catégoriel

fr-adj

catégoriel (feminine catégorielle, masculine plural catégoriels, feminine plural catégorielles)

catégorielle (feminine)
catégoriels (masculine plural)
catégorielles (feminine plural)

(philosophy, linguistics, relational) of categories; categorical


pléonasme

Borrowed from Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”).


gigantomachie

Learned borrowing from Latin gigantomachia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek γιγαντομαχία (gigantomakhía).

der

γιγαντομαχία


mot composé

(linguistics) compound, compound word (linguistics: word formed by combining other words)


duratif

fr-adj

duratif (feminine durative, masculine plural duratifs, feminine plural duratives)

durative (feminine)
duratifs (masculine plural)
duratives (feminine plural)

From Middle French, from Old French, from durer (“to last (for)”) + -if (suffix forming adjectives denoting characteristics/qualities).

af

(linguistics) durative (expressing continuing action)


coup de glotte

fr-noun

coup de glotte m (plural coups de glotte)

(phonetics) glottal stop (plosive sound articulated with the glottis)


lénition

lénition f (usually uncountable, plural lénitions)

(linguistics) lenition (weakening of consonant articulation)


Paléolithique

Borrowed from Latin palaeolithicum. By surface analysis, paléo- + -lith + -ique.

surf

(history) the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age


débilité

→ Turkish: debilite

(psychiatry, medicine) debility, retardation


aléthique

(logic) alethic (relating to the modalities of truth)


enclitique

(linguistics) enclitic (referring to a clitic which joins with the preceding word)


enclitique

(linguistics) enclitic (clitic which joins with the preceding word)


ergatif

fr-adj

ergatif (feminine ergative, masculine plural ergatifs, feminine plural ergatives)

ergative (feminine)
ergatifs (masculine plural)
ergatives (feminine plural)


déontique

(ethics) deontic (relating to necessity, duty or obligation)


tournure

→ English: tournure

→ Dutch: tournure

→ Italian: tournure

→ Norwegian Bokmål: turnyr

→ Polish: turniura

→ Russian: турню́р (turnjúr)

→ Chuvash: турнюр (turnjur)

→ Ukrainian: турнюр (turnjur)

→ Swedish: turnyr

→ Finnish: turnyyri


dérivation régressive

fr-noun

dérivation régressive f (plural dérivations régressives)


défectif

fr-adj

défectif (feminine défective, masculine plural défectifs, feminine plural défectives)

défective (feminine)
défectifs (masculine plural)
défectives (feminine plural)

Le verbe falloir est défectif.

(grammar) defective (said of a verb that does not conjugate itself at all, does not conjugate itself anymore, or that only conjugates itself in certain persons or in certain tenses)


dualisme

fr-noun

dualisme m (countable and uncountable, plural dualismes)

→ Turkish: düalizm


auxiliaire

Borrowed from Latin auxiliāris, from auxilium (“help”).


auxiliaire

22 octobre 44 – Deux êtres qui se prêtent l’un à l’autre pour leur mieux-être. Et Kurt n’en tirait pas vanité. Je crois que c’est ce détail-là qui m’a libérée : je n’ai pas été eue… Si j’ose employer trois auxiliaires de suite!

1962, Benoîte Groult, Flora Groult, Journal à quatre mains [Four-Hand Diary], Éditions Denoël, page 364:

22 October 44 – Two beings who lend themselves to each other for their well-being. And Kurt did not take pride in it. I believe that it is that detail that has liberated me: I have not been had…. If I dare to use three auxiliaries in a row!

«Ça humait l’accord du participe passé avec l’auxiliaire avoir quand le complément d’objet est placé sans devant derrière.»

1987, Dominique Lemaire, Le trèfle à quat’feuilles [The Four-Leaf Clover], Éditions L’Age d’Homme, page 29:

“It smelled the agreement of the past participle with the auxiliary avoir when the object complement is placed backwards.”

Ça s’appelle le «conditionnel». Et là tu verras que certains verbes se conjuguent avec l’auxiliaire «avoir» et d’autres avec l’auxiliaire «être». Ça ne se fait pas à pouf.

2014, Bernard Marlière, “Si j’aurais resté à la RTBF [If I had stayed at RTBF]”, in Anthologie de l’humour belge : Du Prince de Ligne à Philippe Geluck [Anthology of Belgian Humour: From the Prince of Ligne to Philippe Geluck], Éditions Jourdan:

It is called the “conditional”. And there you will see that certain verbs conjugate themselves with the auxiliary “avoir” and others with the auxiliary “être”. It does not happen at random.

En espéranto, esti est le seul auxiliaire. — En latin vulgaire, habere est devenu auxiliaire ; mais, en latin classique, seul esse jouait ce rôle.

(Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):

In Esperanto, esti is the only auxiliary. — In Vulgar Latin, habere has become auxiliary; but, in Classical Latin, only esse played this role.

(grammar) a helping verb, an auxiliary verb (verb that, having lost its literal meaning, joins itself to a certain form of another verb, for example to a past participle, to show a grammatical feature such as tense, voice, aspect, etc. In French, avoir and être are tense auxiliaries)


sédentariser

sédentariser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
sédentarisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
sédentarisé (participle past)
sédentarise (first-person indicative present singular)
sédentarises (indicative present second-person singular)
sédentarise (indicative present singular third-person)
sédentarisons (first-person indicative plural present)
sédentarisez (indicative plural present second-person)
sédentarisent (indicative plural present third-person)
sédentarisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sédentarisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sédentarisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sédentarisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sédentarisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sédentarisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sédentarisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sédentarisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sédentarisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sédentarisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sédentarisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sédentarisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sédentariserai (first-person future indicative singular)
sédentariseras (future indicative second-person singular)
sédentarisera (future indicative singular third-person)
sédentariserons (first-person future indicative plural)
sédentariserez (future indicative plural second-person)
sédentariseront (future indicative plural third-person)
sédentariserais (conditional first-person singular)
sédentariserais (conditional second-person singular)
sédentariserait (conditional singular third-person)
sédentariserions (conditional first-person plural)
sédentariseriez (conditional plural second-person)
sédentariseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
sédentarise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sédentarises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sédentarise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sédentarisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sédentarisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sédentarisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sédentarisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sédentarisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sédentarisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sédentarisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sédentarisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sédentarisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sédentarise (imperative second-person singular)
sédentarisons (first-person imperative plural)
sédentarisez (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive, ethnology) to settle (set up as a swelling)


vernaculaire

Coordinate term: véhiculaire

une langue vernaculaire


parataxe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράταξις (parátaxis, “placement side by side”).


article défini

fr-noun

article défini m (plural articles définis)


article indéfini

article indéfini m (plural articles indéfinis)


indéfini

fr-adj

indéfini (feminine indéfinie, masculine plural indéfinis, feminine plural indéfinies)

indéfinie (feminine)
indéfinis (masculine plural)
indéfinies (feminine plural)


subordonnée

les subordonnées circonstancielles


simultanée

simultaneous interpreting
simultaneous interpreting

simultaneous interpretation
simultaneous interpretation

(translation studies) simultaneous interpreting, simultaneous interpretation


syntagme

Borrowed from Late Latin syntagma, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “syntactical element”).

der

Un syntagme est un ensemble de mots formant une seule unité catégorielle et fonctionnelle, constituant une unité sémantique, mais dont chaque constituant, parce que dissociable (contrairement au mot composé), conserve sa signification et sa syntaxe propres.

A syntagma is a collection of words forming a single categorical and functional unity, constituting a semantic unit, but where each element, though separable (as opposed to a compound word), keeps the meaning of its own syntax.


chengyu

zh-l

成語／成语 (chéngyǔ)


mot ad hoc

Aristote a parfaitement conscience de la nouveauté de sa démarche théologique. En fait, il a créé un mot ad hoc pour distinguer cette science de celle de ses prédécesseurs : theologikē par opposition à theologia.

2000, Jean-Marc Narbonne, Bjarne Melkevik, Une philosophie dans l’histoire : hommages à Raymond Klibansky, Presses Université Laval:


seigneurie

From Middle French, from Old French signorie. Equivalent to seigneur + -ie.


pionnier

fr-noun

pionnier m (plural pionniers, feminine pionnière)

From Old French peonier (“infantryman”), from peon (“footman”) (modern French pion), from Latin pedōnem.

Ce même camp d'Artek, paradis pour enfants modèles (...) ce qui fait que je lui préfère de beaucoup d'autres camps de pionniers, plus modestes.

(communism) pioneer, child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party


psychisme

(philosophy, psychology) psyche, globality of mind

(philosophy, psychology) life of the psyche or mind ; globality of psychical phenomena


psyché

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, spirit”), via Latin psyche.

der

Je le sais bien mais faut l’intégrer, plus dans mon corps que dans ma psyché

I know it well but have to integrate it, more in my body than in my mind

(psychology, philosophy) psyche (mind, soul, spirit)


contre-transfert

fr-noun

contre-transfert m (plural contre-transferts)


lieu de mémoire

lieu de mémoire m (plural lieux de mémoire)

(philosophy, literary) a symbolic element of the memorial heritage of any community


attributif

fr-adj

attributif (feminine attributive, masculine plural attributifs, feminine plural attributives)

attributive (feminine)
attributifs (masculine plural)
attributives (feminine plural)

un complément attributif


verbe transitif

fr-noun

verbe transitif m (plural verbes transitifs)

(grammar) transitive verb (verb governing at least one complement. 1. Direct transitive verb, whose main complement is not introduced by a preposition. 2. Indirect transitive verb, whose main complement is introduced by a preposition)


verbe intransitif

verbe intransitif m (plural verbes intransitifs)

« Évoluer », « innover », « progresser » sont de bons exemples de verbes intransitifs. Dans les emplois modernes, on ne peut pas évoluer, ni innover, ni progresser quelque chose.
“Évoluer”, “innover”, “progresser” are good examples of intransitive verbs. In modern uses, one cannot évoluer, innover, nor progresser something

direct object complement
direct object complement

circumstantial complement
circumstantial complement

(grammar) intransitive verb (verb that never has a direct object complement or indirect object complement, and is only used with circumstantial complements)


si et seulement si

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-si et seulement si.wav

(mathematics, logic) if and only if (implies and is implied by)


rhodanien

rhodanien m (uncountable, feminine rhodanienne)

