lente

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lenditem, alteration of Late Latin lendinem, itself an alteration of Classical Latin lendem.


pistil

→ English: pistil

→ Romanian: pistil

Borrowed from Latin pistillum. Compare Old French pestel.

Coordinate term: étamine


chromosome

19th century: chromo- + -some, from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”) (because they are stained under the microscope).


bouton

Antillean Creole: bouton

→ Bulgarian: бутон (buton)

→ English: bouton

→ Khmer: ប៊ូតុង (buutong)

→ Malagasy: bokotra

→ Romanian: buton

→ Russian: бутон (buton)

→ Turkish: buton

Inherited from Middle French bouton, boton, from Old French bouton, boton (“button, bud”), from Vulgar Latin *bautōnem, accusative of bautō, from Frankish *bautō (“that which pushes up, bump, knob”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat, push”). By surface analysis, bouter + -on. Cognate with Old High German bōzo (“bundle, flaxbundle”), Old Saxon bōto (“bunch or bundle of flaxs”). Compare Italian bottone, Spanish botón, which are borrowings of the French word.


race

desctree

→ German: Rasse
→ Czech: rasa
→ Polish: rasa
→ Serbo-Croatian: rasa
→ Slovene: rasa

→ Romanian: rasă

As Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from ca. 1480,
spelling Middle French race recorded in 1549, from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).


microbe

→ Persian: میکروب (mikrob)

→ Romanian: microb

→ Turkish: mikrop

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).


pomme

Inherited from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, pume, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”). Compare English pome.

inh

pomme épineuse

(botany) the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce


fleur

Haitian Creole: flè

Inherited from Old French flur, flour, flor, from Latin flōrem (“flower; the finest part of something”), from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”). In some senses, from Middle French fleur (“surface, upper side, top layer”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flōraz (“floor”).

inh

Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs.

Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs.

(botany) flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants")


accrescent

fr-adj

accrescent (feminine accrescente, masculine plural accrescents, feminine plural accrescentes)

accrescente (feminine)
accrescents (masculine plural)
accrescentes (feminine plural)


sole

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea.


ADN

La police a recours à l'analyse ADN pour identifier les criminels.

Police resort to DNA analysis in order to identify criminals.

acide désoxyribonucléique
acide désoxyribonucléique#French

(biology, genetics) Initialism of acide désoxyribonucléique (“DNA”).


lion

Haitian Creole: lyon

Mauritian Creole: lyon

Seychellois Creole: lyon

Inherited from Old French lion, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin leōnem, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).


barbe

Inherited from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe, from Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).

La besogne des bœufs terminée, vinrent des serviteurs qui, armés d’écopes de bois, élevaient le blé en l’air et le laissaient retomber pour le séparer des pailles, des barbes et des cosses.

1858, Théophile Gautier, Le Roman de la momie:

The work of the oxen finished, servants came who, armed with wooden scoops, lifted the wheat into the air and let it fall back to separate the straw, the barbs, and the seed pods.


panic

(botany) cockspur grass, panic, panicgrass


enzyme

From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).


limousine

→ Dutch: limousine

→ English: limousine

→ German: Limousine

→ Portuguese: limusine

→ Russian: лимузи́н (limuzín) (see there for further descendants)

→ Turkish: limuzin

From the name of the former French region Limousin, from Limoges. The naming of the car is sometimes attributed to Limoges-born engineer Charles Jeantaud.


œuf

→ English: oeuf

⇒? English: love (“score of zero”)

Haitian Creole: ze

→ Limburgish: äöf

Inherited from Middle French œuf, from Old French oef, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Compare Occitan uòu.

mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier

on ne fait pas d’omelette sans casser des œufs


casque

→ Bulgarian: ка́ска (káska)

→ English: casque

→ Romanian: cască

→ Russian: ка́ска (káska)

→ Turkish: kask

→ Ukrainian: ка́ска (káska)


style

→ Czech: styl

→ Italian: stile

→ Polish: styl

→ Romanian: stil

→ Serbo-Croatian: stȉl

→ Turkish: stil

Inherited from Middle French stile, from Old French estile, borrowed from Latin stilus.


-on

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ον (-on), neuter of -ος (-os), masculine adjective ending.


rampant

fr-adj

rampant (feminine rampante, masculine plural rampants, feminine plural rampantes)

rampante (feminine)
rampants (masculine plural)
rampantes (feminine plural)

(botany) extending over the ground rather than climbing upward


genre

→ Bulgarian: жанр (žanr)

→ Dalmatian: genro

→ Danish: genre

→ Dutch: genre

→ English: genre

→ Finnish: genre

→ Franco-Provençal: janro

→ German: Genre

→ Macedonian: жанр (žanr)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: genre, sjanger

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: genre, sjanger

→ Persian: ژانر (žânr)

desctree

→ Russian: жанр (žanr)
→ Armenian: ժանր (žanr)
→ Estonian: žanr
→ Kazakh: жанр (janr)
→ Latvian: žanrs
→ Lithuanian: žanras
→ Turkmen: žanr
→ Uyghur: ژانىر (zhanir)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: жа̏нр

Latin script: žȁnr

→ Swedish: genre

→ Ukrainian: жанр (žanr)

From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Sense 6 is a semantic loan from English gender.

semantic loan

Toute espèce vivante ou ayant vécu est rattachée à un genre, selon la nomenclature binominale introduite par Carl von Linné.
Any living or extinct species has a genus, according to the binomial nomenclature introduced by Carl von Linné.


lobe

Inherited from Middle French, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós).

lobe de l’oreille


jalousie

Amaranthus tricolor
Amaranthus tricolor#Translingual

(botany) edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)

Dianthus barbatus
Dianthus barbatus#Translingual

(botany) sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)


pivot

Inherited from Old French pivot, of uncertain origin. Compare Catalan piu (“pivot”), Spanish púa (“sharp point, spike”).


loupe

→ Catalan: lupa

→ Danish: lup

→ Dutch: loep
→ Indonesian: lup

→ English: loupe

→ Finnish: luppi

desctree

→ German: Lupe
Japanese: ルーペ (rūpe)
Korean: 루페 (rupe)

→ Luxembourgish: Lupp

→ Polish: lupa

→ Portuguese: lupa

→ Romanian: lupă

→ Russian: лу́па (lúpa)

→ Spanish: lupa
→ Basque: lupa

→ Swedish: lupp

→ Vietnamese: kính lúp

From Middle French, from Old French loupe (“sapphire lens, imperfect gem, mass of hot metal”), from Frankish *luppa (“something pendulous”), from Proto-Germanic *lubbǭ (“that which hangs or dangles”), *lub- (“to peel, hang”), from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, skin”). Cognate with Dutch dialectal (Meuse-Rhenish) luppe (“piece”); Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lobbe (“dangling part”); Saterland Frisian lobbe (“hanging lump of flesh”); Old English loppe, lobbe (“spider”); Dutch lob (“hanging lip, ruffle or sleeve”). More at lobe.

cog

(botany) burl, a growth on the side of a tree


morphine

From Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús) + -ine.


éphémère

Romanian: efemer

Inherited from Old French effimere, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros).

(biology) existing for only one day; ephemeral


plumage

(ornithology, collective noun) plumage (a bird's feathers, collectively speaking)


organelle

→ Turkish: organel


lactose

fr-noun

lactose m (usually uncountable, plural lactoses)

Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose). See also lait.


pastel

→ English: pastel

→ Danish: pastel

→ Dutch: pastel

→ Indonesian: pastel

→ Romanian: pastel

From Italian pastello (“pastel”), from Medieval Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), from Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, “dough, paste”). Doublet of pastille.


ovule

From Latin ōvum (“egg”) + -ule (diminutive suffix).


surgeon

Inherited from Middle French sourgon, sourjon, from Old French sorjon, sourjon (“source”) (1200s), from a conjugated form of sourdre (see sourjant) + -on, from Latin surgere. The modern spelling dates from 1541.

(botany) shoot (new growth from the trunk of a tree)


plein

fr-adj

plein (feminine pleine, masculine plural pleins, feminine plural pleines)

pleine (feminine)
pleins (masculine plural)
pleines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene.


cafard

fr-noun

cafard m (plural cafards, feminine cafarde)

Francized form of Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).


lunette

→ Portuguese: luneta


pamplemousse

(botany, France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, New Caledonia, Réunion, West Africa) pomelo

Cambodia; Laos; Algeria; Tunisia; Cambodia; Laos; Algeria; Tunisia


régime

→ English: regime, régime

→ German: Regime

→ Ottoman Turkish: رژیم (rejim)

Turkish: rejim

→ Persian: رژیم (režim)

→ Urdu: رژیم (režim)

→ Arabic: رجيم (rejim)

→ Romanian: regim

desctree

→ Russian: режи́м m (režím)
→ Azerbaijani: rejim
→ Kazakh: режим (rejim)

(botany) clump of fruits on the end of a branch (in palms, bananas, etc)


espèce

Borrowed from Latin speciēs. Doublet of épice, an older borrowing.


arachide

→ Czech: arašíd

→ Slovak: arašid

→ Slovene: arašid

From Ancient Greek ἀράχιδνα (arákhidna), diminutive of ἄρακος (árakos).

