# translation

lexentry: eng/cégep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cégep
trans_list: cégep
sense:
(Québec) A publicly funded school that combines grade 12 with either college or freshman year of university, depending on the programme. It can be a public-sector school or a private school with some public funding, though those with "CEGEP" in the name are usually public-sector. In Québec's system, it is a required step between secondary school (ending in grade 11) and university (starting in sophomore year).


lexentry: eng/dab__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dab
trans_list: dabber
sense:
(dance, intransitive) To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dabble
trans_list: barboter
sense:
(transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.


lexentry: eng/dace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dace
trans_list: vandoise
sense:
A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.


lexentry: eng/dachshund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dachshund
trans_list: teckel
sense:
A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.


lexentry: eng/dactyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dactyl
trans_list: dactyle
sense:
A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.


lexentry: eng/daddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: daddy
trans_list: papa
sense:
(slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.


lexentry: eng/daddy_longlegs__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: daddy longlegs
trans_list: faucheur
sense:
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) Any (non-spider) arachnid of the order Opiliones, mostly with long thin legs; the harvestman.


lexentry: eng/daffodil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daffodil
trans_list: jonquille | narcisse
sense:
(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.


lexentry: eng/dagesh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dagesh
trans_list: dagesh
sense:
A symbol used in Hebrew script to denote a geminated consonant, or a consonant pronounced as a plosive as opposed to as a fricative.


lexentry: eng/daguerreotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daguerreotype
trans_list: daguerréotype
sense:
An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.


lexentry: eng/daikon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daikon
trans_list: daïkon | radis blanc | radis chinois | radis d'hiver | radis japonais
sense:
An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.


lexentry: eng/daily_bread__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: daily bread
trans_list: pain quotidien
sense:
(by extension, chiefly, _, Christianity) All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life.


lexentry: eng/dairy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dairy
trans_list: laiterie
sense:
A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.


lexentry: eng/dairy_cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dairy cow
trans_list: vache laitière
sense:
Any breed of cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made; an individual cattle beast of such a breed; especially, a female cow who has calved and lactated.


lexentry: eng/dais__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dais
trans_list: estrade
sense:
A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]


lexentry: eng/daisy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daisy
trans_list: pâquerette | marguerite
sense:
The wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals


lexentry: eng/daisy_chain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daisy chain
trans_list: connecter | en série
sense:
(electronics) To connect a network or other peripheral in sequence from one node to another through the connected devices.


lexentry: eng/dalet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dalet
trans_list: daleth | dalèt
sense:
The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/dalmatic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dalmatic
trans_list: dalmatique
sense:
A long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches and is worn by a deacon at the Eucharist or Mass and, although infrequently, by bishops as an undergarment above the alb.


lexentry: eng/dam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dam
trans_list: barrage
sense:
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.


lexentry: eng/damages__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damages
trans_list: dommages-intérêts
sense:
(legal) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.


lexentry: eng/damascene__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damascene
trans_list: damasquiner
sense:
(transitive) To decorate (metalwork) with a peculiar marking or water produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or encrusting with another metal, such as silver or gold, or by etching, etc.; to damask.


lexentry: eng/damma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damma
trans_list: damma
sense:
(linguistics) In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ⁧ـُ⁩ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/.


lexentry: eng/damn__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damn
trans_list: mince | zut | purée
sense:
(mildly, _, profane) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.


lexentry: eng/damp__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: damp
trans_list: amortir
sense:
(transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).


lexentry: eng/damp_squib__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: damp squib
trans_list: pétard mouillé
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud.


lexentry: eng/damper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damper
trans_list: sourdine
sense:
A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.


lexentry: eng/damper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damper
trans_list: hotte
sense:
A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.


lexentry: eng/damselfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damselfly
trans_list: demoiselle
sense:
Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest.


lexentry: eng/dance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dance
trans_list: danse
sense:
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.


lexentry: eng/dance_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dance card
trans_list: carnet de bal
sense:
(dance, dated) A card on which a person (usually a woman) lists those they have agreed to dance with. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/dandelion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dandelion
trans_list: pissenlit | dent-de-lion | baraban
sense:
(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).


lexentry: eng/dandy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dandy
trans_list: dandy
sense:
A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.


lexentry: eng/danger_pay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danger pay
trans_list: prime de risque
sense:
Extra payment given to anybody, civilian or soldier, who is employed in a situation where the working conditions or locale are considered to be hazardous.


lexentry: eng/danse_macabre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danse macabre
trans_list: danse macabre
sense:
(arts) A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.


lexentry: eng/danta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danta
trans_list: kotibé
sense:
A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.


lexentry: eng/daphne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daphne
trans_list: garou
sense:
Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.


lexentry: eng/daredevil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daredevil
trans_list: casse-cou
sense:
A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention. [from 1794]


lexentry: eng/daric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daric
trans_list: darique
sense:
A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).


lexentry: eng/dariole__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dariole
trans_list: dariole
sense:
(cooking) A mould, in the shape of a truncated cone (frustum of a cone), in which the dessert is cooked.


lexentry: eng/dark_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dark energy
trans_list: énergie noire | énergie sombre
sense:
(astronomy, astrophysics) A hypothetical form of energy which, it is supposed, is spread uniformly throughout space (and time) and has anti-gravitational properties: it represents a possible mechanism for the cosmological constant, and thus is one of the possible explanations for the current accelerating rate of expansion of the universe; and it is estimated to account for about 74% of the mass-energy of the universe.


lexentry: eng/dark_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dark horse
trans_list: outsider
sense:
(idiomatic, politics) A candidate for an election who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice.


lexentry: eng/dark_matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dark matter
trans_list: matière noire | matière sombre
sense:
(astronomy, astrophysics, broadly) Matter which cannot be detected by its radiation but whose presence is inferred from gravitational effects.


lexentry: eng/darkness__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: darkness
trans_list: noirceur | sombreur
sense:
(uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.


lexentry: eng/darknet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darknet
trans_list: darknet
sense:
(internet) A network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization, usually characterized by the anonymization of users, participating hosts, or both.


lexentry: eng/darkside__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: darkside
trans_list: côté sombre
sense:
(countable, figuratively) The side of something that is metaphorically dark, i.e. evil, distressing or otherwise undesirable; the negative aspect of something.


lexentry: eng/darkwave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darkwave
trans_list: dark wave
sense:
(music genre) A musical movement that originated in the late 1970s, combining elements of new wave and gothic rock with dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of sorrow.


lexentry: eng/darn__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darn
trans_list: repriser
sense:
(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.


lexentry: eng/darnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darnel
trans_list: ivraie enivrante
sense:
A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals.


lexentry: eng/darning_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darning egg
trans_list: œuf à repriser
sense:
An egg-shaped ovoid of stone, porcelain, wood, or similar hard material, which is inserted into the toe or heel of a sock to hold it in the proper shape and provide a firm foundation for repairs.


lexentry: eng/dart__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dart
trans_list: fléchettes | fléchette
sense:
A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.


lexentry: eng/darter__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: darter
trans_list: perche
sense:
Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae


lexentry: eng/darts__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darts
trans_list: fléchettes
sense:
(games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land


lexentry: eng/dasein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dasein
trans_list: dasein
sense:
(philosophy) Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence


lexentry: eng/dash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dash
trans_list: tiret
sense:
(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).


lexentry: eng/dashboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dashboard
trans_list: tableau de bord
sense:
(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.


lexentry: eng/dashcam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dashcam
trans_list: caméra-témoin de circulation | dashcam
sense:
(automotive) A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in, to provide evidence for criminal prosecutions, insurance claims, etc.


lexentry: eng/dashpot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dashpot
trans_list: piston
sense:
A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.


lexentry: eng/data__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data
trans_list: données
sense:
(collectively, uncountable) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.


lexentry: eng/data_entry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data entry
trans_list: saisie des données
sense:
(computing) The act of inputting data into a computer, such as by typing out handwriting, capturing data from scanned documents, taking responses from telephone interviews, etc.


lexentry: eng/data_mining__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data mining
sense:
(database) A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.

trans_list:
exploration de données | forage de données | fouille de données | orpaillage | prospection de données


lexentry: eng/data_model__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data model
trans_list: modèle de données
sense:
(databases) A result of applying a data modeling to some particular application, using a database model such as relational.


lexentry: eng/data_processing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data processing
trans_list: traitement de données
sense:
Any of many techniques in which data is retrieved, stored, classified, manipulated, transmitted and/or reported in such a way as to generate information; especially such processing using computers.


lexentry: eng/data_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data science
trans_list: science des données
sense:
(science) An interdisciplinary field about scientific methods, processes and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data.


lexentry: eng/data_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data set
trans_list: jeu de données
sense:
(computing) A file of related records on a computer-readable medium such as disk, especially one on a mainframe computer.


lexentry: eng/data_structure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data structure
trans_list: structure de donnée
sense:
(computer science) Any form of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can be accessed efficiently.


lexentry: eng/data_type__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data type
trans_list: type | type de données
sense:
(programming) A classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them.


lexentry: eng/data_warehouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data warehouse
trans_list: entrepôt de données
sense:
(computing) A collection of data, from a variety of sources, organized to provide useful guidance to an organization's decision-makers.


lexentry: eng/database__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: database
trans_list: base de données
sense:
(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.


lexentry: eng/database__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: database
trans_list: base de données | database
sense:
(computing, loosely, metonymically) A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.


lexentry: eng/database_administrator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: database administrator
trans_list: DBA | administrateur de bases de données
sense:
(databases) A person who is responsible for the logical and physical design of databases, and normally for all aspects of their recoverability, integrity, security, availability and performance.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: datte
sense:
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: date
sense:
The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: date
trans_list: date | cavalier
sense:
A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.


lexentry: eng/date__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: dater
sense:
(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.


lexentry: eng/date__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: date
trans_list: vieillir
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.


lexentry: eng/date_rape_drug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date rape drug
trans_list: drogue du viol
sense:
A drug with sedative, hypnotic, dissociative, and/or amnesiac effects which is used to assist in the commission of a sexual assault (date rape).


lexentry: eng/date_with_destiny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date with destiny
trans_list: rendez-vous avec le destin
sense:
(idiomatic) An inevitable future event or anticipated occurrence, especially in the form of an encounter which is likely to be momentous.


lexentry: eng/dateline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dateline
trans_list: provenance
sense:
(journalism) A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the place of origin and typically the date, and often written in capital letters.


lexentry: eng/dation_in_payment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dation in payment
trans_list: dation en paiement
sense:
(legal) The agreed discharge of a debt by giving something differing in character from that of the original debt


lexentry: eng/dative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dative
trans_list: datif
sense:
(grammar) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.


lexentry: eng/dative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dative case
trans_list: datif | C.O.I. | complément d'objet indirect | quatrième déclinaison | troisième déclinaison
sense:
(grammar) Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the recipient or beneficiary of an action, and is generally indicated in English by to (when a recipient) or for (when a beneficiary) with the objective case. The direct object may be either stated or unstated where the indirect object is the beneficiary of the verbal action, but is stated where the indirect object is a recipient. If there is emphasis on the indirect object, the indirect object usually precedes the direct object and is not usually indicated with to or for; said structure is also used when neither object is being emphasized.


lexentry: eng/datolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: datolite
trans_list: datolite
sense:
(mineral) A borosilicate of lime commonly occurring in glassy, greenish crystals, with the chemical formula CaBSiO4(OH).


lexentry: eng/datum__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: datum
trans_list: donnée
sense:
(cartography, surveying, engineering) A fixed reference point or set of reference points which precisely define a system of measurement or a coordinate system.


lexentry: eng/datura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: datura
trans_list: datura
sense:
A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/dauphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dauphin
trans_list: dauphin
sense:
The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.


lexentry: eng/davit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: davit
trans_list: bossoir
sense:
(nautical, construction) A crane, often working in pairs and usually made of steel, used to lower things over an edge of a long drop off, such as lowering a maintenance trapeze down a building or launching a lifeboat over the side of a ship.


lexentry: eng/dawdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dawdle
trans_list: lambiner | traîner | flâner | musarder | pateter | traînailler
sense:
To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time. [from mid 17th c. (probably dialectal); in general use from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/day__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: day
trans_list: jour | journée
sense:
A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.


lexentry: eng/day_care_center__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day care center
trans_list: garderie
sense:
A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.


lexentry: eng/day_fine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day fine
trans_list: jour-amende
sense:
A unit of fine payment based on the offender's daily personal income. The number of day fines depends on the gravity of offence.


lexentry: eng/day_for_night__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day for night
trans_list: nuit américaine
sense:
(film) A cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight.


lexentry: eng/day_in,_day_out__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day in, day out
trans_list: jour après jour
sense:
(idiomatic) Every day; daily; constantly or continuously (especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous).


lexentry: eng/day_laborer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day laborer
trans_list: journalier
sense:
A laborer who is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.


lexentry: eng/daylight_robbery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylight robbery
trans_list: arnaque | vol manifeste
sense:
(uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/daylight_saving_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylight saving time
trans_list: heure d’été
sense:
The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.


lexentry: eng/daylily__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylily
trans_list: hémérocalle
sense:
Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Hemerocallis, that have fleshy roots, grasslike leaves and colourful flowers that bloom for just one day.


lexentry: eng/daze__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daze
trans_list: étourdir | abasourdir
sense:
(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear


lexentry: eng/dazibao__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dazibao
trans_list: dazibao
sense:
A wall-mounted newspaper or similar, used as a form of protest, propaganda, and popular communication in China.


lexentry: eng/dazzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dazzle
trans_list: éblouir
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.


lexentry: eng/de_facto__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: de facto
trans_list: de facto | de fait
sense:
In fact or in practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. (Often opposed to de jure.)


lexentry: eng/deacon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: deacon
trans_list: diacre
sense:
(Orthodoxy, Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.


lexentry: eng/dead__Adjective__1
sense_num: 26
written_rep: dead
trans_list: mort
sense:
(rare, especially, religion, often with "to") Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).


lexentry: eng/dead_donkey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dead donkey
trans_list: chiens écrasés
sense:
(journalism) A news item of no real significance, usually of whimsical or sentimental nature, placed at the end of a news bulletin or in a newspaper as filler. A dead donkey can often be removed from the programme or publication if a more significant story needs extra time or space.


lexentry: eng/dead_drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead drop
trans_list: boite aux lettres morte
sense:
(espionage) A location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.


lexentry: eng/dead_freight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead freight
trans_list: faux fret
sense:
A sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.


lexentry: eng/dead_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead key
trans_list: touche morte
sense:
A special modifier key on a typewriter or computer keyboard, typically used to attach a specific diacritic to another character.


lexentry: eng/dead_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead letter
trans_list: n'habite pas à l'adresse indiquée
sense:
An item of mail that cannot be delivered to its intended recipient; after some time it is returned to the sender, or destroyed.


lexentry: eng/dead_link__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead link
trans_list: lien mort
sense:
(Internet) An HTML hypertext link that points to a webpage or website that is permanently unavailable.


lexentry: eng/dead_man's_handle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead man's handle
trans_list: VACMA | homme-mort
sense:
(rail) A lever used as a safety device, typically on trains, which shuts off power if the operator releases their grip.


lexentry: eng/dead_man's_switch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead man's switch
trans_list: homme-mort
sense:
A switch that automatically stops a machine or vehicle after a set period of inactivity from the operator.


lexentry: eng/dead_men_tell_no_tales__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead men tell no tales
trans_list: les morts ne parlent pas
sense:
A dead person can no longer reveal information, especially information which others wish to keep secret.


lexentry: eng/dead_or_alive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dead or alive
trans_list: mort ou vif
sense:
Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and that (s)he may be killed in the process of finding, as if this was reasonable punishment.


lexentry: eng/dead_reckoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead reckoning
trans_list: navigation à l'estime
sense:
A method of estimating the position of a ship or aircraft by applying estimates of the distance and direction travelled from a previously known position. In respect to ships/boats, it excludes the effect of wind and current on the vessel. Compare with estimated position. Abbreviation: DR


lexentry: eng/dead_ringer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead ringer
trans_list: portrait craché
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.


lexentry: eng/dead_weight__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dead weight
trans_list: poids mort
sense:
(rail) The total (unpowered) weight of a train to be propelled (or hauled) by the locomotive; another locomotive being hauled dead as part of the train is a dead weight.


lexentry: eng/deadbeat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadbeat
trans_list: fainéant
sense:
(pejorative) A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.


lexentry: eng/deadeye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadeye
trans_list: cap de mouton
sense:
(nautical) A wooden disk having holes through which the lanyard is passed, used for tightening shrouds.


lexentry: eng/deadfall__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deadfall
trans_list: piège assommoir
sense:
(countable, Canada, US, hunting) A kind of trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey.


lexentry: eng/deadlift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadlift
trans_list: soulevé de terre
sense:
(weightlifting) A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.


lexentry: eng/deadlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deadlock
trans_list: interblocage | étreinte fatale
sense:
(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.


lexentry: eng/deadly_nightshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadly nightshade
trans_list: belladone
sense:
The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.


lexentry: eng/deadly_sin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadly sin
trans_list: péché capital
sense:
Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).


lexentry: eng/deadname__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadname
trans_list: deadname | morinom
sense:
(neologism, especially, LGBTQ) A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name.


lexentry: eng/deadnettle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadnettle
trans_list: lamier
sense:
Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs.


lexentry: eng/deadpan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadpan
trans_list: pince-sans-rire
sense:
A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.


lexentry: eng/deafening_silence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deafening silence
trans_list: silence assourdissant | silence de mort
sense:
(idiomatic) A noteworthy silence, or absence of response, especially one signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm.


lexentry: eng/deal_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deal with
trans_list: traiter
sense:
(transitive) To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.


lexentry: eng/dean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dean
trans_list: doyen
sense:
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).


lexentry: eng/dean__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dean
trans_list: doyen
sense:
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.


lexentry: eng/dear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dear
trans_list: cher
sense:
A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death
trans_list: mort | décès | l'arcane sans nom
sense:
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: death
trans_list: mort | camarde | l'arcane sans nom
sense:
(often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: death
trans_list: mort | l'arcane sans nom
sense:
(figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).


lexentry: eng/death_adder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death adder
trans_list: faiseur de mort
sense:
Any snake of the genus Acanthophis, a group of highly venomous elapids found in Australia and New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/death_camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: death camp
trans_list: camp de la mort | camp d'extermination
sense:
A facility built during the Holocaust by the Nazis to kill especially the Jewish people through gassing.


lexentry: eng/death_certificate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death certificate
trans_list: acte de décès
sense:
A document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.


lexentry: eng/death_erection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death erection
trans_list: érection post mortem | érection terminale
sense:
A post-mortem priapism observed in the corpses of human males who have been executed, particularly by hanging.


lexentry: eng/death_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death metal
trans_list: death metal
sense:
(music) A subgenre of heavy metal typically employing moderate to fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes, often having violent or dark lyrics.


lexentry: eng/death_rattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death rattle
trans_list: râle
sense:
The raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person while drawing in or expelling their final breaths before dying.


lexentry: eng/deathblow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deathblow
trans_list: coup | fatal
sense:
(figurative) Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.


lexentry: eng/deathless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deathless
trans_list: immortel
sense:
(of a work of art, literature, etc.) Guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten due to its importance or conspicuous excellence.


lexentry: eng/deathmatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deathmatch
trans_list: combat à mort | match à mort
sense:
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competitors attempt to assassinate one another.


lexentry: eng/debacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debacle
trans_list: débâcle | fiasco
sense:
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/debacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: debacle
trans_list: débâcle
sense:
(ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.


lexentry: eng/debasement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debasement
trans_list: avilissement
sense:
The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.


lexentry: eng/debate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debate
trans_list: débat
sense:
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.


lexentry: eng/debate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debate
trans_list: débattre
sense:
(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/debauched__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debauched
trans_list: libertin | débauché
sense:
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.


lexentry: eng/debauchery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debauchery
trans_list: débauche | débaucherie | dévergondage
sense:
Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.


lexentry: eng/debit_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debit note
trans_list: note de débit
sense:
(accounting) A commercial document issued by a seller in order to adjust upwards the amount of an invoice already issued.


lexentry: eng/debrief__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debrief
trans_list: débriefer
sense:
(transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).


lexentry: eng/debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debt
trans_list: dette
sense:
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.


lexentry: eng/debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: debt
trans_list: dette
sense:
(finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.


lexentry: eng/debug__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debug
trans_list: déboguer
sense:
(computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.


lexentry: eng/debugger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debugger
trans_list: débogueur | débugueur
sense:
(programming) A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.


lexentry: eng/debugging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debugging
trans_list: débogage
sense:
(computing) The process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system.


lexentry: eng/debunk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debunk
sense:
(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

trans_list:
dévoiler | jeter l'opprobre sur | mettre en pièces | réduire à néant | se discréditer | se déconsidérer


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decade
trans_list: décade | dizaine
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayer.


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decade
trans_list: décennie | décade | dizaine
sense:
A period of ten years [from 17th c.], particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/decal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decal
trans_list: autocollant | décalque
sense:
A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.


lexentry: eng/decane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decane
trans_list: décane
sense:
(chemistry) any of the seventy-five isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22


lexentry: eng/decathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decathlon
trans_list: décathlon
sense:
An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.


lexentry: eng/decay__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: decay
trans_list: se désintégrer
sense:
(intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.


lexentry: eng/deceit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deceit
trans_list: fraude | tromperie
sense:
(law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.


lexentry: eng/decent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decent
trans_list: intègre | décent
sense:
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.


lexentry: eng/decentralize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decentralize
trans_list: décentraliser
sense:
To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.


lexentry: eng/deception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deception
trans_list: supercherie | tromperie
sense:
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.


lexentry: eng/decibel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decibel
trans_list: décibel
sense:
A common measure of sound intensity ratio that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = ⅒log10(P1 / P2), where P1 and P2 are the relative powers of the sound.


lexentry: eng/decidua__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decidua
trans_list: caduque | membrane déciduale
sense:
(anatomy) A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy


lexentry: eng/deciduous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deciduous
trans_list: caduc | décidual
sense:
(biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.


lexentry: eng/decile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decile
trans_list: décile
sense:
(statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.


lexentry: eng/decimal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal
trans_list: décimal
sense:
(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.


lexentry: eng/decimal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal
trans_list: décimal | système décimal
sense:
(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.


lexentry: eng/decimal_fraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal fraction
trans_list: fraction décimale
sense:
(arithmetic) A proper or improper fraction the denominator of which is a power of ten and the decimal representation of which is a terminating decimal number.


lexentry: eng/decimal_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal number
trans_list: nombre décimal
sense:
(mathematics) A number expressed in the decimal system (base ten), (particularly) fractional numbers so represented.


lexentry: eng/decimal_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal point
trans_list: point | point décimal | virgule
sense:
(typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number.


lexentry: eng/decimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimate
trans_list: décimer
sense:
(archaic) To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.


lexentry: eng/decipherment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decipherment
trans_list: déchiffrement
sense:
The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.


lexentry: eng/decision_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decision tree
trans_list: arbre de décision
sense:
A visualization of a complex decision-making situation in which the possible decisions and their likely outcomes are organized in the form of a graph that resembles a tree.


lexentry: eng/decisionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decisionism
trans_list: décisionnisme
sense:
The doctrine that moral or legal precepts are the product of decisions made by political or legal bodies


lexentry: eng/decisive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decisive
trans_list: décisif
sense:
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.


lexentry: eng/deck_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deck chair
trans_list: transat
sense:
A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.


lexentry: eng/declaim__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declaim
trans_list: déclamer | réciter | scander
sense:
To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.


lexentry: eng/declaration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: declaration
trans_list: déclaration
sense:
(legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.


lexentry: eng/declaration_of_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declaration of war
trans_list: déclaration de guerre
sense:
A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.


lexentry: eng/declaration_of_will__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declaration of will
trans_list: déclaration de volonté
sense:
(law) A private outward manifestation of intention which is directly aimed at bringing about a legal effect.


lexentry: eng/declarative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: declarative
trans_list: déclaratif
sense:
(programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. w:Declarative programming


lexentry: eng/declare__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: declare
trans_list: déclarer
sense:
(transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.


lexentry: eng/declare_war__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declare war
trans_list: déclarer la guerre
sense:
(of a governmental authority) To make a formal pronouncement, or sign a legal document, that initiates a state of war between one nation and another, usually before hostilities begin.


lexentry: eng/declension__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declension
trans_list: déclinaison
sense:
(grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.


lexentry: eng/declension__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: declension
trans_list: déclinaison
sense:
(grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.


lexentry: eng/declination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declination
trans_list: déclinaison
sense:
At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.


