| B {n} /b/ (musical note)
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:: si {m}
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| B {symbol} (byte)
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:: o (octet)
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| baa {n} /bæ/ (bleating of sheep)
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:: bêlement {m}
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| baa {v} (to make the cry of sheep)
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:: bêler
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| Baalbek {prop} (a city in Lebanon)
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:: Baalbeck
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| Ba'athism {n} /ˈbɑːθɪzəm/ (ideology)
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:: Baathisme {m}
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| baba au rhum {n} (rum-soaked cake)
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:: baba au rhum {m}
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| Baba Yaga {prop} (hag who flies through the air in a mortar)
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:: Baba Yaga {f}
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| babbittry {n} (narrow minded materialism)
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:: matérialisme petit-bourgeois {m}
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| babble {v} /ˈbæb.l̩/ (to utter words indistinctly)
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:: marmonner, marmotter, jargonner
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| babble {v} (to talk much)
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:: bavarder, papoter, caqueter, jaboter, jacasser,
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| babble {v} (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
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:: babiller, murmurer, susurrer
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| babble {n} (idle talk)
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:: babillage {m}, bavardage {m}
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| babble {n} (inarticulate speech)
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:: jargon {m}, charabia {m}, galimatias {m}
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| babble {n} (the sound of flowing water)
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:: babil {m}, murmure {m}
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| babbler {n} /ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)/ (someone who babbles)
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:: babillard {m}; babillarde {f}
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| babbling {n} (sounds produced by infant during the babbling period)
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:: balbutiement {m}
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| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby
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::
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| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby
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::
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| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby
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::
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| Babelic {adj}
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:: babélique
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| Bab el Mandeb {prop} (strait)
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:: Bab-el-Mandeb
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| babesiosis {n} (parasitic disease)
|
:: babésiose, piroplasmose
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| babiroussa {n} (hoglike quadruped)
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:: babiroussa {m}
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| babirusa {n} (a member of the genus Babyrousa)
|
:: babiroussa {m}
|
| Babism {n} (19th-century Persian pantheistical religious sect)
|
:: babisme {m}, foi babie {f}
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| Babist {n} (a believer in Babism)
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:: babi {m}, babie {f}
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| babka {n} (coffee cake)
|
:: babka {m}
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| baboon {n} /ˌbæˈbuːn/ (primate)
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:: babouin {m}
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| baboonish {adj} (like a baboon)
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:: babouinesque
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| babouche {n} (Turkish or oriental slipper)
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:: babouche {f}
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| babushka {n} (matryoshka) SEE: Russian doll
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::
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| Babuza {prop} (language)
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:: babuza {m}
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| baby {n} /ˈbeɪbi/ (very young human being)
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:: bébé {m}
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| baby {n} (young animal)
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:: petit {m}, bébé {m}
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| baby {n} (immature or infantile person)
|
:: bébé {m}
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| baby {n} (term of endearment)
|
:: chou {m}, bébé {m}
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| baby {n} (form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive)
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:: mon beau {m} [to a man], ma belle {f} [to a woman]
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| baby {n} (pet project)
|
:: bébé {m}
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| baby {n} (lastborn of a family)
|
:: benjamin {m}, benjamine {f}
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| baby {adj} (of a child)
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:: petit
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| baby {adj} (of an animal)
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:: petit [additionally, as in English, there are special terms for the young of some animals]
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| baby {adj} (intended for babies)
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:: pour bébé
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| baby boom {n} (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964))
|
:: babyboom {m}
|
| baby boom {n} (any increase in the birth rate)
|
:: babyboom {m}
|
| baby boomer {n} (person born after Second World War)
|
:: bébé-boumeur {m}, bébé-boumeuse {f}
|
| baby bottle {n} (bottle with a teat)
|
:: biberon {m}
|
| baby boy {n} (very young male human being)
|
:: bébé {m}
|
| baby buggy {n} (a wheeled chair for the transport of a baby) SEE: stroller
|
::
|
| baby carriage {n} (cart that is designed for moving a baby around in a lying position) SEE: pram
|
::
|
| baby doll {n} (doll)
|
:: poupon {m}
|
| baby doll {n} (night-dress)
|
:: nuisette {f}
|
| baby face {n} /ˈbeɪbɪ feɪs/ (headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits)
|
:: gentil {m}, héros {m}
|
| baby food {n} (food designed for babies)
|
:: panade
|
| baby grand {n} (small grand piano)
|
:: crapaud {m}
|
| baby hatch {n} (hatch for abandoned children)
|
:: tour d'abandon {m}
|
| babyish {adj} (like a baby)
|
:: bébête
|
| Babylon {prop} /ˈbæbɪ.lɑn/ (capital of Babylonia)
|
:: Babylone {f}
|
| Babylonia {prop} /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/ (ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia)
|
:: Babylonie {f}, Babylone
|
| baby monitor {n} (Intercom system)
|
:: babyphone {m}
|
| baby of the family {n} (youngest member of an immediate family)
|
:: benjamin {m} (for a male), benjamine {f}
|
| baby powder {n} (astringent powder)
|
:: talc {m}
|
| baby's breath {n} (Gypsophila)
|
:: gypsophile paniculée {f}
|
| baby seat {n} (child safety seat) SEE: child safety seat
|
::
|
| baby shower {n} (party)
|
:: fête prénatale {f}, baby shower {m}
|
| babysit {v} /ˈbeɪbiː.sɪt/ (To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
|
:: faire du baby-sitting
|
| babysitter {n} /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtɚ/ (baby or child caretaker)
|
:: baby-sitter {m} {f}, gardien d’enfant {f}, gardienne d’enfant {f}, bonne d’enfant {f}
|
| babysitting {n} (work of a babysitter)
|
:: babysitting {m}
|
| baby talk {n} (form of speech used when talking to babies)
|
:: langage enfantin {m}, mamanais {m}
|
| baby tooth {n} (tooth which will be replaced) SEE: milk tooth
|
::
|
| baby walker {n} (baby walker, see also: walking frame)
|
:: youpala {m}
|
| baby weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth) SEE: birth weight
|
::
|
| baccarat {n} /ˈbækəɹɑː/ (card game)
|
:: baccara
|
| bacchic {adj} (of or relating to Bacchus)
|
:: bachique
|
| Bach {prop} /bɑːx/ (German composer)
|
:: Bach
|
| bachelor {n} /ˈbætʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ (unmarried man)
|
:: célibataire {m}
|
| bachelor {n} (bachelor's degree)
|
:: licence
|
| bachelordom {n} (bachelorhood) SEE: bachelorhood
|
::
|
| bachelorette {n} /ˌbætʃləˈɹɛt/ (unmarried woman)
|
:: célibataire {f}, demoiselle {f}
|
| bachelorette {n} (very small single room apartment)
|
:: chambre de bonne {f}, studio {m}
|
| bachelorette party {n} (bachelorette party)
|
:: enterrement de vie de jeune fille {m}
|
| bachelorhood {n} (the condition of being a bachelor)
|
:: célibat {m}
|
| Bachelor of Arts {n} (collegiate degree)
|
:: baccalauréat universitaire ès lettres
|
| bachelor party {n} (party)
|
:: enterrement de vie de garçon {m}, enterrement de vie de jeune garçon {m}
|
| bachelorship {n} (bachelorhood) SEE: bachelorhood
|
::
|
| bacilliform {adj} (shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped)
|
:: bacilliforme
|
| bacillophobia {n} (fear of microbes)
|
:: bacillophobie {f}
|
| bacillus {n} /bæˈsɪl.əs/ (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
|
:: bacille {m}
|
| back {adj} /bæk/ (near the rear)
|
:: de derrière
|
| back {adj} (far from the main area)
|
:: écarté {m}
|
| back {adj} (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth)
|
:: postérieur
|
| back {adv} (to or in a previous condition or place)
|
:: de retour
|
| back {n} (the rear of body)
|
:: dos {m}
|
| back {n} (the reverse side)
|
:: derrière {m}, revers {m}
|
| back {n} (that which is farthest away from the front)
|
:: fond {m}
|
| back {n} (the part of something that goes last)
|
:: fin {f}
|
| back {n} (a position behind most players on the team)
|
:: arrière {m}
|
| back {v} (to go in the reverse direction)
|
:: (person) reculer, (vehicle) faire marche arrière
|
| back {v} (to support)
|
:: soutenir
|
| backache {n} /ˈbækeɪk/ (any pain or ache in the back, see also: lumbago)
|
:: mal au dos {m}
|
| back and forth {adv} (from one place to another and back again)
|
:: aller-retour {m}, va-et-vient {m}
|
| back and forth {n} (movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position)
|
:: va-et-vient {m}, allées et venues {f-p}
|
| back away {v} (to retreat, keeping the attention in front)
|
:: reculer, faire marche arrière
|
| backbencher {n} (member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank)
|
:: député de l'arrière-ban {m}, député sans portefeuille {m}, députée sans portefeuille {f}, simple député {m}
|
| backbite {v} (to make defamatory statements about another)
|
:: calomnier, salir, diffamer
|
| backbone {n} /ˈbækˌboʊn/ (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord)
|
:: colonne vertébrale {f}, rachis {m}, épine dorsale {f}
|
| backbone {n} (any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure)
|
:: épine dorsale {f}
|
| backbone {n} (courage, fortitude, or strength)
|
:: courage {m}
|
| backbone {n} (backbone) SEE: spine
|
::
|
| back cover {n} (cover on the opposite side of the front cover)
|
:: quatrième de couverture {f}, quatrième de couv' {f}, dos {m}
|
| backdate {v} (to backdate) SEE: antedate
|
::
|
| back down {v} (to take less aggressive position)
|
:: baisser d'un ton
|
| backdrop {n} /ˈbæk.dɹɒp/ (a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage)
|
:: décor {m}, toile de fond {f}
|
| backdrop {n} (background of a historical event)
|
:: contexte {m}
|
| back end {n} (computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user)
|
:: back-end {m}, arrière-plan {m}
|
| back fire {n} (controlled fire)
|
:: contre-feu {m}
|
| backfire {v} /bækˈfaɪə(ɹ)/ (fail)
|
:: se retourner contre, avoir l'effet inverse
|
| backflip {n} /ˈbæk.flɪp/ (an act of rotating your body)
|
:: salto arrière {m}
|
| back-formation {n} (linguistic process)
|
:: dérivation régressive {f}, dérivation inverse {f}, rétroformation {f}
|
| backgammon {n} /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/ (board game)
|
:: backgammon {m}
|
| background {n} /ˈbæk.ɡɹaʊnd/ (social heritage)
|
:: origine {f}, passé {m}
|
| background {n} (part of picture)
|
:: arrière-plan {m}
|
| background {n} (relevant information)
|
:: antécédents {m-p}, historique {m}
|
| background {n} (less important feature)
|
:: fond {m}
|
| background {n} (computer background)
|
:: fond d'écran {m}
|
| background {n} (activity not visible to the user)
|
:: tâche de fond {f}, en arrière-plan
|
| background music {n} (music played in a public space)
|
:: musique d'ambiance {f}
|
| background music {n} (music in a film, video game or other medium)
|
:: musique de fond {f}, musique de fosse {f}
|
| backhand {n} /ˈbækhænd/ (stroke in tennis)
|
:: revers {m}
|
| backhanded {adj} /ˈbækˌhændəd/ (Of writing)
|
:: penché à gauche {m}
|
| backheel {n} (soccer)
|
:: talonnade {f}
|
| backhoe {n} /ˈbæk.həʊ/ (a piece of excavating equipment)
|
:: tractopelle {f}, rétrocaveuse {f}
|
| backhoe {n} (a multi-purpose tractor)
|
:: pelleteuse {f}, rétrocaveuse {f}
|
| back in day {adv} (back in the day) SEE: back in the day
|
::
|
| back in the day {prep} (in the distant past)
|
:: dans le temps, à l'époque
|
| backlash {n} /ˈbækˌlæʃ/ (violent or abrubt reaction)
|
:: retour de bâton {m}
|
| backlash {n} (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
|
:: jeu {m}
|
| backlight {n} /ˈbæk.laɪt/ (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind)
|
:: contrejour {m}
|
| backlight {n} (light attached to an LCD display)
|
:: rétroéclairage {m}
|
| backlight {n} (rear window of a motor car)
|
:: lunette arrière {f}
|
| backlight {v} (illuminate something from behind)
|
:: éclairer par derrière, rétro-éclairer
|
| backlink {n} (computing: a hyperlink to a webpage from an external website.)
|
:: lien retour {m}
|
| backlit {adj} (illuminated from behind)
|
:: rétro-éclairé, éclairé par derrière
|
| backlog {n} /ˈbæk.lɒɡ/ (an accumulation or buildup)
|
:: arriéré {m} [work]
|
| back matter {n} (parts of a book that appear after the text)
|
:: posttexte
|
| back off {v} (To move backwards away from something)
|
:: reculer
|
| back off {v} (To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act)
|
:: mettre de l'eau dans son vin
|
| back off {v} (To lower the setting of)
|
:: baisser d'un ton
|
| back office {n}
|
:: back office {m}, arrière-guichet {m}
|
| back-of-the-envelope {adj}
|
:: dos d'une enveloppe, sur un coin de table, à l'arrache, vite fait
|
| backorder {n}
|
:: réapprovisionnement {m}
|
| backpack {n} /ˈbæk.pæk/ (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking)
|
:: sac à dos {m}
|
| backpacker {n} (a traveler)
|
:: routard
|
| backpackers {n} (hostel) SEE: hostel
|
::
|
| back page {n} (final page) SEE: back cover
|
::
|
| backpedal {v} /ˈbækˌpɛdəɫ/ (to pedal backwards on a bicycle)
|
:: rétropédaler
|
| backpedal {v} (to step backwards)
|
:: reculer
|
| backpedal {v} (to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement)
|
:: rétropédaler, faire marche arrière
|
| backpropagation {n} (in computing)
|
:: rétropropagation {f}
|
| backrest {n} /ˈbækˌɹest/ (back piece of a chair)
|
:: dossier {n}
|
| backronym {n} /ˈbæk.ɹəˌnɪm/
|
:: rétro-acronyme {m}
|
| back scrubber {n} (utensil for scrubbing the back while bathing)
|
:: lave-dos {m}
|
| back seat {n} (seat)
|
:: siège arrière {m}
|
| back-seat driver {n} (advising passenger)
|
:: mouche du coche
|
| backside {n} /ˈbækˌsaɪd/ (buttocks)
|
:: arrière {m}
|
| backslang {n} /ˈbækslæŋ/
|
:: verlan
|
| backslash {n} /ˈbækˌslæʃ/ (punctuation mark)
|
:: barre oblique inversée, contre-oblique, backslash, antislash
|
| backspace {n} /ˈbækˌspeɪs/ (typewriter key)
|
:: retour arrière {m}
|
| backspace {n} (computer key)
|
:: retour arrière {m}
|
| backspace {n}
|
:: retour arrière
|
| backstabber {n} /ˈbækˌstæbɚ/ (a traitor or hypocrite)
|
:: hypocrite
|
| backstage {n} /bækˈsteɪdʒ/ (the area behind the stage)
|
:: coulisses {f-p}
|
| backstory {n} (previous life and experiences of a fictional character)
|
:: toile de fond
|
| backstroke {n} /ˈbækˌstɹoʊk/ (a swimming stroke swum on one's back)
|
:: dos crawlé {m}, dos {m}
|
| back the wrong horse {v} (to support something or someone unsuccessful)
|
:: miser sur le mauvais cheval
|
| back to back {adv} (with back facing somebody else's back)
|
:: dos à dos
|
| back-to-back {adj} /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/ (with one's back facing somebody else's back)
|
:: dos à dos
|
| back-to-back {adj}
|
:: dos à dos
|
| back to nature {adj} (turning away from urban environs and attitudes)
|
:: retour à la nature
|
| back to square one {adj} (located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure)
|
:: de retour à la case départ
|
| back to square one {adv} (back to the start, as after a dead-end or failure)
|
:: de retour à la case départ, Gros-Jean comme devant
|
| back to the wall {n} (very difficult situation)
|
:: être dos au mur
|
| back-translate {v} (to translate back to original language)
|
:: rétrotraduction {f}
|
| back-translation {n} (activity)
|
:: rétrotraduction {f}
|
| back-translation {n} (text)
|
:: rétrotraduction {f}
|
| back up {v} (To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so)
|
:: reculer
|
| back up {v} (To move a vehicle backwards)
|
:: reculer, faire marche arrière
|
| back up {v} (To copy as a security measure)
|
:: sauvegarder, faire une sauvegarde
|
| backup {n} /ˈbækˌʌp/ (reserve)
|
:: remplaçant {m}
|
| backup {n} (copy of file or record)
|
:: sauvegarde {f}
|
| backup {adj} (standby, reserve or extra)
|
:: remplaçant {m}
|
| backup {adj} (intended as backup)
|
:: de sauvegarde
|
| back vowel {n} (Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth)
|
:: voyelle postérieure {f}
|
| backward {adj} /ˈbækwɚd/ (reluctant to advance)
|
:: arriéré
|
| backward {adj} (undeveloped)
|
:: sous-développé
|
| backward {adv} (in the direction towards the back)
|
:: en arrière
|
| backward compatibility {n} (compatibility with older systems)
|
:: compatibilité descendante {f}, rétrocompatibilité {f}
|
| backward compatible {adj} (compatible with older systems)
|
:: rétrocompatible {m} {f}
|
| backwardness {n} (state of being backward)
|
:: arriération {f}, retard
|
| backwards {adj} /ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)dz/ (behind current trends)
|
:: arriéré
|
| backwater {n} (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
|
:: patelin {m}, trou perdu {m}
|
| backwater {v} (to vacillate on a long-held position)
|
:: lâcher prise
|
| backwoods {n} /ˈbakˌwʊdz/ (uncleared forest)
|
:: sous-bois
|
| backyard {n} /bækˈjɑːd/ (yard to the rear of a house)
|
:: arrière-cour
|
| bacon {n} /ˈbeɪ.kən/ (cut of meat)
|
:: lard {m}, lardon {m}
|
| bacon and eggs {n} (a dish consisting of bacon and eggs)
|
:: œufs au bacon {m-p}
|
| Baconian {adj} /bəˈkəʊn.ɪən/ (of or pertaining to Francis Bacon and his philosophical system)
|
:: baconien {m}
|
| bacon rind {n} (skin of pork)
|
:: couenne
|
| bacteremically {adv} (by means of bacteremia)
|
:: bactériémiquement
|
| bacteria {n} /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/ (bacteria)
|
:: bactéries {f-p}
|
| bacterial {adj} /bækˈtɪəɹɪəɫ/ (of or caused by bacteria)
|
:: bactérien
|
| bacteriochlorophyll {n} (photosynthetic pigment)
|
:: bactériochlorophylle {f}
|
| bacteriological {adj} (of or pertaining to bacteriology)
|
:: bactériologique
|
| bacteriologist {n} (microbiologist)
|
:: bactériologiste {m} {f}
|
| bacteriology {n} /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒlədʒi/ (scientific study of bacteria)
|
:: bactériologie {f}
|
| bacteriolysis {n}
|
:: bactériolyse {f}
|
| bacteriophage {n} /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfeɪdʒ/ (a virus that infects bacteria)
|
:: bactériophage {m}
|
| bacteriorhodopsin {n}
|
:: bactériorhodopsine {f}
|
| bacteriostatic {adj} (of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat)
|
:: bactériostatique
|
| bacterium {n} /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm/ (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles)
|
:: bactérie {f}
|
| Bactria {prop} /ˈbæktɹɪə/ (Greek name for ancient country)
|
:: Bactriane {f}, Bactrie {f}
|
| Bactrian camel {n} /ˈbæktɹɪən ˈkæməl/ (Camelus bactrianus)
|
:: chameau de Bactriane {m}
|
| bad {adj} /bæd/ (unfavorable; negative)
|
:: mauvais
|
| bad {adj} (not suitable or fitting)
|
:: mauvais
|
| bad {adj} (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
|
:: mauvais
|
| bad {adj} (unhealthy; liable to cause health problems)
|
:: mauvais [with "pour la santé"]
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| bad {adj} (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
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:: mauvais
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| bad {adj} (evil, wicked)
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:: mauvais, méchant
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| bad {adj} (faulty; not functional)
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:: défectueux
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| bad {adj} (of breath: malodorous)
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:: mauvaise {f}
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| bad {adj} (unskilled)
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:: mauvais, nul
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| bad {adj} (bold and daring)
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:: fonceur
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| bad {adj} (severe; urgent)
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:: urgent
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| bad {n} (slang: error, mistake)
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:: faute {f}, gaffe {f}
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| bad {adj} (spoilt, rotten, overripe) SEE: spoilt
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::
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| bad {adv} (badly) SEE: badly
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::
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| Badalona {prop} (city in Catalonia)
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:: Badalone
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| bad apple {n} (a person who is not wholesome)
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:: mauvaise graine {f}
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| badass {adj} (belligerent and troublesome) SEE: belligerent
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::
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| badass {n} /ˈbædæs/ (belligerent or mean person)
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:: connard {m}, connasse {f}
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| badass {n} (person considered impressive)
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:: tête {f}, warrior {m}, dur à cuire {m}
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| badass {adj} (having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable)
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:: dur à cuire {m}
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| bad breath {n} (unpleasant breath)
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:: mauvaise haleine
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| bad check {n} (bad check) SEE: bounced cheque
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::
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| baddie {n} /ˈbædi/ (a person of bad character in a work of fiction)
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:: méchant {m}
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| bad egg {n} /ˈbæd ɛɡ/ (rogue)
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:: délinquant, malfrat {m}, bandit {m}
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| Baden {prop} /ˈbɑːdən/ (former state)
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:: Bade
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| Baden-Württemberg {prop} /ˌbɑːdən ˈvɜːtəmbɜːɡ/ (state of Germany)
|
:: Bade-Wurtemberg {m}
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| bad faith {n} (intent to deceive or mislead)
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:: mauvaise foi {f}
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| badge {n} /bædʒ/ (distinctive mark)
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:: plaque {f}, insigne {m}, décoration {f}, macaron {m}
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| badge {n} (nameplate)
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:: porte-nom {m}, badge {m}
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| badge {n} (card to grant access)
|
:: carte d'accès {f}
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| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart
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::
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| badger {n} /ˈbædʒɚ/ (mammal)
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:: blaireau {m}
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| badger {v} (pester)
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:: taper sur le système, casser les couilles, emmerder, les briser, beurrer la raie
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| badger {n} (native or resident of Wisconsin) SEE: Wisconsinite
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::
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| bad guy {n} (a villain)
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:: mauvais garçon {m}, méchant {m}
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| badinage {v} /ˌbɑd.ɪˈnɑʒ/ (engage in badinage)
|
:: badiner
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| bad joke {n} (situation)
|
:: travail d'Arabe {m}
|
| badlands {n} /ˈbæd.lændz/ (arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks)
|
:: Mauvaises Terres {f-p}, badlands {m}
|
| bad luck {n} (misfortune)
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:: malchance {f}, guigne {f} [informal], poisse {f} [informal], manque de bol {m} [informal], manque de cul {m} [vulgar]
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| badly {adv} /ˈbæd.li/ (in a bad manner)
|
:: mal, mauvaisement {m} [old]
|
| badminton {n} /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/ (a racquet sport)
|
:: badminton {m}
|
| badminton player {n} (a person who plays badminton)
|
:: badiste {m} {f}, joueur de badminton {m}, joueuse de badminton {f}
|
| badmouth {v} /ˈbæd.maʊθ/ (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
|
:: dénigrer, déprécier, débiner
|
| bad news {n} (news of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events)
|
:: mauvaises nouvelles {f-p}
|
| bad news {n} (irritating person)
|
:: casse-pied, emmerdeur, emmerdement, fouteur de merde
|
| bad press {n}
|
:: mauvaise presse
|
| bad-tempered {adj} (having a bad temper)
|
:: de mauvaise humeur
|
| bad trip {n} (psychedelic crisis)
|
:: mauvais délire, mauvais voyage, bad trip
|
| badware {n} (malware) SEE: malware
|
::
|
| Baetic {adj}
|
:: bétique
|
| Baffin Bay {prop} (sea between Greenland and Nunavut)
|
:: baie de Baffin, mer de Baffin
|
| Baffin Island {prop} (island)
|
:: île de Baffin {f}, Terre de Baffin {f}
|
| baffle {v} /ˈbæfl̩/ (to totally bewilder; confuse or perplex)
|
:: déconcerter, dérouter
|
| baffled {adj} /ˈbæfl̩d/ (thoroughly confused, puzzled)
|
:: déconcerté, décontenancé, dérouté, perplexe
|
| baffling {adj} (puzzling and frustrating)
|
:: déconcertant
|
| Bafut {prop} (language)
|
:: bafut {m}, fut {m}
|
| bag {n} /ˈbɛɡ/ (flexible container)
|
:: sac {m}, [regional] poche {f}, cornet {m}
|
| bag {n} (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers)
|
:: sachet {m}, cornet {m}
|
| bag {n} (preference)
|
:: tasse de thé {f}, truc {m}
|
| bag {n} (ugly woman)
|
:: bique {f}, mégère {f}
|
| bag {v} (to put into a bag)
|
:: ensacher
|
| bag {v} (to catch)
|
:: attraper, choper
|
| bag {v} (to gain possession of, or to make first claim on)
|
:: mettre la main, choper
|
| bag {v} (to laugh uncontrollably)
|
:: éclater de rire
|
| bag {v} (to swell or hang down like a full bag)
|
:: pendre
|
| bag {v} (to hang like an empty bag)
|
:: pendre
|
| bag {v} (to swell with arrogance)
|
:: se la péter
|
| bag {n} (suitcase) SEE: suitcase
|
::
|
| bag {n} (backpack) SEE: backpack
|
::
|
| bag and baggage {adv} (with all one's possessions)
|
:: avec armes et bagages
|
| bagasse {n} (the residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted)
|
:: bagasse {f}
|
| bagatelle {n} /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/ (trifle)
|
:: bagatelle {f}, broutille {f}
|
| bagel {n} /ˈbeɪɡəl/ (toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked)
|
:: bagel {m}, baguel {m}, beguel {m}
|
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage
|
::
|
| baggage claim {n} (designated location for receiving checked luggage)
|
:: retrait des bagages {m}
|
| baggage handler {n}
|
:: bagagiste {m}
|
| baggage reclaim {n} (designated location for receiving checked luggage) SEE: baggage claim
|
::
|
| Baghdad {prop} /bæɡˈdæd/ (city)
|
:: Bagdad
|
| Baghdadi {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Baghdad)
|
:: bagdadien, bagdadi, bagdadois
|
| Baghdadi {n} (person from Baghdad)
|
:: Bagdadien {m} [recommended], Bagdadienne {f} [recommended], Bagdadi {m}, Bagdadie {f}, Bagdadois {m}, Bagdadoise {f}
|
| Baghdadian {adj} (Baghdadi) SEE: Baghdadi
|
::
|
| Baghdadian {n} (Baghdadi) SEE: Baghdadi
|
::
|
| bagna cauda {n} /ˌbɑːnjə ˈkaʊdə/ (dip made from anchovies, olive oil and garlic)
|
:: bagna cauda {f}, bagna caoda {f}, bagna caôda {f}
|
| bag of bones {n} (a skinny person)
|
:: sac d'os {m}, paquet d'os {m}
|
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes
|
::
|
| bagpiper {n} (one who plays the bagpipes)
|
:: cornemuseur {m}
|
| bagpipes {n} /ˈbæɡ.pɑɪps/ (musical wind instrument)
|
:: cornemuse {f}
|
| baguette {n} /bæˈɡɛt/ (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape)
|
:: baguette {f}
|
| bag valve mask {n}
|
:: ballon autoremplisseur à valve unidirectionnelle, BAVU
|
| Bahá'í {n} (follower of the Bahá'í Faith / follower of Bahá'u'lláh)
|
:: bahaï {m}, bahaïe {f}
|
| Bahamas {prop} /bəˈhɑː.məz/ (country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Bahamas {f-p}
|
| Bahamian {adj} /bəˈheɪm.ɪən/ (pertaining to the Bahamas)
|
:: bahamien, bahaméen
|
| Bahamian {n} (person from the Bahamas)
|
:: Bahaméen {m}, Bahamien {m}
|
| Bahá'í Faith {prop} (religion)
|
:: bahaïsme {m}, foi bahá’íe {f}
|
| Bahian {adj}
|
:: bahianais
|
| Bahian {n}
|
:: Bahianais
|
| Bahrain {prop} /bɑːˈɹeɪn/ (country in the Middle East)
|
:: Bahreïn {m}, Bahrayn {m}
|
| Bahraini {n} (a person from Bahrain or of Bahraini descent)
|
:: Bahreïni {m}, Bahreïnie {f}, Bahreïnien {m}, Bahreïnienne {f}, Bahreïnite {m} {f}
|
| Bahraini {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bahrain or the Bahraini people)
|
:: bahreïni
|
| baht {n} /bɑːt/ (unit of currency)
|
:: baht {m}
|
| baiji {n} /ˈbaɪd͡ʒi/ (freshwater dolphin)
|
:: baiji {m}, dauphin de Chine {m}, dauphin du Yangzi {m}
|
| Baikal {prop} /ˌbaɪˈkɑːl/ (a large lake in Russia)
|
:: Baïkal {m}
|
| Baikonur {prop} /ˌbaɪ.kəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ (city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan)
|
:: Baïkonour {m}
|
| bail {n} /beɪ̯l/ (security)
|
:: caution {f}
|
| bail {n} (release from imprisonment on payment of such money)
|
:: libération sous caution {f}, liberté sous caution {f}
|
| bail {n} (person providing such payment.)
|
:: caution {f}
|
| bail {n} (bucket or scoop)
|
:: écope {f}
|
| bail {v} (to remove water)
|
:: écoper
|
| bail {n} (hoop, ring or handle)
|
:: anse {f}
|
| bail bond {n} (surety posted as bail)
|
:: caution {f}
|
| bailer {n} (a utensil)
|
:: écope {f}
|
| bailiff {n} (steward) SEE: steward
|
::
|
| bailiff {n} /ˈbeɪlɪf/ (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
|
:: huissier {m}, huissier de justice {m}
|
| bailival {adj}
|
:: baillival
|
| bailiwick {n} /ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk/ (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
|
:: bailliage {m}
|
| bailiwick {n} (area or subject of authority or involvement)
|
:: bailliage {m}, compétence, autorité
|
| baillie brushkie {n} (parakeet auklet) SEE: parakeet auklet
|
::
|
| bail out {v} (To secure the release of an arrested person)
|
:: cautionner
|
| bail out {v} (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out)
|
:: écoper
|
| bail out {v} (To exit an aircraft while in flight)
|
:: sauter
|
| bail out {v} (To rescue, especially financially)
|
:: renflouer
|
| bail out {v} (To leave or not attend)
|
:: [colloquial] se tailler, [informal] se barrer, [colloquial] se tirer, [informal] mettre les bouts, déguerpir
|
| Baird's sandpiper {n} (Calidris bairdii)
|
:: bécasseau de Baird
|
| bait {n} /beɪt/ (substance used in catching fish)
|
:: appât {m}
|
| bait {n} (poisoned food to kill pests)
|
:: appât {m}
|
| bait {n} (anything which allures)
|
:: leurre
|
| bait {v} (to attract with bait)
|
:: appâter
|
| baize {n} /beɪz/ (woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.)
|
:: drap de billard {m}, serge {f}
|
| Baja California Sur {prop} (state of Mexico)
|
:: Basse-Californie du Sud
|
| Bajan {prop} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian
|
::
|
| Bajan {adj} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian
|
::
|
| Bajocian {prop}
|
:: Bajocien
|
| Bačka {prop} /ˈbɑːtʃ.kə/ (historical region divided between Serbia and Hungary)
|
:: Bačka {f}
|
| bake {v} /beɪk/ (to cook in an oven)
|
:: cuire [au four]
|
| baked {adj} /beɪkt/ (cooked by baking)
|
:: cuit, cuit au four
|
| baked Alaska {n} /beɪkt əˈlaskə/ (dessert of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked)
|
:: omelette norvégienne {f}
|
| baked beans {n} (food)
|
:: baked beans {m-p}, haricots blancs à la sauce tomate {m-p}
|
| baked potato {n} (potato that has been baked)
|
:: pomme de terre au four {f}, pomme de terre en robe des champs {f}
|
| bakehouse {n} /ˈbeɪkhaʊs/ (bakehouse)
|
:: fournil {m}
|
| Bakelite {n} /ˈbeɪk.ə.laɪt/ (heat-resisting chemically inert resin)
|
:: Bakélite {f}
|
| baker {n} /ˈbeɪ.kɚ/ (person who bakes and sells bread, etc)
|
:: boulanger {m}, boulangère {f}
|
| Baker {prop} (Occupational surname)
|
:: Boulanger
|
| baker's {n} (bakery) SEE: bakery
|
::
|
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin
|
::
|
| baker's dozen {n} /ˌbeɪkəz ˈdʌzən/ (group of thirteen)
|
:: treizaine {f}
|
| bakery {n} /ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/ (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold)
|
:: boulangerie {f}
|
| baking {n} /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/ (action in which something is baked)
|
:: cuisson {f}
|
| baking powder {n} (dry leavening agent used in baking)
|
:: levure chimique {f}
|
| baking soda {n} (common name for sodium bicarbonate)
|
:: bicarbonate de soude {m}
|
| baking tray {n} (oven-proof tray)
|
:: plaque à four {f}
|
| baklava {n} /ˈbæk.lə.və/ (sweet pastry)
|
:: baklava
|
| baksheesh {n} /bækˈʃiːʃ/ (bribe or tip)
|
:: bakchich {m}
|
| Baku {prop} /bɑːˈkuː/ (the capital city of Azerbaijan)
|
:: Bakou
|
| Bakuninist {adj}
|
:: bakouninien
|
| Bakuvian {adj} (of or relating to Baku)
|
:: bakinois
|
| Bakuvian {n} (inhabitant or native of Baku)
|
:: Bakinois {m}, Bakinoise {f}
|
| Balachka {prop} (Russian regional dialect)
|
:: balatchka {m}
|
| balaclava {n} /ˌbæl.əˈklɑː.və/ (headgear)
|
:: passe-montagne {m}, cagoule {f}
|
| balalaika {n} /bæləˈlaɪkə/ (Russian instrument)
|
:: balalaïka {f}
|
| balance {n} /ˈbæləns/ (equilibrium)
|
:: équilibre {m}
|
| balance {n} (something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium)
|
:: contrepoids {m}
|
| balance {n} (scales)
|
:: balance {f}
|
| balance {n} (apparent harmony in art)
|
:: équilibre {m}
|
| balance {n} (accounting: list of credits and debits)
|
:: solde {m}
|
| balance {n} (device that regulates the speed of a watch)
|
:: balancier {m}
|
| balance {v} (accounting: to make credits and debits correspond)
|
:: apurer
|
| balance {v} (to estimate) SEE: estimate
|
::
|
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra
|
::
|
| balance beam {n} (gymnastics: narrow wooden rail)
|
:: poutre {f}
|
| balanced {adj} /ˈbælənst/ (even)
|
:: équilibré
|
| balance of power {n} (situation of equilibrium)
|
:: équilibre des puissances {m}
|
| balance of probabilities {n} (legal standard)
|
:: prépondérance de la preuve {f}
|
| balance sheet {n} (summary of assets, liabilities and equity)
|
:: bilan {m}
|
| balanephagous {adj} /bæləˈniːfəɡəs/
|
:: balanophage
|
| balanitis {n} (inflammation of glans penis)
|
:: balanite {f}
|
| balanoid {adj}
|
:: balanoïde
|
| balconette bra {n} (balcony bra) SEE: balcony bra
|
::
|
| balcony {n} /ˈbælkəni/ (structure extending from a building)
|
:: balcon {m}
|
| balcony {n} (structure overlooking a stage)
|
:: balcon {m}
|
| balcony bra {n} (half-cup bra)
|
:: balconnet {m}
|
| bald {adj} /bɑld/ (having no hair)
|
:: chauve
|
| bald {adj} ((of tyre) whose surface is worn away)
|
:: lisse
|
| baldacchin {n} /ˈbaldəkɪn/ (canopy suspended over an altar or throne)
|
:: baldaquin {m}
|
| bald eagle {n} (species of eagle native to North America)
|
:: pygargue à tête blanche {m}
|
| balderdash {n} /ˈbɔːldə.dæʃ/ (nonsense)
|
:: bêtises {f-p}
|
| baldie {n} (somebody who is bald)
|
:: crâne d’œuf {m}, chauve {m}
|
| baldmoney {n} /ˈbɔːldˌmʌni/ (Meum athamanticum)
|
:: baudremoine {f}, fenouil de montagne {m}, fenouil des Alpes {m}, cerfeuil des Alpes {m}, méum {m}
|
| baldness {n} (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald)
|
:: calvitie {f}
|
| baldrick {n} (broad belt)
|
:: baudrier {m}
|
| Baldwin {prop} /ˈbɔːldwɪn/ (given name)
|
:: Baudouin
|
| bale {v} (to remove water from a boat) SEE: bail
|
::
|
| bale {n} /beɪ̯l/ (rounded bundle of goods)
|
:: ballot {m}
|
| bale {n} (bundle of compressed wool or hay)
|
:: botte {f}
|
| bale {n} (measurement of hay)
|
:: botte {f}
|
| Balearic {adj} /bæliˈæɹɪk/ (of the Balearic Islands)
|
:: baléarique
|
| Balearic Islands {prop} (group of Mediterranean islands)
|
:: îles Baléares {p}, Baléares {p}
|
| baleen {n} /ˈbeɪliːn/ (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
|
:: fanon {m}
|
| baleen whale {n} (whale of the Mysticeti suborder)
|
:: baleine à fanons {f}
|
| baleful {adj} /ˈbeɪl.fəl/ (ominous)
|
:: sinistre
|
| Bali {prop} /ˈbɑːli/ (island of Indonesia)
|
:: Bali {m}
|
| Balinese {n} /ˈbɑːlɪniːz/ (language)
|
:: balinais {m}
|
| Balinese {n} (inhabitant)
|
:: Balinais {m}
|
| Balinese {n} (cat)
|
:: balinais
|
| Balinese {adj} (of or relating to Bali, or its inhabitants, language or culture)
|
:: balinais
|
| Balinesian {adj} (of Bali)
|
:: Balinais
|
| balk {n} /bɔk/ (an unplowed strip of land)
|
:: raie {f}
|
| balk {v} (to stop short and refuse to go on)
|
:: regimber
|
| balk {v} (to refuse suddenly)
|
:: regimber
|
| Balkan {adj} /ˈbɔːlkən/ (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
|
:: balkanique
|
| Balkanian {adj} (Balkan) SEE: Balkan
|
::
|
| Balkanic {adj} (of or relating to Balkan peninsula) SEE: Balkan
|
::
|
| Balkanization {n} /ˌbɑl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
|
:: balkanisation {f}
|
| Balkanize {v} (to break up)
|
:: balkaniser
|
| Balkans {prop} /ˈbɑl.kənz/ (geographical region in the southeast of Europe, see also: Balkan Peninsula)
|
:: Balkans {m}
|
| ball {n} /bɔːl/ (solid or hollow sphere)
|
:: balle {f}, boule {f}
|
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)
|
:: balle {f} [small, such as a cricket ball], ballon {m} [large, such as a football]
|
| ball {n} (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape)
|
:: pelote {f}
|
| ball {n} (baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone)
|
:: balle {f}
|
| ball {n} (pinball: an opportunity to launch the ball into play)
|
:: bille {f}
|
| ball {n} (ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile)
|
:: balle {f}, boulet {m}
|
| ball {n} (mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point)
|
:: boule {f}
|
| ball {n} (testicle)
|
:: couille {f} [vulgar], glaoui {m}, burne {f}, rouston {m}
|
| ball {n} (in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense)
|
:: [vulgar] conneries {f-p}, idioties {f-p}
|
| ball {n} (in plural — slang — courage)
|
:: [vulgar] couilles {f-p}
|
| ball {v} (vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with)
|
:: forniquer, tirer son coup, faire une partie de jambes en l’air, débroussailler la tranchée
|
| ball {n} (formal dance)
|
:: bal {m}
|
| ballad {n} /ˈbæləd/ (narrative poem)
|
:: ballade {f}
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| ball and chain {n} (means of restraint)
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:: boulet {m}
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| ball-and-socket joint {n} (type of joint)
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:: rotule {f}
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| ballast {n} /ˈbæl.əst/ (heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel)
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:: lest {m}
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| ballast {n} (material laid to form a bed for a road)
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:: remblai {m}
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| ballast {n} (electronics)
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:: ballast {m}
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| ballast {v} (to stabilize a ship with ballast)
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:: ballaster
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| ball bearing {n} (bearing assembly with spherical balls)
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:: roulement mécanique {m}, roulement à billes {m}
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| ball boy {n} (A male person responsible for retrieving balls)
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:: ramasseur {m}
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| ball-breaker {n} (Something or someone annoying)
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:: [vulgar] casse-couilles {m} {f}, [vulgar] brise-burnes {m} {f}, orchidoclaste, [colloquial] enquiquineur
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| ballerina {n} /ˌbæləɹˈiːnə/ (female ballet dancer)
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:: ballerine {f}
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| ballet {n} /ˈbæleɪ/ (form of dance)
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:: ballet {m}
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| ballet {n} (theatrical presentation)
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:: ballet {m}
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| ballet master {n}
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:: maître de ballet
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| balletomane {n} /bæˈlɛt.əˌmeɪn/ (a ballet enthusiast)
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:: balletomane {m}
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| ball game {n} /ˈbɔːl ˌɡeɪm/ (game played with a ball)
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:: jeu de ballon {m}
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| ball game {n} (Mesoamerican ballgame)
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:: jeu de balle {m}
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| ball game {n} (affair, issue)
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:: sujet {m}, question {f}, problème {m}
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| ballgame {n} (ball game) SEE: ball game
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::
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| ball girl {n} (female who clears balls)
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:: ramasseuse {f}
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| ball hockey {n}
|
:: hockey-balle
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| ballista {n} /bəˈlɪstə/ (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles)
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:: baliste {m}
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| ballistic {adj} /bəˈlɪs.tɪk/ (relating to ballistics)
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:: balistique
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| ballistic missile {n} (missile)
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:: missile balistique {m}
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| ballistics {n} /bəˈlɪst.ɪks/ (science of the study of falling objects)
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:: balistique {f}
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| ballistic vest {n} (bulletproof vest) SEE: bulletproof vest
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::
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| ball lightning {n} (a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air)
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:: foudre en boule {f}
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| balloon {n} (slang: woman’s breast) SEE: boob
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::
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| balloon {n} /bəˈluːn/ (inflatable and buoyant object)
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:: ballon {m}
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| balloon {n} (child’s toy)
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:: ballon {m}, ballon de baudruche {m}, ballon en baudruche {m}, ballon gonflable {m}
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| balloon {n} (inflatable object to transport people through the air)
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:: montgolfière {f}, ballon {m}
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| balloon {n} (speech bubble) SEE: speech bubble
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::
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| balloonfish {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish
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::
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| balloonist {n} (a person who flies in a (hot-air) balloon, balloons)
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:: ballonniste {m} {f}
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| ballot {n} /ˈbalət/ (paper used for vote-casting)
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:: bulletin de vote {m}, bulletin {m}
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| ballot {v} (to vote)
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:: voter
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| ballot box {n} (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip)
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:: urne {f}, urne électorale {f}
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| ballot paper {n} (voting form)
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:: bulletin de vote {m}
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| ballpark figure {n} (rough estimate)
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:: évaluation {f}
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| ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen
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::
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| ball pit {n} (type of play area)
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:: piscine à boules {f}
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| ballpoint pen {n} (pen)
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:: bic {m}, stylo à bille {m}
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| ballroom {n} /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/ (large room used for dancing)
|
:: salle de bal {f}
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| ballroom {n} (type of elegant dance)
|
:: danse de salon {f}
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| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball
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::
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| balls {n} /bɔːlz/ (testicles)
|
:: couilles {f-p}, burnes {f-p}, roustons {m-p}
|
| balls {n} (bravery)
|
:: couilles {f-p}
|
| balls {n} (rubbish)
|
:: conneries {f-p}
|
| balls {adv} (intensifier: very)
|
:: putain de
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| ballsack {n} (scrotum)
|
:: scrotum {m}, bourses {f-p}
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| ballsiness {n} (courage)
|
:: courage {m}, hardiesse {f}
|
| ballsy {adj} /ˈbɔlzi/ (having balls)
|
:: couillu {m}
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| ballyhoo {n} /bæliˈhuː/ (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity)
|
:: battage {m}
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| ballyhoo {n} (species of needlefish)
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:: aiguillette {f}
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| balm {n} (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants) SEE: balsam
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::
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| balm {n} (plant or tree yielding such substance) SEE: balsam
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::
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| balm {n} (soothing lotion) SEE: balsam
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::
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| balm {n} (figurative: something soothing) SEE: balsam
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::
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| balmy {adj} /ˈbɑː.mi/ (soothing or fragrant)
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:: embaumant, suave
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| balmy {adj} (mild and pleasant)
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:: doux, agréable
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| balmy {adj} (colloquial: foolish)
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:: cintré, fou, bizarre
|
| balneatory {adj}
|
:: balnéatoire
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| balneology {n} (study of baths and bathing)
|
:: balnéologie {f}
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| balneotherapy {n} (treatment of disease by bathing)
|
:: balnéothérapie {f}
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| Balochistan {prop} (region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia)
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:: Baloutchistan {m}
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| Balochistan {prop} (province of Pakistan)
|
:: Baloutchistan {m}
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| balrog {n} /ˈbɔːɫ.ɹɒɡ/ (fiery demonic creature)
|
:: balrog {m}
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| balsa {n} /ˈbɑlsə/ (a tree)
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:: balsa {m}
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| balsa {n} (wood)
|
:: balsa {m}
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| balsam {n} /ˈbɔːlsəm/ (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
|
:: pommade {f}
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| balsam {n} (soothing ointment)
|
:: baume {m}
|
| balsam {n} (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
|
:: balsamine {f}
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| balsam {n} (balsam fir) SEE: balsam fir
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::
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| balsam fir {n} (Abies balsamea)
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:: sapin baumier {m}
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| balsamic vinegar {n} (a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine)
|
:: vinaigre balsamique {m}
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| Balt {n} /bɔːlt/ (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states)
|
:: Balte {m} {f}
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| Balthazar {prop} /ˈbælθəˌzɔɹ/ (Babylonian king)
|
:: Balthazar
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| Baltic {prop} (Baltic Sea) SEE: Baltic Sea
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::
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| Baltic {adj} /ˈbɑl.tɪk/ (of the Baltic region or sea)
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:: baltique
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| Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Baltic languages)
|
:: baltique
|
| Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Balts)
|
:: baltique
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| Baltic herring {n} (Clupea harengus membras)
|
:: hareng de la Baltique
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| Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea)
|
:: mer Baltique {f}
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| Balto-Slavic {adj} (of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture)
|
:: balto-slave
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| balun {n} (electronic device)
|
:: balun {m}
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| baluster {n} /ˈbæl.ʌ.stɹ/ (banister)
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:: balustre {f}
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| balustrade {n} /ˈbæl.ə.stɹeɪd/ (row of balusters)
|
:: balustrade {f}
|
| Balzac {prop} (surname)
|
:: Balzac
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| Balzacian {adj} /balˈzakɪ.ən/ (of or pertaining to Honoré de Balzac or his writings)
|
:: balzacien
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| Bambara {prop} (language)
|
:: bambara {m}
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| bamboo {n} /bæmˈbu/ (plant)
|
:: bambou {m}
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| bamboo {n} (wood)
|
:: bambou {m}
|
| bamboo {adj} (made of bamboo)
|
:: de bambou
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| bamboo antshrike {n} (a passerine bird)
|
:: batara des bambous
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| Bamboo Curtain {prop} (political barrier between communist and capitalist in Asia)
|
:: Rideau de bambou
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| bamboolike {adj}
|
:: bambusacé
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| bamboo shoot {n} (edible part of some bamboo types)
|
:: pousses de bambou {p}
|
| bamboozle {v} /bæm.ˈbuː.zəl/ (to con, defraud, trick)
|
:: embrouiller, moquer, enfumer
|
| ban {v} /bæn/ (forbid)
|
:: interdire, proscrire
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| ban {n} (prohibition)
|
:: interdiction {f}, prohibition {f}
|
| Banach space {n} (complete normed vector space)
|
:: espace de Banach {m}
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| banal {adj} /bəˈnɑːl/ (common)
|
:: banal
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| banality {n} /bəˈnælɨti/ (quality of being banal)
|
:: banalité {f}
|
| banality {n} (something which is banal)
|
:: banalité {f}
|
| banalize {v} (to make banal)
|
:: banaliser
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| banana {n} /bəˈnɑːnə/ (fruit)
|
:: banane {f}
|
| banana {n} (plant)
|
:: bananier {m}
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| banana peel {n} (outermost layer of the banana)
|
:: peau de banane {f}
|
| bananaquit {n} (Coereba flaveola)
|
:: sucrier à ventre jaune {m}
|
| banana republic {n} (country)
|
:: république bananière {f}
|
| banana skin {n} (banana skin) SEE: banana peel
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::
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| banana split {n} /bə.ˈnæ.nə splɪt/ (A dessert containing a banana cut in half)
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:: banane Melba {f}
|
| Banat {prop}
|
:: Banat
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| Banbury story of a cock and a bull {n} /ˈbænbɹi ˈstɔːɹi əv ə ˈkɒk ənd ə ˈbʊl/ (roundabout, nonsensical story)
|
:: une histoire sans queue ni tête
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| band {n} /bænd/ (group of musicians)
|
:: groupe {f}
|
| band {n} (anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society)
|
:: bande {f}
|
| band {n} (Canada: recognized group of aboriginals)
|
:: bande {f}
|
| bandage {n} /ˈbændɪdʒ/ (medical binding)
|
:: bandage {m}, pansement {m}
|
| bandage {v} (to apply a bandage to something)
|
:: panser
|
| bandage {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid
|
::
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| band-aid {n} /ˈbændeɪd/ (adhesive bandage)
|
:: pansement {m}, sparadrap {m}
|
| Bandar Seri Begawan {prop} /ˌbɑːndəɹ sɪˌɹiː bɪˈɡaʊ.ən/ (capital of Brunei)
|
:: Bandar Seri Begawan {m}
|
| band chief {n} (chair of a band council)
|
:: chef de bande {m}
|
| banded {adj} /ˈbændɪd/ (marked with bands of colour)
|
:: fascié
|
| banded anteater {n} (numbat) SEE: numbat
|
::
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| banded mongoose {n} (Mungos mungo)
|
:: mangouste rayée {f}
|
| banderilla {n} /ˌbæn.də.ˈɹiː.jə/ (decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting)
|
:: banderille {f}
|
| banderillero {n} /ˌbændəɹiːˈjeəɹəʊ/ (one who sticks the banderillas in the bull's neck)
|
:: banderillero {m}, bandérilléro {m}
|
| bandicoot {n} /ˈbændiˌkut/ (small Australian marsupial with a long snout)
|
:: bandicoot {m}, péramélidé {m}
|
| bandit {n} /ˈbændɪt/ (one who robs others)
|
:: voleur {m}, bandit {m}
|
| banditry {n} (acts characteristic of a bandit)
|
:: banditisme {m}
|
| bandog {n} (guard dog) SEE: guard dog
|
::
|
| bandoleer {n} (bandolier) SEE: bandolier
|
::
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| bandolier {n} /ˌbændəˈlɪə(ɹ)/ (an ammunition belt)
|
:: bandoulière {f}, cartouchière {f}, ceinture à munitions {f}
|
| bandsaw {n} (a saw whose blade is a continuous band)
|
:: scie à ruban
|
| bandstand {n} /ˈbænd.stænd/ (platform for bands to play on)
|
:: kiosque {m}, kiosque à musique {m}
|
| band-tailed antshrike {n} (bird)
|
:: batara de Cayenne
|
| bandura {n} /bænˈdʊəɹə/ (Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument)
|
:: bandura {f}, bandoura {f}
|
| bandurria {n} (plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body)
|
:: bandurria {f}
|
| bandwidth {n} /ˈbændwɪdθ/ (width of a frequency band)
|
:: bande passante {f}
|
| bandwidth {n} (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit)
|
:: bande passante {f}
|
| bandwidth {n} (measure of data flow rate in digital networks)
|
:: débit {m}, bande passante {f}
|
| bandy {n} /ˈbændi/ (winter sport played on ice)
|
:: bandy {m}
|
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison
|
::
|
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer
|
::
|
| bane {n} /beɪn/ (source of harm or ruin; affliction)
|
:: fléau {m}, drame {m}, cauchemar {m}
|
| baneful {adj} (Deadly)
|
:: funeste
|
| baneful {adj} (Exceedingly harmful)
|
:: funeste
|
| bang {n} /bæŋ(ɡ)/ (A sudden percussive noise)
|
:: coup {m}, détonation {f}
|
| bang {n} (A strike upon an object causing such a noise)
|
:: coup {m}
|
| bang {n} (An explosion)
|
:: détonation {f}, explosion {f}
|
| bang {n} (The symbol !)
|
:: point d'exclamation {m}
|
| bang {v} (to make sudden loud noises)
|
:: claquer, cogner
|
| bang {v} (to hit hard)
|
:: cogner, frapper
|
| bang {v} (slang: to engage in sexual intercourse)
|
:: baiser, niquer, tirer sa crampe
|
| bang {v} (to hammer)
|
:: marteler
|
| bang {interj} (verbal percussive sound)
|
:: pan
|
| Bangalore {prop} /ˈbæŋɡəlɔːɹ/ (state capital of Karnataka, India)
|
:: Bangalore {m}, Bengaluru {m}
|
| Bangalore {prop}
|
:: Bengaluru, Bangalore
|
| bang away {v} (to strike or hit repeatedly)
|
:: matraquer
|
| bang away {v} (to work tirelessly)
|
:: bûcher, marner, marner
|
| bang away {v} (to talk about something constantly and irritatingly)
|
:: tanner, insister, insister
|
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast
|
::
|
| banger {n} /ˈbæŋ(ɡ)ə(ɹ)/ (worn-out car)
|
:: bagnole {f}
|
| bangers and mash {n} (meal of sausages and mashed potato, usually with onions and gravy added)
|
:: bangers and mash
|
| Bangkok {prop} /bæŋˈkɒk/ (the capital of Thailand)
|
:: Bangkok
|
| Bangkokian {n}
|
:: Bangkokien
|
| Bangkokian {adj}
|
:: bangkokien
|
| Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali
|
::
|
| Bangladesh {prop} /ˌbæŋ.ɡlə.ˈdɛʃ/ (country)
|
:: Bangladesh {m}
|
| Bangladeshi {n} (person from Bangladesh or of Bangladeshi descent)
|
:: Bangladais {m}, Bangladeshi {m}
|
| bang out {v} (to do something quickly)
|
:: bâcler, traiter par dessous la jambe, torcher
|
| bangs {n} /bæŋz/ (hair that hangs down over the forehead)
|
:: frange {f}
|
| Bangui {prop} (capital of the Central African Republic)
|
:: Bangui {m}
|
| bang up {v} (to damage)
|
:: démolir, [formal] endommager, [colloquial] flinguer, abimer
|
| banish {v} /ˈbænɪʃ/ (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning)
|
:: bannir
|
| banister {n} /ˈbænɪstə(ɹ)/ (the handrail on the side of a staircase)
|
:: rampe
|
| banister {n} (one of the vertical supports of a handrail)
|
:: balustre {m}
|
| banjax {v} /ˈbæn.d͡ʒæks/ (To ruin or destroy)
|
:: ruiner, détruire
|
| banjo {n} /ˈbæn.dʒoʊ/ (a musical instrument)
|
:: banjo {m}
|
| banjoist {n} (person who plays the banjo)
|
:: banjoïste {m} {f}
|
| bank {n} /bæŋk/ (institution)
|
:: banque {f}
|
| bank {n} (branch office)
|
:: banque {f}
|
| bank {n} (storage for important goods)
|
:: banque {f}
|
| bank {n} (edge of river or lake)
|
:: rive {f}
|
| bank {n} (an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank)
|
:: banc {m}
|
| bank {n} (row or panel of items)
|
:: rang {m}
|
| bankable {adj} (reliable) SEE: reliable
|
::
|
| bankable {adj} (certain to bring profit)
|
:: bancable {m} {f}
|
| bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank)
|
:: compte bancaire {m}, compte en banque {m}
|
| bankbook {n} (booklet used to record bank transactions)
|
:: richesse {f}, opulence {f}
|
| banked slalom {n}
|
:: banked slalom
|
| banker {n} /ˈbæŋkɚ/ (one who conducts the business of banking)
|
:: banquier {m}, banquière {f}
|
| bank holiday {n} (a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday)
|
:: jour férié
|
| bank machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine
|
::
|
| banknote {n} (paper currency)
|
:: billet de banque {m}, billet {m}, biffeton {m} [slang]
|
| Bank of England {prop} (central bank of the United Kingdom)
|
:: Banque d'Angleterre {f}
|
| Bank of England {prop} (building in Threadneedle Street)
|
:: Banque d'Angleterre {f}
|
| Bank of England {prop} (organisation which controls the bank of United Kingdom)
|
:: Banque d'Angleterre {f}
|
| bankroll {n} (.A roll of banknotes.)
|
:: un rouleau de billets de banque
|
| bankroll {n} (The monetary assets of a person or organization.)