(linguistics) the Provençal dialect spoken on the banks of the Rhône


paire minimale

paire minimale f (plural paires minimales)

(phonology) minimal pair (pair of words)


flexionnel

fr-adj

flexionnel (feminine flexionnelle, masculine plural flexionnels, feminine plural flexionnelles)

flexionnelle (feminine)
flexionnels (masculine plural)
flexionnelles (feminine plural)

(linguistics) inflected (allowing inflection)


possessif

possessive adjective
possessive adjective

(grammar) possessive pronoun (broad sense); possessive pronoun (strict sense) or possessive adjective)


brittonique

(chiefly linguistics) Brittonic, Brythonic


recomposition

(linguistics) process by which a compound word which has undergone phonetic changes is reformed anew from its constituents; the result of that process


Chiron

(Greek mythology) an old, wise centaur who served as Achilles' mentor and teacher

(astronomy, astrology) Chiron, a centaur (minor planet) and asteroid-like/comet-like object, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus


Hécate

(Greek mythology) Hecate (goddess of crossroads and witchcraft)


Andromède

(Greek mythology) Andromeda (mythical daughter of Cepheus)


forme canonique

fr-noun

forme canonique f (plural formes canoniques)

(linguistics) dictionary form (standard or normal form of a word)


Morphée

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús).

bor+

(Greek mythology) Morpheus (the Greek god of dreams)


oblatif

fr-adj

oblatif (feminine oblative, masculine plural oblatifs, feminine plural oblatives)

oblative (feminine)
oblatifs (masculine plural)
oblatives (feminine plural)


objectal

objectal (feminine objectale, masculine plural objectaux, feminine plural objectales)

objectale (feminine)
objectaux (masculine plural)
objectales (feminine plural)


classificateur

fr-noun

classificateur m (plural classificateurs, feminine classificatrice)

classificateurs (plural)
classificatrice (feminine)


pronom démonstratif

pronom démonstratif m (plural pronoms démonstratifs)

demonstrative pronoun
demonstrative pronoun

(grammar) demonstrative pronoun (pronoun which replaces a noun)


agglutiner

agglutiner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
agglutinant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
agglutiné (participle past)
agglutine (first-person indicative present singular)
agglutines (indicative present second-person singular)
agglutine (indicative present singular third-person)
agglutinons (first-person indicative plural present)
agglutinez (indicative plural present second-person)
agglutinent (indicative plural present third-person)
agglutinais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
agglutinais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
agglutinait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
agglutinions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
agglutiniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
agglutinaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
agglutinai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
agglutinas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
agglutina (historic indicative past singular third-person)
agglutinâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
agglutinâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
agglutinèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
agglutinerai (first-person future indicative singular)
agglutineras (future indicative second-person singular)
agglutinera (future indicative singular third-person)
agglutinerons (first-person future indicative plural)
agglutinerez (future indicative plural second-person)
agglutineront (future indicative plural third-person)
agglutinerais (conditional first-person singular)
agglutinerais (conditional second-person singular)
agglutinerait (conditional singular third-person)
agglutinerions (conditional first-person plural)
agglutineriez (conditional plural second-person)
agglutineraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
agglutine (first-person present singular subjunctive)
agglutines (present second-person singular subjunctive)
agglutine (present singular subjunctive third-person)
agglutinions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
agglutiniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
agglutinent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
agglutinasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
agglutinasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
agglutinât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
agglutinassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
agglutinassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
agglutinassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
agglutine (imperative second-person singular)
agglutinons (first-person imperative plural)
agglutinez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin agglūtināre (“to glue, paste, solder or cement to something”).

bor+

(transitive, linguistics) to agglutinate


idéer

idéer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
idéant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
idéé (participle past)
idée (first-person indicative present singular)
idées (indicative present second-person singular)
idée (indicative present singular third-person)
idéons (first-person indicative plural present)
idéez (indicative plural present second-person)
idéent (indicative plural present third-person)
idéais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
idéais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
idéait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
idéions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
idéions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
idéiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
idéiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
idéaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
idéai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
idéas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
idéa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
idéâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
idéâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
idéèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
idéerai (first-person future indicative singular)
idéeras (future indicative second-person singular)
idéera (future indicative singular third-person)
idéerons (first-person future indicative plural)
idéerez (future indicative plural second-person)
idéeront (future indicative plural third-person)
idéerais (conditional first-person singular)
idéerais (conditional second-person singular)
idéerait (conditional singular third-person)
idéerions (conditional first-person plural)
idéeriez (conditional plural second-person)
idéeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
idée (first-person present singular subjunctive)
idées (present second-person singular subjunctive)
idée (present singular subjunctive third-person)
idéions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
idéions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
idéiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
idéiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
idéent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
idéasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
idéasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
idéât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
idéassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
idéassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
idéassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
idée (imperative second-person singular)
idéons (first-person imperative plural)
idéez (imperative plural second-person)


anapeste

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “reversed; anapest”).


infidèle

Learned borrowing from Latin īnfidēlis. By surface analysis, in- + fidèle.

(translation studies) unfaithful, inaccurate


infidèle

belle infidèle

(translation studies) translation which takes many liberties with the source text


acheuléen

fr-adj

acheuléen (feminine acheuléenne, masculine plural acheuléens, feminine plural acheuléennes)

acheuléenne (feminine)
acheuléens (masculine plural)
acheuléennes (feminine plural)


nasaliser

nasaliser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
nasalisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
nasalisé (participle past)
nasalise (first-person indicative present singular)
nasalises (indicative present second-person singular)
nasalise (indicative present singular third-person)
nasalisons (first-person indicative plural present)
nasalisez (indicative plural present second-person)
nasalisent (indicative plural present third-person)
nasalisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
nasalisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
nasalisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nasalisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
nasalisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
nasalisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
nasalisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
nasalisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
nasalisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
nasalisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
nasalisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
nasalisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
nasaliserai (first-person future indicative singular)
nasaliseras (future indicative second-person singular)
nasalisera (future indicative singular third-person)
nasaliserons (first-person future indicative plural)
nasaliserez (future indicative plural second-person)
nasaliseront (future indicative plural third-person)
nasaliserais (conditional first-person singular)
nasaliserais (conditional second-person singular)
nasaliserait (conditional singular third-person)
nasaliserions (conditional first-person plural)
nasaliseriez (conditional plural second-person)
nasaliseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
nasalise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
nasalises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
nasalise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nasalisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
nasalisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
nasalisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
nasalisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
nasalisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
nasalisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nasalisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
nasalisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
nasalisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
nasalise (imperative second-person singular)
nasalisons (first-person imperative plural)
nasalisez (imperative plural second-person)


formans

Borrowed from German Formans. Doublet of formant.

(linguistic morphology) Synonym of formant (“formative; language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function”)


anatolien

anatolien (feminine anatolienne, masculine plural anatoliens, feminine plural anatoliennes)

anatolienne (feminine)
anatoliens (masculine plural)
anatoliennes (feminine plural)


allogène

(anthropology) recently immigrated and still noticeably exhibiting traits or characteristics of their previous nationality


allogène

fr-noun

allogène m or f by sense (plural allogènes)

(anthropology) a person who has settled in a new nation or territory who still noticeably exhibits traits or characteristics of their previous nationality


Procuste

From Ancient Greek Προκρούστης (Prokroústēs).


caucasien

fr-adj

caucasien (feminine caucasienne, masculine plural caucasiens, feminine plural caucasiennes)

caucasienne (feminine)
caucasiens (masculine plural)
caucasiennes (feminine plural)

(linguistics, relational) of the Caucasus; Caucasian

S’il fut intrigué par leur apparence — l’homme était de toute évidence caucasien et la femme une Noire qu’il trouva très grande — il n’en laissa rien paraître.

1998, Jean-Pierre Andrevon, Cinq Anguilles dans une botte d'humains, →ISBN:


explicatif

explicatif (feminine explicative, masculine plural explicatifs, feminine plural explicatives)

explicative (feminine)
explicatifs (masculine plural)
explicatives (feminine plural)

Coordinate term: traductif

dictionnaire explicatif

explanatory dictionary, monolingual dictionary


agrammatical

agrammatical (feminine agrammaticale, masculine plural agrammaticaux, feminine plural agrammaticales)

agrammaticale (feminine)
agrammaticaux (masculine plural)
agrammaticales (feminine plural)


finalité

(philosophy) idea according to which things and forms are created and change according to an end, teleology


Œdipe

Borrowed from Latin Oedipus, from Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους (Oidípous).


explétif

explétif (feminine explétive, masculine plural explétifs, feminine plural explétives)

explétive (feminine)
explétifs (masculine plural)
explétives (feminine plural)


Tonkin

English: Tonkin

From Vietnamese Đông Kinh, a former name for Hanoi. Also see Pékin (“Beijing”) and Nankin (“Nanjing”).

(history) the northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region


supraliminal

supraliminal (feminine supraliminale, masculine plural supraliminaux, feminine plural supraliminales)

supraliminale (feminine)
supraliminaux (masculine plural)
supraliminales (feminine plural)

From supra- + liminal, by analogy with subliminal.

Coordinate term: subliminal

(psychology) supraliminal (being above the threshold of consciousness or of sensation)


Narcisse

From Latin Narcissus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos).


Énée

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aeneas


tupinamba

Je foule l’Avenida Rio-Branco où s’élevaient jadis les villages tupinamba, [...]