lexentry: eng/decline__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: decline
trans_list: décliner
sense:
(transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.


lexentry: eng/decline__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: decline
trans_list: refuser
sense:
(American football, Canadian football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.


lexentry: eng/decoherence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decoherence
trans_list: décohérence
sense:
(quantum mechanics) Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of particles) in a physical system as it interacts with its environment.


lexentry: eng/decompaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decompaction
trans_list: décompactage
sense:
(chiefly, _, in, _, geology, biochemistry) The act or process of making something less compact; often specifically the reversal of previous compaction


lexentry: eng/decompose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decompose
trans_list: décomposer
sense:
(transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components; to disintegrate or fragment.


lexentry: eng/decompression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decompression
trans_list: décompression
sense:
The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).


lexentry: eng/decompression_sickness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decompression sickness
trans_list: accident de décompression | maladie de décompression | maladie des caissons
sense:
(pathology) A sometimes fatal condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis.


lexentry: eng/decoration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decoration
trans_list: décoration
sense:
Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.


lexentry: eng/decoration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: decoration
trans_list: décoration
sense:
Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.


lexentry: eng/decorative_arts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decorative arts
trans_list: arts décoratifs
sense:
Arts and crafts concerned with making beautiful but functional objects. Includes carpentry, metalworking and interior design.


lexentry: eng/decriminalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decriminalization
trans_list: décriminalisation | dépénalisation
sense:
The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)


lexentry: eng/decriminalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decriminalization
trans_list: décriminalisation | dépénalisation
sense:
The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc).


lexentry: eng/decryption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decryption
trans_list: décryptage
sense:
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.


lexentry: eng/dedicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dedicate
trans_list: dédier | dédicacer
sense:
(transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.


lexentry: eng/dedication__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dedication
trans_list: dédicace
sense:
(countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.


lexentry: eng/dedovshchina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dedovshchina
trans_list: dedovchtchina
sense:
Hazing, the informal system of subjection and abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and today in the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. armed forces.


lexentry: eng/deduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deduce
trans_list: déduire
sense:
(transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.


lexentry: eng/deduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deduction
trans_list: déduction
sense:
(logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.


lexentry: eng/deed__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deed
trans_list: acte juridique
sense:
(legal) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.


lexentry: eng/deem__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deem
trans_list: estimer | croire
sense:
(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.


lexentry: eng/deem__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: deem
trans_list: considérer | croire
sense:
(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.


lexentry: eng/deep-rooted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep-rooted
trans_list: profondément enraciné
sense:
(literally, of a plant) Having deep roots; (of a non-living object) deeply and firmly embedded (in the ground, etc.).


lexentry: eng/deep__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep
trans_list: grave | profond
sense:
(cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.


lexentry: eng/deep__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep
trans_list: épais | profond
sense:
Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction away from a point of reference.


lexentry: eng/deep_drawing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep drawing
trans_list: emboutissage
sense:
A sheet metal forming process in which a sheet metal blank is radially drawn into a forming die by the mechanical action of a punch.


lexentry: eng/deep_fryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep fryer
trans_list: friteuse
sense:
A heated vessel for frying food by immersing in hot oil, as opposed to shallow frying in a frying pan.


lexentry: eng/deep_geological_repository__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep geological repository
trans_list: site de stockage finale pour les déchets nucléaire
sense:
A concept that involves the placement of long-lived radioactive waste, often spent nuclear fuel, in rooms excavated deep within stable, low-permeability bedrock


lexentry: eng/deep_link__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep link
trans_list: lien profond
sense:
(Internet) A type of hyperlink directly pointing to content on a website, rather than its home page.


lexentry: eng/deep_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep space
trans_list: espace lointain
sense:
All of space beyond the gravitational influence of Earth, or outside the Solar System, or distant from stars


lexentry: eng/deep_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep state
trans_list: État profond
sense:
(politics, conspiracy research) A large group of people, typically members of government agencies and the military, believed to have long-lasting political influence that is difficult for an administration voted into power to counter.


lexentry: eng/deep_vein_thrombosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep vein thrombosis
trans_list: phlébite profonde | thrombophlébite | thrombose veineuse profonde
sense:
(pathology) A potentially fatal condition in which one or more thrombi (or clots) form in the predominantly the leg or, more unusually, the arm. The clot may break free from the venous wall and travel via the circulatory system to the heart or to the lungs (causing a pulmonary embolism); this condition is often caused by keeping the legs bent for long periods but can also be caused by other medical problems.


lexentry: eng/deepfake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deepfake
trans_list: hypertrucage
sense:
(technology, neologism) A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with the use of artificial intelligence, especially one that imposes the face of one person onto the body of someone else.


lexentry: eng/deer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deer
trans_list: cerf | chevreuil
sense:
A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.


lexentry: eng/defacement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: defacement
trans_list: addition
sense:
(heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.


lexentry: eng/defamation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defamation
trans_list: diffamation
sense:
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.


lexentry: eng/defect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defect
trans_list: déserter | passer à
sense:
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.


lexentry: eng/defective__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: defective
trans_list: défectif
sense:
(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.


lexentry: eng/defective_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defective verb
trans_list: verbe défectif
sense:
(grammar) A verb with an incomplete conjugation; for example, one that can only be conjugated in certain persons and numbers.


lexentry: eng/defenceman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defenceman
trans_list: défenseur
sense:
In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals; same as defender in many other ballgames.


lexentry: eng/defendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defendant
trans_list: inculpé | défenderesse | défendeur | inculpée
sense:
(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.


lexentry: eng/defender__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: defender
trans_list: défenseur | défenseuse
sense:
(law, rare) A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).


lexentry: eng/defense_mechanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defense mechanism
trans_list: mécanisme de défense
sense:
(psychology) A psychological strategy used unconsciously by people to cope with harmful or stressful situations.


lexentry: eng/defer__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defer
trans_list: s'en remettre
sense:
(ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.


lexentry: eng/defibrillate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defibrillate
trans_list: défibriller
sense:
(cardiology, transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.


lexentry: eng/defibrillation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defibrillation
trans_list: défibrillation
sense:
The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.


lexentry: eng/defibrillator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defibrillator
trans_list: défibrillateur
sense:
(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.


lexentry: eng/define__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: define
trans_list: définir
sense:
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.


lexentry: eng/definite_article__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: definite article
trans_list: article défini
sense:
(grammar) An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations.


lexentry: eng/definition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: definition
trans_list: définition
sense:
(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).


lexentry: eng/definitive__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: definitive
trans_list: timbre d'usage courant
sense:
(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand


lexentry: eng/deflagration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deflagration
trans_list: déflagration
sense:
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.


lexentry: eng/deflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deflation
trans_list: déflation
sense:
(economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.


lexentry: eng/deforestation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deforestation
trans_list: déboisement | déforestation
sense:
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.


lexentry: eng/deform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deform
trans_list: déformer
sense:
To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.


lexentry: eng/defragment__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defragment
trans_list: défragmenter
sense:
(computing) To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.


lexentry: eng/defy__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: defy
trans_list: défier
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.


lexentry: eng/degauss__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degauss
trans_list: dégausser
sense:
(transitive) To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).


lexentry: eng/degenerate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degenerate
trans_list: dégradé | dégénéré
sense:
(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.


lexentry: eng/degeneration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: degeneration
trans_list: dégénérescence | dégénération
sense:
(uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.


lexentry: eng/degeneration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: degeneration
trans_list: dégénération | dégénérescence
sense:
(uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.


lexentry: eng/deglaze__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deglaze
trans_list: déglacer
sense:
(transitive, cooking) To detach small pieces of cooked food from a pan by adding liquid, so that they can be used in further cooking.


lexentry: eng/degradation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degradation
trans_list: dégradation
sense:
The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degree
trans_list: diplôme
sense:
A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.) [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: degree
trans_list: degré | grade
sense:
(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1⁄360 of a circle's circumference. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: degree
trans_list: degré | grade
sense:
(physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree_of_comparison__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degree of comparison
trans_list: degré
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms.


lexentry: eng/degree_of_freedom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degree of freedom
trans_list: degré de liberté
sense:
(physics) Any of the coordinates, a minimum number of which are needed to specify the motion of a mechanical system.


lexentry: eng/degu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degu
trans_list: dègue du Chili | octodon
sense:
Any species of the genus Octodon, especially Octodon degus, a small, caviomorph rodent native to Chile.


lexentry: eng/dehisce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dehisce
trans_list: déhiscer
sense:
(intransitive, botany) To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.


lexentry: eng/dehiscence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dehiscence
trans_list: déhiscence
sense:
(botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.


lexentry: eng/dehumanize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dehumanize
trans_list: déshumaniser
sense:
To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.


lexentry: eng/dehydration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dehydration
trans_list: déshydratation
sense:
The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.


lexentry: eng/dehydro-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dehydro-
trans_list: déshydro-
sense:
(organic chemistry) Used to form the names of compounds that have lost one or more hydrogen atoms, especially those that have lost even numbers of hydrogen atoms to form double bonds


lexentry: eng/dehydrogenase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dehydrogenase
trans_list: déshydrogénase
sense:
(enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the removal of hydrogen (a proton) from biological compounds.


lexentry: eng/deinterlace__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deinterlace
trans_list: désentrelacer
sense:
(film, transitive) To convert (video footage) into a non-interlaced format; to remove one field from each video frame.


lexentry: eng/deism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deism
trans_list: déisme
sense:
A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.


lexentry: eng/deixis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deixis
trans_list: deixis | déixis
sense:
(linguistics) The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.


lexentry: eng/dejecta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dejecta
trans_list: déjection
sense:
(medicine, zoology) any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.


lexentry: eng/dekulakization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dekulakization
trans_list: dékoulakisation
sense:
(historical) The communist repression of the kulaks (prosperous peasants and farmers) in the Soviet Union and communistic Eastern Europe.


lexentry: eng/dekulakize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dekulakize
trans_list: dékoulakiser
sense:
(transitive, historical) Usually with reference to the Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe: to dispossess a kulak (that is, a prosperous peasant) of his or her property and/or rights. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/delation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: delation
trans_list: délation
sense:
(legal) An accusation or charge brought against someone, especially by an informer; the act of accusing someone.


lexentry: eng/delative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delative case
trans_list: délatif
sense:
(grammar) case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.


lexentry: eng/delay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delay
trans_list: retard | délai
sense:
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.


lexentry: eng/delayed-onset_muscle_soreness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delayed-onset muscle soreness
trans_list: courbature
sense:
(medicine) The pain and stiffness felt in muscles several hours to days after unaccustomed or strenuous exercise.


lexentry: eng/delegate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: delegate
trans_list: déléguer
sense:
(computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.


lexentry: eng/delegation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: delegation
trans_list: délégation
sense:
(legal) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)


lexentry: eng/delete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delete
trans_list: supprimer
sense:
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]


lexentry: eng/deliberation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deliberation
trans_list: délibération
sense:
The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.


lexentry: eng/delicacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: delicacy
trans_list: gourmandise
sense:
Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.


lexentry: eng/delicate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: delicate
trans_list: délicat
sense:
Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.


lexentry: eng/deliquesce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deliquesce
trans_list: arracher
sense:
(intransitive, chemistry) To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere and dissolving in it.


lexentry: eng/delirium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delirium
trans_list: délire
sense:
(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.


lexentry: eng/delirium_tremens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delirium tremens
trans_list: delirium tremens
sense:
(pathology) A psychosis of chronic alcoholism, usually due to alcohol withdrawal, which can be fatal. Symptoms include sweating, tremors, terrifying hallucinations, insomnia, restlessness, disorientation and anxiety.


lexentry: eng/delivery_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delivery room
trans_list: salle d'accouchement
sense:
(medicine) An operating theatre or similar room in a hospital or other medical facility, furnished with suitable equipment and staffed by physicians, surgeons, or other medical workers, for the purpose of assisting mothers with the births of their babies.


lexentry: eng/delta__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: delta
trans_list: delta
sense:
(mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".


lexentry: eng/delusion_of_grandeur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delusion of grandeur
trans_list: folie des grandeurs | mégalomanie
sense:
(usually, in the plural) The false belief that one is important or powerful, accompanying certain mental disorders.


lexentry: eng/delve__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: delve
trans_list: fouiller
sense:
(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out


lexentry: eng/demagogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demagogue
trans_list: démagogue
sense:
(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.


lexentry: eng/demand__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demand
trans_list: demande
sense:
(economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.


lexentry: eng/demanding__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demanding
trans_list: exigeant
sense:
Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.


lexentry: eng/demarcation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demarcation
trans_list: démarcation
sense:
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.


lexentry: eng/demeanor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demeanor
trans_list: comportement | conduite
sense:
(American spelling) The social, non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.


lexentry: eng/dementia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dementia
trans_list: démence
sense:
(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.


lexentry: eng/demerit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demerit
trans_list: démérite | blâme
sense:
A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.


lexentry: eng/demesne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demesne
trans_list: domaine
sense:
A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.


lexentry: eng/demetallize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demetallize
trans_list: démétalliser
sense:
(transitive) To remove traces of metal from (a material or a surface), especially from a material that has been subjected to a metal-based catalysis.


lexentry: eng/demijohn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demijohn
trans_list: dame-jeanne | tourie
sense:
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.


lexentry: eng/demilitarized_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demilitarized zone
trans_list: zone démilitarisée
sense:
(military) An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/demimonde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demimonde
trans_list: demi-monde
sense:
(chiefly, historical, _, (19th-century France)) A class of women maintained by wealthy protectors; female courtesans or prostitutes as a group.


lexentry: eng/demise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demise
trans_list: transfert
sense:
(legal) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.


lexentry: eng/demise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demise
trans_list: chute | disparition | fin | transfert | transmission | échec
sense:
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.


lexentry: eng/demissionary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: demissionary
trans_list: démissionnaire
sense:
(sometimes, after the noun modified) Having resigned or been removed from a position, but retaining some status or powers.


lexentry: eng/demiurge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demiurge
trans_list: démiurge
sense:
(Platonic, _, philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.


lexentry: eng/demo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demo
trans_list: démo
sense:
(informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.


lexentry: eng/demobilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demobilization
trans_list: démobilisation
sense:
The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.


lexentry: eng/democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democracy
trans_list: démocratie
sense:
(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).


lexentry: eng/democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: democracy
trans_list: démocratie
sense:
(countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/democrat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democrat
trans_list: démocrate
sense:
A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).


lexentry: eng/democratic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democratic
trans_list: démocratique
sense:
Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.


lexentry: eng/democratic_centralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democratic centralism
trans_list: centralisme démocratique
sense:
A set of principles of internal organization, mainly associated with Leninism, in which political decisions reached by voting are binding upon all members of the party.


lexentry: eng/democratization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democratization
trans_list: démocratisation
sense:
The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.


lexentry: eng/demography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demography
trans_list: démographie
sense:
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.


lexentry: eng/demoiselle_crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demoiselle crane
trans_list: grue demoiselle
sense:
A crane, Grus virgo (syn. Anthropoides virgo), found in central Asia, 85-100 centimeters long with a loud trumpeting call.


lexentry: eng/demolition_derby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demolition derby
trans_list: derby de démolition
sense:
(chiefly, US) a competition in which contestants crash old cars into each other, the last vehicle surviving being the winner.


lexentry: eng/demonetize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: demonetize
trans_list: démonétiser
sense:
(Internet, transitive) To demote (published content, or its creator) so that it is no longer eligible to earn money for its publisher.


lexentry: eng/demonstrative_adjective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demonstrative adjective
trans_list: adjectif démonstratif
sense:
An adjective that points out which person, object or concept is being referred to; whether it is singular or plural; and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer.


lexentry: eng/demonstrative_pronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demonstrative pronoun
trans_list: pronom démonstratif
sense:
(grammar) a pronoun that replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context; it indicates whether the noun is singular or plural, and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer


lexentry: eng/demoscene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demoscene
trans_list: scène démo
sense:
(computing) The informal computer art subculture that produces and watches demos (audiovisual computer programs).


lexentry: eng/demotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demotic
trans_list: démotique
sense:
Of, relating to, or written in the ancient Egyptian script that developed from Lower Egyptian hieratic writing starting from around 650 BCE and was chiefly used to write the Demotic phase of the Egyptian language, with simplified and cursive characters that no longer corresponded directly to their hieroglyphic precursors.


lexentry: eng/demur__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demur
trans_list: demeurer
sense:
(intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.


lexentry: eng/demyelination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demyelination
trans_list: démyélinisation
sense:
(biology, medicine) The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease causing myelinolysis.


lexentry: eng/den__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: den
trans_list: antre | salon | tanière | repaire
sense:
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.


lexentry: eng/denarius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denarius
trans_list: denier
sense:
(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.


lexentry: eng/denationalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denationalize
trans_list: dénationaliser
sense:
(transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.


lexentry: eng/denaturation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denaturation
trans_list: dénaturation
sense:
(biochemistry) The change of folding structure of a protein (and thus of physical properties) caused by heating, changes in pH, or exposure to certain chemicals.


lexentry: eng/denature__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: denature
trans_list: dénaturer
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, biochemistry) To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc.


lexentry: eng/denatured_alcohol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denatured alcohol
trans_list: alcool dénaturé
sense:
(US) Reasonably pure ethyl alcohol for industrial purposes that has been made unfit for consumption by the addition of a poisonous substance such as acetone or methyl alcohol


lexentry: eng/denazification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denazification
trans_list: dénazification
sense:
The process of the removal of Nazis from public office and positions of responsibility in Germany and Austria after World War II.


lexentry: eng/dendrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dendrite
trans_list: dendrite
sense:
(cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.


lexentry: eng/dendrochronology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dendrochronology
trans_list: dendrochronologie
sense:
(biology, archaeology) The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.


lexentry: eng/dengue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dengue
trans_list: dengue
sense:
An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.


lexentry: eng/dengue_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dengue fever
trans_list: dengue
sense:
An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.


lexentry: eng/denial-of-service_attack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denial-of-service attack
trans_list: déni de service
sense:
(Internet) A type of network computer attack that attempts to render a particular service (e.g. web site) unavailable to its audience.


lexentry: eng/denial__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: denial
trans_list: refus
sense:
(psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.


lexentry: eng/denial_of_pregnancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denial of pregnancy
trans_list: déni de grossesse
sense:
(medicine, psychology) A condition whereby a pregnant woman refuses to accept or recognise her pregnancy.


lexentry: eng/denialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denialism
trans_list: négationnisme | dénialisme
sense:
The practice of rejecting propositions which are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence, and often of seeking to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.


lexentry: eng/denier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denier
trans_list: denier
sense:
A unit of linear density which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.


lexentry: eng/denominal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denominal
trans_list: dénominal
sense:
(grammar, linguistics) A denominative: a word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.


lexentry: eng/denomination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denomination
trans_list: désignation | dénomination
sense:
(countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.


lexentry: eng/denomination__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: denomination
trans_list: dénomination
sense:
(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.


lexentry: eng/denotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denotation
trans_list: dénotation
sense:
(logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.


lexentry: eng/denounce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denounce
trans_list: dénoncer
sense:
(transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.


lexentry: eng/density__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: density
trans_list: densité | masse volumique
sense:
The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.


lexentry: eng/density__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: density
trans_list: densité | masse volumique
sense:
(mathematics, statistics) The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.


lexentry: eng/dental_dam__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dental dam
trans_list: digue dentaire
sense:
(dentistry) A thin, flexible piece of latex or similar material used to isolate one or more teeth during some dental procedures.


lexentry: eng/dental_hygienist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dental hygienist
trans_list: hygiéniste dentaire
sense:
A licensed dental professional who specializes in preventive oral health, typically focusing on techniques in oral hygiene.


lexentry: eng/denticulated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denticulated
trans_list: denticulé
sense:
(heraldry, of a, bordure, very, rare) Embattled, but with only the projecting portions visible, so that the bordure appears non-contiguous (but the spaces are part of the field, unlike compony).


lexentry: eng/dentil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dentil
trans_list: denticule
sense:
(architectural element) Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.


lexentry: eng/dentistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dentistry
trans_list: odontologie | dentisterie
sense:
(uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.


lexentry: eng/deny__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: deny
trans_list: refuser
sense:
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.


lexentry: eng/deontology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deontology
trans_list: déontologie
sense:
(ethics) The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions. [from 1930]


lexentry: eng/deoxyribonucleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deoxyribonucleic acid
trans_list: acide désoxyribonucléique
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.


lexentry: eng/deoxyribose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deoxyribose
trans_list: désoxyribose
sense:
(carbohydrate) A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.


lexentry: eng/department__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: department
trans_list: département
sense:
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.


lexentry: eng/department_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: department store
trans_list: grand magasin
sense:
A large store containing many different departments, each of which deals in the sale of different goods or services.


lexentry: eng/departure__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: departure
trans_list: départ
sense:
(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.


lexentry: eng/departure__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: departure
trans_list: départ
sense:
(legal) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another


lexentry: eng/depend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depend
trans_list: dépendre
sense:
(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.


lexentry: eng/dependency_injection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dependency injection
trans_list: injection de dépendances
sense:
(software architecture) A type-safe way of supplying an external dependency to a software component.


lexentry: eng/dependent_variable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dependent variable
trans_list: variable dépendante
sense:
(algebra) In an equation, the variable whose value depends on one or more variables in the equation.


lexentry: eng/depict__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depict
trans_list: représenter | décrire
sense:
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/depleted_uranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depleted uranium
trans_list: uranium appauvri
sense:
Uranium that contains a reduced (depleted) amount of the fissile isotope U-235 compared to natural uranium; it is used in applications where the nuclear properties of the uranium are not important, and the uranium is instead being used for its mechanical or chemical properties.


lexentry: eng/depolarization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depolarization
trans_list: dépolarisation
sense:
The act of reducing polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized or less polarized condition.


lexentry: eng/depopulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depopulation
trans_list: dépeuplement
sense:
The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deposit
trans_list: dépôt | gisement
sense:
(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deposit
trans_list: dépôt
sense:
That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: deposit
trans_list: arrhes | acompte
sense:
(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: deposit
trans_list: caution
sense:
A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit


lexentry: eng/deposit_insurance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deposit insurance
trans_list: assurance-dépôts
sense:
A form of insurance that protect bank depositors, in full or in part, from losses caused by a bank's inability to pay its debts when due.


lexentry: eng/deposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: deposition
trans_list: condensation solide
sense:
(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)


lexentry: eng/depravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: depravity
trans_list: dépravation
sense:
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.


lexentry: eng/depreciation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: depreciation
trans_list: dépréciation
sense:
(accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.


lexentry: eng/depression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depression
trans_list: dépression
sense:
(psychology, usually, uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.


lexentry: eng/depression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: depression
trans_list: dépression
sense:
(psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.


lexentry: eng/depression__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: depression
trans_list: dépression
sense:
(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.


lexentry: eng/depression__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: depression
trans_list: dépression
sense:
(biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.


lexentry: eng/depressurization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depressurization
trans_list: dépressurisation
sense:
The act, or an instance, of depressurizing; a reduction of atmospheric pressure within a chamber or space vehicle etc.


lexentry: eng/deprivation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deprivation
trans_list: privation
sense:
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.


lexentry: eng/deprive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deprive
trans_list: priver
sense:
(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.


lexentry: eng/deprogramming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deprogramming
trans_list: déprogrammation
sense:
The removal of the programming instilled into a person by a religious, political, economic, or social group associated with the belief system.


lexentry: eng/depth_charge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depth charge
trans_list: grenade anti sous-marine
sense:
(military, nautical, aviation) A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.


lexentry: eng/deputation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deputation
trans_list: délégation
sense:
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.


lexentry: eng/deputize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deputize
trans_list: défendre
sense:
(transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office


lexentry: eng/deputy__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deputy
trans_list: suppléant | adjoint | adjointe | suppléante
sense:
(US) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.


lexentry: eng/derealization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: derealization
trans_list: déréalisation
sense:
(psychology) The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it.


lexentry: eng/dereference__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dereference
trans_list: déréférencer
sense:
(programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location addressed by a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.


lexentry: eng/dereference__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dereference
trans_list: déréférencer
sense:
(computing, in operating systems derived from Unix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.


lexentry: eng/derelict__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: derelict
trans_list: abandonné | délaissé | en ruines
sense:
Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.


lexentry: eng/derivation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: derivation
trans_list: dérivation
sense:
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.


lexentry: eng/derivation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: derivation
trans_list: dérivation
sense:
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.


lexentry: eng/derivative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: derivative
trans_list: dérivé
sense:
(legal, copyright) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.


lexentry: eng/derivative__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: derivative
trans_list: dérivée
sense:
The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.


