines (feminine plural)

From sou- + terrain, based on the model of Latin subterraneus.


ammoniacal

ammoniacal (feminine ammoniacale, masculine plural ammoniacaux, feminine plural ammoniacales)

ammoniacale (feminine)
ammoniacaux (masculine plural)
ammoniacales (feminine plural)


bébête

Hypocoristic formed from bête (“stupid / beast”) via reduplication.


mure

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


discret

discret (feminine discrète, masculine plural discrets, feminine plural discrètes)

discrète (feminine)
discrets (masculine plural)
discrètes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French discret, borrowed from Latin discretus (“separate”).


canonique

→ Romanian: canonic

Borrowed from Latin canonicus. Doublet of chanoine.


bienheureux

bienheureux (feminine bienheureuse, masculine plural bienheureux, feminine plural bienheureuses)

bienheureuse (feminine)
bienheureux (masculine plural)
bienheureuses (feminine plural)


vêtu

vêtu (feminine vêtue, masculine plural vêtus, feminine plural vêtues)

vêtue (feminine)
vêtus (masculine plural)
vêtues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French and Old French vestu.

Armes : De gueules, à un saint Michel de carnation, vêtu d’argent à la romaine, […]

1867, Louis Pierre d' Hozier, Armorial général des registres de la noblesse de France, résumé et précédé d'une notice sur la famille d'Hozier, ... par E. de Barthélemy, page 39:

(heraldry, of a person) clothed (in a specified tincture)

(heraldry, of a field) covered with a vêtement (four triangles of a specified tincture which cover the corner of the shield, leaving a lozenge of the field in the middle)


top-secret

top-secret (feminine top-secrète, masculine plural top-secrets, feminine plural top-secrètes)

top-secrète (feminine)
top-secrets (masculine plural)
top-secrètes (feminine plural)


lette

Je te défends de dire que tu es lette.


caoutchouteux

caoutchouteux (feminine caoutchouteuse, masculine plural caoutchouteux, feminine plural caoutchouteuses)

caoutchouteuse (feminine)
caoutchouteux (masculine plural)
caoutchouteuses (feminine plural)

rubbery; having the appearance or consistency of rubber


uxorilocal

uxorilocal (feminine uxorilocale, masculine plural uxorilocaux, feminine plural uxorilocales)

uxorilocale (feminine)
uxorilocaux (masculine plural)
uxorilocales (feminine plural)


traître

traître (feminine traîtresse, masculine plural traîtres, feminine plural traîtresses)

traîtresse (feminine)
traîtres (masculine plural)
traîtresses (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French traïtre, nominative singular of traïtor, from an adaptation of Latin traditor.


chauve

Inherited from Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-wó-s, from the root *kl̥H-.

(figuratively) bare, barren (devoid of a thing (such as vegetation))


fédéral

fédéral (feminine fédérale, masculine plural fédéraux, feminine plural fédérales)

fédérale (feminine)
fédéraux (masculine plural)
fédérales (feminine plural)


collectif

collectif (feminine collective, masculine plural collectifs, feminine plural collectives)

collective (feminine)
collectifs (masculine plural)
collectives (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin collectivus.

lbor

convention collective

mémoire collective

nom collectif

viol collectif


indicatif

fr-adj

indicatif (feminine indicative, masculine plural indicatifs, feminine plural indicatives)

indicative (feminine)
indicatifs (masculine plural)
indicatives (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French indicatif, a borrowing from Late Latin indicātīvus.


pacifique

Borrowed from Latin pācificus (“peace making”).


fictif

fr-adj

fictif (feminine fictive, masculine plural fictifs, feminine plural fictives)

fictive (feminine)
fictifs (masculine plural)
fictives (feminine plural)

→ Danish: fiktiv

→ Dutch: fictief

→ English: fictive

desctree

→ German: fiktiv
⇒ Czech: fiktivní
⇒ Russian: фикти́вный (fiktívnyj)
⇒ Ukrainian: фіктивний (fiktyvnyj)

→ Norwegian: fiktiv

→ Romanian: fictiv

→ Swedish: fiktiv

Formed from the root of Latin fictus (past participle of fingō), and the suffix -if.


imaginaire

From Latin imāginārius, from imāgō (“image”).

un danger imaginaire

imaginary (created by and existing only in the imagination)

nombre imaginaire


paroxysmal

fr-adj

paroxysmal (feminine paroxysmale, masculine plural paroxysmaux, feminine plural paroxysmales)

paroxysmale (feminine)
paroxysmaux (masculine plural)
paroxysmales (feminine plural)


rostral

rostral (feminine rostrale, masculine plural rostraux, feminine plural rostrales)

rostrale (feminine)
rostraux (masculine plural)
rostrales (feminine plural)


érudit

érudit (feminine érudite, masculine plural érudits, feminine plural érudites)

érudite (feminine)
érudits (masculine plural)
érudites (feminine plural)


instruit

instruit (feminine instruite, masculine plural instruits, feminine plural instruites)

instruite (feminine)
instruits (masculine plural)
instruites (feminine plural)


exécutif

exécutif (feminine exécutive, masculine plural exécutifs, feminine plural exécutives)

exécutive (feminine)
exécutifs (masculine plural)
exécutives (feminine plural)


représentatif

représentatif (feminine représentative, masculine plural représentatifs, feminine plural représentatives)

représentative (feminine)
représentatifs (masculine plural)
représentatives (feminine plural)


parano

Ce type est complètement parano, on ne peut rien lui dire sans qu’il le prenne mal.

That guy is completely paranoid, you can't say anything to him without him taking it the wrong way.


patrimonial

patrimonial (feminine patrimoniale, masculine plural patrimoniaux, feminine plural patrimoniales)

patrimoniale (feminine)
patrimoniaux (masculine plural)
patrimoniales (feminine plural)


approprié

approprié (feminine appropriée, masculine plural appropriés, feminine plural appropriées)

appropriée (feminine)
appropriés (masculine plural)
appropriées (feminine plural)


émetteur

émetteur (feminine émettrice, masculine plural émetteurs, feminine plural émettrices)

émettrice (feminine)
émetteurs (masculine plural)
émettrices (feminine plural)


sumérien

sumérien (feminine sumérienne, masculine plural sumériens, feminine plural sumériennes)

sumérienne (feminine)
sumériens (masculine plural)
sumériennes (feminine plural)


goujat

Probably dialectal: Lorrain goujart, or Occitan gojat, both two at sense of “young man” (f. gouge), but the first meaning could still be “young female”; possibly from Latin gaudium.


littéral

littéral (feminine littérale, masculine plural littéraux, feminine plural littérales)

littérale (feminine)
littéraux (masculine plural)
littérales (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French literal, borrowed from Late Latin litterālis.


isolé

isolé (feminine isolée, masculine plural isolés, feminine plural isolées)

isolée (feminine)
isolés (masculine plural)
isolées (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian isolato, past participle of isolare.


anonyme

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “without name”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma), Doric dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).


incommensurable

Borrowed from Late Latin incommēnsūrābilis.


gastrique

→ Romanian: gastric

Borrowed from New Latin gastricus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós, “stomach”).

der

γαστήρ, γαστρός


inné

fr-adj

inné (feminine innée, masculine plural innés, feminine plural innées)

innée (feminine)
innés (masculine plural)
innées (feminine plural)

A semi-learned term borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn”), perfect active participle of innāscor (“be born in, grow up in”), from in (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“be born”). Replaced the inherited Old French form enné.

