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| g {symbol} [physics] | :: g |
| g {symbol} [texting slang] | :: abbreviation of j'ai |
| GA {m} | :: ATM (automated/automatic teller machine); abbreviation of guichet automatique |
| GAB {m} | :: initialism of guichet automatique bancaire |
| gabar {m} | :: Micronisus gabar, the gabar goshawk |
| gabardine {f} | :: The woolen cloth gaberdine |
| gabardine {f} | :: A long coat with sleeves, notably a raincoat |
| gabare {f} | :: A barge or scow |
| gabaret {m} | :: a small barge |
| gabari {m} | :: alternative spelling of gabarit |
| gabariage {m} | :: The action of gabarier |
| gabarieur {m} | :: worker who cuts and especially who draws the templates |
| gabarit {m} | :: template, pattern, mould |
| gabarit {m} | :: gauge, standard, regulation |
| gabarit {m} | :: build, size, calibre |
| gabarit {m} [of an arched space] | :: clearance |
| gabarit {m} [computing] | :: template |
| gabegie {f} | :: chaos |
| gabegie {f} [pejorative] | :: muddle |
| gabelage {m} [obsolete] | :: A tax on salt |
| gabeler {v} [obsolete] | :: To tax the production of salt |
| gabelle {f} [historical] | :: gabelle, salt tax |
| gaber {vt} [obsolete] | :: to ridicule; mock |
| gaber {vt} | :: to speak clumsily; to blunder; to laugh |
| gabier {m} [nautical] | :: topman |
| gabière {f} | :: feminine noun of gabier |
| gâble {m} [architecture] | :: gable (triangular area of wall) |
| Gabon {prop} {m} | :: Gabon |
| gabonais {adj} | :: of or relating to Gabon |
| Gabonais {m} | :: person from Gabon |
| Gabonaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Gabonais |
| Gabriel {prop} | :: Gabriel (Archangel) |
| Gabriel {prop} | :: given name |
| Gabrielle {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Gabriel |
| Gaby {prop} | :: given name, a pet form of Gabrielle |
| Gaby {prop} | :: given name, pet form of Gabriel |
| gâche {f} | :: oar |
| gâche {f} | :: trowel |
| gâche {f} [mechanical, of a door] | :: keeper, strike |
| gâche {f} [regional, Vendée] | :: A type of local brioche flavoured with orange |
| gâche {f} [regional, Normandy, Brittany] | :: A type of flat, rounded local bread |
| gâché {adj} | :: spoiled, ruined |
| gâché {adj} | :: squandered, wasted |
| gacher {v} | :: alternative form of gâcher |
| gâcher {v} | :: to ruin, spoil, mar, wreck, waste |
| gâcher {v} | :: to mess up, botch, bungle |
| gâchette {f} | :: latch |
| gâchette {f} | :: trigger (of a weapon) |
| gâcheur {m} | :: spoiler |
| gâcheur {m} | :: One who wastes |
| gâchis {m} | :: waste, wastefulness |
| gâchis {m} | :: mess, shambles |
| gade {m} | :: cod (any fish of the Gadidae) |
| gadget {m} | :: gadget |
| gadin {m} | :: fall |
| gaditan {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to Cadiz |
| gadji {f} | :: feminine singular of gadjo |
| gadjo {m} | :: gadje (non-Romani person) |
| gadoléique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: gadoleic |
| gadolinate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: gadolinate |
| gadolinium {m} | :: gadolinium |
| gadoue {f} | :: mud |
| gadoue {f} [archaic] | :: slut, whore |
| gadoue {f} [Quebec] | :: slush |
| gaduine {f} | :: gaduin |
| Gaël {prop} | :: given name |
| gaélique {m} | :: The family of Goidelic languages |
| gaélique {adj} | :: Gaelic |
| gaélique {adj} | :: Goidelic |
| gaélique écossais {m} | :: Scots Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic |
| gaélique irlandais {m} | :: Irish (the language) |
| Gaëlle {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Gaël |
| Gaétan {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Gaëtan {prop} {m} | :: alternative spelling of Gaétan |
| Gaétane {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Gaëtane {prop} {f} | :: alternative spelling of Gaétane |
| gâfe {m} | :: sentry, prison guard, jailer |
| gaffe {f} | :: gaffe, blunder, goof-up [North American], cock-up [British] |
| gaffe {f} [nautical] | :: boathook |
| gaffer {v} | :: to make a gaffe; to mess up; botch up |
| gaffer {v} | :: to gaffer tape |
| gaffeur {m} | :: blunderer |
| Gaffiot {prop} | :: surname |
| Gaffiot {prop} | :: Félix Gaffiot (1870–1937), French philologist and teacher |
| Gaffiot {prop} [masculine] | :: The 1934 Latin–French dictionary compiled by Félix Gaffiot (or any of its subsequent editions); the Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français |
| gag {m} | :: joke |
| gaga {adj} [colloquial] | :: gaga (senile) |
| gaga {adj} [colloquial] | :: gaga (crazy) |
| gaga {adj} [colloquial] | :: gaga (infatuated) |
| gage {m} | :: pledge, guarantee |
| gage {m} [law, finance] | :: deposit, security, guaranty (guarantee that debt will be paid; property relinquished to ensure this) |
| gage {m} | :: forfeit (something deposited as part of a game) |
| gage {m} | :: proof, evidence, assurance |
| gage {m} [plural] | :: wages, salary |
| gager {v} | :: to guarantee |
| gager {v} | :: to wager or bet |
| gageure {f} [archaic] | :: wager |
| gageure {f} | :: challenge, impossible task |
| gageüre {f} | :: post-1990 spelling of gageure |
| gagnable {adj} | :: winnable |
| gagnant {m} | :: winner, victor |
| gagnant {adj} | :: winning, victorious |
| gagnante {f} | :: feminine noun of gagnant |
| Gagne {prop} | :: surname |
| Gagné {prop} | :: surname |
| gagne-denier {m} | :: day labourer |
| gagne-pain {m} | :: livelihood |
| gagne-pain {m} | :: breadwinner |
| gagne-petit {mf} [obsolete] | :: (travelling) grinder, knife-grinder |
| gagne-petit {mf} | :: low-wage earner |
| gagner {v} | :: to win |
| gagner {v} | :: to earn |
| gagner {v} | :: to gain; to obtain |
| gagner au change {v} [colloquial] | :: to be better off for it, to come out better off |
| gagner du temps {v} | :: to save time, to gain time |
| gagner du temps {v} | :: to buy time, to play for time, to stall for time, to use delaying tactics |
| gagner du terrain {v} [figuratively] | :: to gain ground |
| gagner sa vie {v} [idiomatic] | :: to earn a living, to make a living |
| gagner son bifteck {v} [idiomatic] | :: to bring home the bacon |
| gagneur {m} | :: winner (someone who habitually wins) |
| Gagnon {prop} | :: surname of Québécois origin |
| Gagnon {prop} | :: Gagnon (ghost town) |
| gai {adj} | :: cheerful; merry |
| gai {adj} | :: gay; homosexual |
| gaïac {m} | :: guaiacum, lignum vitae |
| gaïacol {m} [organic compound] | :: guaiacol |
| gai comme un pinson {adj} [simile] | :: very happy; happy as a lark |
| gaiement {adv} | :: gaily (in a happy, jovial way) |
| gaieté {f} | :: gaiety |
| gaillac {m} | :: A red wine from the Midi-Pyrénées |
| gaillacois {adj} | :: Of or from Gaillac |
| Gaillacois {m} | :: Native or inhabitant of Gaillac |
| Gaillacoise {f} | :: feminine singular of Gaillacois |
| gaillard {adj} | :: strong; sprightly, lively (of person) |
| gaillard {adj} | :: bawdy, ribald |
| gaillard {m} | :: forecastle, fo'c's'le |
| gaillard {m} | :: fellow, guy |
| Gaillard {prop} | :: surname, often associated with the Huguenots, from gaillard meaning strong |
| gaillard d'avant {m} [nautical] | :: forecastle |
| gaillarde {f} [printing, dated] | :: Galliard: the size of type between petit-texte and petit-romain, standardized as 9 Fournier points (3.06 mm) then as 8 Didot points (3.00 or 3.01 mm) |
| gaillarde {f} | :: The galliard, a 16th-century European dance |
| gaillardement {adv} | :: in a lively; sprightly way |
| gaillardise {f} | :: boastful gaiety |
| gaillet {m} | :: bedstraw (of genus Gallium), sweet woodruff |
| gaiment {adv} | :: alternative spelling of gaiement |
| gaîment {adv} | :: obsolete spelling of gaiement |
| gain {m} [usually, in the plural] | :: winnings, earnings, takings |
| gain {m} [finance] | :: gain, yield |
| gain de cause {m} [law] | :: winning of the case (in a trial) |
| gain de cause {m} [figuratively] | :: upper hand in a debate, victory |
| gaine {f} | :: sheath (for dagger etc.) |
| gaine {f} [technology] | :: casing, sheathing |
| gaine {f} [botany] | :: sheath |
| gainer {v} | :: to cover, sheathe |
| gaité {f} | :: alternative form of gaieté |
| gaîté {f} | :: gaiety, merriment |
| gal {m} | :: A unit of acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second |
| galactagogue {m} | :: galactagogue |
| galactagogue {adj} | :: galactagogic |
| galactique {adj} | :: galactic; galactical |
| galactite {f} [mineral] | :: synonym of natrolite |
| galactite {f} [botany] | :: thistle of the family Galactites |
| galactophage {adj} | :: feeding on milk; galactophagous |
| galactophage {mf} | :: One who lives on milk |
| galactophore {adj} | :: galactophorous |
| galactose {m} [carbohydrate] | :: galactose |
| galacturonique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: galacturonic |
| galamment {adv} | :: gallantly |
| galamment {adv} | :: elegantly |
| galant {adj} | :: gallant, courteous, gentlemanly |
| galant {adj} | :: flirtatious, amorous; racy |
| galant {m} [archaic or humorous] | :: suitor, admirer |
| galanterie {f} | :: gallantry |
| galanterie {f} | :: courteousness |
| galantin {m} | :: A man who is excessively and ridiculously gallant towards women |
| galapiat {m} | :: rascal, rogue |
| Galarneau {prop} | :: surname |
| Galates {prop} {m} | :: Galatians |
| Galatie {prop} | :: Galatia |
| galatique {adj} | :: Galatian; of or relating to Galatia |
| galaxie {f} | :: galaxy |
| galbanum {m} | :: galbanum (resin from plants of the genus Ferula, used to make incense) |
| galbe {m} | :: curve; silhouette |
| galbé {adj} | :: rounded |
| galbé {adj} | :: curved |
| gale {f} | :: scabies; mange |
| galéjade {f} | :: tall story |
| galène {f} [mineralogy] | :: galena |
| galénique {adj} | :: Galenic |
| galer {v} | :: To scratch |
| galère {f} [nautical] | :: galley (kind of ship) |
| galère {f} [in the plural] | :: torturous forced labor (long done at the oars of state galleys) |
| galère {f} [by extension, colloquial] | :: a terrible task, drudge, ordeal |
| galère {f} | :: oven type |
| galère {f} [historical] | :: mason's cart, for loading building materials |
| galère {f} | :: a group of people having a common interest, esp a coterie of undesirable people |
| galère {f} | :: an unpleasant situation |
| galérer {vi} [colloquial] | :: to have a hard time (be in difficulties) |
| galerie {f} | :: gallery |
| galérien {m} [literally] | :: A galley slave, notably as (often terminal) sentence |
| galérien {m} [by extension] | :: A forced laborer |
| galeriste {mf} | :: gallerist |
| galerne {f} | :: A cold, humid northwesterly wind that affects the west of France |
| galet {m} | :: pebble |
| galet {m} [by extension] | :: disk-shaped object |
| galet {m} [technology] | :: roller |
| galetas {m} | :: garret |
| galetas {m} [Switzerland] | :: attic |
| galette {f} | :: galette |
| galette {f} [colloquial] | :: dough, dosh, bread |
| galette {f} [Louisiana French, ] | :: cookie |
| galette {f} [Métis] | :: bannock, frybread |
| galette des rois {f} | :: king cake |
| galeux {adj} | :: mangy |
| Galfingue {prop} | :: Galfingue (commune) |
| Galice {prop} {f} | :: Galice (autonomous community) |
| Galicie {prop} {f} | :: Galicia (area of Central/Eastern Europe) |
| galicien {adj} | :: Galician (from either Galicia in Spain or Galicia in Eastern Europe) |
| galicien {m} | :: Galician (language) |
| Galicien {m} | :: Galician (person from either Galicia in Spain or Galicia in Eastern Europe) |
| Galicienne {f} | :: feminine singular of Galicien |
| Galilée {prop} {f} | :: Galilee (region) |
| Galilée {prop} {m} | :: Galileo |
| galiléen {adj} | :: Galilean |
| Galiléen {m} | :: Galilean |
| Galiléenne {f} | :: feminine singular of Galiléen |
| galimafrée {f} [archaic] | :: gallimaufry |
| galimatias {m} | :: nonsense, gobbledygook, galimatias |
| galion {m} [nautical] | :: galleon (large sailing ship) |
| galiot {m} | :: pirate |
| galiote {f} [nautical] | :: galliot |
| galipette {f} | :: somersault (the act of going head over heels) |
| galipette {f} | :: roll |
| galipette {f} | :: roll in the hay |
| Galissard {prop} | :: surname |
| gallacétophénone {f} [organic compound] | :: gallacetophenone |
| galle {f} | :: gall |
| galléine {f} [organic compound] | :: gallein |
| gallérie {f} | :: A kind of wax-eating moth, Galleria mellonella |
| Galles {prop} {m} | :: Wales |
| galleux {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: gallium (attributive) |
| gallican {adj} | :: Gallican |
| gallican {m} | :: Gallican |
| gallicanisme {m} | :: Gallicanism |
| gallicisme {m} | :: gallicism (French phrase) |
| gallinacé {adj} | :: gallinacean, gallinaceous |
| gallinule {f} | :: gallinule |
| gallique {adj} [inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry] | :: gallic |
| gallium {m} | :: gallium |
| gallodrome {m} | :: cockfighting pit |
| gallois {m} | :: Welsh, the Welsh language |
| gallois {adj} | :: Welsh (from, or pertaining to Wales) |
| Gallois {m} | :: Welshman |
| Galloise {f} | :: feminine noun of Gallois; Welshwoman |
| Gallopin {prop} | :: surname |
| gallo-romain {adj} | :: Gallo-Roman |
| gallotannique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: gallotannic |
| galochard {adj} | :: cloglike |
| galoche {f} | :: clog (shoe with a wooden sole) |
| galoche {f} | :: a chin that is long and pointed |
| galoche {f} [slang] | :: French kiss |
| galocher {v} [France, colloquial] | :: to French kiss, make out (a kiss with contact between tongues) |
| Galois {prop} | :: surname from Old French. More at Modern French Gallois |
| galoisien {adj} | :: galoisian |
| galon {m} | :: braid |
| galon {m} [military] | :: stripe |
| galonner {v} | :: To braid, galloon (trim with braid) |
| galonnier {m} | :: braider |
| galop {m} | :: gallop |
| galopade {f} | :: galloping |
| galopade {f} | :: stampede |
| galopant {adj} | :: galloping (sometimes figurative) |
| galopant {adj} | :: uncontrolled |
| galoper {v} | :: to gallop |
| galopin {m} | :: urchin, scamp, brat, ragamuffin |
| galopin {m} | :: a half-sized Belgian beer-glass (ie 12.5cl) used for tastings |
| galurin {m} [colloquial] | :: titfer (hat) |
| galvanique {adj} | :: galvanic |
| galvaniquement {adv} | :: galvanically |
| galvaniser {v} | :: to galvanize |
| galvanisme {m} | :: galvanism |
| galvanomagnétique {adj} | :: galvanomagnetic |
| galvanomagnétisme {m} | :: galvanomagnetism |
| galvanomètre {m} [physics] | :: galvanometer |
| galvanoplastie {f} | :: galvanoplasty, electrotyping |
| galvanoplastique {adj} | :: galvanoplastic |
| galvanotype {f} | :: electrotype |
| galvaudé {adj} | :: depreciated |
| galvauder {v} [colloquial] | :: to waste; to squander |
| galvauder {v} | :: to overuse |
| galvauder {vp} | :: to be lazy |
| gamache {f} [archaic] | :: spat, gaiter, legging |
| gamahucher {v} [vulgar, slang] | :: to perform oral sex on (man or woman); to go down on |
| gamahucheur {m} | :: cunnilinguist or fellator |
| gamahucheuse {f} | :: feminine singular of gamahucheur |
| gamba {f} | :: large prawn |
| gambade {f} | :: frolic, gambol |
| gambader {vi} | :: to frolic, gambol, caper |
| gambe {f} | :: alternative form of jambe |
| gamberger {v} [slang] | :: to think hard |
| gambette {f} [colloquial] | :: leg |
| gambette {m} | :: redshank (bird) |
| Gambie {prop} {f} | :: Gambie (country) |
| gambien {n} | :: Gambian |
| Gambien {m} | :: Gambian |
| Gambienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Gambien |
| gambille {f} [slang] | :: leg |
| gambille {f} [slang] | :: dance |
| gambiller {vi} | :: to jig about |
| gambiller {vi} | :: to dance |
| gambison {m} | :: Gambison |
| gambiste {mf} [music] | :: A person who plays the viola da gamba |
| gambler {v} [Louisiana French] | :: to gamble |
| gamelle {f} | :: mess tin, mess kit, dixie |
| gamelle {f} | :: billy, billycan |
| gamelle {f} [colloquial] | :: a cropper, a fall, a tumble |
| gamer {m} | :: A person whose hobby is video games |
| gamer {m} | :: A high-end laptop designed to play video games |
| gamète {m} [biology] | :: gamete (reproductive cell) |
| gamétique {adj} | :: gametic |
| gamétogenèse {f} [biology] | :: gametogenesis |
| -gamie {suffix} | :: -gamy |
| gamin {m} [dated] | :: street urchin, street kid |
| gamin {m} [colloquial] | :: kid (a child, especially one who is mischievous or plays in the streets) |
| gamin {adj} | :: mischievous, naughty |
| gamine {f} | :: kid (child) |
| gaminement {adv} | :: mischievously |
| gaminerie {f} | :: prank |
| gamma {m} | :: gamma (Greek letter) |
| gammaglobuline {f} | :: gamma globulin |
| gamme {f} [music] | :: musical scale |
| gamme {f} | :: range, gamut, series |
| gammé {adj} | :: Having branches in the form of an uppercase gamma (Γ) |
| gamos {m} [slang] | :: hooptie, whip |
| ganache {f} [anatomy] | :: jawbone |
| ganache {f} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: face |
| ganache {f} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: fool, numskull |
| ganache {f} [cooking] | :: ganache (sauce made of chocolate and cream) |
| Ganassi {prop} | :: Ganassi (surname) |
| Gand {prop} {m} | :: Gand (caplc) |
| gandhisme {m} | :: Gandhism |
| Gandiolle {prop} {m} | :: alternative spelling of Gandiol, Gandiolle (town/and/municipality) |
| gandois {adj} | :: from Ghent; Ghentian |
| Gandois {m} | :: someone from Ghent; Ghentian |
| Gandoise {f} | :: feminine singular of Gandois |
| gandoura {f} | :: gandoura |
| Ganelon {prop} {m} | :: A knight, in the Carolingian cycle, who betrayed Charlemagne's army to the Muslims |
| gang {m} | :: gang, group of ill-doers |
| ganga {m} | :: sandgrouse |
| gangan {m} [Antilles] | :: mangrove cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) |
| Gange {prop} {m} | :: Ganges |
| ganglion {m} | :: ganglion |
| ganglion lymphatique {m} | :: lymph node |
| ganglionnaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: ganglial |
| gangræne {f} | :: obsolete form of gangrène |
| gangrené {adj} | :: gangrenous |
| gangrène {f} | :: gangrene (the necrosis or rotting of flesh) |
| gangrène {f} [figuratively] | :: gangrene (corrupting influence) |
| gangrener {vr} [medical] | :: to develop gangrene |
| gangrener {v} [figuratively] | :: to completely corrupt |
| gangréner {v} | :: alternative form of gangrener |
| gangster {m} | :: gangster |
| gangstérisme {m} | :: gangsterism, organized crime |
| gangue {f} [geology, mining] | :: gangue |
| ganse {f} [textiles] | :: braid |
| ganser {v} | :: to border (decorate with a border) |
| gansette {f} | :: diminutive of ganse |
| gant {m} | :: glove |
| gant de boxe {m} | :: boxing glove |
| gant de toilette {m} | :: washing mitt |
| ganté {adj} | :: Gloved; wearing gloves |
| gantelet {m} | :: gauntlet (armored glove) |
| gantelet {m} | :: gauntlet (falconer's glove) |
| gantelet {m} | :: gauntlet (challenge) |
| ganter {vt} | :: to glove (cover with a glove) |
| ganterie {f} | :: the glove trade; a glove shop |
| gantier {m} | :: glover, glovemaker |
| gantière {f} | :: feminine singular of gantier |
