louvetelle-garou

fr-noun

louvetelle-garou f (plural louvetelles-garous, masculine louveteau-garou)

louvetelles-garous (plural)
louveteau-garou (masculine)

(fantasy, mythology) female werewolf cub or pup


rate-garou

rate-garou f (plural rates-garous, masculine rat-garou)

rates-garous (plural)
rat-garou (masculine)


ours-garou

ours-garou m (plural ours-garous, feminine ourse-garou)

ours-garous (plural)
ourse-garou (feminine)


thériomorphe

From Ancient Greek θηριόμορφος (thēriómorphos, from θηρίον (thēríon, “animal”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”)). See also thérien and morphe.

der

Une divinité thériomorphe.


louveteau-garou

fr-noun

louveteau-garou m (plural louveteaux-garous, feminine louvetelle-garou)

louveteaux-garous (plural)
louvetelle-garou (feminine)

(fantasy, mythology) werewolf cub or pup


animal-garou

From animal + -garou (“were-”), by association with loup-garou (“werewolf”).

(fantasy, mythology) wereanimal, werecreature


-garou

From loup-garou (“werewolf”). See also garou.


pulmonique

fr-adj

pulmonique (feminine pulmonique, masculine plural pulmoniques, feminine plural pulmoniques)

pulmonique (feminine)
pulmoniques (masculine plural)
pulmoniques (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pulmōnicus, from pulmō (“lung”).

(phonetics, phonology) (of a speech sound): pulmonic (produced by pushing air from or into the lungs)


Circé

From Latin Circē, from Ancient Greek Κίρκη (Kírkē). The asteroid was discovered in 1855 by Jean Chacornac and named after the sorceress.


narrateur omniscient

fr-noun

narrateur omniscient m (plural narrateurs omniscients)


PADS

(fandom slang, psychology, pathology, informal) PADS (“post-Avatar depression syndrome”)


converbe

Borrowed from German Konverb. By surface analysis, con- + verbe.


Toison d'or

(Greek mythology, heraldry) Golden Fleece


pseudépigraphe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψευδεπίγραφος (pseudepígraphos, “(literally) (with) false superscription”).
By surface analysis, pseud- + épigraphe.

bor+

ψευδεπίγραφος


pseudépigraphe

fr-noun

pseudépigraphe m (plural pseudépigraphes)

bor+

ψευδεπίγραφος


famille nucléaire

fr-noun

famille nucléaire f (plural familles nucléaires)

(sociology) nuclear family (a family unit consisting of a father, mother and children)


intercompréhension

mutual intelligibility
mutual intelligibility

(linguistics, dialectology) intercomprehension, mutual intelligibility


intercompréhensible

Le letton et le lituanien ne sont pas intercompréhensibles.
Latvian and Lithuanian are not mutually intelligible.

mutually intelligible
mutually intelligible

(linguistics, of languages or dialects) mutually intelligible, intercomprehensible (that can be mutually understood by each other's speakers)


grammaire comparée

comparative linguistics
comparative linguistics


rétro-acronyme

rétro-acronyme m (plural rétro-acronymes)

(lexicography) backronym (word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it)


texte source

Coordinate term: texte cible


texte cible

Coordinate term: texte source


voiser

voiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
voisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
voisé (participle past)
voise (first-person indicative present singular)
voises (indicative present second-person singular)
voise (indicative present singular third-person)
voisons (first-person indicative plural present)
voisez (indicative plural present second-person)
voisent (indicative plural present third-person)
voisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
voisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
voisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
voisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
voisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
voisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
voisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
voisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
voisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
voisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
voisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
voisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
voiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
voiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
voisera (future indicative singular third-person)
voiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
voiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
voiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
voiserais (conditional first-person singular)
voiserais (conditional second-person singular)
voiserait (conditional singular third-person)
voiserions (conditional first-person plural)
voiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
voiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
voise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
voises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
voise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
voisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
voisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
voisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
voisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
voisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
voisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
voisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
voisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
voisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
voise (imperative second-person singular)
voisons (first-person imperative plural)
voisez (imperative plural second-person)


Trois Glorieuses

les Trois Glorieuses (canonical feminine plural)

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

ellipsis

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


guivre

Inherited from Old French guivre (whence also vouivre), from Latin vīpera. Related to English wyvern.