innate, inborn, congenital, inbred, native


péjoratif

péjoratif (feminine péjorative, masculine plural péjoratifs, feminine plural péjoratives)

péjorative (feminine)
péjoratifs (masculine plural)
péjoratives (feminine plural)


gérondif

gérondif (feminine gérondive, masculine plural gérondifs, feminine plural gérondives)

gérondive (feminine)
gérondifs (masculine plural)
gérondives (feminine plural)

From Latin gerundīvus (“of a gerund”), from gerundium (“gerund”), from gerundus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”).


mensuel

mensuel (feminine mensuelle, masculine plural mensuels, feminine plural mensuelles)

mensuelle (feminine)
mensuels (masculine plural)
mensuelles (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin mēnsuālis (“monthly”), or derived from mensis (“month”) on the model of annuel from annus.


désastreux

fr-adj

désastreux (feminine désastreuse, masculine plural désastreux, feminine plural désastreuses)

désastreuse (feminine)
désastreux (masculine plural)
désastreuses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian disastroso. By surface analysis, désastre + -eux.


novice

Inherited from Middle French novice, from Old French novice, borrowed from Late Latin novīcius, novīcia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”), from Latin novīcius, novītius (“new, newly arrived”), from novus (“new”).


patriote

Learned borrowing from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “of the same country”).


vésiculaire

vesicular(being, having, or resembling a vesicle or vesicles)


faisable

Inherited from Old French fesable. By surface analysis, faire + -able.


palustre

accès palustre

(medicine, relational) malaria, malarial


passager

fr-adj

passager (feminine passagère, masculine plural passagers, feminine plural passagères)

passagère (feminine)
passagers (masculine plural)
passagères (feminine plural)

From Middle French passagier, from passage. Adjective derived from the noun.

Comme le lin qui pousse une nef passagère

1819, André Chénier, L’enlèvement d’Europe:

Like the linen that moves a passing ship

whose presence in a location is only temporary; passing

En effet, si ce qui était passager a été glorieux, ce qui est permanent est bien plus glorieux.

1923, Louis Segond, transl., 2 Cr. 3:11:

For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. (World English)

of a short duration; temporary; transitory, fleeting, flighty


fameux

fameux (feminine fameuse, masculine plural fameux, feminine plural fameuses)

fameuse (feminine)
fameux (masculine plural)
fameuses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin famōsus, from fama. Cf. Old French fame.

Et voici Millau et son fameux viaduc.


séant

séant (feminine séante, masculine plural séants, feminine plural séantes)

séante (feminine)
séants (masculine plural)
séantes (feminine plural)

(obsolete) sitting (i.e. of a person in an assembly)


espiègle

Borrowed from German Eulenspiegel, based on the folklore character Till Eulenspiegel; from Middle Low German Ūlenspēgel.


fessier

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

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

Muscles fessiers

(anatomy) Specifically, of the buttocks' muscles


artificiel

artificiel (feminine artificielle, masculine plural artificiels, feminine plural artificielles)

artificielle (feminine)
artificiels (masculine plural)
artificielles (feminine plural)

→ Danish: artificiel

desctree

→ Dutch: artificieel
Afrikaans: artifisieel

→ German: artifiziell

→ Norwegian Bokmål: artifisiell

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: artifisiell

→ Romanian: artificial

→ Swedish: artificiell

Borrowed from Latin artificiālis. By surface analysis, artifice + -iel.


centième

Inherited from Middle French centiesme, from Old French centesme, from Latin centēsimus. By surface analysis, cent + -ième.


bouclé

fr-adj

bouclé (feminine bouclée, masculine plural bouclés, feminine plural bouclées)

bouclée (feminine)
bouclés (masculine plural)
bouclées (feminine plural)


inquisitorial

inquisitorial (feminine inquisitoriale, masculine plural inquisitoriaux, feminine plural inquisitoriales)

inquisitoriale (feminine)
inquisitoriaux (masculine plural)
inquisitoriales (feminine plural)


inéluctable

Borrowed from Latin ineluctābilis. By surface analysis, in- + éluctable.

Dans ces phrases et d’autres analogues, l’homme affirme une fois de plus avec une arrogante naïveté que sa présence en ce monde est un fait inéluctable et un droit, celle de la femme un simple accident : mais c’est un accident bienheureux.

1949, Simone de Beauvoir, chapter 1, in Le Deuxième Sexe:


cendré

cendré (feminine cendrée, masculine plural cendrés, feminine plural cendrées)

cendrée (feminine)
cendrés (masculine plural)
cendrées (feminine plural)


sapide

Borrowed from Latin sapidus. Displaced the inherited Old French sade (still seen in maussade).


thérapeutique

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

lbor

θεραπευτικός


séropositif

fr-adj

séropositif (feminine séropositive, masculine plural séropositifs, feminine plural séropositives)

séropositive (feminine)
séropositifs (masculine plural)
séropositives (feminine plural)


négatif

négatif (feminine négative, masculine plural négatifs, feminine plural négatives)

négative (feminine)
négatifs (masculine plural)
négatives (feminine plural)

Tu es tellement négatif !

Si Rinri avait interrogé de façon négative, ce qui est courant dans ce pays compliqué, j’étais cuite. Je tentai de me rappeler les règles grammaticales nippones de réponse aux questions négatives, ce qui est aussi complexe que de retenir les pas du tango.

2007, Amélie Nothomb, Ni d’Ève ni d’Adam [Neither Eve nor Adam] (non-fiction), Éditions Albin Michel:

If Rinri was asking in a negative way, which is commonplace in this complicated country, then I was being tricked. I tried to remember the Nipponese grammatical rules on responding to negative questions, which was as hard as keeping up with tango steps.

-24 est un nombre négatif.
-24 is a negative number.

(mathematics) negative or zero. nonpositive


positif

positif (feminine positive, masculine plural positifs, feminine plural positives)

positive (feminine)
positifs (masculine plural)
positives (feminine plural)


par excellence

par excellence, quintessential, ultimate


bourratif

bourratif (feminine bourrative, masculine plural bourratifs, feminine plural bourratives)

bourrative (feminine)
bourratifs (masculine plural)
bourratives (feminine plural)


tentant

tentant (feminine tentante, masculine plural tentants, feminine plural tentantes)

tentante (feminine)
tentants (masculine plural)
tentantes (feminine plural)


odorant

odorant (feminine odorante, masculine plural odorants, feminine plural odorantes)

odorante (feminine)
odorants (masculine plural)
odorantes (feminine plural)


nuisible

From Old French nuisable (from nuire), refashioned after Latin nocibilis.


chaleureux

chaleureux (feminine chaleureuse, masculine plural chaleureux, feminine plural chaleureuses)

chaleureuse (feminine)
chaleureux (masculine plural)
chaleureuses (feminine plural)

w:Trésor de la langue française informatisé

(rare) Physically warm, radiating warmth.

(of a thing that has a particular effect on the senses) agreeable for its own qualities.

(of an alcoholic drink, especially wine) Rich in alcohol, feeling physically warm.

(of a person or his personality) ardent, excited, emotive; especially, warm, cordial, showing affection.

(of a piece of literature or work of art) expressive; showing the author's or artist's feelings.


attractif

attractif (feminine attractive, masculine plural attractifs, feminine plural attractives)

attractive (feminine)
attractifs (masculine plural)
attractives (feminine plural)


pénible

→ Danish: penibel

→ Dutch: penibel

→ German: penibel

→ Romanian: penibil

→ Swedish: penibel

Inherited from Middle French penible, from Old French peinible. By surface analysis, peine + -ible.