| gantois {adj} | :: Of or from Gent |
| ganymède {m} | :: bottom (passive homosexual partner) |
| Ganymède {prop} {m} | :: Ganymede (in Greek mythology) |
| Ganymède {prop} {m} | :: Ganymede (moon) |
| gaoulé {m} [slang] | :: whispering |
| gaoulé {m} [slang, Creole] | :: mischievous public behavior, or "dirty dancing" (i.e., sensual, licentious dancing) |
| Gap {prop} | :: Gap (town/non-city capital) |
| garage {m} | :: garage |
| garage à bites {m} [slang, vulgar, pejorative] | :: a person who gets many penises in their orifices; a cum dumpster; a slutbag |
| garagiste {mf} | :: owner or manager of a garage |
| garagiste {mf} | :: car mechanic |
| garance {f} | :: madder (plant) |
| garance {f} | :: rose madder |
| Garand {prop} | :: surname derived from garant (guarantor) |
| garant {m} | :: guarantor |
| garant {m} | :: surety |
| garanti {adj} | :: guaranteed |
| garantie {f} | :: guarantee |
| garantir {v} | :: to guarantee (to assure that something will get done right) |
| garantir {v} | :: to protect, preserve |
| garantissabilité {f} [rare] | :: guaranteeability |
| garantissable {adj} | :: guaranteeable |
| Garasse {prop} | :: surname |
| garce {f} [archaic] | :: girl |
| garce {f} [slang, derogatory] | :: bitch, slut |
| garçon {m} | :: boy |
| garçon {m} [by extension] | :: young man; man |
| garçon {m} | :: waiter |
| garçon d'honneur {m} | :: usher (male escort at a wedding) |
| garçon manqué {m} | :: tomboy; girl who behaves like a boy |
| garçonne {f} | :: tomboy |
| garçonne {f} | :: ladette |
| garçonne {f} [historical] | :: flapper |
| garçonnet {m} | :: little boy |
| garçonnier {adj} | :: boyish, tomboyish |
| garçonnière {f} | :: bachelor pad |
| garçonnière {f} [Louisiana] | :: an attic, usually accessed from the front porch, where the male children of a household traditionally slept |
| Gard {prop} {m} | :: Gard (department) |
| garde {mf} | :: watch, guard |
| garde {f} | :: handle [of a weapon] |
| garde {f} | :: protection (act of protecting) |
| garde alternée {f} | :: joint custody, shared custody |
| garde à vous {interj} | :: stand at attention! (military command) |
| garde à vue {f} [legal] | :: custody |
| garde-boue {m} | :: mudguard |
| garde-chasse {m} | :: gamekeeper |
| garde-côte {mf} | :: coast guard (enforcer of maritime law) |
| garde des reins {f} | :: Armor protecting the loins, hanging from the backpiece of the cuirass |
| garde du corps {m} | :: bodyguard |
| garde forestier {m} | :: park ranger, park warden, forest ranger |
| garde-fou {m} | :: parapet |
| garde-fou {m} | :: safeguard, guardrail |
| garde-magasin {m} [military] | :: ≈ quartermaster |
| garde-manger {m} | :: pantry, larder |
| gardénal {m} | :: phenobarbital |
| gardénia {m} | :: gardenia |
| garder {vt} | :: to keep; to retain; to store; to save |
| garder {vt} | :: to guard |
| garder {vp} | :: to be careful (de faire not to do) |
| garder à l'esprit {vt} | :: to bear in mind, to keep in mind |
| garderie {f} | :: nursery, kindergarten, day care center |
| garder la boutique {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to hold the fort (to assume or take responsibility in another's absence) |
| garder la tête froide {v} [figuratively] | :: to keep a cool head |
| garder la tête haute {v} [figuratively] | :: to hold one's head high |
| garder les pieds sur terre {v} [figuratively] | :: to keep one's feet on the ground, to keep one's head, to remain realistic, to remain practical |
| garde-robe {f} | :: an armoire; a wardrobe (a piece of furniture for clothes) |
| garder pour soi {vt} | :: to keep to oneself, to keep under one's hat |
| garder son calme {v} | :: to keep one's cool, to stay calm |
| garder son sang-froid {v} [idiomatic] | :: to keep one's cool; to keep a cool head |
| garder son sérieux {v} | :: to keep a straight face |
| garder une poire pour la soif {v} [figuratively] | :: to put some money aside, to save a bit of money for a rainy day |
| gardeur {m} | :: cowherd, goatherd (or person in charge of other animals) |
| gardeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of gardeur |
| gardian {m} | :: An Occitan cowboy in the Camargue region |
| gardiateur {m} [obsolete] | :: guardian (a royal officer with responsibilities for Lyon) |
| gardien {m} | :: guard (someone who keeps guard of something) |
| gardien {m} | :: guardian, warden (protector) |
| gardien {m} | :: guardian (someone who looks after something else) |
| gardien {m} [legal] | :: guardian |
| gardien {m} [sports] | :: ellipsis of gardien de but (goalkeeper; goaltender; goalie;) |
| gardien {m} [Louisiana French] | :: babysitter |
| gardien de but {m} | :: goaltender, goalkeeper, goalie |
| gardien de la paix {m} | :: peacekeeper |
| gardien de phare {m} | :: lighthouse keeper |
| gardien d'urgence {m} [ice hockey] | :: emergency goalie |
| gardiennage {m} | :: caretaking |
| gardiennage {m} | :: security (as a commercial venture) |
| gardiennage {m} [Quebec] | :: baby sitting |
| gardienne {f} | :: feminine noun of gardien |
| gardienne de but {f} | :: feminine noun of gardien de but |
| gardienne de la paix {f} | :: peacekeeper |
| gardienne de phare {f} | :: feminine noun of gardien de phare |
| gardon {m} | :: roach (freshwater fish) |
| gare {f} | :: railway station |
| gare {interj} [à] | :: beware (something) |
| gare ferroviaire {f} | :: railway station |
| garenne {f} [obsolete] | :: game-park |
| garenne {f} | :: rabbit warren |
| garenne {m} | :: wild rabbit |
| garennier {m} | :: warrener |
| garennière {f} | :: feminine singular of garennier |
| garer {v} | :: to cover, to shelter |
| garer {vt} | :: to park (a vehicle) |
| garer {vt} | :: to dock (a vessel) |
| gare routière {f} | :: bus station (major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes) |
| gargantuesque {adj} | :: In an incredibly huge proportion; gargantuan |
| gargantuesquement {adv} | :: gargantuanly |
| gargariser {vr} | :: to gargle |
| gargarisme {m} | :: gargling |
| gargarisme {m} | :: gargle (liquid) |
| gargote {f} [pejorative] | :: cheap restaurant, greasy spoon |
| gargotier {m} | :: innkeeper |
| gargotier {m} [pejorative] | :: A bad cook |
| gargotière {f} | :: feminine noun of gargotier |
| gargouille {f} | :: gargoyle (of water pipe) |
| gargouille {f} | :: gargoyle (of a building) |
| gargouillement {m} | :: rumble, gurgle |
| gargouillement {m} | :: rumbling, gurgling |
| gargouiller {v} | :: to gargle |
| gargouiller {v} | :: to rumble |
| gargouillis {m} | :: rumble, rumbling |
| gargouillis {m} | :: gurgle, gurgling |
| Garneau {prop} | :: surname |
| garnement {m} | :: brat, naughty kid |
| garni {adj} | :: garnished (with vegetables etc) |
| garniérite {f} [mineral] | :: garnierite |
| garnir {v} | :: to furnish (a building, a room) |
| garnir {v} [military, dated] | :: to arm |
| garnir {v} | :: to decorate, to pretty, to garnish |
| garnison {f} | :: garrison (fortified town or city) |
| garnison {f} | :: garrison (body of troops) |
| garnissage {m} | :: trim (decoration) |
| garnissage {m} | :: lining |
| garnissage {m} | :: stuffing |
| garnisseur {m} | :: garnisher, trimmer |
| garnisseuse {f} | :: feminine singular of garnisseur |
| garniture {f} | :: garniture |
| garniture {f} [musical instruments, lutherie, bowmaking] | :: lapping, winding |
| garocher {v} | :: alternative form of garrocher |
| Garonne {prop} {f} | :: Garonne (river) |
| garou {m} [archaic] | :: werewolf |
| garou {m} [in combination] | :: were-. Used like a suffix |
| garou {m} | :: daphne, any Daphne species, particularly the spurge olive (Daphne mezereum) as well as Cneorum tricoccon and the flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium) |
| garoupe {f} | :: synonym of camélée |
| garoupe {f} | :: A type of daphne (Daphne gnidium) |
| garrigue {f} | :: garrigue |
| garrocher {v} [colloquial, Western France] | :: to throw |
| garrocher {v} [Canada] | :: to throw aimlessly or carelessly |
| garrot {m} | :: tourniquet |
| garrot {m} | :: garrot (small wooden cylinder) |
| garrot {m} | :: garrote |
| garrot {m} | :: goldeneye (duck) |
| garrot {m} | :: withers |
| garroter {v} | :: to kill by strangulation |
| garroter {v} | :: to tighten using a garrot |
| garrotter {vt} | :: to bind, fasten strongly |
| gars {m} | :: lad, guy |
| gars {m} [in the plural] | :: guys (usually all male) |
| gascher {v} [before circa 1800] | :: archaic spelling of gâcher |
| Gascogne {prop} {f} | :: Gascogne (former region) |
| gascon {adj} | :: Gascon |
| gascon {m} | :: Gascon |
| Gascon {m} | :: Gascon person |
| gasconisme {m} | :: A Gascon word or phrase used in French |
| Gasconne {f} | :: feminine noun of Gascon |
| gasconnisme {m} | :: alternative form of gasconisme |
| Gasly {prop} | :: Gasly; surname |
| Gasmule {mf} | :: Gasmoulos |
| gasoil {m} | :: diesel fuel |
| gaspacho {m} | :: gazpacho |
| gaspard {m} | :: rat |
| Gaspard {prop} {m} | :: Caspar of the Magi |
| Gaspard {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Gaspard {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| gaspareau {m} [fish] | :: alewife |
| gasparot {m} | :: alternative form of gaspareau |
| Gaspé {prop} | :: Gaspé |
| gaspereau {m} [Canada] | :: An alewife (type of fish) |
| Gaspésie {prop} | :: The Gaspé peninsula |
| gaspésien {adj} | :: Of or from Gaspé |
| gaspésien {adj} | :: Of or from Gaspésie |
| gaspi {m} [colloquial] | :: rubbish, waste |
| gaspillage {m} | :: waste |
| gaspiller {v} | :: to waste |
| gaspilleur {m} | :: spendthrift, wastrel, squanderer |
| gaspilleuse {f} | :: feminine noun of gaspilleur |
| gastéropode {m} | :: gastropod |
| Gaston {prop} | :: given name |
| Gaston {prop} | :: surname |
| gastrectomie {f} [surgery] | :: gastrectomy |
| gastricité {f} | :: an excess of saburra, a blockage of the alimentary canal |
| gastricité {f} | :: gastricity |
| gastrinome {m} [pathology] | :: gastrinoma |
| gastrique {adj} | :: gastric |
| gastrite {f} [pathology] | :: gastritis |
| gastro- {prefix} | :: gastro- [of or relating to the stomach] |
| gastro {f} [colloquial] | :: gastroenteritis, stomach flu |
| gastrocnémien {adj} [anatomy] | :: gastrocnemious |
| gastroduodénal {adj} | :: gastroduodenal |
| gastro-entérite {f} [pathology] | :: gastroenteritis |
| gastro-entérologie {f} | :: gastroenterology |
| gastroentérologie {f} | :: alternative form of gastro-entérologie |
| gastro-entérologue {mf} | :: gastroenterologist |
| gastroentérologue {mf} | :: alternative form of gastro-entérologue |
| gastromancie {f} | :: gastromancy |
| gastronomie {f} | :: gastronomy (study of the relationship between food and culture) |
| gastronomique {adj} | :: gastronomic; pertaining to all things humanly digestible |
| gastro-œsophagien {adj} [medicine] | :: Gastro-esophageal; gastro-oesophageal; gastro-œsophageal |
| gastropode {m} | :: gastropod |
| gastrosophie {f} | :: gastrosophy |
| gastrotomie {f} [surgery] | :: gastrotomy |
| gastruler {v} | :: to gastrulate |
| -gate {suffix} | :: -gate (forms names of scandals) |
| gâteau {m} | :: A sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy (as opposed to a denser torte) |
| gâteau {m} [Louisiana French, ] | :: A cookie |
| gâteau de riz {m} | :: rice cake |
| gâteau mille crêpes {m} | :: thousand crêpe cake |
| gâteau sous la cerise {phrase} | :: Exaggerated form of the icing on the cake |
| gâter {v} | :: to spoil, ruin |
| gâter {vr} | :: to go bad, go off |
| gâterie {f} | :: little treat, titbit |
| gâterie {f} [euphemistic] | :: fellatio |
| gâteux {adj} | :: senile, gaga |
| gateway {m} [Internet] | :: gateway |
| gâtine {f} | :: wasteland; moor |
| gâtine {f} [obsolete] | :: marshy, waterproof and sterile ground |
| Gatineau {prop} | :: Gatineau, a city in Quebec, Canada |
| Gatineau {prop} | :: ellipsis of rivière Gatineau Gatineau (river); tributary of the Ottawa River |
| gatinois {adj} | :: Gatineauian; Pertaining to Gatineau, Quebec, Canada |
| Gatinois {m} | :: A male resident of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada |
| Gatinoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Gatinois; Female resident of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada |
| gâtisme {m} | :: senility, dotage |
| gattopardisme {m} | :: gattopardism |
| gau {m} [slang] | :: louse |
| gauchard {m} | :: A left-handed person |
| gaucharde {f} | :: feminine singular of gauchard |
| gauche {adj} | :: left |
| gauche {adj} | :: awkward, gawky |
| gauche {adj} | :: clumsy |
| gauche {f} | :: the left, the left-hand side |
| gauche {m} [boxing] | :: a left-hander, a southpaw |
| gauchement {adv} | :: gauchely; maladroitly; awkwardly |
| gaucher {adj} | :: left-handed |
| gaucher {adj} | :: left-footed |
| gaucher {m} | :: a left-handed or left-footed person; a southpaw |
| gauchère {f} | :: feminine noun of gaucher |
| gauchir {vi} | :: to dodge |
| gauchir {vi} | :: to speak or act deceptively |
| gauchir {vit} | :: to warp, buckle, distort, bend |
| gauchir {vt} | :: to flavour with left-oriented political views |
| gauchisant {adj} [pejorative] | :: lefty, pinko (having left-wing politics) |
| gauchisme {m} [politics] | :: leftism. Most of the time, use by right wing, a bit pejorative. Very rarely used by lefties |
| gauchissement {m} | :: evasion, dodge |
| gauchissement {m} | :: deceptive action or speech |
| gauchissement {m} | :: warpage, buckling, distortion |
| gauchiste {adj} [politics] | :: leftist. Can be considered pejorative. Chiefly used by the right wing; very rarely assumed by leftists |
| gauchiste {mf} [politics] | :: leftist |
| gaucho {m} | :: gaucho (Argentine cowboy) |
| gaucho {m} [derogatory] | :: leftist |
| gaude {f} | :: weld (natural yellow dyestuff) |
| gauder {vt} | :: to dye using weld (natural yellow dyestuff) |
| Gaudet {prop} | :: surname |
| Gaudette {prop} | :: surname |
| gaudir {v} [archaic] | :: to rejoice |
| Gaudreau {prop} | :: surname |
| Gaudreault {prop} | :: surname |
| gaudriole {f} [colloquial] | :: slap and tickle |
| gaudriole {f} [colloquial] | :: dirty joke |
| Gaudry {prop} | :: surname |
| gaufre {f} | :: honeycomb |
| gaufre {f} | :: waffle (flat pastry) |
| gaufrer {vt} | :: to emboss |
| gaufrer {vt} | :: to goffer |
| gaufrette {f} | :: wafer |
| gaufrier {m} | :: waffle iron |
| gaufrier {m} | :: comics page grid |
| gaufrure {f} | :: gauffering, a mode of plaiting or fluting |
| gaule {f} | :: (long) pole |
| gaule {f} | :: fishing pole |
| gaule {f} [slang] | :: boner |
| Gaule {prop} {f} | :: Gaul, former name of France |
| gaulé {adj} [slang, of a person] | :: shaped, made (usually with qualifying word or phrase) |
| gauler {vt} | :: to beat, beat down [with a pole] |
| gaullien {adj} | :: Gaullist |
| gaullisme {m} | :: Gaullism |
| gaulliste {adj} | :: Gaullist |
| gaulliste {mf} | :: Gaullist |
| gaulois {adj} | :: Gaulish |
| gaulois {m} | :: Gaulish language |
| Gaulois {m} | :: Someone from Gaul |
| Gauloise {f} | :: feminine noun of Gaulois |
| gauloisement {adv} [pejorative] | :: simply; in the manner of a simpleton |
| gauloiserie {f} | :: bawdiness |
| gaulthérine {f} [organic compound] | :: gaultherin |
| gaupe {f} [archaic] | :: trull, trollop |
| gaur {m} | :: gaur |
| gauscisme {m} [politics, derogatory] | :: A perceived fascist form of socialism |
| gausciste {adj} [politics] | :: Relating to a perceived fascist form of socialism |
| gausser {vr} [se gausser, ~ de] | :: to mock, to scorn, to criticize harshly |
| gausserie {f} [colloquial] | :: mockery, ridicule |
| gausseur {m} | :: mocker, someone who ridicules others |
| gaussien {adj} [mathematics] | :: Gaussian |
| Gauthier {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Gauthier {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| Gautier {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Gautier {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| Gautreau {prop} | :: surname |
| Gautreaux {prop} | :: surname |
| gavage {m} | :: gavage (all senses) |
| gavé {adj} [slang] | :: stuffed (full of food) |
| gaver {vt} | :: to force-feed |
| gaver {vt} [slang] | :: to fill up, exasperate |
| gavroche {m} | :: A young and resourceful, though usually poor, Parisian |
| gay {m} | :: gay (homosexual person) |
| gay-friendly {adj} [anglicism] | :: gay-friendly |
| Gaylord {prop} {m} [rare] | :: given name |
| Gay-Lussac {prop} | :: A surname |
| Gay-Lussac {prop} | :: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist |
| gaytitude {f} [slang] | :: gayness (quality that makes somebody gay) |
| gaz {m} | :: gas |
| gaz {m} [physics] | :: gas |
| gaz {m} | :: flatulence |
| gaz à effet de serre {m} | :: greenhouse gas (literally, greenhouse effect gas) |
| gazage {m} | :: gassing (extermination by gas) |
| gazaoui {adj} | :: Gazan |
| gaz carbonique {m} [dated] | :: carbon dioxide |
| gaz d'échappement {m} | :: exhaust gas, exhaust |
| gaz de houille {m} | :: coal gas |
| gaz de pétrole liquéfié {m} | :: liquefied petroleum gas, LPG |
| gaze {f} | :: gauze |
| gazé {m} [countable] | :: black-veined white butterfly (Aporia crataegi) |
| gazé {m} [usually, uncountable] | :: gauze |
| gazéifiable {adj} | :: gasifiable |
| gazéificateur {m} | :: gasifier |
| gazéification {f} | :: gasification |
| gazéifié {adj} | :: gasified, carbonated |
| gazéifier {v} [chemistry] | :: to gasify |
| gazéifier {v} | :: [water] to aerate |
| gazéifier {v} | :: [with carbon dioxide] to carbonate |
| gazéifieur {m} | :: gasifier |
| gazéiforme {adj} | :: gasiform |
| gazéité {f} | :: gaseousness |
| gazelle {f} | :: gazelle |
| gazer {v} | :: to gas (exterminate using gas) |
| gazer {v} [slang] | :: to smoke (a cigarette) |
| gazer {vp} [se gazer] | :: to rage, to become irate |
| gazer {v} [colloquial] | :: to go well, to be well (feeling) |
| gazer {v} | :: to gloss over; to cover up; to hush up |
| gazetier {m} | :: gazetteer (journalist) |
| gazetière {f} | :: feminine noun of gazetier |
| gazette {f} | :: gazette |
| gazeux {adj} | :: fizzy, gassy |
| gaz hilarant {m} | :: laughing gas (nitrous oxide) |
| gazier {m} | :: gasworker (a worker in a gasworks) |
| gazier {m} | :: gasman |
| gazier {m} | :: LNG carrier (a ship that transports natural gas) |
| gazier {adj} [attributive] | :: gas (of, or relating to the natural gas industry) |
| gazière {f} | :: feminine noun of gazier |
| gazinière {f} | :: gas stove / cooker |
| gaz lacrymogène {m} | :: tear gas |
| gaz naturel {m} | :: natural gas |
| gaz naturel {m} | :: Automobile fuel sold in petroleum stations in the Canadian province of Alberta |
| gaz naturel liquéfié {m} | :: liquified natural gas |
| gaz noble {m} [chemistry] | :: noble gas |
| gazoduc {m} | :: gas pipeline |
| gazogène {m} | :: gasifier |
| gazogène {m} | :: gasogene |
| gazole {m} | :: diesel fuel |
| gazomètre {m} | :: gasometer, gasholder |
| gazon {m} | :: lawn |
| gazon {m} | :: turf; grass |
| gazonner {v} | :: to cover with sod; to turf |
| gazouillement {m} | :: chirping, tweeting |