Arachis hypogaea
Arachis hypogaea#Translingual

(botany) groundnut, peanut, goober (Arachis hypogaea)


vive

(ichthyology) any of certain kind of fish, mostly in the family Trachinidae, but especially the sand tilefish (Malacanthus plumieri) or the Guinean weever (Trachinus armatus) From FishBase


vivace

Borrowed from Latin vīvācem (“lively, vigorous”).

bor+

(botany) perennial (that can live several years)

(botany) cold hardy (that can withstand frost)


manteau

→ English: manteau, mantua

→ Japanese: マント (manto)

→ Korean: 망토 (mangto)

→ Ottoman Turkish: مانتو (manto)

> Turkish: manto (inherited)

→ Persian: مانتو

→ Romanian: manta, mantou

→ Russian: манто (manto)

Inherited from Latin mantellum, diminutive of mantum. Compare Italian mantello.


moule

Inherited from Old French moule, from Vulgar Latin *mŭsclus, from Latin mūsculus. Doublet of muscle.


ordre

→ Danish: ordre

→ Norwegian Bokmål: ordre

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: ordre

Inherited from Old French ordre, ordene, borrowed from Latin ōrdinem (accusative of ōrdo). Doublet of the inherited orne, now a regional term with a specialized agricultural sense.

c’est de l’ordre des siréniens


triplet

(mathematics, biology, architecture) triplet, group of three things


MAO

monoamine oxydase
monoamine oxydase#French

(biochemistry) initialism of monoamine oxydase; monoamine oxidase


triton

Learned borrowing from Latin Trītōn, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn).

triton rugueux


glycine

From Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús) + -ine.


toque

Inherited from Middle French toque, tocque (“toque", also "a type of hairstyle”), in some senses from Spanish toca (“headdress”) and in other senses from Italian tocca, from Lombard toh, from Lombardic *tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth”).


maquis

→ English: maquis

→ Portuguese: maquis

→ Spanish: maquis

From Corsican machja or macchia, from Latin macula (“spot”), with addition of the suffix -is.


chanterelle

→ English: chanterelle

→ Finnish: kantarelli

From the genus name, New Latin Cantharellus, from Latin cantharus (“drinking vessel”).


imago

(entomology) imago (final stage of insect)


macule

Borrowed from Latin macula. Doublet of maille, which was inherited.

(rare and literary or sciences, astronomy, medicine, zoology) stain


thrombocyte

(hematology, cytology) platelet, thrombocyte


coronavirus

Les pays du G7 vont se concerter pour apporter une réponse face au nouveau coronavirus apparu en Chine, a annoncé dimanche le ministre allemand de la santé, dont le pays est le plus touché au sein de l’Union européenne avec 10 personnes contaminées.

2020 February 3, Isabelle Mandraud, “Partout en Europe, la peur du coronavirus s’installe”, in Le Monde:

The G7 countries will work together to respond to the novel coronavirus which has appeared in China, the German health minister announced on Sunday. His country is the most affected in the European Union, with 10 people infected.


plastron

→ Dutch: plastron

→ English: plastron

→ Polish: plastron

→ Romanian: plastron

(zoology) plastron (part of a turtle's shell)

(zoology) breast (front part of certain birds)


cannelure

From Middle French, first attested in 1545 as canneleüre; from canneler (“provide with a channel”), from canne.


coronal

fr-adj

coronal (feminine coronale, masculine plural coronaux, feminine plural coronales)

coronale (feminine)
coronaux (masculine plural)
coronales (feminine plural)

From Latin corōnālis, from corōna (“a crown”).

(anatomy, astronomy, botany, phonetics) coronal


briquet

→ English: briquet

→ Spanish: briquet

→ Romanian: brichetă

LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-briquet.wav

Specialised sense of Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique.


xylophage

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξυλοφάγος (xulophágos), from ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”). By surface analysis, xylo- + -phage.

bor+

(biology, of insects or mushrooms) xylophagous


plumbago

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō. See also plombagine.


famille

Haitian Creole: fanmi

→ Luxembourgish: Famill

Iranian Persian: فامیل (fâmil)

Inherited from Middle French famille, borrowed from Latin familia.


pyridoxine

(biochemistry) pyridoxine (a derivative of pyridine, 4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol, found in fish, liver, cereals and yeast, and essential for the metabolism of amino acids and starch)


arête

Inherited from Old French areste, from Latin arista.

(botany) beard (of rye, barley etc.); awn


aiguille

Inherited from Old French aguille, from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”). Perhaps influenced phonetically by aiguiser. Compare Occitan agulha.

aiguille à tricoter

de fil en aiguille

chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin

talon aiguille


mucopolysaccharide

fr-noun

mucopolysaccharide m (plural mucopolysaccharides)


vandoise

Probably borrowed from Gaulish *wind-ēsyā, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”) + a nominal suffix -ēsyā.


fleuron

Inherited from Old French floron, fleur + -on, architectural sense probably influenced by Italian fiorone.


pluripotent

fr-adj

pluripotent (feminine pluripotente, masculine plural pluripotents, feminine plural pluripotentes)

pluripotente (feminine)
pluripotents (masculine plural)
pluripotentes (feminine plural)


pédé

pédé (feminine pédée, masculine plural pédés, feminine plural pédées)

pédée (feminine)
pédés (masculine plural)
pédées (feminine plural)


dague

→ Romanian: dagă

From Old French (13th century), from either Old Occitan or Italian daga.
The Catholicum Armoricum glosses Breton dac as French dague, Latin pugio, adding ou c'est badelaire (Du Cange).

(zoology) tusk (of wild boar), spike (of deer)


baie

→ Catalan: baia

→ Spanish: baya


cabillaud

Inherited from Old French cabillau, from Middle Dutch cabeliau. Compare Modern Dutch kabeljauw, German Kabeljau.


échasse

Inherited from Middle French eschesse, from Old French eschace (“crutch, stilt”), from Frankish *skakkjā, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną.

(ornithology) One of a number of stilt birds, not always directly corresponding to English stilt


truffe

→ Greek: τρούφα (troúfa)

→ Japanese: トリュフ

→ Romanian: trufă

From Old Occitan trufa, ultimately from Latin tuber.


tabac

des plantations de tabac

(uncountable, botany) tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana)


collet

→ Portuguese: colete

Inherited from Middle French collet. By surface analysis, col + -et.


bateleur

fr-noun

bateleur m (plural bateleurs, feminine bateleuse)


julienne

→ Catalan: juliana

→ English: julienne

→ German: Julienne

→ Spanish: juliana


assemblage

(bioinformatics) sequence assembly (aligning and merging of DNA fragments to reconstruct a sequence)

(bioinformatics) genome assembly (process of reassembling DNA sequences)


carie

(botany) rot (process of a plant becoming rotten)


fouet

desctree

→ Catalan: fuet
→ English: fuet
→ Spanish: fuet

→ Italian: fuetto

→ Portuguese: fuê

From Middle French fouet, diminutive in -et of Old French fou (“beech”), from Latin fagus.
Since the morpheme boundary was no longer felt in Middle French, [u.ɛ] was contracted to [wɛ] and this later developed regularly to [wa] (as it did in oi, oe). The contemporary pronunciation was reinforced by the spelling and the desire to distinguish from foi, foie and fois.


hippocampe

Learned borrowing from Latin hippocampus, from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea-monster”).


légume

English: legume

Borrowed from Latin legūmen (cf. older form lesgum); was once feminine and became masculine by the 17th century. Replaced the Old French leün, which was inherited from the same source. Compare Italian and Portuguese legume, Spanish legumbre.

Le fruit de la vesce est un légume au sens strict.

The seed of vetch is a legume in the strict sense of the word.


aigrette

→ English: aigrette, aigret

From Old Occitan aigreta, diminutive of aigron (“heron”).


enjambement

/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b.mɑ̃/

From enjamber (“to stride; to straddle”) + -ment.


noyau

Backformed from Old French noyaus, plural of noyal, from Late Latin nucālis, from Latin nux.


apode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄποδος (ápodos), genitive of ἄπους (ápous). By surface analysis, a- + -pode.

bor+

Les serpents sont apodes.

Les amphisbènes sont un autre groupe de reptiles apodes.

Amphisbaenia is another group of limbless reptiles.

Les lézards apodes sont des lézards dont les pattes ont totalement ou en partie disparu au cours de l’évolution, au point de ne plus être utilisées lors de la locomotion.

Legless lizards are lizards whose legs have totally or partially disappeared in the course of evolution, to the point where they are no longer used for locomotion.

-pode

monopode/unipode, dipode, tétrapode, etc.

-pède

monopède/unipède, bipède, quadrupède, etc.

(zoology) legless, limbless; apodal, apodous; without limbs, feet, paws, etc.

lacking limbs, (by extension) having highly devolved vestigial limbs (of a lifeform)

De nombreux reptiles ont évolué vers une forme apode.

Many reptiles have evolved into a limbless form.

Le processus évolutif transformant des lézards quadrupèdes en formes apodes se traduit par trois grandes caractéristiques : […]

The evolutionary process which transforms quadrupedal lizards into legless ones is characterized by three major tendencies: […]

Les serpents ont perfectionné plusieurs modes de locomotion apode.
Snakes have perfected several methods of limbless locomotion.

performed or accomplished without use of or need for limbs


carde

→ English: chard

→ Romanian: carda

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cardō, from Latin carduus. Doublet of cardon and chardon.

(botany) cardoon (perennial plant related to the artichoke)


capitule

→ Romanian: capitul

Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapitre.


cultivé

fr-adj

cultivé (feminine cultivée, masculine plural cultivés, feminine plural cultivées)

cultivée (feminine)
cultivés (masculine plural)
cultivées (feminine plural)


charme

Inherited from Old French, from Latin carpinus, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

(botany) Trees of genus Carpinus (hornbeam), of the Betulaceae family


fenouil

Inherited from Old French fenoil, from Vulgar Latin *fenuclum, syncopated form of Late Latin fēnuculum, a diminutive of Latin fēnum.


autosome

→ Romanian: autozom


spathe

Borrowed from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of épée, which was inherited.


ers

From Middle French ers (16th c.), from Occitan èrs, from Latin ervum (“vetch”).