Mon frère est si pénible lui!


antibiotique

→ English: antibiotic

→ Persian: آنتیبیوتیک (ânti-biyotik)

→ Romanian: antibiotic

→ Turkish: antibiyotik

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


huguenot

huguenot (feminine huguenote, masculine plural huguenots, feminine plural huguenotes)

huguenote (feminine)
huguenots (masculine plural)
huguenotes (feminine plural)

Besançon Hugues
Savoy dynasty
fr:huguenot

Usually derived from Middle French eiguenot, eyguenotz (“Swiss confederate; kind of soldier”), from German Eidgenosse (“confederate; Swiss person”), from Eid (“oath”) + Genosse (“companion”). It would then appear that the singular in -t is a French backformation from the plural, although it has also been compared to the Dutch eedgenoot (eed + genoot).
An alternate theory considers it a diminutive of Hugues (“Hugh”). The theory states that the term was originally used by Savoyard Roman Catholic supporters of the ruling Savoy dynasty as a derogatory designation (later embraced by Geneva republicans and by French Calvinists), with a meaning similar to "little Hughey", after the surname of Geneva burgomaster Besançon Hugues, who (though a Catholic himself) supported and participated in the rebellion against the rule of the Savoy dynasty, which led to the independence of Geneva in 1526.
See Huguenot on wikipedia for more.


indécis

fr-adj

indécis (feminine indécise, masculine plural indécis, feminine plural indécises)

indécise (feminine)
indécis (masculine plural)
indécises (feminine plural)


têtu

têtu (feminine têtue, masculine plural têtus, feminine plural têtues)

têtue (feminine)
têtus (masculine plural)
têtues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French testu, from teste (“head”) + -u. Morphologically, from tête + -u. Compare Walloon tiestou.

Il y avait en lui tout un petit homme têtu qui haïssait Napoléon.

1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 6, in Les Misérables, Tome III : Marius, book 3:

There was in him a headstrong little man who hated Napoleon.

Les pirates nord-coréens ne sont pas nécessairement les plus compétents, ni les plus pointus – quoique certains soient de très haut niveau –, mais ce sont les plus disciplinés et les plus têtus.

2020 August 28, “Corée du Nord : l'armée secrète des hackeurs [North Korea: the secret army of hackers]”, in Le Monde:

North Korean hackers are not necessarily the most competent, nor the most precise—although some are at a very high level—but they are the most disciplined and the most stubborn.


encyclopédique

→ Azerbaijani: ensiklopedik


adipeux

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.


supp

30 minutes supp


sincère

Inherited from Middle French sincere, borrowed from Latin sincerus, possibly compounded from the root of Latin semel, simul (“one”) + Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to grow”).


lustral

lustral (feminine lustrale, masculine plural lustraux, feminine plural lustrales)

lustrale (feminine)
lustraux (masculine plural)
lustrales (feminine plural)


résoluble

Borrowed from Late Latin resolūbilis, from Latin resolvō.


égalitaire

→ Danish: egalitær

→ Italian: egualitario


alternant

alternant (feminine alternante, masculine plural alternants, feminine plural alternantes)

alternante (feminine)
alternants (masculine plural)
alternantes (feminine plural)


bovin

bovin (feminine bovine, masculine plural bovins, feminine plural bovines)

bovine (feminine)
bovins (masculine plural)
bovines (feminine plural)


pathologique

→ Romanian: patologic

→ Turkish: patolojik

From Ancient Greek παθολογικός (pathologikós).


majeur

fr-adj

majeur (feminine majeure, masculine plural majeurs, feminine plural majeures)

majeure (feminine)
majeurs (masculine plural)
majeures (feminine plural)

From Middle French majeur, a borrowing from Latin māior (“larger, greater”). Doublet of maire, major, and mayeur.

(by extension) of great importance, main, major, principal, greatest

majeur et vacciné

major, adult, of age (who has attained the age of majority, who is over the legal age of majority)

si majeur

la majeur


cérébral

cérébral (feminine cérébrale, masculine plural cérébraux, feminine plural cérébrales)

cérébrale (feminine)
cérébraux (masculine plural)
cérébrales (feminine plural)

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

Un accident cérébral.

Une personne cérébrale.


mineur

mineur (feminine mineure, masculine plural mineurs, feminine plural mineures)

mineure (feminine)
mineurs (masculine plural)
mineures (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin minor. Compare the inherited doublet moindre.


catarrhal

catarrhal (feminine catarrhale, masculine plural catarrhaux, feminine plural catarrhales)

catarrhale (feminine)
catarrhaux (masculine plural)
catarrhales (feminine plural)


ammoniac

ammoniac (feminine ammoniaque, masculine plural ammoniacs, feminine plural ammoniaques)

ammoniaque (feminine)
ammoniacs (masculine plural)
ammoniaques (feminine plural)

From New Latin sal ammoniacus (“salt of Ammon”), from Ancient Greek άμμωνιακός (ámmōniakós, “of Ammon”), from Ἄμμων (Ámmōn). Comparable to English sal ammoniac.

der

(inorganic chemistry) ammonic, ammonical


réactif

fr-adj

réactif (feminine réactive, masculine plural réactifs, feminine plural réactives)

réactive (feminine)
réactifs (masculine plural)
réactives (feminine plural)


liberticide

Le tribunal prononce la condamnation à mort des seize carmélites […] « pour avoir formé des conciliabules contre-révolutionnaires, entretenu des correspondances fanatiques et conservé des écrits liberticides.»

c. 1948, Georges Bernanos, Dialogues des Carmélites:

The court pronounces the death sentence of the sixteen Carmelites […] "for having formed counter-revolutionary conciliabules, for having maintained fanatical correspondences and possessing liberticidal writings.

Si la peur persistante de la pandémie, qui a fait à ce jour plus d’un million de morts dans le monde, contribue globalement au respect des dispositifs visant à freiner sa propagation, partout en Europe des mouvements antimasque et des manifestations d’exaspération sont apparus contre les actions des gouvernements, jugées tantôt liberticides, tantôt incohérentes.

2020 September 29, “En Europe, l’exaspération grandit face aux mesures anti-Covid 19”, in Le Monde:

While the persistent fear of the pandemic, which has so far claimed more than a million lives worldwide, contributes globally to compliance with the measures aimed at curbing its spread, throughout Europe anti-mask movements and manifestations of exasperation have appeared against the actions of governments, sometimes considered liberticidal, and other times incoherent.


vilain

vilain (feminine vilaine, masculine plural vilains, feminine plural vilaines)

vilaine (feminine)
vilains (masculine plural)
vilaines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French vilain, vilein, villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Not related to vil.

une vilaine couleur

une vilaine voix

Il fait vilain.

La curiosité est un vilain défaut.

de vilains enfants

de vilaines actions

une vilaine fièvre

Elle a un vilain rhume.

