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| t {letter} | :: letter |
| t {interfix} | :: An interfix of liaison, used in inverted interrogative constructions between a third-person singular verb not already ending in t or d and its pronoun (il, elle or on) |
| t'a {contraction} | :: te + a (third-person singular indicative present form of avoir) |
| ta {determiner} | :: your |
| TAAF {prop} | :: French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
| t.a.b. {n} | :: initialism of tirs au but |
| tabac {m} [uncountable, botany] | :: tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana) |
| tabac {m} | :: leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing |
| tabac {m} [uncountable] | :: smoking, nicotine addiction |
| tabac {m} | :: tobacconist, shop where tobacco is sold |
| tabac {m} | :: (idiomatic expressions) thing, stuff |
| tabac {adj} | :: having the color of tobacco |
| tabac {m} | :: violent fight |
| tabacologie {f} | :: The science of tobacco, especially concerning the problems of addiction |
| tabacomanie {f} | :: tobacco abuse |
| tabaculteur {m} | :: tobacco grower |
| tabagie {f} | :: smoking den |
| tabagie {f} [Quebec] | :: tobacconist (shop) |
| tabagique {adj} | :: Related to public smoking area or smoking den |
| tabagique {adj} | :: Related to tobacco |
| tabagique {adj} [medicine] | :: Related to nicotine addiction |
| tabagisme {m} | :: tobacco usage habit |
| tabagisme {m} | :: nicotine addiction |
| tabagisme passif {m} | :: passive smoking |
| tabard {m} | :: tabard |
| tabarnac {m} [Quebec] | :: alternative form of tabarnak |
| tabarnak {interj} [Quebec, vulgar, slang] | :: An expletive and intensifier for all purposes |
| tabarnaque {m} [Quebec] | :: alternative form of tabarnak |
| tabarnouche {interj} [Quebec, euphemism] | :: synonym of tabarnak |
| tabarouette {interj} [Québec, minced oath] | :: tabarnak |
| tabassage {m} | :: beating, beating up |
| tabasser {v} | :: beat up (to give a beating to) |
| tabasser {v} | :: to thwack, clobber |
| tabatière {f} | :: snuffbox |
| tabatière {f} | :: skylight (window) |
| tabatière anatomique {f} | :: anatomical snuffbox |
| tabellaire {adj} | :: tabular (organized as a table or list) |
| tabellion {m} [historical] | :: tabellion |
| tabellion {m} [pejorative] | :: lawyer, solicitor |
| tabernacle {m} | :: tabernacle |
| tabernacle {m} [Quebec] | :: alternative form of tabarnak |
| tablard {m} [Switzerland] | :: shelf |
| table {f} | :: table (item of furniture) |
| table {f} | :: flat surface atop various objects |
| table {f} | :: flat part of a cut or carved object |
| table {f} [music] | :: table of a stringed instrument |
| table {f} | :: matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns |
| table {f} | :: systematic list of content |
| Table {prop} | :: Mensa [constellation] |
| table à manger {f} | :: dining table |
| table à repasser {f} | :: ironing board |
| tableau {m} | :: painting |
| tableau {m} | :: picture (a captured image) |
| tableau {m} | :: writing board |
| tableau {m} | :: table (arrangement of rows and columns) |
| tableau {m} | :: chart |
| tableau blanc {m} | :: whiteboard |
| tableau blanc interactif {m} | :: electronic white board |
| tableau de bord {m} | :: dashboard |
| tableau de chasse {m} | :: hunting tally, total number of kills, scoreboard |
| tableau de chasse {m} [figuratively] | :: notches on one's bedpost (inventory of one's sexual conquests) |
| tableau noir {m} | :: blackboard (blackish board suitable to be written on with chalk) |
| tableau périodique {m} | :: periodic table |
| tableautin {m} | :: little picture |
| tableau vivant {m} | :: tableau vivant |
| table basse {f} | :: coffee table |
| table de chevet {f} | :: nightstand |
| table de multiplication {f} | :: multiplication table (in arithmetic) |
| table de nuit {f} | :: nightstand |
| table des matières {f} | :: table of contents |
| table d'hôte {f} | :: a menu offering a complete meal, with little choice, at a fixed price |
| tablée {f} | :: Group of people seated at the same table |
| tabler {v} [sur] | :: To base one's scheming on something |
| table rase {f} | :: tabula rasa |
| table ronde {f} | :: round table (conference) |
| tablette {f} | :: tablet (slab of stone) |
| tablette {f} | :: bar (of chocolate, etc.) |
| tablette {f} [computing] | :: tablet |
| tablette de chocolat {f} | :: chocolate bar, bar of chocolate |
| tablette de chocolat {f} [in the plural, figuratively] | :: six-pack, eight-pack (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) |
| tableur {m} | :: spreadsheet (program) |
| tablier {m} | :: apron |
| tablier {m} | :: pinafore |
| tablier {m} | :: A gameboard |
| tablier {m} | :: A rigid panel or board |
| tablier {m} | :: the deck of a bridge |
| tablier de cuisine {m} | :: kitchen apron, cooking apron |
| tabloïd {adj} | :: tabloid |
| tabloïd {m} | :: tabloid |
| taborite {mf} | :: alternative form of thaborite |
| tabou {adj} | :: taboo (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention) |
| tabou {m} | :: taboo |
| taboule {m} | :: alternative spelling of taboulé |
| taboulé {m} | :: tabbouleh |
| taboune {m} [Moroccan] | :: Vagina |
| tabouret {m} | :: stool |
| tabouret {m} | :: footstool |
| tabulaire {adj} | :: tabular (organized as a table or list) |
| tabulateur {m} | :: tabulator |
| tabulation {f} | :: tab (a space character that extends to the next column) |
| tabulation {f} | :: tabulation |
| tabulatrice {f} | :: tabulator (computing: early data processing machine) |
| tabulé {adj} | :: tabulated |
| tabuler {vt} | :: to tabulate |
| tac {interj} | :: tick, tock |
| tac {m} | :: mange |
| TAC {f} | :: acronym of turbine à combustion |
| tache {f} | :: blot, stain or smear |
| tache {f} | :: spot; more or less stain-like mark of a different color |
| tache {f} [skin] | :: blotch, mark |
| tache {f} | :: moral depravation |
| tache {f} | :: annoying or despicable person |
| taché {adj} | :: bearing a stain or stains |
| taché {adj} | :: naturally bearing colored marks on its surface or fur |
| Taché {prop} | :: surname |
| tâche {f} | :: task |
| tache de naissance {f} | :: birthmark |
| tache de rousseur {f} | :: freckle |
| tache de vin {f} [idiomatic] | :: birthmark, especially a strawberry mark |
| tachelhit {adj} | :: Tashelhit |
| tachelhit {m} | :: Tashelhit (language) |
| tachéographe {f} | :: tachograph |
| tachéomètre {m} | :: tachometer |
| tachéométrie {f} | :: tachometry |
| tacher {v} | :: to soil or stain |
| tacher {v} | :: to tarnish one's reputation |
| tâcher {vi} | :: to try, attempt, endeavour (to do something) |
| tâcher {vt} | :: to ensure (que that, + subjunctive) |
| tâcheron {m} | :: tasker |
| tache solaire {f} [astronomy] | :: A sunspot |
| tacheté {adj} | :: spotted |
| tacheter {v} | :: to spot |
| tacheter {v} [arts] | :: to dapple |
| tachisme {m} | :: tachism |
| tachiste {mf} | :: tachiste |
| tachistoscope {m} | :: tachistoscope |
| tachistoscopique {adj} | :: tachistoscopic |
| Tachkent {prop} | :: Tachkent (capital) |
| tachyarythmie {mf} | :: tachyarrhythmia |
| tachycardie {f} | :: tachycardia |
| tachygenèse {f} | :: tachygenesis |
| tachygraphe {m} | :: tachygraph |
| tachygraphique {adj} | :: tachygraphic |
| tachygraphiquement {adv} | :: tachygraphically |
| tachykinine {f} | :: tachykinin |
| tachymètre {m} | :: tachymeter |
| tachymètre {m} | :: [Popularly] speedometer |
| tachymétrie {f} | :: tachometry |
| tachyon {m} [particle] | :: tachyon |
| tachyonique {adj} | :: tachyonic |
| tachyphagie {f} | :: tachyphagia |
| tachyphémie {f} | :: tachyphemia |
| tachyphylaxie {f} | :: tachyphylaxis |
| tachypsychie {f} | :: tachypsychia, tachypsychism |
| tacite {adj} | :: tacit |
| Tacite {prop} | :: Tacitus |
| tacitement {adv} | :: tacitly |
| taciturne {adj} | :: taciturn |
| taciturnement {adv} | :: taciturnly |
| taciturnité {f} | :: taciturnity |
| tackler {v} | :: alternative spelling of tacler |
| tacle {m} [soccer] | :: tackle |
| tacler {v} [soccer] | :: to tackle |
| tacler {v} [figuratively] | :: to tackle |
| tacon {m} | :: parr (young salmon) |
| tacon {m} | :: patch (of cloth or leather used in mending) |
| tacot {m} | :: old banger (car) |
| tact {m} | :: tact |
| tacticien {m} | :: tactician |
| tacticienne {f} | :: feminine noun of tacticien |
| tactile {adj} | :: tactile |
| tactile {adj} | :: haptic |
| tactilement {adv} | :: tactilely |
| tactique {f} | :: tactic (tactics in plural) |
| tactique {adj} | :: tactical |
| tactique {adj} [chemistry] | :: tactic |
| tactique du salami {f} | :: salami tactics |
| tactiquement {adv} | :: tactically |
| tada {interj} | :: ta-da! shazaam! |
| tadam {interj} | :: ta-da! shazaam! |
| tadjik {m} | :: the Tajik language |
| tadjik {adj} | :: Tajik |
| Tadjik {m} | :: Tajik (person from Tajikistan) |
| Tadjike {f} | :: feminine singular of Tadjik |
| Tadjikistan {prop} {m} | :: Tajikistan |
| Tadjourah {prop} {f} | :: Tadjourah (town) |
| Tadjourah {prop} {f} | :: Tadjourah (region) |
| tadorne {m} | :: shelduck (waterfowl) |
| taenia {f} | :: taenia |
| taenia {f} | :: alternative spelling of ténia |
| tænia {m} | :: alternative form of ténia |
| tæniasis {m} | :: alternative form of téniasis |
| tænicide {m} | :: taenicide |
| taénite {f} [mineral] | :: taenite |
| taf {m} [dated] | :: [slang] fear |
| taf {m} | :: work |
| taf {m} | :: job |
| taf {f} | :: alternative form of taffe |
| taff {m} [slang] | :: alternative form of taf |
| taffe {f} [slang] | :: drag (of cigarette) |
| taffer {v} [colloquial] | :: work, slog |
| tag {m} | :: tag |
| TAG {f} | :: initialism of turbine à gaz |
| tagalog {m} | :: Tagalog, the Tagalog language, native language of the Philippines |
| Tage {prop} {m} | :: Tagus (river in Spain and Portugal) |
| tagger {v} [graffiti] | :: to tag |
| tagger {v} | :: to tag (label) |
| tagine {m} | :: tajine, tagine |
| tagmémique {adj} | :: tagmemic |
| taguer {v} | :: alternative spelling of tagger |
| ta gueule {interj} [slang, offensive, vulgar] | :: shut your mouth!, shut up!, shut it! |
| tagueur {m} | :: tagger (graffiti artist) |
| tagueuse {f} | :: feminine noun of tagueur |
| Tahiti {prop} {m} | :: Tahiti [the largest island in French Polynesia] |
| tahitien {adj} | :: Tahitian |
| Tahitien {m} | :: Tahitian |
| TAI {n} | :: initialism of temps atomique international |
| taïaut {interj} | :: tallyho (cry used in deer hunting, especially to the hounds) |
| taie {f} | :: pillowcase, pillowslip |
| taie {f} [ophthalmology] | :: leucoma |
| taie d'oreiller {f} | :: pillowcase |
| taïga {f} | :: taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest) |
| taillable {adj} [rare] | :: cuttable; malleable |
| taillable {adj} [historical] | :: to be subject to the land tax of taille |
| taillable {mf} [historical] | :: Someone required to pay the taille; a commoner taxpayer |
| taillable et corvéable à merci {adj} [idiomatic] | :: heavily taxed; enslaved to do onerous work |
| taillable et corvéable à merci {adj} [metaphorical, jocular] | :: exploitable endlessly; at the beck and call of; at one's bidding |
| taillader {v} | :: to slash (e.g. with knife etc.) |
| taillanderie {f} | :: edge tool industry |
| taillandier {m} | :: edge tool maker |
| taille {f} | :: the act of cutting, pruning, trimming |
| taille {f} | :: size |
| taille {f} | :: waist |
| taille {f} | :: waistline |
| taille {f} | :: a direct tax levied during the Ancien Régime; tallage |
| taillé {adj} | :: cropped, sharpened |
| taillé {adj} [heraldry] | :: per bend sinister |
| taille-crayon {m} | :: pencil sharpener |
| taille de guêpe {f} | :: a wasp waist (giving an hourglass figure) |
| taille-douce {f} [usually, uncountable] | :: line engraving, copper-plate engraving (a type of engraving on copper plates where the design is made up of a series of lines) |
| taille-douce {f} [countable] | :: print made on a board engraved using this method |
| tailler {v} [of a suit, garment etc.] | :: to cut |
| tailler {v} | :: to sharpen |
| tailler {vp} [colloquial] | :: to do one, to clear off |
| tailler dans le gingas {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Martin Parish] | :: to lie |
| tailler en pièces {v} | :: to tear to pieces; to smash to smithereens, to crush |
| tailler le bout de gras {v} [colloquial] | :: to shoot the breeze, to chew the fat, to chat |
| tailler une bavette {v} [colloquial] | :: to shoot the breeze, to chew the fat, to chat |
| tailler une pipe {v} [à] | :: [vulgar, slang] to give head, to blow |
| tailleur {m} | :: tailor |
| tailleur {m} | :: (woman's) suit |
| taillis {m} | :: coppice |
| tailloir {m} | :: abacus (uppermost member of the capital of a column) |
| Taillon {prop} | :: surname |
| 'tain {interj} [colloquial, vulgar] | :: informal spelling of putain or contraction of putain |
| tain {m} | :: silvering |
| tain {m} | :: aluminium foil |
| Taino {prop} | :: Taino (language and people) |
| tainpe {f} [verlan] | :: slut, whore |
| taïpan du desert {m} | :: inland taipan |
| Taipeh {prop} {m} | :: Taipei |
| taire {vt} | :: to quieten, to shut up, to silence |
| taire {vr} [se taire] | :: to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking |
| taiseux {adj} [Belgium] | :: quiet, short of words |
| Taïwan {prop} {m} | :: Taiwan |
| taïwanais {adj} | :: Taiwanese (from Taiwan) |
| taïwanais {m} | :: Taiwanese (language) |
| Taïwanais {m} | :: Taiwanese (someone from Taiwan) |
| Taïwanaise {f} | :: Taiwanese (someone from Taiwan) |
| tajine {m} | :: alternative spelling of tagine |
| Takako {prop} | :: given name |
| takfiri {m} | :: takfiri |
| takfiri {adj} | :: takfiri |
| takfirisme {m} | :: takfirism |
| takfiriste {adj} | :: takfirist |
| Talagrand {prop} | :: surname |
| talapoin {m} | :: talapoin (monkey in the genus Miopithecus) |
| talapoin {m} | :: Buddhist monk or priest, particularly in Burma or Thailand |
| talc {m} | :: talc |
| talectomie {f} [surgery] | :: talectomy |
| talent {m} [historical, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece] | :: a talent (an obsolete unit of weight or money) |
| talent {m} | :: a talent, a gift, a knack |
| talentueusement {adv} | :: precociously, with talent |
| talentueux {adj} | :: talented |
| taler {m} | :: taler [currency] |
| taler {vt} | :: to damage (a fruit) |
| taleth {m} | :: tallith |
| taliban {adj} | :: Taliban |
| talion {m} | :: retaliation |
| talionesque {adj} | :: retaliatory |
| talisman {m} | :: talisman |
| talismanique {adj} | :: talismanic |
| talkie-walkie {m} | :: walkie-talkie |
| talladetes {p} | :: pieces of pumpkin, prunes, peaches and watermelon used to make arrop i talladetes |
| Talleyrand {prop} | :: surname |
| Talleyrand {prop} | :: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician and diplomat |
| Tallin {prop} | :: alternative spelling of Tallinn |
| Tallinn {prop} {f} | :: Tallinn (capital city) |
| talmellier {m} [obsolete] | :: baker (i.e. of bread) |
| talmouse {f} | :: piece of pastry made with cream, flour, cheese, eggs and butter |
| talmouse {f} [colloquial, obsolete] | :: slap, punch |
| talmud {m} [Judaism] | :: Talmud (collection of Jewish writings) |
| talmudique {adj} | :: Talmudic (related to the Talmud) |
| talmudiste {mf} | :: Talmudist |
| taloche {f} [colloquial] | :: cuff, clout |
| taloche {f} | :: float (tool used for smoothing concrete, plaster, etc.) |
| talocher {vt} | :: to clout, thump |
| talon {m} | :: heel (part of the foot) |
| talon {m} | :: backheel |
| talon {m} | :: heel (of footwear) (especially high heel) |
| talon {m} | :: spur (sharp implement used to prod a horse) |
| talon {m} [figuratively] | :: the bottom or lower part of something |
| talon aiguille {m} | :: stiletto heel (heel of a high and narrow shoe) |
| talon aiguille {m} [by ellipsis] | :: A shoe with such a heel |
| talon d'Achille {m} | :: Achilles heel |
| talonnade {f} [soccer] | :: backheel |
| talonnage {m} | :: tailgating |
| talonnage {m} [football] | :: backheeling |
| talonnage {m} [rugby] | :: hooking |
| talonner {v} | :: to heel, follow closely, be on someone's heels |
| talonner {v} | :: to kick (a horse) with the heel |
| talonner {v} | :: to harass, bug, hassle |
| talonner {v} [nautical] | :: to heel |
| talonner {v} [soccer] | :: to backheel |
| talonner {v} [rugby] | :: to hook |
| talonnette {f} | :: heel |
| talonnette {f} | :: stirrup |
| talonneur {m} [rugby] | :: hooker |
| talquer {vt} | :: to talc |
| talus {m} | :: slope, embankment |
| tamandua {m} | :: tamandua |
| Tamanduatehy {prop} {m} | :: alternative spelling of Tamanduateí |
| Tamanduateí {prop} {m} | :: Tamanduateí (river) |
| tamanoir {m} | :: giant anteater |
| tamarin {m} | :: tamarind |
| tamarin {m} | :: tamarin |
| tamarinier {m} | :: tamarind (tree) |
| tamaris {m} | :: tamarisk |
| tamarisque {m} | :: tamarisk |
| tamazight {m} | :: The Tamazight family of languages |
| tambouille {f} [slang] | :: grub, nosh |
| tambour {m} | :: drum (instrument) |
| tambour {m} | :: tambour (sports / real tennis) |
| tambour battant {adv} [figuratively] | :: eagerly |
| tambour battant {adv} [figuratively] | :: promptly, briskly, energetically |
| tambourin {m} [musical instruments] | :: tambourine |
| tambourinage {m} | :: drumming |
| tambourinaire {mf} | :: tambourine player |
| tambourinement {m} | :: drumming |
| tambouriner {vt} | :: to drum, drum down |
| tambour-major {m} | :: drum major |
| ta mère {interj} [pejorative, vulgar, offensive] | :: your mom |
| tamia {m} | :: chipmunk (squirrel-like rodent) |
| tamier {m} | :: black bryony or similar plant of the genus Dioscorea |
| Tamiko {prop} | :: given name |
| tamis {m} | :: sieve, riddle |
| tamisage {m} | :: sieving, sifting |
| Tamise {prop} {f} | :: Thames (river through London) |
| Tamise {prop} {f} | :: Tamise (town) |
| tamiser {v} | :: to sieve, to sift (use a sieve) |
| tamoul {m} | :: Tamil, the Tamil language |
| tamoul {adj} | :: of or pertaining to the Tamil language, people or culture |
| Tamoul {m} | :: Tamil |
| Tamoule {f} | :: feminine noun of Tamoul |
| tampax {m} | :: tampon |
| Tampere {prop} | :: Tampere (city) |
| tampon {m} | :: Piece of wood or other material to close an opening |
| tampon {m} | :: (musical instrument) Same, closing the opening of a flute, a saxophone |
| tampon {m} | :: (boat) Same, closing a leak |
| tampon {m} [medical] | :: A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid |
| tampon {m} | :: tampon to stop menstruation |
| tampon {m} | :: sponge, piece of porous material |
| tampon {m} | :: used for washing |
| tampon {m} | :: to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture |
| tampon {m} | :: to apply ink |
| tampon {m} | :: stamp |
| tampon {m} [figuratively] | :: mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute |
| tampon {m} | :: In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc |
| tampon {m} [chemistry] | :: buffer |
| tampon {m} [computing] | :: buffer |
| tampon {m} | :: Elastic part that prevents damaging when a collision occurs, e.g. buffer in rail transport |
| tamponnade {m} | :: collision |
| tamponnade {m} [medical] | :: tamponade |
| tamponnage {m} | :: buffering |
| tamponner {v} | :: to tamp |
| tamponner {v} | :: to swab |
| tamponner {v} | :: to buffer |
| tamponnoir {m} | :: wall drill (drill used for boring holes in walls) |
| tam-tam {m} | :: tam-tam |
| tamtam {m} | :: alternative form of tam-tam |
| tan {m} | :: pulped oak bark used in the tanning process (i.e. of tanning leather) |
| tanacétique {adj} [obsolete, organic chemistry] | :: malic |
| tanagra {f} | :: Tanagra |
| tanaisie {f} | :: tansy |
| Tananarive {prop} | :: Tananarive (capital city) |
| tancarville {m} | :: (collapsible) airer |
| Tancarville {prop} | :: A small town in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy |
| tancer {v} [literary] | :: to scold, reprimand, rebuke |
| tanche {f} | :: tench (Tinca tinca) |
| tanche {f} [slang] | :: idiot, moron |
| tandem {m} | :: tandem (vehicle, bicycle) |
| tandis {prep} [archaic] | :: during |
| tandis {prep} [poetic] | :: whilst |
| tandis {prep} | :: while |
| tandis que {conj} | :: whereas, while, whilst |
| tanga {m} | :: G-string, thong (underwear) |
| tangage {m} [nautical] | :: pitching (and tossing) |
| tangence {f} | :: tangency |
| tangent {adj} [mathematics] | :: tangential |
| tangent {adj} | :: borderline |
| tangente {f} [trigonometry] | :: tangent (trigonometric function) |
| tangente {f} [geometry] | :: tangent |
| tangentiel {adj} | :: tangential |
| tangentiellement {adj} | :: tangentially |
| Tanger {prop} | :: Tanger (port city/capital) |
| tangérois {adj} | :: Tangerine (of or from Tangier) |
| tangibilité {f} | :: tangibility |
| tangible {adj} | :: tangible |
| tangiblement {adv} | :: tangibly |
| tango {m} | :: tango (dance) |
| tango argentin {m} | :: Argentine tango (dance) |
| tangon {m} | :: spinnaker pole |
| Tanguay {prop} | :: surname |
| tangue {m} | :: tenrec |
| tanguer {vi} [nautical] | :: to sway back and forth |
| tanguer {vi} | :: to spin, sway (seem to be moving) |
| tanguer {vi} | :: to shake (not perform well) |
| Tanguy {prop} | :: given name |
| Tania {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| tanière {f} | :: lair, den (of an animal) |
| tanière {f} | :: hideout, den, lair (of an outlaw) |
| tanin {m} | :: tannin |
| Taninges {prop} | :: A small town in the department of Haute-Savoie in Rhône-Alpes |
| tanique {adj} | :: alternative form of tannique |
| tank {m} | :: tank (military vehicle) |
| tank {m} | :: tank (container, Quebec French) |
| tankiste {mf} | :: tanker (member of a tank crew) |
| tannage {m} | :: tanning (of the skin) |
| tanné {m} [tincture] | :: A rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown |
| tanner {vt} | :: to tan (in leather-making) |
| tannerie {f} | :: tannery |
| tanneur {m} | :: tanner (profession) |
| tanneuse {f} | :: feminine singular of tanneur |
| tannique {adj} | :: tannic |
| tant {adv} | :: so much |
| tant {adv} | :: so many |
| tantale {m} | :: tantalum |
| tantalique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tantalic |
| tant bien que mal {adv} | :: as best one can, somehow |
| tante {f} | :: aunt |
| tante {f} [pejorative] | :: homosexual (man); faggot, fag (US); poof (UK) |
| tant et si bien que {conj} | :: so much so that |
| tantième {m} | :: percentage, proportion |
| tantine {f} [childish] | :: auntie |
| tantinet {m} [colloquial, archaic] | :: bit, tad, tiny bit |
| tantinet {adv} [colloquial] | :: bit, tad |
| tant mieux {interj} | :: It's a good thing; fortunately; used to express that a chance happening is favorable |
| tantôt {adv} | :: sometimes |
| tantôt {adv} | :: this afternoon |
| tantôt {adv} | :: later/earlier |
| tant pis {adv} | :: too bad, never mind |
| tant qu'à faire {adv} [colloquial] | :: while one is at it, one might as well |
| tant que {conj} | :: as long as, for as long as |
| tant que {conj} | :: as long as; provided (that); assuming |
| tant qu'il y a de la vie, il y a de l'espoir {proverb} | :: while there's life, there's hope, where there's life, there's hope |
| tantrique {adj} | :: tantric |
| tant s'en faut {adv} [formal] | :: far from it, not by a long shot, not by a long chalk, not by any means |
| tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se brise {proverb} | :: alternative form of tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se casse |
| tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se casse {proverb} | :: the jug goes to the well until it breaks |
| Tanzanie {prop} {f} | :: Tanzania |
| tanzanien {adj} | :: Tanzanian (of, from, or pertaining to Tanzania and its people) |
| Tanzanien {m} | :: Tanzanian |
| Tanzanienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Tanzanien |
| tanzanite {f} | :: tanzanite |
| taoïsme {m} | :: Taoism |
| taoïste {adj} | :: Taoist |
| taon {m} | :: horsefly, gadfly |
| tapage {m} | :: noise (annoying sound) |
| tapage nocturne {m} [law] | :: disturbing the peace at night, night-time disturbance, making excessive noise at night |
| tapager {v} | :: to be noisy; to make noise |
| tapageur {adj} | :: rowdy; noisy; boisterous; raucous |
| tapageur {adj} | :: garish, gaudy |
| tapageur {m} | :: rowdy; noisy person |
| tapageusement {adv} | :: rowdily; noisily; boisterously; raucously |
| tape {f} | :: a gentle touch |
| tape {f} | :: a pat |
| tape-à-l'œil {adj} [colloquial] | :: loud, garish, in-your-face |
| tape-cul {m} | :: A vehicle with poor suspension |
| tape-cul {m} | :: A see-saw (child's game) |
| tapecul {m} | :: seesaw (structure) |
| tapecul {m} [colloquial] | :: old banger (car with poor suspension) |
| tapecul {m} [colloquial] | :: bumpy road |
| tapenade {f} | :: tapenade |
| taper {vt} | :: to slap, knock, beat |
| taper {vt} | :: to type (use a keyboard or typewriter) |
| taper {v} [sur] | :: to hit, beat, rap |
| taper {vi} | :: to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.) |
| taper {vi} [slang] | :: to stink, pong, reek |
| taper {vr} [slang] | :: to put away (a meal etc.) |
| taper {vr} [vulgar, slang] | :: to fuck (have sex) |
| taper dans l'œil {v} [à] | :: [colloquial] (of a person) to strike someone's fancy, appeal to someone |
| taper du poing sur la table {v} [figuratively] | :: to pound the table, to put one's foot down |
| taper la carte {v} [Belgium, colloquial] | :: to play cards |
| taper la causette {v} [colloquial] | :: to shoot the breeze, to chew the fat, to chat |
| taper la discute {v} [colloquial] | :: to shoot the breeze, to chew the fat, to chat |
| taper sur les nerfs {v} [à] | :: [colloquial] to get on someone's nerves |
| taper sur le système {v} [à] | :: [colloquial] to get up someone's nose, to get on someone's nerves, to piss off, to irritate, to annoy |
| tapette {f} | :: swatter, flyswatter |
| tapette {f} | :: mousetrap |
| tapette {f} [slang, derogatory] | :: poof, faggot |
| tapette à mouches {f} | :: flyswatter |
| taphonomie {f} | :: taphonomy |
| taphonomique {adj} | :: taphonomic |
| tapi {adj} | :: hidden; crouching |
| tapineuse {f} [slang] | :: streetwalker |
| tapinois {adj} | :: only used in en tapinois |
| tapir {vr} | :: to hide |
| tapir {m} | :: tapir |
| tapis {m} | :: carpet; mat; rug |
| tapis {m} [poker] | :: all-in (an instance of betting all of one's chips) |
| tapis-franc {m} [obsolete, slang] | :: a low or unsavoury tavern or cabaret; sot-hole, grog-shop, pothouse |
| tapis rouge {m} | :: red carpet |
| tapis rouge {m} [figuratively] | :: red carpet, VIP treatment |
| tapis roulant {m} | :: moving walkway |
| tapis roulant {m} [luggage] | :: carousel |
| tapis roulant {m} | :: conveyor belt |
| tapis roulant {m} [sports] | :: treadmill |
| tapis roulant {m} [skiing] | :: magic carpet |
| tapisser {v} | :: to carpet (cover with carpet) |
| tapisser {v} [by extension] | :: to decorate |
| tapisser {v} [by extension] | :: to cover; to overlay |
| tapisserie {f} | :: tapestry |
| tapisserie {f} [by extension] | :: wallcovering, wallpaper |
| tapissier {m} | :: tapestry-maker |
| tapissier {m} | :: upholsterer |
| tapissière {f} | :: feminine noun of tapissier |
| tapissière {f} | :: large cart; van, lorry |
| tapis volant {m} [fairy tales] | :: magic carpet |
| tapoter {v} | :: to tap (strike lightly and repeatedly) |
| tapuscrit {m} | :: typescript (typewritten material, especially such a copy of a manuscript) |
| taquéria {f} | :: taqueria (a taco restaurant) |
| taquet {m} | :: small piece of wood or metal used to maintain or fix something |
| taquet {m} | :: cleat |
| taquin {adj} | :: teasing; playful |
| taquin {m} | :: tease |
| taquine {f} | :: tease |
| taquinement {adv} | :: teasingly, playfully |
| taquiner {v} | :: to tease |
| taquinerie {f} | :: teasing |
| tarabiscoté {adj} | :: fussy, florid, very ornate |
| tarabistouiller {vt} | :: to bother (someone) |
| tarabistouiller {vt} [cooking] | :: to stir, toss |
| tarabuster {vt} | :: to bother (someone) |
| tarama {m} | :: taramosalata |
| taratata {m} | :: taratantara |
| taraud {m} [mechanics] | :: tap |
| tarauder {v} [technology] | :: to tap (a nut); to thread (a screw) |
| tarauder {v} | :: (of insect) to bore into |
| tarauder {v} | :: to pierce (with pain, remorse etc.) |
| taraxacine {m} | :: taraxacin |
| tarbouche {m} | :: fez, tarboosh |
| tard {adv} | :: late |
| tarder {v} | :: to tarry |
| tarder {v} | :: to be slow to do something (tarder à faire quelque chose) |
| tarder {v} | :: used as an impersonal verb with de or que to express impatience |
| tardif {adj} | :: late, belated |
| tardivement {adv} | :: rather late |
| tardivement {adv} | :: belatedly |
| tare {f} [archaic] | :: deficiency |
| tare {f} | :: defect, vice, flaw |
| tare {f} | :: tare (empty weight) |
| taré {adj} [colloquial] | :: crazy, barking, mad |
| Tarente {prop} | :: Taranto |
| tarentisme {m} | :: tarantism |
| tarentule {f} | :: tarantula |
| tarentulisme {m} | :: synonym of tarentisme |
| tarer {v} | :: to spoil; to tarnish |
| tarer {v} | :: to tare2 |
| taret {m} | :: shipworm |
| targe {f} | :: a targe, buckler |
| targette {f} | :: latch plate |
| targuer {vr} | :: to claim, boast |
| tarière {f} | :: auger |
| tarif {m} | :: price |
| tarifaire {adj} | :: pricing |
| tarifé {adj} | :: priced (at) |
| tarifé {adj} | :: for sale (at a certain price) |
| tarifer {vt} | :: to fix the price (of) |
| tarification {f} | :: price fixing |
| tarifier {v} [archaic] | :: to fix the tariff on |
| tarin {adj} | :: Of or from Theys |
| tarin {m} | :: siskin |
| tarin {m} [sometimes endearing] | :: A nose; particularly a large, shapely one |
| tarin des aulnes {m} | :: Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) |
| tarir {vt} | :: to dry up |
| tarir {vt} | :: to exhaust, use up |
| tarir {vi} | :: to talk non-stop (about something) |
| tarir {vr} | :: to dwindle, to dry up, to peter out |
| taririque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tariric |
| tarissement {m} | :: drying up |
| tarissement {m} | :: dwindling |
| tarlouse {f} [derogatory slang] | :: Weak or cowardly person; poof |
| tarlouse {f} [derogatory slang] | :: Homosexual or highly effeminate man; poof |
| tarlouze {f} | :: alternative form of tarlouse |
| tarmac {m} | :: tarmac (part of airport) |
| Tarn {prop} {m} | :: Tarn |
| Tarn-et-Garonne {prop} | :: Tarn-et-Garonne (department) |
| Tarnowski {prop} | :: surname |
| taro {m} | :: taro (plant) |
| tarot {m} | :: tarot |
| taroter {vi} | :: to play tarot or with tarot cards |
| taroter {vt} | :: to draw tarot cards for someone |
| tarotier {m} | :: A manufacturer of tarot cards |
| tarpan {m} | :: tarpan |
| tarpé {m} [slang] | :: joint (marijuana cigarette) |
| tarpé {m} [slang] | :: buttocks |
| tarpé {m} [slang] | :: gun |
| Tarraconaise {prop} {f} | :: Hispania Tarraconensis (province of the Roman Empire) |
| Tarraconnaise {prop} {f} | :: alternative spelling of Tarraconaise |
| Tarse {prop} | :: Tarse (city) |
| tarsien {adj} | :: tarsal |
| tarsier {m} | :: tarsier |
| tarskien {adj} [maths] | :: Tarskian |
| tarsométatarse {m} [anatomy] | :: tarsometatarsus |
| tarsométatarsien {adj} [anatomy] | :: tarsometatarsal |
| tartare {adj} | :: Tartar (of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars) |
| tartare {mf} | :: Tartar (A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary) |
| tartare {m} | :: short for steak tartare |
| tartare {m} | :: synonym of tatar |
| Tartare {mf} | :: Tartar; Tatar (person) |