|
:: fonds, capital,budget
|
| bankroll {v} (to fund a project)
|
:: financer
|
| bankrupt {adj} /ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/ (having been legally declared insolvent)
|
:: en faillite, failli
|
| bankruptcy {n} /ˈbæŋkɹʌptsɪ/ (legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency)
|
:: faillite {f}, banqueroute {f}
|
| bank statement {n} (statement of transactions and balances)
|
:: relevé de compte {m}, relevé bancaire {m}
|
| bankster {n} /ˈbæŋkstə/
|
:: bankster {m}
|
| banner {n} /ˈbænɚ/ (flag)
|
:: bannière {f}
|
| banner {n} (large sign)
|
:: banderole {f}
|
| banner {n} (large piece of cloth with a slogan or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession)
|
:: banderole {f}
|
| banner {n} (cause or purpose; a campaign or movement)
|
:: bannière {f}
|
| banner {n} (advertisement on a web page)
|
:: bannière {f}
|
| banner {n} (principal standard of a knight)
|
:: banière {f}
|
| banneret {n} /ˌbænəɹˈet/ (nobleman)
|
:: banneret {m}
|
| bannerette {n} (banneret) SEE: banneret
|
::
|
| bannock {n} /ˈbæ.nək/ (English/Scottish bread)
|
:: bannique {f}
|
| bannock {n} (Indigenous Canadian breads)
|
:: baigne {m-p}, gallette
|
| banns {n} /bænz/ (the announcement of a forthcoming marriage)
|
:: bans {m-p}
|
| banquet {n} /ˈbæŋkwɪt/ (a large celebratory meal; a feast)
|
:: banquet {m}, festin {m}
|
| banshee {n} /bænˈʃiː/ (in Irish folklore, a female spirit)
|
:: banshee {f}, banshie {f}
|
| bantam {n} (chicken)
|
:: poule naine {f}
|
| bantam {n} (sports age division)
|
:: minime {m} {f}
|
| bantamweight {n} (weight in sports)
|
:: poids coq {m}
|
| banter {n} /ˈbæntɚ/ (good humoured conversation)
|
:: plaisanterie {f}, badinage {m}
|
| banter {v} (to engage in banter)
|
:: badiner
|
| banter {v} (to play or do something amusing)
|
:: s'amuser
|
| banter {v} (to tease mildly)
|
:: taquiner
|
| bantustan {n} /ˌbæntuˈstæn/ (territory defined as a homeland for black South Africans)
|
:: bantoustan {m}
|
| banya {n} /ˈbɑːnjə/ (a Russian steam bath)
|
:: bania {f}, banya {f}
|
| banyan {n} /ˈbæn.jən/ (Indian trader, merchant)
|
:: commerçant indien {m}
|
| banyan {n} (tropical Indian fig tree)
|
:: banian {m}
|
| banzai {interj} (hurrah) SEE: hurrah
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::
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| banzai {interj} /ˈbɑːnˈzaɪ/ (a celebratory cheer)
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:: banzaï
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| baobab {n} /ˈbeɪoʊˌbæb/ (Adansonia digitata)
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:: baobab {m}
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| Baphomet {prop} /ˈbæfɵmɛt/ (pagan deity)
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:: Baphomet {m}
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| Baphometic {adj}
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:: baphométique
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| baptise {v} (baptise) SEE: baptize
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::
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| baptism {n} /ˈbæptɪzəm/ (Christian sacrament)
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:: baptême {m}
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| baptismal {adj} (relating to baptism)
|
:: baptismal
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| baptismal font {n} (a basin used for baptism)
|
:: fonts baptismaux {m-p}
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| baptismal name {n} (name given at christening)
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:: nom de baptême {m}
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| baptism by fire {n} (baptism of fire) SEE: baptism of fire
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::
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| baptism of desire {n} (the grace given to a believer who ardently desires baptism, but dies before being able to receive it)
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:: baptême de désir {m}
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| baptism of fire {n} (the first experience of a severe ordeal)
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:: baptême du feu {m}
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| Baptist {n} (adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity)
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:: baptiste {m} {f}
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| Baptist {adj} (of the Baptist religious denomination)
|
:: baptiste
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| baptistry {n} (space where a baptismal font is located)
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:: baptistère {m}
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| baptize {v} /ˈbæptaɪz/ (To perform the Christian sacrament of baptism)
|
:: baptiser
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| baptize {v} (To dedicate or christen)
|
:: baptiser
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| baptize {v} (Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water)
|
:: baptiser, couper
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| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe
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::
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| bar {n} (music: section of a staff) SEE: measure
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::
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| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except
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::
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| bar {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) SEE: fess
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::
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| bar {n} (soccer: crossbar) SEE: crossbar
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::
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| bar {n} (strikethrough) SEE: strikethrough
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::
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| bar {n} (music: vertical line across a staff) SEE: bar line
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::
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| bar {n} (solid object with uniform cross-section)
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:: barre {f}
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| bar {n} (cuboid piece of any commodity)
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:: barre {f}
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| bar {n} (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages)
|
:: bar {m}, pub {m}, taverne {f}
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| bar {n} (counter of such a premises)
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:: comptoir {m}, zinc {m} [informal]
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| bar {n} (collective term for lawyers)
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:: barreau {m}
|
| bar {n} (profession of lawyers)
|
:: barreau
|
| bar {n} (nautical: sand formation)
|
:: barre {f}
|
| bar {v} (to obstruct the passage of)
|
:: bloquer
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| bar {v} (to prohibit)
|
:: interdire
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| bar {v} (to lock or bolt with a bar)
|
:: barrer
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| bar {n} (unit of pressure)
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:: bar {m}
|
| bar association {n} (an organization of lawyers)
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:: barreau {m}
|
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit
|
::
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| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard
|
::
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| barb {n} /bɑː(ɹ)b/ (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc)
|
:: ardillon {m}
|
| barb {n} (kingfish) SEE: kingfish
|
::
|
| Barbadian {n} (person from Barbados)
|
:: Barbadien {m}, Barbadienne {f}
|
| Barbadian {adj} (of or relating to Barbados)
|
:: barbadien {m}
|
| Barbados {prop} /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/ (country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Barbade {f}
|
| Barbara {prop} /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/ (cognates and transliterations of female given name)
|
:: Barbara {f}, Barbe {f}
|
| barbarian {adj} /bɑɹ.ˈbɛəɹ.i.ən/ (uncivilized)
|
:: barbare
|
| barbarian {n} (uncivilized person)
|
:: barbare
|
| barbarian {n} (derogatory term for someone from a developing country)
|
:: barbare
|
| barbarian {n} (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories)
|
:: barbare
|
| barbaric {adj} /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/ (uncivilised)
|
:: barbare
|
| barbarism {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪz(ə)m/ (barbaric act)
|
:: barbarisme {m}
|
| barbarism {n} (error in language use)
|
:: barbarisme {m}
|
| barbarity {n} /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪti/ (state of being barbarous)
|
:: barbarie {f}
|
| barbarous {adj} (barbarian) SEE: barbarian
|
::
|
| barbarous {adj} (barbaric) SEE: barbaric
|
::
|
| Barbary {prop} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹi/ (Mediterranean North Africa)
|
:: Berbérie {f}
|
| Barbary dove {n} (Streptopelia risoria) SEE: ringneck dove
|
::
|
| Barbary lion {n} (Panthera leo leo)
|
:: lion de barbarie, lion de l'Atlas
|
| barbecue {n} /ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː/ (cooking instrument)
|
:: barbecue {m}
|
| barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill
|
::
|
| barbecue sauce {n} /ˈbɑːbɪkjuː sɔːs/ (type of sauce)
|
:: sauce barbecue {f}
|
| barbed wire {n} (twisted strands of steel wire)
|
:: fil de fer barbelé {m}, fil barbelé {m}, barbelé {m}
|
| barbel {n} /ˈbɑːbəl/ (fish)
|
:: barbeau {m}
|
| barbell {n} (wide steel bar with premeasured weights)
|
:: haltère {m}
|
| barber {n} /ˈbɑː.bə/ (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)
|
:: coiffeur {m}, coiffeuse {f}, barbier {m}
|
| barberry {n} /ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/ (Berberis)
|
:: épine-vinette {f}
|
| barber shop {n} (business which offers haircuts to men) SEE: barbershop
|
::
|
| barbershop {n} (barber's shop)
|
:: salon de coiffure {m}
|
| barber surgeon {n} (medical practitioner)
|
:: barbier chirurgien {m}
|
| barbet {n} (dog)
|
:: barbet
|
| barbetism {n}
|
:: barbétisme {m}
|
| barbican {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bɪkən/ (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
|
:: barbacane {f}
|
| barbiturate {n} /ˌbɑɹˈbɪtʃu.ɪt/ (derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system)
|
:: barbiturique
|
| barbituric {adj} (barbituric)
|
:: barbiturique
|
| barcarole {n} /ˈbɑːkəɹəʊl/ (Venetian folk song)
|
:: barcarolle
|
| Barcelona {prop} /ˌbɑɹsəˈloʊnə/ (capital of Catalonia)
|
:: Barcelone
|
| Barcelonan {adj} (from Barcelona) SEE: Barcelonian
|
::
|
| Barcelonan {n} (someone from Barcelona) SEE: Barcelonian
|
::
|
| Barcelonian {adj} (from Barcelona)
|
:: barcelonais
|
| Barcelonian {n} (someone from Barcelona)
|
:: Barcelonais {m}, Barcelonaise {f}
|
| barchan {n} /bɑː(ɹ)ˈkɑːn/ (arc-shaped sand ridge)
|
:: barkhane {f}
|
| barcode {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kəʊd/ (set of machine-readable parallel bars)
|
:: code-barres {m}, code à barres {m}
|
| barcode reader {n} (electronic device)
|
:: lecteur de code-barres {m}
|
| barcode scanner {n} (barcode reader) SEE: barcode reader
|
::
|
| bar-crested antshrike {n} (a passerine bird of the antbird family)
|
:: batara de Lafresnaye
|
| bard {n} /bɑːd/ (professional poet and singer)
|
:: barde {m}
|
| Bardet-Biedl syndrome {prop}
|
:: syndrome de Bardet-Biedl {m}
|
| bardiche {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)diːʃ/ (weapon)
|
:: bardiche {f}
|
| bardo {n} /ˈbɑːdəʊ/ (state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation)
|
:: bardo
|
| bardolator {n} /bɑɹˈdɑlətɚ/ (One who loves or worships the works of William Shakespeare)
|
:: bardolâtre
|
| bardolatry {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ).dɒlətɹɪi/ (excessive worship of William Shakespeare)
|
:: bardolâtrie
|
| bare {adj} /bɛəɹ/ (minimal)
|
:: minimal
|
| bare {adj} (naked, uncovered)
|
:: nu {m}, nue {f}
|
| bare {adv} (barely) SEE: barely
|
::
|
| bare-arse {adj} (with the buttocks exposed)
|
:: cul-nu, nu-le-cul
|
| bareback {adv} /ˈbɛəbæk/ (without a saddle)
|
:: à cru
|
| bare-bottomed {adj} (having an unclothed rear)
|
:: cul-nu
|
| bare-bum {adj} (with the bum exposed)
|
:: cul-nu, nu-le-cul
|
| bare-butt {adj} (with the butt exposed)
|
:: cul-nu, nu-le-cul
|
| barechested {adj} (shirtless)
|
:: torse nu
|
| barefoot {adj} /ˈbɛɹfʊt/ (wearing nothing on the feet)
|
:: pieds nus
|
| barefoot {adv} (wearing nothing on the feet)
|
:: pieds nus
|
| barefoot doctor {n} (farmer with basic medical training)
|
:: médecin aux pieds nus {m}
|
| barefooted {adj} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot
|
::
|
| barefooted {adv} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot
|
::
|
| bareheaded {adj} (having no covering on the head)
|
:: nu-tête
|
| bareheaded {adv} (with no covering on the head)
|
:: nu-tête
|
| barely {adv} /ˈbɛɹ.li/ (by a small margin)
|
:: à peine
|
| barely {adv} (merely) SEE: merely
|
::
|
| Barents Sea {prop} (part of the Arctic Ocean)
|
:: mer de Barents {f}
|
| bare one's teeth {v} ((figuratively) to show aggression)
|
:: montrer les dents
|
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| barfly {n} /bɑɹflaɪ/ (person who spends much time in a bar)
|
:: pilier de bar, pilier de comptoir {m}
|
| bargain {n} /ˈbɑːɡən/ (agreement or contract concerning sale of property)
|
:: accord {m}
|
| bargain {n} (item bought at a low price)
|
:: affaire {f}, bonne affaire {f}
|
| bargain {v} (to make a bargain)
|
:: marchander
|
| bargaining chip {n} (leverage at negotiations)
|
:: monnaie d'échange {f}
|
| barge {n} /bɑːdʒ/ (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters)
|
:: chaland {m}
|
| barge in {v} (to intrude)
|
:: faire irruption, s'imposer, débouler [colloquial]
|
| Bari {prop} (area of Italy)
|
:: Bari {m}
|
| Bari {prop} (town in Italy)
|
:: Bari {m}
|
| barista {n} /baˈɹista/ (person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers)
|
:: barista {m} {f}
|
| barite {n} (mineral)
|
:: barite, baryte {f}, barote {f}, barytine {f}
|
| baritone {n} /ˈbɛɹ.ɪ.toʊn/ (male voice)
|
:: baryton {m}
|
| baritone horn {n} (baritone horn) SEE: baritone
|
::
|
| barium {n} /ˈbɛəɹɪəm/ (chemical element)
|
:: baryum {m}
|
| bark {v} /bɑːk/ (to make a loud noise (dogs))
|
:: aboyer, japper
|
| bark {v} (to make a clamor)
|
:: aboyer
|
| bark {n} (short, loud, explosive utterance)
|
:: aboiement {m}
|
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree)
|
:: écorce {f}
|
| bark {v} (to strip the bark from, to peel)
|
:: écorcer
|
| bark {n} (three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged)
|
:: barque {f}
|
| bark {v} (to girdle) SEE: girdle
|
::
|
| barker {n} (person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby)
|
:: aboyeur {m}
|
| barking {n}
|
:: aboiement {m}
|
| barking deer {n} (muntjac) SEE: muntjac
|
::
|
| barking dogs seldom bite {proverb} (people who make threats rarely carry them out)
|
:: chien qui aboie ne mord pas
|
| Barksian {adj} /ˈbɑɹksi.ən/
|
:: barksien
|
| bark up the wrong tree {v} (bark up the wrong tree)
|
:: faire fausse route, se mettre le doigt dans l'œil (to put one's finger into the eye), miser sur le mauvais cheval (to bet on the wrong horse)
|
| barley {n} /ˈbɑɹli/ (Hordeum vulgare or its grains)
|
:: orge {f}
|
| barley sugar {n} (sweet)
|
:: sucre d’orge {m}
|
| bar line {n} (vertical line across a staff)
|
:: barre de mesure {f}
|
| barmaid {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)meɪd/ (woman who serves in a bar)
|
:: barmaid {f}
|
| barman {n} (bartender) SEE: bartender
|
::
|
| bar mitzvah {n} /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/ (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys)
|
:: bar-mitsva {f}, bar-mitsvah {f}, Bar Mitzva {f}, Bar Mitzvah {f}
|
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child
|
::
|
| barn {n} /bɑɹn/ (building)
|
:: grange {f}, fenil {m}
|
| barn {n} (unit)
|
:: barn {m}
|
| Béarn {prop} (former viscounty)
|
:: Béarn
|
| Barnabas {prop} /ˈbɑɹnəbəs/ (An early Christian)
|
:: Barnabé
|
| barnacle {n} (instrument to fix on the nose of a vicious horse) SEE: twitch
|
::
|
| barnacle {n} (barnacle goose) SEE: barnacle goose
|
::
|
| barnacle {n} /ˈbɑːnəkl̩/ (marine crustacean)
|
:: pouce-pied {m}
|
| barnacle goose {n} (Branta leucopsis)
|
:: bernache nonnette {f}
|
| béarnaise sauce {n} (sauce)
|
:: béarnaise {f}
|
| Barnaul {prop} (city in Russia)
|
:: Barnaoul {m}
|
| bar none {adv} (without exception)
|
:: sans exception
|
| barn owl {n} /ˈbɑːn ˌaʊl/ (Tyto alba)
|
:: chouette effraie {f}
|
| barn swallow {n} (species of swallow)
|
:: hirondelle rustique {f}, hirondelle de cheminée {f}, hirondelle des granges {f}
|
| barochory {n} (The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by gravity alone.)
|
:: barochorie {f}
|
| bar of chocolate {n} (chocolate bar) SEE: chocolate bar
|
::
|
| bar of chocolate {n} (slab of chocolate)
|
:: tablette de chocolat {f}
|
| Barolo {n} /bəˈɹoʊloʊ/ (wine made from Nebbiolo grapes)
|
:: barolo {m}
|
| barometer {n} /bəˈɹɑməɾɚ/ (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure)
|
:: baromètre {m}
|
| barometric {adj} /ˌbæɹəˈmetɹɪk/ (of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure)
|
:: barométrique
|
| barometz {n} /ˈbæɹəmɛts/ (half-animal and half-plant said to grow in the form of a sheep, see also: vegetable lamb)
|
:: barometz {m}
|
| baron {n} /ˈbæɹən/ (male ruler of a barony)
|
:: baron {m}
|
| baroness {n} /ˌbæ.ɹəˈnɛs/ (female ruler of a barony)
|
:: baronne {f}
|
| baronial {adj} /bəˈɹəʊnɪəɫ/ (belonging or relating to a baron)
|
:: baronnial
|
| barony {n} /ˈbæ.ɹə.ni/ (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness)
|
:: baronnie {f}
|
| barophily {n}
|
:: barophilie {f}
|
| Baroque guitar {n} (archaic form of guitar from the Baroque era)
|
:: guitare baroque {f}, guitare à cinq chœurs {f}
|
| baroscope {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer
|
::
|
| barotrauma {n} (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference)
|
:: barotraumatisme {m}
|
| barque {n} /bɑɹk/ (sailing vessel, all masts but sternmost square-rigged)
|
:: barque {f}
|
| barrack {n} /ˈbæ.ɹək/ (a building for soldiers)
|
:: caserne {f}, chambrée {f}, quartier {m}
|
| barracks {n} (buildings used by military personnel) SEE: barrack
|
::
|
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark
|
::
|
| barrage {n} /bəˈɹɑːʒ/ (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
|
:: barrage {m}
|
| barramundi {n} (species of diadromous fish)
|
:: barramundi {m}
|
| barrator {n} /ˈbæɹətə(ɹ)/ (who vexes others with frequent and needless lawsuits)
|
:: quérulent {m}, procédurier {m}
|
| barre {n} (a handrail fixed to a wall)
|
:: barre {f}
|
| barred antshrike {n} (a passerine bird)
|
:: batara rayé
|
| barred owl {n}
|
:: chouette rayée {f}
|
| barrel {n} (tube) SEE: tube
|
::
|
| barrel {n} (jar) SEE: jar
|
::
|
| barrel {n} /ˈbæɹəl/ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
|
:: tonneau, barrique {f}
|
| barrel {n} (quantity)
|
:: baril {m}
|
| barrel {n} (metallic tube of a gun)
|
:: canon {m}
|
| barrel {n} (part of a clarinet)
|
:: barillet {m}
|
| barrel {v} (o put or to pack in a barrel or barrels)
|
:: embariller
|
| barrel bomb {n}
|
:: bombe baril
|
| barrel organ {n} (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel)
|
:: orgue de Barbarie {m}
|
| barrel roll {n} (aerobatic maneuver)
|
:: tonneau {m}
|
| barrel roll {n} (full 360° horizontal rotation by a car)
|
:: tonneau {m}
|
| barren {adj} /ˈbæɹən/ (unable to bear children; sterile)
|
:: stérile
|
| barricade {n} /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/ (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)
|
:: barricade {f}
|
| barricade {v} (to close or block a road etc., using a barricade)
|
:: barricader
|
| barrier {n} /ˈbæɹi.əɹ/ (structure that bars passage)
|
:: barrière
|
| barrier {n} (obstacle or impediment)
|
:: barrière
|
| barrier {n} (boundary or limit)
|
:: limite, frontière
|
| barrister {n} /ˈbæ.ɹɪst.ə(ɹ)/ (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts)
|
:: bâtonnier {m}
|
| barrow {n} /ˈbæɹoʊ/ (mound of earth and stones raised over a grave)
|
:: tumulus {m}
|
| barrow {n} (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand)
|
:: brouette
|
| barrow {n} (castrated boar)
|
:: castrat {m}
|
| Barrèsian {adj}
|
:: barrésien
|
| bars {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)z/ (grating, grill, grid)
|
:: grille {f}
|
| barse {n} /bɑːs/ (fish)
|
:: loup {m}
|
| bar shot {n} (double-headed shot connected by a bar)
|
:: boulet ramé {m}
|
| bar-tailed godwit {n} (bar-tailed godwit)
|
:: barge rousse {f}
|
| bartender {n} /ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/ (person who works in a bar)
|
:: barman {m}
|
| barter {n} /ˈbɑɹtɚ/ (exchange of goods or services)
|
:: troc {m}
|
| barter {v} (exchange goods or services without involving money)
|
:: troquer
|
| Bartholomew {prop} /bɑɹˈθɑləmju/ (the Apostle)
|
:: Barthélemy {m}
|
| Bartholomew {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Barthélemy
|
| Bartonian {prop}
|
:: Bartonien
|
| Baruch {prop} /ˈbɛərək/ (given name)
|
:: Baruch {m}
|
| barycenter {n} (physics: center of a mass)
|
:: barycentre {m}
|
| barycentre {n} (barycenter) SEE: barycenter
|
::
|
| barycentric {adj} (of or pertaining to a center of gravity)
|
:: barycentrique
|
| baryon {n} /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/ (heavy subatomic particle)
|
:: baryon {m}
|
| baryonic {adj} (of or pertaining to baryons)
|
:: baryonique
|
| barysphere {n}
|
:: barysphère {f}
|
| barytes {n} (barite) SEE: barite
|
::
|
| basal layer {n} (the deepest layer of the epidermis)
|
:: stratum germinativum {m}, stratum basale {m}
|
| basal metabolic rate {n} (amount of energy expended while at rest)
|
:: taux métabolique de base
|
| basalt {n} /bəˈsɑlt/ (hard rock)
|
:: basalte
|
| bascinet {n} /ˌbæsɪˈnet/ (light helmet)
|
:: bassinet {m}
|
| bascule bridge {n} (type of movable bridge)
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:: pont basculant {m}
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| base {n} /beɪs/ (something from which other things extend)
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:: base
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| base {n} (starting point of thought)
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:: base
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| base {n} (permanent structure for housing military)
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:: base, caserne {f}
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| base {n} (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid)
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:: base
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| base {n} (baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety)
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:: base {f}, but {m}, coussin {m}
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| base {n} (electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor)
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:: base {f}
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| base {n} (geometry: lowest side or face)
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:: base
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| base {n} (heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or escutcheon)
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:: champagne {f}
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| base {n} (heraldry: lower part of the field)
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:: champagne {f}
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| base {v} (have as its foundation or starting point)
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:: baser
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| base {adj} (low)
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:: bas, abject, indigne, ignoble
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| base {adj} (of inferior quality)
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:: indigne, ignoble
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| base {n} (bass) SEE: bass
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::
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| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron
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::
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| base {n} (radix) SEE: radix
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::
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| base {n} (housing of a horse) SEE: housing
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::
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| baseball {n} /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/ (ball game)
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:: baseball {m}, base-ball {m}
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| baseball {n} (ball used in baseball-game)
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:: balle de baseball {f}
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| baseball bat {n} (device which is swung to try to make contact with baseballs)
|
:: batte de base-ball {f}
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| baseball cap {n} /ˈbeɪs.bɔl ˌkæp/ (cap)
|
:: casquette de baseball {f}
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| baseball player {n} (a person who plays baseball)
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:: joueur de baseball {m}
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| baseboard {n} (panel or molding between floor and interior wall) SEE: skirting board
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::
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| base class {n}
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:: classe de base {f}
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| base hit {n} ((baseball) a successful hit)
|
:: coup sûr {m}
|
| Basel {prop} (city in Switzerland)
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:: Bâle {f}
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| Basel-Country {prop} (canton)
|
:: Bâle-Campagne
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| baseless {adj} (based on something that is not true) SEE: unfounded
|
::
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| baseline {n} /ˈbeɪslaɪn/ (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison)
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:: référence
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| baseline {n} (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play)
|
:: ligne de fond de court {f}, ligne de fond {f}
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| Basel-Stadt {prop} (canton)
|
:: Bâle-Ville
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| basement {n} /ˈbeɪsmənt/ (floor below ground level)
|
:: sous-sol {m}, cave {f}
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| basement {n} (mass of rock)
|
:: socle {m}
|
| Basenji {n} /bəˈsɛndʒi/ (Basenji)
|
:: basenji {m}
|
| base note {n} (The heavily volatile and thus most-lasting parts of a perfume, often of ligneous, resinous or animalic nature)
|
:: fond {m}, note de fond {f}, note de base {f}, fixateur {m}
|
| base station subsystem {n} ((telecommunications))
|
:: sous-système radio
|
| bash {v} (collide) SEE: collide
|
::
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| basha {n} /ˈbæʃə/ (tarpaulin)
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:: bâche
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| bashful {adj} /ˈbæʃfəɫ/ (inclined to avoid notice)
|
:: timide
|
| Bashkir {prop} /bɑːʃˈkɪəɹ/ (language)
|
:: bachkir, bashkir
|
| Bashkiria {prop} (Bashkortostan) SEE: Bashkortostan
|
::
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| Bashkortostan {prop} /bɑʃˈkɔɹtoə̯stɛən/ (federal subject of Russia)
|
:: Bachkirie {f}
|
| Bashkortostani {adj} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir
|
::
|
| Bashkortostani {n} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir
|
::
|
| bashlyk {n} /ˈbæʃ.lɪk/ (protective cone-shaped hood)
|
:: bachlyk {m}
|
| bash the bishop {v} (slang for masturbate (male))
|
:: étrangler le borgne, s'astiquer le manche, se tutoyer, s'astiquer le poireau, se crosser [Quebec], se taper une queue
|
| bash up {v} (assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury)
|
:: cogner
|
| basic {adj} /ˈbeɪsɪk/ (necessary, essential for life or some process)
|
:: basique
|
| basic {adj} (elementary, simple, merely functional)
|
:: basique
|
| basic {adj} (chemistry: of a base)
|
:: basique
|
| basically {adv} /ˈbeɪsɪk(ə)li/ (in a fundamental or basic manner)
|
:: foncièrement, sommairement, à la base
|
| basic income {n} (basic income)
|
:: revenu de base {m}
|
| basic research {n} (type of research)
|
:: recherche fondamentale {f}
|
| basidiomycete {n} (fungus of phylum Basidiomycota)
|
:: basidiomycète {m}
|
| basidium {n} /bəˈsɪdɪəm/ (small club shaped structure)
|
:: baside {f}
|
| basifixed {adj}
|
:: basifixe
|
| basil {n} /ˈbæz.əl/ (plant)
|
:: basilic {m}
|
| basil {n} (herb)
|
:: basilic {m}
|
| Basil {prop} /ˈbæz.əl/ (male given name)
|
:: Basile {m}
|
| basilean {n} (partisan of a king) SEE: royalist
|
::
|
| basilect {n} /ˈbæsɪlekt/ (variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form)
|
:: basilecte
|
| basilica {n} /bəˈsɪlɪkə/ (Christian church building having a nave)
|
:: basilique {f}
|
| Basilicata {prop} (region of southern Italy)
|
:: Basilicate
|
| basilisk {n} /ˈbæs.ɪ.lɪsk/ (snake-like dragon type)
|
:: basilic {m}
|
| basilisk {n} (type of lizard (genus Basiliscus))
|
:: basilic {m}
|
| basilisk {n} (type of large brass cannon)
|
:: basilic {m}
|
| basin {n} /ˈbeɪsɪn/ (wide bowl for washing)
|
:: cuvette {f}, bassine {f}, lavabo {m}
|
| basin {n} (area of land that drains into a common outlet)
|
:: bassin {m}
|
| basin {n} (rock formation scooped out by water erosion)
|
:: bassin {m}
|
| basion {n} ((anatomy) middle of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum of the skull)
|
:: basion {m}
|
| basipodium {n}
|
:: basipode {m}
|
| basis {n} /ˈbeɪsɪs/ (starting point for an argument)
|
:: base {f}
|
| basis {n} (underlying condition)
|
:: base {f}
|
| basis {n} (linearly independent, spanning set of vectors)
|
:: base {f}
|
| basis point {n} (one hundredth of one percentage point)
|
:: point de base {m}
|
| bask {v} /bɑːsk/ (to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat)
|
:: (colloquial) lézarder
|
| basket {n} /ˈbɑːskɪt/ (container)
|
:: panier {m}
|
| basket {n} (wire or plastic container for carrying articles for purchase) SEE: shopping basket
|
::
|
| basketball {n} /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔːl/ (the sport)
|
:: basket-ball {m}, basketball {m}, ballon-panier {m} [Canada, rare]
|
| basketball court {n} (area)
|
:: terrain de basketball {m}
|
| basketball player {n} (person who plays basketball)
|
:: basketteur {m}, basketteuse {f}
|
| basket case {n} (one made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic or stress)
|
:: loque {f}, épave {f}
|
| basketful {n} (the amount that will fit into a basket)
|
:: hottée {f}
|
| basketmaker {n} (person who weaves baskets)
|
:: vannier {m}, vannière {f}, tresseur de paniers {m}, tresseuse de paniers {f}
|
| basketweaver {n} (one who takes part in the craft of basketweaving)
|
:: tresseur de paniers {m}, tresseuse de paniers {f}
|
| basking shark {n} (Cetorhinus maximus)
|
:: requin pèlerin {m}
|
| Basler {n} /ˈbɑːzlə(ɹ)/ (someone from Basel)
|
:: Bâlois {m}, Bâloise {f}
|
| Basmachi {prop} (a rebel against the Russian or Soviet rule in Central Asia)
|
:: basmatchi {m}
|
| basophil {n} /ˈbeɪsəfɪl/ (cell)
|
:: basophile {m}
|
| basque {n} /bæsk/ (part of waistcoat)
|
:: basque {f}
|
| basque {n} (corset)
|
:: guêpière {f}
|
| Basque {n} /bɑːsk/ (language)
|
:: basque {m}
|
| Basque {n} (member of a people)
|
:: Basque {m} {f}, Basquais {m}, Basquaise {f}
|
| Basque {adj} (relative to the Basque people or their language)
|
:: basque {m} {f}, basquaise {f}
|
| Basque Country {prop} (geographical region in Spain and France)
|
:: Pays basque
|
| Basque Country {prop} (autonomous community within Spain)
|
:: Pays basque {m}
|
| Basque Shepherd Dog {n} (Basque Shepherd Dog)
|
:: berger basque {m}
|
| Basra {prop} (city in Iraq)
|
:: Bassorah
|
| Bas-Rhin {prop} (département)
|
:: Bas-Rhin {m}
|
| bass {adj} /beɪs/ (low in pitch)
|
:: bas, grave
|
| bass {n} (low spectrum of sound)
|
:: basse {f}
|
| bass {n} (singer)
|
:: basse {f}
|
| bass {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: basse {f}
|
| bass {n} /bæs/ (perch)
|
:: bar {m}, perche {m}
|
| bass bar {n} (long wooden strip)
|
:: barre d'harmonie {f}
|
| bass clarinet {n} (bass instrument in the clarinet family)
|
:: clarinette basse {f}
|
| bass clef {n} /ˈbeɪsklɛf/ (music symbol)
|
:: clé de fa {f}
|
| bass drum {n} /ˈbeɪsˌdɹʌm/ (large drum with a low pitch)
|
:: grosse caisse {f}
|
| Basseterre {prop} (capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis)
|
:: Basseterre {f}
|
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe)
|
:: Basse-Terre
|
| basset horn {n} (alto instrument of the clarinet family)
|
:: cor de basset {m}
|
| bass fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass
|
::
|
| bass guitar {n} /ˈbeɪsɡɪˈtɑːɹ/ (stringed musical instrument)
|
:: guitare basse {f}
|
| bassinet {n} /ˌbæsɪnˈet/ (a newborn baby's bed, typically made of woven reeds or straw)
|
:: bercelonnette {f}
|
| bassist {n} /ˈbeɪs.ɪst/ (musician)
|
:: bassiste {m}
|
| basso continuo {n} (continuous realization of harmony)
|
:: basse continue {f}
|
| bassoon {n} /bəˈsuːn/ (musical instrument in the woodwind family)
|
:: basson {m}
|
| bassoonist {n} (person who plays the bassoon)
|
:: basson {m} [person], bassoniste {m} {f}
|
| bass viol {n} (musical instrument) SEE: double bass
|
::
|
| bass violin {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass
|
::
|
| bastard {n} /ˈbɑːs.təd/ (person born to unmarried parents)
|
:: bâtard {m}, bâtarde {f}
|
| bastard {n} (mongrel)
|
:: bâtard {m}, croisé {m}
|
| bastard {n} (contemptible etc. person)
|
:: fils de pute {m}, salopard {m}, salaud, enfoiré {m}
|
| bastard {n} (humorously: man, fellow)
|
:: enculé {m}, enfoiré {m}, salopard {m}
|
| bastard {n} (informal: child that does not know his father)
|
:: bâtard {m}
|
| bastard {n} (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant)
|
:: saloperie {f}, saleté {f}
|
| bastard {n}
|
:: bâtard {m}
|
| bastard {adj} (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant))
|
:: bâtard
|
| bastard {adj} (of or like a bastard (bad person))
|
:: bâtard
|
| bastard {adj} (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross)
|
:: croisé
|
| bastard {adj} (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.))
|
:: simili
|
| bastard {adj} (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity)
|
:: faux
|
| bastard {interj} (exclamation of dismay)
|
:: enculé, merde, bordel de merde, vingt dieux, rogntudju, scrogneugneu
|
| bastard sugar {n} (type of sugar)
|
:: cassonade blanche, sucre bâtard
|
| baste {v} /beɪst/ (sew with long or loose stitches)
|
:: bâtir, faufiler
|
| Bastia {prop} (town)
|
:: Bastia
|
| Bastian {prop} /ˈbæsti.ən/ (Cognates to Bastian)
|
:: Bastien
|
| bastide {n} (mansion in Provence)
|
:: bastide {f}
|
| bastide {n} (new town in Provence)
|
:: bastide {f}
|
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison
|
::
|
| bastille {n} (fortress) SEE: fortress
|
::
|
| bastille {n} (citadel) SEE: citadel
|
::
|
| bastille {n} /bæˈstɪəɫ/ (castle tower, or fortified building; small citadel or fortress)
|
:: bastion {m}
|
| Bastille {prop} /bæˈstɪəɫ/ (a prison in France)
|
:: Bastille {f}
|
| Bastille Day {prop} (French national holiday)
|
:: Fête Nationale
|
| bat {n} /bæt/ (small flying mammal)
|
:: chauve-souris {f}, chauvesouris {f}
|
| bat {n} (club used for striking the ball in sports)
|
:: batte {f}, bâton {m} [baseball, softball, Canada]
|
| Batavophone {n} (Dutch speaker)
|
:: néerlandophone
|
| batch {n} /bæt͡ʃ/ (quantity of baked goods made at one time)
|
:: fournée {f}
|
| batch {n} (quantity of anything produced in one operation)
|
:: lot {m}
|
| batch {n} (group or collection of things of the same kind)
|
:: jeu {m}
|
| batch {n} (computing)
|
:: lot {m}
|
| batch file {n} (file containing instructions for OS)
|
:: fichier batch {m}
|
| bate {v} (simple past of beat) SEE: beat
|
::
|
| bate {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate
|
::
|
| bat-eared fox {n} (Otocyon megalotis)
|
:: renard à oreilles de chauve-souris {m}, chien oreillard {m}, otocyon {m}
|
| bateleur {n} /ˌbætəˈlɜː/ (Terathopius ecaudatus)
|
:: bateleur des savanes {m}
|
| Batesian mimicry {n} (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one)
|
:: mimétisme de Bates {m}
|
| bath {n} /bæθ⁓bɛəθ⁓beəθ/ (tub)
|
:: bain {m}, baignoire {f}
|
| bath {n} (room)
|
:: salle de bains {f}
|
| bath {n} (act of bathing)
|
:: bain {m}
|
| bath {v} (To wash a person or animal in a bath)
|
:: baigner
|
| bathe {v} /beɪð/ (to clean oneself with water)
|
:: prendre un bain
|
| bathe {v} (to immerse oneself in water)
|
:: se baigner
|
| bathe {v} (to clean a person by immersion in water)
|
:: faire prendre un bain, baigner
|
| bathe {v} (to apply water to)
|
:: baigner
|
| bathe {v} (to cover or surround)
|
:: baigner
|
| bathe {n} (act of bathing)
|
:: baignade {f}, [in compound words or expressions] bain {m}
|
| bathe {v} (to sunbathe) SEE: sunbathe
|
::
|
| bather {n} /ˈbeɪðə(ɹ)/ (One who bathes or swims)
|
:: baigneur {m}, baigneuse {f}, nageur {m}, nageuse {f}
|
| bathhouse {n} (a building with baths for communal use)
|
:: bains {m-p}
|
| bathing {n} /ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/ (act of bathing)
|
:: baignade {f}
|
| bathing cap {n} (cap worn by swimmers) SEE: swim cap
|
::
|
| bathing suit {n} (tight fitting garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit
|
::
|
| bathing trunks {n} (pair of shorts or briefs) SEE: swimming trunks
|
::
|
| bathmology {n} (bathmology)
|
:: bathmologie {f}
|
| bathmotropic {adj}
|
:: bathmotrope
|
| bathochromic {adj}
|
:: bathochrome
|
| bathometer {n} (instrument)
|
:: bathymètre, bathomètre
|
| Bathonian {prop}
|
:: Bathonien
|
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth
|
::
|
| bathos {n} (nadir) SEE: nadir
|
::
|
| bathos {n} /ˈbeɪθɒs/ (unintentional failure at artistic effect)
|
:: bathos
|
| bathos {n} (overdone pathos)
|
:: mauvais pathos
|
| bathrobe {n} /ˈbæθɹoʊb/ (terrycloth robe)
|
:: peignoir {m}, sortie de bain {f}
|
| bathroom {n} /ˈbɑːθ.ɹuːm/ (a room with a bathtub)
|
:: salle de bains {f}
|
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| bathroom scales {n} (flat floor-mounted scales)
|
:: pèse-personne {m}
|
| Bathsheba {prop} /bæθˈʃiːbə/ (biblical character)
|
:: Bethsabée
|
| Bathsheba {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Bethsabée
|
| bath towel {n} (towel for drying the body)
|
:: serviette de bain {f}
|
| bathtub {n} /ˈbæθtʌb/ (large container in which a person may bathe)
|
:: baignoire
|
| bathydemersal {n} (a demersed fish)
|
:: bathydémersal
|
| bathymeter {n} (bathometer) SEE: bathometer
|
::
|
| bathymetric {adj} (of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry)
|
:: bathymétrique
|
| bathymetry {n} (the measurement of the depths of the seas)
|
:: bathymétrie {f}
|
| bathyscaphe {n} /ˈbæθɪˌskeɪv/ (self-propelled deep-sea submersible)
|
:: bathyscaphe {m}
|
| bathysphere {n} /ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/ (diving chamber)
|
:: bathysphère {f}
|
| batik {n} /bəˈtiːk/ (A method of dyeing fabric)
|
:: batik
|
| batman {n} /ˈbætmən/ (servant to an army officer)
|
:: ordonnance {m} {f}
|
| Batman {prop} /ˈbætmæn/ (the bat-themed hero)
|
:: Batman
|
| baton {n} /bəˈtɑn/ (music: conductor's stick)
|
:: baguette {f}
|
| baton {n} (sports: object transferred by relay runners)
|
:: relai {m}, relais {m}, témoin {m}
|
| baton {n} (club of the police)
|
:: matraque {f}
|
| baton {v} (to strike with a baton)
|
:: frapper avec un bâton
|
| bat one's eyelashes {v} (bat one's eyes) SEE: bat one's eyes
|
::
|
| bat one's eyes {v} (to flutter one's eyelashes, romantically)
|
:: faire les yeux doux
|
| Bats {prop} (language)
|
:: Bats
|
| Bats {prop} (a commune in France)
|
:: Bats
|
| batshit {adj} /ˈbæt.ʃɪt/ (insane)
|
:: cintré, cinglé, zoné, gelé, pété par la gelée
|
| battalion {n} /bəˈtælɪən/ (army unit)
|
:: bataillon {m}
|
| battalion {n} (any large body of troops)
|
:: bataillon {m}
|
| batter {n} /ˈbætəɹ/ (beaten mixture of flour and liquid)
|
:: pâte {f}
|
| batter {n} (player attempting to hit the ball)
|
:: batteur {m}, frappeur {m}
|
| battered {adj} (beaten up through a lot of use)
|
:: usé
|
| battering ram {n} (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls)
|
:: bélier {m}
|
| battery {n} /ˈbætəɹi/ (device storing electricity)
|
:: pile {f}, batterie {f}
|
| battery {n} (legal: act of unlawful violence)
|
:: coups et blessures
|
| battery {n} (coordinated group of artillery)
|
:: batterie {f}
|
| battery {n} (array of similar things)
|
:: batterie {f}
|
| battery {n} (set of cages for hens)
|
:: batterie {f}
|
| battery electric vehicle {n} (electric vehicle that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs)
|
:: véhicules électriques à batterie {f}
|
| batting {n} /ˈbætɪŋ/ (material used to stuff)
|
:: bourre {f}, rembourrage {m}
|
| batting {n} (cotton for surgery)
|
:: ouate {f}
|
| batting {n}
|
:: ouate {f}
|
| batting average {n} (cricket, baseball)
|
:: moyenne au bâton {f}, moyenne à la batte {f}
|
| batting order {n} (the order in which players go to bat)
|
:: ordre de frappe {m}
|
| battle {n} /ˈbætl̩/ (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
|
:: lutte {f}, bataille {f}
|
| battle {n} (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
|
:: lutte {f}
|
| battle {v} ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)
|
:: lutter
|
| battle axe {n} (electric guitar) SEE: electric guitar
|
::
|
| battle-cruiser {n} (type of warship)
|
:: croiseur de bataille {m}
|
| battle cry {n} (something the troops yell out when going to war or battle)
|
:: cri de guerre {m}
|
| battlefield {n} (field of a land battle)
|
:: champ de bataille {m}
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| battleground {n} (location) SEE: battlefield
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::
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| battleground {n} /ˈbætəlˌɡɹaʊnd/ (subject of dispute)
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:: champ de bataille
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| battlement {n} /ˈbætəɫmənt/ (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
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:: rempart {m}
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| Battle of Britain {prop} (series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II)
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:: bataille d'Angleterre {f}
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| battleship {n} (warship)
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:: cuirassé {m}
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| battleship {n} (guessing game)
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:: bataille navale {f}
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| battleship {n}
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:: cuirassé {m}
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| battology {n} /bæˈtɑː.lə.dʒi/
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:: battologie {f}
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| battue {n} /bəˈt(j)uː/ (form of hunting)
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:: battue {f}
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| bauble {n} /ˈbɔbəl/ (cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery)
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:: babiole {f}
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| bauble {n} (small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees)
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:: boule de Noël {f}
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| baud {n} /bɔːd/ (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second)
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:: baud {m}
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| Baudelairean {adj} /ˌboʊdəˈlɛɹi.ən/ (of or pertaining to Baudelaire or his works)
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:: baudelairien
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| Baumé {n} (type of densimeter)
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:: baumé {m}
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| bauxite {n} /ˈbɔːksaɪt/ (ore)
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:: bauxite {f}
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| Bavaria {prop} /bəˈveəɹɪə/ (state)
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:: Bavière {f}
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| Bavarian {adj} /bəˈvɛəɹɪən/ (of or pertaining to Bavaria)
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:: bavarois
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| Bavarian {n} (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent)
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:: Bavarois {m}, Bavaroise {f}
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| bavarois {n} /ˌbɑvɚˈwɑ/ (pudding)
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:: bavarois {m}
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| bavette {n} (flank steak) SEE: flank steak
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::
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| bawdy {adj} /ˈbɔdi/ (obscene)
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:: grivois, paillard
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| bawl {v} /bɔl/ ((intransitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner)
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:: hurler
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| bawl {v} ((intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry)
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:: hurler
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| bay {n} /beɪ/ (shrub)
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:: laurier {m}
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| bay {n} (herb)
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:: laurier {m}
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| bay {n} (body of water)
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:: baie {f}
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| bay {n} (compartment)
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:: compartiment {m}, baie {f}
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| bay {v} (to howl)
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:: aboyer
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| bay {adj} (of reddish-brown color)
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:: bai
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| Bay {prop}
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:: La Baie
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| bayan {n} (a Russian accordion)
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:: bayan {m}
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| bayard {adj} (reddish brown)
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:: bai (more specific)
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| bay cat {n} (Catopuma badia)
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:: chat bai {m}
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| Bayesian {adj} /ˈbeɪzɪən/ (of or pertaining to Thomas Bayes)
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:: bayésien
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| Bayeux {prop} /baɪˈjɜː/ (town in Normandy)
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:: Bayeux
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| bay leaf {n} (herb)
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:: feuille de laurier {f}
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| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean)
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:: golfe du Bengale {m}
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| Bay of Biscay {prop} (gulf)
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:: golfe de Gascogne {m}
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| Bay of Fundy {prop}
|
:: Baie de Fundy, baie de Fundy
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| bayonet {n} /ˈbeɪə(ʊ)nɨt/ (weapon)
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:: baïonnette {f}
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| Bayonne {prop} (city and commune of southwest France)
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:: Bayonne {m}
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| bayou {n} /ˈbaɪ.uː/ (slow-moving creek or swamp)
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:: bayou {m}, marécages {m-p}
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| bazaar {n} /bəˈzɑɹ/ (marketplace)
|
:: bazar {m}, foire {f}, marché {m}
|
| bazooka {n} /bəˈzuːkə/ (American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher)
|
:: bazooka {m}
|
| bazooka {n} (any shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher)
|
:: lance-roquette {m}
|
| BB {phrase} (best before)
|
:: MA
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| BBC {prop} (British Broadcasting Corporation)
|
:: BBC {f}
|
| BBS {n} (bulletin board system)
|
:: SBE {m} (Systeme Babillard Electronique {m})
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| BC {adv} (before Christ)
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:: av. J.-C., av. JC (avant Jésus-Christ)
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| BCE {adv} (before the common era)
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:: av.n.è. (avant notre ère); AEC, AÈC, aèc (avant l'ère commune)
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| BCG {n} (Bacillus of Calmette and Guérin)
|
:: BCG {m}
|
| béchamel sauce {n} (white sauce made with butter, flour and milk)
|
:: sauce béchamel {f}
|
| Béchamp {prop} (Francophone surname)
|
:: Béchamp
|
| bdelloid {adj}
|
:: bdelloïde
|
| bdelloid {n}
|
:: bdelloïde {m}
|
| BDSM {n} (sexual practice)
|
:: BDSM {m}
|
| be {v} (occupy a place)
|
:: être
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| be {v} (occur, take place)
|
:: être
|
| be {v} (exist)
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:: être
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| be {v} (have a certain age)
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:: avoir
|
| be {v} (elliptical form of "be here", or similar)
|
:: aller, venir
|
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same)
|
:: être
|
| be {v} (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
|
:: faire
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| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
|
:: être
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| be {v} (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it)
|
:: être
|
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)
|
:: être
|
| be {v} (used to form the passive voice)
|
:: être
|
| be {v} (used to form the continuous forms of various tenses)
|
:: [not translated; use the equivalent simple tense, or the imperfect in the past]
|
| be {v} ((archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
|
:: avoir
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| be {v} (used to form future tenses, especially the future subjunctive)
|
:: Not used in French
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| be {v} (used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like)
|
:: faire
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| Bea {prop} /biː/ (diminutive of Beatrice)
|
:: Béa
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| be able to {v} (have ability to)
|
:: pouvoir, savoir (for a skill), être capable de
|
| beach {n} /bit͡ʃ/ (sandy shore)
|
:: plage {f}
|
| beach ball {n} (a large light inflatable ball used in beach games)
|
:: ballon de plage {m}
|
| beachcomber {n} (seaman who hangs around port areas living off the charity of others)
|
:: batteur de grève {m}
|
| beachgoer {n} (someone who goes to the beach)
|
:: plagiste
|
| beachline {n} (shoreline) SEE: shoreline
|
::
|
| beach soccer {n} (variant of soccer)
|
:: football de plage {m}, soccer de plage {m} [Canada]
|
| beach towel {n} (towel used at the beach)
|
:: serviette de plage {f}
|
| beach volleyball {n} (sport)
|
:: beach-volley {m}, volleyball de plage {m}
|
| beacon {n} /ˈbiːkən/ (signal fire)
|
:: balise
|
| beacon {n} (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
|
:: phare {m}
|
| beacon {n} (high hill or similar)
|
:: amer {m}
|
| bead {n} /biːd/ (rosary ball)
|
:: grain {m}
|
| bead {n} (pierced small round object)
|
:: perle {f}
|
| bead {n} (small drop of liquid)
|
:: gouttelette {f}
|
| beadle {n} /ˈbiːdəɫ/ (a parish constable)
|
:: bedeau {m}, suisse {m}
|
| bead tree {n} (Melia azedarach)
|
:: margousier {m}, lilas de Perse {m}, azédarach {m}
|
| beagle {n} /biːɡəɫ/ (dog)
|
:: briquet {m}
|
| beak {n} /biːk/ (structure projecting from a bird's face)
|
:: bec {m}
|
| beak {n} (similar structure in an octopus)
|
:: bec {m}
|
| beak {n} (metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram)
|
:: éperon {m}
|
| beak {n} (slang: human nose) SEE: schnozzle
|
::
|
| beaked whale {n} (whales in the family Ziphiidae)
|
:: baleine à bec {f}
|
| beaker {n} /ˈbiːkɚ/ (flat-bottomed vessel)
|
:: bécher {m}
|
| beaker {n} (drinking vessel without a handle)
|
:: gobelet {m}
|
| beakhead {n} (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship)
|
:: poulaine, éperon, guibre
|
| beak-iron {n}
|
:: bigorne {f}
|
| be all about {v} (deal with)
|
:: s'agir de
|
| be-all and end-all {n} (Something considered to be of the utmost importance)
|
:: raison d'être {f}
|
| be all ears {v} (to listen carefully or eagerly; to anticipate)
|
:: être tout ouïe
|
| beam {n} /biːm/ (large piece of timber or iron)
|
:: madrier {m}
|
| beam {n} (principal horizontal beam in a building)
|
:: poutre {f}
|
| beam {n} (pole of a carriage)
|
:: limon {m}, timon {m}
|
| beam {n} (bar of a plow)
|
:: age {m}
|
| beam {n} (ray)
|
:: faisceau {m}
|
| beam {n} (connector of notes)
|
:: lien {m}, ligature {f}
|
| beam {v} (to emit light)
|
:: rayonner, briller
|
| beam {v} (to smile broadly)
|
:: rayonner
|
| beam {v} (scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism)
|
:: téléporter
|
| bean {n} /biːn/ (seed)
|
:: haricot {m}
|
| bean {n} (guinea coin) SEE: guinea
|
::
|
| beanbag {n} /ˈbiːnbæɡ/ (piece of furniture)
|
:: fauteuil-sac {m}
|
| bean curd {n} (tofu) SEE: tofu
|
::
|
| beanie {n} /ˈbiː.ni/ (cap that fits the head closely)
|
:: bonnet {m}; tuque {f} [Canada]
|
| beanpole {n} (tall, thin person)
|
:: [can be applied only to a man] escogriffe {m}, [can be applied to either a man or a woman] asperge {f}, échalas {m}, croquette
|
| bean sprout {n} (a sprout grown out of a bean)
|
:: graine germée {f}
|
| bean sprout {n} (the vegetarian food)
|
:: graine germée {f}
|
| beanstalk {n} (the stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast growing and tall)
|
:: haricot magique {m}
|
| bear {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth
|
::
|
| bear {v} /bɛə(ɹ)/ (to carry)
|
:: porter
|
| bear {v} (to be equipped with)
|
:: porter
|
| bear {v} (to support or sustain)
|
:: supporter, soutenir
|
| bear {v} (to endure with patience; to be patient)
|
:: supporter
|
| bear {v} (to tolerate, to put up with)
|
:: supporter, tolérer
|
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae)
|
:: ours {m}, ourse {f}
|
| bear {n} (rough, unmannerly, uncouth person)
|
:: ours {m}
|
| bear {n} (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices)
|
:: baissier {m}
|
| bear {n} (large hairy man)
|
:: ours {m}
|
| bearable {adj} /ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/ (able to be borne)
|
:: vivable, supportable
|
| bearberry {n} /ˈbɛəb(ə)ɹi/ (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
|
:: bearberry
|
| bearcat {n} (red panda) SEE: red panda
|
::
|
| bearcat {n} (giant panda) SEE: giant panda
|
::
|
| bear cub {n} (young bear)
|
:: ourson {m}, oursonne {f}
|
| beard {n} /bɪɹd/ (facial hair)
|
:: barbe {f}
|
| bearded {adj} /ˈbɪɹdəd/ (having a beard)
|
:: barbu
|
| bearded clam {n} (vulva)
|
:: moule {f}, chatte {f}, abricot {m}, foufoune {f}, salle de jeu {f}
|
| bearded seal {n} /ˈbɪɹdəd siːl/ (Erignathus barbatus)
|
:: phoque barbu {m}
|
| bearded vulture {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier
|
::
|
| beardless {adj} (without a beard)
|
:: imberbe
|
| beardlessness {n} (state or quality of being beardless)
|
:: imberbité
|
| bearer {n} /ˈbɛəɹə/ (one who bears)
|
:: porteur
|
| bearer {n} (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
|
:: porteur {m}
|
| bear fruit {v} (succeed in some task)
|
:: porter ses fruits
|
| bear garlic {n} (ramsons) SEE: ramsons
|
::
|
| bearing {adj} /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/ (carrying weight or load)
|
:: porteur
|
| bearing {n} (mechanical device)
|
:: roulement {m}, coussinet {m}, palier {m}
|
| bearing {n} (nautical sense)
|
:: azimut {m}
|
| bearing {n} (relevance)
|
:: portée
|
| bear in mind {v} (remember, consider)
|
:: garder à l’esprit, se rappeler
|
| bear meat {n} (meat from a bear)
|
:: viande d'ours {f}
|
| bear oneself {v} (behave and conduct oneself) SEE: carry oneself
|
::
|
| bear out {v} (corroborate, prove, or confirm)
|
:: confirmer, corroborer
|
| bear the brunt {v} (to endure the worst part of something)
|
:: faire les frais
|
| bearwort {n} (meum athamanticum) SEE: baldmoney
|
::
|
| be ashamed {v} (feel ashamed)
|
:: avoir honte
|
| beast {n} /biːst/ (non-human animal)
|
:: bête {f}, bête sauvage {f}
|
| beast {n} (domestic animal)
|
:: bête {f}
|
| beastie {n} /ˈbiːsti/ (beast, animal)
|
:: bestiole {f}
|
| beastliness {n}
|
:: bestialité
|
| beastmaster {n}
|
:: belluaire {m}
|
| beast of burden {n} (animal that carries or pulls a load)
|
:: bête de somme {f}, animal de trait {m}, bête de charge {f}
|
| beast of prey {n} (animal)
|
:: bête de proie {f}
|
| beat {n} /biːt/ (pulsation)
|
:: battement {m}
|
| beat {n} (patrolled route)
|
:: ronde {f}
|
| beat {n} (area of a person's responsibility)
|
:: secteur {m}
|
| beat {n} (primary focus of a reporter's stories)
|
:: domaine {m}
|
| beat {n} (hunting: act of scouring, or ranging over)
|
:: battue {f}
|
| beat {v} (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
|
:: battre
|
| beat {v} (to strike or pound repeatedly)
|
:: battre
|
| beat {v} (intransitive: to strike repeatedly)
|
:: battre
|
| beat {v} (to win against)
|
:: vaincre, battre
|
| beat {v} (nautical - to sail to windward)
|
:: remonter au vent
|
| beat {v} (to mix food)
|
:: battre, fouetter
|
| beat {v} (to indicate by beating or drumming)
|
:: battre
|
| beat {v} (to exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble)
|
:: se mettre martel en tête
|
| beat {v} (to arrive before someone)
|
:: battre, griller
|
| beat {adj} (exhausted)
|
:: claqué, crevé, épuisé
|
| beat {n} (act of reporting before a rival) SEE: scoop
|
::
|
| beat a dead horse {v} (continue far beyond reason) SEE: flog a dead horse
|
::
|
| beat around the bush {v} (to treat a topic but omit its main points)
|
:: tourner autour du pot (circle around the pot)
|
| beat around the bush {v} (to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant)
|
:: tourner autour du pot (circle around the pot)
|
| beater {n} /ˈbitɚ/ (stick to play a percussion instrument)
|
:: baguette de tambour, batteur {m}
|
| beater {n} (an automobile in poor operating condition)
|
:: bazou
|
| beater {n}
|
:: batteur {m}
|
| beatify {v} /biːˈætɪfaɪ/ (to take step in declaring a person a saint)
|
:: béatifier
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| beating {n} /ˈbiːtɪŋ/ (action of the verb to beat)
|
:: battage {m}
|
| beating {n} (the pulsation of the heart)
|
:: battement {m}
|
| beat it {v} /ˈbiˌdɪt/ (to go away)
|
:: dégager, décamper, ficher le camp, décaniller, se tirer, se barrer, se tailler, se casser
|
| beat it {v} (vulgar: to masturbate)
|
:: se branler, se pignoler, se taper une queue, se polir le chinois
|
| Beatles {prop} /ˈbiːtl̩z/ (rock music quartet)
|
:: Beatles {m-p}
|
| beatmaker {n}
|
:: beatmaker {m}, concepteur rythmique
|
| beatnik {n} /ˈbiːtnɪk/ (beatnik)
|
:: beatnik {m}
|
| beat one's brains out {v} (rack one's brain) SEE: rack one's brain
|
::
|
| beat one's breast {v}
|
:: battre sa coulpe
|
| beat one's head against a stone wall {v} (to waste effort on a futile project)
|
:: perdre son temps
|
| Beatrice {prop} /ˈbiː(ə)tɹɪs/ (female given name)
|
:: Béatrice
|
| beat time {v} (to measure or regulate time)
|
:: battre la mesure
|
| beat to a pulp {v} (beat up)
|
:: passer à tabac, tabasser
|
| beat to a pulp {v} (defeat severely)
|
:: battre à plate couture, mettre la pâtée
|
| beat to the punch {v} (to do something before somebody else can)
|
:: devancer, prendre de vitesse, couper l'herbe sous le pied
|
| beat up {v} (to give a beating to)
|
:: tabasser
|
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend
|
::
|
| Beauceron {n} /ˈboʊsəˌɹɑn/ (Beauceron)
|
:: berger de Beauce {m}, berger beauceron {m}
|
| Beaudoin {prop}
|
:: Beaudoin
|
| Beaufort scale {prop} (measure for the intensity of the wind)
|
:: échelle de Beaufort {f}
|
| beau monde {n} (fashionable part of society)
|
:: beau monde {m}
|
| Beaumont {prop} /ˈboʊmɑnt/ (placename)
|
:: Beaumont
|
| Beaumont {prop} (surname)
|
:: Beaumont
|
| Beauregard {prop} /ˈboʊɹəɡɑɹd/ (Placename)
|
:: Beauregard
|
| Beauregard {prop} (Surname)
|
:: Beauregard
|
| beautician {n} /bjuːˈtɪʃən/ (one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments)
|
:: esthéticien {m}, esthéticienne {f}
|
| beautifier {n} (someone or something which makes beautiful)
|
:: embellisseur {m}, embellisseuse {f}
|
| beautiful {adj} /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ (possessing charm and attractive)
|
:: beau {m}, belle {f}
|
| beautiful {adj} (of weather: pleasant, clear)
|
:: beau {m}
|
| beautifully {adv} /ˈbjuːtɪf(ə)li/ (In a beautiful manner)
|
:: joliment
|
| beautify {v} /ˈbjuː.tɪ.faɪ/ (to make beautiful or more beautiful)
|
:: embellir
|
| beauty {n} /ˈbjuɾi/ (quality of pleasing appearance)
|
:: beauté {f}
|
| beauty {n} (someone beautiful: female)
|
:: beauté {f}
|
| beauty {n}
|
:: beauté {f}
|
| beauty {n} (beauty quark) SEE: bottom quark
|
::
|
| beauty contest {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant
|
::
|
| beauty is in the eye of the beholder {proverb} /ˈbjuːti ɪz ɪn ðiː aɪ əv ðiː bɪˈhəʊldə/ (people have different ideas of what is beautiful)
|
:: il n’y a point de laides amours
|
| beauty mark {n} (dark spot on face)
|
:: grain de beauté {m}
|
| beauty pageant {n} (competition on attractiveness)
|
:: concours de beauté {m}
|
| beauty parlor {n} (salon with hairdressers and beauticians)
|
:: salon de beauté
|
| beauty quark {n} (beauty quark)
|
:: quark beauty {m}, quark beauté {m}
|
| beauty queen {n} (winner of a beauty contest)
|
:: miss {f}, reine de beauté {f}
|
| beauty salon {n} (beauty salon) SEE: beauty parlor
|
::
|
| beauty sleep {n} (Extra sleep or a special nap)
|
:: sommeil réparateur {m} ("refreshing sleep"), roupillon
|
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole
|
::
|
| beaver {n} /ˈbiːvə/ (semiaquatic rodent)
|
:: castor {m}, bièvre {m} [archaic]
|
| beaver {n} (coarse slang: pubic hair/vulva of a woman)
|
:: chatte {f}, (fou)foune {f}, minou {m}
|
| beaver away {v} (to busily undertake)
|
:: bûcher
|
| beavertail {n} (fried pastry)
|
:: queue de castor
|
| be awake {v} (awake) SEE: awake
|
::
|
| be awake {v} (wake up) SEE: wake up
|
::
|
| be awake {v} (to not sleep)
|
:: veiller
|
| beazle {n} (bezel) SEE: bezel
|
::
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| Bebel {prop} /ˈbeɪbəl/ (A German surname)
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:: Bebel
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| bebop {n} /ˈbiːbɒp/ (early form of modern jazz)
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:: be-bop
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| be bored {v} (suffer from boredom)
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:: s'ennuyer
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| be born {v} (to come into existence through birth)
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:: naître
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| be born yesterday {v} (to be inexperienced)
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:: ne pas être né de la dernière pluie
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| becak {n} (cycle rickshaw) SEE: cycle rickshaw
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::
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| be called {v} (to have a specific name)
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:: s'appeler, se nommer
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| be careful {interj} (proceed with caution)
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:: soyez prudent [formal, to a man], soyez prudente [formal, to a woman], sois prudent [informal, to a man], sois prudente [informal, to a woman]
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| because {adv} /biˈkɔz/ (on account)
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:: à cause de, parce que, à cause que
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| because {conj} (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)
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:: parce que, car, à cause que
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| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of)
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:: à cause de [negative implications], grâce à [positive implications], en raison de
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| Bechuanaland {prop} /ˌbɛtʃuˈɑːnəlænd/ (former name for Botswana)
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:: Protectorat du Bechuanaland
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| Beckettian {adj} (of or pertaining to Beckett)
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:: beckettien
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| beckon {v} /ˈbɛkən/ (to wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer)
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:: faire signe
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| becloud {v} (cause to become obscure or muddled)
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:: s'ennuager, se couvrir, s'assombrir
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| become {v} /bəˈkʌm/ (to begin to be)
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:: devenir
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| become {v} (to begin to be)
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:: aller bien
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| becoming {n} /bəˈkʌmɪŋ/ (The act or process by which something becomes)
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:: devenir
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| becquerel {n} /bɛkəˈɹɛɫ/ (unit of radioactive activity)
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:: becquerel {m}
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| bed {n} (shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear) SEE: pallet
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::
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| bed {n} (piece of furniture)
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:: lit {m}, couche {f}
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| bed {n} (prepared spot to spend the night in)
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:: lit {m}
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| bed {n} (the bottom of a lake or other body of water)
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:: lit {m}
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| bed {n} (garden plot)
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:: lit {m}
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| bed {n} (deposit of ore, coal etc.)