Il m’a joué un vilain tour.


colorectal

colorectal (feminine colorectale, masculine plural colorectaux, feminine plural colorectales)

colorectale (feminine)
colorectaux (masculine plural)
colorectales (feminine plural)

cancer colorectal


agaçant

agaçant (feminine agaçante, masculine plural agaçants, feminine plural agaçantes)

agaçante (feminine)
agaçants (masculine plural)
agaçantes (feminine plural)


automatique

desctree

→ English: automatic, automatick
→ Albanian: automatik
→ Malay: automatik

→ Turkish: otomatik

traduction automatique

apprentissage automatique


astucieux

fr-adj

astucieux (feminine astucieuse, masculine plural astucieux, feminine plural astucieuses)

astucieuse (feminine)
astucieux (masculine plural)
astucieuses (feminine plural)


perfide

→ German: perfide


lapon

lapon (feminine lapone, masculine plural lapons, feminine plural lapones)

lapone (feminine)
lapons (masculine plural)
lapones (feminine plural)


élancé

élancé (feminine élancée, masculine plural élancés, feminine plural élancées)

élancée (feminine)
élancés (masculine plural)
élancées (feminine plural)


ému

ému (feminine émue, masculine plural émus, feminine plural émues)

émue (feminine)
émus (masculine plural)
émues (feminine plural)


torride

une nuit torride


factice

Borrowed from Latin factīcius. Compare the inherited Old French form faitis as well as the doublet fétiche, borrowed from Portuguese.


incompressible

(law) for a penalty (peine incompressible): mandatory (period, minimum), ineligibility (period of parole ~)


pesant

pesant (feminine pesante, masculine plural pesants, feminine plural pesantes)

pesante (feminine)
pesants (masculine plural)
pesantes (feminine plural)

une atmosphère pesante


intrigant

intrigant (feminine intrigante, masculine plural intrigants, feminine plural intrigantes)

intrigante (feminine)
intrigants (masculine plural)
intrigantes (feminine plural)

/ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɑ̃/

Adjectivalised form of intriguant, the present participle of intriguer.


grandissime

Borrowed from Italian grandissimo, itself inherited from grandissimus, the superlative of grandis (“big, large”). Old French had grandisme inherited from the same Latin word, which would have given grandîme if it had survived until Modern French.


moche

From moque, present indicative of moquer (“to mock”). Also see amocher (“to mess up”).

Putain, qu’est-ce qu’elle est moche!

(colloquial) worthless, rubbish (UK) or trash (USA)


ironique

Borrowed from Late Latin īrōnicus, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós). Equivalent to ironie + -ique.


livide

livid (in colour), bluish and extremely pale


nez à nez

tomber nez à nez avec quelqu’un


immédiat

immédiat (feminine immédiate, masculine plural immédiats, feminine plural immédiates)

immédiate (feminine)
immédiats (masculine plural)
immédiates (feminine plural)


larmoyant

larmoyant (feminine larmoyante, masculine plural larmoyants, feminine plural larmoyantes)

larmoyante (feminine)
larmoyants (masculine plural)
larmoyantes (feminine plural)


sauvage

Inherited from Old French sauvage, salvage, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, from silva (“forest”).

une région sauvage

de l’ail sauvage

un chat sauvage

un animal sauvage

wild, untamed, not domesticated (often used to qualify a wild alternative or pendant for a cultivated plant or domestic animal)

un enfant sauvage

la publicité sauvage

une grève sauvage

du camping sauvage

uncontained, anarchic; unregulated; unauthorized

asocial, recluse (living in an eccentric, isolated way, not interested in social contact or appealing to others)

(North America, obsolete, offensive) Amerindian


multilingue

From multi- and Latin lingua, on the model of bilingue.

(relational) of multiple languages; multilingual


sportif

sportif (feminine sportive, masculine plural sportifs, feminine plural sportives)

sportive (feminine)
sportifs (masculine plural)
sportives (feminine plural)

→ Turkish: sportif

(of a person) athletic; enjoying and frequently participating in sports, sporty


droitier

droitier (feminine droitière, masculine plural droitiers, feminine plural droitières)

droitière (feminine)
droitiers (masculine plural)
droitières (feminine plural)


gaucher

gaucher (feminine gauchère, masculine plural gauchers, feminine plural gauchères)

gauchère (feminine)
gauchers (masculine plural)
gauchères (feminine plural)

Coordinate term: droitier

Marie est gauchère.

Parfois c’est très difficile de trouver des ciseaux pour gauchers.

Sometimes it's very difficult to find left-handed scissors.

Coordinate term: droitier


félin

félin (feminine féline, masculine plural félins, feminine plural félines)

féline (feminine)
félins (masculine plural)
félines (feminine plural)


circulaire

Borrowed from Late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus.


citrouille

Diminutive of Old French citre, from Latin citrus. Compare Italian cetriolo.


tartare

(relational) Tartar, Tatar (relating to the Tatar people or their culture)


écru

écru (feminine écrue, masculine plural écrus, feminine plural écrues)

écrue (feminine)
écrus (masculine plural)
écrues (feminine plural)


hollandais

hollandais (feminine hollandaise, masculine plural hollandais, feminine plural hollandaises)

hollandaise (feminine)
hollandais (masculine plural)
hollandaises (feminine plural)


aigre

Inherited from Old French aigre, from Vulgar Latin ācrus (possibly via a southern Gallo-Romance dialect), from Latin ācer (with a change in declension), from Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós (“sharp”). Doublet of âcre, which was borrowed from Latin.

cerises aigres

la voix aigre des cornemuses

Le ton de sa voix un peu aigre et nasillard est parfaitement synchronisé avec son regard langoureux, humain.

2007, Georges Chétochine, La vérité sur les gestes, page 169:

The sound of his voice, a little shrill and nasal, is perfectly synchronised with his languid, human look.


laconique

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lacōnicus (“laconic”), from Latin Lacōnicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek Λακωνικός (Lakōnikós).


poisseux

fr-adj

poisseux (feminine poisseuse, masculine plural poisseux, feminine plural poisseuses)

poisseuse (feminine)
poisseux (masculine plural)
poisseuses (feminine plural)


libidineux

libidineux (feminine libidineuse, masculine plural libidineux, feminine plural libidineuses)

libidineuse (feminine)
libidineux (masculine plural)
libidineuses (feminine plural)

→ German: libidinös

→ Romanian: libidinos

(literary, derogatory) libidinous, lustful


bandant

bandant (feminine bandante, masculine plural bandants, feminine plural bandantes)

bandante (feminine)
bandants (masculine plural)
bandantes (feminine plural)

Tu sais qu’ils sont vachement bandants, tes nichons?

1974, Bertrand Blier, Les Valseuses, spoken by Jean-Claude (Gérard Depardieu):


raide

From Middle French roide, generalized from Old French roide f, inflected form of roit, reit, from Latin rigidus. Doublet of rigide.

une pente raide


mollet

mollet (feminine mollette, masculine plural mollets, feminine plural mollettes)

mollette (feminine)
mollets (masculine plural)
mollettes (feminine plural)


luisant

luisant (feminine luisante, masculine plural luisants, feminine plural luisantes)

luisante (feminine)
luisants (masculine plural)
luisantes (feminine plural)


argenté

argenté (feminine argentée, masculine plural argentés, feminine plural argentées)

argentée (feminine)
argentés (masculine plural)
argentées (feminine plural)

→ Greek: αρζαντέ (arzanté)

silver (having a color/colour like silver), silvery


génitif

génitif (feminine génitive, masculine plural génitifs, feminine plural génitives)

génitive (feminine)
génitifs (masculine plural)
génitives (feminine plural)

(relational) genitive (relating to the case of possession)


épicée

feminine singular of épicé (“spicy hot”)


épicé

épicé (feminine épicée, masculine plural épicés, feminine plural épicées)

épicée (feminine)
épicés (masculine plural)
épicées (feminine plural)


concret

concret (feminine concrète, masculine plural concrets, feminine plural concrètes)

concrète (feminine)
concrets (masculine plural)
concrètes (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: concreet