(heraldry, mythology) a guivre (seprentine creature, variously limbless or winged and two-legged)


étymologiser

étymologiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
étymologisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
étymologisé (participle past)
étymologise (first-person indicative present singular)
étymologises (indicative present second-person singular)
étymologise (indicative present singular third-person)
étymologisons (first-person indicative plural present)
étymologisez (indicative plural present second-person)
étymologisent (indicative plural present third-person)
étymologisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
étymologisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
étymologisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
étymologisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
étymologisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
étymologisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
étymologisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
étymologisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
étymologisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
étymologisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
étymologisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
étymologisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
étymologiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
étymologiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
étymologisera (future indicative singular third-person)
étymologiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
étymologiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
étymologiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
étymologiserais (conditional first-person singular)
étymologiserais (conditional second-person singular)
étymologiserait (conditional singular third-person)
étymologiserions (conditional first-person plural)
étymologiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
étymologiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
étymologise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
étymologises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
étymologise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
étymologisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
étymologisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
étymologisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
étymologisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
étymologisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
étymologisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
étymologisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
étymologisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
étymologisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
étymologise (imperative second-person singular)
étymologisons (first-person imperative plural)
étymologisez (imperative plural second-person)

From étymologie (“etymology”) + -iser (“-ize”).

suffix

(linguistics, transitive, intransitive) to etymologize


traductif

fr-adj

traductif (feminine traductive, masculine plural traductifs, feminine plural traductives)

traductive (feminine)
traductifs (masculine plural)
traductives (feminine plural)

Coordinate term: explicatif

dictionnaire traductif


table de vérité

fr-noun

table de vérité f (plural tables de vérité)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-table de vérité.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-table de vérité.wav

(logic) truth table (table showing all possible truth values for an expression, derived from the truth values of its components)


ascenseur social

ascenseur social m (usually uncountable, plural ascenseurs sociaux)

(sociology) the social ladder, social mobility (that which allows people to move up a social hierarchy)


thème céleste

thème céleste m (plural thèmes célestes)

(astrology) Synonym of thème astral (“astrological chart”)


fausse analogie

fausse analogie f (plural fausses analogies)


sémelfactif

fr-adj

sémelfactif (feminine sémelfactive, masculine plural sémelfactifs, feminine plural sémelfactives)

sémelfactive (feminine)
sémelfactifs (masculine plural)
sémelfactives (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from New Latin semelfactīvus, from Latin semel (“once”) + factum (“occurrence”) + -īvus.

lbor

Coordinate term: itératif

(grammar) semelfactive (expressive of an action that happens only once)


majestatif

fr-adj

majestatif (feminine majestative, masculine plural majestatifs, feminine plural majestatives)

majestative (feminine)
majestatifs (masculine plural)
majestatives (feminine plural)

le nous majestatif


syllogomanie

Ancient Greek σύλλογος (súllogos) + -manie.


syndrome de Diogène

(psychology, psychiatry) Diogenes syndrome


je pense, donc je suis

/ʒə pɑ̃s dɔ̃ ʒə sɥi/

First expressed by René Descartes, a 17th century French philosopher.

I think, therefore I am
I think, therefore I am


apparat critique

fr-noun

apparat critique m (plural apparats critiques)


distribution complémentaire

distribution complémentaire f (plural distributions complémentaires)

Calque of English complementary distribution.

clq

complementary distribution
complementary distribution

(phonetics, phonology) complementary distribution


balto-slave

les langues balto-slaves

(linguistics) Balto-Slavic (of or pertaining to the Balto-Slavic language, the people who spoke it or their culture)


cause première

fr-noun

cause première f (usually uncountable, plural causes premières)

(philosophy) first cause (initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow)


premier moteur

premier moteur m (usually uncountable, plural premiers moteurs)

(philosophy) prime mover (initial agent that is the cause of all things)


expression-valise

expression-valise f (plural expression-valises)

In its lexical sense, modelled after mot-valise.

