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ayah (a verse in the Qur'an)
noun
[UK: ˈaɪə]
[US: ˈaɪə]

ayanom {m}

ayatollah (a religious leader)
noun
[UK: ˌaɪəˈto.lə]
[US: ˌaɪəˈto.lə]

ayatollah◼◼◼nom {m}

aye (yes)
interjection
[UK: aɪ]
[US: ˈaɪ]

oui◼◼◼interjection

aye-aye [aye-ayes] (nocturnal quadruped)
noun
[UK: ˈaɪaɪ]
[US: ˈaɪaɪ]

aye-aye◼◼◼nom

aye aye, sir (nautical - I hear, understand and will comply)
phrase

bien◼◼◼phrase

commandant◼◼◻phrase

Aylmer (male given name)
proper noun
[UK: ˈeɪl.mə(r)]
[US: ˈeɪl.mər]

Adhémarnom propre

Aymara [Aymaras] (indigenous people of South America)
noun

Aymara◼◼◼nom {m}

Aymara (language of South America)
proper noun

aymara◼◼◼nom propre
{m}

aimara◼◼◻nom propre
{m}

Ayurveda (traditional Hindu alternative medicine)
noun
[UK: ˌaɪə.ˈveɪ.də]
[US: ˌaɪə.ˈveɪ.də]

ayurveda◼◼◼nom {m}

Ayurvedic (of Ayurveda)
adjective
[UK: ˌaɪə.veɪ.dɪk]
[US: ˌaɪə.veɪ.dɪk]

ayurvédique◼◼◼adjectif
{m} {f}

Ayyavazhi (religion)
proper noun

Ayyavazhi◼◼◼nom propre

Ayyubid (of or pertaining to the Ayyubid Dynasty)
adjective

ayyoubide◼◼◼adjectif

a bad workman always blames his tools (not the tools but how they're employed)
phrase

point de bon outilphrase

un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outilsphrase

à méchant ouvrierphrase

a cat may look at a king (A purported inferior has certain rights or prerogatives, even in the presence of a purported superior.)
phrase
[UK: ə kæt meɪ lʊk ət ə kɪŋ]
[US: ə kæt ˈmeɪ ˈlʊk ət ə ˈkɪŋ]

un chien regarde bien un évêquephrase

a cold day in July (an event that will never happen)
noun

quand les poules auront des dentsnom

semaine des quatre jeudisnom {f}

à la Saint-Glinglinnom

a stopped clock is right twice a day (something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident)
phrase

même une pendule cassée donne l'heure deux fois par jourphrase

abaya (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair)
noun

abaya◼◼◼nom {f}

above the fray (uninvoled in a difficult argument)
preposition

au-dessus de la mêlée◼◼◼preposition

accounts payable [accounts payable] (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services)
noun
[UK: əˈk.aʊnts ˈpeɪəb.l̩]
[US: əˈk.aʊnts ˈpeɪəb.l̩]

dette fournisseur◼◼◼nom {f}

dettes commercialesnom {f pl}

advance payment (part of a contractually due sum)
noun
[UK: əd.ˈvɑːns ˈpeɪ.mənt]
[US: əd.ˈvæns ˈpeɪ.mənt]

avance◼◼◼nom {f}

paiement à l'avance◼◼◻nom {m}

ageplay (Form of roleplay.)
noun

jeu de régressionnom {m}

airway [airways] (flight path used by aeroplanes)
noun
[UK: ˈeə.weɪ]
[US: ˈeˌr.we]

route aérienne◼◼◼nom {f}

all day (the entire day)
adverb
[UK: ɔːl deɪ]
[US: ɔːl ˈdeɪ]

toute la journée◼◼◼adverbe

all in a day's work (a nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment.)
adjective

les doigts dans le nezadjectif

All Saints' Day (feast day)
proper noun
[UK: ɔːl ˈseɪnts deɪ]
[US: ɔːl ˈseɪnts ˈdeɪ]

Toussaint◼◼◼nom {f}

All Souls' Day (Christian feast day)
proper noun
[UK: ɔːl səʊlz deɪ]
[US: ɔːl soʊlz ˈdeɪ]

Commémoration des fidèles défunts◼◼◼nom {f}

all the way (to the end)
adverb
[UK: ɔːl ðə ˈweɪ]
[US: ɔːl ðə ˈweɪ]

jusqu'au bout◼◼◼adverbe

allay [allayed, allaying, allays] (to make quiet or put at rest)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈleɪ]
[US: ə.ˈleɪ]

apaiser◼◼◼verbe

pacifierverbe

allay [allayed, allaying, allays] (to alleviate)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈleɪ]
[US: ə.ˈleɪ]

soulager◼◼◻verbe

alleyway (passage between cabins)
noun
[UK: ˈæ.li.weɪ]
[US: ˈæ.li.ˌwe]

allée◼◼◼nom {f}

coursive◼◼◻nom {f}

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