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lexentry: eng/racism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: racism
trans_list: racisme
sense:
Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.


lexentry: eng/racist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: racist
trans_list: raciste
sense:
A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.


lexentry: eng/rack__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rack
trans_list: chevalet
sense:
(historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.


lexentry: eng/racket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: racket
trans_list: raquette
sense:
(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.


lexentry: eng/racketeer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: racketeer
trans_list: racketteur
sense:
One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.


lexentry: eng/rackett__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rackett
trans_list: cervelas
sense:
(musical instruments) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.


lexentry: eng/ractopamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ractopamine
trans_list: ractopamine
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat.


lexentry: eng/radar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radar
trans_list: radar
sense:
(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces


lexentry: eng/radar_astronomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radar astronomy
trans_list: radarastronomie
sense:
(astronomy) A technique that uses radar echoes to examine bodies within the solar system, obtaining information about size, shape, topography, surface density, spin etc.


lexentry: eng/radian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radian
trans_list: radian
sense:
(geometry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad.


lexentry: eng/radiator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radiator
trans_list: radiateur
sense:
(automotive) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.


lexentry: eng/radical__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radical
trans_list: radical | radicale
sense:
(historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.


lexentry: eng/radical__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: radical
trans_list: radical | clé
sense:
(linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.


lexentry: eng/radicchio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radicchio
trans_list: radicchio | trévise
sense:
A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.


lexentry: eng/radio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio
trans_list: radio | radiodiffusion
sense:
(uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.


lexentry: eng/radio__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radio
trans_list: radio
sense:
(countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.


lexentry: eng/radio_amateur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio amateur
trans_list: radioamateur | radioamatrice
sense:
A person who practises the hobby of amateur radio. Radio amateurs must possess a licence issued by the relevant authority in the country in which they live, and must pass an exam before they can obtain a licence to operate.


lexentry: eng/radio_astronomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio astronomy
trans_list: radioastronomie
sense:
The branch of astronomy which studies celestial bodies and occurrences at radio frequencies by means of radio telescopes.


lexentry: eng/radio_beacon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio beacon
trans_list: radiobalise | radioborne
sense:
(communication, aviation, nautical, navigation) A beacon that emits radio wave signals to guide ships or aircraft or to indicate the position of a ship, aircraft, or other object, person, or vehicle.


lexentry: eng/radio_button__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio button
trans_list: bouton radio
sense:
Any of a line of preset buttons on a car radio used to select the station to be listened to; pressing one releases the others.


lexentry: eng/radio_button__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radio button
trans_list: bouton radio
sense:
(graphical user interface) Any of a group of widgets in a graphical user interface that is used to select one of a group of options; the selection of any one deselects the others.


lexentry: eng/radio_drama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio drama
trans_list: théâtre radiophonique
sense:
Dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD.


lexentry: eng/radio_frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio frequency
trans_list: radiofréquence
sense:
(uncountable) That part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between about 3 kHz and 300 MHz, within which radio waves are transmitted.


lexentry: eng/radio_silence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: radio silence
trans_list: silence radio
sense:
(figurative) A period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization, especially when such communication would normally be expected.


lexentry: eng/radio_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio station
trans_list: station de radio
sense:
An installation of a radio transmitter, and possibly a receiver, for the purpose of broadcasting or communication; usually refers to a broadcast station in non-technical usage.


lexentry: eng/radio_telescope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio telescope
trans_list: radiotélescope
sense:
(astronomy) A device for observing astronomical sources of radio waves, normally having one or more large parabolic dishes.


lexentry: eng/radio_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio wave
trans_list: onde radio
sense:
(physics) electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between about .5 centimeters and 30,000 meters; used for the broadcasting of radio and television signals.


lexentry: eng/radioactivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radioactivity
trans_list: radioactivité
sense:
Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus.


lexentry: eng/radioactivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radioactivity
trans_list: radioactivité
sense:
The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons, etc.


lexentry: eng/radiocarbon_dating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radiocarbon dating
trans_list: radiochronologie
sense:
(physics, archaeology, paleontology) A method of estimating the age of an artifact or biological vestige based on the relative amounts of the different isotopes of carbon present in a sample.


lexentry: eng/radiogram__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radiogram
trans_list: radiogramme
sense:
(telegraphy, historical) Synonym of radiotelegram (“a message, like a telegram, transmitted by wireless telegraphy”)


lexentry: eng/radiograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radiograph
trans_list: radiographie
sense:
An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than ordinary light; especially an X-ray photograph.


lexentry: eng/radiolarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radiolarian
trans_list: radiolaire
sense:
Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.


lexentry: eng/radiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radiology
trans_list: radiologie
sense:
(medicine) The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography#Noun but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation#Noun (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging).


lexentry: eng/radish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radish
trans_list: radis
sense:
A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.


lexentry: eng/radium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radium
trans_list: radium
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/radix__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: radix
trans_list: base
sense:
(mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.


lexentry: eng/radon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radon
trans_list: radon
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.


lexentry: eng/raffinate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raffinate
trans_list: raffinat
sense:
(chemistry) A solution from which some material has been removed by extraction with an immiscible liquid


lexentry: eng/raft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raft
trans_list: radeau | canot pneumatique
sense:
A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.


lexentry: eng/rafter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rafter
trans_list: chevron
sense:
(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.


lexentry: eng/rafting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rafting
trans_list: rafting | radelage
sense:
The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.


lexentry: eng/rag__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rag
trans_list: chiffon | haillon | guenille | fripe | loque | oripeau
sense:
A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.


lexentry: eng/rag__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rag
trans_list: canard | torchon
sense:
(slang, pejorative) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.


lexentry: eng/ragdoll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ragdoll
trans_list: ragdoll
sense:
A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.


lexentry: eng/ragman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ragman
trans_list: chiffonnier
sense:
A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man.


lexentry: eng/ragpicker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ragpicker
trans_list: chiffonnier
sense:
A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).


lexentry: eng/ragweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ragweed
trans_list: herbe à poux
sense:
A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen which people with hay fever are allergic to.


lexentry: eng/ragwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ragwort
trans_list: séneçon
sense:
Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.


lexentry: eng/raid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: raid
trans_list: raid | razzia | descente | rafle
sense:
(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.


lexentry: eng/rail_trail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rail trail
trans_list: sentier ferroviaire
sense:
(rail transport) A former railway track converted into a multi-use path, typically as a greenway for walking and cycling.


lexentry: eng/rail_yard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rail yard
trans_list: gare
sense:
A complex of branching railway lines and other infrastructure in which locomotives and rolling stock are stored and rearranged.


lexentry: eng/railcar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: railcar
trans_list: autobus sur rails | automotrice
sense:
(rail) A powered single railway vehicle designed for passenger transport, with a driver's cab in both ends; Not to be confused with motor coach/motorcar, which is a powered railway vehicle capable to haul a train.


lexentry: eng/railgun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railgun
trans_list: canon électrique | railgun
sense:
An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.


lexentry: eng/railroad_tie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railroad tie
trans_list: traverse
sense:
(rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.


lexentry: eng/railroad_track__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railroad track
trans_list: voie ferrée
sense:
(rail, US) A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel.


lexentry: eng/railway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railway
trans_list: chemin de fer
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.


lexentry: eng/railway__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: railway
trans_list: chemin de fer | voie ferrée | réseau ferroviaire
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Philippines, and, Commonwealth) A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.


lexentry: eng/railway_gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railway gun
trans_list: artillerie lourde sur voie ferrée
sense:
(military) A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.


lexentry: eng/railway_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: railway line
trans_list: ligne de chemin de fer
sense:
(chiefly, UK) A group of railway tracks running parallel, allowing one track to be used for each direction (a double-track railway line), or allowing segregation of fast trains from stopping trains (a four-track railway line).


lexentry: eng/rain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rain
trans_list: pluie
sense:
(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.


lexentry: eng/rain_cats_and_dogs__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (impersonal, idiomatic) To rain very heavily.
written_rep: rain cats and dogs
trans_list:
pleuvoir à verse | pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse | pleuvoir des cordes | dracher | pleuvoir des hallebardes | pleuvoir à boire debout


lexentry: eng/rain_check__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rain check
trans_list: ajournement
sense:
(by extension) In social interactions, a deferred invitation, or deferred acceptance of an invitation.


lexentry: eng/rain_gutter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rain gutter
trans_list: gouttière
sense:
Any gutter designed to carry away rain, such as an eavestrough on a building or a drain on a motor vehicle's roof rack.


lexentry: eng/rain_on_someone's_parade__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rain on someone's parade
trans_list: doucher [[l']]enthousiasme de | jouer les [[rabat-joie]]
sense:
(figuratively) To disappoint or discourage someone by ruining or criticizing their plans or aspirations.


lexentry: eng/rain_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rain tree
trans_list: arbre à pluie
sense:
A tropical American tree (Albizia saman) having bipinnate leaves, globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens, and sweet-pulp pods eaten by cattle, also used as an ornamental.


lexentry: eng/rainbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rainbow
trans_list: arc-en-ciel
sense:
A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.


lexentry: eng/rainbow_flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rainbow flag
trans_list: drapeau arc-en-ciel
sense:
A rainbow-striped flag, typically consisting of six horizontal bars (from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet), used as a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements.


lexentry: eng/rainbow_trout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rainbow trout
trans_list: truite arc-en-ciel
sense:
(usually, countable) A trout of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss, that has black spots and a pink streak running along the body.


lexentry: eng/rainmaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rainmaker
trans_list: faiseur de pluie
sense:
A medicine man, shaman, or the like, who seeks to induce rain through performing rituals, as in African or Native American cultures.


lexentry: eng/rainstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rainstick
trans_list: bâton de pluie
sense:
A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended.


lexentry: eng/rainwater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rainwater
trans_list: eaux de pluie | eau de pluie
sense:
Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.


lexentry: eng/raise_the_bar__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raise the bar
trans_list: mettre la barre plus haut
sense:
(idiomatic) To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard.


lexentry: eng/raising__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: raising
trans_list: collection
sense:
The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.


lexentry: eng/raison_d'état__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raison d'état
trans_list: raison d’État
sense:
A state interest, especially when invoked as politically superior to moral or even legal considerations.


lexentry: eng/raison_d'être__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raison d'être
trans_list: raison d'être
sense:
Reason for being. The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone; the sole or ultimate purpose of something or someone.


lexentry: eng/rake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rake
trans_list: râteau | rastrum
sense:
(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.


lexentry: eng/rake__Noun__3
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rake
trans_list: rame
sense:
(Britain, originally, Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.


lexentry: eng/rake__Noun__5
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rake
trans_list: angle de chasse | dépouille
sense:
(specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).


lexentry: eng/rake__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rake
trans_list: ratisser | arroser
sense:
(ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often, military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.


lexentry: eng/rakija__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rakija
trans_list: rakia
sense:
A strong distilled alcoholic beverage made from various fruits, varieties of which (such as slivovitz) are found across the Balkans and the Mediterranean.


lexentry: eng/rakish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rakish
trans_list: négligé
sense:
Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.


lexentry: eng/rale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rale
trans_list: râle | crépitants
sense:
(medicine, now, chiefly, in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.


lexentry: eng/rally__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rally
trans_list: manifestation | meeting | rassemblement
sense:
A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.


lexentry: eng/rally__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rally
trans_list: rallye | rally
sense:
(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.


lexentry: eng/rally__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rally
trans_list: rallier
sense:
(transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.


lexentry: eng/rally__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rally
trans_list: rallier
sense:
(intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.


lexentry: eng/ram__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ram
trans_list: éperonner
sense:
(ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.


lexentry: eng/rambade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rambade
trans_list: rambade
sense:
(nautical) The raised platform above the main artillery in the bow of the type of galley used from the 15th to the 19th century, used as a fighting platform and command post.


lexentry: eng/ramble__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ramble
trans_list: divaguer | radoter
sense:
(often with on, about, or both) To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.


lexentry: eng/ramification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ramification
trans_list: ramification
sense:
(botany, anatomy, also, figurative) A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.


lexentry: eng/ramification__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ramification
trans_list: ramification
sense:
(figurative, often, in plural) An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.


lexentry: eng/ramjet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ramjet
trans_list: statoréacteur
sense:
(aeronautics) A jet engine in which forward motion forces air into an inlet, compressing it (as opposed to having a pump type device compressing the air for combustion with fuel), and where combustion is subsonic.


lexentry: eng/rampart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rampart
trans_list: rempart
sense:
A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.


lexentry: eng/ranch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ranch
trans_list: ranch
sense:
A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.


lexentry: eng/rancor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rancor
trans_list: rancune
sense:
(American spelling) A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.


lexentry: eng/random__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: random
trans_list: aléatoire | au hasard
sense:
(statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.


lexentry: eng/random__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: random
trans_list: moyen | sortir de nulle part
sense:
(informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.


lexentry: eng/random__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: random
trans_list: aléatoire | sortir de nulle part | stochastique
sense:
(informal) Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected.


lexentry: eng/random__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: random
trans_list: moyen
sense:
(informal) Of a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.


lexentry: eng/random__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: random
trans_list: quidam
sense:
(figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/random_access_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: random access memory
sense:
(computing, electronics) Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly (randomly) accessed.

trans_list:
mémoire vive | mémoire RAM | mémoire à accès aléatoire | mémoire à accès direct | mémoire à accès sélectif


lexentry: eng/random_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: random number
trans_list: nombre aléatoire
sense:
A number selected based on a uniform distribution, typically using a suitable generator (for example, rolling a die).


lexentry: eng/random_walk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: random walk
trans_list: marche aléatoire
sense:
(mathematics) A stochastic path consisting of a series of sequential movements, the direction (and sometime length) of which is chosen at random


lexentry: eng/range__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: range
trans_list: cuisinière
sense:
A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.


lexentry: eng/range__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: range
trans_list: amplitude | distance | plage | portée | rayon | étendue
sense:
(statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.


lexentry: eng/rangefinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rangefinder
trans_list: télémètre
sense:
Any of several designs of optical (or other) instrument that is used to measure the distance to an object


lexentry: eng/ranger__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ranger
trans_list: garde
sense:
A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.


lexentry: eng/rank__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rank
trans_list: rangée
sense:
(chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).


lexentry: eng/rank__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rank
trans_list: registre
sense:
(music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.


lexentry: eng/rank__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rank
trans_list: rang
sense:
One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality.


lexentry: eng/rank_and_file__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rank and file
trans_list: soldats du rang
sense:
Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files.


lexentry: eng/ransack__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ransack
trans_list: fouiller
sense:
(transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.


lexentry: eng/ransom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ransom
trans_list: rançon
sense:
(historical, legal, UK) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.


lexentry: eng/ransomware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ransomware
trans_list: rançongiciel | logiciel d'extorsion | logiciel de rançon | logiciel rançonneur
sense:
(computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.


lexentry: eng/rap_sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rap sheet
trans_list: casier judiciaire
sense:
(US, law, criminology) A printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/rape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rape
trans_list: viol
sense:
The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/rape__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rape
trans_list: violer
sense:
(chiefly, transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rape__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rape
trans_list: pirater | violer
sense:
(transitive) To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/rape__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rape
trans_list: pirater | violer
sense:
(men's, _, slang, sometimes, offensive) To enjoy subjecting another person to a painful or unfair experience.


lexentry: eng/rape_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rape culture
trans_list: culture du viol
sense:
A culture, environment or society where rape (a form of sexual assault) is common, and in which social attitudes or practices work to trivialize sexual violence, make rape seem normal, or shift responsibility from rapists to rape victims. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rapeseed_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rapeseed oil
trans_list: huile de colza
sense:
A thick brownish-yellow oil expressed from rapeseed, used chiefly for lubricating and in the manufacture of soap and india rubber.


lexentry: eng/rapid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rapid
trans_list: rapides
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.


lexentry: eng/rapport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rapport
trans_list: affinité
sense:
A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.


lexentry: eng/rapporteur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rapporteur
trans_list: rapporteur
sense:
(legal, politics) A person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and report back to that body.


lexentry: eng/rapture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rapture
trans_list: enlèvement | ravissement
sense:
In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living and deceased believers. (Usually "the rapture".)


lexentry: eng/rare__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rare
trans_list: saignant
sense:
(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.


lexentry: eng/rare_earth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rare earth
trans_list: terre rare
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the naturally occurring oxides of the lanthanide metals; they are widely distributed in relatively small concentrations and are used in glassmaking, ceramic glazes etc.


lexentry: eng/rare_earth_element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rare earth element
trans_list: terre rare
sense:
(chemistry) Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts; they include the lanthanides plus yttrium, scandium, thorium and sometimes zirconium.


lexentry: eng/rash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rash
trans_list: éruption | éruption cutanée | irritation (de la peau)
sense:
(dermatology, symptom) An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare, or, obsolete) , an illness characterized by a type of rash.


lexentry: eng/rasp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rasp
trans_list: râpe | râpement
sense:
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.


lexentry: eng/rassemblement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rassemblement
trans_list: rassemblement
sense:
(fencing) The bringing together of both feet, with the body upright, in order to outreach an opponent.


lexentry: eng/raster_graphics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raster graphics
trans_list: carte de points | image matricielle
sense:
(computing) A data file or structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of colour, on a computer monitor, paper, or other display medium.


lexentry: eng/rat__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rat
trans_list: balancer | cafter | moucharder
sense:
(intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rat_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rat race
trans_list: course folle
sense:
(informal) An activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.


lexentry: eng/ratatouille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ratatouille
trans_list: ratatouille
sense:
A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.


lexentry: eng/ratchet_wrench__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ratchet wrench
trans_list: clé à cliquet | clé à douille
sense:
A wrench, implementing a ratchet mechanism, usually used with a set of sockets to engage the head of a bolt or similar.


lexentry: eng/rath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rath
trans_list: fort
sense:
(historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.


lexentry: eng/rather__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rather
trans_list: plutôt
sense:
Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than) [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/rational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rational
trans_list: rationnel | rationnelle
sense:
(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers.


lexentry: eng/rational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rational
trans_list: rationnel | rationnelle
sense:
(mathematics, arithmetic, not comparable) Of an algebraic expression, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials.


lexentry: eng/rationalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rationalism
trans_list: rationalisme
sense:
(philosophy) The theory that the reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.


lexentry: eng/rationalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rationalize
trans_list: rationaliser
sense:
To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”


lexentry: eng/ratite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ratite
trans_list: ratite
sense:
A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou


lexentry: eng/ratline__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ratline
trans_list: enfléchure
sense:
(nautical) Any of the cross ropes between the shrouds, which form a net-like ropework, allowing sailors to climb up towards the top of the mast. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/rattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rattle
trans_list: râle
sense:
(zoology) The set of rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail which produce a rattling sound. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/rattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rattle
trans_list: hochet | crécelle
sense:
A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rattle
trans_list: râle
sense:
(onomatopoeia) A rapid succession of percussive sounds, as made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rattle
trans_list: râle
sense:
A rough noise produced in the throat by air passing through obstructed airways; croup; a death rattle. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/rattlesnake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rattlesnake
trans_list: serpent à sonnettes | crotale
sense:
Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.


lexentry: eng/rattletrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rattletrap
trans_list: tacot | tas de ferraille | teuf-teuf
sense:
(informal) A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by noises it makes in operation.


lexentry: eng/rave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rave
trans_list: rave
sense:
An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.


lexentry: eng/ravel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ravel
trans_list: démêler
sense:
To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.


lexentry: eng/ravelin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ravelin
trans_list: ravelin
sense:
An outwork. A fortification outside a castle used to split an attacking force; composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon


lexentry: eng/raven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raven
trans_list: grand corbeau | corbeau
sense:
(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.


lexentry: eng/raw__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: raw
trans_list: brut | cru
sense:
Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. [from 10th c.] (of materials, products, etc.)


lexentry: eng/raw_material__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: raw material
trans_list: matière première
sense:
(figuratively) Any physical product serving as input to a factory or other installation which processes it.


lexentry: eng/rax__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rax
trans_list: tendre
sense:
(UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.


lexentry: eng/ray__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ray
trans_list: rayon
sense:
(botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.


lexentry: eng/razor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: razor
trans_list: rasoir
sense:
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.


lexentry: eng/razor_clam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: razor clam
trans_list: couteau | solen
sense:
A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.


lexentry: eng/razor_wire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: razor wire
trans_list: barbelés coupants
sense:
A form of securing wire similar to barbed wire, but with a series of short blades instead of barbs. Also, a length thereof.


lexentry: eng/reach__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: reach
trans_list: bief
sense:
(nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.


lexentry: eng/reach__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reach
trans_list: atteindre | arriver à | tendre
sense:
(transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.


lexentry: eng/reach__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: reach
trans_list: atteindre | arriver à
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.


lexentry: eng/reach_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reach out
trans_list: tendre la main
sense:
(intransitive, originally, business, followed by to) To attempt to initiate communication with someone; to contact.


lexentry: eng/react__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: react
trans_list: agir de nouveau | encore agir
sense:
(transitive, now, rare) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/react__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: react
trans_list: réagir
sense:
(physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force


lexentry: eng/react__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: react
trans_list: réagir
sense:
(chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.


lexentry: eng/react__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: react
trans_list: réagir
sense:
(chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.


lexentry: eng/reactance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reactance
trans_list: réactance
sense:
(physics, electrics) The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X.


lexentry: eng/reactant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reactant
trans_list: réactif
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.


lexentry: eng/reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reaction
trans_list: réaction
sense:
(chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.


lexentry: eng/reaction_mechanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reaction mechanism
trans_list: mécanisme réactionnel
sense:
(chemistry) the ordered set of individual reactions whose overall effect is given by a chemical equation


lexentry: eng/reactionary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reactionary
trans_list: réactionnaire
sense:
(politics) Opposition to revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a golden age of the past.


lexentry: eng/reactionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reactionary
trans_list: réactionnaire
sense:
(politics) One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age. Often used as a derogatory by revolutionaires.


lexentry: eng/reactive_power__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reactive power
trans_list: puissance réactive
sense:
The imaginary component of the power of an alternating current circuit; the product of the voltage and that part of the current that is out of phase with the voltage.


lexentry: eng/reactor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reactor
trans_list: réactif
sense:
(chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.


lexentry: eng/read-only_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: read-only memory
trans_list: mémoire ROM | mémoire fixe | mémoire morte | mémoire à lecture seule
sense:
(computing) A computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even when the computer is unpowered.