lexentry: eng/derivatives_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: derivatives market
trans_list: marché des produits dérivés
sense:
(economics) A market where various financial derivatives such as forwards, futures, options, and swaps are bought and sold.


lexentry: eng/derived_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: derived function
trans_list: fonction dérivée
sense:
(calculus) Of a function, another function, the value of which for any value of the independent variable is the instantaneous rate of change of the given function at that value of the independent variable.


lexentry: eng/dermatographia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dermatographia
trans_list: dermographisme
sense:
(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.


lexentry: eng/derogate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: derogate
trans_list: diminuer
sense:
(ambitransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/derouine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: derouine
trans_list: dérouine
sense:
(fur trade, Canada, historical) An expedition made to First Nations camps or villages for trade rather than waiting for the natives to come to the forts, often involving wintering in the camps.


lexentry: eng/derrick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: derrick
trans_list: tour de forage
sense:
A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.


lexentry: eng/dervish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dervish
trans_list: derviche
sense:
(Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.


lexentry: eng/descaling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descaling
trans_list: détartrage
sense:
The removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.


lexentry: eng/descend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descend
trans_list: descendre
sense:
(intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.


lexentry: eng/descendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descendant
trans_list: descendant | descendante
sense:
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.


lexentry: eng/descender__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: descender
trans_list: queue
sense:
(typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).


lexentry: eng/description__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: description
trans_list: description
sense:
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.


lexentry: eng/descriptive_statistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descriptive statistics
trans_list: statistique descriptive
sense:
(statistics) A branch of statistics dealing with summarization and description of collections of data—data sets, including the concepts of arithmetic mean, median, mode, and quantile.


lexentry: eng/descriptivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descriptivism
trans_list: descriptivisme
sense:
(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.


lexentry: eng/descry__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: descry
trans_list: percevoir
sense:
(transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.


lexentry: eng/desert__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert
trans_list: désert
sense:
(informal) In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.


lexentry: eng/desert__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert
trans_list: désert
sense:
A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.


lexentry: eng/desert__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert
trans_list: déserter | abandonner
sense:
To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.


lexentry: eng/desert_island__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert island
trans_list: île déserte | île inhabitée
sense:
A deserted island, an uninhabited island, especially one in the tropics and (now, frequently, _, misunderstood, _, as) a small and almost entirely sandy desert.


lexentry: eng/deserter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deserter
trans_list: déserteur | déserteuse
sense:
(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving


lexentry: eng/desertification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desertification
trans_list: désertification
sense:
The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.


lexentry: eng/desiccant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desiccant
trans_list: absorbeur d'humidité
sense:
A substance (such as calcium oxide or silica gel) that is used as a drying agent because of its high affinity for water.


lexentry: eng/desideratum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desideratum
trans_list: desideratum | désideratum
sense:
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/design__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: design
trans_list: conception | plan
sense:
A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.


lexentry: eng/design__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: design
trans_list: concevoir | designer
sense:
(obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.


lexentry: eng/designate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: designate
trans_list: désigner
sense:
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description


lexentry: eng/designated_driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: designated driver
trans_list: bob | conducteur désigné
sense:
An individual who avoids drinking alcohol at a social engagement for the purpose of driving their companions home.


lexentry: eng/desire_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desire line
trans_list: ligne de désir
sense:
A path that pedestrians or vehicles take informally rather than taking a sidewalk or set route, for example, a well-worn ribbon of dirt cutting across a patch of grass, or a path in the snow.


lexentry: eng/desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desk
trans_list: bureau | pupitre
sense:
A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.


lexentry: eng/desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: desk
trans_list: bureau | pupitre | rubrique
sense:
A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.


lexentry: eng/desktop__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: desktop
trans_list: bureau
sense:
(computing, GUI) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.


lexentry: eng/desktop_computer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desktop computer
trans_list: ordinateur de bureau
sense:
A computer of a size designed to be used on a desk or table, as opposed to larger machines, such as mainframes, and smaller machines, such as laptops and palmtops.


lexentry: eng/desktop_publishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desktop publishing
trans_list: PAO | publication assistée par ordinateur
sense:
(computer graphics) The use of page layout software on a desktop computer to produce publishable documents.


lexentry: eng/desman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desman
trans_list: desman
sense:
Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semi-aquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe.


lexentry: eng/desomorphine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desomorphine
trans_list: désomorphine
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An opiate analogue derived from morphine, with sedative and analgesic effects.


lexentry: eng/despair__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: despair
trans_list: désespérer
sense:
(intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.


lexentry: eng/desperate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desperate
trans_list: désespéré
sense:
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.


lexentry: eng/desperate_times_call_for_desperate_measures__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desperate times call for desperate measures
trans_list: aux grands maux les grands remèdes
sense:
In adverse circumstances, actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.


lexentry: eng/despotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: despotism
trans_list: despotisme
sense:
government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.


lexentry: eng/dessertspoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dessertspoon
trans_list: cuiller à dessert | cuillère à dessert
sense:
A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful.


lexentry: eng/dessertspoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dessertspoon
trans_list: cuiller à dessert | cuillère à dessert
sense:
(rare) An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.


lexentry: eng/destalinization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: destalinization
trans_list: déstalinisation
sense:
The process, begun by Nikita Khrushchev, of discrediting and then reforming the policies of Joseph Stalin.


lexentry: eng/destigmatize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: destigmatize
trans_list: déstigmatiser
sense:
(transitive) To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata.


lexentry: eng/destination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: destination
trans_list: destination | arrivée
sense:
(countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.


lexentry: eng/destitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: destitution
trans_list: indigence
sense:
An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.


lexentry: eng/destroying_angel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: destroying angel
trans_list: amanite vireuse
sense:
One of a group of four deadly toxic mushrooms in the Amanita genus: Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa.


lexentry: eng/destructor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: destructor
trans_list: destructeur
sense:
(object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.


lexentry: eng/desuetude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desuetude
trans_list: abandon | désuétude | oubli
sense:
(uncountable) The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/desultory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desultory
trans_list: chaotique
sense:
Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.


lexentry: eng/detached_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detached house
trans_list: maison individuelle
sense:
A free-standing, single-family dwelling unit that does not share a common wall with any other structure.


lexentry: eng/detachment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: detachment
trans_list: détachement
sense:
(uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.


lexentry: eng/detection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detection
trans_list: détection
sense:
The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.


lexentry: eng/detective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detective
trans_list: détective | enquêteur
sense:
(law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.


lexentry: eng/detector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detector
trans_list: détecteur
sense:
A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.


lexentry: eng/detention__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: detention
trans_list: détention | retenue
sense:
(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.


lexentry: eng/detention__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: detention
trans_list: détention
sense:
(civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.


lexentry: eng/determinant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: determinant
trans_list: déterminant
sense:
(linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.


lexentry: eng/determination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: determination
trans_list: détermination
sense:
(countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.


lexentry: eng/determine__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: determine
trans_list: déterminer
sense:
To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.


lexentry: eng/determiner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: determiner
trans_list: déterminant
sense:
(grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.


lexentry: eng/determinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: determinism
trans_list: déterminisme
sense:
(philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.


lexentry: eng/deterministic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deterministic
trans_list: déterministe
sense:
(mathematics, of a Turing machine) Having at most one instruction associated with any given internal state.


lexentry: eng/deterministic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deterministic
trans_list: déterministe
sense:
(computing, of an algorithm) For a given particular input, always producing the same output through the same sequence of states.


lexentry: eng/deterrence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deterrence
trans_list: dissuasion
sense:
Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.


lexentry: eng/dethronement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dethronement
trans_list: détrônement
sense:
The act of being dethroned; the state of having been dethroned or removed from a superior place in a hierarchy.


lexentry: eng/detonate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detonate
trans_list: détonner
sense:
(intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression.


lexentry: eng/detonation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detonation
trans_list: détonation
sense:
(chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.


lexentry: eng/detoxication__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: detoxication
trans_list: détoxication
sense:
(medicine) Any treatment of a patient suffering from poisoning that promotes physiological process to reduce the effects


lexentry: eng/detrain__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: detrain
trans_list: descendre
sense:
(rail transport, transitive) to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train.


lexentry: eng/detrusor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detrusor
trans_list: détrusor
sense:
(anatomy) A smooth muscle in the wall of the bladder that relaxes to allow urine to be stored and contracts to expel it; often used attributively.


lexentry: eng/deuteragonist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deuteragonist
trans_list: deutéragoniste
sense:
(narratology) A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist).


lexentry: eng/deuterocanonical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deuterocanonical
trans_list: deutérocanonique
sense:
(biblical) Being of the second canon of the Old Testament of the Bible, and not accepted by some Christians. Part of the Apocrypha.


lexentry: eng/deutoxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deutoxide
trans_list: deutoxide | deutoxyde
sense:
(chemistry) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; a dioxide or binoxide.


lexentry: eng/devastate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devastate
trans_list: dévaster
sense:
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.


lexentry: eng/developer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: developer
trans_list: promoteur
sense:
A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.


lexentry: eng/developing_country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: developing country
trans_list: pays en voie de développement
sense:
(economics) A country with an emerging and low- and middle-income but still industrializing its economy.


lexentry: eng/development_aid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: development aid
trans_list: aide au développement
sense:
Financial aid given by developed countries to promote the development of underdeveloped or developing countries.


lexentry: eng/developmental_biology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: developmental biology
trans_list: biologie du développement
sense:
(biology) The study of the physiological changes that occurs within individual organisms from their conception through reaching physical maturity.


lexentry: eng/deviance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deviance
trans_list: déviance
sense:
(sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.


lexentry: eng/deviation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: deviation
trans_list: écart
sense:
(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.


lexentry: eng/device_driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: device driver
trans_list: pilote | pilote informatique
sense:
(computing) Software, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device.


lexentry: eng/devil's_advocate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devil's advocate
trans_list: avocat du diable
sense:
(idiomatic) One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.


lexentry: eng/devil's_advocate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: devil's advocate
trans_list: avocat du diable
sense:
(historical, Roman Catholic) A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.


lexentry: eng/devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: devil
trans_list: diable
sense:
A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.


lexentry: eng/devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: devil
trans_list: type | diable
sense:
A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.


lexentry: eng/devil_is_in_the_details__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devil is in the details
trans_list: le diable se cache dans les détails
sense:
(idiomatic) The specific provisions of, or particular steps for implementing, a general plan, policy, or contract may be complicated, controversial, or unworkable.


lexentry: eng/devilment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devilment
trans_list: méchanceté
sense:
(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/devote__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devote
trans_list: consacrer | vouer
sense:
to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter


lexentry: eng/dew__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dew
trans_list: rosée
sense:
(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.


lexentry: eng/dexter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dexter
trans_list: à droite
sense:
(archaic, outside, heraldry) Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)


lexentry: eng/dexter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dexter
trans_list: droit
sense:
(archaic, outside, heraldry) The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).


lexentry: eng/dextrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dextrin
trans_list: dextrine
sense:
(carbohydrate) Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives.


lexentry: eng/dextrorotatory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dextrorotatory
trans_list: dextrogyre
sense:
(chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-#Prefix.


lexentry: eng/diabetes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diabetes
trans_list: diabète
sense:
Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/diabetes_insipidus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diabetes insipidus
trans_list: diabète insipide
sense:
A disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, which cannot be reduced when fluid intake is reduced.


lexentry: eng/diabetes_mellitus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diabetes mellitus
trans_list: diabète sucré | diabète
sense:
A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating.


lexentry: eng/diabolo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diabolo
trans_list: diabolo
sense:
A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string attached to handsticks.


lexentry: eng/diacritical_mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diacritical mark
trans_list: signe diacritique | diacritique
sense:
(orthography, typography) A symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning, also called "tone marks" when used to indicate tones, e.g. in Vietnamese or pinyin (romanised Mandarin Chinese).


lexentry: eng/diadochus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diadochus
trans_list: diadoque
sense:
(historical) Any of the rival families who fought for control over Alexander the Great's empire after his death.


lexentry: eng/diaeresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaeresis
trans_list: tréma | diérèse
sense:
(orthography) A diacritic (◌̈) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words naïve, Noël and Brontë, the French haïr and the Dutch ruïne.


lexentry: eng/diaeresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diaeresis
trans_list: diérèse
sense:
(linguistics, prosody) Distraction; the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables.


lexentry: eng/diagenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diagenesis
trans_list: diagenèse
sense:
(geology) All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes.


lexentry: eng/diagnosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diagnosis
trans_list: diagnostic | diagnose
sense:
The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).


lexentry: eng/diagonal_element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diagonal element
trans_list: coefficient diagonal | élément diagonal
sense:
(linear algebra) An element on the main diagonal of a square matrix, that is, an element in row k and column k where k is an integer between 1 and the number of rows (or columns) in the matrix.


lexentry: eng/diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diagram
trans_list: diagramme | schéma
sense:
A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.


lexentry: eng/dial_tone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dial tone
trans_list: tonalité
sense:
A telephony signal, usually in the form of a sound, used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working, has recognized an off-hook, and is ready to accept a call.


lexentry: eng/dialect__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialect
trans_list: dialecte | patois
sense:
(linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.


lexentry: eng/dialect_continuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialect continuum
trans_list: continuum dialectal
sense:
(linguistics) A range of dialects that vary slightly by region, so that the further apart two regions are, the more the language differs.


lexentry: eng/dialectical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialectical
trans_list: dialectique
sense:
Of, or pertaining to dialectic; (in, _, philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.


lexentry: eng/dialectical_materialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialectical materialism
trans_list: matérialisme dialectique
sense:
(philosophy) The concept of reality in which material things are in the constant process of change brought about by the tension between conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas.


lexentry: eng/dialectics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialectics
trans_list: dialectique
sense:
(philosophy, uncountable) A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.


lexentry: eng/dialog__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialog
trans_list: dialoguer
sense:
(American spelling, informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.


lexentry: eng/dialogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialogue
trans_list: dialogue | conversation
sense:
(authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.


lexentry: eng/dialogue_tag__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialogue tag
trans_list: incise
sense:
(narratology, authorship) A sentence part that attributes a piece of written dialogue to its speaker. (e.g. In "Get out of here," he said, "he said" is a dialogue tag.)


lexentry: eng/dialysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialysis
trans_list: dialyse
sense:
(chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.


lexentry: eng/dialysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialysis
trans_list: dialyse
sense:
(medicine) Utilization of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.


lexentry: eng/diamond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diamond
trans_list: diamant
sense:
(uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.


lexentry: eng/diamond_crossover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diamond crossover
trans_list: bretelle | croisement double | jonction double
sense:
(rail transport) superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling a letter X, permitting to travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks


lexentry: eng/diamond_in_the_rough__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diamond in the rough
trans_list: nounours
sense:
(figurative) A person whose goodness or other positive qualities are hidden by a harsh or unremarkable surface appearance.


lexentry: eng/diamond_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diamond ring
trans_list: brillant
sense:
(astronomy) An optical phenomenon visible during a moment of a solar eclipse when only a tiny part of the sun is not obscured by the moon, shining like a diamond in the ring of the sun’s corona.


lexentry: eng/diapause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diapause
trans_list: diapause
sense:
(biology, entomology, ichthyology) A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)


lexentry: eng/diapedesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diapedesis
trans_list: diapédèse
sense:
The migration of blood cells, especially leucocytes, through the intact walls of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue. [from 1625]


lexentry: eng/diaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaper
trans_list: couche
sense:
(North America) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy.


lexentry: eng/diaphone__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaphone
trans_list: diaphone
sense:
(phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.


lexentry: eng/diaphragm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaphragm
trans_list: diaphragme
sense:
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.


lexentry: eng/diaphragm__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: diaphragm
trans_list: membrane | diaphragme
sense:
(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.


lexentry: eng/diaphragm__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: diaphragm
trans_list: diaphragme
sense:
(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.


lexentry: eng/diascopy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diascopy
trans_list: diascopie
sense:
(medicine) A test for blanchability performed by applying pressure with a finger or glass slide and observing color changes.


lexentry: eng/diasporic__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diasporic
trans_list: diasporique
sense:
Of or pertaining to the dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel, a similar dispersion, or a people so dispersed. See diaspora.


lexentry: eng/diastase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diastase
trans_list: diastase
sense:
(enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the breakdown of starch into maltose; mostly amylases (α-amylase and β-amylase).


lexentry: eng/diastole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diastole
trans_list: diastole
sense:
(chiefly, uncountable, physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process.


lexentry: eng/diathermy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diathermy
trans_list: diathermie
sense:
(physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation


lexentry: eng/diatom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diatom
trans_list: diatomée
sense:
Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.


lexentry: eng/diatomaceous_earth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diatomaceous earth
trans_list: kieselguhr | terre d'infusoires | terre diatomée
sense:
A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material or microabrasive.


lexentry: eng/diatonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diatonic
trans_list: diatonique
sense:
(music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.


lexentry: eng/diatonic_scale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diatonic scale
trans_list: échelle diatonique
sense:
(music) A seven-note musical scale consisting of five tones and two diatonic semitones, formed by stacking six perfect fifths.


lexentry: eng/diazepam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diazepam
trans_list: diazépam
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used chiefly to relieve anxiety.


lexentry: eng/dibber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dibber
trans_list: plantoir
sense:
A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Also known as a dibble or dib.


lexentry: eng/dibenzodioxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dibenzodioxin
trans_list: dibenzodioxine
sense:
(organic compound) An aromatic heterocycle having two benzene rings fused to a dioxin one; dibenzo-1,4-dioxin, oxanthrene.


lexentry: eng/dicastery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dicastery
trans_list: dicastère
sense:
A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical.


lexentry: eng/dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
trans_list: dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane
sense:
(organic compound) A chlorinated hydrocarbon originally used as an insecticide, often abbreviated as DDT.


lexentry: eng/dichromatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dichromatic
trans_list: dichromatique
sense:
(pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished


lexentry: eng/dick-measuring_contest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dick-measuring contest
trans_list: concours de qui a la plus grosse
sense:
(vulgar, figurative) A situation in which people (usually men) compete, often over superficial characteristics, to demonstrate their worthiness, power, etc.


lexentry: eng/dickkopf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dickkopf
trans_list: dickkopf
sense:
(protein) Any of a family of glycoproteins that are involved in the development of the embryo. [from 1998]


lexentry: eng/dictation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictation
trans_list: dictée
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.


lexentry: eng/dictation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dictation
trans_list: dictée
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.


lexentry: eng/dictation_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictation machine
trans_list: dictaphone | appareil à dictée
sense:
A sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.


lexentry: eng/dictatorship_of_the_proletariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictatorship of the proletariat
trans_list: dictature du prolétariat
sense:
(Marxism) A socio-political power, as opposed to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, characterized by a struggle to achieve a communist society.


lexentry: eng/dictionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictionary
trans_list: dictionnaire | dico
sense:
A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings (senses), and sometimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, and translations, as well as other data.


lexentry: eng/dictionary_attack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictionary attack
trans_list: attaque par dictionnaire
sense:
(cryptography) An attack that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess passwords or decryption keys.


lexentry: eng/dictyosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictyosome
trans_list: dictyosome
sense:
(cytology) A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells.


lexentry: eng/didgeridoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: didgeridoo
trans_list: didgeridoo
sense:
A musical instrument, endemic to the Top End of Australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerising drone with sweeping rhythms.


lexentry: eng/die__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: die
trans_list: dé | emporte-pièce | filière | matrice
sense:
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.


lexentry: eng/diehard__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diehard
trans_list: déter | déterminé | fanatique | illuminé | intégriste
sense:
Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.


lexentry: eng/dieldrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dieldrin
trans_list: dieldrine
sense:
(organic compound) A cyclodiene insecticide, related to aldrin, that is a persistent organic pollutant.


lexentry: eng/dielectric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dielectric
trans_list: diélectrique
sense:
(metamaterial) An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.


lexentry: eng/diencephalon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diencephalon
trans_list: diencéphale
sense:
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.


lexentry: eng/diesel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diesel
trans_list: gazole | diésel
sense:
A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.


lexentry: eng/diesel_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diesel engine
trans_list: moteur Diesel
sense:
(mechanical engineering) a piston engine that operates using the Diesel cycle, with fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke


lexentry: eng/diet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diet
trans_list: régime | diète
sense:
(countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.


lexentry: eng/diet__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diet
trans_list: Diète | parlement
sense:
(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.


lexentry: eng/dietary_fibre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dietary fibre
trans_list: fibre alimentaire
sense:
Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.


lexentry: eng/dietary_supplement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dietary supplement
trans_list: complément alimentaire
sense:
(medicine) Any substance, such as a vitamin or mineral, taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients that would otherwise be missing in a person's diet.


lexentry: eng/diethanolamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diethanolamine
trans_list: diéthanolamine
sense:
(organic compound) A hydroxy secondary amine, (HO-CH2-CH2)2NH, used as a chemical intermediate and to absorb acidic gases.


lexentry: eng/diethyl_ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diethyl ether
trans_list: éther diéthylique
sense:
(organic compound) A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and chemical formula CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3. Used as a solvent and in the past as a general anesthetic.


lexentry: eng/diethylene_glycol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diethylene glycol
trans_list: diéthylène glycol
sense:
(organic compound) A clear, hygroscopic, odorless liquid, which is described by the chemical structural formula HO-CH2-CH2-O-CH2-CH2-OH. It is toxic to humans and other animals.


lexentry: eng/diffeomorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diffeomorphism
trans_list: difféomorphisme
sense:
(mathematics) A differentiable homeomorphism (with differentiable inverse) between differentiable manifolds.


lexentry: eng/differentiable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: differentiable
trans_list: dérivable
sense:
(calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.


lexentry: eng/differentiable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: differentiable
trans_list: différenciable
sense:
(comparable, of multiple items) able to be differentiated; distinguishable, as for example by differing appearance or measurable characteristics.


lexentry: eng/differentiable_manifold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: differentiable manifold
trans_list: variété différentiable | variété différentielle
sense:
(differential geometry) A manifold that is locally similar enough to a Euclidean space (ℝn) to allow one to do calculus;(more formally) a manifold that can be equipped with a differentiable structure (an atlas of ℝn-compatible charts).


lexentry: eng/differential_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: differential geometry
trans_list: géométrie différentielle
sense:
(geometry, analysis) The study of geometry, especially geometric structures on differentiable manifolds, using techniques from calculus, linear algebra and multilinear algebra.


lexentry: eng/differentiate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: differentiate
trans_list: distinguer
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, often in the, _, passive, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.


lexentry: eng/differentiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: differentiation
trans_list: différenciation | différentiation
sense:
The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.


lexentry: eng/differentiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: differentiation
trans_list: différentiation
sense:
(mathematics, calculus) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.


lexentry: eng/diffraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diffraction
trans_list: diffraction
sense:
(quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.


lexentry: eng/diffuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diffuse
trans_list: diffuser
sense:
(transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.


lexentry: eng/diffuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diffuse
trans_list: diffuser | se diffuser
sense:
(intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.


lexentry: eng/diffusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: diffusion
trans_list: diffusion
sense:
(physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.


lexentry: eng/diffusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: diffusion
trans_list: diffusion
sense:
The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.


lexentry: eng/dig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dig
trans_list: fouille
sense:
An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.


lexentry: eng/dig__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dig
trans_list: creuser
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.


lexentry: eng/dig_in_one's_heels__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dig in one's heels
trans_list: freiner des quatre fers
sense:
(idiomatic) To act in a determined manner by firmly maintaining one's beliefs, demands, situation, etc. in the face of opposition.


lexentry: eng/dig_one's_own_grave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dig one's own grave
trans_list: creuser sa propre tombe | creuser sa tombe
sense:
(idiomatic) To behave in a way that is likely to have future negative effects on oneself, including (but not limited to) death.


lexentry: eng/digamous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digamous
trans_list: digame
sense:
Pertaining to a second marriage, i.e. one taking place after a divorce or the death of the first spouse.


lexentry: eng/digest__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: digest
trans_list: revue | revue de presse
sense:
Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.


lexentry: eng/digest__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digest
trans_list: digérer
sense:
(transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.


lexentry: eng/digest__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: digest
trans_list: digérer
sense:
(transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.


lexentry: eng/digestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digestion
trans_list: digestion
sense:
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.


lexentry: eng/digestive_tract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digestive tract
trans_list: tube digestif
sense:
System of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.


lexentry: eng/digging_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digging stick
trans_list: bâton fouisseur
sense:
A durable stick, usually sharpened, often with attachments to facilitate pushing or pulling, used in subsistence agriculture for digging or tilling.


lexentry: eng/digit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: digit
trans_list: doigt
sense:
(historical, _, units of measure) A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of 1⁄16 foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.