| gazouillement {m} [Canada, internet] | :: tweeting [microblogging] |
| gazouiller {v} [of a bird] | :: to chirp, to twitter |
| gazouiller {v} [of a baby] | :: to gurgle |
| gazouiller {v} [internet] | :: to tweet (microblogging) |
| gazouillis {m} [of birds] | :: chirping of birds, tweeting |
| gazouillis {m} [Canada, internet] | :: tweet [microblogging, such as on Twitter] |
| gbaka {m} [Ivory Coast] | :: minibus, marshrutka |
| gban {m} [nouchi] | :: drug |
| gbra {vit} [nouchi] | :: to fuck |
| gé {m} | :: letter: g |
| geai {m} | :: jay (bird) |
| geai des chênes {m} | :: Eurasian jay |
| géant {m} | :: giant |
| géant {m} [skiing] | :: giant slalom |
| géant {adj} | :: giant, huge, enormous |
| géante {f} | :: female equivalent of géant |
| géante bleue {f} [astronomy] | :: blue giant |
| géante rouge {f} [astronomy] | :: red giant (star) |
| gecko {m} | :: gecko |
| Gédéon {prop} | :: Gideon |
| geek {mf} | :: geek (all senses) |
| gégène {f} [military, slang] | :: "genny", generator; dynamo |
| gégène {f} | :: electroshock torture, gégène |
| géhenne {f} | :: gehenna |
| Géhenne {prop} | :: Gehenna |
| geignard {adj} | :: whining, moaning |
| geignement {m} | :: moaning, whining |
| geignement {m} | :: whimper |
| geindre {v} | :: to moan, groan |
| geindre {m} [obsolete] | :: a worker who kneads dough in a bakery |
| geisha {f} | :: geisha |
| Geispitzen {prop} | :: Geispitzen (commune) |
| gel {m} | :: frost |
| gel {m} | :: gel (suspension of solid in liquid) |
| gel {m} | :: gel (cosmetic preparation) |
| gélasime {m} [zoology] | :: fiddler crab (of the genus Uca, formerly Gelasimus) |
| gélatine {f} [protein] | :: gelatine |
| gélatineux {adj} | :: gelatinous |
| gelé {adj} | :: frozen |
| gelé {adj} [Quebec] | :: stoned |
| gelée {f} | :: frost |
| gelée {f} | :: jelly (wobbly food) |
| gelée {f} | :: jelly-like substance |
| gelée blanche {f} | :: hoarfrost |
| gelée royale {f} | :: royal jelly |
| geler {v} | :: to freeze |
| geler {v} [impersonal, weather] | :: to be very cold |
| geler à pierre fendre {v} [simile, impersonal, weather] | :: to be extremely cold |
| gel hydroalcoolique {m} | :: alcogel (hand sanitizer containing alcohol) |
| gélifiant {adj} | :: gelling |
| gélifiant {adj} | :: gelatinizing |
| gélifiant {m} | :: gelling agent |
| gélifié {adj} | :: jellified |
| gélifié {adj} | :: gelled |
| gélifraction {f} [geology] | :: gelifraction, congeliturbation, cryoclasty |
| gélinotte {f} | :: grouse (one of a number species of grouse) |
| géliturbation {f} [geology] | :: congeliturbation |
| gélose {f} | :: gelose |
| gélosé {adj} [biology] | :: composed of gelose |
| gélule {f} | :: capsule |
| gelure {f} [often, in the plural] | :: frostbite |
| gématrique {adj} | :: gematric, gematrical |
| gématriquement {adv} | :: gematrically |
| Gémeaux {prop} {mp} | :: Gemini (constellation) |
| Gémeaux {prop} {mp} [astrology] | :: Gemini (star sign) |
| gémellaire {adj} | :: twin (attributive) |
| gémellité {f} | :: twinship, twinness |
| géminal {adj} [chemistry] | :: geminal |
| géminée {f} [phonetics, phonology] | :: geminate (double consonant) |
| gémir {v} | :: to moan; to groan |
| gémissant {adj} | :: wailing, whining |
| gémissement {m} | :: moan, groan |
| gemmacé {adj} | :: gemmaceous |
| gemme {f} | :: gemstone, gem |
| gémonies {fp} [pluralonly] | :: The place in Ancient Rome where the bodies of executed people were exposed |
| gén. {adj} | :: abbreviation of génitif |
| gén. {m} | :: abbreviation of génitif |
| génal {adj} [anatomy] | :: of the cheeks; genal |
| gênant {adj} | :: embarrassing |
| gênant {adj} | :: troublesome, inconvenient |
| gencive {f} [anatomy, usually, in the plural] | :: gum |
| gendarme {m} | :: A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties |
| gendarme {m} | :: firebug (the insect) |
| gendarmerie {f} | :: The military branch of the French police service |
| Gendarmerie royale du Canada {prop} {f} [Canada, law enforcement] | :: Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| gendarmette {f} | :: policewoman (specifically a female gendarme) |
| gendre {m} | :: son-in-law |
| Gendron {prop} | :: surname |
| -gène {suffix} | :: -gen, -genic |
| gène {m} | :: gene (unit of heredity) |
| gêne {f} | :: embarrassment |
| gêne {f} | :: discomfort, inconvenience |
| généalogie {f} | :: genealogy (the study of family history) |
| généalogique {adj} | :: genealogical |
| généalogiquement {adv} | :: genealogically (with respect to genealogy) |
| généalogiste {mf} | :: genealogist |
| génépi {m} | :: wormwood |
| génépi {m} | :: A liqueur similar to absinthe |
| gêner {v} | :: to hinder, hamper, bother |
| gêner {v} | :: to bother, annoy, irritate |
| gêner {v} | :: to embarrass |
| gêner {vr} | :: to be bothered about something |
| général {m} [military] | :: general |
| général {adj} | :: general, usual |
| généralat {m} | :: generalship |
| généralement {adv} | :: generally, in general |
| généralisable {adj} | :: generalizable (generally applicable) |
| généralisateur {adj} | :: generalizing |
| généralisation {f} | :: generalisation |
| généralisé {adj} | :: commonplace, ubiquitous, found everywhere |
| généraliser {v} | :: to generalise (all senses) |
| généraliser {vr} | :: to become standard; to spread |
| généralissime {adj} | :: very general |
| généralissime {m} | :: generalissimo |
| généraliste {mf} | :: generalist (person with a broad general knowledge) |
| généraliste {mf} | :: general practitioner |
| généralité {f} | :: generality |
| généralité {f} | :: majority |
| générateur {m} | :: generator |
| génératif {adj} | :: generative |
| génération {f} | :: generation (act of generating) |
| génération {f} | :: generation (rank in genealogy) |
| générationnel {adj} | :: generational |
| génération spontanée {f} [historical, biology] | :: spontaneous generation |
| génératrice {f} | :: generator (electrical) |
| génératrice {f} [mathematics] | :: generatrix |
| gêner aux entournures {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to embarrass, to inconvenience, to constrain; to make uncomfortable |
| générer {vt} | :: to generate |
| généreusement {adv} | :: generously |
| généreux {adj} | :: generous, kind |
| générique {m} [cinema, television] | :: opening credits or end/closing credits |
| générique {m} [pharmacology] | :: a generic drug |
| générique {adj} | :: genre (used attributively) |
| générique {adj} | :: genericized, generic |
| générique de début {m} [cinema, television] | :: opening credits |
| générique de fin {m} [cinema, television] | :: closing credits, end credits |
| génériquement {adv} | :: generically |
| générosité {f} | :: generosity |
| Gênes {prop} {m} | :: Genoa (town) |
| Gênes {prop} {m} | :: Genoa (province) |
| -genèse {suffix} | :: -genesis |
| genèse {f} | :: genesis |
| Genèse {prop} {f} | :: The Bible book Genesis |
| génèse {f} | :: alternative form of genèse |
| génésique {adj} | :: reproductive |
| génésique {adj} | :: genetic |
| génésiquement {adv} | :: reproductively |
| génésiquement {adv} | :: genetically |
| genêt {m} | :: broom (shrub) |
| généticien {m} | :: geneticist |
| généticienne {f} | :: feminine singular of généticien |
| génétique {adj} | :: genetic |
| génétique {f} | :: genetics |
| génétiquement {adv} | :: genetically |
| genette {f} | :: genet (mammal in genus Genetta) |
| gêneur {m} | :: nuisance |
| gêneur {m} | :: obstacle |
| gêneuse {f} | :: feminine singular of gêneur |
| Genève {prop} {f} | :: Genève (city) |
| Genève {prop} {f} | :: Genève (canton) |
| Geneviève {prop} | :: given name |
| genevois {adj} | :: Genevan |
| Genevois {m} | :: Genevan |
| genévrier {m} | :: juniper (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus) |
| génial {adj} [literally] | :: ingenious, characteristic of a genius |
| génial {adj} [colloquial] | :: great, fantastic, awesome |
| génialement {adv} | :: brilliantly, superbly |
| génialissime {adj} | :: superlative of génial: supergreat |
| Genie {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| -génie {suffix} | :: -genesis |
| génie {m} | :: genie |
| génie {m} | :: genius |
| génie civil {m} | :: civil engineering (technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones) |
| génie du mal {m} | :: evil genius |
| génien {adj} [anatomy] | :: genian |
| genièvre {m} | :: juniper (Juniperus communis) |
| genièvre {m} | :: jenever |
| génine {f} [organic chemistry] | :: genin |
| génioglosse {adj} [anatomy] | :: genioglossal |
| -génique {suffix} | :: -genic |
| génique {adj} | :: gene (attributive) |
| génisse {f} | :: heifer |
| génital {adj} | :: genital; serving generation |
| génitalement {adv} | :: genitally |
| géniteur {m} | :: progenitor, parent |
| génitif {adj} | :: genitive (of or pertaining to the case of possession) |
| génitif {m} [grammar] | :: genitive, genitive case |
| génitif absolu {m} [grammar] | :: genitive absolute |
| génito- {prefix} | :: genito- |
| génitofémoral {adj} | :: genitofemoral |
| génitoires {mp} {fp} [archaic or jocular] | :: testicles, genitories |
| génito-urinaire {adj} | :: genitourinary |
| génitrice {f} | :: feminine singular of géniteur |
| Genk {prop} | :: Genk (city) |
| génocidaire {adj} | :: genocidal |
| génocidaire {m} | :: genocidaire |
| génocide {m} | :: genocide |
| génois {adj} | :: Genoese, Genovese, Genoan |
| génois {m} [nautical] | :: genoa (sail) |
| Génois {m} | :: Genoan |
| génoise {f} | :: genoise |
| Génoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Génois |
| génome {m} | :: genome (complete genetic information of an organism) |
| génomique {adj} | :: genomic |
| génotoxique {adj} [genetics] | :: genotoxic |
| génotype {m} [genetics] | :: genotype |
| genou {m} | :: knee |
| genou {m} | :: lap |
| genouillère {f} | :: knee pad |
| genre {m} | :: kind |
| genre {m} | :: style |
| genre {m} [grammar] | :: gender (of nouns) |
| genre {m} [grammar] | :: voice (of verbs) |
| genre {m} [biology] | :: genus |
| genre {m} | :: look, type |
| genre {m} [archaic, colloquial] | :: the done thing |
| genre {particle} [colloquial] | :: like |
| genré {adj} | :: genric |
| genre humain {m} | :: humankind, mankind |
| gens {mp} | :: set of people |
| gens de peu {mp} [often, pejorative] | :: the little people, the lower orders (the lower class) |
| gens du voyage {mp} | :: travellers, gypsies |
| gent {f} [obsolete] | :: people, nation |
| gent {f} [obsolete] | :: tribe |
| gent {f} | :: company, those who are in accompaniment |
| gent {adj} [obsolete or jocular] | :: nice, pleasant, or noble, speaking of a person or thing |
| gentamicine {f} [medicine] | :: gentamicin |
| gentiamarine {f} [organic compound] | :: gentiamarin |
| gentiane {f} | :: gentian |
| gentil {adj} | :: helpful, kind |
| gentil {adj} | :: pleasant, amiable, nice |
| gentil {adj} | :: attractive, pretty; also derogative, in the sense of superficial, esp. in the arts |
| gentil {adj} [idiomatic] | :: all very well (c'est bien gentil tout ça, mais "that's all very well, but") |
| gentil {adj} | :: well behaved, good (especially but not only about children, in the sense of good boy/girl) |
| gentil {adj} | :: fairly large, nice, tidy |
| gentil {m} | :: pagan, heretic |
| gentil {m} | :: gentile |
| gentilé {m} | :: demonym |
| gentilhomme {m} | :: gentleman |
| gentilhommière {f} | :: manor house |
| gentilhommière {f} | :: country seat |
| gentilice {adj} | :: gentilician |
| gentilistique {f} | :: demonymy |
| gentilité {f} | :: paganism |
| gentilité {f} | :: idolatry |
| gentillâtre {m} | :: lordling |
| gentillesse {f} | :: kindness; niceness |
| gentillet {adj} [often, somewhat pejorative] | :: pretty nice; nice little |
| gentiment {adv} | :: friendly, kindly (in a friendly or kind manner) |
| gentiopicrine {f} [organic compound] | :: gentiopicrin |
| gentisine {f} [organic compound] | :: gentisin |
| gentleman {m} | :: gentleman, especially an anglophone one |
| gentrification {f} | :: gentrification |
| génuflexer {v} | :: to genuflect |
| génuflexion {f} | :: genuflection (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down) |
| génuflexionner {v} | :: to genuflect |
| géo- {prefix} | :: geo- |
| géo {f} [colloquial] | :: geography course or exam |
| géoarchéologie {f} [geology, archaeology] | :: geoarchaeology |
| géoblocage {m} [computing, internet] | :: geoblocking, geo-blocking |
| géocentrique {adj} | :: geocentric |
| géocentriquement {adv} | :: geocentrically |
| géocentrisme {m} | :: geocentrism |
| géochimie {f} [geology, chemistry] | :: geochemistry |
| géochimique {adj} [geology, chemistry] | :: geochemical |
| géochimiste {mf} [geology, chemistry] | :: geochemist |
| géochronologie {f} [geology] | :: geochronology |
| géoclimatique {adj} | :: geoclimatic |
| géocoucou {m} | :: roadrunner |
| géode {f} | :: Geode |
| géodésie {f} | :: geodesy (scientific discipline) |
| géodésique {adj} | :: geodetic |
| géodésiquement {adv} | :: geodetically |
| géodynamique {f} [geology] | :: geodynamics |
| géodynamique {adj} [geology] | :: geodynamic |
| géoéconomie {f} | :: geoeconomy |
| géoéconomie {f} | :: geoeconomics |
| Geoffroy {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Geoffroy {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| géoglyphe {m} | :: geoglyph |
| géognosie {f} [obsolete] | :: geognosy |
| géognostique {adj} | :: geognostic |
| géographe {mf} | :: geographer |
| géographie {f} | :: geography (study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth) |
| géographique {adj} | :: geographic |
| géographique {adj} | :: geographical |
| géographiquement {adv} | :: geographically |
| géohydrographie {f} | :: geohydrography |
| géohydrographique {adj} | :: geohydrographic |
| géohydrologie {f} [geology] | :: geohydrology, hydrogeology |
| géoïde {m} | :: geoid |
| geôle {f} | :: jail, prison, gaol |
| geôlier {m} | :: jailer, gaoler |
| geôlière {f} | :: female equivalent of geôlier |
| géolinguistique {adj} | :: geolinguistic |
| géolinguistiquement {adv} | :: geolinguistically |
| géolocalisation {f} | :: geolocalization |
| géolocaliser {v} | :: To geolocate |
| géolocation {f} | :: geolocation (coordinates) |
| géologie {f} | :: geology |
| geologique {adj} | :: alternative form of géologique |
| géologique {adj} | :: geological |
| géologiquement {adv} | :: geologically (with respect to geology) |
| géologue {mf} | :: geologist |
| géomagnétique {adj} [geology, physics] | :: geomagnetic |
| géomagnétisme {m} [geology, physics] | :: geomagnetism |
| géomancie {f} | :: geomancy |
| géomatériau {m} [geology] | :: geomaterial |
| géomatique {adj} | :: geomatic |
| géomatique {f} | :: geomatics |
| géomécanique {adj} [geology] | :: geomechanical |
| géomécanique {f} [geology] | :: geomechanics |
| géométral {adj} | :: geometral |
| géométralement {adv} | :: geometrally |
| géomètre {mf} | :: a surveyor |
| géométrie {f} [mathematics] | :: geometry |
| géométrique {adj} | :: geometric |
| géométriquement {adv} | :: geometrically (with respect to geometry) |
| géométriser {v} | :: to geometrize |
| géomorphologie {f} | :: geomorphology |
| géomorphologique {adj} | :: geomorphological |
| géomorphologue {mf} | :: geomorphologist |
| géoneutrino {m} [physics] | :: geoneutrino |
| géonomie {f} | :: geonomy |
| géophysicien {m} [physics, geology] | :: geophysicist |
| géophysicienne {f} | :: feminine noun of géophysicien |
| géophysique {f} [geology, physics] | :: geophysics |
| géophysique {adj} [geology, physics] | :: geophysical |
| géopoliticien {m} | :: geopolitician |
| géopolitique {adj} | :: geopolitical |
| géopolitique {f} | :: geopolitics |
| géopolitologue {mf} | :: geopolitical political scientist |
| géopolymère {m} | :: geopolymer |
| géoradar {f} | :: ground-penetrating radar |
| Georges {prop} | :: given name |
| Georges {prop} | :: surname |
| Georgescu {prop} | :: surname |
| Georgette {prop} | :: given name, a feminine diminutive form of Georges |
| Géorgie {prop} {f} | :: Georgia (The Caucasian country) |
| Géorgie {prop} {f} | :: Georgia (U.S. state) |
| géorgien {m} | :: Georgian, the Georgian language |
| géorgien {adj} | :: Georgian (relating to the country Georgia) |
| géorgien {adj} | :: Georgian (relating to the US State Georgia) |
| Géorgien {m} | :: A Georgian, person from the Transcaucasian country Georgia |
| Géorgien {m} | :: A Georgian, inhabitant of the US State |
| Géorgienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Géorgien |
| géoscience {f} [geology] | :: geoscience |
| géosphère {f} | :: geosphere |
| géostationnaire {adj} | :: geostationary |
| géostatistique {f} | :: geostatistics |
| géostatistique {adj} | :: geostatistic |
| géostratégie {f} | :: geostrategy |
| géostratégique {adj} | :: geostrategic |
| géostratégiste {mf} | :: geostrategist |
| géosystème {m} | :: geosystem |
| géotaxisme {m} [biology] | :: geotaxis |
| géotechnicien {m} | :: geotechnician |
| géotechnique {m} | :: geotechnics, geotechnology |
| géotechnique {adj} | :: geotechnical |
| géotechniquement {adv} | :: geotechnically |
| géotectonique {adj} [geology] | :: geotectonic |
| géothermal {adj} | :: geothermal |
| géotherme {m} | :: geotherm |
| géothermie {f} | :: geothermal energy or science |
| géothermique {adj} | :: geothermal |
| géotrope {adj} | :: geotropic |
| géotropisme {m} [biology] | :: geotropism |
| gérable {adj} | :: manageable |
| Gérald {prop} | :: given name |
| Géraldine {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| gérance {f} | :: management |
| géranial {m} [organic compound] | :: geranial |
| géraniine {f} [organic compound] | :: geraniin |
| géranine {f} [organic compound] | :: geranin |
| géraniol {m} [organic compound] | :: geraniol |
| géranium {f} | :: geranium |
| gérant {m} [Quebec, business, sports] | :: manager |
| gérante {f} | :: feminine noun of gérant |
| géranyle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: geranyl |
| Gérard {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Gérard {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| gerbable {adj} | :: stackable |
| gerbe {f} [agriculture] | :: sheaf (of wheat) |
| gerbe {f} | :: spray, bouquet (of flowers) |
| gerbe {f} | :: collection, anthology (of pieces of literature) |
| gerbe {f} [heraldry] | :: garb |
| gerbe {f} [historical] | :: tithe on crops under the Ancien Régime |
| gerbe {f} [slang] | :: puke, throw up (vomit) |
| gerber {v} | :: to sheave |
| gerber {v} [slang] | :: To puke, to throw up |
| gerbeuse {f} | :: a female vomiter |
| gerbille {f} | :: gerbil |
| gerboise {f} | :: jerboa |
| gercé {adj} | :: chapped |
| gercer {vit} | :: to chap, become chapped |
| gerçure {f} | :: crack |
| Gereaux {prop} | :: surname |
| gérer {v} | :: to manage |
| gérer {v} [slang] | :: to rock |
| gerfaut {m} | :: gyrfalcon |
| Gergovie {prop} | :: Gergovia |
| gergovien {adj} | :: Gergovian |
| Gergovien {m} | :: Gergovian |
| Gergovienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Gergovien |
