super-combiné

super-combiné m (countable and uncountable, plural super-combinés)

super-combinés (plural)
super combiné (alternative)
supercombiné (alternative)


demi-ton

First attested in the 17th century. demi- + ton.


sport adapté

disability sport
disability sport#English

(sports) parasport (disabled sport; disability sport;)

(France, sports, by restriction) sport for cognitive disability


ski para-nordique

ski para nordique (alternative)
ski paranordique (alternative)

(skiing) para nordic skiing; A parasport (“parasport”), an adapted version of nordic skiing (“ski nordique”)


para nordique

para-nordique (alternative)
paranordique (alternative)

ski para-nordique
ski para-nordique#French

(skiing) para-nordic; ellipsis of ski para-nordique


para-nordique

paranordique (alternative)
para nordique (alternative)


paranordique

para-nordique (alternative)
para nordique (alternative)


gardien d'urgence

fr-noun

gardien d'urgence m (plural gardiens d'urgence, feminine gardienne d'urgence)

gardiens d'urgence (plural)
gardienne d'urgence (feminine)


échiqueter

échiqueter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
échiquetant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
échiqueté (participle past)
échiquète (first-person indicative present singular)
échiquètes (indicative present second-person singular)
échiquète (indicative present singular third-person)
échiquetons (first-person indicative plural present)
échiquetez (indicative plural present second-person)
échiquètent (indicative plural present third-person)
échiquetais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
échiquetais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
échiquetait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
échiquetions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
échiquetiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
échiquetaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
échiquetai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
échiquetas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
échiqueta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
échiquetâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
échiquetâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
échiquetèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
échiquèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
échiquèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
échiquèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
échiquèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
échiquètera (future indicative singular third-person)
échiquètera (future indicative singular third-person)
échiquèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
échiquèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
échiquèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
échiquèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
échiquèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
échiquèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
échiquèterais (conditional first-person singular)
échiquèterais (conditional first-person singular)
échiquèterais (conditional second-person singular)
échiquèterais (conditional second-person singular)
échiquèterait (conditional singular third-person)
échiquèterait (conditional singular third-person)
échiquèterions (conditional first-person plural)
échiquèterions (conditional first-person plural)
échiquèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
échiquèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
échiquèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
échiquèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
échiquète (first-person present singular subjunctive)
échiquètes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
échiquète (present singular subjunctive third-person)
échiquetions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
échiquetiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
échiquètent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
échiquetasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
échiquetasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
échiquetât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
échiquetassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
échiquetassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
échiquetassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
échiquète (imperative second-person singular)
échiquetons (first-person imperative plural)
échiquetez (imperative plural second-person)

(heraldry) to divide (esp. a coat of arms) into a chequered pattern


botter en touche

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-botter en touche.wav


hypertendre

hypertendres (plural)
hyper tendre (alternative)
hyper-tendre (alternative)

(motor racing) hypersoft; more tendre (“soft”) than ultratendre (“ultrasoft”)


hypertendre

pneu hypertendre
pneu hypertendre#French

(motor racing) hypersoft; ellipsis of pneu hypertendre


supertendre

supertendres (plural)
super tendre (alternative)
super-tendre (alternative)

(motor racing) supersoft; more tendre (“soft”) than tendre, less tendre than ultratendre (“ultrasoft”)


supertendre

pneu supertendre
pneu supertendre#French

(motor racing) supersoft; ellipsis of pneu supertendre


ultratendre

ultratendres (plural)
ultra tendre (alternative)
ultra-tendre (alternative)

(motor racing) ultrasoft; more tendre (“soft”) than tendre, less tendre than hypertendre (“hypersoft”)


ultratendre

pneu ultratendre
pneu ultratendre#French

(motor racing) ultrasoft; ellipsis of pneu ultratendre


instrument à vent

instrument à vent m (plural instruments à vent)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-instrument à vent.wav

Coordinate term: instrument à cordes


premier violon

premier violon m (plural premiers violons)

(music) first fiddle, first violin, concertmaster


second violon

second violon m (plural seconds violons)

Coordinate term: premier violon


oreille relative

Coordinate term: oreille absolue


but contre son camp

but contre son camp m (plural buts contre son camp)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-but contre son camp.wav


coup de coin

coup de pied de coin
coup de pied de coin#French

(soccer) Synonym of coup de pied de coin


coup de pied de but

coup de pied de but m (plural coups de pied de but)


hors catégorie

hors catégorie f (plural hors catégories)

→ English: hors categorie

(cycling) hors categorie (the toughest category of climb)


champart

Borrowed from Medieval Latin campartum, from campus + pars.

(agriculture) a mixture of wheat, rye and malted barley serving as fodder for livestock


diéser

diéser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
diésant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
diésé (participle past)
dièse (first-person indicative present singular)
dièses (indicative present second-person singular)
dièse (indicative present singular third-person)
diésons (first-person indicative plural present)
diésez (indicative plural present second-person)
dièsent (indicative plural present third-person)
diésais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
diésais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
diésait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
diésions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
diésiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
diésaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
diésai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
diésas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
diésa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
diésâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
diésâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
diésèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dièserai (first-person future indicative singular)
diéserai (first-person future indicative singular)
dièseras (future indicative second-person singular)
diéseras (future indicative second-person singular)
dièsera (future indicative singular third-person)
diésera (future indicative singular third-person)
dièserons (first-person future indicative plural)
diéserons (first-person future indicative plural)
dièserez (future indicative plural second-person)
diéserez (future indicative plural second-person)
dièseront (future indicative plural third-person)
diéseront (future indicative plural third-person)
dièserais (conditional first-person singular)
diéserais (conditional first-person singular)
dièserais (conditional second-person singular)
diéserais (conditional second-person singular)
dièserait (conditional singular third-person)
diéserait (conditional singular third-person)
dièserions (conditional first-person plural)
diéserions (conditional first-person plural)
dièseriez (conditional plural second-person)
diéseriez (conditional plural second-person)
dièseraient (conditional plural third-person)
diéseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
dièse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dièses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dièse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
diésions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
diésiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dièsent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
diésasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
diésasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
diésât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
diésassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
diésassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
diésassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dièse (imperative second-person singular)
diésons (first-person imperative plural)
diésez (imperative plural second-person)


à petit feu

(cooking) over a gentle heat, over a slow heat, on a low heat


lauré

fr-adj

lauré (feminine laurée, masculine plural laurés, feminine plural laurées)

laurée (feminine)
laurés (masculine plural)
laurées (feminine plural)