| tarte {f} [culinary] | :: pie, tart |
| tarte {f} [colloquial] | :: slap |
| tarte {f} | :: something easy to do [cf. English piece of cake and easy as pie] |
| tarte {f} [colloquial] | :: stupid person, idiot |
| tarte {adj} [slang] | :: corny, hackneyed |
| tarte {adj} [slang] | :: stupid |
| tarte à la crème {f} | :: custard pie |
| tarte à la crème {f} | :: a cliché |
| tarte au citron {f} | :: A lemon tart |
| tarte au citron {f} | :: A lemon custard-filled tart, often covered with meringue |
| tarte aux poils {f} [slang, vulgar] | :: hair pie, fur pie, fur burger, bearded clam, pussy (vulva) |
| tarte flambée {f} [cooking] | :: tarte flambée |
| tartelette {f} | :: tartlet (small tart) |
| Tartempion {prop} {m} | :: John Doe (any unknown or anonymous male person) |
| tarter {v} | :: slap, strike |
| Tarterêts {prop} | :: A large area of social housing in the Essonne department of Île-de-France, France |
| tarte Tatin {f} | :: tarte Tatin (upside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples) |
| tarte tropézienne {f} | :: A dessert, originating in Saint-Tropez, composed of a brioche with a creamy filling |
| tartiflette {f} | :: A dish from Savoie made of reblochon cheese, potatoes and onions |
| tartinable {adj} | :: spreadable |
| tartinade {f} | :: A soft food mixture or spread, either savory or sweet (Canada) |
| tartine {f} | :: A slice of bread topped with sweet or savoury spreadable food such as butter, jam, honey, cream, or sauce |
| tartiner {vt} | :: to spread [on bread, etc.] |
| Tartous {prop} | :: Tartus |
| tartralique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tartralic |
| tartramique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tartramic |
| tartrate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: tartrate |
| tartre {m} | :: tartar |
| tartre {m} | :: limescale, scale, fur (in kettles, etc.) |
| tartreux {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tartarous |
| tartrique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tartaric |
| tartrite {m} [obsolete, organic chemistry] | :: synonym of tartrate |
| tartroborate {m} [chemistry] | :: tartaroborate |
| tartufe {m} | :: hypocrite |
| tartufe {adj} | :: hypocritical |
| tartuferie {f} | :: hypocrisy |
| tartufferie {f} | :: alternative form of tartuferie |
| t'as {contraction} [colloquial] | :: contraction of tu as |
| tas {m} | :: heap, pile |
| tas {m} [colloquial, dialectal] | :: thing |
| TAS {prop} [legal, sports] | :: CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport); abbreviation of Tribunal Arbitral du Sport |
| tas de ferraille {m} | :: rustbucket, bucket of bolts (old, neglected vehicle) |
| taser {m} | :: taser, a Taser |
| taser {m} | :: taser, by generalization, any electroshock stun gun |
| Tash {prop} | :: Tash; ellipsis of Kiryas Tash; Tash (neighbourhood) |
| Tash {prop} | :: Tash (Nyírtass); synonym of Nyírtass (Tass). Tash (village) |
| Tasher {prop} | :: Tasher; surname |
| Tasher {m} | :: Tasher; A member of the Tash (Tash) Hassidic community |
| Tasher {adj} | :: Tasher; Pertaining to the Tash (Tash) Hassidic community |
| Tasmanie {prop} | :: Tasmania |
| tasmanien {adj} | :: Tasmanian |
| Tasmanien {m} | :: Tasmanian |
| taspé {f} | :: alternative spelling of tassepé |
| Tass {prop} | :: Tass; Tass (village) |
| Tass {prop} | :: Nyírtass; former name of Nyírtass; Tass (village) |
| tasse {f} | :: cup |
| tasse {f} | :: cupful |
| tasse à thé {f} | :: teacup |
| tasseau {m} | :: furring |
| tasseau {m} | :: bracket |
| tasseau {m} | :: cleat |
| tasse-braise {m} | :: tamper (for pipe) |
| tasse de thé {f} | :: cup of tea (tea in a cup) |
| tasse de thé {f} [figuratively] | :: cup of tea, cup of joe (personal taste) |
| tassement {m} | :: piling up (coming together in a pile) |
| Tassencourt {prop} | :: surname |
| tassepé {f} [verlan, vulgar] | :: whore, prostitute; bitch |
| tasser {v} | :: to pile together, to put into a pile |
| tasser {v} | :: to compress or to pack vertically |
| tasser {vp} | :: [for a person] to shrink, e.g. with age |
| tasser {vp} | :: [for things] to sort itself out with time |
| tassergal {m} | :: bluefish |
| tasspé {f} | :: alternative spelling of tassepé |
| tastevin {m} | :: tastevin |
| tata {f} [childish] | :: auntie |
| tata {m} [chiefly Canada, vulgar] | :: imbecile, idiot, bastard, wanker, dickhead |
| tatar {m} | :: Tatar (language) |
| Tatar {m} | :: Tatar (member of various Turkic peoples) |
| tatar de Crimée {m} | :: the Crimean Tatar language |
| tatare {m} | :: alternative form of tatar (language) |
| tatare {adj} | :: Tatar (of or relating to various Turkic peoples) |
| tatare {adj} | :: Tatar (of or relating to the Tatar language) |
| Tatare {mf} | :: alternative form of Tatar |
| Tatare {f} | :: feminine noun of Tatar |
| tâter {v} | :: to feel (touch lightly, to sense consistency or temperature) |
| tâter {v} | :: to get a feel for |
| tâter le terrain {v} [figuratively] | :: to test the waters, to put out feelers, to find out the lay of the land, to see how the land lies |
| tater tot {m} | :: tater tot |
| tâte-vin {m} | :: tastevin |
| Tatiana {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| tatie {f} | :: auntie |
| tatillon {adj} | :: pernickety, picky, fussy |
| Tatin {prop} | :: surname |
| tâtonnement {m} | :: groping |
| tâtonnement {m} | :: trial and error |
| tâtonner {vi} | :: to feel one's way, grope around |
| tatou {m} | :: armadillo |
| tatouage {m} | :: tattoo |
| tatouer {vt} | :: to tattoo |
| tatoueur {m} | :: tattoo artist, tattooer, tattooist |
| tatoueuse {f} | :: feminine noun of tatoueur |
| tatouille {f} [colloquial] | :: thrashing, beating |
| tau {m} | :: tau (Greek letter) |
| tau {m} [particle] | :: tau, tauon |
| taube {m} [military slang, now historical] | :: German plane |
| taubérien {adj} [maths] | :: tauberian |
| taud {m} [nautical] | :: bimini |
| taudis {m} | :: hovel, slum |
| taudis {m} [figuratively] | :: pigsty (messy place) |
| tauique {adj} [physics] | :: tauonic |
| taulard {m} [colloquial] | :: a jailbird, a con |
| taularde {f} | :: feminine noun of taulard |
| taule {f} [colloquial] | :: jail, clink |
| taule {f} [colloquial] | :: pad, crib |
| taulier {m} [colloquial] | :: hotel owner |
| taulière {f} | :: feminine noun of taulier |
| tauonique {adj} [physics] | :: tauonic |
| taupe {f} | :: mole (burrowing mammal) |
| taupe {f} [figuratively] | :: mole (undercover agent) |
| taupe {f} | :: tunneler |
| taupe {f} [education] | :: higher mathematics class |
| taupe {adj} | :: taupe |
| taupe-grillon {m} | :: mole cricket |
| taupicide {m} | :: Any substance that kills moles |
| taupin {m} | :: click beetle |
| taupinière {f} | :: molehill |
| taureau {m} | :: bull |
| taureau {m} | :: Taurus |
| Taureau {prop} {m} | :: Taurus (constellation) |
| Taureau {prop} {m} [astrology] | :: Taurus |
| taurillon {m} | :: bull-calf |
| taurin {adj} | :: taurine |
| taurin {adj} [attributive] | :: bull |
| taurin {adj} [attributive] | :: bullfighting |
| taurobole {m} | :: taurobolium |
| taurobolique {adj} | :: taurobolic |
| taurocholique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: taurocholic |
| tauromachie {f} [bullfighting] | :: tauromachy |
| tauromachique {adj} | :: tauromachic |
| tautologie {f} | :: tautology |
| tautologique {adj} | :: tautological |
| tautologiquement {adv} | :: tautologically |
| tautomère {adj} [chemistry] | :: tautomeric |
| tautomère {m} [chemistry] | :: tautomer |
| tautomérie {f} [chemistry] | :: tautomerism |
| taux {m} | :: rate, level |
| taux de mortalité {m} | :: death rate |
| taux d'intérêt {m} [finance] | :: interest rate |
| Tauxières-Mutry {prop} | :: A commune in Marne, France |
| Tauzin {prop} | :: surname |
| tavaïolle {f} | :: a linen cloth, sometimes entirely of lace or trimmed with lace, used in church sacraments |
| tavelé {adj} | :: spotted, marked |
| taveler {v} | :: To become spotted, or speckled (referring to the skin of certain animals) |
| tavelure {f} | :: speckle, speck, mark |
| taverne {f} | :: tavern |
| tavernier {m} | :: taverner; owner of a tavern |
| tavernière {f} | :: feminine noun of tavernier |
| taxatif {adj} | :: taxative |
| taxation {f} | :: taxation |
| taxativement {adv} | :: taxatively |
| taxe {f} | :: tax |
| taxe de vente {f} | :: sales tax |
| taxer {v} | :: to tax, to impose a tax on |
| taxe sur la valeur ajoutée {f} [taxation] | :: value added tax |
| taxe sur la vente {f} | :: sales tax |
| taxe sur les produits et services {f} [Canada, taxation] | :: goods and services tax (GST) |
| taxi- {prefix} | :: taxo- |
| taxi {m} | :: taxi |
| taxi {m} [by extension] | :: taxi driver |
| taxi {m} [by extension] | :: helicopter or plane used for transport |
| taxi {m} [military] | :: act of transporting troops |
| taxicatine {f} [organic compound] | :: taxicatin |
| taxidermie {f} | :: taxidermy |
| taxidermique {adj} | :: taxidermic |
| taxidermiquement {adv} | :: taxidermically |
| taxidermiste {m} | :: taxidermist |
| taximan {m} [Belgium, Switzerland, Africa] | :: (male) taxi driver |
| taximètre {m} | :: taximeter |
| taxinomie {f} | :: taxonomy (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) |
| taxinomique {adj} | :: taxonomic |
| taxinomiste {mf} | :: taxonomist |
| taxiphone {m} | :: call shop (business providing access to long-distance telephone calls) |
| taxonomie {f} | :: alternative form of taxinomie |
| taxonomique {adj} | :: alternative form of taxinomique |
| taxonomiquement {adv} | :: taxonomically |
| taxonomiste {mf} | :: alternative form of taxinomiste |
| tayau {m} [Louisiana French] | :: bloodhound |
| ta yeule {interj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: shut up: alternative form of ta gueule |
| tayeule {interj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: shut up: alternative form of ta gueule |
| Taylor {prop} | :: surname |
| Taylor {prop} | :: given name |
| taylorisme {m} | :: Taylorism |
| taz {m} [slang, uncountable] | :: ecstasy [drug] |
| taz {m} [slang, countable] | :: ecstasy tablet |
| TBI {m} | :: abbreviation of tableau blanc interactif |
| Tbilissi {prop} | :: Tbilissi (capital) |
| TBK {interj} [Quebec] | :: abbreviation of tabarnak |
| Tbn. {m} [music] | :: Tbn. |
| TCD {mf} [masculine, nautical, military] | :: abbreviation of transport de chalands de débarquement - LPD (landing platform dock); a military sea transport that has a dock to embark and debark landing craft |
| TCD {mf} [feminine, mathematics] | :: initialism of transformée en cosinus discrète - DCT (discrete cosine transform); |
| TCH {prop} [sports] | :: abbreviation of Tchéquie (Czechia) |
| Tchad {prop} {m} | :: Chad |
| tchadien {adj} | :: Chadian |
| Tchadien {m} | :: A Chadian |
| Tchadienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Tchadien |
| tchador {m} | :: chador (a loose robe worn by Muslim women) |
| tchaïkovskien {adj} | :: Tchaikovskian |
| tchao {interj} | :: ciao; bye |
| tchaouch {m} [historical] | :: obsolete spelling of chaouch |
| tchaous {m} [historical] | :: obsolete spelling of chaouch |
| tchat {m} | :: alternative spelling of chat |
| Tchatch {prop} | :: Chach |
| tchatche {f} [slang] | :: chat, lingo; volubility, gift of the gab |
| tchatcher {v} | :: to chat |
| tchater {v} [Internet] | :: alternative form of tchatter |
| tchatter {v} | :: to chat |
| tchatter {v} [Internet] | :: to chat |
| tchécoslovaque {adj} | :: Czechoslovakian |
| Tchécoslovaque {mf} | :: Czechoslovak |
| Tchécoslovaquie {prop} {f} | :: Czechoslovakia |
| tcheindre {v} [Acadian] | :: to hold |
| tchékhovien {adj} | :: Chekhovian |
| tchèque {m} | :: Czech, the Czech language |
| tchèque {adj} | :: Czech |
| Tchèque {mf} | :: Czech (someone from the Czech Republic) |
| Tchéquie {prop} {f} | :: Czechia; the Czech Republic |
| tcherno {m} [slang] | :: clipping of tchernobyl; low-grade hashish |
| tchernobyl {m} [slang] | :: low-quality hashish |
| Tchernobyl {prop} | :: Tchernobyl (city) |
| tchernozème {m} | :: chernozem |
| tchétchène {adj} | :: Chechen (from, or pertaining to Chechnya) |
| tchétchène {m} | :: Chechen (the language of Chechnya) |
| Tchétchène {mf} | :: Chechen (someone from Chechnya) |
| Tchétchénie {prop} {f} | :: Tchétchénie (republic) |
| tchetnik {m} | :: chetnik |
| Tchetnik {m} | :: alternative case form of tchetnik |
| tchin tchin {interj} | :: alternative form of tchin-tchin |
| tchin-tchin {interj} | :: cheers, chin chin (said as a toast to drinking) |
| tchoc {m} [Louisiana French, ] | :: alternative spelling of tchoque |
| tchoeur {m} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: alternative form of coeur, heart |
| tchoin {f} [slang, vulgar, originally nouchi] | :: whore, prostitute, thot |
| tchoquant {adj} [Louisiana French, ] | :: annoying |
| tchoque {m} [Louisiana French] | :: blackbird |
| tchoquer {v} | :: to strike, to knock |
| tchoquer {vr} [, Louisiana French] | :: to get drunk |
| tchouktche {m} | :: Chukchi, the Chukchi language |
| Tchoussova {prop} | :: alternative form of Tchoussovaïa |
| Tchoussovaïa {prop} {f} | :: The Chusovaya river |
| TD {mp} [colloquial, education] | :: (initialism of travaux dirigés; tutorials |
| te {pron} [direct object] | :: You |
| te {pron} [indirect object] | :: You |
| te {pron} [reflexive pronoun] | :: yourself |
| -té {suffix} | :: -ty (suffix used to form nouns, often denoting a quality or a property) |
| té {m} | :: letter: t |
| tebé {f} | :: dumb; stupid |
| tebé {adj} | :: dummy; dimwit |
| tebeth {m} | :: Tevet |
| tébioctet {m} | :: tebibyte |
| techa {f} | :: alternative form of teuch |
| technétate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: technetate |
| technétique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: technetic |
| technétium {m} | :: technetium |
| technicien {m} | :: technician |
| technicien de surface {m} | :: cleaner (person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things) |
| technicienne {f} | :: feminine noun of technicien |
| technicisation {f} | :: An increase in the use of technology |
| techniciste {adj} | :: (excessively) technical |
| technicité {f} | :: technicality (characteristic of something technical) |
| technicocommercial {adj} | :: technical and commercial |
| technicouleur {f} [physics] | :: technicolor |
| technique {adj} | :: technical |
| technique {f} | :: technique, technology |
| techniquement {adv} | :: technically |
| techno {m} | :: techno |
| technocrate {mf} | :: technocrat |
| technocratie {f} | :: technocracy |
| technocratique {adj} | :: technocratic |
| technolecte {m} | :: technolect |
| technologie {f} | :: technology |
| technologique {adj} | :: technological |
| technologiquement {adv} | :: technologically |
| technologue {mf} | :: technologist |
| technopole {f} | :: technopolis |
| technopôle {m} | :: science park |
| teck {m} | :: teak |
| teckel {m} | :: dachshund |
| tectiforme {adj} | :: tectiform (roof-shaped) |
| tectite {m} | :: tektite |
| tectonique {adj} | :: tectonic |
| tectonique des plaques {f} [geology] | :: plate tectonics |
| tectonophysique {f} [geology, physics] | :: tectonophysics |
| tectrice {f} | :: tectrix (feather) |
| teenager {mf} | :: teenager |
| tee-shirt {m} | :: T-shirt |
| téflon {m} | :: teflon (or similar material) |
| tégénaire des murs {f} | :: cardinal spider (Tegenaria parietina) |
| tégénaire domestique {f} | :: domestic house spider (Tegenaria domestica) |
| tégénaire géante {f} | :: giant house spider (Eratigena duellica) |
| tégénaire noire {f} | :: giant house spider (Eratigena atrica) |
| tégestophile {mf} | :: tegestologist |
| tégestophilie {f} | :: tegestology |
| tégu {m} | :: tegu (lizard) |
| tégument {m} | :: integument, tegument |
| Téhéran {prop} {f} | :: Téhéran (capital city) |
| téhéranais {adj} | :: Tehrani |
| Téhéranais {m} | :: Tehrani (male) |
| teigne {f} | :: a tineid, any of various species of moth, such as the clothes moth |
| teigne {f} [uncountable] | :: ringworm |
| teigne {f} | :: louse, vixen (mean or aggressive person) |
| teigneux {adj} | :: worm-eaten |
| teigneux {adj} | :: nasty |
| teindre {v} | :: to dye |
| teindre {v} | :: to tint, tinge |
| teint {adj} | :: dyed; tinted |
| teint {m} | :: tint |
| teinte {f} | :: shade, tint |
| teinter {v} | :: to tint; to color |
| teinture {f} | :: A liquid dye, colourant |
| teinture {f} | :: A color, shade thus applied |
| teinture {f} | :: A dying job, process |
| teinture {f} | :: A solution in ethric liquids such as alcohol, notably in pharmacy |
| teinture {f} [figuratively] | :: A superficial knowledge |
| teinturerie {f} | :: dyery |
| teinturier {m} | :: dyer |
| teinturier {m} | :: dry cleaner |
| teint-vin {m} | :: huckleberry (especially when used to dye white wine) |
| téju {m} | :: alternative form of tégu |
| tel {adj} | :: such |
| tel {pron} | :: one (impersonal pronoun) |
| Tel Aviv-Jaffa {prop} | :: Tel Aviv-Jaffa (city) |
| télé- {prefix} | :: tele- |
| télé {f} | :: TV, telly |
| téléachat {m} | :: teleshopping |
| téléavertisseur {m} | :: radio pager |
| télébenne {f} | :: gondola (of a cable car) |
| télécabine {f} | :: cable car (or a gondola of such a system) |
| télécarte {f} | :: phonecard |
| téléchargeable {adj} | :: downloadable |
| téléchargeable {adj} | :: uploadable |
| téléchargement {m} [computing, Internet] | :: download |
| télécharger {v} | :: to download |
| télécharger {v} | :: to upload |
| téléchargeur {m} | :: downloader (person who downloads) |
| téléchirurgie {f} [surgery] | :: telesurgery |
| télécom {f} | :: telecom |
| télécommande {f} | :: remote control |
| télécommander {v} | :: to operate a remote control |
| télécommunication {f} | :: Telecommunication |
| télécommunications {f} | :: telecommunications |
| téléconférence {f} | :: teleconference |
| télécopie {f} | :: fax |
| télécopieur {m} | :: fax (machine) |
| télédéclaration {f} | :: online filing of a tax return |
| télédétection {f} | :: remote sensing |
| télédiffuser {vt} | :: to televise (broadcast on TV) |
| télédiffusion {f} | :: (television) broadcasting |
| télédistribution {f} | :: cable (system for supplying TV, broadband etc) |
| téléenseignement {m} | :: distance learning |
| téléférique {m} | :: alternative form of téléphérique |
| téléfilm {m} | :: feature-length televised drama |
| téléformation {f} | :: e-learning |
| télégénique {adj} | :: telegenic |
| télégestion {f} [computing] | :: remote management (of a server or other device/system) |
| télégrammatique {adj} | :: telegrammatic |
| télégramme {m} | :: telegram |
| télégraphe {m} | :: telegraph |
| télégraphie {f} | :: telegraphy |
| télégraphier {v} | :: to telegraph |
| télégraphique {adj} | :: telegraphic |
| télégraphiquement {adv} | :: telegraphically |
| télégraphiste {mf} | :: telegraphist |
| téléguider {v} | :: to control by remote control |
| téléguider {v} [figuratively] | :: to orchestrate |
| téléinfo {n} | :: clipping of téléinformatique |
| téléinformatique {f} [computing] | :: teleprocessing; teleinformatics |
| téléinformatique {adj} [computing] | :: teleinformatic |
| téléjournal {m} [Canada, Switzerland] | :: newscast (TV news programme) |
| télékinésie {f} | :: psychokinesis (controlled movement of an inanimate object by the use of psychic powers) |
| télémark {m} [skiing] | :: telemark |
| télémarketing {m} | :: telemarketing |
| télématique {f} | :: telematics |
| télématique {adj} | :: telematic |
| télémédecine {f} | :: telemedicine |
| télémètre {m} | :: telemeter, rangefinder |
| télémétrie {f} | :: rangefinding |
| télémétrie {f} | :: telemetry |
| télencéphale {m} | :: telencephalon; endbrain (the anterior part of the forebrain) |
| télencéphalique {adj} [anatomy] | :: telencephalic |
| téléobjectif {m} [photography] | :: telephoto lens |
| téléologie {f} [philosophy] | :: teleology |
| téléologique {adj} [philosophy] | :: teleological |
| téléologiquement {adv} | :: teleologically |
| téléopérateur {m} | :: teleoperator |
| téléopérateur {m} | :: call centre operator |
| téléopératrice {f} | :: feminine singular of téléopérateur |
| téléosaure {m} | :: teleosaur |
| télépaiement {m} | :: online payment |
| télépathe {mf} | :: telepath |
| télépathie {f} [parapsychology] | :: telepathy |
| télépathique {adj} | :: telepathic (able to communication with the mind) |
| télépathiquement {adv} | :: telepathically |
| télépéage {m} | :: electronic toll system (on motorways) |
| téléphérique {m} | :: aerial tramway, cable car |
| téléphobe {m} | :: A TV-phobic person; one who dislikes television |
| téléphobe {adj} | :: TV-phobic; having a dislike of television |
| téléphone {m} | :: telephone |
| téléphone arabe {m} | :: Chinese whispers (game) |
| téléphone cellulaire {m} | :: a cellular telephone / cellphone |
| téléphone fixe {m} | :: landline (telephone connected by such a fixed cable) |
| téléphone intelligent {m} [rare] | :: smartphone |
| téléphone mobile {m} | :: mobile phone |
| téléphone portable {f} | :: cellphone, mobile phone |
| téléphoner {vi} | :: To call, to ring, to telephone |
| téléphone rose {m} | :: phone sex |
| téléphone sans fil {m} | :: cordless telephone |
| téléphoneur {m} | :: telephoner (caller) |
| téléphoneuse {f} | :: feminine singular of téléphoneur |
| téléphonie {f} | :: telephony (2) |
| téléphonie {f} | :: act of installing a telephone |
| téléphonique {adj} [attributive] | :: telephone (by means of the telephone) |
| téléphoniquement {adv} | :: telephonically |
| téléphoniste {mf} | :: telephonist |
| téléphotographie {f} | :: telephotography |
| téléportation {f} | :: teleportation |
| téléporter {v} [science fiction] | :: to teleport, to beam up |
| téléporteur {m} [science fiction] | :: teleporter |
| télé-poubelle {f} [derogatory] | :: trash TV, junk TV |
| téléprédicateur {m} | :: television preacher, televangelist |
| téléprompteur {m} | :: teleprompter, autocue |
| téléradiographie {f} | :: teleradiography |
| téléréalité {f} | :: reality television |
| télescopage {m} | :: telescoping |
| télescopage {m} | :: smash, crash |
| télescope {m} [astronomy] | :: telescope (specifically a reflecting telescope and not a refracting telescope, which is lunette) |
| télescoper {vt} | :: to telescope |
| télescoper {vt} | :: to crash (into) or clash (with) |
| télescopique {adj} | :: telescopic (pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope) |
| télescopique {adj} | :: telescopic (able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another) |
| téléscripteur {m} | :: teleprinter, teletype |
| téléshopping {m} | :: teleshopping |
| télésiège {m} | :: a chairlift |
| téléski {m} | :: ski lift |
| téléspeaker {m} | :: anchorman (television) |
| téléspeakerine {f} | :: television presenter (female) |
| téléspectateur {m} | :: viewer |
| téléspectatrice {f} | :: female equivalent of téléspectateur |
| tel est pris qui croyait prendre {proverb} | :: the biter is bit; the tables are turned; someone was beaten at their own game |
| télésurveillance {m} | :: remote surveillance (especially by CC TV) |
| télétexte {m} | :: teletext |
| téléthon {m} | :: telethon |
| télétraitement {m} [computing] | :: teleprocessing |
| télétransmission {f} | :: telecast |
| télétravail {m} | :: teleworking |
| télétravailleur {m} | :: teleworker |
| Télétubby {prop} {f} | :: A Teletubby |
| télétype {m} | :: teletype (teleprinter) |
| télévendeur {m} | :: telesales worker |
| télévendeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of télévendeur |
| télévente {f} | :: telesales |
| téléverser {v} | :: to upload (to transfer data) |
| téléviser {v} | :: to televise |
| téléviseur {m} | :: television set |
| télévision {f} | :: television |
| télévision par câble {f} | :: cable television (television received through coaxial cables) |
| télévisuel {adj} | :: televisual (relating to television) |
| télex {m} | :: telex |
| télexer {vt} | :: to telex |
| télexiste {mf} | :: telex operator |
| télézard {m} [Québec] | :: A couch potato. |
| télique {adj} [linguistics] | :: telic |
| tellement {adv} | :: so (in that manner) |
| tellement {adv} | :: so much (singular); so many (plural) |
| tellement {adv} | :: so much so |
| telle mère, telle fille {proverb} | :: like mother, like daughter |
| tellurate {m} | :: tellurate |
| tellure {m} | :: tellurium |
| telluré {adj} | :: tellurized |
| tellureux {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tellurous |
| tellurique {adj} | :: telluric (all senses) |
| tellurure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: telluride |
| téloche {f} [slang] | :: television; telly, box |
| télolécithe {adj} | :: telolecithal |
| télomère {m} [genetics] | :: telomere |
| télophase {f} | :: telophase |
| télotaxie {f} [biology] | :: telotaxis |
| télougou {m} | :: Telugu (language) |
| télougou {adj} | :: Telugu |
| Télougou {m} | :: Telugu (speaker of the Telugu language) |
| Télougoue {f} | :: feminine noun of Télougou |
| tel père, tel fils {proverb} [idiom] | :: like father, like son (literally, "such a father, such a son") |
| tel quel {adj} | :: as is, as it is |
| tel qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleurera {proverb} | :: he who laughs last laughs best |
| telugu {m} | :: alternative form of télougou |
| telugu {adj} | :: alternative form of télougou |
| téméraire {adj} | :: rash; reckless |
| témérairement {adv} | :: rashly, recklessly |
| témérité {f} | :: recklessness, boldness, temerity |
| témoignage {m} | :: testimony |
| témoigner {vi} | :: to witness, to be a witness at or for |
| témoigner {vt} | :: to demonstrate, show, or prove something |
| témoin {m} | :: witness (in law) |
| témoin {m} | :: best man (at a wedding) |
| témoin {m} | :: baton (in relay races) |
| témoin de Jéhovah {m} | :: Jehovah's Witness (member of the Jehovah's Witnesses) |
| tempe {f} [anatomy] | :: temple |
| tempeh {m} | :: tempeh |
| tempérament {m} | :: temperament, character |
| tempérament {m} | :: mollifying, tempering |
| tempérance {f} | :: temperance |
| température {f} | :: temperature |
| température ambiante {f} | :: room temperature |
| tempéré {adj} | :: temperate |
| tempérément {adv} | :: temperately |
| tempérer {v} | :: to temper, to soothe, to assuage |
| tempête {f} | :: storm, tempest |
| tempête dans un verre d'eau {f} [figuratively] | :: tempest in a teapot, much ado about nothing |
| tempête de neige {f} | :: snowstorm (bad weather involving blowing winds and snow) |
| tempête de sable {f} | :: sandstorm (strong wind carrying clouds of sand) |
| tempêter {vi} | :: to rant, to rave, kick up a fuss |
| tempétueusement {adv} | :: tempestuously |
| tempêtueusement {adv} | :: alternative form of tempétueusement |
| tempétueux {adj} | :: tempestuous, stormy |
| tempétueux {adj} | :: storm-racked; agitated by a storm |
| tempêtueux {adj} | :: alternative form of tempétueux |
| template {m} [object-oriented] | :: template |
| temple {m} | :: temple (for worship) |
| temple de la renommée {m} [chiefly sports] | :: hall of fame |
| templier {m} | :: Templar |
| templier {adj} | :: Templar |
| temporaire {adj} | :: temporary |
| temporairement {adv} | :: temporarily |
| temporalité {f} | :: temporality |
| temporel {adj} | :: temporal |
| temporellement {adv} | :: temporally |
| temporisateur {adj} | :: temporizing |
| temporisation {f} | :: temporizing (playing for time) |
| temporisation {f} | :: (technics) timer (launching an action after a given delay) |
| temporiser {v} | :: to temporize |
| temps {m} [uncountable] | :: time [in general] |
| temps {m} [uncountable] | :: weather |
| temps {m} [countable, grammar] | :: tense |
| temps additionnel {m} [sports] | :: injury time |
| temps de chien {m} [colloquial] | :: filthy weather, dreadful weather, awful weather |
| temps de parole {m} | :: speaking time |
| temps libre {m} | :: free time |
| temps mort {m} [sports] | :: time-out (in sports) |
| temps mort {m} [computing] | :: dead time |
| temps primitif {m} [grammar] | :: principal part (of a verb) |
| temps verbal {m} [grammar] | :: tense |
| tenable {adj} | :: tenable |
| tenace {adj} | :: long-lasting |
| tenace {adj} | :: tenacious, persistent |
| tenacement {adv} | :: tenaciously, persistently |
| ténacité {f} | :: tenacity |
| tenaille {f} | :: pincer (tool) |
| tenailler {vt} | :: to torture with pincers |
| tenailler {vt} | :: to torment |
| tenancier {m} | :: manager (of a hotel, restaurant etc) |
| tenancière {f} | :: manager (female) (of a hotel etc); madam |
| tenants et aboutissants {mp} [plurale tantum] | :: Everything connected to, all the ramifications of a situation |
| tenants et aboutissements {mp} [proscribed] | :: alternative form of tenants et aboutissants |
| tendance {f} | :: tendency, propensity |
| tendanciel {adj} | :: tendential |
| tendanciel {adj} | :: underlying |
| tendanciel {adj} | :: trending |
| tendanciellement {adv} | :: trendingly |
| tendancieusement {adv} | :: tendentiously |
| tendancieux {adj} | :: tendentious |
| tendax {adj} [slang] | :: risky, edgy |
| tendineux {adj} [anatomy] | :: tendinous |
| tendinite {f} [pathology] | :: tendinitis |
| tendon {m} | :: tendon |
| tendon d'Achille {m} | :: Achilles tendon (strong tendon in the calf of the leg) |
| tendre {adj} | :: tender (soft, delicate) |
| tendre {vt} | :: to tighten |
| tendre {vt} | :: to stretch out |
| tendre {vi} [~ vers] | :: to tend (to infinity) |
| tendre {vi} [~ vers] | :: to strive (for) |
| tendre {vr} | :: to become taut |
| tendre la perche {v} | :: to throw someone a line, to give one a helping hand, to make it easier for someone |
| tendre la perche {v} | :: to give the opportunity to somebody to talk about a given subject; to give someone an opening |
| tendre l'autre joue {v} [figuratively] | :: to turn the other cheek |
| tendre les bras {v} [à] | :: [figuratively] to reach out to (someone), to welcome (someone) with open arms |
| tendre l'oreille {v} | :: to listen carefully, to keep one's ears open, to prick up one's ears; to strain one's ears |
| tendrement {adv} | :: tenderly |
| tendresse {f} | :: tenderness, state of being tender |
| tendre une perche {v} | :: alternative form of tendre la perche |
| tendreur {f} | :: tenderness |
| tendron {m} | :: gristle |
| tendron {m} | :: tendril, young shoot |
| tendron {m} | :: lass |
| tendu {adj} | :: tight; taut |
| tendu {adj} [of a person] | :: tense, on edge |
| ténèbre {f} [rare] | :: darkness |
| ténèbres {fp} [plurale tantum] | :: darkness |
| ténèbres {fp} [plurale tantum] | :: obscurity |
| ténébreusement {adv} | :: tenebrously |
| ténébreux {adj} | :: tenebrous; obscure; mysterious; stygian |
| ténébreux {adj} | :: saturnine |
| tènement {m} | :: tenure (right to hold land) |
| teneur {f} | :: content, contents, tenor |
| teneur {f} | :: tenor (musical part holding the main melody) |
| teneur {m} | :: holder, especially a title holder |
| tengue {m} | :: tenge (currency unit of Kazakhstan) |
| ténia {m} | :: tapeworm |
| téniasis {m} | :: taeniasis |
| tenir {vt} | :: to have; to hold |
| tenir {vt} | :: to keep |
| tenir {vt} | :: to take (e.g., take into account, take into consideration); to consider; to account for; to reflect |
| tenir {vi} | :: to stay; to hold |
| tenir {vr} [uncommon] | :: to hold on |
| tenir {vr} | :: to hold oneself, to be standing |
| tenir {vr} | :: to behave |
| tenir {vr} | :: to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition |
| tenir {v} [à] | :: to be attached to something, to be fond of something, to hold something dear; to wish to |
| tenir {vr} [Quebec, slang] | :: to hang out |
| tenir à {v} | :: to like, to be fond of |
| tenir à {v} | :: to wish, to want, would like |
| tenir à cœur {v} [à] | :: [figuratively] to be important to someone, to matter to someone, to be dear to someone's heart, to be close to someone's heart |
| tenir à l'œil {vt} | :: to keep an eye on, to keep tabs on |
| tenir à quelque chose comme à la prunelle de ses yeux {v} [simile] | :: to hold something very dear, to hold something close to one's heart |
| tenir au corps {vi} [of food] | :: to stick to someone's ribs, to be filling, to be stodgy, to be heavy on the stomach |
| tenir au courant {vt} | :: [de] to keep informed, to keep in the loop, to keep posted |
| tenir au jus {vt} [colloquial] | :: [de] to keep informed; to keep in the loop |
| tenir bon {v} | :: to hold tight, to hold steady, to hang on, to keep going; to tough it out, to stick it out |
| tenir chaud {v} | :: to keep warm |
| tenir compagnie {v} [à] | :: to keep someone company |
| tenir compte {v} [de] | :: to take into account, to factor in |
| tenir de {v} | :: to take after, act similarly to |
| tenir debout {v} [colloquial] | :: to hold water, to be valid, to make sense |
| tenir en compte {v} [nonstandard] | :: to take into account |
| tenir en échec {vt} | :: to keep in check, to hold in check, to thwart |
| tenir en grande estime {v} | :: alternative form of tenir en haute estime |
| tenir en haleine {v} [figurative] | :: to keep one on one's toes ; to keep someone in bated breath, to keep someone in a state of uncertainty, be it hopeful or fearful |
| tenir en haute estime {vt} | :: to think highly of, to hold in high regard, to have a high regard for |
| tenir en place {v} | :: to stand still, to stay put |
| tenir en respect {vt} | :: to keep at bay |
| tenir la boutique {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to hold the fort (to assume or take responsibility in another's absence) |
| tenir la cadence {v} | :: to keep up, to keep pace |
| tenir la chandelle {v} [idiom] | :: to be the third wheel, to play gooseberry |
| tenir la distance {v} [figuratively] | :: to go the distance, to cover the distance, to stay the course, to last the course |
| tenir la jambe {v} [à] | :: [colloquial, figuratively] to buttonhole someone, to detain someone, to keep talking to someone so that they cannot leave |
| tenir l'alcool {v} | :: to hold one's liquor |
| tenir la route {v} | :: to hold the road |
| tenir la route {v} [figuratively] | :: to hold water, to be valid, to make sense |
| tenir le bon bout {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to be on the right track, to be about to succeed |
| tenir le coup {v} [nautical] | :: to withstand the weather |
| tenir le coup {v} [idiomatic] | :: to endure; to tough it out; to stick it out |
| tenir le haut du pavé {v} [figuratively] | :: to be on top, to occupy the highest social rank, to be at the top of the ladder |
| tenir le haut du pavé {v} [figuratively] | :: to set the pace, to lead the way |
| tenir le rythme {v} | :: to keep up, to keep pace |
| tenir lieu {v} [de] | :: to serve as, to act as a substitute for |
| tenir parole {v} | :: to keep one's word, to deliver the goods |
| tenir pour acquis {vt} | :: to take for granted |
| tenir rigueur {v} [formal] | :: to blame someone for something, to hold something against someone, to hold a grudge |
| tenir sa langue {v} [figuratively] | :: to hold one's tongue, to keep quiet |
| tenir tête {v} [à] | :: to stand up to, to express objection |
| tennis {m} [usually uncountable] | :: tennis |
| tennis {m} [countable, Europe, dated] | :: sneaker |
| tennis de table {m} | :: table tennis |
| tennisman {m} | :: a male tennis player |
| tennistique {adj} | :: Relating to tennis |
| tenniswoman {f} | :: a female tennis player |
| ténois {adj} | :: from the Northwest Territories |
| Ténois {m} | :: Northwest Territorian (someone from the Northwest Territories) |
| Ténoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Ténois |
| tenon {m} | :: tenon |
| ténor {m} | :: tenor |
| tenségrité {f} | :: tensegrity |
| tenseur {m} | :: tensor (all senses) |
| tensif {adj} | :: tensive |
| tensioactif {m} | :: surfactant |
| tensioactif {adj} | :: surface-active |
| tensiomètre {m} | :: tensiometer |
| tensiomètre {m} | :: sphygmomanometer |
| tension {f} | :: tension |
| tension {f} | :: blood pressure |
| tension {f} | :: voltage |
| tension artérielle {f} [medicine] | :: blood pressure |
| tensoriel {adj} | :: tensorial |
| tentaculaire {adj} | :: tentacular |
| tentacule {m} | :: tentacle |
| tentaculé {adj} | :: tentacled |
| tentant {adj} | :: tempting |
| tentateur {m} | :: tempter |
| tentation {f} | :: temptation |
| tentative {f} | :: attempt, try, effort |
| tentatrice {f} | :: temptress |
| tente {f} | :: tent |
| tenter {v} | :: to tempt |
| tenter {v} | :: to try, risk |
| tenter le diable {v} [figuratively] | :: to tempt fate, to court disaster, to ask for it |
| tenter le tout pour le tout {v} | :: to go for broke |
| tenture {f} | :: curtain |
| tenture {f} | :: drape, drapery, (wall) hanging |
| tenture {f} | :: fabric wall-covering |
| ténu {adj} | :: tenuous |
| ténu {adj} | :: thin, slender |
| tenue {f} | :: maintenance, upkeep |
| tenue {f} | :: running (of a shop) |
| tenue {f} [music] | :: holding, sustaining (of a note) |
| tenue {f} | :: manners, (good) behaviour (UK) / behavior (US) |
| tenue {f} | :: quality, standard |
| tenue {f} | :: posture |
| tenue {f} [finance] | :: performance |
| tenue {f} | :: dress, appearance |
| tenue d'Adam {f} [for a man] | :: birthday suit |
| tenue de route {f} | :: roadholding |
| tenue d'Ève {f} [for a woman] | :: birthday suit |
| ténuement {adv} | :: tenuously |
| ténuité {f} | :: subtlety |
| ténuité {f} | :: tenuity |
| ténûment {adv} | :: tenuously |
| tenure {f} [historical] | :: tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system) |
| téorbe {m} | :: alternative form of théorbe |
| tépale {m} [botany] | :: tepal |
| téphra {m} [geology] | :: tephra, pyroclast |
| tépide {adj} [archaic or literary] | :: tepid, lukewarm |
| tépidité {f} | :: tepidity, tepidness |
| tequila {f} | :: tequila (beverage) |
| ter {adv} [in street numbering] | :: b; designating a third house with the same number |
| TER {prop} | :: initialism of Transport express régional, the brand name of the French train company SNCF for intra-regional travel |
| téra- {prefix} | :: tera- |
| téra {m} | :: terabyte |
| téraélectronvolt {m} | :: teraelectron volt |
| terafim {m} | :: teraphim (idol; household god) |
| téraflop {m} [computing] | :: teraflop |
| téragone {m} [maths] | :: teragon |
| térakatal {m} | :: terakatal |
| Teramo {prop} | :: Teramo (province) |
| Teramo {prop} | :: Teramo (capital city) |
| téraoctet {m} [computing] | :: terabyte |
| tératogène {adj} [pathology] | :: teratogenic |
| tératogenèse {f} [teratology] | :: teratogenesis |
| tératogénétique {adj} [teratology] | :: teratogenic, teratogenetic |
| tératologie {m} | :: teratology |
| térawatt {m} | :: terawatt |
| térawattheure {m} | :: terrawatt-hour |
| terbate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: terbate |
| terbium {m} | :: terbium |
| tercer {vt} | :: to plough a third time |
| térébenthène {m} | :: terebenthene |
| térébenthine {f} | :: turpentine |
| Térébinthacées {prop} | :: Terebinthaceae, a family of the plant order Sapindales now synonymous with Anacardiaceae |
| térébinthe {m} | :: terebinth |
| térébrant {adj} [zoology] | :: terebrant, piercing, boring, perforating |
| térébrant {adj} [literary, figuratively] | :: sharp |
| térébrant {adj} [literary, figuratively] | :: piercing, shrill |
| téréphtalate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: terephthalate |
| téréphtalique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: terephthalic |
| tergiversation {f} | :: Delays in providing a clear answer caused by hesitations or an outright unwillingness to be forthright |
| tergiverser {v} | :: to delay answering or deciding with excuses |
| tergiverser {v} | :: to hesitate at length |
| terme {m} | :: only plural: terms (conditions) |
| terme {m} | :: conclusion, end (of a period of time, distance, or journey) |
| terme {m} | :: term (word, expression) |
| terme {m} | :: deadline, due date (rent, pregnancy, contract) |
| terme {m} | :: rent |
| terme technique {m} | :: technical term |
| terminaison {f} | :: end |
| terminaison {f} | :: ending |
| terminal {adj} | :: terminal |
| terminal {m} | :: terminal |
| terminateur {m} | :: terminator (all meanings) |
| terminatif {m} [grammar] | :: the terminative case |
| terminer {vi} | :: to end; to finish; to terminate |
| terminer {vt} | :: to end, to bring to an end, to finish |
| terminologie {f} | :: terminology (terms used in any business, art, etc) |
| terminologique {adj} | :: terminological |
| terminologue {mf} | :: terminologist |
| terminus {m} | :: terminus |
| termite {mf} | :: termite (white-bodied, wood-consuming insect) |
| termitière {f} | :: termite nest; anthill |
| termoléculaire {adj} [chemistry] | :: termolecular |
| ternaire {adj} | :: ternary |
| terne {adj} | :: dull; colourless; drab |
| terne {m} [obsolete] | :: trinity, gathering of three people |
| terne {m} [backgammon, dice] | :: double-three |
| terne {m} [bingo] | :: three in a row |
| Terni {prop} | :: Terni (province) |
| Terni {prop} | :: Terni (capital city) |
| ternir {v} | :: to tarnish (metal), fade (material) |
| ternir {v} | :: to tarnish (reputation etc.) |
| ternissement {m} | :: tarnishing |
| ternissement {m} | :: fading |
| terpène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: terpene |
| terpénique {adj} | :: terpenic |
| terpénoïde {m} [organic chemistry] | :: terpenoid |
| terpinéol {m} [organic compound] | :: terpineol |
| terpinole {f} [organic compound] | :: terpinol |
| terraformage {m} | :: terraforming (planetary engineering) |
| terraformation {f} | :: terraforming (planetary engineering) |
| terrain {m} | :: ground, landscape |
| terrain {m} | :: field (as in soccer field) |
| terrain {m} | :: lot, plot, parcel |
| terrain à bâtir {m} | :: building plot, building land |
| terrain de chasse {m} | :: hunting ground |
| terrain de jeu {m} | :: playground |
| terrain de jeu {m} | :: pitch, court (place where a sporting event takes place) |
| terrain d'entente {m} | :: common ground, middle ground |
| terrain miné {m} [figuratively] | :: minefield |
| terrain vague {m} | :: vacant lot |
| terrarium {m} | :: terrarium |
| terrasse {f} | :: terrace |
| terrassement {m} | :: earthworks |
| terrassement {m} | :: embankment |
| terrasser {vt} | :: to fortify or buttress with a mound of earth |
| terrasser {vt} | :: to bring down, strike down (cause to fall to the ground) |
| terrasser {vt} | :: to overcome, conquer |
| terrassier {m} | :: navvy (road worker) |
| terrassière {f} | :: feminine noun of terrassier |
| terre {f} | :: earth; soil |
| terre {f} | :: land, property (delimited area) |
| Terre {prop} {f} | :: the Earth (planet) |
| terre à foulon {f} | :: fuller's earth |
| terre à terre {adj} | :: down-to-earth |
| terre à terre {m} | :: that which is concerned with practical day-to-day life |
| terre à terre {m} | :: a pace of a horse |
| terre à terre {adv} | :: (sailing) staying close to the shore, coast-hugging |
| terre-à-terre {adj} | :: alternative form of terre à terre |
| terre-à-terre {m} | :: alternative form of terre à terre |
| terre-à-terre {adv} | :: alternative form of terre à terre |
| terreau {m} | :: loam, compost |
| terreau {m} [figuratively] | :: breeding ground, hotbed |
| terreauter {v} | :: to compost |
| terreauter {v} | :: to loam |
| terre battue {f} [tennis] | :: clay |
| terre brûlée {f} | :: scorched earth |
| terre cuite {f} | :: terracotta, terra cotta |
| Terre de Feu {prop} {f} | :: Tierra del Fuego |
| terre diatomée {f} | :: diatomaceous earth |
| terre ferme {f} | :: terra firma |
| terre-neuve {m} | :: Newfoundland dog |
| Terre-Neuve {prop} {f} | :: Newfoundland, the former name of a province in Canada |
| Terre-Neuve {prop} {f} | :: Newfoundland and Labrador, a province in Canada |
| Terre-Neuve {prop} {f} | :: Newfoundland Island, an island in eastern Canada |
| Terre-Neuve {prop} {f} [obsolete] | :: the Dominion of Newfoundland a former country in extreme eastern North America |
| Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador {prop} {mp} | :: Newfoundland and Labrador, a province in Canada |
| terre-neuvien {adj} | :: Newfoundlander (relating to Newfoundland) |
| terreneuvien {m} | :: Terreneuvian (Newfoundland French), a dialect of French found on the Island of Newfoundland, in Canada; on the French Shore |
| Terreneuvien {m} | :: Terreneuvian, the oldest stratigraphic series in the Cambrian geographic period |
| Terre-Neuvien {m} | :: Newfoundlander (someone from Newfoundland) |
| Terre-Neuvien {m} | :: native or inhabitant of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Terre-Neuvien-et-Labradorien {m} | :: native or inhabitant of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Terre-Neuvienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Terre-Neuvien |
| Terre-Neuvienne-et-Labradorienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Terre-Neuvien-et-Labradorien |
| terre-plein {m} | :: traffic island, central reservation |
| terreplein {m} | :: alternative form of terre-plein |
| terre promise {f} | :: the Promised Land (Israel) |
| terre promise {f} [figuratively] | :: a Promised Land, a promised land |
| terrer {vt} [agriculture] | :: to spread with soil |
| terrer {vp} | :: to crouch down, flatten oneself |
| terrer {vp} | :: to lie low, hide; to go to ground; to hole up |
| terre rare {f} | :: rare earth, lanthanide |
| Terre Sainte {prop} {f} | :: Holy Land |
| terrestre {adj} | :: earthly (relating to earth of soil) |
| terrestre {adj} | :: earthly (to the Earth) |
| terrestrement {adv} | :: terrestrially |
| terreur {f} | :: terror |
| terreur {f} [music] | :: terrorcore |
| terreux {adj} | :: earthy |
| terrible {adj} [all senses] | :: terrible |
| terrible {adj} [colloquial] | :: great, excellent |
| terriblement {adv} | :: terribly; in a way that is terrible |
| terriblement {adv} | :: much; a lot |
| terrien {adj} [attributive] | :: land, earth |
| terrien {adj} | :: earthly (relating to the Earth) |
| terrien {adj} | :: possessing land, earth |
| terrien {m} | :: Earthling (inhabitant of the planet Earth) |
| terrien {m} | :: landlubber |
| Terrien {m} | :: Terran, Earthling; a denizen of the Earth (la Terre) |
| Terrien {prop} | :: Terrien (surname) |
| terrienne {f} | :: feminine noun of terrien |
| terrier {adj} [archaic] | :: relating to the ground, earth or land |
| terrier {adj} | :: enumerating seignorial rights, notably in livre terrier (a register of land) |
| terrier {m} | :: hole |
| terrier {m} | :: (fox's) earth; (rabbit) hole or burrow; (badger's) sett |
| terrier {m} | :: terrier (dog) |
| terrifiant {adj} | :: terrifying |
| terrifier {v} | :: to terrify |
| terrigène {adj} [geology] | :: terrigenous |
| terril {m} | :: slag heap |
| terrine {f} | :: terrine (dish) |
| terrine {f} | :: terrine (pâté) |
| territoire {m} | :: territory |
| territoire {m} | :: country |
| Territoire de Belfort {prop} {m} | :: Territoire de Belfort (department) |
| Territoires du Nord-Ouest {prop} {mp} | :: Northwest Territories |
| territorial {adj} | :: territorial |
| territorial {m} | :: territorial |
| territorialement {adv} | :: territorially |
| territorialisation {f} | :: territorialization |
| territorialiser {v} | :: To territorialize |
| territorialité {f} | :: territoriality |
| terroir {m} | :: soil |
| terroir {m} | :: land, landscape, country |
| terroriser {v} | :: to terrorize, terrify |
| terrorisme {m} | :: terrorism |
| terroriste {mf} | :: terrorist |
| terser {v} | :: alternative spelling of tercer |
| tertiaire {adj} | :: tertiary |
| tertiariser {v} | :: To become increasingly dependent on the tertiary sector |
| tertipare {adj} | :: tertiparous |
| tertre {m} | :: butte; mound |
| t'es {contraction} | :: contraction of te es |
| t'es {contraction} [nonstandard, colloquial, slang] | :: contraction of tu es you're |
| tes {determiner} [possessive] | :: Your (When referring to a plural noun) |
| tesla {m} | :: tesla |
| tesselé {adj} | :: tessellated |
| tessellation {f} | :: tessellation |
| tesseller {v} | :: To tessellate |
| Tessier {prop} | :: surname |
| tesson {m} | :: shard (piece of broken glass or pottery) |
| tesson {m} | :: European badger (Meles meles) |
| test {m} | :: test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement |
| test {m} [marine biology] | :: test, the external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm |
| test {m} | :: a test, a tryout, a review |
| testament {m} [law] | :: testament, last will |
| testamentaire {adj} | :: testamentary |
| testateur {m} [legal] | :: testator |
| testatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of testateur |
| teste {f} | :: obsolete spelling of tête |
| tester {v} | :: to test |
| tester {v} [law] | :: to write one's will |
| testeur {m} | :: tester (person, device (masculine only)) |
| testeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of testeur |
| testiculaire {adj} | :: testicular |
| testicule {m} | :: testicle |
| testimonial {adj} | :: testimonial |
| testimonialement {adv} | :: testimonially |
| testostérone {f} | :: testosterone |
| têt {m} | :: Tet |
| tétanie {f} | :: tetany |
| tétanique {adj} | :: tetanic; [attributive] tetanus |
| tétaniser {v} | :: to tetanize |
| tétaniser {v} [usually in the past participle] | :: to petrify, to scare stiff |
| tétanos {m} [disease] | :: tetanus |
| têtard {m} | :: tadpole (larva of the frog or toad) |
| tété {m} | :: titty (breast) |
| tête {f} | :: head (part of the body) |
| tête {f} | :: head (leader) |
| tête {f} [soccer] | :: header |
| tête {f} [colloquial] | :: a bright spark, a quick study |
| tête à claques {f} [idiomatic] | :: pain in the neck, blighter (a person so annoying that he or she might deserve to be slapped) |
| tête-à-queue {m} [driving] | :: a spin, an instance of spinning round |
| tête-à-tête {m} | :: tête-à-tête, head-to-head |
| tête à Toto {f} | :: zero |
| tête à Toto {f} [prostitution] | :: a prostitute who has not had a single client (who has had zero clients) |
| tête baissée {adv} | :: headlong (with the head first or down) |
| tête baissée {adv} [figuratively] | :: recklessly, rashly, impetuously |
| tête-bêche {adv} [of two people or objects] | :: head to toe, top to tail, head-to-tail |
| tête-bêche {m} | :: A pair of tête-bêche stamps |
| tête blonde {f} [affectionate] | :: little child, little kid, little nipper |
| tête brûlée {f} | :: daredevil, adrenaline junkie, foolhardy person |
| tête carrée {f} [dated, familiar, figurative] | :: Stubborn, pigheaded, or hardheaded man |
| tête carrée {f} [Quebec, pejorative] | :: Anglophone (especially from an Anglophone part of Canada) |
| tête chercheuse {f} | :: homing device |
| tête d'affiche {f} | :: top of the bill |
| tête de cul {f} [vulgar] | :: fuckface |
| tête de gondole {f} | :: island display, end display, endcap (product display at the end of a supermarket aisle) |
| tête de linotte {f} | :: birdbrain |
| tête de linotte {f} | :: scatterbrain, flibbertigibbet |
| tête de mort {f} | :: skull and crossbones (symbol of death) |
| tête de nœud {f} [pejorative, vulgar] | :: dickhead (unintelligent person) |
| tête d'enterrement {f} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: long face, gloomy expression |
| tête d'épingle {f} | :: pinhead |
| tête de pont {f} [military] | :: bridgehead |
| tête de pont {f} [military] | :: beachhead |
| tête de Turc {f} [colloquial] | :: whipping boy, fall guy, patsy |
| tête-de-violon {f} [food] | :: fiddlehead (fern) |
| tête en l'air {f} [colloquial] | :: scatterbrain |
| tête en l'air {adj} [colloquial] | :: absent-minded, scatterbrained |
| teter {v} [obsolete] | :: alternative form of téter |
| téter {v} | :: to suckle (on a mother's teat) |
| téter {v} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: to brownnose |
| tétère {f} [slang] | :: noggin, bonce |
| téteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of téteux |
| téteux {m} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: fussy person |
| téteux {m} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: brownnoser, bootlicker |
| tetherine {f} | :: tetherin |
| têtière {f} | :: headstall |
| têtière {f} | :: pillow |
| tétin {m} | :: nipple |
| tétin {m} [literary] | :: breast |
| tétine {f} | :: teat (of a cow or trout) |
| tétine {f} | :: teat (of a woman) |
| tétine {f} | :: teat (of a baby's bottle) |
| tétine {f} | :: dummy, pacifier |
| téton {m} | :: nipple (usually human) |
| téton {m} [slang] | :: tit, boob |
| tétoum {m} | :: Tetum (language) |
| tétra- {prefix} | :: tetra- |
| tétraacétate {m} [chemistry] | :: tetraacetate |
| tétraazidométhane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetraazidomethane |
| tétraborate {m} | :: tetraborate |
| tétracaïne {f} | :: tetracaine |
| tétracarboxylique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tetracarboxylic |
| tétracène {m} [organic compound] | :: tetracene |
| tétrachloroéthène {m} [organic compound] | :: tetrachloroethene |
| tétrachloroéthylène {m} [organic compound] | :: tetrachloroethylene |
| tétrachlorométhane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetrachloromethane |
| tétrachlorure {m} [chemistry] | :: tetrachloride |
| tétrachorique {adj} [statistics] | :: tetrachoric |
| tétrachromate {adj} | :: tetrachromatic |
| tétrachromatie {f} | :: tetrachromacy |
| tétrachromatisme {m} | :: tetrachromacy |
| tétracontane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetracontane |
| tétracosane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetracosane |
| tétracosanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tetracosanoic |
| tétractique {adj} [maths] | :: tetractic, quadrate |
| tétracycline {f} | :: tetracycline (all senses) |
| tétracyclique {adj} | :: tetracyclic |
| tétradactyle {adj} | :: tetradactyl |
| tétrade {f} | :: tetrad |
| tétradécane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetradecane |
| tétradécanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tetradecanoic |
| tétradécanoyl {m} [organic chemistry] | :: tetradecanoyl |
| tétradécénoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tetradecenoic |
| tétradenté {adj} [chemistry] | :: tetradentate |
| tétradium {m} [physics] | :: quadrium |
| tétradymite {f} [mineral] | :: tetradymite |
| tétraédral {adj} | :: tetrahedral |
| tétraèdre {m} | :: tetrahedron (polyhedron) |
| tétraédrique {adj} | :: tetrahedral |
| tétraédrite {f} [mineral] | :: tetrahedrite |
| tetraène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: tetraene |
| tétraéthyle {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tetraethyl |
| tétraéthylplomb {m} [organic compound] | :: tetraethyllead |
| tétrafluoroéthylène {m} [organic compound] | :: tetrafluoroethylene |
| tétrafluorure {f} [chemistry] | :: tetrafluoride |
| tétragonal {adj} | :: tetragonal |
| tétragone {m} | :: tetragon |
| tétragone {adj} | :: tetragonal |
| tétragramme {m} | :: tetragram |
| tétragramme {m} | :: Tetragrammaton (The four Hebrew letters יהוה used as the ineffable name of God) |
| tétrahydrique {adj} [chemistry] | :: tetrahydric |
| tétrahydrocannabinol {m} | :: tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) |
| tétrahydrofurane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetrahydrofuran |
| tétrahydrofuranne {m} [organic compound] | :: alternative form of tétrahydrofurane |
| tétrahydronaphtalène {m} [organic compound] | :: tetrahydronaphthalene |
| tétrahydropyrane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetrahydropyran |
| tétrahydruroaluminate de lithium {m} | :: lithium aluminium hydride |
| tétraiodométhane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetraiodomethane, carbon tetraiodide |
| tétraiodure {m} [chemistry] | :: tetraiodide |
| tétraline {f} [organic compound] | :: tetralin |
| tétralogie {f} | :: tetralogy (a series of four related works) |
| tétramère {m} [biology, chemistry] | :: tetramer |
| tétramérique {adj} [chemistry] | :: tetrameric |
| tétramériser {v} | :: To tetramerize |
| tétraméthylammonium {m} [chemistry] | :: tetramethylammonium |
| tétraméthyléthylènediamine {m} [organic compound] | :: tetramethylethylenediamine |
| tétramorphe {adj} | :: tetramorphic |
| tétraol {m} [organic chemistry] | :: tetrol |
| tétraoxane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetraoxane |
| tétraoxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tetroxide |
| tétraphénylène {m} [organic compound] | :: tetraphenylene |
| tétrapilectomie {f} [surgery] | :: tetrapilectomy |
| tétraplégie {f} | :: tetraplegia, quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs) |
| tétraplégique {adj} | :: tetraplegic |
| tétrapolaire {adj} | :: tetrapolar, quadripolar |
| tétrapole {f} | :: tetrapolis |
| tétraquark {m} [physics] | :: tetraquark |
| tétrarchie {f} | :: tetrarchy |
| tétrarchique {adj} | :: tetrarchic |
| tétrarque {m} | :: tetrarch |
| tétras {m} | :: grouse, black grouse |
| tétraterpène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: tetraterpene |
| tétrathionate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tetrathionate |
| tétratomique {adj} | :: tetratomic |
| tétratriacontane {m} [organic compound] | :: tetratriacontane |
| tétratriacontanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tetratriacontanoic |
| tétravalence {f} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tetravalence / tetravalency |
| tétravalent {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tetravalent |
| tétraxénon {m} [inorganic chemistry, especially in combination] | :: tetraxenon |
| tétrazine {m} [organic compound] | :: tetrazine |
| tétrazole {m} [organic compound] | :: tetrazole |
| Tétreault {prop} | :: surname |
| Tétreaultville {prop} [historical] | :: Tetreaultville; Tétreaultville (town). (the former town of Tetreaultville, Quebec, Canada) |
| Tétreaultville {prop} [historical, colloquial] | :: Tetreaultville; (the region of Tetreaultville, in the former Mercier, Quebec, Canada) |
| Tétreaultville {prop} [colloquial] | :: Tetreaultville; Tétreaultville (neighbourhood). synonym of Mercier-Est (a neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
| tétrose {m} | :: tetrose |
| tétroxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tetroxide |
| tette {f} | :: nipple (of an animal) |
| têtu {adj} | :: stubborn, headstrong |
| têtu comme une mule {adj} [simile] | :: stubborn as a mule |
| teub {f} [slang, vulgar] | :: dick |
| teubé {f} | :: dumb; stupid |
| teubé {adj} | :: dummy; dimwit |
| teuch {f} | :: pussy (female genitalia) |
| teuf {f} [slang] | :: party, do |
| teufeur {m} [slang] | :: raver (person who attends rave parties) |
| teufeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of teufeur |
| teuf-teuf {f} | :: An old or decrepit car |
| teuk {m} [slang, verlan, backslang] | :: thing |
| teukeu {m} [backslang, slang, verlan] | :: thing |
| teushi {m} [verlan] | :: hashish |
| teutonique {adj} | :: Teutonic |
| texan {adj} | :: Texan, of or relating to Texas, USA |
| Texas {prop} {m} | :: Texas (state) |
| texel {m} | :: texel |
| texien {adj} [Louisiana French] | :: Texan |
| Texien {m} [Louisiana French, ] | :: Texan |
| texte {m} | :: text (piece of writing) |
| texte {m} | :: original, as opposed to translation |
| texte {m} [telecommunications] | :: text, SMS |
| texte {m} | :: lines (for a play, film etc.) |
| texte à trous {m} | :: fill-in-the-blank exercise, cloze |
| textile {adj} | :: textile |
| textile {m} | :: textile, fabric |
| texto {adv} [colloquial abbreviation of textuellement] | :: literally, word for word |
| texto {m} [colloquial] | :: text (SMS message) |
| textualité {f} | :: textuality |
| textuel {adj} | :: textual |
| textuellement {adv} | :: literally |
| textuellement {adv} | :: verbatim |
| textulaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: tissular, histological |
| texture {f} | :: texture |
| texturé {adj} | :: textured |
| tézigue {pron} [slang] | :: You (second-person singular personal pronoun) |
| TFC {prop} [soccer] | :: initialism of Toulouse Football Club, a French football (soccer) club from Toulouse |
| TFC {prop} [soccer] | :: initialism of Toronto FC, a Canadian soccer club from Toronto |
| tfk {phrase} [internet slang, text messaging] | :: what're you doing |
| tg {interj} [internet slang, colloquial, vulgar] | :: abbreviation of ta gueule |
| TGV {m} [rail transport] | :: initialism of train à grande vitesse |
| thaborite {mf} | :: Taborite |
| Thach {prop} | :: surname |
| Thaddée {prop} | :: Thaddaeus (Biblical figure) |
| Thaddée {prop} [rare] | :: given name |
| Thadée {prop} {m} | :: Thaddaeus (male given name) |
| thaï {m} | :: Thai (language) |
| thaï {adj} | :: Thai (pertaining to the Thai languages or people) |
| Thaï {m} | :: Thai person |
| Thaïe {f} | :: feminine noun of Thaï |
| thaïlandais {adj} | :: Thai |
| Thaïlandais {m} | :: a Thailander |
| Thaïlandaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Thaïlandais |
| Thaïlande {prop} {f} | :: Thaïlande (country) |
| Thaïs {prop} | :: given name |
| thalassémie {f} | :: thalassemia |
| thalassémique {adj} | :: thalassemic |
| thalassocratie {f} | :: thalassocracy |
| thalassothérapie {f} | :: thalassotherapy (medecine) |
| thalassothermie {f} | :: thalassothermy |
| thaler {m} | :: alternative spelling of taler |
| Thalès {prop} {m} | :: Thales |
| thalidomide {f} [pharmaceutical drug] | :: thalidomide |
| thalle {m} | :: thallus |
| thallium {m} | :: thallium |
| thanaka {m} | :: thanaka |
| thanatologie {f} | :: thanatology |
| thanatologique {adj} | :: thanatological |
| thanatologue {mf} | :: thanatologist |
| thanatophobie {f} | :: thanatophobia |
| thanatopraxie {f} | :: embalming |
| Thanétien {prop} {m} | :: Thanetian period |
| thatchérisme {m} | :: Thatcherism |
| thaumaturge {m} | :: thaumaturge |
| thaumaturgie {f} | :: thaumaturgy |
| thaumaturgique {adj} | :: thaumaturgic |
| Thauvin {prop} | :: surname |
| thé {m} | :: tea (especially made from leaves of the tea plant) |
| thé à la menthe {m} | :: mint tea |
| théâtral {adj} | :: theatrical [all meanings] |
| théâtralement {adv} | :: theatrically |
| théâtralisme {m} | :: theatricality, histrionics, melodrama |
| théâtralité {f} | :: theatricality |
| théâtre {m} | :: theatre (venue for performing plays and drama) |
| théâtre {m} [Louisiana French] | :: a movie theater |
| théâtreuse {f} | :: A woman who is passionate about the theatre |
| théâtreuse {f} | :: An actress, especially an amateur or one of limited ability |
| théâtreux {m} | :: A person who is passionate about the theatre |
| théâtreux {m} | :: An actor, especially an amateur or one of limited ability |
| théâtrophone {m} | :: Théâtrophone |
| thé au lait {m} | :: milk tea |
| thébaïde {f} | :: (solitary) retreat |
| thébain {adj} | :: Theban |
| Thébain {m} | :: Theban (male) |
| Thébaine {f} | :: Theban (female) |
| Thèbes {prop} {f} | :: Thèbes (city) |
| thécal {adj} | :: thecal |
