Französisch | Englisch |
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autoritaire adjectif | peremptory◼◻◻(imperious, dictatorial) surly((obsolete) lordly, arrogant, supercilious) |
autoritaire adjectif {m} | high-handed◼◼◻(using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) |
autre paire de manches nom | kettle of fish◼◼◼(different or alternative situation) |
auxiliaire adjectif {m} | auxiliary◼◼◼(relating to an auxiliary verb) |
auxiliaire adjectif {m} {f} | ancillary◼◼◼(subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) |
auxiliaire nom {m} nom {f} | assistant [assistants]◼◼◻(person who assists) help [helps]◼◼◻(person or persons who provides assistance with some task) |
auxiliaire nom {m} | auxiliary verb◼◻◻(a helping verb) |
auxiliaire adjectif | adventitious(biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source) |
auxiliaire d'enseignement nom {m} nom {f} | teaching assistant◼◼◼(individual who assists a teacher) |
avance sur salaire nom {f} | payday loan◼◼◼(loan) |
avec un air de duchesse adverbe | hoity-toitily(in a pompous or snobbish manner) |
avec un air supérieur adverbe | hoity-toitily(in a pompous or snobbish manner) |
aveuglement volontaire nom {m} | willful ignorance(a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed) |
aviaire adjectif | avian◼◼◼(of birds) |
avoir affaire à verbe | deal with◼◼◼(take action with respect to (someone or something)) |
avoir l'air verbe | look [looked, looking, looks]◼◼◼(to appear, to seem) seem [seemed, seeming, seems]◼◼◼(to appear) |
avoir l'air de verbe | come across◼◼◼(give an appearance or impression) |
avoir la chair de poule verbe | crawl [crawled, crawling, crawls]◼◼◼(to feel swarming sensation) |
avunculaire adjectif | avuncular◼◼◼(in the manner of an uncle) |
axe imaginaire nom {m} | imaginary axis◼◼◼(mathematics) |
axillaire adjectif | axillary◼◼◼(of or pertaining to the axilla) |
ayatollah de la grammaire nom {m} | grammar Nazi(person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others) |
baccalauréat universitaire ès lettres nom | Bachelor of Arts◼◼◼(collegiate degree) |
ballon à air chaud nom {f} | hot-air balloon◼◼◼(balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air) |
banc solaire nom {m} | tanning bed◼◼◼(tanning device) |
bandage herniaire nom {m} | truss [trusses]◼◼◼(bandage and belt) |
banque alimentaire nom {f} | food bank◼◼◼(a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to feed the hungry) |
base lunaire nom {f} | moonbase◼◼◼(a base located on a moon) |
baudelairien adjectif | Baudelairean◼◼◼(of or pertaining to Baudelaire or his works) |
bécasseau de Baird nom | Baird's sandpiper◼◼◼(Calidris bairdii) |
Bélisaire nom propre | Belisarius◼◼◼(a general of the Byzantine Empire) |
belluaire nom {m} | beastmasternoun gladiator [gladiators]((in ancient Rome) a person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal) |
bénédictionnaire nom | benedictional◼◼◼(book of benedictions) |
bénéficiaire nom {m} nom {f} | beneficiary [beneficiaries]◼◼◼(one who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate) |
bestiaire nom {m} | bestiary [bestiaries]◼◼◼(A medieval treatise of animals) |
bibliothécaire nom {m} nom {f} | librarian [librarians]◼◼◼(one who cares for the publications etc. in a library) |