(fine arts, numismatics) wrapped with, or decorated in, laurel


botte secrète

fr-noun

botte secrète f (plural bottes secrètes)

Possibly a calque of Italian botta segreta.
Attested in French since the 18th century.


sonner faux

(music, of an instrument) to be out of tune


arbitre de chaise

arbitre de chaise m (plural arbitres de chaise)


chef d'orchestre

chef d'orchestre m (plural chefs d'orchestre)


débucher

débucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
débuchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
débuché (participle past)
débuche (first-person indicative present singular)
débuches (indicative present second-person singular)
débuche (indicative present singular third-person)
débuchons (first-person indicative plural present)
débuchez (indicative plural present second-person)
débuchent (indicative plural present third-person)
débuchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
débuchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
débuchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
débuchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
débuchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
débuchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
débuchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
débuchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
débucha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
débuchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
débuchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
débuchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
débucherai (first-person future indicative singular)
débucheras (future indicative second-person singular)
débuchera (future indicative singular third-person)
débucherons (first-person future indicative plural)
débucherez (future indicative plural second-person)
débucheront (future indicative plural third-person)
débucherais (conditional first-person singular)
débucherais (conditional second-person singular)
débucherait (conditional singular third-person)
débucherions (conditional first-person plural)
débucheriez (conditional plural second-person)
débucheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
débuche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
débuches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
débuche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
débuchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
débuchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
débuchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
débuchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
débuchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
débuchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
débuchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
débuchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
débuchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
débuche (imperative second-person singular)
débuchons (first-person imperative plural)
débuchez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, hunting) to dislodge, to start


démancher

démancher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
démanchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
démanché (participle past)
démanche (first-person indicative present singular)
démanches (indicative present second-person singular)
démanche (indicative present singular third-person)
démanchons (first-person indicative plural present)
démanchez (indicative plural present second-person)
démanchent (indicative plural present third-person)
démanchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
démanchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
démanchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
démanchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
démanchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
démanchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
démanchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
démanchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
démancha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
démanchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
démanchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
démanchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
démancherai (first-person future indicative singular)
démancheras (future indicative second-person singular)
démanchera (future indicative singular third-person)
démancherons (first-person future indicative plural)
démancherez (future indicative plural second-person)
démancheront (future indicative plural third-person)
démancherais (conditional first-person singular)
démancherais (conditional second-person singular)
démancherait (conditional singular third-person)
démancherions (conditional first-person plural)
démancheriez (conditional plural second-person)
démancheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
démanche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
démanches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
démanche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
démanchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
démanchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
démanchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
démanchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
démanchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
démanchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
démanchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
démanchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
démanchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
démanche (imperative second-person singular)
démanchons (first-person imperative plural)
démanchez (imperative plural second-person)
se démancher (infinitive reflexive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction reflexive)
se démanchant (gerund participle present reflexive)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
démanché (participle past reflexive)
me démanche (first-person indicative present reflexive singular)
te démanches (indicative present reflexive second-person singular)
se démanche (indicative present reflexive singular third-person)
nous démanchons (first-person indicative plural present reflexive)
vous démanchez (indicative plural present reflexive second-person)
se démanchent (indicative plural present reflexive third-person)
me démanchais (first-person imperfect indicative reflexive singular)
te démanchais (imperfect indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se démanchait (imperfect indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous démanchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural reflexive)
vous démanchiez (imperfect indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se démanchaient (imperfect indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me démanchai (first-person historic indicative past reflexive singular)
te démanchas (historic indicative past reflexive second-person singular)
se démancha (historic indicative past reflexive singular third-person)
nous démanchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural reflexive)
vous démanchâtes (historic indicative past plural reflexive second-person)
se démanchèrent (historic indicative past plural reflexive third-person)
me démancherai (first-person future indicative reflexive singular)
te démancheras (future indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se démanchera (future indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous démancherons (first-person future indicative plural reflexive)
vous démancherez (future indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se démancheront (future indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me démancherais (conditional first-person reflexive singular)
te démancherais (conditional reflexive second-person singular)
se démancherait (conditional reflexive singular third-person)
nous démancherions (conditional first-person plural reflexive)
vous démancheriez (conditional plural reflexive second-person)
se démancheraient (conditional plural reflexive third-person)
future of s'être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect reflexive)
conditional of s'être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect reflexive)
me démanche (first-person present reflexive singular subjunctive)
te démanches (present reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se démanche (present reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous démanchions (first-person plural present reflexive subjunctive)
vous démanchiez (plural present reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se démanchent (plural present reflexive subjunctive third-person)
me démanchasse (first-person imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive)
te démanchasses (imperfect reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se démanchât (imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous démanchassions (first-person imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive)
vous démanchassiez (imperfect plural reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se démanchassent (imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive third-person)
démanche-toi (imperative reflexive second-person singular)
démanchons-nous (first-person imperative plural reflexive)
démanchez-vous (imperative plural reflexive second-person)

(intransitive or reflexive, music) to shift


détranger

détranger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
détrangeant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
détrangé (participle past)
détrange (first-person indicative present singular)
détranges (indicative present second-person singular)
détrange (indicative present singular third-person)
détrangeons (first-person indicative plural present)
détrangez (indicative plural present second-person)
détrangent (indicative plural present third-person)
détrangeais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
détrangeais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
détrangeait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
détrangions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
détrangiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
détrangeaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
détrangeai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
détrangeas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
détrangea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
détrangeâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
détrangeâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
détrangèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
détrangerai (first-person future indicative singular)
détrangeras (future indicative second-person singular)
détrangera (future indicative singular third-person)
détrangerons (first-person future indicative plural)
détrangerez (future indicative plural second-person)
détrangeront (future indicative plural third-person)
détrangerais (conditional first-person singular)
détrangerais (conditional second-person singular)
détrangerait (conditional singular third-person)
détrangerions (conditional first-person plural)
détrangeriez (conditional plural second-person)
détrangeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
détrange (first-person present singular subjunctive)
détranges (present second-person singular subjunctive)
détrange (present singular subjunctive third-person)
détrangions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
détrangiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
détrangent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
détrangeasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
détrangeasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
détrangeât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
détrangeassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
détrangeassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
détrangeassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
détrange (imperative second-person singular)
détrangeons (first-person imperative plural)
détrangez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, horticulture) to drive away (insects that injure the plants).


dissoner

(intransitive, music) to make a discord, to jar, to be discordant


garbure

→ English: garbure


fond de court

LL-Q150 (fra)-Xenophôn-fond de court.wav


battre la mesure

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-battre la mesure.wav


Exode

From Late Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “expedition, departure”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ὁδός (hodós, “path, road”).


de fer

(heraldry, rare) iron, Eisenfarbe (a grey tincture)


fil d'Ariane

A reference to Ariadne's thread in Greek mythology.