| gériatrie {f} [medicine] | :: geriatrics |
| gériatrique {adj} | :: geriatric |
| germain {adj} | :: german (having the same mother and father) |
| germain {adj} | :: Germanic, German |
| Germain {prop} | :: given name |
| Germain {m} [rare] | :: German (someone from Germany) |
| Germaine {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Germain |
| germandrée {f} | :: germander (of genus Teucrium) |
| germanène {f} | :: germanene |
| Germanie {prop} [historical] | :: Germania, a region inhabited by Germanic peoples |
| Germanie {prop} [rare] | :: Germany |
| germanique {adj} | :: Germanic |
| germanisation {f} | :: Germanization (Making more German) |
| germaniser {v} | :: To Germanize |
| germanisme {m} | :: Germanism (a word or idiom of the German language) |
| germaniste {mf} | :: Germanist |
| germaniste {adj} | :: Germanist; Germanistic |
| germanité {f} | :: Germanness |
| germanium {m} | :: germanium |
| germano- {prefix} | :: Germano- |
| germanomanie {f} | :: Germanomania |
| germanophile {adj} | :: Germanophile |
| germanophile {mf} | :: Germanophile |
| germanophone {adj} | :: German-speaking |
| germanophone {mf} | :: German speaker |
| germanopratin {adj} | :: pertaining to, or from Saint-Germain-des-Prés |
| Germanopratin {m} | :: native or inhabitant of Saint-Germain-des-Prés |
| Germanopratine {f} | :: feminine noun of Germanopratin |
| germe {m} | :: germ (small mass of cells) |
| germe {m} | :: seed |
| germe {m} | :: bulb (of onion, garlic etc.) |
| germe {m} [figuratively] | :: seed (the principle cause) |
| germer {v} | :: to germinate |
| germinal {adj} | :: germinal |
| germinal {m} [historical] | :: Germinal (the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar) |
| germinatif {adj} | :: germinative |
| Gérôme {prop} | :: given name |
| gérondif {m} [grammar] | :: a syntactical construction of French composed of the present participle preceded with the preposition en, used to express simultaneity or manner; an adverbial participle |
| gérondif {m} | :: a Latin gerundive, a verbal adjective expressing necessity |
| gérondif {m} | :: an English gerund |
| gérondif {adj} | :: of or pertaining to the gérondif |
| géronto- {prefix} | :: geronto- |
| gérontocratie {f} | :: gerontocracy |
| gérontologie {f} | :: gerontology (branch of science) |
| gérontologique {adj} | :: gerontological |
| gérontologue {mf} | :: gerontologist |
| Gers {prop} {m} | :: Gers |
| Gervais {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Gervaise {prop} {f} | :: given name, a rare feminine form of Gervais ( Gervase) |
| gerzeau {m} [obsolete] | :: Agrostemma githago (common corn-cockle) |
| gerzeau {m} [obsolete] | :: vetch |
| gerzeau {m} [obsolete] | :: vetchling |
| GES {m} | :: abbreviation of gaz à effet de serre (greenhouse gas) |
| gésier {m} | :: gizzard |
| gésir {vi} [literary] | :: to lie (to be in a horizontal position) |
| gésir {vi} | :: to lie (to be left in a horizontal position) |
| gésir {vi} | :: to be located |
| gésir {vi} | :: to be buried, hidden |
| gesse {f} | :: vetchling |
| gesse {f} | :: sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) |
| gessette {f} | :: red vetchling (Lathyrus cicera) |
| gestation {f} | :: gestation |
| geste {m} | :: gesture |
| geste {m} | :: move, motion |
| geste {f} | :: saga, especially a cycle of poems in the epic, literary style of the Middle Ages |
| gesticulant {adj} | :: gesticulating |
| gesticulation {f} | :: gesticulation |
| gesticuler {v} | :: to gesticulate (make gestures) |
| gestion {f} | :: administration |
| gestion {f} | :: management, control |
| gestionnaire {mf} | :: manager |
| gestionnaire {adj} | :: managerial, relating to management |
| gestuel {adj} | :: gestural |
| gestuelle {f} | :: gesture, gest, movement |
| Gethsémané {prop} | :: Gethsemane |
| getter {m} [object-oriented] | :: getter |
| gétule {mf} | :: A member of a Berber tribe (the Gaetuli) that occupied Getulia in southern Morocco |
| GEU {f} [medicine] | :: initialism of grossesse extra-utérine |
| gewurztraminer {m} | :: Gewürztraminer (grape and wine) |
| geyser {m} [geology] | :: geyser |
| GG {m} [politics] | :: abbreviation of gouverneur-générale |
| GG {f} [politics] | :: abbreviation of gouverneure-générale |
| Ghana {prop} {m} | :: Ghana (country) |
| ghanéen {adj} | :: Ghanaian |
| Ghanéen {m} | :: Ghanaian (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) |
| Ghanéenne {f} | :: feminine noun of Ghanéen |
| ghassoul {m} | :: A kind of saponifying vulcanic clay used for hair and skin care |
| ghetto {m} | :: ghetto |
| ghettoïsation {f} | :: ghettoization |
| ghettoïser {vt} | :: to ghettoize |
| Ghiolof {prop} {m} | :: Ghiolof (former country) |
| Ghiolof {m} | :: An inhabitant of the country of Ghiolof |
| Ghislain {prop} {m} | :: given name, masculine of Ghislaine |
| Ghislaine {prop} {f} | :: given name, feminine of Ghislain |
| ghourd {m} [geology] | :: A type of pyramidal dune found in the Sahara (a star dune) |
| ghréline {f} [biochemistry] | :: ghrelin |
| Ghyslaine {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| gibbeux {adj} | :: gibbous |
| gibbeux {adj} | :: gibbose |
| gibbon {m} | :: Gibbon |
| gibbosité {f} | :: gibbosity |
| gibbsite {f} [mineral] | :: gibbsite |
| gibecière {f} | :: gamebag |
| gibecière {f} | :: shoulder bag |
| gibelin {adj} | :: Ghibelline |
| Gibelin {m} | :: Ghibelline |
| giberne {f} | :: cartridge box |
| gibet {m} [literary] | :: gallows, gibbet |
| gibier {m} | :: game (wild animal hunted for food) |
| gibier de potence {m} | :: gallows bird (someone destined for or deserving punishment by hanging) |
| gibioctet {m} | :: gibibyte |
| giboulée {f} [meteorology] | :: downpour, cloudburst (sudden burst of rain) |
| gibouler {v} [rare, archaic, impersonal, ] | :: to pour down |
| giboyeux {adj} | :: full of game, game-filled |
| Gibraltar {prop} {m} | :: Gibraltar: overseas territory of the United Kingdom at the southern end of the Iberian peninsula |
| gibraltarien {adj} | :: Gibraltarian |
| Gibraltarien {m} | :: A Gibraltarian |
| Gibraltarienne {f} | :: female equivalent of Gibraltarien |
| gibranien {adj} | :: Gibranian |
| giclée {f} | :: squirt, spray (act of squirting) |
| giclée {f} | :: burst of machine-gun fire |
| gicler {v} | :: to squirt, to spurt |
| gicleur {f} | :: jet (of water) |
| gicleur {f} | :: nozzle |
| gicleur {f} | :: sprinkler (for a building) |
| gifle {f} [archaic] | :: cheek |
| gifle {f} | :: slap; slap in the face |
| gifler {v} | :: to slap (on the face) |
| giga- {prefix} | :: giga- |
| gigaélectronvolt {m} | :: gigaelectron volt |
| gigaflop {m} [computing] | :: gigaflop |
| gigakatal {m} | :: gigakatal |
| gigantesque {adj} | :: gigantic |
| gigantesquement {adv} | :: massively; hugely; enormously |
| gigantisme {m} | :: gigantism |
| gigantisme abyssal {m} | :: deep-sea gigantism |
| gigaoctet {m} [computing] | :: gigabyte |
| Gigi {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| GIGN {prop} | :: initialism of Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale |
| Gignac {prop} | :: surname |
| gigogne {adj} | :: nesting (composed of many elements, each fitting in a bigger one) |
| gigolette {f} [cooking] | :: shoulder of rabbit or thigh of poultry (when cooked) |
| gigolette {f} [dated, slang] | :: young prostitute, or promiscuous young woman |
| gigolo {m} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: gigolo |
| gigot {m} | :: leg (of lamb) |
| gigoter {vit} | :: to wriggle (about) |
| gigue {f} [music] | :: string instrument, roughly in the form of a mandoline (c. 1120–50) |
| gigue {f} [dancing] | :: lively and gay dance originary from the British Isles, gigue, jig |
| gigue {f} [music] | :: musical melody, to be danced in the way of a gigue |
| gigue {f} [familiar] | :: long leg, tall and skinny girl, haunch of some animals especially venison (19th century) |
| gigue {f} [colloquial] | :: disorderly way of dancing (danser la gigue), twerk of the hips (gigue des fesses; early 20th century) |
| gigue {f} | :: a small boat, gig |
| gigue {f} [telecommunications] | :: jitter |
| Gilbert {prop} | :: given name |
| Gilberte {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Gilbert |
| gilet {m} | :: waistcoat, vest |
| gilet {m} | :: sweater |
| gilet de sauvetage {m} | :: life jacket, life vest |
| gilet jaune {m} | :: See: fr gilet jaune |
| gilet jaune {m} | :: a yellow high-visibility safety vest |
| gilet jaune {m} [by extension, colloquial, metonymy] | :: a motorway patroller, who wears such a vest |
| gilet jaune {m} [by extension, France, metonymy] | :: a member of a French protest movement which started in late 2018 against rising fuel prices; members of the movement wore such vests |
| gilet pare-balles {m} | :: bulletproof vest |
| Gilles {prop} | :: given name |
| Gillette {prop} | :: surname |
| gillotage {m} | :: zincography |
| gimmick {m} | :: gimmick |
| gin {m} | :: gin |
| gineste {f} | :: Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) |
| Ginette {prop} {f} | :: given name, a diminutive of Geneviève |
| gingembre {m} | :: ginger (spice) |
| gingeolier {m} | :: lote tree, jujube tree |
| gingérol {m} [organic compound] | :: gingerol |
| gingivite {f} [pathology] | :: gingivitis |
| gingivostomatite {f} [pathology] | :: gingivostomatitis |
| ginglyme {m} [anatomy] | :: ginglymus, hinge joint |
| ginglymoïdal {adj} [anatomy] | :: ginglymoid, ginglymoidal |
| Gingras {prop} | :: Gingras; surname |
| ginseng {m} | :: ginseng (plant) |
| girafe {f} | :: giraffe |
| girafe {f} | :: boom (pole supporting a microphone) |
| girafeau {m} | :: baby giraffe |
| girafon {m} | :: baby giraffe |
| Girard {prop} {m} | :: surname based on the given name Gérard |
| Girardeau {prop} | :: surname |
| Girardot {prop} | :: surname |
| giratoire {adj} | :: gyratory |
| giratoire {m} [Switzerland] | :: roundabout |
| girer {vit} [rare, dated] | :: to turn |
| girevoy {m} | :: kettlebell (sport) |
| girobroyeur {m} [agriculture] | :: rotary mower, rotary crusher, flail mower |
| girofle {m} | :: clove (the plant) |
| giroflée {f} | :: wallflower (plant) |
| giroflier {m} | :: clove plant |
| Giroir {prop} | :: surname |
| girolle {f} | :: chanterelle (mushroom) |
| giron {m} | :: lap (of a person) |
| giron {m} [figuratively] | :: bosom |
| giron {m} [heraldry] | :: gyron |
| giron {m} [architecture] | :: tread, run (of a step) |
| girond {adj} | :: fine, attractive (especially of a woman) |
| Gironde {prop} {m} | :: Gironde |
| girondin {adj} | :: of or from the department of Gironde |
| girondin {adj} | :: connected with FC Girondins de Bordeaux, a football team in Bordeaux |
| Girondin {m} | :: Girondist |
| Girondin {m} | :: Someone from the department of Gironde |
| Girondin {m} | :: Someone connected with FC Girondins de Bordeaux, a football team in Bordeaux |
| Girondine {f} | :: feminine noun of Girondin |
| girophare {m} | :: alternative form of gyrophare |
| Giroud {prop} | :: surname |
| girouette {f} | :: Weathercock, weather vane |
| girouette {f} [figurative] | :: A fickle person |
| Giroux {prop} | :: surname |
| gisant {adj} | :: lying (in a horizontal position) |
| Giscard {prop} | :: surname |
| giscardien {adj} | :: Giscardian |
| Gisèle {prop} | :: given name, a popular spelling variant of Giselle |
| Giselle {prop} | :: given name |
| gisement {m} | :: deposit (of oil, minerals); bed (of coal, ore etc.) |
| gitan {adj} | :: gypsy |
| gitan {m} | :: gypsy |
| gîte {m} | :: shelter; lodging |
| gîte {m} | :: gîte (self-catering holiday home) |
| gîte {m} | :: beef shin |
| gîte {f} [nautical] | :: list (inclination of a ship) |
| giter {v} | :: alternative form of gîter |
| gîter {vi} [nautical] | :: to list, heel over |
| gîter {vi} [archaic, literary] | :: to (take) shelter, rest |
| gîte touristique {m} | :: bed and breakfast |
| giton {m} | :: male (homosexual) prostitute |
| Givenchy {prop} | :: Part of the name of three communes in Pas-de-Calais |
| givrage {m} | :: icing up |
| givre {m} | :: frost (icy coating) |
| givre {m} | :: hoarfrost, rime |
| givré {adj} | :: frosted; covered with frost or a thin pale layer resembling frost |
| givré {adj} [colloquial] | :: crazy, nuts |
| givrer {v} | :: to ice up |
| givrer {v} | :: to glaze |
| glabre {adj} | :: hairless |
| glaçage {m} | :: icing (sugary substance) |
| glace {f} | :: ice |
| glace {f} | :: ice cream |
| glace {f} | :: glass |
| glace {f} | :: mirror |
| glacé {adj} | :: icy, frozen |
| glacé {adj} | :: glazed, glacé |
| glace carbonique {f} | :: dry ice, cardice |
| glacer {vt} | :: to freeze; to turn to ice |
| glacer {vt} [figuratively] | :: to freeze |
| glacer {v} | :: to ice (cover with icing) |
| glacer {vr} [se glacer] | :: to turn to ice (become ice) |
| glacerie {f} | :: The manufacture and sale of ice-cream |
| glacerie {f} | :: a gelateria, ice cream parlor |
| glacerie {f} | :: The manufacture and sale of mirrors |
| glacer le sang {v} [figuratively] | :: to make someone's blood run cold, to make someone's blood curdle |
| glace sèche {f} [Quebec] | :: dry ice, cardice |
| glaciaire {adj} | :: glacial |
| glacial {adj} | :: glacial [all meanings] |
| glacialement {adv} | :: glacially |
| glaciation {f} | :: glaciation |
| glacier {m} | :: glacier |
| glacier {m} | :: ice cream parlor |
| glacière {f} | :: icehouse (a deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice) |
| glacière {f} | :: ice cave |
| glacière {f} | :: icebox |
| glacière {f} | :: ice chest, coolbox |
| glacière {f} [figuratively] | :: freezer (a very cold place) |
| glaciologie {f} | :: glaciology |
| glaciologique {adj} | :: glaciological |
| glaciologue {mf} | :: glaciologist |
| glaçon {m} | :: icicle |
| glaçon {m} | :: ice cube, block of ice |
| glaçure {f} | :: glaze (on ceramics) |
| gladiateur {m} | :: gladiator |
| gladiatrice {f} | :: gladiatrix; feminine noun of gladiateur (female gladiator) |
| glagolitique {adj} | :: Glagolitic |
| glaïeul {m} | :: gladiolus (plant) |
| glaire {f} [archaic] | :: egg white, glair |
| glaire {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: phlegm, mucus |
| glairine {f} | :: glairin |
| glaise {f} | :: clay |
| glaise {f} [figuratively] | :: earth |
| glaiser {v} | :: to clay, spread clay onto |
| glaiseux {adj} | :: clayey |
| glaive {m} | :: gladius, short sword |
| glaive {m} [figuratively] | :: sword |
| glamour {m} | :: glamour |
| glamour {adj} | :: glamorous |
| glamouriser {v} | :: to glamorize (make more glamorous) |
| glanage {m} | :: a gathering, a gleaning |
| gland {m} | :: acorn |
| gland {m} [anatomy] | :: glans |
| gland {m} | :: tassel |
| gland {m} [vulgar, slang] | :: (of a person) prick, wanker, bell end |
| glande {f} [biology] | :: gland |
| glande {f} [medicine, non-technical] | :: swollen lymph node |
| glande {f} [medicine, non-technical] | :: tumor, growth |
| glande {f} [slang] | :: laze, lazing around, sloth |
| glande pinéale {f} | :: pineal gland |
| glander {vt} [slang] | :: to do |
| glander {vi} [slang] | :: to loaf around, to bum around, to cabbage |
| glande salivaire {f} [anatomy] | :: salivary gland |
| glande surrénale {f} [anatomy] | :: adrenal gland |
| glandeur {m} | :: layabout |
| glandeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of glandeur |
| glandouiller {vi} | :: to do nothing; to bum around all day |
| glandulaire {adj} | :: glandular |
| glanduleux {adj} | :: glandular |
| glane {f} | :: the act of gleaning |
| glane {f} | :: sheatfish, wels catfish |
| Glâne {prop} {f} [river] | :: a tributary of the Saane |
| Glâne {prop} {f} [District de la Glâne] | :: a district in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland |
| Glâne {prop} {f} [la Petite Glâne] | :: one of two districts in either Payerne, Vaud or Broye_District, Fribourg |
| Glâne {prop} {f} [les Glânes] | :: an ancient community associated with modern Romont |
| glaner {v} | :: to gather, to glean |
| glaneur {m} | :: picker, gatherer |
| glaneuse {f} | :: female equivalent of glaneur |
| glapir {v} | :: to yelp, bark |
| glapir {v} [of person] | :: to shriek |
| glapissement {m} | :: yelp; squeaking |
| glas {m} | :: (funeral) bell |
| glas {m} [figuratively] | :: death knell (omen) |
| glaucienne {f} | :: synonym of glaucier |
| glaucier {m} | :: A type of poppy of the genus Glaucium |
| glaucière {f} | :: alternative form of glaucier |
| glaucique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glaucic |
| glaucome {m} [pathology] | :: glaucoma |
| glaucophane {mf} [mineral] | :: glaucophane |
| glauque {adj} [color] | :: glaucous (of a pale green colour) |
| glauque {adj} [figuratively] | :: sinister, ominous, worrying |
| glauquement {adv} | :: glaucously |
| glauquement {adv} | :: ominously |
| glaviot {m} [slang] | :: expectoration, gob |
| glèbe {f} [archaic] | :: glebe |
| glèbe {f} | :: turf, territory |
| glène {f} [anatomy] | :: glenoid |
| glénoïdal {adj} | :: glenoid, glenoidal |
| glénoïde {adj} | :: glenoid |
| glénoïdien {adj} | :: glenoid |
| glie {f} [anatomy] | :: glia |
| gliome {m} [medicine] | :: glioma |
| glissade {f} | :: slip, slide, skid |
| glissando {m} [music] | :: glissando |
| glissant {adj} | :: slippery (which tends to cause slipping) |
| glisse {f} [colloquial] | :: skiing |
| glisse {f} [skiing] | :: glide |
| glissement {m} | :: slip, slide |
| glissement de terrain {m} | :: landslide |
| glisser {vi} | :: to slip, to slide, to skid |
| glisser {vi} | :: to glide |
| glisser {v} [music] | :: to slide |
| glisseur {m} | :: slider (person who slides) |
| glisseur {m} [physics] | :: couple (turning force, masculine only) |
| glisseuse {f} | :: feminine singular of glisseur |
| glissière {f} | :: slide, chute |
| glissoire {f} | :: slide (made of ice, normally by children to slide for fun) |
| global {adj} [originally] | :: global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world |
| global {adj} | :: as a whole, on the whole; total |
| globalement {adv} | :: overall |
| globalement {adv} | :: globally |
| globalisation {f} | :: globalization |
| globaliste {adj} | :: globalist |
| globaliste {mf} | :: globalist |
| globalité {f} | :: entirety, totality |
| globe {m} | :: globe |
| globetrotteur {m} | :: globetrotter (person who travels often to faraway places) |
| globine {f} [protein] | :: globin |
| globish {m} | :: Globish |
| globulaire {adj} | :: globular |
| globule {m} | :: globule |
| globule {m} | :: blood cell |
| globule blanc {m} [cytology] | :: white blood cell, leukocyte |
| globule rouge {m} [cytology] | :: red blood cell |
| globuleux {adj} | :: globular |
| globuleux {adj} | :: protruding (eyes) |
| globuline {f} [protein] | :: globulin |
| gloire {f} | :: glory |
| glomaline {f} [protein] | :: glomalin |
| glomérule {m} [botany] | :: glomerule |
| glomérule {m} [anatomy] | :: glomerulus |
| gloriette {f} [architecture] | :: gloriette (pavilion or similar structure in an elevated position) |