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:: gisement {m}
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| bed and breakfast {n} (guesthouse providing breakfast)
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:: bed and breakfast {m}, bed-and-breakfast {m}, gîte touristique {m}, chambre d'hôte {f}, maison d'hôte {f}, chambre d'hôtes {f}, maison d'hôtes {f}
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| bedbound {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden
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::
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| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect)
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:: punaise des lits {f}
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| bedcover {n} (decorative cover for a bed) SEE: bedspread
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::
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| beddable {adj} (sexually attractive)
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:: baisable, pinocumettable
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| bedding {n} /ˈbɛdɪŋ/ (material for animals to lie on)
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:: litière {f}
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| beddy-bye {n} (bedtime for a toddler)
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:: dodo {m}
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| bedevil {v} /bɪˈdɛvəɫ/ (to harass)
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:: tourmenter, harceler
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| bedfast {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden
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::
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| bedframe {n} (frame of a bed) SEE: bedstead
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::
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| bedhead {n} /ˈbɛd.hɛd/ (unkempt hair)
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:: tête de lit {f}, têtes de lit {f-p}
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| bedjacket {n} (a short jacket worn when sitting up in bed)
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:: liseuse {f}
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| bedlam {n} /ˈbɛdləm/ (place or situation of chaos)
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:: cour du roi Pétaud, pétaudière
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| bedlinen {n} (cloth items used to make up a bed)
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:: linge de lit {m}
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| bed of roses {n} /bɛd ʌv ˈɹəʊzəz/
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:: partie de plaisir, long fleuve tranquille
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| bedouin {n} /ˈbɛd.wɪn/ (desert-dweller)
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:: Bédouin {m}, Bédouine {f}
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| bedpan {n} (chamber pot used while still in bed)
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:: bassin hygiénique {m}
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| bedridden {adj} /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/ (confined to bed)
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:: alité, cloué au lit, grabataire
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| bedrock {n} (underground solid rock)
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:: roche mère {f}, soubassement {m}
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| bedroll {n} (roll of bedding)
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:: sac de couchage {m}
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| bedroom {n} /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping)
|
:: chambre {f}, chambre à coucher {f}, dortoir {m}, piaule {f} [slang]
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| bedroom community {n} (residential urban community of a nearby metropolis)
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:: cité-dortoir {f}, ville-dortoir {f}, village-dortoir {m}
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| bed sheet {n} (sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen)
|
:: drap {m}
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| bedsheet {n} /ˈbɛdʃiːt/ (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen)
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:: drap {m}, drap de lit {m}
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| bedside table {n} (nightstand) SEE: nightstand
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::
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| bedsit {n} /ˈbɛdˌsɪt/ (rented room)
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:: studio
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| bedsore {n} (Lesion caused by pressure)
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:: escarre {f}, plaie de pression [Québec]
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| bedspread {n} (coverlet) SEE: coverlet
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::
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| bedspread {n} (topmost covering of a bed)
|
:: dessus-de-lit {m}, couvre-lit {m}
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| bedstead {n} (bed framework)
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:: châlit
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| bedtime {n} /ˈbɛdtaɪm/ (time when one goes to bed to sleep)
|
:: heure du coucher {f}
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| bedtime story {n} /ˈbɛdtaɪm ˈstɔːɹi/ (story read to children before they sleep)
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:: histoire du soir {f}
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| bedwetter {n} /ˈbɛdwɛtɚ/ (person who (habitually) urinates in his bed (during sleep))
|
:: pisse-au-lit {m} {f}
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| bedwetter {n} (coward (pejorative))
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:: trouillard {m}, péteux {m}
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| bedwetting {n} (involuntary urination while asleep)
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:: énurésie nocturne {f}, faire pipi au lit
|
| bee {n} /ˈbiː/ (insect)
|
:: abeille {f}
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| bee {n} (name of the letter B, b)
|
:: bé {m}
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| beech {n} /biːt͡ʃ/ (tree of genus Fagus)
|
:: hêtre {m}
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| beech marten {n} (Martes foina)
|
:: fouine {f}
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| beechnut {n} /ˈbiːtʃˌnʌt/ (nut of the beech tree)
|
:: faine {f}, faîne {f}
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| bee-eater {n} /ˈbiː iːtəɹ/ (bird in the family Meropidae)
|
:: guêpier {m}
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| beef {n} /bif/ (meat)
|
:: bœuf {m}
|
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow
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::
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| beef bourguignon {n} (beef dish)
|
:: bœuf bourguignon {m}, bœuf à la bourguignonne {m}
|
| beefcake {n} /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/ (muscular, desirable man)
|
:: bellâtre {m}
|
| bee fly {n} (bee fly)
|
:: bombyle {f}
|
| beefsteak {n} /ˈbiːfsteɪk/ (steak)
|
:: bifteck {m}
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| beef up {v} (to strengthen or reinforce) SEE: strengthen
|
::
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| beefy {adj} (robust) SEE: robust
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::
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| beefy {adj} (muscular) SEE: muscular
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::
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| beehive {n} /ˈbiːhaɪv/ (home of bees)
|
:: ruche {f}
|
| beehive {n} (man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey)
|
:: ruche {f}
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| beehive {n} (figurative: any place in which people are very busy)
|
:: ruche {f}, fourmilière {f}
|
| beehive {n} (hairstyle)
|
:: [informal] choucroute {f}
|
| bee hummingbird {n} (hummingbird)
|
:: colibri d'Elena {m}, colibri-abeille {m}
|
| bee in one's bonnet {n} (something of particular interest or concern)
|
:: [colloquial] marotte, idée fixe, [informal] manie, [colloquial] fixette
|
| beekeeper {n} /ˈbiˌkipɚ/ (someone who keeps bees)
|
:: apiculteur, apicultrice {f}
|
| beekeeping {n} (raising bees)
|
:: apiculture {f}, industrie abeillère {f}
|
| beeline {n} /ˈbiːlaɪn/ (straight course, ignoring established paths of travel)
|
:: à vol d'oiseau
|
| Beelzebub {prop} /biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/ (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil)
|
:: Belzébuth {m}
|
| beemer {n} (slang term for a BMW car or motorcycle)
|
:: [colloquial] BM {f}
|
| been there, done that {phrase} (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic)
|
:: déjà vu, déjà fait
|
| beep {n} /biːp/ (electronically produced tone)
|
:: bip
|
| beer {n} /bɪɹ/ (alcoholic drink made of malt)
|
:: bière {f}
|
| beer {n} (glass of beer)
|
:: bière {f}, demi {m}
|
| beer and skittles {n} (fun times)
|
:: bon temps {m}
|
| beer bar {n} (beer parlour) SEE: beer parlour
|
::
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| beer belly {n} (protruding abdomen)
|
:: sac à bière {m}, panse à bière {f}
|
| beer gut {n} (beer belly) SEE: beer belly
|
::
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| beer mat {n} (mat, often with an advertisement for a brewery on it, to rest one's glass)
|
:: sous-bock {m}
|
| beer muscles {n} (protruding stomach)
|
:: panse à bière {f}
|
| beer parlor {n} (beer parlour) SEE: beer parlour
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::
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| beer parlour {n} (a bar, selling beers, that has tables)
|
:: taverne {f}, brasserie {f}
|
| beerstone {n} (precipitate)
|
:: bierstein {m}
|
| beestings {n} (first milk drawn from an animal) SEE: colostrum
|
::
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| beeswax {n} /ˈbizwæks/ (wax secreted by bees)
|
:: cire d'abeille {f}
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| beet {n} /biːt/ (Beta vulgaris)
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:: betterave {f}, bette {f}
|
| Beetewk {n} (a type of Russian heavy draft horse)
|
:: bitugue {m}, cheval de Voronej {m}
|
| Beethovenian {adj} /ˌbeɪtoʊˈvini.ən/ (of or pertaining to Ludwig van Beethoven)
|
:: beethovénien, beethovenien
|
| beetle {n} /ˈbiːtəl/ (insect)
|
:: scarabée {m}
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| beetle {n} (mallet)
|
:: mailloche {f}
|
| Beetle {n} (Volkswagen car)
|
:: Coccinelle {f}
|
| beetle-browed {adj} (making an unfriendly or sullen face)
|
:: sourcilleux
|
| beetroot {n} /ˈbitɹut/ (normally deep red coloured root vegetable)
|
:: betterave {f}
|
| befit {v} (be fit for)
|
:: convenir à, être inapproprié pour
|
| before {prep} /bəˈfɔɹ/ (earlier than)
|
:: avant, avant que [+ clause]
|
| before {prep} (in front of in space)
|
:: devant
|
| before {prep} (in front of according to an ordering system)
|
:: avant
|
| before {adv} (at an earlier time)
|
:: avant
|
| before {conj}
|
:: avant que
|
| before dark {prep} (before night begins to fall)
|
:: avant la tombée de la nuit
|
| beforehand {adv} /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/ (at an earlier time)
|
:: préalablement, auparavant, au préalable, à l'avance
|
| before long {prep} (soon) SEE: soon
|
::
|
| beforesaid {adj} (previously said) SEE: aforesaid
|
::
|
| before you can say knife {phrase}
|
:: en moins de temps qu'il ne faut pour le dire
|
| befriend {v} (make friends) SEE: make friends
|
::
|
| beg {v} /bɛɡ/ (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money)
|
:: mendier, quêter, quémander
|
| beg {v} (to plead with someone for help)
|
:: implorer, supplier
|
| beget {v} (to beget) SEE: procreate
|
::
|
| beget {v} /biˈɡɛt/ (to cause, to produce)
|
:: engendrer
|
| beget {v} (to procreate)
|
:: procréer, engendrer
|
| begetter {n} (a procreator)
|
:: géniteur, procréateur
|
| beggar {n} /ˈbɛɡɚ/ (person who begs)
|
:: gueux {m}, mendiant {m}, mendiante {f}
|
| beggar belief {v}
|
:: dépasser l'entendement
|
| beggars can't be choosers {proverb} (when resources are limited, one must accept even substandard gifts)
|
:: faute de grives, on mange des merles
|
| beggar-ticks {n} (Bidens)
|
:: bident {m}
|
| Beghard {n} /bəˈɡɑːɹd/ (one of an association of religious laymen)
|
:: bégard {m}
|
| begin {v} /bɪˈɡɪn/ (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.)
|
:: commencer, démarrer, se mettre
|
| beginner {n} /bəˈɡɪnɚ/ (someone who just recently started)
|
:: débutant {m}, débutante {f}
|
| beginning {n} /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/ (act of doing that which begins anything)
|
:: début {m}, commencement {m}
|
| beginning {n} (that which is begun)
|
:: début {m}, ébauche {f}
|
| beginning {n} (that which begins or originates something)
|
:: début {m}, commencement {m}
|
| beginning {n} (initial portion of some extended thing)
|
:: début {m}
|
| begone {v} ((expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away))
|
:: ouste
|
| begonia {n} /ˈbəɡəʊniː.ə/ (plants of the genus Begonia)
|
:: bégonia {m}
|
| beguile {v} /bɪˈɡaɪl/ (to deceive or delude (using guile))
|
:: duper, tromper, induire en erreur
|
| beguile {v} (charm, delight)
|
:: exalter, emporter, ravir
|
| beguiling {adj} (that beguiles)
|
:: séduisant
|
| beguinage {n} (walled community of Beguines)
|
:: béguinage {m}
|
| beguine {n} /bə.ˈɡiːn/ (ballroom dance)
|
:: beguine
|
| beguine {n} (music)
|
:: beguine
|
| Beguine {n} /beɪˈɡiːn/
|
:: béguin {m}, béguine {f}
|
| behalf {n} (stead) SEE: stead
|
::
|
| behave {v} /bɪˈheɪv/ (to act in a specific manner)
|
:: se comporter
|
| behave {v}
|
:: se conduire, se comporter, se tenir
|
| behave oneself {v} (to act in a polite or proper way) SEE: behave
|
::
|
| behavior {n} /bɪˈheɪvjɚ/ (way an animal or human behaves or acts)
|
:: comportement {m}
|
| behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave)
|
:: comportement {m}, conduite {f}
|
| behavior {n}
|
:: comportement {m}
|
| behavioral {adj} (of or relating to behavior)
|
:: comportemental
|
| behaviorism {n} (approach to psychology focusing on behavior)
|
:: béhaviorisme {m}, comportementalisme {m}
|
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior
|
::
|
| behavioural {adj} (of or pertaining to behaviour)
|
:: comportemental
|
| behavioural science {n} (analysis and investigation of human and animal behaviour)
|
:: science comportementale {f}
|
| behead {v} /bɪˈhɛd/ (to remove the head)
|
:: décapiter
|
| beheadal {n} (beheading) SEE: beheading
|
::
|
| beheader {n} (one who beheads or decapitates)
|
:: décapiteur {m}
|
| beheading {n} (an instance of beheading)
|
:: décapitation
|
| behemoth {n} /bəˈhi(ː)məθ/ (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
|
:: Béhémoth
|
| behemoth {n} (mighty monster)
|
:: béhémoth {m}, béhémot {m}
|
| behest {n} (vow) SEE: vow
|
::
|
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise
|
::
|
| behest {n} /biˈhɛst/ (command, bidding)
|
:: demande {f}
|
| behind {prep} /bɪˈhaɪnd/ (at the back of)
|
:: derrière
|
| behind {prep} (to the back of)
|
:: derrière
|
| behind {prep} (after, time- or motion-wise)
|
:: après
|
| behind {prep} (in support of)
|
:: derrière
|
| behind {n} (rear, back-end)
|
:: revers {m}
|
| behind {n} (buttocks)
|
:: derrière {m}
|
| behind bars {prep} (in jail or prison)
|
:: derrière les barreaux, au violon
|
| behind closed doors {prep} (in private)
|
:: à huis clos, en privé
|
| behind every successful man there stands a woman {proverb} /bɪˈhaɪnd ˌɛvɹi səkˈsɛsfl̩ ˈmæn ðɛə ˈstændz ə ˈwʊmən/ (men's success often depends on the support and work and support of their wives for female partners)
|
:: tout homme qui réussit a une femme derrière lui.
|
| behind someone's back {prep} (secretly)
|
:: dans le dos de quelqu'un, à l'insu de quelqu'un, à son insu, [informal] en douce, [formal] subrepticement
|
| behind the scenes {prep} /bɪˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/ (in secret; out of public view)
|
:: en coulisse, de l'autre côté du décor, dans les coulisses
|
| behind the times {prep} (out of date, old-fashioned)
|
:: hors d'âge, passé de mode, vieillot, [formal] désuet
|
| behind the wheel {prep} (in control of a vehicle)
|
:: au volant
|
| behind time {prep} (arriving late)
|
:: [colloquial] à la bourre, en retard
|
| behold {v} /bɪˈhoʊld/ (to see, to look at)
|
:: regarder, voir, observer
|
| behold {interj}
|
:: voici, voilà
|
| beholden {adj} /bɨˈhoʊldən/ (obligated, bound by moral obligation)
|
:: redevable
|
| beholder {n} /bɪˈhəʊldə/ (someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator)
|
:: regardeur {m}, observateur {m}
|
| behove {v} /bɪˈhəʊv/ (to be necessary)
|
:: incomber
|
| beige {n} /ˈbeɪʒ/ (colour)
|
:: beige
|
| beige {adj} (having a slightly yellowish gray colour)
|
:: beige
|
| beignet {n} /ˈbɛn.jeɪ/ (fritter)
|
:: beignet {m}
|
| beignet {n} (donut)
|
:: beignet {m}
|
| Beijing {prop} /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/ (capital of China)
|
:: Pékin {m}
|
| Beijinger {n} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese
|
::
|
| Beijingese {n} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese
|
::
|
| Beijingese {adj} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese
|
::
|
| Beijing opera {n} (Peking opera) SEE: Peking opera
|
::
|
| be in for {v} (able to expect)
|
:: en avoir pour
|
| being {n} /ˈbiɪŋ/ (a living creature)
|
:: être {m}, créature {f}
|
| being {n} (the state or fact of existence)
|
:: existence
|
| Beirut {prop} /beɪˈɹuːt/ (capital of Lebanon)
|
:: Beyrouth {m}
|
| Beiruti {adj} /beɪˈɹuːti/ (of or pertaining to Beirut)
|
:: beyrouthin
|
| Beiruti {n} (a person from, or an inhabitant of, Beirut)
|
:: Beyrouthin {m}, Beyrouthine {f}
|
| bejel {n} (Endemic syphilis)
|
:: pian de Nérac {m}, lépre du nord {f}, maladie de Scherlievo {f}
|
| bejeweled {adj} (covered in jewels, especially as decoration)
|
:: bijouté
|
| bel {n} /bɛl/ (measure of relative power)
|
:: bel {m}
|
| Belainsky {prop} ( surname)
|
:: Belainsky
|
| Beland {prop} ( surname)
|
:: Beland
|
| Belansky {prop}
|
:: Belansky
|
| Belarus {prop} /ˌbɛləˈɹus/ (country)
|
:: Biélorussie {f}, Bélarus {m}
|
| Belarusian {n} /ˌbɛləˈɹuːsi.ən/ (language)
|
:: biélorusse {m}
|
| Belarusian {n} (person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent)
|
:: Biélorusse {m} {f}
|
| be late {v} (arrive late)
|
:: être en retard
|
| belated {adj} (later in relation to the proper time)
|
:: tardif
|
| belatedly {adv} (in a belated manner)
|
:: tardivement, avec du retard, en retard
|
| belay {v} /bɪˈleɪ/ (to secure (a climber or rope) to)
|
:: assurer
|
| belch {v} /ˈbɛltʃ/ (expel gas from the stomach through the mouth)
|
:: roter, éructer
|
| belch {n} (sound one makes when belching)
|
:: rot {m}
|
| beleaguer {v} /bɪˈliː.ɡə/ (to besiege; to surround with troops)
|
:: investir, assiéger
|
| beleaguered {adj} /bɪˈliːɡəd/ (beset by trouble or difficulty)
|
:: en difficulté, mal en point, éprouvé, assiégé, à bout de souffle
|
| Belfast {prop} /ˈbɛl.fæst/ (capital of Northern Ireland)
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:: Belfast {m}
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| belfry {n} /ˈbɛlfɹi/ (moveable tower used in sieges)
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:: beffroi {m}
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| belfry {n} (watchtower containing an alarm-bell)
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:: beffroi {m}
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| belfry {n} (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
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:: beffroi {m}
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| Belgian {n} /ˈbɛl.dʒən/ (Belgian, person from Belgium)
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:: Belge {m} {f}
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| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgium)
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:: belge {m} {f}
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| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people)
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:: belge
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| Belgian Congo {prop} (Belgian colony)
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:: Congo belge {m}
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| Belgian Groenendael {n} (Belgian Groenendael)
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:: chien de berger belge groenendael
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| Belgian Laekenois {n} (Belgian Laekenois)
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:: chien de berger belge laekenois
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| Belgian Limburg {prop}
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:: Limbourg belge {m}
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| Belgian Malinois {n} (Belgian Malinois)
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:: chien de berger belge malinois
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| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Umbrella term for the four Belgian sheepdog variants)
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:: berger belge {m}
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| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Belgian Groenendael) SEE: Belgian Groenendael
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::
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| Belgian Tervuren {n} (Belgian Tervuren)
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:: chien de berger belge tervueren
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| Belgium {prop} /ˈbɛldʒəm/ (country in Europe)
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:: Belgique {f}
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| Belgo- {prefix} (Belgium)
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:: belgo-
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| Belgorod {prop} (a city in Russia)
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:: Belgorod {m}
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| Belgrade {prop} /ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd/ (capital of Serbia)
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:: Belgrade {f}
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| Belgradian {n} (someone from Belgrade)
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:: Belgradois {m}, Belgradoise {f}
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| Belial {prop} (a wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha)
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:: Bélial
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| belie {v} /bɪˈlʌɪ/ (to contradict or show to be false)
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:: démentir
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| belief {n} /bɪˈliːf/ (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
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:: croyance {f}
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| belief {n} (the quality or state of believing)
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:: conviction {f}
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| belief {n} (religious faith)
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:: foi {f}, croyance {f}
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| belief {n}
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:: croyance {f}
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| believability {n} (state or quality of being believable)
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:: crédibilité {f}
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| believable {adj} (capable of being believed; credible)
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:: croyable
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| believe {v} /bɪˈliːv/ (to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person))
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:: croire
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| believe {v} (to accept as true)
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:: croire
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| believe {v} (to consider likely)
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:: croire
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| believe {v} (to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth)
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:: croire
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| believe it or not {adv} (you may not believe the following, but it is true)
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:: croyez-le ou non
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| believe one's ears {v} (to believe that something which one hears is truly the case)
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:: ne pas en croire ses oreilles
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| believe one's eyes {v} (to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case)
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:: ne pas en croire ses yeux
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| believer {n} (person who believes)
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:: croyant {m},
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| Belisarius {prop} (a general of the Byzantine Empire)
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:: Bélisaire
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| belittle {v} /bɨˈlɪt.əl/ (to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is)
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:: déprécier, rabaisser
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| Beliveau {prop} (surname)
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:: Béliveau
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| Belize {prop} /bəˈliːz/ (country)
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:: Belize {m}
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| Belizean {n} (person from Belize)
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:: Bélizien
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| Belizean {adj} (Pertaining to Belize)
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:: bélizien
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| Belizian {n} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean
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::
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| Belizian {adj} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean
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::
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| bell {n} /bɛl/ (percussive instrument)
|
:: cloche {f}
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| bell {n} (sounding of a bell as a signal)
|
:: sonnerie {f}
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| bell {n} (informal: telephone call)
|
:: coup de fil {m}
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| bell {n} (signal at a school)
|
:: sonnerie {f}
|
| bell {n} (the flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument)
|
:: pavillon
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| bell {n} (an instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar)
|
:: sonnette {f}
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| belladonna {n} (a plant, Atropa belladonna) SEE: deadly nightshade
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::
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| bell-bottoms {n} (pants that are flared from the knee downwards)
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:: pattes d'éléphant
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| bellboy {n} /ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ/ (A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands)
|
:: chasseur
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| bell curve {n} (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution)
|
:: courbe de Gauss {f}
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| belle {n} /bɛl/ (beautiful woman)
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:: belle {f}, beauté {f}
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| Bellefontaine {prop} /ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/ (French commune)
|
:: Bellefontaine {f}
|
| Bellefontaine {prop} (city in Ohio)
|
:: Bellefontaine {f}
|
| bell-end {n}
|
:: gland {m}, nœud {m}
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| belles-lettres {n} (humanities) SEE: humanities
|
::
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| belles-lettres {n} /ˌbɛlˈlɛtɹ/ (light literary compositions valued for their aesthetic properties)
|
:: belles-lettres {f-p}
|
| bellflower {n} (plant of genus Campanula)
|
:: campanule {f}
|
| bell-gable {n} (an architectural element)
|
:: clocher-mur {m}
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| bellgirl {n} (a female bellhop)
|
:: chasseuse {f}
|
| bell housing {n} (cover)
|
:: carter {m}
|
| bellicism {n} /ˈbɛlɪsɪzm̩/ (an inclination to war)
|
:: bellicisme
|
| bellicist {n} (warmonger) SEE: warmonger
|
::
|
| bellicist {adj} (of or relating to bellicism, bellicists)
|
:: belliciste
|
| bellicose {adj} /ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/ (warlike in nature)
|
:: belliqueux
|
| bellicose {adj} (having the impulse to be combative)
|
:: belliqueux
|
| belligerent {adj} /bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt/ (engaged in warfare)
|
:: belligérant
|
| belligerent {adj}
|
:: belligérant
|
| belligerent {n} (state or other armed participant in warfare)
|
:: belligérant {m}
|
| bellmaker {n} (bellmaker)
|
:: fondeur de cloches {m}
|
| bellow {v} /ˈbɛloʊ/ (to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal)
|
:: mugir
|
| bellow {v} (to shout in a deep voice)
|
:: beugler
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| bellows {n} /ˈbɛl.oʊz/ (air blower)
|
:: soufflet {m}
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| bell pepper {n} (spicy-sweet vegetable)
|
:: poivron {m}
|
| bells and whistles {n} (extra features added for show rather than function)
|
:: fioritures {f-p}, futilités {f-p}, frivolités {f-p}, tralala {m}, fanfreluche {f}
|
| bell the cat {v} (to undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group)
|
:: attacher le grelot
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| bell tower {n} (tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry)
|
:: beffroi {m}, clocher {m}
|
| Belluno {prop} (province of Italy)
|
:: Belluno
|
| Belluno {prop} (town and capital of Belluno)
|
:: Belluno
|
| bellwether {n} /ˈbɛlwɛðɚ/ (the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck)
|
:: mouton meneur du troupeau {m}, meneur du troupeau {m}
|
| belly {n} /bɛli/ (abdomen)
|
:: ventre {m}
|
| bellyache {n} /ˈbɛliˌeɪk/ (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen)
|
:: mal au ventre {m}
|
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel
|
::
|
| belly dance {n} (form of dance)
|
:: danse du ventre {f}
|
| belly flop {n} (style of diving)
|
:: plat {m}
|
| Belmopan {prop} (Belmopan)
|
:: Belmopan {m}
|
| belong {v} /bɪˈlɒŋ/ (have its proper place)
|
:: avoir sa place
|
| belong {v} (be accepted in a group)
|
:: trouver sa place, faire partie
|
| belong {v} (be the property of)
|
:: appartenir à
|
| belong {v} (set theory: be an element of)
|
:: appartenir à
|
| belonging {n} /bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ/ (the action of the verb to belong)
|
:: appartenance {f}
|
| belonging {n} (something physical that is owned)
|
:: affaire {f}, possession {f}, bien {m}
|
| belongings {n} (plural form of belonging)
|
:: effets {m-p}, affaires {f-p}
|
| beloved {adj} /bɪˈlʌvd/ (loved)
|
:: bien-aimé, chéri
|
| beloved {n} (someone who is loved)
|
:: amant {m}, amante {f}
|
| below {prep} /bəˈloʊ/ (lower in spatial position than)
|
:: au-dessous de, sous
|
| below {adv} (in a lower place)
|
:: en bas
|
| below {adv} (on a lower storey)
|
:: en dessous, en bas [downstairs]
|
| below {adv} (farther down)
|
:: ci-dessous
|
| below {adv} (nautical: on a lower deck)
|
:: en bas
|
| belowstairs {adv} (downstairs) SEE: downstairs
|
::
|
| below the belt {prep} (unfair; not according to the rules)
|
:: déloyal, en dessous de la ceinture
|
| Bel Paese {n} /ˌbɛl pɑˈeɪzi/ (mild creamy Italian cheese)
|
:: Bel Paese {m}
|
| belt {n} /bɛlt/ (band worn around the waist)
|
:: ceinture {f}
|
| belt {n} (band used for safety purposes)
|
:: ceinture {f}
|
| belt {n} (band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power)
|
:: courroie {f}
|
| belt {n} (geographical region)
|
:: région {f}
|
| beltway {n} (a freeway that encircles a city) SEE: ring road
|
::
|
| beluga {n} /bəˈluː.ɡə/ (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)
|
:: béluga {m}, bélouga {m}
|
| belvedere {n} /ˈbɛl.vəˌdɪɹ/ (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area)
|
:: belvédère {m}, belveder {m}
|
| bemoan {v} /bɪˈmoʊn/ (to complain about)
|
:: déplorer
|
| bemock {v} (mock) SEE: mock
|
::
|
| bemol {n} (bemol)
|
:: bémol {m}
|
| be mother {v} (To pour out tea for others)
|
:: servir le thé
|
| bemuse {v} /bɪˈmjuːz/ (to confuse or bewilder)
|
:: déconcerter, stupéfier
|
| bemusement {n} (state of being bemused)
|
:: préoccupation {f}
|
| be my guest {v} (do as you wish)
|
:: [formal] servez-vous, je vous en prie, [informal] sers-toi, je t'en prie, vas-y, allez-y
|
| bename {v} (to give a name, call)
|
:: appeler
|
| bench {n} /bɛntʃ/ (long seat)
|
:: banc {m}
|
| bench {n} (workbench) SEE: workbench
|
::
|
| bench grinder {n} (workbench-mounte grinder)
|
:: touret à meuler {m}
|
| benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool
|
::
|
| benchmark {n} (standard)
|
:: critère {m}
|
| benchmark {n} (surveyor's mark)
|
:: point de référence {m}, repère {m}
|
| bench press {n} /ˈbɛntʃ.pɹɛs/ (exercise)
|
:: développé couché {m}
|
| bend {v} /bɛnd/ (to cause to shape into a curve)
|
:: courber
|
| bend {v} (to become curved)
|
:: courber
|
| bend {v} (to change direction)
|
:: tourner
|
| bend {v} (to stoop)
|
:: se baisser
|
| bend {v} (to force to submit)
|
:: soumettre
|
| bend {v} (to submit)
|
:: soumettre
|
| bend {v}
|
:: courber
|
| bend {n} (curve)
|
:: virage {m}
|
| bend {n} (knot)
|
:: nœud {m}
|
| bend {n} (decompression sickness)
|
:: accident de décompression {m}, maladie des caissons {f}
|
| bend {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
|
:: bande {f}
|
| bend down {v} (to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position)
|
:: se baisser
|
| bender {n} /ˈbɛndɚ/ (slang: bout of heavy drinking)
|
:: soûlerie {f}, beuverie {f}, murge {f} [slang], biture {f} [slang], cuite [slang], muflée {f} [slang]
|
| bender {n} (slang: homosexual man)
|
:: tarlouze {f}, pédale {f}
|
| bend over {v} (to bend one's upper body forward)
|
:: se pencher, se replier
|
| bend over backwards {v} (make a great effort)
|
:: se mettre en quatre, se plier en quatre, se couper en quatre
|
| bend sinister {n} (diagonal band on coat of arms going from top right to bottom left)
|
:: barre {f}
|
| bend someone's ear {v} (talk too long)
|
:: rebattre les oreilles
|
| bend the knee {v} (submit to another's authority)
|
:: courber l'échine
|
| bend the truth {v} (change or leave out certain facts of a story)
|
:: déformer la vérité
|
| beneath {adv} /bɪˈniːθ/ (below or underneath)
|
:: dessous
|
| beneath {prep} (below)
|
:: sous
|
| Benedict {prop} /ˈbɛnədɪkt/ (male given name)
|
:: Benoît
|
| Benedicta {prop} (feminine form of Benedict)
|
:: Bénédicte
|
| Benedictine {n} (monk or nun)
|
:: bénédictin {m}, bénédictine {f}
|
| Benedictine {n} (liqueur)
|
:: bénédictine
|
| Benedictine {adj} (of or pertaining to St. Benedict of Nursia)
|
:: bénédictin
|
| benediction {n} (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
|
:: bénédiction {f}
|
| benedictional {n} (book of benedictions)
|
:: bénédictionnaire
|
| benefactive case {n} (case used to indicate beneficiary)
|
:: bénéfactif {m}
|
| benefactor {n} /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/ (on who gives gifts or help)
|
:: bienfaiteur {m}, bienfaitrice {f}
|
| beneficent {adj} /bəˈnɛf.ə.sənt/ (beneficent)
|
:: miséricordieux {m}, bienfaisant
|
| beneficial {adj} /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl/ (helpful or good to something or someone)
|
:: bienfaisante, bénéfique
|
| beneficial {adj} (relating to a benefice)
|
:: bénéficial
|
| beneficiary {n} /ˌbɛn.ɨˈfɪʃ.ɚ.i/ (one who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate)
|
:: bénéficiaire {m} {f}
|
| benefit {n} /ˈbɛn.ə.fɪt/ (advantage, help or aid)
|
:: avantage {m}, bénéfice {m}
|
| benefit {n} (profit, use)
|
:: bénéfice {m}
|
| benefit {n} (payment, subsidy)
|
:: subvention {f}
|
| benefit {v} (to receive a benefit)
|
:: profiter
|
| benefit of the doubt {n} (a favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence)
|
:: bénéfice du doute {m}
|
| benefit tourism {n}
|
:: tourisme social {m}
|
| Benelux {prop} (an economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)
|
:: Bénélux {m}
|
| Benevento {prop} (province of Italy)
|
:: Bénévent {m}
|
| Benevento {prop} (capital of Benevento province)
|
:: Bénévent {m}
|
| benevolence {n} /bəˈnɛvələns/ (disposition to do good)
|
:: bienveillance {f}, bénévolence
|
| benevolent {adj} /bəˈnɛvələnt/ (having a disposition to do good)
|
:: bienveillant
|
| Bengal {prop} /bɛŋˈɡɑl/ (region in South Asia)
|
:: Bengale {m}
|
| Bengalese {adj} (person)
|
:: bengalais {m}, bengalaise {f}
|
| Bengalese {n} (person)
|
:: Bengalais {m}, Bengalaise {f}
|
| Bengal fox {n} (Vulpes bengalensis)
|
:: renard du Bengale {m}
|
| Bengali {adj} /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/ (of or pertaining to Bengal)
|
:: bengali
|
| Bengali {n} (language)
|
:: bengali {m}
|
| Bengal tiger {n} (Panthera tigris tigris)
|
:: tigre du Bengale {m}
|
| Benghazi {prop} (Benghazi, Libya)
|
:: Benghazi
|
| benign {adj} /bɪˈnaɪn/ (kind, gentle, mild)
|
:: bénin
|
| benign {adj} ((medicine) not posing any serious threat to health)
|
:: bénin
|
| benign tumor {n} (tumor which can usually be removed without serious complications)
|
:: tumeur bénigne {f}
|
| Benin {prop} /bəˈnin/ (country)
|
:: Bénin {m}
|
| Beninese {n} (person)
|
:: Béninois {m}, Béninoise {f}
|
| Beninese {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
|
:: béninois
|
| Benjamin {prop} /ˈbɛndʒəmɪn/ (the youngest son of Jacob)
|
:: Benjamin {m}
|
| Benjamin {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Benjamin {m}
|
| bent {adj} /bɛnt/ (folded)
|
:: courbé
|
| benthic {adj} /ˈbɛnθɪk/ (of the benthos on the seafloor)
|
:: benthique {m} {f}
|
| benthos {n} /ˈbɛnθɒs/ (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)
|
:: benthos {m}
|
| bentonite {n}
|
:: bentonite {f}
|
| Benue {prop} (river in Cameroon and Nigeria)
|
:: Bénoué {f}
|
| benumb {v} (make numb) SEE: numb
|
::
|
| benumb {v} (deaden) SEE: deaden
|
::
|
| Ben Wa ball {n} (pair of balls used for vaginal stimulation)
|
:: boule de geisha {f}
|
| benzaldehyde {n} (C6H5CHO)
|
:: benzaldéhyde {m}
|
| benzene {n} /ˈbɛnziːn/ (aromatic compound C6H6)
|
:: benzène {m}
|
| benzidinic {adj}
|
:: benzidinique
|
| benzine {n} (benzene) SEE: benzene
|
::
|
| Benzion {prop} (given name)
|
:: Bension {m}
|
| benzoate {n} (salt or ester of benzoic acid)
|
:: benzoate {m}
|
| benzodiazepine {n} /ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzɨpiːn/ (any of a class of psychoactive drugs)
|
:: benzodiazépine {m}
|
| benzoic {adj} (pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin)
|
:: benzoïque
|
| benzoic acid {n} (white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH)
|
:: acide benzoïque
|
| benzoin {n} /ˈbɛnzəʊɪn/ (resinous substance from tree)
|
:: benjoin {m}
|
| benzoin {n} (white crystalline substance)
|
:: benzoïne {f}
|
| benzol {n} (an impure benzene)
|
:: benzol {m}
|
| benzoyl {n} (univalent radical)
|
:: benzoyle {m}
|
| benzylic {adj}
|
:: benzylique
|
| be off with you {phrase} (go away; get out)
|
:: va-t'en, allez-vous-en
|
| Beograd {prop} (Belgrade) SEE: Belgrade
|
::
|
| be oneself {v} (to act naturally)
|
:: [infinitive] être soi-même
|
| Beothuk {prop} /biːˈɒtək/ (language)
|
:: béothuk {m}
|
| Beowulf {prop} /ˈbeɪoʊwʊlf/ (Epic poem)
|
:: Beowulf {m}
|
| be prepared {phrase} (motto)
|
:: sois prêt {m}, sois prête {f}
|
| bequeath {v} /bɪˈkwiːθ/ (to give or leave by will)
|
:: léguer, transmettre
|
| bequeath {v} (to hand down; to transmit)
|
:: transmettre, passer
|
| bequeath {v} (to give; to offer; to commit)
|
:: donner, offrir
|
| bequest {n} /bɪˈkwɛst/ (will of the deceased)
|
:: testament {m}
|
| bequest {n} (a person's inheritance)
|
:: héritage {m}, legs {m} {m-p}
|
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence
|
::
|
| berate {v} /bɪˈɹeɪt/ (chide vehemently)
|
:: réprimander, admonester, fustiger
|
| Berber {n} (Member of northwest African ethnic group)
|
:: Berbère {m} {f}
|
| Berber {prop} (a group of closely related languages)
|
:: berbère {m}
|
| Berber {adj} (of the Berber people)
|
:: berbère
|
| Berberophone {n}
|
:: berbérophone {m} {f}
|
| berceuse {n} /bɛɹˈsuz/ (specific type of lullaby)
|
:: berceuse {f}
|
| Berdichev {prop} (city in Ukraine)
|
:: Berditchev
|
| bere {n} /bɪə/ (six-rowed barley)
|
:: escourgeon {m}
|
| bereave {v} /bɪˈɹiːv/ (To take away someone or something important or close)
|
:: arracher
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| bereavement {n} (The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death)
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:: privation {f}, deuil {m}
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| Berengar {prop} /ˈbɛɹɪŋɡəɹ/ (a male given name of historical usage)
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:: Bérenger
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| Berenice {prop} (female given name)
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:: Bérénice
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| beret {n} /bəˈɹeɪ/ (type of brimless cap)
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:: béret {m}
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| Bergamasco {n} (Bergamasco Shepherd Dog)
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:: berger de Bergame {m}, berger bergamasque
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| Bergamo {prop} /ˈbɝɡəˌmoʊ/ (province of Italy)
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:: Bergame
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| Bergamo {prop} (city and capital of Bergamo)
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:: Bergame
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| bergamot {n} /ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt/
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:: bergamote
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| bergamot {n} (Mentha × piperita) SEE: peppermint
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::
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| Bergen {prop} (city in Norway)
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:: Bergen
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| Bergerac {prop} (city in France)
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:: Bergerac
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| Bergerac {prop} (surname)
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:: Bergerac {m} {f}
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| bergshrund {n} (a large crack in a glacier)
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:: rimaye {f}
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| beriberi {n} (pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B)
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:: béribéri {m}
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| be riding for a fall {v}
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:: aller droit dans le mur, courir à sa perte
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| be right {v} (be correct in one's judgement or statement about something)
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:: avoir raison
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| Bering Sea {prop} /ˈbɛɹɪŋ ˈsiː/ (sea)
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:: mer de Béring {f}
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| Bering Strait {prop} (strait between Russia and Alaska)
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:: détroit de Béring {m}
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| berkelium {n} /ˈbɜːɹkliəm/ (transuranic chemical element)
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:: berkélium {m}
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| Berlin {prop} /bɚ.ˈlɪn/ (capital city of Germany)
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:: Berlin {m}
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| Berliner {n} /bɚˈlɪnɚ/ (native or inhabitant of Berlin)
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:: Berlinois {m}, Berlinoise {f}
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| Berlinese {n} /bɜː(ɹ).lɪn.iːz/ (an inhabitant or a resident of the city of Berlin, Germany)
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:: Berlinois
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| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin)
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:: mur de Berlin {m}
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| Berlusconism {n} (Silvio Berlusconi's policies)
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:: berlusconisme {m}
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| Bermuda {prop} /bɚˈmjuːdə/ (island group)
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:: Bermudes {f-p}
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| Bermuda Triangle {prop} (area in Atlantic Ocean)
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:: Triangle des Bermudes {m}
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| Bermuda Triangle {n} (any area where things mysteriously disappear)
|
:: Triangle des Bermudes
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| Bermudian {adj} (of, from or pertaining to Bermuda)
|
:: bermudien, bermudais, bermudois
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| Bermudian {adj} (personal legal status equivalent)
|
:: bermudien, bermudais, bermudois
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| Bermudian {n} (person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent)
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:: Bermudien, Bermudais, Bermudois
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| Bern {prop} /bɜː(ɹ)n/ (city)
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:: Berne {m}
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| Bern {prop} (canton)
|
:: Berne {m}
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| Bernadette {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Bernadette {f}
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| Bernard {prop} /bəɹˈnɑɹd/ (male given name)
|
:: Bernard
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| Bernese {adj} /ˌbɜːˈniːz/ (of, from, or pertaining to Bern)
|
:: bernois
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| Bernese Alps {prop} (group of mountain ranges)
|
:: Alpes bernoises {p}
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| Bernice {prop} (female given name) SEE: Berenice
|
::
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| Bernoulli's principle {prop} (principle)
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:: principe de Bernoulli {m}
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| Bernstein {prop} (German surname)
|
:: Bernstein
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| Beroea {prop} (the ancient city of Aleppo)
|
:: Bérée {f}
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| Beroea {prop} (the ancient city of Veria)
|
:: Bérée {f}
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| Beroea {prop} (city of ancient Thrace)
|
:: Bérée {f}
|
| berry {n} /ˈbɛɹi/ (small fruit)
|
:: baie {f}
|
| berry {n} (soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits)
|
:: baie {f}
|
| berry sugar {n} (caster sugar) SEE: caster sugar
|
::
|
| bersagliere {n} (marksman or rifleman in Italian regiments)
|
:: bersaglier {m}, bersallier {m}
|
| berserk {adj} /bə(ɹ)ˈzɜː(ɹ)k/ (injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control)
|
:: fou furieux {m}
|
| berserker {n} (Norse warrior) SEE: berserk
|
::
|
| berth {n} /bɝθ/ (bunk)
|
:: couchette
|
| berth {n} (maneuvering room)
|
:: marge de manœuvre {f}
|
| Bertha {prop} /ˈbɝθə/ (female given name)
|
:: Berthe
|
| Bertram {prop} /ˈbɜːtɹəm/ (male given name)
|
:: Bertrand
|
| beryl {n} /ˈbɛɹəl/ (gem)
|
:: béryl {m}
|
| beryllium {n} /bəˈɹɪli.əm/ (chemical element)
|
:: béryllium {m}
|
| Berytian {adj} /bəˈɹɪʃən/ (of or pertaining to Berytus)
|
:: bérytien
|
| Berytian {n} (native or inhabitant of Berytus)
|
:: Bérytien {m}, Bérytienne {f}
|
| Berytus {prop} /ˈbɛɹɪtəs/ (the ancient city of Beirut)
|
:: Béryte {f}
|
| beseech {v} /bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/ (to beg)
|
:: prier, implorer, supplier
|
| beshrew {v} (to invoke or wish evil upon; to curse)
|
:: maudire
|
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| beside {prep} /bɪˈsaɪd/ (next to)
|
:: auprès de, à côté de
|
| beside {prep} (not relevant to)
|
:: outre
|
| beside oneself {prep} (consumed by an emotion)
|
:: dépassé, [en, because of joy] ne plus se sentir
|
| besides {prep} /bəˈsaɪdz/ (in addition to)
|
:: de plus, en plus en outre, de surcroît, par surcroît par ailleurs, d'un autre côté, d'autre part, au reste, du reste,
|
| besides {prep} (other than; except for)
|
:: excepté, sauf
|
| besides {adv} (also; in addition)
|
:: de plus, en plus en outre, de surcroît, par surcroît par ailleurs, d'un autre côté, d'autre part, au reste, du reste
|
| besides {adv} (moreover; furthermore)
|
:: de plus, en plus en outre, de surcroît, par surcroît par ailleurs, d'un autre côté, d'autre part, au reste, du reste, d'ailleurs
|
| besides {adv} (otherwise; else)
|
:: sinon
|
| besiege {v} /bəˈsiːd͡ʒ/ (to surround with armed forces)
|
:: assiéger
|
| besiege {v} (to assail or ply)
|
:: assaillir
|
| be silent {v} (refrain from speaking)
|
:: se taire
|
| besmirch {v} /bɪˈsmɝːtʃ/ (make dirty)
|
:: salir
|
| besmirch {v} (tarnish; debase)
|
:: salir, avilir
|
| bespectacled {adj} /bɪˈspɛktəkəld/ (wearing spectacles (glasses))
|
:: à lunettes, binoclard {m}, bésiclard {m}
|
| bespoke {adj} /bəˈspoʊk/ (individually or custom made)
|
:: taillé à sa mesure, fait sur mesure, personnalisé
|
| Bessarabia {prop} (region)
|
:: Bessarabie {f}
|
| Besson {prop}
|
:: Besson
|
| best {adj} /ˈbɛst/ (superlative of the adjective good)
|
:: [+ le] meilleur
|
| best {adv} (superlative of the adverb well)
|
:: [+ le] mieux
|
| best {n} (effort)
|
:: mieux {m}
|
| best {n} (person)
|
:: élite, fleur, crème, dessus du panier, meilleur
|
| best {v} (to beat)
|
:: battre, vaincre, surpasser, enfoncer, écraser, aplatir, dominer, défaire
|
| best case scenario {n} (Situation which could not be any better)
|
:: meilleur des cas
|
| best friend {n} (an especially close and trusted friend)
|
:: meilleur ami {m}, meilleure amie {f}
|
| bestiality {n} /ˌbɛstʃiˈælɪti/ (status of animal)
|
:: bestialité {f}
|
| bestiality {n} (sexual activity)
|
:: zoophilie {f}, bestialité {f}
|
| bestiary {n} (A medieval treatise of animals)
|
:: bestiaire {m}
|
| best man {n} (primary attendant to the groom)
|
:: témoin {m}, garçon d’honneur {m}
|
| bestow {v} /bɪˈstoʊ/ (to present a thing as a gift or honour)
|
:: accorder, remettre, conférer (in some formulations only)
|
| bestow {v} (to give in marriage)
|
:: donner en mariage
|
| best practice {n} (procedure for best results)
|
:: bonne pratique {f}
|
| best regards {n} (polite closing of a letter)
|
:: cordialement, amicalement
|
| bestride {v} (dominate) SEE: dominate
|
::
|
| bestride {v} /bəˈstɹaɪd/ (to sit with legs on both sides of something)
|
:: chevaucher
|
| bestseller {n} (book or thing sold in large numbers)
|
:: bestseller {m}
|
| bet {n} /ˈbɛt/ (a wager)
|
:: pari
|
| bet {v} (to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event)
|
:: parier
|
| beta {n} /ˈbeɪtə/ (letter of the Greek alphabet)
|
:: bêta {m}
|
| beta {adj} (beta)
|
:: bêta
|
| beta blocker {n} /ˈbeɪ.tə ˈblɔk.ɚ/ (blocking agent)
|
:: bêta-bloquant {m}
|
| beta-carotene {n} (class of plant pigments)
|
:: bêta-carotène
|
| be taken ill {v} (to become ill) SEE: take sick
|
::
|
| betamethasone {n}
|
:: betaméthasone / β-méthasone / bêta-méthasone
|
| betatron {n} (a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed)
|
:: bêtatron {m}
|
| beta version {n} (software in an early status)
|
:: version bêta {f}
|
| betel {n} (either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut)
|
:: bétel {m}
|
| betel bag {n} (small bag)
|
:: sac à bétel {m}
|
| Betelgeuse {prop} /ˈbiːtəldʒuːz/ (supergiant)
|
:: Bételgeuse {f}
|
| betel nut {n} (An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm)
|
:: noix d’arec {f}
|
| betel pepper {n} (Piper betle)
|
:: bétel {m}
|
| be that as it may {adv} (nevertheless)
|
:: quoi qu'il en soit, en tout cas, de toute façon
|
| be the case {v}
|
:: être le cas
|
| be there {v}
|
:: être là
|
| Bethesda {prop} /bə.θɛz.də/ (pool in Jerusalem)
|
:: Bethesda {f}
|
| Bethlehem {prop} /ˈbɛθləhɛm/ (City)
|
:: Bethléem {m}
|
| Bethsaida {prop} /ˌbɛθ.ˈseɪ.ɪ.də/ (either of two towns)
|
:: Bethsaïda, Bethsaïde
|
| bet one's boots {v}
|
:: mettre sa main au feu, mettre sa main à couper
|
| bet one's bottom dollar {v} (bet one's boots) SEE: bet one's boots
|
::
|
| betony {n} (Stachys officinalis)
|
:: bétoine {f}, épiaire {f}
|
| betray {v} /bəˈtɹeɪ/ (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
|
:: trahir, livrer
|
| betray {v} (to prove faithless or treacherous)
|
:: trahir
|
| betray {v} (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
|
:: trahir
|
| betrayal {n} (treason) SEE: treason
|
::
|
| betrayer {n} (someone who betrays)
|
:: dénonciateur, indicateur, traître
|
| betroth {v} /bəˈtɹoʊð/ (to promise to give in marriage)
|
:: fiancer
|
| betroth {v} (to promise to take as a future spouse)
|
:: se fiancer
|
| betrothal {n} (mutual promise)
|
:: accordailles {f-p}, fiançailles {f-p}
|
| betrothed {n} /bɪˈtɹəʊðd/ (fiancé or fiancée)
|
:: fiancé {m}, fiancée {f}
|
| betrothment {n} (betrothal) SEE: betrothal
|
::
|
| better {adj} /ˈbɛtə/ (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
|
:: meilleur
|
| better {adv} (comparative form of the adverb well)
|
:: mieux
|
| better {v} (to improve)
|
:: améliorer
|
| better an egg today than a hen tomorrow {proverb} (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush) SEE: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
|
::
|
| betterer {n} (one who makes something better)
|
:: améliorateur
|
| better half {n} (spouse or lover)
|
:: meilleure moitié {f}, moitié {f}
|
| better late than never {adv} (it’s better to do something late, than to never do it at all)
|
:: mieux vaut tard que jamais
|
| betterment {n} (an improvement)
|
:: amélioration
|
| better safe than sorry {proverb} (it is preferable to be cautious)
|
:: mieux vaut prévenir que guérir
|
| better than nothing {adj} (almost worthless)
|
:: mieux que rien
|
| bet the farm {v} (bet one's boots) SEE: bet one's boots
|
::
|
| betting shop {n}
|
:: boutique de paris
|
| Betti number {n} (number that characterises a topological space with respect to a given dimension)
|
:: nombre de Betti {m}
|
| between {prep} /bɪˈtwiːn/ (in the position or interval that separates two things)
|
:: entre
|
| between {prep} (shared in confidence by)
|
:: entre
|
| between {prep} (one of, representing a choice)
|
:: entre
|
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} (in a difficult and inescapable position)
|
:: entre le marteau et l'enclume (between the hammer and the anvil), entre l'arbre et l'écorce (between the wood and the bark)
|
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} (having the choice between two unpleasant options)
|
:: entre la peste et le choléra (between the plague and cholera)
|
| between jobs {prep} ((euphemistic) unemployed)
|
:: sans emploi {m}, chômeur {m}, chômeuse {f}
|
| between Scylla and Charybdis {prep} /bəˈtwiːn.ˈsɪlə.ænd.kəˈɹɪbdɪs/ (idiomatic)
|
:: de Charybde en Scylla
|
| between the devil and the deep blue sea {prep} (choice between two undesirable options)
|
:: entre le marteau et l'enclume
|
| between the hammer and the anvil {prep} (with the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options)
|
:: entre le marteau et l'enclume, la peste ou le choléra
|
| betwixt {prep} /bɪˈtwɪkst/ (between, specifically between two things)
|
:: entre
|
| bevel {v} /ˈbɛvəl/ (give a canted edge to a surface)
|
:: aiguiser, biseauter, chanfreiner
|
| beverage {n} /ˈbevəɹɪdʒ/ (drink)
|
:: boisson {f}, breuvage {m}
|
| Beverly Hills {prop} (city in California)
|
:: Beverly Hills
|
| bevy {n} /ˈbɛvi/ (large group of birds)
|
:: vol, passée
|
| bewail {v} /bɪˈweɪl/ (to wail over)
|
:: pleurer, déplorer
|
| beware {v} /ˌbəˈwɛəɹ/ (use caution, pay attention (to))
|
:: faire attention
|
| beware of the dog {phrase} (beware of the dog)
|
:: attention au chien
|
| bewhiskered {adj} (having whiskers)
|
:: barbu
|
| Bewick's swan {n} (Bewick's swan)
|
:: cygne siffleur
|
| bewilder {v} /bɪˈwɪldə(ɹ)/ (to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone)
|
:: abasourdir, confondre, déconcerter, dérouter, désorienter
|
| bewildered {adj} /bəˈwɪldɚd/ (confused)
|
:: confusionné, déconcerté, dérouter
|
| bewilderment {n} /bɪˈwɪldəɹmənt/ (state of being bewildered)
|
:: ahurissement {m}, confusion {f}, perplexité {f}
|
| bewitch {v} /bəˈwɪtʃ/ (to cast a spell)
|
:: ensorceler, envoûter
|
| bewitched {adj} /bɪˈwɪtʃt/ (Under a spell; entranced)
|
:: ensorcelé
|
| bewitching {adj} /bəˈwɪtʃɪŋ/ (enchanting)
|
:: envoûtement {m}, envoutement
|
| be wrong {v} (have an incorrect belief, be mistaken)
|
:: avoir tort, se tromper, méprendre
|
| bey {n} /beɪ/ (governor of a Turkish dominion)
|
:: bey {m}
|
| beyond {prep} (beyond) SEE: above
|
::
|
| beyond {n} (unknown) SEE: unknown
|
::
|
| beyond {prep} /biˈjɑnd/ (further away than)
|
:: par-delà
|
| beyond {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife
|
::
|
| beyond a reasonable doubt {prep} (legal standard)
|
:: au-delà de tout doute raisonnable
|
| beyond a shadow of a doubt {prep} (without any doubt or hesitation)
|
:: sans l'ombre d'un doute
|
| beyond the grave {prep} (after death)
|
:: d'outre-tombe
|
| beyond the pale {prep} (behaviour)
|
:: inacceptable, inadmissible, (to be beyond the pale) dépasser les bornes
|
| bezant {n} /ˈbɛzənt/ (coin minted at Byzantium)
|
:: besant {m}
|
| bezel {n} /ˈbɛz.əl/ (the rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object)
|
:: chaton {m}, monture {f}
|
| bezoar {n} /ˈbi.zɔɹ/ (mass of undigested matter)
|
:: bézoard {m}
|
| B-flat {n} (musical note)
|
:: si bémol
|
| B-flat major {n} (major key with B-flat as its tonic)
|
:: si bémol majeur
|
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India
|
::
|
| bhikkhu {n} /ˈbɪkuː/ (Buddhist monk)
|
:: bhikshu {m}
|
| Bhutan {prop} /buːˈtɑːn/ (Himalayan country)
|
:: Bhoutan
|
| Bhutanese {n} /bu.təˈniːz/ (person from Bhutan)
|
:: Bhoutanais {m}, Bhoutanaise {f}
|
| Bhutanese {adj} (pertaining to Bhutan)
|
:: bhoutanais
|
| bhut jolokia {n}
|
:: jolokia, piment jolokia
|
| bi {adj} /baɪ/ (bisexual)
|
:: bi
|
| bi- {prefix} /baɪ-/ (two-)
|
:: bi-
|
| Biafra {prop} /biˈɑfɹə/ (a short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s)
|
:: Biafra {m}
|
| Biafran {n} (a person from Biafra)
|
:: Biafrais {m}
|
| biangbiang noodles {n} (type of noodle)
|
:: nouilles biang biang
|
| biannual {adj} (occurring every two years) SEE: biennial
|
::
|
| biarchy {n} (rule by 2 people) SEE: diarchy
|
::
|
| bias {n} /ˈbaɪəs/ (inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality)
|
:: préjugé {m}, parti-pris {m}
|
| bias {n} (statistics: difference between expectation and true value)
|
:: biais
|
| bias {n}
|
:: préjugé {m}, parti-pris {m}
|
| biased {adj} /ˈbaɪəst/ (exhibiting bias; prejudiced)
|
:: partial, qui n'est pas impartial, qui a du parti pris
|
| biathlete {n} (athlete in biathlon)
|
:: biathlète {m} {f}
|
| biathlon {n} (winter sport)
|
:: biathlon {m}
|
| biaxial {adj} (having two axes)
|
:: biaxial, biaxe
|
| bib {n} /bɪb/ (item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating)
|
:: bavoir {m}, bavette {f}
|
| bib {n} (sports: piece of material carrying the bib number)
|
:: dossard {m}
|
| bib {n} (sports: colourful vest)
|
:: chasuble {f}
|
| bib {n} (upper part of an apron or overalls)
|
:: bavette {f}
|
| bib {v} (to drink heavily) SEE: tipple
|
::
|
| bib {n} (Trisopterus luscus) SEE: pouting
|
::
|
| bibimbap {n} (Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang)
|
:: bibimbap {m}
|
| bible {n} /ˈbaɪbəl/ (comprehensive manual)
|
:: Bible {f}
|
| bible {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum
|
::
|
| Bible {prop} /ˈbaɪbəl/ (Christian holy book)
|
:: Bible {f}
|
| Bible basher {n} (fundamentalist Christian preacher)
|
:: punaise de sacristie, grenouille de bénitier
|
| biblical {adj} /ˈbɪblɪkəl/ (of or relating to the Bible)
|
:: biblique
|
| biblical {adj} (in accordance with the teachings of the Bible)
|
:: biblique
|
| biblically {adv} (in a biblical manner)
|
:: bibliquement
|
| biblically {adv} (carnally)
|
:: bibliquement
|
| biblio- {prefix} (relating to books)
|
:: biblio-
|
| bibliographic {adj} (of or pertaining to bibliography)
|
:: bibliographique
|
| bibliography {n} /bɪbliɒɡɹəfi/ (section of a written work)
|
:: bibliographie {f}
|
| bibliography {n} (list of books or documents)
|
:: bibliographie {f}
|
| bibliography {n} (study of the history of books)
|
:: habbo
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| bibliology {n} (the study of the history of books and the art of printing)
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:: bibliologie {f}
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| bibliomancy {n} (divination by interpreting a passage from a book)
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:: bibliomancie {f}
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| bibliomania {n} (passion for owning valuable books)
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:: bibliomanie {f}
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| bibliometric {adj} (of or pertaining to bibliometrics)
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:: bibliométrique
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| bibliometrics {n} (analysis of texts)
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:: bibliométrie {f}
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| bibliopegy {n}
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:: bibliopégie
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| bibliophage {n} (person who loves books) SEE: bookworm
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| bibliophile {n} (person who loves books)
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:: bibliophile {m} {f}
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| bibliophobia {n} (fear or dislike of books)
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:: bibliophobie {f}
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| biblist {n} /ˈbɪblɪst/ (one who holds the Bible as the sole rule of faith)
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:: bibliste {m} {f}
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| biblist {n} (a biblical scholar)
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:: bibliste {m} {f}
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| bicameral {adj} /bʌɪˈkaməɹəl/ (having two separate legislative chambers)
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:: bicaméral
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| bicameral {adj} ((typography, of a typeface or script) Having two cases: uppercase and lowercase)
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:: bicaméral
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| bicameralism {n} (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups)
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:: bicaméralisme {m}
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| bicarbonate {n} (chemistry)
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:: bicarbonate {m}
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| bicarbonate {n} (of soda)
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:: bicarbonate {m}
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| bicarbonate of soda {n} (sodium bicarbonate) SEE: sodium bicarbonate
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| bicaudal {adj}
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:: bicaudé
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| biccy {n} (slang: biscuit)
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:: biscuit {m}
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| bicephalous {adj} (Having two heads)
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:: bicéphale {m} {f}
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| biceps {n} /ˈbaɪ.sɛps/ (any muscle having two heads)
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:: biceps {m}
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| biceps {n} (biceps brachii) SEE: biceps brachii
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| biceps brachii {n} (biceps brachii)
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:: muscle biceps brachial {m}
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| biceps femoris {n} (the flexor of the knee)
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:: biceps fémoral {m}
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| bichon {n} /biʃɔn/ (bichon)
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:: bichon {m}, bichonne {f}
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| bichon {n} (Bichon Frisé) SEE: Bichon Frisé
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| Bichon Frisé {n} /ˈbiːʃɒn fɹiːˈzeɪ/ (Bichon Frisé)
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:: bichon à poil frisé {m}
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| bichrome {adj} (having two colours) SEE: bicolour
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| bicipital {adj} /baɪˈsɪp.ɪ.təl/ (of or pertaining to a biceps)
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:: bicipital
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| bicker {v} /ˈbɪkə/ (quarrel in a tiresome manner)
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:: se chamailler
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| bickering {n} (petty quarreling)
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:: chamaillerie {f}
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| bickern {n} /ˈbɪkən/ (type of anvil)
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:: bigorne {f}
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| Bicol {prop} /ˈbikɔl/ (language)
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:: Langues bicol
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| Bicolano {prop} (Bicol) SEE: Bicol
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| bicolour {adj} (having two colours)
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:: bichrome, bicolore
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| bicoloured {adj} (of two colours) SEE: bicolour
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| Bicol Peninsula {prop} (Bicol Peninsula)
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:: Péninsule de Bicol
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| Bicol Region {prop} (Bicol Region)
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:: Région de Bicol
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| biculturalism {n} (state or quality of being bicultural)
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:: biculturalisme {m}
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| bi-curious {adj} /bʌɪˈkjʊəɹɪəs/ (Curious about one's bisexuality)
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:: bi-curieux {m}
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| bicycle {n} /ˈbaɪsɪkl̩/ (vehicle)
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:: vélo {m}, bicyclette {f}, vélocipède {m} [dated]
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| bicycle {v} (to ride a bicycle)
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:: faire du vélo, faire de la bicyclette, rouler à vélo, pédaler
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| bicycle helmet {n} (helmet worn while riding a bicycle)
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:: casque de vélo {m}, casque vélo {m}
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| bicycle kick {n} (kick)
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:: bicyclette {f}
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| bicycle lane {n} (lane of a roadway designated for use by cyclists)
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:: bande cyclable {f}
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| bicycle path {n} (segregated path for the use of bicycles)
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:: piste cyclable {f}
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| bicycle pump {n} (bicycle pump)
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:: pompe à vélo {f}
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| bicycle rack {n} (rack in which bicycles may be parked) SEE: bicycle stand
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| bicycle stand {n} (device to which bicycles may be securely attached)
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:: arceau à vélo {m}
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| bicycle touring {n} (touring on a bicycle)
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:: cyclotourisme {m}
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| bicycle tourist {n} (person who travels for fun on a bicycle)
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:: cyclotouriste {m}
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| bicyclist {n} (rider of bicycle) SEE: cyclist
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| bid {v} /bɪd/ (to issue a command)
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:: demander, ordonner
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| bid {v} (to invite)
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:: demander, inviter, proposer
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| bid {v} (to utter a greeting or salutation)
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:: dire, exprimer
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| bid {v} (intransitive: to make an offer)
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:: faire une enchère (at auction)
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| bid {v} (transitive: to offer as a price)
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:: soumissionner (for contract)
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| bid {v} (transitive: to announce goal)
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:: annoncer
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| bid {n} (offer at an auction)
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:: enchère {f}
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| bidder {n} /ˈbɪdɚ/ (someone who bids)
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:: enchérisseur {m}, enchérisseuse {f}
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| biddy {n} /ˈbɪdi/ (a name used in calling a hen or chicken)
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:: petit
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| bide one's time {v} (to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity)
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:: attendre son heure
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| bidet {n} /bɨˈdeɪ/ (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)
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:: bidet {m}
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| bidimensional {adj} (two-dimensional) SEE: two-dimensional
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| bidirectional {adj} /ˌbaɪdɪˈɹɛkʃənəl/ (moving in two directions)
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:: bidirectionnel
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| bidirectional {adj} (operating in two directions)
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:: bidirectionnel
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| bidual {n}
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:: bidual
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| Biella {prop} (province of Italy)
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:: Biella
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| Biella {prop} (city and capital of Biella)
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:: Biella
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| biennale {n} (a biennial celebration or exhibition)
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:: biennale {f}
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| biennial {adj} /baɪˈɛnɪəl/ (happening every two years)
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:: bisannuel
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| biennial {n} (plant)
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:: bisannuelle {f}
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| bier {n} /biɚ/ (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person)
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:: civière
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| bier {n} (platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed)
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:: catafalque, lit mortuaire
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| biface {n} (tool)
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:: biface {m}
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| bifurcate {v} /ˈbʌɪ.fək.eɪt/ (divide into two)
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:: bifurquer
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| bifurcation {n} /ˌbaɪfɚˈkeɪʃən/ (a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet)
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:: bifurcation {f}
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| big {adj} /bɪɡ/ (of a great size, see also: large)
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:: grand, gros
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| big {adj} (adult)
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:: grand
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| big air {n}
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:: grand saut, big air
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| bigamist {n} /ˈbɪɡəmɪst/ (someone who practices bigamy)
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:: bigame {m}
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| bigamy {n} /ˈbɪɡəmi/ (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
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:: bigamie {f}
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| Big Apple {prop} (nickname for New York City)
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:: Grosse Pomme {f}, Big Apple {f}
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| big baby {n} /bɪɡ ˈbeɪbi/ (Adult or youth prone to immature behavior associated with babies.)