(diving) a distance line, penetration line, cave line, guide line


TCH

(sports) Abbreviation of Tchéquie.: Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


drapeau jaune complet

fr-noun

drapeau jaune complet m (plural drapeaux jaunes complets)


planter le décor

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-planter le décor.wav


Bon Samaritain

Bon Samaritain m (plural Bons Samaritains)

Bons Samaritains (plural)
bon samaritain (alternative)


falun

(geology, agriculture) a stratum chiefly composed of shell beds, usually in reference to certain marine Cenozoic deposits in France


boulet de canon

boulet de canon m (plural boulets de canon)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-boulet de canon.wav


état de grâce

être en état de grâce

to be on a roll, to be on a winning streak, to be unstoppable


baisser de rideau

baisser de rideau m (plural baissers de rideau)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-baisser de rideau.wav

(theater) final curtain (the last time the curtain is lowered, after a performance and any curtain calls)


jeune premier

jeune premier m (plural jeunes premiers)

→ English: jeune premier

→ Romanian: june prim (calque)

→ Turkish: jönprömiye

(theater) young actor playing young-lover roles


morailles

From Old Occitan moralha, from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), the like source as in morion (“a kind of helmet with no visor”), moraine (“amassment of rocks on a glacier”).

(farriery) barnacle, twitch, a kind of pincers or vise to fix the mouth of a horse to yield the opportunity of surgery


jugement dernier

(theology) Last Judgment, Final Judgment


monter sur les planches

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-monter sur les planches.wav

(figuratively, theater) to perform in a theatrical play, to tread the boards


virolé

fr-adj

virolé (feminine virolée, masculine plural virolés, feminine plural virolées)

virolée (feminine)
virolés (masculine plural)
virolées (feminine plural)


lancer de nain

fr-noun

lancer de nain m (plural lancers de nain)


donner du mou

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-donner du mou.wav

give (someone) more slack
give someone more slack


jouer la comédie

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-jouer la comédie.wav


barre de mesure

barre de mesure f (plural barres de mesure)


basse continue

basse continue f (countable and uncountable, plural basses continues)


clef de sol

clef de sol f (usually uncountable, plural clefs de sol)

clefs de sol (plural)
clé de sol (alternative)


clef de fa

clef de fa f (usually uncountable, plural clefs de fa)

clefs de fa (plural)
clé de fa (alternative)


clef d'ut

clef d'ut f (usually uncountable, plural clefs d'ut)

clefs d'ut (plural)
clé d'ut (alternative)


quet

(papermaking) a set of 26 leaves of paper with their couching fabrics; the approximate French equivalent of a quire


guerre sainte

guerre sainte f (plural guerres saintes)


créquier

créquiers (plural)
crecquier (alternative)
criquier (alternative)

From Middle French crequier, from Old French crekere, equivalent to crèque + -ier.

(heraldry) a créquier, a stylized tree or thornbush resembling a chandelier


développé couché

développé couché m (countable and uncountable, plural développés couchés)


caisse de résonance

caisse de résonance f (plural caisses de résonance)

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Le chef de la société du Serpent venait de frapper le premier coup sur le pochta, une caisse de résonance aménagée à même le sol. Cette vibration envoyée dans les profondeurs de la terre signifiait au monde inférieur que les hommes d'ici étaient prêts à accomplir leur devoir cérémoniel.

2019, Bérengère Cournut, Née contente à Oraibi, Paris: Le Tripode, published 2019, →ISBN, pages 124-125:

(music) sound box (resonant chamber of a musical instrument)


double croche

double croche f (plural doubles croches)


triple croche

triple croche f (plural triples croches)


quadruple croche

quadruple croche f (plural quadruples croches)


quintuple croche

quintuple croche f (plural quintuples croches)

hundred twenty-eighth note
hundred twenty-eighth note


sextuple croche

sextuple croche f (plural sextuples croches)

two hundred fifty-sixth note
two hundred fifty-sixth note


hautbois d'amour

hautbois d'amour f (plural hautbois d'amour)


viole de gambe

viole de gambe f (plural violes de gambe)

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grand pont

(soccer) kick/pass around a player's legs (overplaying a player on the one side while overrunning him on the other)


échelle chromatique

échelle chromatique f (usually uncountable, plural échelles chromatiques)


échelle diatonique

échelle diatonique f (usually uncountable, plural échelles diatoniques)


accord parfait

accord parfait m (plural accords parfaits)


ligne de fond

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droit divin

monarchie de droit divin

monarchy based on the divine right of kings


point de chute

point de chute m (plural points de chute)

(skydiving) landing place, dropzone (target where a skydiver lands)


vélotaf

vélotafs (plural)
vélotaff (alternative)

Portmanteau made of vélo (“bicycle”) and taf (slang for “work”).


vélotaff

vélotaffs (plural)
vélotaf (alternative)

Portmanteau made of vélo (“bicycle”) and taff (slang for “work”).


engrener

(transitive, agriculture, obsolete) to thresh


sautereau

(music) the jack or hopper of a pianoforte etc.


voix de tête

voix de tête f (usually uncountable, plural voix de tête)


voix de poitrine

voix de poitrine f (usually uncountable, plural voix de poitrine)


premier de cordée

premier de cordée m (plural premiers de cordée)

(mountaineering) lead climber, climber in lead, leader


french touch

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from French + touch, originally the name of a club night at Le Palace in Paris.

pseudo-loan

French touch (alternative)
French Touch (alternative)

Décomplexant le milieu techno de l'Hexagone par rapport à son modèle britannique, Daft Punk devient le fer de lance de la French Touch, la musique électronique française, qui s'exporte aussi bien que les foulards Hermès et le beaujolais nouveau.