| Thècle {prop} {f} [rare] | :: given name |
| thé dansant {m} | :: A dance, an organized event or party with dancing; a tea dance |
| Théétète {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece] | :: Theaetetus |
| théier {m} | :: Camellia sinensis, tea tree |
| théière {f} | :: teapot |
| théine {f} [organic compound] | :: theine |
| théisme {m} [countable] | :: theism (a belief in a deity or deities) |
| théisme {m} [uncountable, pathology] | :: theism (a morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea) |
| théiste {mf} | :: theist |
| théiste {adj} | :: theistic |
| théistique {adj} | :: theistic |
| thélygène {adj} [biology] | :: thelygenous |
| thélytoque {adj} [biology] | :: thelytokous |
| thématique {adj} | :: thematic |
| thématique {f} | :: structured group of themes |
| thématiquement {adv} | :: thematically |
| thème {m} | :: theme, topic |
| thème {m} | :: a translation from one's mother tongue to another language; the opposite exercise of the version. Often used in Classical Studies (thème latin, thème grec) |
| Thémistocle {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece] | :: Themistocles |
| thénar {m} [anatomy] | :: thenar |
| thé noir {m} | :: black tea |
| théo- {prefix} | :: theo- |
| Théo {prop} | :: given name; popular in the 1990s and the 2000s |
| théobrome {m} | :: synonym of cacaoyer |
| théobromine {f} [organic compound] | :: theobromine |
| théocratie {f} | :: theocracy |
| théocratique {adj} | :: theocratic |
| théocratiquement {adv} | :: theocratically |
| Théocrite {prop} {m} | :: Theocritus |
| théodicée {f} | :: theodicy |
| théodolite {m} | :: theodolite |
| Théodore {prop} | :: given name |
| Théodore {prop} | :: A surname derived from the given name |
| théogonie {f} [religion] | :: theogony |
| théologal {adj} | :: theological |
| théologalement {adv} | :: theologically |
| théologie {f} | :: theology |
| théologien {m} | :: theologian |
| théologienne {f} | :: feminine noun of théologien |
| théologique {adj} | :: theological |
| théologiquement {adv} | :: theologically |
| théologiser {v} | :: theologize |
| Théomneste {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece] | :: Theomnestus |
| théonyme {m} | :: theonym |
| Théophane {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| théophanie {f} | :: theophany |
| Théophanie {f} [Eastern Orthodoxy] | :: Theophany |
| Théophile {prop} {m} [biblical character] | :: Theophilus (addressee in the New Testament) |
| Théophile {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Théophraste {prop} {m} | :: Theophrastus |
| théophylline {f} [pharmacology] | :: theophylline |
| théopneustie {f} | :: divine inspiration |
| Théopompe {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece] | :: Theopompus |
| théorbe {m} [musical instruments] | :: theorbo |
| théorème {m} | :: theorem (proved mathematical statement) |
| théorème de Pythagore {m} [geometry, functional analysis] | :: the Pythagorean theorem |
| théorétique {adj} | :: theoretic |
| théoricien {m} | :: theoretician, theorist |
| théoricienne {f} | :: feminine singular of théoricien |
| théorie {f} | :: theory |
| théorie {f} [archaic] | :: solemn or sacred procession or embassy, especially in ancient Greece |
| théorie {f} [archaic] | :: procession; group of people moving in single file; a row, line |
| théorie des nombres {f} [mathematics] | :: number theory |
| théorie du complot {f} | :: conspiracy theory |
| théorique {adj} | :: theoretical |
| théoriquement {adv} | :: theoretically |
| théorisation {f} | :: theorisation |
| théoriser {v} | :: to theorize |
| théosophe {mf} [dated] | :: A theologian. |
| théosophe {mf} | :: A theosophist. |
| théosophie {f} [religion] | :: theosophy |
| théosophique {adj} | :: theosophic (of, or relating to theosophy) |
| thèque {f} [biology] | :: theca |
| Théramène {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece] | :: Theramenes |
| thérapeute {mf} | :: therapist |
| thérapeutique {adj} | :: therapeutic |
| thérapeutique {f} | :: Field of medicine that studies and applies treatments |
| thérapeutique {f} [medicine] | :: Set of processes involved in a specific treatment |
| thérapeutiquement {adv} | :: therapeutically |
| théraphim {m} | :: teraphim |
| thérapie {f} | :: therapy |
| thérapie génique {f} | :: gene therapy |
| thérapiste {mf} [rare] | :: therapist |
| thérébinthe {m} | :: alternative form of térébinthe |
| thérémine {m} [musical instruments] | :: theremin |
| Thérèse {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| thérésien {adj} | :: Teresian (Relating to, or characteristic of Thérèse d'Avila) |
| thérianthropie {f} | :: therianthropy |
| thériaque {f} | :: theriac |
| Thériault {prop} | :: surname |
| thérien {m} | :: therian |
| Thérien {prop} | :: Therien; surname |
| thermal {adj} | :: thermal |
| thermalisme {m} | :: hydrotherapy (use of hot springs) |
| therme {m} | :: therma (Roman hot bath) |
| thermidor {m} [historical] | :: Thermidor (the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar) |
| thermidorien {adj} [historical] | :: Thermidorian |
| -thermique {suffix} | :: -thermic; -thermal |
| thermique {adj} | :: thermic, thermal |
| thermiquement {adv} | :: thermally |
| thermiser {vt} | :: to heat a food product at temperatures lower than those required for pasteurization |
| thermistance {f} [physics] | :: thermistor |
| thermo- {prefix} | :: heat |
| thermoacoustique {adj} [physics] | :: thermoacoustic |
| thermoacoustique {f} [physics] | :: thermoacoustics |
| thermocautère {m} [surgery] | :: thermocautery |
| thermochimie {f} [chemistry] | :: thermochemistry |
| thermochimique {adj} | :: thermochemical |
| thermochroïque {adj} [physics] | :: thermochroic |
| thermocline {f} [geography] | :: thermocline |
| thermodurcissable {adj} | :: thermosetting |
| thermodynamique {f} | :: thermodynamic |
| thermodynamiquement {adv} | :: thermodynamically |
| thermoélastique {adj} [physics] | :: thermoelastic |
| thermoélectricité {f} [physics] | :: thermoelectricity |
| thermoélectrique {adj} | :: thermoelectric |
| thermoformage {m} | :: thermoforming |
| thermoformé {adj} | :: thermoformed |
| thermogenèse {f} | :: thermogenesis |
| thermographie {f} | :: thermography |
| thermoïonique {adj} [physics] | :: thermionic |
| thermolabile {adj} | :: thermolabile |
| thermolyse {f} | :: thermolysis |
| thermomagnétique {adj} [physics] | :: thermomagnetic |
| thermomagnétisme {m} [physics] | :: thermomagnetism |
| thermomécanique {adj} [physics] | :: thermomechanical |
| thermomètre {m} | :: thermometer |
| thermométrique {adj} | :: thermometric |
| thermonucléaire {adj} [physics] | :: thermonuclear |
| thermophile {adj} [biology] | :: thermophilous, thermophilic |
| thermoplastique {adj} | :: thermoplastic |
| thermoplastique {m} | :: thermoplastic |
| thermopompe {f} | :: heat pump |
| thermorécepteur {m} | :: thermoreceptor |
| thermorégulateur {adj} | :: thermoregulatory |
| thermorégulation {f} | :: thermoregulation (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) |
| thermorégulé {adj} | :: thermoregulated |
| thermos {m} | :: thermos |
| thermosenseur {m} | :: thermosensor |
| thermosensible {adj} | :: thermosensitive |
| thermosphère {f} | :: thermosphere (layer of the Earth's atmosphere) |
| thermostabilité {f} | :: thermostability |
| thermostable {adj} | :: thermostable |
| thermostat {m} | :: thermostat |
| thermostat {m} [cooking] | :: gas mark |
| thermostatique {adj} | :: thermostatic |
| thermovinification {f} | :: thermovinification |
| théropode {m} | :: theropod |
| Therrien {prop} | :: Therrien (surname) |
| thésard {m} | :: doctoral student |
| thésarde {f} | :: feminine noun of thésard |
| thésaurisation {f} | :: hoarding (of money, possessions) |
| thésauriser {v} [money] | :: To hoard |
| thésaurus {m} | :: thesaurus |
| thèse {f} | :: thesis, essay, dissertation |
| thèse {f} | :: supposition, theory |
| thèse {f} | :: argument, thesis |
| thesmothète {m} [historical, Ancient Greece] | :: thesmothete |
| thessalien {adj} | :: Thessalian |
| thessalonicien {adj} | :: Thessalonian |
| Thessalonicien {prop} | :: Thessalonian |
| Thessaloniciens {prop} | :: Thessalonians |
| Thessalonique {prop} | :: Thessalonique (city) |
| thêta {m} | :: theta (Greek letter) |
| Theux {prop} | :: Theux (town) |
| thé vert {m} | :: green tea (drink) |
| thiaméthoxame {m} | :: thiamethoxam |
| thiazine {m} [organic compound] | :: thiazine |
| thiazyle {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: thiazyl |
| Thibaud {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Thibaud {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| thibaude {f} | :: underlay (under a carpet) |
| Thibault {prop} | :: given name |
| Thibault {prop} | :: surname |
| Thibaut {prop} | :: alternative form of Thibault, given name |
| Thibaut {prop} | :: surname |
| Thibeau {prop} | :: surname |
| thibétain {adj} | :: alternative form of tibétain |
| Thibodaux {prop} | :: surname |
| Thibodeau {prop} | :: surname |
| Thibodeaux {prop} | :: surname |
| thiépane {m} [organic compound] | :: thiepane |
| thiépine {m} [organic compound] | :: thiepine |
| Thierry {prop} | :: given name |
| Thierry {prop} | :: surname |
| Thiès {prop} | :: Thiès (city) |
| thiétane {m} [organic compound] | :: thietane |
| thiète {m} [organic compound] | :: thiete |
| thigmomorphogénèse {f} [biology] | :: thigmomorphogenesis |
| thigmotropisme {m} [biology] | :: thigmotropism |
| thiirène {m} [organic compound] | :: thiirene |
| Thimphou {prop} {m} | :: Thimphou (capital city) |
| thioacétamide {m} [organic compound] | :: thioacetamide |
| thiocarbonyle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: thiocarbonyl |
| thioéther {m} [organic chemistry] | :: thioether |
| thiofène {m} [organic compound] | :: alternative form of thiophène |
| thiois {adj} [archaic] | :: Teutonic, Germanic |
| thiois {adj} [Lorraine, Alsace] | :: Franconian; relating to the Franconian dialects and their speakers |
| thiolactique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: thiolactic |
| thiolé {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: thiolated |
| thionyle {m} [organic chemistry, especially in combination] | :: thionyl |
| thiophène {m} [organic compound] | :: thiophene |
| thiorédoxine {f} [protein] | :: thioredoxin |
| thiourée {f} [organic compound] | :: thiourea |
| thixotropie {f} | :: thixotropy |
| thixotropique {adj} | :: thixotropic |
| thoïonade {f} [very, rare] | :: a traditional Provençal dish consisting of tuna, capers, garlic, olive oil and other ingredients |
| Thomas {prop} {m} | :: Thomas (biblical figure) |
| Thomas {prop} {m} | :: given name of biblical origin |
| Thomas {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| thomisme {m} | :: Thomism |
| thon {m} | :: tuna |
| thon {m} [pejorative] | :: an ugly woman |
| thonaire {m} [fishing] | :: tuna net |
| thonier {m} | :: any boat used for tuna fishing |
| thonier {adj} | :: relating to tuna or tuna fishing |
| thon rouge {m} | :: bluefin tuna |
| thoracique {adj} | :: thoracic |
| thoraciquement {adv} | :: thoracically |
| thorate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: thorate |
| Thoraux {prop} | :: surname |
| thorax {m} | :: thorax |
| thorine {f} [inorganic compound] | :: thoria |
| thorinium {m} | :: synonym of thorium |
| thorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: thoric |
| thorium {m} | :: thorium |
| Thrace {prop} {f} | :: Thrace (historic region) |
| Thrasybule {prop} {m} | :: Thrasybulus |
| Thrasymaque {prop} {m} [historical, Ancient Greece] | :: Thrasymachus (an Ancient Greek given name) |
| thread {m} [anglicism, computing] | :: Thread |
| thread {m} [anglicism, internet] | :: Thread |
| thréonine {f} [amino acid] | :: threonine |
| thréose {m} [carbohydrate] | :: threose |
| thriller {m} | :: thriller |
| thrombocyte {m} [hematology, cytology] | :: platelet, thrombocyte |
| thrombose {f} | :: thrombosis |
| thrombospondine {f} [protein] | :: thrombospondin |
| thrombus {m} | :: thrombus |
| Thucydide {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece] | :: Thucydides (a fifth century BCE historian) |
| thulate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: thulate |
| Thulé {prop} | :: Thule; a legendary northernmost island |
| thulium {m} | :: thulium |
| thune {f} [slang] | :: cash, dosh (money) |
| thune {f} [slang, Switzerland, obsolete in France] | :: a coin worth five francs |
| thune {f} [slang, obsolete] | :: alms |
| Thurgovie {prop} {f} | :: Thurgau |
| thuriféraire {m} | :: thurifer (acolyte who carries a thurible) |
| thuriféraire {m} | :: sycophant |
| thurifère {adj} | :: thuriferous |
| Thuringe {prop} {f} | :: Thuringia |
| thurne {f} | :: hovel |
| thuya {m} | :: thuya |
| thuyone {f} [organic compound] | :: thujone |
| Thyatire {prop} | :: Thyatira |
| thylakoïde {m} [cytology] | :: thylakoid |
| thym {m} | :: thyme |
| thymèle {f} | :: A type of daphne (Daphne gnidium) |
| thymélée {f} | :: alternative form of thymèle |
| thymique {adj} | :: thymic |
| thymol {m} [organic chemistry] | :: thymol |
| thymorégulateur {f} [medicine] | :: thymoregulator (mood stabilizer) |
| thyratron {m} | :: thyratron |
| thyroglobuline {f} [protein] | :: thyroglobulin |
| thyroïde {adj} | :: thyroid (attributive) |
| thyroïde {f} | :: thyroid (gland) |
| thyroïdectomie {f} [surgery] | :: thyroidectomy |
| thyroïdien {adj} | :: thyroid (attributive) |
| thyrse {m} | :: thyrsus |
| thyrse {m} | :: thyrse |
| thysanoure {m} | :: thysanuran |
| ti {particle} [dated, colloquial] | :: question marker |
| tian {m} | :: tian, cooking-pot |
| tiare {f} | :: tiara |
| Tibère {prop} | :: Tiberius |
| Tibériade {prop} {f} | :: Tibériade (town) |
| Tibet {prop} {m} | :: Tibet |
| tibétain {adj} | :: Tibetan |
| tibétain {m} | :: Tibetan (the language) |
| Tibétain {m} | :: Tibetan (someone from Tibet) |
| Tibétaine {f} | :: feminine noun of Tibétain |
| tibétologie {f} | :: Tibetology |
| tibétologique {adj} | :: Tibetological |
| tibétologue {mf} | :: Tibetologist |
| tibia {m} | :: shin |
| tibia {m} | :: tibia, shinbone |
| tibial {adj} [anatomy] | :: tibial |
| tibouren {m} | :: A Provençal grape variety used especially for the production of rosé wine |
| Tibre {prop} {m} | :: Tiber (river) |
| ticket {m} | :: ticket (admission, pass) |
| ticket {m} | :: receipt |
| ticket {m} [Quebec] | :: ticket (traffic citation) |
| ticket de caisse {m} | :: cashier's receipt, till receipt |
| ticket-restaurant {m} | :: meal ticket |
| tic-tac {m} | :: Sound of a mechanism, ticktock |
| tictac {m} | :: alternative spelling of tic-tac |
| tictaquer {vi} | :: to tick (away) |
| tiédasse {adj} | :: warmish |
| tiède {adj} | :: tepid, lukewarm |
| tièdement {adv} | :: coolly, tepidly, half-heartedly |
| tiédeur {f} | :: tepidity, lukewarmness, halfheartedness |
| tiédir {vi} | :: to become lukewarm |
| tien {adj} [archaic] | :: your; belonging to you [singular] |
| tiens {interj} | :: used to show uncertainty; like, you know |
| tiens {interj} | :: used to show surprise |
| tiens {interj} | :: used to show emphasis |
| tiens {interj} | :: said when giving something to someone; here |
| tiens donc {interj} [colloquial] | :: oh really? well, well, well! well, well! |
| tierce {f} [music] | :: third |
| tierce {f} | :: terce |
| tiercé {adj} [heraldry] | :: Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon |
| tiercer {v} | :: alternative spelling of tercer |
| tiers {adj} [dated] | :: third |
| tiers {adj} | :: third-party |
| tiers {m} | :: a third (one of three equal parts) |
| tiers {m} | :: a third-party |
| tiers-monde {m} | :: Third World (developing countries) |
| tiers-mondisme {m} [politics] | :: Third-Worldism |
| tiers-mondiste {adj} | :: third-world |
| tiers-mondiste {adj} | :: Third-Worldist |
| tif {m} [colloquial] | :: hair |
| Tiffenn {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| tifinagh {adj} | :: Tifinagh (attributive) |
| tifinagh {m} | :: Tifinagh (alphabet or character) |
| tige {f} | :: stem (of a plant etc.) |
| tige {f} | :: sapling |
| tige {f} | :: shank |
| tige {f} [dated] | :: ciggie, cig, fag, smoke |
| tigidou {adj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: alternative form of tiguidou |
| tignasse {f} [pejorative] | :: ugly, unkempt mop of hair |
| tigre {m} | :: tiger |
| Tigre {prop} {m} | :: Tigris (river) |
| tigré {adj} | :: striped |
| tigré {adj} | :: tabby |
| tigre à dents de sabre {m} | :: sabre-toothed tiger |
| tigre de papier {m} [figuratively] | :: paper tiger |
| tigre du Bengale {m} | :: Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) |
| tigrer {v} | :: to stripe (as a tiger) |
| tigresse {f} | :: feminine noun of tigre; tigress |
| tigresse {f} [figuratively] | :: a fierce, brave, jealous or passionate woman |
| Tigres tamouls {prop} {mp} | :: Tamil Tigers |
| tigrigna {m} | :: Tigrinya (language) |
| tigrinya {m} | :: alternative form of tigrigna |
| tiguidou {adj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: A-okay, just peachy, perfectly fine |
| tiki-taka {f} [soccer] | :: tiki-taka |
| tiktokeur {m} | :: TikToker |
| TikTokeur {m} | :: A male TikToker; alternative form of tiktokeur |
| tilbury {m} [historical] | :: tilbury |
| tilde {m} | :: tilde |
| tillac {m} [nautical, historical] | :: upper deck |
| tilleul {m} | :: linden, lime (tree) |
| tiltmètre {m} | :: tiltmeter |
| timbale {f} [music] | :: kettledrum; timpani |
| timbale {f} | :: (metal) cup, goblet |
| timbale {f} [cooking] | :: timbale (mould) |
| timbrage {m} | :: stamping (marking with a stamp) |
| timbre {m} | :: small bell |
| timbre {m} [postage] | :: stamp, postage stamp |
| timbre {m} | :: stamp (mark) |
| timbre {m} [music] | :: timbre |
| timbré {adj} | :: stamped |
| timbré {adj} | :: loony, barmy, nuts |
| timbre-poste {m} | :: postage stamp; stamp |
| timbre-poste {m} [figuratively] | :: postage stamp (a very small area, a very exiguous space) |
| timbrer {v} | :: to stamp (attach a postage stamp to) |
| timbrer {v} | :: to stamp (mark with a stamp) |
| Timée {prop} | :: Timaeus |
| timide {adj} | :: shy, timid |
| timidement {adv} | :: timidly |
| timidement {adv} | :: shyly |
| timidité {f} | :: shyness |
| timing {m} | :: synchronization |
| timing {m} | :: pace |
| timing {m} | :: timing |
| Timișoara {prop} {f} | :: Timișoara (city) |
| timon {m} | :: drawbar (of cart etc.) |
| timon {m} [nautical] | :: tiller of a rudder |
| timonier {m} | :: helmsman |
| timonier {m} | :: coxswain |
| timonière {f} | :: feminine singular of timonier |
| timoré {adj} | :: timid, bashful |
| Timor oriental {prop} {m} | :: East Timor |
| Timothé {prop} {m} | :: alternative spelling of Timothée |
| Timothée {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| tin {m} | :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft |
| tin {interj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens |
| tinamou {m} | :: tinamou (bird) |
| tinctorial {adj} | :: tinctorial |
| tinée {f} [slang] | :: shedload, pile, stack |
| tinette {f} | :: toilet |
| Tinkoff {prop} | :: surname of Russian origin |
| Tinkov {prop} | :: alternative form of Tinkoff |
| tinque {f} [Canada] | :: tank |
| t'inquiète {phrase} [colloquial] | :: don't worry |
| tintamarre {m} | :: ruckus; racket |
| tintement {m} | :: chiming, tinkling |
| tinter {vit} | :: to chime; to jingle |
| tinter {vi} [of ears] | :: to ring |
| tintin {interj} | :: nothing doing |
| tintinnabulant {adj} | :: tinkling |
| tintinnabulement {m} | :: tintinnabulation |
| tintinnabuler {v} | :: to tintinnabulate |
| tintinologie {f} | :: Tintinology |
| tintinologue {m} | :: Tintinologist |
| tintinophile {mf} | :: A fan of the character Tintin |
| tintouin {m} | :: noise in the ears |
| tintouin {m} | :: fuss |
| -tion {suffix} | :: Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect, similar to the English suffix |
| tiot {adj} | :: small |
| tiot {m} | :: child |
| tipeu {n} [slang, verlan] | :: small |
| tipex {m} | :: correction fluid, Tippex [UK], whiteout [US], Twink [New Zealand] |
| tipex {m} | :: correction tape, Tippex [UK], whiteout [US], Twink [New Zealand] |
| Tiphaine {prop} | :: given name |
| tippex {m} | :: alternative spelling of tipex |
| ti-punch {m} | :: daiquiri |
| tique {f} | :: tick (animal) |
| tiquer {v} | :: to bat an eyelid |
| tiquer {v} [of a horse] | :: to crib-bite, to practice cribbing |
| tiquette {f} [Louisiana French, ] | :: ticket, receipt |
| tir {m} | :: shot |
| tir {m} | :: shooting (sport) |
| TIR {mp} | :: initialism of Transports Internationaux Routiers |
| tirade {f} | :: tirade |
| tirage {m} | :: pulling (action of pulling) |
| tirage {m} | :: drawing (drawing of lots) |
| tirage {m} [printing] | :: printing (putting symbols on a newspaper) |
| tirage {m} [printing] | :: circulation (number of copies sold of e.g. a newspaper) |
| tirage {m} | :: draw (selection by chance, e.g. for deciding opponents in a sport competition) |
| tirage {m} [military] | :: draught/draft (hiring soldiers) |
| tirage {m} | :: drawing (of cheques) |
| tirage {m} [metallurgy] | :: drawing |
| tirage {m} | :: tirage (taking wine from a barrel) |
| tirage {m} | :: draught, draft (chimney) |
| tirage au sort {m} | :: lots drawing, drawing of lots |
| tiraglière {m} | :: A former type of infantryman |
| tiraillé {adj} [figuratively] | :: torn (between two choices) |
| tiraillement {m} | :: pulling, tugging |
| tiraillement {m} | :: rumbling, growling (of the stomach) |
| tirailler {v} | :: to pull, to tug |
| tirailler {v} [figuratively] | :: to tear somebody in two, to make somebody hesitate |
| tirailler {v} | :: to skirmish |
| tir à l'arc {m} | :: archery (sport) |
| tir ami {m} | :: friendly fire |
| tiramisu {m} | :: tiramisu (dessert) |
| tirant {m} [nautical] | :: draft, draught |
| tirant {m} | :: drawstring |
| tirant d'air {m} [nautical] | :: air draught |
| tirant d'eau {m} [nautical] | :: draught |
| tir de semonce {m} | :: warning shot |
| tir de sommation {m} | :: warning shot |
| tire {m} [Canada, Louisiana French] | :: tire, tyre (of a car, truck, etc) |
| tiré {m} [music] | :: down bow |
| tiré à quatre épingles {adj} | :: very elegant, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, dudded up |
| tire-au-flanc {m} [colloquial] | :: a shirker, a skiver, a slacker |
| tire-bouchon {m} | :: corkscrew (to pull corks out of bottles) |
| tiré d'affaire {adj} | :: out of the woods, in the clear, safe and sound |
| tire-fesse {m} [colloquial] | :: ski lift, surface lift, platter lift, button lift, platter pull |
| tire-lait {m} | :: breast pump |
| tirelire {f} | :: piggy bank |
| tiré par les cheveux {adj} | :: far-fetched |
| tirer {v} | :: to draw, drag, pull |
| tirer {v} | :: to shoot |
| tirer {v} | :: to draw (conclusions), to consider (consequences) |
| tirer {v} | :: to leave a place |
| tirer à boulets rouges {v} [sur] | :: [formal] to cast aspersions at, to level constant criticism at, to give both barrels, to let fly at |
| tirer à conséquence {v} | :: to matter |
| tirer à la courte paille {v} | :: to draw straws |
| tirer à sa fin {v} | :: to draw to a close, to come to an end, to near the end, to near completion |
| tirer au clair {vt} | :: to clear up; shed light on; to set straight |
| tirer au flanc {v} [colloquial] | :: to slack off, to loaf around, to bum around |
| tirer au sort {vit} | :: to draw lots |
| tirer des plans sur la comète {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to chase rainbows, to build castles in the air (to make overly ambitious plans) |
| tirer d'un mauvais pas {vt} | :: to pull someone's bacon out of the fire, to pull someone's fat out of the fire (to get someone out of a bad situation) |
| tirer en longueur {vi} [pejorative] | :: to drag on, to be protracted |
| tirer la couverture à soi {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to take all the credit, to take more than one's share |
| tirer la gueule {v} [very, colloquial] | :: to sulk, to pout, to be in a huff |
| tirer la langue {v} | :: to stick one's tongue out |
| tirer la sonnette d'alarme {v} [figuratively] | :: to sound the alarm, to raise the alarm, to set alarm bells ringing |
| tirer la tronche {v} [colloquial] | :: to sulk, to pout, to be in a huff |
| tirer le diable par la queue {v} | :: to scrape by, to live from hand to mouth, to feel the pinch, to have trouble to make ends meet, not to have enough to live |
| tirer les ficelles {v} [figuratively] | :: to mastermind; to be behind a conspiracy or scheme; to act behind the scenes |
| tirer les oreilles {v} [colloquial] | :: [à] to tell off, to give an earbashing |
| tirer les vers du nez {v} [à, .informal, .figuratively] | :: to worm something out of somebody |
| tirer parti {v} [de] | :: to take advantage of, to make the most of, to cash in on, to turn to good account |
| tirer profit {v} [de] | :: to take advantage of, to make the most of, to turn to good account |
| tirer sa crampe {v} [colloquial] | :: to get one's leg over; to shoot one's load; to get laid |
| tirer sa révérence {v} [figuratively] | :: to bow out, to take one's leave |
| tirer son chapeau {v} [à] | :: to tip one's hat to, to take one's hat off to |
| tirer son coup {v} | :: alternative form of tirer un coup |
| tirer son épingle du jeu {v} [figuratively] | :: to make it out of (a potentially bad situation) relatively unscathed; to pull out skilfully while the going is still good |
| tirer son plan {v} [Belgium, colloquial] | :: to figure it out oneself, to manage, to handle things by oneself |
| tirer sur la corde {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to abuse of a situation, to take advantage of someone, of a service that someone offers |
| tirer sur la corde {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to overdo it, to burn the candle at both ends, to push one's luck |
| tirer un coup {v} | :: See: fr tirer un coup |
| tirer un coup {v} [slang] | :: to get one's leg over; to shoot one's load; to get laid |
| tirer une épine du pied {v} [à] | :: [colloquial, figuratively] to get out of a tight spot, to help out of a jam; to take a weight off someone's shoulders; to be a relief |
| tirer un trait {v} [sur] | :: [figuratively, colloquial] to forsake something, to kiss goodbye to something (to give up something reluctantly) |
| tiret {m} | :: dash (punctuation) |
| tiret {m} [dated] | :: a string used to tie papers together |
| tiretaine {f} | :: tartan |
| tirette {f} | :: cord (for opening/closing curtains, etc.) |
| tirette {f} [Belgium] | :: zipper, zip fastener |
| tireur {m} | :: one who pulls |
| tireur {m} [military] | :: shooter |
| tireur {m} [fencing] | :: combattant |
| tireur {m} [finance] | :: drawee |
| tireur {m} [horse racing] | :: stall handler |
| tireuse {f} | :: feminine noun of tireur |
| tiroir {m} | :: drawer (for storage) |
| tiroir-caisse {m} | :: till, cash drawer |
| tirs au but {mp} [plurale tantum] | :: penalty shootout; penalties |
| tisane {f} | :: herbal tea; tisane |
| tisane {f} [colloquial, dated] | :: beating, pounding, thrashing |
| tiser {vt} | :: to stoke [a furnace, etc.] |
| tiser {vt} [slang] | :: to booze, hit the bottle |
| tison {m} | :: firebrand, ember (partially burnt piece of wood) |
| tisonner {vt} | :: to poke |
| tisonnier {m} | :: poker (instrument for poking) |
| tissage {m} | :: weaving |
| tisser {vt} | :: to weave, plait, wreathe |
| tisserand {m} | :: weaver (someone who weaves for a profession) |
| tisserande {f} | :: feminine noun of tisserand |
| tisserin {m} | :: weaver (bird) |
| tisseur {m} | :: weaver (someone who weaves) |
| tisseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of tisseur |
| tissu {m} | :: fabric |
| tissu {m} [anatomy] | :: tissue |
| tissulaire {adj} | :: tissular |
| titan {m} | :: titan |
| titan {m} | :: titan beetle |
| titane {m} | :: titanium |
| titanesque {adj} | :: titanic, Herculean |
| titanique {adj} | :: titanic (all senses) |
| titanite {f} [mineral] | :: titanite |
| titanomagnétite {f} [mineral] | :: titanomagnetite |
| Tite {prop} {m} | :: Titus |
| titi {m} [colloquial] | :: street urchin |
| titi {m} | :: titi (New World monkey) |
| titianesque {adj} | :: Titianesque |
| Titicaca {prop} | :: Titicaca |
| Titien {prop} {m} | :: Titian |
| titiller {v} | :: to titillate |
| titine {f} [protein] | :: titin |
| titine {f} | :: A hypocoristic way of referring to a personified object, often a car |
| Titine {prop} | :: given name |
| titisme {m} | :: Titoism |
| titiste {adj} | :: Titoist |
| titrage {m} [chemistry] | :: titration |
| titraille {f} | :: headline (and similar components of a newspaper article) |
| titre {m} | :: heading, title (name of a piece of work) |
| titre {m} | :: title (extra name bestowed upon somebody) |
| titre {m} [chemistry] | :: titre |
| titre {m} | :: tittle (the point on top of the letter i) |
| titre de noblesse {m} | :: title of nobility, noble title |
| titre de presse {m} | :: newspaper, press publication |
| titre de propriété {m} [law] | :: deed of property, paper title, title deed |
| titre de séjour {m} [law] | :: residence permit, green card |
| titre de transport {m} | :: ticket, transport ticket |
| titrer {v} | :: to title (to give an honorific title to someone) |
| titrer {v} [chemistry] | :: to titrate |
| titrisation {f} [finance] | :: securitization |
| titriser {v} [finance] | :: to securitize |
| tituber {vi} | :: to stagger |
| titulaire {adj} | :: tenured, permanent, titular |
| titulaire {adj} [sport] | :: in the starting team, as opposed to a substitute |
| titulaire {mf} | :: a permanent staff member |
| titulaire {mf} | :: a holder (of an account, a name, a title and etc...) |
| titulairement {adv} | :: titularly |
| titularisation {f} | :: (granting of) tenure |
| titulariser {vt} | :: to grant tenure to |
| titulature {f} | :: titulature |
| tkt {phrase} [Internet slang, text messaging] | :: don't worry |
| TLFi {prop} {f} | :: Trésor de la langue française informatisé |
| TLJ {adj} | :: everyday |
| TLJ {adv} | :: everyday |
| TLR {m} | :: LRT; initialism of transit léger sur rail or transit léger sur rails |
| tmèse {f} | :: tmesis |
| T.-N. {prop} {f} | :: Terre-Neuve, former name of a province in Canada |
| T.-N. {prop} {f} | :: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, a province of Canada |
| T.-N. {prop} {f} | :: Île de Terre-Neuve, a large island in eastern Canada |
| T.-N. {prop} {f} [obsolete] | :: Terre Neuve, a former country occupying eastern North America |
| TN {prop} | :: initialism of Terre-Neuve |
| TN {prop} | :: initialism of Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador |
| TNL {prop} | :: abbreviation of Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador |
| TNO {prop} | :: Territoires du Nord-Ouest |
| TNT {f} [television] | :: initialism of television numérique terrestre - digital OTA (digital over-the-air television) |
| To {symbol} | :: abbreviation of téraoctet |
| toast {m} | :: toast (bread) |
| toast {m} | :: toast (salutation) |
| toasté {adj} [Quebec] | :: toasted |
| toasté {adj} [Quebec] | :: caught in the act |
| toasté {adj} [Quebec] | :: drunk, stoned, high |
| toasté {m} [Quebec, Montreal] | :: a toasted hotdog on a toasted bun |
| toaster {v} | :: to toast (grill bread to make toast) |
| toaster {v} | :: to toast (drink to something) |
| toasteur {m} | :: toaster |
| Tobie {prop} {m} | :: Tobias (Biblical figure) |