→ Romanian: concret


chouré

chouré (feminine chourée, masculine plural chourés, feminine plural chourées)

chourée (feminine)
chourés (masculine plural)
chourées (feminine plural)


fiévreux

fiévreux (feminine fiévreuse, masculine plural fiévreux, feminine plural fiévreuses)

fiévreuse (feminine)
fiévreux (masculine plural)
fiévreuses (feminine plural)

feverish, running a high body temperature


inepte

English: inept


satisfaisant

satisfaisant (feminine satisfaisante, masculine plural satisfaisants, feminine plural satisfaisantes)

satisfaisante (feminine)
satisfaisants (masculine plural)
satisfaisantes (feminine plural)

satisfactory, reasonable (of a satisfactory standard)


zoulou

zoulou (feminine zouloue, masculine plural zoulous, feminine plural zouloues)

zouloue (feminine)
zoulous (masculine plural)
zouloues (feminine plural)


en bas

Les chemises sont en bas.


mélodieux

mélodieux (feminine mélodieuse, masculine plural mélodieux, feminine plural mélodieuses)

mélodieuse (feminine)
mélodieux (masculine plural)
mélodieuses (feminine plural)

sweet, melodious (having a pleasant sound)


écarté

écarté (feminine écartée, masculine plural écartés, feminine plural écartées)

écartée (feminine)
écartés (masculine plural)
écartées (feminine plural)


diminutif

diminutif (feminine diminutive, masculine plural diminutifs, feminine plural diminutives)

diminutive (feminine)
diminutifs (masculine plural)
diminutives (feminine plural)


établi

établi (feminine établie, masculine plural établis, feminine plural établies)

établie (feminine)
établis (masculine plural)
établies (feminine plural)


mouillé

mouillé (feminine mouillée, masculine plural mouillés, feminine plural mouillées)

mouillée (feminine)
mouillés (masculine plural)
mouillées (feminine plural)

wet, moist (of a woman, sexually excited)


salée

feminine singular of salé (Something that contains table salt; salty.)


électrique

From Latin ēlectricus, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).


bouillant

bouillant (feminine bouillante, masculine plural bouillants, feminine plural bouillantes)

bouillante (feminine)
bouillants (masculine plural)
bouillantes (feminine plural)


journalier

journalier (feminine journalière, masculine plural journaliers, feminine plural journalières)

journalière (feminine)
journaliers (masculine plural)
journalières (feminine plural)

(figuratively) uncertain, ephemerous, precarious


cubique

Borrowed from Latin cubicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κυβικός (kubikós). Morphologically, from cube + -ique.

racine cubique


vénitienne

feminine singular of vénitien (“Venetian, relating to Venice”)


vénitien

vénitien (feminine vénitienne, masculine plural vénitiens, feminine plural vénitiennes)

vénitienne (feminine)
vénitiens (masculine plural)
vénitiennes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French Venicien, from Medieval Latin Venetianus, from Latin Venetia.


inconnue

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


cadette

la sœur cadette


bouffon

fr-adj

bouffon (feminine bouffonne, masculine plural bouffons, feminine plural bouffonnes)

bouffonne (feminine)
bouffons (masculine plural)
bouffonnes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French boufon, from Italian buffone.


faste

(historical, relational) of dies fasti, days of the Roman calendar in which public business was conducted [isolated example in c. 1380; continuously since 1838]


dramatique

→ Romanian: dramatic

→ Turkish: dramatik

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δραματικός (dramatikós), from δρᾶμα (drâma, “drama, play”) (whence drame).


aride

(figuratively) dry (free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness)


aldin

fr-adj

aldin (feminine aldine, masculine plural aldins, feminine plural aldines)

aldine (feminine)
aldins (masculine plural)
aldines (feminine plural)


désolé

désolé (feminine désolée, masculine plural désolés, feminine plural désolées)

désolée (feminine)
désolés (masculine plural)
désolées (feminine plural)

Je suis désolé.


mûr

mûr (feminine mûre or mure, masculine plural mûrs or murs, feminine plural mûres or mures)

mûre (feminine)
mure (feminine)
mûrs (masculine plural)
murs (masculine plural)
mûres (feminine plural)
mures (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French mëur, inherited from Latin mātūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”). Doublet of mature.

der

matured, ripe (of a fruit etc, ready to eat)

mature (having reached the age of maturity)


diplômé

fr-adj

diplômé (feminine diplômée, masculine plural diplômés, feminine plural diplômées)

diplômée (feminine)
diplômés (masculine plural)
diplômées (feminine plural)


malléable

malleable (able to be hammered into thin sheets)

Near-synonyms: manipulable, influençable

(figuratively) malleable, easily influenced


satisfait

satisfait (feminine satisfaite, masculine plural satisfaits, feminine plural satisfaites)

satisfaite (feminine)
satisfaits (masculine plural)
satisfaites (feminine plural)


allié

allié (feminine alliée, masculine plural alliés, feminine plural alliées)

alliée (feminine)
alliés (masculine plural)
alliées (feminine plural)


végétarien

végétarien (feminine végétarienne, masculine plural végétariens, feminine plural végétariennes)

végétarienne (feminine)
végétariens (masculine plural)
végétariennes (feminine plural)

vegetarian (of a person, not eating animal flesh)

vegetarian (of a food, not containing animal flesh)


continu

continu (feminine continue, masculine plural continus, feminine plural continues)

continue (feminine)
continus (masculine plural)
continues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French continu, borrowed from Latin continuus.

Des communications fréquentes, sinon continues, existaient à l’Éocène entre les contrées du Sud de l’Europe et le continent africain.

1933, Henri Gaussen, Géographie des Plantes [Geography of Plants], Armand Colin, page 55:

Frequent, if not continuous, contact existed during the Eocene between the regions of southern Europe and the African continent.


paralysant

paralysant (feminine paralysante, masculine plural paralysants, feminine plural paralysantes)

paralysante (feminine)
paralysants (masculine plural)
paralysantes (feminine plural)


réel

réel (feminine réelle, masculine plural réels, feminine plural réelles)

réelle (feminine)
réels (masculine plural)
réelles (feminine plural)

→ Danish: reel

→ Dutch: reëel

→ German: reell

→ Swedish: reell

→ Turkish: reel

Inherited from Middle French real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs.


nocif

nocif (feminine nocive, masculine plural nocifs, feminine plural nocives)

nocive (feminine)
nocifs (masculine plural)
nocives (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin nocīvus, from noceō.


malsain

malsain (feminine malsaine, masculine plural malsains, feminine plural malsaines)

malsaine (feminine)
malsains (masculine plural)
malsaines (feminine plural)


délétère

→ Romanian: deleter

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δηλητήρῐος (dēlētḗrios).

bor+

(literary) hazardous to health and life; pernicious, nocive, toxic

(literary) harmful to situations or relations; injurious, damaging


honnête

Inherited from Middle French honneste, from Old French honeste, a borrowing from Latin honestus, from honor.

Il faut toujours être honnête, mais il y a des gens qui n’en ont pas conscience.

You always have to be honest, but there are people who don't realize that.

honest (scrupulous with regard to telling the truth)


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)

Va, je t’abandonne aux gens qui te donnent de si pernicieux conseils.

1715, Alain-René Lesage, Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, Book II, Chapter VII:

Go, I shall let you to those who give you such pernicious advice.

[S]ors aussi, pernicieux enfant: tu m’as fait plus de mal que lui!

1699, François Fénelon, Les Aventures de Télémaque, Book 6, translated 1768 by John Hawkesworth

Depart thou also, pernicious boy! for my misfortunes are derived rather from thee than from him!