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: read
trans_list: lire
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: read
trans_list: lire
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: read
trans_list: étudier | lire
sense:
(transitive, frequently, _, jocular) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: read
trans_list: recevoir
sense:
(transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.


lexentry: eng/read_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: read out
trans_list: donner lecture de
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic, US) (of a device) To read some data and inform the person using the device; (of the user) to read some data from the device to inform oneself.


lexentry: eng/reading_glasses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reading glasses
trans_list: lunettes de lecture
sense:
Any type of spectacles intended chiefly to deal with the effects of presbyopia by magnifying details such as fine text.


lexentry: eng/reading_material__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reading material
trans_list: matériel de lecture
sense:
Anything produced for the purpose of being read; a collective term for books, magazines, newspapers, etc.


lexentry: eng/readme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: readme
trans_list: lisezmoi | readme
sense:
(computing) A text file meant to be read before taking any significant action with the items it accompanies.


lexentry: eng/ready_meal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ready meal
trans_list: plat préparé
sense:
A prepackaged, fresh or frozen meal that only requires heating (often in a microwave) before being served, sometimes in its own packaging.


lexentry: eng/reagent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reagent
trans_list: réactif
sense:
(chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.


lexentry: eng/real-time__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: real-time
trans_list: temps réel
sense:
(computing) Of a system: that responds to events or signals within a predictable time after their occurrence; specifically the response time must be within the maximum allowed, but is typically synchronous.


lexentry: eng/real__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: real
trans_list: réel
sense:
(mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.


lexentry: eng/real_axis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real axis
trans_list: axe réel
sense:
(mathematics) The horizontal line in the complex plane, every point on which corresponds to a real number


lexentry: eng/real_estate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real estate
trans_list: immobilier | bien immobilier
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia) Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground they are built on.


lexentry: eng/real_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real life
trans_list: vie réelle | vraie vie
sense:
Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.


lexentry: eng/real_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real number
trans_list: nombre réel
sense:
(mathematics) The limit of a convergent sequence of rational numbers, whether the limit is a rational number such as 2, -5, or 2/7 or whether the limit is an irrational number such as the square root of two or the circumference of the circle whose radius is one.


lexentry: eng/real_socialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real socialism
trans_list: socialisme réel
sense:
pragmatic socialism, practical socialism, a form of socialism which attempts to reach tangible goals perceived to be feasible instead of primarily focusing on adherence to Marxist-Leninist theory.


lexentry: eng/real_world__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real world
trans_list: monde réel | vraie vie
sense:
The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination.


lexentry: eng/realgar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: realgar
trans_list: réalgar
sense:
(mineral) A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.


lexentry: eng/realia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: realia
trans_list: realia
sense:
Objects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or fabricated examples.


lexentry: eng/realist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: realist
trans_list: réaliste
sense:
(philosophy) An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.


lexentry: eng/realist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: realist
trans_list: réaliste
sense:
One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.


lexentry: eng/reality_principle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reality principle
trans_list: principe de réalité
sense:
(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freudianism, often hyphenated when used attributively) The mental mechanism which guides a person, as he or she matures, in adapting to and coping with the real, external world, by suppressing or deferring the childish gratification-seeking desires of the id.


lexentry: eng/reality_television__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reality television
trans_list: téléréalité
sense:
(television) A genre of television programming portraying one or more people who are not professional actors and depicting their reactions to given stimuli or goals.


lexentry: eng/realize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: realize
trans_list: réaliser
sense:
(slightly formal, transitive) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence


lexentry: eng/realize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: realize
trans_list: réaliser | se rendre compte | prendre conscience
sense:
(transitive) To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).


lexentry: eng/realize__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: realize
trans_list: réaliser | se rendre compte | prendre conscience
sense:
(transitive, business) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get


lexentry: eng/really__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: really
trans_list: ah bon ? | vraiment ?
sense:
(informal) Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.


lexentry: eng/realtor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: realtor
trans_list: agent immobilier | agente immobilière
sense:
(North America) A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.


lexentry: eng/reap_what_one_sows__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reap what one sows
trans_list: qui sème le vent récolte la tempête | récolter ce qu’on a semé
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To receive as a return or reward in the same measure as one's exertions or intentions, in a good or a bad sense; to receive justice or one's just deserts.


lexentry: eng/rear__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rear
trans_list: arrière-garde | derrière
sense:
(military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.


lexentry: eng/rear__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: rear
trans_list: édifier | élever | ériger
sense:
(transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.


lexentry: eng/rear_admiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rear admiral
trans_list: contre-amiral
sense:
(military, nautical) A naval officer below the rank of vice admiral, originally in charge of a fleet's rear formation.


lexentry: eng/rearguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rearguard
trans_list: arrière-garde
sense:
(military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.


lexentry: eng/rearm__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rearm
trans_list: réarmer
sense:
To replace or restore the weapons or arms of a previously defeated, or disarmed army, country, person or other body.


lexentry: eng/reason__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reason
trans_list: raison | cause
sense:
An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.


lexentry: eng/reason__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reason
trans_list: raison
sense:
(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.


lexentry: eng/reasonable_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reasonable person
trans_list: personne raisonnable
sense:
(legal) A fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercising due care in like circumstances."


lexentry: eng/reasoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reasoning
trans_list: raisonnement
sense:
(uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.


lexentry: eng/rebec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rebec
trans_list: rebec
sense:
(musical instruments) An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.


lexentry: eng/reboot__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reboot
trans_list: redémarrer | relancer | réinitialiser
sense:
(computing, ambitransitive) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, possibly after a system failure.


lexentry: eng/reborrowing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reborrowing
trans_list: emprunt aller-retour
sense:
(linguistics) A word that passed from language A into language B and thence back into language A. Such words may have changed in meaning and/or form.


lexentry: eng/rebreather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rebreather
trans_list: recycleur
sense:
(underwater diving) A breathing apparatus that recycles expelled air, removing carbon dioxide and thus allowing extended use of a supply of air.


lexentry: eng/rebus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rebus
trans_list: rébus
sense:
An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.


lexentry: eng/recall__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recall
trans_list: rappeler
sense:
(transitive) To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/recall__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: recall
trans_list: rappeler | souvenir | se remémorer
sense:
(transitive) To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/recant__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recant
trans_list: rétracter | retirer | se rétracter
sense:
(ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.


lexentry: eng/recapitulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recapitulation
trans_list: réexposition
sense:
(music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.


lexentry: eng/recapitulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: recapitulation
trans_list: récapitulation
sense:
(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/receive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: receive
trans_list: recevoir
sense:
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.


lexentry: eng/receive__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: receive
trans_list: recevoir
sense:
To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.


lexentry: eng/receiver__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: receiver
trans_list: récepteur
sense:
Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/receiver__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: receiver
trans_list: écouteur
sense:
The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/receivership__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: receivership
trans_list: administration-séquestre
sense:
(legal, business) A form trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors.


lexentry: eng/reception_desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reception desk
trans_list: réception
sense:
The place in public and company buildings where a receptionist presides, typically located in the front entrance of a building just inside the door. At a reception desk you may ask how to gain access to different parts of the building.


lexentry: eng/receptionist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: receptionist
trans_list: réceptionniste | secrétaire
sense:
An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.


lexentry: eng/receptor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: receptor
trans_list: récepteur
sense:
(biochemistry, medicine) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: recess
trans_list: pause | récré | récréation
sense:
(Australia, Britain, North America, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: recess
trans_list: vacance
sense:
(government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: recess
trans_list: recès
sense:
(countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: recess
trans_list: recès | vacances
sense:
(countable) An act of retiring or withdrawing from public life, society, etc.; also, an act of living in retirement or seclusion, or a period of such retirement or seclusion.


lexentry: eng/rechargeable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rechargeable
trans_list: rechargeable
sense:
Able to be recharged, especially of a battery that can be recharged from mains electricity via a charger.


lexentry: eng/reciprocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reciprocal
trans_list: réciproque
sense:
Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.


lexentry: eng/reciprocal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reciprocal
trans_list: inverse
sense:
(arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.


lexentry: eng/reciprocity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reciprocity
trans_list: réciprocité
sense:
(grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.


lexentry: eng/recital__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: recital
trans_list: considérant
sense:
(legal) A formal, preliminary statement in a deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded, prior to a positive allegation.


lexentry: eng/recitative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recitative
trans_list: récitatif
sense:
(music) dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot.


lexentry: eng/recite__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recite
trans_list: réciter
sense:
(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.


lexentry: eng/reckon__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reckon
trans_list: compter | estimer
sense:
To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.


lexentry: eng/reckon__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reckon
trans_list: considérer | estimer
sense:
(colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause


lexentry: eng/recluse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recluse
trans_list: reclus | recluse
sense:
A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit


lexentry: eng/recognition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recognition
trans_list: reconnaissance
sense:
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).


lexentry: eng/recognize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recognize
trans_list: reconnaître
sense:
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.


lexentry: eng/recognize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recognize
trans_list: reconnaître
sense:
(transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.


lexentry: eng/recognize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: recognize
trans_list: reconnaître
sense:
(transitive, or with clause) To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).


lexentry: eng/recoil__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: recoil
trans_list: recul
sense:
(firearms) The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.


lexentry: eng/recoilless_rifle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recoilless rifle
trans_list: canon sans recul
sense:
A lightweight portable weapon capable of firing artillery-type shells, used normally as anti-tank weapon.


lexentry: eng/recommend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recommend
trans_list: recommander
sense:
(transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.


lexentry: eng/recommend__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: recommend
trans_list: recommander
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations


lexentry: eng/reconciliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reconciliation
trans_list: réconciliation | rapprochement
sense:
(accounting) The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.


lexentry: eng/reconnoiter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reconnoiter
trans_list: reconnaître
sense:
(American spelling, transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.


lexentry: eng/reconstitute__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reconstitute
trans_list: mettre
sense:
(transitive) to add liquid to a concentrated or dehydrated food to return it to its original consistency


lexentry: eng/reconstructed_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reconstructed language
trans_list: langue reconstruite
sense:
(linguistics) A hypothetical, usually unattested language formed by making comparisons between the similarities of actual languages.


lexentry: eng/record-breaking__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: record-breaking
trans_list: record
sense:
Of an achievement or observation, exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity or category.


lexentry: eng/record__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: record
trans_list: enregistrement
sense:
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.


lexentry: eng/record__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: record
trans_list: disque
sense:
Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.


lexentry: eng/record__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: record
trans_list: record
sense:
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.


lexentry: eng/record_chart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: record chart
trans_list: Hit-parade
sense:
(often plural) A ranking of music (songs, albums, etc.) according to popularity during a given period of time.


lexentry: eng/record_label__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: record label
trans_list: label discographique | maison de disques
sense:
The round sticker in the centre of a phonograph record that contains the record company's logo and information about the recording.


lexentry: eng/recorder__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recorder
trans_list: flûte à bec
sense:
(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.


lexentry: eng/recoup__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: recoup
trans_list: placer garde à vue
sense:
(legal) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.


lexentry: eng/recover__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recover
trans_list: recouvrer
sense:
(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).


lexentry: eng/recover__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: recover
trans_list: guérir | remettre | récupérer | recouvrer
sense:
(intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.


lexentry: eng/recreation_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recreation room
trans_list: salle de jeux
sense:
(United States, Australia, Canada) A room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday or casual use.


lexentry: eng/recreational_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recreational vehicle
trans_list: camping-car | véhicule récréatif
sense:
(North America) A self-propelled vehicle (motor home), or trailer designed for use as living quarters on overnight recreational activities and travel.


lexentry: eng/recrudescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recrudescence
trans_list: recrudescence
sense:
(medicine, by extension) The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement.


lexentry: eng/recruit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recruit
trans_list: recruter | enrôler
sense:
To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.


lexentry: eng/recruitment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recruitment
trans_list: recrutement
sense:
The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.


lexentry: eng/recrystallization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recrystallization
trans_list: recristallisation
sense:
(chemistry) a technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals


lexentry: eng/rectify__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rectify
trans_list: rectifier
sense:
(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rectitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rectitude
trans_list: rectitude
sense:
Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/rectitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rectitude
trans_list: droiture | rectitude | rigueur
sense:
(now, _, rare) The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/recto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recto
trans_list: recto
sense:
(printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.


lexentry: eng/recto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recto
trans_list: recto
sense:
The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.


lexentry: eng/rectum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rectum
trans_list: rectum
sense:
(anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus.


lexentry: eng/recumbent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recumbent
trans_list: vélo couché
sense:
(archaeology) A large rectangular monolith lying on its side, typically flanked by two large upright stones, the flankers; found in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/recuperate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recuperate
trans_list: prospérer
sense:
(intransitive) To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc).


lexentry: eng/recurrent_neural_network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recurrent neural network
trans_list: réseau de neurones récurrents
sense:
(machine learning) An artificial neural network where the connections between units give them a kind of internal memory useful for processing arbitrary sequences of inputs as in speech recognition.


lexentry: eng/recursive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recursive
trans_list: récursif
sense:
(mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms


lexentry: eng/recursive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: recursive
trans_list: récursif
sense:
(computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time


lexentry: eng/recursive_acronym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recursive acronym
trans_list: acronyme récursif
sense:
An acronym in which a word (often the first) of the phrase represented by the acronym is the acronym itself.


lexentry: eng/recurve_bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recurve bow
trans_list: arc classique
sense:
(weapons) A bow whose two tips curve away from the archer when drawn, which gives the shot greater power and speed.


lexentry: eng/recuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recuse
trans_list: récuser
sense:
(reflexive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.


lexentry: eng/red-backed_shrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red-backed shrike
trans_list: pie-grièche écorcheur
sense:
A medium-sized bird (Lanius collurio) of the shrike family that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.


lexentry: eng/red-breasted_goose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red-breasted goose
trans_list: bernache à cou roux
sense:
Branta ruficollis, a species of goose from Eurasia, with a large rust-colored area on its breast and throat.


lexentry: eng/red-card__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red-card
trans_list: expulser
sense:
(transitive, sports) To show (a player) a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area; to send off.


lexentry: eng/red-eared_slider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red-eared slider
trans_list: tortue de Floride
sense:
The turtle subspecies Trachemys scripta elegans, quite popular as a pet. Although native to the southern United States, it has become common in many areas of the world.


lexentry: eng/red-eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: red-eye
trans_list: yeux rouges
sense:
(countable, uncountable, photography) Redness in the eye(s) of someone in a colour photograph, as an unwanted consequence of light from a flash reflecting off blood vessels in the retina. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/red-necked_grebe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red-necked grebe
trans_list: grèbe jougris
sense:
Podiceps grisegena a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/red-tailed_shrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red-tailed shrike
trans_list: pie-grièche du Turkestan
sense:
Lanius phoenicuroides, a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.


lexentry: eng/red-throated_diver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red-throated diver
trans_list: plongeon catmarin
sense:
Gavia stellata, the smallest member of the loon or diver family, breeding in northern Eurasia and Arctic Canada, with grey head, red throat, white underparts and dark mantle.


lexentry: eng/red__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: red
trans_list: rouge
sense:
Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.


lexentry: eng/red__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red
trans_list: rouge
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.


lexentry: eng/red__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: red
trans_list: rouge
sense:
(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.


lexentry: eng/red_bandfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red bandfish
trans_list: cépole commune
sense:
A species of bandfish found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from Senegal to Norway, Cepola macrophthalma (syn. Cepola rubescens).


lexentry: eng/red_blood_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red blood cell
trans_list: érythrocyte | globule rouge | hématie
sense:
(hematology, cytology) A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.


lexentry: eng/red_cabbage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red cabbage
trans_list: chou rouge
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A form of cabbage having red leaves, Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra .


lexentry: eng/red_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red card
trans_list: carton rouge | carte rouge
sense:
(sports) A card displayed by the referee when a player is sent off for a serious infringement of the rules.


lexentry: eng/red_crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red crossbill
trans_list: bec-croisé des sapins
sense:
Loxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/red_fescue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red fescue
trans_list: fétuque rouge
sense:
a grass plant, Festuca rubra, with green, red, or blue-green flowers, found in Europe, Asia and North America.


lexentry: eng/red_fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red fox
trans_list: renard roux
sense:
(countable) A common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox.


lexentry: eng/red_giant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red giant
trans_list: géante rouge
sense:
(star) A large red coloured star with a lower surface temperature than many stars, being at the final stage of moderately massive main-sequence stars.


lexentry: eng/red_herring__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: red herring
trans_list: diversion | fausse piste | hareng rouge | leurre
sense:
(figuratively) A clue, information, argument, etc. that is or is intended to be misleading, diverting attention from the real answer or issue.


lexentry: eng/red_panda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red panda
trans_list: petit panda | panda roux | panda éclatant
sense:
An omnivorous mammal, Ailurus fulgens, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia, which has dark red fur and a ringed tail.


lexentry: eng/red_pepper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red pepper
trans_list: paprika
sense:
A red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.


lexentry: eng/red_phosphorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red phosphorus
trans_list: phosphore rouge
sense:
(chemistry) A stable allotrope of phosphorus, used in the manufacture of safety matches, pesticides, etc.


lexentry: eng/red_rail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red rail
trans_list: poule rouge | râle de Maurice
sense:
†Aphanapteryx bonasia, an extinct species of birds from the family Rallidae, formerly endemic to Mauritius.


lexentry: eng/red_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: red room
trans_list: chambre rouge | red room
sense:
(Internet) A supposed kind of online forum where livestreams or videos of torture and murder can be viewed over the dark web.


lexentry: eng/red_scare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red scare
trans_list: peur rouge
sense:
Fearmongering on the topic of a rise in communism that will threaten Western nations, especially from Soviet Union and the Soviet bloc in the past, China, Cuba, North Korea, etc. but also from any leftist movement.


lexentry: eng/red_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red state
trans_list: État rouge
sense:
(US politics) A state of the United States voting Republican in a given election, tending to vote Republican in general, or having a typically conservative mindset.


lexentry: eng/red_tide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red tide
trans_list: marée rouge
sense:
An algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures.


lexentry: eng/red_turtle_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red turtle dove
trans_list: tourterelle à tête grise
sense:
A small bird, Streptopelia tranquebarica, a resident breeding bird in the tropics in the Indian subcontinent, with a range extending to Taiwan and the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/redeemable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: redeemable
trans_list: remboursable
sense:
(finance) Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase


lexentry: eng/redeposit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: redeposit
trans_list: redéposer
sense:
(intransitive, geology, chemistry) To form into a new accumulation; used especially of sediments moved from an original position


lexentry: eng/rediffusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rediffusion
trans_list: rediffusion
sense:
The rebroadcasting of a programme; more specifically, the distribution of radio or television transmissions from a single receiver


lexentry: eng/redirect__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: redirect
trans_list: redirection
sense:
(computing) The substitution of one address or identifier for another one, so as to navigate to a different location.


