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déclinaison nom {f} | declination [declinations]◼◼◼(at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) variation [variations]◼◼◻(difference between true and magnetic (compass) north) declension [declensions]◼◼◻(act) declension [declensions]◼◼◻(way of categorizing) |
degrés de comparaison [degrees of comparison] nom | comparison [comparisons]◼◼◼(ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees) |
démangeaison nom | itch [itches]◼◼◼(a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch) |
dépression saisonnière nom {f} | seasonal affective disorder◼◼◼(Depression associated with lack of natural light in winter) |
déraison nom {f} | unreason◼◼◼(nonsense, folly) foolishness◼◻◻(state of being foolish) |
déraisonnable adjectif | unreasonable◼◼◼(not reasonable) froward(Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable) |
déraisonnablement adverbe | unreasonably◼◼◼(in an unreasonable manner) |
diphtongaison nom {f} | diphthongisation◼◼◼(shift from monophthong to diphthong) |
directeur de prison nom {m} | warden [wardens]◼◼◼(a chief administrative officer of a prison) |
disons verbe | say [said, saying, says]◼◼◼(imperative: let's say) |
employé de maison nom | ancillary [ancillaries]◼◼◼(person) |
empoisonnement nom {m} | poisoning [poisonings]◼◼◼(administration of a poison) |
empoisonnement du sang nom {m} | blood poisoning◼◼◼(presence of micro-organisms in bloodstream) |
empoisonner verbe | poison [poisoned, poisoning, poisons]◼◼◼(to use poison to kill or paralyse) |
empoisonner le puits verbe | poison the well◼◼◼(raise ad hominem arguments) |
empoisonneur nom {m} | poisoner [poisoners]◼◼◼(person who poisons something or someone) |
empoisonneuse nom {f} | poisoner [poisoners]◼◼◼(person who poisons something or someone) |
emprisonné adjectif | confined◼◼◼(not free to move) |
emprisonnement nom {m} | imprisonment [imprisonments]◼◼◼(confinement) entrapment [entrapments]◼◻◻(state of being entrapped) |
emprisonnement à perpétuité nom {m} | life sentence◼◼◼(sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life) |
emprisonner verbe | imprison [imprisoned, imprisoning, imprisons]◼◼◼(put in prison) |
en comparaison preposition | by comparison◼◼◼preposition |
en raison de preposition | because of◼◼◼(on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) owing to◼◼◼(because of) on account of◼◼◻(because of, owing to) |
en raison de conjunction | whereas◼◼◻(it being the case that…) |
en saison preposition | in season◼◼◼(seasonal) |
entendre raison verbe | see sense◼◼◼verb |
équisonnant adjectif | equisonant(intra-octavally consonant) |
établissement d'une liaison nom {m} | handshake [handshakes]◼◼◼(an exchange of signals between two devices) |
faire de la prison verbe | do time◼◼◼(colloquial: to spend time in prison) |
faire l'école à la maison verbe | home school◼◼◼(be educated at home) home school◼◼◼(educate children at home) |
fait maison adjectif | homemade◼◼◼(made at home) |