Vicia ervilia
Vicia ervilia#Translingual

(botany) bitter vetch, ervil (Vicia ervilia)


tige

→ Catalan: tija

Inherited from Old French tige, from Latin tībia. Compare the borrowed doublet tibia (“shin”).


réversion

From Old French reversion, from Latin reversiōnem.


virion

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


chrysanthème

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρυσάνθεμον (khrusánthemon).


leucocyte

Coordinate term: érythrocyte


macrophyte

From macro- (“large”) + -phyte (“plant”).


dictame

Borrowed from Latin dictamnum, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek δίκταμνον (díktamnon).


asparagine

→ English: asparagine


diapause

(biology, entomology, ichthyology) diapause


eusocial

fr-adj

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

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

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


annuel

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

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

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

(botany) annual (with only one growing season)


glande

→ Romanian: glandă

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

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


souche

Inherited from Middle French souche, from Old French çoche, from Vulgar Latin *tsucca, from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Cognate with Catalan and Spanish soca, Sicilian zuccu. More at English stock.


antenne

→ Romanian: antenă

→ Turkish: anten

→ Vietnamese: ăng ten

Inherited from Middle French antenne, from Old French antaine, borrowed from Latin antemna or antenna.

(entomology) antenna (feeler organ on the head of an insect) [from 15th c.]


établir

établir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
établissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
établi (participle past)
établis (first-person indicative present singular)
établis (indicative present second-person singular)
établit (indicative present singular third-person)
établissons (first-person indicative plural present)
établissez (indicative plural present second-person)
établissent (indicative plural present third-person)
établissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
établissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
établissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
établissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
établissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
établissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
établis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
établis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
établit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
établîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
établîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
établirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
établirai (first-person future indicative singular)
établiras (future indicative second-person singular)
établira (future indicative singular third-person)
établirons (first-person future indicative plural)
établirez (future indicative plural second-person)
établiront (future indicative plural third-person)
établirais (conditional first-person singular)
établirais (conditional second-person singular)
établirait (conditional singular third-person)
établirions (conditional first-person plural)
établiriez (conditional plural second-person)
établiraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
établisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
établisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
établisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
établissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
établissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
établissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
établisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
établisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
établît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
établissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
établissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
établissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
établis (imperative second-person singular)
établissons (first-person imperative plural)
établissez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French establir, inherited from Latin stabilīre.


crête

Inherited from Old French creste, from Latin crista.

(zoology) crest (on a bird); comb (on a cock)


vibrisse

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


mammalogie

fr-noun

mammalogie f (usually uncountable, plural mammalogies)

(zoology) mammalogy (branch of zoology which aims to study mammals)


abajoue

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


adrénaline

Borrowed from English adrenaline. Genericized trademark.

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


plaquette

→ Catalan: plaqueta

→ English: plaquette

→ Italian: plaquette

→ Portuguese: plaqueta

→ Spanish: plaqueta

→ Turkish: plaket


non-sens

(biology) nonsense, a type of damaged DNA sequence


sève

→ Galician: seiva

→ Spanish: savia (or from Portuguese)

→ Portuguese: seiva


paroi

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


cloison

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


enveloppe

→ Dutch: envelop (see there for further descendants)

→ English: envelope

→ Portuguese: envelope

→ Vietnamese: lốp

Inherited from Middle French enveloppe, anveloppe, from Old French envelope (“that which envelops, a type of garment”), from envoloper, anveloper (“to wrap around, enfold, cover”).

inh

(biology) envelope (an enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane)


bocal

→ English: bocal


boule de neige

fr-noun

boule de neige f (plural boules de neige)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-boule de neige.wav


amorce

Corruption of Old French amorse, form of amordre, a compound of mordre.


embryon

Inherited from Middle French embrion, from Medieval Latin embryon, embrion, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, swell”).


racème

Learned borrowing from Latin racēmus. Doublet of raisin.


gorfou du Fiordland

fr-noun

gorfou du Fiordland m (plural gorfous du Fiordland)


gorge-bleue à miroir

gorge-bleue à miroir f (plural gorge-bleues à miroir)


morphologique

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


pseudopode

From pseudo- (“fake, false”) + -pode (“feet”).


laurier

Haitian Creole: lorye

→ Dutch: laurier
Afrikaans: lourier

→ West Flemish: laurier

→ Wolof: lóriye

Inherited from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, suffixed from Latin laurus (whence Old French lor).

Laurus nobilis
Laurus nobilis#Translingual

(by extension, botany) any laurel, or one of many similar species


cerfeuil

From Latin chaerephyllum or caerefolium.


éclaire

(13th century) Deverbal without suffix of éclaircir, because this plant was reputed to brighten the view.

Prenez des feuilles de la petite chélidoine ou éclaire non lavées, & une poignée de racines lavées & essuyées.

1787, Pons Augustin Alletz, L'agronome ou dictionnaire portatif du cultivateur [The Agronomist or Cultivator’s Portable Dictionary], Chez le veuve de Pierre Dumesnil, rue de la Chaîne:

Take some unwashed lesser celandine or lightning leaves, & a handful of washed & dried roots.

(botany) Synonym of chélidoine (“celandine”)

renoncule ficaire
renoncule ficaire#French

(botany) Synonym of renoncule ficaire (“lesser celandine”)


gaine

Inherited from Middle French guaine, from Old French guaïne, inherited from Latin vāgīna (“sheath, scabbard”). Doublet of borrowed vagin. Cognate with Italian guaina, Catalan beina, Spanish vaina, Portuguese bainha.
The change of the onset from Vulgar Latin /v/ to Old French /(ɡ)w/ is due to Germanic influence. One theory sees in it a confluence with Frankish *wāgi (“cup”, compare Old English wǣġe). Alternatively it might be simply that as a military term the word was used most frequently among the Frankish warrior class and therefore came to be generalised in the form corresponding to their accent.


chimère

(biology) chimera (organism with cells from two zygotes)


monoamine oxydase

fr-noun

monoamine oxydase f (plural monoamines oxydases)


verveine

Inherited from Old French vervainne, verveine, from Latin verbēnae, plural of verbēna, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-, from *werb- (“to turn, bend”).


pédalé

fr-adj

pédalé (feminine pédalée, masculine plural pédalés, feminine plural pédalées)

pédalée (feminine)
pédalés (masculine plural)
pédalées (feminine plural)


bourgeonner

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

(botany) to bud (of plant, to sprout buds)


clignotant

clignotant (feminine clignotante, masculine plural clignotants, feminine plural clignotantes)

clignotante (feminine)
clignotants (masculine plural)
clignotantes (feminine plural)


marabout

→ Catalan: marabú

→ English: marabout

→ Spanish: marabú

(zoology) marabou, stork of the Leptoptilos genus


merlan

Earlier merle, borrowed from Latin merula.


brève

(zoology) pitta; any bird belonging to the passerine family Pittidae


silique

From Latin siliqua. Compare English silique.

(botany) silique, a long dry fruit (seed capsule)


genêt

Inherited from Old French genest, earlier geneste f, from a variant of Latin genista.

(botany) broom (shrub), a plant in the genus Genista and related plant genera


multipotent

multipotent (feminine multipotente, masculine plural multipotents, feminine plural multipotentes)

multipotente (feminine)
multipotents (masculine plural)
multipotentes (feminine plural)


cajeput

(botany) cajuput, a tree of species Melaleuca leucadendra or M. cajuputi, of Australia and southeast Asia


pétale

From Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”).


doryphore

From New Latin Doryphora (the former genus of the Colorado beetle), from Ancient Greek δορυφόρος (doruphóros, “lance-bearing; lance-bearer”).

der

Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Leptinotarsa decemlineata#Translingual

(biology) Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)


substrat

(biochemistry) substrate (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts)

(biology) substrate (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached)


anémone

(botany) anemone (any plant of genus Anemone)


punaise

→ English: punese

→ Ottoman Turkish: پونز (pünez)

Turkish: pünez

→ Persian: پونز (punez)

→⇒ Polish: pinezka

→ Romanian: piuneză

From the feminine of punais (“having a foul odor”), from Vulgar Latin *pūtināsius, from Latin puteō + nāsus, based on nāriputēns.

(entomology) bug, stinkbug; true bug (a member of order Heteroptera)


pigne

Borrowed from Occitan pinha, from Latin pīnea.

(botany, Southern France) Synonym of pomme de pin (“pinecone”)


mercuriale

mercuriale annuelle
mercuriale annuelle#French

Mercurialis annua
Mercurialis annua#Translingual

w:Trésor de la langue française informatisé

(botany) Synonym of mercuriale annuelle (“annual mercury”) (Mercurialis annua)


arbouse

Borrowed from Occitan arboça, from arboç, from Latin arbuteus (“of the strawberry tree”), from arbutus (“strawberry tree”).

(botany) arbutus berry (fruit of the strawberry tree)


ronce

L’amour au hasard d’un regard / T’a effacée de ma mémoire / Du jardin que j’ai saccagé, / Dont les herbes se sont couchées, / Il ne reste rien, je le crains, / Que ronces mortes sans parfum ?

1963, “Amour sans amour”, performed by Serge Gainsbourg:

Rubus fruticosus
Rubus fruticosus#Translingual


cerque

From New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).


palmé

fr-adj

palmé (feminine palmée, masculine plural palmés, feminine plural palmées)

palmée (feminine)
palmés (masculine plural)
palmées (feminine plural)


brème

→ Portuguese: brema

Inherited from Old French braisme, from Frankish *brahsima (compare Dutch brasem), from West Germanic *brahsmō, from Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see English braid (verb)).

der

(ichthyology) bream (fish of the genus Abramis)


ventouse

Inherited from Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, ellipsis of Medieval Latin [cucurbita] ventōsa. Doublet of venteux and ventôse.


chardon

From late Latin cardō, cardōnis (“thistle”) (unrelated to Classical Latin cardō, cardinis (“a hinge”)), derived from Latin carduus. Doublet of cardon.


oseille

From Old French oisele, from Latin acidula.


huppe

From Latin upupa, via the syncopated Vulgar Latin ūppa.