2003, Irène Inchauspé, Rémi Godeau, chapter 13, in Main basse sur la musique, Calmann-Lévy, →ISBN:

(music) style of French house music popular in the 1990s


Gretzky

Borrowed from Belarusian Грэцкі (Hrecki).

bor+

(ice hockey, figuratively) Gretzky; ellipsis of Wayne Gretzky


Andretti

(automotive, motor racing, figurative) Ellipsis of Mario Andretti (“(a) a street racer; (b) a U.S. racecar pilot outside of the U.S.”).


ouvrir la marque

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(sports) to break the deadlock (to score the first goal in a match)


poivre de Cayenne

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From poivre (“pepper”) and Old Tupi quiínia (“hot pepper”), the place name Cayenne in French Guiana probably deriving from the plant rather than vice versa.


tour de Babel

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Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל.

der

מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל

Biblical Hebrew מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל


entrer en scène

/ɑ̃.tʁe.ʁ‿ɑ̃ sɛn/

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(theater) to come on (to appear on a stage)


zeuhl

Coined by French musician Christian Vander, who claimed it meant "celestial" in his constructed language Kobaïan.

coin

(music) zeuhl (subgenre of progressive rock)


donner le change

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(hunting, of game) to set a hunter on the wrong track (to escape by directing the hunter's attention to another animal)


bouqueté

fr-adj

bouqueté (feminine bouquetée, masculine plural bouquetés, feminine plural bouquetées)

bouquetée (feminine)
bouquetés (masculine plural)
bouquetées (feminine plural)


VTC

Coordinate term: VTT

(cycling) Initialism of Vélo Tout Chemin (“trekking bike”).


cribleur

fr-noun

cribleur m (plural cribleurs, feminine cribleuse)

(agriculture, mining) a worker who sifts (grains, minerals, coal) to remove rocks or other unwanted materials; sifter


unité de lieu

(theater, literature) unity of place (the principle, in classical theater, that the entirety of a play should take place in only one setting)


unité de temps

unité de temps f (countable and uncountable, plural unités de temps)

(theater, literature, uncountable) unity of time (classical unity that states that the action of a play should take place over no more than 24 hours)


travaux des champs

(agriculture) fieldwork (work done out in the fields)


note d'agrément

note d'agrément f (plural notes d'agrément)

(music) grace note (musical note played to ornament the melody)


poquet

From poquer or poque, a Picarde form of poche.

(agriculture) a little hole in which one sows seeds


faire ses gammes

(music) to play one's scales, to do one's scales


meulon

Diminutive of meule, from Old French meulon.

(agriculture, obsolete) a small stack of clover, alfalfa, hay, which is made after having left the windrows to dry and before preparing large haystacks or baleing


canonicat

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin canonicatus.

(religion) the office of a canon; canonry


Midol

(France, journalism, sports, informal) the newspaper Midi Olympique


Ovalie

(France, sports) Southwestern France (where rugby is very popular)


chausson marseillais

(sports) a martial art originating from Marseille


bonsaïfiable

Ses longs rameaux souples font du genévrier de [C]hine une plante bonsaïfiable qui peut également être planté[e] en massif ou en bac afin d'embellir votre terrasse. https://www.amazon.fr/Gen%C3%A9vrier-Chine-Blue-Alps-Art-Garden/dp/B07K46WZF4

(horticulture, colloquial) that can be treated to become a bonsai


prendre sa revanche

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(sports) to settle the score, to even the score, to get even [with sur ‘with someone’]


sabre au clair

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Compare Russian са́бли на́голо (sábli nágolo).

cog

са́бли на́голо

(fencing) with sword drawn (with the sword out of its sheath)


beurre noir

(cooking) melted butter that is cooked over low heat until the milk solids turn a very dark brown, black butter


écheniller

(agriculture) to clear vegetation of caterpillars


au grand galop

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parousie

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía).

bor+

(theology) parousia (second coming of Christ)


abat-foin

fr-noun

abat-foin m (plural abat-foins or abat-foin)

(agriculture) trapdoor in the loft of a barn, used for throwing down hay


note sensible

note sensible f (plural notes sensibles)


mousse du chat

mousse du chat f (plural mousses du chat)

(cooking) a kind of chocolate mousse decorated with cat's tongues


Molière

Alternative form: molière

Le comédien reprend, à compter du 21 juin au théâtre Marigny à Paris, son seul en scène « Un soir de gala », qui lui a valu un Molière de l’humour.

2022 June 16, Clément Ghys, “Vincent Dedienne : « On se sent bien quand on fait rire les gens »”, in Le Monde.fr:

(theater, France) A Molière award, the highest honour for theater productions in France.


bien cuit

fr-adj

bien cuit (feminine bien cuite, masculine plural bien cuits, feminine plural bien cuites)

bien cuite (feminine)
bien cuits (masculine plural)
bien cuites (feminine plural)


grand pontife

fr-noun

grand pontife m (plural grands pontifes)

(Ancient Rome, religion) pontifex maximus


grand prêtre

grands prêtres (plural)
grand-prêtre (alternative)

/ɡʁɑ̃ pʁɛtʁ/

(religion) high priest (clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest)


ballon-panier

ballon-panier m (plural ballons-panier or ballons-paniers)

ballons-panier (plural)
ballons-paniers (plural)

From ballon (“ball”) + panier (“basket”).

(basketball, North America, dated) basketball


ballon-volant

From ballon (“ball”) + volant (“flying”).

(volleyball, North America, dated, proscribed) volleyball


maître d'armes

maître d'armes m (plural maîtres d'armes)

(fencing) fencing master, fencing instructor


casuistique

desctree

→ Dutch: casuïstiek
→ Indonesian: kasuistik

(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)


XE

(motor racing) Abbreviation of Extrême E.


jardin d'Éden

fr-noun

jardin d'Éden m (usually uncountable, plural jardins d'Éden)


pamé

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pamé.

(heraldry) having its mouth open (of an exhausted or gasping fish, lifeless dolphin, elderly eagle, etc)


donner le la

Literally, “to give the A” (the musical note). Compare Italian dare il la.


mâle alpha

Coordinate term: mâle bêta

(seduction community, figuratively) alpha male (dominant, assertive, protective, oftentimes successful, leadership-type man or male)


peine-à-jouir

peine-à-jouir m or f by sense (plural peine-à-jouir)

From the phrase peiner à jouir, "to have a hard time cumming".

