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courvite isabelle nom {f} | cream-colored courser(Cursorius cursor) |
créativité nom {f} | creativity◼◼◼(quality or ability to create or invent something) |
curriculum vitæ nom {m} | curriculum vitae [curricula vitae]◼◼◼(written account of one's education, accomplishments, etc.) |
déclivité nom {f} | declivity [declivities]◼◼◼(downward slope) |
désinviter verbe | uninvite◼◼◼(to cancel an invitation) |
distributivité nom {f} | distributivity◼◼◼(fact of being distributive) |
dolce vita nom {f} | dolce vita◼◼◼(life of self-indulgence and luxury) |
double vitrage nom {m} | double glazing◼◼◼(A system of insulated windows (and doors) having two parallel layers of glass separated by an air space) |
effondrement gravitationnel nom {m} | gravitational collapse◼◼◼(stage in the evolution of a star) |
électronégativité nom {f} | electronegativity [electronegativities]◼◼◼(degree of electron attraction) |
élément vital nom {m} | lifeblood◼◼◼(figurative: that which is required for existence) |
en perte de vitesse verbe | lose ground◼◼◼verb |
espace vital nom {m} | lebensraum◼◼◼(living space) |
évitable adjectif | preventable◼◼◼(capable of being prevented) avoidable◼◼◼(capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped) evitable◼◻◻(possible to avoid) |
évitement nom {m} | avoidance [avoidances]◼◼◼(The act of avoiding or shunning) |
éviter verbe | avoid [avoided, avoiding, avoids]◼◼◼(to try not to be hit; to give way) avoid [avoided, avoiding, avoids]◼◼◼(to keep away from) help [helped, helping, helps]◼◼◻(transitive: avoid or prevent) save [saved, saving, saves]◼◼◻(to obviate or make unnecessary) escape [escaped, escaping, escapes]◼◼◻(to elude) obviate [obviated, obviating, obviates]◼◼◻(to bypass a requirement) dodge [dodged, dodging, dodges]◼◼◻(to avoid by moving out of the way) shun [shunned, shunning, shuns]◼◻◻(to avoid, ostracize) steer clear◼◻◻(to avoid) stave off◼◻◻(prevent something from happening) shirk [shirked, shirking, shirks]◼◻◻(avoid a duty) ward off◼◻◻(to avert or prevent) forbear [forbore, forborne, forbearing, forbears]◼◻◻(to keep away from) |
éviter à tout prix verbe | not touch something with a ten-foot pole(to avoid at all costs) |
éviternité nom {f} | aeviternity(temporal mode of existence between time and eternity, said to be experienced by angels, saints, and celestial bodies, see also: aevum) |
excès de vitesse nom {m} | speeding◼◼◼(driving faster than the legal speed limit) |
exclusivité nom {f} | exclusivity◼◼◼(the quality of being exclusive) scoop [scoops]◼◼◻(news learned and reported before anyone else) |
exhaustivité nom {f} | exhaustiveness◼◼◼(state of being exhaustive) |
expressivité nom {f} | expressiveness◼◼◼(the quality of being expressive) |
faire du lèche-vitrine verbe | window-shop [window-shopped, window-shopping, window-shops]◼◼◼(browse shops with no intention of buying) |
fécondation in vitro nom {f} | in vitro fertilization [in vitro fertilizations]◼◼◼((medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body) |
festivité nom {f} | festivity [festivities]◼◼◼(festival) |