C’est un assez grand oiseau, de 45 cent. de long, au plumage blanc éclatant. La huppe, les plumes qui recouvrent les oreilles, le milieu du ventre, les ailes et la partie radicale de la face interne des pennes caudales sont jaunes de soufre pâle ; le bec est noir ; les pattes sont d’un brun grisâtre.

1873, A. E. Brehm, “Le cacatoës à huppe jaune [The sulphur-crested cockatoo]”, in La vie des animaux:

It is a fairly large bird, 45 cm. in length, with sparkling white plumage. The crest, the ear coverts, the centre of the belly, the wings and the base of the underside of the tail feathers are pale sulphur-yellow; the beak is black; the feet are greyish-brown.

(zoology) crest (tuft growing on an animal's head)


vasodilatateur

fr-adj

vasodilatateur (feminine vasodilatatrice, masculine plural vasodilatateurs, feminine plural vasodilatatrices)

vasodilatatrice (feminine)
vasodilatateurs (masculine plural)
vasodilatatrices (feminine plural)


vasodilatateur

fr-noun

vasodilatateur m (plural vasodilatateurs)


angélique

Borrowed from Latin angelicus, from angelus (“angel”).


cierge

Inherited from Old French cierge, cirge, from Latin cereus (“waxy”), from cera (“wax”). The French word has an irregular development, possibly due to its contact with liturgical Latin or perhaps influence from vierge. Compare Dalmatian cir and Italian cero.


jonc

Inherited from Middle French jonc, from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus (“bulrush; cane made from a bulrush”).


eucaryote

Les protistologues s’accordent, aujourd’hui, à considérer les Flagellés autotrophes, comme les plus primitifs des Protozoaires à noyau vrai, des Eucaryotes (ensemble qui embrasse aussi les Végétaux et les Métazoaires), parce qu’ils sont les seuls à pouvoir faire la synthése totale de laur protoplasme à partir du milieu minéral.

1938, Édouard Chatton, Titres et Travaux Scientifiques, page 50:

Protistologists agree today to consider the autotrophic Flagellates, being the most primitive of the Protozoa with a true nucleus, Eukaryotes (a group which also comprises the Vegetables and Metazoans), because they are the only ones able to do a complete synthesis of their protoplasm from the mineral medium.


bactériophage

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


queue-de-cheval

fr-noun

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


asphodèle

(botany) asphodel (plant of the genus Asphodelus)


sceau de Salomon

sceau de Salomon m (plural sceaux de Salomon)

(botany) Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum)


oreillette

Asarum europaeum
Asarum europaeum#Translingual

(botany) asarabacca, European wild ginger (Asarum europaeum)


cocon

→ Danish: kokon

→ Dutch: cocon
→ Indonesian: kokon

From Occitan coucoun (“cocoon”), derived from coco (“shell”).


abortif

fr-adj

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

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

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


prostaglandine

fr-noun

prostaglandine f (plural prostaglandines)


plancton

→ Romanian: plancton


aalénien

fr-adj

aalénien (feminine aalénienne, masculine plural aaléniens, feminine plural aaléniennes)

aalénienne (feminine)
aaléniens (masculine plural)
aaléniennes (feminine plural)


Aalénien

(geology, paleontology) the Aalenian period


bâtard

fr-noun

bâtard m (plural bâtards, feminine bâtarde)

Inherited from Middle French bâtard, from Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (“a bond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”) + -ard. Cognate with Old Frisian bōst (“marriage”), Middle Dutch basture (“whore, prostitute”) (from bast + hure).


récessif

fr-adj

récessif (feminine récessive, masculine plural récessifs, feminine plural récessives)

récessive (feminine)
récessifs (masculine plural)
récessives (feminine plural)

Borrowed from German rezessiv, from New Latin recessīvus.


abiétacée

(botany, historical) a member of the Pinaceae plant family


protoplasme

From German Protoplasma, coined by Czech physiologist Johannes Evangelista Purkinje, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”). The word was in Late Latin, meaning "first created thing," and may have existed in Medieval Greek in a different sense.

Johannes Evangelista Purkinje
fr:protoplasme


cleptoparasite

fr-noun

cleptoparasite m (plural cleptoparasites)


mille-feuille

From mille (“a thousand”) + feuille (“leaf, layer”).

af

Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium#Translingual

(botany) common yarrow, yarrow, milfoil (Achillea millefolium)


auxologie

From Ancient Greek Αὐξώ (Auxṓ) + -logie.


frayer

frayer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
frayant (gerund participle present)
frayant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
frayé (participle past)
frayé (participle past)
fraye (first-person indicative present singular)
fraie (first-person indicative present singular)
frayes (indicative present second-person singular)
fraies (indicative present second-person singular)
fraye (indicative present singular third-person)
fraie (indicative present singular third-person)
frayons (first-person indicative plural present)
frayons (first-person indicative plural present)
frayez (indicative plural present second-person)
frayez (indicative plural present second-person)
frayent (indicative plural present third-person)
fraient (indicative plural present third-person)
frayais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
frayais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
frayais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
frayais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
frayait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
frayait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
frayions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
frayiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
frayaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
frayaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
frayai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
frayai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
frayas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
frayas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
fraya (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fraya (historic indicative past singular third-person)
frayâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
frayâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
frayâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
frayâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
frayèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
frayèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
frayerai (first-person future indicative singular)
fraierai (first-person future indicative singular)
/fʁɛj.ʁe/ (first-person future indicative singular)
/fʁɛ.ʁe/ (first-person future indicative singular)
/fʁe.ʁe/ (first-person future indicative singular)
frayeras (future indicative second-person singular)
fraieras (future indicative second-person singular)
/fʁɛj.ʁa/ (future indicative second-person singular)
/fʁɛ.ʁa/ (future indicative second-person singular)
/fʁe.ʁa/ (future indicative second-person singular)
frayera (future indicative singular third-person)
fraiera (future indicative singular third-person)
/fʁɛj.ʁa/ (future indicative singular third-person)
/fʁɛ.ʁa/ (future indicative singular third-person)
/fʁe.ʁa/ (future indicative singular third-person)
frayerons (first-person future indicative plural)
fraierons (first-person future indicative plural)
/fʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ (first-person future indicative plural)
/fʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ (first-person future indicative plural)
/fʁe.ʁɔ̃/ (first-person future indicative plural)
frayerez (future indicative plural second-person)
fraierez (future indicative plural second-person)
/fʁɛj.ʁe/ (future indicative plural second-person)
/fʁɛ.ʁe/ (future indicative plural second-person)
/fʁe.ʁe/ (future indicative plural second-person)
frayeront (future indicative plural third-person)
fraieront (future indicative plural third-person)
/fʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ (future indicative plural third-person)
/fʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ (future indicative plural third-person)
/fʁe.ʁɔ̃/ (future indicative plural third-person)
frayerais (conditional first-person singular)
fraierais (conditional first-person singular)
/fʁɛj.ʁɛ/ (conditional first-person singular)
/fʁɛ.ʁɛ/ (conditional first-person singular)
/fʁe.ʁɛ/ (conditional first-person singular)
frayerais (conditional second-person singular)
fraierais (conditional second-person singular)
/fʁɛj.ʁɛ/ (conditional second-person singular)
/fʁɛ.ʁɛ/ (conditional second-person singular)
/fʁe.ʁɛ/ (conditional second-person singular)
frayerait (conditional singular third-person)
fraierait (conditional singular third-person)
/fʁɛj.ʁɛ/ (conditional singular third-person)
/fʁɛ.ʁɛ/ (conditional singular third-person)
/fʁe.ʁɛ/ (conditional singular third-person)
frayerions (conditional first-person plural)
fraierions (conditional first-person plural)
/fʁɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ (conditional first-person plural)
frayeriez (conditional plural second-person)
fraieriez (conditional plural second-person)
/fʁɛ.jə.ʁje/ (conditional plural second-person)
frayeraient (conditional plural third-person)
fraieraient (conditional plural third-person)
/fʁɛj.ʁɛ/ (conditional plural third-person)
/fʁɛ.ʁɛ/ (conditional plural third-person)
/fʁe.ʁɛ/ (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
fraye (first-person present singular subjunctive)
fraie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
frayes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fraies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fraye (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fraie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
frayions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
frayiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
frayent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fraient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
frayasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
frayasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
frayasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
frayasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
frayât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
frayât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
frayassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
frayassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
frayassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
frayassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
frayassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
frayassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fraye (imperative second-person singular)
fraie (imperative second-person singular)
frayons (first-person imperative plural)
frayons (first-person imperative plural)
frayez (imperative plural second-person)
frayez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French freier, from Latin fricāre.