(sex, informal) person who has trouble reaching orgasm, person suffering from anorgasmia


ligne d'eau

(swimming) lane, swim lane (lengthwise division of a swimming pool or other swimming arena)


en garde ! prêts ? allez !

Translingual: en garde, prêt, aller

English: en garde

en garde !: get in defensive position

prêts ?: are you ready? (Êtes-vous prêts ?)

allez !: go, start (Allez-y !)

(fencing) A three-command start when fencing:


profondeur de champ

profondeur de champ f (plural profondeurs de champ)

/pʁɔ.fɔ̃.dœʁ də ʃɑ̃/

(cinematography, photography) depth of field


nonnette

(cooking) type of gingerbread with aniseed


plan-séquence

plan-séquence m (plural plans-séquences)


cor d'harmonie

cor d'harmonie m (plural cors d'harmonie)

combination of cor (“horn”) + de (“of”) + harmonie (“harmony”).


pigache

→ English: pigache

Latin: pigacia, pigatia

C'est un pigache, mossieu le Comte: la pince de droite est plus longue que l’autre, et recourbée!

1978, Henri Vincenot, La Billebaude, page 47:

(hunting) hoofprint of a wild boar longer on one side than the other


vélo stationnaire

vélo stationnaire f (plural vélos stationnaires)

(exercise) exercise bicycle, exercise bike, stationary bicycle, stationary bike


prendre le mors aux dents

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Literally, “to take the bit to the teeth”.


plan américain

fr-noun

plan américain m (plural plans américains)

Composed of plan + américain, which refers to the typical shots from American films from the 1910's to 1940's.

(photography, film) a shot in which a character or a group is framed from the mid thigh up


travailler au corps

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(transitive, martial arts) to beat up (to assault with repeated blows)


empenner

empenner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
empennant (gerund participle present)
empennant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
empenné (participle past)
empenné (participle past)
empenne (first-person indicative present singular)
empennes (indicative present second-person singular)
empenne (indicative present singular third-person)
empennons (first-person indicative plural present)
empennons (first-person indicative plural present)
empennez (indicative plural present second-person)
empennez (indicative plural present second-person)
empennent (indicative plural present third-person)
empennais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
empennais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
empennais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
empennais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
empennait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
empennait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
empennions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
empennions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
empenniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
empenniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
empennaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
empennaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
empennai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
empennai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
empennas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
empennas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
empenna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
empenna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
empennâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
empennâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
empennâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
empennâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
empennèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
empennèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
empennerai (first-person future indicative singular)
empenneras (future indicative second-person singular)
empennera (future indicative singular third-person)
empennerons (first-person future indicative plural)
empennerez (future indicative plural second-person)
empenneront (future indicative plural third-person)
empennerais (conditional first-person singular)
empennerais (conditional second-person singular)
empennerait (conditional singular third-person)
empennerions (conditional first-person plural)
empennerions (conditional first-person plural)
empenneriez (conditional plural second-person)
empenneriez (conditional plural second-person)
empenneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
empenne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
empennes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
empenne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
empennions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
empennions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
empenniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
empenniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
empennent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
empennasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
empennasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
empennasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
empennasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
empennât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
empennât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
empennassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
empennassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
empennassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
empennassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
empennassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
empennassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
empenne (imperative second-person singular)
empennons (first-person imperative plural)
empennons (first-person imperative plural)
empennez (imperative plural second-person)
empennez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, archery) to fletch (to attach feathers to an arrow)


empenne

(archery) fletching (feathers on the tail end an arrow)


sprint assis

para cross country skiing
para cross country skiing

(skiing) a race in a class of para cross country skiing, a type of sprint


demi-longueur

First attested in the 19th century. demi- + longueur.


seizième de finale

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(sports, soccer) round of 32, round of thirty two, last 32, (nonstandard) thirty second final (the round before the round of 16)


huitième de finale

(sports, soccer) round of 16, round of sixteen, last 16, last sixteen (the round before the quarterfinal)


monter au filet

(tennis) to go up to the net, to move close to the net


sauce divine

(cooking) mousseline sauce with reduced sherry added to the whipped cream


sauce bavaroise

Hollandaise sauce
hollandaise sauce#English

(cooking) Hollandaise sauce with cream, horseradish, and thyme


sauce paloise

(cooking) Béarnaise sauce made with mint instead of tarragon


premier poteau

premier poteau m (plural premiers poteaux)

Coordinate term: deuxième poteau


faire pénitence

(religion) to do penance, to expiate one's sins, to admit one's faults, to acknowledge one's faults


cantauteur

cantauteur m (plural cantauteurs, feminine cantautrice)

cantauteurs (plural)
cantautrice (feminine)


unité d'action

(theater, literature) unity of action (the rule, in classical theater, according to which a play should have one action that it follows, with minimal subplots)


grand-angle

(cinematography, photography) wide-angle lens


YSL

(fashion) Initialism of Yves Saint-Laurent.

Yves Saint-Laurent a French fashion designer

Yves Saint Laurent, a French fashion house.


all-dressed

Unadapted borrowing from English all-dressed. From French toute garnie

unadapted borrowing

(Canada, cooking) all-dressed; Synonym of toute garnie


fleur de coin

brilliant uncirculated
brilliant uncirculated

(numismatics, of a coin) brilliant uncirculated, mint (in mint condition, in an absolutely pristine state)


sous-dominante

fr-noun

sous-dominante f (plural sous-dominantes)


marche funèbre

marche funèbre f (plural marches funèbres)

(music) funeral march, dead march (mournful, deliberately-paced musical work suitable for a funeral or remembrance ceremony)


faluner

faluner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
falunant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
faluné (participle past)
falune (first-person indicative present singular)
falunes (indicative present second-person singular)
falune (indicative present singular third-person)
falunons (first-person indicative plural present)
falunez (indicative plural present second-person)
falunent (indicative plural present third-person)
falunais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
falunais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
falunait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
falunions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
faluniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
falunaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
falunai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
falunas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
faluna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
falunâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
falunâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
falunèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
falunerai (first-person future indicative singular)
faluneras (future indicative second-person singular)
falunera (future indicative singular third-person)
falunerons (first-person future indicative plural)
falunerez (future indicative plural second-person)
faluneront (future indicative plural third-person)
falunerais (conditional first-person singular)
falunerais (conditional second-person singular)
falunerait (conditional singular third-person)
falunerions (conditional first-person plural)
faluneriez (conditional plural second-person)
faluneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
falune (first-person present singular subjunctive)
falunes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
falune (present singular subjunctive third-person)
falunions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
faluniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
falunent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
falunasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
falunasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
falunât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
falunassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
falunassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
falunassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
falune (imperative second-person singular)
falunons (first-person imperative plural)
falunez (imperative plural second-person)

(agriculture) To add falun to land, in order to improve its quality


FSBK

English: FSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Championnat de France de Superbike (“Superbike Championship of France”).