| Tobie {prop} {m} | :: [rare] given name of biblical origin |
| toboggan {m} [European French] | :: slide (in a playground) |
| Tobol {prop} | :: Tobol |
| TOC {m} | :: acronym of trouble obsessionnel compulsif |
| tocade {f} | :: alternative form of toquade |
| tocard {adj} [colloquial] | :: tasteless, out of fashion |
| tocard {adj} [colloquial] | :: unattractive |
| tocard {m} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: useless thing, worthless person or animal |
| t'occupe {phrase} [colloquial] | :: don't worry about that; mind your own business |
| tocophérol {m} [organic compound] | :: tocopherol |
| Tocqueville {prop} | :: Tocqueville (commune) |
| Tocqueville {prop} | :: Tocqueville (commune) |
| Tocqueville {prop} [fully de Tocqueville] | :: surname |
| Tocqueville {prop} | :: François-Hippolyte Clérel de Tocqueville (1797–1877), senator of the French Third Republic |
| Tocqueville {prop} | :: Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French diplomat, political scientist, historian, and author of De la Démocratie en Amérique (two volumes, 1835–1840) and L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution (1856) |
| tocquevillien {adj} | :: Tocquevillian |
| tocsin {m} | :: an alarm, a tocsin |
| todo list {f} | :: to-do list |
| toé {pron} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: you, thee: alternative form of toi |
| Tœufles {prop} | :: Tœufles |
| tofou {m} [rare, dated] | :: alternative spelling of tofu |
| tofu {m} | :: tofu |
| toge {f} | :: toga |
| Togo {prop} {m} | :: Togo (country) |
| togolais {adj} | :: Togolese (of, from, or relating to Togo) |
| Togolais {m} | :: a Togolese person |
| Togolaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Togolais |
| t'oh {interj} | :: d'oh (expression of frustration) |
| tohu-bohu {m} | :: commotion |
| tohu-bohu {m} | :: chaos |
| toi {pron} | :: You (informal second-person singular personal pronoun) |
| toile {f} | :: fabric, cloth; canvas |
| toile {f} | :: painting (artwork) |
| toile {f} | :: (spider's) web |
| toile {f} | :: alternative case form of Toile |
| Toile {prop} {f} | :: Web; World Wide Web |
| toile d'araignée {f} | :: cobweb |
| Toile d'araignée mondiale {prop} {f} | :: The World Wide Web |
| toile de fond {f} | :: backdrop, background, backcloth |
| toile de jute {f} | :: burlap, hessian, gunny, jute |
| toiler {v} | :: to cover with cloth |
| toiler {v} [nautical] | :: to extent the sail of a watercraft |
| toilettage {m} | :: grooming (of animals) |
| toilette {f} | :: toilet (act of cleaning oneself) |
| toilette {f} [Belgium] | :: the toilet, lavatory |
| toiletter {v} | :: to groom (an animal) |
| toilettes {fp} | :: toilet, lavatory |
| toiletteur {m} | :: groomer (especially of pets) |
| toilier {m} | :: clothmaker |
| toilière {f} | :: feminine noun of toilier |
| toi-même {pron} [emphatic] | :: yourself |
| tois {num} | :: An aphasic placeholder for any number, the precise number indicated otherwise |
| toise {f} | :: toise |
| toise {f} | :: height gauge |
| toiser {vt} [archaic] | :: to measure, to gauge someone's height (originally, using a height gauge) |
| toiser {vt} | :: to size up |
| toison {f} | :: fleece |
| toison {f} | :: mop (of hair); mane |
| toison {f} [slang] | :: muff, pubes |
| toit {m} | :: roof |
| toit ouvrant {m} | :: sunroof (opening in a vehicle roof) |
| toiture {f} | :: roof |
| toiture {f} | :: roofing |
| tokamak {m} | :: tokamak |
| Tokélaou {prop} {m} | :: Tokelau |
| tokélaouan {m} | :: Tokelauan |
| Tokélaouan {m} | :: Tokelauan |
| tokélaouanne {f} | :: feminine singular of tokélaouan |
| Tokélaouanne {f} | :: feminine singular of Tokélaouan |
| tokharien {m} | :: Tocharian (language) |
| tok pisin {m} | :: Tok Pisin |
| Tokyo {prop} {m} | :: Tokyo (prefecture/capital city) |
| Tôkyô {prop} | :: alternative spelling of Tokyo |
| tokyote {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to Tokyo |
| Tokyote {mf} | :: A person from, or an inhabitant of, Tokyo |
| tôlard {m} | :: alternative form of taulard |
| tôlarde {f} | :: feminine singular of tôlard |
| tôle {f} | :: sheet metal |
| tôle {f} | :: alternative form of taule |
| tolérable {adj} | :: tolerable (capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable) |
| tolérablement {adv} | :: tolerably |
| tolérance {f} | :: tolerance |
| tolérance zéro {f} | :: zero tolerance |
| tolérant {adj} | :: tolerant |
| tolérer {v} | :: to tolerate |
| tôlerie {f} | :: sheet metal factory |
| tôlerie {f} | :: sheet metalwork |
| tolet {m} [nautical] | :: rowlock, oarlock; thole |
| tôlier {m} | :: sheet metalworker |
| tôlière {f} | :: feminine singular of tôlier |
| Tolisso {prop} | :: surname |
| tolite {f} [organic compound] | :: synonym of trinitrotoluène |
| tolkienien {adj} | :: Tolkienian |
| tollé {m} | :: (general) outcry |
| tolstoïen {adj} | :: Tolstoyan |
| toluène {m} | :: toluene (liquid hydrocarbon) |
| TOM {m} | :: French overseas territory |
| tomahawk {m} | :: tomahawk |
| tomalli {m} | :: tomalley |
| tomate {f} | :: tomato (plant) |
| tomate {f} | :: tomato (fruit) |
| tomate cerise {f} | :: cherry tomato |
| tomate italienne {f} [Canada, colloquial] | :: Italian tomato |
| tomater {vt} [very, rare] | :: to add, cover, or pelt with tomato |
| tomatier {adj} [attributive] | :: tomato (relating to tomatoes or their production) |
| tomatier {m} | :: tomato-grower |
| tomatier {m} | :: tomato (plant) |
| tombal {adj} | :: of or relating to tombs or gravestones |
| tombant {adj} | :: falling |
| tombe {f} | :: tomb, grave |
| tombeau {m} | :: tomb |
| tombé du camion {adj} [ironic] | :: That fell off a truck: stolen |
| tombée {f} | :: fall (act of falling) |
| tombée de la brume {f} | :: smokefall (close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes) |
| tombée de la nuit {f} | :: nightfall |
| tomber {v} | :: to fall |
| tomber à la renverse {v} [figuratively] | :: to be very surprised |
| tomber à l'eau {v} [figuratively] | :: to fall through |
| tomber amoureux {v} | :: to fall in love |
| tomber à pic {v} | :: to fall off a steep drop |
| tomber à pic {v} [colloquial] | :: to arrive just at the right time, to be well-timed |
| tomber à plat {v} [figuratively] | :: to fall flat, to go down like a lead balloon, to not have the desired effect |
| tomber dans le panneau {v} [colloquial] | :: to walk into a trap, to fall into the trap, to fall for something |
| tomber dans les pommes {v} [colloquial] | :: to pass out, to black out, to keel over, to faint |
| tomber dans les vapes {v} [colloquial] | :: to pass out, to keel over, to faint |
| tomber dans l'oreille d'un sourd {v} | :: to fall on deaf ears |
| tomber de fatigue {v} [figuratively] | :: to be exhausted, to be asleep on one's feet, to drop from exhaustion |
| tomber de haut {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to come down to earth with a bump, to go back to earth with a bump, to have one's hopes dashed, to be very disappointed |
| tomber des nues {vi} | :: to be flabbergasted |
| tomber de sommeil {v} [figuratively] | :: to be exhausted, to be asleep on one's feet, to drop from exhaustion |
| tomber de son piédestal {v} | :: to be knocked down a peg, to fall from one's pedestal |
| tomber du ciel {v} [figuratively] | :: to be a godsend; to come out of nowhere |
| tombereau {m} | :: tipcart; tumbrel/tumbril |
| tombereau {m} | :: dumper, dump truck, flatbed (vehicle to carry and then tip materials) |
| tomber enceinte {v} | :: to fall pregnant |
| tomber en panne {v} | :: to break down (to fail) |
| tomber en ruine {v} | :: to fall into ruin, to go to ruin, to fall into disrepair, to be tumbling down |
| tomber malade {v} | :: to fall ill, to take sick |
| tomber sous le sens {v} | :: to stand to reason |
| tomber sur {v} | :: to bump into, come across |
| tomber sur {v} | :: to be received by (when making a telephone call) |
| tomber sur le nez {v} | :: to fall flat on one's face |
| tomber sur un os {v} | :: to find a fly in one's ointment |
| tombeur {m} | :: seductor, lady-killer (person who succeeds in seducing) |
| tombeur {m} | :: defeater, slayer |
| tombeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of tombeur |
| tombola {f} | :: a lottery, raffle |
| Tombouctou {prop} {m} | :: Timbuktu (city) |
| Tombouctou {prop} {m} | :: Timbuktu (region) |
| tome {m} | :: tome, volume |
| tome {m} | :: section |
| tome {m} | :: subaltern |
| tome {f} | :: A variety of mountain cheese |
| tomenteux {adj} [botany] | :: tomentose |
| tomette {f} | :: A (normally hexagonal) brick tile used for flooring |
| tomette {adj} | :: brick red |
| -tomie {suffix} [surgery] | :: -tomy |
| tomme {f} | :: alternative spelling of tome |
| tomographie {f} | :: tomography |
| tomographique {adj} | :: tomographic |
| ton {determiner} [possessive] | :: Your, thy (used to qualify masculine nouns and before vowel) |
| ton {m} | :: Tone (sound of a particular frequency) |
| ton {m} [music] | :: Tone [interval] |
| ton {m} | :: Tone (manner of speaking) |
| ton {m} | :: Tone, shade (of colour) |
| tonal {adj} | :: tonal |
| tonalement {adv} | :: tonally |
| tonalité {f} | :: tonality |
| tondeur {m} | :: mower, shearer |
| tondeuse {f} | :: lawnmower |
| tondeuse {f} | :: hair clipper |
| tondeuse à gazon {f} | :: lawnmower |
| tondit {determiner} | :: your (singular) said |
| tondre {vt} | :: to shear (sheep) |
| tondre {vt} | :: to mow, cut (grass; a lawn) |
| tondre {vt} | :: to clip, cut (hair) |
| tondre {vt} | :: to shave (one's head) |
| tondre {vt} | :: to smooth, level (a surface) |
| tondre {vt} [colloquial] | :: to rob, clean someone out |
| Tondreau {prop} | :: surname |
| toner {m} | :: toner |
| tong {f} | :: flip-flop, thong |
| tongien {adj} | :: Tongan |
| tongien {m} | :: Tongan (language) |
| tonic {m} | :: drink made up mainly of cinchona |
| tonic {m} | :: tonic water |
| tonicardiaque {adj} [pathology] | :: cardiotonic |
| tonicité {f} | :: muscle tone; tonus, tonicity |
| tonifiant {adj} | :: bracing, invigorating |
| tonifier {v} | :: to tone up, to strengthen |
| tonique {adj} | :: tonic (all meanings) |
| tonique {f} [music] | :: tonic, keynote |
| toniquement {adv} | :: tonically |
| tonitruant {adj} | :: thundering |
| tonitruer {vi} | :: to thunder, crack (make a sound like thunder) |
| tonitruer {vi} | :: to thunder (scream loudly and harshly) |
| tonitrument {adv} | :: thunderingly |
| Tonkin {prop} [history] | :: The northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region |
| Tonkin {prop} | :: Tonkin (gulf): the Gulf of Tonkin |
| tonkinois {adj} | :: Tonkinese |
| tonlieu {m} | :: A feudal tax paid by stallholders at a fair or market |
| tonnage {m} | :: tonnage |
| tonnant {adj} | :: thunderous (voice) |
| tonne {f} | :: tonne, metric ton |
| tonne {f} | :: ton |
| tonneau {m} | :: barrel; round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop |
| tonneau {m} | :: register ton (100 cubic feet) |
| tonneau {m} | :: barrel roll |
| tonneau des Danaïdes {m} | :: Sisyphean task, endless task, like painting the Forth Bridge |
| tonnelet {m} | :: keg (round wooden container that has a flat top and bottom) |
| tonnelier {m} | :: cooper |
| tonnelière {f} | :: feminine singular of tonnelier |
| tonnelle {f} | :: arbour |
| tonnellerie {f} | :: cooperage (art of a cooper) |
| tonnellerie {f} | :: cooper (business) |
| tonner {v} [meteorology, impersonal] | :: to thunder |
| tonner {v} | :: to thunder (to make a noise like thunder) |
| tonnerre {m} | :: thunder |
| tonnerre de Brest {interj} | :: damn! |
| tonnerre mes chiens {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, idiomatic] | :: darn |
| tonométrie {f} | :: tonometry |
| tonométrique {adj} | :: tonometric |
| tonsillaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: tonsillar |
| tonsille {f} [anatomy] | :: tonsil |
| tonsillectomie {f} [surgery] | :: tonsillectomy |
| tonsure {f} | :: tonsure |
| tonsurer {v} | :: to tonsure |
| tonte {f} | :: shearing (of sheep) |
| tonte {f} [by extension] | :: time of shearing |
| tonte {f} | :: wool (from a shorn sheep) |
| tonte {f} | :: mowing (of grass, etc.) |
| tontine {f} | :: tontine |
| tontiner {v} | :: To participate in a tontine |
| tontinier {adj} | :: Pertaining to tontines |
| tontinier {m} | :: A tontineer (a participant in a tontine) |
| tontinière {f} | :: feminine noun of tontinier |
| tonton {m} [childish] | :: uncle |
| tonton {m} [police slang] | :: snitch, informer |
| tonus {m} | :: muscle tone, tonicity, tonus |
| tonus {m} [by extension] | :: energy, strength |
| too much {adj} [colloquial] | :: too much, excessive, OTT |
| Tootoo {prop} {mf} | :: surname |
| top {m} | :: top; shirt or garment covering the upper body |
| top {m} | :: a signalling sound; beep |
| top {adj} | :: top; best; highest in rank; maximum |
| top {adj} | :: excellent; brilliant |
| top {adj} [LGBTQ, slang] | :: top [dominant in role] |
| top {adv} | :: at most; maximum |
| toparchie {f} | :: toparchy |
| toparque {m} | :: toparch |
| topaze {f} | :: topaz (color and gemstone) |
| topaze {adj} | :: topaz |
| topectomie {f} [surgery] | :: topectomy |
| toper {v} | :: to high five |
| topiaire {adj} | :: topiary (relating to the art of topiaries) |
| topiaire {mf} | :: topiary |
| topinambou {adj} | :: Tupinamba |
| topinambour {m} | :: Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) |
| topique {adj} | :: topical (all senses) |
| topiquement {adv} | :: topically |
| top model {mf} | :: alternative spelling of top-modèle |
| top modèle {mf} | :: alternative spelling of top-modèle |
| top-modèle {mf} | :: supermodel |
| topochimie {f} [chemistry] | :: topochemistry |
| topographe {m} | :: topographer |
| topographie {f} | :: topography |
| topographier {vt} | :: to survey topographically |
| topographique {adj} | :: topographic |
| topographiquement {adv} | :: topographically |
| topolecte {m} [linguistics] | :: topolect |
| topologie {f} | :: topology |
| topologique {adj} | :: topologic, topological |
| topologiquement {adv} | :: topologically |
| topologue {mf} | :: topologist |
| toponyme {m} | :: toponym |
| toponymie {f} | :: toponymy |
| toponymique {adj} | :: toponymic |
| top-secret {adj} | :: top-secret |
| toquade {f} | :: fad, fancy |
| toquade {f} | :: infatuation |
| toque {f} | :: toque, (brimless hat) |
| toque {f} | :: a pillowbox hat |
| toque {f} [specifically] | :: a type of round brimless hat traditionally worn by certain professions in France, such as university professors or judges |
| toque {f} | :: toque (a chef's hat) |
| toque {f} [by extension, colloquial] | :: A chef |
| toque {m} | :: toque, a variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica |
| toquer {vt} | :: to bother, to dog |
| toquer {vt} | :: to hit, to tap, to bang, to knock |
| toquet {m} | :: a small toque |
| torchage {m} | :: flaring (of excess gas on a petrol drilling site) |
| torche {f} | :: torch (stick with flame at one end) |
| torche-cul {m} [slang, vulgar] | :: asswipe, bogroll (something used to wipe the anus after defecation) |
| torche-cul {m} [slang, vulgar] | :: asswipe (newspaper) |
| torcher {v} | :: to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt |
| torcher {v} | :: to flare (to burn off excess gas at a petroleum drilling site) |
| torcher {v} [slang] | :: to churn out |
| torchère {f} | :: standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere |
| torchis {m} | :: cob (building material) |
| torchon {m} | :: tea towel |
| torcol {m} | :: a wryneck (the bird) |
| tordant {adj} | :: side-splitting, screamingly funny, hilarious |
| tord-boyaux {m} [colloquial] | :: rotgut, hooch |
| tordre {v} | :: to twist |
| tordre {v} | :: to wring |
| tordre {v} | :: to bend |
| tordre le cou {v} | :: to kill (by twisting one's neck) |
| tordre le cou {v} [figuratively] | :: to bring something to an end quickly, to stifle |
| tordre le nez {v} | :: to turn up one's nose, to disregard or refuse with contempt or scorn |
| tordu {adj} | :: crooked, twisted |
| tordu {adj} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: twisted, evil, underhand |
| tore {m} [geometry] | :: torus |
| toréador {m} [bullfighting] | :: toreador (bullfighter) |
| toréer {v} | :: to fight a bull, in bullfighting |
| torero {m} [bullfighting] | :: [pre 1990 spelling reform] torero, bullfighter, toreador alternative form of toréro |
| toréro {m} [bullfighting] | :: torero; toreador |
| torgnole {f} [colloquial] | :: wallop |
| toril {adv} | :: bullpen |
| torique {adj} | :: toric |
| tormentille {f} | :: tormentil |
| tornade {f} | :: tornado |
| tornade de feu {f} | :: firenado (fire whirl) |
| tornadique {adj} | :: tornadic |
| toroïde {m} [geometry] | :: toroid |
| toron {m} | :: strand (of rope) |
| torontois {adj} | :: Torontonian |
| Torontois {m} | :: Torontonian person |
| Torontoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Torontois |
| torpeur {f} | :: torpor, drowsiness |
| torpillage {m} | :: torpedoing |
| torpille {f} | :: torpedo (underwater weapon) |
| torpille {f} | :: electric ray |
| torpiller {vt} | :: to torpedo (attack with a torpedo) |
| torpilleur {m} | :: torpedo boat |
| torréfacteur {m} | :: coffee roaster (person, company) |
| torréfaction {f} | :: roasting (especially of coffee) |
| torréfactrice {f} | :: feminine noun of torréfacteur |
| torréfier {vt} | :: to roast [especially coffee] |
| torrent {m} | :: A torrent |
| torrentiel {adj} | :: torrential |
| torrentiellement {adv} | :: torrentially |
| torride {adj} | :: torrid, blistering |
| tors {adj} [literary] | :: twisted, crooked, bent |
| torsade {f} | :: twist |
| torsade {f} | :: torsade (decoration) |
| torsade {f} | :: braid (of hair etc.) |
| torsade {f} [architecture] | :: cable moulding |
| torsade {f} [knitting] | :: cable |
| torsader {v} | :: to twist |
| torse {m} | :: torso |
| torse nu {adj} | :: barechested (shirtless) |
| torseur {m} [maths] | :: torsor |
| torseur {m} [physics] | :: torque |
| torsion {f} | :: torsion; act of turning or twisting |
| tort {m} | :: fault |
| tort {m} | :: wrong, error |
| torticolis {m} | :: stiff neck, crick in the neck |
| tortillage {m} | :: twisting |
| tortillage {m} | :: squirming |
| tortillard {adj} | :: winding, tortuous |
| tortillard {m} | :: A slow-moving train that follows a winding route |
| tortillard {m} | :: A variety of elm |
| tortiller {vt} | :: to twist, twirl |
| tortiller {vr} | :: to wriggle, squirm, writhe |
| tortionnaire {adj} [attributive] | :: torture |
| tortionnaire {mf} | :: torturer (one who tortures) |
| tortionnairement {adv} | :: By the use of torture |
| tortue {f} | :: turtle or tortoise |
| tortueusement {adv} | :: tortuously |
| tortueux {adj} | :: tortuous, winding, windy, twisting, twisty |
| tortueux {adj} | :: convoluted |
| torture {f} | :: torture |
| torturer {v} | :: to torture |
| torve {adj} | :: sinister, menacing |
| torve {adj} [pathology] | :: having a squint as exhibited by a sufferer of strabismus |
| toscan {adj} | :: Tuscan |
| Toscan {m} | :: Tuscan |
| Toscane {prop} {f} | :: Toscane (region) |
| Toscane {f} | :: feminine noun of Toscan |
| Tosh {prop} | :: Tosh; ellipsis of Kiryas Tosh; Tosh (neighbourhood) |
| Tosh {prop} | :: Tosh (Nyírtass); synonym of Nyírtass (Tass). Tosh (village) |
| Tosher {m} | :: Tosher; A member of the Tosh (Tosh) Hassidic community |
| Tosher {adj} | :: Tosher; Pertaining to the Tosh (Tosh) Hassidic community |
| tôt {adv} | :: early |
| total {adj} | :: total |
| total {adj} | :: perfect |
| total {m} | :: total |
| totalement {adv} | :: totally |
| totalisant {adj} | :: synonym of totalitaire |
| totalisateur {m} | :: totalizator |
| totaliser {v} | :: to total (add up several numbers) |
| totalitaire {adj} | :: totalitarian |
| totalitaire {adj} | :: total, complete |
| totalitarisme {m} | :: totalitarianism |
| totalité {f} | :: totality, entirety |
| totem {m} | :: totem |
| totémique {adj} | :: totemic |
| totémisme {m} | :: totemism |
| totipotence {f} | :: totipotency |
| totipotent {adj} | :: totipotent |
| tototte {f} [childish] | :: dummy, pacifier |
| tôt ou tard {adv} [idiomatic] | :: sooner or later |
| touaille {f} [archaic] | :: linen, especially used in making towels or cloths |
| touaille {f} [archaic] | :: towel |
| touaille {f} [archaic] | :: tablecloth |
| touaille {f} | :: a cloth used to adorn an alter in a church |
| touaille {f} | :: a woman's hairstyle involving a towel wrapped around the head |
| touaille {f} | :: a linen roll used for drying the hands, hand towel |
| touareg {adj} | :: Tuareg |
| touareg {m} | :: Tuareg (language) |
| Touba {prop} | :: A city in eastcentral Senegal |
| toubab {m} [West Africa] | :: white person |
| toubib {m} [slang] | :: medic, doc |
| toucan {m} | :: toucan |
| touchable {adj} | :: touchable |
| touchant {adj} | :: touching, moving (of the emotions) |
| touchant {prep} [formal] | :: about, relating to |
| touchau {m} | :: touchstone (stone) |
| touche {f} | :: touch |
| touche {f} | :: key (on keyboard) |
| touche {f} | :: fingerboard |
| touche-à-tout {mf} [sometimes pejorative] | :: jack of all trades |
| toucher {m} | :: The act of touching [see below] |
| toucher {m} | :: A way of touching |
| toucher {m} | :: The sense of touch, tactility |
| toucher {vt} | :: To touch (physically) |
| toucher {vt} | :: To affect |
| toucher {vi} [followed by "à"] | :: To try, to try out |
| toucher {vi} [colloquial] | :: Short for toucher sa bille. To be skillful |
| toucher {vt} [money, income] | :: to receive, to get |
| toucher à sa fin {v} | :: to draw to a close, to come to an end, to near the end, to near completion |
| toucher du bois {v} | :: to knock on wood |
| toucher le fond {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to hit rock bottom, hit the rocks, bottom out |
| toucher sa bille {v} [colloquial] | :: to know one's stuff, to know one's onions |
| toucher terre {v} [nautical] | :: to come ashore; to land |
| toucher un mot {v} [colloquial] | :: [à, ;, de] to have a word with somebody about something |
| touchette {f} [music] | :: fret (on a guitar etc) |
| touchette {f} [fencing] | :: An invalid touch |
| touchette {f} [motorsport] | :: A slight bump with another car |
| touchette {f} [showjumping] | :: A touch of the hooves on the obstacle that does not make it fall |
| touchours {adv} [nonstandard] | :: alternative form of toujours |
| toudis {adv} [Belgium] | :: always |
| Touen-houang {prop} | :: alternative form of Dunhuang |
| touer {v} [nautical] | :: To tug or tow a ship, to haul a barge |
| touffe {m} | :: tuft, clump, bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base |
| touffe {m} [familiar] | :: female mons pubis |
| touffer {vir} | :: to clump together, clump up |
| touffeur {f} | :: oppression, sultriness (oppresssive, sultry atmosphere) |
| touffu {adj} | :: tufted, clumped |
| touffu {adj} | :: heavy, overly done |
| touiller {v} [cooking] | :: to stir, toss |
| touillette {f} | :: swizzle stick |
| toujours {adv} | :: always |
| toujours {adv} | :: still |
| toûjours {adv} | :: obsolete spelling of toujours |
| toujours est-il que {phrase} | :: the fact remains that |
| Toul {prop} | :: Toul |
| touladi {m} | :: A fish, Salvelinus namaycush, the lake trout |
| toulois {adj} | :: of or pertaining to Toul |
| Toulon {prop} {m} | :: Toulon |
| toulonnais {adj} | :: of or from Toulon |
| Toulonnais {m} | :: An inhabitant of Toulon, city in the southeast of France |
| Toulonnaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Toulonnais |
| toulou {m} | :: Tulu (language) |
| toulounide {adj} | :: Tulunid |
| touloupe {f} | :: sheepskin (worn as a coat) |
| toulousain {adj} | :: From or of Toulouse |
| Toulousain {m} | :: An inhabitant of Toulouse |
| Toulousaine {f} | :: feminine noun of Toulousain |
| Toulouse {prop} | :: Toulouse (capital city) |
| toundra {f} [geography] | :: tundra (flat treeless arctic region) |
| toune {f} [Québec] | :: tune, melody, song |
| toupet {m} | :: tuft (of hair) |
| toupet {m} | :: toupee |
| toupet {m} [colloquial] | :: cheek, nerve |
| toupie {f} | :: (spinning) top |
| tour {f} | :: tower |
| tour {f} [chess] | :: rook |
| tour {f} | :: apartment building |
| tour {m} | :: turn, circumference |
| tour {m} | :: go, turn |
| tour {m} | :: walk, stroll |
| tour {m} | :: round, stage (of a competition) |
| tour {m} | :: trick (e.g. magic trick, card trick) |
| tour {m} | :: ride |
| tour {m} | :: lathe, potter’s wheel |
| Tour {prop} {f} [by ellipsis] | :: The Eiffel Tower |
| Tour {prop} {m} [cycling, by ellipsis] | :: The Tour de France |
| Tourane {prop} [historical] | :: Đà Nẵng, a city in central Vietnam |
| tourangeau {adj} | :: of or from Tours |
| Tourangeau {m} | :: Someone from the town of Tours, France. Tourangeau |
| Tourangeau {m} | :: Someone from the former, historical province of Touraine, France |
| Tourangeau {m} | :: Someone from the district of Touraine, part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec |
| Tourangelle {f} | :: feminine noun of Tourangeau |
| tour à tour {adv} | :: by turns, in turn, alternately |
| tourbage {m} | :: peat cutting |
| tourbe {f} | :: peat (soil) |
| tourbé {adj} | :: peaty |
| tourber {v} | :: To dig up peat |
| tourbeux {adj} | :: peaty, containing peat |
| tourbière {f} | :: a bog |
| tourbillant {adj} | :: turbulent |
| tourbillon {m} | :: whirlwind |
| tourbillon {m} | :: eddy, whirlpool |
| tourbillon {m} [physics] | :: vortex |
| tourbillon {m} [figuratively] | :: whirl, whirlwind, maelstrom |
| tourbillon {m} | :: tourbillon |
| tourbillonnaire {adj} | :: vortical |
| tourbillonnant {adj} | :: swirling |
| tourbillonner {vi} [of water] | :: to swirl, whirl |
| tourbillonner {vi} [of e.g. leaves] | :: to twirl |
| tourbillonner {vi} [of dancers] | :: to twirl |
| Tour CN {prop} {f} [Canada] | :: CN Tower, a tourist attraction, radio-television broadcast tower, communications tower, observation tower, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Tourcoing {prop} | :: A town in the Nord department of Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| tour d'abandon {m} | :: foundling wheel, baby hatch |
| tour de Babel {f} | :: tower of Babel (situation where the use of many different languages is a source of confusion) |
| tour de contrôle {f} [aviation] | :: control tower |
| tour de forage {f} | :: derrick (framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes) |
| tour de force {m} | :: tour de force |
| Tour de France {prop} {m} [cycling] | :: Tour de France (annual cycling race through France) |
| tour de guet {f} | :: watchtower |
| tour de guet {f} | :: fire lookout tower |
| tour de magie {m} | :: magic trick |
| tour de parole {m} | :: (someone's) turn to speak, speaking turn, chance to speak, opportunity to speak |
| tour de passe-passe {m} [pejorative] | :: sleight of hand, fiddle, trick |
| tour de poitrine {m} | :: bust measurement, bust size, chest size |
| tour de potier {m} | :: potter's wheel, kick wheel |
| tour de reins {m} | :: sprained back, lumbago, backache |
| tour de scrutin {m} | :: ballot, round of voting |
| tour de siège {f} | :: siege tower |
| tour de table {m} | :: introduction, presentation of every participant of a reunion |
| tour de table {m} | :: act of eliciting/collecting the opinion of all the participants |
| tour de taille {m} | :: waistline |
| tour d'horizon {m} | :: overview, tour d'horizon |
| tour d'ivoire {f} | :: ivory tower |
| tour du chapeau {m} [soccer, ice hockey, Quebec] | :: hat trick |
| tour du poteau {m} | :: The act of crossing an international border, generally for a very short period of time, in order to renew a visa or other government-issued permit before crossing back — literally "the circling of the flag pole" |
| tour Eiffel {prop} {f} | :: Eiffel Tower (tower in Paris) |
| tourelle {f} | :: turret (of building, tank) |
| tourelle {f} | :: conning tower (of submarine) |
| tourière {f} | :: portress (female porter in a convent) |
| tourisme {m} | :: tourism |
| tourisme spatial {m} | :: space tourism |
| tourisme vert {m} | :: ecotourism |
| touriste {mf} | :: tourist |
| touristique {adj} | :: of or relating to tourists |
| touristique {adj} | :: touristy or touristic |
| tourmaline {f} | :: tourmaline |
| tourment {m} | :: torture |
| tourment {m} | :: torment; discomfort; pain |
| tourmente {f} | :: storm |
| tourmente {f} | :: figuratively: |
| tourmenter {v} | :: to torment, to torture |
| tourmenter {v} | :: to torment, to bother, to harass |
| tourmenteur {m} | :: torturer |
| tourmenteur {m} | :: tormentor (one who torments) |
| tournage {m} | :: filming (process of making a film or filming a video) |
| tournailler {v} | :: To wander round and round |
| tournant {adj} | :: turning |
| tournant {adj} | :: revolving (door) |
| tournant {adj} | :: swivel (chair) |
| tournant {m} | :: bend, turn, corner |
| tournant {m} | :: turning point |
| tournante {f} [slang] | :: A gang rape |
| tournante {f} [slang] | :: The (female) victim of a gang rape |
| tournante {f} [Belgium] | :: shifts |
| tourneboulé {adj} | :: dizzy |
| tournebroche {m} | :: roasting spit |
| tournée {f} | :: tour (of politician, businessman, artist etc.), round (of postman) |
| tournée {f} | :: round (of drinks) |
| tournée {f} | :: A French culinary technique to enhance meal presentations. The cut can be made of various sizes and resembles a seven-sided American football |
| tournée générale {f} | :: round (an instance of buying drinks to everyone in a bar) |
| tournemain {m} | :: turning of a hand |
| tourner {v} | :: to turn (left, right etc.) |
| tourner {v} | :: to stir (e.g. ingredients) |
| tourner {v} | :: to tour, to go on tour |
| tourner {v} | :: to film, to shoot a film |
| tourner {vit} [computing] | :: to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.) |
| tourner {v} | :: to lathe |
| tourner autour du pot {v} [colloquial, figuratively, idiom] | :: To beat around the bush |
| tourner au vinaigre {v} [figuratively] | :: to go sour |
| tourner à vide {v} [of an engine] | :: to tick over, to idle, to run idle |
| tourner à vide {v} [figuratively] | :: to spin one's wheels, to go round in circles, to go nowhere |
| tourner bride {v} | :: to do a U-turn, to turn around, to turn tail |
| tourner casaque {v} [figuratively] | :: to turn one's coat, to be a turncoat, to change sides |
| tourner court {vi} | :: to stop suddenly, come to a sudden end |
| tourner de l'œil {v} [figuratively] | :: to pass out, to keel over, to faint |
| tourner en dérision {vt} | :: to ridicule, to make mock of |
| tourner en ridicule {vt} | :: to ridicule somebody; to mock |
| tourner en rond {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to go round in circles, to not make any headway, to tread water |
| tourner la page {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to move on |
| tourner le dos {v} [à] | :: [figuratively] to turn one's back on, to turn away from |
| tourner les talons {v} [figuratively] | :: to turn on one's heel, to turn tail |
| tourner sa langue sept fois dans sa bouche {v} [colloquial] | :: to think carefully (before one speaks); to refrain from speaking the first thing that comes to mind, to carve every word (before letting it fall) |
| tourner sept fois sa langue dans sa bouche {v} | :: alternative form of tourner sa langue sept fois dans sa bouche |
| tournesol {m} | :: sunflower |
| tournesol {m} | :: heliotrope |