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:: gros bébé {m}
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| Big Bad Wolf {n} /bɪɡ bæd ˈwʊlf/ (fictional evil wolf)
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:: grand méchant loup {m}
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| Big Bang {prop} (cosmic event)
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:: Bigbang {m}
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| big boy {n} (An independent adult male)
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:: grand garçon
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| big break {n} ((entertainment) A breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers)
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:: percée {f}
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| big brother {n} (a sibling's older brother) SEE: older brother
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| Big Brother {prop} (unwarranted and invasive government surveillance)
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:: Big Brother
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| big cat {n} (any large feline animal)
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:: fauve {m}
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| big cheese {n} (very important figure)
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:: big boss {m}, grand chef {m}, [colloquial] grosse légume {f}, [informal] gros bonnet, huile {f}, [derogatory] bonze
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| Big Crunch {prop} (hypothetic eventual collapse of the universe)
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:: Big Crunch {m}
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| big data {n} /ˌbɪɡ ˈdeɪtə/ (collection of data sets)
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:: mégadonnées {f-p}
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| big deal {n} (something very important)
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:: problème {m}, drame {m} [concern], toute une affaire {f} [important, affirmative form], montagne {f} [difficult], en faire tout un plat
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| big deal {n} (someone very important)
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:: ponte, huile {f}, grosse légume {f}
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| big deal {interj} (so what)
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:: la belle affaire ! {f}, et puis ?, et alors ?
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| Big Dipper {prop} (bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky)
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:: Grande Casserole {f}, Grand Chariot {m}
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| big eater {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton
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| big enough and ugly enough {adj}
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:: majeur et vacciné
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| big fat {adj} /ˈbɪɡ.fæt/ (complete)
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:: gros, sacré, intégral
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| big fat {adj} (huge)
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:: bon gros, énorme
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| big final {n}
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:: grande finale
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| bigger {adj} /ˈbɪɡɚ/ (comparative of big)
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:: plus grand
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| bigger fish to fry {n} (more pressing issues to attend to)
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:: avoir d'autres chats à fouetter (verb: literally to have other cats to whip)
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| bighorn sheep {n} (a North American wild sheep)
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:: mouflon du Canada {m}
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| Big Mac {n} /bɪɡ mæk/ (burger)
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:: Big Mac {m}
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| big mouth {n} (mouth of someone who talks too much)
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:: grande gueule {f}
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| big mouth {n} (person who has such a "big mouth")
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:: grande gueule {f}
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| bigmouth {n} (one who talks too much)
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:: grande gueule {f}
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| bigophone {n}
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:: bigophone {m}, bigotphone {m}
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| bigot {n} /ˈbɪɡət/ (one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups and intolerant of others)
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:: sectaire, intolérant, fanatique {m} intolérant, fanatique {f} intolérante
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| bigoted {adj} (being a bigot)
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:: intolérant, sectaire
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| bigotedness {n} (bigotry) SEE: bigotry
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| bigotry {n} /ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/ (intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance)
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:: bigoterie {f}
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| big screen {n} (surface)
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:: grand écran {m}
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| big shot {n} (person with reputation or importance) SEE: big cheese
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| big sister {n} (a sibling's older sister) SEE: older sister
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| big spender {n} (one who makes large purchases)
|
:: flambeur
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| big-time {adj} (bigtime) SEE: bigtime
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| big-time {adv} (bigtime) SEE: bigtime
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| bigtime {adj} (of major significance)
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:: sacré, de première, magistral
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| bigtime {adv} (to a significant degree)
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:: sacrément, vachement, carrément, magistralement
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| big toe {n} (largest of the toes of the foot of a human)
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:: gros orteil, pouce du pied {m}, hallux {m} [anatomy]
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| big wheel {n} (big cheese) SEE: big cheese
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| big wheel {n} (Ferris wheel) SEE: Ferris wheel
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| bigwig {n} (A person of importance)
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:: grosse légume {f}, huile {f}, gros bonnet {m}
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| bijection {n} /baɪ.dʒɛk.ʃən/ (function that is both a surjection and an injection)
|
:: bijection {f}
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| bijective {adj} (both injective and surjective)
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:: bijectif
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| bike {n} /bɐɪk/ (bicycle)
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:: vélo {m}
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| bike {n} (motorcycle)
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:: moto {f}
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| bike {n} (promiscuous woman)
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:: pute {f}, traînée {f}
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| bike cab {n} (cycle rickshaw used as taxi) SEE: pedicab
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| bike lane {n} (bicycle lane) SEE: bicycle lane
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| bike path {n} (bicycle path) SEE: bicycle path
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| biker {n} /ˈbaɪkɚ/ (person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles)
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:: motocycliste {m} {f}, motard {m}, motarde {f},, biker {m}, bikeur {m}, bikeuse {f}
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| biker {n} (person who rides a bicycle) SEE: cyclist
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| bike rack {n} (bicycle stand) SEE: bicycle stand
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| bikini {n} /bɪˈkiːni/ (bathing suit)
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:: bikini {m}
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| bikini bottom {n} (bottom part of a bikini)
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:: culotte de bain {f}
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| bikini line {n} (part of a woman's pubic region not covered by a swimsuit)
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:: maillot {m}
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| bikini panties {n} (bottom part of a bikini) SEE: bikini bottom
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| bilabial {adj} (articulated with both lips)
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:: bilabial
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| bilateral {adj} /baɪˈlætəɹəl/ (having two sides)
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:: bilatéral
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| bilaterian {n} (any animal that has bilateral symmetry, collectively grouped in the clade Bilateria)
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:: bilatérien {m}
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| bilayer {n} (any structure consisting of two layers of molecules)
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:: bicouche {f}
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| Bilbao {prop} /bɪlˈbaʊ/ (city of northern Spain)
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:: Bilbao
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| bilberry {n} /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/ (type of blueberry from the cowberry family, see also: blueberry)
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:: myrtille {f}
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| bildungsroman {n} /ˈbɪl.dʊŋzˌɹoʊ.mən/ (a type of novel)
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:: roman d'apprentissage {m}, bildungsroman {m}
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| bile {n} /baɪl/ (secretion produced by the liver)
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:: bile {f}, fiel {m}
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| bile {n} (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
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:: bile {f}
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| bile duct {n} (structure carrying bile)
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:: voies biliaires {p}
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| bilge {n} /bɪldʒ/ (lowest inner part of a ship's hull)
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:: fond de cale, sentine {f}
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| bilin {n} (pigment formed as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins)
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:: biline {f}
|
| bilinear {adj} ((mathematics) linear in each of two variables)
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:: bilinéaire
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| bilingual {adj} /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (speaking two languages)
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:: bilingue
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| bilingualism {n} (condition of being bilingual)
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:: bilinguisme {m}
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| bilious {adj} /ˈbɪl.jəs/ (suffering from real or supposed liver disorder)
|
:: bilieux, insuffisant hépatique
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| bilious {adj} (of or pertaining to bile)
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:: bilieux {m}, bilieuse {f}, biliaire
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| bilious {adj} (irritable, irascible)
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:: atrabilaire, bileux, colérique, coléreux
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| bilirubin {n} /bɪlɪˈɹuːbɪn/ (bile pigment)
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:: bilirubine {f}
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| biliteral {adj} (composed of two letters)
|
:: bilitère
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| biliverdin {n} (a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment)
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:: biliverdine {f}
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| bilk {v} /bɪlk/ (defraud, cheat)
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:: laisser tomber (quelqu'un)
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| bill {n} /bɪl/ (weapon of infantry)
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:: hallebarde {f}
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| bill {n} (cutting instrument)
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:: serpe {f}, serpette {f}
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| bill {n} (somebody armed with a bill)
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:: hallebardier {m}
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| bill {n} (extremity of the arm of an anchor)
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:: bec
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| bill {v} (to work with a bill)
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:: piocher
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| bill {n} (bird's beak)
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:: bec {m}
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| bill {n} (beaklike projection)
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:: promontoire {m}
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| bill {v} (to stroke bill against bill)
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:: se battre bec et ongles
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| bill {n} (official statement)
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:: note {f}, acte {m}
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| bill {n} (draft of a law)
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:: projet de loi {m}
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| bill {n} (law: declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant)
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:: greffe {m}
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| bill {n} (invoice)
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:: facture {f}, addition {f} [Québec]
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| bill {n} (advertisement)
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:: tract {m}
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| bill {n} (bill of exchange)
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:: facture {f}
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| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote
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| billboard {n} (large advertisement along side of highway)
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:: panneau d'affichage {m}
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| billet-doux {n} (love letter) SEE: love letter
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| billeting {n} (The lodging of soldiers)
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:: cantonnement {m}
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| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet
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| Bill Gates' flower fly {n} (a species of fly)
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:: éristale de Gates
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| billhook {n} (agricultural implement)
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:: serpe {f}, serpette {f}
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| billiard {n} /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/ (a shot in billiards or snooker)
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:: carambole {f} (only in french billiard, a.k.a. carambole)
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| billiard {num} /ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/ (a million milliards, see also: quadrillion)
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:: billiard {m}
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| billiards {n} /ˈbɪlɪədz/ (a cue sport)
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:: billards {m-p}
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| billion {n} /ˈbɪljən/ (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard)
|
:: milliard {m}, [obsolete] billion {m}
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| billion {n} (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000, see also: trillion)
|
:: billion
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| billion {n} ((plural) a very large number)
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:: milliards {m-p}, millions {m-p}
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| billionaire {n} /ˌbɪl.jəˈnɛɚ/ (wealth exceeding one billion (109))
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:: milliardaire {m} {f}
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| bill of exchange {n} (document demanding payment from another party)
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:: lettre de change {f}
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| bill of fare {n} (enumeration of dishes in writing)
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:: carte {f}, menu {m}
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| bill of lading {n} (waybill for transport by boat)
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:: connaissement {m}
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| bill of rights {n} (a formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people)
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:: déclaration de droits
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| billow {n} /ˈbɪloʊ/ (large wave)
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:: flot {m}
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| billow {v} (to surge in billows)
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:: ondoyer
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| billposting {n} (sticking of posters)
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:: placardage {m}, affichage {m}
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| Billy {prop} (William) SEE: William
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| billycan {n} (lightweight pot)
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:: gamelle {f}
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| billy goat {n} (male goat)
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:: bouc {m}
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| Billy Wix {prop} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl
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| bilocation {n} /baɪləʊˈkeɪʃən/ (paranormal ability)
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:: bilocation {f}
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| bilocular {adj} (having two chambers, cells or compartments)
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:: biloculaire
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| bimbo {n} /ˈbɪmboʊ/ (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence)
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:: ravissante idiote {f}, gourde sexy {f}, pitoune {f} [Quebec]
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| bimbo {n} (stupid or foolish person)
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:: idiot {m}, andouille {m}, couillon {m}, neuneu {m}
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| bimetallism {n} (a monetary standard)
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:: bimétallisme {m}
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| bimillenary {adj}
|
:: bimillénaire
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| bimillenary {n}
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:: bimillénaire {m}
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| bimillennial {adj} /baɪˈmɪlɛn.i.əl/ (occurring every 2,000 years)
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:: bimillénaire
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| bimonthly {adv} (once every two months)
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:: bimestriel
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| bimonthly {adv} (two times per month)
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:: bimensuel
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| bin {n} /bɪn/ (container used for storage)
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:: boîte {f}, conteneur {m}
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| bin {n} (container for rubbish)
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:: poubelle {f}
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| bin {v} (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin)
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:: benner
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| binary {adj} /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/ (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off)
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:: binaire
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| binary {adj} (logic states)
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:: binaire
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| binary {adj} (using binary number system)
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:: binaire
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| binary {adj} (equal importance)
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:: binaire
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| binary {adj} (having two parts)
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:: binaire
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| binary {adj} (not ASCII)
|
:: binaire
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| binary {n} (number system)
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:: binarité {f}
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| binary {n} (executable computer file)
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:: exécutable {m}
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| binary distribution {n} (a distribution of software containing executable binaries, without source code)
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:: paquet binaire {m}
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| binary number {n}
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:: nombre binaire {m}
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| binary operator {n} (operator taking two operands)
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:: opérateur binaire {m}
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| binary relation {n} (order theory)
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:: relation binaire {f}
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| binary star {n} (stellar system in which two stars orbit their center of mass)
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:: étoile binaire
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| binary star system {n} (binary star) SEE: binary star
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| binary system {n} (astronomy: system of two celestial objects) SEE: binary star
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| binary tree {n} (a data structure)
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:: arbre binaire {m}
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| binbag {n} /ˈbɪnbaɡ/ (bin bag)
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:: sac poubelle {m}
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| bind {v} /baɪnd/ (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
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:: lier, attacher, nouer
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| bind {v} (transitive connect)
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:: lier, connecter
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| bind {v} (transitive couple)
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:: coupler, lier
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| bind {v} (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
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:: relier
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| binder {n} /ˈbaɪndɚ/ (a bookbinder)
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:: relieur {m}
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| binder {n} (cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.)
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:: reliure {f}
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| binder {n} (dossier)
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:: dossier {m}
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| binding {adj} /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/ (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured)
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:: contraignant
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| binding {n} (spine of a book)
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:: reliure {f}
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| binding {n} ((chemistry) the sticking together)
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:: liaison
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| bindle {n} /ˈbɪndl/ (tramp's or itinerant's bundle)
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:: balluchon
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| Bindslev {prop} (the town)
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:: Bindslev {m}
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| bindweed {n} /ˈbaɪndwiːd/ (Convolvulaceae)
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:: liseron {m}
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| binge drinking {n} (consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol)
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:: beuverie express {f}
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| binge eating disorder {n} (medical disorder)
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:: syndrome d'hyperphagie incontrôlée
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| binge-watch {v} (watch multiple episodes of a television programme)
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:: visionner boulimiquement, visionnage en rafale, visionnement en rafale, écoute en rafale (Quebec)
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| binge watching {n} (The viewing of numerous episodes of a TV show)
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:: binge watching {m}
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| binge-watching {n} (watching multiple episodes of a TV programme in a short period of time) SEE: binge watching
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| bingo {n} /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/ (game of chance)
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:: bingo {m}
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| bingo {n} (scrabble play)
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:: scrabble {m}
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| bingo {interj} (when finding something)
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:: ça y est
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| binky {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier
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| bin man {n} (garbage collector) SEE: garbage collector
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::
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| bino {n} (superpartner of gauge boson)
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:: bino {m}
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| binoculars {n} /ˈbɪnˌɒk.jʊ.lə(ɹ)z/ (hand-held device for looking at a distance)
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:: jumelles {f-p}, jumelle {f}
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| binomial {n} /baɪˈnəʊ.mi.əl/ (algebra: polynomial with two terms)
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:: binôme {m}
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| binomial {n} (scientific two-terms name) SEE: binomial name
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| binomial coefficient {n} (binomial coefficient)
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:: coefficient binomial {m}
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| binomial name {n} (a scientific name at the rank of species)
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:: nom binomial {f}
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| binomial nomenclature {n} (The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts)
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:: nom binominal {m}
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| bio- {prefix} (life)
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:: bio-
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| bioaccumulation {n} (the process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms)
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:: bioaccumulation {f}
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| bioaccumulative {adj} (tending to accumulate in organisms)
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:: bioaccumulatif
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| bioaerosol {n} (aerosol containing biologically active...)
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:: bioaérosol {m}
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| biocatalysis {n} (catalysis using biological catalysts)
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:: biocatalyse {f}
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| biocatalyst {n} (biochemical catalyst)
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:: biocatalyseur {m}
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| biocatalytic {adj} (Relating to, or employing biocatalysis)
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:: biocatalytique
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| biocenosis {n} (biocoenosis) SEE: biocoenosis
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| biochemical {adj} (of or relating to biochemistry)
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:: biochimique
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| biochemical {adj} (involving chemical processes in living organisms)
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:: biochimique
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| biochemist {n} (A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry)
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:: biochimiste {m} {f}
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| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism)
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:: biochimie {f}
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| biocide {n} /ˈbaɪəʊsaɪd/ (any substance that can destroy living organisms)
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:: biocide {m}
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| bioclimatology {n} (science that studies interaction between biosphere and atmosphere)
|
:: bioclimatologie
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| biocoenosis {n} (community of organisms)
|
:: biocénose {f}
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| biodegradable {adj} /baɪoʊdəˈɡɹeɪdəbl̩/ (capable of being decomposed by biological activity)
|
:: biodégradable
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| biodegradation {n} (decomposition of any material by microorganisms)
|
:: biodégradation {f}
|
| biodiversity {n} /ˌbaɪoʊdɑɪˈvɚsəti/ (diversity of flora and fauna)
|
:: biodiversité {f}
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| bioecology {n}
|
:: bioécologie {f}
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| bioelectricity {n} (Electricity generated within an organism)
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:: bioélectricité {f}
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| bioenergetic {adj} (related to bioenergetics)
|
:: bioénergétique {m} {f}
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| bioenergetics {n} (study of the energy transformations)
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:: bioénergétique {f}
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| biofact {n}
|
:: biofact, écofact
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| biofilm {n} (aggregation of microorganisms)
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:: biopellicule {m}
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| biogas {n} (gas produced by organic waste matter, used as a fuel)
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:: biogaz {m}
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| biogenesis {n} /bʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnəsɪs/ (principle)
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:: biogenèse {f}
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| biogenesis {n} (biosynthesis) SEE: biosynthesis
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::
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| biogenic {adj} (produced by living organisms, or by a biological process)
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:: biogène
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| biogeography {n} (study of geographical distribution of living things)
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:: biogéographie {f}
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| biographer {n} (the writer of a biography)
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:: biographe
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| biographic {adj} (biographical) SEE: biographical
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| biographical {adj} (relating to an account of a person's life)
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:: biographique
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| biography {n} /baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi/ (personal life story)
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:: biographie {f}
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| biohazard {n} (biological risk)
|
:: risque biologique
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| bioindicator {n} (indicator of environmental health)
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:: bioindicateur {m}, biorévélateur {m}
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| bioindustry {n} (industry associated with biotechnology)
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:: bioindustrie {f}
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| bioinformatics {n} /ˌbaɪoʊˌɪnfɚˈmætɪks/ (field of science)
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:: bioinformatique {f}
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| bioinspired {adj} (bio-inspired) SEE: bio-inspired
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| bio-inspired {adj} (biologically inspired)
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:: bio-inspiré, bioinspiré, inspiré du vivant
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| biolistic {adj}
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:: biolistique
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| biolistics {n}
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:: biolistique {f}
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| biologic {adj} (biological) SEE: biological
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::
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| biological {n} /ˌbaɪəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/ (of biology)
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:: biologique
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| biological {n} (consanguine)
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:: biologique
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| biological clock {n} (mechanism)
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:: horloge biologique {f}
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| biological clock {n}
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:: horloge biologique {f}
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| biological father {n} (man from whom one inherits DNA)
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:: père biologique {m}
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| biological immortality {n} (phenomenon)
|
:: immortalité biologique {f}
|
| biologically {adv} (with regard to biology)
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:: biologiquement
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| biological mother {n} (woman from whom one inherits DNA)
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:: mère biologique {f}
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| biological parent {n} (biological parent)
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:: parent biologique {m}
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| biological warfare {n} (use of an organism as a weapon of war)
|
:: guerre biologique {f}
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| biological weapon {n} (biological pathogen)
|
:: arme biologique {f}
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| biologist {n} (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology)
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:: biologiste {m} {f}, biologue {m} {f} [obsolete]
|
| biology {n} /baɪˈɑlədʒi/ (study of living matter)
|
:: biologie {f}
|
| bioluminescence {n} /ˌbaɪ̯oʊ̯ˌluməˈnɛsəns/ (emission of light by a living organism)
|
:: bioluminescence {f}
|
| bioluminescent {adj} (exhibiting bioluminescence)
|
:: bioluminescent
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| biomagnetism {n} (production or detection of a magnetic field)
|
:: biomagnétisme {m}
|
| biomarker {n} /ˈbaɪoʊˌmɑɹkɚ/ (indicator of a biological state)
|
:: biomarqueur {m}
|
| biomass {n} /ˈbaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˌmæs/ (total mass of living things)
|
:: biomasse {f}
|
| biomass {n} (vegetation used as fuel)
|
:: biomasse {f}
|
| biomaterial {n} (material)
|
:: biomatériau {m}
|
| biomathematics {n} (application of mathematics to the study of biological systems)
|
:: biomathématiques {f-p}
|
| biome {n} /ˈbaɪoʊm/ (biological community)
|
:: biome {m}
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| biomechanical {adj} (of or pertaining to biomechanics)
|
:: biomécanique {f}
|
| biomechanics {n}
|
:: biomécanique {f}
|
| biomedical {adj} /ˌbaɪoʊˈmedɪkl/ (pertaining to biomedicine)
|
:: biomédical {m}
|
| biomedicine {n} (a branch of medical science)
|
:: biomédecine {f}
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| biometrics {n} (measurement of biological data)
|
:: biométrie {f}
|
| biometrics {n} (measurement of physical characteristics for use in personal identification)
|
:: biométrie {f}
|
| biomimetic {adj} (related to biomimetics)
|
:: biomimétique {m} {f}
|
| biomolecular {adj}
|
:: biomoléculaire
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| biomolecule {n} (molecules)
|
:: biomolécule
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| bionic {adj} /ˈbɪˌɒn.ɪk/ (related to bionics)
|
:: bionique
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| bionics {n} /ˈbaɪˌɒnɪks/ (engineering based on biological systems)
|
:: bionique {f}
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| biophilia {n} /ˈbaɪəʊˌfɪil.i.ə/ (love of nature and all living things)
|
:: biophilie
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| biophysical {adj} /ˈbaɪəʊˌfɪzɪkəl/ (relating to biophysics)
|
:: biophysique {f}
|
| biophysics {n} (science)
|
:: biophysique {f}
|
| biopower {n} (political technology)
|
:: biopouvoir
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| biopsy {n} /ˈbaɪɑpsi/ (removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes)
|
:: biopsie
|
| biorefinery {n} (a facility that carries out such production)
|
:: bioraffinerie {f}
|
| bioremediation {n} (use of biological organisms to remove contaminants)
|
:: bioremédiation {f}
|
| bioresource {n} (resource of biological origin)
|
:: bioressource {f}
|
| bioscience {n} (sciences dealing with living organisms)
|
:: bioscience {f}
|
| biospeleology {n}
|
:: biospéléologie {f}
|
| biosphere {n} (part of Earth capable of supporting life)
|
:: biosphère {f}
|
| biostasis {n} (the ability of an organism to tolerate environmental changes without actively adapting to them)
|
:: biostasie {f}
|
| biostratigraphic {adj}
|
:: biostratigraphique
|
| biostrome {n} (a horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms)
|
:: biostrome
|
| biosynthesis {n} (synthesis of organic compounds)
|
:: biosynthèse
|
| biota {n} /baɪˈəʊtə/ (the living organisms of a region)
|
:: biote {m}
|
| biotechnological {adj} /ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk.nə.lɒdʒ.ɪk.əl/ (of or pertaining to biotechnology)
|
:: biotechnologique
|
| biotechnology {n} /ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk.nɒl.əʊ.dʒi/ (use of living organisms in industrial, agricultural, medical applications)
|
:: biotechnologie {f}
|
| biotechnology {n} (application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences)
|
:: biotechnologie {f}
|
| biotherapy {n} (any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes)
|
:: biothérapie {f}
|
| biotherapy {n} (the use of living organisms in the control of disease)
|
:: biothérapie {f}
|
| biotic {adj} /baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ (of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms)
|
:: biotique
|
| biotin {n} /ˈbaɪətɪn/ (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex)
|
:: biotine {f}
|
| biotite {n} /ˈbaɪəˌtaɪt/ (dark brown mica)
|
:: biotite {f}
|
| biotope {n} (geographical area)
|
:: biotope
|
| bioweapon {n} /ˈbaɪ.oʊˌwɛ.pən/ (weapon designed for use in biological warfare)
|
:: arme biologique {f}
|
| BIP {n} (blunt impact projectile)
|
:: BIP
|
| bipartisan {adj} /ˈbaɪˌpɑː(ɹ)t.ɪ.zæn/ (relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties)
|
:: bipartisan
|
| bipartite {adj}
|
:: biparti
|
| biped {n} /ˈbaɪpɛd/ (a two-footed (or two-legged) animal)
|
:: bipède
|
| bipedal {adj} (having two feet or two legs)
|
:: bipède
|
| bipedalism {n} (habit of standing and walking on two feet)
|
:: bipédie {f}
|
| biphasic {adj} (having two phases)
|
:: biphasique
|
| biphenyl {n} (organic compound)
|
:: biphényle {m}
|
| biplane {n} (airplane that has two pairs of wings)
|
:: biplan {m}
|
| bipod {n} /ˈbaɪpɒd/ (two-legged stand)
|
:: bipied {m}
|
| bipolar {adj} (involving both poles)
|
:: bipolaire {m} {f}
|
| bipolar {adj} (relating to or having bipolar disorder)
|
:: bipolaire {m} {f}, maniaco-dépressif {m}
|
| bipolar disorder {n} (psychiatric diagnostic category)
|
:: trouble bipolaire {m}
|
| bipolarization {n}
|
:: bipolarisation {f}
|
| bipolaron {n} ((chemistry) doubly-charged polaron)
|
:: bipolaron {m}
|
| bipolaron {n} ((physics) bound pair of polarons)
|
:: bipolaron {m}
|
| birational geometry {n} (field of algebraic geometry)
|
:: géométrie birationnelle {f}
|
| birch {n} /bɝtʃ/ (tree)
|
:: bouleau {m}
|
| birch {n} (punishment device)
|
:: badine {f}, baguette {f}
|
| birch {v} (to punish with a birch)
|
:: verger
|
| Bircher muesli {n} (breakfast dish)
|
:: bircher {m}
|
| birch sap {n} (the sap extracted from a birch tree)
|
:: eau de bouleau {f}
|
| bird {n} /bɝd/ (animal)
|
:: oiseau {m}, oiselle {f} [female, poetic], oiselet {m} [diminutive, literary], oisillon {m} [diminutive]
|
| bird {n} (person)
|
:: oiseau {m}
|
| bird {n} (woman)
|
:: nana {f}, minette {f}, gonzesse {f}
|
| bird {n} (girlfriend)
|
:: nana {f}, gonzesse {f}, poule {f}
|
| bird {v} (to bring into prison, to roof)
|
:: tôle {f}, taule {f}
|
| bird {n} (vulgar hand gesture)
|
:: doigt d'honneur {m}
|
| birdbath {n} (basin for wild birds)
|
:: bain d’oiseaux
|
| birdbrain {n} /ˈbɚd.bɹeɪn/ (someone who is not intelligent)
|
:: étourneau {m}
|
| birdcage {n} (cage to keep birds in)
|
:: panier {m}, volière {f}
|
| birdcall {n} (device used to imitate the cry of a bird)
|
:: appeau {m}
|
| birdcatcher {n} (a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl)
|
:: oiseleur {m}, oiseleuse {f}
|
| birdcatching {n} (the catching of birds, wildfowl)
|
:: oisellerie {f}
|
| bird cherry {n} (Prunus padus)
|
:: merisier à grappes {m}
|
| bird dog {n} (tout) SEE: tout
|
::
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| bird dog {n} (gun dog) SEE: gun dog
|
::
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| bird flu {n} (avian influenza) SEE: avian influenza
|
::
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| birdhouse {n} (aviary) SEE: aviary
|
::
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| birdhouse {n} (small house for birds)
|
:: nichoir {m}
|
| birdie {n} (badminton: shuttlecock) SEE: shuttlecock
|
::
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| birdie {n} /ˈbɝdi/ (bird, birdling)
|
:: oiselet {m}, oisillon {m}
|
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time
|
::
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| birdlime {n} /ˈbɜːdlaɪm/ (sticky substance to catch birds)
|
:: glu {f}
|
| birdlime {v} (add birdlime)
|
:: engluer
|
| birdling {n} /ˈbɜɹd.lɪŋ/ (small bird; birdie; nestling (young bird, baby bird))
|
:: oisillon {m}
|
| bird of ill omen {n}
|
:: oiseau de mauvais augure {m}
|
| bird of paradise {n} (bird)
|
:: paradisier {m}, oiseau de paradis {m}
|
| bird of passage {n} (bird) SEE: migrant
|
::
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| bird of prey {n} (carnivorous bird)
|
:: oiseau de proie {m}, rapace {m}
|
| bird's-eye view {n} (view from directly or high above)
|
:: plongée {f}
|
| birdshit {n} (vulgar: avian excreta)
|
:: guano {m}
|
| bird's nest {n} (A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.)
|
:: nid d'oiseau {m}
|
| birds of a feather {n} (people having similar characters)
|
:: bonnet blanc, blanc bonnet, kif-kif
|
| birds of a feather flock together {proverb} (people of similar character, etc. tend to associate)
|
:: qui se ressemble s'assemble [who resemble each other, assemble together]
|
| birds of the feather flock together {proverb} (birds of a feather flock together) SEE: birds of a feather flock together
|
::
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| birdsong {n} (musical sound made by a bird)
|
:: chant {m}, chant d’oiseau
|
| birdwatching {n} /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɪŋ/ (observing wild birds)
|
:: observation des oiseaux {f}
|
| birefringence {n} /baɪɹɪˈfɹɪndʒəns/ (the splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium)
|
:: biréfringence {f}
|
| biretta {n} (square cap)
|
:: barrette {f}
|
| Birks {n} (Surname)
|
:: Birks
|
| biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen
|
::
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| Birobidzhan {prop} (city in Russia)
|
:: Birobidjan {m}
|
| birth {n} /bɝθ/ (process of childbearing; beginning of life)
|
:: naissance {f}
|
| birth {n} (instance of childbirth)
|
:: accouchement {m}
|
| birth {v} (to give birth (to))
|
:: accoucher
|
| birth certificate {n} (official document certifying the details of a person's birth)
|
:: acte de naissance {m}
|
| birth control {n} (voluntary control of the number of children conceived)
|
:: contrôle des naissances {m}
|
| birthdate {n} (date of birth) SEE: date of birth
|
::
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| birthday {n} /ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/ (anniversary)
|
:: anniversaire {m}, [Canada] fête {f}
|
| birthday {n} (date of birth)
|
:: date de naissance {f}
|
| birthday cake {n} (a cake made to celebrate a birthday)
|
:: gâteau d'anniversaire {m}, [Canada, Switzerland] gâteau de fête {m}
|
| birthday card {n} (greeting card)
|
:: carte d'anniversaire {f}
|
| birthday party {n} (a party held to celebrate a birthday)
|
:: fête d'anniversaire {f}
|
| birthday suit {n} (nakedness)
|
:: tenue d’Adam {f}, tenue d’Ève {f}
|
| birth defect {n} (any of several medical disorders that are present at birth)
|
:: anomalie congénitale {f}
|
| birther {n} /ˈbɝθɚ/ (one who gives birth)
|
:: parturiente {f}
|
| birthmark {n} (a mark on the skin formed before birth)
|
:: tache de naissance {f}, tache de vin {f}
|
| birthplace {n} /ˈbɝθˌpleɪs/ (location where a person is born)
|
:: lieu de naissance {m}
|
| birthrate {n} (rate of live births to population)
|
:: taux de natalité {m}
|
| birth weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth)
|
:: poids à la naissance {m}
|
| birthweight {n} (birthweight) SEE: birth weight
|
::
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| birthwort {n} (Aristolochia)
|
:: aristoloche {f}
|
| biryani {n} (dish of spiced rice)
|
:: biryani {m}, biriani {m}, beriani {m}
|
| Biscay {prop} (Bay of Biscay) SEE: Bay of Biscay
|
::
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| Biscay {prop} (province of Spain)
|
:: Biscaye {f}
|
| biscuit {n} (cracker) SEE: cracker
|
::
|
| biscuit {n} /ˈbɪskɪt/ (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker)
|
:: biscuit {m}
|
| biscuit {n} (ship's "bread")
|
:: biscuit {m}
|
| biscuit {n} (form of earthenware)
|
:: biscuit {m}
|
| bisector {n} /ˈbaɪˌsɛktɚ/ (A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts)
|
:: bissectrice {f}
|
| bisexual {adj} /baɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ (sexually attracted to both men and women)
|
:: bisexuel
|
| bisexual {adj} (botany: having both male and female organs)
|
:: bisexué
|
| bisexual {n} (bisexual person)
|
:: bisexuel {m}, bisexuelle {f}
|
| bisexual {adj} (hermaphrodite) SEE: hermaphrodite
|
::
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| bisexuality {n} (psychology)
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:: bisexualité {f}
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| Bishkek {prop} /bɪʃˈkɛk/ (capital of Kyrgyzstan)
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:: Bichkek {m}
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| Bishnupriya Manipuri {prop} (language)
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:: bishnupriya manipuri
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| bishop {n} /ˈbɪʃəp/ (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations)
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:: évêque {m}
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| bishop {n} (chess piece)
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:: fou {m}
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| bishopric {n} /ˈbɪʃ.ə.pɹɪk/ (diocese)
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:: évêché {m}
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| bishopric {n} (function of being bishop)
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:: épiscopat {m}
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| Bislama {prop} /ˈbɪʃləmɑː/ (a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu)
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:: bichelamar {m}
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| bismuth {n} /ˈbɪz.məθ/ (chemical element)
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:: bismuth {m}
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| bison {n} /ˈbaɪ̯sən/ (wild ox, Bison bonasus)
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:: bison, bison d'Europe {m}
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| bison {n} (North American animal, Bison bison)
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:: bison {m}, bison d'Amérique du Nord {m}
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| bisphenol A {n} (4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2-diphenylpropane)
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:: bisphénol A
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| bisque {n} /bɪsk/ (thick creamy soup)
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:: bisque {f}
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| bisque {n} (form of unglazed earthenware)
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:: biscuit {m}
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| Bissau-Guinean {n} (person from Guinea-Bissau)
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:: bissau-guinéen {m}
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| bissextile {n} (leap year) SEE: leap year
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::
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| bissextile {adj} /bɪˈsɛks.taɪəl/ (having an extra day)
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:: bissextil
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| bissextile year {n} (year with an extra day) SEE: leap year
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::
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| Bisson {prop}
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:: Bisson
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| Bissonnet {prop} (surname)
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:: Bissonnet
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| Bissonnette {prop} (surname)
|
:: Bissonnette
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| bistable {adj} (having two stable states)
|
:: bistable
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| bistort {n} (any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers)
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:: bistorte {f}
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| bistro {n} /ˈbiːstɹoʊ/ (small restaurant)
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:: bistro {m}
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| bistro {n} (small bar)
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:: bistro {m}
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| bistronomic {adj}
|
:: bistronomique
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| bisulfate {n} (Univalent anion HSO4-)
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:: bisulfate {f}
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| bisyllabic {adj} (comprising two syllables) SEE: disyllabic
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::
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| bit {n} /bɪt/ (metal in horse's mouth)
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:: mors {m}
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| bit {n} (rotary cutting tool)
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:: foret {m}
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| bit {n} (small amount of something, see also: a little)
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:: petit morceau {m}, peu {m}
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| bit {n} (small amount of time)
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:: instant {m}, minute {f}, seconde {f}
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| bit {n} (portion)
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:: part {f}
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| bit {n} (math: binary digit)
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:: bit {m}
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| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin
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::
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| bit by bit {adv} (small amount at a time)
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:: petit à petit, peu à peu
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| bitch {n} /bɪt͡ʃ/ (female canine)
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:: chienne {f} [dog], louve {f} [wolf], renarde {f} [fox]
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| bitch {n} (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female)
|
:: garce {f}, rosse {f}, salope {f}
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| bitch {n} (submissive person)
|
:: pute {f}
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| bitch {n} (difficult or confounding problem)
|
:: saleté {f}, saloperie {f} [vulgar], couille {f}
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| bitch {n} (colloquial: playing card queen)
|
:: dame {f}
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| bitch {v} (complain (about something) spitefully)
|
:: chialer, pester, râler, rouspéter
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| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint
|
::
|
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog
|
::
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| bitch out {v} (to complain) SEE: bitch
|
::
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| bitch out {v} (to fear from something) SEE: chicken out
|
::
|
| bitch slap {n}
|
:: gifle {f}, baffe {f}, tartine de doigts {f}
|
| bite {v} /baɪt/ (to cut into by clamping the teeth)
|
:: mordre
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| bite {v} (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth)
|
:: mordre
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| bite {v} (to attack with the teeth)
|
:: mordre
|
| bite {v} (to take hold)
|
:: maintenir, garder
|
| bite {v} (to bite a baited hook or other lure)
|
:: mordre
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| bite {v} (to fall for a deception)
|
:: mordre, tomber dans le panneau, marcher
|
| bite {v} (to sting)
|
:: mordre, piquer
|
| bite {n} (act of biting)
|
:: morsure {f}
|
| bite {n} (wound left behind after having been bitten)
|
:: morsure {f}
|
| bite {n} (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting)
|
:: piqûre {f}
|
| bite {n} (mouthful)
|
:: bouchée {f}
|
| bite me {interj} (expression of discontent or aggravation)
|
:: [vulgar] va te faire foutre, [vulgar] va te faire enculer, va au diable, [vulgar] va chier dans ta caisse, [vulgar] va chier
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| bite off {v} (To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility)
|
:: se dévouer, [vulgar] se casser le cul, [informal] se décarcasser
|
| bite off {v} (To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner.)
|
:: saisir, s'emparer
|
| bite off more than one can chew {v} (To try to do too much)
|
:: avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre
|
| bite one's tongue {v} (prevent oneself from uttering a word)
|
:: rabattre le caquet, réduire au silence
|
| bite the bullet {v} (endure punishment with dignity or accept a negative aspect of a situation)
|
:: serrer les dents [clench the teeth], encaisser
|
| bite the dust {v} (to die)
|
:: avaler son extrait de naissance, [colloquial] claquer, [colloquial] crever, [informal] calancher
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| bite the dust {v} (to quit or fail)
|
:: mordre la poussière, lâcher
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| bite the hand that feeds one {v} (cause harm to a benefactor)
|
:: mordre la main qui nourrit, mordre la main nourricière
|
| Bithynia {prop} /bɪˈθɪni.ə/ (ancient region)
|
:: Bithynie {f}
|
| bitmap {n} (a series of bits)
|
:: image matricielle {f}
|
| bitness {n}
|
:: largeur {f}
|
| Bitola {prop} (city)
|
:: Bitola
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| bit player {n} (actor with a minor role)
|
:: utilité {f}
|
| bit player {n} (insignificant person)
|
:: petit joueur {m}, petite joueuse {f}
|
| bitrate {n} (frequency of bits at passing point)
|
:: débit binaire {m}
|
| bitstock {n} (drill bit-carrying crank for boring holes)
|
:: vilebrequin {m}, chignole {f}
|
| bitter {adj} /ˈbɪtə/ (having an acrid taste)
|
:: amer
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| bitter {adj} (harsh, piercing or stinging)
|
:: dur, sévère
|
| bitter {adj} (hateful or hostile)
|
:: haineux, haïssable, odieux, [hostile] hostile
|
| bitter {adj} (cynical and resentful)
|
:: amer
|
| bitter end {n} (that part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor)
|
:: étalingure
|
| bitterling {n} (fish of the genus Rhodeus)
|
:: bouvière {f}
|
| bitterling {n} (Rhodeus amarus) SEE: European bitterling
|
::
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| bitterly {adv} /ˈbɪtəɹli/ (in a bitter manner)
|
:: amèrement
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| bitter melon {n} /ˈbɪtəɹ ˈmɛlən/ (fruit of Momordica charantia)
|
:: margose {f}, momordique {f}, pomme de merveille {f}, melon amer {m}, poire balsamique {f}
|
| bittern {n} /ˈbɪtəɹn/ (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae)
|
:: butor {m}
|
| bitterness {n} /ˈbɪtənəs/ (quality of being bitter in taste)
|
:: amertume {f}
|
| bitterness {n} (quality of feeling bitter)
|
:: amertume {f}
|
| bitter orange {n} (tree)
|
:: bigaradier {m}
|
| bitter orange {n} (fruit)
|
:: bigarade {f}, orange amère {f}
|
| bittersweet {adj} /ˈbɪtɚˌswit/ (both bitter and sweet)
|
:: doux-amer, aigre-doux
|
| bittersweet {adj} (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
|
:: mi-figue mi-raisin {n}, doux-amer
|
| bittersweet {n} (the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara)
|
:: douce-amère {f}
|
| bitter vetch {n} (Vicia ervilia)
|
:: ers {m}
|
| bitumen {n} /bɪˈtumən/ (Mineral pitch)
|
:: bitume {m}
|
| bivalence {n} (state or quality of being bivalent)
|
:: bivalence {f}
|
| bivalve {n} /ˈbaɪvælv/ (Any mollusc of taxonomic class Bivalvia)
|
:: bivalve {m}
|
| bivector {n} (an antisymmetric tensor)
|
:: biveteur {m}
|
| bivouac {n} /ˈbɪv.u.æk/ (encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering)
|
:: bivouac {m}
|
| biweekly {adj} /baɪˈwiːkli/ (occurring every two weeks)
|
:: bimensuel
|
| biweekly {adj} (occurring twice a week)
|
:: bihebdomadaire
|
| biweekly {adv} (every two weeks)
|
:: toutes les deux semaines, tous les quinze jours
|
| biweekly {adv} (twice a week)
|
:: bihebdomadairement, deux fois par semaine
|
| biweekly {n} (something published or released once every two weeks)
|
:: bimensuel {m}, quinzomadaire {m}
|
| bixin {n} (an apocarotenoid that is the active ingredient of annatto)
|
:: bixine {f}
|
| bizarre {adj} /bɪˈzɑɹ/ (strangely unconventional)
|
:: bizarre
|
| Bizet sheep {n} (variety of sheep)
|
:: bizet {m}
|
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip
|
::
|
| blabbermouth {n} (chatterbox) SEE: chatterbox
|
::
|
| black {v} (to blacken) SEE: blacken
|
::
|
| black {adj} (absorbing all light)
|
:: noir
|
| black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin)
|
:: noir
|
| black {adj} (illegitimate, illegal or disgraced)
|
:: noir
|
| black {adj} (overcrowded)
|
:: noir de monde
|
| black {adj} (of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener)
|
:: noir
|
| black {adj} (chess, checkers etc.: color opposing "white")
|
:: noir
|
| black {n} (colour/color)
|
:: noir
|
| black {n} (dark-skinned person)
|
:: Noir {m}, Noire {f}
|
| black Africa {prop} (roughly sub-Saharan Africa)
|
:: Afrique noire
|
| black alder {n} (Alnus glutinosa tree)
|
:: aulne glutineux {m}, aulne noir {m}, aulne poisseux {m}
|
| black alder {n} (American winterberry) SEE: American winterberry
|
::
|
| black alder winterberry {n} (American winterberry) SEE: American winterberry
|
::
|
| black and white {adj} (black-and-white) SEE: black-and-white
|
::
|
| black-and-white {adj} (using shades of grey/gray)
|
:: noir et blanc
|
| black-and-white {adj} (displaying images in shades of grey/gray)
|
:: noir et blanc
|
| black antshrike {n} (bird)
|
:: batara noir
|
| black-arched moth {n} (species of moth)
|
:: bombyx moine
|
| black-backed jackal {n} (Canis mesomelas)
|
:: chacal à chabraque {m}
|
| black bag {n} (plastic bag for the disposal of household waste) SEE: garbage bag
|
::
|
| blackballing {n} (an instance of a person being blackballed)
|
:: blackboulage {m}
|
| black bear {n} (American black bear)
|
:: ours noir {m}, baribal {m}
|
| black bear {n} (Asiatic black bear)
|
:: ours noir d'Asie {m}, ours à collier du Tibet {m}
|
| Blackbeard {prop} (pirate's name)
|
:: Barbe Noire
|
| black-bellied plover {n} (An arctic bird)
|
:: pluvier argenté {m}
|
| black belt {n} (highest belt color in various martial arts)
|
:: ceinture noire {f}
|
| black belt {n} (person who has attained the black belt)
|
:: ceinture noire {f}
|
| blackberry {n} /ˈblækbeɹi/ (shrub)
|
:: ronce {f}, roncier {m}, mûrier {m},
|
| blackberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: mûre {f}, mûre sauvage {f}
|
| blackberry winter {n} (period of cold weather around March, April or May)
|
:: saints de glace [in May]
|
| black bile {n} (one of the four humours)
|
:: atrabile {f}
|
| black-billed capercaillie {n} (Tetrao parvirostris)
|
:: tétras à bec noir {m}
|
| blackbird {n} /ˈblækˌbɚd/ (Turdus merula: blackbird)
|
:: merle {m}, merlesse {f}
|
| blackbird {n} (Turdus merula: blackbird)
|
:: Louisiana French: tchoc
|
| blackboard {n} /ˈblækbɔɹd/ (a surface that can be written upon with chalk)
|
:: tableau noir {m}, tableau {m} [any colour]
|
| blackbody {n} (an idealized object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it)
|
:: corps noir {m}
|
| black box {n} (recorders in an aircraft)
|
:: boîte noire {f}
|
| black box {n} (theoretical construct or device)
|
:: boîte noire {f}
|
| black caiman {n} (caiman)
|
:: caïman noir {m}
|
| blackcap {n} (Sylvia atricapilla)
|
:: fauvette à tête noire {f}
|
| black-capped chickadee {n} (Poecile atricapillus)
|
:: mésange à tête noire {f}
|
| black caraway {n} (Nigella sativa, see also: nigella)
|
:: nigelle cultivée {f}, cumin noir {m}
|
| black caraway {n} (spice)
|
:: cumin noir {m}, graine de nigelle {f}, poivrette {f}
|
| black cat {n} (Martes pennanti) SEE: fisher
|
::
|
| black cat {n} (black-furred cat)
|
:: chat noir {m}
|
| black chanterelle {n} (mushroom)
|
:: trompette de la mort {f}, trompette des morts {f}, corne d’abondance {f}, craterelle {f}
|
| black child {n} (black child, see also: pickaninny)
|
:: enfant noir {m}, négrillon {m} [can be offensive]
|
| black coal {n} (high quality coal)
|
:: charbon bitumineux {m}, houille grasse {f}
|
| black coffee {n} (coffee served without cream or milk)
|
:: café noir {m}
|
| black-crested antshrike {n} (bird)
|
:: Batara huppé
|
| black-crowned night heron {n} (Nycticorax nycticorax)
|
:: bihoreau gris {m}, héron bihoreau {m}, corbeau de nuit {m}
|
| black cumin {n} (Nigella sativa) SEE: nigella
|
::
|
| black currant {n} /ˈblækˌkɜɹənt/ (shrub)
|
:: cassissier {m}, groseillier noir {m}
|
| black currant {n} (berry)
|
:: cassis {m}
|
| Black Death {prop} (14th century pandemic outbreak)
|
:: peste noire {f}
|
| black dwarf {n} (cooled white dwarf)
|
:: naine noire {f}
|
| black earth {n} (chernozem) SEE: chernozem
|
::
|
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder
|
::
|
| blacken {v} /ˈblækən/ (make black)
|
:: noircir
|
| blacken {v} (make dirty)
|
:: souiller
|
| blacken {v} (defame, sully)
|
:: noircir, salir
|
| blacken {v} (become black)
|
:: noircir
|
| black eye {n} (bruised eye)
|
:: cocard {m}, mélanobutyrophtalmie {f}, œil au beurre noir {m}, œil poché {m}
|
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant)
|
:: cornille {f}, dolique à œil noir, pois à vache, niébé
|
| black flag {n} (flag used as a symbol of anarchism)
|
:: drapeau noir {m}
|
| Blackfoot {prop} (a North American confederacy)
|
:: Pieds-Noirs {m-p}
|
| black-footed cat {n} (Felis nigripes)
|
:: chat à pattes noires {m}
|
| Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range)
|
:: Forêt-Noire {f}, Forêt Noire {f}
|
| Black Forest gâteau {n} (type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany)
|
:: forêt noire {f}
|
| black francolin {n} (Francolinus francolinus)
|
:: francolin noir {m}
|
| Black Friday {prop} (day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day)
|
:: vendredi fou {m}; vendredi noir {m}; Black Friday {m}
|
| black gold {n} (petroleum)
|
:: or noir {m}
|
| black goose {n} (goose of the genus Branta) SEE: brant
|
::
|
| black gram {n} (Bean from the seed of Vigna mungo) SEE: urad
|
::
|
| black grouse {n} /ˈblæk ɡɹɑʊs/ (Lyrurus tetrix)
|
:: tétras lyre {m}
|
| blackguard {n} (scoundrel) SEE: scoundrel
|
::
|
| black guillemot {n} (black guillemot)
|
:: guillemot à miroir {m}
|
| blackhead {n} (skin blemish)
|
:: point noir {m}, comédon {m}
|
| black-headed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
|
:: mouette rieuse {f}
|
| black hole {n} /blæk ˈhoʊl/ (celestial body)
|
:: trou noir {m}
|
| black-hooded antshrike {n} (passerine bird)
|
:: batara capucin
|
| black humor {n} (subgenre of comedy)
|
:: humour noir {m}
|
| black ice {n} (invisible film of ice)
|
:: verglas {m}, glace noire {f}
|
| blacking {n} (shoe polish) SEE: shoe polish
|
::
|
| blackish {adj} /ˈblækɪʃ/ (somewhat black)
|
:: noirâtre
|
| blackish-gray antshrike {n} (passerine bird)
|
:: batara demi-deuil
|
| blackjack {n} /ˈblækdʒæk/ (card game)
|
:: vingt-et-un {m}
|
| blackjack {n} (flag)
|
:: pavillon de pirates {m}
|
| blackjack {n} (weapon)
|
:: matraque {f}
|
| black kite {n} (species of kite)
|
:: milan noir {m}
|
| black knight {n} (evil character)
|
:: chevalier noir {m}
|
| black lead {n} (graphite) SEE: graphite
|
::
|
| blackleg {n} (fatal cattle disease)
|
:: charbon symptomatique {m}
|
| blackleg {n} (strikebreaker) SEE: strikebreaker
|
::
|
| black-legged kittiwake {n} (Rissa tridactyla)
|
:: mouette tridactyle {f}
|
| black letter {n} (a Northern-European style of type)
|
:: Fraktur
|
| black light {n} (light bulb that emits ultraviolet light)
|
:: lumière noire {f}
|
| black liquor {n} (a waste product in pulp and paper industry)
|
:: liqueur noire {f}
|
| blacklist {n} /ˈblæklɪst/ (list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned)
|
:: liste noire {f}, [computing] blacklist {f}
|
| blacklist {v} (to place on a blacklist)
|
:: blacklister
|
| black lives matter {phrase} (statement of protest)
|
:: les vies noires comptent
|
| black lung {n} (coal dust pneumoconiosis)
|
:: silicose {f}
|
| black magic {n} (magic derived from evil forces)
|
:: magie noire {f}
|
| black magick {n} (evil magic)
|
:: magie noire
|
| blackmail {n} (extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure)
|
:: chantage {m}
|
| blackmail {v} (to extort money)
|
:: faire du chantage, faire chanter
|
| blackmailer {n} (someone who blackmails)
|
:: maître-chanteur {m}, maitre-chanteur {m}, maître chanteur {m}
|
| black mamba {n} (A large venomous snake)
|
:: mamba noir {m}
|
| black market {n} (trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls)
|
:: marché noir {m}, économie souterraine
|
| black marketeer {n} (trader on the black market)
|
:: trafiquant {m} trafiquante {f}
|
| black mulberry {n} (tree)
|
:: mûrier noir {m}
|
| black mulberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: mûre noire {f}
|
| black-necked grebe {n} (black-necked grebe)
|
:: grèbe à cou noir {m}
|
| blackness {n} /ˈblæknəs/ (state or quality of being black)
|
:: noirceur {f}
|
| black nightshade {n} (Solanum nigrum)
|
:: morelle noire {f}
|
| black olive {n} (olive picked after it has ripened)
|
:: olive noire {f}
|
| black out {v} (to cover with black ink)
|
:: noircir, caviarder
|
| black out {v} (lose consciousness)
|
:: perdre connaissance, s'évanouir, [informal] tourner de l'œil, [colloquial] tomber dans les pommes
|
| black out {v} (make dark)
|
:: assombrir, obscurcir
|
| blackout {n} /ˈblækaʊt/ (a temporary loss of consciousness)
|
:: blackout {m}
|
| blackout {n} (a temporary loss of memory)
|
:: blackout {m}, trou de mémoire {m}
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| blackout {n} (a large-scale power failure)
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:: blackout {m}, coupure de courant {f}
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| blackout {n} (the mandatory blinding of all light)
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:: blackout {m}
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| blackout curtain {n} (A current which blocks light)
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:: rideau occultant {m}
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| black pepper {n} (spice)
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:: poivre noir {m}
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| black pudding {n}
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:: boudin noir {m} à l'avoine ou à l'orge
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| black radish {n} (Raphanus sativus var. niger)
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:: radis noir {m}
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| black rhinoceros {n} (Diceros bicornis)
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:: rhinocéros noir {m}
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| black salsify {n} (Scorzonera hispanica)
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:: scorsonère {f}
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| black scabbardfish {n} (Aphanopus carbo)
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:: sabre noir {m}
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| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor)
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:: mer Noire {f}
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| blackseed {n} (Nigella sativa) SEE: nigella
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::
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| black sheep {n} (nonconformist)
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:: original, excentrique {m} {f}
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| black sheep {n} (disliked person)
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:: mouton noir {m}, brebis galeuse {f}
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| blackshirt {n} (member of a fascist party) SEE: fascist
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::
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| blackshirt {n} (uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party)
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:: chemise noire {f}, squadriste {m} {f}
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| black skimmer {n} (bird)
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:: bec-en-ciseaux noir {m}
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| blacksmith {n} /ˈblæk.smɪθ/ (iron forger, see also: smith)
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:: forgeron {m}, forgeronne {f}, sidérurgiste {m} {f}
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| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith)
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:: maréchal-ferrant {m}, maréchale-ferrante {f}
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| black stork {n} (Ciconia nigra)
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:: cigogne noire {f}
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| black swan {n} (Cygnus atratus)
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:: cygne noir {m}
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| black tea {n} (tea leaves which have been "fermented")
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:: thé noir {m}
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| black tea {n} (cup of tea served without milk)
|
:: thé noir {m}
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| black tern {n} (black tern)
|
:: guifette noire {f}
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| blackthorn {n} /ˈblækˌθɔɹn/ (Prunus spinosa)
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:: prunellier {m}
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| blackthorn winter {n} (blackberry winter) SEE: blackberry winter
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::
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| black-throated antshrike {n} (passerine bird)
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:: batara à gorge noire
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| black-throated diver {n} (Gavia arctica)
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:: plongeon arctique {m}
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| black-throated loon {n} (black-throated diver) SEE: black-throated diver
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::
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| black vulture {n} (Coragyps atratus)
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:: vautour moine {m}
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| black vulture {n} (Aegypius monachus) SEE: Eurasian black vulture
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::
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| black walnut {n} (Juglans nigra tree)
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:: noyer noir {m}
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| blackwater {n} (contaminated waste water)
|
:: eaux noires
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| black widow {n} (species of venomous spider)
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:: veuve noire {f}
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| black widow {n} (a murderous woman)
|
:: veuve noire {f}
|
| black-winged kite {n} (Elanus caeruleus)
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:: élanion blac {m}
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| black-winged pratincole {n} (Glareola nordmanni)
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:: glaréole à ailes noires {f}
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| black woodpecker {n} /ˈblækˈwʊdpɛkə(ɹ)/ (Dryocopus martius)
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:: pic noir
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| bladder {n} /ˈblædə/ (flexible sac in zoology)
|
:: vésicule {f}
|
| bladder {n} (hollow inflatable organ in botany)
|
:: vésicule {f}
|
| bladder {n} (inflatable bag inside a ball)
|
:: vessie {f}
|
| bladder {n} (sealed plastic wine bag)
|
:: cubi
|
| bladder {n} (urinary bladder) SEE: urinary bladder
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::
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| bladder cherry {n} (Physalis alkekengi)
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:: alkékenge {m}, coccigrole {f}, amour-en-cage {m}, cerise d'hiver {f}, lanterne japonaise {f}
|
| bladderpod {n} (Lobelia inflata, indian tobacco, Puke weed)
|
:: tabac indien
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| bladderwort {n} (Utricularia)
|
:: utriculaire {f}
|
| blade {n} /bleɪd/ (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil)
|
:: lame {f}
|
| blade {n} (slang term for a weapon such as a dagger)
|
:: lame {f}
|
| blag {adj} /blæɡ/ (an armed robbery)
|
:: braquage {m}
|
| blagger {n} (a persuasive person)
|
:: baratineur {m} [informal]
|
| blagger {n} (a thief or robber)
|
:: braqueur {m}
|
| Blagoveshchensk {prop} (city in Siberia)
|
:: Blagovechtchensk {m}
|
| blah {n} /blɑː/ (nonsense talk)
|
:: bla-bla {m}, blabla {m}
|
| Blairism {n}
|
:: blairisme {m}
|
| Blais {prop}
|
:: Blais
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| Blaise {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Blaise {m}
|
| blame {n} /bleɪm/ (state of having caused a bad event)
|
:: coupabilité {f}, blâme {f}
|
| blame {v} (place blame upon)
|
:: reprocher, blâmer
|
| blame {n} (censure) SEE: censure
|
::
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| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility
|
::
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| blameworthy {adj} /ˈbleɪmˌwɚ.ði/ (deserving blame of censure)
|
:: blâmable
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| blanch {v} /blɑːntʃ/ (to grow or become white)
|
:: blanchir
|
| blanch {v} (to make white)
|
:: blanchir
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| blanch {v} (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water)
|
:: blanchir, monder
|
| Blanche {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Blanche
|
| Blanchet {prop}
|
:: Blanchet
|
| Blanchett {prop}
|
:: Blanchett
|
| Blanchette {prop}
|
:: Blanchette
|
| blancmange {n} /bləˈmɑn(d)ʒ/ (dessert)
|
:: blanc-manger {m}
|
| bland {adj} /blænd/ (Mild; dull; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave)
|
:: doux {m}, douce {f}
|
| bland {adj} (Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating)
|
:: doux {m}, douce {f}
|
| bland {adj} (Lacking in taste or vigor)
|
:: fade {m} {f}
|
| blank {adj} /blæŋk/ (free from writing, printing or marks)
|
:: blanc, vierge
|
| blank {n} (void space on a paper)
|
:: blanc {m}
|
| blank {n} (piece of metal)
|
:: préforme
|
| blank {n} (piece or division of a piece)
|
:: préforme
|
| blank {n} (space character)
|
:: espace
|
| blank {n} (simulation cartridge)
|
:: balle à blanc {f}, cartouche à blanc {f}
|
| blank check {n} (signed check)
|
:: chèque en blanc {m}
|
| blank check {n} (grant of complete authority)
|
:: chèque en blanc {m}, carte blanche {f}
|
| blanket {n} /ˈblæŋkɪt/ (fabric)
|
:: couverture {f}
|
| blanket {adj} (covering or encompassing everything)
|
:: général
|
| blanket {v} (to cover)
|
:: recouvrir, couvrir
|
| blanket term {n} (word or phrase used to describe multiple groups of related things) SEE: umbrella term
|
::
|
| blanquette {n} /blɑ̃ˈkɛt/ (white meat stew which is not browned)
|
:: blanquette {f}
|
| blare {n} /blɛə(ɹ)/ (dazzling often garish brilliance)
|
:: éclat {m}, brillance {f}
|
| blasé {adj} /ˈblɑːzeɪ/ (unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity)
|
:: blasé
|
| Blasius {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Blaise
|
| blaspheme {v} /ˈblæs.fim/ (to speak against God or religious doctrine)
|
:: blasphémer
|
| blasphemer {n} (One who commits blasphemy)
|
:: blasphémateur {m}, blasphématrice {f}
|
| blasphemous {adj} /ˈblæs.fəm.əs/ (lacking piety or respect for the sacred)
|
:: blasphématoire
|
| blasphemy {n} /ˈblæs.fə.mi/ (Irreverence toward something sacred)
|
:: blasphème {m}
|
| blast {n} /blæst/ (violent gust of wind)
|
:: rafale {f}
|
| blast {n} (explosion)
|
:: explosion {f}, souffle {m}
|
| blast {n}
|
:: [1] bourrasque {f}, [2] souffle {m}, [3] explosion {f}
|
| blast {n} (an immature or precursor cell)
|
:: blaste {m}
|
| -blast {suffix} (an immature cell or tissue)
|
:: -blaste {m}
|
| blasted {adj} /ˈblæst.ɪd/ (cursed)
|
:: fichu
|
| blasted {adj} (heraldry, of a tree whose branches bear no leaves)
|
:: effeuillé, sec, mort
|
| blastema {n} (a clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop)
|
:: blastème {m}
|
| blast from the past {n} (something long unseen evoking nostalgic feelings)
|
:: madeleine de Proust {f}
|
| blast furnace {n} (furnace where iron ore is smelted)
|
:: haut fourneau {m}
|
| blasto- {prefix} (bud, budding, germination)
|
:: blasto-
|
| blastocoel {n} (the fluid-filled cavity in a blastula)
|
:: blastocèle {f}
|
| blastocyst {n} (mammalian blastula)
|
:: blastocyste {m}
|
| blastoderm {n} /ˈblæstəˌdɚm/ (point from which the embryo develops)
|
:: blastoderme {m}
|
| blastodisk {n} (a round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk)
|
:: blastodisque {m}
|
| blastoma {n} /blæstˈoʊmə/ (type of tumour)
|
:: blastome {m}
|
| blastomere {n} (any cell that results from division of a fertilized egg)
|
:: blastomère {m}
|
| blastoporal {adj} (pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporic)
|
:: blastoporale
|
| blastopore {n} (the opening into the archenteron)
|
:: blastopore {m}
|
| blastula {n} (an early form in the development of an embryo)
|
:: blastula {f}
|
| blatant {adj} /ˈbleɪtənt/ (obvious, on show)
|
:: flagrant, clair
|
| blather {v} /blæðə(ɹ)/ (to talk rapidly without making much sense)
|
:: déblatérer
|
| blaxploitation {n} (genre of exploitation films of the 1970s that starred black actors.)