| glorieusement {adv} | :: gloriously |
| glorieux {adj} | :: glorious |
| Glorieux {prop} [Quebec, ice hockey, slang] | :: the Montreal Canadiens (a professional ice hockey club in Montreal) |
| glorificateur {adj} | :: glorifying, aggrandising |
| glorification {f} | :: glorification |
| glorification {f} | :: aggrandizement |
| glorifier {v} | :: laud, glorify |
| gloriole {f} | :: Vainglory derived from small things |
| glose {f} | :: gloss (explanatory note) |
| gloser {v} | :: to annotate, gloss |
| gloser {v} | :: to ramble on (sur about) |
| glossaire {m} | :: glossary (list of words with their definitions) |
| glossectomie {f} [surgery] | :: glossectomy |
| glossien {adj} | :: glossal |
| glossographie {f} | :: glossography |
| glossolalie {f} | :: glossolalia |
| glottal {adj} [anatomy] | :: pertaining to the glottis, glottal |
| glottal {adj} [phonetics] | :: articulated with the glottis, glottal |
| glotte {f} [anatomy] | :: glottis |
| glottique {adj} | :: glottal (of or relating to the glottis) |
| glottochronologie {f} | :: glottochronology |
| glou {interj} | :: glug |
| gloubi-boulga {m} [colloquial] | :: Something unorganized, shapeless, having nothing recognizable |
| gloubi-boulga {m} [colloquial] | :: Gibberish, gobbledygook |
| glouglou {m} | :: gurgle |
| glougloutant {adj} | :: gobbling |
| glougloutant {adj} | :: gurgling |
| glougloutement {m} | :: gurgling (sound) |
| glouglouter {vi} | :: to gobble [like a turkey] |
| glouglouter {vi} | :: to gurgle |
| glouglouteur {m} | :: fermentation lock |
| gloussement {m} | :: cluck (sound made by a chicken) |
| gloussement {m} | :: gobble (sound made by a turkey) |
| glousser {v} | :: to cluck (make the noise of a chicken) |
| glousser {v} | :: to gobble (make the noise of a turkey) |
| glousser {v} | :: to chortle, to giggle |
| glouton {adj} [of a man or animal] | :: gluttonous; devouring or engulfing one's food greedily |
| glouton {adj} [figuratively] | :: gluttonous; having a great greed toward something |
| glouton {m} | :: Glutton or wolverine, a mammalian carnivore of the Arctic regions resembling a small bear with a hairy tail |
| glouton {m} | :: Glutton; a person or animal who eats his food greedily |
| gloutonnement {adv} | :: gluttonishly; in the manner of a glutton |
| gloutonnerie {f} | :: gluttony |
| glu {f} | :: glue |
| glu {f} | :: birdlime (sticky substance to catch birds) |
| gluant {adj} | :: sticky, gummy |
| glucane {m} [carbohydrate] | :: glucan |
| glucide {m} [chemistry] | :: carbohydrate, saccharide |
| glucidique {adj} | :: saccharidic; carbohydrate (attributive) |
| gluckien {adj} | :: Gluckian |
| glucocorticoïde {m} | :: glucocorticoid |
| glucogalline {f} [organic compound] | :: glucogallin |
| glucogénique {adj} [biochemistry] | :: glucogenic |
| glucomètre {m} | :: glucometer |
| gluconéogenèse {f} [biochemistry] | :: gluconeogenesis |
| gluconique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: gluconic |
| glucosane {m} | :: synonym of glucane |
| glucosazone {f} [organic compound] | :: glucosazone |
| glucose {m} | :: glucose |
| glucoser {v} | :: to glucose (add glucose) |
| glucuroconjugaison {f} [biochemistry] | :: glucuronidation |
| glucuronique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glucuronic |
| gluino {m} | :: gluino |
| glumacé {adj} | :: glumaceous |
| gluon {m} [physics] | :: gluon |
| glutamate {m} | :: glutamate |
| glutamique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glutamic |
| glutaraldéhyde {m} [organic compound] | :: glutaraldehyde |
| glutarique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glutaric |
| glutathion {m} [biochemistry] | :: glutathione |
| glutathiosélénol {m} [biochemistry] | :: glutathioselenol |
| glutéal {adj} [anatomy] | :: gluteal |
| gluten {m} | :: gluten |
| gluténine {f} [protein] | :: glutenin |
| glutineux {adj} | :: glutinous |
| glycémie {f} [pathology] | :: glycemia; blood sugar level |
| glycémique {adj} | :: glycemic |
| glycéraldéhyde {m} [organic compound] | :: glyceraldehyde |
| glycérate {f} [organic chemistry] | :: glycerate |
| glycéride {m} [organic chemistry] | :: glyceride |
| glycérine {f} [organic compound] | :: glycerine (the compound glycerol) |
| glycérique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glyceric |
| glycérol {m} [organic compound] | :: glycerol |
| glycérophosphate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: glycerophosphate |
| glycérophosphatide {m} [organic chemistry] | :: glycerophosphatide, phosphoglyceride |
| glycérophospholipide {m} [biochemistry] | :: glycerophospholipid |
| glycérophosphorique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glycerophosphoric |
| glycérose {m} [carbohydrate] | :: glycerose |
| glycéryle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: glyceryl |
| glycine {f} [botany, usually, uncountable] | :: wisteria |
| glycine {f} [amino acid] | :: glycine |
| glycinémie {f} [pathology] | :: glycinemia |
| glyco- {prefix} | :: glyco- |
| glycocholique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glycocholic |
| glycocolle {f} [organic compound] | :: glycocoll |
| glycogène {m} | :: glycogen |
| glycogenèse {f} | :: glycogenesis |
| glycogénie {f} | :: glycogenesis |
| glycogénique {adj} | :: glycogenic |
| glycogénolyse {m} [biochemistry] | :: glycogenolysis |
| glycogénose {m} [pathology] | :: glycogenosis |
| glycolaldéhyde {m} [organic compound] | :: glycolaldehyde |
| glycolase {f} [enzyme] | :: glycosylase |
| glycolipide {m} [biochemistry] | :: glycolipid |
| glycolique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glycolic |
| glycolyse {f} [biochemistry] | :: glycolysis |
| glycoprotéine {f} [biochemistry] | :: glycoprotein |
| glycosaminoglycane {m} [biochemistry] | :: glycosaminoglycan |
| glycosidique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glycosidic |
| glycosphingolipide {m} [biochemistry] | :: glycosphingolipid |
| glymphatique {adj} [biology] | :: glymphatic |
| glyoxylique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: glyoxylic |
| glyphe {m} [typography] | :: glyph |
| glyphosate {m} | :: glyphosate |
| glyptique {f} | :: glyptics |
| glyptographie {f} | :: glyptography |
| GN {m} | :: abbreviation of gaz naturel |
| GN {m} | :: abbreviation of groupe nominal |
| gnangnan {adj} [colloquial] | :: soppy, namby-pamby |
| gnaphale {m} | :: cudweed (of the genus Gnaphalium) |
| gnaque {f} | :: competitive spirit, fighting spirit |
| gnaque {f} [colloquial] | :: drive |
| gnard {m} [slang] | :: kid |
| gnathosome {m} | :: gnathosome |
| gniape {f} [Louisiana French] | :: Something that is added, especially something that a merchant gives to a buyer to complete the amount requested, or something extra given as a bonus; a gratuity, lagniappe |
| gniard {m} | :: alternative form of gnard |
| GNL {m} | :: abbreviation of gaz naturel liquéfié (liquide de gaz naturel - LGN) - LNG (liquified natural gas) |
| gnocchi {m} | :: gnocchi |
| gnochon {m} [Quebec] | :: imbecile |
| gnochon {adj} [Quebec] | :: imbecilic |
| gnognote {f} | :: Something of little value, or obtained with little difficulty |
| gnognotte {f} | :: alternative form of gnognote |
| gnôle {f} [slang] | :: hooch |
| gnome {m} | :: gnome |
| gnomon {n} | :: gnomon |
| gnon {m} [slang] | :: bash, blow |
| gnon {m} [slang] | :: dent |
| gnoquer {vt} | :: to grok |
| gnose {f} | :: gnosis |
| gnosticisme {m} | :: Gnosticism |
| gnostique {m} | :: gnostic, an adherent of Gnosticism |
| gnou {m} | :: gnu (large antelope) |
| gnouf {m} [slang] | :: prison, jankers |
| go {m} | :: go (board game) |
| go {m} | :: alternative form of gau |
| go {f} | :: kweng, girl |
| Go {symbol} | :: Abbreviation of gigaoctet; GB (gigabyte) |
| goal {m} | :: goalkeeper especially in soccer and polo |
| goal {m} [rare] | :: target in those sports |
| Gobeil {prop} | :: surname |
| gobelet {m} | :: goblet, cup |
| gobelet {m} | :: beaker |
| gobelet {m} | :: tumbler |
| gobelin {m} | :: a gnome, such as the evil goblin |
| gobe-mouche {m} | :: flycatcher |
| gobe-mouche {m} | :: A naive, gullible person |
| gobemouche {m} | :: flycatcher |
| gobemouche {m} | :: A naive, gullible person |
| gobemouche noir {m} | :: European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) |
| gober {v} | :: to swallow whole |
| gober {v} [figuratively] | :: to believe easily, without evidence; to buy |
| gober {v} [France, slang] | :: to ingest drugs, especially ecstasy or LSD |
| goberge {f} | :: slat of a bed |
| goberge {f} [Canada] | :: saithe; coalfish; coley; pollock |
| gobeur {m} | :: a swallower, someone who swallows |
| gobeur {m} [figurative] | :: an easy and often gullible believer, someone who believes everything people say without their own judgment |
| gobeur {m} [France, slang] | :: a drug user, especially one who uses hallucinogens |
| gobeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of gobeur |
| Godard {prop} | :: surname |
| godasse {f} [colloquial] | :: shoe |
| Godbout {prop} | :: surname |
| goddam {m} [chiefly in the plural, ethnic slur] | :: an English person |
| gode {m} [slang] | :: dildo |
| Godefroy {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Godeleine {prop} | :: given name |
| Godeliève {prop} | :: given name |
| godelureau {m} | :: coxcomb, dandy |
| godemiché {m} | :: a dildo in the shape of a penis with a scrotum |
| godemichet {m} | :: dildo, godemiche |
| godet {m} | :: godet |
| godiche {adj} | :: clumsy, gawky |
| godille {f} [nautical] | :: sculling oar |
| godille {f} | :: wedeln |
| godiller {vt} | :: to scull |
| godiller {vt} | :: to wedeln |
| godillot {m} [archaic, military] | :: combat boot |
| godillot {m} [colloquial] | :: clodhopper |
| godmiché {m} | :: alternative form of godemiché |
| goéland {m} | :: gull, herring gull |
| goëland {m} | :: [outdated] alternative spelling of goéland |
| goéland argenté {m} | :: European herring gull (Larus argentatus) |
| goéland d'Arménie {m} | :: Armenian gull (Larus armenicus) |
| goéland de la Véga {m} | :: Vega gull (Larus vegae) |
| goéland hudsonien {m} | :: American herring gull (Larus smithsonianus) |
| goéland leucophée {m} | :: Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) |
| goéland pontique {m} | :: Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans) |
| goélette {f} | :: schooner |
| goémon {m} | :: wrack (seaweed) |
| goémon {m} | :: kelp |
| goëmon {m} | :: alternative spelling of goémon |
| goémonier {m} | :: Ship that harvests kelp |
| goémonier {m} | :: A member of the crew of such a ship |
| goëmonier {m} | :: alternative spelling of goémonier |
| goethien {adj} | :: Goethean |
| goethite {f} | :: goethite |
| gogo {m} | :: dupe |
| gogol {m} | :: googol |
| gogol {m} [pejorative] | :: idiot |
| gogole {f} | :: feminine singular of gogol |
| gogolplex {m} | :: googolplex |
| gogue {f} [regional, culinary] | :: ragout made with sausages and herbs |
| gogue {f} [dated] | :: joke; fun |
| goguenard {adj} | :: mocking |
| goguette {f} | :: spree |
| goguette {f} | :: tipsiness |
| goguette {f} | :: a playful mood |
| goguette {f} [historical, music] | :: glee club, singing society |
| goguettier {m} | :: singer of merry songs |
| goinfre {mf} | :: pig (a gluttonous person) |
| goinfrer {vr} | :: to pig out, to stuff oneself |
| goinfrerie {f} [slang] | :: pigging out |
| goitre {m} | :: goitre |
| goitreux {adj} | :: goitrous |
| goja {f} [religion, obsolete] | :: Christian woman |
| Goldfarb {prop} | :: surname |
| Goldkopf {prop} | :: surname |
| goldonien {adj} | :: Goldonian |
| Goldstein {prop} | :: surname |
| goléador {m} [football] | :: goal scorer; attacker (who scores many goals) |
| golf {m} | :: golf |
| golfe {m} [geography] | :: gulf |
| golfe du Mexique {prop} {m} | :: Gulf of Mexico (gulf between USA and Mexico) |
| golfer {v} | :: to golf; play golf |
| golfeur {m} | :: golfer |
| golfeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of golfeur |
| golfique {adj} | :: golf (attributive) |
| golgien {adj} | :: Golgi (attributive) |
| goliard {m} | :: Goliard |
| golri {v} [verlan, backslang] | :: to laugh |
| golyèdre {m} [geometry] | :: golyhedron |
| golygone {m} | :: golygon |
| gombette {adj} [obsolete, legal] | :: Relating to the old Burgundian system of law |
| gombo {m} | :: okra |
| gombo {m} [Louisiana French, ] | :: gumbo, a soup or stew made with okra |
| gombo {m} [Louisiana French] | :: A name for the Louisiana Creole French language |
| gomi {f} {m} [nouchi] | :: girlfriend (a female with a romantic relationship) |
| gomina {f} | :: hair gel |
| gominé {adj} | :: slicked-down |
| gominer {v} | :: to apply hair gel, to style one's hair |
| gommage {m} | :: erasing, rubbing-out |
| gommage {m} | :: scouring |
| gommage {m} | :: exfoliation, scrub that exfoliates the skin |
| gomme {f} | :: rubber, eraser |
| gomme {f} [Canada, Louisiana French] | :: gum, chewing gum |
| gomme {f} | :: gum (adhesive on an envelope) |
| gommer {v} | :: to gum |
| gommer {v} | :: to erase, rub out |
| gommeux {adj} | :: gummy |
| gommeux {adj} | :: stylish, dandy |
| gommier {m} | :: gum, gumtree |
| gomor {m} | :: omer (measure) |
| Gomorrhe {prop} | :: Gomorrah |
| gomphose {f} [anatomy] | :: gomphosis |
| gonade {f} [anatomy] | :: gonad |
| gonadotrophine {f} [hormone] | :: gonadotrophin |
| gonarthrose {f} [pathology] | :: gonarthrosis |
| gonçalviste {adj} | :: Relating to José Gonçalves da Silva |
| gond {m} | :: hinge (of a door) |
| gondi {m} | :: Gondi (language) |
| gondoïque {adj} | :: synonym of eicosénoïque |
| gondole {f} | :: gondola |
| Gondwana {prop} {m} | :: Gondwana (southern supercontinent) |
| -gone {suffix} | :: -gon |
| gone {m} [Lyon dialect] | :: kid (child) |
| gonflable {adj} | :: inflatable |
| gonflage {m} | :: inflating, inflation |
| gonflage {m} | :: enlarging, blowing up |
| gonflé {adj} [colloquial] | :: brazen, nervy (who has got some nerve), cheeky |
| gonflement {m} | :: inflation |
| gonflement {m} | :: swelling |
| gonfler {vt} | :: to inflate, to blow up |
| gonfler {vi} | :: to swell, to puff up |
| gonfler {vt} [colloquial] | :: to get on someone's nerves |
| gonflette {f} [pejorative] | :: bodybuilding |
| gonfleur {m} | :: air pump |
| goniomètre {m} | :: goniometer |
| goniométrie {m} | :: goniometry |
| gonne {f} [historical, chiefly Middle Ages] | :: a long gown worn by either sex |
| gonocoque {m} | :: gonococcus (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) |
| gonorrhée {f} [pathology] | :: gonorrhea |
| gonorrhœe {f} | :: obsolete form of gonorrhée |
| gonosome {m} [genetics] | :: synonym of allosome |
| gonosome {m} [zoology] | :: gonosome |
| gonze {m} [slang, dated] | :: guy, bloke |
| gonzesse {f} [slang] | :: chick, bird, broad (woman) |
| googlage {m} [Internet] | :: googling (the use of Google to find information on the Internet) |
| googler {v} | :: to google (to search for on the Internet) |
| GOQ {prop} {m} | :: abbreviation of Ordre national du Québec |
| gord {m} | :: crawl, a stake enclosure at a body of water to catch fish |
| gordien {adj} | :: Gordian |
| goret {m} | :: piglet |
| gorette {f} | :: feminine noun of goret |
| gorfou {m} | :: crested penguin |
| gorfou des Snares {m} | :: Snares penguin |
| gorfou du Fiordland {m} [ornithology] | :: Fiordland penguin |
| gorge {f} | :: throat |
| gorge {f} | :: breast |
| gorge {f} | :: gorge |
| gorge-bleue à miroir {f} [ornithology] | :: bluethroat |
| gorge-de-pigeon {adj} | :: iridescent (like the colours of a pigeon's breast) |
| gorgée {f} | :: sip; gulp |
| gorge profonde {f} [sex] | :: deepthroating |
| gorger {v} | :: to gorge oneself (eat greedily) |
| gorgerette {f} [historical] | :: gorget, wimple |
| gorgerin {m} [historical] | :: gorget (armor for throat) |
| gorgerin {m} [historical] | :: gorget, wimple (piece of clothing) |
| gorgerin {m} [architecture] | :: gorgerin |
| gorgerin {m} | :: In Ancient Egypt, an heavy and rather bulky jewel which rested on the chest skin or a short-sleeved shirt, and tied at the back |
| gorgonzola {m} | :: gorgonzola |
| gorille {m} | :: gorilla (ape) |
| gorille {m} | :: goon |
| gorlique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: gorlic |
| gorzien {adj} | :: Gorzian |
| gosier {m} | :: gullet, back of the throat, pharynx (the part of the throat leading to the esophagus) |
| gosier {m} [by analogy] | :: larynx, voicebox |
| gospel {m} [music] | :: gospel |
| gosse {mf} [colloquial] | :: child, kid |
| gosse {f} [Canada, colloquial] | :: testicle |
| gotha {m} | :: aristocracy |
| gotha {m} | :: high society |
| gothique {m} | :: Gothic language |
| gothique {m} | :: Gothic script |
| gothique {m} | :: Gothic architecture |
| gothique {adj} | :: Gothic |
| gothiquement {adv} | :: Gothically (in a Gothic style or way) |
| gotique {m} | :: alternative spelling of gothique |
| gotique {adj} | :: alternative spelling of gothique |
| Gotland {prop} | :: Gotland |
| goton {f} [obsolete] | :: wench, doxy, slattern, slut |
| gouache {f} | :: gouache |
| gouacher {v} [art] | :: To paint with gouache |
| gouaille {f} | :: banter (cheeky humour) |
| gouailler {v} | :: to mock, to jeer at |
| gouaillerie {f} | :: mockery |
| gouailleur {adj} | :: mocking |
| goualant {adj} | :: chanting |
| goualer {vt} | :: to chant |
| goualeur {m} | :: singer |
| goualeuse {f} | :: female equivalent of goualeur |
| gouape {f} [dated] | :: blackguard |
| gouda {m} | :: gouda (semi-hard Dutch cheese) |
| Goudeau {prop} | :: surname |
| goudjarati {m} | :: alternative spelling of gujarati |
| Goudjarati {m} | :: alternative spelling of Gujarati |
| Goudreau {prop} | :: surname |
| goudron {m} | :: tar (substance) |
| goudronnage {m} | :: tarring |
| goudronner {vt} | :: to tar; to tar up (to cover with tar) |
| goudronner {vt} | :: to tarmac |
| goudronneux {adj} | :: tarry |
| gouffre {m} | :: pit or shaft cave, pothole |
| gouffre {m} | :: chasm |
| gouge {f} | :: gouge (groove) |
| gouge {f} | :: gouge (tool) |
| gouge {f} [obsolete] | :: female servant |
| gouge {f} [archaic] | :: prostitute |
| gouger {vt} | :: to work (a material) with a gouge |
| gouger {vt} | :: to do (a soldered joint) again to eliminate roughness by deepening it |
| gougère {f} | :: gougère |
| gougnafier {m} | :: good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well |
| gougnafier {m} | :: boorish person |
| gougoune {f} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: flip-flop (footwear) |
| gouille {f} [Switzerland, Bugey, Savoie] | :: puddle, pond |
| gouille {f} [by extension] | :: sea, ocean |
| gouille {f} [figurative] | :: low-quality alcohol |
| Gouin {prop} | :: surname of Norman origin |
| gouine {f} [vulgar, slang, pejorative] | :: dyke, lesbian |
| goujat {m} | :: boor, churl |
| goujat {m} [archaic, military] | :: dogsbody, lackey |
| goujat {adj} | :: crude and offensive |
| goujatement {adv} | :: crudely offensively |