| tournesol {m} [chemistry] | :: litmus |
| tournette {f} | :: tournette |
| tourneur {m} | :: turner, lathe operator |
| tourneur {m} | :: tour organizer |
| tourneuse {f} | :: feminine noun of tourneur |
| tournevis {m} | :: screwdriver |
| tournicoter {vi} | :: to flit around |
| tourniquer {vi} | :: to wind (around) |
| tourniquet {m} | :: unpowered carousel (playground) |
| tourniquet {m} | :: revolving door or turnstile |
| tournis {m} | :: staggers |
| tournis {m} | :: dizziness |
| tournoi {m} | :: tournament |
| tournoiement {m} | :: spin, whirl |
| tournoiement {m} | :: whirling, swirling |
| tournoyant {adj} | :: whirling |
| tournoyer {vi} [of smoke, leaves, snow flakes] | :: to whirl, to swirl |
| tournoyer {vi} [of water] | :: to eddy, to swirl |
| tournoyer {vi} | :: to whirl, to swirl, to twirl, to whirl round, to swirl round, to twirl round |
| tournoyer {vi} [of a bird] | :: to circle, to circle round, to wheel |
| tournoyer {vt} | :: to twirl, to swing (e.g. a lasso) |
| tournure {f} [colloquial] | :: appearance, shape |
| tournure {f} [figuratively] | :: turn, change in circumstance or temperament |
| tournure {f} [linguistics] | :: phrasing, turn of phrase |
| tournure {f} [historical] | :: tournure, bustle |
| tournure {f} [dated] | :: peel (of a fruit) |
| tournure de phrase {f} | :: turn of phrase |
| tourquennois {adj} | :: Of or from Tourcoing |
| Tours {prop} | :: Tours (city) |
| tourte {f} [Quebec] | :: passenger pigeon (compare tourte voyageuse, colombe voyageuse, Ectopistes migratorius, pigeon migrateur, Ectopistes migratorius) |
| tourte {f} [Louisiana French] | :: dove |
| tourte {f} | :: meat pie |
| tourteau {m} [agriculture] | :: oil cake |
| tourteau {m} | :: crab |
| tourteau {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: roundel (of any color except or or argent) |
| tourtereau {m} | :: dove |
| tourtereau {m} [chiefly in the plural] | :: lovebird |
| tourterelle {f} | :: turtle dove |
| tourterelle {f} | :: dove grey |
| tourterelle turque {f} | :: The Eurasian collared dove |
| tourte voyageuse {f} | :: passenger pigeon (an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius) |
| tourtière {f} [Canada, Quebec, food] | :: tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie. synonym of tourtière du Lac-St-Jean |
| tourtière {f} [Quebec, food] | :: meat pie |
| tourtière du Lac-St-Jean {f} [Europe, Quebec, food] | :: tourtière |
| tous {pron} | :: all |
| tous {pron} | :: everybody |
| tous deux {determiner} [literary] | :: both |
| tous droits réservés {phrase} | :: all rights reserved |
| tousjours {adv} | :: obsolete spelling of toujours |
| tous les 36 du mois {adv} | :: Very rarely or never (literally "every 36th of the month"); once in a blue moon |
| tous les chemins mènent à Rome {proverb} | :: all roads lead to Rome |
| tous les deux {pron} | :: both |
| tous les goûts sont dans la nature {proverb} | :: to each his own, there's no accounting for taste |
| tous les jours {phrase} | :: daily (every day) |
| tous les jours que Dieu fait {adv} [colloquial] | :: every day, every blessed day |
| tous les quatre matins {adv} [colloquial] | :: Very often |
| tous les trente-six du mois {adv} | :: alternative spelling of tous les 36 du mois |
| Toussaint {prop} {m} | :: All Saints Day |
| tousser {vi} | :: to cough |
| toussotement {m} | :: splutter, light cough |
| toussoter {vi} | :: to splutter (have a light cough) |
| tout {adj} | :: all |
| tout {pron} | :: everything |
| tout {adv} | :: all |
| tout à coup {adv} | :: all of a sudden, out of the blue |
| tout à fait {adv} | :: entirely, exactly, quite |
| tout à fait {interj} | :: certainly, definitely (emphatic yes) |
| tout à l'heure {adv} | :: earlier |
| tout à l'heure {adv} | :: later |
| tout au moins {adv} | :: at the very least, at least, at a minimum |
| tout au plus {adv} [colloquial] | :: at most, tops, at the very most, at the outside |
| tout bien considéré {adv} | :: on second thought; all things considered |
| tout bien réfléchi {adv} | :: on second thought; all things considered |
| tout ça ne nous rendra pas le Congo {phrase} [Belgium, colloquial] | :: it's all very well, but it doesn't do us any good, it makes no difference |
| tout ce qui brille n'est pas or {proverb} | :: all that glitters is not gold |
| tout chose {adj} [colloquial] | :: out of sorts, weird, funny, odd |
| tout comme {conj} | :: as well as |
| tout comme {conj} | :: See: fr: just like |
| tout compte fait {adv} | :: then again, on second thought. Literally: "all accounts made" |
| tout court {adv} | :: just; only (without any additions) |
| tout de go {adv} | :: straight out, bluntly |
| tout de même {adv} | :: all the same, anyway, nevertheless |
| tout de suite {adv} [idiomatic] | :: immediately, right away |
| tout de suite {adv} [obsolete] | :: without interruption |
| tout droit {adv} | :: to the front |
| tout droit {adv} | :: straight ahead |
| tout d'un coup {adv} | :: all of a sudden, all at once; suddenly; abruptly |
| tout d'un coup {adv} [archaic] | :: in one fell swoop, all at once |
| toute affaire cessante {adv} [formal] | :: right away, forthwith, immediately |
| toutefois {adv} | :: however, nonetheless |
| toute la sainte journée {adv} [colloquial] | :: all day long, all the livelong day |
| toutenague {f} | :: tutenag, paktong |
| toute proportion gardée {adv} | :: alternative spelling of toutes proportions gardées |
| toutes affaires cessantes {adv} | :: alternative spelling of toute affaire cessante |
| toutes proportions gardées {adv} | :: mutatis mutandis, making due allowance, keeping everything in proportion |
| tout est bien qui finit bien {proverb} | :: all's well that ends well |
| tout est bon dans le cochon {proverb} [colloquial] | :: waste not, want not; everything has its use, nothing is wasted; nothing should go to waste |
| toutes voiles dehors {adv} [nautical] | :: in full sail, at full sail, full sail (making use of all sails) |
| toutes voiles dehors {adv} [figuratively] | :: using all available means |
| tout et n'importe quoi {pron} [pejorative] | :: everything, anything (without discrimination) |
| tout fait {adj} | :: ready-made, pre-prepared |
| tout fait {adj} [of opinion, ideas, etc.] | :: cut and dried; preconceived, fixed |
| tout fait {adj} [of words, phrases, expressions, etc.] | :: trite, clichéd, hackneyed; canned, stock |
| tout feu tout flamme {adj} | :: raring to go, burning with enthusiasm, very enthusiastic |
| tout fout le camp {interj} [colloquial] | :: it's all falling apart, it's all going to the dogs |
| tout haut {adv} | :: aloud |
| tout le monde {pron} | :: everyone, everybody |
| tout le plaisir est pour moi {phrase} | :: my pleasure |
| tout le temps {adv} | :: all the time; (very) often |
| tout le temps {adv} | :: constantly; all the time |
| tout le toutim {phrase} [colloquial] | :: all of it, the rest of it |
| tout l'or du monde {m} [idiom, hyperbolic] | :: all the tea in China |
| toutou {m} [colloquial, childish] | :: doggie, bow-wow (dog) |
| toutou {m} [Quebec] | :: soft toy, stuffed animal |
| tout ouïe {adj} | :: all ears |
| toutoune {f} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: a fat woman |
| tout plein {adv} [colloquial] | :: very, real, extremely |
| tout-puissant {adj} | :: almighty, all-powerful, omnipotent (unlimited in might) |
| Tout-Puissant {prop} {m} | :: Almighty (God, the supreme being) |
| tout seul {adj} | :: all alone, alone, by oneself |
| tout seul {adv} | :: alone, all by oneself |
| tout sourire {adj} | :: all smiles |
| tout-terrain {adj} | :: off-road, all-terrain |
| tout-terrain {m} | :: off-roader, four-wheel drive |
| tout travail mérite salaire {proverb} | :: all work deserves payment, no job should go unpaid |
| tout un chacun {pron} | :: everyone, everybody |
| tout vient à point à qui sait attendre {proverb} | :: good things come to those who wait |
| toux {f} | :: cough |
| toux grasse {f} | :: wet cough, loose cough, chesty cough, productive cough |
| toux sèche {f} | :: dry cough |
| township {m} | :: township (in South Africa) |
| township {m} [Canada] | :: canton |
| tox {mf} | :: druggie, nitty |
| toxæmie {f} | :: obsolete form of toxémie |
| toxalbumine {f} [protein] | :: toxalbumin |
| toxémie {f} | :: Toxemia; toxaemia; toxæmia |
| toxicité {f} | :: toxicity |
| toxico {mf} [colloquial] | :: druggie (drug addict) |
| toxicologie {f} | :: toxicology |
| toxicologique {adj} | :: toxicological |
| toxicologiquement {adv} | :: toxicologically |
| toxicologue {mf} | :: toxicologist |
| toxicomane {m} | :: drug addict |
| toxicomanie {f} | :: drug addiction |
| toxicose {f} [pathology] | :: toxicosis |
| toxine {f} | :: toxin |
| toxine botulique {f} | :: botulinum toxin |
| toxique {adj} | :: toxic (having a harmful chemical nature) |
| toxoplasmose {f} [medicine] | :: toxoplasmosis |
| TPE {f} | :: initialism of très petite entreprise |
| TPE {f} | :: initialism of terminal de paiement électronique |
| TPG {m} | :: initialism of trésorier-payeur général |
| TPS {f} [Canada, taxation] | :: GST (goods and services tax) |
| Tr. {n} [music] | :: abbreviation of trompette |
| trabéculaire {adj} | :: trabecular |
| trabécule {f} | :: trabecula (all senses) |
| trabéculectomie {f} [surgery] | :: trabeculectomy |
| trabéculum {m} [anatomy] | :: trabecula |
| traboule {f} | :: A covered passageway that connects two streets |
| trac {m} [dated] | :: track (of an animal) |
| trac {m} [colloquial, uncountable] | :: stage fright, nervousness |
| traçabilité {f} | :: traceability |
| traçage {m} | :: tracing |
| traçant {adj} | :: tracing, plotting |
| tracas {m} | :: hassle, worry |
| tracasser {vtp} [colloquial] | :: to bother; to annoy |
| tracasser {vp} [colloquial] | :: to worry |
| tracasserie {f} [colloquial] | :: hassle, annoyance |
| tracasserie {f} | :: harassment |
| tracassier {adj} | :: irksome |
| tracassier {adj} | :: meddlesome |
| trace {f} | :: trace |
| trace {f} | :: track |
| trace {f} [mathematics] | :: trace |
| trace de freinage {f} | :: skidmark (long black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction) |
| trace de freinage {f} [Belgium, colloquial, figuratively] | :: skidmark (visible feces stain left on underpants) |
| tracer {vt} | :: to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out |
| tracer {vt} | :: to rule (a line) |
| tracer {v} [colloquial] | :: to buck up, hurry up |
| traceur {m} | :: tracer (person who traces), plotter (person who plots a line) |
| traceur {m} | :: tracer (visible projectile) |
| traceur {m} | :: plotter (machine that draws technical drawings) |
| traceur {m} | :: yamakasi (person who practices parkour) |
| traceuse {f} | :: female equivalent of traceur |
| trachéal {adj} [anatomy] | :: tracheal |
| trachée {f} [anatomy] | :: trachea |
| trachéen {adj} [anatomy] | :: tracheal |
| trachéite {f} [pathology] | :: tracheitis |
| trachélien {adj} [anatomy] | :: trachelian |
| trachéotomie {f} [surgery] | :: tracheotomy |
| trachome {m} [disease] | :: trachoma |
| Trachonite {prop} | :: Trachonitis |
| trachyandésite {f} [mineralogy] | :: trachyandesite |
| trachytique {adj} | :: trachytic |
| tract {m} | :: flyer, circular, pamphlet |
| tractage {m} | :: towing |
| tractation {f} | :: negotiation |
| tractativement {adv} | :: by means of the negotiation of a treaty |
| tracter {v} [of a vehicle] | :: to pull, to pull behind |
| tracter {v} | :: to hand out flyers |
| tracteur {m} | :: tractor |
| traction {f} | :: traction |
| traction {f} [gymnastics] | :: pull-up |
| tractopelle {f} | :: backhoe (loader / digger) |
| tractoriste {mf} | :: tractor driver |
| tractrice {f} [maths] | :: tractrix |
| Tracy {prop} | :: Tracy |
| trader {m} | :: trader |
| trader {v} | :: to trade |
| trading {mf} | :: trading |
| tradition {f} | :: tradition |
| tradition {f} | :: A type of baguette or French stick |
| traditionalisme {m} | :: traditionalism |
| traditionaliste {adj} | :: traditionalist, traditionalistic |
| traditionaliste {mf} | :: traditionalist |
| traditionnel {adj} | :: traditional |
| traditionnellement {adv} | :: traditionally |
| traducteur {m} | :: translator |
| traductibilité {f} [translation studies] | :: translatability, translatableness |
| traduction {f} | :: translation |
| traduction automatique {f} [translation studies] | :: machine translation |
| traductionnel {adj} | :: translational |
| traductologie {f} | :: traductology, translation studies |
| traductrice {f} | :: feminine noun of traducteur |
| traduire {v} | :: to translate |
| traduire {v} | :: to summon |
| traduisible {adj} | :: translatable |
| trafic {m} | :: traffic (people, vehicles) |
| trafic {m} | :: traffic (illegal trafficking) |
| trafic d'influence {m} | :: traffic of influence, influence peddling |
| trafiquant {m} | :: trafficker |
| trafiquant {m} | :: bootlegger |
| trafiquante {f} | :: feminine singular of trafiquant |
| trafiquer {v} | :: to traffic (e.g. drugs) |
| trafiquer {v} | :: to tamper with |
| tragédie {f} | :: tragedy |
| tragédien {m} | :: tragedian |
| tragédienne {f} | :: feminine noun of tragédien |
| tragicomédie {f} | :: tragicomedy (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy) |
| tragicomique {adj} | :: tragicomic (related to tragicomedy) |
| tragien {adj} [anatomy] | :: tragal |
| tragique {adj} | :: tragic |
| tragiquement {adv} | :: tragically |
| Trahan {prop} | :: surname |
| trahir {v} | :: to betray |
| trahison {f} | :: treason |
| trahison {f} | :: betrayal |
| trahison {f} [figuratively] | :: pitfall |
| trail {f} | :: Dual-sport motorcycle |
| trail {f} | :: Trail running |
| traille {f} | :: A cable along which a ferry is pulled |
| traille {f} | :: (be extension) Such a ferry |
| train {m} | :: train (rail mounted vehicle) |
| train {m} | :: pace |
| train {m} [Louisiana French, ] | :: noise |
| trainage {m} | :: pulling, dragging |
| traînage {m} | :: alternative form of trainage |
| train à grande vitesse {m} [rail transport] | :: A high-speed train |
| traînailler {vi} | :: to dawdle |
| traînailler {vi} | :: to mooch |
| traînant {adj} | :: drawling (voice) |
| traînard {m} | :: straggler, laggard |
| traînard {m} | :: slowcoach, slowpoke |
| traînarde {f} | :: feminine noun of traînard |
| traînasser {vit} | :: alternative form of traînailler |
| train à vapeur {m} | :: steam train |
| train d'atterrissage {m} | :: landing gear |
| train de marchandises {m} | :: goods train, freight train |
| train de sénateur {m} | :: snail's pace, stately pace, solemn gait |
| train de vie {m} | :: lifestyle (related to financial means, to the money spent) |
| traine {f} | :: train (of a dress) |
| traîne {f} | :: anything that trails |
| traîne {f} | :: train (of a wedding dress) |
| traineau {m} | :: alternative spelling of traîneau |
| traîneau {m} | :: sled, sledge, sleigh |
| trainée {f} [derogatory] | :: slut (sexually promiscuous woman) |
| traînée {f} | :: trail |
| traînée {f} [derogatory] | :: a tramp, a slut |
| train électrique {m} | :: train set |
| trainer {v} | :: alternative spelling of traîner |
| traîner {vt} | :: to pull, drag |
| traîner {vi} | :: to lag behind, dawdle |
| traîner {vi} | :: to lie about, sit around |
| traîner {vi} | :: to drag on, linger |
| traîner {vi} | :: to trail, drag (behind) |
| traîner {vi} | :: to hang out |
| traîner {vr} | :: to drag oneself, crawl along |
| traîner dans la boue {v} [figuratively] | :: to drag through the mud |
| traîner la patte {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to drag one's feet |
| traîner les pieds {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to drag one's feet |
| train fantôme {m} | :: ghost train (fairground attraction) |
| train fantôme {m} | :: ghost train (unmanned train in motion) |
| train ultraléger {m} | :: ultra light rail |
| traire {vt} | :: to milk (a cow, etc) |
| trait {m} | :: line |
| trait {m} | :: trait |
| trait {m} | :: color of a mineral |
| trait {m} [dated] | :: the action of hauling or pulling (by an animal of burden) |
| trait {m} [dated] | :: straps or cords placed on an animal of burden and attached to the vehicle which the animal pulls |
| trait {m} [obsolete] | :: an action reflecting a favorable or adverse intention by one person toward another |
| trait {m} | :: a remarkable or influential historical event |
| trait {m} | :: a particular passage in a speech that is well-written; an excellent or appealing characteristic of a speech |
| trait {m} | :: a vibrant, brilliant, or innovative idea |
| trait {m} [religion] | :: verses sung in a Mass between the gradual and the gospel reading |
| trait {m} | :: connection or link between one thing and another |
| trait {m} [geology] | :: color of the dust produced by a mineral |
| trait {m} [chess, checkers] | :: the privilege of taking the first turn/move |
| trait {m} [oriented-object programming] | :: trait |
| traitable {adj} | :: treatable |
| traitable {adj} | :: processable |
| traitant {adj} | :: practicing (as a doctor) |
| traitant {adj} | :: medicated |
| trait d'esprit {m} | :: quip, witticism, witty remark, flash of wit |
| trait d'union {m} [typography] | :: hyphen |
| traite {f} | :: milking |
| traite {f} [finance, banking] | :: bill of exchange |
| traite {f} | :: human trafficking |
| traite {f} | :: slave trade |
| traite {f} [dated] | :: transportation of goods; traffic |
| traite {f} | :: journey or route done without stopping |
| traité {m} | :: treatise |
| traité {m} | :: treaty (between states); an agreement (between a business and a government, or between two businesses) |
| traitement {m} | :: treatment |
| traitement {m} | :: processing |
| traitement de faveur {m} | :: preferential treatment |
| traitement de texte {m} [computing] | :: word processing |
| traite négrière {f} | :: (African) slave trade |
| traiter {v} | :: to treat |
| traiter {v} | :: to take care (of) |
| traiter {v} | :: to process, spray, coat |
| traiter {v} [data processing] | :: to process |
| traiter de {v} | :: to call, label (something negative) |
| traiter de {v} | :: to deal with, handle (i.e. commerce, a subject or theme) |
| traiteur {m} | :: traiteur, caterer |
| traiteur {m} [Louisiana French] | :: faith healer |
| traiteur {m} | :: delicatessen |
| traiteur {m} | :: catering company |
| trait pour trait {adv} | :: exactly, line for line |
| traitre {m} | :: alternative spelling of traître |
| traître {m} | :: betrayer, traitor |
| traître {adj} | :: treacherous |
| traitrement {adv} | :: treacherously |
| traîtreusement {adv} | :: treacherously |
| traîtrise {f} | :: treachery |
| trajectographie {f} | :: trajectography |
| trajectoire {f} | :: trajectory |
| trajectoire {f} | :: course (trajectory of a ball etc.) |
| trajet {m} | :: route, course, trajectory |
| trajet {m} | :: ride, run |
| tralala {interj} | :: tra-la-la |
| traluire {v} [Switzerland, of ripening grapes] | :: to become translucent |
| tram {m} | :: tram [UK], streetcar [US] |
| tramage {m} | :: weaving, embroidery |
| tramage {m} | :: dithering (the adding of random noise to images etc) |
| trame {f} [weaving] | :: weft |
| trame {f} [film] | :: frame |
| trame {f} [printing] | :: screentone |
| trame {f} [figuratively] | :: frame, pipeline |
| trame {f} [figuratively] | :: intrigue, plot |
| trame {f} [computing] | :: frame (chunk of data) |
| tramer {v} | :: to weave |
| tramer {v} | :: to hatch, think up, come up with |
| traminot {m} | :: tramway worker (especially a conductor on a tram) |
| trampoline {m} [gymnastics] | :: trampoline |
| trampoline {m} [programming] | :: trampoline |
| trampoliniste {mf} | :: trampolinist |
| tram ultraléger {m} | :: ultra light rail |
| tramway {m} [rail] | :: tram (passenger vehicle) |
| Tran {prop} | :: surname |
| trance {f} | :: trance (music genre) |
| tranchant {adj} | :: sharp |
| tranchant {adj} | :: cutting |
| tranchant {adj} | :: trenchant |
| tranche {f} | :: slice |
| tranche {f} | :: milling on a coin |
| tranche {f} | :: period |
| tranché {adj} | :: clear-cut, marked |
| tranché {adj} | :: bold, distinct |
| tranché {adj} [heraldry] | :: per bend |
| tranche d'âge {f} | :: age group |
| tranche de vie {f} | :: slice of life (literary work that's very realistic and seems to capture the essence of everyday life) |
| tranchée {f} [military] | :: trench |
| tranchément {adv} | :: markedly |
| tranchément {adv} | :: boldly, distinctly |
| trancher {vt} | :: to slice, to cut into slices |
| trancher {vt} [literary] | :: to complete, conclude |
| trancher {vt} [figurative] | :: to decide, to settle, to address |
| trancher {vi} | :: to rule, make a ruling, come to a decision |
| trancher {vi} [pejorative, with de] | :: to behave or comport oneself (as if one were) |
| trancher {vi} [with avec, sur] | :: to contrast (with), stand out (against) |
| trancher {vi} [with dans] | :: to stand out (in) |
| trancher le nœud gordien {v} [figuratively] | :: to cut the Gordian knot |
| tranchoir {m} | :: slicer |
| tranchoir {m} | :: surgeonfish |
| Trang {prop} | :: surname |
| Trang {prop} | :: given name |
| tranquille {adj} | :: calm, quiet, tranquil, still, peaceful, serene |
| tranquillement {adv} | :: calmly |
| tranquillement {adv} | :: peacefully |
| tranquillement {adv} | :: quietly |
| tranquillement {adv} | :: serenely |
| tranquillement {adv} | :: tranquilly |
| tranquillisant {adj} | :: tranquillizing |
| tranquillisant {m} | :: tranquillizer, sedative |
| tranquilliser {v} | :: to calm, to reassure |
| tranquillité {f} | :: tranquility, peace, calm, calmness, quietness |
| tranquillité d'esprit {f} | :: peace of mind |
| trans- {prefix} | :: trans- |
| trans {adj} [chemistry] | :: trans |
| trans {mf} | :: transsexual |
| trans {adj} | :: transsexual |
| transaction {f} | :: transaction |
| transactionnel {adj} | :: transactional |
| transactionnellement {adv} | :: transactionally |
| transafricain {adj} | :: transafrican |
| transalpin {adj} | :: transalpine |
| transaméricain {adj} | :: transamerican |
| transandin {adj} | :: transandean |
| transat {m} | :: transat; deck chair |
| transatlantique {adj} | :: transatlantic |
| transbahuter {vt} | :: to cart |
| transbordement {m} | :: transshipment |
| transbordement {m} | :: ferrying |
| transborder {vt} | :: to ferry |
| transbordeur {m} [nautical] | :: ferry |
| transbordeur {m} | :: transporter bridge |
| transcanadien {adj} | :: transCanadian |
| transcendance {f} | :: transcendence |
| transcendant {adj} | :: transcendent |
| transcendant {adj} [mathematics] | :: transcendental |
| transcendantal {adj} | :: transcendental |
| transcendantalement {adv} | :: transcendentally |
| transcendantalisme {m} | :: transcendentalism |
| transcender {v} | :: to transcend |
| transclure {v} | :: to transclude |
| transcoder {v} | :: to transcode |
| transcoder {v} [computing] | :: To compile |
| transcodeur {m} [computing] | :: compiler |
| transcontinental {adj} | :: transcontinental |
| transcripteur {m} | :: transcriber |
| transcription {f} | :: transcription (all senses) |
| transcriptionnel {adj} | :: transcriptional |
| transcrire {v} | :: to transcribe (all senses) |
| transcrit {adj} | :: transcribed |
| transcutané {adj} | :: transcutaneous |
| transdermique {adj} | :: transdermal |
| transdisciplinaire {adj} | :: transdisciplinary |
| transducteur {m} | :: transducer (device) |
| transe {f} | :: trance (state of being hypnotized or mesmerized) |
| transférable {adj} | :: transferable (able to be transferred) |
| transférase {f} [enzyme] | :: transferase |
| transfèrement {m} | :: transfer |
| transférer {vti} | :: to transfer, remove |
| transfermien {adj} [chemistry, physics] | :: transfermium |
| transferrine {f} [protein] | :: transferrin |
| transfert {m} | :: transfer |
| transfert {m} [psychoanalysis] | :: transference |
| transfert érotique {m} | :: erotic transference |
| transfigurer {v} | :: to transfigure |
| transfini {adj} [mathematics] | :: transfinite (beyond finite) |
| transfo {m} | :: transformer |
| transformateur {m} | :: transformer (electrical device) |
| transformateur {adj} | :: transformative |
| transformation {f} | :: transformation |
| transformation {f} | :: conversion of a try in rugby |
| transformation de Fourier {f} [mathematics] | :: Fourier transform |
| transformée {f} [mathematics] | :: transform |
| transformer {v} | :: to transform |
| transformisme {m} [biology] | :: transformism |
| transformiste {adj} | :: transformist |
| transfrontalier {adj} | :: multinational, transborder |
| transfrontière {adj} | :: transfrontier, interstate |
| transfuge {mf} | :: deserter, defector |
| transfuge {mf} [figurative] | :: defector |
| transfuser {v} | :: to transfuse |
| transfusion {f} [medicine] | :: blood transfusion |
| transfusionnel {adj} | :: transfusional |
| transgène {m} [genetics] | :: transgene |
| transgénérationnel {adj} | :: transgenerational |
| transgenèse {f} [genetics] | :: transgenesis |
| transgénétique {adj} | :: transgenetic |
| transgénique {adj} | :: transgenic |
| transgenre {adj} | :: transgender |
| transgresser {v} | :: to transgress, infringe (a rule) |
| transgresseur {m} | :: transgressor |
| transgressif {adj} | :: transgressive (all senses) |
| transgression {f} | :: transgression (violation) |
| transhumance {f} | :: transhumance (seasonal movement of people and grazing animals) |
| transhumanisme {m} | :: transhumanism |
| transhumaniste {adj} | :: transhumanist |
| transhumant {adj} | :: transhumant |
| transhumer {v} | :: To move livestock according to transhumance |
| transi {adj} | :: chilled |
| transidentité {f} [LGBT] | :: transidentity |
| transiger {v} | :: to compromise |
| transir {v} [of a cold wind, figuratively] | :: to cut through, to pass through |
| transistor {m} | :: transistor |
| transistor {m} [metonymy] | :: transistor radio |
| transistorisé {adj} | :: transistorized |
| transitaire {mf} | :: forwarding agent |
| transiter {v} | :: to transit |
| transitif {adj} [grammar] | :: transitive (in grammar: of a verb, that takes an object or objects) |
| transition {f} | :: transition |
| transitionnel {adj} | :: transitional |
| transitivement {adv} | :: transitively |
| transitivité {f} [grammar and logic] | :: transitivity |
| transitoire {adj} | :: transitory |
| transitoirement {adv} | :: transiently |
| translater {v} [physics, mathematics] | :: to translate |
| translatif {adj} | :: translative |
| translatif {m} [grammar] | :: translative, translative case |
| translation {f} [mathematics, physics] | :: translation |
| translation {f} [computing] | :: thunking |
| translawrencien {adj} [physics, chemistry] | :: translawrencium |
| translingue {adj} [linguistics] | :: translingual |
| translitérer {v} | :: to transliterate |
| translittération {f} [linguistics] | :: transliteration (action of translitering) |
| translittérer {v} | :: to transliterate |
| translucide {adj} | :: translucent (allowing light to pass through scattering it) |
| transmanche {adj} | :: cross-channel |
| transmetteur {m} | :: transmitter |
| transmettre {vt} | :: to transmit |
| transmigrer {vi} | :: to transmigrate (migrate to another country) |
| transmigrer {vi} [of the soul] | :: to transmigrate (pass into another body after death) |
| transmissibilité {f} | :: transmissibility |
| transmissible {adj} | :: transmissible, transmittable |
| transmissif {adj} | :: transmissive |
| transmission {f} | :: transmission |
| transmissivité {f} | :: transmissivity |
| transmuer {vt} | :: to transmute |
| transmutateur {m} | :: transmuter, alchemist |
| transmutation {f} | :: transmutation (all senses) |
| transmuté {adj} | :: transmuted |
| transmuter {vt} | :: to transmute |
| transnational {adj} | :: transnational |
| transnationalisme {m} | :: transnationalism |
| transneptunien {adj} [astronomy] | :: transneptunian |
| Transnistrie {prop} {f} | :: Transnistria |
| transocéanien {adj} | :: transoceanic |
| transocéanique {adj} | :: transoceanic |
| Transoxiane {prop} {f} | :: Transoxiana |
| transoxianien {adj} | :: Transoxianan |
| transpacifique {adj} | :: transpacific |
| transparaitre {v} | :: alternative form of transparaître |
| transparaître {v} | :: to show through (of light etc.) |
| transparaître {v} | :: to become apparent, to show |
| transparence {f} | :: transparence, transparency |
| transparent {adj} | :: transparent; see-through |
| transparent {adj} | :: translucid; allowing light to pass through |
| transparent {adj} | :: clear |
| transparent {adj} | :: transparent, easy to understand, unambiguous |
| transparent {adj} | :: unnoticed; invisible |
| transparent {adj} [figuratively] | :: transparent; not hiding anything |
| transparent {adj} [linguistics] | :: having the same meaning in several languages |
| transparent {m} | :: paper having ruled lines put underneath a white sheet of paper in order to write straight |
| transparent {m} [obsolete] | :: screen lit from behind (now: enseigne lumineuse) |
| transparent {m} | :: plastic film used to show images with an overhead |
| transpartisan {adj} | :: transpartisan |
| transpercer {v} | :: to pierce, to impale |
| transpiration {f} | :: transpiration |
| transpiration {f} | :: sweat (bodily fluid) |
| transpirer {v} | :: to transpire |
| transpirer {v} | :: to perspire, sweat |
| transpirer à grosses gouttes {v} | :: synonym of suer à grosses gouttes |
| transplantation {f} | :: transplantation (all senses) |
| transplanter {v} | :: to transplant (uproot and replant (a plant)) |
| transplanter {v} | :: to transplant (change an organ) |
| transplutonien {adj} [physics, chemistry] | :: transplutonium |
| transpolaire {adj} | :: transpolar |
| transport {m} | :: transport |
| transport en commun {m} | :: public transport |
| transporter {v} | :: to transport |
| transporteur {m} | :: carrier, transporter (person, company or device) |
| transporteur {adj} | :: transporter (attributive) |
| transporteur de vrac {m} | :: bulk carrier, bulker |
| transposable {adj} | :: transposable |
| transposée {f} [mathematics] | :: transpose (matrix) |
| transposer {v} | :: to transpose (reverse or change the order of two) |
| transposition {f} | :: transposition |
| transpressionisme {m} | :: transpressionism |
| transpyrénéen {adj} | :: transpyrenean |
| transrhénan {adj} | :: transrhenane |
| transsaharien {adj} | :: trans-Saharan |
| transsexualité {f} | :: transsexuality |
| transsexuel {adj} | :: transsexual |
| transsexuel {m} | :: transsexual |
| transsexuelle {f} | :: feminine noun of transsexuel |
| transsibérien {adj} | :: Trans-Siberian |
| transsonique {adj} | :: transsonic (around the speed of sound) |
| transthoracique {adj} [anatomy] | :: transthoracic |
| transuranien {adj} [physics, chemistry, astronomy] | :: transuranic |
| transvasement {m} | :: decantation |
| transvaser {vt} | :: to decant |
| transvaseur {m} | :: decanter |
| transvection {f} [genetics, mathematics] | :: transvection |
| transversaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: transversal |
| transversal {adj} | :: transversal |
| transversale {f} | :: crossbar |
| transversalement {adv} | :: transversally; crosswise |
| transvider {v} | :: to unload |
| transylvain {adj} | :: Transylvanian |
| Transylvanie {prop} {f} | :: Transylvania |
| transylvanien {adj} | :: Transylvanian |
| Trapani {prop} | :: Trapani (province) |
| Trapani {prop} | :: Trapani (capital city) |
| trapèze {m} [sailing, gymnastics] | :: trapeze |