lexentry: eng/digit_sum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digit sum
trans_list: somme des chiffres
sense:
(mathematics, of a positive integer) the number obtained when repeatedly applying above described operation until arriving at a single-digit number.


lexentry: eng/digital__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digital
trans_list: numérique | digital
sense:
Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.


lexentry: eng/digital_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital camera
trans_list: appareil photo numérique | caméra numérique
sense:
An electronic, often battery-powered device for recording and storing photographs in digital format, especially on a flash card.


lexentry: eng/digital_divide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital divide
trans_list: fossé numérique | fracture numérique
sense:
(information technology, sociology, neologism) The gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies (and the computer literacy to use them) and those without it.


lexentry: eng/digital_footprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital footprint
trans_list: trace numérique
sense:
(telecommunications) Digital evidence of a person's activities and interactions with others on the Internet, TV, mobile devices, etc.


lexentry: eng/digital_native__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital native
trans_list: digital native
sense:
(technology, sociology) A person who has grown up in an environment replete with digital interactions and ways of communicating, thought to increase difficulty with traditional nondigital teaching methods, work practices, etc.


lexentry: eng/digital_nomad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital nomad
trans_list: nomade numérique
sense:
Someone who earns a living from telecommunication technology while living in a nomadic manner, typically working remotely from various locations such as coffee shops and public libraries.


lexentry: eng/digital_television__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital television
trans_list: télévision numérique
sense:
(uncountable) The broadcasting and receiving of television services via digital (rather than analog) signals, either broadcast, or via cable or satellite.


lexentry: eng/digital_watermark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital watermark
trans_list: tatouage numérique
sense:
(computing) Auxiliary data embedded in a datafile for subsequent identification and verification of the file.


lexentry: eng/digitalis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digitalis
trans_list: digitale
sense:
Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).


lexentry: eng/digitigrade__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digitigrade
trans_list: digitigrade
sense:
(zoology) Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.


lexentry: eng/digitigrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digitigrade
trans_list: digitigrade
sense:
(zoology, chiefly, in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.


lexentry: eng/digitize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digitize
trans_list: numériser | digitaliser
sense:
(transitive, computing) To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.


lexentry: eng/digits__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digits
trans_list: chiffre
sense:
(US, _, slang) Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.


lexentry: eng/diglossia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diglossia
trans_list: diglossie
sense:
(linguistics, sociology) The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages. [from 1959]


lexentry: eng/digress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digress
trans_list: digresser | dévier | s'écarter
sense:
(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.


lexentry: eng/digression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digression
trans_list: digression
sense:
(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.


lexentry: eng/dilation_and_curettage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilation and curettage
trans_list: curetage
sense:
(medicine) A surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated and the lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet.


lexentry: eng/dilatory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilatory
trans_list: dilatoire
sense:
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.


lexentry: eng/dilemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilemma
trans_list: dilemme
sense:
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.


lexentry: eng/dilemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dilemma
trans_list: dilemme
sense:
(logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".


lexentry: eng/dilettante__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilettante
trans_list: dilettante
sense:
An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.


lexentry: eng/dilettantism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilettantism
trans_list: dilettantisme
sense:
The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or "dabbler", sometimes in the arts. Also the act of enjoying the arts, being a connoisseur.


lexentry: eng/diligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: diligence
trans_list: diligence
sense:
(historical) A four-wheeled public stage-coach, widely used in France before the general establishment of the railways.


lexentry: eng/dill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dill
trans_list: aneth | aneth odorant
sense:
Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.


lexentry: eng/dilophosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilophosaur
trans_list: dilophosaure
sense:
(paleontology) Any theropod of the genus Dilophosaurus, which are falsely claimed to spit posion due to the Jurassic Park series.


lexentry: eng/diluent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diluent
trans_list: dissolvant
sense:
(analytical chemistry) A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing.


lexentry: eng/dimension__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dimension
trans_list: dimension
sense:
(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.


lexentry: eng/dimension__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dimension
trans_list: dimension
sense:
(physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.


lexentry: eng/dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dimensional
trans_list: dimensionnel | dimension
sense:
(mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".


lexentry: eng/dimensional_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dimensional analysis
trans_list: analyse dimensionnelle
sense:
(mathematics, physics) The study of the dimensions of physical quantities; used to obtain information about large complex systems, and as a means of checking mathematical and physics equations.


lexentry: eng/dimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dimer
trans_list: dimère | endoestas
sense:
(chemistry) A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.


lexentry: eng/diminish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diminish
trans_list: diminuer | réduire | amincir | rapetisser | rétrécir
sense:
(transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).


lexentry: eng/diminutive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diminutive
trans_list: diminutif
sense:
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.


lexentry: eng/dimple__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dimple
trans_list: fossette
sense:
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.


lexentry: eng/dinar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dinar
trans_list: dinar
sense:
The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.


lexentry: eng/diner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diner
trans_list: café-restaurant | wagon-restaurant
sense:
(US) A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.


lexentry: eng/dinghy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dinghy
trans_list: dinghy | petit canoe | youyou
sense:
(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.


lexentry: eng/dingo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dingo
trans_list: dingo
sense:
A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).


lexentry: eng/dining_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dining room
trans_list: salle à manger
sense:
A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten. Some restaurants provide private dining rooms for hire, away from the main public eating areas.


lexentry: eng/dinitrogen_tetroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dinitrogen tetroxide
trans_list: peroxyde d'azote
sense:
(inorganic compound) A binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen, N2O4, that exists in equilibrium with nitrogen dioxide NO2; it is a powerful oxidizing agent and is used in rocket propellants.


lexentry: eng/dinosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dinosaur
trans_list: dinosaure
sense:
(proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago.


lexentry: eng/dinosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dinosaur
trans_list: dinosaure
sense:
(figuratively, colloquial) Something or someone that is very old or old-fashioned, or is not willing to change and adapt.


lexentry: eng/diode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diode
trans_list: diode
sense:
(electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.


lexentry: eng/dioecious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dioecious
trans_list: dioïque
sense:
(botany) Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.


lexentry: eng/diopside__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diopside
trans_list: diopside
sense:
(mineral) A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula CaMgSi2O6, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.


lexentry: eng/diopter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diopter
trans_list: dioptrie
sense:
A unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.


lexentry: eng/diorama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diorama
trans_list: diorama
sense:
A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.


lexentry: eng/diorite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diorite
trans_list: diorite
sense:
(rock) A grey intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar, biotite, hornblende and/or pyroxene.


lexentry: eng/dioxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dioxin
trans_list: dioxine
sense:
(countable, organic compound) Any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides.


lexentry: eng/dip__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dip
trans_list: tremper | plonger | baigner
sense:
(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.


lexentry: eng/dipeptide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dipeptide
trans_list: dipeptide
sense:
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) An organic compound formed from two amino acids joined by a peptide bond.


lexentry: eng/diphtheria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diphtheria
trans_list: diphtérie
sense:
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.


lexentry: eng/diphthong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diphthong
trans_list: diphtongue
sense:
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.


lexentry: eng/diphthongisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diphthongisation
trans_list: diphtongaison
sense:
The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).


lexentry: eng/diplodocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplodocus
trans_list: diplodocus
sense:
Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America.


lexentry: eng/diploid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diploid
trans_list: diploïde
sense:
(genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.


lexentry: eng/diploma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diploma
trans_list: diplôme
sense:
A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.


lexentry: eng/diplomacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplomacy
trans_list: diplomatie
sense:
The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.


lexentry: eng/diplomat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplomat
trans_list: diplomate
sense:
A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations


lexentry: eng/diplomatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diplomatic
trans_list: diplomatique
sense:
Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.


lexentry: eng/diplopia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplopia
trans_list: diplopie
sense:
(pathology) An ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images for a single object; double vision.


lexentry: eng/dipole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dipole
trans_list: dipôle
sense:
(physics) Any object (such as a magnet, polar molecule or antenna) that is oppositely charged at two points (or poles).


lexentry: eng/dipped_headlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dipped headlight
trans_list: feux de croisement
sense:
The main light on a motor vehicle, with the beam in a lower angle position, to enable oncoming traffic to see.


lexentry: eng/dipstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dipstick
trans_list: jauge
sense:
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.


lexentry: eng/direct_action__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct action
trans_list: action directe
sense:
A form of political activism in which participants act directly, ignoring established political procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare, demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti.


lexentry: eng/direct_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct case
trans_list: cas direct
sense:
(grammar) A noun case which covers the nominative and possibly other cases such as vocative and/or accusative (the precise definition depends on the case system in question; the term is used especially in simple systems with two or three cases)


lexentry: eng/direct_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct current
trans_list: courant continu
sense:
(physics) An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.


lexentry: eng/direct_debit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct debit
trans_list: ordre permanent
sense:
a single order to allow a commercial, or similar entity to charge directly to one's bank for a regular payment.


lexentry: eng/direct_deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct deposit
trans_list: dépôt direct
sense:
(finance, banking, business) A deposit of money straight from the source (and initiated by the source) into a bank account, by wire, or other means.


lexentry: eng/direct_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct speech
trans_list: discours direct
sense:
(grammar, narratology) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks


lexentry: eng/direct_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct verb
trans_list: verbe fini
sense:
(grammar) A verb that agrees in person and number with the subject of a clause, by conjugation. Conjugation is a form of inflection.


lexentry: eng/directed_graph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: directed graph
trans_list: graphe orienté
sense:
(graph theory) A graph in which the edges are ordered pairs, so that, if the edge (a, b) is in the graph, the edge (b, a) need not be in the graph and is distinct from (a, b) if it is.


lexentry: eng/direction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direction
trans_list: direction
sense:
A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).


lexentry: eng/directive__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: directive
trans_list: directive
sense:
(European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.


lexentry: eng/director's_cut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: director's cut
trans_list: version d'auteur
sense:
(film) A specially edited version of a piece of media, especially a film, that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit of the media, and is released some time after the original release of the media.


lexentry: eng/director__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: director
trans_list: directeur | directrice | régisseur | régisseuse
sense:
One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).


lexentry: eng/director_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: director general
trans_list: directeur général
sense:
The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.


lexentry: eng/directory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: directory
trans_list: dossier | répertoire | annuaire
sense:
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.


lexentry: eng/directory_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: directory service
trans_list: service d'annuaire
sense:
(computing) The software system that stores, organizes and provides access to information in a map between names and values.


lexentry: eng/directrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: directrix
trans_list: directrice
sense:
(geometry) A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus.


lexentry: eng/dirham__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirham
trans_list: dirham
sense:
A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.


lexentry: eng/dirty_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirty bomb
trans_list: bombe sale
sense:
A device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material, designed to spread radiation over a wide area.


lexentry: eng/dirty_laundry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dirty laundry
trans_list: linge sale
sense:
(idiom) Unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail.


lexentry: eng/dirty_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirty money
trans_list: argent sale
sense:
(idiomatic, business, law) Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized, especially money gained through forgery, bribery, prostitution, money laundering, or theft.


lexentry: eng/dirty_old_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirty old man
trans_list: vieux cochon
sense:
(derogatory) An adult male who acts in a lecherous or lewd manner, especially towards people younger than him.


lexentry: eng/dirty_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirty war
trans_list: guerre sale
sense:
(historical) A conflict (particularly one in South America) between a dictatorship against leftist revolutionaries or activists, typically characterized by extrajudicial repression like kidnapping, torture and enforced disappearance.


lexentry: eng/disable__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: disable
trans_list: désactiver
sense:
(chiefly, electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).


lexentry: eng/disabuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disabuse
trans_list: détromper
sense:
(transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).


lexentry: eng/disaccharide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disaccharide
trans_list: diholoside | disaccharide
sense:
(carbohydrate) Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.


lexentry: eng/disambiguate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disambiguate
trans_list: désambiguïser | désambigüiser
sense:
To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.


lexentry: eng/disappear__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: disappear
trans_list: disparaître
sense:
(transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.


lexentry: eng/disappoint__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disappoint
trans_list: décevoir | désappointer
sense:
(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.


lexentry: eng/disappointment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disappointment
trans_list: déception | désappointement
sense:
(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.


lexentry: eng/disarm__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disarm
trans_list: désarmer
sense:
(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.


lexentry: eng/disarmament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disarmament
trans_list: désarmement
sense:
The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.


lexentry: eng/disassembler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disassembler
trans_list: désassembleur
sense:
(computing) A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.


lexentry: eng/disaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disaster
trans_list: désastre | catastrophe
sense:
An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.


lexentry: eng/disaster_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disaster area
trans_list: région sinistrée | zone sinistrée
sense:
An area that has been the site of a natural disaster that receives an official designation entitling residents and organizations within that area to receive relief and benefits.


lexentry: eng/disavow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disavow
trans_list: désavouer
sense:
(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.


lexentry: eng/disc_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disc brake
trans_list: frein à disque
sense:
(automotive, British spelling) A type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc.


lexentry: eng/disc_jockey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disc jockey
trans_list: disc jockey | DJ | DJette
sense:
(dated, radio) A person who conducts a radio program of recorded music combined with talk, news, commercials, weather, etc.


lexentry: eng/disc_jockey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disc jockey
trans_list: disc jockey | DJ | DJette
sense:
A person who plays, and sometimes mixes, recorded music at nightclubs, dances, parties, or some other social event; and/or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers.


lexentry: eng/discalced__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discalced
trans_list: déchaux
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/discern__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: discern
trans_list: discerner
sense:
(transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.


lexentry: eng/discharge__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: discharge
trans_list: débit
sense:
(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).


lexentry: eng/disclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disclosure
trans_list: révélation | divulgation | propagation | publication
sense:
(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.


lexentry: eng/disco__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disco
trans_list: discothèque | boîte de nuit
sense:
(uncountable, music genre) A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.


lexentry: eng/disco_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disco ball
trans_list: boule à facettes | boule disco
sense:
A suspended rotating mirrored sphere which casts moving spots of light across a room when light is projected on it.


lexentry: eng/discography__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discography
trans_list: discographie
sense:
List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates, and often with other information about the releases.


lexentry: eng/discomfiture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discomfiture
trans_list: déplaisir
sense:
An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.


lexentry: eng/discontinue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discontinue
trans_list: arrêter | cesser la production de | discontinuer | interrompre | retirer du marché
sense:
(transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.


lexentry: eng/discontinuity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discontinuity
trans_list: discontinuité
sense:
(mathematics) A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/discount_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discount store
trans_list: hard-discount
sense:
A type of department store which sell products at prices lower than those asked by other department stores.


lexentry: eng/discourage__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discourage
trans_list: décourager | démoraliser
sense:
(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.


lexentry: eng/discredit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discredit
trans_list: discréditer
sense:
(transitive) To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.


lexentry: eng/discreet__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discreet
trans_list: discret
sense:
Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.


lexentry: eng/discrete_mathematics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discrete mathematics
trans_list: mathématiques discrètes
sense:
(mathematics) Collectively, most discrete or computer science-related branches of mathematics, such as graph theory and combinatorics.


lexentry: eng/discretionary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discretionary
trans_list: discrétionnaire
sense:
Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.


lexentry: eng/discretization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discretization
trans_list: discrétisation
sense:
(mathematics, computing, cognitive science) The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements


lexentry: eng/discretize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discretize
trans_list: discrétiser
sense:
(transitive, mathematics, computing) To convert (a continuous space) into an equivalent discrete space, often for the purposes of easier calculation.


lexentry: eng/discriminant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discriminant
trans_list: discriminant
sense:
(geometry) The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pn-1 is singular.


lexentry: eng/discriminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: discriminate
trans_list: discriminer
sense:
(transitive) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.


lexentry: eng/discrimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discrimination
trans_list: discrimination
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/discrimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discrimination
trans_list: discrimination
sense:
(uncountable, countable, sometimes, with, "against") Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/discus_throw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discus throw
trans_list: lancer du disque
sense:
(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy lenticular disc called discus.


lexentry: eng/disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disease
trans_list: maladie | mal
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.


lexentry: eng/disembogue__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disembogue
trans_list: aboutir
sense:
(of a river or waters) To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.


lexentry: eng/disenchant__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disenchant
trans_list: désenchanter
sense:
(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.


lexentry: eng/disestablish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disestablish
trans_list: abattre
sense:
To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.


lexentry: eng/disgruntlement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disgruntlement
trans_list: insatisfaction
sense:
The state of being disgruntled, usually displayed in a stereotypical form such as frowning and annoyance; the acts of sulky dissatisfaction.


lexentry: eng/disguise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disguise
trans_list: déguisement
sense:
Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.


lexentry: eng/disguise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disguise
trans_list: déguiser
sense:
(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.


lexentry: eng/dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dish
trans_list: plat | assiette
sense:
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.


lexentry: eng/dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dish
trans_list: vaisselle
sense:
(in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.


lexentry: eng/dish_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dish up
trans_list: servir
sense:
(transitive) To serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.


lexentry: eng/disillusionment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disillusionment
trans_list: désillusion
sense:
A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.


lexentry: eng/disintegrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disintegrate
trans_list: désintégrer
sense:
(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.


lexentry: eng/disinter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disinter
trans_list: déterrer
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.


lexentry: eng/disinterested__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disinterested
trans_list: désintéressé
sense:
Having no stake or interest in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/disjoint__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disjoint
trans_list: disjoint
sense:
(set theory, not comparable) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.


lexentry: eng/disjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: disjunction
trans_list: disjonction
sense:
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.


lexentry: eng/disjunctive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disjunctive
trans_list: disjonctif
sense:
(grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.


lexentry: eng/disjunctive_syllogism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disjunctive syllogism
trans_list: syllogisme disjonctif
sense:
(logic) A logical argument of the form that if there are only two possibilities, and one of them is ruled out, then the other must take place. In symbols: P \vee Q, \neg P \vdash Q


lexentry: eng/disk__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: disk
trans_list: disque
sense:
(computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.


lexentry: eng/disk__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: disk
trans_list: disque
sense:
(computer hardware, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.


lexentry: eng/dismay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dismay
trans_list: consternation | désarroi
sense:
A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits


lexentry: eng/disparage__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disparage
trans_list: dénigrer
sense:
To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.


lexentry: eng/dispatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dispatch
trans_list: dépêche
sense:
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.


lexentry: eng/dispensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dispensation
trans_list: dispense | dispensation
sense:
The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.


lexentry: eng/dispersant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dispersant
trans_list: dispersant
sense:
(chemistry) Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid.


lexentry: eng/disperse__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: disperse
trans_list: disperser
sense:
(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.


lexentry: eng/displacement_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: displacement current
trans_list: courant de déplacement
sense:
(electromagnetism) The direction and rate of change of the electric displacement field at a given point of space and time. It can be expressed as a vector.


lexentry: eng/display__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: display
trans_list: présentoir
sense:
A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.


lexentry: eng/displease__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: displease
trans_list: déplaire
sense:
(transitive) To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.


lexentry: eng/disport__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disport
trans_list: s'amuser
sense:
(ambitransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.


lexentry: eng/disposable_income__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disposable income
trans_list: revenu disponible
sense:
(economics) The amount of a person's or group's monetary income which is available to be saved or spent (on either essential or non-essential items), after deducting all taxes and other governmental fees.


lexentry: eng/disposable_razor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disposable razor
trans_list: rasoir jetable
sense:
A razor designed to be a consumable product and to be disposed of in its entirety once its cutting edge has dulled.


lexentry: eng/disposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disposition
trans_list: disposition
sense:
Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.


lexentry: eng/disproportionation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disproportionation
trans_list: dismutation
sense:
(chemistry) A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously


lexentry: eng/dispute__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dispute
trans_list: discuter | argumenter | contester | résister | évaluer
sense:
to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of


lexentry: eng/disquisition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disquisition
trans_list: disquisition
sense:
A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.


lexentry: eng/diss__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diss
trans_list: diffamer | insulter
sense:
(slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.


lexentry: eng/disseminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disseminate
trans_list: disséminer
sense:
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.


lexentry: eng/dissemination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissemination
trans_list: dissémination
sense:
The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.


lexentry: eng/dissertation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissertation
trans_list: dissertation
sense:
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.


lexentry: eng/dissident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissident
trans_list: dissident | dissidente
sense:
A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.


lexentry: eng/dissimilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dissimilation
trans_list: dissimilation
sense:
(phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar, resulting in a form that is easier for the listener to perceive.


lexentry: eng/dissipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dissipation
trans_list: débauche
sense:
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.


lexentry: eng/dissociation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dissociation
trans_list: dissociation
sense:
(chemistry) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances.


lexentry: eng/dissociative_identity_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissociative identity disorder
trans_list: trouble dissociatif de l'identité
sense:
(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more personality states or distinct identities that repeatedly take control of a person's behavior.


lexentry: eng/dissolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dissolve
trans_list: dissoudre
sense:
(chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.


lexentry: eng/distaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distaff
trans_list: quenouille
sense:
A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.


lexentry: eng/distance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distance
trans_list: distance
sense:
The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.


lexentry: eng/distance_learning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distance learning
trans_list: formation à distance
sense:
Education obtained remotely, often involving written material together with audio-visual material transmitted via the internet and, sometimes, summer schools and local tutorials.


lexentry: eng/distil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distil
trans_list: distiller
sense:
To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.


lexentry: eng/distillate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distillate
trans_list: distillat
sense:
The liquid that has been condensed from vapour during distillation; normally a purified form or a fraction of an original liquid.


lexentry: eng/distillation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distillation
trans_list: distillation
sense:
(chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.


lexentry: eng/distinction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distinction
trans_list: distinction | différence
sense:
That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.


lexentry: eng/distinction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distinction
trans_list: distinction
sense:
Specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished.


lexentry: eng/distorting_mirror__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distorting mirror
trans_list: miroir déformant
sense:
(entertainment) A curved mirror, often using convex and concave sections to achieve a distorted effect, as:


lexentry: eng/distracter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distracter
trans_list: fausse réponse | mauvaise réponse
sense:
Any of the incorrect answers in a multiple-choice question, serving to distract from the correct answer.


lexentry: eng/distraint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distraint
trans_list: saisie mobilière | saisie-arrêt | saisie-exécution
sense:
(legal) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.


lexentry: eng/distributed_ledger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distributed ledger
trans_list: registre partagé
sense:
A consensus of replicated, shared, and synchronized digital data geographically spread across multiple locations.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: distribution
sense:
(business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: distribution
sense:
(mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: distribution
sense:
(mathematics, differential geometry) A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: distribution
sense:
(printing, historical) The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.


lexentry: eng/distributive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distributive
trans_list: distributif
sense:
(mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.


lexentry: eng/distributor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distributor
trans_list: delco
sense:
A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.


lexentry: eng/district_attorney__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: district attorney
trans_list: procureure
sense:
(American) The title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals.


lexentry: eng/district_heating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: district heating
trans_list: chaleur à distance
sense:
A system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements.


lexentry: eng/district_nurse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: district nurse
trans_list: visiteuse
sense:
(medicine) a senior nurse leading teams of community nurses which provide health care to patients within their own homes.


lexentry: eng/disturb__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disturb
trans_list: déranger | gêner | perturber
sense:
(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.


lexentry: eng/disulfide_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disulfide bond
trans_list: pont disulfure
sense:
(organic chemistry) A bond, consisting of a covalent bond between two sulfur atoms, formed by the reaction of two thiol groups, especially between the thiol groups of two proteins


lexentry: eng/ditransitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ditransitive
trans_list: bitransitif
sense:
(grammar) Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).


lexentry: eng/dittander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dittander
trans_list: grande passerage
sense:
A peppergrass of species Lepidium latifolium, native from Iberia to the Himalayas, introduced elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/dittany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dittany
trans_list: dictame
sense:
A labiate plant, Origanum dictamnus, formerly renowned for its medicinal properties; dittany of Crete.


lexentry: eng/diurnal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diurnal
trans_list: journalier
sense:
Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks, processes, tides, or sunrise to sunset; circadian.


lexentry: eng/diva__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diva
trans_list: diva
sense:
A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.


lexentry: eng/divan__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: divan
trans_list: divan | canapé
sense:
A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and either on the floor or an elevated structure.


lexentry: eng/dive__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: dive
trans_list: chiquer | jouer la comédie
sense:
(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.


lexentry: eng/dive__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: dive
trans_list: plonger
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.


lexentry: eng/dive_bomber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dive bomber
trans_list: bombardier en piqué
sense:
(aviation, historical) A bomber aircraft that dives directly at its target in order to drop a bomb with greater accuracy.


lexentry: eng/diverge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diverge
trans_list: diverger
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.


lexentry: eng/diverge__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: diverge
trans_list: diverger
sense:
(intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.