SBK

Borrowed from English SBK, from superbike.


ferré à glace

fr-adj

ferré à glace (feminine ferrée à glace, masculine plural ferrés à glace, feminine plural ferrées à glace)

ferrée à glace (feminine)
ferrés à glace (masculine plural)
ferrées à glace (feminine plural)

(equestrianism, of a horse) equipped with spiked horseshoes so as to be able to walk on ice


maître de chapelle

fr-noun

maître de chapelle f (plural maîtres de chapelle)

(music) chapelmaster (director of music in a chapel)


tour du silence

tour du silence f (plural tours du silence)

→ English: tower of silence (calque)

(Zoroastrianism) tower of silence (low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds)


instrument à cordes pincées

instrument à cordes pincées m (plural instruments à cordes pincées)

plucked string instrument
plucked string instrument


instrument à cordes frottées

instrument à cordes frottées m (plural instruments à cordes frottées)

bowed string instrument
bowed string instrument


instrument à cordes frappées

instrument à cordes frappées m (plural instruments à cordes frappées)

struck string instrument
struck string instrument


contrapuntique

(music, relational) counterpoint, contrapuntal


photobombeur

photobombeur m (plural photobombeurs, feminine photobombeuse)

photobombeurs (plural)
photobombeuse (feminine)

Borrowed from English photobombing or English photobomber.


passement de jambe

passement de jambe m (plural passements de jambe)

(soccer) step over, pedalada (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)


tourage

Pour l’égalité de répartition du beurre dans la détrempe, le tourage doit être fait géométriquement.

1903, Auguste Escoffier, Le guide culinaire, Émile Colin et Cie:

For the even distribution of the butter in the detrempe, the rolling must be done geometrically.

(cooking) the process of rolling during lamination in the production of puff pastry or croissant dough


avoir charge d'âme

(ecclesiastical) to have the task of leading people spiritually, to be a shepherd


à la française

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From à la (“in the manner of; the style of”) française (“French”).

service à la française
service à la française

(cooking) service à la française, buffet (in which each guest compiles their own menu from a selection of dishes)


jardin à la française

jardin à la française m (plural jardins à la française)

From jardin (“garden”) + à la française (“French-style”).

(horticulture) French formal garden; formal garden


robe à la française

robe à la française f (plural robes à la française)

From robe (“dress, gown”) + à la française (“French-style”).

(fashion) sack-back/sack-back gown, sacque, Watteau gown


péno

Clipping of pénalty + -o, from English penalty.


arbitrage vidéo

Sur une défense grossière dans le dos de Mount, Hernandez offrait une nouvelle munition, après arbitrage vidéo, à Kane sur penalty…

10 December 2022, “Angleterre-France : le king Giroud délivre des Bleus qui filent en demi-finale de la Coupe du monde”, in Le Figaro:


PADS

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


céleri rémoulade

céleri rémoulade
céleri rémoulade#English


From FFF (“Fédération Française de Football”).

2021 March 13, “Noel Le Graet reconduit à la tête de la 3F.”, in FFF:

Le patron de la « 3F » a ajouté qu’il n’aurait « même pas pris » Zidane au téléphone, si celui-ci avait essayé de le joindre, parce qu’il était hors de question de penser à un autre technicien que Didier Deschamps.

2023 January 8, François Tesson, “« On ne manque pas de respect à la légende », Mbappé reprend Le Graët de volée”, in Sports:

The boss of the French Football Federation added that he "wouldn't even have answered" Zidane's call if he had tried to reach him, because it was out of the question to consider another coach than Didier Deschamps.

Le président de la Fédération française de football Noël Le Graët peut se frotter les mains : l’équipe de France est encore la poule aux œufs d’or de la « 3F », avec cette deuxième finale en quatre ans.

2022 December 18, “Coupe du monde. Combien vont gagner les Bleus avec cette finale ?”, in Ouest-France:

The president of the French Football Federation, Noël Le Graët, is probably rubbing his hands with glee: the French national team is once again the golden goose of the FFF, having reached their second final in four years.

Mais d'avoir le choix des grands clubs, c'est quand même exceptionnel à son âge", a encore déclaré le président de la '3F'.

2017 June 24, “TRANSFERTS - NOËL LE GRAËT (FFF) AIMERAIT QUE KYLIAN MBAPPÉ (MONACO) "RESTE EN FRANCE"”, in Eurosport:

"But to be able to choose between the great clubs, it's still exceptional at his age," declared once again the president of the French Football Federation.

Fédération Française de Football
w:French Football Federation

(soccer) Initialism of Fédération Française de Football, the governing body of football (soccer) in France


pontuseau

(papermaking) a transverse rod (generally copper) which supports vergeures in moulds used to manufacture paper by hand.


Toison d'or

(Greek mythology, heraldry) Golden Fleece


œufs à la neige

(cooking) floating island (dessert with beaten egg white)


lever de rideau

lever de rideau m (plural levers de rideau)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Tamahashi-lever de rideau.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-lever de rideau.wav


instrument de percussion

instrument de percussion m (plural instruments de percussion)

percussion instrument
percussion instrument


instrument à percussion

instrument à percussion m (plural instruments à percussion)

instrument de percussion
instrument de percussion#French

(music) Alternative form of instrument de percussion (“percussion instrument”)


part des anges

part des anges f (plural parts des anges)


ASN

English: ASN

(sports) ASN (“national sporting authority”): Abbreviation of autorité sportive nationale.


flûte octaviante

flûte octaviante f (plural flûtes octaviantes)


bleausard

bleausard m (plural bleausards, feminine bleausarde)

bleausards (plural)
bleausarde (feminine)

(climbing) A climber in the forest of Fontainebleau.


boëtte

Borrowed from Breton boued, from Middle Breton boet, from Old Breton boit-ol-ion, from Proto-Brythonic *buɨd, from Proto-Celtic *beitom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.


plantoir

(horticulture) dib, dibber, dibble, dibbler (pointed implement)


piste verte

(skiing) beginner slope (a ski slope for inexperienced skiers, who may not have skied before)


ftour

From Maghrebi Arabic فْطُور (fṭūr, “iftar”).

