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à tant faire que de verbe | go so far as(reach an unexpected extent in doing something) |
abattant nom {m} | flap [flaps]◼◼◼noun |
Acadia] huitante numeral | eighty(80) |
actant nom {m} | actant(any of the participants in a grammatical clause) |
adoptant adjectif {m} | foster◼◼◼(providing parental care to unrelated children) |
aliment réconfortant nom {m} | comfort food◼◼◼(simple, comforting home-cooked-style food associated with one’s formative years) |
alinéa sortant nom {m} | |
ancien combattant nom {m} | war veteran◼◼◼(person who has served in the armed forces during a war) |
appétant adjectif | palatable◼◼◼(pleasing to the taste) |
appointant | appointing[UK: ə.ˈpɔɪnt.ɪŋ] [US: ə.ˌpɔɪnt.ɪŋ] |
arbre à feuillage persistant nom {m} | evergreen◼◼◼(tree or shrub) |
arbre à feuilles persistantes nom {m} | evergreen◼◼◼(tree or shrub) |
arc-boutant nom {m} contrefort {m} | buttress [buttresses]◼◼◼(brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it) |
arc-boutant nom {m} | flying buttress◼◼◻(buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports) |
assistant nom {m} | assistant [assistants]◼◼◼(person who assists) wizard [wizards]◼◼◻(computing: program or script used to simplify complex operations) helper [helpers]◼◼◻(one who helps) |
assistant d'enseignement nom {m} | teaching assistant◼◼◼(individual who assists a teacher) |
assistant de justice or assistant du contentieux (in French courts) nom | law clerk(first definition) |
assistant maternel nom {m} | manny◼◼◼(male nanny) |
assistant numérique personnel nom {m} | personal digital assistant [personal digital assistants]◼◼◼(hand-held electronic organizer) |
assistant personnel numérique nom {m} | PDA [PDAs]◼◼◼(handheld computing device) |
assistante nom {f} | helper [helpers]◼◼◼(one who helps) |
assistante d'enseignement nom {f} | teaching assistant◼◼◼(individual who assists a teacher) |
attristant adjectif | sorrowful(producing sorrow) |
autant adverbe | as much◼◼◼(the same amount; to the same degree or extent) |
autant d'avis; deux patrons font chavirer la barque phrase | too many cooks spoil the broth(with too many people a task won't be done very well) |
autant de têtes phrase | too many cooks spoil the broth(with too many people a task won't be done very well) |
autant pour moi interjection | my bad◼◼◼(my fault) |
autant pour moi verbe | stand corrected◼◼◻(to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified) |
autant que conjunction | as much as◼◼◼(an amount is as large as another amount) as much as◼◼◼(other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning (as + much)) as much as◼◼◼(two things are equal in amount or degree) |
autant que adverbe | as well◼◼◼(in addition, also) |
autant que faire se peut adverbe | if possible◼◼◼adverb |
autant que possible adverbe | as much as possible◼◼◼(as much as is possible) |
battant nom {m} | leaf [leaves]◼◼◼(moveable panel of a bridge or door) clapper [clappers]◼◼◼(the tongue of a bell) sash [sashes]◼◼◻(opening part of a window) swipple(the part of a flail that is free to swing) |