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autorité administrative indépendante nom {f} | quango◼◼◼(organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it) |
autorités constituées nom {f} | powers that be◼◼◼(holders of power) |
autoroute nom {f} | highway [highways]◼◼◼(main public road) motorway [motorways]◼◼◼(A highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic) expressway [expressways]◼◼◻(US: divided highway) |
autoroute de l'information nom | information superhighway◼◼◼(The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s) |
autosatisfaction nom {f} | self-satisfaction◼◼◼(contentment with one's own accomplishments or situation) |
autosexualité nom {f} | autosexuality(sexual attraction to oneself) |
autosome nom {m} | autosome [autosomes]◼◼◼(any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) |
autostimulation nom {f} | stim(repetitive self-stimulating action) |
autostimuler verbe | autostimulateverb |
autostoppeur nom | hitchhiker [hitchhikers]◼◼◼(a person who hitchhikes) |
autosuffisance nom {f} | self-sufficiency◼◼◼(condition of being self-sufficient) self-reliance◼◼◼(independence) self-conceit(vanity) |
autosuffisant adjectif | self-sufficient◼◼◼(able to provide for oneself independently of others) |
autosuggestion nom {f} | autosuggestion [autosuggestions]◼◼◼(suggesting thoughts to oneself) |
autotélique adjectif | autotelic◼◼◼(containing its own meaning or purpose) autotelic◼◼◼(deriving meaning and purpose from within) autotelic◼◼◼(not motivated by anything beyond itself) |
autothéisme nom {m} | autotheism(Belief that one is a deity) |
autotomie nom | autotomy [autotomies]◼◼◼(invertebrate self-defense mechanism) |
autotransfusion nom {f} | autotransfusion [autotransfusions]◼◼◼(blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) |
autotrophe nom {m} | autotroph [autotrophs]◼◼◼(organism that can synthesize its food) |
autotrophie nom {f} | autotrophy◼◼◼(synthesis of food from inorganic substances) |
autour nom {m} | goshawk [goshawks]◼◼◼(bird of prey principally in the genus Accipiter) |
autour de preposition | around◼◼◼(following a path) around◼◼◼(forming a circle or closed curve containing) about◼◼◻(on every side of) |
autour des palombes nom {m} | northern goshawk◼◼◼(Accipiter gentilis) |
faire de l'auto-stop verbe | hitchhike [hitchhiked, hitchhiking, hitchhikes]◼◼◼(to try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road) |
lave-auto [Canada] nom {m} | car wash◼◼◼(place at which a car is washed, often mechanically) |
mon auto est en panne phrase | my car has broken downphrase |
point d’auto-inflammation nom {m} | autoignition temperature◼◼◼(lowest temperature of spontaneous combustion) |
taxi-auto [dated] nom {m} | taxi [taxis](vehicle) |