1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, chapter IX, in Tristes Tropiques, Plon, published 1993, →ISBN, page 89; republished as John & Doreen Weightman, transl., Tristes Tropiques, Penguin, 2011, →ISBN:

— I walked up the Avenida Rio-Branco, once a site occupied by Tupinamba villages, …


onomastique

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós).


antériorité

(grammar) anteriority (precedence in time)


assujettissement

fr-noun

assujettissement m (plural assujettissements)

From assujettir (“to subjugate”) + -ment.


brabançon

Parles-tu le brabançon?


circonstanciel

fr-adj

circonstanciel (feminine circonstancielle, masculine plural circonstanciels, feminine plural circonstancielles)

circonstancielle (feminine)
circonstanciels (masculine plural)
circonstancielles (feminine plural)

From circonstance (“circumstance”) + -iel.

une proposition subordonnée circonstancielle


circonstancielle

fr-noun

circonstancielle f (plural circonstancielles)

Ellipsis of proposition subordonnée circonstancielle.


dérivation

(linguistics, linguistic morphology, grammar, lexicography) derivation


désinence

→ Romanian: desinență

From Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“to stop, end, close, make an end”).

(linguistics) ending, desinence, inflectional suffix


Hathor

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅθωρ (Háthōr).


factitif

fr-adj

factitif (feminine factitive, masculine plural factitifs, feminine plural factitives)

factitive (feminine)
factitifs (masculine plural)
factitives (feminine plural)

Il faut distinguer forme factitive du verbe et son sens factitif. Ainsi, un verbe comme « construire » peut être employé dans un sens factitif: Pierre construit une maison en banlieue. [Il la construit lui-même, ou il la fait construire, selon le cas].

It is necessary to distinguish between the factitive form of the verb and its factitive meaning. In this way, a verb such as “construire” can be used in a factitive sense: Pierre is building a house in the suburbs. [He builds it himself, or he has it built, depending on the case].

(grammar) causative; factitive (said of a verb where the subject is made to do the action)


factitif

Le factitif s’applique à un verbe transitif et indique que le sujet fait effectuer une action par un autre agent que lui-même.

The factitive applies itself to a transitive verb and indicates that the subject has an action performed by an agent other than itself.

(grammar) causative; factitive (verbal mode where the subject causes the action to be done)


prépositif

prépositif (feminine prépositive, masculine plural prépositifs, feminine plural prépositives)

prépositive (feminine)
prépositifs (masculine plural)
prépositives (feminine plural)


idiotisme

Déjà, madame Firmiani se métamorphose en maison. Cette maison n’est plus un amas de pierres superposées architectoniquement ; non, ce mot est, dans la langue des Flâneurs, un idiotisme intraduisible.

1831, Honoré de Balzac, Madame Firmiani, published 1855:


véhiculaire

Coordinate term: vernaculaire

une langue véhiculaire

(linguistics, of a language) vehicular (that is used between two groups who do not share a common native tongue)


inanimé

inanimé (feminine inanimée, masculine plural inanimés, feminine plural inanimées)

inanimée (feminine)
inanimés (masculine plural)
inanimées (feminine plural)


interprétariat

fr-noun

interprétariat m (countable and uncountable, plural interprétariats)

From interprète + -ariat, on the model of secrétariat (suffix -at).

(translation studies) interpreting; interpreting studies


maïeutique

Borrowed from the Ancient Greek μαιευτική (maieutikḗ).


onirisme

From Ancient Greek ὄνειρος (óneiros) + -isme.


orthoépie

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρθοέπεια (orthoépeia).


conjonctif

fr-adj

conjonctif (feminine conjonctive, masculine plural conjonctifs, feminine plural conjonctives)

conjonctive (feminine)
conjonctifs (masculine plural)
conjonctives (feminine plural)


passiver

passiver (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
passivant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
passivé (participle past)
passive (first-person indicative present singular)
passives (indicative present second-person singular)
passive (indicative present singular third-person)
passivons (first-person indicative plural present)
passivez (indicative plural present second-person)
passivent (indicative plural present third-person)
passivais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
passivais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
passivait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
passivions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
passiviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
passivaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
passivai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
passivas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
passiva (historic indicative past singular third-person)
passivâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
passivâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
passivèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
passiverai (first-person future indicative singular)
passiveras (future indicative second-person singular)
passivera (future indicative singular third-person)
passiverons (first-person future indicative plural)
passiverez (future indicative plural second-person)
passiveront (future indicative plural third-person)
passiverais (conditional first-person singular)
passiverais (conditional second-person singular)
passiverait (conditional singular third-person)
passiverions (conditional first-person plural)
passiveriez (conditional plural second-person)
passiveraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
passive (first-person present singular subjunctive)
passives (present second-person singular subjunctive)
passive (present singular subjunctive third-person)
passivions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
passiviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
passivent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
passivasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
passivasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
passivât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
passivassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
passivassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
passivassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
passive (imperative second-person singular)
passivons (first-person imperative plural)
passivez (imperative plural second-person)


équipollence

Learned borrowing from Latin aequipollentia.

lbor

(logic, mathematics) equipollence (condition of having equal power or force)


enchâssement

/ɑ̃.ʃɑs.mɑ̃/

From enchâsser (“to set; to enshrine”) + -ment.


entéléchie

Learned borrowing from Late Latin entelechīa, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐντελέχεια (entelékheia).


géoarchéologie

fr-noun

géoarchéologie f (plural géoarchéologies)


synérèse

Borrowed from Latin synaeresis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis).


convers

fr-adj

convers (feminine converse, masculine plural convers, feminine plural converses)

converse (feminine)
convers (masculine plural)
converses (feminine plural)


sonoriser

sonoriser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
sonorisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
sonorisé (participle past)
sonorise (first-person indicative present singular)
sonorises (indicative present second-person singular)
sonorise (indicative present singular third-person)
sonorisons (first-person indicative plural present)
sonorisez (indicative plural present second-person)
sonorisent (indicative plural present third-person)
sonorisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sonorisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sonorisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sonorisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sonorisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sonorisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sonorisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sonorisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sonorisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sonorisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sonorisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sonorisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sonoriserai (first-person future indicative singular)
sonoriseras (future indicative second-person singular)
sonorisera (future indicative singular third-person)
sonoriserons (first-person future indicative plural)
sonoriserez (future indicative plural second-person)
sonoriseront (future indicative plural third-person)
sonoriserais (conditional first-person singular)
sonoriserais (conditional second-person singular)
sonoriserait (conditional singular third-person)
sonoriserions (conditional first-person plural)
sonoriseriez (conditional plural second-person)
sonoriseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
sonorise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sonorises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sonorise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sonorisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sonorisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sonorisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sonorisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sonorisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sonorisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sonorisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sonorisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sonorisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sonorise (imperative second-person singular)
sonorisons (first-person imperative plural)
sonorisez (imperative plural second-person)


prémisse

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin praemissa (prōpositiō) (“proposition set before”).

lbor

Coordinate term: conclusion


platonicien

fr-adj

platonicien (feminine platonicienne, masculine plural platoniciens, feminine plural platoniciennes)

platonicienne (feminine)
platoniciens (masculine plural)
platoniciennes (feminine plural)


panpsychisme

Greek: παμψυχισμός m (pampsychismós)


Ææa

[1626] From Latin Ææa, attested in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Persa, une des Océanides, surnommée Æa ou Ææa, du nom de la ville capitale de la Colchide, où elle régnoit.

1806, Ovide, translated by Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave, Les métamorphoses d’Ovide : Traduction nouvelle avec le texte latin suivie d’une analyse de l’explication des fables, volume II, F. Gay, Ch. Guestard, page 201:

Persa, one of the Oceanids, also known as Æa or Ææa, after the name of the capital city of Colchis, where she reigned.

(Greek mythology) another name for various goddesses in Greek mythology

Ææa fut aussi le surnom de Circé, fille de Persa et du Soleil, sœur de Pasiphaé, et célèbre magicienne, dont Ovide parle dans le XIVe livre des Métaphores.

1806, Ovide, translated by Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave, Les métamorphoses d’Ovide : Traduction nouvelle avec le texte latin suivie d’une analyse de l’explication des fables, volume II, F. Gay, Ch. Guestard:

Ææa was also another name of Circé, daughter of Persa and the Sun, sister to Pasiphaë, and a famed sorceress, of whom Ovid speaks in the 14th book of his Metamorphoses.


nom collectif

fr-noun

nom collectif m (plural noms collectifs)


optatif

fr-adj

optatif (feminine optative, masculine plural optatifs, feminine plural optatives)

optative (feminine)
optatifs (masculine plural)
optatives (feminine plural)


Cocyte

Borrowed from Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, “lamentation”).


Phlégéthon

From Latin Phlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων (Phlegéthōn).


Achéron

Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn, “lamentation”).


Orphée

Borrowed from Latin Orpheus, from Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús).


Saint-Empire romain germanique

Literally, “Germanic Roman Holy-Empire”.

Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire#English

(history) Holy Roman Empire (a former state in Central Europe)

Roman Holy-Empire of the German[ic] Nation

Saint-Empire romain de la nation germanique


anexact

fr-adj

anexact (feminine anexacte, masculine plural anexacts, feminine plural anexactes)

anexacte (feminine)
anexacts (masculine plural)
anexactes (feminine plural)

(philosophy) Essentially, rather than accidentally inexact


Tisiphone

From Latin Tisiphone, ultimately from Ancient Greek Τισιφόνη (Tisiphónē).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Tisiphone


distributif

(grammar) distributive, distributive case


déverbatif

déverbatif (feminine déverbative, masculine plural déverbatifs, feminine plural déverbatives)

déverbative (feminine)
déverbatifs (masculine plural)
déverbatives (feminine plural)


conclusif

conclusif (feminine conclusive, masculine plural conclusifs, feminine plural conclusives)

conclusive (feminine)
conclusifs (masculine plural)
conclusives (feminine plural)

une conjonction conclusive


essentialisme

fr-noun

essentialisme m (usually uncountable, plural essentialismes)


Éos

(Greek mythology) Eos (goddess of the dawn)


adverbal

fr-adj

adverbal (feminine adverbale, masculine plural adverbaux, feminine plural adverbales)

adverbale (feminine)
adverbaux (masculine plural)
adverbales (feminine plural)


conjonction de subordination

fr-noun

conjonction de subordination f (plural conjonctions de subordination)

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Coordinate term: conjonction de coordination

subordinating conjunction
subordinating conjunction


conjonction de coordination

conjonction de coordination f (plural conjonctions de coordination)

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Coordinate term: conjonction de subordination

coordinating conjunction
coordinating conjunction


-ème

morpho- (“morpho-”) + -ème → morphème (“morpheme”)


marchand de sable

marchand de sable m (plural marchands de sable)

Le marchand de sable est passé.