lexentry: eng/redneck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redneck
trans_list: baraki | beauf
sense:
(slang, usually, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.


lexentry: eng/redound__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redound
trans_list: diriger
sense:
(obsolete, intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). [14th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/redound__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: redound
trans_list: circuler
sense:
(intransitive) To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/redound__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: redound
trans_list: accompagner
sense:
(intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/redox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redox
trans_list: oxydoréduction
sense:
(rare) (chemistry) A reaction in which an oxidation and a reduction occur simultaneously; a reaction in which electrons are transferred.


lexentry: eng/redpoll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redpoll
trans_list: sizerin flammé
sense:
Any of various finches in the genus Acanthis (syn. Carduelis), which have characteristic red markings on their heads.


lexentry: eng/redress__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: redress
trans_list: rétablir
sense:
To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.


lexentry: eng/redshift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redshift
trans_list: décalage vers le rouge
sense:
(physics) A change in the wavelength of light, in which the wavelength is longer than when it was emitted at the source.


lexentry: eng/redstart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redstart
trans_list: rougequeue | rouge-queue
sense:
Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.


lexentry: eng/reduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reduce
trans_list: réduire
sense:
(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.


lexentry: eng/reduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: reduction
trans_list: réduction
sense:
(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.


lexentry: eng/reduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: reduction
trans_list: réduction
sense:
(computability theory) A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.


lexentry: eng/reduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: reduction
trans_list: réduction
sense:
(medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).


lexentry: eng/reductionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reductionism
trans_list: réductionnisme
sense:
(philosophy) A philosophical position which holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents. In a reductionist framework, the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena, are called "epiphenomena".


lexentry: eng/redundancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: redundancy
trans_list: redondance
sense:
Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.


lexentry: eng/redundancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: redundancy
trans_list: chômage économique
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.


lexentry: eng/redwing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redwing
trans_list: grive mauvis
sense:
A small thrush, Turdus iliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.


lexentry: eng/reed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reed
trans_list: roseau
sense:
(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.


lexentry: eng/reed__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: reed
trans_list: anche
sense:
(countable, music) Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.


lexentry: eng/reed__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reed
trans_list: instrument à anche
sense:
(countable, music) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.


lexentry: eng/reed_bunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reed bunting
trans_list: bruant des roseaux
sense:
A passerine bird, Emberiza schoeniclus, sparrow-sized but slim and with a long, deeply notched tail.


lexentry: eng/reed_switch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reed switch
trans_list: interrupteur reed | interrupteur à lames souples
sense:
An electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field that causes two flexible metal reeds to come into contact.


lexentry: eng/reed_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reed warbler
trans_list: rousserolle effarvatte
sense:
A species of warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, family Acrocephalidae, native to Eurasia and Africa. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/reef__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reef
trans_list: filon
sense:
(Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.


lexentry: eng/reef__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reef
trans_list: arriser | prendre un ris
sense:
(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.


lexentry: eng/reel__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: reel
trans_list: enrouleur
sense:
(agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.


lexentry: eng/reel_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reel in
trans_list: ramener | tirer hors de l'eau
sense:
(fishing, transitive) To bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the line on which it is caught onto a reel (e.g. of a fishing rod).


lexentry: eng/reelection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reelection
trans_list: réélection
sense:
the act of being elected after already being elected once, and already having served out one's first term.


lexentry: eng/reem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reem
trans_list: réem
sense:
A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).


lexentry: eng/reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: reference
trans_list: référence
sense:
(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.


lexentry: eng/reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: reference
trans_list: référence
sense:
(computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.


lexentry: eng/reference_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reference work
trans_list: ouvrage de référence
sense:
A compendium of information which is not generally intended to be read from beginning to end but rather consulted on a spot basis, and is compiled for ease of reference; especially, a reference book, whether in print, digital, or both.


lexentry: eng/referendum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: referendum
trans_list: référendum
sense:
(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. (The adposition on is usually used before the related subject of the vote.)


lexentry: eng/referent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: referent
trans_list: intervenant
sense:
(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to.


lexentry: eng/referential_integrity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: referential integrity
trans_list: intégrité référentielle
sense:
(computing, databases) The property of a relational database that enforces valid relationships between tables, such that no foreign key can contain a value that does not match a primary key in the corresponding linked table.


lexentry: eng/referral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: referral
trans_list: référence
sense:
The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.


lexentry: eng/reflection_nebula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reflection nebula
trans_list: nébuleuse par réflexion
sense:
(astronomy) A nebula that consists of dust which reflects starlight and appears blue in photographs.


lexentry: eng/reflector__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: reflector
trans_list: réflecteur
sense:
A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle or bicycle that reflects the headlights of other vehicles.


lexentry: eng/reflex__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reflex
trans_list: continuateur
sense:
(linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.


lexentry: eng/reflux__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reflux
trans_list: reflux
sense:
(chemistry) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.


lexentry: eng/reform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reform
trans_list: réforme
sense:
The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it


lexentry: eng/reform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reform
trans_list: réformer
sense:
(transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.


lexentry: eng/reformation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reformation
trans_list: réformation
sense:
An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.


lexentry: eng/refoulement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refoulement
trans_list: refoulement
sense:
(international law, uncountable) The sending of a refugee involuntarily to a geographic region where they will likely experience substantial harm; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/refract__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: refract
trans_list: réfracter
sense:
(transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.


lexentry: eng/refraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refraction
trans_list: réfraction
sense:
(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.


lexentry: eng/refractory_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refractory metal
trans_list: métal réfractaire
sense:
(metallurgy) A metal, such as molybdenum or tungsten, with a high refraction, and hence a high melting point.


lexentry: eng/refrain__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: refrain
trans_list: se retenir | abstenir | s'abstenir
sense:
(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/refrigerant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refrigerant
trans_list: fluide frigorigène | réfrigérant
sense:
A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.


lexentry: eng/refrigerator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refrigerator
trans_list: réfrigérateur | frigo
sense:
A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).


lexentry: eng/refuge_island__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refuge island
trans_list: îlot
sense:
A raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street crossing, allowing pedestrians to pause safely in the middle of the road.


lexentry: eng/refugee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refugee
trans_list: réfugié | réfugiée
sense:
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum.


lexentry: eng/refurbish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refurbish
trans_list: renouveler | restaurer
sense:
(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.


lexentry: eng/refusenik__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refusenik
trans_list: refuznik
sense:
(Soviet Union, historical, slang) One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate (typically but not exclusively a Jewish citizen denied permission to emigrate to Israel).


lexentry: eng/refusenik__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: refusenik
trans_list: refuznik
sense:
(by extension, informal) A person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest; for example, one who refuses conscription or vaccination.


lexentry: eng/refutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refutation
trans_list: réfutation
sense:
An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.


lexentry: eng/regal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regal
trans_list: régale
sense:
(musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.


lexentry: eng/regale__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regale
trans_list: régaler
sense:
(transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/regalia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regalia
trans_list: regalia
sense:
The emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre or sword.


lexentry: eng/regard__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: regard
trans_list: regarder | concerner
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/regasification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regasification
trans_list: regazéification
sense:
The process of converting liquefied natural gas (LNG) at −162 °C (−260 °F) temperature back to natural gas at atmospheric temperature. It consists in the evaporation of liquified natural gas after transport (by ship) to a distribution terminal


lexentry: eng/regency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regency
trans_list: régence
sense:
A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.


lexentry: eng/regent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regent
trans_list: régent | régente
sense:
One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/reggae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reggae
trans_list: reggae
sense:
(Rastafari, music genre) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.


lexentry: eng/reggaeton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reggaeton
trans_list: reggaeton
sense:
A style of Latin American popular music, originally developing from reggae in Panama but now more of a type of hip hop-dance music mainly associated with Puerto Rico.


lexentry: eng/regime__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regime
trans_list: régime
sense:
A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.


lexentry: eng/regime_change__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regime change
trans_list: changement de régime
sense:
(politics) The overthrow of a government that is considered an illegitimate regime by means of external force (especially military might), and its replacement with a new government according to the concept of political legitimacy promoted by that force.


lexentry: eng/regimen__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regimen
trans_list: régime
sense:
(medicine) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.


lexentry: eng/regiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regiment
trans_list: régiment
sense:
(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/region__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: region
trans_list: région
sense:
Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.


lexentry: eng/regional_lockout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regional lockout
trans_list: codage régional | verrouillage régional
sense:
(video games, DVD) The programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device.


lexentry: eng/regionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regionalism
trans_list: régionalisme
sense:
(politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.


lexentry: eng/regionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: regionalism
trans_list: régionalisme
sense:
(countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.


lexentry: eng/register__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: register
trans_list: registre | inscription
sense:
A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.


lexentry: eng/register__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: register
trans_list: registre
sense:
(computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.


lexentry: eng/register_office__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: register office
trans_list: bureau de [[l']]état civil | service de [[l']]état civil | état civil
sense:
(British) The local office in which births, marriages and deaths are registered, and in which civil marriages are conducted and recorded.


lexentry: eng/registered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: registered
trans_list: recommandé
sense:
(mail service) Having a mailed item recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked, sometimes with added insurance to cover loss.


lexentry: eng/registered_nurse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: registered nurse
trans_list: infirmier
sense:
A professional nurse who is a licensed graduate of a university or college of nursing who has successfully passed an examination such as NCLEX-RN.


lexentry: eng/registered_trademark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: registered trademark
trans_list: marque déposée
sense:
A trademark that has been officially registered with the government by its owner. Indicated by the symbol ®.


lexentry: eng/registry__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: registry
trans_list: base de registre | registre
sense:
(countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.


lexentry: eng/regmaglypt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regmaglypt
trans_list: regmaglypte
sense:
(astronomy, geology) A small, shallow indentation or pit on the surface of a meteorite, resembling a thumbprint impression in clay, created by ablation while falling in an atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/regolith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regolith
trans_list: régolithe
sense:
(geology) The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. Submarine regolith also exists.


lexentry: eng/regression__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: regression
trans_list: régression
sense:
(statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.


lexentry: eng/regret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regret
trans_list: regret
sense:
Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.


lexentry: eng/regret__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regret
trans_list: regretter
sense:
To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regular
trans_list: régulier
sense:
(Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: regular
trans_list: régulier
sense:
(geometry, of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: regular
trans_list: régulier
sense:
(geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: regular
trans_list: en ordre | régulier
sense:
Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: regular
trans_list: régulier
sense:
(grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: regular
trans_list: classique | normal | ordinaire
sense:
(chiefly, US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: regular
trans_list: régulier
sense:
(chiefly, military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: regular
trans_list: réglé
sense:
Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular_expression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regular expression
trans_list: expression rationnelle | expression régulière
sense:
(comptheory) A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.


lexentry: eng/regular_polygon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regular polygon
trans_list: polygone régulier
sense:
(geometry) A polygon which is both equiangular and equilateral (i.e. having all sides the same length and all interior angles the same).


lexentry: eng/regular_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regular verb
trans_list: verbe régulier
sense:
(grammar) A verb which conjugates regularly. In English, a verb which uses an -ed suffix to form its past participle.


lexentry: eng/regulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regulation
trans_list: règlement | réglementation
sense:
(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.


lexentry: eng/regulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: regulation
trans_list: règlement
sense:
(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.


lexentry: eng/rehabilitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rehabilitate
trans_list: réhabiliter
sense:
(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rehabilitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rehabilitate
trans_list: réhabiliter
sense:
(transitive) To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/rehabilitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rehabilitate
trans_list: réhabiliter
sense:
(transitive, criminology) To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/rehabilitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: rehabilitate
trans_list: réhabiliter
sense:
(transitive, medicine) To return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction, etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/rehearsal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rehearsal
trans_list: répétition
sense:
The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.


lexentry: eng/rehearse__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rehearse
trans_list: répéter
sense:
(ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.


lexentry: eng/reheat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reheat
trans_list: réchauffer
sense:
(transitive) To heat something after it has cooled off, especially previously cooked food (also in figurative senses).


lexentry: eng/reification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reification
trans_list: réification
sense:
The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.


lexentry: eng/reincarnate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reincarnate
trans_list: réincarner
sense:
(ambitransitive) To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.


lexentry: eng/reindeer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reindeer
trans_list: renne | caribou
sense:
(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.


lexentry: eng/reinsurance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reinsurance
trans_list: réassurance
sense:
(business, insurance) Insurance purchased by insurance companies that spreads the risk associated with selling insurance around so the danger of one large monetary loss is minimized.


lexentry: eng/reinvent_the_wheel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reinvent the wheel
trans_list: réinventer la roue
sense:
(idiomatic) To do work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others; to attempt to devise a solution to a problem when a solution already exists.


lexentry: eng/rejig__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rejig
trans_list: bouleverser
sense:
To rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it or make it suitable for some purpose.


lexentry: eng/relapsing_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relapsing fever
trans_list: fièvre récurrente mondiale
sense:
(pathology) An infection caused by certain bacteria of the genus Borrelia, transmitted by lice and ticks.


lexentry: eng/related_right__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: related right
trans_list: droit voisin
sense:
(copyright, usually, in the plural) A right of a creative work not connected with the work's actual author.


lexentry: eng/relation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: relation
trans_list: relation
sense:
(mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.


lexentry: eng/relational_database__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relational database
trans_list: base de données relationnelle
sense:
(databases) A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries.


lexentry: eng/relative-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: relative-in-law
trans_list: parent
sense:
(uncommon) Co-relative-in-law: A relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage.


lexentry: eng/relative_atomic_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relative atomic mass
trans_list: masse atomique relative | poids atomique
sense:
(physics) The ratio of the average mass per atom of the naturally occurring form of an element to 1/12 of the mass of a carbon-12 atom. Symbol Ar; abbreviation RAM or r.a.m. For elements with several isotopes, the most stable isotope is treated as the representative.


lexentry: eng/relative_clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relative clause
trans_list: relative | subordonnée relative | proposition relative
sense:
(grammar) A subordinate clause that modifies or gives further information about a noun or sometimes whole statement; in English, may be introduced by a relative pronoun (sometimes optional) such as that, which or who.


lexentry: eng/relative_humidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relative humidity
trans_list: humidité relative
sense:
(meteorology) The ratio of the actual amount of water vapor (absolute humidity) present in the air to the saturation point at the same temperature, usually expressed as a percentage.


lexentry: eng/relative_pitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relative pitch
trans_list: oreille relative
sense:
(music, uncountable) The ability to identify or create a given note by comparing it with a reference note and discerning the interval between those two notes.


lexentry: eng/relative_pronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relative pronoun
trans_list: pronom relatif
sense:
(grammar) A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. In English, some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: which, who, whose, whom and (non-standard) what. The other English relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.


lexentry: eng/relative_superlative__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: relative superlative
trans_list: superlatif relatif
sense:
(grammar) In Greek: one of the degrees of comparison of an adjective, the equivalent in English of the superlative, similar to the comparative superlative used in Spanish. Compare with absolute superlative.


lexentry: eng/relativism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relativism
trans_list: relativisme
sense:
(uncountable, philosophy) The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.


lexentry: eng/relativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relativity
trans_list: relativité
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being relative to something else; the absence of universally applicable rules or standards; relativism; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/relativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: relativity
trans_list: relativité
sense:
(uncountable, physics) Short for principle of relativity (“the principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers”).


lexentry: eng/relaxation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relaxation
trans_list: relaxation | détente
sense:
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.


lexentry: eng/relay__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: relay
trans_list: relais | relai
sense:
(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/relay__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: relay
trans_list: relayer
sense:
(transitive, now, _, rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/relay_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relay race
trans_list: relai
sense:
A sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.


lexentry: eng/release__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: release
trans_list: lâcher | relâche
sense:
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).


lexentry: eng/release__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: release
trans_list: version
sense:
(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.


lexentry: eng/release__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: release
trans_list: quittancer | sortir
sense:
(legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.


lexentry: eng/relegation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relegation
trans_list: relégation
sense:
(sports) Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.


lexentry: eng/relegation_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relegation zone
trans_list: zone de relégation | zone rouge
sense:
(sports) The bottom part of e.g. a sports table, listing how well teams have played over a period of time. All teams that end up in the relegation zone are relegated.


lexentry: eng/reliability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reliability
trans_list: fiabilité
sense:
(education) the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).


lexentry: eng/relict__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relict
trans_list: corps
sense:
(formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.


lexentry: eng/relief__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relief
trans_list: relief
sense:
(uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.


lexentry: eng/relief__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: relief
trans_list: relief
sense:
The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.


lexentry: eng/relief__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: relief
trans_list: relief
sense:
(heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.


lexentry: eng/relief_pitcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relief pitcher
trans_list: lanceur de relève
sense:
(baseball) A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue.


lexentry: eng/relieve__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relieve
trans_list: soulager
sense:
(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/relieve__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: relieve
trans_list: relayer
sense:
(originally, military) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/religion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: religion
trans_list: religion
sense:
(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.


lexentry: eng/religious__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: religious
trans_list: religieuse | religieux
sense:
A member of a religious order or congregation, i.e. a monk, nun, sister, brother, friar, or religious priest.


lexentry: eng/religious_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: religious order
trans_list: ordre religieux
sense:
(religion) An organized community of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of the founder's religious practice.


lexentry: eng/remain__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: remain
trans_list: rester | demeurer
sense:
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.


lexentry: eng/remainder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: remainder
trans_list: reste
sense:
(mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r &#60; d.


lexentry: eng/remdesivir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remdesivir
trans_list: remdésivir
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A novel antiviral drug (C27H35N6O8P) with activity against a wide range of single-stranded RNA viruses, indicated for the treatment of COVID-19.


lexentry: eng/remembrance__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: remembrance
trans_list: apprendre par cœur
sense:
That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.


lexentry: eng/remembrance__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: remembrance
trans_list: souvenir
sense:
The power of remembering; the reach of personal knowledge; the period over which one's memory extends.


lexentry: eng/remind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remind
trans_list: rappeler
sense:
(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).


lexentry: eng/remiss__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: remiss
trans_list: feble
sense:
Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.


lexentry: eng/remission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remission
trans_list: rémission | pardon
sense:
A pardon of a sin; (chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.


lexentry: eng/remonstrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: remonstrate
trans_list: contester
sense:
(transitive, often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.


lexentry: eng/remora__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remora
trans_list: rémora
sense:
Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/remote_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remote control
trans_list: télécommande | manette
sense:
(countable) A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television, vehicle, or mechanical toy) from a short distance away.


lexentry: eng/remote_sensing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remote sensing
trans_list: télédétection
sense:
(science) The capability to gain information about an object without coming in direct contact with it, for example via satellite imaging or thermal imaging.


lexentry: eng/remote_viewing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remote viewing
trans_list: vision à distance
sense:
(parapsychology) A paranormal ability by which a person can gather information about a distant unseen target.


lexentry: eng/removal__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: removal
trans_list: destitution | déménagement
sense:
(Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.


lexentry: eng/rendaku__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rendaku
trans_list: rendaku | voisement séquentiel
sense:
(linguistics) In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. An example is 時々 (ときどき, tokidoki), where the second, iterative element "-toki" becomes "-doki" and 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami) where the word 紙 (かみ, kami; paper) becomes "gami".


lexentry: eng/render_unto_Caesar__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: render unto Caesar
trans_list: rendre à César ce qui est à César
sense:
(idiomatic) To give (something) to one's state or government, especially in the form of a tax payment.


lexentry: eng/rendition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rendition
trans_list: interprétation
sense:
An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/renew__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: renew
trans_list: renouveler
sense:
(transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. [from 14thc.]


lexentry: eng/renewable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: renewable
trans_list: renouvelable
sense:
(of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.


lexentry: eng/renewable_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: renewable energy
trans_list: énergie renouvelable
sense:
Energy that is collected from renewable resources, such as wind, water, or the sun, usually and especially as applied to a category of electrical generation.


lexentry: eng/reniform__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reniform
trans_list: réniforme
sense:
(chiefly, biology, mineralogy) Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”)


lexentry: eng/rennet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rennet
trans_list: présure
sense:
An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.


lexentry: eng/rennin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rennin
trans_list: chymosine
sense:
(enzyme) A proteolytic enzyme, obtained from the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese.


lexentry: eng/renounce__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: renounce
trans_list: abandonner
sense:
(transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.