lexentry: eng/divergence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: divergence
trans_list: divergence
sense:
(calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_i}


lexentry: eng/diverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: diverse
trans_list: diversifié
sense:
Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.


lexentry: eng/diversify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diversify
trans_list: diversifier
sense:
(transitive) To make (something) diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects, as:


lexentry: eng/diverticulosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diverticulosis
trans_list: diverticulose
sense:
(pathology) The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.


lexentry: eng/divertimento__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divertimento
trans_list: divertimento
sense:
(music) composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.


lexentry: eng/divest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divest
trans_list: abroger
sense:
(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).


lexentry: eng/divide__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: divide
trans_list: diviser
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).


lexentry: eng/divide_and_conquer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divide and conquer
trans_list: diviser pour mieux régner
sense:
To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.


lexentry: eng/dividend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dividend
trans_list: dividende
sense:
(finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).


lexentry: eng/diving_bell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving bell
trans_list: cloche de plongée
sense:
An airtight chamber, open at the bottom, that is lowered on a cable underwater to operate as a base or a means of transport for a diver or a small number of divers.


lexentry: eng/diving_bell_spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving bell spider
trans_list: argyronète
sense:
A spider, Argyroneta aquatica, living almost entirely underwater, using hairs on its abdomen and legs to trap air.


lexentry: eng/diving_mask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving mask
trans_list: masque de plongée
sense:
A mask worn by divers over the eyes or face to allow them to see clearly underwater, having a watertight seal around its edges to hold it securely to the face.


lexentry: eng/diving_platform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving platform
trans_list: plongeoir
sense:
structure used for competitive diving, consisting of a vertical rigid tower with one or more horizontal platforms extending out over a deep pool of water.


lexentry: eng/divining_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divining rod
trans_list: baguette de sourcier | baguette de coudrier | baguette divinatoire
sense:
Rod used for dowsing, a technique of divination used to locate subterranean sources of water, metal, other mineral resources or even various other things through magic, or according to many believers a natural phenomenon.


lexentry: eng/divisibility_sequence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divisibility sequence
trans_list: suite à divisibilité
sense:
(number theory, algebra) Any sequence of integers {an}, indexed by the natural numbers, such that if n is divisible by m then an is divisible by am.


lexentry: eng/division__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: division
trans_list: division
sense:
(taxonomy) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.


lexentry: eng/division__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: division
trans_list: division
sense:
(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.


lexentry: eng/division_of_labour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: division of labour
trans_list: division du travail
sense:
(economics) The separation of work into different categories or tasks; each category or task being carried out by different groups of workers.


lexentry: eng/division_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: division ring
trans_list: anneau à division | corps | corps gauche | corps non commutatif
sense:
(algebra) A ring with 0 ≠ 1, such that every non-zero element a has a multiplicative inverse, meaning an element x with ax = xa = 1.


lexentry: eng/divot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divot
trans_list: divot
sense:
(especially, golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.


lexentry: eng/divulge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divulge
trans_list: divulguer | rendre public | ébruiter
sense:
(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.


lexentry: eng/djembe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: djembe
trans_list: djembé
sense:
(music) A large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.


lexentry: eng/djent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: djent
trans_list: djent
sense:
(neologism) A style of progressive heavy metal music characterized by rhythmic and technical complexity, and typically featuring heavily distorted, palm-muted guitar chords, syncopated, downtuned riffs, and polyrhythms alongside virtuoso soloing.


lexentry: eng/do-gooder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do-gooder
trans_list: bien-pensant
sense:
(derogatory) One who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority.


lexentry: eng/do__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do
trans_list: faire
sense:
(pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.


lexentry: eng/do_it_yourself__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do it yourself
trans_list: bricolage
sense:
The practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself, rather than employing a professional.


lexentry: eng/do_not_disturb__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do not disturb
trans_list: ne pas déranger
sense:
Used to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.


lexentry: eng/do_one's_own_thing__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do one's own thing
trans_list: faire son truc
sense:
(idiomatic, possibly, somewhat, dated, informal) To do what one considers to be best suited or most satisfying for oneself; to do what expresses one's distinctive interests or talents; to do as one chooses.


lexentry: eng/do_the_dishes__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do the dishes
trans_list: faire la vaisselle | faire la plonge
sense:
(intransitive) to wash up dirty crockery (plates and dishes) and cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons)


lexentry: eng/do_the_math__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: do the math
trans_list: se rendre à l'évidence
sense:
(chiefly US, idiomatic) To determine the explanation for or precise nature of a situation, such as the motive underlying someone's behavior, based on available facts.


lexentry: eng/do_the_trick__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do the trick
trans_list: faire l'affaire
sense:
(informal) To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.


lexentry: eng/do_unto_others_as_you_would_have_them_do_unto_you__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do unto others as you would have them do unto you
trans_list: traite les autres comme tu voudrais être traité
sense:
One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself; an expression of the golden rule.


lexentry: eng/do_what__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do what
trans_list: de quoi?
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial) An intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension


lexentry: eng/do_you_come_here_often__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do you come here often
trans_list: venez-vous souvent ici
sense:
A common phrase for initiating conversation with a stranger, especially one for seeking romantic involvement.


lexentry: eng/do_you_speak_English__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Asks the interlocutor whether or not they are able to speak in the English language.
written_rep: do you speak English
trans_list:
parles-tu anglais&nbsp;? | parles-tu français | parlez-vous anglais&nbsp;? | parlez-vous français | tu parles anglais&nbsp;? | vous parlez anglais&nbsp;?


lexentry: eng/do_you_think_you_can_walk__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do you think you can walk
trans_list: peux-tu marcher ? | pouvez-vous marcher ?
sense:
Asked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.


lexentry: eng/dock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dock
trans_list: parelle | patience
sense:
Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.


lexentry: eng/dock__Noun__3
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dock
trans_list: socle
sense:
(electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.


lexentry: eng/docking_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: docking station
trans_list: station d'accueil
sense:
(computing) A piece of hardware into which a laptop computer can be plugged for use as a desktop computer, peripherals such as the monitor being connected directly to the docking station.


lexentry: eng/doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doctor
trans_list: docteur | docteure | doctoresse | docteuse
sense:
A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.


lexentry: eng/doctor__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: doctor
trans_list: falsifier
sense:
(transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.


lexentry: eng/doctor_blade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doctor blade
trans_list: racloir
sense:
(printing) A metal blade used in printing for scraping off excess ink or toner from the printing roll.


lexentry: eng/doctoral_thesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doctoral thesis
trans_list: thèse (de doctorat)
sense:
A research paper that a student writes in order to complete the requirements for a doctorate; a dissertation.


lexentry: eng/doctrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doctrine
trans_list: doctrine
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.


lexentry: eng/docudrama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: docudrama
trans_list: docudrame | docufiction
sense:
A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.


lexentry: eng/document__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: document
trans_list: document | écrit
sense:
An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.


lexentry: eng/documentary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: documentary
trans_list: documentaire | film documentaire
sense:
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.


lexentry: eng/documentary_hypothesis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: documentary hypothesis
trans_list: hypothèse documentaire
sense:
(theology) The hypothesis that the Pentateuch consists of two or more, usually four, originally distinct major documents. [ca. 1840]


lexentry: eng/documentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: documentation
trans_list: documentation
sense:
(computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.


lexentry: eng/dodder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodder
trans_list: cuscute
sense:
Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.


lexentry: eng/dodecahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodecahedron
trans_list: dodécaèdre
sense:
(geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.


lexentry: eng/dodecane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodecane
trans_list: dodécane
sense:
(organic compound) Any of very many isomers of the alkane having twelve carbon atoms, but especially n-dodecane that is used as a solvent and is present in Diesel fuel.


lexentry: eng/dodecaphonist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodecaphonist
trans_list: dodécaphoniste
sense:
(music) A practitioner or proponent of dodecaphony, i.e. use of the dodecaphonic musical scale, which has twelve tones per octave


lexentry: eng/dodge_a_bullet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodge a bullet
trans_list: l’échapper belle
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury, disaster, or some other undesirable situation.


lexentry: eng/dodo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodo
trans_list: dodo | dronte
sense:
A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.


lexentry: eng/dodo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dodo
trans_list: fossile
sense:
(figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.


lexentry: eng/doe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doe
trans_list: biche | chevrette | daine
sense:
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).


lexentry: eng/dog's_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dog's life
trans_list: vivre comme un coq en pâte
sense:
(idiomatic) A life of indolence where the individual may do as he or she pleases, just like a pampered dog.


lexentry: eng/dog's_mercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog's mercury
trans_list: mercuriale vivace
sense:
Mercurialis perennis, a herbaceous, downy perennial woodland plant with erect stems bearing simple, serrate leaves, found in much of Europe.


lexentry: eng/dog-ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog-ear
trans_list: corne
sense:
The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.


lexentry: eng/dog-eared__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog-eared
trans_list: corné
sense:
Of a page in a book or other publication: having its corner folded down, either due to having been read many times, or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.


lexentry: eng/dog_cart__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dog cart
trans_list: charrette anglaise
sense:
A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two transverse seats back to back. The rear seat originally closed up to form a box for carrying dogs.


lexentry: eng/dog_days__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog days
trans_list: canicule
sense:
(archaic) The days following the heliacal rising of Sirius, now in early August (Gregorian) at dates varying by latitude.


lexentry: eng/dog_eat_dog__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog eat dog
trans_list: loi de la jungle
sense:
Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive. Describes a business or other set of circumstances where people try to succeed at the expense of other people.


lexentry: eng/dog_rose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog rose
trans_list: rosier des chiens | rosier sauvage | églantier | églantier des chiens
sense:
A European wild rose shrub of species Rosa canina, having fragrant white or pink flowers and stems with sharp spines.


lexentry: eng/dogfight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dogfight
trans_list: combat aérien
sense:
(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.


lexentry: eng/doggy_style__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doggy style
trans_list: en levrette
sense:
(slang, of sexual intercourse) In a position whereby one partner is on all fours and the other partner is penetrating from behind.


lexentry: eng/dogma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dogma
trans_list: dogme
sense:
An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.


lexentry: eng/dogma__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dogma
trans_list: dogme
sense:
A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.


lexentry: eng/dojo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dojo
trans_list: dojo
sense:
(martial arts) A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training.


lexentry: eng/doldrums__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: doldrums
trans_list: Pot-au-Noir
sense:
(nautical, oceanography, by extension) Usually preceded by the: a part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds are common.


lexentry: eng/dollar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dollar
trans_list: dollar
sense:
Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.


lexentry: eng/dollarization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dollarization
trans_list: dollarisation
sense:
(economics) The process of a country, officially, or its residents, unofficially, adopting the US dollar or other foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency.


lexentry: eng/dolly_zoom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolly zoom
trans_list: travelling contrarié
sense:
(film) A camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception, achieved by using the setting of a zoom lens to adjust the field of view while the camera dollies towards or away from the subject in such a way as to keep the subject the same size in the frame throughout.


lexentry: eng/dolman__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dolman
trans_list: dolman
sense:
A short, close-fitting, heavily braided military jacket, usually worn under a pelisse, originally by hussars.


lexentry: eng/dolmen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolmen
trans_list: dolmen
sense:
A prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.


lexentry: eng/dolomite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolomite
trans_list: dolomite
sense:
(mineral) An evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO3)2; it also exists as the rock dolostone.


lexentry: eng/dolphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolphin
trans_list: dauphin
sense:
A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.


lexentry: eng/dolphin__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolphin
trans_list: duc-d'Albe
sense:
(nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.


lexentry: eng/dolphinfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolphinfish
trans_list: doré
sense:
A large food and game fish of the Coryphaenidae family which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.


lexentry: eng/domain-specific_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domain-specific language
trans_list: langage dédié
sense:
(programming) A programming/specification language that is dedicated to a particular problem domain, a particular problem representation/solution technique.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: domain
trans_list: domaine
sense:
(computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: domain
trans_list: domaine | domaine de définition
sense:
(computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: domain
trans_list: domaine
sense:
(taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: domain
trans_list: domaine
sense:
(biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome


lexentry: eng/domain_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domain name
trans_list: domaine
sense:
(Internet) A unique, case-insensitive name that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet.


lexentry: eng/domestic_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestic cat
trans_list: chat domestique
sense:
(zoology) A domesticated cat, of the species Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus, especially one kept as a pet or for vermin control.


lexentry: eng/domestication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestication
trans_list: domestication
sense:
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.


lexentry: eng/domestique__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestique
trans_list: équipier | équipière
sense:
(cycle racing) A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance.


lexentry: eng/dominance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dominance
trans_list: dominance
sense:
(physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.


lexentry: eng/dominant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dominant
trans_list: dominante
sense:
(music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.


lexentry: eng/dominate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dominate
trans_list: dominat
sense:
(historical) The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period.


lexentry: eng/dominical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dominical
trans_list: dominical
sense:
(historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient system of dominical letters, used for determining Sundays (particularly Easter Sunday) in any given year.


lexentry: eng/domino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domino
trans_list: domino
sense:
(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]


lexentry: eng/don't_count_your_chickens_before_they're_hatched__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: don't count your chickens before they're hatched
trans_list: il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué
sense:
One should not depend upon a favorable (and typically overoptimistic) outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur.


lexentry: eng/don't_look_a_gift_horse_in_the_mouth__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: One should not unappreciatively question or inspect a gift too closely.
written_rep: don't look a gift horse in the mouth
trans_list:
à cheval donné on ne regarde pas la denture | à cheval donné on ne regarde pas la bride | à cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dents | à cheval donné, on ne regarde pas la bouche


lexentry: eng/don't_mention_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: don't mention it
trans_list: de rien | il n'y a pas de quoi | pas de quoi
sense:
A polite way of responding to thanks, by suggesting that the service is too trivial or humble to warrant thanks; you're welcome.


lexentry: eng/don't_shoot_the_messenger__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for it.
written_rep: don't shoot the messenger
trans_list:
ce n’est pas en cassant le thermomètre qu’on fait tomber la fièvre | ne tirez pas sur le messager | ne tuez pas le messager


lexentry: eng/don't_try_to_teach_grandma_how_to_suck_eggs__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Don't presume to give advice to those who are more experienced.
written_rep: don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs
trans_list:
ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire des grimaces | on n'apprend pas à un vieux singe à faire la grimace


lexentry: eng/donate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: donate
trans_list: donner | faire un don
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.


lexentry: eng/doner_kebab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doner kebab
trans_list: döner kebab | doner kebab | sandwich grec
sense:
A Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread.


lexentry: eng/dongle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dongle
trans_list: clé électronique | dongle
sense:
(computer hardware) A hardware device utilized by a specific application for purposes of copy protection.


lexentry: eng/doofus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doofus
trans_list: andouille
sense:
(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.


lexentry: eng/doohickey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doohickey
trans_list: machin | truc
sense:
(slang, originally, US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)


lexentry: eng/door__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: door
trans_list: porte | huis | portière
sense:
A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.


lexentry: eng/door__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: door
trans_list: emportiérer
sense:
(transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.


lexentry: eng/door_chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: door chain
trans_list: chaîne de porte | chaîne de sûreté
sense:
A device that allows a door to be partially opened from the inside, whilst preventing it from being fully opened from the outside


lexentry: eng/door_opener__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: door opener
trans_list: ouvre-porte
sense:
Any of various devices to automatically open a door in response to a sensor or signal sent from a controller.


lexentry: eng/doorbell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doorbell
trans_list: sonnette
sense:
A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.


lexentry: eng/doorman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doorman
trans_list: portier
sense:
A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.


lexentry: eng/doorstop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doorstop
trans_list: cale-porte
sense:
Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.


lexentry: eng/doozy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doozy
trans_list: c'est quelque chose
sense:
(US, informal) Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.


lexentry: eng/dopamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dopamine
trans_list: dopamine
sense:
(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.


lexentry: eng/dope__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dope
trans_list: cire | vernis
sense:
(uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.


lexentry: eng/dope__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dope
trans_list: actus | fraiches | infos
sense:
(uncountable, slang) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/doping__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doping
trans_list: dopage
sense:
The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.


lexentry: eng/dorayaki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dorayaki
trans_list: dorayaki
sense:
A Japanese confection consisting of two sponge cake patties wrapped around a filling of sweet azuki bean paste.


lexentry: eng/dork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dork
trans_list: bobet
sense:
(pejorative, slang) A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.) [from the 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/dormant_volcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormant volcano
trans_list: volcan endormi
sense:
(geology) A volcano that has not erupted for a considerable length of time, but is still capable of erupting.


lexentry: eng/dormitory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormitory
trans_list: dortoir | cellule
sense:
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.


lexentry: eng/dormitory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dormitory
trans_list: cité universitaire | foyer | résidence
sense:
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.


lexentry: eng/dormouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormouse
trans_list: loir
sense:
Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.


lexentry: eng/dormouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dormouse
trans_list: loir
sense:
(figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).


lexentry: eng/dorsal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dorsal
trans_list: dorsal
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.


lexentry: eng/dorveille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dorveille
trans_list: assoupissement
sense:
(literary) A dreamlike semi-conscious state, such as while falling asleep or waking up, between periods of sleep, or from exhaustion; generally with reference to an altered mental state where there is no distinction between the fantastic and the familiar.


lexentry: eng/dory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dory
trans_list: doris
sense:
(nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.


lexentry: eng/dose__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dose
trans_list: dose
sense:
The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.


lexentry: eng/dossard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dossard
trans_list: dossard
sense:
(cycle racing) A bib attached to the back of a cyclist's shirt that carries the cyclist's race number.


lexentry: eng/dossier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dossier
trans_list: dossier
sense:
A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.


lexentry: eng/dot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dot
trans_list: point
sense:
(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.


lexentry: eng/dot__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dot
trans_list: point
sense:
(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.


lexentry: eng/dot_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dot matrix
trans_list: matricielle | à aiguilles
sense:
(computing, also, attributively) A two-dimensional array or pattern of dots used (for example, by a display device or a printer) to represent alphanumeric characters and pictures.


lexentry: eng/dot_matrix_printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dot matrix printer
trans_list: imprimante matricielle
sense:
(computer hardware) A type of printer that prints characters using an array of small wires that produce an array of dots when striking the paper.


lexentry: eng/double-barrelled_shotgun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-barrelled shotgun
trans_list: fusil à deux coups | fusil à double canon
sense:
A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.


lexentry: eng/double-blind__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-blind
trans_list: en double aveugle
sense:
Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which some information which might influence the experiment is withheld from two parties. Most commonly, parties in question are the subjects and the administrators and the information which is withheld is the treatment groups of the subjects.


lexentry: eng/double-blind_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-blind test
trans_list: étude en double aveugle
sense:
(science) A form of scientific testing in which some information is withheld from two different parties. Most commonly, neither the tester nor the subjects tested know which are the control items and which are the test items.


lexentry: eng/double-click__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-click
trans_list: double-clic
sense:
(computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or triple-click.


lexentry: eng/double-click__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-click
trans_list: double-cliquer
sense:
(computing) To push the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task than would be performed from a single-click or triple-click.


lexentry: eng/double-entry__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-entry
trans_list: en partie double
sense:
(accounting) Describing a method of bookkeeping in which each transaction is entered in two accounts, for debits and for credits.


lexentry: eng/double_English__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double English
trans_list: petit-canon
sense:
(printing, US, dated) The size of type between double pica and double great primer, standardized as 28-point.


lexentry: eng/double__Verb__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: double
trans_list: doubler
sense:
(bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.


lexentry: eng/double_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double act
trans_list: duettistes | duo comique
sense:
A comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin and profession, but often with drastically different personalities or behavior, maybe with a stooge or straight man.


lexentry: eng/double_articulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double articulation
trans_list: double articulation
sense:
(linguistics) property of speech which allows creation of potentially infinite number of meaningful language sequences out of a limited number of meaningless elements called phonemes


lexentry: eng/double_boiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double boiler
trans_list: bain-marie
sense:
A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.


lexentry: eng/double_bridle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double bridle
trans_list: bride
sense:
(equestrian) A Weymouth bridle, which uses both a bradoon, held by a sliphead, and a curb bit, and is used with two reins.


lexentry: eng/double_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double down
trans_list: doubler la mise
sense:
(gambling) To double one's wager. In particular, it is the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack.


lexentry: eng/double_entendre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double entendre
trans_list: double sens | sous-entendu | équivoque
sense:
A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.


lexentry: eng/double_factorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double factorial
trans_list: double factorielle
sense:
(mathematics, combinatorics) For an odd integer, the result of multiplying all the odd integers from 1 to the given number; or for an even integer, the result of multiplying all the even integers from 2 to the given number; symbolised by a double exclamation mark (!!). For example, 9!! = 1 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 9 = 945.


lexentry: eng/double_fault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double fault
trans_list: double faute
sense:
(tennis) The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.


lexentry: eng/double_glazing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double glazing
trans_list: double vitrage
sense:
A system of insulated windows (and doors) having two parallel layers of glass separated by an air space


lexentry: eng/double_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double life
trans_list: double vie
sense:
An existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues.


lexentry: eng/double_or_quits__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double or quits
trans_list: quitte ou double
sense:
A bet of the same value as the initial one, resulting in either a doubling of a loss, or it being cancelled.


lexentry: eng/double_penetration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double penetration
trans_list: double pénétration
sense:
The simultaneous sexual penetration of one or more orifices of one person by two other people or objects.


lexentry: eng/double_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double room
trans_list: chambre double
sense:
A room, especially in a hotel, that is designed for two people and has two single beds (sometimes called a twin room) or one double bed.


lexentry: eng/double_sheet_bend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double sheet bend
trans_list: nœud d'écoute double
sense:
Doubled version of the sheet bend; a strong knot used to tie two ropes of different diameters together.


lexentry: eng/double_standard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: double standard
trans_list: deux poids et deux mesures | deux poids, deux mesures
sense:
A pair of monetary values, i.e. a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are legal tender.


lexentry: eng/double_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double star
trans_list: étoile binaire | étoile double
sense:
(star) Two stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a binary star.


lexentry: eng/doublespeak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doublespeak
trans_list: double discours | double langage
sense:
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.


lexentry: eng/doublet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: doublet
trans_list: doublet
sense:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.


lexentry: eng/doublet__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doublet
trans_list: pourpoint
sense:
A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.


lexentry: eng/doublethink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doublethink
trans_list: doublepensée
sense:
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.


lexentry: eng/doubletree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubletree
trans_list: Balance
sense:
a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the implement.


lexentry: eng/doubloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubloon
trans_list: doublon
sense:
(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/doubly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubly
trans_list: doublement
sense:
(usually, of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.


lexentry: eng/doubt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubt
trans_list: doute
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/douche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: douche
trans_list: douche | douche vaginale
sense:
A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.


lexentry: eng/douchebag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: douchebag
trans_list: con | connard | couille molle | crétin | enfoiré
sense:
(US, slang, vulgar) A jerk or asshole; a mean or rude person; someone seen as being arrogant, snobby or obnoxious.


lexentry: eng/dough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dough
trans_list: pâte
sense:
A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.


lexentry: eng/dough_scraper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dough scraper
trans_list: maryse
sense:
A rubber or metal implement used to scrape food, such as dough, off a countertop, out of a bowl, etc.


lexentry: eng/doughnut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doughnut
trans_list: beignet | donut
sense:
A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) shape, often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.


lexentry: eng/doula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doula
trans_list: doula
sense:
A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.


lexentry: eng/dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dove
trans_list: colombe | pigeon
sense:
(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.


lexentry: eng/dovecote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dovecote
trans_list: colombier
sense:
A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.


lexentry: eng/dovetail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dovetail
trans_list: queue-d'aronde
sense:
In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.


lexentry: eng/dowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dowel
trans_list: cheville | goujon
sense:
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.


lexentry: eng/dowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dowel
trans_list: cheville
sense:
(construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.


lexentry: eng/dower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dower
trans_list: dot
sense:
(legal) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.


lexentry: eng/dower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dower
trans_list: douaire
sense:
(legal) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.


lexentry: eng/down__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down
trans_list: duvet
sense:
Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.


lexentry: eng/down__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: down
trans_list: duvet
sense:
(botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.


lexentry: eng/down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down
trans_list: faire cul sec
sense:
(transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.). [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/down_and_out__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down and out
trans_list: galeux
sense:
(idiomatic) In a condition of poverty or debility, especially as a result of experiencing a financial or personal setback.


lexentry: eng/down_payment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down payment
trans_list: acompte | premier acompte | versement initial
sense:
(legal, finance) A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.