|
:: blaxploitation {f}, blacksploitation {f}
|
| blay {n} (bleak) SEE: bleak
|
::
|
| blaze {n} /bleɪz/ (fast-burning fire)
|
:: feu {m}, flambée {f}, embrasement {m}
|
| blaze {v} (to be on fire)
|
:: brûler, flamber
|
| blaze {v} (to shine like a flame)
|
:: briller
|
| blaze {v} (to mark or cut a route)
|
:: baliser
|
| blazer {n} /ˈbleɪzɚ/ (a jacket)
|
:: blazer {m}
|
| blazon {n} /ˈbleɪzən/ (a description of a coat of arms)
|
:: blason, blasonnement
|
| blazon {v} (to describe of a coat of arms)
|
:: blasonner, armorier
|
| bleach {v} (to treat with bleach)
|
:: blanchir
|
| bleach {n} (chemical)
|
:: eau de Javel {f}, javel {f}
|
| bleacher {n} (seating for spectators)
|
:: place de tribune non-couverte, gradin {m}
|
| bleaching agent {n} (whitening substance)
|
:: agent blanchissant {m}
|
| bleak {adj} /bliːk/ (without color)
|
:: morne, terne
|
| bleak {adj} (cheerless)
|
:: morne
|
| bleak {n} (small European river fish)
|
:: ablette {f}
|
| bleat {n} /ˈbliːt/ (cry of a sheep or a goat)
|
:: [sheep's cry] bêlement {m}, [goat's cry] bêlement {m}, béguètement {m}
|
| bleat {v} (to make the cry of a sheep or goat)
|
:: [sheep or goat] bêler, [goat] bégueter, chevroter
|
| bleat {v} (informal: to complain)
|
:: rouspéter
|
| bleed {v} /ˈbliːd/ (lose blood)
|
:: saigner
|
| bleed dry {v} (to bleed white) SEE: bleed white
|
::
|
| bleeding {adj} /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ (losing blood)
|
:: saignant
|
| bleeding {n} (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel)
|
:: saignement, hémorragie
|
| bleeding heart {n} (a person who is overly sympathetic to the plight of the underprivileged)
|
:: défenseur de la veuve et de l'orphelin {m}, ami du peuple {m}
|
| bleed white {v} (cause hardship by cutting supplies off)
|
:: saigner à blanc
|
| bleep {n} (high-pitched sound)
|
:: bip
|
| bleep censor {n} (software module)
|
:: censeur de bip {m}
|
| blemish {n} /ˈblɛmɪʃ/ (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
|
:: tache {f}, imperfection {f}
|
| blemish {n} (moral defect)
|
:: tache {f}, défaut
|
| blend {n} (in linguistics) SEE: portmanteau word
|
::
|
| blend {n} /blɛnd/ (mixture)
|
:: mélange {m}
|
| blend {v} (to mix)
|
:: mélanger, mêler, mixer
|
| blende {n} (sphalerite) SEE: sphalerite
|
::
|
| blended family {n} (a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners)
|
:: famille recomposée
|
| blender {n} /ˈblɛndɚ/ (machine)
|
:: mixeur {m}
|
| blennorrhea {n} (an inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus)
|
:: blennorrhée {f}
|
| blenny {n} (fish of Blenniodei)
|
:: blennie {f}
|
| blepharitis {n} /blɛfəɹˈaɪtɪs/ (inflammation of the eyelid)
|
:: blépharite {f}
|
| blepharoplasty {n} (plastic surgery on the eyelid)
|
:: blépharoplastie {f}
|
| blepharospasm {n} /ˈblɛfəɹəʊˌspæzəm/ (spasm of eyelid)
|
:: blépharospasme {m}
|
| bless {v} /blɛs/ (confer blessing on)
|
:: bénir
|
| blessed {adj} /ˈblɛsɪd/ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing)
|
:: bienheureux, béni
|
| blessedness {n} /ˈblɛsɪdnɪs/ (state of being blessed)
|
:: béatitude
|
| blessing {n} /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ (divine or supernatural aid or reward)
|
:: bénédiction {f}, grâce {f}
|
| blessing {n} (act of declaring, seeking or bestowing favor)
|
:: bénédiction {f}
|
| blessing {n} (thing one is glad of)
|
:: bénédiction {f}
|
| blessing {n} (group of unicorns)
|
:: troupeau {m}, harde {f}, horde {f}, groupe {m}
|
| blessing {n} (prayer before a meal) SEE: grace
|
::
|
| blessing in disguise {n} (A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best)
|
:: un mal pour un bien
|
| bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed)
|
:: à vos souhaits ! [formal], à tes souhaits ! [informal], à vos amours !, à tes amours ! [after a second sneeze]
|
| bless you {interj} (short for "God bless you") SEE: God bless you
|
::
|
| blet {v} /blɛt/ (To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening)
|
:: blettir
|
| bleuatre {adj} (bluish) SEE: bluish
|
::
|
| blight {n} /blaɪt/ (plant disease)
|
:: fléau {m}, rouille {f}, cloque {f}
|
| blight {n} (anything that impedes growth or spoils something)
|
:: fléau
|
| blight {v} (to cause to suffer blight)
|
:: abîmer
|
| blight {v} (to suffer blight)
|
:: être abîmé
|
| blight {v} (to spoil or ruin (something))
|
:: abîmer
|
| blighter {n} (person)
|
:: tête à claques {f}
|
| blimey {interj} /ˈblaɪmi/ (used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.)
|
:: bon sang, diantre, fichtre, mazette, mince
|
| blimp {n} /blɪmp/ (airship)
|
:: ballon dirigeable {m}, dirigeable {m}
|
| blind {adj} /blaɪnd/ (unable to see)
|
:: aveugle {m} {f}, mal-voyant {m}, mal-voyante {f}
|
| blind {n} (covering for a window)
|
:: store {m}
|
| blind {n} (forced bet in poker)
|
:: blind {m}
|
| blind {v} (make temporarily or permanently blind)
|
:: aveugler
|
| blind alley {n} (street that leads nowhere) SEE: dead end
|
::
|
| blind as a bat {adj} (nearly totally blind)
|
:: myope comme une taupe {m} {f}
|
| blind carbon copy {n} (copy of an email message)
|
:: copie carbone invisible
|
| blind date {n} (romantic meeting between two people who have never met before, see also: miai)
|
:: rencontre à l'aveugle {f}, rendez-vous surprise {m}
|
| blinder {n} /ˈblaɪndɚ/ (horse's eye shield)
|
:: œillère {f}
|
| blindfold {n} (a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes)
|
:: bandeau {m} [sur les yeux]
|
| blindfold {n} (something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically))
|
:: voile {m}, bandeau {m}
|
| blindfold {v} (To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see)
|
:: bander les yeux
|
| blindfolded {adj} (wearing a blindfold)
|
:: aux yeux bandés
|
| blind gut {n} (caecum) SEE: caecum
|
::
|
| blindingly {adv} (extremely) SEE: extremely
|
::
|
| blindly {adv} /ˈblaɪndli/ (sightlessly)
|
:: à l’aveuglette
|
| blind man's buff {n} (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others)
|
:: colin-maillard {m}
|
| blindness {n} /ˈblaɪndnəs/ (condition of being blind)
|
:: cécité {f}
|
| blind spot {n} (place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina)
|
:: point aveugle {m}, tache aveugle {f}
|
| blind spot {n} (part of the road that cannot be seen)
|
:: angle mort {m}
|
| blind spot {n} (inability to recognize a fact or think clearly)
|
:: aveuglement {m}
|
| blind spot {n} (subject beyond one’s certain knowledge)
|
:: inconnu {m}
|
| blind spot {n} (location with poor radio service)
|
:: zone blanche {f}
|
| blind test {n} (testing method)
|
:: blind test {m}, test en aveugle {m}
|
| blindworm {n} (slowworm) SEE: slowworm
|
::
|
| blini {n} (buckwheat pancakes)
|
:: blini {m}
|
| blink {v} /blɪŋk/ (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
|
:: ciller, cligner des yeux, clignoter
|
| blink {v} (to flash headlights)
|
:: faire un appel de phares
|
| blink {v} (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
|
:: clignoter
|
| blink {n} (a quick view)
|
:: coup d’œil {m}
|
| blink {n} (The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again)
|
:: clignement {m}
|
| blink {n} (The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)
|
:: clin d’œil {m}
|
| blinker {n} /ˈblɪŋkə(ɹ)/ (eye shield)
|
:: œillère {f}
|
| blinker {n} (eyelid)
|
:: paupière {f}
|
| blink of an eye {n} (very short period of time)
|
:: clin d'œil {m}
|
| bliss {n} /blɪs/ (perfect happiness)
|
:: béatitude {f}, félicité {f}
|
| blissful {adj} (full of joy)
|
:: bienheureux
|
| blister {n} /ˈblɪstɚ/ (bubble on the skin)
|
:: ampoule {f}, cloque {f}, boursouflure {f}
|
| blister {n} (bubble on a painted surface)
|
:: cloque {f}
|
| blister {v} (cause blisters to form)
|
:: cloquer, se couvrir d'ampoules
|
| blister {v} (criticise severely)
|
:: critiquer, blâmer
|
| blithe {adj} /blaɪð/ (happy, cheerful)
|
:: joyeux, gai, allègre, content
|
| blithe {adj} (indifferent, careless, showing a lack of concern)
|
:: indifférent, négligent
|
| Blitzen {prop} (reindeer of Santa Claus)
|
:: Éclair {m}
|
| blitzkrieg {n} (fast military offensive)
|
:: blitzkrieg {m}, guerre éclair {f}
|
| blizzard {n} /ˈblɪ.zəd/ (severe snowstorm)
|
:: blizzard {m}
|
| BL Lac object {n} (type of galaxy with AGN)
|
:: objet BL Lacertae
|
| bloat {v} /bloʊt/ (to get an overdistended rumen)
|
:: gonfler, météoriser
|
| bloat {v} (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
|
:: gonfler, bouffir, boursoufler
|
| bloat {n} (overdistension of rumen)
|
:: météorisme, tympanisme
|
| bloated {adj} /ˈbloʊtɪd/ (swollen with fluid or gas)
|
:: gonflé
|
| bloated {adj} (excessively or extremely large or wealthy)
|
:: gigantesque, fortuné
|
| bloatware {n} (software that is overpacked with features)
|
:: obésiciel {m}, obésitiel {m} [less common], boufficiel {m} [less common], inflagiciel {m} [less common]
|
| blob {n} /blɑb/ (shapeless or amorphous mass)
|
:: pâte, goutte, tache
|
| bloc {n} /blɑk/ (group of countries)
|
:: bloc {m}
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| Bloc {prop} (Bloc Québécois)
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:: Bloc
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| block {n} /blɑk/ (substantial often approximately cuboid piece)
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:: bloc {m}
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| block {n} (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading)
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:: billot {m}
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| block {n} (group of buildings demarcated by streets)
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:: pâté (de maisons) {m}
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| block {n} (residential building consisting of flats)
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:: immeuble {m}
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| block {n} (distance from one street to another)
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:: rue {f}, pâté de maison {m}
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| block {n} (slang: human head)
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:: tronche {f}, ciboulot {m}
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| block {n} (set of paper sheets)
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:: bloc {m}
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| block {n} (computing: logical data storage unit)
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:: bloc {m}
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| block {n} (chemistry: portion of macromolecule)
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:: bloc
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| block {n} (something that prevents passing)
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:: blocage {m}, obstruction {f}
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| block {n} (volleyball: defensive play)
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:: blocage {m}
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| block {v} (to fill, making it impossible to pass)
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:: boucher
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| block {v} (to prevent passing)
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:: bloquer
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| block {v} (to prevent an action)
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:: contrer, bloquer
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| block {n} (stupid fellow) SEE: blockhead
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::
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| block {n} (solitary confinement) SEE: solitary confinement
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::
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| blockade {n} /blɑˈkeɪd/ (the isolation of something)
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:: blocus {m}
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| block and tackle {n} (system of several pulleys)
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:: polyspaste {m}, moufle {f}
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| blockbuster {n} /ˈblɒkˌbʌstə(ɹ)/ (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
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:: blockbuster {m}
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| blockchain {n} (shared record)
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:: chaine de blocs {f}
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| block comment {n} (comment that occupies several lines)
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:: commentaire en bloc {m}
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| blockhead {n} (stupid person)
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:: imbécile, cancre {m} {f}
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| blockhouse {n} (a sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports)
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:: casemate {f}
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| block of flats {n} (apartment building) SEE: apartment building
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::
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| blockquote {n} /ˈblɑk.kwoʊt/ (quotation as block of text)
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:: bloc de citation {m}
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| Bloc Québécois {prop} (federal political party in Canada)
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:: Bloc québécois
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| Bloemen {prop}
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:: Bloemen
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| Bloemfontein {prop} /ˈbluːmfɒnˌteɪn/ (city)
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:: Bloemfontein {m}
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| blog {n} /blɑɡ/ (a personal or corporate website)
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:: blog {m}, blogue {m}
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| blog {v} (to contribute to a blog)
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:: bloguer
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| blogger {n} /ˈblɔ.ɡɚ/ (contributor to a blog)
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:: blogueur {m}, blogueuse {f}
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| blogosphere {n} (the totality of blogs)
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:: blogosphère {f}
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| blogpost {n}
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:: billet {m}
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| Blois {prop} /blwɑː/ (city in Centre Region, France)
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:: Blois
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| bloke {n} /bləʊk/ (man)
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:: gars {m}, type {m}, mec {m}
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| blond {adj} /blɒnd/ (of a pale golden colour)
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:: blond {m}
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| blond {adj} (having blond hair)
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:: blond
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| blond {n} (a pale yellowish color)
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:: blond {m}
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| blond {n} (fair-haired person)
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:: blond {m}, blonde {f}
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| blonde {n} (blond) SEE: blond
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::
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| blonde {adj} (blond) SEE: blond
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::
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| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies)
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:: sang {m}
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| blood {n} (family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings)
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:: sang {m}
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| bloodbath {n} /ˈblʌdˌbæθ/ (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
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:: bain de sang
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| bloodbath {n} (upset)
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:: massacre {m}, bain de sang {m}, boucherie {f}
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| blood blister {n} (blister filled with blood)
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:: pinçon {m}
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| blood brother {n} (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood)
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:: frère de sang {m}
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| blood cell {n} (any of the cells normally found in the blood)
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:: cellule sanguine {f}, globule {f}
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| blood clot {n}
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:: thrombus {m}, caillot sanguin
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| blood corpuscle {n} (blood cell) SEE: blood cell
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::
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| blood donor {n} (person who donates blood)
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:: donneur de sang {m}, donneuse de sang {f}
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| blood feud {n} (feud between clans or families) SEE: vendetta
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::
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| blood group {n} (blood type) SEE: blood type
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::
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| bloodhound {n} /ˈblʌd.haʊnd/ (dog)
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:: limier {m}, chien de Saint-Hubert {m}
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| bloodhound {n} (informal: detective)
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:: limier {m}, détective {m}
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| blood is thicker than water {proverb} (relationships are stronger within the family)
|
:: bon sang ne peut mentir; bon sang ne saurait mentir; la voix du sang est la plus forte
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| bloodletter {n}
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:: saigneur {m}
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| bloodletting {n} (ancient medical practice)
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:: saignée {f}
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| bloodlust {n} /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/ (the desire for bloodshed)
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:: soif de sang {f}
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| blood money {n} (money paid to the family of someone killed) SEE: wergeld
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::
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| blood moon {n} (moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse)
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:: lune cuivrée {f}
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| bloodnut {n} (person with red hair, informal)
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:: rouquin {m}, rouquine {f}
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| blood orange {n} (type of orange)
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:: orange sanguine {f}
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| blood plasma {n} (clear fluid portion of blood)
|
:: plasma sanguin
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| blood poisoning {n} (presence of micro-organisms in bloodstream)
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:: toxémie {f}, empoisonnement du sang {m}, septicémie {f}
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| blood pressure {n} (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins)
|
:: tension artérielle {f}
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| blood pudding {n} (blood sausage) SEE: blood sausage
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::
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| blood red {adj} (of a deep vivid red colour)
|
:: rouge sang
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| bloodroot {n} (plant)
|
:: sanguinaire {f} [du Canada]
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| blood sausage {n} (type of sausage)
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:: boudin {m}, boudin noir {m}
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| bloodshed {n} /ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/ (shedding or spilling of blood)
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:: effusion de sang {f}
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| bloodshed {n} (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
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:: carnage {m}
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| bloodshot {adj} (reddened and inflamed)
|
:: injecté
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| blood sister {n} (a female bound to another one in commitment and friendship by a ceremonial mingling of blood)
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:: sœur de sang {f}
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| bloodstained {adj} (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood)
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:: taché de sang
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| bloodstone {n} (type of green chalcedony)
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:: pierre de sang {f}, héliotrope {f}
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| bloodstream {n} /ˈblʌd.stɹɪim/ (flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal)
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:: afflux sanguin {m}
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| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire
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::
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| bloodsucker {n} (parasite) SEE: parasite
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::
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| bloodsucker {n} (animal that drinks the blood of others)
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:: suceur de sang {m}, suceuse de sang {f}
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| bloodsucker {n} (one who attempts to take as much from others as possible)
|
:: sangsue {f} (a leech)
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| blood tax {n}
|
:: impôt du sang
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| blood test {n} (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood)
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:: bilan sanguin {m}
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| bloodthirsty {adj} /ˈblʌdθəːsti/ (thirsty for blood)
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:: sanguinaire
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| blood transfusion {n} (taking blood from one and giving it to another individual)
|
:: transfusion sanguine {f}, transfusion {f}
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| blood type {n} (blood classification)
|
:: groupe sanguin {m}
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| blood vessel {n} (component of the circulatory system that carries blood)
|
:: vaisseau sanguin {m}
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| blood volume {n}
|
:: volémie {f}
|
| blood work {n} (blood test) SEE: blood test
|
::
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| bloody {adj} /ˈblʌ.di/ (covered in blood)
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:: sanglant {m}, sanglante {f}, sanguinaire {m} {f}, sanguinaire {m} {f}, ensanglanté, ensanglanté
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| bloody {adj} (characterised by great bloodshed)
|
:: sanglant {m}, sanglante {f}
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| bloody {adj} (intensifier)
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:: foutu {m}, foutue {f}, maudit {m}, maudite {f}
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| bloody hell {interj} (expression of dismay)
|
:: bon sang, purée
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| bloody mary {n} (cocktail made from vodka and tomato juice)
|
:: bloody mary {m}
|
| bloody-minded {adj} (obstinate, stubborn)
|
:: de mauvaise foi
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| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower
|
::
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| bloom {n} (blossom) SEE: blossom
|
::
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| bloom {v} (open its blooms) SEE: blossom
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::
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| bloom {n} /bluːm/ (the state of blossoming)
|
:: floraison {f}, en fleurs, efflorescence {f}
|
| bloom {n} (state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor)
|
:: fleur {f}
|
| bloom {n} (delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves)
|
:: pruine {f}, velours {m}, duvet {m}
|
| bloom {n} (mineralogy: a popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals)
|
:: fleur {f}
|
| bloom {n} (white area of cocoa butter)
|
:: voile {m}
|
| bloomers {n} (Women’s underpants with short legs.)
|
:: bloomer {m}
|
| blooming {adj} /ˈblʊ.mɪŋ/ (opening in blossoms)
|
:: en fleur
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| blooming {adj} (thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour)
|
:: florissant {m}, florissante {f}
|
| blooming {adj} (euphemism for "bloody")
|
:: sacré {m}, sacrée {f}
|
| blooming {n} (blooming)
|
:: fleurissement
|
| blooper {n} (gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail) SEE: spanker
|
::
|
| blooper {n} /ˈbluːpə/ (blunder, error, see also: error)
|
:: perle {f}
|
| blooper {n} (filmed or videotaped outtake)
|
:: bêtisier {m}
|
| Bloquiste {n} (member of the Bloc Québécois)
|
:: bloquiste {m} {f}
|
| Bloquiste {adj} (pertaining to the Bloc Québécois)
|
:: bloquiste
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| blossom {n} /ˈblɒ.səm/ (flowers on trees)
|
:: fleur {f}
|
| blossom {n} (state or season for such flowers)
|
:: floraison {f}
|
| blossom {v} (have or open into blossoms)
|
:: fleurir
|
| blossom {v} (begin to thrive or flourish)
|
:: s'épanouir
|
| blot {n} /blɑt/ (blemish, spot or stain)
|
:: tache, (ink) pâté
|
| blot {n} (stain on someone's reputation or character)
|
:: souillure
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| blot {v} (to cause a blot)
|
:: tacher
|
| blot out {v} (to obliterate)
|
:: effacer
|
| blotter {n} (piece of blotting paper) SEE: blotting paper
|
::
|
| blotting paper {n} (absorbent paper used to dry ink)
|
:: buvard {m}
|
| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk
|
::
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| blouse {n} /blaʊs/ (an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt)
|
:: chemisier {m}, corsage {m}
|
| bloviate {v} /ˈbloʊ.viˌeɪt/ (to speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner)
|
:: parler pompeusement
|
| blow {v} /bləʊ/ (to produce an air current)
|
:: souffler
|
| blow {v} (to create or shape by blowing)
|
:: souffler
|
| blow {v} (To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means)
|
:: souffler
|
| blow {v} (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound)
|
:: jouer (de), souffler (dans)
|
| blow {v} (to explode)
|
:: péter, sauter
|
| blow {v} (to cause to explode)
|
:: faire sauter
|
| blow {v} (to cause sudden destruction)
|
:: péter
|
| blow {v} (to fail suddenly destructively)
|
:: exploser en vol
|
| blow {v} (be very undesirable)
|
:: être nul {m}, faire chier
|
| blow {v} (to squander)
|
:: claquer, flamber
|
| blow {v} (to fellate)
|
:: sucer, tailler une pipe (to hew, or to grave, a smoking pipe), pomper le dard, bourrer la pipe
|
| blow {v} (to leave)
|
:: se casser, se tirer, mettre les voiles
|
| blow {n} (chance to catch one’s breath)
|
:: pause {f}
|
| blow {n} (act of striking or hitting)
|
:: coup {m}
|
| blow {n} (damaging occurrence)
|
:: coup {m}
|
| blow {n} (state of flowering)
|
:: floraison {f}
|
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow
|
::
|
| blow {v} (blossom) SEE: blossom
|
::
|
| blow away {v} (to cause to go away by blowing)
|
:: souffler
|
| blow away {v} (to depart on currents of air)
|
:: s'envoler
|
| blow away {v} (to impress greatly)
|
:: souffler
|
| blow-dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer
|
::
|
| blower {n} (device)
|
:: ventilateur {m}
|
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone
|
::
|
| blowfish {n} (any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe)
|
:: poisson ballon {m}, poisson globe {m}
|
| blowfly {n} (flies of the family Calliphoridae)
|
:: mouche à viande {f}
|
| blowgun {n} (weapon)
|
:: sarbacane {f}
|
| blowhard {n} /ˈbləʊhɑːd/ (person who talks too much or too loudly)
|
:: grande gueule {f}
|
| blowhole {n} (spiracle through which cetaceans breath)
|
:: évent {m}
|
| blowhole {n}
|
:: évent {m}
|
| blow hot and cold {v} (inconsistent behavior)
|
:: souffler le chaud et le froid
|
| blowjob {n} /ˈbloʊdʒɑb/ (the act of fellatio)
|
:: pipe {f}, pompier {m}, turlute {f}
|
| blow me down {interj}
|
:: [colloquial] la vache, [vulgar] merde, sapristi, [colloquial] vingt dieux
|
| blow off {v} (pass gas)
|
:: [colloquial] lâcher une caisse, [informal] péter, [formal] avoir des gaz, [colloquial] vesser, [colloquial] loufer
|
| blow off steam {v} (to vent to relieve stress)
|
:: souffler, décompresser, se défouler
|
| blow one's nose {v} (to expel mucus from nose)
|
:: se moucher
|
| blow one's top {v} (lose one's temper) SEE: lose one's temper
|
::
|
| blow out {v} (extinguish)
|
:: éteindre
|
| blow out {v} (burst car tyre)
|
:: crever
|
| blow over {v} (to be knocked down by wind)
|
:: abattre
|
| blow over {v} (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down)
|
:: se terminer, être enterré, passer
|
| blowpipe {n} (weapon) SEE: blowgun
|
::
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| blow smoke {v} (idiomatic)
|
:: parler pour ne rien dire
|
| blow someone out of the water {v} (to defeat)
|
:: battre, [colloquial] poutrer
|
| blow someone's mind {v} (to astonish)
|
:: époustoufler, souffler, estomaquer, stupéfier
|
| blow the whistle {v} (disclose information to the public)
|
:: dénoncer, dévoiler, mettre à nu, mettre au jour
|
| blow the whistle {v} (make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game)
|
:: siffler
|
| blow to kingdom come {v} (to totally destroy; to wipe out)
|
:: démolir, ruiner, mettre en pièces
|
| blowtorch {n} /ˈbloʊˌtɔɹtʃ/ (tool)
|
:: chalumeau {m} lampe à souder {f}
|
| blow up {v} (to explode (transitive))
|
:: faire sauter
|
| blow up {v} (to suddenly get very angry)
|
:: exploser
|
| blow up {v} (to inflate)
|
:: gonfler
|
| blow up in one's face {v} (fail disastrously)
|
:: [vulgar] exploser à la gueule, [vulgar] péter à la gueule
|
| blubber {v} /ˈblʌbɚ/ (to make noises while crying)
|
:: chialer, pleurer comme un veau
|
| blucher {n} /ˈbluːkə/ (sturdy laced leather half-boot)
|
:: derby
|
| bludgeon {n} /blʌdʒ.ən/ (short heavy club)
|
:: matraque {f}
|
| bludgeon {v} (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
|
:: matraquer
|
| bludgeon {v} (to force upon)
|
:: soutirer
|
| blue {adj} /bluː/ (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue)
|
:: bleu
|
| blue {adj} (depressed)
|
:: bleus, blues, déprimé
|
| blue {adj} (of or pertaining to US Democratic Party)
|
:: bleu, démocrate
|
| blue {n} (colour)
|
:: bleu
|
| blue {v} (to make blue)
|
:: bleuter
|
| blue {v} (to turn blue)
|
:: bleuir
|
| blue {v} (to passivate steel)
|
:: bleuter
|
| blue {v} (to brighten (laundry))
|
:: azurer
|
| blue {adj} (pornographic or profane)
|
:: bleu
|
| blue {n} (argument) SEE: argument
|
::
|
| blue {n} (blue uniform) SEE: blues
|
::
|
| blue {n} (bluefish) SEE: bluefish
|
::
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| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky
|
::
|
| Blue Banana {prop} (corridor)
|
:: banane bleue {f}
|
| Bluebeard {prop} (the famous fairy tale)
|
:: Barbe-Bleue {f}
|
| Bluebeard {prop} (the title character)
|
:: Barbe-Bleue {f}
|
| bluebell {n} (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides)
|
:: jacinthe des bois {f}
|
| blue beret {n} (UN peacekeeper)
|
:: casque bleu
|
| blueberry {n} /ˈblu.ˌbɛ.ɹi/ (fruit)
|
:: myrtille {f}, bleuet {m} [Canada]
|
| blueberry {n} (plant)
|
:: myrtille {f}
|
| bluebird {n} (bird of Sialia)
|
:: merlebleu {m}
|
| blue blood {n} (noble or aristocratic ancestry)
|
:: sang bleu {m}
|
| bluebottle {n} (man-of-war) SEE: man-of-war
|
::
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| bluebottle {n} (cornflower) SEE: cornflower
|
::
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| blue card {n} (European work permit)
|
:: carte bleue {f}
|
| blue catfish {n} (freshwater catfish)
|
:: poisson-chat bleu
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| blue cheese {n} (kind of cheese with bluish mold)
|
:: fromage bleu {m}, bleu {m}
|
| blue devils {n} (low spirits)
|
:: idée noire, déprime
|
| blue-eyed {adj} (having blue eyes)
|
:: aux yeux bleus, cyanophtalme {m} {f}
|
| blue-eyed {adj} (naive)
|
:: naïf, innocent, crédule
|
| blue-eyed boy {n} (someone's favourite, especially a young one)
|
:: chouchou {m}
|
| bluefin tuna {n} (tuna species)
|
:: thon rouge {m}
|
| bluefish {n} (Pomatomus saltatrix)
|
:: tassergal {m}
|
| blue giant {n} (very luminous star)
|
:: géante bleue {f}
|
| blue green {adj} (colour/color)
|
:: bleu-vert
|
| blue-green {adj} (color between blue and green)
|
:: bleu-vert {m}
|
| blue-green alga {n} (member of cyanobacteria)
|
:: algue bleu-vert {f}
|
| blue hour {n} (period of twilight)
|
:: l'heure bleue {f}
|
| blue jay {n} (species of North American jay)
|
:: geai bleu {m}
|
| blue jeans {n} (denim trousers, see also: jeans)
|
:: bluejean {m}
|
| blue mussel {n} (Mytilus edulis)
|
:: moule bleue {f}
|
| blueness {n} (quality or characteristic of being blue)
|
:: bleuité {f}
|
| blue-pencil {v} (to edit written documents)
|
:: caviarder
|
| blue peter {n} (signal flag)
|
:: pavillon de partance
|
| Blue Planet {n} (Earth)
|
:: planète bleue {f}
|
| blueprint {n} /ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/ (cyanotype reproduction process)
|
:: cyanotype {m}
|
| blueprint {n} (any detailed technical drawing)
|
:: blueprint {m}
|
| blues {n} /bluːz/ (musical form)
|
:: blues {m}
|
| blue screen {n} (blue screen of death)
|
:: écran bleu {m}
|
| blue screen of death {n} (screen indicating a system error)
|
:: écran bleu de la mort {m}
|
| blue-sky thinking {n} (thinking that is not grounded or in touch with the realities of the present)
|
:: rêverie {f}
|
| blue state {n} (blue state in the United States)
|
:: État bleu {m}
|
| bluestocking {n} (scholarly, literary, or cultured woman)
|
:: bas-bleu {m}
|
| bluestone {n} (slate) SEE: slate
|
::
|
| bluestone {n} (limestone) SEE: limestone
|
::
|
| bluestone {n} (basalt) SEE: basalt
|
::
|
| blue supergiant {n} (a large blue giant)
|
:: supergéante bleue {f}
|
| bluethroat {n} (bird)
|
:: gorge-bleue à miroir {f}
|
| blue tit {n} (Cyanistes caeruleus)
|
:: mésange bleue {f}
|
| bluetongue {n} (disease of ruminants)
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:: fièvre catarrhale {f}, maladie de la langue bleue {f}
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| Bluetooth {prop} /ˈbluːtuːθ/ (personal area wireless network)
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:: Bluetooth {m}
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| blue whale {n} (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus)
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:: baleine bleue {f}, rorqual bleu, rorqual de Sibbald
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| blue wildebeest {n} (Connochaetes taurinus)
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:: gnou bleu {m}
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| blue-winged grasshopper {n} (Oedipoda caerulescens)
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:: criquet à ailes bleues {m}, criquet à ailes bleues et noires {m}, criquet bleu {m}, criquet rubané {m}, œdipode bleuâtre {f}, œdipode bleue {f}, œdipode turquoise {f}
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| blue-winged kookaburra {n} (Dacelo leachii)
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:: martin-chasseur à ailes bleues {m}
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| Bluey {prop} (nickname commonly given to a red-headed person)
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:: Poil de carotte
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| bluff {v} /blʌf/ (to make a bluff)
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:: bluffer
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| bluff {n} (high, steep bank)
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:: falaise {f}
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| bluish {adj} /ˈbluːɪʃ/ (somewhat blue in color)
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:: bleuâtre, bleuté, légèrement bleu
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| bluishness {n} (the quality of somewhat blue)
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:: bleuâtreté {f}
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| blunder {n} /ˈblʌn.dɚ/ (mistake)
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:: [colloquial] gaffe {f}, [colloquial] impair {m}, faux pas {m}, maladresse {f}, bourde {f}
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| blunder {v} (To make a stupid mistake)
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:: faire une gaffe, gaffer, fauter, se tromper, se planter [familiar]
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| blunderbuss {n} /ˈblʌndəbʌs/ (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle)
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:: tromblon {m}, espingole {f}
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| blunt {adj} /blʌnt/ (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
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:: émoussé
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| blunt {adj} (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
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:: sot, obtus, idiot
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| blunt {adj} (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
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:: abrupt
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| blunt {n} (cigar filled with marijuana)
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:: blunt {m}
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| blunt {v} (to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker)
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:: émousser
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| blunt {v} (to repress or weaken)
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:: réprimer
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| bluntly {adv} /ˈblʌntli/ (In a blunt manner)
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:: abruptement, à brûle-pourpoint
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| blur {v} /blɜ(ɹ)/ (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
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:: estomper, brouiller {m}
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| blur {v} (become indistinct)
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:: s'estomper
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| blur {v}
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:: flou
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| blur {n} (A smear, smudge or blot)
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:: tache {f}, salissure {f}, marque {f}
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| blur {n} (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
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:: flou {m}
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| blurb {n} /blɝ(ː)b/ (a short description of a book, film, or other work)
|
:: quatrième de couverture {f}
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| blurred {adj} /blɝd/ (Out of focus)
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:: flou
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| blurry {adj} /ˈblɜːɹi/ (not clear, crisp, or focused)
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:: flou
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| blurry {adj} (lacking well-defined boundaries)
|
:: confus
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| blurt {v} /ˈblɜːt/ (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly)
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:: lâcher, laisser échapper
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| blurt out {v} (blurt) SEE: blurt
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::
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| blush {n} /blʌʃ/ (an act of blushing)
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:: rougeur {f}
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| blush {n} (makeup)
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:: fard {m}, fard à joues {m}, blush {m}
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| blush {v} (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment)
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:: rougir, s'empourprer, cramoisir
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| blushing bride {n} (a bride who is a virgin)
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:: une jeune mariée rougissante {m}
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| blusterer {n} (a person who blusters)
|
:: matamore {m}
|
| blustery {adj} (blowing in loud and abrupt bursts)
|
:: bruyant, tumultueux
|
| Blyth's reed warbler {n} (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
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:: rousserolle des buissons {f}
|
| B major {n} (the major key with B as its tonic)
|
:: si majeur {m}
|
| B major {n} (the major chord with a root of B)
|
:: si majeur {m}
|
| BMI {n} (body mass index)
|
:: IMC {m}
|
| B minor {n} (the minor key with B as its tonic)
|
:: si mineur {m}
|
| B minor {n} (the minor chord with a root of B)
|
:: si mineur {m}
|
| B-movie {n}
|
:: série B
|
| BMW {prop} (colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised "BMW")
|
:: BMW [read as French: BMV or BMW]
|
| boa {n} /ˈboʊ.ə/ (snake)
|
:: boa {m}
|
| boa {n} (scarf)
|
:: boa {m}
|
| boa constrictor {n} (snake)
|
:: boa constricteur {m}
|
| boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar
|
::
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| boar {n} /bɔɹ/ (male pig)
|
:: verrat {m}
|
| board {n} /bɔːɹd/ (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material)
|
:: planche {f}
|
| board {n} (device containing electrical switches)
|
:: compteur {m}
|
| board {n} (surface for a board game)
|
:: plateau {m}
|
| board {n} (short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.)
|
:: tableau {m}, plateau {m}, planche {f}
|
| board {n} (managing committee)
|
:: conseil d'administration {m}
|
| board {n} (regular meals or amount paid for them in a place of lodging)
|
:: pension {f}, couvert {m}
|
| board {v} (to step or climb onto)
|
:: monter (à bord de), embarquer
|
| board {v} (nautical: to capture an enemy ship)
|
:: aborder
|
| board and lodging {n} (lodging with daily meals)
|
:: le gîte et le couvert {m-p}, le vivre et le couvert {m-p}
|
| boarder {n} /ˈbɔɹdɚ/ (pupil who lives at school during term)
|
:: pensionnaire {m} {f}, interne {m} {f}
|
| boarder {n} (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
|
:: pensionnaire {m}
|
| boarder {n} (one who uses a snowboard)
|
:: planchiste
|
| board game {n} (game played on a board)
|
:: jeu de société {m}
|
| boarding {n} (embarkation)
|
:: embarquement {m}
|
| boarding {n} (act of attacking an enemy ship)
|
:: abordage {m}
|
| boarding house {n} (private house for paying guests)
|
:: pension {f}
|
| boarding house {n} (boarding school building)
|
:: pensionnat {m}
|
| boarding pass {n} /ˈbɔɹdɪŋ ˌpæs/ (a document to board a plane, ship, etc.)
|
:: carte d'embarquement {f}
|
| boarding school {n} (school which provides board and lodging)
|
:: pensionnat {m} (internat {m} is the word used for the lodging of some of the pupils in a normal school)
|
| board of directors {n} (group of people elected by stockholders)
|
:: conseil d'administration {m}
|
| boarhound {n} (large dog bred to hunt boars)
|
:: vautre {m}
|
| boast {n} /bəʊst/ (brag)
|
:: vantardise {f}, fanfaronnade {f}
|
| boast {v} (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
|
:: se vanter
|
| boastful {adj} (tending to boast or brag)
|
:: vantard, fanfaron
|
| boat {n} /boʊt/ (water craft)
|
:: bateau {m} , barque {f}, nacelle {f}
|
| boater {n} /ˈboʊ.tɚ/ (someone who travels by boat)
|
:: canoteur {m}
|
| boater {n} (straw hat)
|
:: canotier {m}
|
| boathook {n} (hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things, see also: setting pole)
|
:: harpin {m}, gaffe {f}
|
| boat lift {n} (mechanism)
|
:: ascenseur à bateaux {m}
|
| boatman {n} (a man in charge of a small boat)
|
:: passeur {m}, batelier {m}
|
| boat person {n} (member of boat people)
|
:: boat-people {m} {f}
|
| boat shoe {n} (type of shoe)
|
:: chaussure bateau {f}
|
| boatswain {n} /ˈboʊ.sn̩/ (the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship)
|
:: bosco {m}
|
| boatyard {n} (shipyard) SEE: shipyard
|
::
|
| bob {n} (bobber) SEE: float
|
::
|
| bob {v} /bɑb/ (move vertically at surface of water)
|
:: ballotter
|
| bob {n} (curtsey) SEE: curtsey
|
::
|
| bobber {n} (buoyant fishing device) SEE: float
|
::
|
| bobbin {n} (spool around which wire or thread is coiled)
|
:: bobine {f}
|
| bobbin {n} (small spool in a sewing machine)
|
:: bobine {f}, canette {f}
|
| bobble {n} /ˈbɒbəl/ (furry ball attached on top of a hat)
|
:: pompon {m}
|
| bobble {n} (elasticated band for securing hair)
|
:: élastique à cheveux {m}
|
| bobby {n} /ˈbɒbi/ (police officer)
|
:: bobby {m}
|
| bobcat {n} /ˈbɒbkæt/ (North American wild cat)
|
:: lynx roux {m}
|
| Bobcaygeon {prop}
|
:: Bobcaygeon
|
| bobèche {n} /boʊˈbɛʃ/
|
:: bobèche {f}
|
| bob haircut {n} (a haircut)
|
:: coiffure à la garçonne {f}, carré {m}
|
| bobolink {n} (songbird)
|
:: goglu des prés {m}
|
| bobsled {n} (the sled) SEE: bobsleigh
|
::
|
| bobsled {n} (the sport) SEE: bobsleigh
|
::
|
| bobsledder {n} (someone who participates in bobsled)
|
:: bobeur {m}, bobeuse {f}
|
| bobsleigh {n} (sport)
|
:: bobsleigh {m}
|
| bobsleigh {n} (sled)
|
:: bobsleigh {m}
|
| Bob's your uncle {phrase} (desirable conclusion is reached)
|
:: le tour est joué, et voilà le travail
|
| bocal {n} /ˈboʊkəl/ (metal tube connecting a double reed to the instrument)
|
:: bocal
|
| Boccaccian {adj} /bəˈkɑːt͡ʃiən/ (of or pertaining to Boccaccio or his works)
|
:: boccacien
|
| bocce {n} /ˈbɑtʃi/ (A game similar to bowls or pétanque)
|
:: bocce {p}
|
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German
|
::
|
| Boche {n} (derogatory: German) SEE: Fritz
|
::
|
| bodge {v} (do a clumsy or inelegant job) SEE: botch
|
::
|
| bodger {n} /ˈbɒ.dʒə/ (One who works in a slipshod manner)
|
:: bâcleur {m}
|
| bodhisattva {n} /boʊ̯diːˈsɑtvə/ (bodhisattva)
|
:: bodhisattva {m}
|
| bodice {n} /ˈbɒdɪs/ (blouse-like garment in European folk dress)
|
:: corsage {m}
|
| bodice {n} (kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone)
|
:: corsage {m}
|
| bodily {adj} /ˈbɑdɪli/ (relating to the body)
|
:: corporel
|
| bodily fluid {n} (biofluid)
|
:: humeur {m}, liquide biologique {m}, fluide corporel {m}
|
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger
|
::
|
| bodkin {n} (hairpin) SEE: hairpin
|
::
|
| body {n} /ˈbɑdi/ (physical structure of a human or animal)
|
:: corps {m}
|
| body {n} (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human)
|
:: corps {m}
|
| body {n} (corpse)
|
:: corps {m}, cadavre {m}, corps sans vie {m} [euphemism]
|
| body {n} (torso)
|
:: torse {m}
|
| body {n} (organisation, company or other authoritative group)
|
:: organisation {f}
|
| body {n} (collection of knowledge)
|
:: corpus {m}
|
| body {n} (any physical object or material thing)
|
:: corps {m}
|
| body {n} (substance, material presence)
|
:: corps {m}
|
| body {n}
|
:: carrosserie {f}
|
| body and soul {adv}
|
:: corps et âme
|
| body art {n} (application of tattoos, piercings or jewellery)
|
:: modification corporelle {f}
|
| body art {n} (type of performance art)
|
:: art corporel {m}
|
| bodybuilder {n} /ˈbɑː.diˌbɪl.dɚ/ (a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique)
|
:: culturiste {m} {f}
|
| bodybuilding {n} /ˈbɑːdiˌbɪldɪŋ/ (sport of muscle development)
|
:: culturisme {m}, musculation {f}
|
| bodybuilding {n} (work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile)
|
:: carrosserie {f}
|
| body camera {n} /ˈbɒdi ˈkæməɹə/ (video recording system worn on the body)
|
:: caméra-piéton {f}, caméra d'intervention {f}, caméra mobile {f}
|
| body clock {n} (biological clock) SEE: biological clock
|
::
|
| body corporate {n} (corporation) SEE: corporation
|
::
|
| bodyguard {n} /ˈbɑːdiɡɑːɹd/ (person responsible for protecting an individual)
|
:: garde du corps {m}
|
| body hair {n} (androgenic hair)
|
:: poils du corps {m-p}, poils androgéniques {m-p}
|
| body-hugging {adj} (clinging tightly to one's body)
|
:: moulant
|
| body image {n} (subjective inner picture of one's physical appearance)
|
:: image corporelle {f}
|
| body language {n} (non-verbal communication)
|
:: langage du corps {m}
|
| body linen {n} (linen)
|
:: linge de corps {m}
|
| body mass index {n} (the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person)
|
:: indice de masse corporelle {m}, IMC {m}
|
| body odour {n} (unpleasant smell on a perons's body)
|
:: odeur corporelle {f}
|
| body of water {n} (significant accumulation of water)
|
:: étendue d'eau {f}
|
| body part {n} (anatomy: part of organism)
|
:: partie du corps {f}
|
| body piercing {n} (the practice)
|
:: piercing {m}
|
| body piercing {n} (the hole)
|
:: piercing {m}
|
| body shop {n} (body shop)
|
:: carrosserie {f}
|
| bodysuit {n} (a one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard)
|
:: body {m}
|
| body temperature {n} (the current temperature of the body of a person or animal)
|
:: température corporelle {f}
|
| bodywork {n} (exterior body of a motor vehicle)
|
:: carrosserie {f}
|
| bodywork {n} (repair of the exterior body of a motor vehicle)
|
:: carrosserie {f}
|
| Boeing {prop} /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/ (An American aerospace company)
|
:: Boeing {f}
|
| Boeotia {prop} /biːˈəʊʃə/ (a district in Greece)
|
:: Béotie {f}
|
| Boeotian {adj} /biːˈəʊʃən/ (pertaining to Boeotia)
|
:: béotien
|
| Boeotian {adj} (stupid, foolish)
|
:: béotien
|
| Boeotian {n} (inhabitant of Boeotia)
|
:: Béotien
|
| Boeotian {n} (dull or ignorant person)
|
:: béotien
|
| Boer {n} /ˈbʊəɹ/ (South African of Dutch descent)
|
:: Boer
|
| boffin {n} /ˈbɒfɪn/ ((informal) person with specialized knowledge or skills)
|
:: intello {m} {f}
|
| bog {n} /bɔɡ/ (expanse of marshland)
|
:: tourbière {f}
|
| bog {v} (to become mired or stuck)
|
:: s’enliser
|
| bog {n} (coarse slang for toilet) SEE: shitter
|
::
|
| bogatyr {n} (medieval Russian heroic warrior, see also: bahadur)
|
:: bogatyr {m}
|
| Bogdania {prop} (the territory between Transylvania and the Dniester, see also: Moldavia)
|
:: Bogdanie {f}, Bogdanie Noire {f}
|
| bog down {v} (to become stuck)
|
:: s'enliser
|
| bogey {n} (structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi) SEE: bogie
|
::
|
| bogey {n} /boʊɡi/ (a score of one over par in golf)
|
:: bogey, boguey
|
| bogey {n} (booger) SEE: booger
|
::
|
| bogey {n} (standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at) SEE: benchmark
|
::
|
| bogeyman {n} /ˈboʊɡimæn/ (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories)
|
:: croque-mitaine {m}
|
| boggle {v} /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/ (to be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused)
|
:: être époustouflé, être confus
|
| boggle {v} (to confuse or mystify; overwhelm)
|
:: troubler, épater
|
| boggy {adj} (having the qualities of a bog)
|
:: marécageux
|
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette
|
::
|
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost
|
::
|
| bogie {n} /ˈboʊɡi/ (structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi)
|
:: boggie {m}
|
| bogie {n} (bogey) SEE: bogey
|
::
|
| bogie {n} (booger) SEE: booger
|
::
|
| bog iron {n} (bog iron ore) SEE: bog iron ore
|
::
|
| bog iron ore {n} (deposit)
|
:: fer des marais {m}
|
| Bogomil {n} /ˈbɒɡəmɪl/ (member of a dualist Christian sect)
|
:: bogomile {m} {f}
|
| Bogotá {prop} (Bogota) SEE: Bogota
|
::
|
| Bogota {prop} /ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː/ (capital of Colombia)
|
:: Bogota {f}
|
| bog roll {n} (toilet paper)
|
:: papier-cul {m}, PQ {m}, [vulgar] torche-cul
|
| bog rosemary {n} (Andromeda)
|
:: andromède {f}
|
| bogrush {n} (sedge of the genus Schoenus)
|
:: choin {m}
|
| bogue {n} (bayou) SEE: bayou
|
::
|
| bogue {n} (Boops boops)
|
:: bogue {f}, boga
|
| bogus {adj} /ˈboʊ.ɡəs/ (counterfeit or fake; not genuine)
|
:: bidon
|
| bogus {adj} (undesirable or harmful)
|
:: nul {m}
|
| bogus {adj} (incorrect; useless; broken)
|
:: hors d'usage, fichu, colloquial: foutu, slang: niqué, gâté, foireux {m}
|
| Bohemia {prop} /boʊˈhimiə/ (The region of the Czech Republic)
|
:: Bohême {f}
|
| bohemium {n} (rhenium) SEE: rhenium
|
::
|
| Bohemond {prop} /ˈbəʊəmənd/ (a given name of historical usage)
|
:: Bohémond
|
| bohrium {n} /ˈbɔːɹiəm/ (chemical element)
|
:: bohrium {m}
|
| boid {n} /ˈboʊ.ɪd/ (snake)
|
:: boïdé
|
| boil {n} /bɔɪl/ (accumulation of pus)
|
:: furoncle {m}
|
| boil {n} (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)
|
:: bouillir
|
| boil {v} (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
|
:: faire bouillir, porter à ébullition
|
| boil {v} (cook in boiling water)
|
:: faire bouillir
|
| boil {v} (begin to turn into a gas)
|
:: bouillir
|
| boiled {adj} (angry) SEE: angry
|
::
|
| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| boiled {adj} /bɔɪld/ (cooked in hot water)
|
:: bouilli
|
| boiled egg {n} (boiled egg (generic))
|
:: œuf bouilli {m}
|
| boiled egg {n} (hard-boiled egg)
|
:: œuf dur {m}
|
| boiled egg {n} (soft-boiled egg)
|
:: œuf à la coque {m}
|
| boiler {n} /ˈbɔɪlə/ (device for heating circulating water)
|
:: chaudière {f}
|
| boilermaker {n} /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkəɹ/ (whiskey and beer)
|
:: Dame du lac {f}
|
| boilerplate {n} (standard text used routinely)
|
:: texte standard {m}
|
| boiler room {n} (a room that houses the boiler)
|
:: chaufferie {m}
|
| boiler suit {n} (one-piece suit)
|
:: combinaison {f}
|
| boiling {n} /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/ (process of changing the state of a substance)
|
:: ébullition {f}, bouillonnement
|
| boiling {adj} (that boil(s))
|
:: bouillant {m}
|
| boiling hot {adj} (extremely hot)
|
:: bouillant
|
| boiling point {n} /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/ (temperature at which a liquid boils)
|
:: point d'ébullition {m}
|
| boil over {v} (boil so as to overflow)
|
:: déborder
|
| boil up {v} (to cook or prepare by boiling)
|
:: bouillir
|
| boil up {v} (to become more excited, intense or exciting)
|
:: s'énerver
|
| Boisbriand {prop}
|
:: Boisbriand
|
| boisterous {adj} /ˈbɔɪstəɹəs/ (full of energy; noisy)
|
:: bruyant, tapageur
|
| boisterous {adj} (characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy)
|
:: turbulent
|
| bok choy {n} (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis)
|
:: pe-tsaï {m}, chou chinois {m}, chou de Pékin {m}
|
| bokeh {n} /ˈboʊ.kə/ (subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image)
|
:: bokeh {m}
|
| Bokmål {n} (language)
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:: bokmål {m}
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| Boko {prop} (Mande language of Benin and Nigeria)
|
:: boko {m}, boo {m}
|
| Boko {prop} (town in Burkina Faso)
|
:: Boko {m}
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| Boko {prop} (district in Republic of the Congo)
|
:: Boko {m}
|
| bold {adj} /bəʊld/ (courageous, daring)
|
:: hardi, effronté
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| bold {adj} (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
|
:: gras
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| bold {adj} (presumptuous) SEE: presumptuous
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::
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| boldly {adv} /ˈboʊldli/ (in a bold manner)
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:: hardiment
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| boldness {n} /ˈboʊldnəs/ (courage)
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:: audace {f}
|
| bolete {n} /boʊˈlit/ (type of mushroom)
|
:: bolet {m}
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| bolide {n} /ˈboʊ.laɪd/ (extremely bright meteor)
|
:: bolide {m}
|
| Bolivarian {adj} (of or relating to Simon Bolívar)
|
:: bolivarien
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| Bolivarianism {n} (political doctrines in South America inspired by Simón Bolívar)
|
:: bolivarisme {m}, bolivarianisme {m}
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| Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela {prop} (official name of Venezuela)
|
:: République bolivarienne du Venezuela {f}
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| Bolivia {prop} /boʊ.ˈlɪv.i.ə/ (country in South America)
|
:: Bolivie {f}
|
| Bolivian {n} /bəˈlɪv.i.ən/ (Bolivian person)
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:: Bolivien {m}, Bolivienne {f}
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| Bolivian {adj} (pertaining to Bolivia)
|
:: bolivien
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| Bolivian slaty antshrike {n} (passerine bird of the antbird family)
|
:: batara de Bolivie
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| boll {n} /boʊl/
|
:: graine {f} (du cotonnier)
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| bollard {n} /ˈbɒləɹd/ (post to secure mooring lines)
|
:: bollard {m} [rarely used], bitte d'amarrage {f} (mooring bollard), bitte {f} [rarely used as bitte used alone is a widely used slang word for penis]
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| bollard {n} (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area)
|
:: borne {f}, bollard {m}
|
| Bollinger {prop}
|
:: Bollinger
|
| bollock {n} /ˈbɒ.lək/ ((vulgar, slang) testicle)
|
:: couille, rouston {m}, pruneau {m}, bonbon {m}
|
| bollock {v} ((vulgar, slang) to reprimand grossly)
|
:: engueuler, pourrir, tancer, mettre une chasse, passer un savon
|
| bollocks {n} /ˈbɒ.ləks/ (testicles)
|
:: couilles {f-p}, pruneaux {m-p}, bijoux de famille {m-p}, valseuses {f-p}
|
| bollocks {n} (nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead)
|
:: conneries {f-p}, foutaises {f-p}
|
| bollocks {n} (an idiot or disagreeable person)
|
:: couillon, jean-foutre {m}, malcomprenant {m}
|
| bollocks {v} (to break)
|
:: péter
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| bollocks {v} (to fail (a task))
|
:: foirer, chier dans la colle
|
| bollocks {interj} (expressing anger, frustration)
|
:: les boules, merde, putain, putain de merde, vingt dieux
|
| bollocks {interj} (an expression of incredulity)
|
:: merde, putain
|
| boll weevil {n} (beetle)
|
:: anthonome {m}
|
| Bollywood {prop} (Indian film industry)
|
:: Bollywood {m}
|
| Bologna {prop} /bəˈloʊnjə/ (province)
|
:: Bologne {f}
|
| Bologna {prop} (city)
|
:: Bologne {f}
|
| bolognese {n} /ˌbɒləˈneɪz/ (Italian sauce)
|
:: sauce bolognaise {f}
|
| Bolognese {adj} /ˌbɒləˈneɪz/ (of or relating to Bologna)
|
:: bolognais
|
| Bolognian {adj} (of or relating to Bologna) SEE: Bolognese
|
::
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| bolometric magnitude {n} ((astronomy) magnitude of a star)
|
:: magnitude bolométrique {f}
|
| bolon {n} (traditional Malian harp)
|
:: bolon {m}
|
| Bolon {prop} (Manding language spoken in Burkina Faso)
|
:: bolon {m}
|
| Bolshevik {n} /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/ (a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917)
|
:: bolchevik {m}, bolchévique {m}, bolchevique {m}
|
| bolster {n} /ˈboʊlstɚ/ (a large cushion or pillow)
|
:: traversin {m}
|
| bolt {n} /boʊlt/ (metal fastener)
|
:: boulon {m}, vis
|
| bolt {n} (sliding pin or bar in a lock)
|
:: verrou {m}
|
| bolt {n} (bar to prevent a door from being forced open)
|
:: verrou {m}
|
| bolt {n} (short, stout, blunt-headed arrow)
|
:: carreau {m}
|
| bolt {n} (lightning spark)
|
:: éclair {m}
|
| bolt {n} (large roll of material)
|
:: rouleau {m}
|
| bolt {v} (to connect pieces using a bolt)
|
:: boulonner
|
| bolt {v} (of a plant, to grow quickly)
|
:: monter en graine, monter
|
| bolt bucket {n} (a clunky or unreliable machine, especially an automobile)
|
:: tas de boue {m}, tas de ferraille {m}
|
| bolt cutter {n} (large pair of pliers to cut bolts)
|
:: coupe-boulons {m}
|
| bolt upright {adj}
|
:: droit comme un i
|
| bolus {n} (round mass of food)
|
:: bol {m}
|
| Bolzano {prop} (town and capital of South Tyrol)
|
:: Bolzano, Bolzane [historical]
|
| bomb {n} /bɑm/ (device filled with explosives)
|
:: bombe {f}, explosif {m}, obus {m} (shell)
|
| bomb {n} (very attractive woman)
|
:: bombe, bombe sexuelle {f}
|
| bomb {n} (a jump into water for maximum splashing)
|
:: bombe {f}
|
| bomb {v} (attack with bombs)
|
:: bombarder
|
| bomb {n} (success) SEE: success
|
::
|
| bombard {n} /ˌbɑmˈbɑɹd/ (medieval primitive cannon)
|
:: bombarde {f}
|
| bombard {v} (to attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles)
|
:: bombarder
|
| bombard {v} (to attack something or someone by directing objects at them)
|
:: bombarder
|
| bombard {v} (to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms)
|
:: bombarder
|
| Bombardier {n} /bɑmˈbɑɹdiˌeɪ/ (surname)
|
:: Bombardier
|
| bombardier beetle {n} (beetle)
|
:: bombardier {m}
|
| bombardment {n} (act of bombing, esp towns or cities)
|
:: bombardement {m}
|
| bombardment {n}
|
:: bombardement {m}
|
| bombastic {adj} /bɑmˈbæs.tʰɪk/ (pompous or overly wordy)
|
:: ampoulé, enflé, boursouflé, pompeux
|
| bombastic {adj} (high-sounding but with little meaning)
|
:: verbeux, abscons
|
| Bombay {n} (Mumbai) SEE: Mumbai
|
::
|
| bomb cyclone {n}
|
:: bombe cyclonique
|
| bombe {n} /bɒmb/ (dessert made from ice cream)
|
:: bombe {f}
|
| bombe {n} (device used in cryptanalysis)
|
:: bombe {f}
|
| bomber {n} /ˈbɑməɹ/ (aircraft)
|
:: bombardier {m}
|
| bomber {n} (bomb setter)
|
:: artilleur {m}, poseur de bombes {m}
|
| bombing {n} /ˈbɒmɪŋ/ (action of dropping bombs from the air)
|
:: bombardement {m}
|
| bombproof {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter
|
::
|
| bombshell {n} (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
|
:: bombe {f}, obus {m}
|
| bombshell {n} (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
|
:: surprise {f}, bombe {f} [colloquial]
|
| bombshell {n} (someone who is very attractive)
|
:: bombe {f} [slang]
|
| bomb shelter {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter
|
::
|
| bona fide {adj} /ˈboʊnə.faɪd/ (done in good faith)
|
:: de bonne foi
|
| bona fide {adj} (genuine)
|
:: véritable, authentique
|
| bona fides {n} (good faith) SEE: good faith
|
::
|
| Bonaire {prop} (island)
|
:: Bonaire {f}
|
| Bonaparte's gull {n} (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
|
:: mouette de Bonaparte {f}
|
| Bonapartism {n} /ˈbəʊnəpɑːtɪzəm/ (pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte)
|
:: bonapartisme {m}
|
| Bonapartist {n} (one attached to Napoleon's policy)
|
:: bonapartiste {m} {f}, Bonapartiste {m} {f}
|
| Bonapartist {adj} (relating to Bonapartism)
|
:: bonapartiste
|
| bon appétit {phrase} /ˌbɒn apəˈtiː/ (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat)
|
:: bon appétit, [informal] bon ap'
|
| Bonaventure {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Bonaventure {m}
|
| bond {n} /bɑnd/ (that which binds, a band)
|
:: lien {m}, entrave {f}
|
| bond {n} (link, connection or union)
|
:: lien
|
| bond {n} (in chemistry, a link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule)
|
:: liaison
|
| bond {n} (binding agreement, a covenant)
|
:: alliance {f}
|
| bond {n} (documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract)
|
:: obligation {f}
|
| bond {n} (specific pattern of bricklaying.)