(dated) literally harmful or dangerous, usually of animals or persons


pinéal

pinéal (feminine pinéale, masculine plural pinéaux, feminine plural pinéales)

pinéale (feminine)
pinéaux (masculine plural)
pinéales (feminine plural)


cacaoyer

cacaoyer (feminine cacaoyère, masculine plural cacaoyers, feminine plural cacaoyères)

cacaoyère (feminine)
cacaoyers (masculine plural)
cacaoyères (feminine plural)

La crise cacaoyère de la fin de la décennie 1970.

The cocoa crisis of the end of the 1970's.


bananier

bananier (feminine bananière, masculine plural bananiers, feminine plural bananières)

bananière (feminine)
bananiers (masculine plural)
bananières (feminine plural)


vénéneux

vénéneux (feminine vénéneuse, masculine plural vénéneux, feminine plural vénéneuses)

vénéneuse (feminine)
vénéneux (masculine plural)
vénéneuses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin venēnōsus. More or less a doublet of venimeux.


désuet

désuet (feminine désuète, masculine plural désuets, feminine plural désuètes)

désuète (feminine)
désuets (masculine plural)
désuètes (feminine plural)

19th century, learned borrowing from Latin dēsuētus, past participle of dēsuēscere (“to unlearn, disaccustom”). The traditional pronunciation is that with /s/ because the Latin verb is from dē-suēscere, the first ⟨s⟩ being of the root. However, French-speakers tend to analyse it as dés-uet, which gives rise to the now predominant form with /z/.

out of fashion, out of style, old-fashioned, passé


mobilier

mobilier (feminine mobilière, masculine plural mobiliers, feminine plural mobilières)

mobilière (feminine)
mobiliers (masculine plural)
mobilières (feminine plural)

biens mobiliers, effets mobiliers

valeurs mobilières

précompte mobilier

patrimoine mobilier


paradisiaque

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin paradīsiacus.


expérimenté

fr-adj

expérimenté (feminine expérimentée, masculine plural expérimentés, feminine plural expérimentées)

expérimentée (feminine)
expérimentés (masculine plural)
expérimentées (feminine plural)


barbare

From Medieval Latin barbarinus (“Berber, pagan, Saracen, barbarian”), from Latin barbaria (“foreign country”).

der

horrible, awful (e.g., a type of music that one dislikes or a word or name that does not sound euphonious or is difficult to pronounce)


économique

→ Romanian: economic

→ Turkish: ekonomik

Learned borrowing from Latin oeconomicus. By surface analysis, économie + -ique.


classique

→ Dutch: klassiek
→ Indonesian: klasik

→ Persian: کلاسیک (kelâsik)

→ Romanian: clasic

→ Turkish: klasik

Learned borrowing from Latin classicus (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis (“class”). Doublet of clasico.


romain

fr-adj

romain (feminine romaine, masculine plural romains, feminine plural romaines)

romaine (feminine)
romains (masculine plural)
romaines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French, from Latin rōmānus.


plagal

plagal (feminine plagale, masculine plural plagaux, feminine plural plagales)

plagale (feminine)
plural plagaux (masculine)
plural plagales (feminine)


laïque

⇒ Arabic: لَائِكِيّ (lāʔikiyy)

→ Turkish: laik

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


religieux

fr-adj

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

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

→ Danish: religiøs

→ German: religiös

→ Norwegian Bokmål: religiøs

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: religiøs

→ Romanian: religios

→ Swedish: religiös

Inherited from Old French religieus, from Latin religiōsus.


rasséréné

rasséréné (feminine rassérénée, masculine plural rassérénés, feminine plural rassérénées)

rassérénée (feminine)
rassérénés (masculine plural)
rassérénées (feminine plural)


dodu

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:


inouï

inouï (feminine inouïe, masculine plural inouïs, feminine plural inouïes)

inouïe (feminine)
inouïs (masculine plural)
inouïes (feminine plural)

Bien que la faim et le dénûment nous tourmentassent quelquefois, et même à peu près toujours, rien ne nous causait autant de tourment que d’être témoins des cruautés inouïes que mon maître exerçait sur les chrétiens.

1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XL, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cⁱᵉ, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:

Even though hunger and destitution tormented us sometimes, and even almost always, nothing caused us as much torment as witnessing the unheard-of cruelties that my master inflicted upon the Christians.

Voyage, voyage / Plus loin que la nuit et le jour (voyage, voyage) / Voyage (voyage) / Dans l’espace inouï de l’amour

1986, Desireless (lyrics and music), “Voyage, Voyage”, in François:

Voyage, voyage / Further than the night and the day (voyage, voyage) / Voyage (voyage) / In the unheard-of space of love

(figurative) unprecedented, incredible, unheard-of


médian

médian (feminine médiane, masculine plural médians, feminine plural médianes)

médiane (feminine)
médians (masculine plural)
médianes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin mediānus. Doublet of moyen and misaine.


résolu

résolu (feminine résolue, masculine plural résolus, feminine plural résolues)

résolue (feminine)
résolus (masculine plural)
résolues (feminine plural)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin resolūtus.


délinquant

fr-adj

délinquant (feminine délinquante, masculine plural délinquants, feminine plural délinquantes)

délinquante (feminine)
délinquants (masculine plural)
délinquantes (feminine plural)

Present participle of délinquer, or borrowed from Latin delinquentem.


éjaculateur

éjaculateur (feminine éjaculatrice, masculine plural éjaculateurs, feminine plural éjaculatrices)

éjaculatrice (feminine)
éjaculateurs (masculine plural)
éjaculatrices (feminine plural)


invraisemblable

Même au cas invraisemblable où le vendeur aurait ignoré l’événement, il n’y aurait aucun motif pour qu’il profitât du hasard qui l’aurait dessaisi de la propriété du navire, avant l’assignation, si l’action était vraiment recevable et fondée.

1879, Questions de droit maritime, page 193:


prédominant

prédominant (feminine prédominante, masculine plural prédominants, feminine plural prédominantes)

prédominante (feminine)
prédominants (masculine plural)
prédominantes (feminine plural)


vraisemblable

From vrai + semblable, modelled after Latin verisimilis.

On a dit qu’il avait le surnom de Quixada ou Quesada, car il y a sur ce point quelque divergence entre les auteurs qui en ont écrit, bien que les conjectures les plus vraisemblables fassent entendre qu’il s’appelait Quijana.

1837, Louis Viardot, chapter I, in L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^(fr.Wikisource), translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra:

They have said that he had the surname of Quixada or Quesada, for there is on this point some divergence among the authors that have written on the topic, although the most plausible conjectures have it known that he was named Quijana.


nerveux

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

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

→ Danish: nervøs

→ Norwegian Bokmål: nervøs

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: nervøs

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

maladie nerveuse

elle était bien nerveuse


postural

postural (feminine posturale, masculine plural posturaux, feminine plural posturales)

posturale (feminine)
plural posturaux (masculine)
plural posturales (feminine)


thaï

thaï (feminine thaïe, masculine plural thaïs, feminine plural thaïes)

thaïe (feminine)
thaïs (masculine plural)
thaïes (feminine plural)


asiatique

Haitian Creole: azyatik

Borrowed from Latin āsiāticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσιατικός (Asiatikós).

Holonym: eurasiatique

Meronyms: est-asiatique, ouest-asiatique, sud-asiatique


disposé

disposé (feminine disposée, masculine plural disposés, feminine plural disposées)

disposée (feminine)
disposés (masculine plural)
disposées (feminine plural)

organized, placed in a certain fashion, arranged

Je ne suis pas encore disposé à devenir chrétien pour ma petite amie.