(zoology, intransitive) to spawn, to fertilize an egg


acide désoxyribonucléique

fr-noun

acide désoxyribonucléique m (plural acides désoxyribonucléiques)

deoxyribonucleic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid

(genetics, biochemistry) deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA


abeille ouvrière

abeille ouvrière f (plural abeilles ouvrières)


adénine

(biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)


raquette

→ Bulgarian: ракета (raketa)

→ Catalan: raqueta

→ English: racquet, racket

→ Italian: racchetta

→ Portuguese: raquete

→ Russian: раке́тка f (rakétka)

→ Spanish: raqueta

Inherited from Middle French rachette, requette, possibly from Arabic رَاحَةْ اليَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm”), or a variant of rachasser (“chase back, hit back”).

der

رَاحَةْ اليَد

(ornithology) an ellipsoid flight feather barbed distally from the rachis


chèvrefeuille

Inherited from Old French chievrefeuil, from Late Latin caprifolium, from Latin caper + folium. Superficially it looks like a compound chèvre + feuille, but the gender is different.


acarien

From acare + -ien, from New Latin acarus. Compare English acarus, Spanish and Portuguese ácaro.


cèdre

→ Persian: سدر (sedr)

→ Azerbaijani: sidr

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: سدر (sedr, sedir)
Turkish: sedr, sedir
→? Azerbaijani: sidr (“cedar”) (by confusion)

Inherited from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).


ajonc

belles dames au cou d’ajonc

beautiful ladies with necks as thin as rushes

(botany, erroneously) Synonym of jonc (“rush”)


litière

Inherited from Old French litiere, from Late Latin lectuāria (“bedding”), derived from Latin lectus (“bed”). By surface analysis, lit + -ière.


huppé

fr-adj

huppé (feminine huppée, masculine plural huppés, feminine plural huppées)

huppée (feminine)
huppés (masculine plural)
huppées (feminine plural)


velu

velu (feminine velue, masculine plural velus, feminine plural velues)

velue (feminine)
velus (masculine plural)
velues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Late Latin villūtus, derived from Latin villus (“tuft, hair”).


ballotte

→ Spanish: balota
→ Hiligaynon: balota

(botany) Alternative spelling of ballote (“black horehound”)


abléphare

(zoology) a skink of the genus Ablepharus


-acée

Il n’en est pas de même pour l’eupatoire (Eupatorium cannabinum L.), une astéracée européenne […]

1990, La Recherche, volume 21, page 815:

The same cannot be said for the eupatorium (Eupatorium cannabinum L.), a European asteracea […]

(botany) suffix replacing -acées when designating a single member of a plant family


capside

→ Catalan: càpsida

→ English: capsid

→ Spanish: cápsida


férule

Ferula communis
Ferula communis#Translingual

(botany) fennel, giant fennel (Ferula communis)


persistant

persistant (feminine persistante, masculine plural persistants, feminine plural persistantes)

persistante (feminine)
persistants (masculine plural)
persistantes (feminine plural)


akène

Borrowed from New Latin achena, from Ancient Greek privative ἀ- (a-) + χαίνω (khaínō, “to gape”).


foliole

(botany) leaflet (component of a compound leaf)


effet de serre

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(ecology) greenhouse effect (process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere)


chicorée

→ German: Chicorée, Schikoree (older spelling)

→ Greek: σικορέ (sikoré)

Inherited from Old French cicoree (probably later influenced by Italian cicoria), borrowed from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *cichōria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion).

Cichorium intybus subsp. intybus var. sativum

Cichorium intybus
Cichorium intybus#Translingual

Cichorium endivia
Cichorium endivia#Translingual

(botany) chicory (Cichorium intybus (“common chicory”) or Cichorium endivia)


barbeau

Inherited from Old French barbel (“barbel fish”), from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“a type of fish”).


biorythme

→ Turkish: biyoritim


hampe

Alteration of Old French hante, influenced by Latin hasta.


vrille

Inherited from Old French verille, ve(d)ille, from Vulgar Latin *vĭtīcula, from Late Latin vītīcula, from Classical Latin vītĭcula.


élytre

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron, “sheath”).


bilobé

fr-adj

bilobé (feminine bilobée, masculine plural bilobés, feminine plural bilobées)

bilobée (feminine)
bilobés (masculine plural)
bilobées (feminine plural)


unilobé

unilobé (feminine unilobée, masculine plural unilobés, feminine plural unilobées)

unilobée (feminine)
unilobés (masculine plural)
unilobées (feminine plural)


trilobé

trilobé (feminine trilobée, masculine plural trilobés, feminine plural trilobées)

trilobée (feminine)
trilobés (masculine plural)
trilobées (feminine plural)


lobé

lobé (feminine lobée, masculine plural lobés, feminine plural lobées)

lobée (feminine)
lobés (masculine plural)
lobées (feminine plural)


caduc

caduc (feminine caduque, masculine plural caducs, feminine plural caduques)

caduque (feminine)
caducs (masculine plural)
caduques (feminine plural)

→ Turkish: kadük

Inherited from Middle French caduc, from Latin cadūcus (“falling; transitory”).

Le Weigela possède un feuillage caduc, qui peut être vert, rouge, jaune ou panaché.

The Weigela has a deciduous foliage that can be green, red, yellow or variegated.

(botany) deciduous (relating to trees that shed their leaves in winter)


camélia

(botany) camellia (plant or the flower from the plant)


follicule

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ellébore

From Latin elleborum, from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros), possibly from ἄλκη (álkē, “fawn”) βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat”).


cuirasse

From Old French cuirace, probably borrowed from Old Occitan coirassa, or Italian corazza, or Old Aragonese cuyraça, from Late Latin coriacea (vestis) (“leather (garment)”), from coriaceus, ultimately from Latin corium, and probably influenced by cuir in French. Doublet of coriace.

uder

(zoology) armour (protective plates covering some lizards and fish)


partible

(botany, obsolete) Susceptible of spontaneous divisions


dryade

From Old French driade (“wood nymph”), from Latin Dryadem (“dryad”), from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς (drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

der

(ecology) forest tree, sciaphilous in young state


supervirus

Les chercheurs ont abouti au supervirus en effectuant quelques mutations sur des souches de virus H5N1, puis en les injectant à des furets, une espèce aussi sensible que l’homme aux virus grippaux.

2011 December 7, Sandrine Cabut, “La création d'un supervirus fait polémique”, in Le Monde:

Researchers have created a supervirus by making mutations to the H5N1 strain and injecting them into ferrets, a species as susceptible as humans to the flu virus.


hémoglobine

→ Russian: гемоглоби́н (gemoglobín)

→ Ukrainian: гемоглобі́н (hemohlobín)

(biochemistry) hemoglobin (the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body)


malaco-

From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).


griset

(ornithology) greypate, graypate (young goldfinch)


épucer

épucer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
épuçant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
épucé (participle past)
épuce (first-person indicative present singular)
épuces (indicative present second-person singular)
épuce (indicative present singular third-person)
épuçons (first-person indicative plural present)
épucez (indicative plural present second-person)
épucent (indicative plural present third-person)
épuçais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
épuçais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
épuçait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
épucions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
épuciez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
épuçaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
épuçai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
épuças (historic indicative past second-person singular)
épuça (historic indicative past singular third-person)
épuçâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
épuçâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
épucèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
épucerai (first-person future indicative singular)
épuceras (future indicative second-person singular)
épucera (future indicative singular third-person)
épucerons (first-person future indicative plural)
épucerez (future indicative plural second-person)
épuceront (future indicative plural third-person)
épucerais (conditional first-person singular)
épucerais (conditional second-person singular)
épucerait (conditional singular third-person)
épucerions (conditional first-person plural)
épuceriez (conditional plural second-person)
épuceraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
épuce (first-person present singular subjunctive)
épuces (present second-person singular subjunctive)
épuce (present singular subjunctive third-person)
épucions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
épuciez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
épucent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
épuçasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
épuçasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
épuçât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
épuçassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
épuçassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
épuçassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
épuce (imperative second-person singular)
épuçons (first-person imperative plural)
épucez (imperative plural second-person)

From é- + puce + -er. Compare Spanish espulgar.

(veterinary medicine) to deflea (remove fleas from an animal)


quadrumane

Borrowed from Late Latin quadrumanus, from quattuor (whence French quatre) and manus (whence French main).


baliste

From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).


zée

(zoology) John Dory (edible marine fish)


égermer

égermer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
égermant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
égermé (participle past)
égerme (first-person indicative present singular)
égermes (indicative present second-person singular)
égerme (indicative present singular third-person)
égermons (first-person indicative plural present)
égermez (indicative plural present second-person)
égerment (indicative plural present third-person)
égermais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
égermais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
égermait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
égermions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
égermiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
égermaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
égermai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
égermas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
égerma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
égermâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
égermâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
égermèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
égermerai (first-person future indicative singular)
égermeras (future indicative second-person singular)
égermera (future indicative singular third-person)
égermerons (first-person future indicative plural)
égermerez (future indicative plural second-person)
égermeront (future indicative plural third-person)
égermerais (conditional first-person singular)
égermerais (conditional second-person singular)
égermerait (conditional singular third-person)
égermerions (conditional first-person plural)
égermeriez (conditional plural second-person)
égermeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
égerme (first-person present singular subjunctive)
égermes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
égerme (present singular subjunctive third-person)
égermions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
égermiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
égerment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
égermasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
égermasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
égermât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
égermassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
égermassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
égermassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
égerme (imperative second-person singular)
égermons (first-person imperative plural)
égermez (imperative plural second-person)


nectaire

(botany) nectary (gland that secretes nectar)


branchu

fr-adj

branchu (feminine branchue, masculine plural branchus, feminine plural branchues)

branchue (feminine)
branchus (masculine plural)
branchues (feminine plural)


tube pollinique

fr-noun

tube pollinique m (plural tubes polliniques)


graminée

(botany) grass (true grass, species of Poaceae)


marjolaine

From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiorana.


frutescent

fr-adj

frutescent (feminine frutescente, masculine plural frutescents, feminine plural frutescentes)

frutescente (feminine)
frutescents (masculine plural)
frutescentes (feminine plural)


morveux

morveux (feminine morveuse, masculine plural morveux, feminine plural morveuses)

morveuse (feminine)
morveux (masculine plural)
morveuses (feminine plural)


dentelaire

Ce remède [contre la gale] est assez en usage dans nos provinces méridionales, où la dentelaire est commune. (Geoffroy, Médecine pratique, 1800)


stigmatique

Le rôle des papilles stigmatiques est de retenir le pollen.