| goujaterie {f} | :: boorishness |
| goujon {m} | :: gudgeon (fish) |
| goujon {m} | :: dowel, pin |
| goulag {m} | :: gulag |
| Goulart {prop} | :: surname |
| goule {f} | :: ghoul (spirit; ghost) |
| goule {f} [slang] | :: nonstandard form of gueule |
| goulée {f} | :: gulp, mouthful |
| goulet {m} | :: bottleneck (obstruction) |
| goulet {m} [dated] | :: bottleneck (narrow part of a bottle) |
| goulet d'étranglement {m} | :: alternative form of goulot d'étranglement |
| gouleyant {adj} | :: lively (of a wine) |
| goulot {m} | :: bottleneck (narrow part of a bottle) |
| goulot d'étranglement {m} [figuratively] | :: bottleneck |
| goulu {adj} | :: gluttonous (given to excessive eating; prone to overeating) |
| goulu {m} | :: glutton |
| goulument {adv} | :: greedily, gluttonously |
| goulûment {adv} | :: alternative form of goulument |
| goum {m} | :: In North Africa, a squadron of the French army made up of native soldiers |
| goumier {m} [historical] | :: In North Africa, a soldier in the French army recruited from the native population |
| goupil {m} [obsolete] | :: fox |
| goupille {f} | :: pin |
| goupille {f} | :: cotter pin |
| goupiller {vtr} | :: to pin (together) |
| goupillon {m} [religion] | :: aspergillum, aspergil |
| goupillon {m} | :: bottlebrush |
| gourami {m} | :: gourami |
| gourbi {m} [North Africa] | :: gourbi |
| gourbi {m} [colloquial] | :: shack, hovel |
| gourd {adj} | :: numb |
| gourd {adj} | :: maladroit, gauche |
| gourde {f} | :: gourd |
| gourde {f} [by extension] | :: water bottle; flask; canteen (water bottle used by soldiers, camper etc.) |
| gourde {f} [colloquial] | :: clot, dope; idiot |
| gourdement {adv} | :: numbly |
| gourdement {adv} | :: maladroitly |
| gourdin {m} [weapons] | :: club, bat |
| gourer {vp} | :: to goof up, to mess up, to screw up |
| gourer {vp} | :: to doubt something, to be wary of something |
| gourgouran {m} | :: grogram |
| gourmade {f} | :: punch to the face |
| gourmand {adj} | :: eating a lot |
| gourmand {adj} [more recently] | :: having a love for good food, demanding of food quality |
| gourmand {m} | :: a person who eats a lot, or who has refined tastes in food |
| gourmandement {adv} | :: greedily |
| gourmander {vt} | :: to scold |
| gourmander {vt} | :: to lard [food] |
| gourmandise {f} | :: delicacy (a pleasing food) |
| gourmandise {f} [uncountable] | :: culinary taste; joie de manger |
| gourmandise {f} [uncountable] | :: gluttony |
| gourmet {m} [of wines] | :: a wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch |
| gourmet {m} | :: [more commonly] a culinary connoisseur, gourmet |
| gourmette {f} [equestrian] | :: curb chain |
| gourmette {f} | :: chain bracelet |
| gourou {m} | :: guru |
| Goussainvillois {m} | :: someone of or from Goussainville |
| Goussainvilloise {f} | :: feminine noun of Goussainvillois |
| gousse {f} | :: legume |
| gousse {f} | :: clove (of garlic) |
| gousset {m} | :: gusset |
| gout {m} | :: alternative spelling of goût |
| goût {m} | :: taste, flavour |
| goût {m} | :: taste, discrimination |
| goût {m} | :: taste (sense) |
| goût {m} | :: appetite |
| gouter {v} | :: alternative spelling of goûter |
| gouter {m} | :: alternative spelling of goûter |
| goûter {v} | :: to taste, to try (to sample something orally) |
| goûter {v} [Belgium, Quebec] | :: to taste like |
| goûter {v} [figurative] | :: to approve, to appreciate |
| goûter {m} | :: nuncheon |
| goûter {m} [France] | :: meal similar to breakfast taken around 4 P.M |
| goûter le ciel {v} [Quebec] | :: to taste like heaven |
| gouteux {adj} | :: alternative spelling of goûteux |
| goûteux {adj} [of food] | :: tasty |
| goutte {f} | :: droplet |
| goutte {f} [heraldiccharge] | :: goutte |
| goutte {f} | :: gout (disease) |
| goutte {f} [regional] | :: rivulet; brook |
| goutte {f} [slang] | :: eau de vie |
| goutte {adv} [obsolete, used with "ne"] | :: not |
| goutte d'eau dans l'océan {f} [figuratively] | :: a drop in the ocean, a drop in the bucket |
| goutteler {v} | :: To drip (fall in droplets) |
| gouttelette {f} | :: droplet |
| goutter {v} | :: to drip (to fall one drop at a time) |
| goutte saturnine {f} | :: saturnine gout |
| goutteux {adj} | :: gouty |
| gouttière {f} | :: gutter, eavestrough |
| gouttière {f} | :: drainpipe |
| gouttière {f} | :: mouthguard |
| gouttière {f} | :: splint (to immobilise a body part) |
| gouttière {f} | :: fuller (groove in a blade) |
| goutu {adj} | :: tasty, yummy (having a pleasant or satisfying flavor) |
| gouvernable {adj} | :: governable |
| gouvernail {m} | :: rudder (underwater vane used to steer a vessel) |
| gouvernance {f} | :: governance |
| gouvernant {adj} | :: governing |
| gouverne {f} | :: guide, guidance |
| gouverne {f} | :: rudder |
| gouvernement {m} | :: government |
| gouvernemental {adj} | :: governmental |
| gouvernement de coalition {m} [politics] | :: coalition government |
| gouvernement minoritaire {m} [politics] | :: minority government |
| gouverner {v} | :: to govern |
| gouverner {v} | :: to steer |
| gouverneur {m} | :: governor |
| gouverneure {f} | :: female equivalent of gouverneur |
| gouverneure générale {f} [politics] | :: (female) governor general |
| Gouverneure générale {prop} {f} [politics] | :: gouverneure générale - the Governor General |
| gouverneur général {m} [politics] | :: governor general |
| Gouverneur générale {prop} {m} [politics] | :: gouverneur générale - the Governor General |
| gouvernment {m} | :: obsolete form of gouvernement |
| gouvernorat {m} | :: governorate; governorship |
| gow {f} [slang] | :: a girl, chick |
| goyave {f} | :: guava (fruit) |
| goyavier {m} | :: guava, guava tree |
| goyesque {adj} | :: Goyaesque |
| goyesquement {adv} | :: Goyaesquely |
| Gozo {prop} | :: Gozo |
| gp {n} | :: abbreviation of glycoprotéine |
| GPA {f} | :: (gestation pour autrui) surrogacy |
| GPL {n} | :: initialism of gaz de pétrole liquéfié; liquid petroleum gas (LPG) |
| graal {m} | :: Holy Grail |
| grabat {m} [archaic] | :: dirty bed |
| grabat {m} | :: pallet |
| grabataire {adj} | :: bedridden |
| grabot {m} [Louisiana French] | :: cotton ball |
| grabuge {m} [colloquial] | :: scrap, ruckus; mayhem |
| grabuge {m} [colloquial] | :: quarrel (discussion that turns violent) |
| grâce {f} | :: grace, charm |
| grâce {f} | :: favour |
| grâce {f} | :: mercy |
| grâce à {prep} | :: thanks to |
| gracier {v} | :: to pardon, to issue a pardon to |
| gracieusement {adv} | :: gracefully; elegantly |
| gracieuseté {f} | :: courtesy |
| gracieux {adj} | :: graceful |
| gracieux {adj} | :: free of charge ("à titre gracieux") |
| gracile {adj} | :: gracile |
| gracilement {adv} | :: slenderly |
| gracilité {f} | :: slenderness of voice, shrillness |
| gradation {f} | :: gradation |
| grade {m} | :: rank |
| grade {m} [geometry] | :: gradian |
| gradé {adj} [military] | :: NCO or officer (attributive) |
| gradé {m} [military] | :: rank |
| gradin {m} | :: tier (of hall etc.) |
| gradin {m} | :: terrace (of arena) |
| gradin {m} | :: bleachers |
| graduateur {m} | :: dimmer, rheostat |
| gradué {adj} | :: graduated (having graduations) |
| gradué {adj} | :: graded |
| graduel {adj} | :: gradual |
| graduellement {adv} | :: gradually |
| graduer {vt} | :: to graduate |
| Græc {m} | :: obsolete form of Grec |
| Græce {f} | :: obsolete form of Grèce |
| græco-latin {adj} | :: obsolete form of gréco-latin |
| Græcque {f} | :: feminine singular of Græc |
| graf {m} [slang] | :: clipping of graffiti |
| graff {m} [slang] | :: clipping of graffiti |
| graffer {v} | :: To graffiti |
| graffeur {m} [slang] | :: A graffiti artist |
| graffiteur {m} | :: graffiti artist |
| graffiteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of graffiteur |
| graffiti {m} | :: graffiti |
| graffiti {m} | :: graffito |
| grailler {vit} [colloquial] | :: to nosh (eat) |
| grailler {vi} | :: to blow the horn while hunting |
| grailler {vi} | :: to screech [of a raven or crow] |
| grailler {vi} | :: to charge a gun with ammunition |
| grain {m} | :: grain |
| grain {m} [figurative] | :: a small amount, a bit |
| grain {m} [nautical] | :: squall, thunderstorm |
| grain de beauté {m} | :: mole; beauty spot |
| graine {f} | :: seed (fertilized grain) |
| graine {f} [Quebec, slang] | :: dick, penis |
| grainer {v} | :: to granulate |
| grainer {v} | :: to seed |
| graines de paradis {fp} | :: synonym of maniguettes: grains of paradise |
| graineterie {f} | :: grain / seed selling (or shop) |
| grainetier {m} | :: seed / grain merchant |
| grainetière {f} | :: feminine noun of grainetier |
| graissage {m} | :: greasing; lubrication |
| graisse {f} | :: grease |
| graisse {f} | :: fat |
| graisser {vt} | :: to grease, oil, lubricate |
| graisser {vt} | :: to smear |
| graisser la patte {v} [figuratively] | :: to bribe, grease someone's palm |
| graisser sa caloquinte {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Martin Parish] | :: to beat |
| graisseux {adj} | :: greasy |
| graisseux {adj} | :: fatty, oily |
| graminée {f} [botany] | :: grass (true grass, species of Poaceae) |
| graminicide {m} | :: graminicide |
| grammaire {f} [uncountable] | :: grammar (the study of the morphological and syntactic rules of a language) |
| grammaire {f} | :: a grammar textbook |
| grammaire de dépendance {f} [grammar] | :: dependency grammar |
| grammaire universelle {f} [linguistics] | :: universal grammar |
| grammairien {m} | :: grammarian |
| grammairienne {f} | :: feminine noun of grammairien |
| grammatical {adj} | :: grammatical |
| grammaticalement {adv} | :: grammatically |
| grammaticalisation {f} [grammar, linguistics] | :: grammaticalization |
| grammaticaliser {v} | :: To grammaticalize |
| grammatique {adj} [archaic] | :: grammatical |
| -gramme {suffix} | :: -gram, -gramme |
| gramme {m} | :: gram (unit of mass) |
| Grammont {prop} | :: Geraardsbergen |
| gramscisme {m} | :: Gramscism, Gramscianism |
| grand {adj} | :: big, great, grand |
| grand {adj} | :: tall |
| grand {adj} [usually, capitalized] | :: Great, an honorific title |
| grand {adj} | :: great; big fat; an intensifier |
| grand {adj} | :: extensive, large |
| grand air {m} | :: open air |
| grand-bi {m} | :: penny farthing (early bicycle) |
| grand bien te fasse {interj} | :: good for you |
| grand bien vous fasse {interj} | :: good for you |
| grand blanc {m} [Haiti, historical] | :: a white person who is wealthy enough to own a plantation |
| grand blanc {m} | :: synonym of grand requin blanc |
| grand chelem {m} [sports] | :: grand slam (the winning of all the major or specified events) |
| grand chelem {m} [bridge] | :: grand slam |
| grand-chelem {m} | :: grand slam |
| Grand Chelem {prop} | :: Grand Slam |
| grand chemin {m} [historical] | :: main road (major road linking two cities under the Ancien Régime) |
| grand-chose {pron} | :: a big deal; something or someone important |
| grand-chose {pron} | :: a lot |
| grand clerc {m} [colloquial] | :: rocket scientist |
| grand dauphin {m} | :: bottlenose dolphin; especially the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) |
| grand Dieu {interj} [dated] | :: good heavens! good grief! goodness me! |
| grand-duc {m} | :: grand duke |
| grand-duc {m} | :: Eurasian eagle-owl |
| grand-ducal {adj} [attributive] | :: grand duke |
| grand-duc d'Amérique {m} | :: great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) |
| grand-duché {m} | :: grand duchy |
| Grande Boucle {prop} {f} | :: Tour de France |
| Grande-Bretagne {prop} {f} | :: Great Britain |
| grand écart {m} | :: the splits |
| Grande Comore {prop} {f} | :: Grande Comore (island) |
| grande couronne {prop} {f} | :: The zone consisting of the four departments (Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Essonne and Val-d'Oise) that form the boundaries of Île-de-France |
| grand écran {m} | :: big screen |
| grande dame {f} | :: great lady, grande dame |
| grande férule {f} | :: giant fennel (Ferula communis) |
| grande finale {f} | :: big final |
| grande finale {f} | :: grand final |
| grande finale {f} | :: grand finale |
| grande finale {f} | :: big finish |
| grande gueule {f} [vulgar] | :: bigmouth, blowhard |
| grande marée {f} | :: springs; spring tide |
| grandement {adv} | :: greatly, largely, deeply [to a great extent] |
| Grande Ourse {prop} {f} | :: Ursa Major (large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky) |
| grande parure {f} | :: full dress |
| grande personne {f} | :: grownup |
| grande roue {f} | :: Ferris wheel |
| Grande Russie {prop} {f} | :: Great Russia |
| grandes lèvres {fp} | :: labia majora |
| Grand Est {prop} | :: Grand Est (administrative region) |
| Grand-Estois {m} | :: A person from, or an inhabitant of, Grand Est |
| grande surface {f} | :: hypermarket |
| grandeur {f} | :: size |
| grandeur {f} [physics, mathematics] | :: magnitude, quantity |
| grandeur {f} [astronomy] | :: magnitude |
| grandeur {f} | :: grandeur |
| grandeur d'âme {f} | :: magnanimity |
| grandeur nature {adj} | :: full-size, life-size; full-scale |
| grandiloquence {f} | :: grandiloquence |
| grandiloquent {adj} | :: grandiloquent |
| grandiose {adj} | :: grandiose |
| grandiosement {adv} | :: grandiosely |
| grandir {vi} | :: to grow, get bigger |
| grandir {vt} | :: to magnify |
| grandissant {adj} | :: growing, increasing |
| grandissime {adj} | :: supersized; gigantic |
| grand largue {m} [nautical] | :: broad reach |
| grand magasin {m} | :: department store |
| grand-maman {f} | :: granny, grandma |
| grand max {adv} [colloquial] | :: tops, at most |
| grand maximum {m} | :: absolute maximum |
| grand maximum {adv} [colloquial] | :: tops, at most |
| grand-mère {f} | :: grandmother |
| grand-messe {f} | :: sung mass, High Mass |
| grand monde {pron} | :: a lot of people |
| grand monde {m} [Louisiana French] | :: adult |
| grand œuvre {m} | :: magnum opus (most renowned achievement of an author or artist, representing their major life effort) |
| grand-oncle {m} | :: great-uncle |
| grand ouvert {adj} | :: wide open |
| Grand Pardon {prop} {m} [Judaism] | :: the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) |
| grand-parent {m} | :: grandparent (parent of someone’s parent) |
| grand-père {m} | :: grandfather |
| grand-peur {f} [literary] | :: Great fear |
| grand'peur {f} | :: alternative spelling of grand-peur |
| grand pingouin {m} | :: great auk (Pinguinus impennis) |
| grand pont {m} [soccer] | :: kick/pass around a player's legs (overplaying a player on the one side while overrunning him on the other) |
| grand prieur {m} | :: grand prior |
| grand prix {m} | :: alternative form of Grand Prix |
| Grand Prix {m} | :: Grand Prix (literal translation Grand Prize) |
| grand public {m} | :: general public |
| grand public {adj} | :: mainstream, aimed at all audiences |
| Grand-Rabbin {m} | :: Chief Rabbi |
| grand reporter {m} | :: international correspondent, special correspondent |
| grand requin blanc {m} | :: great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) |
| grand roseau {m} | :: giant cane, giant reed (Arundo donax) |
| grand-russien {adj} | :: Great Russian |
| Grand-Russien {m} | :: Great Russian |
| grand saut {m} [skiing, snowboarding] | :: big air |
| grands dieux {interj} [dated] | :: good heavens! good grief! goodness me! |
| grand singe {m} [zoology] | :: great ape |
| Grands Lacs {mp} | :: Great Lakes (a group of five lakes on the United States-Canada border) |
| grand-tante {f} | :: great-aunt |
| grange {f} | :: a barn |
| granit {m} | :: granite (rock) |
| granité {m} | :: granita (sorbet) |
| granitique {adj} | :: granitic |
| granitiquement {adv} | :: granitically |
| granulaire {adj} | :: granular |
| granulé {m} | :: granule |
| granulé {adj} | :: granulated |
| granuler {v} | :: to granulate, to grain |
| granuleux {adj} | :: grainy, granular |
| granulie {f} [disease] | :: granulitis (acute miliary tuberculosis) |
| granulome {m} [pathology] | :: granuloma |
| granulométrie {f} | :: granulometry |
| granulométrique {adj} | :: granulometric |
| granvillais {adj} | :: Of or from Granville |
| Granville {prop} | :: A small town in the Manche department of Normandie |
| -graphe {suffix} | :: -graph |
| -graphe {suffix} | :: -grapher |
| graphe {m} [chiefly mathematics, physics] | :: graph |
| graphème {m} [linguistics] | :: grapheme |
| graphène {m} [chemistry] | :: graphene |
| graphe pondéré {m} | :: weighted graph |
| grapheur {m} [computing] | :: graphics software |
| grapheur {m} | :: graphic artist / designer |
| -graphie {suffix} | :: -graphy |
| graphie {f} | :: written form [of a word, etc.] |
| graphie {f} | :: spelling |
| -graphique {suffix} | :: -graphic |
| graphique {mf} | :: graph (mathematical diagram) |
| graphique {mf} | :: graphic |
| graphiquement {adv} | :: graphically (with respect to graphics) |
| graphisme {m} | :: graphic design |
| graphisme {m} | :: drawing style |
| graphisme {m} [usually, in the plural] | :: graphics |
| graphiste {mf} [arts] | :: graphic artist |
| graphite {m} | :: graphite (form of carbon) |
| graphitique {adj} | :: graphitic |
| graphologie {f} | :: graphology |
| graphologique {adj} | :: graphological |
| graphologiquement {adv} | :: graphologically |
| graphologue {mf} | :: graphologist |
| graphomoteur {adj} | :: graphomotor |
| graphomotricité {f} | :: graphomotricity |
| graphosphère {f} | :: graphosphere |
| grappe {f} | :: bunch, cluster |
| grappillage {m} | :: A second harvest |
| grappiller {v} | :: to pick (grapes in a vine after the main harvest) |
| grappiller {v} | :: to scrape together, rake together |
| grappin {m} | :: grappling hook (a type of hook) |
| grappin {m} | :: grappling irons |
| grappin {m} | :: grapple |
| grappin {m} [slang] | :: mitt, hand |
| gras {adj} | :: fat |
| gras {adj} [typography] | :: bold |
| gras {m} | :: fat (animal tissue or substance resembling it) |
| gras-double {m} | :: A tripe dish from Lyon, France |
| Grasse {prop} | :: Grasse; surname |
| Grasse {prop} | :: Grasse; A placename |
| Grasse {prop} | :: Grasse (commune/and/town) |
| Grasse {prop} | :: ellipsis of Pays de Grasse |
| grasse matinée {f} [idiomatic] | :: sleep-in, lie-in (period spent lying in bed for longer than usual) |
| grassement {adv} | :: luxuriously; in luxury |
| grassement {adv} | :: generously |
| grasseyer {v} [of the phoneme /ʁ/, the letter R] | :: to pronounce uvularly |
| grassmannien {adj} | :: Grassmannian |
| grassouillet {adj} | :: plump, podgy |
| gratifiant {adj} | :: gratifying |
| gratification {f} | :: gratification |
| gratifier {v} | :: To gratify |
| gratifier {v} | :: To reward |
| gratin {m} [cooking] | :: gratin |
| gratin {m} [figurative] | :: upper crust, elite |
| gratin dauphinois {m} | :: A traditional dish based on potatoes and crème fraîche, from the Dauphiné region |
| gratiner {v} [cooking] | :: to grill |
| gratiole {f} | :: hedgehyssop (Gratiola officinalis) |
| gratioline {f} [organic compound] | :: gratiolin |