(lexicography) portmanteau of idioms, idiom blend; malaphor


FdD

(bibliography) Initialism of Fouilles de Delphes (literally “Excavations from Delphi”).


interlangue

/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.lɑ̃ɡ/

(linguistics) interlanguage (language generated by a student of a foreign language that incorporates aspects of their native language and the target language)


présent historique

présent historique m (plural présents historiques)

Near-synonym: présent de narration


ânée

Inherited from Old French asnée. By surface analysis, âne + -ée. Compare Medieval Latin asināta.

a donkey’s burden, a load as great as an ass can carry

(history, in the mediaeval and early modern periods) a unit of capacity for grains and wine


Rhènè

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).

bor+

Ῥήνη, ης (ἡ) Rhènè, nymphe, Il.2, 728.

1935, Anatole Bailly, Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,717/3, s.v. « Ῥήνη »:

(Greek mythology) Rhene (a nymph, the paramour of King Oïleus of Locris, and the mother of either or neither of his sons Medon and Ajax)


dépression postpartum

postpartum depression
postpartum depression


trouble de la personnalité narcissique

fr-noun

trouble de la personnalité narcissique m (uncountable)

/tʁu.blə d(ə) la pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.te naʁ.si.sik/

narcissistic personality disorder
narcissistic personality disorder

(psychiatry) narcissistic personality disorder

fr:trouble de la personnalité narcissique


trouble de la personnalité schizotypique m (plural troubles de la personnalité schizotypique)

/tʁu.blə d(ə) la pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.te ʃi.zɔ.ti.pik/

schizotypal personality disorder
schizotypal personality disorder

(psychiatry) schizotypal personality disorder

fr:trouble de la personnalité schizotypique


trouble de la personnalité paranoïaque

trouble de la personnalité paranoïaque m (plural troubles de la personnalité paranoïaque)

troubles de la personnalité paranoïaque (plural)

/tʁu.blə d(ə) la pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.te pa.ʁa.nɔ.jak/

paranoid personality disorder
paranoid personality disorder

(psychiatry) paranoid personality disorder

fr:trouble de la personnalité paranoïaque


trouble du déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité m (plural troubles du déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité)

/tʁu.blə dy de.fi.si d(ə) l‿a.tɑ̃.sjɔ.n‿a.vɛk u sɑ̃.z‿i.pɛ.ʁak.ti.vi.te/

/tʁu.blə dy de.fi.si d(ə) l‿a.tɑ̃.sjɔ.n‿a.vɛk u sɑ̃.z‿i.pe.ʁak.ti.vi.te/

Literally, “attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity”.

lit

(neurology, psychiatry, psychology) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

fr:trouble du déficit de l'attention avec ou sans hyperactivité


voyelle antérieure

fr-noun

voyelle antérieure f (plural voyelles antérieures)

(phonetics) front vowel (vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth)


voyelle postérieure

voyelle postérieure f (plural voyelles postérieures)

(phonetics) back vowel (vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth)


akkadogramme

On peut séparer les mots qui désignent le roi dans les textes hittites en deux groupes : en effet, dans les textes, les titres apparaissent soit en hittite (ḫaššu-, t/labarna), soit sous la forme d’akkadrogrammes ou de sumérogrammes (LUGAL, LUGAL GAL, ᵁTU^(ŠI)).

1998, Isabelle Klock-Fontanille, Les Hittites (« Que sais-je ? »), page 61:

(linguistics) Akkadogram (an Akkadian word used as a logogram in another language, such as Hittite)


sumérogramme

Le quatrième groupe est celui des dieux guerriers (ᴰZA.BA₄.BA₄). […] Le sumérogramme correspondant au mot hatti Wurunkatte.

1998, Isabelle Klock-Fontanille, Les Hittites (« Que sais-je ? »), page 40:

(linguistics) Sumerogram (a Sumerian cuneiform symbol used as a logogram in another language, such as Akkadian or Hittite)


présent de vérité générale

présent de vérité générale m (countable and uncountable, plural présents de vérité générale)


verbe réfléchi

verbe réfléchi m (plural verbes réfléchis)


OCI

(French politics, communism) Initialism of Organisation communiste internationale (“International Communist Organization”), a former communist party in France. ICO


temps long

Coordinate term: temps court

(historiography) longue durée (long period of time during which social processes develop or social structures evolve)


ressemblance familiale

ressemblance familiale f (plural ressemblances familiales)

(philosophy) family resemblance (one of a series of overlapping similarities between two or more comparanda)


grammaire générative

grammaire générative f (plural grammaires génératives)


complémenteur

From complémenter + -eur. Cognate with Portuguese complementador.


modalisateur

(linguistics) modal adjunct; opinion linker


biais de confirmation

biais de confirmation m (plural biais de confirmation)


capital culturel

capital culturel m (usually uncountable, plural capitaux culturels)

Coined by French sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron (1970).