lexentry: eng/rent__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rent
trans_list: louer
sense:
(transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.


lexentry: eng/rentcharge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rentcharge
trans_list: rente constituée | rente à prix d’argent
sense:
(property law) An annual sum or periodic payment charged on certain freehold properties or payable out of the income of those properties and expressly giving to the rentcharger, who has no reversionary interest in the property, the right of distress for arrears.


lexentry: eng/rentier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rentier
trans_list: rentier | rentière
sense:
An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.


lexentry: eng/rep__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rep
trans_list: reps
sense:
(textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/reparation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reparation
trans_list: réparation
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).


lexentry: eng/repdigit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repdigit
trans_list: nombre uniforme
sense:
(recreational mathematics) A number composed only of one or more occurrences of one specific digit and no other digit.


lexentry: eng/repeat__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: repeat
trans_list: répétition
sense:
(genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).


lexentry: eng/repeater__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: repeater
trans_list: répéteur
sense:
(electronics) An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.


lexentry: eng/repechage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repechage
trans_list: repêchage
sense:
(sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.


lexentry: eng/repent__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repent
trans_list: se repentir
sense:
(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".


lexentry: eng/repent__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: repent
trans_list: repentir
sense:
(theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.


lexentry: eng/repertoire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repertoire
trans_list: répertoire
sense:
A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.


lexentry: eng/repetitive_strain_injury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repetitive strain injury
trans_list: microtraumatismes répétés
sense:
(pathology) injury to muscles and tendons caused by continuous repetitive use of particular muscle groups, especially in one's arms and hands, for example by using a keyboard and/or mouse, playing a musical instrument or working on an assembly line


lexentry: eng/replay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: replay
trans_list: rediffusion
sense:
An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).


lexentry: eng/replevin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: replevin
trans_list: revendication
sense:
(legal) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.


lexentry: eng/replicon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: replicon
trans_list: réplicon
sense:
(genetics) A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.


lexentry: eng/reply__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reply
trans_list: répondre
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.


lexentry: eng/report__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: report
trans_list: rapport | bulletin | communiqué | compte-rendu | reportage
sense:
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).


lexentry: eng/report__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: report
trans_list: rapporter | signaler
sense:
(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/report__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: report
trans_list: rapporter | comptes
sense:
(intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).


lexentry: eng/report_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: report card
trans_list: bulletin scolaire | bulletin | procès-verbal d'examens
sense:
(education) A document, on cardboard or plain paper, stating which grades a student earned, at the end of a term of regular period.


lexentry: eng/reported_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reported speech
trans_list: discours indirect | discours rapporté
sense:
(grammar, narratology) A form of speech used to express what another has said, often involving a change in tense.


lexentry: eng/repose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repose
trans_list: repos
sense:
(uncountable) Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.


lexentry: eng/repose__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: repose
trans_list: repos
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.


lexentry: eng/repose__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: repose
trans_list: repos
sense:
(uncountable, chiefly, chemistry) The state of leaving something alone or untouched; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/repose__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: repose
trans_list: repos
sense:
(uncountable, chiefly, geology) Of a natural phenomenon, especially the eruption of a volcano: the state of temporary cessation of activity; dormancy, quiescence.


lexentry: eng/repository__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repository
trans_list: dépôt | référentiel | répertoire
sense:
(computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.


lexentry: eng/represent__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: represent
trans_list: représenter | jouer
sense:
(transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.


lexentry: eng/represent__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: represent
trans_list: représenter
sense:
(transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of


lexentry: eng/represent__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: represent
trans_list: représenter
sense:
(intransitive, AAVE) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.


lexentry: eng/representative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: representative
trans_list: représentant | représentante | délégué | déléguée | mandataire
sense:
One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/representative_democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: representative democracy
trans_list: démocratie représentative
sense:
(politics) A policy under the rule of people acting on the behalf of and, to a lesser extent, in the interests of the voting blocks by which they were elected.


lexentry: eng/representative_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: representative government
trans_list: démocratie représentative
sense:
A government where citizens elect people to represent them and make laws on their behalf, instead of always voting directly on laws and other government actions.


lexentry: eng/repression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: repression
trans_list: répression
sense:
(psychology) The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.


lexentry: eng/reprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reprint
trans_list: reproduction
sense:
A book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again.


lexentry: eng/reprise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reprise
trans_list: reprise
sense:
(music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.


lexentry: eng/reproducibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reproducibility
trans_list: reproductibilité
sense:
The closeness of agreement among repeated measurements of a variable made under the same operating conditions over a period of time, or by different people.


lexentry: eng/reproducible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reproducible
trans_list: reproductible
sense:
(of a measurement, experiment etc) Capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people.


lexentry: eng/reproductive_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reproductive system
trans_list: système reproducteur
sense:
(anatomy) The system of organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction.


lexentry: eng/reprography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reprography
trans_list: reprographie
sense:
the reproduction, reprinting and copying of graphics, especially using electromechanical or photographic methods


lexentry: eng/reprove__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reprove
trans_list: reprendre
sense:
(transitive) To criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/reptile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reptile
trans_list: reptile
sense:
(strictly) A cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia; an amniote that is neither a synapsid nor a bird; excludes amphibians. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/republic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: republic
trans_list: république
sense:
A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.


lexentry: eng/republic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: republic
trans_list: république
sense:
(archaic) A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.


lexentry: eng/republican__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: republican
trans_list: républicain
sense:
Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/republican_marriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: republican marriage
trans_list: mariage républicain
sense:
(historical) An alleged form of execution during the French Revolution in which a man and woman were tied together naked, exposed to public view for a time in this condition, and then stabbed, shot, or thrown into a body of water to drown.


lexentry: eng/republicanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: republicanism
trans_list: républicanisme
sense:
The political ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/republish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: republish
trans_list: republier
sense:
To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.


lexentry: eng/requirement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: requirement
trans_list: exigence | besoin
sense:
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.


lexentry: eng/requirement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: requirement
trans_list: exigence | contrainte
sense:
(engineering, computing) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.


lexentry: eng/requite__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: requite
trans_list: rendre la pareille | réciproquer
sense:
To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.


lexentry: eng/rerun__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rerun
trans_list: rediffusion | reprise
sense:
(American) A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.


lexentry: eng/rescind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rescind
trans_list: abroger | annuler
sense:
(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.


lexentry: eng/rescript__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rescript
trans_list: rescrit
sense:
(historical, _, law) A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.


lexentry: eng/rescript__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rescript
trans_list: rescrit
sense:
(canon law) An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law.


lexentry: eng/research__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: research
trans_list: recherche
sense:
(uncountable, countable, _, in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self).


lexentry: eng/research_professor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: research professor
trans_list: professeur de recherche
sense:
A full professor who is exclusively or mainly engaged in research, and who has few or no teaching obligations.


lexentry: eng/resection__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resection
trans_list: résection
sense:
(surveying) A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.


lexentry: eng/reseda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reseda
trans_list: réséda
sense:
(botany) Any of various plants of the genus Reseda having small, pale grayish green flowers, such as dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola) and mignonette (Reseda odorata).


lexentry: eng/reseller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reseller
trans_list: revendeur
sense:
A company or individual that purchases goods or services with the intention of reselling them rather than consuming or using them.


lexentry: eng/resentment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resentment
trans_list: ressentiment | rancune | agacement
sense:
Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.


lexentry: eng/reserpine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reserpine
trans_list: réserpine
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A compound of the alkaloid class obtained from Indian snakeroot (Rauvolfia serpentina) and other plants and used in the treatment of hypertension.


lexentry: eng/reservation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reservation
trans_list: réservation | réserve
sense:
The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.


lexentry: eng/reserve__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reserve
trans_list: réserve | remplaçant
sense:
(Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)


lexentry: eng/reserve__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reserve
trans_list: réserve
sense:
(military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.


lexentry: eng/reserved_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reserved word
trans_list: mot réservé
sense:
(programming) A string of characters that is a verb, command, or other part of a programming language, and therefore cannot be used as the name of a variable, constant, function, or procedure.


lexentry: eng/resh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resh
trans_list: rèch | resh
sense:
The twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). It is homologous with Greek rho and Latin r.


lexentry: eng/reside__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reside
trans_list: habiter | demeurer | résider
sense:
To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.


lexentry: eng/residual-current_device__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: residual-current device
trans_list: disjoncteur différentiel | dispositif différentiel à courant résiduel
sense:
(electricity) An automatic circuit breaker that rapidly disconnects an electric circuit when the imbalance of the currents going through it exceeds a specific value.


lexentry: eng/residual_power__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: residual power
trans_list: pouvoir résiduel
sense:
(legal) Power that is retained by the government after other powers were distributed to other authorities in the course of elections or by the process of delegation.


lexentry: eng/residue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: residue
trans_list: résidu
sense:
(chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.


lexentry: eng/resilience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resilience
trans_list: résilience
sense:
(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.


lexentry: eng/resilience__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resilience
trans_list: résilience
sense:
(physics) The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.


lexentry: eng/resilience__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: resilience
trans_list: résilience
sense:
The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).


lexentry: eng/resin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resin
trans_list: résine
sense:
Any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications; chemically they are mostly hydrocarbons, often polycyclic.


lexentry: eng/resistance__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: resistance
trans_list: résistance
sense:
An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.


lexentry: eng/resistance_band__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resistance band
trans_list: bande de résistance
sense:
A long piece of material of varying grades of tenacity usable to create targetted tension for a muscle workout.


lexentry: eng/resistant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resistant
trans_list: résistant
sense:
Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.


lexentry: eng/resistivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resistivity
trans_list: résistivité
sense:
(electricity) The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement.


lexentry: eng/resistor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resistor
trans_list: résistance
sense:
(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.


lexentry: eng/resolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: resolution
trans_list: résolution
sense:
(computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).


lexentry: eng/resolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: resolve
trans_list: résoudre
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.


lexentry: eng/resolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: resolve
trans_list: résoudre
sense:
To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.


lexentry: eng/resonance__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: resonance
trans_list: résonance
sense:
(astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.


lexentry: eng/resort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resort
trans_list: lieu de vacances | resort
sense:
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.


lexentry: eng/resound__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resound
trans_list: résonner
sense:
To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.


lexentry: eng/resourceful__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resourceful
trans_list: futé | débrouillard
sense:
Capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.


lexentry: eng/respectively__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: respectively
trans_list: respectivement
sense:
In a relative manner; often used when comparing array lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given.


lexentry: eng/respirator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: respirator
trans_list: respirateur
sense:
A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.


lexentry: eng/respiratory_distress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: respiratory distress
trans_list: détresse respiratoire | hypoxie | insuffisance respiratoire
sense:
(medicine) The quality and symptom of having a heightened level of carbon dioxide in the blood stream; hypoxia.


lexentry: eng/respiratory_tract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: respiratory tract
trans_list: voies aériennes | voies respiratoires
sense:
(anatomy) The passages, divided into an upper and a lower part, through which air enters and leaves the body, including the mouth, nose and nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and conducting bronchioles, sometimes further including the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli.


lexentry: eng/respond__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: respond
trans_list: répondre
sense:
(intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.


lexentry: eng/respondent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: respondent
trans_list: accusé
sense:
(law) A defendant, especially in a case instituted by a petition or in appellate and divorce proceedings.


lexentry: eng/responsible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: responsible
trans_list: responsable
sense:
(postpositive, followed by "for") Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.


lexentry: eng/responsible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: responsible
trans_list: responsable
sense:
(postpositive, followed by "for") Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be blamed or credited for it.


lexentry: eng/responsible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: responsible
trans_list: responsable
sense:
(of a, job, or, position) Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.


lexentry: eng/ressentiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ressentiment
trans_list: ressentiment
sense:
(chiefly, philosophy, social, _, psychology) a sense of resentment arising from deep-seated feelings of envy or hatred, leading the resentful one to blame it on an external agent. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/rest__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rest
trans_list: repos
sense:
(uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.


lexentry: eng/rest__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rest
trans_list: pause | silence
sense:
(music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.


lexentry: eng/rest__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: rest
trans_list: reposoir
sense:
(snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.


lexentry: eng/rest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rest
trans_list: s'arrêter | reposer
sense:
(intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.


lexentry: eng/rest__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rest
trans_list: en finir
sense:
(intransitive, transitive, legal, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)


lexentry: eng/rest_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rest area
trans_list: aire de repos | aire d'autoroute | halte routière
sense:
A place, usually on a limited-access highway, where one can stop to use the restroom or to take a break from travelling.


lexentry: eng/rest_in_power__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rest in power
trans_list: repose en puissance
sense:
Said to mourn, remember, or celebrate a deceased person, particularly activists and victims of oppression.


lexentry: eng/rest_on_one's_laurels__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.
written_rep: rest on one's laurels
trans_list:
se reposer sur ses lauriers | s'endormir dans les délices de Capoue | s'endormir sur le rôti | s'endormir sur ses lauriers


lexentry: eng/restaurant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: restaurant
trans_list: restaurant
sense:
An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.


lexentry: eng/restharrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: restharrow
trans_list: bugrane
sense:
Any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis, especially Ononis repens, which has pink flowers.


lexentry: eng/resting_place__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resting place
trans_list: lieu de repos
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see resting,‎ place. A place where one rests or may rest.


lexentry: eng/restless_legs_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: restless legs syndrome
trans_list: syndrome des jambes sans repos
sense:
A neurological disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move one's body to stop uncomfortable or odd sensations, usually in the legs.


lexentry: eng/restore__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: restore
trans_list: restaurer | rétablir | restituer | rendre
sense:
(transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.


lexentry: eng/restraining_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: restraining order
trans_list: ordonnance restrictive
sense:
(legal) An order issued by a court of law or other legal authority for a specified timeframe forbidding the restrained party from contacting and close proximity to the protected party and other restrictions, usually banning the possession of arms.


lexentry: eng/restructure__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: restructure
trans_list: restructurer
sense:
(finance) To modify the terms of a loan, providing relief to a debtor who would otherwise be forced to default.


lexentry: eng/result__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: result
trans_list: résultat
sense:
That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.


lexentry: eng/result__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: result
trans_list: causer | résulter
sense:
To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.


lexentry: eng/resultative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resultative
trans_list: résultatif
sense:
(grammar) Indicating the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb, as with "blue" in "Mary painted the fence blue".


lexentry: eng/resume__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: resume
trans_list: recommencer | reprendre | continuer
sense:
(transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/resurface__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: resurface
trans_list: remonter à la surface
sense:
(transitive) To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface.


lexentry: eng/resveratrol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resveratrol
trans_list: resvératrol
sense:
(organic compound, biochemistry) A phenolic substance, 3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene, a stilbenoid and phytoalexin, that is found in some fruits and nuts, and in red wine, and is reputed to have some beneficial properties for humans.


lexentry: eng/ret__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ret
trans_list: rouir
sense:
(transitive) To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.


lexentry: eng/retail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retail
trans_list: vente au détail
sense:
(business) The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.


lexentry: eng/retaliate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retaliate
trans_list: riposter
sense:
(intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.


lexentry: eng/retaliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retaliation
trans_list: représailles
sense:
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.


lexentry: eng/retarded__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: retarded
trans_list: attardé
sense:
(psychology, sometimes, offensive, dated) Having mental retardation; mentally deficient or underdeveloped.


lexentry: eng/retention__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: retention
trans_list: droit de rétention
sense:
(legal) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.


lexentry: eng/retention__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: retention
trans_list: selvrisiko
sense:
(insurance) The portion of a potential damage that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy.


lexentry: eng/reticence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reticence
trans_list: réticence
sense:
(uncountable, also, figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.


lexentry: eng/reticle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reticle
trans_list: réticule
sense:
A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment


lexentry: eng/reticulated_python__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reticulated python
trans_list: python réticulé
sense:
Malayapython reticulatus, a species of python found in Southeast Asia, that is the world's longest snake.


lexentry: eng/retina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retina
trans_list: rétine
sense:
(ophthalmology) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.


lexentry: eng/retinol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retinol
trans_list: rétinol
sense:
(organic compound, biochemistry) A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.


lexentry: eng/retirement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: retirement
trans_list: retraite
sense:
The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/retort__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retort
trans_list: cornue
sense:
(chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.


lexentry: eng/retouch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retouch
trans_list: retoucher
sense:
(transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.


lexentry: eng/retrenchment__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retrenchment
trans_list: tranchée
sense:
(military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.


lexentry: eng/retrofit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retrofit
trans_list: arranger
sense:
(figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.


lexentry: eng/retrofit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retrofit
trans_list: moderniser
sense:
To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.


lexentry: eng/retrofit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: retrofit
trans_list: moderniser
sense:
(intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.


lexentry: eng/retroflex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: retroflex
trans_list: rétroflexe
sense:
(phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.


lexentry: eng/retroflex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: retroflex
trans_list: rétroflexe
sense:
(phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.


lexentry: eng/retroflex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: retroflex
trans_list: rétroflexe
sense:
(phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.


lexentry: eng/retronym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retronym
trans_list: rétronyme
sense:
(linguistics) A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique, or which did not originally have a specific name. [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/retrovirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retrovirus
trans_list: rétrovirus
sense:
(virology) Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.


lexentry: eng/return__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: return
trans_list: retour
sense:
An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.


lexentry: eng/retweet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retweet
trans_list: retweeter
sense:
(Twitter) To repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter.


lexentry: eng/reuptake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reuptake
trans_list: recaptage neuronal
sense:
(biochemistry) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse.


lexentry: eng/revanchist__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revanchist
trans_list: revanchard | revanchiste
sense:
Seeking revenge or otherwise advocating retaliation, especially against a nation which has previously defeated and humiliated the revanchist party in war. Originally referred to the French indignation over losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.


lexentry: eng/reveal__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reveal
trans_list: révéler | laisser voir
sense:
(transitive) To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.


lexentry: eng/revealed_religion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revealed religion
trans_list: religion révélée
sense:
(uncountable) The type of religion which relies on communication originating directly from a divine being (as reported by prophets, mystics, disciples, etc.) to establish what religious beliefs are authoritative and acceptable.


lexentry: eng/revenge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revenge
trans_list: vengeance | revanche
sense:
Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.


lexentry: eng/revenge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revenge
trans_list: venger
sense:
(transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.


lexentry: eng/revenge_porn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revenge porn
trans_list: pornovengeance | revenge porn
sense:
(informal) Sexually explicit media of a person distributed online without the consent of the pictured individual, typically by a former partner or hacker, and often with the intent to humiliate the subject and damage his/her reputation.


lexentry: eng/reverberate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reverberate
trans_list: résonner
sense:
To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.


lexentry: eng/reverberation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reverberation
trans_list: répercussion
sense:
(mostly, in the plural) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion.


lexentry: eng/reverie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverie
trans_list: rêverie
sense:
A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [from 1657]


lexentry: eng/reverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reverse
trans_list: inverse
sense:
Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/reverse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reverse
trans_list: côté pile
sense:
(numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/reverse__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: reverse
trans_list: envers | revers
sense:
The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/reverse__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: reverse
trans_list: reculer
sense:
(ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.


lexentry: eng/reverse_dictionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverse dictionary
trans_list: dictionnaire inverse
sense:
A dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on: Nausicaa would precede Hecuba, which would precede orca; influenza would precede cab, and so on.


lexentry: eng/reverse_discrimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverse discrimination
trans_list: discrimination positive
sense:
(legal, ethics, public policy) The policy or practice of discriminating against members of a designated group which has in the past unfairly received preferential treatment in social, legal, educational, or employment situations, with the intention of benefiting one or more other groups (such as racial, disabled, or gender groups) that have previously been discriminated against.


lexentry: eng/reverse_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverse engineering
trans_list: rétro-ingénierie
sense:
The process of analyzing the construction and operation of a product in order to manufacture a similar one.


lexentry: eng/reverse_osmosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverse osmosis
trans_list: osmose inverse
sense:
(chemistry) a technique whereby a solution is forced through a semipermeable membrane under pressure; used to generate drinkable water from seawater, or to separate chemical compounds


lexentry: eng/reverse_psychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverse psychology
trans_list: psychologie inversée
sense:
(psychology) The advocacy of one course of action in such a way as to persuade someone to take an opposite course.


lexentry: eng/reverse_transcription__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverse transcription
trans_list: rétrotranscription | transcription inverse
sense:
(genetics) The process of creating double-stranded DNA from a single-stranded RNA template (the reverse of the standard process).


lexentry: eng/reviser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reviser
trans_list: relecteur | relectrice
sense:
(translation studies) A person who verifies the quality of a translated text in professional translation project management.