| gratis {adv} | :: free, without charge, gratis |
| gratis {adj} | :: free; for free, without charge |
| gratitude {f} | :: gratitude |
| gratos {adv} [colloquial] | :: for free, without costing money |
| gratouiller {v} | :: alternative form of grattouiller |
| grattage {f} | :: scraping, scratching |
| grattage {f} | :: erasure |
| grattage {f} | :: grattage |
| gratte {f} [colloquial] | :: guitar |
| gratte-ciel {m} | :: skyscraper |
| grattement {m} | :: scratching, scraping (sound) |
| gratte-papier {m} [pejorative] | :: pencil pusher |
| gratte-papier {m} [pejorative] | :: journo |
| gratter {v} | :: to scrub |
| gratter {v} | :: to scrape |
| gratter {vt} | :: to scratch |
| gratter {vi} [colloquial] | :: to itch |
| gratter {v} [colloquial] | :: to play the guitar |
| gratteux {m} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: scratchcard |
| gratteux {adj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: stingy |
| grattoir {m} | :: scraper |
| grattouiller {vit} | :: to itch, scratch |
| gratuit {adj} | :: free of charge |
| gratuit {adj} | :: gratuitous, for no reason |
| gratuité {f} | :: gratuity; freebie |
| gratuitement {adv} | :: freely, for free |
| gratuitement {adv} | :: without cause, gratuitously |
| gravatif {adj} [archaic, of a pain] | :: heavy; accompanied by a sense of weight |
| gravats {mp} | :: rubble |
| grave {adj} | :: serious |
| grave {adj} | :: solemn |
| grave {adj} | :: low-pitched |
| grave {adv} [colloquial, slang] | :: much; a lot |
| gravé {adj} [computing] | :: burned |
| gravé dans le marbre {adj} | :: carved in stone, cast in concrete |
| graveleux {adj} | :: gravelly, gritty |
| graveleux {adj} | :: smutty |
| gravelle {f} [pathology] | :: urinary calculus |
| gravelle {f} | :: tartrate (precipitations in wine) |
| gravement {adv} | :: seriously, badly |
| graver {v} | :: to engrave |
| graver {v} | :: to carve (wood) |
| graver {v} | :: to burn (data, onto a CD) |
| gravette {f} | :: ragworm, sandworm |
| graveur {m} | :: engraver |
| graveur {m} [computing] | :: burner (optical disc) |
| gravier {m} | :: gravel (small fragments of rock) |
| gravier {m} [specifically] | :: crushed rocks between 5 and 40 mm in diameter (used on unpaved roads, in gardens to increase drainage, etc.) |
| gravier {m} [archaic] | :: gravel, kidney stones, gallstones |
| gravier {m} [Newfoundland] | :: beach woman, shoreman (individual who spreads out and dries cod on a (gravel) beach) |
| gravifique {adj} | :: gravitic, gravitational |
| gravillon {m} | :: fine grit, grains of stone of between six and twenty millimeters diameter |
| gravimètre {m} | :: gravimeter |
| gravimétrie {f} | :: gravimetry |
| gravimétrique {adj} | :: gravimetric |
| gravimétriquement {adv} | :: gravimetrically |
| gravir {v} | :: to climb up |
| gravissime {adj} | :: very important, very serious, very grave |
| gravitaire {adj} | :: gravity (attributive) |
| gravitation {f} [physics] | :: gravitation |
| gravitationnel {adj} | :: gravitational |
| gravitationnellement {adv} | :: gravitationally |
| gravité {f} | :: gravity |
| graviter {v} | :: to orbit, gravitate |
| graviton {m} [physics] | :: graviton |
| gravitonique {adj} [physics] | :: gravitonic |
| gravois {mp} | :: alternative form of gravats |
| gravure {f} | :: engraving |
| gravure {f} [computing] | :: burning (optical disc) |
| gravure {f} | :: A printing method using as printing form an engraved cylinder |
| gray {m} | :: gray (SI unit) |
| GRC {prop} {f} [law enforcement, Canada] | :: initialism of Gendarmerie Royale du Canada (RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) - in English) |
| gré {m} [obsolete] | :: satisfaction, pleasure |
| gré {m} | :: will; liking |
| grèbe {m} | :: grebe (bird) |
| grec {m} | :: the Greek language |
| grec {m} [by ellipsis] | :: the Ancient Greek language |
| grec {m} | :: a kebab sandwich |
| grec {adj} | :: Greek |
| Grec {m} | :: Greek (someone from Greece) |
| grec ancien {m} | :: Ancient Greek |
| Grèce {prop} {f} | :: Greece |
| Grèce antique {prop} {f} | :: Ancient Greece |
| gréciser {v} | :: to Grecize (render Grecian) |
| gréciser {v} | :: to Grecize (translate into Greek) |
| grécité {f} | :: Greekness; Greek nature, culture or spirit |
| grec moderne {m} | :: Modern Greek |
| gréco- {prefix} | :: Greco- |
| gréco-romain {adj} | :: Greco-Roman |
| grec-orthodoxe {adj} | :: Greek Orthodox |
| Grecque {f} | :: feminine noun of Grec |
| gredin {m} [obsolete] | :: beggar |
| gredin {m} [dated] | :: scoundrel, rascal |
| gredine {f} | :: feminine noun of gredin |
| gréement {m} | :: rigging (system of ropes, chains, and tackle) |
| gréement {m} | :: rigging (act of rigging) |
| gréer {vt} [nautical] | :: to rig |
| greeter {mf} [tourism, anglicism] | :: greeter (volunteer who shows tourists around their home city or region for free) |
| greffage {m} | :: grafting |
| greffage {m} | :: transplantation |
| greffe {m} [legal] | :: court clerk's office, court registrar's office |
| greffe {m} [obsolete] | :: court clerk, court registrar |
| greffe {f} [horticulture] | :: graft, scion |
| greffe {f} [medicine] | :: organ transplant, autoplasty |
| greffe {f} [medicine] | :: a piece of graft |
| greffé {adj} | :: grafted |
| greffer {vt} | :: to transplant, to graft |
| greffier {m} [legal] | :: clerk of the court; registrar of the court, or similar role |
| greffier {m} [dated, slang] | :: cat, malkin |
| greffier {m} [dated, slang] | :: hag |
| greffière {f} | :: feminine noun of greffier |
| greffon {m} [horticulture] | :: graft, scion |
| greffon {m} [surgery] | :: graft, piece of grafted tissue |
| greffon {m} [computing] | :: plug-in |
| grégaire {adj} | :: gregarious |
| grégariapte {adj} [zoology, esp. of grasshoppers] | :: tending to become gregarious |
| grégarisme {m} | :: gregariousness |
| grège {adj} | :: raw (of silk) |
| grège {m} | :: oatmeal (colour) |
| grégeois {adj} [obsolete] | :: Greek |
| grégeois {adj} | :: Of or from Grèges |
| Grèges {prop} | :: Grèges (village) |
| Grégoire {prop} | :: given name |
| Grégoire {prop} | :: surname |
| grégorien {adj} | :: Gregorian |
| Grégory {prop} | :: given name, an English style variant of Grégoire |
| grègue {f} | :: teapot |
| grêle {adj} | :: spindly, lanky |
| grêle {f} [weather] | :: hail |
| grêler {v} [impersonal, weather] | :: To hail |
| grelin {m} [nautical] | :: warp, hawser (cable) |
| grêlon {m} | :: a hailstone |
| grelot {m} | :: jingle bell, cascabel |
| greloter {v} | :: alternative spelling of grelotter |
| grelottant {adj} | :: shivering, trembling |
| grelotter {v} | :: to shiver, tremble |
| greluche {f} [pejorative] | :: bimbo (woman) |
| grémil {m} | :: gromwell |
| grenache {m} | :: grenache |
| grenade {f} | :: pomegranate |
| grenade {f} | :: grenade |
| grenade {f} | :: insignia, badge |
| grenade {f} [heraldiccharge] | :: pomegranate (Grenade de guerre is used in French to describe a grenade in English heraldry) |
| Grenade {prop} {f} | :: Grenade (island/and/country) |
| Grenade {prop} {f} | :: Grenade (city) |
| grenader {v} | :: to grenade (attack with grenades) |
| grenadien {adj} | :: Grenadian |
| Grenadien {m} | :: Grenadian |
| Grenadienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Grenadien |
| grenadier {m} | :: pomegranate tree |
| grenadier {m} [military] | :: grenadier |
| grenadin {adj} | :: Grenadan |
| grenadine {f} | :: grenadine |
| grenaille {f} | :: granule |
| grenaille {f} | :: (lead) shot |
| grenat {m} | :: garnet |
| grenat {adj} | :: garnet-coloured, dark-red |
| Grenelle {m} | :: summit, committee meeting |
| grenier {m} | :: attic (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof) |
| grenier {m} | :: granary |
| grenier {m} | :: garret |
| Grenier {prop} | :: Grenier; surname |
| grenier d'abondance {m} [figuratively] | :: public granary |
| Grenoble {prop} {f} | :: Grenoble (a city in the French Alps) |
| grenoblois {adj} | :: of or from Grenoble |
| Grenoblois {m} | :: someone of or from Grenoble |
| Grenobloise {f} | :: feminine noun of Grenoblois |
| grenouille {f} | :: frog |
| grenouille de bénitier {f} [pejorative] | :: a Holy Mary, a zealot, a bigot, a God botherer, a Jesus freak, a Bible thumper (an excessively pious woman, a woman who spends a lot of a time in the church) |
| grenouillère {f} | :: marsh or similar, having many frogs |
| grenouillère {f} | :: sleepsuit (for a baby) |
| grenouille-taureau {f} | :: bullfrog |
| grenu {adj} | :: granular |
| grès {m} [geology] | :: sandstone |
| grès {m} | :: stoneware |
| gréseux {adj} | :: sandstone |
| grésil {m} [weather] | :: sleet, ice pellet |
| grésillement {m} | :: sizzling |
| grésillement {m} | :: crackling (radio interference) |
| grésiller {vi} | :: to crackle |
| grésiller {vi} | :: to sizzle |
| grésiller {vi} [impersonal, weather] | :: to sleet |
| gressin {m} | :: breadstick |
| Gretzky {prop} | :: Gretzky (surname) |
| Gretzky {m} [ice hockey, figuratively] | :: Gretzky; ellipsis of Wayne Gretzky |
| grève {f} | :: bank (of a river); shore, strand |
| grève {f} | :: strike (cessation of work) |
| grève {f} | :: greave |
| grève de la faim {f} | :: hunger strike |
| grève du sexe {f} | :: sex strike, sex boycott |
| grève générale {f} | :: general strike |
| grever {vt} | :: to burden; put a burden on |
| grever {vt} [figuratively] | :: to put a weight on (someone's shoulders) |
| grever {vt} | :: to hang over; weigh heavy over |
| grève sauvage {f} | :: wildcat strike |
| grévillaire {m} [regional] | :: southern silky oak (Grevillea robusta) |
| grévillée {f} | :: silky oak (of genus Grevillea) |
| gréviste {m} | :: striker, someone on strike |
| gribouillage {m} | :: scribble |
| gribouillage {m} | :: scrawl |
| gribouillage {m} | :: doodle |
| gribouiller {v} | :: to scribble (write something scruffily) |
| gribouiller {v} | :: to doodle (to draw or scribble aimlessly) |
| gribouiller {v} | :: to scribble on (cover with messy writing) |
| gribouillis {m} | :: doodle (small mindless sketch) |
| grief {adj} [archaic, literary] | :: grievous |
| grief {m} | :: complaint |
| grief {m} | :: grief |
| grief {m} | :: grievance (formal complaint filed with an authority) |
| grièvement {adv} [of an injury] | :: seriously |
| griffe {f} | :: claw |
| griffe {f} | :: talon |
| griffe {f} | :: scratch mark |
| griffe {f} [figurative] | :: signature (characteristic mark, e.g. of an artist) |
| griffe {f} [by extension] | :: brand, designer label (especially fashion) |
| griffer {v} | :: to scratch |
| griffoir {m} | :: scratching post |
| griffoir {m} | :: cat tree |
| griffon {m} | :: griffin (legendary creature) |
| griffonnage {m} | :: doodle, scribble |
| griffonnage {m} | :: scrawl |
| griffonner {v} | :: to scribble, scrawl (write something scruffily) |
| griffu {adj} | :: clawed |
| griffure {f} | :: scratch mark |
| Grignon {prop} | :: surname |
| grignotage {m} | :: nibbling |
| grignotage {m} | :: snacking |
| grignoter {v} | :: to nibble |
| grignoter {v} | :: to snack |
| Grigorescu {prop} | :: surname |
| grigou {m} | :: scrooge (miser) |
| gri-gri {m} [Africa] | :: alternative spelling of grigri |
| grigri {m} [Africa] | :: charm, fetish, gris-gris |
| gril {m} | :: grill (for cooking) |
| grillage {m} | :: trellis (of wire or plastic); wire netting |
| grillage {m} | :: grilling |
| grillager {vt} | :: to enclose with wire netting |
| grille {f} | :: gate |
| grille {f} | :: grate |
| grille {f} | :: grid |
| grille de départ {f} [motor sport] | :: starting grid |
| grille-pain {m} | :: toaster |
| griller {v} | :: to toast (cook with a toaster) |
| griller {v} | :: to grill (cook with a grill) |
| griller {vi} | :: to toast (heat up, said of e.g. skin) |
| griller {v} [colloquial] | :: to smoke (a cigarette) |
| griller {v} | :: to run (a stop sign or red light) |
| grillon {m} | :: cricket (insect) |
| grillon {m} [cuisine] | :: culinary specialty of the West of France, made with pieces of pork fried in fat and served cold (also sometimes denotes rillettes with fatty pieces) |
| grimaçamment {adv} | :: grimacingly |
| grimaçant {adj} | :: grimacing |
| grimace {f} | :: grimace |
| grimacer {vi} | :: to grimace |
| grimacier {adj} | :: grimacing |
| grimacier {adj} | :: hypocritical |
| grimacier {m} | :: grimacer |
| grimacier {m} | :: hypocrite |
| grimer {v} | :: to make up, to paint (apply make up or face paint to) |
| grimer {v} | :: to make (someone's face) look older |
| grimoire {m} [occult] | :: grimoire |
| grimpant {adj} | :: climbing, rambling |
| grimper {vi} | :: to climb, climb up |
| grimper au plafond {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to get one's kicks, to get one's rocks off, to reach seventh heaven (to get a lot of sexual pleasure) |
| grimper au rideau {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to get one's kicks, to get one's rocks off, to reach seventh heaven (to get a lot of sexual pleasure) |
| grimper aux rideaux {v} | :: alternative spelling of grimper au rideau |
| grimpereau des bois {m} | :: Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) |
| grimpeur {m} [climbing] | :: climber (someone who climbs) |
| grimpeur {m} [cycling] | :: climber (expert in mountainous races) |
| grimpeur {m} | :: social climber |
| grimpeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of grimpeur |
| grinçant {adj} | :: squeaky, creaky |
| grinçant {adj} | :: rasping, grating |
| grincement {m} | :: squeak, creak, rasp |
| grincement {m} [of teeth] | :: gnash, gnashing |
| grincement {m} [of birds] | :: squawk |
| grincer {v} | :: to squeak (emit sound) |
| grincer {v} | :: to creak, rasp, squeal |
| grincer {v} [of teeth] | :: to gnash |
| grincer {v} [of birds] | :: to squawk |
| grincheux {adj} | :: ratty, grouchy |
| gringalet {m} | :: weakling |
| gringue {m} | :: seduction, wooing |
| griot {m} | :: griot (African storyteller) |
| griot {m} [by extension, pejorative] | :: Someone who tells stories to gullible people |
| griotique {adj} | :: griotic |
| griotte {f} | :: sour cherry |
| griotte {f} | :: female griot |
| grippage {m} | :: seizing (up) |
| grippal {adj} [attributive] | :: flu; influenzal |
| grippe {f} | :: influenza; flu |
| grippe aviaire {f} [pathology] | :: avian influenza (strain of influenza) |
| grippe porcine {f} | :: swine flu, swine influenza |
| gripper {v} | :: to grab, to grasp |
| grippe-sou {m} | :: A penny pincher, scrooge |
| grippe-sou {m} [colloquial] | :: A skinflint |
| grippe-sou {m} [colloquial] | :: Sommeone who like sordid gains |
| gris {adj} | :: grey, gray |
| gris {adj} [colloquial] | :: drunk, tipsy |
| gris {m} | :: gray |
| grisaille {f} | :: grisaille |
| grisaille {f} | :: gloom (gloomy weather) |
| grisant {adj} | :: heady, intoxicating, exhilarating |
| grisâtre {adj} | :: greyish |
| grisâtrement {adv} | :: greyishly |
| grisé {adj} [color] | :: gray, grayish |
| grisé {adj} [colloquial] | :: drunk |
| grisé {m} [art] | :: grayish shade given to a work of art |
| grisement {adv} | :: greyly, grayly |
| grisement {adv} | :: tipsily |
| griser {v} | :: grey (to become grey) |
| griser {v} [computing, of a UI element] | :: gray out, to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in color to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable |
| griser {vr} | :: to get tipsy |
| griserie {f} | :: intoxication, tipsiness |
| gris-gris {m} | :: alternative spelling of grigri |
| grison {m} | :: grey-haired man |
| grison {m} [dated, colloquial] | :: ass, donkey |
| grison {adj} | :: quite grey [especially of hair] |
| grisonnant {adj} | :: grey, greying, grizzled |
| grisonner {vi} | :: to (become) grey [especially of hair] |
| Grisons {prop} | :: Grisons (canton) |
| grisou {m} | :: firedamp |
| grisoutine {f} | :: grisoutine |
| grisoutite {f} | :: grisoutite |
| grive {f} | :: thrush (bird) |
| grive {f} [Louisiana French] | :: robin (Turdus migratorius) |
| grivois {adj} | :: suggestive, bawdy |
| grivoiserie {f} | :: suggestive remark, innuendo |
| grizzli {m} | :: grizzly bear |
| grocerie {f} [Louisiana French] | :: grocery store |
| grocerie {f} [Louisiana French, plural] | :: groceries |
| Groenland {prop} {m} | :: Greenland (A large self-governing island in North America) |
| groenlandais {adj} | :: Greenlandic |
| groenlandais {m} | :: Greenlandic (language) |
| Groenlandais {m} | :: a Greenlander |
| Groenlandaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Groenlandais |
| grog {m} | :: grog (drink made from rum) |
| groggy {adj} | :: groggy |
| grognard {m} | :: a grumbler; one who grumbles |
| grognard {m} | :: an old veteran soldier, specifically an old grenadier of the Imperial Guard (Grenadiers à pied de la Garde Impériale); an old complaining soldier |
| grognasse {f} | :: a grouchy despicable woman |
| grogne {f} | :: grunt (sound of a pig) |
| grogne {f} | :: growl, grunt (snorting sound made by a human, e.g. in disapproval) |
| grognement {m} | :: A grunt; snarl; growl |
| grogner {v} | :: to grunt (for a pig, make the sound of a pig) |
| grogner {v} | :: to grunt (for a person, to make a snorting sound e.g. of disapproval) |
| grogner {v} | :: to growl, to snarl (for an animal, to make a growling or snarling sound) |
| grognon {adj} | :: grumpy |
| grogue {m} | :: Grog (alcoholic beverage) |
| groin {m} | :: the snout of the pig |
| grolle {f} | :: crow, rook |
| grolle {f} | :: shoe |
| grommeler {v} | :: to grumble |
| grommellement {m} | :: grumbling |
| grondement {m} | :: grumble; rumble (noise) |
| gronder {vi} | :: to rumble, roar; to growl |
| gronder {vt} | :: to tell off, scold |
| gronderie {f} | :: scolding |
| grondeur {adj} | :: rumbling, growling |
| grondeur {adj} | :: scolding |
| grondeuse {f} | :: a scolder; one who scolds |
| grondin {m} | :: gurnard |
| Groningue {prop} | :: Groningue (capital city) |
| Groningue {prop} | :: Groningue (province) |
| groove {m} | :: groove (fixed routine) |
| gros {adj} | :: big, thick, fat |
| gros {adj} | :: coarse, rough |
| gros {adj} [Louisiana French] | :: famous |
| gros {m} | :: A person in overweight |
| gros bonnet {m} [idiomatic] | :: bigwig (a person of consequence) |
| gros chien {m} [Louisiana French, Cajun French] | :: important person, big shot |
| gros comme une maison {adj} [colloquial, simile] | :: ludicrously obvious, self-evident, plain as the nose on one's face, plain for all to see |
| groseille {f} | :: redcurrant |
| groseille à maquereau {f} | :: gooseberry (fruit) |
| groseille blanche {f} | :: white currant |
| groseille de Chine {f} [dated] | :: Chinese gooseberry, kiwi fruit |
| groseille rouge {f} | :: redcurrant |
| groseillier {m} | :: currant (bush) |
| gros-grain {m} | :: grosgrain |
| gros intestin {m} | :: large intestine |
| Grosjean {prop} {mf} | :: surname |
| gros lot {m} | :: jackpot (large cash prize) |
| gros mot {m} [colloquial] | :: dirty word, swear word |
| gros orteil {m} | :: big toe (the largest of the toes of the foot of a human) |