I am not yet prepared to become a Christian for my girlfriend.

willing, ready to do (something), prepared


sous-entendu

sous-entendu (feminine sous-entendue, masculine plural sous-entendus, feminine plural sous-entendues)

sous-entendue (feminine)
sous-entendus (masculine plural)
sous-entendues (feminine plural)


ménager

ménager (feminine ménagère, masculine plural ménagers, feminine plural ménagères)

ménagère (feminine)
ménagers (masculine plural)
ménagères (feminine plural)

les tâches ménagères


gravissime

From Italian gravissimo, grave + -issime.

very important, very serious, very grave


formel

formel (feminine formelle, masculine plural formels, feminine plural formelles)

formelle (feminine)
formels (masculine plural)
formelles (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin formālis, from forma (“form”) (whence forme).


périmé

périmé (feminine périmée, masculine plural périmés, feminine plural périmées)

périmée (feminine)
périmés (masculine plural)
périmées (feminine plural)


éveillé

éveillé (feminine éveillée, masculine plural éveillés, feminine plural éveillées)

éveillée (feminine)
éveillés (masculine plural)
éveillées (feminine plural)

Après être resté éveillé toute la nuit, il est maintenant très fatigué.

After having been awake all night, he is very tired now.


endormi

endormi (feminine endormie, masculine plural endormis, feminine plural endormies)

endormie (feminine)
endormis (masculine plural)
endormies (feminine plural)

Il est endormi en ce moment même.


taillé

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

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


malicieux

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

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


contradictoire

Borrowed from Late Latin contrādictōrius (“contradictory”), from Latin contrādīcō (“to speak against; contradict”), from contrā (“against”) + dīcō (“to say, speak”).

der

Le système de justice pénal en France est inquisitoire, alors que celui du Canada est contradictoire.

The French criminal justice system is inquisitorial, whereas the Canadian system is adversarial.

adversarial; involving debate between opposing parties


mort ou vif

fr-adj

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

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


génétique

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεννητικός (gennētikós).

lbor

code génétique


inférieur

fr-adj

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

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

/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁjœʁ/

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


athéiste

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


officiel

officiel (feminine officielle, masculine plural officiels, feminine plural officielles)

officielle (feminine)
officiels (masculine plural)
officielles (feminine plural)

→ Danish: officiel

→ Dutch: officieel
Afrikaans: offisieel

→ German: offiziell

→ Norwegian Bokmål: offisiell

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: offisiell

→ Polish: oficjel

→ Romanian: oficial

→ Swedish: officiell

→ Yiddish: אָפֿיציעל (ofitsyel)

Coordinate term: officieux

Le français est la langue officielle de nombreux pays indépendants, ainsi que de territoires divers et de plusieurs institutions.

French is the official language of numerous independent countries, as well as various territories and several institutions.


hydrophobe

hydrophobic (lacking an affinity for water)


absurde

From Middle French absurde (16th c.), relatinized form of older absourde, from Old French absorde (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin absurdus (“discordant, incongruous”).

der

absurd (contrary to reason or propriety)


putride

→ Romanian: putrid


parallèle

Inherited from Middle French parallèle, borrowed from Latin parallēlus.


catalytique

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καταλυτικός (katalutikós, “soluble”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “to dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “to loose”).


suffix

<i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">-ième</i>


esthétique

desc

→ Japanese: エステティック, エステ

→ Japanese: エステティック, エステ

→ Romanian: estetic

→ Turkish: estetik

Borrowed from New Latin aesthēticus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós).


décousu

fr-adj

décousu (feminine décousue, masculine plural décousus, feminine plural décousues)

décousue (feminine)
décousus (masculine plural)
décousues (feminine plural)


furtif

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

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

→ Dutch: furtief

→ Romanian: furtiv

une main furtive

avion furtif

(military) stealth; with stealth capabilities


courageux

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

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

→ Romanian: curajos

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

courageux mais pas téméraire


audacieux

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

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


azéri

azéri (feminine azérie, masculine plural azéris, feminine plural azéries)

azérie (feminine)
azéris (masculine plural)
azéries (feminine plural)


indiscret

indiscret (feminine indiscrète, masculine plural indiscrets, feminine plural indiscrètes)

indiscrète (feminine)
indiscrets (masculine plural)
indiscrètes (feminine plural)


hardi

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

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

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

Near-synonyms: courageux, brave


toxique

Borrowed from Latin toxicus (“poisoned”), from toxicum (“poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón) [φάρμακον (phármakon)] ("poison for use on arrows"), from τοξικός (toxikós, “relating to arrows or archery”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).

bor+

toxic (having a harmful chemical nature)


étendu

fr-adj

étendu (feminine étendue, masculine plural étendus, feminine plural étendues)

étendue (feminine)
étendus (masculine plural)
étendues (feminine plural)


leste

Arshavin s’est repoussé sur le dossier de son siège, avec cet air soudain leste, plus mobile, qu’il avait quand il réfléchissait […]

2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:


hivernal

hivernal (feminine hivernale, masculine plural hivernaux, feminine plural hivernales)

hivernale (feminine)
hivernaux (masculine plural)
hivernales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin hibernālis or derived from hiver (“winter”).

Aux cytises et aux oliviers de Sicile, il marie les noirs sapins de son pays, et la lumière hivernale se joue entre leurs troncs rougeâtres. Ses fleurs, le thym, la centaurée, la campanule, poussent en pleine terre.


galant

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

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

→ Catalan: galant, galà

→ English: gallant

→ German: galant

→ Romanian: galant

desctree

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

→ Spanish: galante, galán

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


alcoolisé

fr-adj

alcoolisé (feminine alcoolisée, masculine plural alcoolisés, feminine plural alcoolisées)

alcoolisée (feminine)
alcoolisés (masculine plural)
alcoolisées (feminine plural)

alcoholic (having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents)


alcoolique

→ Romanian: alcoolic

→ Turkish: alkolik


mathématiques

Learned borrowing from Latin mathēmaticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”).


saignant

fr-adj

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

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

(cooking) rare, bloody (cooked very lightly)


immédiate

feminine singular of immédiat; immediate (without delay)


abécédaire

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin abecedārius.


annal

fr-adj

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

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

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

(law) usable or available only for one year


soudain

soudain (feminine soudaine, masculine plural soudains, feminine plural soudaines)

soudaine (feminine)
soudains (masculine plural)
soudaines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French sodein, from Vulgar Latin *subitānus, from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus.

sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)


élégant

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

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

→ German: Elegant

→ Romanian: elegant

→ Turkish: elegan


mélancolique

→ Romanian: melancolic

→ Turkish: melankolik


créatif

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

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

→ Dutch: creatief
→ Indonesian: kreatif

→ Romanian: creativ

→ Turkish: kreatif

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


paf

* Interjection: onomatopoeia
* Adjective: from paffé, past participle of paffer (to consume excessively)
* Noun: uncertain


acoustique

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


ombilical

ombilical (feminine ombilicale, masculine plural ombilicaux, feminine plural ombilicales)

ombilicale (feminine)
ombilicaux (masculine plural)
ombilicales (feminine plural)


objectif

objectif (feminine objective, masculine plural objectifs, feminine plural objectives)

objective (feminine)
objectifs (masculine plural)
objectives (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin objectivus. See objet and -if.

(relational) of a material object; objective


dural

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

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


solaire

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

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


cruciforme

From Latin crux, crucis (whence croix) + -forme.


familier

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

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

Learned borrowing from Latin familiāris.