lexentry: eng/revisionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revisionism
trans_list: révisionnisme
sense:
(historiography) The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.


lexentry: eng/revival__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: revival
trans_list: réveil
sense:
(religion) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.


lexentry: eng/revive__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: revive
trans_list: revivre
sense:
(transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying.


lexentry: eng/revolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: revolve
trans_list: tourner | retourner
sense:
(transitive, now, rare) To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/revolving_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: revolving door
trans_list: pantouflage
sense:
(politics) A movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators, on the one hand, and members of the industries affected by the legislation and regulation, on the other.


lexentry: eng/rewild__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rewild
trans_list: réensauvager
sense:
(ecology) To return an area to a more wild state, especially to repopulate it with wild animals that have become extirpated.


lexentry: eng/rewriting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rewriting
trans_list: réécriture
sense:
(logic, computer science) Any of wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms.


lexentry: eng/rezone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rezone
trans_list: redécouper
sense:
to change the zoning assigned to a piece of property by the planning and zoning commission of a government that determines proper and legal use for land.


lexentry: eng/rhabdomyolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhabdomyolysis
trans_list: rhabdomyolyse
sense:
(medicine) The rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine.


lexentry: eng/rhapsody__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhapsody
trans_list: rhapsodie
sense:
(Ancient Greece, poetry, historical) An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation.


lexentry: eng/rhenium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhenium
trans_list: rhénium
sense:
A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.


lexentry: eng/rheostat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rheostat
trans_list: potentiomètre | rhéostat
sense:
An electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by moving a knob or slider.


lexentry: eng/rhesus_macaque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhesus macaque
trans_list: macaque rhésus
sense:
A monkey, Macaca mulatta, common throughout southern Asia, that is extensively used for medical research.


lexentry: eng/rhetorical_device__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhetorical device
trans_list: figure de rhétorique
sense:
A phrase (set phrase or created phrase) that uses reduplication, onomatopoeia, or other phonetic markers that increase memorability and “musicality” (making rhetoric pleasing or entertaining).


lexentry: eng/rheum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rheum
trans_list: chassie | morve
sense:
(uncountable) Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/rheumatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rheumatism
trans_list: rhumatisme
sense:
(pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.


lexentry: eng/rheumatoid_arthritis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rheumatoid arthritis
trans_list: polyarthrite rhumatoïde
sense:
(pathology) A chronic and progressive disease in which the immune system attacks the joints. It is characterised by pain, inflammation and swelling of the joints, stiffness, weakness, loss of mobility and deformity. Tissues throughout the body can be affected, including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and muscles.


lexentry: eng/rheumy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rheumy
trans_list: chassieux
sense:
Producing rheum from the mucous membranes; (also, figuratively) especially of the eyes: filled with rheum; watery.


lexentry: eng/rhinarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinarium
trans_list: rhinarium | truffe
sense:
The naked surface of skin around the external openings of the nostrils of the nose in most mammals, usually more or less moist and embossed.


lexentry: eng/rhinoceros__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinoceros
trans_list: rhinocéros
sense:
Any of several large herbivorous ungulates native to Africa and Asia of the five extant species in the three extant genera in the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.


lexentry: eng/rhinoceros_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinoceros beetle
trans_list: scarabée rhinocéros
sense:
Any of various tropical beetles, of the subfamily Dynastinae, having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts.


lexentry: eng/rhinophore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinophore
trans_list: rhinophores
sense:
A club-shaped structure that occurs in pairs as the most prominent part of the external head anatomy of the dorid nudibranchs.


lexentry: eng/rhinoplasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinoplasty
trans_list: rhinoplastie
sense:
(medicine, surgery, uncountable) A type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person's nose.


lexentry: eng/rhinovirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinovirus
trans_list: rhinovirus
sense:
Any of many common infectious RNA viruses, of the genus Rhinovirus, that cause disorders such as the common cold.


lexentry: eng/rhizome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhizome
trans_list: rhizome
sense:
(botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.


lexentry: eng/rhizosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhizosphere
trans_list: rhizosphère
sense:
(soil science) the soil region subject to the influence of plant roots and their associated microorganisms


lexentry: eng/rho__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rho
trans_list: rhô
sense:
The seventeenth letter of the Modern Greek and Classical alphabets and the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient.


lexentry: eng/rhodium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhodium
trans_list: rhodium
sense:
A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.


lexentry: eng/rhodopsin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhodopsin
trans_list: rhodopsine
sense:
(biochemistry) A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal


lexentry: eng/rhombicosidodecahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhombicosidodecahedron
trans_list: petit rhombicosidodécaèdre | rhombicosidodécaèdre
sense:
(geometry) An Archimedean solid with 62 regular faces (20 triangles, 30 squares, and 12 pentagons), 60 vertices and 120 edges.


lexentry: eng/rhombicuboctahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhombicuboctahedron
trans_list: rhombicuboctaèdre
sense:
(geometry) An Archimedean solid with eight triangular and eighteen square faces; the small rhombicuboctahedron.


lexentry: eng/rhotacism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rhotacism
trans_list: rhotacisme
sense:
(countable, phonology) A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R, such as Latin flos becoming florem in the accusative case; rhotacization.


lexentry: eng/rhubarb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhubarb
trans_list: rhubarbe
sense:
Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).


lexentry: eng/rhumb_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhumb line
trans_list: loxodromie | ligne de vent
sense:
(nautical) A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction.


lexentry: eng/rhyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rhyme
trans_list: rime
sense:
(countable, in particular) A word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.


lexentry: eng/rhyme__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rhyme
trans_list: rimer | faire rimer
sense:
(intransitive, followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.


lexentry: eng/rhyme__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rhyme
trans_list: faire rimer | rimer
sense:
(reciprocal) Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.


lexentry: eng/rhyolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhyolite
trans_list: rhyolite
sense:
(geology) An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.


lexentry: eng/rhythm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhythm
trans_list: rythme
sense:
The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.


lexentry: eng/rhythm_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhythm game
trans_list: jeu de rythme
sense:
(video game genre) A game that challenges the player to press buttons etc. to match a timed sequence indicated on the screen, usually in order to make the game character perform music or dance moves.


lexentry: eng/rhythm_guitar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhythm guitar
trans_list: guitare rythmique
sense:
A guitar in a band that provides rhythm, usually by playing chords or similar accompanying parts, to support the lead guitar.


lexentry: eng/rhythmic_gymnastics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhythmic gymnastics
trans_list: gymnastique rythmique | gymnastique rythmique et sportive
sense:
(gymnastics) A discipline of gymnastics where the gymnast manipulates one of five apparatuses (ribbon, ball, rope, clubs, hoop) in a rhythmic manner.


lexentry: eng/rhyton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhyton
trans_list: rhyton
sense:
A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.


lexentry: eng/rib__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rib
trans_list: nervure | côte
sense:
(anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.


lexentry: eng/rib__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rib
trans_list: nervure | côte
sense:
(aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.


lexentry: eng/rib__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: rib
trans_list: côte
sense:
(architectural element) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault


lexentry: eng/rib_cage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rib cage
trans_list: cage thoracique
sense:
(skeleton) A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.


lexentry: eng/ribauldequin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribauldequin
trans_list: ribaudequin
sense:
An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. After the 14th century it was furnished with small cannon.


lexentry: eng/ribbon_cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribbon cable
trans_list: limande | nappe
sense:
A cable with many conducting wires running parallel to each other on the same flat plane; often used for internal peripherals in a computer.


lexentry: eng/ribbon_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribbon seal
trans_list: phoque annelé
sense:
A species (Histriophoca fasciata) of true seal (or earless seal) found in the Arctic and subarctic regions of the North Pacific Ocean.


lexentry: eng/riboflavin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: riboflavin
trans_list: riboflavine
sense:
(vitamin) Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a member of the vitamin B complex, that acts as a growth-promoting factor in humans and other animals.


lexentry: eng/ribonucleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribonucleic acid
trans_list: acide ribonucléique
sense:
(biochemistry) A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.


lexentry: eng/ribose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribose
trans_list: ribose
sense:
(carbohydrate) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.


lexentry: eng/ribosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribosome
trans_list: ribosome
sense:
(biology, cytology) A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rice_cooker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rice cooker
trans_list: cuiseur de riz | cuit-riz
sense:
A kitchen appliance which is designed to cook rice, through either boiling or steaming it. It may also be used as a steam cooker for other foods.


lexentry: eng/rice_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rice paper
trans_list: papier de riz
sense:
A thin, fragile paper made from parts of the rice plant, used in artificial flowers and watercolour art.


lexentry: eng/rice_vinegar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rice vinegar
trans_list: vinaigre de riz
sense:
A type of vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean cooking.


lexentry: eng/rice_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rice wine
trans_list: vin de riz
sense:
An alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to grape wine.


lexentry: eng/rich_kid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rich kid
trans_list: fils à papa | gosse de riche
sense:
(US, informal, somewhat, pejorative) A child, adolescent or young adult from a wealthy family, especially one who flaunts his or her wealth or privilege.


lexentry: eng/rich_text__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rich text
trans_list: texte riche
sense:
(computing) Text that has been enhanced with formatting, multimedia, etc., such as Microsoft's Rich Text Format or the enriched text format used in electronic mail.


lexentry: eng/rickets__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rickets
trans_list: rachitisme
sense:
(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft bones.


lexentry: eng/ride__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ride
trans_list: chevaucher | monter | rouler
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/ride__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ride
trans_list: conduire | monter
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger. [from 9th c., transitive usage from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/ride__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: ride
trans_list: monter
sense:
(intransitive, transitive, slang, vulgar) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/ride_roughshod_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ride roughshod over
trans_list: fouler aux pieds
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To treat (someone) roughly or without care, control, moderation, or respect; to act in a bullying manner toward (someone); to damage (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/ridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ridge
trans_list: faîte
sense:
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.


lexentry: eng/ridicule__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ridicule
trans_list: tourner en ridicule | ridiculiser | tourner en dérision
sense:
(transitive) to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of


lexentry: eng/riding_habit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: riding habit
trans_list: amazone
sense:
A woman's outfit for horseback riding, traditionally comprising a tailored jacket with a long skirt, a tailored shirt or chemisette, and a formal hat.


lexentry: eng/rifle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rifle
trans_list: fusil | carabine
sense:
(weaponry) A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.


lexentry: eng/rigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rigger
trans_list: outrigger
sense:
A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.


lexentry: eng/rigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rigger
trans_list: hercheur
sense:
A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.


lexentry: eng/rigging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rigging
trans_list: gréement
sense:
Dress; tackle; especially (nautical) , the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.


lexentry: eng/right-hand_drive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right-hand drive
trans_list: conduite à gauche | volant à droite
sense:
Describes a motor vehicle with the steering wheel on the right-hand side, designed for use in countries such as UK and Japan where cars normally drive on the left.


lexentry: eng/right-wing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right-wing
trans_list: droit | droitier
sense:
(politics) Of political ideologies: opposing political and social equality, especially conservative, traditional, and/or reactionary politics.


lexentry: eng/right__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: right
trans_list: droit | droite
sense:
(geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.


lexentry: eng/right__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: right
trans_list: droit | correct | juste | bon
sense:
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.


lexentry: eng/right__Adjective__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: right
trans_list: droit | droite
sense:
(geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.


lexentry: eng/right__Interjection__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: right
trans_list: hein | n'est-ce pas | non
sense:
Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.


lexentry: eng/right__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: right
trans_list: corriger | redresser | se redresser
sense:
(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.


lexentry: eng/right_honourable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: right honourable
trans_list: très honorable
sense:
A courtesy title applied to a privy counsellor, to the lord mayor of various cities, governor general, and to the prime minister of certain Commonwealth countries.


lexentry: eng/right_of_asylum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right of asylum
trans_list: droit d'asile
sense:
(legal) The right of a person persecuted by his or her own country to be protected by another sovereign authority.


lexentry: eng/right_of_first_refusal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right of first refusal
trans_list: droit de préemption
sense:
(legal) A provision in a contract that permits a party to that contract or another named party to have an opportunity to purchase, use, or otherwise obtain a specified object before it is offered to any other party.


lexentry: eng/right_of_way__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right of way
trans_list: priorité
sense:
(uncountable) The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.


lexentry: eng/right_of_way__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: right of way
trans_list: droit de passage
sense:
(countable) A strip of land or alignment where portions of a roadway, railway, power line, or other utilities and their associated structures and facilities is located or passes acquired through eminent domain or expropriation.


lexentry: eng/right_to_be_forgotten__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right to be forgotten
trans_list: droit à l'oubli
sense:
(law) An individual's legal right to have certain information about themselves deleted, so as to ensure their privacy.


lexentry: eng/right_to_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right to work
trans_list: droit au travail
sense:
(public policy, legal, ethics) The human right (the right of an individual) to have gainful employment.


lexentry: eng/right_whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right whale
trans_list: baleine franche
sense:
Any of certain baleen whales of the family Balaenidae, in the genera Eubalaena (three species) and Balaena (one species, the bowhead whale, also called Greenland right whale). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/rigidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rigidity
trans_list: rigidité | raideur
sense:
The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape


lexentry: eng/rime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rime
trans_list: givre
sense:
Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).


lexentry: eng/rinderpest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rinderpest
trans_list: peste bovine
sense:
An eradicated contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.


lexentry: eng/ring-necked_parakeet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring-necked parakeet
trans_list: perruche à collier
sense:
A species of parakeet, Psittacula krameri, prevalent in Asia and famous for escaping domestication and establishing wild populations in Britain.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring
trans_list: cercle | anneau
sense:
(UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring
trans_list: anneau | bague
sense:
A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ring
trans_list: ring | manège | piste
sense:
A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring
trans_list: anneau | bague
sense:
(algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ring
trans_list: anneau | bague
sense:
(algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring
trans_list: anneau d'ensembles
sense:
(analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.


lexentry: eng/ring_binder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring binder
trans_list: cartable | classeur | farde
sense:
A folder in which punched pieces of paper may be held by means of clamps running through the holes in the paper.


lexentry: eng/ring_finger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring finger
trans_list: annulaire
sense:
Finger between middle finger and little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)


lexentry: eng/ring_ouzel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring ouzel
trans_list: merle à plastron
sense:
Turdus torquatus, a European thrush, similar to the common blackbird, but with a ring of white feathers at its neck.


lexentry: eng/ring_road__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring road
trans_list: boulevard de ceinture | périphérique | ring | rocade | route de ceinture | voie de ceinture
sense:
(chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.


lexentry: eng/ringneck_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ringneck dove
trans_list: tourterelle rieuse | tourterelle domestique
sense:
A domesticated dove with an unclear taxonomic classification, often treated as its own species as, Streptopelia risoria. Other sources place it in a subspecies of either Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian collared dove), or Streptopelia roseogrisea (African collared dove).


lexentry: eng/ringtail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ringtail
trans_list: bassaris rusé
sense:
A small carnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, somewhat like a raccoon, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico.


lexentry: eng/ringworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ringworm
trans_list: teigne | rogne | roue de Sainte-Catherine
sense:
A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered by vesicles or scales.


lexentry: eng/riot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: riot
trans_list: émeute
sense:
A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.


lexentry: eng/riot_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: riot police
trans_list: police antiémeute
sense:
A unit of the police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds. They use special equipment for personal defense as well as for crowd control and dispersal.


lexentry: eng/rip__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: rip
trans_list: ripper
sense:
(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.


lexentry: eng/rip_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rip off
trans_list: escroquer | arnaquer
sense:
(transitive, slang) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.


lexentry: eng/ripe__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ripe
trans_list: mûr | mûre
sense:
(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.


lexentry: eng/ripped__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ripped
trans_list: sec
sense:
(bodybuilding) Having extremely low bodyfat content so that the shape of the underlying muscles become pronounced. Said especially of well-defined abdominal muscles or of men who have them.


lexentry: eng/ripple__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ripple
trans_list: drège
sense:
(textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.


lexentry: eng/ripsaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ripsaw
trans_list: scie égoïne
sense:
(uncountable, music genre, Caribbean) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.


lexentry: eng/rise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rise
trans_list: se lever | monter
sense:
(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.


lexentry: eng/rise_from_the_ashes__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rise from the ashes
trans_list: renaître de ses cendres
sense:
To make a comeback after a disaster that almost led to a tragic end; to make a comeback after a long hiatus; to come back into common use or practice, or back into popularity.


lexentry: eng/riser__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: riser
trans_list: gaine | gaine technique
sense:
A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).


lexentry: eng/rishi__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rishi
trans_list: rishi
sense:
(post-Vedic) A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men.


lexentry: eng/risk__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: risk
trans_list: risque
sense:
(uncountable, economics, business, and, engineering) The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.


lexentry: eng/risk_assessment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: risk assessment
trans_list: évaluation des risques | évaluation du risque
sense:
The overall process of identifying all the risks to and from an activity and assessing the potential impact of each risk.


lexentry: eng/risk_management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: risk management
trans_list: gestion des risques | gestion du risque
sense:
The process of determining the maximum acceptable level of overall risk to and from a proposed activity, then using risk assessment techniques to determine the initial level of risk and, if this is excessive, developing a strategy to ameliorate appropriate individual risks until the overall level of risk is reduced to an acceptable level.


lexentry: eng/rite_of_passage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rite of passage
trans_list: rite de passage
sense:
(anthropology) A ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a transition in a person’s life. Baptisms, bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals are among the best known examples.


lexentry: eng/rival__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rival
trans_list: rival | rivale
sense:
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.


lexentry: eng/rive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rive
trans_list: diviser
sense:
(transitive, archaic, _, except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.


lexentry: eng/river__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: river
trans_list: rivière | fleuve
sense:
A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.


lexentry: eng/river__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: river
trans_list: lézarde
sense:
(typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.


lexentry: eng/riverbed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: riverbed
trans_list: lit de rivière
sense:
(hydrology) The path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.


lexentry: eng/rivet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rivet
trans_list: rivet
sense:
A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.


lexentry: eng/rix-dollar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rix-dollar
trans_list: rixdale
sense:
(historical) A unit of currency introduced into certain former European colonies such as Cape Province and Ceylon.


lexentry: eng/road__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road
trans_list: route | chemin
sense:
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/road__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: road
trans_list: route | chemin
sense:
(nautical, often, in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/road_accident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road accident
trans_list: accident de la route
sense:
A collision on a road, typically involving one or more motor vehicles, but also including cyclists and pedestrians knocked down by vehicles.


lexentry: eng/road_map__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road map
trans_list: carte routière
sense:
A map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation. A road map may contain other relevant data, such as terrain or railway lines.


lexentry: eng/road_rage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road rage
trans_list: rage au volant | rage routière
sense:
(automotive, law, psychology) Uncontrollable aggressive behaviour by the driver of a road vehicle, especially when caused by stress or frustration.


lexentry: eng/road_to_Damascus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road to Damascus
trans_list: chemin de Damas
sense:
(idiomatic, often, attributive) An important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.


lexentry: eng/road_user__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road user
trans_list: usager de la route
sense:
Any person that makes use of a road, such as a driver, cyclist, motorcyclist, moped rider, pedestrian or horserider.


lexentry: eng/roadhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roadhouse
trans_list: restauroute | restoroute
sense:
(chiefly, US) An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city.


lexentry: eng/roadrunner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roadrunner
trans_list: géocoucou
sense:
Either of two species of fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family native to North and Central America, the lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) and, especially, the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus).


lexentry: eng/roadstead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roadstead
trans_list: rade
sense:
(nautical) A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/roaming__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: roaming
trans_list: itinérance | roaming
sense:
(uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.


lexentry: eng/roaming__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: roaming
trans_list: vagabondage
sense:
(uncountable, computing, operating system) Using the OS service of manipulating folders and documents from different PC devices by a registered user.


lexentry: eng/roaring_forties__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roaring forties
trans_list: quarantièmes rugissants
sense:
(geography, meteorology) The area of the earth between 40 and 50 degrees south, prone to gale-force westerly winds.


lexentry: eng/roast__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: roast
trans_list: bien-cuit
sense:
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.


lexentry: eng/roast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roast
trans_list: rôtir
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.


lexentry: eng/roast__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: roast
trans_list: rôtir
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.


lexentry: eng/roast__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: roast
trans_list: clasher | incendier
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.


lexentry: eng/rob_Peter_to_pay_Paul__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rob Peter to pay Paul
trans_list: déshabiller Pierre pour habiller Paul
sense:
(idiomatic) To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain.