(sociology) cultural capital (the social assets of a person, like education, intellect, style of speech/dress, etc. that promote social mobility)


pyramide des besoins

pyramide des besoins f (usually uncountable, plural pyramides des besoins)

Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Maslow's hierarchy of needs

(psychology) Maslow's hierarchy of needs


pyramide de Maslow

pyramide de Maslow f (usually uncountable, plural pyramides de Maslow)


traduction assistée par ordinateur

traduction assistée par ordinateur f (countable and uncountable, plural traductions assistées par ordinateur)

traductions assistées par ordinateur (plural)

computer-aided translation
computer-aided translation

(translation studies, computing) computer-aided translation


Dédale

Borrowed from Latin Daedalus, itself from Ancient Greek Δαίδαλος (Daídalos).


principe du tiers exclu

law of excluded middle
law of excluded middle


psychologie du développement

psychologie du développement f (uncountable)

developmental psychology
developmental psychology


permanence de l'objet

permanence de l’ objet (canonical feminine)


bangorrhée

Calque of English bangorrhea. By surface analysis, bang + -o- + -rrhée.


intelligence émotionnelle

fr-noun

intelligence émotionnelle f (plural intelligences émotionnelles)

emotional intelligence
emotional intelligence


quotient émotionnel

quotient émotionnel m (plural quotients émotionnels)

Coordinate term: quotient intellectuel


annalistique

la tradition annalistique


annalistique

l’annalistique romaine


Malnoue

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

Holonym: Sologne

(mythology, Sologne) A malevolent underground river (in actuality a very high water table that floods easily), connected to the Loire and harming people, cattle and buildings with diseases, rot, drowning, etc.


enrocher

enrocher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enrochant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enroché (participle past)
enroche (first-person indicative present singular)
enroches (indicative present second-person singular)
enroche (indicative present singular third-person)
enrochons (first-person indicative plural present)
enrochez (indicative plural present second-person)
enrochent (indicative plural present third-person)
enrochais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enrochais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enrochait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enrochions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enrochiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enrochaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enrochai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enrochas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enrocha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enrochâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enrochâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enrochèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enrocherai (first-person future indicative singular)
enrocheras (future indicative second-person singular)
enrochera (future indicative singular third-person)
enrocherons (first-person future indicative plural)
enrocherez (future indicative plural second-person)
enrocheront (future indicative plural third-person)
enrocherais (conditional first-person singular)
enrocherais (conditional second-person singular)
enrocherait (conditional singular third-person)
enrocherions (conditional first-person plural)
enrocheriez (conditional plural second-person)
enrocheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enroche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enroches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enroche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enrochions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enrochiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enrochent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enrochasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enrochasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enrochât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enrochassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enrochassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enrochassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enroche (imperative second-person singular)
enrochons (first-person imperative plural)
enrochez (imperative plural second-person)


retard de langage

retard de langage m (plural retards de langage)


Phérécr.

πολύ·τυρος, ος, ον [ῠῡ] qui abonde en fromage, en beurre, Phérécr. (Com.fr.2,316) (π. τυρός).

1895, Anatole Bailly, Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette, page 1601/1, s.v. πολύ·τυρος:

πολύ-τῡρος, ος, ον [ῠ] which abounds in cheese, in butter, Pherecr.Com.Fr.2.316 (πολύς, τυρός).

(bibliography and lexicography) Abbreviation of Phérécrate: Pherecr.


surtraduction

surtraduction f (countable and uncountable, plural surtraductions)

Coordinate term: sous-traduction


gravettien

fr-adj

gravettien (feminine gravettienne, masculine plural gravettiens, feminine plural gravettiennes)

gravettienne (feminine)
gravettiens (masculine plural)
gravettiennes (feminine plural)

Coordinate term: solutréen


porteur de sens

porteur de sens (feminine porteuse de sens, masculine plural porteurs de sens, feminine plural porteuses de sens)

porteuse de sens (feminine)
porteurs de sens (masculine plural)
porteuses de sens (feminine plural)

Le morphème est la plus petite unité porteuse de sens.