Champs-Élysées

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) the Elysian Fields, home of the blessed in the afterlife


tribraque

From Latin tribrachys, from Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (tríbrakhus).

(prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)


Hespérides

(Greek mythology) Hesperides (a group of nymphs)


serpopard

(Egyptian mythology, Mesopotamian mythology) serpopard (a mythical animal resembling a serpent-necked leopard, known from Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian depictions)


communautarisme

communautarisme m (plural communautarismes)

From communautaire (“of or relating to a community”) + -isme (“-ism”).

af

communautaire<t:of or relating to a community>

Le débat du libéralisme et du communautarisme, qui fut l’un des événements les plus marquants dans la philosophie anglo-américaine des années quatre-vingt, exprime la tension politique et le désajustement entre les exigences d’universalité (comme celles des droits de l’homme) et le fait du pluralisme (la réalité d’écarts apparemment irréductibles entre les conceptions de la vie bonne), entre les revendications de justice ou de liberté et les références à la culture, à la nation, à la classe ou au genre, qui les accompagnent presque toujours.

2003, Emmanuel Renault, “Entre libéralisme et communautarisme : une troisième voie ?”, in Où en est la théorie critique ?:


morique

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quiddité

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin quidditas.

lbor

(philosophy) quiddity (essence or inherent nature of a person or thing; that which makes something what it is)


monophtongue

Borrowed from Latin monophthongos or monophthongus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos, “monophthong”).


monosème

Coordinate term: polysème


paradigmatisme

fr-noun

paradigmatisme m (plural paradigmatismes)


nom adjectif

(grammar) noun adjective, adjective noun, adjective


nom d'agent

nom d’ agent (canonical masculine)
noms d’agent (plural)

/nɔ̃ d‿a.ʒɑ̃/


nom dénombrable

nom dénombrable m (plural noms dénombrables)


nom épithète

(grammar) noun adjunct, attributive noun


nom de temps

/nɔ̃ də tɑ̃/


nom indénombrable

nom indénombrable m (plural noms indénombrables)


nom substantif

nom substantif m (plural noms substantifs)


préfixal

fr-adj

préfixal (feminine préfixale, masculine plural préfixaux, feminine plural préfixales)

préfixale (feminine)
préfixaux (masculine plural)
préfixales (feminine plural)

From préfixe + -al. Attested since the 19th century.


adversatif

adversatif (feminine adversative, masculine plural adversatifs, feminine plural adversatives)

adversative (feminine)
adversatifs (masculine plural)
adversatives (feminine plural)


adstrat

(linguistics) adstratum (any language having elements that are responsible for change in neighbouring languages)


affriquer

affriquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
affriquant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
affriqué (participle past)
affrique (first-person indicative present singular)
affriques (indicative present second-person singular)
affrique (indicative present singular third-person)
affriquons (first-person indicative plural present)
affriquez (indicative plural present second-person)
affriquent (indicative plural present third-person)
affriquais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
affriquais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
affriquait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
affriquions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
affriquiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
affriquaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
affriquai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
affriquas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
affriqua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
affriquâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
affriquâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
affriquèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
affriquerai (first-person future indicative singular)
affriqueras (future indicative second-person singular)
affriquera (future indicative singular third-person)
affriquerons (first-person future indicative plural)
affriquerez (future indicative plural second-person)
affriqueront (future indicative plural third-person)
affriquerais (conditional first-person singular)
affriquerais (conditional second-person singular)
affriquerait (conditional singular third-person)
affriquerions (conditional first-person plural)
affriqueriez (conditional plural second-person)
affriqueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
affrique (first-person present singular subjunctive)
affriques (present second-person singular subjunctive)
affrique (present singular subjunctive third-person)
affriquions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
affriquiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
affriquent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
affriquasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
affriquasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
affriquât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
affriquassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
affriquassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
affriquassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
affrique (imperative second-person singular)
affriquons (first-person imperative plural)
affriquez (imperative plural second-person)


aphérèse

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis).


amuïssement

(linguistics) disappearance, muting (of a sound) (the attenuation (reduction) or more often, the complete disappearance of a phoneme or a syllable in a word)


amuïr

s'amuïr (infinitive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
s’amuïssant (gerund participle present)
s’amuïssant (gerund participle present)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
amuï (participle past)
amuï (participle past)
m’amuïs (first-person indicative present singular)
m’amuïs (first-person indicative present singular)
t’amuïs (indicative present second-person singular)
t’amuïs (indicative present second-person singular)
s’amuït (indicative present singular third-person)
s’amuït (indicative present singular third-person)
nous amuïssons (first-person indicative plural present)
nous amuïssons (first-person indicative plural present)
vous amuïssez (indicative plural present second-person)
vous amuïssez (indicative plural present second-person)
s’amuïssent (indicative plural present third-person)
s’amuïssent (indicative plural present third-person)
m’amuïssais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
m’amuïssais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
t’amuïssais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
t’amuïssais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
s’amuïssait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
s’amuïssait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nous amuïssions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
nous amuïssions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vous amuïssiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
vous amuïssiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
s’amuïssaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
s’amuïssaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
m’amuïs (first-person historic indicative past singular)
m’amuïs (first-person historic indicative past singular)
t’amuïs (historic indicative past second-person singular)
t’amuïs (historic indicative past second-person singular)
s’amuït (historic indicative past singular third-person)
s’amuït (historic indicative past singular third-person)
nous amuïmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
nous amuïmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vous amuïtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
vous amuïtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
s’amuïrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
s’amuïrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
m’amuïrai (first-person future indicative singular)
m’amuïrai (first-person future indicative singular)
t’amuïras (future indicative second-person singular)
t’amuïras (future indicative second-person singular)
s’amuïra (future indicative singular third-person)
s’amuïra (future indicative singular third-person)
nous amuïrons (first-person future indicative plural)
nous amuïrons (first-person future indicative plural)
vous amuïrez (future indicative plural second-person)
vous amuïrez (future indicative plural second-person)
s’amuïront (future indicative plural third-person)
s’amuïront (future indicative plural third-person)
m’amuïrais (conditional first-person singular)
m’amuïrais (conditional first-person singular)
t’amuïrais (conditional second-person singular)
t’amuïrais (conditional second-person singular)
s’amuïrait (conditional singular third-person)
s’amuïrait (conditional singular third-person)
nous amuïrions (conditional first-person plural)
nous amuïrions (conditional first-person plural)
vous amuïriez (conditional plural second-person)
vous amuïriez (conditional plural second-person)
s’amuïraient (conditional plural third-person)
s’amuïraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of s'être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of s'être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
m’amuïsse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
m’amuïsse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
t’amuïsses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
t’amuïsses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
s’amuïsse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
s’amuïsse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nous amuïssions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
nous amuïssions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vous amuïssiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
vous amuïssiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
s’amuïssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
s’amuïssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
m’amuïsse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
m’amuïsse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
t’amuïsses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
t’amuïsses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
s’amuït (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
s’amuït (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nous amuïssions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
nous amuïssions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vous amuïssiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
vous amuïssiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
s’amuïssent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
s’amuïssent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
amuïs-toi (imperative second-person singular)
amuïs-toi (imperative second-person singular)
amuïssons-nous (first-person imperative plural)
amuïssons-nous (first-person imperative plural)
amuïssez-vous (imperative plural second-person)
amuïssez-vous (imperative plural second-person)

From a Vulgar Latin *admūtīre, from mūtus (“mute, silent”). Analysable as a- + mu(et) + -ir.

(pronominal, linguistics) to become mute, to disappear (of a sound)


mœuf

Dictionnaire de la langue française
Émile Littré

Inherited from Latin modus. Doublet of mode. Compare French soif from Latin sitis.


appellatif

fr-adj

appellatif (feminine appellative, masculine plural appellatifs, feminine plural appellatives)

appellative (feminine)
appellatifs (masculine plural)
appellatives (feminine plural)


au propre

(linguistics) Ellipsis of au sens propre: literally, in the literal sense


Éole

(Greek mythology) Aeolus (god of the winds)


réductionnisme

fr-noun

réductionnisme m (plural réductionnismes)


pluriel brisé

pluriel brisé m (plural pluriels brisés)

Calque of Arabic جَمْع مُكَسَّر (jamʕ mukassar).

calque

جَمْع مُكَسَّر


intuitionnisme

fr-noun

intuitionnisme m (plural intuitionnismes)


problématologie

problématologie f (plural problématologies)


stœchiologie

desc

στοιχειολογία

Greek: στοιχειολογία (stoicheiología)

From Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon, “element, fundamental principle”) + -logie.


postposer

postposer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
postposant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
postposé (participle past)
postpose (first-person indicative present singular)
postposes (indicative present second-person singular)
postpose (indicative present singular third-person)
postposons (first-person indicative plural present)
postposez (indicative plural present second-person)
postposent (indicative plural present third-person)
postposais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
postposais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
postposait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
postposions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
postposiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
postposaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
postposai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
postposas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
postposa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
postposâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
postposâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
postposèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
postposerai (first-person future indicative singular)
postposeras (future indicative second-person singular)
postposera (future indicative singular third-person)
postposerons (first-person future indicative plural)
postposerez (future indicative plural second-person)
postposeront (future indicative plural third-person)
postposerais (conditional first-person singular)
postposerais (conditional second-person singular)
postposerait (conditional singular third-person)
postposerions (conditional first-person plural)
postposeriez (conditional plural second-person)
postposeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
postpose (first-person present singular subjunctive)
postposes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
postpose (present singular subjunctive third-person)
postposions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
postposiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
postposent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
postposasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
postposasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
postposât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
postposassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
postposassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
postposassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
postpose (imperative second-person singular)
postposons (first-person imperative plural)
postposez (imperative plural second-person)


parlure

From parler (“to speak”) + -ure (suffix forming nouns describing the result of an action).


métempsycose

Borrowed from Late Latin metempsychōsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).

der

μετεμψύχωσις

Mais s’il vous plaît point de naissance / De jeunesse ni d’adolescence / Épargnez-moi la chambre rose / Soyez bonne ô métempsycose

1996, “Rimes féminines”, in Rimes féminines, performed by Juliette:


Éphialtès

(Greek mythology, history) Ephialtes (either the ancient Greek statesman or a mythological Giant)


biunivoque

une correspondance biunivoque

(mathematics, logic) biunivocal, bijective, one-to-one


morphophonémique

From morpho- + phonémique (“phonemics”).

une forme morphophonémique


morphophonémique

fr-noun

morphophonémique f (plural morphophonémiques)


mégarique

Borrowed from Latin megaricus, from Ancient Greek Μεγαρικός (Megarikós).