|
:: appareil {m}
|
| bond {v} (to connect, secure, or tie)
|
:: lier
|
| bond {v} (To lay bricks in a specific pattern.)
|
:: appareiller
|
| bond {n} (bail bond) SEE: bail bond
|
::
|
| bondage {n} /ˈbɑn.dɪd͡ʒ/ (The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery)
|
:: esclavage {m}, servitude {f}
|
| bondage {n} (The state of lacking freedom; constraint)
|
:: esclavage {m}
|
| bondage {n} (The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure)
|
:: bondage {m}
|
| bonding {n} (act by which something is bonded)
|
:: lien {m}
|
| bonding {n} (method of aggregating computer network interfaces)
|
:: bonding {m}
|
| bondman {n} (man bound in servitude)
|
:: esclave {m}, serf {m}
|
| bond market {n} (financial market)
|
:: marché obligataire {m}
|
| bone {v} /ˈboʊn/ (to remove bones)
|
:: désosser
|
| bone {v} (slang: have sexual intercourse with)
|
:: fourrer, emmancher, tirer sa crampe, forniquer, s’envoyer en l’air
|
| bone {v} (to study)
|
:: potasser
|
| bone {n} (material)
|
:: os {m}
|
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton)
|
:: os {m}
|
| bone {n} (fishbone)
|
:: arête {f}
|
| bone {n} (corset part)
|
:: baleine {f}
|
| bone density {n} (bone mineral density)
|
:: densité minérale osseuse {f}
|
| bone dry {adj} (bone-dry) SEE: bone-dry
|
::
|
| bone-dry {adj} (totally dry)
|
:: sec comme du brésil, désséché
|
| bonefolder {n} (A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease)
|
:: plioir {m}
|
| bone-idle {adj} (utterly lazy)
|
:: fainéant, [colloquial] cossard, [colloquial] flemmard, [informal] glandouilleur, oisif
|
| bone marrow {n} (bone marrow)
|
:: moelle osseuse {f}, moelle {f}
|
| bone of contention {n} /ˈboʊn əv kənˈtɛnʃən/ (Something that continues to be disputed)
|
:: pomme de discorde {f}
|
| boner {n} /ˈboʊ.nɚ/ (erect penis)
|
:: trique {f}, gaule {f}
|
| boner {n} (blunder; silly or stupid mistake)
|
:: connerie {f}
|
| boner {n} (rigid state of penis or clitoris) SEE: erection
|
::
|
| boneseeker {n} /ˈbəʊnsiːkə/ (element that has a tendency to accumulate in bones)
|
:: substance ostéotrope {f}
|
| bonfire {n} /ˈbɑnˌfaɪ.ɚ/ (fire to burn unwanted items or people)
|
:: bûcher {m}
|
| bonfire {n} (large, outdoor controlled fire)
|
:: feu de joie {m}
|
| bong {n} /bɒŋ/ (vessel used in smoking various substances)
|
:: bang {m}
|
| bongo {n} (mammal)
|
:: bongo {m}
|
| bongo drum {n} (bongo) SEE: bongo
|
::
|
| bonheur du jour {n} /bəˌnɝ d(j)u ˈʒʊɹ/ (lady's writing desk)
|
:: bonheur-du-jour {m}
|
| bonhomie {n} /boʊnəˈmiː/ (geniality)
|
:: bonhomie {f}
|
| Boniface {prop} (male given name) SEE: Bonifatius
|
::
|
| Bonifacio {prop} /bəˈniː.fɑː.tʃoʊ/ (city in Corsica)
|
:: Bonifacio
|
| Bonifatius {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Boniface
|
| bonito {n} (Katsuwonus pelamis) SEE: skipjack tuna
|
::
|
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello
|
::
|
| bonk {v} /bɒŋk/ (to strike or collide)
|
:: heurter
|
| bonk {v} (to have sexual intercourse)
|
:: faire l'amour
|
| bonk {n} (bump on the head)
|
:: bosse {f}
|
| bonk {n} (minor collision)
|
:: choc {m}, heurt {m}
|
| bonk {n} (sexual intercourse)
|
:: coït {m}
|
| bonkers {adj} (mad, crazy)
|
:: fou, délirant, irrationnel, zinzin [colloquial], chtarbé {m} [slang]
|
| bon mot {n} /bɒn məʊ/ (clever saying, phrase or witticism)
|
:: bon mot {m}
|
| Bonn {prop} (a city in Germany)
|
:: Bonn
|
| bonnet {n} /ˈbɒn.ɪt/ (type of women's and children's hat)
|
:: bonnet {m}
|
| bonnet {n} (Scottish men's cap)
|
:: casquette {f}, béret {m}
|
| bonnet {n} (cover over the engine of a motor car)
|
:: capot {m}
|
| bonnet {n} (second stomach of a ruminant) SEE: reticulum
|
::
|
| bonobo {n} /bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/ (pygmy chimpanzee)
|
:: bonobo {m}
|
| bonsai {v} /ˈbɑnsaɪ/ (a miniaturized tree or plant)
|
:: bonsaï {m}
|
| bonus {n} /ˈboʊ.nəs/ (something extra that is good)
|
:: bonus {m}
|
| bonus {n} (extra amount of money given as a premium)
|
:: bonus {m}
|
| bon vivant {n} /ˌbɑn viˈvɑnt/ (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink)
|
:: bon vivant {m}, bonne vivante {f}
|
| bon voyage {interj} /ˌbɒn vwaɪˈɑːʒ/ (wish of good journey)
|
:: bon voyage
|
| bony {adj} /ˈbəʊni/ (resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone)
|
:: osseux
|
| bonze {n} (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia)
|
:: bonze {m}
|
| boo {interj} /buː/ (loud exclamation intended to scare someone)
|
:: bouh, hou
|
| boo {interj} (exclamation used by a member of an audience)
|
:: bouh
|
| boo {v} (to shout boos derisively (intransitive))
|
:: huer
|
| boob {n} /ˈbuːb/ (breast (colloquial))
|
:: nichon {m}, lolo {m}, loloche {f}, néné {m}, doudoune {f}, boîte à lait {f}
|
| boo-boo {v} /ˈbuːˌbuː/ (A minor injury)
|
:: bobo
|
| boob tube {n} (slightly derogatory term for television)
|
:: téloche {f}
|
| booby {n} /ˈbuːbi/ (bird)
|
:: fou {m}
|
| booby {n} (woman’s breast)
|
:: néné {m}, nibard {m}, nichon {m}, robert {m}
|
| booby prize {n} (a prize awarded for poor performance)
|
:: prix parodique {m}
|
| booby trap {n} (an unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall) SEE: pitfall
|
::
|
| booby trap {n} (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object)
|
:: piège {m}, objet piégé {m}
|
| booger {n} /ˈbʊɡɚ/ (a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus)
|
:: crotte de nez {f}, mucus {m}
|
| boogie-woogie {n} (music genre)
|
:: boogie-woogie {m}
|
| book {n} (ebook) SEE: e-book
|
::
|
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
|
:: livre {m}, bouquin {m}
|
| book {v} (to reserve)
|
:: réserver
|
| bookbinder {n} (person whose profession is binding books)
|
:: relieur {m}, relieuse {f}
|
| bookcase {n} /ˈbʊkːeɪs/ (furniture displaying books)
|
:: bibliothèque {f}
|
| book club {n} (a group of people who meet to discuss books)
|
:: club de lecture {m}, cercle de lecture {m}
|
| book club {n} (commercial organization)
|
:: club de livres {m}
|
| bookend {n} (object designed to keep books upright)
|
:: serre-livre {m}
|
| bookie {n} (bookmaker) SEE: bookmaker
|
::
|
| booking {n} /ˈbʊkɪŋ/ (reservation for a service)
|
:: réservation {f}
|
| booking {n} (sports: issuing of a caution)
|
:: réserve {f}
|
| bookish {adj} /ˈbʊk.ɪʃ/ (given to reading; fond of study)
|
:: bouquineur, rat de bibliothèque
|
| bookish {adj} (characterized by a method of expression generally found in books)
|
:: scolaire, pédant, formaliste, littéraire, cuistre, livresque
|
| bookjacket {n} (jacket of a book) SEE: dust jacket
|
::
|
| bookkeeper {n} /ˌbʊkˈkiː.pə(ɹ)/ (person responsible for keeping records)
|
:: comptable {m} {f}
|
| bookkeeping {n} (skill of keeping records of financial transactions)
|
:: comptabilité {f}
|
| booklet {n} /ˈbʊk.lət/ (small book)
|
:: livret {m}, brochure {f}, [Quebec] pamphlet {m}
|
| book lung {n} (A lamellate respiratory organ found in arachnids)
|
:: phyllotrachée {f}
|
| bookmaker {n} /ˈbʊkmeɪkəɹ/ (a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie)
|
:: bookmaker {m}
|
| bookmark {n} /ˈbʊkmɑɹk/ (strip used to mark a place in a book)
|
:: marque-page {m}, signet {m}
|
| bookmark {n} (record of the address of a file or page)
|
:: favori {m}, marque-page {m}, signet {m}
|
| bookmarklet {n} (JavaScript code)
|
:: bookmarklet {m}, applisignet , favelet , marque-page scripté , signapplet
|
| bookmobile {n} (bookmobile)
|
:: bibliobus {m}
|
| Book of Mormon {prop} (one of the sacred works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
|
:: Le livre de Mormon {m}
|
| Book of Shadows {n} (Wiccan book of spells)
|
:: livre d'ombres
|
| bookplate {n} (piece of paper pasted on a book to show ownership)
|
:: ex-libris {m}
|
| bookrack {n} (rack for books) SEE: bookshelf
|
::
|
| bookseller {n} /ˈbʊksɛlɚ/ (person)
|
:: libraire {m} {f}
|
| bookshelf {n} /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/ (shelf for storing books)
|
:: bibliothèque {f}, étagère {f}
|
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books)
|
:: librairie {f}
|
| Books of Moses {prop} (five books)
|
:: Livres de Moïse {m-p}
|
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop
|
::
|
| book value {n} (the price for which an item should be bought or sold)
|
:: prix public conseillé {m}
|
| bookworm {n} /ˈbʊk.wɜːm/ (avid reader)
|
:: rat de bibliothèque, papivore
|
| Boolean {adj} /ˈbuli.ən/ (logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”)
|
:: booléen, boolien
|
| Boolean {n} (type of variable)
|
:: variable booléenne {f}
|
| Boolean algebra {n} (algebraic structure)
|
:: algèbre de Boole {f}, algèbre booléenne {f}
|
| Boolean function {n} (function based on AND, OR and NOT operations)
|
:: fonction booléenne {f}
|
| Boolean logic {n} (system of symbolic logic)
|
:: logique booléenne {f}
|
| Boolean variable {n} (variable from the domain of Boolean algebra)
|
:: variable booléenne {f}
|
| boom {n} /bum/ (abrupt, low-pitched sound)
|
:: boum
|
| boom {interj} (sound of explosion)
|
:: boum
|
| boom {n} (spar extending the foot of a sail)
|
:: bôme {f}
|
| boom {n} (support for microphone or camera)
|
:: perche
|
| boom {n} (horizontal member of a crane)
|
:: mat {m}, hausse {f}
|
| boom {n} (period of prosperity)
|
:: boom {m}
|
| boom {v} (to be prosperous)
|
:: prospérer
|
| boom box {n} (portable audio system)
|
:: radiocassette {m}, ghettoblaster {m}, boombox {m}
|
| boomerang {n} /ˈbuːməɹæŋ/ (flat curved airfoil)
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:: boomerang {m}
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| boomslang {n} /ˈbuːmˌslæŋ/ (Dispholidus typus)
|
:: boomslang {m}
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| boon {n} /buːn/ (A blessing or benefit)
|
:: aubaine {f}
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| boondock {n} (rural area)
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:: cambrousse {f}
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| boondoggle {n} (woggle) SEE: woggle
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::
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| boor {n} /bʊə/ (a peasant)
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:: rustre
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| boor {n} (a yokel)
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:: plouc {m}
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| boor {n} (an uncultured person)
|
:: mufle {m}, pignouf {m}, rustre {m}, beauf {m}, plouc {m}
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| boorish {adj} /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/ (behaving as a boor)
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:: grossier
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| booster {n} /ˈbustɚ/ (A booster dose)
|
:: rappel {m}
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| boot {n} /but/ (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg)
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:: botte {f} [high], bottine {f} [to the ankle]
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| boot {v} (kick)
|
:: botter
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| boot {v} (forcibly eject)
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:: expulser
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| boot {v} (vomit)
|
:: vomir
|
| boot {v} (computing: disconnect, to be involuntarily removed from an online conversation)
|
:: déconnecter
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| boot {v} (to start a system)
|
:: amorcer, démarrer
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| boot {n} (bootleg recording)
|
:: copie pirate {f}
|
| boot {n} (kick) SEE: kick
|
::
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| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk
|
::
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| bootblack {n} (shoeshiner) SEE: shoeshiner
|
::
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| boot camp {n} (initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in armed forces)
|
:: classes {f-p}
|
| booted eagle {n} (Hieraaetus pennatus)
|
:: aigle botté {m}
|
| booted warbler {n} (Iduna caligata)
|
:: hypolaïs bottée {f}
|
| bootee {n} (shoe cover)
|
:: bottillon {m}
|
| booth {n} /buːθ/ (A small stall for the display and sale of goods)
|
:: stand {m}, échoppe {f}
|
| booth {n} (An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person)
|
:: cabine {f}, guérite {f}
|
| booth {n} (An enclosed table with seats, as in a diner or café)
|
:: box {m}
|
| bootleg {adj} (illegally produced, transported or sold)
|
:: non-officiel
|
| bootlegger {n} (illegal trader)
|
:: bootlegger
|
| bootlicker {n} (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner)
|
:: lèche-bottes {m} {f}
|
| boot loader {n} (A program that initiates the bootstrap process)
|
:: bootloader {m}
|
| bootmaker {n} (a maker of boots, a cobbler)
|
:: bottier {m}
|
| boot sector {n} (segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot)
|
:: secteur d’amorçage {m}
|
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot
|
::
|
| bootstrap {n} /ˈbuːtˌstɹæp/ (a loop at the top of a boot to help in pulling it on)
|
:: languette, tirant {m}
|
| bootstrap {n} (a means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something)
|
:: tremplin {m}
|
| bootstrap {n} (the process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory)
|
:: amorçage {m}
|
| bootstrap {v} (to help (oneself) without the aid of others)
|
:: se débrouiller
|
| bootstrap {v}
|
:: amorcer, se débrouiller, lancer
|
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot
|
::
|
| booty {n} /ˈbuːti/ (plunder)
|
:: butin {m}, dépouille {f}
|
| booty {n} (The buttocks)
|
:: fesses {f-p}, [vulgar] cul {m}, [literary] séant {m}, postérieur {m}
|
| booty {n} (A person considered as sexual partner or sex object)
|
:: plan cul {m}
|
| booze {n} /buːz/ (any alcoholic beverage)
|
:: bibine {f}
|
| bopomofo {prop} (Zhuyin fuhao) SEE: Zhuyin fuhao
|
::
|
| boracic {adj} (Relating to borax)
|
:: [dated] boracique {m} {f}, borique {m} {f}
|
| boracic {adj} (penniless)
|
:: fauché {m}, fauchée {f}
|
| borage {n} /ˈbɒɹ.ɪdʒ/ (Borago officinalis)
|
:: bourrache {f}
|
| borate {n} (salt of boric acid)
|
:: borate {m}
|
| borax {n} (crystalline salt)
|
:: borax {m}
|
| borax {n} ((chemistry) Na2B4O7)
|
:: borax {m}
|
| borborigmus {n} /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/ (rumbling sound)
|
:: borborygme {m}
|
| borborygm {n} (gurgling or rumbling noise produced by gas in the bowels) SEE: borborygmus
|
::
|
| borborygmus {n} /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/ (the rumbling sounds in the intestines)
|
:: borborygme {m}
|
| Bordeaux {prop} /bɔɹdoʊ/ (a city in France)
|
:: Bordeaux {m}
|
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel
|
::
|
| border {n} /ˈbɔɹdɚ/ (the outer edge of something)
|
:: bord {m}, bordure {f}
|
| border {n} (a decorative strip around the edge of something)
|
:: bordure
|
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions)
|
:: frontière {f}
|
| border {v} ((transitive) to put a border on something)
|
:: délimiter
|
| border {v} ((transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border)
|
:: border
|
| border guard {n} (person)
|
:: garde-frontière {m}
|
| bordering {adj} (having a common boundary or border)
|
:: limitrophe
|
| borderland {n} (land near a border)
|
:: marche {f}
|
| borderline {adj} (not clearly on one side or other of a boundary)
|
:: limite
|
| borderline {n} (boundary)
|
:: "sur les bords" (familiar)
|
| bordure {n} (contrasting border round a shield)
|
:: bordure {f}
|
| bore {v} /bɔɹ/ (to make a hole)
|
:: percer
|
| bore {v} (to inspire boredom)
|
:: ennuyer, barber
|
| bore {n} (sudden and rapid flow of tide)
|
:: mascaret {m}
|
| boreal {adj} /ˈbɔːɹɪəl/ (relating to the north)
|
:: boréal
|
| Boreal {n}
|
:: Boréal
|
| boreal chickadee {n} (Poecile hudsonicus)
|
:: mésange à tête brune {f}
|
| boreal owl {n} (Tengmalm's owl) SEE: Tengmalm's owl
|
::
|
| boreas {n}
|
:: borée {m}, aquilon {m}
|
| Boreas {prop} /ˈbɔːɹɪəs/ (Greek god)
|
:: Borée {m}
|
| bored {adj} /bɔːɹd/ (suffering from boredom)
|
:: ennuyé
|
| boredom {n} /ˈbɔɹ.dəm/ (state of being bored)
|
:: ennui {m}
|
| bore water {n} (water accumulated in aquifers below the earth's surface) SEE: groundwater
|
::
|
| Borgesian {adj} (characteristic of Jorge Luis Borges)
|
:: borgésien, borgien
|
| boric {adj} (pertaining to the element boron)
|
:: borique {m} {f}, [dated] boracique {m} {f}, borico-
|
| boric acid {n} (White crystalline solid soluble as a weak acid)
|
:: acide borique {m}
|
| boride {n} (the B3- anion)
|
:: borure {m}
|
| boride {n} (any binary compound of boron and a more electropositive element)
|
:: borure {m}
|
| boring {adj} /ˈbɔːɹɪŋ/ (causing boredom)
|
:: ennuyeux, barbant, ennuyant
|
| boring as beans {adj} (extremely boring) SEE: dull as dishwater
|
::
|
| Boris {prop} /ˈbɔɹɪs/ (male given name)
|
:: Boris
|
| Borjomi {prop} (resort town)
|
:: Borjomi
|
| born {adj} /ˈbɔɹn/ (given birth to)
|
:: né {m}, née {f}
|
| born {v} (be born) SEE: be born
|
::
|
| born-again {adj} (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ)
|
:: né(e) à nouveau/de nouveau, rené (rare)
|
| borne {adj} /bɔɹn/ (carried, supported)
|
:: porté, supporté
|
| Borneo {prop} /ˈbɔɹnioʊ/ (island)
|
:: Bornéo {m}
|
| born with a silver spoon in one's mouth {adj} (born rich or in a wealthy family)
|
:: né avec une cuillère d'argent dans la bouche
|
| boro {v} (borrow) SEE: borrow
|
::
|
| boromagnesite {n}
|
:: boromagnésite {f}
|
| boron {n} /ˈbɔːˌɹɒn/ (chemical element)
|
:: bore {m}
|
| borophene {n}
|
:: borophène {m}
|
| borough {n} /ˈbʌɹoʊ/ (municipal borough)
|
:: arrondissement {m}
|
| borreliosis {n} (infection)
|
:: borréliose {f}
|
| Borromean rings {n}
|
:: anneaux borroméens
|
| borrow {v} /ˈbɒɹəʊ/ (receive temporarily)
|
:: emprunter
|
| borrow {v} (to copy a word from another language)
|
:: emprunter
|
| borrow {v} (in a subtraction)
|
:: retenir
|
| borrowed scenery {n} (principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden)
|
:: paysage emprunté {m}
|
| borrower {n} /ˈbɔɹəuə/ (one who borrows)
|
:: emprunteur {m}, emprunteuse {f}
|
| borrowing {n} (loanword) SEE: loanword
|
::
|
| borscht {n} /bɔːʃt/ (beetroot soup)
|
:: bortsch {m}, borsch {m}
|
| borzoi {n} /ˈbɔːzɔɪ/ (breed of dog)
|
:: barzoï {m}, levrier de chasse russe
|
| Bose-Einstein condensate {n} (gaseous superfluid)
|
:: condensat de Bose-Einstein {m}
|
| bosk {n} (thicket; small wood) SEE: thicket
|
::
|
| Bosnia {prop} /ˈbɑz.ni.ə/ (northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity)
|
:: Bosnie {f}
|
| Bosnia {prop} (short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina')
|
:: Bosnie
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} /ˈbɒzni.ə ænd ˌhɜɹtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/ (country on the Balkan peninsula)
|
:: Bosnie-Herzégovine {f}, [rare] Bosnie-et-Herzégovine {f}
|
| Bosniak {n}
|
:: Bosniaque {m} {f}
|
| Bosnian {n} /ˈbɑːzni.ən/ (the people)
|
:: Bosnien {m}, Bosnienne {f}
|
| Bosnian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian)
|
:: bosnien {m}
|
| bosom {n} /ˈbʊz(ə)m/ (chest, breast)
|
:: sein {m}
|
| bosom {adj} (in a very close relationship)
|
:: intime
|
| bosom buddy {n} (bosom friend) SEE: bosom friend
|
::
|
| bosom friend {n} (very close friend)
|
:: ami(e) intime {m} {f}
|
| boson {n} /ˈboʊ.zɒn/ (particle)
|
:: boson {m}
|
| Bosphorus {prop} /ˈbɒs.fəɹ.əs/ (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
|
:: Bosphore {m}
|
| boss {n} /bɔs/ (supervisor)
|
:: patron {m}, chef {m}
|
| boss {n} (person in charge)
|
:: patron {m}, chef {m}
|
| boss {n} (leader, head of an organised team)
|
:: chef {m}, patron {m}
|
| boss {n} (term of address to a man)
|
:: patron {m}, chef {m}
|
| boss {n} (enemy in video game)
|
:: boss {mf}
|
| boss {n} (architecture: knob or protrusion)
|
:: clé de voûte {f}
|
| bossage {n} (rough, unfinished stone block)
|
:: bossage {m}
|
| bossy {adj} /ˈbɔsi/ (tending to give orders to others)
|
:: autoritaire
|
| Boston {prop} /ˈbɔstən/ (city in Massachusetts)
|
:: Boston
|
| Boston terrier {n} (dog breed)
|
:: terrier de Boston
|
| bot {n} (robot) SEE: robot
|
::
|
| bot {n} /bɑt/ (a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks)
|
:: robot {m}, bot {m}
|
| botanic {adj} (pertaining to botany) SEE: botanical
|
::
|
| botanical {adj} (Of or pertaining to botany)
|
:: botanique {m} {f}
|
| botanical garden {n} (a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons)
|
:: jardin botanique {m}
|
| botanic garden {n} (botanical garden) SEE: botanical garden
|
::
|
| botanist {n} /ˈbɒt.ən.ɪst/ (a person engaged in botany)
|
:: botaniste {m} {f}
|
| botanize {v} (do the work of a botanist)
|
:: botaniser
|
| botany {n} /ˈbɒtəni/ (scientific study of plants)
|
:: botanique {f}
|
| botch {v} /bɑt͡ʃ/ (to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner)
|
:: saccager, rater
|
| botch {v} (to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily)
|
:: bâcler, rater
|
| botched {adj} (clumsily made or repaired)
|
:: gâché
|
| botch up {v} (ruin, mess up)
|
:: bousiller, gâter
|
| Boötes {prop} /boʊˈoʊtiːz/ (a constellation)
|
:: Bouvier {m}
|
| botfly {n} (insect)
|
:: œstre {m}
|
| both {determiner} /bəʊθ/ (each of two; one and the other)
|
:: tous les deux {p}
|
| bother {v} /ˈbɑðɚ/ (to annoy, disturb)
|
:: embêter, gêner, déranger
|
| bother {v} (make or take trouble)
|
:: bâdrer [Quebec]
|
| bother {v} (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience)
|
:: daigner
|
| bother {interj} (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
|
:: zut!
|
| botheration {interj} (expression of annoyance) SEE: bother
|
::
|
| Bothnian Bay {prop} (northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia)
|
:: baie de Botnie {f}
|
| Bothnian Sea {prop} (southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia)
|
:: mer de Botnie {f}
|
| Botox {prop} /ˈboʊtɑks/ (toxic compound)
|
:: botox {m}
|
| botrytic {adj}
|
:: botrytique
|
| Botswana {prop} /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/ (Republic of Botswana)
|
:: Botswana
|
| Botswanan {n} (person from Botswana)
|
:: Botswanais {m}, Botswanaise {f}, Botswanéen {m} [rare], Botswanéenne {f} [rare]
|
| Botswanian {n} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan
|
::
|
| Botswanian {adj} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan
|
::
|
| bottle {n} /ˈbɒ.təl/ (container)
|
:: bouteille {f}
|
| bottle {n} (contents of such a container)
|
:: bouteille {f}
|
| bottle {n} (nerve, courage)
|
:: culot {m}
|
| bottle {v} (seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption)
|
:: embouteiller, mettre en bouteille
|
| bottle {v} (feed (an infant) baby formula)
|
:: donner le biberon à, nourrir au biberon
|
| bottle {v} (refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage)
|
:: se dégonfler
|
| bottle {n} (container with a rubber nipple) SEE: baby bottle
|
::
|
| bottle cap {n} (closure used to seal bottles)
|
:: capsule {f}
|
| bottled water {n} (drinking water sold in a bottle)
|
:: eau en bouteille {f}, eau embouteillée {f}
|
| bottle episode {n} /ˈbɒtəl ˈɛpɪsəʊd/ (episode of a television series designed to be inexpensive)
|
:: épisode bouteille {m}
|
| bottle gourd {n} (calabash) SEE: calabash
|
::
|
| bottleneck {n} (neck of a bottle)
|
:: goulot {m}, goulot de bouteille {m}, tête de bouteille {f}
|
| bottleneck {n} (part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome)
|
:: goulet d'étranglement {m}
|
| bottlenose dolphin {n} (species of dolphin)
|
:: dauphin à gros nez {m} grand dauphin {m}, tursiops {m}
|
| bottle opener {n} (device to open bottles)
|
:: décapsuleur {m}, ouvre-bouteille {m}
|
| bottle out {v}
|
:: craquer, se dégonfler
|
| bottle shop {n} (liquor store) SEE: liquor store
|
::
|
| bottle up {v} (to put into bottles)
|
:: embouteiller
|
| bottle up {v} (to prevent enemy vessels of leaving an anchorage)
|
:: embouteiller
|
| bottle up {v} (to keep suppressed and hidden)
|
:: réprimer, enfouir
|
| bottom {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss
|
::
|
| bottom {n} /ˈbɑtəm/ (lowest part)
|
:: fond {m}, bas {m}, dessous {m}
|
| bottom {n} (euphemistic: buttocks or anus)
|
:: arrière-train {m}, cul {m}, derrière {m}, popotin {m}, potron {m}, séant {m}
|
| bottom {n} (gay sexual slang: penetrated partner in sex)
|
:: passif, enculé {m}
|
| bottom {n} (physics: bottom quark) SEE: bottom quark
|
::
|
| bottom bracket {n}
|
:: axe de pédalier {m}
|
| bottom feeder {n} (creature)
|
:: poisson de fond {m}
|
| bottomless {adj} /ˈbaɾm̩lɨs/ (extremely deep)
|
:: insondable
|
| bottomless pit {n} (hell)
|
:: abîme {m}
|
| bottomless pit {n} (endless resource or supply)
|
:: abîme {m}
|
| bottomless pit {n} (person with boundless appetite; entity or problem which consumes endless resources)
|
:: puits sans fond {m}
|
| bottom line {n} (final balance)
|
:: résultat net {m}
|
| bottom line {n} (summary or result)
|
:: résumé
|
| bottomonium {n} (meson)
|
:: bottomonium {m}
|
| bottom quark {n} (bottom quark)
|
:: quark bottom {m}
|
| bottomry {n}
|
:: bodinerie {f}, bomerie
|
| bottoms up {interj} (Cheers!)
|
:: cul sec, à fond [Belgium]
|
| bottom the house {v} (clean a house extremely thoroughly)
|
:: nettoyer du sol au plafond
|
| botulinum toxin {n} (neurotoxic protein produced by Clostridium botulinum)
|
:: toxine botulique {f}
|
| botulism {n} /ˈbɒt.jʊl.ɪz.əm/ (medical condition)
|
:: botulisme {m}
|
| Bouaké {prop} (city)
|
:: Bouaké
|
| Bouches-du-Rhône {prop} (department)
|
:: Bouches-du-Rhône
|
| boudoir {n} (woman's private room) SEE: bower
|
::
|
| bougainvillea {n} /ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/ (flower)
|
:: bougainvillée {f}, bougainvillier {m}
|
| bough {n} /baʊ/ (tree branch)
|
:: branche {f}
|
| bouillabaisse {n} (mixture) SEE: mixture
|
::
|
| bouillabaisse {n} /ˈbuːjəˌbeɪs/ (type of fish stew or soup from Provence)
|
:: bouillabaisse {f}
|
| bouillon {n} /ˈbuː.jɒn/ (a clear seasoned broth)
|
:: bouillon {m}
|
| bouillon cube {n} (cube)
|
:: bouillon cube {m}
|
| boulder {n} /ˈboʊldəɹ/ (large mass of stone)
|
:: rocher {m}
|
| boules {n} (game played with metal balls)
|
:: boules {f}, pétanque {f}
|
| bouleutes {n} (counsellor)
|
:: bouleute {m}
|
| boulevard {n} /ˈbʊləvɑɹd/ (broad, landscaped thoroughfare)
|
:: boulevard {m}
|
| bounce {v} /baʊns/ (to move quickly up and down)
|
:: rebondir
|
| bounce {n} (change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle)
|
:: rebond
|
| bounce {n} (movement up and down)
|
:: rebond
|
| bounced check {n} (bad check) SEE: bounced cheque
|
::
|
| bounced cheque {n}
|
:: chèque en bois {m}
|
| bouncer {n} /ˈbaʊnsə˞/ (member of security personnel)
|
:: videur {m}
|
| bouncing castle {n} /ˌbaʊnsɪŋ ˈkæsəl/ (inflatable structure on which children jump and play)
|
:: jeu gonflable {m}, château gonflable {m}
|
| bound {adj} /ˈbaʊnd/ (obliged to)
|
:: obligé, tenu
|
| bound {n} (boundary, border of territory)
|
:: frontière {f}, borne {f}
|
| bound {n} (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set)
|
:: limite
|
| bound {v} (to surround a territory)
|
:: délimiter, entourer
|
| bound {n} (sizeable jump)
|
:: bond {f}, saut {m}
|
| bound {v} (to leap)
|
:: bondir, sauter
|
| boundary {n} /ˈbaʊndəɹi/ (dividing line or location between two areas)
|
:: frontière {f}, limite {f}
|
| boundary {n} ((topology) the set of points in the closure, not belonging to the interior)
|
:: frontière {f}
|
| bounded {adj} /ˈbaʊndɪd/ (type of set)
|
:: borné
|
| bounded function {n} (function)
|
:: fonction bornée {f}
|
| boundless {adj} (without bounds, unbounded)
|
:: illimité
|
| bound morpheme {n} (type of morpheme)
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:: morphème lié {m}
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| bound variable {n} (variable that has an allocated storage location)
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:: variable liée {f}
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| bounty {n} (abundance or wealth) SEE: abundance
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::
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| bounty {n} /ˈbaʊnti/ (something given liberally, see also: gift)
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:: don {m}
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| bounty {n} (reward for some specific act)
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:: prime {f}
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| bounty {n} (money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein)
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:: prime {f}
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| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity
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::
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| bounty hunter {n} (person who catches criminals in return for a reward)
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:: chasseur de primes
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| bouquet {n} /boʊˈkeɪ/ (bunch of flowers)
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:: bouquet {m}
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| bouquet {n} (scent of wine)
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:: bouquet {m}
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| bouquet garni {n} (bouquet garni)
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:: bouquet garni {m}
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| Bourbakian {adj}
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:: bourbachique
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| bourbon {n} /bɜː(ɹ)bən/ (whiskey)
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:: bourbon {m}
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| Bourdain {prop}
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:: Bourdain
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| bourdon {n} (bumblebee) SEE: bumblebee
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::
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| bourgeois {adj} /bu(ɹ)ʒ.ˈwɑː/ (of or relating to the middle class)
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:: bourgeois
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| bourgeois {adj} (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
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:: bourgeois
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| bourgeois {n} /bəɹˈdʒɔɪs/ (9-point type)
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:: petit-romain, gaillarde
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| bourgeoisie {n} /ˌbʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑːˈziː/ (class)
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:: bourgeoisie {f}
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| bourgeoisification {n} (embourgeoisement) SEE: embourgeoisement
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::
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| bourgeoisify {v} (to make bourgeois)
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:: embourgeoiser
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| Bourges {prop} (town in the Centre-Val de Loire)
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:: Bourges
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| Bourget {prop}
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:: Bourget
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| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {prop} (region of France)
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:: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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| Bourguibism {n} (political ideology of Habib Bourguiba)
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:: bourguibisme {m}
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| bourrée {n} (a baroque dance of French origin)
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:: bourrée {f}
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| bourse {n} (stock exchange) SEE: stock exchange
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::
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| boustrophedon {n} /ˌbuːstɹəˈfiːdən/ (writing that is alternately right-to-left and left-to-right)
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:: boustrophédon {m}
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| Boutilier {prop}
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:: Boutilier
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| boutique {n} /buːˈtiːk/ (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like)
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:: boutique {f}
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| bouzouki {n} /bəˈzuːki/ (lute)
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:: bouzouki {m}
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| bovarysm {n} (anxiety to escape from an unsatisfactory social or sentimental condition)
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:: bovarysme {m}, bovarisme {m}
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| bovid {n} /ˈboʊvɪd/ (an animal of Bovidae)
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:: bovidé {m}
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| bovine {adj} /ˈboʊvaɪn/ (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
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:: bovin {m}, bovine {f}
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| bovine {n} (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
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:: bovin {m}
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| bovine spongiform encephalopathy {n} (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
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:: encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine {f}
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| bow {n} /boʊ/ (weapon used for shooting arrows)
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:: arc {m}, arc à flèches {m}
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| bow {n} (bend in a rod or planar surface)
|
:: arc {m}
|
| bow {n} (rod used for playing stringed instruments)
|
:: archet {m}
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| bow {v} (to become bent)
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:: fléchir, courber
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| bow {v} (to bend a thing)
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:: courber
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| bow {v} /baʊ/ (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
|
:: s'incliner, faire une révérence
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| bow {n} (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)
|
:: révérence {f}
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| bow {n} /baʊ/ (front of a boat or ship)
|
:: étrave, proue {f}
|
| bow and arrow {n} /bəʊ(.)ən(d.)æɹəʊ/ (weapon)
|
:: arc et flèche
|
| bow and scrape {v} /ˈbaʊəndskɹeɪp/ (behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner)
|
:: [informal] passer de la pommade, [vulgar] lécher le cul, [informal] caresser dans le sens du poil, [colloquial] cirer les pompes
|
| Bowden cable {n} (cable used to transmit force by the movement of an inner cable)
|
:: câble Bowden {m}
|
| bowdlerize {v} /ˈbaʊd.lə.ˌɹaɪz/ (to remove or alter parts of a text considered offensive)
|
:: censurer
|
| bow down {v} (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
|
:: s’incliner
|
| bow drill {n} (a simple hand-operated tool) SEE: fire drill
|
::
|
| bowel {n} /ˈbaʊ.əl/ (large intestine)
|
:: gros intestin {m}
|
| bowel {n} (intestines, entrails)
|
:: boyaux {m-p}
|
| bowel {n} (interior of something)
|
:: entrailles {f-p}
|
| bowel {n} (seat of pity or gentler emotions)
|
:: entrailles {f-p}
|
| bowel obstruction {n} (obstruction of the intestines)
|
:: occlusion intestinale {f}
|
| bowels {n} /baʊ.əlz/ (intestines)
|
:: entrailles {f-p}, boyaux {m-p}
|
| bower {n} /baʊ.əɹ/ (a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle)
|
:: boudoir {m}
|
| bower bird {n} (Australasian bird)
|
:: jardinier
|
| bow grip {n} (section of grippy material)
|
:: poussette {f}, poucette {f}
|
| bowhead {n} (Balaena mysticetus)
|
:: baleine boréale {f}
|
| bowhead whale {n} (a whale, Balaena mysticetus) SEE: bowhead
|
::
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| bowl {n} /boɫ/ (container for food)
|
:: bol {m}
|
| bowl {n} (lawn bowls) SEE: bowls
|
::
|
| bowl {n} (haircut) SEE: bowl cut
|
::
|
| bowl a googly {v} (to require a quick reaction from by doing something unexpected)
|
:: prendre de court, poser une colle
|
| bowl cut {n} (haircut)
|
:: coupe au bol {f}
|
| bowleg {n} (leg that curves outward from the knee)
|
:: genu varum {m}, jambe arquée {f}
|
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher
|
::
|
| bowler {n} (bowler hat) SEE: bowler hat
|
::
|
| bowler hat {n} (hard round black felt hat)
|
:: chapeau melon {m}
|
| bowline {n} (knot)
|
:: bouline {f}, nœud de chaise {m}
|
| bowling {n} /ˈboʊliŋ/ (a game played by rolling a ball down an alley)
|
:: bowling {m}
|
| bowling alley {n} (a building which contains bowling lanes)
|
:: bowling {m}
|
| bowling ball {n} (ball for bowling)
|
:: boule de quille {f}
|
| bowls {n} /bəʊlz/ (precision sport)
|
:: boulingrin {m}
|
| bow maker {n} (one who manufactures bows for use in archery)
|
:: facteur d'arc {m}
|
| bow maker {n} (one who manufactures bows for musical instruments)
|
:: archetier {m}
|
| bowmaking {n}
|
:: archèterie {f}
|
| bowman {n} (archer) SEE: archer
|
::
|
| bow out {v} /baʊ aʊt/ (To resign, or leave)
|
:: s'incliner
|
| bow saw {n} (for woodworking, frame saw, turning saw)
|
:: sciotte {m}
|
| bowser {n} (fuel pump)
|
:: pompe {f} (à essence), pompe à essence
|
| bowser {n} (fuel transport vehicle)
|
:: camion-citerne {m}
|
| bowser {n} (water transport vehicle)
|
:: camion-citerne {m}
|
| bow shock {n} /ˈbaʊʃɑk/ (astronomy)
|
:: onde de shock
|
| bowsprit {n} /ˈbəʊspɹɪt/ (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
|
:: beaupré {m}
|
| bowstring {n} /ˈboʊstɹɪŋ/ (string of an archer's bow)
|
:: corde {f}
|
| bowtie {n} /boʊˈtaɪ/ (necktie shaped like a bow)
|
:: nœud papillon, nœud pap' {m} [familiar]
|
| bowtie {adj} (shaped like a bow-tie)
|
:: en nœud papillon
|
| bow wow {n} (sound of a dog barking)
|
:: mouarf, ouah ouah
|
| bow-wow {interj} (bow wow) SEE: bow wow
|
::
|
| box {n} /bɒks/ (cuboid space; container)
|
:: boîte {f}, caisse {f}
|
| box {n} (as much as fills a box)
|
:: boîte {f}
|
| box {n} (compartment of an item of furniture)
|
:: case {f}
|
| box {n} (compartment or receptacle for receiving items)
|
:: boîte {f}
|
| box {n} (compartment to sit inside)
|
:: [in a theater] loge {f}
|
| box {n} (small rectangular shelter)
|
:: guérite {f}
|
| box {n} ((slang) television)
|
:: téloche {f}, télé {f}, lucarne {f}
|
| box {n} ((slang, vulgar) the vagina)
|
:: salle de jeu {f}, cheminée {f}, boutique {f}
|
| box {n} (computer, or the case in which it is housed)
|
:: boîtier {m}, tour {f}
|
| box {n} ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals)
|
:: coquille {f}, protège-sexe {m}
|
| box {n} (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.)
|
:: encadré {m}, cadre {m}
|
| box {n} (small area on a document for a tick mark)
|
:: case {f}
|
| box {v} (to place inside a box)
|
:: emboîter, mettre en boîte
|
| box {v} ((architecture) to enclose with boarding, lathing, etc.)
|
:: cacher
|
| box {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus)
|
:: buis {m}
|
| box {n} (blow with the fist)
|
:: coup de poing {m}
|
| box {v} (to strike with the fists)
|
:: boxer
|
| box {v} (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)
|
:: boxer
|
| box {v} (to participate in boxing)
|
:: boxer
|
| box {n} (rectangle) SEE: oblong
|
::
|
| box {n} (input field on an electronic display) SEE: text box
|
::
|
| box {n} (wood from a box tree) SEE: boxwood
|
::
|
| box {n} (fish of the genus Boops) SEE: bogue
|
::
|
| box and whiskers plot {n} (box plot) SEE: box plot
|
::
|
| box calf {n} (calfskin)
|
:: box-calf {m}
|
| boxcutter {n} (utility knife) SEE: utility knife
|
::
|
| boxer {n} /ˈbɑːksɚ/ (participant in a boxing match)
|
:: boxeur {m}
|
| boxer {n} (breed of dog)
|
:: boxer {m}
|
| boxers {n} (boxer shorts) SEE: boxer shorts
|
::
|
| boxer shorts {n} (underwear)
|
:: caleçon {m}
|
| boxful {n} (as much as a box will hold)
|
:: boîte {f}
|
| boxing {n} /ˈbɒksɪŋ/ (the sport of boxing)
|
:: boxe {f}
|
| Boxing Day {n} /ˈbɒksɪŋ deɪ/ (the day after Christmas: 26 December)
|
:: Boxing Day {m}
|
| boxing glove {n} (padded mitten worn in boxing)
|
:: gant de boxe {m}
|
| box office {n} /ˈbɑksˌɑfɪs/ (ticket office)
|
:: billetterie {f}, guichet {m}
|
| box plot {n} (graphical summary of data)
|
:: boîte à moustaches {f}
|
| box seat {n} (seat)
|
:: siège {m}
|
| box spring {n} (frame of spiral springs)
|
:: sommier {m}
|
| box the compass {v} /bɒks ðə ˈkʌmpəs/ (To make a complete reversal)
|
:: virer de bord
|
| boxthorn {n} (plant of the genus Lycium) SEE: wolfberry
|
::
|
| box tree {n} (tree of the genus Buxus)
|
:: buis {m}
|
| box wine {n} (wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder)
|
:: cubi {m}, caisse-outre {f}
|
| boxwood {n} (Buxus sempervirens)
|
:: buis {m}
|
| boy {n} /bɔɪ/ (young male)
|
:: garçon {m}
|
| boy {n} (male servant)
|
:: garçon {m}, boy {m} [formerly, African male servant in colonies]
|
| boy {n} (historical: non-white male servant)
|
:: boy {m}
|
| boy {n} (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
|
:: gars {m} [informal]
|
| boy {n} (adult male found attractive)
|
:: garçon {m}
|
| boy {n} (male friend)
|
:: garçon {m}, gars {m}
|
| boyar {n} /ˈbɔɪɑː/ (rank of aristocracy)
|
:: boyard {m}, boïard {m}, barine {m}, barynia {f}
|
| boyau {n} /ˈbwɑːjəʊ/ (passage connecting two trenches)
|
:: boyau {m}
|
| boy band {n} (pop group whose members are all young men)
|
:: boys band {m}
|
| boycott {v} /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
|
:: boycotter
|
| boycott {n} (the act of boycotting)
|
:: boycott {m}, boycottage {m}
|
| boycotter {n} (someone who engages in a boycott)
|
:: boycotteur {m}, boycotteuse {f}
|
| boyfriend {n} /ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/ (male partner in a romantic relationship)
|
:: mon/ton/son ami {m}, petit ami {m} [dated, adolescents], mon/ton/son copain {m}, petit copain {m} [dated, adolescents], chum {m} [Quebec], mec {m} [adolescents], keum {m} [adolescents], chéri {m}, compagnon {m} [adults], partenaire {m} [adults], amoureux {m}, sigisbée {m}
|
| boyfriend {n} (male friend)
|
:: un ami {m}, un copain {m}
|
| boyish {adj} /ˈbɔɪ.ɪʃ/ (like a boy)
|
:: de garçon
|
| boykin {n} /ˈbɔɪkən/ (a little boy)
|
:: garçonnet {m}
|
| Boy Scout {n} (male member of the Scout Movement)
|
:: scout {m}, éclaireur {m}
|
| boyshorts {n} (underwear)
|
:: shorty {m}
|
| boy's name {n} (name given to a male)
|
:: nom de fils
|
| boys will be boys {proverb} (boys are mischievous by nature)
|
:: il faut que jeunesse se passe
|
| Bps {n} (bytes per second)
|
:: o/s
|
| bra {n} /bɹɑː/ (brassiere)
|
:: soutien-gorge {m}, [popular] soutif, [dated] brassière {f}
|
| Brabant {prop} /ˈbɹæbənt/ (former province of central Belgium)
|
:: Brabant {m}
|
| Brabant {prop} (historical region)
|
:: Brabant {m}
|
| Brabantian {adj} (pertaining to Brabant)
|
:: brabançon
|
| Brabantian {n} (Brabantian person)
|
:: Brabançon {m}, Brabançonne {f}
|
| brace {n} /bɹeɪs/ (measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms)
|
:: toise {f}
|
| brace {n} (structural piece used for support, often diagonal)
|
:: fiche {f}
|
| brace {n} (two goals in one game)
|
:: doublé {m}
|
| brace {v} (to prepare oneself for an impact)
|
:: retenir son souffle
|
| brace {v} (to swing round the yards)
|
:: brasser
|
| brace {n} (harness) SEE: harness
|
::
|
| brace {n} (system to correct crooked teeth) SEE: braces
|
::
|
| brace {n} (curly bracket) SEE: curly bracket
|
::
|
| brace {n} (bitstock) SEE: bitstock
|
::
|
| bracelet {n} /ˈbɹeɪslət/ (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament)
|
:: bracelet {m}
|
| bracelet {n} (strap of a wristwatch)
|
:: bracelet {m}
|
| braces {n} (handcuffs) SEE: handcuffs
|
::
|
| braces {n} /ˈbɹeɪsɪz/ (device for straightening teeth)
|
:: appareil dentaire {m}, appareil {m}, appareil orthodontique {m}, faux-palais
|
| braces {n} (pair of straps holding trousers)
|
:: bretelles {f-p}
|
| brachial {adj} /ˈbreɪkɪəl/ (pertaining or belonging to the arm)
|
:: brachial
|
| brachialis {n} (muscle that flexes the elbow joint)
|
:: brachial {m}, brachial antérieur {m}
|
| brachial plexus {n}
|
:: plexus brachial {m}
|
| brachiosaur {n} (dinosaur of the genus Brachiosaurus)
|
:: brachiosaure {m}
|
| brachiosaurus {n} (herbivorous dinosaur)
|
:: brachiosaure {m}
|
| brachium {n} (upper arm) SEE: upper arm
|
::
|
| brachy- {prefix} (short)
|
:: brachy-
|
| brachylogy {n} (concise speech)
|
:: brachylogie {f}
|
| brachyology {n} (abbreviated expression)
|
:: brachylogie {f}
|
| brachytherapy {n} (type of radiotherapy)
|
:: curiethérapie
|
| brachyuran {adj} /ˌbɹæk.iˈju.ɹən/ (of or pertaining to crabs)
|
:: brachyurien
|
| bracken {n} (any of several coarse ferns)
|
:: ptéridium {m}
|
| bracket {n} (square bracket) SEE: square bracket
|
::
|
| bracket {n} (round bracket) SEE: round bracket
|
::
|
| brackish {adj} /ˈbɹækɪʃ/ (slightly salty)
|
:: saumâtre {m} {f}
|
| brackish {adj} (repulsive) SEE: repulsive
|
::
|
| braconid {n} (any species of the family Braconidae)
|
:: braconide
|
| bract {n} (leaf or leaf-like structure)
|
:: bractée {f}
|
| bradoon {n} (type of snaffle bit) SEE: bridoon
|
::
|
| bradycardia {n} (condition of having a slow heartbeat)
|
:: bradycardie {f}
|
| bradyon {n} (tardyon)
|
:: bradyon {m}
|
| brae {n} (hillside or slope) SEE: hillside
|
::
|
| brag {n} /bɹæɡ/ (card game)
|
:: brag {m}
|
| brag {v} (to boast)
|
:: fanfaronner, se vanter
|
| brag {n} (boast) SEE: boast
|
::
|
| Bragança {prop} /bɹəˈɡɑnzə/ (city in the homonymous district of Portugal)
|
:: Bragance {f}
|
| braggadocio {n} (braggart) SEE: braggart
|
::
|
| braggardly {adj} (boastful) SEE: boastful
|
::
|
| braggart {n} /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/ (one who constantly brags or boasts)
|
:: bravache {m}, fanfaron {m}, fier-à-bras {m}, hâbleur {m}, matamore {m}, rodomont {m}, vantard {m}
|
| braggart {adj} (characterized by boasting) SEE: boastful
|
::
|
| bragger {n} (person who brags)
|
:: vantard {m}
|
| bragging {n} /ˈbɹaɡɪŋ/ (the act of one who brags)
|
:: fanfaronnade {f}
|
| Brahman {prop} (concept of Hinduism)
|
:: Brahman
|
| brahmin {n} (caste)
|
:: brahmane {m} {f}
|
| braid {v} /bɹeɪd/ (to intertwine)
|
:: natter, tresser
|
| braid {n} (sudden movement)
|
:: galon {m}
|
| braid {n} (weave of three or more strands)
|
:: tresse {f}, natte {f}
|
| braid {n} (hairstyle)
|
:: natte {f}, tresse {f}
|
| braille {n} /bɹeɪl/ (system of writing using raised dots)
|
:: braille {m}, Braille {m}
|
| brain {n} /bɹeɪn/ (organ)
|
:: cerveau {m}, [pejorative or when used as food] cervelle {f}, encéphale {m}
|
| brain {n} (intelligent person)
|
:: cerveau {m}, tête {f}
|
| brain {n} (person providing intelligence)
|
:: cerveau {m}
|
| brain {n} (part of computer)
|
:: processeur {m}
|
| brain cancer {n} (cancer of the brain)
|
:: cancer du cerveau {m}
|
| braincase {n} (the part of the skull containing the brain)
|
:: boîte crânienne {f}
|
| brain cell {n} (cell in brain)
|
:: cellule du cerveau {f}
|
| brainchild {n} /ˈbɹeɪn.tʃaɪld/ (creation)
|
:: création {f}
|
| brain damage {n} (injury to the brain)
|
:: lésion cérébrale {f}
|
| brain death {n} (irreversible cessation of brain activity)
|
:: mort cérébrale {f}
|
| brain drain {n} (emigration of educated people)
|
:: fuite des cerveaux {f}, [Quebec] exode des cerveaux {m}
|
| brain fart {n} (something ill-considered)
|
:: trou de mémoire {m}
|
| brainiac {n} /ˈbɹeɪniæk/ (a very intelligent and usually studious, erudite person)
|
:: grosse tête {f}
|
| brainless {adj} (unintelligent; having little or no common sense)
|
:: sans cervelle
|
| brain mushroom {n} (fungus)
|
:: fausse morille {f}t
|
| brainpower {n} (mental ability) SEE: intelligence
|
::
|
| brains {n} /bɹeɪnz/ ((informal) intelligence, aptitude)
|
:: cervelle {f}
|
| brains {n} (as food)
|
:: cervelle {f}
|
| brain stem {n} (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum)
|
:: tronc cérébral {m}
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| brainstorm {n} (brainstorming) SEE: brainstorming
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::
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| brainstorming {n} (method of problem solving)
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:: remue-méninge {m}, brainstorming {m}
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| brain surgeon {n} (someone who does brain surgery)
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:: neurochirurgien
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| brain surgeon {n} (someone very intelligent)
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:: tête {f}
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| brain surgery {n} (surgery)
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:: neurochirurgie {f}
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| brain-teaser {n} (a complex riddle or puzzle)
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:: casse-tête {m}
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| brain tumor {n} (an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division)
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:: tumeur au cerveau {f}, tumeur cérébrale {f}
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| brainwash {n} /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/ (effect upon one's memory, belief or ideas)
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:: lavage de cerveau {m}
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| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind)
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:: décerveler, laver le cerveau, bourrer le crâne
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| brain-washing {n} (form of indoctrination)
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:: lavage de cerveau {m}
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| braise {v} /bɹeɪz/ (To cook in a small amount of liquid)
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:: braiser
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| brake {n} /bɹeɪk/ (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)
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:: broie {f}, brisoir {m}
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| brake {n} (nautical: handle of pump)
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:: bringuebale {f}
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| brake {n} (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
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:: frein {m}
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| brake {v} (to operate brakes)
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:: freiner
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| brake assembly {n} (the collective replacement parts used to repair an automobile's worn down brakes)
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:: pièces de driction
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| brake pad {n} (friction element in a disc brake)
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:: plaquette de frein {f}, patin de freins {m}, patin {m}
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| brake pedal {n} (the pedal in a vehicle which operates the brakes)
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:: pédale de frein {f}
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| braking {n} /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ (applying of brakes)
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:: freinage {m}
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| braking distance {n} (braking distance)
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:: distance de freinage {f}
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| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry
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::
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| bramble {n} (any thorny shrub) SEE: thornbush
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::
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| brambling {n} (bird)
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:: pinson du Nord {m}
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| Brampton {prop} /ˈbɹæm(p)tən/ (city in Ontario)
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:: Brampton {m}
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| bran {n} /ˈbɹæn/ (outside layer of a grain)
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:: son {m}
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| branch {n} /bɹæntʃ/ (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk)
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:: branche {f}, rameau {m}
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| branch {n} (part that divides like the branch of a tree)
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:: branche {f}
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| branch {n} (creek or stream which flows into a larger river)
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:: affluent {m}
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| branch {n} (location of an organization with several locations)
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:: filiale {f}, succursale {f}
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| branch {n} (line of family descent)
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:: branche {f}
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| branch {n} (area in business or of knowledge, research)
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:: branche {f}
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| branch {n} (computer architecture: conditional sequence of code)
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:: branchement conditionnel {m}
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| branch {v} (to jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement)
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:: brancher
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| branch {n} (rail transport: branch line) SEE: branch line
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::
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| branchial {adj} (of, pertaining to or resembling gills)
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:: branchial
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| branch line {n} (non-through line)
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:: embranchement {m}
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| branch off {v} (to diverge into two or more separate paths)
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:: bifurquer
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| branchy {adj} (having many branches)
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:: branchu
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| brand {n} /bɹand/ (burning wood, ember)
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:: tison
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| brand {n} (mark made by burning)
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:: marque {f}
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| brand {n} (name, symbol, logo)
|
:: marque {f}
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| brand {n} (a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished)
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:: marque {f}
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| brand {n} (style, manner)
|
:: style {m}
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| brand {v} (burn the flesh)
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:: flétrir
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| brand {v} (mark with proof of ownership)
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:: marquer
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| brand {v} (impress on the memory or senses)
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:: graver
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| brand {v} (stigmatize)
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:: cataloguer, flétrir
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| brandade {n} (puree of salted cod, olive oil, and milk)
|
:: brandade
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| Brandenburg {prop} (state)
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:: Brandebourg
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| Brandenburg {prop} (city)
|
:: Brandebourg, Brandebourg-sur-la-Havel
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| brandish {v} /ˈbɹændɪʃ/ (to move a weapon)
|
:: brandir
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| brand name {n} (trade name) SEE: trade name
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::
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| brand new {adj} (utterly new)
|
:: flambant neuf
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| brand spanking new {adj} (brand new) SEE: brand new
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::
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| brandy {n} /ˈbɹændi/ (liquor)
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:: cognac {m}, brandy {m}, eau-de-vie
|
| brane {n} /bɹeɪn/ (hypothetical object)
|
:: brane {f}
|
| brant {n} /bɹænt/ (wild geese of the genus Branta)
|
:: bernarche {f}
|
| bras d'honneur {n} /ˌbɹɑ dɑˈnɝ/ (obscene gesture)
|
:: bras d'honneur {m}
|
| brash {adj} /bɹæʃ/
|
:: irréfléchi, agressif, culotté [familiar], gonflé [familiar]
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| brashness {n} (characteristic of being brash)
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:: toupet {m}, culot {m} [familiar]
|
| Brasília {prop} /bɹəˈziːli.ə/ (The capital of Brazil)
|
:: Brasília, Brasilia
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| brass {n} /bɹɑːs/ (alloy of copper and zinc)
|
:: laiton {m}
|
| brass {n} (made of brass (attributive use))
|
:: en laiton
|
| brass {n} (class of wind instruments)
|
:: cuivres {m-p}
|
| brass {n} (spent shell casings)
|
:: douille {f}
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| brass {n} (high-ranking military officers)
|
:: galonnés {m-p}
|
| brass {adj} (of colour of brass)
|
:: couleur de laiton
|
| brass band {n} (group of musicians who play brass instruments)
|
:: fanfare {f}
|
| brassic {adj} (boracic) SEE: boracic
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::
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| brassic {adj} /ˈbɹæsɪk/ (of or relating to brassicas)
|
:: brassique {m} {f}
|
| brassica {n} /ˈbɹæs.ɪ.kə/ (cabbage family)
|
:: brassique {f}
|
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra
|
::
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| brass instrument {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: instrument de cuivre {m}
|
| brass knuckles {n} (weapon which reinforces the fist)
|
:: poing américain {m}
|
| brat {n} /bɹæt/ (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child)
|
:: peste {f}, morveux {m}, morveuse {f}, sale gosse {m} {f}
|
| brat {n} (bratwurst) SEE: bratwurst
|
::
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| Bratislava {prop} /ˌbɹætɨˈslɑːvə/ (The capital of Slovakia)
|
:: Bratislava, Pressbourg
|
| bratwurst {n} (A small pork sausage)
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:: crépinette {f}
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| Braunschweig {prop} (Brunswick) SEE: Brunswick
|
::
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| brave {adj} /bɹeɪv/ (strong in the face of fear)
|
:: courageux
|
| bravely {adv} /ˈbɹeɪvli/ (in a brave manner)
|
:: bravement
|
| brave new world {n} (ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future)
|
:: meilleur des mondes
|
| bravery {n} /ˈbɹeɪvəɹi/ (being brave)
|
:: courage {m}
|
| bravo {n} /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/ (the letter "B")
|
:: Berthe
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| bravo {interj} (interjection)
|
:: bravo
|
| brawl {n} /bɹɔːl/ (disorderly argument or fight)
|
:: bagarre {f}, rixe {f}, [France, slang] baston {f}
|
| brawl {v} (to engage in a brawl, see also: fight; quarrel)
|
:: se bagarrer
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| brawler {n} (one who brawls)
|
:: bagarreur {m}
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| brawn {n} /bɹɔːn/ (strong muscles)
|
:: muscle {m} [uncountable]
|
| brawn {n} (physical strength, muscularity)
|
:: muscle {m} [uncountable]
|
| brawn {n} (terrine)
|
:: fromage de tête {m}, tête pressée {f}, tête marbrée {f}, tête fromagée {f}, hure {f}
|
| brawny {adj} (characterized by brawn)
|
:: balèze, balaise
|
| bray {v} /bɹeɪ/ (to make the cry of a donkey)
|
:: braire
|
| bray {n} (cry of an ass or donkey)
|
:: braiment {m}
|
| braze {v} /bɹeɪz/ (The joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness)
|
:: braser
|
| brazen {adj} /ˈbɹeɪzən/ (pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass)
|
:: cuivreux,
|
| brazen {adj} (sounding harsh and loud)
|
:: aigu {m}, aigue {f}
|
| brazen {adj} (extremely strong)
|
:: dur comme de la pierre, impénétrable
|
| brazen {adj} (impudent, immodest, or shameless)
|
:: grossier {m}, grossière {f}, brutal {m}, brutale {f}, éhonté {m}, éhontée {f}
|
| brazen bull {n} (ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death)
|
:: taureau d'airain {m}, taureau de Phalaris {m}
|
| brazen-faced {adj} /ˈbɹeɪ.zənˌfeɪst/ (Impudent)
|
:: impudent
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| brazier {n} /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒɚ/ (An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal)
|
:: brasier {m}
|
| Brazil {prop} /bɹə.ˈzɪl/ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
|
:: Brésil {m}
|
| Brazilian {n} /bɹə.ˈzɪ.lɪ.ən/ (person from Brazil)
|
:: Brésilien {m}, Brésilienne {f}
|
| Brazilian {adj} (pertaining to Brazil)
|
:: brésilien, auriverde
|
| Brazilian Portuguese {prop} (Portuguese spoken and written in Brazil)
|
:: portugais du Brésil {m}, portugais brésilien {m}
|
| brazil nut {n} (tree)
|
:: noyer du Brésil {m}
|
| brazil nut {n} (nut)
|
:: noix du Brésil {m}
|
| brazilwood {n} (timber tree)
|
:: pernambouc {m}, bois-brésil
|
| breach {n} /bɹiːtʃ/ (break of a law or obligation)
|
:: infraction {f}, violation {f}
|
| breach {n} (gap)
|
:: brèche {f}
|
| breach {n} (breaking up of amicable relations)
|
:: brouille {f}
|
| breach of contract {n} (failure to perform)
|
:: rupture de contrat {f}
|
| breach of promise {n} (tort of withdrawing a promise to marry)
|
:: violation de promesse de mariage {f}
|
| breach of trust {n}
|
:: abus de confiance {m}
|
| bread {n} /bɹɛd/ (baked dough made from cereals)
|
:: pain {m}
|
| bread {n} (countable: any variety of bread)
|
:: pain {m}
|
| bread {n} (slang: money)
|
:: fric {m}, blé {m}
|
| bread {n} (food, sustenance, support of life, in general)
|
:: pain {m}
|
| bread {v} (to bread)
|
:: paner
|
| bread-and-butter letter {n} (short letter)
|
:: lettre de château {f}
|
| bread-and-butter note {n} (bread-and-butter letter) SEE: bread-and-butter letter
|
::
|
| bread and circuses {n} /ˈbɹɛd ənd ˈsɜːkəsəz/ (food and entertainment provided by the state)
|
:: du pain et des jeux
|
| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach
|
::
|
| breadbasket {n} (food bowl) SEE: food bowl
|
::
|
| breadbox {n} (a container for storing bread)
|
:: panetière {f}
|
| breadcrumb {n} (tiny piece of bread)
|
:: miette de pain {f}, miette {f}, panure {f} [collective sense]
|
| breadcrumb {n} (trail of hyperlinks: note these are PLURAL terms)
|
:: fil d’Ariane
|
| breadfruit {n} /ˈbɹedfɹuːt/ (tree)
|
:: arbre à pain {m}, artocarpus {m}, artocarpe {m}
|
| breadfruit {n} (fruit)
|
:: fruit à pain {m}
|
| bread knife {n} (knife designed to cut bread)
|
:: couteau à pain {m}
|
| bread machine {n} (household appliance which makes dough) SEE: bread maker
|
::
|
| bread maker {n} (household appliance which makes bread)
|
:: robot boulangeur {m}
|
| breadmaker {n} (baker) SEE: baker
|
::
|
| breadmaker {n} (bread maker) SEE: bread maker
|
::
|
| bread roll {n} (miniature round loaf of bread)
|
:: petit pain {m}
|
| breadstick {n} (slender loaf of crisp bread)
|
:: gressin {m}, [rare] grissini {m}
|
| breadth {n} (width) SEE: width
|
::
|
| breadwinner {n} /ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/ (primary income-earner in a household)
|
:: gagne-pain {m}, pain {m}, soutien de famille {m}
|
| break {v} /bɹeɪk/ (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces)
|
:: se rompre, se casser, se briser
|
| break {v} (transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)
|
:: rompre, casser, briser
|
| break {v} (intransitive, of a bone: to crack)
|
:: se casser, se fracturer
|
| break {v} (transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack)
|
:: casser, fracturer
|
| break {v} (to divide (money) into smaller units)
|
:: diviser
|
| break {v} (to cause a person lose spirit or will)
|
:: briser
|
| break {v} (to turn an animal into a beast of burden)
|
:: débourrer
|
| break {v} (to cause a habit no longer exist)
|
:: passer
|
| break {v} (to ruin financially)
|
:: ruiner
|
| break {v} (transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))
|
:: outrepasser
|
| break {v} (gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move)
|
:: bourriner
|
| break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)
|
:: se casser, tomber en panne
|
| break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning)
|
:: casser, mettre en panne
|
| break {v} (to cause to no longer bar)
|
:: briser
|
| break {v} (to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily)
|
:: faire une pause
|
| break {v} (to interrupt a fall)
|
:: rattraper
|
| break {v} (to disclose or make known an item of news)
|
:: publier, révéler
|
| break {v} (of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain [existing translations are to be checked, whether they belong to the previous sense])
|
:: muer
|
| break {v} (to do better than a record)
|
:: battre [un record]
|
| break {v} (to reduce the military rank of)
|
:: dégrader
|
| break {v} (to end a connection)
|
:: déconnecter, rompre
|
| break {v} (to demulsify)
|
:: casser
|
| break {v} (to counter-attack)
|
:: riposter, contre-attaquer
|
| break {n} (instance of breaking something into pieces)
|
:: casse {f}
|
| break {n} (physical space that opens up in something or between two things)
|
:: espace {m}, ouverture {f}
|
| break {n} (rest or pause, usually from work)
|
:: pause {f}
|
| break {n} (temporary split in romantic relationship)
|
:: pause {f}
|
| break {n} (interval between two parts of performance)
|
:: entracte {m}
|
| break {n} (change in weather)
|
:: changement {m}
|
| break {n} (beginning of morning)
|
:: aube {f}
|
| break {n} (act of escaping)
|
:: évasion {f}
|
| breakable {adj} (fragile) SEE: fragile
|
::
|
| breakable {adj} /ˈbɹeɪkəbl/ (able to be broken)
|
:: frangible
|
| break a leg {interj} (expression of best wishes to a performer)
|
:: je te dis merde !, merde !