lexentry: eng/robbery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: robbery
trans_list: braquage | banditisme
sense:
(legal) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.


lexentry: eng/robin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: robin
trans_list: grive
sense:
Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.


lexentry: eng/robinsonade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: robinsonade
trans_list: robinsonnade
sense:
A genre of adventure fiction where a hero is stranded alone on a desert island and has to survive with his own wits.


lexentry: eng/robot__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: robot
trans_list: robot
sense:
(chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/robot__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: robot
trans_list: robot
sense:
A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/roburite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roburite
trans_list: roburite
sense:
An explosive formerly used in mining, made from chlorinated dinitrobenzene oxidized by ammonium nitrate.


lexentry: eng/rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock
trans_list: roche | pierre | roc
sense:
(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.


lexentry: eng/rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rock
trans_list: roche | rocher
sense:
(figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.


lexentry: eng/rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rock
trans_list: sucre d'orge
sense:
(British, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.


lexentry: eng/rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: rock
trans_list: pierre
sense:
(rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.


lexentry: eng/rock__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock
trans_list: rock
sense:
A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.


lexentry: eng/rock__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rock
trans_list: bouleverser
sense:
(transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).


lexentry: eng/rock_crystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock crystal
trans_list: cristal de roche
sense:
clear, colourless form of the silica-based mineral quartz, often called "pure quartz" or "clear quartz".


lexentry: eng/rock_hard__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rock hard
trans_list: durissime
sense:
(bodybuilding) With muscles developed and toned to a high degree, especially the muscles of the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/rock_hyrax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock hyrax
trans_list: daman des rochers
sense:
A guinea pig-like, but larger, animal (Procavia capensis), native to much of Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian peninsula.


lexentry: eng/rock_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock music
trans_list: rock | musique rock
sense:
(music) A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.


lexentry: eng/rock_paper_scissors__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock paper scissors
trans_list: chifoumi | pierre-feuille-ciseaux
sense:
(hand game) A popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.


lexentry: eng/rock_pipit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock pipit
trans_list: pipit maritime
sense:
A stocky bird, of species Anthus petrosus, somewhat smaller than a starling, that breeds on rocky beaches and winters on coastal salt marshes.


lexentry: eng/rock_the_boat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock the boat
trans_list: faire des vagues
sense:
(idiomatic) To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.


lexentry: eng/rocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rocket
trans_list: fusée | roquette | pétard
sense:
A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rocket
trans_list: fusée
sense:
An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rocket_scientist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rocket scientist
trans_list: Einstein | avoir fait Polytechnique | grand clerc | polytechnicien | tête
sense:
(hyperbolic, idiom, chiefly in the negative) One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very intelligent person.


lexentry: eng/rockfowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rockfowl
trans_list: picatharte
sense:
Either of two bird species of genus Picathartes in the passerine family Picathartidae endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.


lexentry: eng/rococo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rococo
trans_list: rococo
sense:
(uncountable) A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.


lexentry: eng/rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rod
trans_list: verges
sense:
A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.


lexentry: eng/rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: rod
trans_list: canne à pêche
sense:
An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.


lexentry: eng/rod_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rod cell
trans_list: bâtonnet
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels.


lexentry: eng/rodent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rodent
trans_list: rongeur
sense:
A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.


lexentry: eng/roe_deer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roe deer
trans_list: chevreuil
sense:
A small, nimble Eurasian deer with no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter, the male having short three-pointed antlers (Capreolus capreolus and Capreolus pygargus).


lexentry: eng/roger__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roger
trans_list: bien reçu | cinq sur cinq | comprendre
sense:
(radio telecommunications) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)


lexentry: eng/roil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roil
trans_list: troubler
sense:
(transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.


lexentry: eng/roleplaying_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roleplaying game
trans_list: jeu de rôle
sense:
(games) A type of game where one or more players assume the roles of characters (usually one each) to interact with a fictional world either defined by themselves or through the moderation of a neutral judge (usually referred to as the game master).


lexentry: eng/roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: roll
trans_list: rouleau
sense:
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.


lexentry: eng/roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: roll
trans_list: roulis
sense:
(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/roll__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: roll
trans_list: rouleau
sense:
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.


lexentry: eng/roll__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roll
trans_list: rouler | faire rouler
sense:
(ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.


lexentry: eng/roll__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: roll
trans_list: rouler | gronder
sense:
(ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.


lexentry: eng/roll__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: roll
trans_list: rouler
sense:
(ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.


lexentry: eng/roll__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: roll
trans_list: faire rouler
sense:
(geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.


lexentry: eng/roll_cage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roll cage
trans_list: arceau de sécurité
sense:
(automotive) A frame built in or around the driver and passenger compartment of a vehicle to protect its occupants from being injured in an accident, particularly if the vehicle rolls over.


lexentry: eng/roll_one's_eyes__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roll one's eyes
trans_list: lever les yeux au ciel
sense:
(idiomatic) To deliberately turn one's eyes upwards, usually to indicate disapproval, indifference or frustration.


lexentry: eng/roll_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roll out
trans_list: déployer | sortir
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to launch (a product or service), especially in a gradual fashion across multiple regions.


lexentry: eng/roll_out_the_red_carpet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roll out the red carpet
trans_list: dérouler le tapis rouge
sense:
(idiomatic) To extend the utmost hospitality; to treat someone as an honored guest; to welcome or host, especially in a showy or extravagant manner.


lexentry: eng/roll_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: roll up
trans_list: hisser
sense:
(RPG, intransitive) To roll the dice necessary to create a character for a game, especially a role-playing game.


lexentry: eng/rollback__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rollback
trans_list: rollback
sense:
(databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).


lexentry: eng/roller__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: roller
trans_list: rollier
sense:
Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.


lexentry: eng/roller_blind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roller blind
trans_list: volet roulant
sense:
A blind for a window, usually of stiffened fabric, mounted on a pole and operated with a chain or spring mechanism.


lexentry: eng/roller_chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roller chain
trans_list: chaîne
sense:
A type of chain drive used to transmit mechanical power in many kinds of machinery, such as conveyors and bicycles, consisting of a series of short cylindrical rollers held together by side links and driven by a sprocket.


lexentry: eng/roller_shutter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roller shutter
trans_list: volet roulant
sense:
A shutter (for a window or door) consisting of a series of horizontal sections that are hinged together and attached to a roller at the top.


lexentry: eng/rolling_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rolling paper
trans_list: papier à rouler
sense:
(chiefly, US) A small sheet of paper used for rolling (tobacco) cigarettes, joints (marijuana cigarettes), and the like.


lexentry: eng/rolling_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rolling pin
trans_list: rouleau à pâtisserie | rouleau
sense:
A food preparation utensil consisting of a cylinder with a handle at each end, used to flatten dough.


lexentry: eng/romanize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: romanize
trans_list: latiniser | romaniser
sense:
(transitive) To put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.


lexentry: eng/romantic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: romantic
trans_list: romantique
sense:
Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/romantic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: romantic
trans_list: romantique
sense:
Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/romantic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: romantic
trans_list: romantique
sense:
Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/romantic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: romantic
trans_list: romantique
sense:
A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).


lexentry: eng/romantic_comedy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: romantic comedy
trans_list: comédie romantique | comédie sentimentale | romcom
sense:
(uncountable) A genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.


lexentry: eng/romanticize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: romanticize
trans_list: romantiser
sense:
(transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.


lexentry: eng/rond_de_jambe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rond de jambe
trans_list: rond de jambe
sense:
(ballet) The movement of a leg in a semicircular motion, either on the ground (par terre) or in the air (en l'air).


lexentry: eng/rondel__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rondel
trans_list: dague à rouelles
sense:
(historical) A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).


lexentry: eng/rondo__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rondo
trans_list: rondo
sense:
(soccer) A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.


lexentry: eng/rood_screen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rood screen
trans_list: jubé
sense:
(architecture, Christianity) A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix; an altar screen.


lexentry: eng/rook__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rook
trans_list: tour
sense:
(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.


lexentry: eng/room_temperature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: room temperature
trans_list: température ambiante
sense:
A normal temperature of a room in which people live; typically 20 to 23°C (68 to 73°F); neither heated nor cooled.


lexentry: eng/rooster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rooster
trans_list: coq
sense:
(North America, Kent, Australia, NZ) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.


lexentry: eng/root__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: root
trans_list: racine
sense:
The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.


lexentry: eng/root__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: root
trans_list: racine
sense:
(arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.


lexentry: eng/root__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: root
trans_list: racine | radical
sense:
(linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.


lexentry: eng/root__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: root
trans_list: root
sense:
(computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.


lexentry: eng/root_beer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: root beer
trans_list: racinette
sense:
A beverage, most often a carbonated soft drink made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sassafras root bark, nutmeg, anise, and molasses, among other things.


lexentry: eng/root_cause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: root cause
trans_list: cause racine
sense:
(idiomatic) An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.


lexentry: eng/root_cellar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: root cellar
trans_list: cave
sense:
A structure built underground or partially underground and used to store vegetables, fruits, and nuts or other foods.


lexentry: eng/root_mean_square__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: root mean square
trans_list: moyenne quadratique
sense:
(mathematics, often, attributive) The square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of a set of numbers or values.


lexentry: eng/root_of_unity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: root of unity
trans_list: racine de l'unité
sense:
(number theory) An element of a given field (especially, a complex number) x such that for some positive integer n, xn = 1.


lexentry: eng/rootball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rootball
trans_list: racine
sense:
The mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container.


lexentry: eng/rootstock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rootstock
trans_list: rhizome
sense:
(agriculture) A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture.


lexentry: eng/rope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rope
trans_list: corde
sense:
(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.


lexentry: eng/rope__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rope
trans_list: corde | cordage
sense:
(computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.


lexentry: eng/rorqual__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rorqual
trans_list: rorqual
sense:
Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.


lexentry: eng/rosary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rosary
trans_list: rosaire | chapelet
sense:
Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)


lexentry: eng/rosary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rosary
trans_list: rosaire
sense:
(by extension) A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.


lexentry: eng/rose-colored_glasses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rose-colored glasses
trans_list: lunettes roses
sense:
(idiomatic) An optimistic perception of something; a positive opinion; seeing something in a positive way, often thinking of it as better than it actually is.


lexentry: eng/rose_chafer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rose chafer
trans_list: cétoine dorée
sense:
A metallic-green beetle, Cetonia aurata, with a distinct V-shaped scutellum, found over central and southern Europe.


lexentry: eng/rose_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rose fish
trans_list: sébaste atlantique
sense:
A large marine food fish, of species Sebastes norvegicus, that lives off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.


lexentry: eng/rose_window__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rose window
trans_list: rosace
sense:
Any circular window, especially one of those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.


lexentry: eng/rosemary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rosemary
trans_list: romarin
sense:
A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.


lexentry: eng/rosette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rosette
trans_list: rosette
sense:
An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, used especially as an ornament or a badge.


lexentry: eng/rosette__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rosette
trans_list: rosette
sense:
(botany) A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.


lexentry: eng/rosette__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: rosette
trans_list: rosette
sense:
(zoology) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.


lexentry: eng/rosewater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rosewater
trans_list: eau de rose
sense:
A liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water, used as a coloring agent and flavoring ingredient in certain foods.


lexentry: eng/rosin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rosin
trans_list: colophane
sense:
(organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.


lexentry: eng/roster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roster
trans_list: liste
sense:
A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.


lexentry: eng/rotary_dial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotary dial
trans_list: cadran d'appel
sense:
a disk with finger holes, used to enter numbers by rotating the disk forward and letting it slide back


lexentry: eng/rotate__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: rotate
trans_list: intervertir | permuter
sense:
(transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.


lexentry: eng/rotator_cuff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotator cuff
trans_list: coiffe des rotateurs
sense:
A set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder responsible for rotating the humerus (upper arm bone).


lexentry: eng/rotavirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotavirus
trans_list: rotavirus
sense:
Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.


lexentry: eng/rotaxane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotaxane
trans_list: rotaxane
sense:
(physical chemistry) A complex of two molecules, one ring-shaped and the other dumbbell-shaped, with the dumbbell threaded through the ring and having end groups too large to pass through the ring.


lexentry: eng/rotifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotifer
trans_list: rotifère
sense:
Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.


lexentry: eng/rotor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotor
trans_list: rotor
sense:
A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.


lexentry: eng/rotten_borough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotten borough
trans_list: bourg pourri
sense:
(historical) A parliamentary borough that was represented in Parliament although the number of voters had diminished so greatly that they were largely controlled by the main landowner; such boroughs were abolished in the 19th century. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/rouille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rouille
trans_list: rouille
sense:
(cooking) A type of sauce from Provence, France, often served with fish dishes, consisting of egg yolk and olive oil with breadcrumbs, chili peppers, garlic, and saffron.


lexentry: eng/roulette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roulette
trans_list: roulette
sense:
(uncountable) A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.


lexentry: eng/roulette__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: roulette
trans_list: roulette
sense:
(countable, geometry) The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.


lexentry: eng/roulette_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roulette wheel
trans_list: roulette
sense:
(gambling) A slotted wheel that rotates horizontally; players bet on which slot the ball will stop in.


lexentry: eng/round__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: round
trans_list: rond
sense:
(authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.


lexentry: eng/round__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: round
trans_list: coup
sense:
A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.


lexentry: eng/round__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: round
trans_list: round | tour | épreuve
sense:
(sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.


lexentry: eng/round__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: round
trans_list: round
sense:
A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.


lexentry: eng/round__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: round
trans_list: arrondir
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.


lexentry: eng/round_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round down
trans_list: arrondir
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic) To round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.


lexentry: eng/round_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round off
trans_list: arrondir
sense:
(transitive) To change the shape of (an object) to make it smoother and especially more circular or ovoid.


lexentry: eng/round_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: round off
trans_list: arrondir
sense:
(mathematics, transitive, intransitive) To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits.


lexentry: eng/round_robin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round robin
trans_list: poule
sense:
(originally, US, sports, often, attributive) The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.


lexentry: eng/round_robin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round robin
trans_list: round-robin
sense:
(originally, nautical) A document (usually containing a complaint or petition) originally with the signatures arranged in a circle, and later often alphabetically, to disguise the order of signing and to indicate that the signatories are collectively responsible for it.


lexentry: eng/round_robin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round robin
trans_list: poule | round-robin
sense:
A letter or piece of writing which is circulated among members of a group, to which each person makes a contribution before sending it to another person; also, a packet of letters circulated regularly in a fixed order among a group (often family members), whereby each person replaces their previous contribution with a new letter, and then sends the packet to the next recipient.


lexentry: eng/round_trip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round trip
trans_list: aller-retour
sense:
(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.


lexentry: eng/round_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: round up
trans_list: arrondir
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic) To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.


lexentry: eng/roundabout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roundabout
trans_list: rond-point | giratoire
sense:
(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.


lexentry: eng/roundabout__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: roundabout
trans_list: tourniquet
sense:
(chiefly, British) A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.


lexentry: eng/roundoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roundoff
trans_list: rondade
sense:
(gymnastics) A move similar to a cartwheel but ending with the legs together and the gymnast facing in the opposite direction.


lexentry: eng/rousong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rousong
trans_list: rousong
sense:
A Chinese dried meat product with a light and fluffy texture, made by stewing cuts of pork in a sweetened soy sauce mixture.


lexentry: eng/roustabout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roustabout
trans_list: journalier
sense:
(chiefly, US) An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/rout__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rout
trans_list: débâcle | déroute
sense:
(originally, military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.


lexentry: eng/route__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: route
trans_list: itinéraire
sense:
(railway) A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.


lexentry: eng/route_of_administration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: route of administration
trans_list: voie d'administration
sense:
(pharmacology, toxicology) The path by which a drug, fluid, poison, or other substance is taken into the body.


lexentry: eng/router__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: router
trans_list: routeur
sense:
(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.


lexentry: eng/routineness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: routineness
trans_list: quotidien
sense:
The state or quality of being routine, of possessing the traits of being quotidian, and repeating a pattern regularly


lexentry: eng/routing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: routing
trans_list: routage
sense:
(networking) A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.


lexentry: eng/row__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: row
trans_list: rangée | rang | ligne
sense:
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.


lexentry: eng/rowan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rowan
trans_list: sorbier | alisier
sense:
Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.


lexentry: eng/rowanberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rowanberry
trans_list: sorbe
sense:
The small spherical fruits of the rowan or European rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), a species of rowan (Sorbus subg. Sorbus), native to most of Europe except for the far south, and northern Asia; the fruits are bitter and inedible if uncooked, but may be used in the making of jellies and jams.


lexentry: eng/rowlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rowlock
trans_list: dame de nage
sense:
(nautical, chiefly, British) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock.


lexentry: eng/royal_burgh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royal burgh
trans_list: burgh royal
sense:
(Scotland, historical) A type of Scottish burgh founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter; these were legally abolished in 1975.


lexentry: eng/royal_flush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royal flush
trans_list: quinte floche royale | quinte flush royale | quinte-couleur royale | suite colorée à l'as
sense:
(poker) An ace-high straight flush; a hand consisting of the cards A, K, Q, J, 10, of the same suit and the rarest and strongest hand in poker.


lexentry: eng/royal_jelly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royal jelly
trans_list: gelée royale
sense:
A substance secreted by honey bees to aid in the development of immature or young bees, supplied in extra measure to those young that will become queen bees.


lexentry: eng/royal_penguin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royal penguin
trans_list: gorfou de Schlegel
sense:
A species of white-faced penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli, which breed on Macquarie Island, in the south-west Pacific.


lexentry: eng/royal_we__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royal we
trans_list: nous de majesté | nous majestatif
sense:
The first-person plural pronoun we as traditionally used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to themselves in their role as the monarch.


lexentry: eng/royalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royalism
trans_list: royalisme
sense:
Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism.


lexentry: eng/royalty__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: royalty
trans_list: redevance | royalty | règne
sense:
A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.


lexentry: eng/royalty__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: royalty
trans_list: droit d'auteur | redevance | royalty
sense:
The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.


lexentry: eng/royalty__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: royalty
trans_list: droit d'auteur | royalty
sense:
(by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.


lexentry: eng/rub__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rub
trans_list: frotter
sense:
(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.


lexentry: eng/rub_it_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rub it in
trans_list: en rajouter | retourner le fer dans la plaie
sense:
(informal) To add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another.


lexentry: eng/rub_off_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rub off on
trans_list: décolorer
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive, of behavior, beliefs, etc.) To be acquired by or transferred to (someone) as a result of regular exposure.


lexentry: eng/rub_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rub out
trans_list: effacer
sense:
(transitive) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing, especially with a rubber (eraser).


lexentry: eng/rubber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubber
trans_list: caoutchouc | gomme
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.


lexentry: eng/rubber_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubber room
trans_list: cellule capitonné
sense:
(idiomatic, psychiatry) A cell lined with cushions used for confinement of a mentally disturbed person.


lexentry: eng/rubber_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubber stamp
trans_list: tampon
sense:
A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.


lexentry: eng/rubberneck__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubberneck
trans_list: faire le badaud
sense:
To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other.


lexentry: eng/rubbernecker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubbernecker
trans_list: badaud | badaude | curieuse | curieux
sense:
(originally, US) A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.


lexentry: eng/rubbish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubbish
trans_list: pourri
sense:
(chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful.


lexentry: eng/rubella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubella
trans_list: rubéole
sense:
(pathology) A mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes.


lexentry: eng/rubidium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubidium
trans_list: rubidium
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Rb) with an atomic number of 37. It is a soft, highly reactive alkali metal.


lexentry: eng/ruble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruble
trans_list: rouble
sense:
The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка, Belarusian: капе́йка). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.


lexentry: eng/ruby__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ruby
trans_list: rubis
sense:
(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.


lexentry: eng/ruck__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ruck
trans_list: mêlée ouverte
sense:
A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate.


lexentry: eng/ruck__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ruck
trans_list: mêlée ouverte
sense:
(rugby union) The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rudder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rudder
trans_list: gouvernail | safran
sense:
(nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).


lexentry: eng/rudder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rudder
trans_list: gouverne | gouvernail
sense:
(aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.


lexentry: eng/rue__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rue
trans_list: rue
sense:
Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.


lexentry: eng/rue__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rue
trans_list: regretter
sense:
(transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.


lexentry: eng/ruff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruff
trans_list: fraise
sense:
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).


lexentry: eng/ruff__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ruff
trans_list: combattant varié
sense:
Philomachus pugnax (syn. Calidris pugnax), a gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).