PCUS

w:fr:Parti communiste de l'Union soviétique

(history, politics) CPSU (Initialism of Parti communiste de l’Union soviétique.)


situle

Borrowed from Latin situla (“vessel for water”). Doublet of seille.


protase

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis).

lbor

Coordinate term: apodose


Kampuchéa

Transliteration of Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə). Doublet of Cambodge.

translit

(history) Kampuchea (former name of Cambodia, a country in Southeast Asia, during the time of the Khmer Rouge)


TCC

Initialism of thérapie cognitivo-comportementale.


saïgonnais

fr-adj

saïgonnais (feminine saïgonnaise, masculine plural saïgonnais, feminine plural saïgonnaises)

saïgonnaise (feminine)
saïgonnais (masculine plural)
saïgonnaises (feminine plural)


Saïgonnais

fr-noun

Saïgonnais m (plural Saïgonnais, feminine Saïgonnaise)

Saïgonnais (plural)
Saïgonnaise (feminine)


ordre du Temple

From ordre (“order”) + du (“of the”) + temple (“temple”).


Tartare

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Tartarus, alteration of Tatar, from a Turkic name. Influenced by Tartarus (“primeval god, underworld”).


métonyme

From Ancient Greek μετώνυμος (metṓnumos).


grammaire de dépendance

fr-noun

grammaire de dépendance f (plural grammaires de dépendance)


déterminatif

fr-adj

déterminatif (feminine déterminative, masculine plural déterminatifs, feminine plural déterminatives)

déterminative (feminine)
déterminatifs (masculine plural)
déterminatives (feminine plural)


Hébé

(Greek mythology) Hebe, the goddess of youth


emprunt savant

fr-noun

emprunt savant m (plural emprunts savants)

(linguistics, lexicography) learned borrowing


concordance des temps

(grammar) sequence of tenses, consecutio temporum, tense harmony


enclise

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκλισις (énklisis).


apodose

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόδοσις (apódosis).


yodisation

(phonetics) yodification, addition of or transformation into a yod phoneme


xénisme

→ Catalan: xenisme

→ English: xenism

→ German: Xenismus

→ Romanian: xenism

→ Russian: ксени́зм (ksenízm)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξενισμός (xenismós, “strangeness, novelty”).

(linguistics) foreignism, a foreign word used in a language but is not yet a loanword for it stands out as foreign


résultatif

fr-adj

résultatif (feminine résultative, masculine plural résultatifs, feminine plural résultatives)

résultative (feminine)
résultatifs (masculine plural)
résultatives (feminine plural)


autocontradiction

fr-noun

autocontradiction f (plural autocontradictions)


colligance

(logic) connection (especially a chain of connections)


connotatif

fr-adj

connotatif (feminine connotative, masculine plural connotatifs, feminine plural connotatives)

connotative (feminine)
connotatifs (masculine plural)
connotatives (feminine plural)


syncatégorème

(mathematics, logic) syncategorema (syncategorematic term)


épichérème

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιχείρημα (epikheírēma).


équipollent

fr-adj

équipollent (feminine équipollente, masculine plural équipollents, feminine plural équipollentes)

équipollente (feminine)
équipollents (masculine plural)
équipollentes (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin aequipollēns.

lbor

Near-synonym: équivalent


négativité

(philosophy, psychology, grammar) negativity


libre arbitre

fr-noun

libre arbitre m (usually uncountable, plural libres arbitres)

En philosophie, la question de savoir si un individu effectue des choix librement ou est déterminé renvoie au problème de l’existence ou non du libre arbitre.

In Philosophy, the question of whether an individual makes choices freely or is determined refers to the problem of existence or non-free will.

Le libre arbitre est une partie essentielle de la condition humaine.

Free will is an essential part of the human condition.


anaptyxe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυξις (anáptuxis).

bor+

(phonetics) anaptyxis, svarabhakti (epenthesis of a vowel)


dérivationnel

fr-adj

dérivationnel (feminine dérivationnelle, masculine plural dérivationnels, feminine plural dérivationnelles)

dérivationnelle (feminine)
dérivationnels (masculine plural)
dérivationnelles (feminine plural)


hôtel-Dieu

From Old French ostel Deu (literally “God’s hostel”), stressing the charitable nature (although hospitals where then invariably religious). The construction, instead of expected hôtel de Dieu, is a relict of an Old French oblique case form in genitive function; another such example is Fête-Dieu.

inh

(history) any caritative hospice or hospital


discours direct

fr-noun

discours direct m (usually uncountable, plural discours directs)


discours indirect

discours indirect m (usually uncountable, plural discours indirects)

(grammar, narratology) reported speech, indirect speech


allomorphe

(linguistics, linguistic morphology) allomorph


haplologie

→ Turkish: haploloji


supplétion

Borrowed from English suppletion, itself a calque from German Suppletivwesen.


téléologique

→ Romanian: teleologic

→ Turkish: teleolojik


téléologie

→ Romanian: teleologie

→ Turkish: teleoloji


condition suffisante

condition suffisante f (plural conditions suffisantes)

sufficient condition
sufficient condition


condition nécessaire

condition nécessaire f (plural conditions nécessaires)


paraclèse

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράκλησις (paráklēsis).

bor+

(philosophy, theology) paraclesis, paraklesis


hypostase

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin hypostasis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis). Compare substance.


laryngien

fr-adj

laryngien (feminine laryngienne, masculine plural laryngiens, feminine plural laryngiennes)

laryngienne (feminine)
laryngiens (masculine plural)
laryngiennes (feminine plural)


champ sémantique

fr-noun

champ sémantique m (plural champs sémantiques)

(linguistics, translation studies) semantic field


dactylique

Romanian: dactilic

Borrowed from Latin dactylicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δακτυλικός (daktulikós). By surface analysis, dactyle + -ique.

Un hexamètre dactylique.


langue cible

langue cible f (plural langues cibles or langues cible)

langues cibles (plural)
langues cible (plural)


langue source

langue source f (plural langues sources or langues source)

langues sources (plural)
langues source (plural)


unipersonnel

fr-adj

unipersonnel (feminine unipersonnelle, masculine plural unipersonnels, feminine plural unipersonnelles)

unipersonnelle (feminine)
unipersonnels (masculine plural)
unipersonnelles (feminine plural)


adpositionnel

adpositionnel (feminine adpositionnelle, masculine plural adpositionnels, feminine plural adpositionnelles)

adpositionnelle (feminine)
adpositionnels (masculine plural)
adpositionnelles (feminine plural)


temps primitif

fr-noun

temps primitif m (plural temps primitifs)

(grammar) principal part of a verb (any of the forms of a verb which contain its stem(s) in the simplest form, or such a form that, when taken with all the other principal parts (showing various inflections), allows the entire paradigm to be derived)


ambitransitif

fr-adj

ambitransitif (feminine ambitransitive, masculine plural ambitransitifs, feminine plural ambitransitives)

ambitransitive (feminine)
ambitransitifs (masculine plural)
ambitransitives (feminine plural)


amboceptif

amboceptif (feminine amboceptive, masculine plural amboceptifs, feminine plural amboceptives)

amboceptive (feminine)
amboceptifs (masculine plural)
amboceptives (feminine plural)

From Latin ambō (“both”) + -cipiō (“take, seize”).

(psychology) Said of a feeling immediately shared like shame.


antégrammatical

antégrammatical (feminine antégrammaticale, masculine plural antégrammaticaux, feminine plural antégrammaticales)

antégrammaticale (feminine)
antégrammaticaux (masculine plural)
antégrammaticales (feminine plural)


prédicatif

prédicatif (feminine prédicative, masculine plural prédicatifs, feminine plural prédicatives)

prédicative (feminine)
prédicatifs (masculine plural)
prédicatives (feminine plural)


anticonscriptionniste

(North America, history) anticonscription


interprétation consécutive

fr-noun

interprétation consécutive f (uncountable)

consecutive interpreting
consecutive interpreting

consecutive interpretation
consecutive interpretation

(translation studies) consecutive interpreting, consecutive interpretation


interprétation simultanée

interprétation simultanée f (uncountable)

(translation studies) simultaneous interpreting, simultaneous interpretation


mode d'articulation

mode d’articulation m (plural modes d’articulation)

mode d’ articulation (canonical masculine)
modes d’articulation (plural)

manner of articulation
manner of articulation


assertoire

From assertion + -oire, modeled after the term German assertorisch coined by Immanuel Kant.


avunculat

(anthropology, of a society, culture, or system) avunculate: society where the maternal uncle is more important than the father


Priape

(Greek mythology) Priapus (god of procreation)


signe mou

Calque of Russian мя́гкий знак (mjáxkij znak).

cal

мя́гкий знак


signe dur

Calque of Russian твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak).

твёрдый знак


assimilation progressive

fr-noun

assimilation progressive f (plural assimilations progressives)

progressive assimilation
progressive assimilation

(phonetics, phonology) progressive assimilation


assimilation régressive

assimilation régressive f (plural assimilations régressives)

regressive assimilation
regressive assimilation

(phonetics, phonology) regressive assimilation


géminée

(phonetics, phonology) geminate (double consonant)


esprit rude

Calque of Latin spiritus asper, itself a calque of Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).


esprit doux

Calque of Latin spīritus lēnis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ψιλὸν πνεῦμα (psilòn pneûma).