|
| break a sweat {v} (to start sweating)
|
:: se mettre à transpirer, commencer à transpirer
|
| break a sweat {v} (to put effort into something)
|
:: [without ...] sans broncher, [without ...] sans sourciller
|
| breakaway {adj} (having broken away from a larger unit)
|
:: séparatiste, sécessioniste
|
| break bad {v} /bɹeɪk bæd/ (to go wrong, to turn toward immorality or crime)
|
:: mal tourner
|
| break bread {v} (eat a meal, especially shared)
|
:: casser la croûte (familiar)
|
| break bread {v} (take part in Holy Communion)
|
:: partager le pain {m}
|
| break camp {v} (pack up a campsite and move on)
|
:: lever le camp
|
| breakdancing {n} (Style of dance)
|
:: breakdance {m}
|
| break down {v} (to cease to function)
|
:: tomber en panne
|
| break down {v} (to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise)
|
:: craquer
|
| break down {v} (to decay)
|
:: se décomposer
|
| break down {v} (to divide into parts for analysis)
|
:: analyser, décomposer
|
| breakdown {n} (failure, particularly mechanical)
|
:: panne
|
| breakdown {n} (lapse of mental stability)
|
:: crise de nerfs {f}
|
| breakdown {n} (listing or categorization in great detail)
|
:: détail {m}
|
| breakdown {n} (breaking of chemical bonds within a compound)
|
:: dégradation {f}
|
| breakdown {n}
|
:: collapse {m}, crise nerveuse, détail {m}
|
| breaker {n} /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/ (something that breaks)
|
:: casseur {m}
|
| breaker {n} (machine for breaking rocks or coal)
|
:: concasseuse {f}
|
| breaker {n} (wave)
|
:: lame {f}
|
| break even {v} (to neither gain nor lose money)
|
:: rentrer dans ses frais
|
| break even {v} (to stay the same)
|
:: ne pas changer d'un iota
|
| break-even point {n} (The point where total costs equal total sales revenue)
|
:: seuil de rentabilité {m}
|
| breakfast {n} /ˈbɹɛkfəst/ (first meal of the day)
|
:: petit déjeuner {m} [France], déjeuner {m} [Belgium, Switzerland, Cajun and Canadian French]
|
| breakfast {v} (to eat the morning meal)
|
:: prendre le petit-déjeuner
|
| breakfast cereal {n} (food made from processed grains)
|
:: céréale de petit déjeuner {f}, céréale {f}, céréales {f-p}
|
| break in {v} (to enter by force or illicitly)
|
:: pénétrer par effraction, fracturer
|
| break in {v} (to make something new function well through use)
|
:: roder, casser, se faire
|
| break in {v} (to tame (a horse))
|
:: mater
|
| break-in {n} (act of entering to commit an offense)
|
:: effraction {f}
|
| breaking news {n} (news that just happened or is happening)
|
:: nouvelle de dernière minute, nouvelle de dernière heure, édition spéciale
|
| break new ground {v} (To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building)
|
:: creuser un nouveau terrain
|
| break new ground {v} (To initiate a new venture)
|
:: ouvrir de nouvelles voies
|
| break of dawn {n} (daybreak) SEE: daybreak
|
::
|
| break off {v} (end abruptly)
|
:: interrompre
|
| break one's fast {v} (archaic: to eat breakfast)
|
:: prendre le petit déjeuner, déjeuner
|
| break one's fast {v} (to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food)
|
:: rompre le jeûne
|
| break one's word {v}
|
:: manquer à sa parole
|
| break on the wheel {v} (to execute by beating)
|
:: rouer
|
| break out {v} (to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly)
|
:: s'échapper, s’évader
|
| break out {v} (to bring out, use, or present)
|
:: montrer
|
| break out {v} (to separate from a bundle)
|
:: isoler
|
| break out {v} (to take or force out by breaking)
|
:: briser
|
| break out {v} (to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition)
|
:: survenir
|
| break point {n} (situation in which if the receiver wins the next point, (s)he will win the game)
|
:: balle de break {f}
|
| breakpoint {n} ((computing) point in a program where operation may be interrupted)
|
:: point d'arrêt {m}
|
| break ranks {v} (military)
|
:: rompre les rangs
|
| break ranks {v} (idiomatic)
|
:: se désolidariser
|
| break someone's heart {v} (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness)
|
:: briser le cœur
|
| break the bank {v} (win all the money that is available to be paid)
|
:: faire sauter la banque
|
| break the bank {v} (exhaust one's financial resources)
|
:: casser sa tirelire
|
| break the deadlock {v} (score the first goal)
|
:: ouvrir la marque
|
| break the ice {v} /ˈbɹeɪk ði ˈaɪs/ (to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness)
|
:: briser la glace
|
| break the Internet {v} (to literally break the Internet)
|
:: briser l'Internet
|
| break the Sabbath {v} (to break the Sabbath)
|
:: violer le sabbat, profaner le sabbat
|
| break through {v} (to gain popularity)
|
:: percer
|
| breakthrough {adj} /ˈbɹeɪkθɹuː/ (characterized by major progress)
|
:: capital, primordial, décisif
|
| breakthrough {n} (military advance)
|
:: percée {f}, trouée {f}
|
| breakthrough {n} (major progress)
|
:: percée {f}, avancée {f}
|
| breakthrough {n} ((sports) penetration of the opposition defence)
|
:: trouée {f}, percée {f}
|
| break up {v} (intransitive: to disintegrate)
|
:: se casser, se briser, se rompre
|
| break up {v} (to end a relationship)
|
:: rompre, casser
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| break up {v} (to dissolve; to part)
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:: cesser
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| break up {v} (of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection)
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:: s'interrompre
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| break up {v} (transitive: to break or separate into pieces)
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:: rompre, couper
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| break up {v} (to stop a fight)
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:: mettre fin, mettre un terme
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| break up {v} (to become disorganised)
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:: se disperser
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| breakup {n} (breakdown) SEE: breakdown
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::
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| breakup {n} /ˈbɹeɪkʌp/ (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
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:: rupture {f}
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| breakwater {n} /ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə/ (construction in or around a harbour)
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:: jetée {f}, brise-lames {m}
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| break wind {v} (to fart)
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:: lâcher, en lâcher un (to let one loose), [informal] péter, [colloquial] lâcher une perle, [colloquial] loufer
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| bream {n} /bɹɪm/ (fish of the genus Abramis)
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:: brème {f}
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| bream {n} (Abramis brama)
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:: brème {f}, brème commune {f}
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| bream {n} (marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera)
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:: pageot {m}
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| breast {n} /bɹɛst/ (milk-producing organ)
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:: sein {m}, poitrine {f}
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| breast {n} (chest)
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:: poitrine {f}
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| breast {n} (seat of emotions)
|
:: poitrine {f}, cœur {m}
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| breast {n} (animal's thorax)
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:: poitrine {f}, poitrail {m}
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| breast {n} (choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals)
|
:: blanc {m}
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| breast augmentation {n} (cosmetic procedure)
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:: augmentation mammaire {f}
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| breastbone {n} (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest)
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:: sternum {m}
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| breast cancer {n} (cancer of the breast)
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:: cancer du sein {m}
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| breastfeed {v} (feed a baby milk via the breasts)
|
:: allaiter, donner la tétée, donner le sein
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| breastfeeding {n} /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/ (activity)
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:: allaitement {m}
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| breast implant {n} (medical prosthesis)
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:: implant mammaire {m}
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| breast ironing {n} (pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts to make them stop developing)
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:: repassage des seins {m}
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| breast milk {n} (milk produced by humans)
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:: lait maternel {m}
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| breastpin {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch
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::
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| breastplate {n} (armor)
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:: cuirasse, poitrail {m}, plastron {m}
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| breastplate {n} (horse tack)
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:: poitrail {m}
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| breast pump {n} (device used to extract breast milk)
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:: tire-lait {m}
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| breaststrap {n} (breastplate) SEE: breastplate
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::
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| breaststroke {n} (swimming stroke)
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:: brasse {f}
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| breastwork {n} (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
|
:: épaulement {m}
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| breath {n} /bɹɛθ/ (act or process of breathing)
|
:: respiration {f}
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| breath {n} (single act of breathing in and out)
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:: souffle {m}, respiration {f}
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| breath {n} (air expelled from the lungs)
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:: haleine {f}, souffle {m}
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| breathable {adj} (suitable for breathing)
|
:: respirable
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| breathalyzer {n} (a device that measures alcohol in expired air)
|
:: éthylotest {m}, éthylomètre {m}, alcootest {m}
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| breathe {v} /bɹiːð/ (to draw air in and out)
|
:: respirer, inspirer, expirer
|
| breathe {v} (to exchange gases in similar way)
|
:: respirer
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| breathe a word {v}
|
:: ne souffler mot
|
| breathe down someone's neck {v} (to follow or supervise too closely)
|
:: être sur le dos de quelqu'un, fliquer
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| breathe easy {v} (relax or feel secure)
|
:: se calmer, souffler
|
| breather {n} /bɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/ (short break)
|
:: pause {f}
|
| breathing {n} /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/ (act of respiration)
|
:: respiration {f}
|
| breathlessness {n} (state of being breathless or out of breath)
|
:: essoufflement {m}, halètement {m}
|
| breathlessness {n} (difficult respiration) SEE: shortness of breath
|
::
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| breath of fresh air {n} (something relieving, refreshing, or new)
|
:: bouffée d'oxygène {f}
|
| breathtaking {adj} /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/ (stunningly beautiful)
|
:: époustouflant {m}, à couper le souffle
|
| breathtaking {adj} (very surprising or shocking)
|
:: époustouflant {m}
|
| breccia {n} /ˈbɹɛtʃ(ɪ)ə/ (rock)
|
:: brèche {f}
|
| Breda {prop} /ˈbɹidə/ (city in North Brabant)
|
:: Bréda {n}
|
| Breda {prop} (municipality in the province of Girona, Catalonia)
|
:: Breda {n}
|
| breech {n} /bɹiːtʃ/ (Garment that clothes the buttocks)
|
:: culotte {f}
|
| breech {n} (part of a cannon or other firearm)
|
:: culasse {f}
|
| breech birth {n} (birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first)
|
:: présentation podalique {f}, présentation du siège
|
| breeches {n} /ˈbɹiːtʃɪz/ (a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs)
|
:: culotte {f}, haut-de-chausses {m}
|
| breed {v} /bɹiːd/ (to sexually produce offspring)
|
:: se reproduire, engendrer
|
| breed {v} (to take care of in infancy and through childhood)
|
:: élever
|
| breed {v}
|
:: se reproduire
|
| breed {n} (race or lineage)
|
:: race {f}
|
| breeder {n} /ˈbɹiːdə(ɹ)/ ((professional) plant or animal breeder)
|
:: éleveur {m}, éleveuse {f}
|
| breeding {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse
|
::
|
| breeding {n} /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/ (process through which propagation, growth or development occurs)
|
:: élevage
|
| breeding {n} (act of inseminating by natural or artificial means)
|
:: insémination
|
| breeding {n} (copulation of animals)
|
:: copulation
|
| breeding-ground {n} (place where animals breed)
|
:: frayère {f} [for fish]
|
| breeding-ground {n} (figuratively)
|
:: vivier {m}, pépinière {m}
|
| breeze {n} /bɹiːz/ (a light, gentle wind)
|
:: brise {f}
|
| breeze {n} (activity that is easy)
|
:: gâteau {m}
|
| breeze-block {n} (building block)
|
:: parpaing {m}, bloc de béton {m}
|
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly
|
::
|
| breezy {adj} /ˈbɹiːzi/ (exposed to the breezes)
|
:: aéré {m}
|
| Bremen {prop} /ˈbɹeɪmən/ (state)
|
:: Brême {m}
|
| Bremen {prop} (city)
|
:: Brême {m}
|
| Brendan {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Brendan
|
| Brescia {prop} /ˈbɹɛʃə/ (city and province of Italy)
|
:: Brescia
|
| Breslau {prop} (Wroclaw) SEE: Wroclaw
|
::
|
| brethren {n} /ˈbɹɛðɹən/ (the body of members)
|
:: confrères {m-p}, frères {m-p}
|
| Breton {n} /ˈbɹɛtən/ (person from Brittany)
|
:: Breton {m}, Bretonne {f}
|
| Breton {n} (the language)
|
:: breton {m}
|
| Breton {adj} (pertaining to Brittany)
|
:: breton
|
| breve {n} /bɹiːv/ (double whole note)
|
:: carrée {f}
|
| breviary {n} /ˈbɹɛv.i.ɛɹ.i/ (a book containing prayers and hymns)
|
:: bréviaire {m}
|
| brevier {n}
|
:: gaillarde, petit-texte
|
| brevity {n} /ˈbɹɛvəti/ (the quality of being brief in duration)
|
:: concision {f}, brièveté {f}
|
| brevity {n} (succinctness; conciseness)
|
:: concision {f}, laconisme {m}
|
| brevity is the soul of wit {proverb} (conciseness is essential to witty remarks)
|
:: la brièveté est l’âme de l’esprit
|
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer
|
::
|
| brew {v} /bɹuː/
|
:: brasser
|
| brew {n} (something brewed)
|
:: breuvage {m}
|
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill
|
::
|
| brew {n} (cup of tea) SEE: cup of tea
|
::
|
| brewer {n} /ˈbɹu.ə(ɹ)/ (someone who brews)
|
:: brasseur {m}, brasseuse {f}
|
| brewery {n} /ˈbɹuːəɹi/ (building where beer is produced)
|
:: brasserie {f}
|
| brewing {n} /ˈbɹuɪŋ/ (production of alcoholic beverages)
|
:: brassage {m}
|
| brewmaster {n} (person in charge of beer production at a brewery)
|
:: maître brasseur
|
| Brexit {prop} /ˈbɹɛɡzɪt/ (withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU)
|
:: Brexit {m}
|
| Brezhnev {prop} (surname)
|
:: Brejnev
|
| briar {n} /bɹʌɪə/ (white heath)
|
:: bruyère {f}
|
| briar {n} (pipe)
|
:: pipe en bruyère {f}
|
| briar {n} (any thorny plant) SEE: thornbush
|
::
|
| briard {n} (dog breed)
|
:: berger de Brie
|
| bribe {n} /bɹaɪb/ (inducement to dishonesty)
|
:: pot-de-vin {m}
|
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe)
|
:: verser un pot-de-vin, soudoyer, corrompre
|
| bribery {n} /ˈbɹaɪbəɹi/ (making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions)
|
:: corruption {f}
|
| BRIC {prop} (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)
|
:: BRIC {m}
|
| brick {n} /bɹɪk/ (hardened block used for building)
|
:: brique {f}
|
| brick {n} (a building material)
|
:: brique
|
| brick {n} (term for a helpful, reliable person)
|
:: soutien {m}
|
| brick {n}
|
:: brique {f}
|
| brick {adj} (made of brick(s))
|
:: en brique
|
| brick {v} (electronics: to render non-functional)
|
:: briquer
|
| bricklayer {n} (craftsman)
|
:: maçon {m}
|
| brickyard {n} (factory where bricks are produced or distributed)
|
:: briqueterie
|
| bride {n} /bɹaɪd/ (woman in the context of her own wedding)
|
:: jeune mariée {f}, future mariée {f}, mariée {f}, future épouse {f}, épouse {f}
|
| bridegroom {n} /ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/ (bridegroom, groom)
|
:: jeune marié {m}, futur marié {m}, marié {m}, futur époux {m}, époux {m}
|
| bride price {n} (sum paid to the family of the bride)
|
:: prix de la fiancée {m}
|
| bridesmaid {n} /ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/ (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony)
|
:: demoiselle d'honneur {f}
|
| bridge {n} /bɹɪd͡ʒ/ (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
|
:: pont {m}
|
| bridge {n} (bony ridge of the nose)
|
:: pont {m}
|
| bridge {n} (replacement for teeth)
|
:: bridge {m}, [Canada] pont {m}
|
| bridge {n} (nautical)
|
:: passerelle {f}
|
| bridge {n} (communications)
|
:: pont
|
| bridge {n} (piece on string instruments)
|
:: chevalet {m}
|
| bridge {v} (music: to transition from one piece or section to another)
|
:: fondre
|
| bridge {v} (computing, communication: to connect with a bridge)
|
:: relier
|
| bridge {n} (card game)
|
:: bridge {m}
|
| bridgeable {adj} (able to be spanned by, or as if by, a bridge)
|
:: où un pont est possible
|
| bridgeable {adj} (possible to reconcile)
|
:: surmontable, remédiable
|
| bridgehead {n} /ˈbɹɪdʒhɛd/ (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
|
:: tête de pont {f}
|
| Bridget {prop} /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/ (female given name)
|
:: Brigitte
|
| bridgetender {n} (someone who maintains and/or operates a bridge)
|
:: pontier {m}
|
| bridge the gap {v} (to serve as or create a connection)
|
:: faire la soudure
|
| Bridgetown {prop} /ˈbɹɪdʒˌtaʊn/ (capital of Barbados)
|
:: Bridgetown {f}
|
| bridle {n} /ˈbɹaɪdəl/ (headgear for horse)
|
:: bride
|
| bridle {v} (to put a bridle on.)
|
:: brider
|
| bridle {v} (to check, restrain)
|
:: brider, refréner
|
| bridle {v} (to show hostility)
|
:: être susceptible, réagir de manière piquée
|
| bridled tern {n} (Onychoprion anaethetus)
|
:: Sterne bridée {f}
|
| bridled titmouse {n} (Baeolophus wollweberi)
|
:: mésange arlequin {f}
|
| bridoon {n} (type of snaffle bit)
|
:: le filet de mors de bride
|
| brie {n} /bɹiː/ (mild French cheese)
|
:: brie {m}
|
| brief {adj} /bɹiːf/ (of short duration)
|
:: bref, court
|
| brief {adj}
|
:: bref
|
| briefcase {n} /ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/ (case used for carrying documents)
|
:: portefeuille {m}, serviette {f}, porte-documents {m}
|
| briefing {n} /ˈbɹiːfɪŋ/ (short and concise summary of a situation)
|
:: revue {f} de presse
|
| briefly {adv} /ˈbɹiːfli/ (in a brief manner)
|
:: brièvement, concisément
|
| briefs {n} /bɹiːfs/ (male underwear)
|
:: [Europe] slip {m}, [Quebec] bobettes {f-p}
|
| brig {n} (two-masted vessel)
|
:: brigantin {m}
|
| brig {n} (naval military jail or guardhouse)
|
:: cachot {m}
|
| brigadier {n} (an army rank)
|
:: brigadier {m}, brigadière {f}
|
| brigadier general {n} (an officer commanding a brigade)
|
:: brigadier-général
|
| brigand {n} /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/ (bandit)
|
:: brigand {m}, bandit {m}
|
| brigantine {n} (square-rigged foremast with main mast rigged fore-and-aft, sailing vessel)
|
:: brigantine {f}
|
| bright {adj} /bɹaɪt/ (visually dazzling, luminous, radiant)
|
:: brillant, luisant, clair
|
| bright {adj} (intelligent)
|
:: intelligent, brillant {m}
|
| bright {adj} (vivid)
|
:: vivide {m} {f}, brillant {m}
|
| bright {adj} (happy)
|
:: heureux {m}
|
| bright and early {adv}
|
:: de bon matin, de grand matin, de bonne heure, au petit matin, à l'aube
|
| brightly {adv} /ˈbɹaɪtli/ (in a bright manner)
|
:: clairement, précisément
|
| brightness {n} /ˈbɹaɪtnəs/ (the quality of being bright)
|
:: brillance
|
| brightness {n} (the perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
|
:: luminosité {f}
|
| brightness {n} (intelligence, cleverness)
|
:: intelligence
|
| bright side {n} (a consoling aspect of a difficult situation)
|
:: bon côté {m}, aspect positif {m}
|
| bright spark {n} (a clever person)
|
:: tête {f}, flèche {f}
|
| brightwork {n} /ˈbɹaɪt.wɝk/
|
:: cuivres
|
| brill {n} /bɹɪl/ (Scophthalmus rhombus)
|
:: barbue {f}
|
| brilliancy {n} /ˈbɹɪljənsi/ (shining quality)
|
:: brillance
|
| brilliant {adj} /ˈbɹɪljənt/ (shining brightly)
|
:: brillant
|
| brilliant {adj} (of a colour: both light and saturated)
|
:: brillant
|
| brilliant {adj} (of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone)
|
:: brillant
|
| brilliant {adj} (of surpassing excellence)
|
:: brillant
|
| brilliant {adj} (magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage))
|
:: brillant
|
| brilliant {adj} (highly intelligent)
|
:: brillant
|
| brilliant {n} (4-point type)
|
:: perle
|
| brillig {n} (nonce word)
|
:: brilgue
|
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur
|
::
|
| brimstone {n} /ˈbɹɪmˌstoʊn/ (butterfly species)
|
:: citron {m}
|
| Brindisi {prop} /ˈbrɪndɪzi/ (port city in Apulia, Italy)
|
:: Brindisi {?}, [dated] Brindes {?}
|
| brindled gnu {n} (blue wildebeest) SEE: blue wildebeest
|
::
|
| brine {n} /bɹaɪn/ (salt water)
|
:: saumure {f}
|
| brine shrimp {n} (an aquatic crustacean of the genus Artemia)
|
:: artémie
|
| bring {v} /ˈbɹɪŋ/ (to transport toward somebody/somewhere)
|
:: apporter, amener
|
| bring about {v} (To cause to take place)
|
:: provoquer, causer, occasionner
|
| bring about {v} (To accomplish)
|
:: accomplir, effectuer, réaliser
|
| bring back {v} (to fetch something)
|
:: ramener, rapporter
|
| bring back {v} (to cause to remember something from the past)
|
:: ramener
|
| bring back {v} (to reenact an old rule or law)
|
:: faire revenir
|
| bring back {v} (to revive something dead)
|
:: ramener
|
| bring forth {v} (to produce, bear as fruit)
|
:: produire
|
| bring forth {v} (to give birth)
|
:: produire, donner naissance
|
| bring forth {v} (to create, bring into existence)
|
:: produire, générer, créer
|
| bring forth {v} (to adduce)
|
:: produire
|
| bring home the bacon {v} (to make a living)
|
:: gagner sa vie, faire bouillir la marmite, mettre du pain sur la table, faire bouillir la popotte
|
| bring owls to Athens {v} (to undertake a pointless venture) SEE: carry coals to Newcastle
|
::
|
| bring to a boil {v} (heat something until it reaches boiling point)
|
:: porter à ébullition
|
| bring to bear {v} (aim a weapon)
|
:: pointer, viser
|
| bring to bear {v} (employ to achieve an effect)
|
:: employer, appliquer
|
| bring to heel {v} (compel someone to obey)
|
:: mettre au pas
|
| bring to light {v} (expose)
|
:: mettre au jour, mettre au grand jour, révéler, dévoiler
|
| bring up {v} (to raise children)
|
:: élever
|
| bring up the rear {v} (to be last in a moving line of people)
|
:: fermer la marche
|
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant
|
::
|
| brink {n} /bɹɪŋk/ (edge)
|
:: bord {m}, lisière {f}
|
| brinkmanship {n} (pursuit of an advantage)
|
:: stratégie du bord de l’abyme {f}
|
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea
|
::
|
| briny {adj} /ˈbɹaɪni/ (salty)
|
:: saumâtre {m} {f}
|
| brioche {n} /ˈbriːɒʃ/ (type of bun)
|
:: brioche {f}
|
| briquet {n} /bɹɪˈkɛt/ (small brick)
|
:: briquette {f}
|
| briquet {n} (cigarette lighter)
|
:: briquet {m}
|
| brisance {n} /ˈbɹiːzɑ̃s/ (shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion)
|
:: brisance {f}
|
| Brisbane {prop} /ˈbɹɪzbən/ (Capital of Queensland, Australia)
|
:: Brisbane {m}
|
| Briseis {prop} /bɹaɪˈsiːɪs/ (legendary figure featured in the Iliad)
|
:: Briséis {f}
|
| brisk {adj} /bɹɪsk/ (full of liveliness and activity)
|
:: animé
|
| brisk {adj} (full of spirit of life)
|
:: vif
|
| brisk {adj} (stimulating or invigorating)
|
:: stimulant
|
| brisket {n} (the chest of an animal)
|
:: poitrine {f}, poitrail {m}
|
| brisket {n} (a cut of meat from an animal chest)
|
:: poitrine {f}
|
| briskly {adv} /ˈbɹɪskli/ (fast, quickly, swiftly)
|
:: vivement
|
| bristle {n} /ˈbɹɪs.l̩/ (stiff or coarse hair)
|
:: soie {f}
|
| bristle {n} (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
|
:: poil
|
| bristle {v} (to rise or stand erect, like bristle)
|
:: se hérisser
|
| bristletail {n} (insect of the order Zygentoma)
|
:: lépisme {m}, poisson d'argent {m}
|
| Bristol {prop} /ˈbɹɪstəl/ (city in south-west England)
|
:: Bristol
|
| Bristolian {adj} /bɹɪsˈtəʊ.li.ən/ (of, from, or relating to Bristol)
|
:: bristolien
|
| Bristolian {n}
|
:: Bristolien {m}
|
| Brit {n} (British person) SEE: Briton
|
::
|
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom
|
::
|
| Britain {prop} /ˈbɹɪ.tn̩/ (island, see also: Great Britain; British Isles)
|
:: Grande-Bretagne {f} [only full name is used for the island]
|
| Britain {prop} (Brittany) SEE: Brittany
|
::
|
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants
|
::
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| britches {n} (breeches) SEE: breeches
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::
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| British {prop} /ˈbɹɪɾ.ɪʃ/ (citizens or inhabitants of Britain)
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:: Britannique {m} {f}
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| British {prop} (the citizens or inhabitants of the UK)
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:: Britannique {m} {f}
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| British {prop} (the British English language)
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:: anglais britannique {m}
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| British {adj} (of Britain)
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:: britannique {m} {f}
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| British Broadcasting Corporation {prop} (BBC)
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:: Corporation britannique de radiodiffusion
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| British Columbia {prop} /ˈbɹɪt.ɪʃ kə.ˈlʌm.bi.ə/ (province of Canada)
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:: Colombie-Britannique {f}
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| British Columbian {adj}
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:: britanno-colombien, colombo-britannique
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| British Columbian {n}
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:: Britanno-Colombien {m}, Britanno-Colombienne {f}, Colombo-Britannique {m} {f}
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| British Commonwealth {prop} (Commonwealth of Nations) SEE: Commonwealth of Nations
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::
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| British Empire {prop} (empire)
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:: Empire britannique {m}
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| British English {n} (English language as in Britain, especially in England)
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:: Anglais Britannique {m}
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| Britisher {n} /ˈbɹɪtɪʃə/ (British subject)
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:: Britannique
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| British Indian Ocean Territory {prop} (UK overseas territory)
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:: Territoire britannique de l'océan Indien {f}
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| British Isles {prop} /ˌbɹɪ.tɪʃ ˈaɪlz/ (group of islands)
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:: les îles Britanniques {f-p}
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| British Virgin Islands {prop} (British overseas territory)
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:: Îles Vierges britanniques {f-p}
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| Briton {n} /ˈbɹɪtən/ (inhabitant of Great Britain)
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:: Britannique {m} {f}
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| Brittany {prop} /ˈbɹɪtəni/ (region of North West France)
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:: Bretagne {f}
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| Brittany {prop} (dog breed)
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:: épagneul breton
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| brittle {adj} /ˈbɹɪtl̩/ (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
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:: fragile
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| brittle {adj} (apt to break or crumble when bending)
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:: cassant
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| brittle {n} (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts)
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:: croquant {m}
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| brittleness {n} (property)
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:: fragilité {f}
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| brittle star {n} (echinoderms)
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:: ophiure {f}
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| Brittonic {adj} (Brythonic) SEE: Brythonic
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::
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| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother
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::
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| bro {n} /bɹoʊ/ (used to address a male)
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:: frérot {m}
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| broach {n} (spit) SEE: spit
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::
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| broach {v} /bɹoʊtʃ/ (make a hole in)
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:: perforer, percer un tonneau
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| broach {v} (begin discussion about)
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:: aborder
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| broach {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch
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::
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| broach {n} (architecture: spire) SEE: spire
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::
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| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide
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::
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| broad {adj} /bɹɔːd/ (having a specified width)
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:: large
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| broad {adj} (strongly regional)
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:: fort
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| broad {n} (colloquial term for a woman or girl)
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:: gonzesse {f}, meuf {f}
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| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore
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::
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| broad bean {n} (Vicia faba)
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:: fève {f}, fèverole {f}
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| broad-billed sandpiper {n} (Calidris falcinellus)
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:: bécasseau falcinelle {f}
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| broadcast {n} /ˈbɹɔːdkɑːst/ (transmission of a radio or television programme)
|
:: émission {f}
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| broadcast {v} (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means)
|
:: diffuser, radiodiffuser
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| broadcasting {n} (business or profession of radio and television)
|
:: radiodiffusion {f}, émission {f}
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| broaden {v} (to become broad)
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:: s'élargir
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| broadleaf {adj} (pertaining to trees with leaves)
|
:: feuillu
|
| broadleaf {adj} (having especially broad leaves)
|
:: platyphylle
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| broad-leaved {adj} (having broad leaves)
|
:: feuillu
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| broad-leaved epiphyllum {n} (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
|
:: Epiphyllum à large feuilles
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| broad-minded {adj} (having an open mind, tolerant of diversity)
|
:: large d'esprit, ouvert d'esprit
|
| broad-mindedness {n} (characteristic)
|
:: ouverture d'esprit {f}, largesse d'esprit {f}
|
| broad shoulders {n} (the ability to take criticism or accept responsibility)
|
:: (avoir les) épaules solides
|
| broadside {n} (one side of a warship)
|
:: bordée, flanc
|
| broadside {n} (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
|
:: bordée {m}
|
| broadsword {n} /ˈbɹɔːd.sɔːd/ (longsword with a broad cutting blade)
|
:: estramaçon {m}
|
| broad-winged hawk {n} (Buteo platypterus)
|
:: petite buse {f}
|
| brocade {n} /bɹəˈkeɪd/ (fabric)
|
:: brocart {m}
|
| brocade {v} (decorate fabric with patterns)
|
:: brocher
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| brocard {n} /ˈbɹoʊkɚd/ (A legal principle usually expressed in Latin)
|
:: brocard {m}
|
| Broca's aphasia {n} (a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar)
|
:: aphasie de Broca {f}
|
| Broca's area {n} (area of the frontal lobe of the brain)
|
:: aire de Broca {f}
|
| broccoli {n} /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/ (plant Brassica oleracea var. italica)
|
:: brocoli {m}
|
| brochure {n} /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/ (booklet of printed informational matter)
|
:: brochure {f}
|
| brocket {n} /ˈbɹɒkɪt/ (young stag with straight horns)
|
:: daguet {m}
|
| broil {v} /bɹɔɪl/ (to cook by direct, radiant heat)
|
:: griller
|
| broil {n} (a brawl)
|
:: échauffourée {f}
|
| broke {adj} /bɹoʊk/ (lacking money; bankrupt)
|
:: fauché, à sec [invariable], [formally] désargenté
|
| brokeback {adj} (derelict) SEE: derelict
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::
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| broken {adj} /ˈbɹəʊkən/ (fragmented)
|
:: cassé, brisé, rompu
|
| broken {adj} (having the bone in pieces, fractured)
|
:: cassé, fracturé
|
| broken {adj} (of a line: dashed)
|
:: discontinu, traitillé
|
| broken {adj} (not working properly)
|
:: cassé, niqué [slang], pété [informal]
|
| broken {adj} (completely defeated and dispirited)
|
:: brisé
|
| broken {adj} (poorly spoken)
|
:: approximatif, petit-nègre
|
| broken {adj} (having no money)
|
:: fauché
|
| broken {adj} (disconnected)
|
:: coupé
|
| broken {adj} (of software: badly designed or implemented)
|
:: buggé
|
| broken {adj} (meteorology: five eighths to seven eighths obscured by clouds)
|
:: fragmenté
|
| broken-down {adj} (no longer in working order)
|
:: en panne {m} {f}, hors-service {m} {f}, H.S. {m} {f}
|
| broken heart {n} (feeling of grief or loss)
|
:: cœur blessé {m}, cœur brisé {m}
|
| brokenhearted {adj} (grieved and disappointed)
|
:: ayant le cœur brisé
|
| broken plural {n} (in Arabic and other languages, irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels)
|
:: pluriel brisé {m}, pluriel interne {m}
|
| broker {n} /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/ (mediator between a buyer and seller)
|
:: courtier {m}, représentant {m}, démarcheur {m}
|
| broker {v} (to mediate in a sale or transaction)
|
:: négocier
|
| brokerage {n} (company whose business is to act as a broker)
|
:: courtier {m}
|
| brokerage {n} (the commission paid to a broker)
|
:: courtage {m}
|
| brolga {n} (an Australian crane)
|
:: grue brolga {f}
|
| bromance {n} /ˈbɹoʊmæns/ (close but non-sexual relationship between men)
|
:: bromance {f}
|
| bromate {n} (salt of bromic acid)
|
:: bromate {m}
|
| bromatology {n} /bɹəʊməˈtɒlədʒi/ (study of food)
|
:: bromatologie {f}
|
| brome {n} /bɹəʊm/ (grass of Bromus)
|
:: brome {m}
|
| bromide {n} /ˈbɹoʊ.maɪd/ (chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element)
|
:: bromure {m}
|
| bromide {n} (platitude) SEE: platitude
|
::
|
| bromine {n} /ˈbɹoʊmin/ (nonmetallic chemical element)
|
:: brome {m}
|
| bromoform {n} (CHBr3)
|
:: bromoforme {m}
|
| bromophenol blue {n} (acid-base indicator)
|
:: bleu de bromophénol {m}
|
| bronchial {adj} /ˈbɹɑːn.ki.əl/ (Of or relating to the bronchi or to the bronchioles)
|
:: bronchial
|
| bronchitis {n} /bɹɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/ (inflammation of the lungs)
|
:: bronchite {f}
|
| bronchodilator {n} (drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages)
|
:: bronchodilatateur {m}
|
| bronchoscopy {n} (technique)
|
:: bronchoscopie {f}
|
| bronchus {n} /ˈbɹɒŋkəs/ (Either or two branches of the trachea)
|
:: bronche {f}
|
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry
|
::
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| bronze {v} (to tan) SEE: tan
|
::
|
| bronze {n} /bɹɑnz/ (alloy)
|
:: bronze {m}, airain {m}
|
| bronze {n} (colour)
|
:: bronze
|
| bronze {adj} (tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun)
|
:: hâlé, bronzé, tanné par le soleil
|
| bronze {n} (bronze medal) SEE: bronze medal
|
::
|
| Bronze Age {prop} (archaeology)
|
:: âge du bronze {m}
|
| bronze medal {n} (medal made of, or having the colour of, bronze)
|
:: médaille de bronze {f}
|
| bronze medalist {n} (bronze medal winner)
|
:: médaillé de bronze {m}, médaillée de bronze {f}
|
| bronze whaler {n} (copper shark) SEE: copper shark
|
::
|
| brooch {n} /bɹoʊtʃ/ (jewellery with pin)
|
:: broche {f}
|
| brood {n} /bɹuːd/
|
:: couvée {f}
|
| brood {v} (to keep an egg warm)
|
:: couver
|
| brood {v} (to protect)
|
:: couver, protéger
|
| brood {v} (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
|
:: se morfondre, broyer du noir
|
| brooder {n} /ˈbɹuːdə/ (heated box used for chicks or premature babies)
|
:: couveuse {f}
|
| brood mare {n} (mare used for breeding)
|
:: poulinière {f}
|
| brook {n} /bɹʊk/ (a small stream)
|
:: ruisselet {m}
|
| brook {v} (tolerate) SEE: tolerate
|
::
|
| brook alder {n} (American winterberry) SEE: American winterberry
|
::
|
| brooklet {n} (a little brook)
|
:: ruisselet {m}
|
| brook trout {n} (Salvelinus fontinalis)
|
:: truite mouchetée {f}, saumon de fontaine {m}, omble de fontaine
|
| broom {n} /bɹuːm/ (domestic utensil)
|
:: balai {m}
|
| broom {n} (domestic utensil)
|
:: Picard: ramon {m}
|
| broom {n} (Fabaceae shrub)
|
:: genêt à balais {m}, argalou {m}
|
| broom {v} (to sweep)
|
:: balayer
|
| broomcorn millet {n} (proso millet) SEE: proso millet
|
::
|
| broomrape {n} (plant of the genus Orobanche)
|
:: orobanche {f}
|
| broomstick {n} /ˈbɹum.stɪk/ (the handle of a broom)
|
:: manche à balai {m}
|
| broom wagon {n} (vehicle)
|
:: camion-balai {m}, voiture-balai {f}
|
| bros before hoes {proverb} (a man should prioritize his male friends over his girlfriend or wife)
|
:: les potes avant les putes
|
| broth {n} /bɹɔθ/ (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled)
|
:: bouillon {m}
|
| broth {n} (soup made from broth)
|
:: bouillon {m}, soupe {f}
|
| broth cube {n} (bouillon cube) SEE: bouillon cube
|
::
|
| brothel {n} /ˈbɹɑθəl/ (house of prostitution)
|
:: bordel {m}, lupanar {m}, maison close {f}, [Belgium] privé {m}, maison de tolérance {f}, boxon {m}
|
| brothel-keeper {n} (person who keeps a brothel)
|
:: tenancier de maison close {m}, tenancière de maison close {f}, tenancière {f}
|
| brother {n} /ˈbɹʌðɚ/ (male sibling)
|
:: frère {m}
|
| brother {n} (male having parents in common)
|
:: frère {m}
|
| brother {n} (male fellow member of a religious community)
|
:: frère {m}
|
| brother {n} (peer)
|
:: pair {m}, semblable {m} {f}
|
| brother {v} (to treat as a brother)
|
:: fraterniser
|
| brotherhood {n} /ˈbɹʌðɚhʊd/ (state of being brothers or a brother)
|
:: fraternité {f}
|
| brotherhood {n} (an association of any purpose, a fraternity)
|
:: confrérie {f}, fraternité {f}
|
| brotherhood {n} (persons of a like kind)
|
:: fraternité {f}
|
| brother-in-arms {n} (fellow combatant or soldier)
|
:: frère d'armes {m}
|
| brother-in-law {n} /ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɔ/ (one's husband's brother)
|
:: beau-frère {m}
|
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's brother)
|
:: beau-frère {m}
|
| brother-in-law {n} (one's sister's husband)
|
:: beau-frère {m}
|
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's sister's husband)
|
:: beau-frère {m}
|
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's sister's husband)
|
:: beau-frère {m}
|
| brouhaha {n} /ˈbɹuː.hɑː.hɑː/ (fuss, uproar)
|
:: brouhaha {m}
|
| brow {n} (forehead) SEE: forehead
|
::
|
| brow {n} (eyebrow) SEE: eyebrow
|
::
|
| browbeat {v} /ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/ (to bully in an intimidating way)
|
:: intimider, brusquer
|
| brown {n} /bɹaʊn/ (colour)
|
:: marron, brun
|
| brown {adj} (having a brown colour)
|
:: brun, marron
|
| brown {v} (to become brown)
|
:: brunir
|
| brown {v} (to cook until brown)
|
:: faire dorer, faire roussir
|
| brown {v} (to tan) SEE: tan
|
::
|
| Brown {prop} (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
|
:: Lebrun, Brun, Brunet
|
| brown bear {n} (Ursus arctos)
|
:: ours brun {m}
|
| brown bread {n} (type of bread)
|
:: pain complet {m}
|
| brown coal {n} (lignite) SEE: lignite
|
::
|
| brown dwarf {n} (starlike object)
|
:: naine brune {f}
|
| browned off {adj} (annoyed, fed up)
|
:: excité, exaspéré
|
| brown eye {n} (vulgar, slang for the anus)
|
:: trou du cul {m}, œil de bronze {m}, rondelle {f}, boîte à caca {f}
|
| brown falcon {n}
|
:: faucon bérigora
|
| brown hare {n} (brown hare) SEE: European hare
|
::
|
| Brownian motion {n} (random motion of particles suspended in a fluid)
|
:: mouvement brownien {m}
|
| brownie {n} /ˈbɹaʊni/ (small rich cake)
|
:: brownie {f}
|
| brownie point {n}
|
:: bon point {m}
|
| brownish {adj} /ˈbɹaʊnɪʃ/ (of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown)
|
:: brunâtre
|
| brownnose {v} (fawn) SEE: fawn
|
::
|
| brownnose {v} (to flatter in obsequious manner)
|
:: lécher le cul [vulgar], flagorner [literary], cirer les pompes [colloquial], lécher les bottes [colloquial]
|
| brown noser {n} (one who brownnoses)
|
:: lèche-bottes, lèche-cul, cireur de pompes {m}, cire-pompes {m} {f}
|
| brown rat {n} (Rattus norvegicus)
|
:: surmulot {m}
|
| brown rice {n} (unpolished rice)
|
:: riz complet, riz brun
|
| brown sauce {n} (Stock, butter and flour)
|
:: sauce brune
|
| brown sauce {n} (Gravy)
|
:: sauce brune
|
| brown shrike {n} (Lanius cristatus)
|
:: pie-grièche brune {f}
|
| brownstone {n}
|
:: grés brun
|
| brown study {n} (melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought)
|
:: mélancolie {f}, blues {m}, bourdon {m}
|
| brown sugar {n} (partially refined sugar)
|
:: cassonade {f}
|
| brown thumb {n} (lack of skill at growing plants)
|
:: pouce brun {m} [Quebec]
|
| brown trout {n} (species of freshwater trout)
|
:: truite fario {f}
|
| brow ridge {n} (bony projection above the eye sockets)
|
:: arcade sourcilière
|
| browse {v} /bɹaʊz/ (scan, casually look through)
|
:: feuilleter, parcourir
|
| browse {v} (move about while sampling)
|
:: parcourir, regarder
|
| browse {v} (navigate through hyperlinked documents)
|
:: naviguer
|
| browse {v} (move about while eating parts of plants)
|
:: brouter
|
| browser {n} (web browser) SEE: web browser
|
::
|
| BRT {n} (bus rapid transit)
|
:: SRB
|
| brubru {n} /ˈbɹuːbɹuː/ (Nilaus afer)
|
:: brubru
|
| brucellosis {n} (infection by the bacterium, Brucella)
|
:: brucellose {f}
|
| Bruges {prop} /bɹuːʒ/ (city in Belgium)
|
:: Bruges {m}
|
| bruise {v} /bɹuːz/ (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)
|
:: contusionner, meurtrir
|
| bruise {v} (cause fruit or vegetables to bruise)
|
:: taler, cotir
|
| bruise {v} (of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises)
|
:: se taler, se cotir, s'abîmer
|
| bruise {v} (to get bruised)
|
:: se faire un bleu
|
| bruise {n} (medical: mark on the skin)
|
:: bleu {m}, contusion {f}, ecchymose {f}, meurtrissure {f}
|
| bruise {n} (mark on fruit or vegetable)
|
:: [rare] talure {f}, cotissure {f}, meurtrissure {f}
|
| bruit {v} /bɹuːt/ (to disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.)
|
:: ébruiter
|
| Brumaire {prop} /bɹʊˈmɛəɹ/ (the second month of the French Republican Calendar)
|
:: brumaire {m}
|
| brumous {adj} (wintry) SEE: wintry
|
::
|
| brunch {n} /bɹʌntʃ/ (a meal)
|
:: brunch {m}
|
| Brunei {prop} /bɹuːˈnaɪ/ (a country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Brunei {m}
|
| Bruneian {n} (person from Brunei)
|
:: Brunéien, de Brunei
|
| Bruneian {adj} (pertaining to Brunei)
|
:: brunéien, de Brunei
|
| brunette {adj} /bɹuˈnɛt/ (having brown or black hair)
|
:: brun
|
| brunette {n} (a person, especially female, with brown or black hair)
|
:: brune {f}, brun {m}
|
| brunette {n} (a person, especially female, with dark eyes and darkish or olive skin)
|
:: brune {f}
|
| brunion {n} (nectarine) SEE: nectarine
|
::
|
| Bruno {prop} /ˈbɹunoʊ/ (male given name)
|
:: Bruno {m}
|
| Bruno {prop} (surname)
|
:: Bruno {m} {f}
|
| Brunstatt {prop} (commune in Alsace)
|
:: Brunstatt
|
| Brunswick {prop} (Braunschweig, Germany)
|
:: Brunswick
|
| bruschetta {n} /bɹuˈʃɛtə/ (Italian toasted bread topped with garlic and tomatoes)
|
:: bruschetta {f}
|
| brush {n} /bɹʌʃ/ (implement)
|
:: brosse {f}
|
| brush {n} (act of brushing)
|
:: brossage {m}
|
| brush {n} (short experience)
|
:: accrochage {m}
|
| brush {v} (to clean (with a brush))
|
:: brosser
|
| brush {v} (to untangle/arrange)
|
:: brosser, se brosser
|
| brush {v} (to apply)
|
:: peindre, peinturer
|
| brush {v} (to remove)
|
:: brosser
|
| brush {v} (to touch)
|
:: frôler, effleurer
|
| brush off {v} (to disregard)
|
:: ignorer, regarder de haut
|
| brush one's teeth {v} (to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush)
|
:: se brosser les dents
|
| brushtail {n} (brushtail possum) SEE: brushtail possum
|
::
|
| brushtail possum {n} (Trichosurus vulpecula)
|
:: phalanger-renard {m}, phalanger vulpin {m}
|
| brush up {v} (to improve a rusty or underdeveloped skill)
|
:: dérouiller
|
| brushwood {n} (fallen branches and twigs)
|
:: brindilles {p}
|
| brusque {adj} /bɹʌsk/ (rudely abrupt, unfriendly)
|
:: brusque
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| Brusselian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to, Brussels)
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:: bruxellois {m}
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| Brusselian {n} (someone from Brussels)
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:: Bruxellois {m}, Bruxelloise {f}
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| Brussels {prop} /ˈbɹʌsəlz/ (capital of Belgium)
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:: Bruxelles {f}
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| Brussels Capital Region {prop} (region of Belgium)
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:: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale {f}
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| Brussels griffon {n} (dog breed)
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:: griffon bruxellois
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| Brussels sprout {n} (vegetable)
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:: chou de Bruxelles {m}
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| brutal {adj} /ˈbɹuːtəl/ (savagely violent)
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:: brutal
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| brutalise {v} (to inflict violence)
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:: brutaliser
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| brutalise {v} (to make brutal)
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:: abrutir
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| brutality {n} (a state of being brutal)
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:: brutalité {f}
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| brutalize {v} (brutalise) SEE: brutalise
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::
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| brutally {adv} (in a brutal manner)
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:: brutalement, sauvagement
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| brute {n} /bɹuːt/ (brutal person)
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:: brute {f}
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| brute force {n} /bɹut ˈfɔɹs/ (method of accomplishing something)
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:: force brute {f}
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| brute force {n} (computing: method of solving a problem )
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:: force brute {f}
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| Brutus {prop} /ˈbɹutəs/ (Roman cognomen)
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:: Brutus
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| bruxism {n} /ˈbɹʌksɪz(ə)m/ (habit or practice of grinding the teeth)
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:: bruxisme {m}
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| bruxomania {n} (compulsive grinding of the teeth)
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:: bruxomanie {f}
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| Bryansk {prop} (city in Russia)
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:: Briansk {m}
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| Bryce {prop} (given name)
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:: Brice {m}
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| Bryce {prop} (surname)
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:: Brice {m}
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| bryony {n} /ˈbɹaɪəni/ (herb of Bryonia)
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:: brione {f}
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| bryophyte {n} /ˈbɹaɪ̯.ə.fʌit/ (member of the Bryophyta; moss, liverwort, or hornwort)
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:: bryophyte {m}
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| bryozoan {n} /ˌbɹɑɪəˈzəʊən/ (invertebrate in the phylum Bryozoa)
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:: ectoprocte {m}
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| Brythonic {adj} /bɹɪˈθɒnɪk/ (of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup)
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:: brittonique
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| bête noire {n} /bɛt ˈnwɑɹ/ (an anathema)
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:: bête noire {f}
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| B-tree {n} (indexed data structure suitable for storage of a large number of items in a balanced fashion)
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:: arbre B {m}
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| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek
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::
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| bubble {n} /ˈbʌb.əl/ (spherically contained volume of air or other gas)
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:: bulle {f}
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| bubble {n} (small spherical cavity in a solid)
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:: trou {m}
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| bubble {n} (period of intense speculation in a market)
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:: bulle {f}
|
| bubble {n} (emotional and/or physical atmosphere)
|
:: ambiance {f}
|
| bubble {n} (anything lacking firmness or solidity)
|
:: vent {m}
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| bubble {v} (to rise up in bubbles)
|
:: bouillonner
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| bubble {n} (someone who has been fooled) SEE: dupe
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::
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| bubble {v} (to cry, weep) SEE: weep
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::
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| bubble {v} (to cheat, delude) SEE: cheat
|
::
|
| bubble bath {n} (bath in which an additive is poured into the water to create bubbles)
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:: bain moussant {m}
|
| bubblegum {n} /ˈbʌbəlɡʌm/ (chewing gum)
|
:: gomme à bulles {f} [Canada], gomme à claquer {f} [Canada], gomme balloune {f} [Canada]
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| bubble level {n} (tool) SEE: spirit level
|
::
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| bubble sort {n} (sorting algorithm)
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:: tri à bulles {m}
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| bubble tea {n} (milk tea with tapioca balls)
|
:: thé aux perles {m}, thé aux bulles {m}
|
| bubble wrap {n} (cushioning material)
|
:: papier bulle {m}
|
| bubo {n} /ˈbu.boʊ/ (inflamed lymph node)
|
:: bubon {m}
|
| bubonic {adj} (of or pertaining to buboes)
|
:: bubonique
|
| bubonic plague {n} (disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis)
|
:: peste bubonique {f}
|
| buccaneer {n} /ˌbʌkəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ (a group of seamen)
|
:: boucanier {m}
|
| bucentaur {n} (a supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man)
|
:: bucentaure {m}
|
| Bucharest {prop} /ˌbuːkəˈɹɛst/ (The capital of Romania)
|
:: Bucarest {m}
|
| Bucharestian {n} (someone from Bucharest)
|
:: Bucarestois {m}, Bucarestoise {f}
|
| buck {n} (ram) SEE: ram
|
::
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| buck {n} /bʌk/ (male deer, goat, etc.)