lexentry: eng/ruffle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ruffle
trans_list: falbala
sense:
(zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.


lexentry: eng/rufous-tailed_hawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rufous-tailed hawk
trans_list: buse de Patagonie
sense:
Buteo ventralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family, found in southern Argentina and Chile


lexentry: eng/rug__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rug
trans_list: couverture
sense:
(UK, Australia) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket. [1591]


lexentry: eng/rugby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rugby
trans_list: rugby
sense:
A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.


lexentry: eng/rugby_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rugby union
trans_list: rugby à XV
sense:
A form of rugby football, historically amateur, having 15 players per side; points are scored for a try, penalty, drop kick or conversion.


lexentry: eng/ruin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruin
trans_list: ruine
sense:
(countable, sometimes, in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.


lexentry: eng/rule_of_engagement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rule of engagement
trans_list: règle d'engagement
sense:
(military, law enforcement, chiefly, in the plural) An internal rule among a military, police, etc. force defining the circumstances in which and manner with which to use force.


lexentry: eng/rule_of_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rule of law
trans_list: État de droit
sense:
(legal, often, capitalized) The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.


lexentry: eng/rule_of_three__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rule of three
trans_list: règle de trois
sense:
(mathematics, _, education) A rule stating that, if two ratios are equal, then the denominator of the second equals its numerator times the reciprocal of the first ratio: if \frac ab=\frac cd then d=\frac{bc}a.


lexentry: eng/rule_of_thumb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rule of thumb
trans_list: règle générale | au doigt mouillé | au pif
sense:
A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.


lexentry: eng/ruler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruler
trans_list: règle | latte
sense:
A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.


lexentry: eng/ruler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ruler
trans_list: chef | dirigeant
sense:
A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.


lexentry: eng/ruling_class__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruling class
trans_list: classe dirigeante
sense:
(sociology, politics) The social class of a given society that controls that society's political agenda, whether as a formal aristocracy or a party leadership or as an informal unit within democracies.


lexentry: eng/rumble_strip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rumble strip
trans_list: vibreur
sense:
A pattern of variation in a road's surface designed to alert inattentive drivers to potential danger by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling if they veer out of their lane.


lexentry: eng/ruminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruminate
trans_list: ruminer
sense:
(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.


lexentry: eng/rummage__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rummage
trans_list: fouiller
sense:
(intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.


lexentry: eng/rummage__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rummage
trans_list: fouiller
sense:
(transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.


lexentry: eng/rummer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rummer
trans_list: römer
sense:
A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically with a short or heavy stem. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/rumor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rumor
trans_list: rumeur | bruit
sense:
(countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.


lexentry: eng/rump_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rump state
trans_list: état croupion
sense:
Any politico-geographic entity (a state) that is the remnant of a previous, larger one that has been broken up.


lexentry: eng/run__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: run
trans_list: cours d'eau
sense:
(chiefly, eastern, _, North Midland US, especially, Ohio, Pennsylvania) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)


lexentry: eng/run__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: run
trans_list: griller
sense:
(figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.


lexentry: eng/run__Verb__1
sense_num: 32
written_rep: run
trans_list: marcher | courir
sense:
To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.


lexentry: eng/run_away_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: run away with
trans_list: s'évader
sense:
To leave secretly with another person, often with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.


lexentry: eng/run_errands__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: run errands
trans_list: faire les courses
sense:
To undertake a journey to complete multiple small tasks of low importance, usually for household or business matters.


lexentry: eng/run_in_the_family__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: run in the family
trans_list: être de famille
sense:
(idiomatic, somewhat derogatory) To be a characteristic feature that is observed in several generations of a family.


lexentry: eng/run_into__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: run into
trans_list: buter
sense:
(intransitive, _, but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).


lexentry: eng/run_through__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: run through
trans_list: arroser
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, of a train) To have a route that goes through an area; to continue through an area; to complete a route.


lexentry: eng/runaway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: runaway
trans_list: fugitif | fugueur
sense:
A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.


lexentry: eng/rune__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rune
trans_list: rune
sense:
A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.


lexentry: eng/runner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: runner
trans_list: coureur | coureuse
sense:
(cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.


lexentry: eng/running__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: running
trans_list: course à pied | course
sense:
(physics) The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value.


lexentry: eng/running_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: running dog
trans_list: laquais
sense:
(pejorative) A lackey; a lapdog; an unprincipled person who helps or flatters other, more powerful and often evil people.


lexentry: eng/running_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: running gear
trans_list: train d'atterrissage
sense:
(automotive) The wheels, suspension, steering, powertrain and usually the chassis of a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/running_in__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: running in
trans_list: rodage
sense:
The operating of a new engine (especially that of a motor vehicle) at less than its normal speed until proper working has been established.


lexentry: eng/running_text__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: running text
trans_list: texte courant
sense:
The main body of a document; text in the form of sentences and paragraphs, as distinct from headings, captions, footnotes, and other added content.


lexentry: eng/running_the_gauntlet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: running the gauntlet
trans_list: baguettes
sense:
A form of physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass


lexentry: eng/runoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: runoff
trans_list: ballottage | second tour
sense:
(politics) A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.


lexentry: eng/runt__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: runt
trans_list: avorton
sense:
(typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.


lexentry: eng/runway__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: runway
trans_list: podium | passerelle
sense:
A narrow walkway (often on a platform) extending from a stage on which people walk, especially one used by models during fashion shows.


lexentry: eng/rupee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rupee
trans_list: roupie
sense:
The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka, often abbreviated ₨.


lexentry: eng/rush__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rush
trans_list: dépêcher | hâter
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.


lexentry: eng/rush_hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rush hour
trans_list: heure de pointe
sense:
(idiomatic) The times of the day when traffic jams are commonplace, due mainly to people commuting to or from work.


lexentry: eng/rushnyk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rushnyk
trans_list: rouchnik | rouchnyk | routchnik
sense:
A cloth/towel embroidered with symbols and cryptograms of the ancient world, used in Eastern Slavic ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/rusticate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rusticate
trans_list: limoger
sense:
(ambitransitive, Oxbridge, Durham University) To be suspended or expelled temporarily from the university, either compulsorily or voluntarily.


lexentry: eng/rusty-spotted_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rusty-spotted cat
trans_list: chat rubigineux
sense:
Prionailurus rubiginosus, one of the smallest members of the cat family, native to India and Sri Lanka.


lexentry: eng/rusty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rusty
trans_list: rouillé
sense:
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rut__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rut
trans_list: ornière
sense:
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rutile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rutile
trans_list: rutile
sense:
(mineral) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.


lexentry: eng/rösti__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rösti
trans_list: rösti | rœsti
sense:
A traditional breakfast dish in Germanophone Switzerland (originally from Bern canton) made from potatoes, fried in a pan with butter or fat and widely varying other ingredients such as bacon, onions, cheese, apples or fresh herbs.


lexentry: eng/s'more__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: s'more
trans_list: biscuit-sandwich à la guimauve | guim-o-choco | s'more
sense:
(US, Canada) A snack food made by combining graham crackers, marshmallows (frequently toasted) and chocolate, a typical camping fireside treat.


lexentry: eng/sabaton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sabaton
trans_list: soleret
sense:
(historical) A medieval armour covering for the foot, typically made of steel; a flexible armour shoe.


lexentry: eng/sabbatical_year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sabbatical year
trans_list: année sabbatique
sense:
A year of rest for the land observed every seven years in ancient Judea, which included allowing the fields to lie without tilling, sowing, or reaping from one autumn to the next in accordance with a Levitical commandment.


lexentry: eng/sabbatical_year__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sabbatical year
trans_list: année sabbatique | congé sabbatique
sense:
A leave, often with full or half pay granted (as every seventh year) to one holding an administrative or professional position for rest, travel, or research.


lexentry: eng/sable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sable
trans_list: zibeline | martre
sense:
(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/sabot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sabot
trans_list: sabot
sense:
A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.


lexentry: eng/sabotage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sabotage
trans_list: sabotage
sense:
A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.


lexentry: eng/saboteur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saboteur
trans_list: saboteur | saboteuse
sense:
A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.


lexentry: eng/sabre-toothed_tiger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sabre-toothed tiger
trans_list: tigre à dents de sabre
sense:
Any of numerous species of extinct cat-like mammals, of the †Machairodontinae subfamily of the Felidae.


lexentry: eng/sabre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sabre
trans_list: sabre
sense:
(British spelling, Canadian spelling) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.


lexentry: eng/saccharide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saccharide
trans_list: saccharide
sense:
(carbohydrate) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.


lexentry: eng/saccharin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saccharin
trans_list: saccharine
sense:
(chemistry) A white, crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.


lexentry: eng/saccharine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: saccharine
trans_list: cucul la praline | fleur bleue
sense:
(figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.


lexentry: eng/sachet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sachet
trans_list: sachet
sense:
(cooking) A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.


lexentry: eng/sack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sack
trans_list: sac
sense:
A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.


lexentry: eng/sack_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sack race
trans_list: course en sac
sense:
(games, racing) A race in which competitors stand in sacks or similar items and try to be the first to jump to the finish line.


lexentry: eng/sackbut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sackbut
trans_list: sacquebute | sacqueboute | saquebute
sense:
(music) A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.


lexentry: eng/sacrament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacrament
trans_list: sacrement
sense:
(Christianity) A sacred act and the attendant ceremony, considered (theology) an outward sign of divine grace.


lexentry: eng/sacramental__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacramental
trans_list: sacramental
sense:
(Christianity, chiefly, Roman Catholicism) An object (such as holy water or a crucifix) or an action (such as making the sign of the cross) which is regarded as encouraging devotion and thus spiritually aiding the person who uses it.


lexentry: eng/sacramentary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacramentary
trans_list: sacramentaire
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, containing the rites for Mass, the sacraments, etc.


lexentry: eng/sacred__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacred
trans_list: sacré | saint
sense:
Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.


lexentry: eng/sacred_cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacred cow
trans_list: vache sacrée | monstre sacré
sense:
(idiomatic) Something which cannot be tampered with, or criticized, for fear of public outcry. A person, institution, belief system, etc. which, for no reason other than the demands of established social etiquette or popular opinion, should be accorded respect or reverence, and not touched, handled or examined too closely.


lexentry: eng/sacred_fig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacred fig
trans_list: figuier des pagodes
sense:
The bodhi tree, Ficus religiosa, venerated by Buddhists because they believe the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting underneath such a tree.


lexentry: eng/sacrifice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacrifice
trans_list: sacrifice
sense:
A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.


lexentry: eng/sacrifice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacrifice
trans_list: sacrifice | offrande
sense:
Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.


lexentry: eng/sacrifice__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacrifice
trans_list: sacrifier
sense:
To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (science) , to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.


lexentry: eng/sacrifice__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacrifice
trans_list: sacrifier
sense:
To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.


lexentry: eng/sacrifice_bunt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacrifice bunt
trans_list: sacrifice
sense:
(baseball) A play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners.


lexentry: eng/sacrificial_lamb__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sacrificial lamb
trans_list: bouc émissaire
sense:
(figurative, by extension) A person who is sacrificed (not literally) for the greater good of some cause.


lexentry: eng/sacristy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacristy
trans_list: sacristie
sense:
A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.


lexentry: eng/sacrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacrum
trans_list: sacrum
sense:
(anatomy) A large triangular bone at the base of the spine, located between the two ilia (wings of the pelvis) and formed from vertebrae that fuse in adulthood.


lexentry: eng/sacré_bleu__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sacré bleu
trans_list: sacre bleu | sacrebleu
sense:
(dated, or, jocular, hyperforeign) An expression of surprise, exasperation, or dismay; good heavens; oh my gosh.


lexentry: eng/saddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saddle
trans_list: selle
sense:
A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.


lexentry: eng/saddle_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saddle point
trans_list: point col
sense:
(geometry) A point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane.


lexentry: eng/saddle_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saddle tree
trans_list: arçon
sense:
The base on which the rest of the saddle is built. Usually based on wood or a similar synthetic material, it is eventually covered in leather or a leatherlike synthetic. The tree size determines its fit on the horse's back as well as the size of the seat for the rider.


lexentry: eng/saddlebag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saddlebag
trans_list: sacoche
sense:
A covered pouch, usually one of a pair, laid across the back of a horse, donkey, or mule behind its saddle, or hanging over the rear wheel of a motorcycle; often made of leather or (on a motorcycle) a rigid material.


lexentry: eng/saddlery__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: saddlery
trans_list: harnais
sense:
(uncountable) The inventory and equipment of a saddler; saddles and other horse-riding equipment, or the materials for making them.


lexentry: eng/sadhu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sadhu
trans_list: sâdhu
sense:
(Hinduism) An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty).


lexentry: eng/sadism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sadism
trans_list: sadisme
sense:
Achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting pain or humiliation on others, or watching pain or humiliation inflicted on others.


lexentry: eng/sadism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sadism
trans_list: sadisme
sense:
(loosely) Deliberate or wanton cruelty, either mental or physical, to other people, or to animals, regardless of whether for (sexual) gratification.


lexentry: eng/sadomasochism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sadomasochism
trans_list: sadomasochisme
sense:
The practices of sadism and masochism collectively, usually in reference to consensual practices within the BDSM community.


lexentry: eng/safari_park__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safari park
trans_list: parc safari
sense:
a commercial tourist attraction, similar to a zoo, in which visitors drive through animal enclosures


lexentry: eng/safe__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: safe
trans_list: sauf
sense:
(baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.


lexentry: eng/safe_mode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safe mode
trans_list: mode de sécurité
sense:
(computing) A troubleshooting mode of many operating systems in which most advanced functions are not activated.


lexentry: eng/safe_sex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safe sex
trans_list: rapports sexuels protégés | sécuri-sexe
sense:
Sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).


lexentry: eng/safe_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safe space
trans_list: espace sûr
sense:
(sociology) A place or domain serving as a tolerant environment for people (especially a marginalized group) where they do not face harassment, criticism, scrutiny, etc.; especially one in which participants are understood to share a given political or social viewpoint. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/safehouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safehouse
trans_list: cachette
sense:
A secure location, known to only a few trusted people, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger.


lexentry: eng/safety_glass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safety glass
trans_list: verre de sécurité
sense:
Any type of glass, such as toughened glass, laminated glass or wire mesh glass, with additional safety features that make it less likely to break, or less likely to pose a threat when broken.


lexentry: eng/safety_net__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safety net
trans_list: filet de sécurité
sense:
A large net placed horizontally beneath performing aerialists such as trapeze artists or tightrope walkers, intended to catch a performer who falls and to protect him or her from harm.


lexentry: eng/safety_net__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: safety net
trans_list: filet de sécurité
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) Anything, such as a governmental program, that provides security against extreme disadvantage or misfortune.


lexentry: eng/safety_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safety pin
trans_list: épingle de sûreté | épingle à nourrice
sense:
(sewing) A pin in the form of a clasp, which has a guard to cover the sharp point; used to join two pieces of fabric, etc., together temporarily.


lexentry: eng/safety_razor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safety razor
trans_list: rasoir
sense:
A razor, designed for safety, that protects the skin from all but the very edge of the blade (as opposed to a straight razor).


lexentry: eng/safety_reflector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safety reflector
trans_list: réflexe
sense:
A reflector intended for pedestrians, runners, and motorized and non-motorized vehicles. It aids visibility of a person or vehicle as it reflects light from headlights of vehicles.


lexentry: eng/safety_valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safety valve
trans_list: soupape d'échappement | soupape de décompression | soupape de sécurité
sense:
A valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc. (such as a boiler or pressure cooker), would burst, thus reducing the pressure; a relief valve.


lexentry: eng/safeword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safeword
trans_list: mot de sécurité
sense:
(sex, especially, BDSM) A word used in (especially sadomasochistic) sexual practices to unambiguously indicate that a participant actually desires the activity to cease and is not merely feigning a lack of consent.


lexentry: eng/safflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: safflower
trans_list: carthame des teinturiers
sense:
A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.


lexentry: eng/saffron__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: saffron
trans_list: safran
sense:
A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent.


lexentry: eng/sag__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sag
trans_list: flèche
sense:
The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.


lexentry: eng/sag__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sag
trans_list: ployer | s'affaisser
sense:
(figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.


lexentry: eng/saga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saga
trans_list: saga
sense:
An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.


lexentry: eng/sagacity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sagacity
trans_list: sagacité
sense:
The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.


lexentry: eng/sage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sage
trans_list: sage
sense:
A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.


lexentry: eng/sage__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sage
trans_list: sauge
sense:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.


lexentry: eng/sage__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sage
trans_list: sauge
sense:
Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.


lexentry: eng/sage_grouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sage grouse
trans_list: tétras des armoises
sense:
A large grouse of western North America having mottled gray, black and buff plumage (Centrocercus urophasianus) which feeds on the buds of the sagebrush.


lexentry: eng/sagebrush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sagebrush
trans_list: armoise
sense:
Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.


lexentry: eng/sagitta__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sagitta
trans_list: fibula
sense:
(geometry) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.


lexentry: eng/sagittal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sagittal
trans_list: sagittal
sense:
(anatomy) Of or in a plane parallel to the median plane, especially that dividing the body into left and right halves.


lexentry: eng/sago__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sago
trans_list: sagou
sense:
A powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.


lexentry: eng/sagum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sagum
trans_list: sayon
sense:
(historical) A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.


lexentry: eng/saiga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saiga
trans_list: saïga
sense:
Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.


lexentry: eng/sail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sail
trans_list: voile | aile | kiosque | massif
sense:
(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.


lexentry: eng/sail__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sail
trans_list: voile
sense:
(uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.


lexentry: eng/sailor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sailor
trans_list: marin | matelot | femme marin | femme matelot | femme-marin | femme-matelot
sense:
In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.


lexentry: eng/saimiri__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: saimiri
trans_list: saïmiri
sense:
Any member of Saimiri, a taxonomic genus of South American arboreal monkeys comprising the squirrel monkeys.


lexentry: eng/sainfoin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sainfoin
trans_list: sainfoin
sense:
A perennial herb of the genus Onobrychis with pale pink flowers, especially Onobrychis viciifolia (syn. Onobrychis sativa).


lexentry: eng/saint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saint
trans_list: saint | sainte
sense:
(religion, generally) A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.


lexentry: eng/saint__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: saint
trans_list: saint | sainte
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.


lexentry: eng/sal_ammoniac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sal ammoniac
trans_list: salmiac
sense:
(mineral) a rare mineral composed of ammonium chloride found around volcanic fumaroles and guano deposits.


lexentry: eng/salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salad
trans_list: salade
sense:
A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.


lexentry: eng/salad_fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salad fork
trans_list: fourchette à salade
sense:
A fork intended for use when eating salad, often shorter than a usual dinner fork and sometimes having one of the outer tines shaped differently.


lexentry: eng/salamander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salamander
trans_list: salamandre
sense:
A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.


lexentry: eng/salamander__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: salamander
trans_list: salamandre
sense:
(mythology) A creature much like a lizard that is resistant to and lives in fire (in which it is often depicted in heraldry), hence the elemental being of fire.


lexentry: eng/salamander__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: salamander
trans_list: salamandre
sense:
(cooking) A small broiler (North America) or grill (Britain) that heats the food from above, used in professional cookery primarily for browning.


lexentry: eng/salami_tactics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salami tactics
trans_list: saucissonnage | tactique du salami
sense:
The piecemeal removal or scaling back of something (especially political opposition); a gradual attack on an opposing position, group, etc.


lexentry: eng/salary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salary
trans_list: salaire
sense:
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.


lexentry: eng/salaryman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salaryman
trans_list: salaryman
sense:
An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/salbutamol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salbutamol
trans_list: salbutamol
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic beta-agonist bronchodilator related to aspirin, administered in the form of its sulfate (C13H21NO3)2·H2SO4 as an inhalational aerosol or as a tablet to treat bronchospasm associated especially with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is marketed under the trademarks Combivent, Proventil and Ventolin.


lexentry: eng/sales_pitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sales pitch
trans_list: bagou
sense:
Talk or demonstrations intended to persuade a consumer to make a purchase, especially when vigorously delivered or exaggerated.


lexentry: eng/sales_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sales tax
trans_list: taxe de vente | taxe sur la vente
sense:
A local or state tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services payable by the customer. The tax is not recognized as the seller's earnings; the seller only collects the tax and transmits the same to local or state authorities.


lexentry: eng/salicylic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salicylic acid
trans_list: acide salicylique
sense:
(carboxylic acid) A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C6>H4(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.