lexentry: eng/down_payment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: down payment
trans_list: acompte | arrhes
sense:
(by extension) Any initial commitment signifying an intention to carry out a larger future commitment, even though no legal rights or obligations are secured.


lexentry: eng/down_quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down quark
trans_list: quark bas | quark down
sense:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of -\frac{1}{3} and a mass of about 4 to 8 MeV.Symbol: d


lexentry: eng/down_the_hatch__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down the hatch
trans_list: cul sec
sense:
(informal) Into the mouth and down the throat, especially with regard to the consumption of a beverage.


lexentry: eng/down_with__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down with
trans_list: à bas
sense:
Expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against a person, organization, practice, belief, etc., typically in a public protest.


lexentry: eng/downbeat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downbeat
trans_list: temps fort
sense:
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).


lexentry: eng/downburst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downburst
trans_list: rafale descendante
sense:
(meteorology) A powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.


lexentry: eng/downcast__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downcast
trans_list: abattu
sense:
Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.


lexentry: eng/downspout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downspout
trans_list: descente
sense:
A vertical pipe or conduit that carries rainwater from the scupper, guttering of a building to a lower roof level, drain, ground or storm water runoff system.


lexentry: eng/downstream__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downstream
trans_list: aval | descendant
sense:
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.


lexentry: eng/downtime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downtime
trans_list: pause | repos | taux d'indisponibilité | temps d'arrêt
sense:
The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, such as the breakdown of machinery or a computer crash.


lexentry: eng/downtown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downtown
trans_list: centre-ville | quartier d'affaires
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.


lexentry: eng/dowry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dowry
trans_list: dot
sense:
Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.


lexentry: eng/dowsing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dowsing
trans_list: rhabdomancie
sense:
The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.


lexentry: eng/doxastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doxastic
trans_list: doxastique
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural. Example 1794 T. Taylor tr. Plotinus Five Bks. Introd. 22 Different objects of knowledge were known by different gnostic powers..sensibles by sense, doxastics by opinion. 1801 T. Taylor tr. Aristotle Metaphysics Introd. 54 Subordinate to this is the doxastic energy. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis i. 332 Things which may be seen by the eyes, and touched by the hand, and which Plato calls doxastic


lexentry: eng/doxology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doxology
trans_list: doxologie
sense:
An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service.


lexentry: eng/dozen__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dozen
trans_list: dizaine
sense:
(as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.


lexentry: eng/drachma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drachma
trans_list: drachme
sense:
The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.


lexentry: eng/draculin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draculin
trans_list: draculine
sense:
(organic chemistry, zoology) A glycoprotein with anticoagulant properties, found in the saliva of vampire bats.


lexentry: eng/draff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draff
trans_list: drêche
sense:
A byproduct from a grain distillery, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with brewer's spent grain, sometimes differentiated from it; usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.


lexentry: eng/draft__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: draft
trans_list: bière à la pression | pression
sense:
(US spelling) Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.


lexentry: eng/draft__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: draft
trans_list: tirant | tirant d'eau
sense:
(US spelling, nautical) The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.


lexentry: eng/draft__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: draft
trans_list: conscription
sense:
(American English, usually with the) Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.


lexentry: eng/draft__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: draft
trans_list: conscrire | embrigader | enrôler
sense:
(transitive, US) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.


lexentry: eng/draft_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draft horse
trans_list: cheval de trait
sense:
(American spelling) A horse used for muscular work, other than carrying a rider and/or load, such as pulling a cart, plow or log.


lexentry: eng/drag__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: drag
trans_list: emmerdeur | emmerdeuse
sense:
(countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.


lexentry: eng/drag__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: drag
trans_list: sabot | trainée
sense:
(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.


lexentry: eng/drag_and_drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drag and drop
trans_list: glisser-déposer
sense:
(usually, attributive, computing, GUI) A feature of a graphical user interface whereby the user can move or copy an object by dragging its visual representation across the screen and releasing it in another location.


lexentry: eng/drag_king__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drag king
trans_list: drag king
sense:
(colloquial, LGBT) A person, usually female, who dresses up in men's clothing, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.


lexentry: eng/drag_queen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drag queen
trans_list: drag queen | travelo
sense:
(LGBT, originally, slang) A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.


lexentry: eng/dragline_excavator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragline excavator
trans_list: dragline
sense:
Any of several very large vehicles used for lifting, especially in the process of mining: basically an excavator which drags its bucket to fill it.


lexentry: eng/dragon's_blood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon's blood
trans_list: sang-dragon
sense:
A bright red resin, obtained from different species of a number of distinct plants Calamus rotang and genera Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, and Pterocarpus, used in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, medicines, and incenses.


lexentry: eng/dragon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon
trans_list: dragon
sense:
In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.


lexentry: eng/dragon_boat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon boat
trans_list: bateau-dragon
sense:
A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.


lexentry: eng/dragon_fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon fruit
trans_list: fruit du dragon | pitahaya | pitaya
sense:
The fruit of certain cacti of the genus Hylocereus, cultivated in Southeast Asia and Central and South America, having cerise-pink- or yellow-coloured skin and a white or pink sweet fleshy interior with black seeds.


lexentry: eng/dragonfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragonfly
trans_list: libellule
sense:
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.


lexentry: eng/dragoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragoon
trans_list: dragon
sense:
(by extension) Originally (historical) , a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.


lexentry: eng/dragoon__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dragoon
trans_list: dragonner
sense:
Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.


lexentry: eng/drain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drain
trans_list: bonde | drain
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)


lexentry: eng/draining_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draining board
trans_list: égouttoir
sense:
A board beside a kitchen sink, designed to drain into the sink, used for letting kitchen utensils dry after they had been washed.


lexentry: eng/dram__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dram
trans_list: doigt
sense:
(by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now, _, particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.


lexentry: eng/drama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drama
trans_list: drame
sense:
(countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue


lexentry: eng/drama__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drama
trans_list: drame
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.


lexentry: eng/dramaturge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dramaturge
trans_list: dramaturge
sense:
(rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.


lexentry: eng/draughts__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draughts
trans_list: dames | jeu de dames
sense:
(board games, British, Australian, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.


lexentry: eng/draw__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: draw
trans_list: match nul | remise | égalité
sense:
Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.


lexentry: eng/draw__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: draw
trans_list: match nul | remise | égalité
sense:
(poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw
trans_list: dégainer | tirer
sense:
(intransitive, now, rare) To pull something along; to have force to move anything by pulling. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw
trans_list: dégainer | tirer
sense:
(transitive) To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: draw
trans_list: tirer
sense:
(intransitive) To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: draw
trans_list: tirer | extraire | puiser | attirer
sense:
To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person). [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: draw
trans_list: piocher
sense:
(cards) To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: draw
trans_list: tirer
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: draw
trans_list: dessiner | tirer
sense:
To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: draw
trans_list: tirer
sense:
To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.) [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw_a_line_in_the_sand__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw a line in the sand
trans_list: assigner
sense:
(intransitive) To lay down a challenge; to provide a test of commitment (often one which carries a high risk) to a cause.


lexentry: eng/draw_and_quarter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw and quarter
trans_list: écarteler
sense:
(transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering.


lexentry: eng/draw_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: draw down
trans_list: baisser
sense:
To initiate a drawdown (withdrawal of equipment, supplies, etc., potentially to provide it to another party).


lexentry: eng/draw_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: draw in
trans_list: hisser
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive, of nights or evenings) To become dark earlier as a result of seasonal change.


lexentry: eng/draw_straws__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw straws
trans_list: tirer à la courte paille
sense:
To decide at random by drawing (selecting randomly between) straws, sticks, etc., one of which differs from the others (typically by being shorter), held in a person's hand so as to conceal which is the different one. Typically, whoever draws the short straw must complete some undesirable task. Alternatively, whoever draws the longest straw gets a desired position.


lexentry: eng/drawback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drawback
trans_list: drawback
sense:
A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.


lexentry: eng/drawbridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawbridge
trans_list: pont-levis
sense:
A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).


lexentry: eng/drawer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawer
trans_list: tiroir
sense:
An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.


lexentry: eng/drawing__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: drawing
trans_list: pige
sense:
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.


lexentry: eng/drawing_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawing knife
trans_list: plane
sense:
A knife with a handle at each end, used for shaving hoops for barrels by drawing it towards oneself.


lexentry: eng/drawl__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drawl
trans_list: salir
sense:
(intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.


lexentry: eng/dray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dray
trans_list: charrete
sense:
Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.


lexentry: eng/dreadlocks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dreadlocks
trans_list: dreadlocks | cadenettes
sense:
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.


lexentry: eng/dream_team__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dream team
trans_list: équipe de choc
sense:
A team of players or members ideal for a given task; a team of the best players of a particular sport or members of a particular field.


lexentry: eng/dreamboat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dreamboat
sense:
(informal, dated, or, humorous) An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.

trans_list:
apollon | beau gosse | canon | femme de (mes/tes/...) [[rêve|rêve(s)]] | homme de (mes/tes/...) [[rêve|rêve(s)]] | prince charmant


lexentry: eng/dreamcatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dreamcatcher
trans_list: attrape-rêves | capteur de rêves | attrapeur de rêves
sense:
A decorative Native American object in the form of a hoop and net with attachments such as feathers, traditionally believed by the Ojibwa to “filter out” bad dreams.


lexentry: eng/dregs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dregs
trans_list: lie
sense:
(collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.


lexentry: eng/dreidel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dreidel
trans_list: dreydel | sevivon
sense:
A four-sided spinning top, inscribed with the four Hebrew letters נ, ג, ה, and ש (or פ) on each side, often used to play a traditional game during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.


lexentry: eng/drench__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drench
trans_list: tremper | abreuver | saturer
sense:
To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic) , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.


lexentry: eng/dress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress
trans_list: robe
sense:
An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.


lexentry: eng/dress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress
trans_list: s'habiller
sense:
(agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.


lexentry: eng/dress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress
trans_list: habiller | s'habiller
sense:
(also, reflexive, and, figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/dress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress
trans_list: panser
sense:
To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/dress_rehearsal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress rehearsal
trans_list: répétition générale
sense:
A rehearsal prior to a public spectacle, where all the performers are in costume, in order to test all aspects of the production by closely reproducing the actual conditions of a performance.


lexentry: eng/dress_suit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dress suit
trans_list: robe du soir
sense:
A type of formal attire for women, typically a jacket over a dress, or a jacket and blouse with trousers or a skirt.


lexentry: eng/dressage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dressage
trans_list: dressage
sense:
(uncountable) An equestrian sport in which the horse and rider perform a test of specific movements in an arena, and are judged on the horse's obedience, acceptance of the bridle and of the rider's aids, gaits, impulsion, and the harmony between horse and rider.


lexentry: eng/dressing_gown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dressing gown
trans_list: robe de chambre | peignoir
sense:
(UK, Ireland) An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.


lexentry: eng/dressing_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dressing room
trans_list: loge
sense:
A room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup.


lexentry: eng/dressing_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dressing table
trans_list: coiffeuse | commode | poudreuse
sense:
A low table or chest of drawers with a mirror at which one sits while dressing, applying makeup or similar tasks.


lexentry: eng/dribble__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dribble
trans_list: dribbler
sense:
(basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.


lexentry: eng/dried__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dried
trans_list: séché
sense:
Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.


lexentry: eng/drift__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drift
trans_list: dérive
sense:
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.


lexentry: eng/drift__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drift
trans_list: dérive
sense:
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.


lexentry: eng/drift_meter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drift meter
trans_list: dérivomètre
sense:
An optical device, with a telescope and reticle, used to improve dead reckoning in aircraft navigation.


lexentry: eng/drill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: drill
trans_list: exercice | entraînement
sense:
An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/drill__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drill
trans_list: sillon
sense:
An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.


lexentry: eng/drill__Noun__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drill
trans_list: drill
sense:
An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.


lexentry: eng/drill_bit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drill bit
trans_list: trépan
sense:
Any other style of cutter, for example a spade drill, that is rotated and fed in a similar manner as a twist drill to of cut a hole in metal, wood or other materials.


lexentry: eng/drink-driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drink-driver
trans_list: conducteur ivre | conductrice ivre
sense:
(chiefly, British, and, Australian, legal) A person who operates a motor vehicle when legally intoxicated.


lexentry: eng/drinking_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drinking game
trans_list: jeu à boire | jeu bibitif
sense:
(games) A game (often a logic or memory game) which involves the drinking of alcohol, usually as a penalty for making mistakes, as the intoxication makes the game harder to play.


lexentry: eng/drip__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: drip
trans_list: goutte-à-goutte
sense:
(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.


lexentry: eng/dripstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dripstone
trans_list: appentis
sense:
(architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.


lexentry: eng/drive-in__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drive-in
trans_list: ciné-parc | drive-in
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia) An outdoor cinema where movies are projected onto a large screen and patrons watch from inside their vehicles, listening either by a speaker or a designated radio frequency.


lexentry: eng/drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: drive
trans_list: lecteur
sense:
(computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.


lexentry: eng/drive__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drive
trans_list: conduire | entraîner | guider | emmener | rendre | battre
sense:
To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.


lexentry: eng/drive__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: drive
trans_list: conduire | guider
sense:
(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.


lexentry: eng/driver's_license__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: driver's license
trans_list: permis de conduire
sense:
(American spelling) A document issued to a specific person by a government authority, permitting this person to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on public roads and highways, often used as an identification document.


lexentry: eng/driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: driver
trans_list: pilote
sense:
(computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.


lexentry: eng/drogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drogue
trans_list: panier-entonnoir
sense:
(aeronautics) A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.


lexentry: eng/drone__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drone
trans_list: drone
sense:
(metonymically): An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).


lexentry: eng/droop__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: droop
trans_list: bec
sense:
(aviation) A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing.


lexentry: eng/drop-ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop-ball
trans_list: entre-deux
sense:
(soccer) A method of restarting play in a game where the referee drops the ball between two players of opposing teams.


lexentry: eng/drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop
trans_list: goutte | larme
sense:
(also, figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.


lexentry: eng/drop__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drop
trans_list: tomber
sense:
(intransitive, also, figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/drop__Verb__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: drop
trans_list: laisser tomber
sense:
(transitive, ergative, also, figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/drop_anchor__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop anchor
trans_list: jeter l'ancre
sense:
(nautical) To release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.


lexentry: eng/drop_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop cap
trans_list: lettrine
sense:
(typography) A large initial letter that drops below the first line of a paragraph, usually used at the beginning of a section or chapter of a book.


lexentry: eng/drop_goal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop goal
trans_list: drop
sense:
(rugby union, rugby league) A goal scored by kicking the ball through the goal from open play, after the ball has touched the ground.


lexentry: eng/drop_in_the_bucket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop in the bucket
trans_list: goutte d'eau dans l'océan
sense:
(idiomatic) Something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.


lexentry: eng/drop_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop kick
trans_list: drop
sense:
(rugby, Australian rules football, American football, Canadian football) A kick made by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it as it bounces up.


lexentry: eng/drop_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drop off
trans_list: tomber | abaisser | réduire | s’endormir
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive, especially, _, US) To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.


lexentry: eng/drop_shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop shot
trans_list: amorti
sense:
(sports) In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play.


lexentry: eng/dropdown__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dropdown
trans_list: déroulant
sense:
(computing, GUI, of a widget) Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.


lexentry: eng/dropdown_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dropdown list
trans_list: liste déroulante | listes déroulantes
sense:
(graphical user interface) A user interface control GUI element similar to a list box which allows the user to choose one value from a list.


lexentry: eng/drove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drove
trans_list: troupeau | horde | manade
sense:
A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.


lexentry: eng/drown__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: drown
trans_list: noyer | se noyer
sense:
(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.


lexentry: eng/drug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drug
trans_list: drogue
sense:
(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.


lexentry: eng/drug__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drug
trans_list: drogue
sense:
A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.


lexentry: eng/drug__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drug
trans_list: droguer
sense:
(transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.


lexentry: eng/drug_addict__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drug addict
trans_list: toxicomane | drogué | accro | junkie | toxico | droguée
sense:
A person with a chemical or psychological dependency on a drug, especially one which is illegal or improperly procured.


lexentry: eng/druid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: druid
trans_list: druide
sense:
One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.


lexentry: eng/drum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drum
trans_list: tambour | batterie
sense:
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.


lexentry: eng/drum_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drum brake
trans_list: frein à tambour
sense:
A form of brake in which friction is applied by pads to the inner surface of a rotating cylinder (the brake drum) connected directly to a wheel


lexentry: eng/drum_head__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drum head
trans_list: patch
sense:
The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin and in such occurrences sometimes referred to as a skin, or drum-skin, but often synthetic.


lexentry: eng/drumhead_court-martial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drumhead court-martial
trans_list: cour martiale
sense:
(military) A court-martial held in the field to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action.


lexentry: eng/drumstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drumstick
trans_list: pilon
sense:
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/drunk_tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drunk tank
trans_list: cellule de dégrisement
sense:
(slang) A cell where people who have been arrested for public drunkenness are detained until they are sober.


lexentry: eng/drupe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drupe
trans_list: drupe
sense:
(botany) a kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.


lexentry: eng/drupelet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drupelet
trans_list: drupéole
sense:
(botany) One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/dry__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dry
trans_list: anhydre | sec
sense:
(chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.


lexentry: eng/dry_cleaning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry cleaning
trans_list: nettoyage à sec
sense:
The process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using solvents and specialized equipment.


lexentry: eng/dry_ice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry ice
trans_list: glace carbonique | glace sèche
sense:
Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure.


lexentry: eng/dry_season__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry season
trans_list: saison sèche
sense:
Any season in which little rain falls; used especially in the tropics where it alternates with the rainy season


lexentry: eng/dryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dryer
trans_list: sécheuse | sèche-linge
sense:
A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.


lexentry: eng/drypoint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drypoint
trans_list: pointe sèche
sense:
(uncountable) A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.


lexentry: eng/drywall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drywall
trans_list: plaque de plâtre | cloison sèche
sense:
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.


lexentry: eng/dual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dual
trans_list: duel | double
sense:
(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.


lexentry: eng/dual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dual
trans_list: double
sense:
(category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.


lexentry: eng/dual__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dual
trans_list: duel
sense:
(mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.


lexentry: eng/dual_carriageway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dual carriageway
trans_list: double chaussée
sense:
(UK) A road in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land, known as a central reservation or median.


lexentry: eng/dualin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dualin
trans_list: dualine
sense:
(dated) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp saturated with nitroglycerin and similar compounds.


lexentry: eng/dualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dualism
trans_list: dualisme
sense:
(theology) The belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, such as good and evil; the belief that man has two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.


lexentry: eng/duality__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: duality
trans_list: dualité
sense:
(mathematics, physics) The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system.


lexentry: eng/dub__Noun__3
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dub
trans_list: dub
sense:
(music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.


lexentry: eng/dubbing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dubbing
trans_list: doublage
sense:
(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.


lexentry: eng/dubious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dubious
trans_list: douteux | sceptique
sense:
(of a person) In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.


lexentry: eng/dubitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dubitation
trans_list: doute
sense:
(uncountable, archaic) The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/dubplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dubplate
trans_list: dubplate
sense:
(music, originally, Jamaica) An acetate or vinyl record pressed in very limited numbers, especially one issued to disc jockeys in advance of an official release; specifically (and, originally) , one containing a piece of dub music (a style of reggae music, often instrumental, involving the mixing of different audio tracks).


lexentry: eng/dubstep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dubstep
trans_list: dubstep
sense:
A subgenre of electronic dance music descended from 2-step garage that was popular in the early 2010s, characterized by its dark mood, sparse half-step and two-step rhythms, and emphasis on sub-bass.


lexentry: eng/duck__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duck
trans_list: baisser | esquiver
sense:
(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.


lexentry: eng/duck__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: duck
trans_list: baisser | esquiver
sense:
(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.


lexentry: eng/duck__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: duck
trans_list: plonger
sense:
(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.


lexentry: eng/duck_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duck test
trans_list: test du canard
sense:
(epistemology, philosophy) A form of abductive reasoning, application of intuition, or common sense regardless of technical parameters, to identify an ostensibly unknown subject by observing that subject's characteristics.


lexentry: eng/duckboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: duckboard
trans_list: passerelle en bois
sense:
Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon.


lexentry: eng/ductility__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ductility
trans_list: ductilité
sense:
(physics) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.


lexentry: eng/dud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dud
trans_list: munition non explosée
sense:
(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.


lexentry: eng/dude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dude
trans_list: gars | mec | man | mon pote
sense:
(colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.


lexentry: eng/duet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duet
trans_list: duetto | duo
sense:
(music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).


lexentry: eng/duffel_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duffel bag
trans_list: sac de sport | sac de toile
sense:
(US, AU, often, _, military) A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.


lexentry: eng/dukkah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dukkah
trans_list: dukkah
sense:
An Egyptian dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and Middle Eastern spices, usually eaten by dipping bread into olive oil and then into the mixture.


lexentry: eng/dukkha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dukkha
trans_list: dukkha
sense:
(Buddhism) The three main types of pain, suffering, or stress: physical and mental, impermanence, and conditioned states. One of the three marks of existence.


lexentry: eng/dulcian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dulcian
trans_list: dulciane
sense:
(musical instruments) A Renaissance bass woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore


lexentry: eng/dulcimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dulcimer
trans_list: tympanon
sense:
A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal, played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).


lexentry: eng/duma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duma
trans_list: douma
sense:
A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).


lexentry: eng/dumb_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dumb down
trans_list: vulgariser
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.


lexentry: eng/dump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dump
trans_list: décharge | dépotoir
sense:
A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.


lexentry: eng/dump_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dump truck
trans_list: tombereau | camion benne | camion à benne basculante | camion-tombereau
sense:
A heavy truck, for carrying loose, bulk cargo, having a hinged bed that allows the contents to be unloaded onto the ground.


lexentry: eng/dumping__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dumping
trans_list: dumping | vente à perte
sense:
Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.


lexentry: eng/dumpster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dumpster
trans_list: conteneur poubelle
sense:
(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.


lexentry: eng/dunch__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dunch
trans_list: collation
sense:
(informal, rare) A leisurely meal between lunch and dinner in the late afternoon or early evening (about 3-5 p.m.), usually instead of lunch or dinner.


lexentry: eng/dung_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dung beetle
trans_list: bousier | scarabée bousier | escarbot
sense:
Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.


lexentry: eng/dunk__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dunk
trans_list: clouer
sense:
(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.


lexentry: eng/dunlin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dunlin
trans_list: bécasseau variable
sense:
A small wading bird, Calidris alpina, found along the coast and having a distinctive black belly patch in its breeding plumage. A type of stint.


lexentry: eng/duo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duo
trans_list: duo
sense:
Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together.


lexentry: eng/duodenum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duodenum
trans_list: duodénum
sense:
(anatomy) The first part of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum.


lexentry: eng/duopoly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duopoly
trans_list: duopole
sense:
(economics) An economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity.


lexentry: eng/duotheism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duotheism
trans_list: duothéisme
sense:
Belief in the existence of two deities. This often refers to the belief in a god and goddess of roughly equal power, as is the case in Wicca.


lexentry: eng/duplex__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: duplex
trans_list: flamme | flamme postale
sense:
(philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.


lexentry: eng/dura_mater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dura mater
trans_list: dure-mère
sense:
(anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/duralumin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duralumin
trans_list: duralumin
sense:
(metallurgy) An alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry.


lexentry: eng/durative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: durative
trans_list: duratif
sense:
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.


lexentry: eng/durum_wheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: durum wheat
trans_list: blé dur
sense:
Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.


lexentry: eng/dusk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dusk
trans_list: crépuscule
sense:
The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.


lexentry: eng/dust_bunny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dust bunny
trans_list: mouton
sense:
(US, informal) A small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.


lexentry: eng/dust_devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dust devil
trans_list: tourbillon de poussière
sense:
A small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground.


lexentry: eng/dust_jacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dust jacket
trans_list: jaquette | liseuse
sense:
(printing, publishing) The detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide blurb.


lexentry: eng/dust_mite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dust mite
trans_list: acarien de poussière
sense:
A microscopically small mite, of the Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, or Dermatophagoides farinae species.


lexentry: eng/dustpan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dustpan
trans_list: pelle | pelle à poussière | pelle de ménage | pelle à ordures
sense:
A flat scoop with a short handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.


lexentry: eng/dutchman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dutchman
trans_list: romaillet
sense:
(carpentry, masonry) A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.


lexentry: eng/duty__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: duty
trans_list: travail
sense:
The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).


lexentry: eng/duty_of_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duty of care
trans_list: devoir de diligence
sense:
(legal) A legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others.


lexentry: eng/duumvirate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: duumvirate
trans_list: duumvirat
sense:
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.