| trapèze {m} [geometry] | :: trapezium |
| trapèze {m} [skeleton] | :: trapezium, trapezium bone |
| trapézien {adj} [geometry] | :: trapezial |
| trapéziste {mf} | :: trapeze artist, trapezist |
| trapézoïdal {adj} | :: trapezoidal |
| trapézoïde {m} | :: trapezoid (quadrilateral with no sides parallel) |
| trapézoïde {m} [skeleton] | :: trapezoid bone |
| trappage {f} | :: trapping |
| trappe {f} | :: hatch or trap door |
| trappe {f} [slang] | :: trap (mouth) |
| trapper {v} | :: To trap (hunt using traps) |
| Trappes {prop} | :: A town in the Yvelines department of Île-de-France |
| trappeur {m} | :: trapper (especially for fur) |
| trappiste {adj} | :: Trappist |
| trappiste {adj} | :: Of or from Trappes |
| trappiste {f} | :: Trappist beer |
| trapu {adj} | :: stocky, squat |
| trapu {adj} | :: misshapen |
| traque {f} | :: tracking |
| traquenard {m} | :: trap, pitfall |
| traquenard {m} | :: practical joke |
| traquer {v} | :: to track, follow |
| traquer {v} | :: to track down, hunt down; to hound |
| traquet {m} | :: wheatear; stonechat |
| traqueur {m} | :: tracker |
| traqueuse {f} | :: feminine noun of traqueur |
| trauma {m} [medicine] | :: trauma (a localised injury produced by an external action) |
| trauma {m} [psychology and psychoanalysis, elliptical use for trauma psychique] | :: psychic trauma |
| traumatique {adj} | :: traumatic |
| traumatiquement {adv} | :: traumatically |
| traumatisant {adj} | :: traumatizing |
| traumatiser {vt} | :: to traumatise |
| traumatisme {m} [pathology] | :: trauma |
| traumatologique {adj} | :: traumatological |
| traumatologue {mf} | :: traumatologist |
| travail {m} | :: work; labor |
| travail {m} | :: job |
| travail {m} | :: workplace |
| travail à la chaîne {m} | :: assembly-line work |
| travail au noir {m} [colloquial] | :: moonlighting, undeclared work |
| travail d'arabe {m} [France, derogatory, ethnic slur] | :: poorly, lazily executed work |
| travail de bénédictin {m} | :: yeoman's service, yeoman's work |
| travail de Romain {m} | :: yeoman's service |
| travail d'intérêt général {m} [chiefly in the plural] | :: community service |
| travailler {v} | :: to work |
| travailler {v} | :: to study |
| travailler {v} | :: to struggle |
| travailleur {m} | :: worker, one who works |
| travailleur {adj} | :: hard-working, diligent |
| travailleuse {f} | :: feminine noun of travailleur |
| travailleuse du sexe {f} | :: (female) sex worker |
| travaillisme {m} [politics] | :: Labour politics |
| travailliste {adj} [attributive] | :: working; labor |
| travailliste {adj} [politics] | :: Labour, Labor |
| travailliste {mf} | :: Labour supporter |
| travaux forcés {mp} | :: forced labor |
| travée {f} [architecture] | :: bay |
| travelling {m} [cinematography] | :: travelling shot |
| travelo {m} [colloquial] | :: transvestite |
| travers {m} | :: outside (the external part of) |
| travers {m} | :: wide side (the side of which the width is measured) |
| travers {m} [historical] | :: border toll |
| traverse {f} [rail] | :: sleeper (UK), tie (US) |
| traversée {f} | :: crossing (action of traversing something) |
| traverser {v} | :: to cross, to go across |
| traverser l'esprit {v} | :: to cross someone's mind, to spring to mind |
| traverseur {m} | :: traverser |
| traverseuse {f} | :: feminine singular of traverseur |
| traversier {adj} | :: crossing |
| traversier {m} [nautical] | :: ferry (for cars etc) |
| traversin {m} | :: bolster |
| travertin {m} [geology] | :: travertine |
| travesti {m} | :: transvestite |
| travestir {vt} | :: to disguise |
| travestir {vr} | :: to dress up [especially in clothes of the opposite sex] |
| travestir {vt} [pejorative] | :: to travesty (to make a travesty of), distort |
| travestisme {m} | :: transvestism |
| travestissement {m} | :: transvestism |
| trawler {v} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: to trawl |
| trayeuse {f} | :: milking machine |
| trayon {m} | :: teat (of cow, goat) |
| Trb. {n} [music] | :: abbreviation of trombone |
| trébuchant {adj} | :: stumbling |
| trébuchant {adj} | :: tottering |
| trébuchement {m} | :: stumble, trip |
| trébucher {v} [sur] | :: to trip, to stumble |
| trébuchet {m} | :: trebuchet |
| tréfilage {m} | :: drawing (of wire) |
| trèfle {m} | :: clover |
| trèfle {m} [card games] | :: clubs (card suit) |
| trèfle {m} [architecture] | :: trefoil |
| trèfle {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: trefoil |
| trèfle à quatre feuilles {m} | :: four-leaf clover |
| tréfoncier {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to the subsoil |
| tréfoncier {m} | :: Owner of the soil and subsoil |
| tréfoncière {f} | :: Owner of the soil and subsoil |
| tréfonds {m} [literary] | :: depths, the deep |
| tréfonds {m} [literary, figuratively] | :: profundity; something that is recondite or abstruse |
| tréhalose {m} [carbohydrate] | :: trehalose |
| treillage {m} | :: trellis |
| treillager {v} | :: to trellis, equip with a trellis |
| treille {f} | :: trellis |
| treille {f} | :: arbour (with vines) |
| treillis {m} | :: trellis |
| treillis {m} | :: canvas |
| treillis {m} [military] | :: fatigues |
| treize {num} | :: thirteen |
| treizième {adj} | :: thirteenth |
| treizième {mf} | :: thirteenth |
| treizièmement {adv} | :: thirteenthly |
| trek {m} | :: treck |
| trek {m} | :: trecking |
| trekkeur {m} | :: trekker; hiker |
| trekkeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of trekkeur |
| trekking {m} | :: trekking |
| tréma {m} | :: a trema, a diaeresis mark ( ¨ ) |
| tremblant {adj} | :: shaky, shaking, trembling |
| Tremblay {prop} | :: surname |
| tremble {m} | :: aspen |
| tremblement {m} | :: shake, tremble |
| tremblement de terre {m} | :: earthquake |
| trembler {v} | :: to tremble, shake |
| trembler comme une feuille {v} [simile] | :: to shake like a leaf |
| trembleur {m} [literally] | :: shaker, one who trembles |
| trembleur {m} [figuratively] | :: someone who is often scared |
| trembleuse {f} | :: feminine noun of trembleur |
| tremblotant {adj} | :: tremulous, shaking |
| trembloter {vi} | :: to quiver |
| tremé {m} [verlan, backslang] | :: metre, meter |
| trémie {f} | :: hopper |
| trémière {f} | :: hollyhock |
| trémolite {f} [mineral] | :: tremolite |
| trémolo {m} [music] | :: tremolo |
| trémor {m} | :: tremor |
| trémoussement {m} | :: fluttering |
| trémousser {v} | :: to jig, jiggle |
| trempabilité {f} | :: hardenability, temperability |
| trempage {m} | :: soaking |
| trempe {adj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: wet, soaked |
| trempe {m} [colloquial] | :: beating, hiding |
| trempé {adj} | :: soaked, drenched |
| trempé {adj} [of metal] | :: hardened, tempered |
| trempé {adj} [figurative] | :: battle-hardened, tough |
| trempé comme une soupe {adj} [simile, of a person] | :: drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, soaked to the bone, soaking wet, wringing wet, wet through, soaked through |
| tremper {vt} | :: to soak, to drench, to wet |
| tremper {vt} | :: to dip, to dunk |
| tremper {vt} | :: to temper (metal), to harden |
| tremper le biscuit {v} | :: alternative form of tremper son biscuit |
| tremper son biscuit {v} [rather vulgar] | :: to dip one's wick (of a man) |
| trempette {f} | :: paddle, dip (brief excursion into the sea) |
| trempette {f} | :: dip (sauce eaten with pieces of bread etc) |
| tremplin {m} [diving] | :: springboard |
| tremplin {m} [gymnastics] | :: springboard |
| tremplin {m} [figuratively] | :: springboard (something to jumpstart or boost e.g. a career) |
| tremplin {m} [skiing] | :: ski jump |
| trémulation {f} | :: tremor, trembling, shaking |
| trémuler {vi} | :: to tremble, to shake |
| trémuler {vt} | :: to shake |
| trench {m} | :: trench coat |
| trench-coat {m} | :: trench coat |
| trenèl {m} | :: A food, similar to haggis, from Aveyron |
| trentaine {f} | :: about thirty |
| trente {num} | :: thirty |
| trente {m} | :: thirty |
| Trente {prop} {f} | :: Trento (province, city) |
| trente-cinq {m} | :: thirty-five |
| trente-cinquième {mf} | :: thirty-fifth |
| trente-deux {m} | :: thirty-two |
| trente-deuxième {mf} | :: thirty-second |
| trente et un {num} | :: thirty-one |
| trente-et-un {m} | :: thirty-one |
| trente-et-unième {mf} | :: thirty-first |
| trente-huit {num} | :: thirty-eight |
| trentenaire {adj} | :: thirty-year-old |
| trentenaire {mf} | :: thirty-year-old |
| trentenaire {mf} | :: A person between 30 and 39 years old; tricenarian |
| trente-neuf {num} | :: thirty-nine |
| trente-quatre {m} | :: thirty-four |
| trente-quatrième {mf} | :: thirty-fourth |
| trente-sept {num} | :: thirty-seven |
| trente-six {num} | :: thirty-six |
| trente-six {num} [colloquial] | :: many; an indeterminate large number of; umpteen |
| trente-sixième {mf} | :: thirty-sixth |
| trente-sixième dessous {m} [colloquial] | :: a very miserable situation, a very dark place, a very sad and unhappy state |
| trente-trois {m} | :: thirty-three |
| trente-troisième {mf} | :: thirty-third |
| trentième {adj} | :: thirtieth |
| trentième {mf} | :: thirtieth |
| trentièmement {adv} | :: thirtiethly |
| Trentin {prop} | :: surname |
| trépan {m} | :: drill |
| trépan {m} [surgery] | :: trepan, trephine |
| trépanation {f} | :: trepanation |
| trépaner {vt} [surgery] | :: to trepan |
| trépanier {m} | :: driller |
| Trépanier {prop} | :: Trepanier; surname |
| trépas {m} [literary] | :: death, demise (of a person) |
| trépassé {m} | :: deceased |
| trépasser {v} [euphemistic] | :: to cross over; to pass away (to die) |
| tréphocyte {m} [cytology] | :: trephocyte |
| tréphone {f} [hormone] | :: trephone |
| trépidant {adj} | :: hectic |
| trépidation {f} | :: trembling |
| trépidation {f} | :: vibration |
| trépidation {f} | :: shudder |
| trépider {vi} | :: to vibrate |
| trépider {vi} | :: to shudder |
| trépider {vi} | :: to throb |
| trépied {m} | :: tripod |
| trépignement {m} | :: stamping (of feet) |
| trépigner {vi} | :: to stamp or shuffle one's feet (usually of horses or humans) |
| trépigner {vi} [figurative] | :: to wait nervously or angrily |
| trépigner {vt} | :: to trample |
| trépigner {vt} [figurative] | :: to severely criticize, to speak badly of |
| trépigner {vt} [slang, dated] | :: to beat up |
| tréponème {m} | :: treponeme |
| très {adv} | :: very |
| très bien {adv} | :: very good, very well |
| très bien {adv} | :: excellent |
| très chic {phrase} [colloquial] | :: That's the style; that's the ticket |
| Très-Haut {prop} {m} | :: the Most High (name for God) |
| très honorable {adj} [politics] | :: right honourable |
| trésor {m} | :: treasure (valuables) |
| trésor {m} | :: treasure (any single thing one values greatly) |
| trésor {m} | :: treasure (term of endearment) |
| trésor {m} | :: treasury |
| Trésor {m} | :: Treasury (government department) |
| trésorerie {f} | :: treasurership |
| trésorerie {f} | :: treasury |
| trésorerie {f} | :: accounts department |
| trésorier {m} | :: treasurer (official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organisation) |
| trésorière {f} | :: feminine noun of trésorier |
| trésorier-payeur général {m} | :: paymaster |
| très peu pour moi {interj} [colloquial] | :: not for me! no thanks! no thank you! it's not my cup of tea! I really don't like it! I'm not interested at all! |
| tressaillement {m} | :: shiver, shudder, wince |
| tressaillement {m} | :: quiver, thrill |
| tressaillir {v} | :: to thrill, shiver, quiver |
| tressaillir {v} | :: to vibrate |
| tressaillir {v} | :: to twitch, start, shudder, jump |
| tressauter {v} | :: to jump, act jumpy |
| tresse {f} | :: tress, braid, plait |
| tresser {vt} | :: to plait, braid |
| tréteau {m} | :: trestle (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks) |
| tréteau {m} | :: sawhorse |
| treuil {m} | :: winch, hoist, windlass |
| treuillage {m} | :: winching |
| treuiller {vt} | :: to winch |
| treum {m} [backslang, verlan] | :: apocopic form of tremé, treumé |
| trêve {f} [military, politics, etc.] | :: truce |
| trêve {f} [sports] | :: midwinter break |
| trêve {f} | :: rest, respite |
| Trèves {prop} | :: Trèves (city) |
| Trévise {prop} {f} | :: Treviso (province) |
| Trévise {prop} {f} | :: Treviso (town) |
| Trgl. {n} [music] | :: abbreviation of triangle |
| tri- {prefix} | :: tri- |
| tri {m} | :: selection |
| tri {m} [computing] | :: sort |
| tri à bulles {m} [computing] | :: bubble sort |
| triacétate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: triacetate |
| triacétine {f} [organic compound] | :: triacetin |
| triacide {adj} [chemistry] | :: triacidic |
| triacontanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: triacontanoic |
| triade {f} | :: triad (all senses) |
| triadique {adj} | :: triadic (relating to a triad) |
| triage {m} | :: triage; sorting |
| triage {m} [railway] | :: classification, marshalling |
| triage {m} [railway] | :: classification yard, marshalling yard |
| triage {m} [forestry] | :: the smallest unit of forest in the ancien régime |
| triamcinolone {m} | :: triamcinolone |
| triangle {m} [geometry] | :: triangle (polygon) |
| triangle {m} [music] | :: triangle (percussion instrument) |
| triangle amoureux {m} | :: love triangle |
| triangle de sécurité {m} [automotive] | :: warning triangle |
| triangle équilatéral {m} | :: equilateral triangle |
| triangle rectangle {m} | :: right triangle (a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles) |
| triangulaire {adj} | :: triangular |
| triangulaire {f} | :: three-way race, struggle etc |
| triangulairement {adv} | :: triangularly |
| trianguler {v} | :: to triangulate |
| triaperturé {adj} [botany, of a pollen grain] | :: Having three apertures (germination pores) |
| Trias {prop} {m} [geology] | :: Triassic period |
| triathlon {m} | :: triathlon |
| triathlon d'hiver {m} | :: winter triathlon (a three-sport three-leg race involving raquette (snowshoeing), patin (ice skating), ski de fond (cross-country skiing).) |
| triatomique {adj} [physics, chemistry] | :: triatomic |
| triazène {m} [chemistry] | :: triazene |
| tribadisme {m} | :: tribadism |
| tribal {adj} | :: tribal |
| tribalisme {m} | :: tribalism |
| tribologie {f} | :: tribology |
| tribologique {adj} | :: tribological |
| triboluminescence {f} [physics] | :: triboluminescence |
| tribord {m} [nautical] | :: starboard |
| tribraque {m} [prosody] | :: tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables) |
| tribromure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tribromide |
| tribu {f} | :: tribe |
| tribulation {f} | :: tribulation |
| tribun {m} | :: tribune |
| tribunal {m} | :: tribunal |
| tribunal {m} [law] | :: court, court of law |
| tribunat {m} | :: tribunate |
| tribune {f} | :: platform, rostrum, podium |
| tribune {f} | :: stand, grandstand |
| tribune {f} [architecture] | :: gallery |
| tribuniste {adj} | :: Tribunite |
| tribuniste {mf} | :: Tribunite |
| tribut {m} [historical] | :: tribute (payment made from one state to another as a sign of submission) |
| tribut {m} | :: tribute (acknowledgement of gratitude) |
| tributaire {adj} | :: tributary |
| tributaire {mf} | :: tributary |
| tributyle {m} [organic chemistry, in combination] | :: tributyl |
| tributylétain {m} [organic compound] | :: tributyltin |
| tricarboxylique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tricarboxylic |
| tricastin {adj} | :: Of or from the region of Tricastin or the town of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux |
| Tricastin {prop} | :: A historic region between Drôme and Vaucluse |
| -trice {suffix} | :: feminine noun of -teur |
| tricentenaire {m} | :: tercentenary, tricentennial |
| tricéphale {adj} | :: tricephalous |
| triche {f} | :: fraud |
| triche {f} | :: cheating |
| tricher {v} | :: to cheat |
| tricherie {f} | :: cheating, trickery |
| tricheur {m} | :: cheat, cheater |
| tricheuse {f} | :: cheat; cheater (someone who cheats) |
| trichinose {f} [pathology] | :: trichinosis |
| trichloracétaldéhyde {m} [organic compound] | :: trichloroacetaldehyde |
| trichloracétique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: trichloroacetic |
| trichloré {adj} [chemistry] | :: trichlorinated |
| trichloréthène {m} | :: synonym of trichloréthylène |
| trichloréthylène {m} [organic compound] | :: trichloroethylene |
| trichloroacétique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: trichloroacetic |
| trichloroéthane {m} [organic compound] | :: trichloroethane |
| trichloroéthène {m} | :: alternative form of trichloréthylène |
| trichloroéthylène {m} | :: alternative form of trichloréthylène |
| trichlorofluorométhane {m} | :: trichlorofluoromethane (CFCl3) |
| trichloronitrométhane {m} [organic compound] | :: trichloronitromethane |
| trichlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: trichloride |
| trichobézoard {m} | :: trichobezoar |
| trichomanie {f} | :: trichotillomania |
| trichophile {m} | :: A trichophile |
| trichosanique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: trichosanic |
| trichotomie {f} | :: trichotomy |
| trichroïsme {m} | :: trichroism |
| trichromate {adj} | :: trichromatic |
| trichromate {mf} | :: trichromat |
| trichromatie {f} | :: trichromatism |
| trichromie {f} | :: three-colour printing |
| triclinique {adj} [crystallography] | :: triclinic |
| tricolore {adj} | :: three-colored |
| tricolore {adj} [attributive] | :: French flag |
| Tricolore {prop} {m} [Quebec, slang] | :: the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club |
| tricontinental {adj} | :: tricontinental |
| tricot {m} | :: knitting |
| tricot {m} | :: sweater, jumper |
| tricot {m} | :: sea krait (snake) |
| tricotage {m} | :: knitting (occupation) |
| tricot de corps {m} | :: vest (UK), undershirt (US) |
| tricoter {v} | :: to knit |
| tricoteur {m} | :: knitter |
| tricoteuse {f} | :: female equivalent of tricoteur |
| tric trac {m} | :: alternative spelling of trictrac |
| tric-trac {m} | :: alternative spelling of trictrac |
| trictrac {m} | :: a variant of backgammon, very popular during the XVIIth, XVIIIth centuries in aristocratic circles of France |
| trictrac {m} | :: the board used to play it |
| tricycle {m} | :: tricycle |
| tricyclique {adj} | :: tricyclic |
| tricycliste {mf} | :: tricyclist |
| tridécane {m} [organic compound] | :: tridecane |
| tridécanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tridecanoic |
| tridécylique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tridecylic |
| trident {m} | :: trident |
| tridentin {adj} | :: Tridentine (all senses) |
| tridermique {adj} | :: tridermic |
| tridi {m} [historical] | :: The third day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar |
| tridimensionnel {adj} | :: three-dimensional |
| trièdre {m} | :: trihedron |
| trief {adj} [Judaism] | :: treyf; unkosher |
| triène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: triene |
| triennal {adj} | :: triennial, three-yearly |
| triennalement {adv} | :: triennially (every three years) |
| triénoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: trienoic |
| trier {v} | :: to sort, to sort out |
| trier {v} | :: to grade; to calibrate |
| trière {f} [nautical] | :: trireme |
| trier sur le volet {v} | :: to handpick, to select carefully by strict criteria |
| Trieste {prop} {f} | :: Trieste (province) |
| Trieste {prop} {f} | :: Trieste (town) |
| triéthylgallium {m} [organic compound] | :: triethylgallium |
| Trieu {prop} | :: surname |
| trieur {m} | :: sorter, grader (person; machine (feminine only)) |
| trieuse {f} | :: female equivalent of trieur |
| triflate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: triflate |
| trifluoroacétate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: trifluoroacetate |
| trifluoroacétique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: trifluoroacetic |
| trifluorométhylsulfonate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: trifluoromethanesulfonate |
| trifluorure {m} [chemistry] | :: trifluoride |
| trifluvien {adj} [Quebec] | :: Trifluvien, pertaining to Trois-Rivières or its surrounding county |
| Trifluvien {m} [Quebec] | :: Trifluvien, a resident of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers) or its surrounding county |
| Trifluvienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Trifluvien |
| trifouiller {v} [colloquial] | :: to tamper (with), tinker |
| trifouiller {vi} [colloquial] | :: to rummage, rummage around (+dans = in) |
| trifouiller {vi} [colloquial] | :: to dabble |
| Trifouillis-les-Oies {prop} | :: Any small village |
| trigastrique {adj} | :: trigastric |
| triglycéride {m} [organic chemistry] | :: triglyceride |
| triglycéridémie {f} [pathology] | :: triglyceridemia |
| trigonalisation {f} | :: triangularization |
| trigonaliser {v} | :: To triangularize |
| trigonométrie {f} | :: trigonometry |
| trigonométrique {adj} [mathematics] | :: trigonometric |
| trigonométriquement {adv} | :: trigonometrically |
| trihalogénométhane {m} [organic chemistry] | :: trihalogenomethane |
| trihalogénure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: trihalide |
| triholoside {m} [carbohydrate] | :: trisaccharide |
| trihydrate {m} | :: trihydrate |
| trihydraté {adj} [chemistry] | :: trihydrated |
| trihydrique {adj} [chemistry] | :: trihydric |
| trihydrogène {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: trihydrogen |
| trihydrure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: trihydride |
| triiodométhane {m} [organic compound] | :: triiodomethane |
| triiodure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: triiodide |
| trijonction {f} | :: trijunction |
| trijumeau {adj} [anatomy] | :: trigeminal |
| trilatéral {adj} | :: trilateral |
| trilatère {adj} | :: trilateral |
| trilingue {adj} | :: trilingual |
| trilinguisme {m} [linguistics] | :: trilingualism |
| trilitère {adj} | :: triliteral |
| trille {m} | :: trill |
| trille {m} | :: trillium (Trillium): either the plant or the flower |
| triller {v} | :: To trill |
| trilliard {num} | :: 1021, a thousand billion billion by the long scale, a short scale sextillion |
| trillion {num} | :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion |
| trillionième {adj} | :: trillionth |
| trilobé {adj} [botany] | :: trilobate (having three lobes) |
| trilobite {m} | :: trilobite |
| trilogie {f} | :: trilogy |
| trimaran {m} | :: trimaran |
| trimardeur {m} | :: migrant worker; vagabond |
| trimbaler {vt} [colloquial] | :: to drag |
| trimbaler {vt} [colloquial] | :: to lug, lug around, cart |
| trimbaler {vt} [colloquial] | :: to have in mind |
| trimbaler {vt} [colloquial] | :: to run ragged |
| trimballer {v} | :: alternative spelling of trimbaler |
| trimer {v} [colloquial] | :: to slave away (to work very hard) |
| trimer {v} [dated] | :: to walk for a long time; to tramp |
| trimère {m} [chemistry] | :: trimer |
| trimérisation {f} [chemistry] | :: trimerization |
| trimériser {v} [chemistry] | :: To trimerize |
| trimestre {m} | :: quarter |
| trimestre {m} [education] | :: term |
| trimestre {m} | :: (of pregnancy) trimester |
| trimestriel {adj} | :: Every three months |
| trimestriellement {adv} | :: quarterly (every three months) |
| triméthylamine {f} [organic compound] | :: trimethylamine |
| triméthylarsine {m} [organic compound] | :: trimethylarsine |
| triméthylbenzène {m} [organic compound] | :: trimethylbenzene |
| triméthyle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: trimethyl |
| triméthylgallium {m} [organic compound] | :: trimethylgallium |
| triméthylglycine {f} [organic chemistry] | :: trimethylglycine |
| triméthylméthane {m} [organic compound] | :: trimethylmethane |
| triméthylpentane {m} [organic compound] | :: trimethylpentane |
| trimoléculaire {adj} [physics, chemistry] | :: trimolecular |
| trimoteur {m} | :: three-engined aircraft |
| tringle {f} | :: rod |
| tringle {f} [architecture] | :: tenia |
| tringler {v} [slang] | :: to shaft, shag, hump (have sex with) |
| Trinh {prop} | :: surname |
| trinitaire {adj} | :: Trinitarian |
| trinitaire {mf} | :: Trinitarian |
| trinité {f} | :: trinity (group of three things) |
| trinité {f} [Christianity] | :: Trinity |
| Trinité {prop} {f} | :: Trinidad (island) |
| Trinité-et-Tobago {prop} {f} | :: Trinité-et-Tobago (a <<country>> consisting of two main <<islands>> in the <<r/Caribbean>>) |
| trinitramide {m} [inorganic compound] | :: trinitramide |
| trinitroamine {f} | :: synonym of trinitramide |
| trinitrobenzène {m} [organic compound] | :: trinitrobenzene |
| trinitroglycérine {f} [organic compound] | :: trinitroglycerin |
| trinitrophénol {m} [organic compound] | :: trinitrophenol |
| trinitrotoluène {m} [organic compound] | :: trinitrotoluene |
| trinôme {m} [maths] | :: trinomial |
| trinquage {f} | :: toasting |
| trinquer {v} | :: to clink glasses, toast |
| trinquet {m} | :: mizzen |
| trinucléaire {adj} | :: trinuclear |
| trio {m} | :: trio |
| trio {m} | :: Tiriyó (language) |
| triœcie {f} [botany] | :: A class of plants that possesses a mixture of female, male, and hermaphroditic features |
| triolet {m} [poetry] | :: triplet, triolet |
| triolet {m} [music] | :: triplet |
| triolisme {m} | :: threesome, threeway (a sexual activity involving three people) |
| trioliste {adj} | :: troilist |
| triomphal {adj} | :: triumphant |
| triomphalement {adv} | :: triumphantly |
| triomphalisme {m} | :: triumphalism |
| triomphaliste {adj} | :: triumphalist |
| triomphant {adj} | :: triumphant |
| triomphateur {m} | :: victor, winner |
| triomphateur {adj} | :: triumphant |
| triomphe {m} | :: triumph |
| triompher {v} | :: to triumph |
| triose {m} [carbohydrate] | :: triose |
| trioxyde {m} [chemistry] | :: trioxide |
| trioxygène {m} | :: trioxygen |
| triparti {adj} | :: tripartite |
| tripartisme {m} | :: tripartism |
| tripartite {adj} | :: tripartite |
| tripe {f} | :: tripe |
| triperie {f} | :: tripe shop |
| tripes {fp} | :: tripe (food) |
| tripes à la mode de Caen {n} | :: A recipe from Normandy made from the four stomachs of a cow, cider, calvados and various vegetables |
| triphasé {adj} | :: three-phase |
| triphasique {adj} | :: triphasic |
| triphénylène {m} [organic compound] | :: triphenylene |
| triphénylephosphine {m} [organic compound] | :: triphenylphosphine |
| triphenylméthanol {m} [organic compound] | :: triphenylmethanol |
| triphénylméthanol {m} [organic compound] | :: triphenylmethanol |
| triphénylphosphine {f} [organic compound] | :: triphenylphosphine |
| tripier {m} | :: tripe butcher |
| tripière {f} | :: feminine noun of tripier |
| triplace {adj} | :: three-seater (of a vehicle) |
| triple {adj} | :: triple |
| triple {adj} [music] | :: thirty-second note |
| triple {m} [baseball] | :: triple |
| triplé {m} | :: triplet (one of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother) |
| triplé {m} [sports] | :: hat trick |
| triple croche {f} [music] | :: thirty-second note |
| triple jeu {m} [baseball] | :: triple play |
| triplement {adv} | :: triply |
| tripler {vti} | :: to triple |
| triple saut {m} | :: triple jump |
| triplet {m} [mathematics, biology, architecture] | :: triplet, group of three things |
| triploblastique {adj} | :: triploblastic |
| tripode {adj} | :: three-footed |
| tripolaire {adj} | :: tripolar |
| tripolitain {adj} | :: Tripolitan (of or from Tripoli) |
| Tripolitaine {f} | :: Tripolitan (female) |
| Tripolitaine {prop} {f} | :: Tripolitania |
| triporteur {m} | :: three-wheeled delivery van |
| tripot {m} | :: dive (gambling den etc) |
| tripotage {m} | :: fiddling, manipulation, jiggery-pokery |
| tripoter {v} | :: to fiddle with |
| tripoter {v} | :: to feel up |
| tripou {m} | :: A tripe dish from Aveyron |
| trippant {adj} [slang] | :: trippy |
| triptote {adj} | :: triptote |
| triptyque {m} | :: triptych |
| trique {f} | :: cudgel, club (large sticklike object) |
| trique {f} [vulgar, slang] | :: hard-on (erection) |
| triquotidien {adj} | :: thrice daily |
| trirème {f} | :: trireme (galley with three banks of oars) |
| trisaïeul {m} | :: great-great-grandfather |
| trisaïeule {f} | :: great-great-grandmother |
| trisannuel {adj} | :: triennial |
| trisannuellement {adv} | :: triennially (every three years) |
| triskaidékaphobie {f} | :: triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) |
| triskèle {f} | :: triskeles, triskelion |
| triso {m} [slang, derogatory] | :: idiot |
| trisomie {f} | :: trisomy |
| trisomie 21 {f} | :: trisomy 21, Down's syndrome (UK), Down syndrome (US) |
| trisomique {adj} | :: trisomic |
| trisplanchnique {adj} [anatomy] | :: trisplanchnic |
| trissotin {m} | :: fool |
| Tristan {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| triste {adj} | :: sad |
| tristéarate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: tristearate |
| tristéarine {f} [organic compound] | :: tristearin |
| tristement {adv} | :: sadly; gloomily |
| triste sire {m} | :: unsavory individual |
| triste sire {m} | :: killjoy |
| tristesse {f} | :: sadness |
| tristounet {adj} | :: sullen |
| tristounettement {adv} | :: sullenly |
| trisulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: trisulfide / trisulphide |
| tritagoniste {mf} | :: tritagonist |
| triterpène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: triterpene |
| trithérapie {m} | :: triple therapy (having three components) |
| triticine {f} [protein] | :: The gluten component of triticale |
| tritié {adj} [chemistry] | :: tritiated |
| tritigène {adj} [physics] | :: tritigenic |
| triton {m} | :: newt |
| tritoxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tritoxide |
| tritriacontanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tritriacontanoic |
| triturage {m} | :: trituration |
| triturateur {m} | :: grinder |
| triturateur {m} | :: pulper |
| triturer {v} | :: To triturate |
| triumvirat {m} [chiefly historical] | :: triumvirate |
| trivalent {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: trivalent |
| trivial {adj} | :: trivial (common, easy, obvious) |
| trivial {adj} | :: ordinary, mundane |
| trivial {adj} | :: colloquial (language) |
| trivialement {adv} | :: trivially |
| trivialité {f} | :: triviality |
| trivialité {f} | :: mundaneness |
| Troade {prop} {f} | :: Troad |
| troc {m} | :: barter, swop |
| trochantinien {adj} [anatomy] | :: trochantinian |
| trochin {m} [anatomy] | :: lesser tubercle (anterior process of the proximal extremity of the humerus) |
| trochlée {f} [anatomy] | :: trochlea |
| trochléen {adj} | :: trochlear |
| troène {m} | :: privet |
| troëne {m} | :: alternative form of troène |
| troglodyte {mf} | :: troglodyte |
| troglodyte {m} | :: wren |
| troglodyte {m} | :: chimpanzee |
| troglodyte mignon {m} | :: Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
| troglodytique {adj} | :: troglodytic |
| troglodytique {adj} | :: cave (attributive) |
| trogne {f} [colloquial] | :: mug (face) |
| trognon {m} | :: core (of apple etc.) |
| Troie {prop} {f} [Ancient Greece] | :: Troie (ancient city) |
| troïka {f} | :: troika (vehicle) |
| troïka {f} | :: troika (party of three) |
| trois {num} | :: three |
| trois cents {m} | :: three hundred |
| trois fois rien {pron} [colloquial] | :: next to nothing (very little) |
| troisième {adj} | :: third |
| troisième {mf} | :: third |
| troisième {mf} | :: third class (public transport) |
| troisième âge {m} | :: third age, later life, twilight years, old age |