(linguistics) familiar, informal, colloquial


catalyseur

catalyseur (feminine catalyseuse, masculine plural catalyseurs, feminine plural catalyseuses)

catalyseuse (feminine)
catalyseurs (masculine plural)
catalyseuses (feminine plural)


apolitique

apolitical (having no interest in politics)


chatoyant

chatoyant (feminine chatoyante, masculine plural chatoyants, feminine plural chatoyantes)

chatoyante (feminine)
chatoyants (masculine plural)
chatoyantes (feminine plural)


tabou

tabou (feminine taboue, masculine plural tabous, feminine plural taboues)

taboue (feminine)
tabous (masculine plural)
taboues (feminine plural)

taboo (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)


érogène

From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “sexual love”) + -gène.


olympien

fr-adj

olympien (feminine olympienne, masculine plural olympiens, feminine plural olympiennes)

olympienne (feminine)
olympiens (masculine plural)
olympiennes (feminine plural)

être d’un calme olympien

to be as cool as a cucumber (literally, “to be of an Olympian calm”)


hérétique

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


réaliste

From Latin reālis (whence réel) + -iste.

Coordinate term: idéaliste


problématique

Learned borrowing from Late Latin problēmaticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek προβληματικός (problēmatikós), from πρόβλημα (próblēma, “outjutting, barrier, problem”) (whence problème).

der

προβληματικός


imposant

fr-adj

imposant (feminine imposante, masculine plural imposants, feminine plural imposantes)

imposante (feminine)
imposants (masculine plural)
imposantes (feminine plural)

→ Danish: imposant

→ German: imposant


pornographique

une image pornographique

les films pornographiques

un acteur de films pornographiques

En censurant l’essentiel de la loi dite « Avia », jeudi 18 juin, le Conseil constitutionnel a mis à bas un dispositif adopté en mai, destiné à imposer aux géants du numérique de retirer les incitations à la haine, à la violence et au terrorisme, ainsi que les injures à caractère raciste ou sexiste et les images pornographiques représentant des mineurs.

2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde:


féringien

féringien (feminine féringienne, masculine plural féringiens, feminine plural féringiennes)

féringienne (feminine)
féringiens (masculine plural)
féringiennes (feminine plural)


dauphinois

dauphinois (feminine dauphinoise, masculine plural dauphinois, feminine plural dauphinoises)

dauphinoise (feminine)
dauphinois (masculine plural)
dauphinoises (feminine plural)

→ English: Dauphinois


décagonal

décagonal (feminine décagonale, masculine plural décagonaux, feminine plural décagonales)

décagonale (feminine)
décagonaux (masculine plural)
décagonales (feminine plural)


décaféiné

décaféiné (feminine décaféinée, masculine plural décaféinés, feminine plural décaféinées)

décaféinée (feminine)
décaféinés (masculine plural)
décaféinées (feminine plural)


décimal

décimal (feminine décimale, masculine plural décimaux, feminine plural décimales)

décimale (feminine)
décimaux (masculine plural)
décimales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.


idoine

(now law or humorous) appropriate, suitable


périnéal

périnéal (feminine périnéale, masculine plural périnéaux, feminine plural périnéales)

périnéale (feminine)
périnéaux (masculine plural)
périnéales (feminine plural)

Dans la cure des hypospadias péno-scrotaux, scrotaux et périnéaux, il convient donc de recourir à d’autres opérations.

1841, Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, page 870:


potier

potier (feminine potière, masculine plural potiers, feminine plural potières)

potière (feminine)
potiers (masculine plural)
potières (feminine plural)

From Old French potier, from pot (“pot”) + -ier.


serpentin

serpentin (feminine serpentine, masculine plural serpentins, feminine plural serpentines)

serpentine (feminine)
serpentins (masculine plural)
serpentines (feminine plural)


miennes

(archaic) feminine plural of mien (“my”)


poétique

From Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós).


miens

(archaic) masculine plural of mien (“my”)


bavard

bavard (feminine bavarde, masculine plural bavards, feminine plural bavardes)

bavarde (feminine)
bavards (masculine plural)
bavardes (feminine plural)


dégueulasse

From dégueuler (“to vomit”) + -asse. Compare English vomitrocious.

2016 July 3, Olivier Philippe-Viela, "Mort de Michel Rocard: «La politique est dégueulasse»... Les cinq phrases à retenir de Michel Rocard", 20 Minutes, quoting a phrase from 1991 April 25 by Michel Rocard.

La politique est dégueulasse, parce que les hommes qui la font la rendent dégueulasse.

Politics is disgusting, because the men who practise it make it disgusting.


égaré

égaré (feminine égarée, masculine plural égarés, feminine plural égarées)

égarée (feminine)
égarés (masculine plural)
égarées (feminine plural)

avoir le respire court et le discours égaré


antagoniste

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs).

lbor

ἀνταγωνιστής


loquace

Learned borrowing from Latin loquax (“talkative”).


boursier

fr-adj

boursier (feminine boursière, masculine plural boursiers, feminine plural boursières)

boursière (feminine)
boursiers (masculine plural)
boursières (feminine plural)

From bourse (“purse, exchange, grant”) + -ier.

af

financial market
financial market#English

(finance, relational) stock (relating to the financial markets)


galicien

fr-adj

galicien (feminine galicienne, masculine plural galiciens, feminine plural galiciennes)

galicienne (feminine)
galiciens (masculine plural)
galiciennes (feminine plural)

Galician (from either Galicia in Spain or Galicia in Eastern Europe)


culturel

culturel (feminine culturelle, masculine plural culturels, feminine plural culturelles)

culturelle (feminine)
culturels (masculine plural)
culturelles (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: cultural

→ Turkish: kültürel


traditionnel

traditionnel (feminine traditionnelle, masculine plural traditionnels, feminine plural traditionnelles)

traditionnelle (feminine)
traditionnels (masculine plural)
traditionnelles (feminine plural)

→ Danish: traditionel

desctree

→ Dutch: traditioneel
Afrikaans: tradisioneel
→ Indonesian: tradisionil

→ German: traditionell

→ Norwegian Bokmål: tradisjonell

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: tradisjonell

→ Romanian: tradițional

→ Swedish: traditionell

→ Turkish: tradisyonel

desc

טראַדיציאָנעל

→ Yiddish: טראַדיציאָנעל (traditsyonel)


essentiel

fr-adj

essentiel (feminine essentielle, masculine plural essentiels, feminine plural essentielles)

essentielle (feminine)
essentiels (masculine plural)
essentielles (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: esențial

→ Turkish: esansiyel

Learned borrowing from Late Latin essentiālis.

lbor

Coordinate term: accessoire

distinguer l’essentiel de l’accessoire

to distinguish the essential from the accessory


créateur

Inherited from Middle French createur, from Old French creatur, creator, borrowed from Latin creātōrem.

creative (e.g. des processus créateurs = creative processes)


gastronomique

From gastro-, from the Ancient Greek word meaning stomach.


vecteur

fr-adj

vecteur (feminine vectrice, masculine plural vecteurs, feminine plural vectrices)

vectrice (feminine)
vecteurs (masculine plural)
vectrices (feminine plural)


impoli

impoli (feminine impolie, masculine plural impolis, feminine plural impolies)

impolie (feminine)
impolis (masculine plural)
impolies (feminine plural)


celtique

Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)


composant

composant (feminine composante, masculine plural composants, feminine plural composantes)

composante (feminine)
composants (masculine plural)
composantes (feminine plural)