lexentry: eng/duvet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duvet
trans_list: couette
sense:
(British, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.


lexentry: eng/dwarf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf
trans_list: nain | naine
sense:
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.


lexentry: eng/dwarf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dwarf
trans_list: nain | naine
sense:
(now, sometimes, _, offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.


lexentry: eng/dwarf_birch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf birch
trans_list: bouleau nain
sense:
Betula nana, a species of birch in the family Betulaceae, native to arctic and cool temperate regions of northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.


lexentry: eng/dwarf_galaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf galaxy
trans_list: galaxie naine
sense:
(galaxy) Any galaxy, considerably smaller than the Milky Way, that has only several billions of stars.


lexentry: eng/dwarf_planet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf planet
trans_list: planète naine
sense:
(astronomy) A planetary (world-like) body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical planets but does not gravitationally dominate other bodies in the region of its orbit.


lexentry: eng/dwarf_spheroidal_galaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf spheroidal galaxy
trans_list: galaxie naine sphéroïdale
sense:
(galaxy) A faint galaxy, devoid of gas, having a higher than normal proportion of dark matter; especially those that orbit the Milky Way and Andromeda


lexentry: eng/dwarf_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf star
trans_list: étoile naine
sense:
(star) A star that is located in the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, though generally excluding the small minority which fall in the blue band due to their large size and high luminosity; fuses hydrogen into helium in its core.


lexentry: eng/dyed-in-the-wool__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dyed-in-the-wool
trans_list: ancré
sense:
(idiomatic, figuratively, of a person) Firmly established in one's beliefs or habits; having a specified characteristic, identity, etc. deeply ingrained in one's nature.


lexentry: eng/dyke__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: dyke
trans_list: fossé
sense:
(now, chiefly, Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.


lexentry: eng/dyke__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyke
trans_list: gouine
sense:
(slang, usually, _, pejorative, offensive) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.


lexentry: eng/dynamic_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dynamic memory
trans_list: mémoire dynamique
sense:
Computer memory that requires a periodic refresh to maintain its contents. This memory is usually cheaper and faster than ROM.


lexentry: eng/dynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dynamics
trans_list: dynamique
sense:
(physics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.


lexentry: eng/dynamite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dynamite
trans_list: dynamite
sense:
A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.


lexentry: eng/dyne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyne
trans_list: dyne
sense:
A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.


lexentry: eng/dysarthria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysarthria
trans_list: dysarthrie
sense:
(neurology, neuropsychology) Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech; one of the first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis, brought about by an autoimmune response to acetylcholine receptors.


lexentry: eng/dyscalculia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyscalculia
trans_list: dyscalculie
sense:
(pathology) A learning disability characterized by significantly below average mathematical ability.


lexentry: eng/dysentery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysentery
trans_list: dysenterie
sense:
(pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.


lexentry: eng/dysfunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysfunction
trans_list: dysfonction | dysfonctionnement
sense:
(mostly, medical) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.


lexentry: eng/dysfunctional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dysfunctional
trans_list: dysfonctionnel
sense:
Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.


lexentry: eng/dyskinesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyskinesia
trans_list: dyskinésie
sense:
(uncountable) A state of involuntary muscle movements, like tics and torticollis, and reduced voluntary muscle movements.


lexentry: eng/dysmenorrhea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysmenorrhea
trans_list: dysménorrhée
sense:
(medicine) Painful menstruation (menstrual#Adjective pain), viewed as a symptom#Noun in any of various disorders.


lexentry: eng/dysmorphia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysmorphia
trans_list: dysmorphophobie
sense:
(pathology) Any of various psychological disorders whose sufferers believe that their body is wrong or inadequate, such as anorexia, bulimia, and muscle dysmorphia ("bigorexia").


lexentry: eng/dysphasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysphasia
trans_list: dysphasie
sense:
(pathology) Loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain.


lexentry: eng/dysphemism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysphemism
trans_list: dysphémisme | hyperbole
sense:
(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one that is derogatory, offensive or vulgar) to replace a (more) neutral original.


lexentry: eng/dysphoria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysphoria
trans_list: dysphorie
sense:
A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.


lexentry: eng/dyspraxia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyspraxia
trans_list: dyspraxie
sense:
(neurology) A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body for the planning of motor movements.


lexentry: eng/dysprosium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysprosium
trans_list: dysprosium
sense:
A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre.


lexentry: eng/dyssynchrony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyssynchrony
trans_list: asynchronisme
sense:
(medical) A medical condition wherein the activation of different parts of the heart is improperly synchronized.


lexentry: eng/dysthymia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dysthymia
trans_list: dysthymie
sense:
(psychiatry) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least two years.


lexentry: eng/dysuria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysuria
trans_list: dysurie
sense:
(pathology) The experience or condition of experiencing pain while discharging urine, or (rarely) of having difficulty doing so.


lexentry: eng/dzud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dzud
trans_list: dzud
sense:
An ecological crisis in the steppe-land of Mongolia and Central Asia causing loss of livestock, typically a summer drought followed by a severe winter.


lexentry: eng/décolletage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: décolletage
trans_list: décolleté | décolletage
sense:
The portion of a woman's body that is revealed by a low neckline; the upper chest, as well, sometimes, as the neck, and shoulders.


lexentry: eng/département__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: département
trans_list: département
sense:
An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.


lexentry: eng/e-card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e-card
trans_list: e-carte
sense:
A computerized greeting card, typically hosted on a website to which the recipient is directed by an email message.


lexentry: eng/e-mail_address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e-mail address
sense:
A unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.

trans_list:
adresse de courrier électronique | adresse mail | adresse courriel | adresse e-mail | adresse électronique | adresse de messagerie


lexentry: eng/e.g.__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e.g.
trans_list: par ex.
sense:
An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.


lexentry: eng/eGovernment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eGovernment
trans_list: administration électronique
sense:
The use of information technologies in order to enhance the access to and the delivery of government information and services to the public and to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and/or the quality of government operations.


lexentry: eng/e__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e
trans_list: e
sense:
(rare, epicene, nonstandard) A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.


lexentry: eng/e_pluribus_unum__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e pluribus unum
trans_list: de plusieurs, un | un à partir de plusieurs
sense:
"out of many, one" or "from many, one" (alternatively translated as "one out of many" or "one from many”)


lexentry: eng/each__Determiner__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: each
trans_list: chaque | chacun
sense:
All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).


lexentry: eng/each_other__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: each other
trans_list: l'un l'autre | les uns les autres
sense:
(reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:


lexentry: eng/eager__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eager
trans_list: enthousiaste | désireux | impatient
sense:
(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.


lexentry: eng/eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eagle
trans_list: aigle
sense:
Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.


lexentry: eng/eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eagle
trans_list: aigle
sense:
(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.


lexentry: eng/eagle_owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eagle owl
trans_list: grand duc | hibou
sense:
Any of various Old World large owls of the genus Bubo, especially the Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo, that have prominent ear tufts.


lexentry: eng/ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ear
trans_list: oreille
sense:
(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.


lexentry: eng/ear_to_the_ground__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ear to the ground
trans_list: rester à l'écoute | être à l'écoute
sense:
(attributively, usually, hyphenated) Pursuing the practice or having the characteristic of carefully gathering information; well-informed.


lexentry: eng/eardrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eardrum
trans_list: tympan
sense:
(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.


lexentry: eng/earl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earl
trans_list: comte | earl
sense:
(nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.


lexentry: eng/earless_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earless seal
trans_list: phoque
sense:
Any of the seals in the taxonomic family Phocidae characterized by lacking external ear flaps; true seals.


lexentry: eng/early_childhood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: early childhood
trans_list: petite enfance
sense:
(mostly, uncountable, psychiatry, sociology) A stage in human development, generally including toddlerhood and some time afterwards.


lexentry: eng/earmuffs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earmuffs
trans_list: cache-oreilles
sense:
A headphone-like device designed to cover a person's ears for protection against cold or noise. They consist of a thermoplastic or metal head-band, that fits over the top of the head, and a pad at each end, to cover the external ears.


lexentry: eng/earnest_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earnest money
trans_list: arrhes
sense:
(chiefly, US) Money paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchased; especially, money accompanying an offer to buy real estate.


lexentry: eng/earphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earphone
trans_list: écouteur
sense:
A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.


lexentry: eng/earphones__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earphones
trans_list: écouteurs
sense:
A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.


lexentry: eng/earplug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earplug
trans_list: bouchon d’oreille
sense:
A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water.


lexentry: eng/earth__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: earth
trans_list: terre
sense:
(British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.


lexentry: eng/earth__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: earth
trans_list: terre
sense:
(alchemy, philosophy, and, Taoism) The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.


lexentry: eng/earth_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earth up
trans_list: butter
sense:
(gardening, transitive) To cover the stem or leaves of plants with soil, as to encourage root growth or protect from cold.


lexentry: eng/earthquake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earthquake
trans_list: tremblement de terre | séisme
sense:
A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/earthquake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: earthquake
trans_list: tremblement de terre | séisme
sense:
(planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/earwig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earwig
trans_list: perce-oreille | forficule
sense:
Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/easel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easel
trans_list: chevalet
sense:
An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.


lexentry: eng/easement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easement
trans_list: servitude
sense:
(law) An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).


lexentry: eng/east__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: east
trans_list: est | levant | orient
sense:
(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.


lexentry: eng/east_by_south__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: east by south
trans_list: est-quart-sud-est
sense:
The compass point halfway between east and east-southeast, specifically 101.25°, abbreviated as EbS.


lexentry: eng/eastern_buzzard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eastern buzzard
trans_list: buse du Japon
sense:
A species of buzzard, Buteo japonicus, similar to the common buzzard, but with less variability in plumage and smaller dark carpal spots, and with usually dark-brown upperparts, pale nearly-white underparts, and darkish primaries.


lexentry: eng/eastern_imperial_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eastern imperial eagle
trans_list: aigle impérial
sense:
Aquila heliaca, a large bird of prey that breeds in southeastern Europe and extensively through Western and Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/eastern_olivaceous_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eastern olivaceous warbler
trans_list: hypolaïs pâle
sense:
Iduna pallida, an Old World warbler, mainly found in the northern Afrotropics and winters in southeastern Europe, the Middle East and adjacent western Asia.


lexentry: eng/eastern_redbud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eastern redbud
trans_list: gainier du Canada
sense:
Cercis canadensis, a tree native to the southeastern, midwestern, and south central United States and parts of northern Mexico.


lexentry: eng/easterner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easterner
trans_list: Oriental
sense:
A native or inhabitant of the east of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the eastern United States.


lexentry: eng/easy_come,_easy_go__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easy come, easy go
trans_list: le gain aussitôt dévoré que touché
sense:
(idiomatic) Easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way.


lexentry: eng/eat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat
trans_list: manger
sense:
(copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").


lexentry: eng/eat_crow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat crow
sense:
(chiefly, US, idiomatic) To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.

trans_list:
admettre son erreur | aller à Canossa | faire amende honorable | reconnaître son erreur | venir à Canossa


lexentry: eng/eat_like_a_horse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat like a horse
trans_list: manger comme quatre | manger comme un ogre
sense:
(colloquial, simile) To eat large amounts of food. (The term connotes large quantity but not gluttony or sloppiness.)


lexentry: eng/eat_one's_hat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat one's hat
trans_list: manger son chapeau
sense:
(idiomatic) Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause.


lexentry: eng/eat_the_rich__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat the rich
trans_list: mangeons les riches
sense:
(slang, politics, idiomatic) An expression of contempt towards capitalism and the rich, demanding an equitable redistribution of wealth.


lexentry: eng/eau_de_toilette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eau de toilette
trans_list: eau de toilette
sense:
(cosmetics) A lightly scented perfume to freshen the skin, usually applied directly to the skin after bathing or shaving.


lexentry: eng/eaves__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eaves
trans_list: corniche | avant-toit
sense:
(architectural element) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.


lexentry: eng/eavestrough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eavestrough
trans_list: gouttière
sense:
(Canada, Upper Midwest US, Western US) A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter.


lexentry: eng/eccentric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: eccentric
trans_list: excentrique
sense:
(physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).


lexentry: eng/eccentricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eccentricity
trans_list: excentricité
sense:
(mathematics) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.


lexentry: eng/eccentricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eccentricity
trans_list: excentricité
sense:
(astronomy) The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).


lexentry: eng/ecchymosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecchymosis
trans_list: ecchymose
sense:
A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin, especially one that is remote from a site of trauma or caused by a nontraumatic process (such as neoplasia).


lexentry: eng/ecdysteroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecdysteroid
trans_list: ecdystéroïde
sense:
(organic compound, biochemistry) Any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.


lexentry: eng/echidna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echidna
trans_list: échidné
sense:
Any of the species of small spined monotremes in family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/echinococcosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echinococcosis
trans_list: échinococcose
sense:
(diseases) A potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the Echinococcus tapeworm.


lexentry: eng/echinococcus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echinococcus
trans_list: échinocoque
sense:
(zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.


lexentry: eng/echinoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echinoderm
trans_list: échinoderme
sense:
An animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/echo_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echo chamber
trans_list: chambre réverbérante
sense:
A room or other enclosed space that is highly conducive to the production of echoes, particularly one that has been designed and built for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/echo_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: echo chamber
trans_list: chambre d'écho | écho
sense:
(music production) A sound effect that may be applied to live or recorded sounds through a sound editing process, which creates the impression that the sounds originated in an enclosed space which was conducive to producing echoes or echoing.


lexentry: eng/echo_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: echo chamber
trans_list: chambre d'échos
sense:
(by extension) An environment in which a person is exposed to only those beliefs and opinions that agree with their own, so that their existing views are magnified and reinforced while alternative ideas are not expressed or considered.


lexentry: eng/echolalia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echolalia
trans_list: écholalie
sense:
(clinical psychology, autism) The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.


lexentry: eng/echolocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echolocation
trans_list: écholocalisation | écholocation
sense:
The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.


lexentry: eng/eclipse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eclipse
trans_list: éclipse
sense:
Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.


lexentry: eng/eclipsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eclipsis
trans_list: éclipse
sense:
(Irish grammar, Manx grammar) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.


lexentry: eng/ecocide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecocide
trans_list: écocide
sense:
The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such as due to exploitation of resources, nuclear warfare, or the dumping of harmful chemicals.


lexentry: eng/ecological_footprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecological footprint
trans_list: empreinte écologique
sense:
A measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices.


lexentry: eng/ecology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecology
trans_list: écologie
sense:
(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.


lexentry: eng/ecomuseum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecomuseum
trans_list: écomusée
sense:
A museum, often consisting of replica buildings in an outdoor setting, that shows the heritage of a particular locality or community


lexentry: eng/ecomusicology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecomusicology
trans_list: écomusicologie
sense:
(music) The study of music, culture, and nature, related to ecology and the natural environment. A mixture of the fields of ecocriticism and musicology.


lexentry: eng/econometrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: econometrics
trans_list: économétrie
sense:
(economics) The branch of economics that applies statistical methods to the empirical study of economic theories and relationships.


lexentry: eng/economic_crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economic crisis
trans_list: crise économique
sense:
A crisis caused by the general demand for goods within an economy falling below their supply, either temporarily or on a protracted basis, typically resulting in widespread bankruptcies of unproductive businesses and falling prices.


lexentry: eng/economics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economics
trans_list: économie | science économique
sense:
(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.


lexentry: eng/economies_of_scale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economies of scale
trans_list: économies d'échelle
sense:
(economics) The characteristics of a production process in which an increase in the scale of the firm causes a decrease in the long run average cost of each unit.


lexentry: eng/economist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economist
trans_list: économiste
sense:
An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.


lexentry: eng/economize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economize
trans_list: économiser | épargner
sense:
(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).


lexentry: eng/economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economy
trans_list: économie
sense:
(obsolete) System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.


lexentry: eng/economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: economy
trans_list: économie
sense:
The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.


lexentry: eng/ecosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecosphere
trans_list: écosphère
sense:
The portion of the atmosphere from sea-level to about 4000 meters in which it is possible to breathe without technological assistance.


lexentry: eng/ecotourism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecotourism
trans_list: écotourisme
sense:
Responsible (sustainable#Adjective) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.


lexentry: eng/ecotoxicology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecotoxicology
trans_list: écotoxicologie
sense:
The toxicology of a substance towards a wide range of organisms or towards an ecosystem; the study of ecotoxicity.


lexentry: eng/ecstasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ecstasy
trans_list: ecstasy | exta
sense:
(slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.


lexentry: eng/ectoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectoderm
trans_list: ectoderme
sense:
(biology) Outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.


lexentry: eng/ectomorph__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ectomorph
trans_list: ectomorphe
sense:
(bodybuilding) : Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily.


lexentry: eng/ectoparasite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectoparasite
trans_list: ectoparasite
sense:
A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.


lexentry: eng/ectoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectoplasm
trans_list: ectoplasme
sense:
(parapsychology) A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.


lexentry: eng/ectoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ectoplasm
trans_list: ectoplasme
sense:
(parapsychology) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.


lexentry: eng/ectothermic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectothermic
trans_list: poïkilotherme | à sang froid
sense:
(zoology) Of or relating to an ectotherm; having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.


lexentry: eng/ecu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecu
trans_list: écu
sense:
(historical) The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.


lexentry: eng/ecumenical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecumenical
trans_list: œcuménique
sense:
(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/ecumenical_council__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecumenical council
trans_list: concile œcuménique
sense:
(Christianity) A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.


lexentry: eng/ecumenism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecumenism
trans_list: œcuménisme
sense:
(philosophy) Ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.


lexentry: eng/eczema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eczema
trans_list: eczéma | exéma
sense:
(biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.


lexentry: eng/edaphic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edaphic
trans_list: édaphique
sense:
(geography) Relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems.


lexentry: eng/eddy_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eddy current
trans_list: courants de Foucault
sense:
(physics) An induced electric current formed within the body of a conductor when it is exposed to a time varying magnetic field; utilized in induction heating and in some braking and damping systems.


lexentry: eng/edelweiss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edelweiss
trans_list: edelweiss | édelweiss
sense:
A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.


lexentry: eng/edema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edema
trans_list: œdème
sense:
(American spelling, pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.


lexentry: eng/edge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: edge
trans_list: arête | bord | côté
sense:
(geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.


lexentry: eng/edge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: edge
trans_list: carre | tranchant
sense:
(also, _, figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.


lexentry: eng/edgy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: edgy
trans_list: limite
sense:
(entertainment, advertising) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.


lexentry: eng/edification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edification
trans_list: édification
sense:
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually


lexentry: eng/edit_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edit war
trans_list: guerre d'édition
sense:
(WMF) A dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work where opposing editors continually change the page without discussion.


lexentry: eng/editio_princeps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: editio princeps
trans_list: édition originale
sense:
(humanities, printing) The first printed edition of a work previously only published in manuscript form.


lexentry: eng/edition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edition
trans_list: édition
sense:
(publishing) A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.


lexentry: eng/editor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: editor
trans_list: éditeur | éditrice
sense:
A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.


lexentry: eng/editor__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: editor
trans_list: monteur | monteuse
sense:
(television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.


lexentry: eng/educated_guess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A well-informed guess or estimate based on experience or theoretical knowledge.
written_rep: educated guess
trans_list:
approximation | au pifomètre | estimation éclairée | hypothèse bien fondée | hypothèse raisonnable | hypothèse raisonnée


lexentry: eng/educe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: educe
trans_list: déduire
sense:
(transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/educe__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: educe
trans_list: déduire
sense:
(transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/educology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: educology
trans_list: éducologie
sense:
The fund of knowledge about the educational process, including theoretical, philosophical, and praxeological perspectives.


lexentry: eng/eeny,_meeny,_miny,_moe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eeny, meeny, miny, moe
trans_list: ams tram gram
sense:
(playground games) A method of choosing between two or more people or things, used by children. A child points to each item in turn (or alternately), while saying a rhyme starting "Eeny, meeny, miney, moe", moving to the next item after each quarter-line (i.e. each word or pair of syllables). The item pointed to on the last word of the rhyme is the one chosen.


lexentry: eng/efface__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efface
trans_list: effacer
sense:
(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.


lexentry: eng/effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: effect
trans_list: effet
sense:
(filmology, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")


lexentry: eng/effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: effect
trans_list: effet
sense:
(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.


lexentry: eng/effect_size__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effect size
trans_list: taille d'effet
sense:
(statistics) A measure of the strength or magnitude of the effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable in an experiment or a quasi-experiment.


lexentry: eng/effectuate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effectuate
trans_list: causer
sense:
(transitive) To cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/effeminate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effeminate
trans_list: efféminé | efféminée
sense:
(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.


lexentry: eng/effendi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effendi
trans_list: effendi | éfendi
sense:
An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.


lexentry: eng/effervescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effervescence
trans_list: effervescence
sense:
The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.


lexentry: eng/efficiency__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: efficiency
trans_list: rendement
sense:
The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.


lexentry: eng/efficient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efficient
trans_list: efficace | efficient
sense:
making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy


lexentry: eng/efficient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: efficient
trans_list: efficace
sense:
expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input


lexentry: eng/effloresce__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: effloresce
trans_list: effleurir
sense:
Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.


lexentry: eng/efflorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efflorescence
trans_list: efflorescence
sense:
(chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/effluent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: effluent
trans_list: eaux usées
sense:
Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.


lexentry: eng/effusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: effusion
trans_list: effusion
sense:
(chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.


lexentry: eng/egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg
trans_list: œuf
sense:
(specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.


lexentry: eng/egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg
trans_list: œuf
sense:
An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.


lexentry: eng/egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: egg
trans_list: egg | œuf
sense:
(transgender slang) A person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, who has not yet come out as transgender, or who is in the early stages of transitioning; also, one's lack of awareness that one is transgender.


lexentry: eng/egg_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg on
trans_list: pousser
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.


lexentry: eng/egg_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg roll
trans_list: pâté impérial
sense:
A food made made by wrapping a combination of chopped vegetables, possibly meat, and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it.


lexentry: eng/egg_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg salad
trans_list: salade d'œufs
sense:
A dish made primarily of chopped hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise, often including other ingredients such as celery or mustard; it is frequently used as a sandwich spread.


lexentry: eng/egg_spoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg spoon
trans_list: cuillère à œuf
sense:
A spoon, usually smaller than a teaspoon, which is used for eating a boiled egg from a hole made in the shell; the bowl of the spoon is shaped to make it easier to scoop out the contents of the eggshell.


lexentry: eng/egg_timer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: egg timer
trans_list: minuteur | sablier
sense:
(by extension) A timer that can be set to sound an alarm after a certain amount of time; a kitchen timer.


lexentry: eng/egg_tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg tooth
trans_list: dent de délivrance | diamant
sense:
(zoology) A small, sharp, cranial protuberance used by offspring to break or tear through the egg's surface during hatching.


lexentry: eng/eggnog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eggnog
trans_list: lait de poule
sense:
A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.


lexentry: eng/eggplant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eggplant
trans_list: aubergine
sense:
(North America, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.


lexentry: eng/eglantine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eglantine
trans_list: églantine
sense:
A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips.


lexentry: eng/egotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: egotism
trans_list: égotisme
sense:
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).


lexentry: eng/egregore__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: egregore
trans_list: égrégore
sense:
(occult) An autonomous psychic entity that is composed of, and influences, the thoughts of a group of people.


lexentry: eng/egret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egret
trans_list: aigrette
sense:
Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.


lexentry: eng/eh__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eh
trans_list: hein | n'est-ce pas
sense:
(informal, chiefly, Canada, UK) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.


lexentry: eng/eh__Interjection__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: eh
trans_list: hein
sense:
(chiefly, Canada) An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of an individual addressed by the speaker.


lexentry: eng/eid_mubarak__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eid mubarak
trans_list: aïd moubarak | eid mubarak
sense:
(Islam) A customary Muslim greeting on the days of Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr at the end of Ramadan.


lexentry: eng/eider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eider
trans_list: eider | eider à duvet
sense:
Any of the species of the genera Polysticta or Somateria, in the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).


lexentry: eng/eidetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eidetic
trans_list: eidétique
sense:
(neuroscience) Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.


lexentry: eng/eidolon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eidolon
trans_list: idole
sense:
An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.


lexentry: eng/eidolopoeia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eidolopoeia
trans_list: idolopée
sense:
(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a speech is attributed to a deceased person, a phantom, an image or an idol.


lexentry: eng/eigenfunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenfunction
trans_list: fonction propre
sense:
(mathematics) A function \phi such that, for a given linear operator D, D\phi=\lambda\phi for some scalar \lambda (called an eigenvalue).