ψιλὸν πνεῦμα

(phonetics, typography) smooth breathing


allongement compensatoire

fr-noun

allongement compensatoire m (plural allongements compensatoires)

compensatory lengthening
compensatory lengthening


voisement

(phonetics, phonology) voicing, sonorization


dévoisement

(phonetics, phonology) devoicing, surdization


Pénélope

(Greek mythology) Penelope (wife of Odysseus)


Persée

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús).


lupeux

From Latin lupus (whence French loup (“wolf”)) + -eux.

suf

whence French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">loup</i> (“wolf”)

Ah bien, oui, dit l’autre, un bel oiseau ! C’est le lupeux I Ça commence par rire ; ça vous tire de votre chemin, ça vous emmène, et puis ça se fâche et ça vous noie dans les fondrières.

1869, George Sand, Promenades autour d'un village, page 224:

En Wallonie, une sorcière se changeait en souris pour pénétrer dans les armoires. Les lutins ou les personnages apparentés empruntent assez rarement la figure d’animaux sauvages : en Normandie, les lutins sous celle de loups cherchaient à entrer dans les cimetières. Dans le Centre, le lupeux qui attirait les voyageurs dans les fondrières avait une tête de loup et une voix humaine.

1906, Paul Sébillot, Le Folklore de France, page 57:

(folklore, regional) a malicious imp of boglands, trying to drown travelers, often with demonic and lycanthropic traits


classe nominale

fr-noun

classe nominale f (plural classes nominales)


déictique

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”).


Thot

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θώθ (Thṓth).


lutte des classes

fr-noun

lutte des classes f (usually uncountable, plural luttes des classes)

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(economics, philosophy, Marxism) class struggle


morphème libre

morphème libre m (plural morphèmes libres)


grammaticalisation

grammaticalisation f (plural grammaticalisations)

Coined in 1912 by Antoine Meillet, from grammatical.


abus de langage

abus de langage m (plural abus de langage)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-abus de langage.wav

(grammar) malapropism (improper use of language, whether humorous or not)


société de l'information

société de l’information f (plural sociétés de l’information)

société de l’ information (canonical feminine)
sociétés de l’information (plural)


question totale

question totale f (plural questions totales)

(grammar) yes-no question, polar question


question partielle

question partielle f (plural questions partielles)


trouble de la personnalité

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

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-trouble de la personnalité.wav

personality disorder
personality disorder


faux anglicisme

faux anglicisme m (plural faux anglicismes)


continuum dialectal

continuum dialectal m (plural continuums dialectaux or continua dialectaux)

continuums dialectaux (plural)
continua dialectaux (plural)


pronom réfléchi

pronom réfléchi m (plural pronoms réfléchis)


Ásgard

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Ásgarðr.


cadrage verbal

fr-noun

cadrage verbal m (usually uncountable, plural cadrages verbaux)


objet indirect

objet indirect m (plural objets indirects)


complément d'objet indirect

complément d’objet indirect m (plural compléments d’objet indirects or compléments d’objets indirects or ompléments d’objet indirect)

complément d’ objet indirect (canonical masculine)
compléments d’objet indirects (plural)
compléments d’objets indirects (plural)
ompléments d’objet indirect (plural)


cadrage satellitaire

cadrage satellitaire m (usually uncountable, plural cadrages satellitaires)


complément d'agent

complément d’agent m (plural compléments d’agent)

complément d’ agent (canonical masculine)
compléments d’agent (plural)


loi phonétique

loi phonétique f (plural lois phonétiques)


alternance vocalique

alternance vocalique f (usually uncountable, plural alternances vocaliques)

(linguistics) apophony, umlaut, ablaut, vowel alternation


misanthropie

From Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía).


alternance consonantique

fr-noun

alternance consonantique f (usually uncountable, plural alternances consonantiques)


descriptivisme

descriptivisme m (plural descriptivismes)


prescriptivisme

prescriptivisme m (plural prescriptivismes)


rétroformation

rétroformation f (plural rétroformations)


dérivation inverse

dérivation inverse f (plural dérivations inverses)


étymologie populaire

étymologie populaire f (plural étymologies populaires)


petite perception

petite perception f (plural petites perceptions)

petite perception
petite perception#English


nivellement analogique

nivellement analogique m (plural nivellements analogiques)

morphological leveling
morphological leveling

(linguistics) paradigm leveling, morphological leveling, analogical leveling


pronom personnel

pronom personnel m (plural pronoms personnels)


mot grammatical

mot grammatical m (plural mots grammaticaux)

(lexicography) function word, grammatical word


mot lexical

(lexicography) content word, lexical word


métathèse de quantité

métathèse de quantité f (plural métathèses de quantité)

quantitative metathesis
quantitative metathesis

(prosody, phonology) quantitative metathesis


accusatif absolu

accusatif absolu m (plural accusatifs absolus)


génitif absolu

génitif absolu m (plural génitifs absolus)


ablatif absolu

ablatif absolu m (plural ablatifs absolus)


dislocation à gauche

dislocation à gauche f (plural dislocations à gauche)


belle infidèle

belle infidèle f (plural belles infidèles)

Near-synonym: traduction libre

(translation studies) an elegant but unfaithful and inaccurate translation


dislocation à droite

dislocation à droite f (plural dislocations à droite)

(linguistics, grammar) right dislocation


hylémorphisme

By surface analysis, hylé- (“hylo-”) + -morphisme.

surf

(philosophy) hylomorphism (doctrine that every physical substance is the sum of its component matter and the form taken by that matter)


traductibilité

fr-noun

traductibilité f (plural traductibilités)

(translation studies) translatability, translatableness


datif éthique

datif éthique m (plural datifs éthiques)


syllabe fermée

syllabe fermée f (plural syllabes fermées)


syllabe ouverte

syllabe ouverte f (plural syllabes ouvertes)


traduction automatique

(translation studies) machine translation


complément d'objet direct

complément d’objet direct m (plural compléments d’objet directs or compléments d’objets directs or compléments d’objet direct)

complément d’ objet direct (canonical masculine)
compléments d’objet directs (plural)
compléments d’objets directs (plural)
compléments d’objet direct (plural)


hanout

Borrowed from Arabic حَانُوت (ḥānūt) and its plural حَوَانِيت (ḥawānīt). From Maghrebi Arabic in its “shop” slang sense, itself from Hebrew חָנוּת (ḥānūṯ) and Aramaic חָנוּתָא/ܚܳܢܽܘܬܴܐ (ḥānūṯā).

cog

Hebrew חָנוּת (ḥānūṯ)

der

Aramaic חָנוּתָא

(archaeology) sepulchral chamber in a rock mass, hypogeum


mélioratif

fr-adj

mélioratif (feminine méliorative, masculine plural mélioratifs, feminine plural mélioratives)

méliorative (feminine)
mélioratifs (masculine plural)
mélioratives (feminine plural)

From Latin melior (whence French meilleur) + -atif, on the model of péjoratif.

(linguistics, of the use of a word or term) approving, favorable


degré fléchi

Indo-European studies
Indo-European studies

(linguistic morphology, Indo-European studies) o-grade


degré plein

(linguistic morphology, Indo-European studies) e-grade, full-grade


degré zéro

(linguistic morphology, Indo-European studies) zero-grade, null grade


valeur de vérité

fr-noun

valeur de vérité f (plural valeurs de vérité)

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

(logic) truth value (value indicating to what extent a statement is true; in classical logic, these are the values "true" and "false")


contrat social

contrat social m (usually uncountable, plural contrats sociaux)


zone de confort

zone de confort f (plural zones de confort)


siècle des Lumières

Age of Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment


stade anal

stade anal m (usually uncountable, plural stades anaux)


stade oral

stade oral m (usually uncountable, plural stades oraux)


dissonance cognitive

dissonance cognitive f (plural dissonances cognitives)

cognitive dissonance
cognitive dissonance


trouble bipolaire

trouble bipolaire m (plural troubles bipolaires)

(psychiatry, chiefly in the plural) bipolar disorder


nom concret

/nɔ̃ kɔ̃.kʁɛ/


phoque-garou

From phoque (“seal”) + -garou (“were-”).


diaphasique

From Ancient Greek διάφασις (diáphasis) + -ique.

af

(linguistics) diaphasic (relating to variation across register)


verbe auxiliaire

fr-noun

verbe auxiliaire m (plural verbes auxiliaires)


phrase simple

phrase simple f (plural phrases simples)


phrase complexe

phrase complexe f (plural phrases complexes)


mémoire à long terme

mémoire à long terme f (usually uncountable, plural mémoires à long terme)


mémoire à court terme

mémoire à court terme f (usually uncountable, plural mémoires à court terme)


mémoire sémantique

mémoire sémantique f (usually uncountable, plural mémoires sémantiques)


mémoire épisodique

mémoire épisodique f (usually uncountable, plural mémoires épisodiques)


mémoire procédurale

mémoire procédurale f (usually uncountable, plural mémoires procédurales)

(neurology, psychology) procedural memory


mémoire déclarative

mémoire déclarative f (usually uncountable, plural mémoires déclaratives)

(neurology, psychology) declarative memory


point d'articulation

point d’articulation m (plural points d’articulation)

point d’ articulation (canonical masculine)
points d’articulation (plural)

place of articulation
place of articulation


langue d'arrivée

langue d’arrivée f (plural langues d’arrivée)

langue d’ arrivée (canonical feminine)
langues d’arrivée (plural)


langue de départ

langue de départ f (plural langues de départ)


plafond de verre

plafond de verre m (plural plafonds de verre)

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harmonie vocalique

harmonie vocalique f (usually uncountable, plural harmonies vocaliques)


surdéclinaison

surdéclinaison f (plural surdéclinaisons)


banvin

From ban + vin (“wine”), related to Medieval Latin bannus (“jurisdiction”).

De la sorte, le banvin empêchait le débit de vins de qualité inférieure et servait l’intérêt général.