| gros plan {m} [photography, film] | :: close-up |
| grosse {f} | :: gross (twelve dozens) |
| grosse caisse {f} | :: bass drum |
| grosse légume {f} [idiomatic, colloquial, colloquial] | :: big cheese, bigwig |
| grosselle {f} [archaic] | :: a currant or gooseberry |
| grossement {adv} | :: coarsely, roughly |
| Grosse Pomme {prop} {f} [colloquial] | :: Big Apple (nickname for New York City) |
| grossesse {f} | :: pregnancy |
| Grosseto {prop} | :: Grosseto (town/and/province) |
| grosseur {f} | :: thickness, width |
| grossier {adj} | :: coarse (physically, not fine) |
| grossier {adj} | :: shoddy (not well-made) |
| grossier {adj} [of a person's character] | :: coarse |
| grossier {adj} [of an error] | :: gross |
| grossièrement {adv} | :: shoddily, sloppily, scruffily (badly-made and hurriedly) |
| grossièrement {adv} | :: coarsely (in a coarse manner) |
| grossièrement {adv} | :: grossly |
| grossièrement {adv} | :: roughly, more or less |
| grossièreté {f} | :: coarseness |
| grossièreté {f} | :: rudeness, profanity, obscenity |
| grossier merle {m} [colloquial] | :: a rude and ill-mannered person, an impolite character |
| grossir {vt} | :: to increase, to make larger |
| grossir {vt} | :: to plump up |
| grossir {vi} | :: to put on weight, to gain weight; to get fat |
| grossir le trait {v} [figuratively] | :: to exaggerate, to caricature (often on purpose, so as to make something appear more clearly) |
| grossissant {adj} | :: increasing |
| grossissant {adj} | :: fattening |
| grossissement {m} | :: magnification |
| grossiste {mf} | :: wholesaler |
| grosso modo {adv} | :: roughly, circa, approximately |
| grosso-modo {adv} | :: alternative form of grosso modo |
| grossophobe {adj} | :: fatphobic |
| grossophobie {f} | :: fatphobia (fear, dislike or discrimination of obese people) |
| grossulaire {m} [mineral] | :: grossular |
| grossuline {f} [carbohydrate] | :: grossulin |
| gros temps {m} [nautical, idiomatic] | :: dirty weather |
| gros titre {m} [journalism] | :: headline (on the front page) |
| grotesque {adj} | :: farcical (ridiculous) |
| grotesque {adj} | :: grotesque |
| grotesque {m} | :: grotesqueness |
| grotesquement {adv} | :: grotesquely |
| grotte {f} | :: cave (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground) |
| grouillant {adj} | :: swarming |
| grouillement {m} | :: swarming; swarm |
| grouiller {vi} | :: to mill about, swarm with people |
| grouiller {vi} | :: to swarm or crawl |
| grouiller {vr} [colloquial] | :: to hurry; to get a move on |
| grouillot {m} | :: jack of all trades |
| grouillot {m} | :: messenger boy |
| groupe {m} | :: group |
| groupe de parole {m} | :: support group |
| groupe de pression {m} | :: pressure group, advocacy group |
| groupe de réflexion {m} | :: think tank |
| groupe électrogène {m} | :: generator |
| groupement {m} | :: grouping |
| groupement {m} | :: group |
| grouper {v} | :: to group (to put together to form a group) |
| groupe sanguin {m} | :: blood type (blood classification) |
| groupie {f} | :: groupie |
| groupuscule {m} [pejorative] | :: groupuscule (small political group) |
| gru {m} [Louisiana] | :: grits |
| gruau {m} | :: gruel |
| grue {f} | :: crane (bird) |
| grue {f} | :: crane (machine) |
| grue {f} [colloquial] | :: prostitute, hooker |
| grue de Sibérie {f} | :: Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus) |
| grugé {adj} | :: eroded |
| gruger {v} [colloquial] | :: to dupe, con; to rob |
| gruger {v} [colloquial] | :: to devour, scoff |
| grume {f} | :: log (wood) |
| grumeau {m} | :: lump |
| grumeler {v} | :: To become lumpy |
| grumeleux {adj} | :: lumpy |
| grumeleux {adj} | :: bumpy |
| Grumiaux {prop} | :: surname |
| grurin {m} [regional] | :: A local cheesemaker, especially of Gruyère |
| gruter {v} [construction] | :: to move using a crane |
| grutier {m} | :: crane operator |
| grutière {f} | :: feminine noun of grutier |
| gruyère {m} | :: Gruyère cheese |
| GSM {m} [Belgium] | :: A mobile phone |
| guacamole {m} | :: guacamole (dip) |
| Guadeloupe {prop} {f} | :: Guadeloupe |
| guadeloupéen {adj} | :: Guadeloupean |
| Guadeloupéen {m} | :: A Guadeloupean |
| Guadeloupéenne {f} | :: feminine noun of Guadeloupéen |
| guamien {adj} | :: Guamian |
| guarani {adj} | :: Guaraní (attributive) |
| guarani {m} | :: Guaraní (language, singular only) |
| guarani {m} | :: guaraní (currency) |
| Guatemala {prop} {m} | :: Guatemala (country) |
| guatémalien {adj} | :: Guatemalan |
| Guatémalien {m} | :: Guatemalan |
| Guatémalienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Guatémalien |
| guatémaltèque {adj} | :: Guatemalan (of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people) |
| Guatémaltèque {mf} | :: Guatemalan (person) |
| gué {m} | :: ford (crossing) |
| guéable {adj} | :: fordable |
| guède {f} | :: woad (plant Isatis tinctoria) |
| guède {adj} | :: of a colour resembling the bluish tint extracted from woad; pastel blue |
| guéder {v} | :: to dye with the tint from the woad plant, to woad |
| guéder {v} | :: to sate, satiate |
| guéder {vr} | :: to stuff oneself with food |
| guéder {v} | :: to intoxicate |
| guèder {v} | :: obsolete form of guéder |
| guédille {f} [Canada] | :: lobster roll (or similar) |
| guedin {mf} [slang] | :: hothead |
| guedin {mf} [slang] | :: despicable person |
| guéer {v} | :: To ford (a river etc) |
| guéer {v} | :: To bathe |
| guéguerre {f} [colloquial] | :: Squabble. A small dispute or an argument of little importance |
| guelfe {adj} | :: Guelph |
| Guelfe {m} | :: Guelph |
| Guenièvre {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Guenièvre {prop} {f} | :: Guinevere (wife of King Arthur) |
| guenille {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: rag(s) |
| guenipe {f} [dated] | :: loose woman |
| guenon {f} [obsolete] | :: guenon |
| guenon {f} | :: (female) monkey |
| guenon {f} | :: hag, old bag (ugly woman) |
| guépard {m} | :: cheetah |
| guêpe {f} | :: wasp |
| Guépéou {prop} {f} | :: GPU (Russian bolshevik police) |
| guêpe solitaire {f} [entomology] | :: solitary wasp |
| guêpier {m} | :: bee-eater |
| guêpier {m} | :: trap |
| guêpier {m} | :: wasp's nest |
| guêpier d'Europe {m} | :: European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) |
| guêpière {f} | :: basque |
| guère {adv} [chiefly with "ne"] | :: hardly, barely |
| guéridon {m} | :: gueridon (small round table) |
| guérilla {f} | :: guerrilla (guerrilla war) |
| guérillera {f} | :: a female guerrilla soldier |
| guérillero {m} | :: a male guerrilla soldier |
| guérir {vt} | :: to cure, to heal |
| guérir {vi} | :: to recover, to heal |
| guérison {f} | :: recovery, healing |
| guérissable {adj} | :: curable |
| guérisseur {m} | :: healer |
| guérisseuse {f} | :: feminine singular of guérisseur |
| guérite {f} [military] | :: sentry-box |
| guérite {f} | :: worker's hut |
| Guernesey {prop} {m} | :: Guernsey |
| guernesiais {adj} | :: of or relating to Guernsey |
| Guernesiais {m} | :: person from Guernsey |
| Guernesiaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Guernesiais |
| guerre {f} | :: war |
| guerre civile {f} | :: civil war |
| guerre commerciale {f} | :: trade war |
| guerre d'Algérie {prop} {f} | :: Algerian War |
| guerre d'attrition {f} | :: war of attrition |
| guerre de Cent Ans {prop} {f} | :: Hundred Years' War |
| guerre de Sécession {prop} {f} | :: Secession War, American Civil War |
| guerre des nerfs {f} | :: war of nerves |
| guerre d'usure {f} | :: war of attrition |
| Guerre froide {prop} {f} | :: The Cold War, partially proxy-fought conflict between the West and the Communist camp in 1945-1991 |
| guerre mondiale {f} | :: world war |
| guerre sainte {f} [religion] | :: holy war |
| guerre sale {f} | :: dirty war |
| guerrier {m} | :: warrior |
| guerrier {adj} | :: warlike, belligerent |
| guerroyer {v} | :: to wage war |
| guerroyer {v} [figuratively] | :: to hassle; to bother |
| guesdisme {m} | :: Guesdism |
| guesdiste {adj} | :: Guesdist |
| guesdiste {mf} | :: Guesdist |
| guet {m} | :: lookout |
| guet {m} [military, historical] | :: watch |
| guet-apens {m} | :: ambush |
| guet-apens {m} [figuratively] | :: trap |
| guète {f} | :: watching |
| guète {f} | :: watchtower |
| guêtre {f} | :: gaiter |
| guêtre {f} | :: leggings |
| guêtré {adj} | :: gaitered |
| guette {f} | :: watchman, sentinel |
| guette {f} | :: watchtower |
| guetter {vt} | :: to watch (intently), to watch for, to lie in wait |
| guetter {v} [figurative] | :: to seize (to await and take advantage of) |
| guetter {v} [figurative] | :: to menace, to loom (to appear in a threatening form) |
| guetteur {m} [dated] | :: watchman, guard |
| guetteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of guetteur |
| gueulante {f} [colloquial] | :: rant |
| gueulante {f} [colloquial] | :: shouting, screaming |
| gueulard {adj} | :: loud (person, music) |
| gueulard {adj} | :: loudmouthed |
| gueulard {m} | :: loudmouth |
| gueule {f} | :: snout, face [of an animal] |
| gueule {f} [colloquial] | :: mug (person's face) |
| gueule {f} [colloquial] | :: mouth |
| gueule cassée {f} | :: disfigured veteran of World War I |
| gueule de bois {f} [colloquial, idiom] | :: hangover |
| gueule-de-loup {f} | :: snapdragon (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum) |
| gueule d'enterrement {f} [very, colloquial, figuratively] | :: long face, gloomy expression |
| gueule ferrée {phrase} | :: iron stomach. Literally, “iron throat” |
| gueule noire {f} | :: miner (someone who works in a mine) |
| gueuler {v} [slang, vulgar] | :: to yell, to scream |
| gueuler comme un veau {v} [simile, colloquial] | :: to scream one's head off, squeal like a stuck pig |
| gueuleton {m} [colloquial] | :: blowout, feast |
| gueusard {m} | :: rascal, crook, swindler |
| gueuse {f} | :: feminine noun of gueux |
| gueuse {f} | :: wench |
| gueuse {f} | :: republic (Used by its monarchist opponents) |
| gueuserie {f} | :: beggary, wretchedness |
| gueux {m} [dated or offensive] | :: beggar |
| gueux {adj} [dated] | :: poor |
| gueux comme un rat d'église {adj} [simile, colloquial] | :: poor as a church mouse |
| guévarisme {m} | :: Guevarism |
| guévariste {adj} | :: Guevarist |
| guévariste {mf} | :: Guevarist |
| guèze {m} | :: Ge'ez language |
| guézette {f} | :: box (Buxus sempervirens.) |
| gugusse {m} [France, colloquial] | :: twit (foolish person) |
| gui {m} | :: mistletoe |
| gui {m} [nautical] | :: spar (pole that supports a sail) |
| gui blanc {m} | :: European mistletoe (Viscum album) |
| guibole {f} [colloquial] | :: pin, gam (a person's leg) |
| guibolle {f} | :: alternative form of guibole |
| guiche {f} [archaic] | :: a strap |
| guiche {f} | :: a kiss-curl |
| guichet {m} [archaic] | :: (small) door, gate (in wall, fort etc.); wicket |
| guichet {m} | :: hatch, grill (in cell etc.) |
| guichet {m} | :: ticket office, box office |
| guichet {m} | :: counter (at post office, bank etc.) |
| guichet automatique {m} | :: autoteller / automated teller (automated teller machine (ATM)) / automatic teller (automatic teller machine (ATM)) |
| guichet automatique bancaire {m} | :: automatic teller machine |
| guichetier {m} [archaic] | :: turnkey |
| guichetier {m} [banking] | :: counter clerk |
| guidage {m} | :: guidance; the act of guiding |
| guide {m} | :: guide person |
| guide {m} | :: guidebook, or set itinerary |
| guider {v} | :: to guide |
| gui des feuillus {m} | :: European mistletoe (Viscum album) |
| guidon {m} | :: handlebar (of a bicycle, etc) |
| guidon {m} | :: guidon (pennant, banner) |
| guidoune {f} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: prostitute, whore, slut |
| Guidry {prop} | :: surname |
| guigne {f} | :: wild cherry, gean |
| guigne {f} [colloquial] | :: bad luck, rotten luck |
| guigner {m} | :: wild cherry tree |
| guigner {vt} | :: to eye (sneak a look at) |
| guignier {m} [chiefly before 1900] | :: obsolete form of guigner |
| guignol {m} [theater] | :: puppet |
| guignol {m} | :: fool |
| guignolade {f} | :: folly; foolishness |
| guignolet {m} | :: A cherry liqueur |
| guignon {m} | :: (persistent) bad luck |
| Guilan {prop} | :: Gilan |
| guilde {f} | :: guild |
| Guillaume {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Guillaume {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| guillemet {m} | :: quotation mark |
| guillemet {m} | :: guillemet |
| Guillemette {prop} | :: given name, a feminine diminutive form of Guillaume ( =William) |
| guillemin {m} | :: A monk or hermit of the Ordre de Saint-Guillaume |
| Guillemin {prop} | :: surname |
| guilleret {adj} | :: jolly, upbeat, perky, cheerful |
| guillerettement {adv} | :: perkily, cheerfully |
| Guillet {prop} | :: surname |
| Guilliermond {prop} | :: surname |
| Guilliermond {prop} | :: André Alexandre Guilliermond (1812–1890), pharmacist and inventor of the cachet (a kind of pharmaceutical capsule with a solid shell consisting of starch mass) |
| Guilliermond {prop} | :: Marie Antoine Alexandre Guilliermond (1876–1945), French botanist |
| guillon {m} [Switzerland] | :: stopper for a barrel |
| Guillory {prop} | :: surname |
| Guillot {prop} | :: surname |
| guillotine {f} | :: guillotine (machine) |
| guillotiner {vt} | :: to guillotine, to execute with a guillotine |
| guimauve {f} | :: marshmallow (plant) |
| guimauve {f} | :: marshmallow (food) |
| guimbarde {f} [musical instruments] | :: Jew's harp |
| guimbarde {f} [colloquial] | :: banger [UK], old car |
| guimbler {v} | :: to gamble |
| guimpe {f} [religion] | :: wimple |
| guimpe {f} | :: chemisette (UK), dickey (US) |
| guincher {v} [colloquial] | :: To boogie (dance) |
| guindaille {f} [Belgium] | :: Students' end of exams party |
| guindailler {vi} [Belgium] | :: to carouse |
| guindé {adj} | :: stuffy, staid; stilted |
| guinder {vt} | :: to raise, erect; to hoist |
| guinder {vt} [nautical] | :: to sway, hoist (a yard, mast etc.) |
| guinder {vt} | :: to harden (someone), toughen (someone) up; to give (someone) strength |
| guinée {f} | :: guinea (coin) |
| Guinée {prop} {f} | :: Guinée (country) |
| Guinée-Bissau {prop} {f} | :: Guinée-Bissau (country) |
| Guinée équatoriale {prop} {f} | :: Equatorial Guinea |
| guinéen {adj} | :: Guinean (from Guinea) |
| Guinéen {m} | :: person from Guinea |
| Guinéenne {f} | :: feminine noun of Guinéen |
| Guingamp {prop} | :: Guingamp (commune) |
| guinguet {m} [dated, colloquial] | :: A rough wine produced near Paris |
| guinguette {f} [historical] | :: guinguette (sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the in the suburbs of Paris) |
| guinille {f} [Louisiana French, Acadia] | :: alternative form of guenille (a rag, a ragged garment) |
| guipure {f} | :: guipure |
| guirlande {f} | :: wreath |
| guirlande {f} | :: festoon |
| guirlande {f} | :: garland |
| guirlande {f} | :: tinsel |
| guisarme {f} | :: gisarme |
| guise {f} | :: way |
| Guise {prop} {m} | :: Guise (city) |
| guit {f} [colloquial, Quebec] | :: guitar |
| guitare {f} | :: guitar |
| guitare acoustique {f} | :: acoustic guitar |
| guitare basse {f} | :: bass guitar |
| guitare électrique {f} | :: electric guitar |
| guitare rythmique {f} [musical instruments] | :: rhythm guitar |
| guitare solo {f} [musical instruments] | :: lead guitar |
| guitariste {mf} | :: guitarist |
| guitaristique {adj} | :: guitaristic |
| guitaristiquement {adv} | :: guitaristically |
| Guiteau {prop} | :: surname |
| guithare {f} | :: obsolete form of guitare |
| guitoune {f} [military, colloquial] | :: tent |
| guitoune {f} [military slang] | :: dugout (in trench) |
| gujarati {m} | :: Gujarati; language spoken in the state of Gujarat, India |
| gunnera {f} | :: gunnera |
| Guomindang {prop} | :: Kuomintang |
| guppy {m} | :: guppy |
| guru {m} | :: alternative spelling of gourou |
| gus {m} [colloquial] | :: bloke, guy |
| gustatif {adj} | :: gustatory |
| gustativement {adv} | :: gustatorily |
| Gustave {prop} | :: given name |
| guttural {adj} | :: guttural (of a consonant) |
| guttural {adj} | :: guttural (relating to the throat) |
| gutturalement {adv} | :: gutturally |
| Guy {prop} | :: given name |
| Guyana {prop} {m} | :: Guyana (country) |
| guyanais {adj} | :: Guianese (of or relating to French Guiana) |
| Guyanais {m} | :: person from French Guiana, Guianese |
| Guyanaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Guyanais |
| Guyane {prop} {f} | :: French Guiana |
| Guyane française {prop} {f} | :: French Guiana |
| guyanien {adj} | :: Guyanese |
| Guyot {prop} | :: given name, rare today |
| Guyot {prop} | :: surname |
| Gwenaël {prop} | :: given name |
| Gwenaëlle {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Gwenaël |
| Gwendoline {prop} | :: given name derived from Gwendolen |
| gwerz {m} | :: gwerz |
| gymnase {m} | :: gymnasium (Roman hall) |
| gymnase {m} | :: gymnasium (sports hall) |
| gymnaste {mf} | :: gymnast |
| gymnastique {adj} | :: gymnastic |
| gymnastique {f} [sports] | :: gymnastics |
| gymnastique {f} [intellectual and artistic exercise] | :: gymnastics |
| gymnastique {f} [school] | :: PE, physical education |
| gymnastique acrobatique {f} | :: acrobatic gymnastics |
| gymnastique aérobique {f} | :: aerobic gymnastics |
| gymnastique artistique {f} | :: artistic gymnastics |
| gymnastique rythmique {f} | :: rhythmic gymnastics |
| gynæcée {m} | :: obsolete form of gynécée |
| gynæcologie {f} | :: obsolete form of gynécologie |
| gynæcologique {adj} | :: obsolete form of gynécologique |
| gynæconome {m} | :: obsolete spelling of gynéconome |
| gynandre {adj} | :: gynandrous |
| gynandrie {f} | :: gynandry |
| gynécée {m} | :: gynæceum |
| gynécée {m} | :: gynoecium |
| gynéco {mf} [colloquial] | :: gyno |
| gynécologie {f} | :: gynecology |
| gynécologique {adj} | :: gynecological |
| gynécologue {mf} | :: gynecologist |
| gynécomaste {m} | :: gynecomast |
| gynécomastie {f} | :: gynecomasty |
| gynécomorphe {adj} | :: gynecomorphous |
| gyneconome {m} | :: nonstandard spelling of gynéconome |
| gynéconome {m} [historical] | :: a gyneconome |
| gynocide {f} | :: femicide |
| gynophage {adj} [rare] | :: woman-eating |
| gynophage {mf} [rare] | :: woman-eater |
| gyoza {m} | :: gyoza (dumplings) |
| gypaète {m} | :: lammergeier, bearded vulture |
| gypse {m} [mineralogy] | :: gypsum |
| gypser {vt} | :: to plaster [with gypsum] |
| gypseux {adj} | :: gypseous |
| gyrer {v} [astronautics] | :: To turn, to rotate, to spin |
| gyro- {prefix} | :: gyro- (rotating motion) |
| gyro {m} | :: gyro; alternative spelling of gyros (Greek sandwich) |
| gyromagnétique {adj} [physics] | :: gyromagnetic |
| gyromagnétisme {m} [physics] | :: gyromagnetism |
| gyrophare {m} | :: The rotating or flashing light on top of an emergency vehicle |
| gyropode {m} | :: Segway |
| gyros {m} | :: gyro (Greek sandwich) |
| gyroscope {m} | :: gyroscope |
| gyroscopique {adj} | :: gyroscopic |
| gyroscopiquement {adv} | :: gyroscopically |