| troisième base {f} [Europe] | :: alternative form of troisième but |
| troisième but {m} [baseball] | :: third base |
| troisième but {m} | :: [by ellipsis] third baseman |
| Troisième Guerre mondiale {prop} {f} | :: World War III |
| troisièmement {adv} | :: thirdly |
| troisième personne {f} | :: third person (all meanings) |
| trois pelés et un tondu {mp} [colloquial] | :: one man and his dog (virtually nobody) |
| Trois Rivières {prop} | :: alternative form of Trois-Rivières |
| Trois-Rivières {prop} {m} | :: Trois-Rivières |
| Trois-Rivières {prop} {m} [colloquial] | :: Three Rivers |
| trojan {m} [computing, Anglicism] | :: trojan, Trojan horse (computing) |
| troll {m} | :: troll (mythical being) |
| troll {m} | :: troll (inflammatory poster on the Internet) |
| troll {m} [by extension] | :: The act of trolling |
| troller {v} [hunting] | :: To wander unsystematically about, looking for game |
| troller {v} [Internet] | :: To troll |
| trollesque {adj} [Internet] | :: trollish |
| trolley {m} | :: trolley |
| trolley {m} | :: trolleybus |
| trombe {f} | :: waterspout |
| trombine {f} [colloquial] | :: face |
| trombinoscope {m} | :: facebook (directory of people with accompanying photographs) |
| tromblon {m} | :: blunderbuss |
| tromblon {m} [colloquial] | :: (old) codger |
| trombone {m} [musical instruments] | :: trombone |
| trombone {m} | :: paper clip |
| tromboner {v} [vulgar, slang] | :: To fuck (of a female, to have sex) |
| tromboniste {mf} | :: trombonist (person who plays the trombone) |
| trompe {f} | :: trumpet |
| trompe {f} | :: trunk of an elephant |
| trompe {f} | :: squinch |
| trompe auditive {f} | :: synonym of trompe d’Eustache |
| trompe de chasse {f} | :: hunting horn |
| trompe de Fallope {f} [anatomy] | :: Fallopian tube |
| trompe d'Eustache {f} | :: Eustachian tube |
| trompe-la-mort {m} | :: daredevil (a person who risks his life) |
| trompe-l'œil {m} | :: trompe l’oeil (type of optical illusion) |
| trompe-oreilles {m} | :: a phrase using wordplay in order to be difficult to understand; an aural illusion |
| tromper {vt} | :: to deceive, lead astray, mislead |
| tromper {vt} | :: to trick, dupe |
| tromper {vt} | :: to cheat on one's significant other |
| tromper {vt} | :: to distract oneself from |
| tromper {vr} | :: to make a mistake |
| tromper {vr} [with de] | :: to mix up |
| tromperie {f} | :: deception |
| trompette {f} | :: trumpet |
| trompette de la mort {f} | :: black chanterelle (Craterellus cornucopioides) |
| trompettiste {mf} | :: trumpeter (musician playing a trumpet) |
| trompeur {adj} | :: deceitful |
| trompeur {adj} | :: misleading |
| trompeusement {adv} | :: deceitfully |
| trompeusement {adv} | :: misleadingly |
| tronc {m} [anatomy] | :: trunk |
| tronc {m} [botany] | :: trunk, bole (of a tree) |
| troncation {f} [linguistics] | :: clipping |
| troncation {f} [linguistics] | :: disfixation, back-formation |
| troncature {f} | :: truncation |
| tronc cérébral {m} | :: brain stem |
| tronche {f} [archaic] | :: log; trunk |
| tronche {f} [slang] | :: mug; face |
| tronche {f} [slang] | :: head |
| tronche {f} [slang, by extension] | :: brainiac; egghead |
| tronche d'enterrement {f} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: long face, gloomy expression |
| troncher {vt} [vulgar] | :: to fuck, to shag |
| tronçon {m} | :: slice, section |
| tronconique {adj} | :: frustoconical |
| tronçonnage {m} | :: slicing, cutting |
| tronçonner {v} | :: to slice, to slice up |
| tronçonneuse {f} | :: chainsaw (saw with a power driven chain) |
| trône {m} | :: throne (royal seat) |
| trône {m} [colloquial] | :: throne (lavatory) |
| trôner {vi} [archaic] | :: to sit on a throne |
| tronqué {adj} | :: truncated, shortened |
| tronquer {v} | :: to truncate (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it) |
| tronquer {v} | :: to shorten, cut |
| trop {adv} | :: too; too much |
| trop {adv} [colloquial, intensifier] | :: very, really, so |
| trop beau pour être vrai {adj} | :: too good to be true |
| trop de {adj} | :: too much, too many |
| trope {m} [music, literature, linguistics] | :: trope |
| tropéoline {f} | :: tropaeolin |
| tropézien {adj} | :: Of or from Saint-Tropez |
| Tropézien {m} | :: A native or inhabitant Saint-Tropez |
| tropézienne {f} | :: synonym of tarte tropézienne |
| -trophe {suffix} | :: -trophic |
| trophée {m} | :: trophy |
| Trophime {prop} | :: Trophimus |
| trophique {adj} | :: trophic |
| trophoblaste {m} [biology] | :: trophoblast |
| trophoblastique {adj} [biology] | :: trophoblastic |
| trophozoïte {m} [microbiology] | :: trophozoite |
| tropical {adj} | :: tropical (pertaining to the tropics) |
| tropique {m} | :: tropic |
| tropisme {m} [biology] | :: tropism |
| tropisme {m} | :: A feeling of headrush |
| tropisme {m} [figuratively] | :: An unexplainable impulse |
| tropologique {adj} | :: tropological |
| tropologiquement {adv} | :: tropologically |
| troponine {f} [protein] | :: troponin |
| tropopause {f} | :: tropopause |
| troposphère {f} | :: troposphere |
| troposphérique {adj} | :: tropospheric |
| trop-plein {m} | :: overflow, surplus |
| troquer {v} | :: to barter (exchange goods or services without involving money) |
| troquet {m} | :: bar |
| troqueur {m} | :: barterer, one who barters |
| trot {m} | :: trot |
| trotskisme {m} | :: trotskyism (the political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky) |
| trotskiste {mf} | :: Trotskyite (an advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky) |
| trotskiste {adj} | :: Trotskyite |
| trotskysme {m} | :: Trotskyism |
| trotskyste {adj} | :: Trotskyist, Trotskyite |
| trotskyste {mf} | :: Trotskyist, Trotskyite |
| trotter {v} [usually of a horse] | :: to trot |
| trotter dans la tête {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to go through someone's mind, to go through someone's head, to run through someone's mind, to keep running through someone's mind |
| trotteur {m} | :: trotter (horse) |
| trotteur {m} | :: baby walker |
| trotteuse {f} | :: trotter (horse, mare) |
| trotteuse {f} | :: second hand (of a clock etc) |
| trottiner {vi} | :: to trot, to amble |
| trottinette {f} | :: scooter (human-powered vehicle; a kick scooter) |
| trottoir {m} | :: sidewalk (US), pavement (UK), footpath (Australia) |
| trou {m} | :: hole |
| trou à rat {m} | :: alternative spelling of trou à rats |
| trou à rats {m} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: rathole (squalid place of residence) |
| troubadour {m} | :: troubadour |
| trou blanc {m} [astrophysics] | :: white hole |
| troublant {adj} | :: troubling, disturbing, unsettling |
| trouble {m} | :: trouble |
| trouble {m} [medicine] | :: disorder |
| trouble {adj} [of a liquid] | :: murky, turbid, muddy, thick, clouded, cloudy; not clear |
| trouble bipolaire {m} [psychiatry, chiefly in the plural] | :: bipolar disorder |
| trouble de la personnalité {m} [psychiatry] | :: personality disorder |
| trouble-fête {mf} | :: spoilsport |
| trouble obsessionnel compulsif {m} | :: obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) |
| troubler {v} | :: to disturb, disrupt (order, sleep, judgement etc.) |
| troubler {v} | :: to disturb, to trouble (someone) |
| troubler {vr} | :: to cloud, become cloudy (of water); to become cloudy, become overcast (of sky) |
| troubler {vr} | :: to become flustered |
| trou d'air {m} [meteorology] | :: air pocket |
| trou de balle {m} [rather vulgar] | :: bung-hole, asshole (anus) |
| trou de balle {m} [rather vulgar] | :: asshole, jerk |
| trou de mémoire {m} | :: memory lapse, brain cramp, brain fart |
| trou de nez {m} | :: nostril |
| trou de ver {m} | :: wormhole |
| trou du cul {m} [vulgar] | :: asshole (anus) |
| trou du cul {m} [vulgar] | :: asshole, jerk |
| trou du cul {m} | :: a card game, also called président |
| trou du cul du monde {m} [derogatory, vulgar] | :: the arse end of nowhere, the middle of bumfuck nowhere, the middle of nowhere |
| troué {adj} | :: holed; full of holes |
| trouer {v} | :: to hole, pierce |
| troufignon {m} [vulgar, slang] | :: arsehole; ass |
| troufion {m} [colloquial] | :: lower rank soldier |
| troufion {m} [slang, dated] | :: anus |
| trougne {m} | :: synonym of troène |
| trouillard {adj} [colloquial] | :: chicken, cowardly |
| trouillard {m} [colloquial] | :: chicken, yellowbelly, coward |
| trouille {f} [colloquial] | :: fear |
| trouillomètre {m} | :: fear meter (hypothetical device) |
| trou noir {m} [physics, astronomy] | :: black hole (celestial body) |
| trou normand {phrase} | :: Eau-de-vie, especially calvados, served as a middle course in a large meal |
| trou paumé {m} [derogatory, colloquial] | :: jerkwater town, one-horse town, wide spot in the road |
| troupe {f} | :: troop |
| troupeau {m} | :: herd (of horses, bulls, elephants, buffalo etc.) |
| troupeau {m} | :: drove (of animals being transported) |
| troupeau {m} | :: flock (of sheep); gaggle (of geese) |
| trou perdu {m} [derogatory, colloquial] | :: jerkwater town, one-horse town, wide spot in the road |
| troupier {m} | :: trooper |
| trousse {f} | :: kit (small handheld package containing a set of tools for a particular purpose) |
| trousse {f} | :: pencil case |
| trousseau {m} | :: bunch (of keys) |
| trousseau {m} | :: trousseau |
| trousse de secours {f} | :: first-aid box, first aid kit |
| trousse de toilette {f} | :: sponge bag, Dopp kit |
| troussequin {m} | :: cantle (raised back part of a saddle) |
| trousser {v} | :: To fold up |
| trousser {v} | :: To hitch up |
| trousser {v} | :: To truss |
| trousser {v} | :: To expedite |
| trousser {v} [vulgar, dated] | :: To stuff, to fuck |
| trouvable {adj} [literally] | :: findable, which can be found, detected, encountered |
| trouvable {adj} | :: occurring, current |
| trouvaille {f} | :: find; lucky find |
| trouvé {adj} | :: found, being to object of a find(ing) |
| trouvé {adj} | :: invented, thought-up, imagined |
| trouvé {adj} | :: found and somehow taken in, as said of a foundling |
| trouver {vt} | :: to find |
| trouver {vt} | :: to find/think, as in "to have thoughts regarding/on something" |
| trouver {vr} [se trouver] | :: to find oneself |
| trouver {vr} [se trouver] | :: To be found, to be situated, to be |
| trouver à redire {v} [à] | :: to find fault with |
| trouver chaussure à son pied {v} [figuratively] | :: to find one's special someone, to find the right person |
| trouvère {m} | :: A trouvère, medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d'oïl (precursor dialects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d'oc (Occitan) |
| trouver grâce {v} [aux yeux de, auprès de, devant] | :: to find favour with (someone) |
| trouver la mort {v} [idiomatic] | :: to pass away, pass on (die) |
| trouver porte close {v} [figuratively] | :: to find no one at home |
| trouver preneur {v} [of an object or a person] | :: to find a buyer, find a taker |
| trouver sa voie {v} | :: to find one's path in life |
| trouver ses marques {v} | :: to find one's feet |
| trouver son bonheur {v} [figuratively] | :: to find what one was looking for, what one wanted, something one likes |
| trouver son compte {v} [à] | :: to do well out of, to find one's account in, to benefit from |
| trouver son maître {vt} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to meet one's match, to find one's better (to find someone who is even better (at something) than oneself, to be dealing with someone stronger than oneself) |
| trouver visage de bois {v} [figuratively] | :: to find no one at home |
| trouveur {m} | :: A finder; discoverer |
| trouveur {m} | :: An inventor, creator |
| trouzillion {m} [colloquial] | :: gazillion |
| troyen {adj} | :: of or from Troy |
| troyen {adj} [astronomy] | :: trojan |
| troyen {f} [astronomy] | :: Trojan |
| troyen {adj} | :: of or from Troyes |
| troyen {adj} | :: of or from Troye-d'Ariège |
| Troyen {m} | :: Someone of or from Troy |
| Troyen {m} | :: Someone of or from Troyes |
| Troyen {m} | :: Someone of or from Troye-d'Ariège |
| Troyenne {f} | :: feminine noun of Troyen |
| Troyes {prop} | :: Troyes (city) |
| truand {m} [historical] | :: (professional) beggar (in the Middle Ages) |
| truand {m} | :: crook; gangster |
| truand {m} [colloquial] | :: beggar |
| truander {vt} | :: to con, cheat |
| truble {f} | :: a type of small fishing hook |
| trublion {m} | :: troublemaker |
| truc {m} | :: procedure, technique |
| truc {m} [slang, colloquial] | :: thingamajig, thingy, thing |
| truc {m} | :: trick |
| trucage {m} | :: rigging, doctoring (especially fraudulent) |
| trucage {m} [cinema, chiefly in the plural] | :: special effects |
| truchement {m} [literary] | :: interpreter, translator |
| truchement {m} [literary] | :: spokesperson |
| truchement {m} [literary] | :: intermediary |
| trucheter {v} [Early Modern French] | :: to sneeze |
| trucider {v} [colloquial] | :: to kill |
| truck {m} [Canada, Louisiana French] | :: truck |
| trucmuche {m} | :: thing, thingy, thingamajig |
| trucmuche {m} | :: John Doe |
| truculence {f} | :: the state of being truculent [in all senses] |
| truculent {adj} | :: violent or belligerent in a colorful, over-the-top or memorable fashion |
| truculent {adj} | :: picturesque |
| truculer {vi} | :: To be truculent (in all senses) |
| Trudeau {prop} | :: surname |
| trudeaumanie {f} [Canadian politics, fandom] | :: Trudeaumania |
| Trudeaumanie {f} | :: alternative form of trudeaumanie |
| truelle {f} | :: trowel (mason's tool) |
| truffe {f} [culinary] | :: truffle (edible fungi) |
| truffe {f} [culinary] | :: chocolate truffle |
| truffe {f} [zoology] | :: nose of a dog |
| truffer {v} | :: to add truffles to |
| truffer {v} | :: to cram, stuff |
| truffier {adj} | :: truffle (attributive) |
| truffière {f} | :: truffière |
| truie {f} | :: sow (female pig) |
| truie {f} [pejorative] | :: unclean woman |
| truisme {m} | :: truism |
| truite {f} | :: trout |
| truite arc-en-ciel {f} | :: rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) |
| truite fario {f} | :: brown trout |
| trumeau {m} [architecture] | :: trumeau |
| trumeau {m} | :: pier glass |
| trumpisme {m} | :: Trumpism |
| trumpiste {m} | :: Trumpist |
| Trumpiste {adj} | :: Trumpist |
| Truong {prop} | :: surname |
| truquage {m} | :: alternative spelling of trucage |
| truquer {v} | :: to tamper with, to fiddle, to falsify |
| truquer {v} | :: to trick |
| truquer {v} | :: to fix, rig (e.g. elections, a sports match) |
| truqueur {m} | :: trickster |
| truqueuse {f} | :: female equivalent of truqueur |
| trusquin {m} | :: marking gauge |
| trusquinage {m} | :: Action of scribing with a marking gauge |
| trusquinage {m} | :: The result of this action, especially the line used to drill holes for bolting in structural steel |
| trusquiner {v} | :: to mark out with a marking gauge; to scribe |
| Trussardi {prop} | :: surname |
| trust {m} | :: a trust (a group of businessmen or traders) |
| trypsine {f} [enzyme] | :: trypsin |
| tryptophane {m} [organic compound] | :: tryptophan |
| tsar {m} | :: czar (Russian nobility) |
| tsarien {adj} | :: tsarian |
| tsarine {f} | :: tsarina |
| tsarisme {m} | :: tsarism |
| tsariste {adj} | :: tsarist |
| tsé {contraction} [Quebec] | :: Contracted form of tu sais; you know |
| t-shirt {m} | :: alternative spelling of tee-shirt |
| T-shirt {m} | :: alternative spelling of tee-shirt |
| tshoin {f} | :: alternative spelling of tchoin |
| tsigane {mf} | :: alternative form of tzigane |
| tsimané {m} | :: the Tsimané language |
| tsolyani {m} | :: alternative spelling of tsolyáni |
| tsolyáni {m} | :: the Tsolyáni language |
| Tsuguko {prop} | :: given name |
| tsunami {m} | :: tsunami |
| TSVP {phrase} | :: PTO, please turn over: used at the bottom of a page to indicate that content continues on the back |
| TTC {adv} [transport] | :: initialism of Toutes taxes comprises Including all taxes, when talking about a price |
| tu {pron} | :: you (singular); thou |
| tu {particle} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: question marker |
| tuable {adj} | :: killable |
| tuba {m} | :: tuba |
| tuba {m} | :: snorkel |
| Tuba {n} [music] | :: abbreviation of tuba basse |
| tubage {m} | :: intubation |
| tubage {m} | :: tubing |
| tubaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: tubal |
| tube {m} | :: pipe |
| tube {m} | :: tube |
| tube {m} [colloquial, music] | :: a hit |
| tube {m} [slang] | :: money |
| tube à essai {m} | :: test tube |
| tube auditif {m} | :: synonym of trompe d’Eustache |
| tube cathodique {m} [technology] | :: cathode ray tube, picture tube |
| tube digestif {m} | :: digestive tract |
| tube pollinique {m} [botany] | :: pollen tube |
| tuber {v} | :: to make into a tube shape |
| tuber {v} | :: to put into a tube |
| tuberacé {adj} | :: nonstandard spelling of tubéracé |
| tubéracé {adj} | :: Having tubercules |
| tubéraire {f} | :: Any plant of the genus Tuberaria |
| tuberculaire {adj} | :: tubercular |
| tubercule {m} | :: tubercle |
| tubercule {m} | :: tuber |
| tuberculeux {adj} | :: tubercular |
| tuberculine {f} | :: tuberculin |
| tuberculose {f} | :: tuberculosis (The infectious disease) |
| tuberculose miliaire {f} [disease] | :: acute miliary tuberculosis |
| tuberculostéarique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: tuberculostearic |
| tubéreux {adj} | :: tuberous |
| tubérosité {f} [biology] | :: tuberosity |
| tubulaire {adj} | :: tubular |
| tubuliforme {adj} [biology] | :: tubuliform |
| tubuline {f} [protein] | :: tubulin |
| tudesque {adj} | :: Germanic, Teutonic |
| tue-l'amour {m} [colloquial] | :: a turn-off, a passion killer, a boner-killer, a mood-killer |
| tue-l'amour {adj} [colloquial] | :: off-putting |
| tuer {vt} [usually] | :: to kill |
| tuer dans l'œuf {v} | :: to nip in the bud (literally, "to kill in the egg") |
| tuerie {f} | :: killing (massacre) |
| tuer le temps {v} [figuratively] | :: to kill time |
| tuer une mouche avec un canon {v} [figuratively] | :: to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut |
| tueur {m} | :: killer |
| tueur à gages {m} | :: hitman, contract killer |
| tueur de masse {m} | :: mass murderer |
| tueur en série {m} | :: mass murderer, serial killer |
| tueuse {f} | :: feminine noun of tueur |
| tueuse de masse {f} | :: feminine noun of tueur de masse |
| tueuse en série {f} | :: feminine singular of tueur en série |
| tuf {m} [geology] | :: tuff |
| tufacé {adj} | :: tufaceous |
| tufeau {m} | :: alternative spelling of tuffeau |
| tuffeau {m} [geology] | :: tufa |
| tuffeau {m} | :: In particular, tuffeau stone, from the Loire valley of France |
| tuffeau {m} | :: synonym of tuf: tuff |
| tuilage {m} | :: curling |
| tuilage {m} | :: cupping, dishing |
| tuile {f} | :: tile |
| tuile {f} [colloquial] | :: bad luck, misfortune |
| tuile {f} [culinary] | :: tuile (thin cookie) |
| tuileau {m} | :: A fragment or shard of a tile |
| tuiler {vt} | :: to tile |
| tuiler {v} [freemasonry] | :: to tile (a lodge) |
| tuilerie {f} | :: tilery |
| Tuileries {prop} {fp} | :: The Tuileries |
| tuilette {f} | :: small tile |
| tu l'as dit {interj} [colloquial] | :: you said it, you don't say, you can say that again |
| tu l'as dit bouffi {interj} [colloquial] | :: you said it, you don't say, you can say that again, tell me about it |
| tu l'as dit, bouffi {interj} | :: alternative spelling of tu l'as dit bouffi |
| tulipe {f} | :: tulip |
| tulipier {m} | :: tulip tree |
| tulipomanie {f} | :: tulipomania |
| tulle {f} | :: tulle |
| tumblr {m} | :: A microblog created on Tumblr; tumblelog |
| tuméfaction {f} [pathology] | :: tumefaction |
| tuméfier {v} | :: to tumefy |
| tu me manques {phrase} | :: I miss you |
| tu m'en diras des nouvelles {phrase} [colloquial] | :: I'm sure you'll like it! You won't regret it! |
| tu m'en diras tant {interj} | :: oh really? |
| tumescence {f} | :: tumescence |
| tumeur {f} | :: tumor |
| tumoral {adj} | :: tumoral |
| tumulte {m} | :: A sudden burst of noise; uproar, commotion, tumult; turmoil |
| tumultuaire {adj} | :: tumultuous |
| tumultuairement {adv} | :: tumultuously |
| tumultueusement {adv} | :: tumultuously |
| tumultueux {adj} | :: tumultuous |
| tune {f} [slang] | :: alternative spelling of thune |
| tuner {m} | :: tuner TV, radio |
| tuner {v} | :: to tune a vehicle etc |
| Tunes {prop} | :: obsolete form of Tunis |
| tungstate {m} | :: tungstate |
| tungstène {m} | :: tungsten (chemical element) |
| tungsténite {f} [mineral] | :: tungstenite |
| tungstique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tungstic |
| tungstosilicique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: tungstosilicic |
| tunicine {f} [carbohydrate] | :: tunicin |
| tuning {m} | :: tuning, personalizing, pimping |
| tunique {f} | :: tunic (garment) |
| tunique {f} [anatomy] | :: membrane |
| tunique de Nessus {f} [literary, figuratively] | :: poisoned chalice |
| Tunis {prop} | :: Tunis (capital city) |
| Tunisie {prop} {f} | :: Tunisia |
| tunisien {adj} | :: Tunisian, relating to Tunisia |
| Tunisien {m} | :: Tunisian, someone from Tunisia |
| Tunisienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Tunisien |
| tunisification {f} | :: The safeguarding of the specific characteristics of the Tunisian people during the French protectorate |
| tunisifier {v} | :: To make, or to become Tunisian in character |
| tunisois {adj} | :: Tunisian |
| Tunisois {m} | :: Tunisian |
| Tunisoise {f} | :: feminine singular of Tunisois |
| tunnel {m} | :: tunnel |
| tu parles {interj} [colloquial] | :: my eye, tell it to the marines! |
| tu parles {interj} | :: of course! |
| tu parles, Charles {interj} [colloquial] | :: my eye, tell it to the marines! |
| tu peux causer {interj} | :: synonym of tu peux parler |
| tu peux parler {interj} [colloquial] | :: look who's talking! you're one to talk! you can talk! |
| tupi {adj} | :: Tupi |
| tupi {m} | :: Tupi (the Tupi language) |
| tupinamba {adj} [anthropology] | :: Tupinambá |
| tupperware {m} | :: Tupperware |
| tuque {f} [Canada] | :: toque (knit cap) |
| tu quoque mi fili {phrase} | :: et tu, Brute? (expression of betrayal) |
| turban {m} | :: turban (male headdress) |
| turbané {adj} | :: turbanned |
| turbide {adj} [water] | :: turbid |
| turbidimétrie {f} | :: turbidometry |
| turbidimétrique {adj} | :: turbidimetric |
| turbidité {f} [water] | :: turbidity |
| turbin {m} | :: the daily grind |
| turbine {f} | :: turbine |
| turbine à combustion {f} | :: gas turbine |
| turbine à gaz {f} | :: gas turbine |
| turbine à gaz de combustion {f} | :: gas turbine |
| turbiner {v} | :: to churn |
| turbiner {v} [colloquial] | :: to bust one's gut (work hard) |
| turbiner {v} [slang] | :: to walk the street, prostitute oneself |
| turbocompressé {adj} | :: turbocharged |
| turbocompresseur {m} | :: turbocompressor |
| turbodiesel {m} | :: turbodiesel |
| turbomoteur {m} | :: turbine (engine) |
| turbopropulseur {m} | :: turboprop |
| turboréacteur {m} | :: turbojet |
| turbot {m} | :: turbot |
| turbotrain {m} | :: turbotrain |
| turbulemment {adv} | :: turbulently |
| turbulences {fp} | :: turbulence |
| turbulent {adj} | :: turbulent |
| turbulent {adj} | :: unruly |
| turc {adj} | :: Turkish; from, or pertaining to, Turkey |
| turc {m} | :: Turkish; the Turkish language |
| Turc {m} | :: Turk, someone from Turkey |
| turco- {prefix} | :: Turco- |
| turcophone {adj} | :: Turkophone |
| turcophone {mf} | :: Turkophone |
| turellement {adv} [colloquial, slang, rare] | :: clipping of naturellement |
| turfiste {mf} | :: punter, racegoer |
| Turgeon {prop} | :: surname |
| turgescence {f} | :: swelling |
| turgescence {f} | :: turgor |
| turgescent {adj} | :: turgescent |
| turgide {adj} | :: turgid |
| Turin {prop} | :: Turin (capital city) |
| Turin {prop} | :: Turin (metropolitan city) |
| turinois {adj} | :: Turinese |
| turinois {m} | :: Dessert made of chestnut and chocolate |
| Turinois {m} | :: of or from Turin |
| Turinoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Turinois |
| turkmène {m} | :: Turkmen (language) |
| turkmène {adj} | :: Turkmen |
| Turkmène {mf} | :: Turkmen |
| Turkménistan {prop} {m} | :: Turkmenistan (Central Asian country) |
| Turku {prop} | :: Turku (city) |
| turlupiner {vt} | :: to make fun of, to take the mickey out of |
| turlute {f} [Quebec] | :: A well-known refrain or folk song |
| turlute {f} [slang] | :: fellatio, blowjob |
| turluter {v} [Quebec] | :: to perform a turlute song |
| turluter {v} | :: to hum |
| Turpin {prop} | :: surname |
| turpitude {f} | :: turpitude (depravity, wickedness) |
| turpitude {f} | :: turpitude (depraved or wicked act) |
| Turque {f} | :: Turk (Turkish woman) |
| Turquie {prop} {f} | :: Turkey |
| turquoise {f} | :: turquoise (gemstone) |
| turquoise {m} | :: turquoise (colour) |
| turquoise {adj} | :: turquoise-colored |
| turricule {m} [biology] | :: worm cast |
| tursiops {m} | :: bottlenose dolphin; dolphin of the genus Tursiops |
| tussack {m} | :: tussock |
| tussilage {m} | :: coltsfoot (of genus Tussilago) |
| tutélaire {adj} | :: tutelary |
| tutélaire {adj} | :: guardian (used attributively) |
| tutelle {f} [law] | :: guardianship under which the ward is only partially or temporarily incapable |
| tuteur {m} | :: guardian |
| tuteur {m} [education] | :: tutor |
| tuteur {m} [horticulture] | :: tuteur |
| tuteurer {v} | :: to fit out with a tuteur |
| tutie {f} | :: tutty |
| tutoiement {m} | :: act of addressing someone with the informal tu form |
| tutorat {m} | :: tutorship |
| tutorial {m} | :: tutorial |
| tutoriel {m} | :: tutorial |
| tutoyer {vt} | :: to thou (to address (someone) using the informal second-person pronoun tu rather than the formal vous) |
| tutoyer {v} [colloquial] | :: to be familiar with, to be close to something |
| tutsi {adj} | :: Tutsi |
| tutti {m} [music] | :: tutti |
| tutu {m} | :: tutu |
| tu veux rire {interj} [colloquial] | :: you gotta be joking! you must be kidding! |
| tuyau {m} | :: pipe |
| tuyau {m} | :: tube |
| tuyau {m} | :: insider tip |
| tuyauterie {f} | :: piping, tubing, intubation |
| tuyauterie {f} | :: plumbing |
| tuyauteur {m} | :: pipefitter |
| tuyauteur {m} | :: plumber |
| tuyauteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of tuyauteur |
| tuyère {f} | :: An air vent in the masonry of a metallurgic oven |
| tuyère {f} | :: The back chamber of a combustion engine where the gas decompresses |
| TV {f} [Canada and Belgium, colloquial] | :: television |
| TVA {f} [taxation] | :: initialism of taxe sur la valeur ajoutée: VAT (value-added tax) |
| TVA {f} [Canada, television] | :: initialism of Téléviseurs / Télédiffuseurs associés |
| TVQ {f} [Canada, taxation] | :: QST (Quebec sales tax) initialism of taxe de vente du Québec |
| twainien {adj} | :: Twainian |
| tweed {m} | :: tweed |
| tweet {m} | :: a tweet (a message on Twitter) |
| tweeter {vti} [Internet] | :: to tweet (post to Twitter) |
| tweeter {m} | :: tweeter (high-frequency speaker) |
| twist {m} | :: twist (dance) |
| twister {v} [dance] | :: to dance the twist, to twist |
| twit {m} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: twit (foolish person) |
| twit {m} | :: a tweet (a message on Twitter) |
| twitter {vti} [Internet] | :: to tweet (to post to Twitter) |
| twitteur {m} | :: tweeter (person who posts messages to Twitter) |
| twitteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of twitteur |
| twittosphère {f} [Internet] | :: Twittersphere |
| tybia {m} [obsolete, anatomy] | :: alternative form of tibia |
| tycoon {m} | :: tycoon, magnate |
| tylenol {f} [Canada, Louisiana French, uncountable] | :: tylenol, the pharmaceutical drug acetaminophen (paracetamol) |
| tylenol {f} [Canada, Louisiana French, countable] | :: a tylenol tablet |
| Tylenol {prop} {m} [Canada, Louisiana French, pharmaceutical drug] | :: Tylenol; a marketed variety of acetaminophen (paracetamol) |
| Tylenol {f} [Canada, Louisiana, uncountable] | :: alternative form of tylenol (the pharmaceutical drug acetaminophen (paracetamol)) |
| Tylenol {f} [Canada, Louisiana, countable] | :: alternative form of tylenol (a tablet containing this drug) |
| tympan {m} [anatomy] | :: eardrum |
| tympan {m} [anatomy] | :: middle ear |
| tympan {m} [architecture] | :: tympanum |
| tympan {m} [historical] | :: treadwheel, treadmill |
| tympan {m} [by extension] | :: hydraulic wheel |
| tympan {m} [dated or literary, music] | :: various percussion instruments, such as gongs, tympans, tambourines, etc |
| tympan {m} [printing] | :: tympan |
| tympanique {adj} [anatomy] | :: tympanic |
| tympanosclérose {f} | :: tympanosclerosis |
| tympanotomie {f} [surgery] | :: tympanotomy |
| typage {m} | :: typing (assigning by type) |
| typage {m} | :: the casting of actors based on their physical or personal similarity to a character |
| typage {m} [computing] | :: typing |
| type {m} | :: type; sort, kind |
| type {m} [colloquial] | :: guy, bloke, man |
| type {m} [typography] | :: typeface |
| type {adj} | :: typical, normal, classic |
| type {adj} [statistics] | :: standard |
| typé {adj} | :: stereotypical |
| type générique {m} [object-oriented] | :: generic type |
| typha {m} | :: cattail, reedmace |
| typhique {adj} | :: typhoid |
| typhoïde {adj} | :: typhoid |
| typhoïde {mf} | :: typhoid fever |
| typhon {m} | :: tropical cyclone, typhoon (hurricane in the Pacific) |
| typhus {m} | :: typhus |
| typicité {f} | :: typicity, typicalness |
| typique {adj} | :: typical |
| typiquement {adv} | :: typically |
| typo {m} | :: a typo (compositor) |
| typographe {mf} | :: typographer |
| typographie {f} | :: typography |
| typographique {adj} | :: typographic, typographical |
| typographiquement {adv} | :: typographically |
| typolithographie {f} | :: typolithography |
| typologie {f} | :: typology, genre |
| typologique {adj} | :: typological |
| typonyme {m} | :: typonym |
| typote {f} [rare] | :: A woman who works as a compositor. feminine noun of typo |
| Tyr {prop} {m} | :: Tyr (ancient city-state) |
| Tyr {prop} {m} | :: Tyr (port city/capital) |
| tyran {m} | :: tyrant |
| tyran {m} | :: bully |
| tyranneau {m} | :: Petty tyrant |
| tyrannicide {m} | :: tyrannicide |
| tyrannicide {m} | :: a person who performs tyrannicide |
| tyrannie {f} | :: tyranny |
| tyrannique {adj} | :: tyrannical |
| tyranniquement {adv} | :: tyrannically (in the manner of a tyrant) |
| tyranniser {v} | :: to tyrannise |
| tyrannosaure {m} | :: tyrannosaur |
| tyrien {adj} | :: Tyrian |
| tyroglyphe de la farine {m} | :: cheese mite (Acarus siro) |
| tyrolien {adj} | :: Tyrolean |
| Tyrolien {m} | :: Tyrolean (male) |
| tyrolienne {f} | :: Tyrolean (female from Tyrol) |
| tyrolienne {f} | :: yodeling (type of singing) |
| tyrolienne {f} | :: zipline (pulley suspended on a cable) |
| tyrolienne {f} | :: mortar sprayer, Tyrolean gun |
| Tyrolienne {f} | :: female equivalent of Tyrolien |
| tyrosine {f} | :: tyrosine |
| tzar {m} | :: alternative spelling of tsar |
| tzarine {f} | :: alternative form of tsarine |
| tzeltal {mf} | :: Tzeltal (person) |
| tzeltal {m} | :: Tzeltal (language) |
| tzigane {mf} [sometimes, offensive] | :: Gypsy |
| tzigane {adj} [attributive, sometimes, offensive] | :: Gypsy |
| tzigane {prop} {m} [sometimes, offensive] | :: the Romani language |
| tzompantli {m} | :: tzompantli (skull rack) |
| tzotzil {mf} | :: Tzotzil (person) |
| tzotzil {m} | :: Tzotzil (language) |