1966, C. van de Kieft, “Monopole de vente du "gruit" (produit végétal employé dans la fabrication de la bière) et droit de ban”, in Acta Historiae Neerlandica, volume 1, page 79:

In this way, the banvin prevented the output of poor-quality wines and served the general interest.

(history) the monopoly held by a feudal lord on sales of wine in their jurisdiction during a particular period of time

(history) a proclamation indicating the day on which such a monopoly ends


vavasseur

Inherited from Old French vavasour, from Medieval Latin vavassor.


superordonné

fr-adj

superordonné (feminine superordonnée, masculine plural superordonnés, feminine plural superordonnées)

superordonnée (feminine)
superordonnés (masculine plural)
superordonnées (feminine plural)

proposition superordonnée


cas grammatical

fr-noun

cas grammatical m (plural cas grammaticaux)


complément du nom

complément du nom m (plural compléments du nom)

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Charybde

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χάρυβδις (Khárubdis).

bor+

de Charybde en Scylla


état de langue

fr-noun

état de langue m (plural états de langue)

(linguistics) a form of a language at any given time, seen synchronically


langue de travail

langue de travail f (plural langues de travail)

(translation studies) working language (language that a translator or interpreter works with)


affinité élective

affinité élective f (plural affinités électives)

(sociology, philosophy) elective affinity


matérialisme dialectique

matérialisme dialectique m (uncountable)

dialectical materialism
dialectical materialism


traduction à vue

traduction à vue f (usually uncountable, plural traductions à vue)


argotologie

Une chaire d’argotologie a été créée à la Sorbonne en 1986, dit-on. On y traite de « la thématique incitative à l’emploi de l’argot », des « jargons, technolectes et argot commun », de « prises de paroles codifiées et transgressives », etc.

1993, Alice Becker-Ho, Les Princes du Jargon, Gallimard, page 19:


mao-spontex

democratic centralism
democratic centralism

revolutionary spontaneity
revolutionary spontaneity

(communism) a neo-Leninist, Maoist, and libertarian theory and political movement in Western Europe from 1960 to 1970 advocating for democratic centralism and revolutionary spontaneity from the lower classes


triphtongue

Modelled after diphtongue, with the prefix tri-. Compare Ancient Greek τρίφθογγος (tríphthongos).

(phonetics) triphthong (monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another)


déverbalisation

déverbalisation f (countable and uncountable, plural déverbalisations)


Polyphème

Borrowed from Latin Polyphēmus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos).


fait de langue

fait de langue m (plural faits de langue)

(linguistics) linguistic feature characteristic of a given language (and worthy of some in-depth analysis)


unité de sens

(linguistics, translation studies) meaning unit


biais cognitif

biais cognitif m (plural biais cognitifs)


mémoire de travail

mémoire de travail f (usually uncountable, plural mémoires de travail)


trouble de l'humeur

trouble de l’humeur m (plural troubles de l’humeur)

trouble de l’ humeur (canonical masculine)
troubles de l’humeur (plural)

(psychology, psychiatry) affective disorder, mood disorder


temps primaire

temps primaire m (plural temps primaires)


temps secondaire

temps secondaire m (plural temps secondaires)


sichuanais

(linguistics) Sichuanese (Mandarin dialect)


procès d'intention

procès d’intention m (plural procès d’intention)

procès d’intention (canonical masculine)
procès d’intention (plural)

Literally, “trial of intention”. Compare Italian processo alle intenzioni.

(philosophy) instance of dismissing a claim by questioning someone's motives; appeal to motive


gouvernementalité

gouvernementalité f (plural gouvernementalités)


registre de langue

registre de langue m (plural registres de langue)

/ʁə.ʒis.tʁə də lɑ̃ɡ/


rhème

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “word, phrase, verb”).


vocoïde

(linguistics) vocoid, phonetic vowel as opposed as a phonemic one


Sisyphe

Pour soulever un poids si lourd, / Sisyphe, il faudrait ton courage ! / Bien qu’on ait du cœur à l’ouvrage, / L’Art est long et le Temps est court.

1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Le Guignon”, in Les Fleurs du mal:

La lutte elle-même vers les sommets suffit a remplir un cœur d’homme. Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux.

1942, Albert Camus, Le Mythe de Sisyphe:


thérapie de conversion

fr-noun

thérapie de conversion f (plural thérapies de conversion)

(pseudosciences, psychiatry) conversion therapy


présentisme

(philosophy, historiography) presentism [since 1718]


mohisme

(Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of moïsme (“Mohism”)


moïsme

From Mo + -isme. After philosopher Mozi.


parisianisme

Inherited from Middle French parisianisme. By surface analysis, parisien + -isme.

inh+

(linguistics) characteristically Parisian turn of phrase, expression, etc. [since 1583]


pro-verbe

Selon la classe du terme sur lequel porte l’interrogation, on distingue des déterminants, des pronoms, et des adverbes interrogatifs. Le groupment que + le verbe faire tient lieu de verbe interrogatif (pro-verbe*).

1986, Michel Arrivé, Françoise Gadet, Michel Galmiche, La grammaire d'aujourd'hui: guide alphabétique de linguistique française, Flammarion, →ISBN, page 344:

Depending on the class to which the interrogative belongs, we distinguish between determinants, pronouns, and interrogative adverbs. The combination of que and the verb faire can substitute for an interrogative verb (pro-verb).


voyelle thématique

fr-noun

voyelle thématique f (plural voyelles thématiques)

(linguistic morphology, Indo-European studies) thematic vowel, stem vowel


adverbe interrogatif

adverbe interrogatif m (plural adverbes interrogatifs)

interrogative adverb
interrogative adverb


pronom interrogatif

pronom interrogatif m (plural pronoms interrogatifs)

interrogative pronoun
interrogative pronoun


Duquesne

Normanno-Picard equivalent to Duchêne (‘of the oak’).


casuistique

(theology, ethics) casuistry (process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning)


langue vocale

langue vocale f (plural langues vocales)

Coordinate term: langue des signes

(translation studies) vocal language/oral language as opposed to sign language


sujet réel

Coordinate term: sujet grammatical

syntactical subject
syntactical subject#English

(linguistics, grammar) semantic subject (the true agent of an action, as opposed to the mere syntactical subject of a verb)


sujet grammatical

sujet grammatical m (plural sujets grammaticaux)

Coordinate term: sujet réel

(linguistics, grammar) syntactical subject (as opposed to semantic subject)


interprète de conférence

interprète de conférence m or f by sense (plural interprètes de conférence)

conference interpreter
conference interpreter

(translation studies) conference interpreter


interprétation de conférence

interprétation de conférence f (uncountable)

conference interpreting
conference interpreting

(translation studies) conference interpreting


inchoatif

fr-adj

inchoatif (feminine inchoative, masculine plural inchoatifs, feminine plural inchoatives)

inchoative (feminine)
inchoatifs (masculine plural)
inchoatives (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin inchoātīvus.


capital social

fr-noun

capital social m (usually uncountable, plural capitaux sociaux)


accent tonique

accent tonique m (plural accents toniques)


postpositionnel

fr-adj

postpositionnel (feminine postpositionnelle, masculine plural postpositionnels, feminine plural postpositionnelles)

postpositionnelle (feminine)
postpositionnels (masculine plural)
postpositionnelles (feminine plural)


discours rapporté

fr-noun

discours rapporté m (usually uncountable, plural discours rapportés)


par extension

(linguistics, semantics) by extension, broadly


linguistique comparée

comparative linguistics
comparative linguistics


crise d'identité

crise d’identité f (plural crises d’identité)

crise d’ identité (canonical feminine)
crises d’identité (plural)


Océan

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).


théorie de l'optimalité

théorie de l’ optimalité (canonical feminine)


Rê

(Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Râ (“Ra (Egyptian god of the Sun)”)


Psyché

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “spirit”).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche


lamie

From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια (Lámia).


Râ

(Egyptian mythology) Ra (Egyptian god of the Sun)


impuissance apprise

learned helplessness
learned helplessness


gnomique

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γνωμικός (gnōmikós).

lbor

le présent gnomique, le présent de vérité générale

the gnomic present, the present of general truth

(linguistics) gnomic (expressing general truths or aphorisms)


délocutif

fr-adj

délocutif (feminine délocutive, masculine plural délocutifs, feminine plural délocutives)

délocutive (feminine)
délocutifs (masculine plural)
délocutives (feminine plural)


conscience de classe

(sociology, psychology) class consciousness


charge de la preuve

fr-noun

charge de la preuve f (plural charges de la preuve)

(epistemology) burden of proof (obligation of the person making a claim in a dispute to provide sufficient evidence for their position)


captatif

fr-adj

captatif (feminine captative, masculine plural captatifs, feminine plural captatives)

captative (feminine)
captatifs (masculine plural)
captatives (feminine plural)


changement de paradigme

fr-noun

changement de paradigme m (plural changements de paradigme)

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(epistemology) paradigm shift (change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries)


nominatif absolu

nominatif absolu m (plural nominatifs absolus)


hébéphrène

Derived from Ancient Greek ἥβη (hḗbē, “youth”) + Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).


hébéphrène

(psychology) an individual who exhibits hebephrenia


raisonnement par l'absurde

raisonnement par l’absurde m (plural raisonnements par l’absurde)

raisonnement par l’ absurde (canonical masculine)
raisonnements par l’absurde (plural)

proof by contradiction
proof by contradiction

reductio ad absurdum
reductio ad absurdum

(mathematics, logic) proof by contradiction, reductio ad absurdum


preuve par l'absurde

preuve par l’absurde f (plural preuves par l’absurde)

preuve par l’ absurde (canonical feminine)
preuves par l’absurde (plural)


emploi absolu

emploi absolu m (plural emplois absolus)

absolute construction
absolute construction

(grammar) absolute construction (use of a syntagmic element independent of other elements that would typically be expected to accompany it, e.g., a transitive verb without a direct object or a comparative adjective without a relative complement)


verbe absolu

(grammar) A transitive verb that can be used without an object


verbe d'action

verbe d’action m (plural verbes d’action)

verbe d’ action (canonical masculine)
verbes d’action (plural)

Coordinate term: verbe d’état


verbe d'état

verbe d’ état (canonical masculine)
verbes d’état (plural)

Coordinate term: verbe d’action

Et comment a-t-on pu imaginer une source commune à deux natures aussi différentes, les verbes d’état et les verbes d’action.

