French | English |
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croissant de lune nom {m} | moonsickle(thin crescent of the moon) |
Croissant fertile nom propre | Fertile Crescent◼◼◼(crescent-shaped arc of fertile land) |
Croissant-Rouge nom propre {m} | Red Crescent◼◼◼(branch of the Red Cross) |
curé paroissial nom {m} | parson [parsons](cleric having full control of a parish) |
décroissance nom | degrowth◼◼◼(negative growth) |
décroissance nom {f} | waning◼◼◻(The fact or act of becoming smaller) |
décroissant adjectif | waning◼◼◼(becoming weaker or smaller) waning◼◼◼(of the lunar phase) |
deux ou trois determiner | one or two◼◼◼(a small number of) |
deux ou trois... nom | couple [couples]◼◼◼(a small number of) |
école paroissiale nom {f} | parochial school◼◼◼(school associated with the parish of a church) |
église paroissiale nom {f} | parish church◼◼◼(church that serves as the religious centre of a parish) |
élever à la troisième puissance verbe | cube [cubed, cubing, cubes](arithmetic: to raise to the third power) |
en deux temps trois mouvements adverbe | in two shakes◼◼◼(very quickly) |
excroissance nom {f} | excrescence [excrescences]◼◼◼(something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else) nose [noses]◼◼◻(bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle) |
faiseur de rois nom {m} | kingmaker [kingmakers]◼◼◼(someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader) |
fausse ambroisie nom {f} | epazote(herb) |
fête des Rois nom {f} | Epiphany [epiphanies]◼◼◼(annual Christian feast celebrating this event) |
feux croisés nom {m pl} | crossfire [crossfires]◼◼◼(lines of fire) |
feux de croisement nom {m pl} | dipped headlight◼◼◼(main light on a motor vehicle) |
fièvre de croissance nom {f} | growing pains [growing pains]◼◼◼noun |
fois (as a separate word: see example); a threefold increase - un accroissement de trois fois | -fold(used to make adjectives) |
fois (as a separate word: see example); to increase threefold - accroitre trois fois | -fold(used to make adverbs) |
froisser verbe | wrinkle [wrinkled, wrinkling, wrinkles]◼◼◼(to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles) crumple [crumpled, crumpling, crumples]◼◼◼(to rumple) crinkle [crinkled, crinkling, crinkles]◼◼◻(to fold, crease, crumple, or wad) rumple [rumpled, rumpling, rumples]◼◼◻(to make wrinkled) |
galette des rois nom {f} | king cake◼◼◼(cake eaten on Epiphany) |
gâteau des rois nom {m} | king cake◼◼◼(cake eaten on Epiphany) |
grille de mots croisés nom {f} | crossword [crosswords]◼◼◼(word puzzle) |
haut comme trois pommes adjectif | knee-high to a grasshopper◼◼◼(short) |
héroïsation nom {f} | heroization◼◼◼(the act, or the result, of heroizing someone) |
héroïser verbe | heroize [heroized, heroizing, heroizes](to make someone into a hero) heroize [heroized, heroizing, heroizes](to treat someone as if they were a hero) |
héroïsme nom {m} | heroism◼◼◼(the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them) valour◼◼◻(strength of mind in regard to danger) prowess◼◻◻(distinguished bravery or courage) |
hongrois adjectif | Hungarian◼◼◼(of, from, or pertaining to Hungary) |
Hongrois nom {m} | Hungarian [Hungarians]◼◼◼(person from Hungary) |