The role of the stigmatic papillae is to trap pollen.

(botany) stigmatic (related to a plant's stigma)


ombelle

Borrowed from Latin umbella, and adapted partially to ombre. See also ombrelle.


vulvaire

Borrowed from Latin vulvāria, from vulva (because the plant was used in gynaecology).

(botany) stinking goosefoot, Chenopodium vulvaria


églantier

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French aiglantier, eglenter, eglentier, from aiglant (“wild rosebush”) + -ier, with the first element derived from an apparent Vulgar Latin *aquilentum, an irregular derivative of Latin aculeus (“sting, prickle”) + -ulentum (“full of”), possibly a substantivized adjective. The later addition of the suffix -ier is in line with several French names of trees, cf. pommier (“apple-tree”), from pomme (“apple”) + -ier, or genévrier (“juniper tree”), from genièvre + -ier.


dénaturer

dénaturer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
dénaturant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
dénaturé (participle past)
dénature (first-person indicative present singular)
dénatures (indicative present second-person singular)
dénature (indicative present singular third-person)
dénaturons (first-person indicative plural present)
dénaturez (indicative plural present second-person)
dénaturent (indicative plural present third-person)
dénaturais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
dénaturais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
dénaturait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
dénaturions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
dénaturiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
dénaturaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dénaturai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
dénaturas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
dénatura (historic indicative past singular third-person)
dénaturâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
dénaturâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
dénaturèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dénaturerai (first-person future indicative singular)
dénatureras (future indicative second-person singular)
dénaturera (future indicative singular third-person)
dénaturerons (first-person future indicative plural)
dénaturerez (future indicative plural second-person)
dénatureront (future indicative plural third-person)
dénaturerais (conditional first-person singular)
dénaturerais (conditional second-person singular)
dénaturerait (conditional singular third-person)
dénaturerions (conditional first-person plural)
dénatureriez (conditional plural second-person)
dénatureraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
dénature (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dénatures (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dénature (present singular subjunctive third-person)
dénaturions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
dénaturiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dénaturent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
dénaturasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
dénaturasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
dénaturât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dénaturassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
dénaturassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
dénaturassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dénature (imperative second-person singular)
dénaturons (first-person imperative plural)
dénaturez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French desnaturer. By surface analysis, dé- + nature + -er.


loche

Inherited from Old French loche, further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *laukka (“loach”), which could be from Gaulish *leuca (“loach, slug”), also attested as the feminine name Leuca, from leux (“bright, light”), a reference to slugs' bright appearance, the fish later being associated due to similarities to the slug.

(zoology) one of the several species of giant slugs belonging to the families Arionidae and Limacidae

(zoology) one of the several species of loach belonging to a number of different orders


vairon

Probably from a popular Latin variant of Latin varius.


blanchaille

(zoology) whitebait (young of various species of fish)


bétel

→ Romanian: betel


asexuel

fr-adj

asexuel (feminine asexuelle, masculine plural asexuels, feminine plural asexuelles)

asexuelle (feminine)
asexuels (masculine plural)
asexuelles (feminine plural)

desc

→ Russian: беспо́лый (bespólyj) (calque)

Turkish: aseksüel


globule rouge

fr-noun

globule rouge m (plural globules rouges)

Coordinate term: globule blanc


stramonium

(botany) Alternative form of stramoine (“stramonium”)


forêt vierge

/fɔ.ʁɛ vjɛʁʒ/

Lorsque j’avais six ans j’ai vu, une fois, une magnifique image, dans un livre sur la forêt vierge qui s’appelait Histoires vécues. Ça représentait un serpent boa qui avalait un fauve.

1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince, Chapter I:

When I was six years old I saw, one time, a magnificent picture, in a book on the virgin forest called Stories lived. It was of a boa that was swallowing a large cat.

(botany) Synonym of forêt primaire (“virgin forest”)


gaude

From Middle French galde, waudee, originally from Frankish *walda. Cognate with Spanish gualda, Catalan galda, Portuguese gualdo, Italian gualda, and also to English weld, Dutch wouw, German Wau. If the Frankish root is a reflex of Proto-Germanic *walþō (itself from Proto-Germanic *walþuz), then it is a doublet of guède.

Reseda luteola
Reseda luteola#Translingual

(botany) weld, dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola)


protologue

Ancient Greek πρωτολόγος (prōtológos, “speaking first”)


pulser

pulser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pulsant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pulsé (participle past)
pulse (first-person indicative present singular)
pulses (indicative present second-person singular)
pulse (indicative present singular third-person)
pulsons (first-person indicative plural present)
pulsez (indicative plural present second-person)
pulsent (indicative plural present third-person)
pulsais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pulsais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pulsait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pulsions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pulsiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pulsaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pulsai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pulsas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pulsa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pulsâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pulsâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pulsèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pulserai (first-person future indicative singular)
pulseras (future indicative second-person singular)
pulsera (future indicative singular third-person)
pulserons (first-person future indicative plural)
pulserez (future indicative plural second-person)
pulseront (future indicative plural third-person)
pulserais (conditional first-person singular)
pulserais (conditional second-person singular)
pulserait (conditional singular third-person)
pulserions (conditional first-person plural)
pulseriez (conditional plural second-person)
pulseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pulse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pulses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pulse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pulsions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pulsiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pulsent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pulsasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pulsasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pulsât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pulsassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pulsassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pulsassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pulse (imperative second-person singular)
pulsons (first-person imperative plural)
pulsez (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive, biology) to pulse (heart and/or arteries)


aérobie

desctree

→ English: aerobic, aërobic
→ Welsh: aerobig

Coined in 1863 by Louis Pasteur, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).


oiseau de nuit

fr-noun

oiseau de nuit m (plural oiseaux de nuit)


acétylcholine

(biochemistry) acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter in humans and other animals)


nécrophage

Composed by nécro- + -phage, from Ancient Greek νεκροφάγος (nekrophágos), from νεκρός (nekrós, “cadaver”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”).


xérophyte

Holonym: xérosère


afférent

fr-adj

afférent (feminine afférente, masculine plural afférents, feminine plural afférentes)

afférente (feminine)
afférents (masculine plural)
afférentes (feminine plural)


ketmie

Calque of New Latin Ketmia, from Arabic.


infécond

infécond (feminine inféconde, masculine plural inféconds, feminine plural infécondes)

inféconde (feminine)
inféconds (masculine plural)
infécondes (feminine plural)

(biology) infertile (unable to procreate)


fécond

fécond (feminine féconde, masculine plural féconds, feminine plural fécondes)

féconde (feminine)
féconds (masculine plural)
fécondes (feminine plural)


apocrite

(entomology) any insect of the suborder Apocrita


râble

From Old French raable, reable, from Latin rutābulum.


molène

From Old French moleine, from Transalpine Gaulish melina (“yellow”) (compare Welsh melyn, Breton melen).


barquette

Inherited from Middle French barquette, first attested c. 1320 (discounting an adjective in nef barquette, 1238). By surface analysis, barque + -ette.

Serranus scriba
Serranus scriba#Translingual

(zoology) painted comber, Serranus scriba


allèle

Khmer: អាឡែល (ʼaalael)


reprogrammation

fr-noun

reprogrammation f (plural reprogrammations)


parthénogenèse

parthénogenèse f (plural parthénogenèses)

From Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin”) and γένεσις (génesis, “origin, creation, generation”).


hétérochromatine

fr-noun

hétérochromatine f (plural hétérochromatines)


cilié

fr-adj

cilié (feminine ciliée, masculine plural ciliés, feminine plural ciliées)

ciliée (feminine)
ciliés (masculine plural)
ciliées (feminine plural)


réplication

Inherited from Old French replicacion, borrowed from Latin replicātiōnem.


érythrocyte

Coordinate term: leucocyte


cellule sanguine

fr-noun

cellule sanguine f (plural cellules sanguines)


globule blanc

globule blanc m (plural globules blancs)

Coordinate term: globule rouge


hématie

→ Spanish: hematíe

→ Italian: emazia

→ Portuguese: hemácia

→ Romanian: hematie

From Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).


congénère

congénère m or f by sense (plural congénères)


balane

Borrowed from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”). Cognate with Catalan bàlan, Italian balano, Portuguese bálano, Spanish bálano.

der

(zoology) barnacle, especially the acorn barnacle


désafférenté

fr-adj

désafférenté (feminine désafférentée, masculine plural désafférentés, feminine plural désafférentées)

désafférentée (feminine)
désafférentés (masculine plural)
désafférentées (feminine plural)


désafférentation

fr-noun

désafférentation f (plural désafférentations)


herbier

(botany) herbarium; collection of dried plants


circovirus

(virology) circovirus: A virus of the genus Circovirus.


charbonnier

From charbon + -ier, Latin carbōnārius, from carbō.


désintoxication

désintoxication f (plural désintoxications)


laurier-cerise

laurier-cerise m (plural lauriers-cerises)


embranchement

/ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.mɑ̃/


enchanteresse

enchanteresse m (plural enchanteresses, masculine enchanteur)

enchanteresses (plural)
enchanteur (masculine)

/ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁɛs/

From enchanter (“enchant”) + -eresse (“-ess”).

af

broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade
broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade

(botany) broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)


gélatine

→ Portuguese: gelatina


phagocyter

phagocyter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
phagocytant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
phagocyté (participle past)
phagocyte (first-person indicative present singular)
phagocytes (indicative present second-person singular)
phagocyte (indicative present singular third-person)
phagocytons (first-person indicative plural present)
phagocytez (indicative plural present second-person)
phagocytent (indicative plural present third-person)
phagocytais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
phagocytais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
phagocytait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
phagocytions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
phagocytiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
phagocytaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
phagocytai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
phagocytas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
phagocyta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
phagocytâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
phagocytâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
phagocytèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
phagocyterai (first-person future indicative singular)
phagocyteras (future indicative second-person singular)
phagocytera (future indicative singular third-person)
phagocyterons (first-person future indicative plural)
phagocyterez (future indicative plural second-person)
phagocyteront (future indicative plural third-person)
phagocyterais (conditional first-person singular)
phagocyterais (conditional second-person singular)
phagocyterait (conditional singular third-person)
phagocyterions (conditional first-person plural)
phagocyteriez (conditional plural second-person)
phagocyteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
phagocyte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
phagocytes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
phagocyte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
phagocytions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
phagocytiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
phagocytent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
phagocytasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
phagocytasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
phagocytât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
phagocytassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
phagocytassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
phagocytassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
phagocyte (imperative second-person singular)
phagocytons (first-person imperative plural)
phagocytez (imperative plural second-person)


pinède

Borrowed from Occitan pineda, from Latin pīnēta.


adénosine

(biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) adenosine (a nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue)


exobiologiste

fr-noun

exobiologiste m or f by sense (plural exobiologistes)


glycosaminoglycane

glycosaminoglycane m (plural glycosaminoglycanes)


bioindicateur

fr-adj

bioindicateur (feminine bioindicatrice, masculine plural bioindicateurs, feminine plural bioindicatrices)

bioindicatrice (feminine)
bioindicateurs (masculine plural)
bioindicatrices (feminine plural)


dystrophisation

fr-noun

dystrophisation f (plural dystrophisations)


métallotolérant

fr-adj

métallotolérant (feminine métallotolérante, masculine plural métallotolérants, feminine plural métallotolérantes)

métallotolérante (feminine)
métallotolérants (masculine plural)
métallotolérantes (feminine plural)


monocotylédone

fr-noun

monocotylédone m or f (plural monocotylédones)


phytochélatine

phytochélatine f (plural phytochélatines)


résineux

Dictionnaire de la langue française
Émile Littré

Borrowed from Latin rēsīnōsus. Also résine + -eux.


glutathiosélénol

glutathiosélénol m (plural glutathiosélénols)


métalloprotéine

métalloprotéine f (plural métalloprotéines)


sélénoprotéine

sélénoprotéine f (plural sélénoprotéines)


sélénométhionine

sélénométhionine f (plural sélénométhionines)


céruléoplasmine

céruléoplasmine f (plural céruléoplasmines)


séminal

fr-adj

séminal (feminine séminale, masculine plural séminaux, feminine plural séminales)

séminale (feminine)
séminaux (masculine plural)
séminales (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: seminal

→ Turkish: seminal


rétrodismutation

fr-noun

rétrodismutation f (plural rétrodismutations)


chimiosynthèse

chimiosynthèse f (plural chimiosynthèses)


déshydrogénase

déshydrogénase f (plural déshydrogénases)


congénital

fr-adj

congénital (feminine congénitale, masculine plural congénitaux, feminine plural congénitales)

congénitale (feminine)
congénitaux (masculine plural)
congénitales (feminine plural)

(medicine, biology, of a physical or psychological condition) congenital (originating before birth and continuing or progressing thereafter)


autoduplication

fr-noun

autoduplication f (plural autoduplications)


désoxyribonucléotide

désoxyribonucléotide m (plural désoxyribonucléotides)


ribonucléotide

ribonucléotide m (plural ribonucléotides)


glycosphingolipide

glycosphingolipide m (plural glycosphingolipides)


glycérophospholipide

glycérophospholipide m (plural glycérophospholipides)


oside

(biochemistry) saccharide (especially a polymeric one)


hétéropolyoside

hétéropolyoside m (plural hétéropolyosides)


minéralocorticoïde

minéralocorticoïde m (plural minéralocorticoïdes)


myoglobine

From myo- + glob(ule) + -ine. Compare hémoglobine.

(biochemistry) myoglobin (small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles)


peptidoglycane

peptidoglycane m (plural peptidoglycanes)


protéolytique

From protéolyse + -ique or protéo- + lytique.


ribonucléoprotéine

ribonucléoprotéine f (plural ribonucléoprotéines)


sélénocystéine

sélénocystéine f (plural sélénocystéines)


métalloprotéinase

métalloprotéinase f (plural métalloprotéinases)


métallophosphatase

métallophosphatase f (plural métallophosphatases)


hémérythrine

(biochemistry) hemerythrin / haemerythrin


lipoperoxydation

lipoperoxydation f (plural lipoperoxydations)


chromoprotéine

chromoprotéine f (plural chromoprotéines)


glucuroconjugaison

glucuroconjugaison f (plural glucuroconjugaisons)


gluconéogenèse

gluconéogenèse f (plural gluconéogenèses)


phytoplanctonique

From phyto- + planctonique or from phytoplancton + -ique.


biostratigraphie

biostratigraphie f (plural biostratigraphies)


paléobiochimie

paléobiochimie f (plural paléobiochimies)


paléobotanique

paléobotanique f (plural paléobotaniques)


bourrache

Inherited from Old French bourrache, from Medieval Latin borāgō or borrago, either from Latin borra (“short wool, rough hair”) or Arabic أَبُو العَرَق (ʔabū l-ʕaraq, literally “father of sweat”).

der

أَبُو العَرَق

Borago officinalis
Borago officinalis#Translingual


arabinogalactane

fr-noun

arabinogalactane m (plural arabinogalactanes)


térébrant

fr-adj

térébrant (feminine térébrante, masculine plural térébrants, feminine plural térébrantes)

térébrante (feminine)
térébrants (masculine plural)
térébrantes (feminine plural)

Originally present participle of térébrer.

un insecte térébrant

(zoology) terebrant, piercing, boring, perforating


triœcie

(botany) a class of plants that possesses a mixture of female, male, and hermaphroditic features


rimeux

rimeux (feminine rimeuse, masculine plural rimeux, feminine plural rimeuses)

rimeuse (feminine)
rimeux (masculine plural)
rimeuses (feminine plural)


thrombospondine

fr-noun

thrombospondine f (plural thrombospondines)


micropolluant

« Micropolluant » – à lui seul, avant même d’avoir été défini, le mot éveille des craintes. Il évoque des substances tapies dans l’ombre, trop petites pour être vues, trop diluées pour être senties, myriades de molécules sournoisement embusquées dans notre environnement quotidien, ourdissant d’obscurs complots contre notre bien-être.

2011, Nathalie Chèvre, Suren Erkman, Alerte aux micropolluants, Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, →ISBN, page 5:

"Micropollutant" — by itself, before even having been defined, the word awakens fear. It evokes substances hiding in the shadows, too small to be seen, too dilute to be smelled, myriads of molecules slyly waiting in ambush in our daily environment, weaving obscure plots against our well-being.


mutique

Les autres pattes sont mutiques, sauf le métatarse de la 2e paire qui a une petite épine submédiane.

1903, Eugène Simon, Histoire naturelle des araignées, page 865:

The other legs are spineless, except for the metatarsal of the second pair which have a small submedian spine.

(zoology, of arthropods) Without spines or teeth


néoténie

Based on Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “young”) and τείνειν (teínein, “tend to”).

(biology) neoteny (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)

(biology) neoteny (sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage)


hydrocarbure aromatique polycyclique

hydrocarbure aromatique polycyclique m (plural hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques)

hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques (plural)

Par ailleurs, le trafic routier et ferroviaire constitue une source importante d’émissions de métaux et de substances dangereuses, tels que les hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques (HAP) qui résultent d’une combustion imparfaite de l’essence.

2011, Nathalie Chèvre, Suren Erkman, Alerte aux micropolluants, Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, →ISBN, page 32:

Also, road and rail traffic constitute an important source of emmissions of metals and of dangerous substances, such as the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which result from an imperfect combustion of petrol.

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

(biochemistry) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon


métapopulation

métapopulation f (plural métapopulations)


grégariapte

(zoology, esp. of grasshoppers) tending to become gregarious


phasaire

(biology) Relating to phases or development


cespiteux

fr-adj

cespiteux (feminine cespiteuse, masculine plural cespiteux, feminine plural cespiteuses)

cespiteuse (feminine)
cespiteux (masculine plural)
cespiteuses (feminine plural)

(botany) Cespitous, having several stems or trunks from the same root system and close to one another, forming a compact or bushy tuft


muflier

(botany) snapdragon (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum)


polycarpien

polycarpien (feminine polycarpienne, masculine plural polycarpiens, feminine plural polycarpiennes)

polycarpienne (feminine)
polycarpiens (masculine plural)
polycarpiennes (feminine plural)

(botany) polycarpic (bearing fruit repeatedly)


polycarpellé

polycarpellé (feminine polycarpellée, masculine plural polycarpellés, feminine plural polycarpellées)

polycarpellée (feminine)
polycarpellés (masculine plural)
polycarpellées (feminine plural)

(botany) polycarpic (having multiple carpels in a fruit)


polyextrêmophile

fr-noun

polyextrêmophile m or f by sense (plural polyextrêmophiles)


polyploïdiser

polyploïdiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
polyploïdisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
polyploïdisé (participle past)
polyploïdise (first-person indicative present singular)
polyploïdises (indicative present second-person singular)
polyploïdise (indicative present singular third-person)
polyploïdisons (first-person indicative plural present)
polyploïdisez (indicative plural present second-person)
polyploïdisent (indicative plural present third-person)
polyploïdisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
polyploïdisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
polyploïdisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
polyploïdisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
polyploïdisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
polyploïdisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
polyploïdisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
polyploïdisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
polyploïdisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
polyploïdisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
polyploïdisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
polyploïdisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
polyploïdiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
polyploïdiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
polyploïdisera (future indicative singular third-person)
polyploïdiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
polyploïdiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
polyploïdiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
polyploïdiserais (conditional first-person singular)
polyploïdiserais (conditional second-person singular)
polyploïdiserait (conditional singular third-person)
polyploïdiserions (conditional first-person plural)
polyploïdiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
polyploïdiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
polyploïdise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
polyploïdises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
polyploïdise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
polyploïdisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
polyploïdisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
polyploïdisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
polyploïdisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
polyploïdisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
polyploïdisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
polyploïdisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
polyploïdisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
polyploïdisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
polyploïdise (imperative second-person singular)
polyploïdisons (first-person imperative plural)
polyploïdisez (imperative plural second-person)


triaperturé

fr-adj

triaperturé (feminine triaperturée, masculine plural triaperturés, feminine plural triaperturées)

triaperturée (feminine)
triaperturés (masculine plural)
triaperturées (feminine plural)