1864, F.-P. Terzuolo, Études sur le Dictionnaire de l’Académie Française [Studies on the Dictionary of the French Academy], 2nd edition, page 79:

And how could one imagine a common source for two such different lexical categories, the stative verbs and the action verbs.

En hébreu, la forme verbale monosyllabique est caractéristique des verbes d’état, la forme dissyllabique des verbes d’action.

1980, Jan P. Lettinga, Grammaire de l’hébreu biblique [Biblical Hebrew Grammar], volume I, →ISBN, page 124:

In Hebrew, the monosyllabic verbal form is characteristic of stative verbs, the dissyllabic form of action verbs.

(grammar) stative verb (verb that expresses a state of the subject, not an action)


interrogative indirecte

interrogative indirecte f (plural interrogatives indirectes)

Ellipsis of proposition interrogative indirecte.

ellipsis

Coordinate term: interrogative directe


irréel du présent

fr-noun

irréel du présent m (plural irréels du présent)

Coordinate term: irréel du passé


irréel du passé

irréel du passé m (plural irréels du passé)

Coordinate term: irréel du présent


conditionnel présent

conditionnel présent m (countable and uncountable, plural conditionnels présents)

Coordinate term: conditionnel passé


interrogative directe

interrogative directe f (plural interrogatives directes)

Ellipsis of proposition interrogative directe.

ellipsis

Coordinate term: interrogative indirecte


conditionnel passé

fr-noun

conditionnel passé m (countable and uncountable, plural conditionnels passés)

Coordinate term: conditionnel présent


salade de mots

salade de mots f (plural salades de mots)


complément d'objet

complément d’objet m (plural compléments d’objet or compléments d’objets)

complément d’ objet (canonical masculine)
compléments d’objet (plural)
compléments d’objets (plural)


complément circonstanciel

complément circonstanciel m (plural compléments circonstanciels)

(grammar) circumstantial complement (a syntactic element describing place, time, manner, or a variety of other specific details related to a superordinate verbal element)


thérapie cognitivo-comportementale

thérapie cognitivo-comportementale f (plural thérapies cognitivo-comportementales)

cognitive behavioral therapy
cognitive behavioral therapy

(psychology) cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT


dénotation

Learned borrowing from Latin dēnotātiō. By surface analysis, dénoter + -ation.

Coordinate term: connotation


présent continu

Coordinate term: présent simple


déverbal

fr-adj

déverbal (feminine déverbale, masculine plural déverbaux, feminine plural déverbales)

déverbale (feminine)
déverbaux (masculine plural)
déverbales (feminine plural)

(linguistics, grammar) deverbal (which derives from a verb)

(linguistics, grammar) deverbal (derived from a verb)


déverbal

[…] on n’a pourtant jamais pris en considération le très caractéristique sut […], déverbal sans suffixe de suti […].

1952, Alphonse Juilland, “Extrait le vocabulaire argotique roumain d’origine tsigane [Extract Romanian Slang Vocabulary of Gypsy Origin]”, in Cahiers Sextil Puşcariu [Notebooks Sextil Puşcariu], Éditions Dacia:

[…] one has never yet taken into consideration the very characteristic sut […], deverbal without suffix of suti […].

(linguistics, grammar) deverbal (noun derived from and describing the action of a given verb)


présent progressif

Coordinate term: présent simple


dictionnaire visuel

fr-noun

dictionnaire visuel m (plural dictionnaires visuels)

(lexicography) picture dictionary, visual dictionary


complétif

fr-adj

complétif (feminine complétive, masculine plural complétifs, feminine plural complétives)

complétive (feminine)
complétifs (masculine plural)
complétives (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin complētīvus. By surface analysis, compléter + -if.

phrase complétive

un mot complétif

une subordonnée complétive introduite par « que »

a subordinate complement introduced with que

une complétive d’objet

Une complétive circonstancielle peut changer du tout au tout le sens d’une phrase donnée.

A circumstantial complement can entirely change the sense of a given phrase.

proposition complétive
proposition complétive

subordonée complétive
subordonée complétive

(nominalized in the feminine singular form complétive by ellipsis of proposition complétive or subordonée complétive) completive (a completive clause, a subordinate complement)


sociopathologie

fr-noun

sociopathologie f (plural sociopathologies)


sylvain

(Roman mythology) a minor deity of forest, a sylvan


au figuré

(linguistics) figuratively, in the figurative sense


Maïa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).


verbe de mouvement

verbe de mouvement m (plural verbes de mouvement)


verbe à particule

verbe à particule m (plural verbes à particule)

On retrouve cette structure de détermination dans le verbe à particule séparable, qui est une sorte de verbe composé. Dans abfahren, ab détermine à droite fahren et en précise le sens, […].

1998, Jean-Marc Pastré, Nouvelle grammaire de l’allemand [New German Grammar], Ophrys, →ISBN:

We find this structure of determination in the separable phrasal verb, which is a kind of compound verb. In abfahren, ab determines on the right fahren and specifies the meaning, […]

Remarque : lorsque le verbe à particule admet un gérondif comme complément, la particule ne peut être déplacée : He gave up smoking.

2008, Jean-Claude Souesme, 100 fiches de grammaire anglaise [100 English Grammar Cards], Bréal, →ISBN:

Note: when the phrasal verb admits a gerund as a complement, the particle cannot be moved: He gave up smoking.

(grammar) phrasal verb (compound word made up of a conjugating verb and a particle (invariable part other than a noun or a pronoun), such as get up in English and ankommen in German)


verbe actif

(grammar) active verb (verb with which the subject expresses an action)


verbe passif

Le participe passé d’un verbe passif s’accorde toujours avec le sujet.

The past participle of a passive verb always agrees with the subject.

(grammar) passive verb (verb with which the subject undergoes the action)


verbe de perception

verbe de perception m (plural verbes de perception)

(grammar) verb of perception, perception verb (verb expressing a perceptual experience of the subject)


verbe fort

(grammar) strong verb (verb with irregular conjugation in the Germanic languages)


verbe faible

(grammar) weak verb (verb with regular conjugation in the Germanic languages)


verbe impersonnel

verbe impersonnel m (plural verbes impersonnels)

"Pleuvoir" est un verbe impersonnel.

(grammar) impersonal verb (verb that only conjugates itself in the third-person singular)


verbe irrégulier

verbe irrégulier m (plural verbes irréguliers)

(grammar) irregular verb (verb with irregular conjugation)


verbe mixte

(grammar) mixed verb (in German, verb whose root undergoes vocalic alteration in the preterite and in the perfect tense, but for which the endings are the same as for weak verbs)


verbe léger

(grammar) light verb (verb without lexical meaning, accompanied by a noun signifying an action or a state. For example, faire in faire une inspection is a light verb, and one can simply say inspecter)


verbe régulier

verbe régulier m (plural verbes réguliers)

(grammar) regular verb (verb with regular conjugation)


verbe simple

(grammar) simple verb (verb without separable particle)


monomorphémique

Coordinate term: polymorphémique


polymorphémique

Coordinate term: monomorphémique


mutation adoucissante

mutation adoucissante f (plural mutations adoucissantes)

From mutation (“mutation”) + adoucissante (“feminine present participle of adoucir, to soften”).


syndrome de l'imposteur

fr-noun

syndrome de l’imposteur m (plural syndromes de l’imposteur)

syndrome de l’ imposteur (canonical masculine)
syndromes de l’imposteur (plural)

(psychology) impostor syndrome (psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize his or her accomplishments, remaining convinced that he or she does not deserve any accompanying success)


phonotactique

(phonetics, phonology) phonotactics (branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to combinations of phonemes)


phonotactique

(phonetics, phonology) phonotactical, phonotactic


morphème zéro

morphème zéro m (plural morphèmes zéros)

(linguistic morphology) null morpheme, zero morpheme (morpheme that has no phonetic form)


source secondaire

source secondaire f (plural sources secondaires)

(historiography) secondary source (study of past events or a past author written from the perspective of a later period of time; a document that draws on one or more historical primary sources and interprets or analyses them)


source primaire

source primaire f (plural sources primaires)

(historiography) primary source (historical object, especially a written document, that was created at or near the time of the events studied)


principe de charité

principle of charity
principle of charity

(philosophy, rhetoric) principle of charity (principle according to which an argument should be evaluated in light of its best, strongest possible interpretation)


chauve-souris-garou

chauve-souris-garou f (plural chauve-souris-garous)

From chauve-souris (“bat”) + -garou (“were-”), from analogy with loup-garou (“werewolf”).


lion-garou

fr-noun

lion-garou m (plural lions-garous, feminine lionne-garou)

lions-garous (plural)
lionne-garou (feminine)


bœuf-garou

bœuf-garou m (plural bœufs-garous, feminine vache-garou)

bœufs-garous (plural)
vache-garou (feminine)


requin-garou

From requin (“shark”) + -garou (“were-”).


vache-garou

vache-garou f (plural vaches-garous, masculine bœuf-garou)

vaches-garous (plural)
bœuf-garou (masculine)


léopard-garou

léopard-garou m (plural léopards-garous)


louve-garou

louve-garou f (plural louves-garous, masculine loup-garou)

louves-garous (plural)
loup-garou (masculine)

From louve (“wolf”, feminine) + -garou (“were-”).


panthère-garou

fr-noun

panthère-garou f (plural panthères-garous)


cochon-garou

cochon-garou m (plural cochons-garous, feminine cochonne-garou)

cochons-garous (plural)
cochonne-garou (feminine)


rat-garou

rat-garou m (plural rats-garous, feminine rate-garou)

rats-garous (plural)
rate-garou (feminine)


thérianthrope

thérianthrope m or f (plural thérianthropes)

From Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast, animal”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “person, human being”).