|
:: bouc
|
| buck {n} (informal: dollar)
|
:: piasse {f} [Quebec]
|
| buck {v} (of a horse: to leap upward arching its back, kicking out hind legs)
|
:: ruer
|
| bucket {n} /ˈbʌkɪt/ (container)
|
:: seau {m}, [Quebec] chaudière {f}
|
| bucket {n} (part of piece of machinery)
|
:: godet {m}
|
| bucket {n} (old car)
|
:: tacot {m}, [Quebec] bazou {m}, [Quebec] minoune {f}, [France] guimbarde
|
| bucket {n} (basketball: basket)
|
:: panier
|
| bucket {v} (rain heavily)
|
:: pleuvoir à verse
|
| bucket down {v} (rain heavily)
|
:: pleuvoir à seaux, dégringoler, [colloquial] pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse, [informal] pleuvoir des cordes
|
| bucket hat {n} (a casual hat often worn at the beach)
|
:: bob {m}
|
| bucket list {n} (a list of things to accomplish before one's death)
|
:: liste de choses à faire avant de mourir {f}
|
| bucket of bolts {n} (machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value)
|
:: tas de ferraille {m} [literally: pile of scrap metal]
|
| buckeye {n} /ˈbʌkaɪ/ (tree of the genus Aesculus)
|
:: marronnier {m}
|
| bucking {n} /ˈbʌkɪŋ/ (act of kicking both hind legs upward)
|
:: ruade {f}
|
| Buckingham Palace {prop} (the official London residence of the British monarch)
|
:: palais de Buckingham {m}
|
| buckle {v} (to buckle down) SEE: buckle down
|
::
|
| buckle {v} /ˈbʌk(ə)l/ (to distort under longitudinal compression)
|
:: se déformer
|
| buckle {v} (to make bend; to cause to become distorted)
|
:: déformer, gauchir
|
| buckle {v} (to give in)
|
:: s’écrouler, s’affaisser
|
| buckle {v} (to yield; to cease opposing)
|
:: renoncer, céder
|
| buckle {n} (belt clasp)
|
:: boucle {f}
|
| buckle {v} (to fasten)
|
:: boucler
|
| buckle down {v} ((idiom) to become serious)
|
:: se concentrer
|
| buckler {n} /ˈbʌk.lə/ (small shield)
|
:: bouclier {m}, targe {f}
|
| buckle up {v} (to fasten one's seat belt or safety belt)
|
:: s'attacher
|
| buckram {n} /ˈbʌkɹəm/ (cloth)
|
:: bougran {m}
|
| bucksaw {n} (saw in a metal frame) SEE: bow saw
|
::
|
| buckshot {n} (lead shot used in shotgun cartridges)
|
:: chevrotine {f}
|
| buck's party {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party
|
::
|
| buckthorn {n} (plant of the genus Rhamnus)
|
:: nerprun
|
| buckthorn {n} (Rhamnus cathartica)
|
:: nerprun purgatif {m}
|
| buckwheat {n} /ˈbʌkʍiːt/ (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
|
:: sarrasin {m}
|
| buckwheat {n} (fruit of this plant as cereal)
|
:: blé sarrasin {m}, blé noir {m}, sarrasin {m}
|
| bucolic {adj} /bjuˈkɑlɪk/ (rustic, pastoral, country-styled)
|
:: bucolique
|
| bucolic {adj} (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants)
|
:: pastoral
|
| bud {n} /bʌd/ (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded)
|
:: bourgeon {m}, bouton {m}
|
| bud {n} (slang: potent cannabis)
|
:: beu {f}
|
| bud {v} (to form buds)
|
:: bourgeonner
|
| bud {n} (slang: buddy)
|
:: pote {m} {f}
|
| Budapest {prop} /ˈbuːdəpɛst/ (the capital city of Hungary)
|
:: Budapest {m}
|
| buddha {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana
|
::
|
| Buddha {prop} /ˈbʊdə/ (spiritual and philosophical teacher)
|
:: Bouddha {m}
|
| Buddhahood {n} (state of being enlightened by Buddhist teachings)
|
:: bouddhéité
|
| Buddha's hand {n} (citrus fruit)
|
:: main de Bouddha {f}
|
| Buddhism {n} /ˈbu.dɪ.zəm/ (religion and philosophy)
|
:: bouddhisme {m}
|
| Buddhist {adj} /ˈbudɪst/ (of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism)
|
:: bouddhiste
|
| Buddhist {n} (practitioner of Buddhism)
|
:: bouddhiste {m} {f}
|
| Buddhistic {adj} (of, relating to Buddhism)
|
:: bouddhique
|
| buddy {n} /bʌd.i/ (friend or casual acquaintance)
|
:: compagnon {m}, pote {m}, copain {m}
|
| buddy {n} (partner for a particular activity)
|
:: copain {m}, pote {m} {f}
|
| buddy {n} (informal address to a stranger)
|
:: camarade {m}, mec {m}
|
| budge {v} /bʌdʒ/ (intransitive: to move)
|
:: bouger
|
| budge {v} (transitive: to move)
|
:: bouger
|
| budgerigar {n} (species of parakeet)
|
:: perruche ondulée {f}
|
| budget {n} /ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/ (the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame)
|
:: budget {m}
|
| budget {n} (itemized summary of intended expenditure)
|
:: budget {m}
|
| budget {adj} (of, or relating to a budget)
|
:: budgétaire
|
| budgetary {adj} (of or pertaining to a budget)
|
:: budgétaire
|
| Buenos Aires {prop} /ˌbweɪnoʊs ˈaɪɹeɪs/ (capital of Argentina)
|
:: Buenos Aires {?}
|
| buff {n} /bʌf/ (a person who is very interested in a particular subject)
|
:: mordu [colloquial], passionné {m}, aficionado {m}
|
| buff {n} (A brownish yellow colour)
|
:: chamois
|
| buff {adj} (Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow)
|
:: chamois
|
| buffalo {n} /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/ (Old World mammals)
|
:: buffle {m}
|
| buffalo {n} (North American bison)
|
:: bison {m}
|
| buffalo {n} (fish)
|
:: ictiobus {m}
|
| buffalo {v} (hunt buffalo)
|
:: chasser le buffle
|
| buffalo {v} (outwit, confuse)
|
:: être plus malin, confondre, intimider, battre
|
| buffalo {v} (pistol-whip)
|
:: frapper avec la crosse d'un pistolet
|
| Buffalo {prop} (a city in New York State)
|
:: Buffalo
|
| buffalo wing {n} (cooked chicken wing in spicy sauce)
|
:: aile Buffalo, aile de poulet Buffalo, aile piquante Buffalo
|
| buff-breasted sandpiper {n} (Calidris subruficollis)
|
:: bécasseau roussâtre {m}
|
| buffer {n} /ˈbʌfɚ/ (portion of memory in computing)
|
:: tampon {m}
|
| buffer {n} (solution to stabilize pH)
|
:: solution tampon
|
| buffer {n} (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
|
:: tampon {m}
|
| buffer {v} (maintain a given acidity)
|
:: tamponner
|
| buffer solution {n} (buffer solution)
|
:: solution tampon
|
| buffer zone {n} (neutral area)
|
:: zone tampon {f}
|
| buffet {n} /bəˈfeɪ/ (counter or sideboard)
|
:: buffet {m}
|
| bufflehead {n} /ˈbʌfəlhɛd/ (a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola)
|
:: garrot albéole {m}, petit garrot {m}
|
| buffoon {n} /bəˈfuːn/ (one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion)
|
:: bouffon {m}
|
| buff out {v} (to smooth the surface by friction)
|
:: poncer
|
| buff out {v} (to remove minor defects)
|
:: fignoler
|
| buff-tailed bumblebee {n} (Bombus terrestris)
|
:: bourdon terrestre
|
| bug {n} /bʌɡ/ (an insect of the order Hemiptera)
|
:: insecte {m}, punaise {f}
|
| bug {n} (a colloquial name for insect)
|
:: insecte {m}, petite bête {f}
|
| bug {n} (various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans)
|
:: cigale de mer {f}
|
| bug {n} (problem that needs fixing (especially in computing))
|
:: bogue {m}, bug
|
| bug {n} (contagious illness, bacteria, virus)
|
:: microbe {m}, virus {m}
|
| bug {n} (an enthusiasm for something)
|
:: virus {m}, manie {f}
|
| bug {n} (an electronic listening device)
|
:: mouchard {m}, micro {m}, écoute {f}
|
| bug {n} (a small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page)
|
:: pixel de tracking {m}, traceur {m}
|
| bug {n} (a small image placed in a corner of a television program)
|
:: logo {m}
|
| bug {v} (to annoy)
|
:: ennuyer, embêter, agacer, enquiquiner, [vulgar] emmerder, taper sur le système
|
| bug {v} (to install an electronic listening device in)
|
:: poser un mouchard, un micro, mettre sur écoute , microter
|
| bugfix {n} (patch or change that fixes a bug)
|
:: rustine {f}, patch {m}, correctif {m}
|
| bugger {n} (heretic) SEE: heretic
|
::
|
| bugger {n} /ˈbʌɡɚ/ (someone who commits buggery)
|
:: sodomite {m}
|
| bugger {n} (foolish or worthless person, rascal)
|
:: tête de nœud {f}, abruti {m}, glandu {m}
|
| bugger {n} (slang: someone viewed with affection)
|
:: rascal {m}, vieille branche {f}
|
| bugger {n} (slang: someone very fond of something)
|
:: fondu {m}
|
| bugger {v} (to have anal intercourse with)
|
:: empaffer, enculer, sodomiser
|
| bugger {v} (to ruin)
|
:: ravager, ruiner
|
| bugger {interj} (slang: expressing annoyance)
|
:: merde, bordel, nom de Dieu
|
| bugger factor {n} (Murphy's law) SEE: Murphy's law
|
::
|
| bugger off {interj} (go away) SEE: get lost
|
::
|
| bugger off {interj} (expression of disagreement or disbelief)
|
:: [vulgar] merde, [vulgar] putain, [informal] punaise, flûte, [colloquial] chiotte
|
| bugger off {v} (to leave, go away, disappear)
|
:: [formal] allez voir là-bas si j'y suis, déguerpir, [colloquial] foutre le camp, [colloquial] décarrer, aller se rhabiller, [vulgar] aller chier dans sa caisse
|
| buggery {n} (anal sex) SEE: anal sex
|
::
|
| buggy {n} /bʌ.ɡi/ (A small horse-drawn cart)
|
:: calèche {f}
|
| buggy {n} (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy)
|
:: quad {m}
|
| buggy {adj} (infested with insects)
|
:: infesté {m}
|
| buggy {adj} (containing programming errors)
|
:: buggé {m}
|
| buggy {n} (shopping cart) SEE: shopping cart
|
::
|
| bughouse chess {n} (variant of chess)
|
:: Blitz à quatre
|
| bugle {n} /ˈbjuːɡəl/ (music: simple brass instrument)
|
:: clairon {m}
|
| bugler {n} (someone who plays the bugle)
|
:: clairon {m}
|
| bug off {interj} (Used to tell somebody to leave them alone)
|
:: [colloquial] dégage, [vulgar] va chier, [colloquial] aller se faire voir
|
| build {v} /bɪld/ ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
|
:: construire, édifier, ériger, bâtir
|
| build {v} ((transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process)
|
:: monter
|
| build {v} ((transitive) to establish a basis for)
|
:: fonder
|
| build {v} ((intransitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
|
:: monter
|
| build {v} ((intransitive) to develop in magnitude or extent)
|
:: croître
|
| build {v} ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)
|
:: compiler
|
| build {v} ((intransitive, computing) to be constructed by compilation of source code)
|
:: compiler
|
| build {n} (physique)
|
:: carrure {f}
|
| build {n} (any version of a software during its development)
|
:: version {f}
|
| build castles in the air {v} (to have any desire, idea, or plan unlikely to be realized)
|
:: bâtir des châteaux en Espagne, bâtir des plans sur la comète, tirer des plans sur la comète
|
| builder {n} /ˈbɪl.dɚ/ (a person who builds or constructs things)
|
:: constructeur {m}, constructrice {f}, bâtisseur {m}, bâtisseuse {f}
|
| builder {n} (a bodybuilder) SEE: bodybuilder
|
::
|
| builder's cleavage {n} (top of the buttocks showing)
|
:: sourire du plombier {m}
|
| building {n} /ˈbɪldɪŋ/ (act or process of building)
|
:: construction {f}
|
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof)
|
:: immeuble {m}, édifice {m}, bâtiment {m}
|
| building block {n} (component that is part of a larger construction)
|
:: brique {f}
|
| building block {n} (block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy)
|
:: cube {m}
|
| building material {n} (any material which is used for construction purposes)
|
:: matériau de construction {m}
|
| building site {n} (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected)
|
:: chantier {m}
|
| building worker {n} (construction worker) SEE: construction worker
|
::
|
| build up {v} (to accumulate)
|
:: s'accumuler, s'entasser, s'empiler
|
| build up {v} (to strengthen)
|
:: renforcer
|
| built-in {adj} (constructed as a non-detachable part)
|
:: encastré
|
| built-in {adj} (essential)
|
:: intrinsèque
|
| built-in {adj} (included)
|
:: incorporé
|
| built-in function {n} (function that is provided)
|
:: fonction intégrée {f}
|
| buisine {n} (medieval wind instrument)
|
:: buisine {f}
|
| Bujumbura {prop} /ˌbuːdʒəmˈbʊɹə/ (former capital of Burundi)
|
:: Bujumbura
|
| Bukhara {prop} /buˈkɑːɹə/ (city in Uzbekistan)
|
:: Boukhara {m}
|
| bulb {n} /bʌlb/ (rounded solid object)
|
:: bulbe {m}
|
| bulb {n} (bulb-shaped root)
|
:: bulbe {m}
|
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb
|
::
|
| bulbous {adj} /ˈbʌlbəs/ (having the shape of a bulb)
|
:: bulbeux
|
| bulbous {adj} (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
|
:: bulbeux
|
| bulbul {n} /ˈbʊlbʊl/ (bird of the family Pycnonotidae)
|
:: bulbul {m}
|
| Bulgaria {prop} /bʌlˈɡɛɹ.i.ə/ (country)
|
:: Bulgarie {f}
|
| Bulgarian {adj} /bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən/ (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language)
|
:: bulgare
|
| Bulgarian {n} (native of Bulgaria)
|
:: Bulgare
|
| Bulgarian {n} (language)
|
:: bulgare {m}
|
| bulge {n} /bʌldʒ/ (Something sticking out)
|
:: bombement {m}, bosse {f}, protubérance {f}
|
| bulge {v} (to stick out from)
|
:: bomber, déformer
|
| bulgogi {n} /bʊlˈɡoʊɡiː/ (a Korean dish)
|
:: bulgogi
|
| bulgur {n} /ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/ (Middle Eastern food)
|
:: boulgour {m}, boulghour
|
| bulimia {n} /bjuˈlimi.ə/ (eating disorder)
|
:: boulimie {f}
|
| bulimia nervosa {n} (eating disorder) SEE: bulimia
|
::
|
| bulimic {adj} (suffering from bulimia nervosa)
|
:: boulimique
|
| bulimic {adj} (of, or relating to, bulimia nervosa)
|
:: boulimique
|
| bulimic {n} (person suffering from bulimia)
|
:: boulimique {m} {f}
|
| bulk {n} /bʌlk/ (volume)
|
:: grosseur {f}
|
| bulk {n} (major part of something)
|
:: gros {m}, ensemble {m}
|
| bulk {n} (unpackaged goods in transport)
|
:: vrac {m}
|
| bulk {n} (dietary fibre) SEE: dietary fibre
|
::
|
| bulk carrier {n} (watercraft)
|
:: vraquier {m}
|
| bulkhead {n} (partition on ship)
|
:: cloison {f}
|
| bulky {adj} /ˈbʌlki/ (large in size, mass, or volume)
|
:: gros, corpulent (of a person), volumineux
|
| bulky {adj} (unwieldy)
|
:: encombrant
|
| bulky refuse {n} (bulky waste) SEE: bulky waste
|
::
|
| bulky waste {n} (a waste type that is too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection)
|
:: encombrant {m}, objets encombrants {m-p}
|
| bull {n} /ˈbʊl/ (uncastrated adult male bovine)
|
:: taureau {m}
|
| bull {n} (adult male animal)
|
:: mâle {m}
|
| bull {n} (slang: policeman)
|
:: vaches {f-p} [cows], bœufs {m-p} [oxen] [Canada], chiens {m-p} [dogs] [Canada], poulet {m} [chicken], cognes {m-p} [the beat]
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| bull {adj} (male)
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:: mâle
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| bull {n} (document)
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:: bulle {f}
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| bull {n} (seal)
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:: sceau {m}
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| bull {n} (nonsense)
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:: bêtises {f-p}
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| bullace {n} (European plum) SEE: damson
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::
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| bull bar {n} (a device fitted to the front of a vehicle)
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:: pare-buffle {m}
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| bullcrap {n} (bullshit) SEE: bullshit
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::
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| bulldog {n} /ˈbʊldɔɡ/ (breed of dog)
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:: bouledogue {m}
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| bulldog clip {n} /ˈbʊldɒɡ ˈklɪp/ (rigid handled binder clip)
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:: pince à dessin {f}
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| bulldozer {n} /ˈbʊldoʊzɚ/ (tractor)
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:: bulldozer {m}
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| bull elephant {n} (bull elephant, male elephant)
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:: éléphant mâle {m}, mâle de l'éléphant {m}
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| bullet {n} /ˈbʊl.ɪt/ (projectile)
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:: balle {f}, projectile {m}
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| bullet {n} (typography: printed symbol in the form of a solid circle)
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:: puce {m}
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| bulleted list {n} (list)
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:: liste à puces {f}
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| bulletin {n} /ˈbʊlɪtɪn/ (A short report)
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:: bulletin {m}
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| bulletin {n} (A short news report)
|
:: bulletin {m}
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| bulletin board {n} (a board)
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:: panneau d'affichage {m}
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| bulletin board system {n} (computer system to exchange messages and data)
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:: système babillard electronique {f}
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| bulletproof {adj} /bʊl.ɪtpɹuːf/ (capable of withstanding a bullet)
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:: pare-balle, blindé
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| bulletproof {adj} (reliable, infallible)
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:: à toute épreuve, inattaquable {m} {f}, infaillible {m} {f}
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| bulletproof vest {n} /bʊl.ɪtpɹuːf vɛst/ (garment)
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:: gilet pare-balles {m}
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| bullet train {n} (Japanese high-speed train)
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:: shinkansen {m}
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| bull fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass
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::
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| bullfight {n} (public spectacle)
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:: corrida {f}, spectacle de tauromachie {m}
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| bullfighter {n} (a toreador or matador)
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:: torero {m}, toréro {m}, toréador {m}, matador {m}
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| bullfighting {n} (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
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:: tauromachie {f}, corrida {f}
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| bullfinch {n} (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
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:: bouvreuil {m}
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| bullfrog {n} /ˈbʊlfɹɑɡ/ (bullfrog)
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:: grenouille-taureau {f}, [Canadian and Louisiana French] ouaouaron {m}
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| bullhead {n} (Europe, Asia: the European bullhead) SEE: European bullhead
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::
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| bullhorn {n} (portable device which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice)
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:: mégaphone {m}
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| bullion {n} /ˈbʊl.jən/ (bulk quantity of precious metal)
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:: lingot {m}
|
| bullionism {n} (an economic theory that defines wealth by the amount of precious metals owned)
|
:: bullionisme
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| bull market {n} (state of stock market)
|
:: marché haussier {m}
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| bullock {n} /ˈbʊlək/ ((archaic) a young bull)
|
:: taurillon
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| bullock {n} (a castrated bull; an ox)
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:: bouvillon
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| bullpen {n} (enclosed area to hold bulls)
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:: toril {m}
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| bull ring {n} (bullring) SEE: bullring
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::
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| bullring {n} (area in which a bullfight is takes place)
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:: arène {f}
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| bullroarer {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: rhombe {m}
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| bull run {n} (event in which people run with bulls in the streets)
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:: encierro {m}
|
| bullseye {n} /ˈbʊlzaɪ/ (centre of a target)
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:: mille {m}, mouche {f}
|
| bullseye {n} (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light)
|
:: hublot {m}
|
| bullseye {n} (central part of crown glass disk)
|
:: cul-de-bouteille {m}
|
| bullseye {interj} (cry)
|
:: dans le mille
|
| bull shark {n} (Carcharhinus leucas)
|
:: requin-bouledogue {m}
|
| bullshit {n} /ˈbʊlʃɪt/ (deceitful statements, etc)
|
:: conneries {f-p}, baratin {m}
|
| bullshit {n} (object of frustration)
|
:: n’importe quoi {m}
|
| bullshit {v} (to tell lies, exaggerate)
|
:: dire des conneries, exagérer, baratiner
|
| bullshit {v} (to have casual conversation with no real point)
|
:: blablater
|
| bullshit {interj} (expression of disbelief)
|
:: mon œil, n'importe quoi, mon cul, tu parles, ben voyons
|
| bullshitter {n} (someone who lies a lot (vulgar))
|
:: menteur {m}, menteuse {f}, baratineur {m}, marchand de tapis
|
| bull terrier {n}
|
:: bull terrier
|
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp
|
::
|
| bully {n} /ˈbʊli/ (person who is cruel to others)
|
:: brimeur {m}, brute {f}, tyran {m}
|
| bully {v} (to intimidate)
|
:: intimider
|
| bully {v} (act aggressively towards)
|
:: tourmenter, terroriser, maltraiter, tyranniser, harceler
|
| bully {adj} (very good; excellent)
|
:: génial, top
|
| bully {interj} (well done!)
|
:: bravo
|
| bullying {n} /ˈbʊl.i.ɪŋ/ (act of intimidating a person)
|
:: harcèlement {m}
|
| bullying {n} (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant)
|
:: harcèlement {m}
|
| bulrush {n} (Any of several wetland plants)
|
:: scirpe {m}
|
| bulwark {n} /ˈbʊl.wɝk/ (defensive wall or rampart)
|
:: rempart {m}
|
| bulwark {n} (nautical: planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale)
|
:: bastingage
|
| bulwark {n} (breakwater) SEE: breakwater
|
::
|
| bum {n} /bʌm/ (informal: buttocks or anus)
|
:: cul {m}
|
| bum {n} (informal: butt(ocks) specifically)
|
:: fesses {f-p}
|
| bum {n} (anus specifically)
|
:: cul {m}, trou du cul {m}
|
| bum {n} (hobo)
|
:: vagabond
|
| bum {n} (player or racer who performs poorly)
|
:: tocard {m}
|
| bum {v} (to beg for something)
|
:: taper
|
| bum {v} (to stay idle and unproductive)
|
:: glander, glandouiller
|
| bum bag {n} (small pouch attached to a belt) SEE: fanny pack
|
::
|
| bumblebee {n} /ˈbʌmbl̩bi/ (genus of bee)
|
:: bourdon {m}
|
| bumf {n} /bʌmf/ (useless documents)
|
:: paperasse {f}
|
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper
|
::
|
| bumfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy
|
::
|
| bumfuck {v} (sodomize) SEE: assfuck
|
::
|
| bumfuck {n} (assfuck) SEE: assfuck
|
::
|
| bumfuck {n} (an isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt))
|
:: trou du cul du monde, trou, nulle part, Pétaouchnok, au diable Vauvert
|
| Bumfuck {prop} (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere)
|
:: Trifouilly-les-Oies, Tataouine, coin, Tombouctou, Saint-Loinloin de Pas-Proche
|
| bumfuck nowhere {prop} (the middle of nowhere)
|
:: trou du cul du monde, bled {m}, Macapète, Trou-en-Cambrousse, au milieu de nulle part
|
| bummer {interj} /ˈbʌ.mə(ɹ)/ (a disappointment, a pity, a shame)
|
:: déception {f}, flop {m}
|
| bump {n} /bʌmp/ (a light blow or jolting collision)
|
:: bourrade {f}
|
| bump {n} (the sound of such a collision)
|
:: boum {m}
|
| bump {n} (a protuberance on a level surface)
|
:: bosse {f}, saillie {f}
|
| bump {n} (a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury)
|
:: bosse {f}
|
| bump {n} (phrenological protuberance and associated aptitude)
|
:: bosse {f}
|
| bump {n} (the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman)
|
:: ballon {m}
|
| bump {v} (to knock against with a light blow or collision)
|
:: heurter
|
| bumper {n} /ˈbʌmpə(ɹ)/ (impact absorber on a vehicle)
|
:: pare-chocs {m}
|
| bumper {n} (mechanical device to absorb impact)
|
:: heurtoir {m}
|
| bumper {n} (side wall of a pool table)
|
:: bande {f}
|
| bumper car {n} (vehicle)
|
:: auto tamponneuse {f}
|
| bumpkin {n} /ˈbʌmpkɪn/ (yokel)
|
:: plouc {m}, péquenaud, manant {m}
|
| bump up {v} (to increase something suddenly)
|
:: faire un bond
|
| bump up {v} (to promote a person to a higher grade)
|
:: promouvoir
|
| bump up {v} (to give a more prominent place to)
|
:: avancer
|
| bumpy {adj} /ˈbʌmpi/ (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements)
|
:: accidenté
|
| bum rap {n} (false accusation)
|
:: mytho {m}, affabulation {f}
|
| bum's rush {n} (to be forcibly ejected)
|
:: course à l'échalote {f}, débarquement {m}
|
| bun {n} (newbie) SEE: newbie
|
::
|
| bun {n} /bʌn/ (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced)
|
:: petit pain {m}
|
| bun {n} (A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head)
|
:: chignon {m}
|
| bun {n} (A drunken spree)
|
:: biture
|
| bunch {n} /ˈbʌntʃ/ (a group of similar things)
|
:: groupe {m}, bouquet {m}, botte {f}
|
| bunch {n} (a cluster of grapes)
|
:: grappe {f}
|
| bunch {n} (an informal body of friends)
|
:: bande {f}, peloton {m}
|
| bunch {n} (a considerable amount)
|
:: tas {m}, paquet {m}
|
| bunch {n} (a group of logs tied together for skidding)
|
:: javelle {f}
|
| bunch {n} (an unusual concentration of ore)
|
:: poche {f}, poche minéralisée {f}, poche de minerai {f}, mouche {f}, nid {m}
|
| bunch {n} (reserve yarn on the filling bobbin)
|
:: réserve {f}
|
| bunch {n} (an unfinished cigar)
|
:: poupée {f}, poupe {f}
|
| bunch {v} (to gather into a bunch)
|
:: grouper, empiler, mettre en masse, mettre en banc
|
| bunch of fives {n} (slang: a punch)
|
:: pain {m}, patate {f}, pêche {f}, bugne {f}
|
| bundle {n} /ˈbʌnd(ə)l/ (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying)
|
:: faisceau {m}, fagot {m}
|
| bundle {n} (package wrapped or tied up for carrying)
|
:: paquet {m}
|
| bundle {n} (colloquial: large amount, especially of money)
|
:: paquet {m}
|
| bundle {n}
|
:: ballot (of goods), baluchon, fagot (of sticks), liasse (wad of notes), paquet, amas.
|
| bundle {v} (to tie or wrap together)
|
:: lier
|
| bundle {v} (intransitive: to hurry)
|
:: se dépêcher
|
| bundt cake {n} (ring-shaped cake)
|
:: kouglof {m}
|
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe
|
::
|
| bung {n} /ˈbʌŋ/ (stopper)
|
:: bonde {m}, bondon {m}, bouchon {m}
|
| bung {v} (to plug)
|
:: boucher, bondonner
|
| bungee {n} /ˈbʌn.d͡ʒi/ (elastic strap for securing luggage)
|
:: tendeur {m}, sandow {m}
|
| bungee {n} (elastic cord used in bungee jumping) SEE: bungee rope
|
::
|
| bungee cord {n} (elastic strap with hooks) SEE: bungee
|
::
|
| bungee cord {n} (elastic cord used in bungee jumping) SEE: bungee rope
|
::
|
| bungee jump {n} (instance of bungee jumping)
|
:: saut à l’élastique {m}
|
| bungee jump {v} (to participate in bungee jumping)
|
:: sauter à l’élastique
|
| bungee jumper {n} (a person who participates in bungee jumping)
|
:: sauteur à l'élastique {m}, sauteuse à l'élastique {f}
|
| bungee jumping {n} (jumping from a great height with a cord)
|
:: saut à l’élastique {m}
|
| bungee line {n} (elastic cord used in bungee jumping) SEE: bungee rope
|
::
|
| bungee rope {n} (elastic cord used in bungee jumping)
|
:: élastique de saut {m}, élastique {m}
|
| bung-hole {n} /ˈbʌŋˌhoʊl/ (the anus)
|
:: trou de balle {m}, boîte à caca {f}, œil de bronze {m}, coupe-cigare {m}
|
| bungle {v} /ˈbʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ (to botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task)
|
:: foirer
|
| bungler {n} (one who makes mistakes)
|
:: bousilleur {m}, bousilleuse {f}
|
| bunion {n} /ˈbʌnjən/ (bump on the big toe)
|
:: oignon
|
| bunk {n} /bʌŋk/ (one of a series of berth in tiers)
|
:: couchette {f}
|
| bunk {n} (built-in bed on board a ship)
|
:: couchette {m}
|
| bunk {v} (to fail to attend school without permission)
|
:: faire l’école buissonnière, buissonner [familiar, France]
|
| bunk bed {n} (two or more beds fixed on top of one another)
|
:: lit superposé {m}, lits superposés {m-p}
|
| bunkbed {n} (bunk bed) SEE: bunk bed
|
::
|
| bunker {n} /ˈbʌŋkɚ/ (hardened shelter)
|
:: bunker {m}
|
| bunny {n} /ˈbʌni/ (young rabbit)
|
:: lapereau {m}
|
| bunny girl {n} (club hostess in provocative costume suggestive of a rabbit)
|
:: bunny girl {f}
|
| Bunsen burner {n} (small laboratory gas burner)
|
:: bec Bunsen {m}
|
| bunt {n} (baseball: ball intentionally hit softly)
|
:: amorti {m}
|
| bunting {n} /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ (bird)
|
:: bruant {m}
|
| buoy {n} /ˈbɔɪ/ (moored float)
|
:: bouée, flotteur, balise
|
| buoy {v} (keep afloat or aloft)
|
:: surnager
|
| buoy {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver
|
::
|
| buoyance {n} (buoyancy) SEE: buoyancy
|
::
|
| buoyancy {n} /ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/ (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
|
:: poussée d'Archimède {f}, flottabilité {f}
|
| buoyant {adj} /ˈbɔɪ.ənt/ (able to float)
|
:: flottant, flottable
|
| buoyant {adj} (lighthearted and lively)
|
:: gai, léger, joyeux
|
| buoy up {v} (uplift)
|
:: encourager
|
| bupleurum {n} (plant of the genus Bupleurum)
|
:: buplèvre {m}
|
| bur {n} (prickly husk) SEE: burr
|
::
|
| burbot {n} /ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/ (a freshwater fish: Lota lota)
|
:: lote {f}, lotte {f} [Canada]
|
| burden {n} /ˈbɝdn/ (heavy load)
|
:: charge {f}, fardeau {m}
|
| burden {n} (responsibility, onus)
|
:: fardeau {m}
|
| burden {n} (cause of worry)
|
:: fardeau {m}
|
| burden basket {n} (basket fitted with straps)
|
:: hotte
|
| burden of proof {n} (duty of a party in a legal proceeding)
|
:: charge de la preuve {f}
|
| burdensome {adj} /ˈbɝ.dən.səm/ (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding)
|
:: pénible, ardu, pesant, fastidieux, écrasant, chiant, casse-cul, prise de tête, emmerdant
|
| Burdigalian {prop}
|
:: Burdigalien
|
| burdock {n} /ˈbɝːdɑːk/ (any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium)
|
:: bardane
|
| bureau {n} /ˈbjʊɹ.oʊ/ (unit of governance, office)
|
:: bureau {m}
|
| bureau {n} (office (room))
|
:: agence {f}, bureau {m}
|
| bureau {n} (desk)
|
:: secrétaire {m}, bureau {m}
|
| bureau {n} (chest of drawers for clothes)
|
:: chiffonnier {m}, commode {f}
|
| bureaucracy {n} /bjʊˈɹɑːkɹəsi/ (government by bureaus)
|
:: bureaucratie {f}
|
| bureaucracy {n} (system of administration)
|
:: bureaucratie {f}
|
| bureaucracy {n} (excessive red tape)
|
:: bureaucratie {f}
|
| bureaucrat {n} /ˈbjʊəɹəkɹæt/ (An official in a bureaucracy)
|
:: bureaucrate {m}
|
| bureaucratically {adv} (in a bureaucratic manner)
|
:: bureaucratiquement
|
| bureaucratize {v} /bjʊəˈɹɒkɹətʌɪz/ (to make bureaucratic)
|
:: bureaucratiser
|
| bureau de change {n} /ˈbjʊəɹ.əʊ.dəˌʃɒ̃ʒ/ (a place where foreign currency can be exchanged)
|
:: bureau de change {m}
|
| burette {n} (glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.)
|
:: burette {f}
|
| burg {n} (fortified town in medieval Europe)
|
:: bourg {m}
|
| Burgas {prop} (city in Bulgaria)
|
:: Burgas
|
| burgee {n} (a broad tapering pennant)
|
:: guidon {m}
|
| burgeon {v} /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/ (of plants, to bloom, bud)
|
:: fleurir
|
| burger {n} /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/ (informal: hamburger)
|
:: burger {m}
|
| burger sauce {n}
|
:: sauce pour burger / tartinade pour burger
|
| burgher {n} /ˈbɝɡɚ/ (prosperous member of the community)
|
:: bourgeois {m}
|
| burglar {n} /ˈbɝɡlɚ/
|
:: cambrioleur {m}, cambrioleuse {f}
|
| burglary {n} /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡləɹi/ (the crime of breaking into)
|
:: cambriolage {m}
|
| burgle {v} /ˈbɜːɡəl/ (to commit burglary)
|
:: cambrioler
|
| burgomaster {n} /ˈbɜɹɡəmæstəɹ/ (the mayor of a town in certain countries)
|
:: bourgmestre {m}
|
| burgonet {n} (helmet)
|
:: bourguignotte
|
| Burgundian {n} /bɜːɹˈɡʌndɪən/ (an inhabitant of Burgundy)
|
:: Bourguignon {m}, Bourguignonne {f}
|
| Burgundian {n} (а member of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe)
|
:: Burgonde {m} {f}
|
| Burgundian {prop} (the old Burgundian language)
|
:: Burgonde {m}
|
| Burgundian {adj} (pertaining to Burgundy, its people or its language)
|
:: bourguignon
|
| burgundy {n} /ˈbɝ.ɡən.di/ (color)
|
:: bordeaux
|
| burgundy {adj} (color)
|
:: bordeaux
|
| Burgundy {prop} /ˈbɝːɡəndi/ (region)
|
:: Bourgogne {f}, Burgondie
|
| Burgundy {n} (wine)
|
:: bourgogne {m}
|
| burial {n} /ˈbɛɹɪəl/ (interment)
|
:: enterrement, inhumation, sépulture
|
| buried {adj} /ˈbɛ.ɹid/ (Placed in a grave at a burial)
|
:: enterré, enseveli
|
| buried {adj} (Concealed, hidden)
|
:: enfoui, enseveli
|
| burka {n} (female garment that covers the whole body)
|
:: burqa
|
| Burkinabe {n} (person from Burkina Faso)
|
:: Burkinabè
|
| Burkinabe {adj} (from Burkina Faso)
|
:: burkinabè
|
| Burkina Faso {prop} /bəː(ɹ)ˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/ (country)
|
:: Burkina Faso {m}
|
| burl {n} /bɝl/ (tree growth)
|
:: loupe {f}
|
| burl {n} (mottled wood)
|
:: loupe {f}
|
| burlak {n} (a man employed in dragging ships upstream)
|
:: bourlak {m}
|
| burlap {n} /ˈbɝlæp/ (strong cloth)
|
:: toile de jute {f}
|
| burlesque {adj} /bə(ɹ)ˈlɛsk/ (burlesque)
|
:: burlesque
|
| burlesque {n} (parody)
|
:: parodie
|
| burly {adj} /ˈbɜːli/ (well-built)
|
:: fort, solide, robuste
|
| Burma {prop} /ˈbɝmə/ (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar)
|
:: Birmanie
|
| Burmese {adj} /bɜːˈmiːz/ (Of or relating to Burma)
|
:: birman {m}, birmane {f}
|
| Burmese {n} (a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent)
|
:: Birman {m}, Birmane {f}
|
| Burmese {prop} (language)
|
:: birman {m}
|
| burn {n} /bɝn/ (physical injury)
|
:: brûlure {f}
|
| burn {n} (sensation)
|
:: brûlure {f}
|
| burn {n} (act of burning something)
|
:: brûlage
|
| burn {n} (slang: effective insult)
|
:: gland {m}
|
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire)
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:: brûler
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| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire)
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:: brûler
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| burn {v} (to overheat so as to make unusable)
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:: brûler
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| burn {v} (to become overheated)
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:: surchauffer
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| burn {v} (to injure with heat or chemicals)
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:: brûler
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| burn {v} (to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat)
|
:: brûler
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| burn {v} (to feel hot due to embarrassment)
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:: se consumer
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| burn {v} (chemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent)
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:: oxyder
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| burn {v} (computing: to write data)
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:: graver
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| burn {v} (to betray)
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:: griller
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| burn {v} (slang: to insult or defeat)
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:: avoir
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| burn {v} (to approach near to a concealed object which is sought)
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:: brûler
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| burn {n} (vegetable disease) SEE: brand
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::
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| burn {v} (to cauterize) SEE: cauterize
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::
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| burn {v} (to sunburn) SEE: sunburn
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::
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| burn down {v} (cause a structure to burn to nothing)
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:: carboniser
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| burn down {v} (completely burn so that nothing remains)
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:: se carboniser
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| burner {n} /ˈbɝnɚ/ (element on a kitchen stove)
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:: feu, brûleur {m}
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| burner {n} (computing: device that allows data or music to be stored on a CD)
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:: graveur {m}
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| burnet {n} (herb)
|
:: pimprenelle {f}
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| burn-in {n} (At work)
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:: burn-in
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| burning {adj} /bɝnɪŋ/ (so hot as to seem to burn (something))
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:: brûlant {m}, ardent {m}
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| burning {adj} (feeling very hot)
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:: brûlant {m}
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| burning {adj} (feeling great passion)
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:: ardent {m}
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| burning {n} (fire)
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:: brûlage {m}
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| burning bush {n} (Euonymus in general) SEE: spindle
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::
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| burning bush {n} (biblical object)
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:: buisson ardent {m}
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| burning bush {n} (Dictamnus albus) SEE: gas plant
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::
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| burnish {v} /ˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪʃ/ (to make smooth or shiny by rubbing)
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:: brunir
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| burnisher {n} (implement)
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:: brunissoir {m}
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| burnishing {n}
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:: brunissage {m}
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| burn one's bridges {v} (burn one's bridges)
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:: faire sauter les ponts, couper les ponts, brûler les ponts
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| burn one's candle at both ends {v} (burn the candle at both ends) SEE: burn the candle at both ends
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::
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| burn one's fingers {v} (harm oneself)
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:: se tirer une balle dans le pied
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| burnoose {n} /bɝˈnus/ (a thick hooded cloak)
|
:: burnous {m}
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| burn out {v} (to tire due to overwork)
|
:: s'épuiser
|
| burnout {n} (using the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary)
|
:: burn {m}
|
| burnout {n} (experience of long-term exhaustion)
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:: burn-out {m}, surmenage {m}, syndrome d’épuisement professionnel {m}
|
| burnt {adj} /ˈbɜɹnt/ (carbonized)
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:: brûlé
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| burn the candle at both ends {v} (work hard night and day)
|
:: brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts
|
| burn the midnight oil {v} (work through the night)
|
:: travailler tard le soir, bûcher
|
| buro {n} (office)
|
:: agence {f}, bureau {m}
|
| buro {n} (desk)
|
:: secrétaire {m}, bureau {m}
|
| burp {n} /bɝp/ (a softer belch)
|
:: rot {m}, renvoi {m}, éructation {f}
|
| burp {v} (to emit a burp)
|
:: roter, faire un rot, éructer
|
| burp {v} (to burp someone)
|
:: faire faire son rot (à un bébé)
|
| burqa {n} (burka) SEE: burka
|
::
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| burqini {n} (head-to-toe swimsuit)
|
:: burkini {m}
|
| burr {n} /bɝ/ (seed pod with sharp features)
|
:: bardane {f}
|
| burr {n} (material left on an edge after cutting)
|
:: barbe {f}
|
| burr {n} (mispronouncion of "r")
|
:: grasseyement {m}
|
| burr {v} (to pronounce "r")
|
:: grasseyer
|
| burrata {n} /bəˈɹɑtə/ (cheese similar to creamy mozzarella)
|
:: burrata {f}
|
| bur-reed {n} (a marsh plant)
|
:: rubanier {m}
|
| burrito {n} /bəˈɹi.toʊ/ (Mexican dish)
|
:: burrito {m}
|
| burrow {n} /ˈbʌɹoʊ/ (a tunnel or hole)
|
:: terrier {m}, clapier {m} (rabbit burrow)
|
| burrowing owl {n}
|
:: chevêche des terriers {f}, chouette des terriers {f}
|
| bursiform {adj} /ˈbɝsɪfɔɹm/ (Shaped like a purse or bag)
|
:: bursiforme {m} {f}
|
| bursitis {n} (inflammation of a bursa)
|
:: bursite {f}, hygroma {m}
|
| burst {v} /bɝst/ (to break from internal pressure)
|
:: éclater
|
| burst {v} (to cause to burst)
|
:: faire éclater, rompre, briser
|
| burst {n} (instance or act of bursting)
|
:: éclatement {m}, explosion {f}
|
| burst into flame {v} (to catch fire suddenly and unexpectedly)
|
:: prendre feu, s'enflammer
|
| burst into tears {v} (suddenly start crying)
|
:: éclater en sanglots, fondre en larmes
|
| burst out laughing {v} (suddenly start laughing intensely)
|
:: éclater de rire
|
| burst someone's bubble {v} (to disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable)
|
:: casser le morceau, casser le mythe
|
| Burundi {prop} /bʊˈɹʊndi/ (a country in Eastern Africa)
|
:: Burundi {m}
|
| Burundian {n} (person from Burundi)
|
:: Bouroundais {m}, Burundais {m}
|
| Burundian {adj} (pertaining to Burundi)
|
:: bouroundais {m}, burundais {m}
|
| Burushaski {prop}
|
:: bourouchaski
|
| bury {v} /ˈbɛ.ɹi/ (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
|
:: enterrer, ensevelir
|
| bury {v} (place in the ground)
|
:: enterrer
|
| bury {v} (hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
|
:: enterrer
|
| Buryat {adj} (from, of, or pertaining to, Buryatia)
|
:: bouriate
|
| Buryatia {prop} (Buryatia, Russia)
|
:: Bouriatie {f}
|
| bury one's head in the sand {v} (to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation)
|
:: faire l'autruche
|
| bury the hatchet {v} (to stop fighting or arguing)
|
:: enterrer la hache de guerre
|
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance
|
::
|
| bus {n} (vehicle)
|
:: autobus {m}, bus {m} {f}
|
| bus {n} (electrical conductor)
|
:: bus {m}
|
| Busan {prop} (Busan, South Korea)
|
:: Pusan {m}
|
| Busanian {n} (a native or resident of Busan)
|
:: Busanais {m} {m-p}, Busanaise {f}, Busanaises {f-p}
|
| busbar {n} (electrical conductor)
|
:: jeu de barres {m}, barre omnibus {f}
|
| Buscemi {prop} (city of Sicily)
|
:: Buscemi {f}
|
| bus driver {n} (driver of a bus)
|
:: chauffeur de bus {m}
|
| bush {n} /bʊʃ/ (category of woody plant)
|
:: buisson {m}, arbrisseau {m}
|
| bush {n} (pubic hair)
|
:: touffe {f}, persil {m}
|
| bush {n} (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
|
:: maquis {m}, cambrousse {f}, brousse {f}
|
| bush dog {n} (a wild canine animal)
|
:: chien des buissons {m}
|
| bushed {adj} /bʊʃt/ (very tired; exhausted)
|
:: crevé
|
| Bushehr {prop} (city in Iran)
|
:: Bouchehr
|
| bushel {n} /ˈbʊʃəl/ (dry measure)
|
:: boisseau {m}
|
| bushel {n} (vessel of capacity of a bushel)
|
:: boisseau {m}
|
| bush hammer {n} (a square-headed hammer with spikes)
|
:: boucharde {f}
|
| bushing {n} /ˈbʊʃɪŋ/ (mechanical engineering: type of bearing to reduce friction)
|
:: coussinet {m}
|
| Bushism {prop} (political philosophy)
|
:: bushisme {m}
|
| bushman {n}
|
:: broussard
|
| Bushman {n} (Bushman)
|
:: Bochiman {m}
|
| bush pig {n} (pig of the genus Potamochoerus)
|
:: potamochère {m}
|
| bush pilot {n} (pilot)
|
:: pilote de brousse
|
| bushranger {n} (an escaped convict)
|
:: forçat réfugié dans la brousse {m}
|
| business {n} /ˈbɪz.nɪs/ (commercial enterprise or establishment)
|
:: entreprise {f}
|
| business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person)
|
:: affaire
|
| business analyst {n} (person who analyzes the operations)
|
:: analyste d'affaires {m} {f}
|
| business as usual {n} (The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary)
|
:: comme si de rien n'était
|
| business card {n} (small card)
|
:: carte de visite {f}
|
| business intelligence {n} (information that pertains to a business organization)
|
:: informatique décisionnelle {f}
|
| businessman {n} /ˈbɪznəsmæn/ (a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution)
|
:: homme d'affaires {m}
|
| business park {n} (area of consisting solely of commercial buildings and enterprises)
|
:: zone d’activité {f}
|
| businessperson {n} (a person in business)
|
:: homme d'affaires {m}, femme d'affaires {f}, personne d'affaires {f}
|
| business plan {n} (summary)
|
:: business plan, plan d'affaires {m}
|
| business trip {n} (business trip)
|
:: voyage d'affaires {m}
|
| businesswoman {n} (woman of business)
|
:: femme d'affaires {f}
|
| busk {v} (nautical: to tack) SEE: tack
|
::
|
| busk {n} /bʌsk/ (stiffening strip in the front of a corset)
|
:: busc {m}
|
| bus rapid transit {n} (form of rapid transit)
|
:: service rapide par bus {m}, bus à haut niveau de service {m}
|
| bus route {n} (set route of bus service)
|
:: ligne de bus {f}
|
| bus shelter {n} (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop)
|
:: abribus {m}
|
| bus station {n} (major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes)
|
:: gare routière {f}
|
| bus stop {n} (a stop for public transport buses)
|
:: arrêt de bus {m}
|
| bust {n} /ˈbʌst/ (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
|
:: buste {m}
|
| bust {n} (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
|
:: buste {m}
|
| bust {v} (alteration of burst)
|
:: éclater
|
| bust {v} (to break something)
|
:: bouziller, niquer, péter
|
| bust {v} ((slang) to arrest for a crime)
|
:: attraper, arrêter
|
| bust {v} ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal)
|
:: pincer, choper, prendre sur le fait, prendre la main dans le sac [slang], gauler
|
| bust {n} (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation)
|
:: arrestation {f}
|
| bust {n} (failed enterprise)
|
:: fiasco {m}, bide {m}
|
| bustard {n} /ˈbʌs.təd/ (any of several birds of the family Otididae)
|
:: outarde {f}
|
| busted {adj} /ˈbʌstəd/ (broken)
|
:: bouzillé {m}
|
| buster {n} (guy, friend)
|
:: pote {m}
|
| bustle {n} /ˈbʌsəl/ (excited activity)
|
:: affairement {m}, branlebas {m}, remue-ménage {m}
|
| bustle {n} (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt)
|
:: tournure {f}
|
| bustle {v} (to move busily and energetically)
|
:: s'affairer
|
| bustle {v} (to teem or abound (with))
|
:: s'activer
|
| bustling {adj} (full of noisy activity)
|
:: animé, trépidant
|
| bust one's ass {v} (to work very hard)
|
:: se casser le cul
|
| bust one's butt {v} (to work exceptionally hard)
|
:: se casser le cul
|
| busty {adj} /ˈbʌsti/ (having large breasts)
|
:: pulpeux, à la poitrine planteuse
|
| busy {adj} /ˈbɪzi/ (crowded with business or activities)
|
:: occupé
|
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal)
|
:: occupé
|
| busy {adj} (engaged)
|
:: occupé
|
| busy {v} (to keep busy with)
|
:: se livrer
|
| busybody {n} (someone who interferes with others)
|
:: fouineur {m}, fouine {f} [figurative], mêle-tout {m}, touche-à-tout {m} {f} [antiquated]
|
| busy work {n} (activity performed for occupying time)
|
:: bassotage {m}
|
| but {conj} /bʌt/ (rather)
|
:: mais
|
| but {conj} (although)
|
:: mais, cependant
|
| but {conj} (except)
|
:: sauf, en dehors de
|
| but {conj} (solely, only, merely (obsolete))
|
:: que, seulement
|
| butadiene {n} (the compound CH2CH-CHCH2)
|
:: butadiène {m}
|
| butane {n} /ˈbjuːteɪn/ (the organic compound)
|
:: butane {m}
|
| butanol {n} (alcohol of butane)
|
:: butanol {m}
|
| butanone {n} (the simple aliphatic ketone: CH3CH2COCH3)
|
:: butanone
|
| butch {adj} /bʊtʃ/ (of a man)
|
:: hommasse
|
| butch {n} (masculine lesbian)
|
:: gouine {f}, [slang] hommasse, camionneuse {f}
|
| butcher {n} /ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ɚ/ (a person who prepares and sells meat)
|
:: boucher {m}, bouchère {f}
|
| butcher {v} (To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)
|
:: abattre
|
| butcher {v} (to kill brutally)
|
:: abattre
|
| butcher {v} (To ruin something)
|
:: charcuter
|
| butcherbird {n} (Cracticus)
|
:: cassican {m}
|
| butcher block {n} (style of assembled wood)
|
:: billot {m}
|
| butcher's {n} /ˈbʊtʃə(ɹ)z/ (butcher’s shop)
|
:: boucherie {f}
|
| butchershop {n} (a butcher's shop)
|
:: boucherie {f}
|
| butchery {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir
|
::
|
| butene {n} (any of several forms of butylene)
|
:: butène {m}
|
| butler {n} /ˈbʌt.lɚ/ (manservant having charge of wines and liquors)
|
:: sommelier {m}
|
| butler {n} (chief male servant)
|
:: majordome {m}
|
| butt {n} /bʌt/ (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end)
|
:: crosse {f}
|
| butt {n} (buttocks)
|
:: cul {m}, derrière {m}
|
| butt {n} (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)
|
:: mégot {m}
|
| butt {n} (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired)
|
:: crosse {f}
|
| butt {n} ((obsolete or dialectal in English) hassock) SEE: hassock
|
::
|
| butt chin {n} (cleft chin) SEE: cleft chin
|
::
|
| butt crack {n} (groove between buttocks)
|
:: raie {f}
|
| buttcrack {n} (butt crack) SEE: butt crack
|
::
|
| butte {n} /ˈbjuːt/ (hill)
|
:: butte {f}
|
| butter {n} /ˈbʌtəɹ/ (soft foodstuff made from milk)
|
:: beurre {m}
|
| butter {n} (other foodstuffs like butter)
|
:: beurre {m}
|
| butter {v} (to spread butter on, see also: spread; butter)
|
:: beurrer
|
| butterbur {n} (herb)
|
:: pétasite {m}
|
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil
|
::
|
| buttercup {n} /ˈbʌt.ɚ.kʌp/ (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
|
:: bouton-d'or {m}, renoncule, grenouillette, fleur de l'impatience, gobet du diable
|
| butter dish {n} (specialised dish in which butter is served)
|
:: beurrier {m}
|
| butterfingered {adj} /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd/ (prone to dropping things, see also: clumsy)
|
:: qui a des mains de beurre
|
| butterfingers {n} /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/ (someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated)
|
:: avoir deux mains gauches, maladroit
|
| butterfly {n} /ˈbʌɾɚflaɪ/ (insect)
|
:: papillon {m}
|
| butterfly {n} (swimming stroke) SEE: butterfly stroke
|
::
|
| butterfly door {n} (type of car door)
|
:: porte papillon {f}
|
| butterfly effect {n} (technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory)
|
:: effet papillon {m}
|
| butterflyfish {n} (tropical marine fish)
|
:: poisson-papillon {m}
|
| butterfly kiss {n} (Very light kiss.)
|
:: baiser papillon {m}
|
| butterfly knife {n} (folding pocket knife)
|
:: balisong {m}
|
| butterfly net {n} (net used to collect butterflies)
|
:: filet à papillons {m}
|
| butterfly nut {n} (butterfly nut) SEE: wing nut
|
::
|
| butterfly stroke {n} (swimming stroke)
|
:: papillon {m}
|
| butter knife {n} (dull-edged knife for spreading butter)
|
:: couteau à beurre {m}
|
| buttermilk {n} /ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/ (traditional buttermilk)
|
:: babeurre {m}
|
| butternut {n} (butternut squash) SEE: butternut squash
|
::
|
| butternut {n} (tree)
|
:: noyer cendré {m}, noyer à beurre {m}
|
| butternut squash {n} (Cucurbita moschata cultivar)
|
:: doubeurre {f}
|
| butter one's bread on both sides {v} (profit from two things at the same time)
|
:: vouloir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
|
| butterscotch {n} /ˈbʌtɚˌskɑtʃ/ (hard candy)
|
:: caramel au beurre {m}
|
| butterscotch {n} (sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients)
|
:: caramel
|
| butter up {v} (to flatter)
|
:: flatter, caresser dans le sens du poil
|
| butterwort {n} (plant of the genus Pinguicula)
|
:: grassette {f}
|
| butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth {phrase} (benign appearance, suggesting the contrary)
|
:: on lui donnerait le bon Dieu sans confession
|
| buttfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy
|
::
|
| buttfuck {v} (sodomize) SEE: assfuck
|
::
|
| buttfuckable {adj} (worthy of being buttfucked)
|
:: enculable, pinocumettable
|
| buttfucker {n} (buttfucker)
|
:: enculeur
|
| butt-fucking {adj} (anal sex)
|
:: anal {m}
|
| butt heads {v} (argue uncompromisingly)
|
:: ne pas se mouiller
|
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus
|
::
|
| butthurt {adj} /ˈbʌtˌhɝt/ ((slang) overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult; needlessly offended)
|
:: offusqué
|
| butt in {v} (to join conversation when not welcome)
|
:: ramener sa fraise [familiar], s’incruster [familiar]
|
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked
|
::
|
| buttock {n} /ˈbʌtək/ (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body)
|
:: fesse {f}
|
| button {n} /ˈbʌtn̩/ (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
|
:: bouton {m}
|
| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger)
|
:: bouton {m}
|
| button {n} (in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected)
|
:: bouton {m}
|
| button {n} (a badge worn on clothes)
|
:: badge {m}, macaron {m}
|
| button {n} (botany: a bud)
|
:: bouton {m}, bourgeon {m}
|
| button {n} (a raised pavement marker)
|
:: clou {m}
|
| button {v} (to fasten with a button)
|
:: boutonner
|
| buttonhole {n} (hole for a button)
|
:: boutonnière {f}
|
| buttonhole {v} (to detain a person in conversation)
|
:: tenir la jambe
|
| button mushroom {n} (Agaricus bisporus)
|
:: champignon de Paris {m}
|
| buttonwood {n} (mangrove) SEE: mangrove
|
::
|
| butt plug {n} /ˈbʌtplʌɡ/ (A sex toy for the anus and rectum)
|
:: plug {m}
|
| buttress {n} /ˈbʌtɹɪs/ (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
|
:: arc-boutant {m} contrefort {m}
|
| buttress {n} (anything that serves to support something)
|
:: appui {m}, corroboration
|
| buttress {v} (support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress)
|
:: arc-bouter
|
| buttress {v} (support something or someone by supplying evidence)
|
:: corroborer
|
| butylene {n} (isomeric aliphatic alkene)
|
:: butylène {m}
|
| butyric {adj} (of or pertaining to butter)
|
:: butyreux
|
| butyric {adj} (of or derived from butyric acid)
|
:: butyreux
|
| butyric acid {n} (normal butyric acid)
|
:: acide butyrique {m}
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| buxom {adj} /ˈbʌksəm/ (having a full, voluptuous figure)
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:: bien en chair
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| buy {v} /baɪ/ (to obtain something with money)
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:: acheter
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| buy {v} (to accept as true)
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:: gober
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| buy {n} (purchase) SEE: purchase
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::
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| buyable {adj} /ˈbaɪəbəl/ (that can be bought)
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:: achetable
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| buyback {n} (repurchase of something previously sold)
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:: rétrocession {f}
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| buyer {n} /ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ (person who makes purchases)
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:: acheteur {m}, acheteuse {f}
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| buy-in {n} (support)
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:: support {m}
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| buying power {n} (purchasing power) SEE: purchasing power
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::
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| buy into {v} (believe)
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:: marcher
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| buy the farm {v} (to die)
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:: [informal] passer l'arme à gauche, [informal] casser sa pipe, [informal] avaler son extrait de naissance, [colloquial] calancher, [formal] passer de vie à trépas, [derogatory] crever, [derogatory] canner
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| buy time {v} (purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else)
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:: gagner du temps
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| buzz {n} /bʌz/ (informal: telephone call)
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:: coup de fil {m}
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| buzz {v} (to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound)
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:: bourdonner
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| buzz {v} (aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude)
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:: raser
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| buzz {v} (to cut the hair in a close-cropped style)
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:: tondre
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| buzz {n} (whisper) SEE: whisper
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::
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| buzzard {n} /ˈbʌzəɹd/ (bird of the genus Buteo)
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:: buse {f}
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| buzzard {n} (bird of the genus Buteo)
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:: Cajun French: carencro
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| buzzard {n} (slang or derogatory term for a person)
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:: sale bougre {m}, sale bougresse {f}
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| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture
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::
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| buzzer {n} /ˈbʌzəɹ/ (device)
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:: bipeur {m}
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| buzzing {n} /ˈbʌzɪŋ/ (The sound produced by something that buzzes)
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:: bourdonnement {m}, vrombissement
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| buzzword {n} (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
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:: mot à la mode {m}, mot en vogue {m}, buzzword {m}
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| by {prep} /baɪ/ (near, or next to)
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:: à côté de, au bord de
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| by {prep} (not later than)
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:: avant
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| by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
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:: par
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| by {prep} (indicates creator of a work)
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:: de, par
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| by {prep} (indicates a means)
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:: par, en (+ present participle), au moyen de
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| by {prep} (with the authority of)
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:: par
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| by {prep} (indicates steady progression)
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:: par
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| by accident {adv} (accidentally) SEE: accidentally
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::
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| by a hair's breadth {prep}
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:: à deux doigts, à un cheveu, à un poil
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| by a landslide {adv} (with big marginals)
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:: largement, [colloquial] dans les grandes largeurs
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| by all accounts {prep} (According to everything that people have said)
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:: de l'avis général
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| by all accounts {prep}
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:: de toute évidence
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| by a long shot {prep} (by a wide margin)
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:: largement, de loin
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| by and by {adv} (soon) SEE: soon
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::
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| by and large {adv} (mostly, generally; with few exceptions)
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:: en majeure partie, en gros, pratiquement
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| by any chance {prep}
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:: par hasard
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| by any means {prep}
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:: de toute façon, de toute manière
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| Byblos {prop} (port city in Lebanon)
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:: Byblos
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| by chance {prep} (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly))
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:: d'aventure, par hasard, par rencontre
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| by chance {prep} (by any chance) SEE: by any chance
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::
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| bycoket {n} (type of ancient cap or headdress)
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:: bicoquet {m}
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| by comparison {prep}
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:: en comparaison, à titre de comparaison
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| by default {prep} (in absence of any opposing action)
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:: par défaut
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| by definition {prep}
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:: par définition
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| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of
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::
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| by dint of {prep} /baɪ ˈdɪnt ɒv/ (by the force of; by means of, see also: by means of)
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:: grâce à
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| bye {interj} /baɪ/ (short for goodbye, see also: goodbye)
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:: salut
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| by ear {prep} (to learn or perform using only hearing)
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:: à l'oreille
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| bye-bye {n} /baɪˈbaɪ/ (bedtime for a toddler)
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:: dodo {m}
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| by-election {n} (special election)
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:: élection partielle {f}
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| byelection {n} (election to fill a vacant political office)
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:: élection partielle {f}
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| Byelorussian SSR {prop} /ˌbjɛləˈrʌʃən/ (Soviet republic)
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:: Rss biélorusse
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| by far {prep} (to a large extent)
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:: de loin, loin s'en faut, tant s'en faut
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| by foot {adv} (on foot) SEE: on foot
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::
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| byform {n} (tangential or subordinate form)
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:: variante {f}
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| by God {adv} (oath)
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:: pardieu
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| by God {interj} (surprise)
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:: pardieu, mon Dieu
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| bygone {adj} /ˈbaɪɡɔn/ (in the far past)
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:: d'autrefois, passé {m}
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| by hand {prep} (manually) SEE: manually
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::
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| by hand {prep} (manually)
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:: à la main
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| by heart {prep} /baɪ ˈhɑɹt/ (knowing completely)
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:: par cœur
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| by hook or by crook {prep} (by any means possible)
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:: de gré ou de force, d'une manière ou d'une autre
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| by inches {prep}
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:: à petit feu
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| by Jove {interj} (exclamation indicating surprise or emphasis)
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:: parbleu
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| bylaw {n} /ˈbaɪ.lɔ/ (law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization)
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:: arrêté {f}, statuts {m-p}
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| bylina {n} /bəˈliːnə/ (traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem)
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:: byline {f}
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| by means of {prep} (By using)
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:: au moyen de
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| by mistake {prep} (mistakenly) SEE: mistakenly
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::
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| by no means {prep} (certainly not)
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:: en aucun cas, aucunement
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| by oneself {prep} (without help)
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:: tout seul
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| by oneself {prep} (without company)
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:: solo, seul
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| by oneself {prep}
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:: tout seul
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| bypass {n} /ˈbaɪpæs/ (road)
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:: déviation {f}, contournement {m}
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| bypass {n} (circumvention)
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:: contournement {m}
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| bypass {n} (alternative passage for a bodily fluid)
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:: pontage {m}
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| bypass {v} (to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass)
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:: contourner
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| bypass {v} (to ignore the usual channels or procedures)
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:: contourner, passer outre
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| byproduct {n} (secondary or additional product)
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:: sous-produit {m}
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| by-product {n} (secondary product)
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:: sous-produit {m}, co-produit {m}, produit dérivé {m}
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| by-product {n} (side effect)
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:: sous-produit {m}
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| byre {n} (a barn, especially one used for keeping cattle)
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:: étable {f}
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| by rights {prep} (properly, in justice)
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:: légitimement
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| Byronian {adj} (of or pertaining to Lord Byron)
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:: byronien
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| bystander {n} (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
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:: passant {m}, badaud {m}
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| byte {n} /baɪt/ (8-bit unit)
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:: octet {m}
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| by the book {prep} (by the book)
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:: à la lettre, au pied de la lettre, littéralement
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| by the by {prep} (by the way) SEE: by the way
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::
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| by the Grace of God {prep} (By divine right)
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:: par la grâce de Dieu
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| by the same token {prep}
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:: de même, de la même manière, de la même façon, dans le même esprit, pour les mêmes raisons, dans le même ordre d'idées
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| by the skin of one's teeth {prep} (barely, closely)
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:: [Canada] par la peau des dents, [colloquial] d’un poil, par le chas de l'aiguille, de justesse, [rare] à fleur de corde
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| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when
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::
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| by the time {prep} (when)
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:: au moment où, avant que
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| by the way {prep} (incidentally)
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:: soit dit en passant, tout bien considéré; at beginning of a sentence: à propos, au fait, d'ailleurs
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| by trade {prep} (as a profession)
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:: de son état
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| by turns {adv} (one after the other) SEE: in turn
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::
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| by virtue of {prep} /baɪ ˈvɜːtʃuː ɒv/ (because of)
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:: en vertu de, étant donné, eu égard à, vu
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| by way of {phrase} (by the route of, through, via)
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:: en passant par, par, via
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| by way of {phrase} (for the purpose of, as a means or instance of)
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:: en guise de, par le biais de, à titre de, en forme de
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| by way of {phrase} (possessing the characteristics, nature, or standing of)
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:: par le fait de, du fait de, pas loin de
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| byword {n} /ˈbaɪ.wɚd/ (a proverb)
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:: proverbe {m}
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| Byzantine {adj} /ˈbɪzəntiːn/ (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
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:: byzantin
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| Byzantine {adj} (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
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:: byzantin
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| Byzantine {adj} (overly complex or intricate)
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:: byzantin
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| Byzantine {n} (native of Byzantine Empire)
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:: Byzantin {m}, Byzantine {f}
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| Byzantine Empire {prop} /ˈbɪzəntiːn ˈɛmpaɪə(ɹ)/ (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region)
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:: Empire byzantin {m}
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| Byzantine Greek {n} (the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during the time of the Byzantine Empire)
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:: grec médiéval, grec byzantin
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| Byzantine studies {n} (study of history, culture, etc. of the Byzantine Empire)
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:: byzantinologie {f}
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| Byzantinologist {n} (expert in Byzantinology)
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:: byzantinologue {m} {f}
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| Byzantinology {n} (Byzantine studies) SEE: Byzantine studies
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::
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| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire
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::
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| Byzantium {prop} /bɪˈzænti.əm/ (ancient Greek city)
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:: Byzance
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| Bézier curve {n} /bezje kɜːv/ (kind of parametric curve)
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:: courbe de Bézier {f}
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| Béziers {prop} (city in France)
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:: Béziers
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