La télévision est également une bonne source d'information car elle diffuse à la fois les heures de prière et celle du ftour, repas marquant la rupture du jeûne. Le ftour est un repas léger.

2018, Maroc : Le petit guide des usages et coutumes, Hachette Tourisme, →ISBN:

Television is also a good source of information because it broadcasts both prayer times and the time of iftar, the meal that marks the breaking of the fast. Iftar is a light meal.

(Islam) iftar (evening meal during Ramadan)


lancer du marteau

(athletics) hammer throw (athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire to a handle)


mener le jeu

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-mener le jeu.wav

(sports) to have the lead, to hold the lead


lancer du javelot

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-lancer du javelot.wav


guivre

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

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


passage de témoin

passage de témoin m (plural passages de témoin)


papelonné

fr-adj

papelonné (feminine papelonnée, masculine plural papelonnés, feminine plural papelonnées)

papelonnée (feminine)
papelonnés (masculine plural)
papelonnées (feminine plural)
papillonné (alternative rare)

→ English: papelonné

From Old French papelloné, papeilloné, from an archaic parallel form to papillon (“butterfly”).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:papelonné.


éviré

(heraldry) emasculated; not pizzled, lacking its pizzle


à la jardinière

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-à la jardinière.wav


balle molle

fr-noun

balle molle f (countable and uncountable, plural balles molles)

balles molles (plural)
balle-molle (alternative)

balle+molle Literally, “soft ball”. Calque of English softball, from soft+ball.

(sports) softball (“sport”): a variant of baseball

(sports) softball (“ball”): ball used in the sport of softball


balle de molle

balle de molle f (countable and uncountable, plural balles de molle)

balle+molle Literally, “soft ball” Calque of English softball, from soft+ball


Dieu le Saint-Esprit

(Christianity theology) God the Holy Ghost


point de prolongation

point de prolongation m (plural points de prolongation)

(music) augmentation dot, dot of augmentation


quart de soupir

quart de soupir m (plural quarts de soupir)


à cœur

cuire à cœur

cuit à cœur

cuisson à cœur

thorough cooking; how cooked (something) is in the middle

température à cœur

(cooking) to the core, all the way through, thoroughly; in the core


crône

(fishing) area with dense vegetation where fish retreat


vertu cardinale

vertu cardinale f (plural vertus cardinales)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Mathieu Kappler-vertu cardinale.wav

(Christianity, theology) cardinal virtue


colonne d'eau

(diving) water column (zone in which ascent and descent occur)


Guignol

Guignol m (countable and uncountable, plural Guignols)

Originated in Lyon, from guigner (“to wink”) + -ol; also the name of the main character.

Gendarme et Guignol.

(theater) the name of a puppet character


transpositeur

fr-adj

transpositeur (feminine transpositrice, masculine plural transpositeurs, feminine plural transpositrices)

transpositrice (feminine)
transpositeurs (masculine plural)
transpositrices (feminine plural)

un instrument transpositeur


tierce picarde

fr-noun

tierce picarde f (plural tierces picardes)

(music) Picardy third (a major third in the final tonic chord of a minor-key passage)


sixte napolitaine

sixte napolitaine f (plural sixtes napolitaines)


Cinquième Monde

le Cinquième Monde (canonical masculine)

(Navajo religion) Fifth World (the present world)


barre de reprise

barre de reprise f (plural barres de reprise)


double dièse

doubles dièses (plural)
double-dièse (alternative)

Coordinate term: double bémol

(music) double sharp (accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step higher)


double bémol

doubles bémols (plural)
double-bémol (alternative)

Coordinate term: double dièse

(music) double flat (accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step lower)


port de voix

(music, singing) portamento (smooth, gliding transition from one note to another)


note de passage

note de passage f (plural notes de passage)


temps fort

Belgique

Coordinate term: temps faible

(music) downbeat (accented beat at the beginning of a bar)


temps faible

Coordinate term: temps fort


polyrythme

(music) polyrhythm (the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter)


quarte augmentée

quarte augmentée f (plural quartes augmentées)

Near-synonyms: triton, quinte diminuée


cycle des quintes

cycle des quintes m (plural cycles des quintes)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cycle des quintes.wav


bredele

bredeles (plural)
braedele (alternative)
bredala (alternative)
bredle (alternative)

Borrowed from Alemannic German bredele, diminutive of brot (“bread”).

att

French Wikipedia seemed to imply the original word in Low Allemannic was "bredele". Is this right?

(cooking) bredele (a biscuit or small cake traditionally eaten in the Christmas period in Alsace and Moselle, France)


dictée musicale

fr-noun

dictée musicale f (plural dictées musicales)

(music) ear training exercise that consists in transcribing what one hears (melody, harmony, rhythm) in music notation


engrelé

fr-adj

engrelé (feminine engrelée, masculine plural engrelés, feminine plural engrelées)

engrelée (feminine)
engrelés (masculine plural)
engrelées (feminine plural)


monter en neige

monter des blancs d'œuf en neige

to beat eggwhites, to whip eggwhites, to whisk eggwhites

(cooking, transitive) to beat until stiff


premier rôle

Coordinate term: second rôle


à la Du Barry

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-à la Du Barry.wav

Named after Madame du Barry (1743–1793).

Du Barry (alternative)
Dubarry (alternative)

(cooking, of a dish) served with cauliflower


saint des saints

(religion) inner sanctum, Holy of Holies (most sacred place within a sacred building)


que la paix soit sur lui

Calque of Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu, “peace be upon him”).

calque

عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ


que paix soit sur elle

Calque of Arabic عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhā s-salāmu, “peace be upon her”).