lexentry: eng/eigenspace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenspace
trans_list: espace propre
sense:
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.


lexentry: eng/eigenvalue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenvalue
trans_list: valeur propre
sense:
(linear algebra) A scalar, \lambda, such that there exists a non-zero vector x (a corresponding eigenvector) for which the image of x under a given linear operator \mathrm{A} is equal to the image of x under multiplication by \lambda; i.e. \mathrm{A} x = \lambda x.


lexentry: eng/eigenvector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenvector
trans_list: vecteur propre
sense:
(linear algebra) A vector that is not rotated under a particular linear transformation; a left or right eigenvector depending on context; (more formally) given a linear transformation A, a vector x such that Ax=λx [or xA=λx] for some scalar λ (called the eigenvalue).


lexentry: eng/eight-thousander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight-thousander
trans_list: huit mille mètres
sense:
Any of the fourteen independent mountains on Earth, all located in Asia, that extend more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.


lexentry: eng/eight_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight hundred
trans_list: huit cents
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after seven hundred ninety-nine and before eight hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 800.


lexentry: eng/eight_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight o'clock
trans_list: huit heures
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the ninth hour of the day; 8:00 a.m. (08:00).


lexentry: eng/eighteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighteen
trans_list: dix-huit
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.


lexentry: eng/eighty-second__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighty-second
trans_list: huitante-deuxième | quatre-vingt-deuxième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number eighty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 82 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/eighty__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighty
trans_list: quatre-vingts | huitante | octante
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.


lexentry: eng/einkorn_wheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: einkorn wheat
trans_list: engrain | engrain sauvage | petit épeautre
sense:
A type of wheat, characterised by the presence of a single grain in each spikelet, that was cultivated in the Fertile Crescent and was one of the first grains to be domesticated; any subtype of said wheat, considered as a unit; in particular, the domesticated form.


lexentry: eng/einstein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: einstein
trans_list: einsteinium
sense:
(photochemistry, dated) One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.


lexentry: eng/einsteinium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: einsteinium
trans_list: einsteinium
sense:
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal.


lexentry: eng/either__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: either
trans_list: soit | ou | soit ... ou
sense:
Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.


lexentry: eng/ejaculate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ejaculate
trans_list: éjaculat
sense:
Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.


lexentry: eng/ejaculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejaculate
trans_list: éjaculer
sense:
(biology, transitive) To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.


lexentry: eng/ejaculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ejaculate
trans_list: éjaculer
sense:
(specifically, transitive, and, intransitive) Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.


lexentry: eng/ejaculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejaculation
trans_list: éjaculation
sense:
(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.


lexentry: eng/ejaculatory_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ejaculatory duct
trans_list: canal éjaculateur
sense:
(anatomy) Either of a pair of ducts through which semen passes, each of which is formed by the merging of the vas deferens and the duct of the seminal vesicle.


lexentry: eng/ejection_seat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ejection seat
trans_list: siège éjectable
sense:
A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.


lexentry: eng/ejector__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejector
trans_list: gargouille
sense:
ejector seat: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.


lexentry: eng/ekphrasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ekphrasis
trans_list: ekphrasis
sense:
(rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.


lexentry: eng/elaboration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elaboration
trans_list: élaboration
sense:
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order


lexentry: eng/eland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eland
trans_list: éland
sense:
A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/elastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elastic
trans_list: élastique
sense:
Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.


lexentry: eng/elasticated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elasticated
trans_list: élastiqué
sense:
Of clothing or part of a garment, containing a strip or strips of elastic, especially in the waistband, cuffs or the ends of the legs, in order to make the clothing fit snugly.


lexentry: eng/elasticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elasticity
trans_list: élasticité
sense:
(physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded


lexentry: eng/elasticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: elasticity
trans_list: élasticité
sense:
(mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.


lexentry: eng/elative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative
trans_list: élatif
sense:
In Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”


lexentry: eng/elative__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative
trans_list: élatif
sense:
(grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases, expressing “out of,” or “from” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often conveyed by the word "about".


lexentry: eng/elative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative case
trans_list: élatif
sense:
(grammar) The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.


lexentry: eng/elbaite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elbaite
trans_list: elbaïte
sense:
(mineral) A sodium-lithium-aluminium borosilicate mineral of the tourmaline group, prized as a gemstone.


lexentry: eng/elbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elbow
trans_list: coude
sense:
(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.


lexentry: eng/elbow_bump__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: elbow bump
trans_list: salut du coude
sense:
The touching of elbows between two people, sometimes as an alternative to a handshake, fist bump, or other form of contact when attempting to avoid the spread of germs.


lexentry: eng/elbow_grease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elbow grease
trans_list: huile de coude
sense:
(idiomatic) Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.


lexentry: eng/elder_statesman__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elder statesman
trans_list: recteur
sense:
(by extension) A prominent and respected person in a specified field who is elderly or who has been in the field for a long time.


lexentry: eng/elect__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elect
trans_list: élu | élue
sense:
(theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.


lexentry: eng/election__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: election
trans_list: élection
sense:
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.


lexentry: eng/elector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elector
trans_list: grand électeur
sense:
A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.


lexentry: eng/electoral_college__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electoral college
trans_list: collège électoral
sense:
(politics) A body of electors empowered to elect someone to a particular office, such as the Holy Roman Emperor or the President of the United States.


lexentry: eng/electoral_fraud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electoral fraud
trans_list: fraude electoral
sense:
(politics) Illegal interference with the process of an election, especially with the intent to stage a desired election outcome.


lexentry: eng/electric_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric bass
trans_list: basse électrique | guitare basse
sense:
An electric bass guitar with four strings, larger than a normal electric guitar. It has a lower pitch and is often used as a back-up beat for the lead guitar.


lexentry: eng/electric_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric car
trans_list: voiture électrique
sense:
A car that uses electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine, the power coming from rechargeable batteries.


lexentry: eng/electric_charge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electric charge
trans_list: charge électrique
sense:
(physics) The quantity of unbalanced positive or negative ions in or on an object; measured in coulombs.


lexentry: eng/electric_charge__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: electric charge
trans_list: charge électrique
sense:
(physics) A quantum number of some subatomic particles which determines their electromagnetic interactions; by convention the electron has an electric charge of -1, the proton +1 and quarks have fractional charge.


lexentry: eng/electric_circuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric circuit
trans_list: circuit électrique
sense:
A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current.


lexentry: eng/electric_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric current
trans_list: courant | courant électrique
sense:
(electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.


lexentry: eng/electric_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electric current
trans_list: courant | courant électrique
sense:
(electromagnetism) The net charge that passes through some cross-section of a conducting material (in one direction), per unit time, having the SI unit A (C/s).


lexentry: eng/electric_eel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric eel
trans_list: anguille électrique
sense:
(narrowly) Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.


lexentry: eng/electric_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric energy
trans_list: énergie
sense:
(physics) The potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/electric_fence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric fence
trans_list: clôture électrique | électrificateur de clôture
sense:
A fence containing metal wire through which an electric current is passed, as a deterrent which will shock people or animals trying to breach or climb the fence.


lexentry: eng/electric_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric field
trans_list: champ électrique
sense:
(electricity, physics) A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity.


lexentry: eng/electric_piano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric piano
trans_list: piano électrique
sense:
(musical instruments) A type of lightweight piano with electronic pickups to amplify the sound. The strings, or string substitutes, are struck mechanically such that the action is similar to that of a normal piano.


lexentry: eng/electric_toothbrush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric toothbrush
trans_list: brosse à dents électrique
sense:
A toothbrush that uses electric power, usually supplied by a battery, to move the brush head rapidly.


lexentry: eng/electric_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric vehicle
trans_list: voiture électrique | véhicule électrique
sense:
A vehicle that uses an electric motor as the means of propulsion; most especially, an e-car or e-truck.


lexentry: eng/electrical_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrical energy
trans_list: énergie électrique
sense:
Energy made available for consumption or consumed in the form of electricity or electric power; electricity.


lexentry: eng/electrical_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrical engineering
trans_list: électrotechnique | génie électrique | ingénierie électrique
sense:
the branch of engineering that deals with the technology of electricity, especially the design and application of circuitry and equipment for power generation and distribution, machine control, and communications


lexentry: eng/electrical_resistance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrical resistance
trans_list: résistance
sense:
(physics) The opposition offered by an electrical conductor to the flow of a current through itself, resulting in a conversion of electrical energy into heat and radiation. The SI derived unit of resistance is the ohm (Ω). Symbol: R.


lexentry: eng/electricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electricity
trans_list: électricité
sense:
(physics) The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/electricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: electricity
trans_list: électricité
sense:
Electric power/energy as used in homes etc., supplied by power stations or generators. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/electrify__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrify
trans_list: électrifier | électriser | exciter
sense:
(transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.


lexentry: eng/electrobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrobiology
trans_list: électrobiologie
sense:
(obsolete) A theory of animal magnetism according to which the actions, feelings, etc. of a person are controlled by the will of the operator.


lexentry: eng/electrocatalyst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrocatalyst
trans_list: électrocatalyseur
sense:
(chemistry) Any material, normally employed on the surface or an electrode, that catalyzes a half cell reaction.


lexentry: eng/electrochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrochemistry
trans_list: électrochimie
sense:
(chemistry) The science of the chemistry associated with the flow of electricity, especially at the surface of an electrode.


lexentry: eng/electroconvulsive_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroconvulsive therapy
trans_list: électroconvulsivothérapie
sense:
(medicine) A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient.


lexentry: eng/electrode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrode
trans_list: électrode
sense:
The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.


lexentry: eng/electrodynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrodynamics
trans_list: électrodynamique
sense:
(physics) The phenomena associated with moving electric charges, and their interaction with electric and magnetic fields; the study of these phenomena.


lexentry: eng/electroencephalogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroencephalogram
trans_list: électroencéphalogramme
sense:
(neurology) A recording of electrical brain activity (brain waves) made by an electroencephalograph.


lexentry: eng/electroencephalography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroencephalography
trans_list: électroencéphalographie
sense:
(neurology) The measurement and recording of electrical activity in the brain for diagnostic purposes.


lexentry: eng/electroluminescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroluminescence
trans_list: électroluminescence
sense:
(physics) The generation of light by the application of an alternating current to a semiconductor or phosphor, or by an electric discharge through a gas.


lexentry: eng/electrolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrolysis
trans_list: électrolyse
sense:
(chemistry) the chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt.


lexentry: eng/electrolyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: electrolyte
trans_list: électrolyte
sense:
(physiology, medicine) Any of the various biometal ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes, or (metonymically) such an ion's concentration in a bodily fluid, usually and especially blood#Noun, blood serum#Noun, or urine.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetic_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic force
trans_list: force électromagnétique
sense:
(physics) A long-range fundamental force that acts between charged bodies, mediated by the exchange of photons.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetic_radiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic radiation
trans_list: rayonnement électromagnétique
sense:
Radiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetic_spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic spectrum
trans_list: spectre électromagnétique
sense:
(physics) The entire range of wavelengths of all known electromagnetic radiations extending from gamma rays, to X-rays through visible light, infrared, to radio waves.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetism
trans_list: électromagnétisme
sense:
A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. (technically it can be unified with weak nuclear to form electroweak) Its gauge boson is the photon.


lexentry: eng/electron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron
trans_list: électron
sense:
(particle) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.


lexentry: eng/electron_cloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron cloud
trans_list: nuage [[d']]électrons | nuage électronique
sense:
(physics) A mathematically defined region around an atomic nucleus defined by a high probability that the atom's electrons will be present in that region.


lexentry: eng/electron_microscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron microscope
trans_list: microscope électronique
sense:
Any of several forms of microscope that use a beam of electrons, rather than one of light, and thus has a much greater resolving power.


lexentry: eng/electron_shell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron shell
trans_list: couche électronique
sense:
(physics) The collective states of all electrons in an atom having the same principal quantum number (visualized as an orbit in which the electrons move).


lexentry: eng/electron_volt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron volt
trans_list: électronvolt | électron-volt
sense:
(physics) A unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles; the energy equal to that attained by an electron moving through a potential difference of one volt. Equivalent to 1.6022 x 10-19 joules.


lexentry: eng/electronegativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronegativity
trans_list: électronégativité
sense:
(chemistry) The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons when forming bonds.


lexentry: eng/electronic_cigarette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronic cigarette
trans_list: cigarette électronique | vapoteuse
sense:
A cylindrical battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by way of a vaporized solution.


lexentry: eng/electronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronics
trans_list: électronique
sense:
(physics) The study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles or by converting the flow of charged particles to or from other forms of energy.


lexentry: eng/electronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electronics
trans_list: électronique
sense:
(in the plural) Devices which require the flow of electrons through conductors and semiconductors in order to perform their function; devices that operate on electrical power (battery or outlet)


lexentry: eng/electrophoresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrophoresis
trans_list: électrophorèse
sense:
(analytical chemistry) (biochemistry), a method for the separation and analysis of large molecules (such as proteins) by migrating a colloidal solution of them through a gel; gel electrophoresis


lexentry: eng/electroscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroscope
trans_list: électroscope
sense:
(physics) a simple device that detects the presence of an electric charge by the mutual repulsion of metal foils or pith balls


lexentry: eng/electrostatics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrostatics
trans_list: électrostatique
sense:
(physics) the branch of physics that deals with static electricity; that is, with the force exerted by an unchanging electric field upon a charged object


lexentry: eng/electrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrum
trans_list: électrum
sense:
An alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients; now specifically a natural alloy with between 20 and 50 per cent silver.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: élément
sense:
(chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: élément
sense:
(legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: élément
sense:
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: élément
sense:
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: element
trans_list: élément
sense:
A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: element
trans_list: élément
sense:
(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.


lexentry: eng/elemental__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elemental
trans_list: élémentaire | élémental
sense:
(mysticism, fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.


lexentry: eng/elementary_particle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elementary particle
trans_list: particule élémentaire
sense:
(physics) A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.


lexentry: eng/elephant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant
trans_list: éléphant | éléphante | éléphanteau | éléphantelle
sense:
A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.


lexentry: eng/elephant_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant bird
trans_list: oiseau-éléphant
sense:
Any of the very large extinct flightless birds that make up the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis within family Aepyornithidae, and lived in Madagascar until the 17th or 18th century; especially †Aepyornis maximus.


lexentry: eng/elephant_in_the_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant in the room
trans_list: l'éléphant dans la pièce
sense:
(idiomatic) A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.


lexentry: eng/elephant_shrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant shrew
trans_list: musaraigne à trompe
sense:
Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae, native to Africa, thought to be more closely related elephants than to true shrews.


lexentry: eng/elephant_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elephant trap
trans_list: piège de l'éléphant
sense:
(chess) Often in the form Elephant Trap: a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is generally only effective against inexperienced players.


lexentry: eng/elephantiasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephantiasis
trans_list: éléphantiasis
sense:
(pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.


lexentry: eng/elevated_railway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevated railway
trans_list: ligne ferroviaire aérienne
sense:
(rail transport) a rapid transit railway with tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure


lexentry: eng/elevation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevation
trans_list: élévation
sense:
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.


lexentry: eng/elevation__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: elevation
trans_list: élévation
sense:
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.


lexentry: eng/elevator__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: elevator
trans_list: gouverne de profondeur
sense:
(aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.


lexentry: eng/elevator_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevator music
trans_list: musique d'ascenseur | musique d'aéroport
sense:
(US, Canada) Bland, inoffensive music played as a background in elevators and businesses (such as offices and shopping malls).


lexentry: eng/eleven_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eleven o'clock
trans_list: onze heures
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the twelfth hour of the day; 11:00 a.m. (11:00).


lexentry: eng/elevenses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevenses
trans_list: break
sense:
(Britain, informal) A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elf
trans_list: elfe
sense:
(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elf
trans_list: elfe | lutin | farfadet
sense:
Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: elf
trans_list: elfe
sense:
(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).


lexentry: eng/elicit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elicit
trans_list: susciter
sense:
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.


lexentry: eng/elicit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elicit
trans_list: obtenir | causer | réaliser
sense:
To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.


lexentry: eng/eligible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eligible
trans_list: approprié | éligible
sense:
Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something


lexentry: eng/elision__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elision
trans_list: élision
sense:
(linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.


lexentry: eng/elite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elite
trans_list: élite
sense:
A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.


lexentry: eng/elitist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elitist
trans_list: élitiste
sense:
(usually, derogatory) Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.


lexentry: eng/elixir__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: elixir
trans_list: élixir
sense:
(pharmacy) A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.


lexentry: eng/ell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ell
trans_list: aune
sense:
(historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.


lexentry: eng/ellipse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipse
trans_list: ellipse
sense:
(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.


lexentry: eng/ellipsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipsis
trans_list: points de suspension
sense:
(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them, " . . . ", or, more recently, a single character, "…", used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible, or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues (e.g., 1, ..., 4 means 1, 2, 3, 4).


lexentry: eng/ellipsoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipsoid
trans_list: ellipsoïde
sense:
(mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x2/a2 + y2/b2 + z2/c2 = 1.


lexentry: eng/elliptic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: elliptic
trans_list: elliptique
sense:
(mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.


lexentry: eng/elliptical_galaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elliptical galaxy
trans_list: galaxie elliptique
sense:
A galaxy having a smooth, featureless light-profile. It is one of the three main classes of galaxies originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work “The Realm of the Nebulae”.


lexentry: eng/elm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elm
trans_list: orme
sense:
(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.


lexentry: eng/else__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: else
trans_list: autre
sense:
(postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.


lexentry: eng/elucidate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elucidate
trans_list: élucider | expliquer
sense:
(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.


lexentry: eng/elucidation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elucidation
trans_list: élucidation
sense:
A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration


lexentry: eng/elytron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elytron
trans_list: élytre
sense:
A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.


lexentry: eng/em_dash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: em dash
trans_list: tiret cadratin
sense:
(typography) The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)


lexentry: eng/email__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: email
trans_list: courriel | courrier électronique | email | messagerie électronique
sense:
(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.


lexentry: eng/emancipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emancipation
trans_list: émancipation
sense:
The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).


lexentry: eng/embankment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embankment
trans_list: talus | chaussée
sense:
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.


lexentry: eng/embarrass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embarrass
trans_list: embarrasser | gêner
sense:
(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.


lexentry: eng/embarrassment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embarrassment
trans_list: embarras
sense:
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.


lexentry: eng/embassy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embassy
trans_list: ambassade
sense:
An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/embattled__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embattled
trans_list: crénaux d'une muraille | toujours en difficultés
sense:
(architecture) Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.


lexentry: eng/embattled__Adjective__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embattled
trans_list: crénelé
sense:
(by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.


lexentry: eng/embedding__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embedding
trans_list: plongement
sense:
(mathematics) A map which maps a subspace (smaller structure) to the whole space (larger structure).


lexentry: eng/embellish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: embellish
trans_list: embellir
sense:
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.


lexentry: eng/embezzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embezzle
trans_list: détourner | divertir
sense:
(legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.


lexentry: eng/embiopteran__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embiopteran
trans_list: embioptère
sense:
Any of the tropical or subtropical insects of the order Embioptera, which spin silk from structures on their front legs.


lexentry: eng/emblem_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emblem book
trans_list: livre d'emblèmes
sense:
A book, of a kind popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text, typically morals or poems.


lexentry: eng/embolism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embolism
trans_list: embolie
sense:
(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of an blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.


lexentry: eng/embolism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embolism
trans_list: embolisme
sense:
The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.


lexentry: eng/embolus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embolus
trans_list: embole
sense:
(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.


lexentry: eng/embourgeoisement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embourgeoisement
trans_list: embourgeoisement
sense:
The process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.


lexentry: eng/embrace__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrace
trans_list: embrasser | étreindre
sense:
(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.


lexentry: eng/embrasure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrasure
trans_list: embrasure | ébrasure
sense:
(architectural element, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.


lexentry: eng/embrocate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrocate
trans_list: frictionner
sense:
(medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.


lexentry: eng/embryo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embryo
trans_list: embryon
sense:
In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.


lexentry: eng/embryo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embryo
trans_list: embryon
sense:
An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.


lexentry: eng/embryo__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: embryo
trans_list: embryon
sense:
In humans, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy


lexentry: eng/emerald__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emerald
trans_list: émeraude
sense:
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.


lexentry: eng/emerald_ash_borer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emerald ash borer
trans_list: agrile du frêne
sense:
Agrilus planipennis, a green beetle native to Asia and a significant pest of ash trees in Europe and North America.


lexentry: eng/emergence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergence
trans_list: émergence
sense:
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.


lexentry: eng/emergency_department__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency department
trans_list: admission d'urgence
sense:
(healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.


lexentry: eng/emergency_landing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency landing
trans_list: atterrissage [[d']]urgence
sense:
(aviation) A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.


lexentry: eng/emergency_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency room
trans_list: salle d'urgences | salle des urgences
sense:
(United States, Canada, healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.


lexentry: eng/emergency_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency service
trans_list: service de secours
sense:
Any public service that deals with emergencies; especially the police, fire, ambulance, or lifeboat services.


lexentry: eng/emergency_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency vehicle
trans_list: véhicule [[d']]urgence | véhicule de secours | véhicule prioritaire
sense:
A vehicle that is designated to respond to an emergency, such as a police car, ambulance, fire engine or lifeboat.


lexentry: eng/emigrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emigrate
trans_list: émigrer
sense:
(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/emigration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emigration
trans_list: émigration
sense:
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.


lexentry: eng/eminent_domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eminent domain
trans_list: expropriation | expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique
sense:
(legal, US, Philippines) The right of a government over the private property within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property in preparation for a major construction project such as a freeway.


lexentry: eng/eminent_domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eminent domain
trans_list: domaine direct | domaine éminent
sense:
(historical) In feudalism, the legal interest or rights of a lord or superior in an estate in land held in fee, as opposed to the vassal's or tenant's interest.


lexentry: eng/emission_nebula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emission nebula
trans_list: nébuleuse en émission
sense:
(astronomy) A nebula composed of ionized gases which produce visible light (as distinct from a reflection nebula, which reflects the light produced by neighboring stars).


lexentry: eng/emission_spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emission spectrum
trans_list: spectre d’émission
sense:
(physics) The spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to electrons making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state.


lexentry: eng/emmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emmer
trans_list: amidonnier
sense:
Any of species Triticum dicoccon, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/emoji__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emoji
trans_list: emoji | émoji
sense:
A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.


lexentry: eng/emoticon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emoticon
trans_list: émoticône | binette | émoticone | frimousse
sense:
A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.


lexentry: eng/emotion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emotion
trans_list: émotion
sense:
A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.


lexentry: eng/emotional_blackmail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emotional blackmail
trans_list: chantage affectif
sense:
The psychological abuse of a person's emotions or insecurities in order to influence their behaviour.


lexentry: eng/emotional_intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emotional intelligence
trans_list: intelligence émotionnelle
sense:
(psychology) The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.


lexentry: eng/empathic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empathic
trans_list: empathique
sense:
(science fiction) Of, pertaining to, or being an empath: of or having the capability of sensing the emotions of others.


lexentry: eng/empathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empathy
trans_list: empathie
sense:
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.


lexentry: eng/emperor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emperor
trans_list: empereur
sense:
Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.


lexentry: eng/emphasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: emphasis
trans_list: emphase
sense:
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.


lexentry: eng/emphatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: emphatic
trans_list: emphatique
sense:
(phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.


lexentry: eng/emphyteusis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emphyteusis
trans_list: emphytéose
sense:
(legal) A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold


lexentry: eng/empire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empire
trans_list: empire
sense:
A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.


lexentry: eng/empire__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: empire
trans_list: empire
sense:
The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.


lexentry: eng/empiric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empiric
trans_list: empirique
sense:
(historical) A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience.


lexentry: eng/empirical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empirical
trans_list: empirique
sense:
Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation) .


lexentry: eng/empiricism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empiricism
trans_list: empirisme
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.) [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/employment_contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: employment contract
trans_list: contrat de travail
sense:
(legal) A category of contract used in labor law to attribute right and responsibilities between parties to a bargain.


lexentry: eng/employment_tribunal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: employment tribunal
trans_list: prud'hommes
sense:
(law, E&W) A tribunal with jurisdiction to hear disputes related to employment (such as unfair dismissal); the mandatory court of first instance in such claims.


lexentry: eng/emporium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emporium
trans_list: marché
sense:
(also, figuratively) A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.


lexentry: eng/emporium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emporium
trans_list: emporium
sense:
(also, figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.


lexentry: eng/empower__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empower
trans_list: encapaciter
sense:
(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.