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having three apertures (germination pores)


monoaperturé

monoaperturé (feminine monoaperturée, masculine plural monoaperturés, feminine plural monoaperturées)

monoaperturée (feminine)
monoaperturés (masculine plural)
monoaperturées (feminine plural)

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having a single aperture (germination pore)


monochlamydé

monochlamydé (feminine monochlamydée, masculine plural monochlamydés, feminine plural monochlamydées)

monochlamydée (feminine)
monochlamydés (masculine plural)
monochlamydées (feminine plural)


monopétalie

(botany) the state of being monopetalous


monosexuel

monosexuel (feminine monosexuelle, masculine plural monosexuels, feminine plural monosexuelles)

monosexuelle (feminine)
monosexuels (masculine plural)
monosexuelles (feminine plural)


coloniaire

(biology, of an organism) Consisting of a colony of similar organisms physiologically linked together


guêpe solitaire

fr-noun

guêpe solitaire f (plural guêpes solitaires)


acide nucléique

acide nucléique m (plural acides nucléiques)


méristème secondaire

méristème secondaire m (plural méristèmes secondaires)

(biology, botany) the meristem allowing the growth of trees in diameter


lianescent

fr-adj

lianescent (feminine lianescente, masculine plural lianescents, feminine plural lianescentes)

lianescente (feminine)
lianescents (masculine plural)
lianescentes (feminine plural)


orthospermé

orthospermé (feminine orthospermée, masculine plural orthospermés, feminine plural orthospermées)

orthospermée (feminine)
orthospermés (masculine plural)
orthospermées (feminine plural)


désespoir du singe

fr-noun

désespoir du singe m (plural désespoirs du singe)


désespoir des singes

désespoir des singes m (plural désespoirs des singes)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-désespoir des singes.wav


arbustif

fr-adj

arbustif (feminine arbustive, masculine plural arbustifs, feminine plural arbustives)

arbustive (feminine)
arbustifs (masculine plural)
arbustives (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin arbustīvus. By surface analysis, arbuste + -if.

(botany) having the shape and the size of a bush or a little tree


nom binominal

fr-noun

nom binominal m (plural noms binominaux)


nom générique

nom générique m (plural noms génériques)

(taxonomy) generic name (the first word in a binominal name, which identifies the genus of the lifeform considered)


nom spécifique

nom spécifique m (plural noms spécifiques)

(taxonomy) specific name, specific epithet


nom scientifique

nom scientifique m (plural noms scientifiques)

(biology, taxonomy) scientific name, Latin name


nom taxonomique

nom taxonomique m (plural noms taxonomiques)


nom vernaculaire

nom vernaculaire m (plural noms vernaculaires)


distique

From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).

uder

(botany) distichous (arranged in two rows on each side of an axis)


aciculaire

→ Romanian: acicular

(botany) Synonym of aciculifolié (“aciculifoliate”)


affruiter

affruiter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
affruitant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
affruité (participle past)
affruite (first-person indicative present singular)
affruites (indicative present second-person singular)
affruite (indicative present singular third-person)
affruitons (first-person indicative plural present)
affruitez (indicative plural present second-person)
affruitent (indicative plural present third-person)
affruitais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
affruitais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
affruitait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
affruitions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
affruitiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
affruitaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
affruitai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
affruitas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
affruita (historic indicative past singular third-person)
affruitâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
affruitâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
affruitèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
affruiterai (first-person future indicative singular)
affruiteras (future indicative second-person singular)
affruitera (future indicative singular third-person)
affruiterons (first-person future indicative plural)
affruiterez (future indicative plural second-person)
affruiteront (future indicative plural third-person)
affruiterais (conditional first-person singular)
affruiterais (conditional second-person singular)
affruiterait (conditional singular third-person)
affruiterions (conditional first-person plural)
affruiteriez (conditional plural second-person)
affruiteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
affruite (first-person present singular subjunctive)
affruites (present second-person singular subjunctive)
affruite (present singular subjunctive third-person)
affruitions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
affruitiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
affruitent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
affruitasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
affruitasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
affruitât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
affruitassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
affruitassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
affruitassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
affruite (imperative second-person singular)
affruitons (first-person imperative plural)
affruitez (imperative plural second-person)


aglyphe

From a- + Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving, incision”).

der

(herpetology) (of teeth) lacking a channel for delivering poison


aleurite

(botany) candlenut (or similar plant of the genus Aleurites)


alucite

(zoology) fungus moth (of family Tineidae)


houppier

(botany) the crown, branches, twigs and leaves of a tree


angustifolié

fr-adj

angustifolié (feminine angustifoliée, masculine plural angustifoliés, feminine plural angustifoliées)

angustifoliée (feminine)
angustifoliés (masculine plural)
angustifoliées (feminine plural)


anthère

From New Latin anthēra, from Ancient Greek ἀνθηρός (anthērós).


apétale

From New Latin āpetalus. By surface analysis, a- + pétale.


iulacé

iulacé (feminine iulacée, masculine plural iulacés, feminine plural iulacées)

iulacée (feminine)
iulacés (masculine plural)
iulacées (feminine plural)


polyadène

From the New Latin polyadenus, from the Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”, stem: ἀδεν-, aden-).

af

stem: <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἀδεν-</i>, aden-

(botany) polyadenous (having many glands or nodules)


crocodile marin

fr-noun

crocodile marin m (plural crocodiles marins)


villeux

fr-adj

villeux (feminine villeuse, masculine plural villeux, feminine plural villeuses)

villeuse (feminine)
villeux (masculine plural)
villeuses (feminine plural)


biacuminé

biacuminé (feminine biacuminée, masculine plural biacuminés, feminine plural biacuminées)

biacuminée (feminine)
biacuminés (masculine plural)
biacuminées (feminine plural)


bilabié

bilabié (feminine bilabiée, masculine plural bilabiés, feminine plural bilabiées)

bilabiée (feminine)
bilabiés (masculine plural)
bilabiées (feminine plural)


bioastronomie

(astronomy, biology) astrobiology, exobiology


nanophanérophyte

fr-noun

nanophanérophyte m (plural nanophanérophytes)


biospéléologie

biospéléologie f (plural biospéléologies)


penné

fr-adj

penné (feminine pennée, masculine plural pennés, feminine plural pennées)

pennée (feminine)
pennés (masculine plural)
pennées (feminine plural)


bipenné

bipenné (feminine bipennée, masculine plural bipennés, feminine plural bipennées)

bipennée (feminine)
bipennés (masculine plural)
bipennées (feminine plural)

Calque of Latin bipinnatus or bi- + penné.


agroécosystème

fr-noun

agroécosystème m (plural agroécosystèmes)


fixiste

fixiste m or f by sense (plural fixistes)


microécosystème

microécosystème m (plural microécosystèmes)


mésoécosystème

mésoécosystème m (plural mésoécosystèmes)


multicellularité

multicellularité f (plural multicellularités)


échinocarpe

(botany) echinocarpous (having spiny fruit)


polyclade

(zoology, botany) polycladose, polycladous


superorganisme

superorganisme m (plural superorganismes)


Pachyptile

(zoology) pachyptiles, of genus Pachyptila


pachyptile

A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús, “thick”) + the French -ptile (“feather”), probably after the translingual Pachyptila.

(ornithology, rare) having thick feathers


ptiline

Latin: ptilīnum

English: ptilinum


coléoptile

From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) + French -ptile (“leaf”).

(botany) coleoptile (thin membrane sheathing a plumule)


-ptile

Representing the Ancient Greek πτῐ́λον (ptílon, “feather”, “down”; “leaf”).

der

coléoptile

pachyptile


tragule

(zoology) tragule (a chevrotain of the genus Tragulus)


bougainvillée

Borrowed from translingual Bougainvillea. Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811).


bulbeux

fr-adj

bulbeux (feminine bulbeuse, masculine plural bulbeux, feminine plural bulbeuses)

bulbeuse (feminine)
bulbeux (masculine plural)
bulbeuses (feminine plural)

(botany) bulbous (growing from or producing bulbs)


chélidoine

From Old French celidoine, from Medieval Latin celidonia, chelidonia.


cynocrambe

mercuriale vivace
mercuriale vivace#French

(botany) Synonym of mercuriale vivace (“dog's mercury”) (Mercurialis perennis)


galactite

(botany) thistle of the family Galactites


perfolié

perfolié (feminine perfoliée, masculine plural perfoliés, feminine plural perfoliées)

perfoliée (feminine)
perfoliés (masculine plural)
perfoliées (feminine plural)


sinué

sinué (feminine sinuée, masculine plural sinués, feminine plural sinuées)

sinuée (feminine)
sinués (masculine plural)
sinuées (feminine plural)


tomenteux

tomenteux (feminine tomenteuse, masculine plural tomenteux, feminine plural tomenteuses)

tomenteuse (feminine)
tomenteux (masculine plural)
tomenteuses (feminine plural)


oponce

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