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ

que la paix soit sur elle
que la paix soit sur elle#French

(Islam, rare) Alternative form of que la paix soit sur elle.


que la paix soit sur elle

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


que paix soit sur lui

عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ

que la paix soit sur lui
que la paix soit sur lui#French

(Islam) Alternative form of que la paix soit sur lui.


gode-ceinture

fr-noun

gode-ceinture m (plural godes-ceintures)


flamme olympique

flamme olympique f (plural flammes olympiques)


sermenteux

(obsolete, religion, slang) Synonym of prêtre jureur


tenir la corde

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tenir la corde.wav

(equestrianism) to be in the inside lane, to stay in the inside lane


basse-courier

basse-courier m (plural basse-couriers, feminine basse-courière)

basse-couriers (plural)
basse-courière (feminine)

(dated, agriculture) Someone responsible for the poultry in a farm


quinze-A

Widely believed to be from ellipsis of quinze à quinze (“fifteen-fifteen”).

quinze-a (alternative)
quinze-à (alternative)
quinze à (alternative)


trente-A

trente-a (alternative)
trente-à (alternative)
trente à (alternative)


quarante-A

quarante-a (alternative)
quarante-à (alternative)
quarante à (alternative)


chassé-croisé

chassé-croisé m (plural chassés-croisés)


seul en scène

(chiefly theater) one-man show, solo performance


mâchon

(Lyon, cooking) a traditional breakfast meal of cuts of pork offal, characteristic of Lyon.


note étrangère

note étrangère f (plural notes étrangères)


second rôle

Coordinate term: premier rôle


sapèque

From Malay sa (“one”) + paku (“thread of one hundred pichi coins”). Attested as sapocou and sapacou in the 18th century, then as sapeck in the 19th century. Cognate with Portuguese sapeca.

(numismatics, historical) cash (historical coin and monetary unit used in Indochina and China)


corps de doctrine

corps de doctrine m (plural corps de doctrine)


axe de pédalier

axe de pédalier m (plural axes de pédalier)


quarte diminuée

quarte diminuée f (plural quartes diminuées)

Near-synonyms: triton, quinte diminuée


quinte diminuée

quinte diminuée f (plural quintes diminuées)

Near-synonyms: triton, quarte augmentée


chant grégorien

chant grégorien m (plural chants grégoriens)

/ʃɑ̃ ɡʁe.ɡɔ.ʁjɛ̃/


choix défensif

choix défensif m (plural choix défensifs)


arbitre de touche

arbitre de touche m or f (plural arbitres de touche)


ballon de rugby

ballon de rugby m or f (plural ballons de rugby)


ligne de touche

ligne de touche f (plural lignes de touche)


troisième ligne

troisième ligne m or f (plural troisièmes lignes)


deuxième ligne

deuxième ligne f (plural deuxièmes lignes)


placage en cathédrale

placage en cathédrale m (plural placages en cathédrale)


feuille de match

feuille de match f (plural feuilles de match)


passe après contact

passe après contact f (plural passes après contact)


peccamineux

fr-adj

peccamineux (feminine peccamineuse, masculine plural peccamineux, feminine plural peccamineuses)

peccamineuse (feminine)
peccamineux (masculine plural)
peccamineuses (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin peccaminōsus. By surface analysis, Latin peccāmen (“sin”) + -eux.

surface analysis

Near-synonyms: coupable, répréhensible


ça mord

Alors, ça mord ?

Chut ! Ça mord !

Je crois que ça mord, Suzel, disait Frantz, sans aucunement lever les yeux sur la jeune fille.

1833, Bureaux de l'administration, Musée des familles, page 99:

"I think that something's biting, Suzel," said Frantz, without actually raising his eyes to the young girl.

(fishing) something is biting; is something biting?


coup de langue

fr-noun

coup de langue m (plural coups de langue)

(music) a way of separating a note while playing a woodwind instrument


béné

clipping of oeuf à la bénédictine / œuf bénédictine From English eggs Benedict

clipping of

(food) bene/benny: eggs benedict; a food, an egg dish


masselotte

(cycling) nipple (end of the brake cable that fits into the brake lever)


greffe des charlatans

fr-noun

greffe des charlatans f (plural greffes des charlatans)

(horticulture) A fraudulent apparent graft, the scion being passed through a hole bored in the stock.


cueille-essaim

cueille-essaim m (plural cueille-essaims)

S'il est fixe en hauteur, utilisez un cueille-essaim. S'il est sur une branche basse, une ruchette l'affaire.

2003, chapter VI, in Le Traité Rustica de l'Apiculture, Éditions Rustica, page 298:

If it is stuck high up, use a swarm-catcher net. If it is on a low branch, a starter colony will do the trick.

(beekeeping, fishing) a canvas net with a long handle and closeable aperture for catching schools of small fish or bees


sténopé

From Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow”) and ὀπή (opḗ, “hole”).


dévers

First attested in the end of the 17ᵗʰ century; deverbal from déverser.

l’escaladeur n’avait pas assez de mou pour le dévers

the mountain climber didn't have enough slack for the overhang


mousseur

(cooking) a tool or accessory used to froth milk and other liquids


orchestre de chambre

orchestre de chambre m (plural orchestres de chambre)


abrivado

abrivados (plural)
abrivade (alternative)

Borrowed from Occitan abrivado (literally “haste, impulsiveness”), from abrivar (“to hasten”).

bor+

De nombreux amateurs de Bouvine désiraient voir des taureaux dans les rues de Nîmes. Mais Nîmes n'est pas Le Cailar et certains des membres du comité jugeaient risquée une « abrivado » sur nos boulevards.

1987, Jean Lauret, René Ravel, Les débuts de la Feria de Nîmes, FeniXX, →ISBN:

(Meridional, bullfighting) a type of bull run in Provence or Occitania


course camarguaise

fr-noun

course camarguaise f (plural courses camarguaises)

Typically held with bulls from the Camargue region.

(Meridional, bullfighting) spectacle in which a participant (raseteur) tries to snatch various objects (typically a cocarde) from the head of a young bull


raseteur

course camarguaise
course camarguaise#French

(Meridional, bullfighting) participant in a course camarguaise


baguette de direction

baguette de direction f (plural baguettes de direction)


baguette de batterie

baguette de batterie f (plural baguettes de batterie)


culottage

(cooking) seasoning, adding a fat layer to cookware


mimèse

mimèses (plural)
mimesis (alternative)
mimèsis (alternative)
mimésis (alternative)

From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis, “imitation”), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”).

uder

Maniérisme de l’esprit qui exige en effet, en tant que mimèse de la pensée, beaucoup de minutie et d’ingéniosité...

1995, René Lapierre, Ecrire l'Amérique, Les Herbes Rouges, page 110:

A mannerism of mind that truly requires, as a mimesis of thought, an abundance of fastidiousness and ingenuity...

(art, drama, literature) the act or philosophy of representing reality in artistic works; mimesis