lexentry: eng/salient__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: salient
trans_list: saillant | saillie
sense:
(geography) A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.


lexentry: eng/saliva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saliva
trans_list: salive
sense:
(physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.


lexentry: eng/salivary_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salivary gland
trans_list: glande salivaire
sense:
(anatomy) Any of several exocrine glands that produce saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically.


lexentry: eng/salmonella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salmonella
trans_list: salmonelle
sense:
Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and other diseases.


lexentry: eng/salo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salo
trans_list: salo
sense:
a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned


lexentry: eng/salsa__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: salsa
trans_list: salsa
sense:
(uncountable, music) A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.


lexentry: eng/salt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salt
trans_list: sel
sense:
A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.


lexentry: eng/salt__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: salt
trans_list: sel
sense:
(chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.


lexentry: eng/salt__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: salt
trans_list: saler | épicer
sense:
(mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.


lexentry: eng/salt_lick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salt lick
trans_list: pierre à lécher
sense:
A block of salt, often enriched with other minerals, licked by herd animals to supplement their diet.


lexentry: eng/salt_marsh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salt marsh
trans_list: marais salant | schorre
sense:
A marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.


lexentry: eng/salt_marsh_hay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salt marsh hay
trans_list: spartine étalée
sense:
Saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico.


lexentry: eng/salt_of_the_earth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salt of the earth
trans_list: sel de la Terre
sense:
(idiomatic) A person or group of people considered to represent the most decent and admirable parts of humanity.


lexentry: eng/saltbush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saltbush
trans_list: arroche | bonne-dame
sense:
Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.


lexentry: eng/saltire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saltire
trans_list: croix de Saint-André
sense:
(heraldiccharge) An ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed.


lexentry: eng/salvage__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: salvage
trans_list: récupération
sense:
(sometimes, attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.


lexentry: eng/salvageable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salvageable
trans_list: récupérable | sauvable
sense:
Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.


lexentry: eng/salvation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: salvation
trans_list: salut
sense:
The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.


lexentry: eng/salvo__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: salvo
trans_list: salve
sense:
(military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.


lexentry: eng/samana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: samana
trans_list: samana | samanéen | samanéenne | shramana
sense:
(religion) An ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts.


lexentry: eng/samarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: samarium
trans_list: samarium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Sm) with an atomic number of 62, a moderately hard silvery metal that slowly oxidizes in air.


lexentry: eng/sambuca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sambuca
trans_list: sambuca
sense:
An Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice, traditionally served with 3 coffee beans that represent health, wealth and fortune (or past, present and future).


lexentry: eng/samekh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: samekh
trans_list: samèkh | samekh
sense:
The 15th letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician. Aramaic. Hebrew. Syriac. And many others).


lexentry: eng/samizdat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: samizdat
trans_list: samizdat
sense:
(uncountable, often, attributive) The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications. [from 1950s.]


lexentry: eng/samosa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: samosa
trans_list: samoussa
sense:
A snack, of South Asian origin, consisting of a deep-fried triangular turnover filled with vegetables (especially potatoes) or meat.


lexentry: eng/samovar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: samovar
trans_list: samovar
sense:
A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.


lexentry: eng/sample__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sample
trans_list: échantillon | exemple | extrait
sense:
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.


lexentry: eng/sample__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sample
trans_list: échantillon
sense:
(statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.


lexentry: eng/sampling__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sampling
trans_list: échantillonnage
sense:
(statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.


lexentry: eng/samsara__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: samsara
trans_list: samsara | samsâra
sense:
(philosophy, religion) In Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment.


lexentry: eng/san__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: san
trans_list: san
sense:
A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa.


lexentry: eng/sanatorium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sanatorium
trans_list: sanatorium
sense:
An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.


lexentry: eng/sanctification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sanctification
trans_list: sanctification
sense:
(theology) The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.


lexentry: eng/sanction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sanction
trans_list: sanction
sense:
A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.


lexentry: eng/sanction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sanction
trans_list: décret | sanction
sense:
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.


lexentry: eng/sanctuary_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sanctuary city
trans_list: ville sanctuaire
sense:
In the United States and Canada, a city that allows undocumented immigrants to live and work without being arrested and deported by local authorities.


lexentry: eng/sand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sand
trans_list: sable
sense:
(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.


lexentry: eng/sand__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: sand
trans_list: plage | sable
sense:
(countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).


lexentry: eng/sand__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sand
trans_list: poncer | sabler
sense:
(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.


lexentry: eng/sand_dune__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sand dune
trans_list: dune de sable
sense:
(geology) A large, semi-permanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts.


lexentry: eng/sandalwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sandalwood
trans_list: santal
sense:
Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.


lexentry: eng/sandalwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sandalwood
trans_list: santal | bois de santal
sense:
The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes.


lexentry: eng/sandblast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sandblast
trans_list: sabler
sense:
To spray with fast-moving solid grains (such as sand propelled by compressed air, although softer material like sodium bicarbonate used for delicate materials may also be so referred to). The process is used for stripping dirt, rust, paint etc. from the surface of objects.


lexentry: eng/sandbox_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sandbox game
trans_list: jeu bac à sable
sense:
(video games, RPG) A game with no linear storyline or specific goal, the player deriving amusement from a range of open-ended interactions or situations.


lexentry: eng/sandcastle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sandcastle
trans_list: château de sable
sense:
A sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach.


lexentry: eng/sanderling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sanderling
trans_list: bécasseau sanderling
sense:
A small wading bird, Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.


lexentry: eng/sandfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sandfly
trans_list: phlébotome
sense:
Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.


lexentry: eng/sandhi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sandhi
trans_list: sandhi
sense:
(phonology) Any of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.


lexentry: eng/sandman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sandman
trans_list: marchand de sable
sense:
(folklore) A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/sandpaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sandpaper
trans_list: papier de verre | papier à poncer
sense:
A strong paper coated with sand, ground glass, or other abrasive material for smoothing and polishing.


lexentry: eng/sandwich__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sandwich
trans_list: sandwich | tartine
sense:
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as the wrapper or container of some other food.


lexentry: eng/sane__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sane
trans_list: sain d'esprit
sense:
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.


lexentry: eng/sangha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sangha
trans_list: sangha
sense:
The community of all followers of the Buddha; the ecclesia in which the devout take refuge; those who have "entered the stream" towards nirvana; as one of the three jewels of Buddhism.


lexentry: eng/sangria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sangria
trans_list: sangria
sense:
A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.


lexentry: eng/sanicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sanicle
trans_list: sanicle
sense:
Any of several plants, of the genus Sanicula, having palmate compound leaves and small flowers arranged in umbels; the snakeroot.


lexentry: eng/sanity_check__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sanity check
trans_list: contrôle de plausibilité | test de plausibilité
sense:
A check to make sure that something does not contain elementary mistakes or impossibilities and is not based on invalid assumptions.


lexentry: eng/sanjak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sanjak
trans_list: sandjak
sense:
(politics) A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/sans-culotte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sans-culotte
trans_list: sans-culotte
sense:
A plebeian Parisian, especially a lower-class republican during the French Revolution. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/sans-culottide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sans-culottide
trans_list: jour complémentaire | jour épagomène | sans-culottide
sense:
(historical) Any of the five (six in leap years) extra days added at the end of Fructidor in the French Republican Calendar.


lexentry: eng/sap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sap
trans_list: sève
sense:
(uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.


lexentry: eng/sap__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sap
trans_list: sape
sense:
(military) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.


lexentry: eng/sap__Verb__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sap
trans_list: miner | saper
sense:
(transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.


lexentry: eng/saponification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saponification
trans_list: saponification
sense:
(chemistry) The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.


lexentry: eng/saponin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saponin
trans_list: saponine
sense:
(organic chemistry, steroid) Any of various steroid glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth.


lexentry: eng/sapper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sapper
trans_list: sapeur
sense:
A combat engineer; an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, and circumventing or building fortifications, bridges, and roads; a military engineer active in a combat zone.


lexentry: eng/sapphic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sapphic
trans_list: lesbien
sense:
Lesbian, relating to lesbianism, or (broadly) to women who are attracted (not necessarily exclusively) to women.


lexentry: eng/sapphire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sapphire
trans_list: saphir | colibri à menton bleu
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.


lexentry: eng/sapphire__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: sapphire
trans_list: saphir | colibri à menton bleu
sense:
(countable) Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.


lexentry: eng/sapphire__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: sapphire
trans_list: saphir | colibri à menton bleu
sense:
Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus or the African lycaenid genus Iolaus.


lexentry: eng/sapphirine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sapphirine
trans_list: saphirine
sense:
(mineral) A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.


lexentry: eng/saprotroph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saprotroph
trans_list: saprophyte
sense:
An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing its nutrients.


lexentry: eng/sapwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sapwood
trans_list: aubier
sense:
The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap).


lexentry: eng/sarangi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sarangi
trans_list: sarangi
sense:
(musical instruments) A bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.


lexentry: eng/sarcasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sarcasm
trans_list: sarcasme
sense:
(uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and a sneering tone of voice.


lexentry: eng/sarcoma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sarcoma
trans_list: sarcome
sense:
(oncology) A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.


lexentry: eng/sarcopenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sarcopenia
trans_list: sarcopénie
sense:
(pathology) Gradual loss of skeletal muscle due to aging, immobility, illness, or combinations thereof.


lexentry: eng/sarcophagus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sarcophagus
trans_list: sarcophage
sense:
(informal) The cement and steel structure that encases the destroyed nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/sardine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sardine
trans_list: sardine
sense:
Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.


lexentry: eng/sari__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sari
trans_list: sari
sense:
The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.


lexentry: eng/sarin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sarin
trans_list: sarin
sense:
(chemistry, military) The nerve gas O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical weapon.


lexentry: eng/sarong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sarong
trans_list: pagne | sarong
sense:
A garment made of a length of printed cloth wrapped about the waist that is commonly worn by men and women in South and Southeast Asia, also in the Pacific islands.


lexentry: eng/sarrusophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sarrusophone
trans_list: sarrussophone
sense:
(musical instruments) Any of a family of wind instruments intended to replace the oboe and bassoon in bands.


lexentry: eng/sarsaparilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sarsaparilla
trans_list: salsepareille
sense:
Any of various tropical (Central and South) American vines of the genus Smilax, such as Smilax aspera, which have fragrant roots.


lexentry: eng/sartorius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sartorius
trans_list: muscle couturier
sense:
(anatomy) A long, slender muscle that runs from the iliac crest along the anterior and medial aspects of the thigh to the proximal tibia, superficial to the quadriceps musculature; the longest muscle in the human body.


lexentry: eng/sash__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sash
trans_list: écharpe
sense:
A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.


lexentry: eng/sash__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sash
trans_list: battant | ouvrant | ventail
sense:
The opening part (casement) of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window. [circa 1680]


lexentry: eng/satay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: satay
trans_list: satay | saté
sense:
A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.


lexentry: eng/sated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sated
trans_list: rassasié | repu
sense:
In a state of complete and thorough satisfaction; having one’s appetite fully satisfied, by having enough of something.


lexentry: eng/sateen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sateen
trans_list: satin
sense:
A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin.


lexentry: eng/satellite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: satellite
trans_list: satellite
sense:
A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/satellite__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: satellite
trans_list: satellite
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".


lexentry: eng/satellite_dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: satellite dish
trans_list: antenne parabolique
sense:
A parabolic antenna designed to receive microwaves from communications satellites, which transmit data transmissions or broadcasts, such as satellite television.


lexentry: eng/satellite_navigation_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: satellite navigation system
trans_list: appareil de navigation
sense:
Any electronic navigation system which uses space satellites as radio signal sources and position references.


lexentry: eng/satellite_television__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: satellite television
trans_list: télévision par satellite | télévision satellite
sense:
A type of cable television service that is broadcasted by a communications satellite and is received by an outdoor antenna or satellite dish.


lexentry: eng/satin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: satin
trans_list: satin
sense:
A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).


lexentry: eng/satire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: satire
trans_list: satire
sense:
(uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.


lexentry: eng/satrapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: satrapy
trans_list: satrapie
sense:
(historical) The territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of Western Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sassanian Empire and Hellenistic empires).


lexentry: eng/saturation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: saturation
trans_list: saturation
sense:
(physics) The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.


lexentry: eng/saturnal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saturnal
trans_list: saturnien
sense:
(Roman mythology, astrology) Of or pertaining to the Ancient Roman god Saturn or to the corresponding planetary entity in astrology.


lexentry: eng/satyr__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: satyr
trans_list: satyre
sense:
(Greek mythology) A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.


lexentry: eng/saucepan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saucepan
trans_list: casserole
sense:
(countable, cookware) A deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.


lexentry: eng/saucier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saucier
trans_list: saucier
sense:
In a large professional kitchen, a cook responsible for preparing sauces and for sauteing foods on demand.


lexentry: eng/saucy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: saucy
trans_list: impertinent | effronté
sense:
(figurative) Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.


lexentry: eng/sauropsid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sauropsid
trans_list: sauropside
sense:
(zoology) A member of the Sauropsida, a comprehensive group of vertebrates comprising the reptiles and birds.


lexentry: eng/saury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saury
trans_list: balaou
sense:
A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.


lexentry: eng/sausage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sausage
trans_list: saucisse | saucisson
sense:
A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.


lexentry: eng/sauté__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sauté
trans_list: sauter
sense:
(transitive) To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks.


lexentry: eng/save__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: save
trans_list: économiser | préserver
sense:
(baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.


lexentry: eng/save__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: save
trans_list: épargner | économiser | mettre de côté | préserver | thésauriser
sense:
(transitive, gambling, slang, archaic) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.


lexentry: eng/save_face__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: save face
trans_list: sauver la face
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.


lexentry: eng/save_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: save up
trans_list: économiser petit à petit
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.


lexentry: eng/saved_by_the_bell__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: saved by the bell
trans_list: sauvé par la cloche | sauvé par le gong
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) Rescued or favorably assisted by a timely interruption or by the sudden termination of difficult circumstances.


lexentry: eng/saveloy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saveloy
trans_list: cervelas
sense:
(chiefly, Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A seasoned and smoked pork sausage, normally purchased ready-cooked.


lexentry: eng/saving__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: saving
trans_list: épargne | économie
sense:
(countable, usually, in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.


lexentry: eng/savings_account__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: savings account
trans_list: compte d'épargne
sense:
(finance, banking) A bank account designed for a client's savings, which compared to a current account typically entails withdrawal restrictions but yields a better interest


lexentry: eng/savings_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: savings bank
trans_list: banque d'épargne | caisse d'épargne
sense:
A type of financial institution that focuses on retail banking: savings of private depositors, payments, credits and insurances for individuals or small and medium-sized enterprises.


lexentry: eng/saviour_sibling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saviour sibling
trans_list: bébé médicament | bébé-médicament
sense:
A child, conceived by selected IVF treatment, so as to have compatible tissue that could be used to treat an existing sick sibling


lexentry: eng/savour__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: savour
trans_list: savourer | déguster
sense:
To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.


lexentry: eng/saw_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saw set
trans_list: avoyeuse
sense:
A device used to adjust the set of a saw's teeth (the amount each tooth protrudes to the side of the saw to create the kerf).


lexentry: eng/sawfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sawfish
trans_list: poisson-scie | scie
sense:
Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.


lexentry: eng/sawfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sawfly
trans_list: mouche à scie
sense:
Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.


lexentry: eng/sawmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sawmill
trans_list: scierie
sense:
A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.


lexentry: eng/sawpit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sawpit
trans_list: scieur de long
sense:
A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawn with a long two-handled saw (a pitsaw) by two people, one standing above the timber and the other in the pit below.


lexentry: eng/sawtooth__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sawtooth
trans_list: dent de scie
sense:
(cellular automata) A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak.


lexentry: eng/sawtooth_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sawtooth wave
trans_list: onde en dents de scie
sense:
(mathematics, engineering) A function or waveform that repeatedly ramps upwards (usually linearly) and then sharply drops.


lexentry: eng/saxhorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saxhorn
trans_list: saxhorn
sense:
(musical instruments) Any of a group of similar brass instruments, resembling a bugle in shape, but with valves


lexentry: eng/saxitoxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saxitoxin
trans_list: saxitoxine
sense:
A neurotoxin, produced by some dinoflagellates, associated with red tides, that can accumulate in molluscs and cause subsequent food poisoning in humans


lexentry: eng/saxophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: saxophone
trans_list: saxophone
sense:
A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.


lexentry: eng/say__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: say
trans_list: dire | disons | il paraît | on dit
sense:
(impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.


lexentry: eng/say__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: say
trans_list: disons
sense:
(informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.


lexentry: eng/say_cheese__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: say cheese
trans_list: fromage
sense:
(idiomatic, mostly, imperative) To smile for a photograph by saying the word "cheese" (the vowel of which, when pronounced as is usual in English, forces a somewhat smile-shaped mouth).


lexentry: eng/scabies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scabies
trans_list: gale | mal de Sainte-Marie
sense:
(pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.


lexentry: eng/scaffolding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scaffolding
trans_list: échafaudage
sense:
A temporary modular system of tubes (or formerly wood) forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.


lexentry: eng/scalar_product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scalar product
trans_list: produit scalaire
sense:
(linear algebra) The product of two vectors computed as the sum of the corresponding elements of the vectors, or, equivalently, as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between their directions.


lexentry: eng/scale__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: scale
trans_list: échelle
sense:
A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.


lexentry: eng/scale__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scale
trans_list: écaille | squame
sense:
Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.


lexentry: eng/scale__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scale
trans_list: écaille
sense:
A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.


lexentry: eng/scale__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: scale
trans_list: écaille
sense:
Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.


lexentry: eng/scale__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scale
trans_list: agrandir | réduire
sense:
(transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.


lexentry: eng/scale_insect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scale insect
trans_list: juin
sense:
Any of the small parasitic insects of the superfamily Coccoidea that live on plants and sap nutrients from them.


lexentry: eng/scale_model__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scale model
trans_list: maquette | modèle réduit
sense:
A three-dimensional copy or representation of something in which all parts have dimensions in the same proportion to that of the original.


lexentry: eng/scalebeam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scalebeam
trans_list: palanche
sense:
The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.


lexentry: eng/scalene_muscle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scalene muscle
trans_list: muscles scalènes
sense:
(muscle) Any of usually three deeply situated muscles on each side of the neck of which each extends from the transverse processes of two or more cervical vertebrae to the first or second rib.


lexentry: eng/scallop__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scallop
trans_list: échancrure
sense:
One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.


lexentry: eng/scalper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scalper
trans_list: vendeur à la sauvette
sense:
(US, Canada) One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.


lexentry: eng/scambaiting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scambaiting
trans_list: scambaiting
sense:
(Internet) The practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, usually the Nigerian scam, in order to waste the scammer’s time and resources.


lexentry: eng/scan__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scan
trans_list: fouiller | scanner
sense:
(transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. [from 16th C.]


lexentry: eng/scandal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scandal
trans_list: scandale | esclandre
sense:
An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.


lexentry: eng/scandium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scandium
trans_list: scandium
sense:
A metallic chemical element, atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.


lexentry: eng/scanlation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scanlation
trans_list: scanlation | scantrad
sense:
(comics, chiefly, manga) The process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga or Korean manhwa) into the translator's language, for free distribution over the Internet.


lexentry: eng/scanlation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scanlation
trans_list: scanlation | scantrad
sense:
(comics) A comic that has been scanned, translated, and with translation overlaid onto the original text to produce a second-language version of the comic; a scanlated comic.


lexentry: eng/scanner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: scanner
trans_list: scanneur
sense:
A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.


lexentry: eng/scanning_electron_microscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scanning electron microscope
trans_list: microscope à balayage électronique
sense:
An electron microscope whose image is made up of a matrix of points from scanning the surface of a sample.


lexentry: eng/scanning_tunneling_microscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scanning tunneling microscope
trans_list: microscope à effet tunnel
sense:
A device used to form an image of the surface of a conductor or semiconductor with atomic resolution.


lexentry: eng/scapegoat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scapegoat
trans_list: bouc émissaire
sense:
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.


lexentry: eng/scapegoat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scapegoat
trans_list: bouc-émissariser
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.


lexentry: eng/scaphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scaphism
trans_list: scaphisme
sense:
A form of execution, among the ancient Persians, in which the victim is fastened into a hollow boat, force-fed and slathered in honey and milk and exposed to insects until the victim's death.


lexentry: eng/scapular__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scapular
trans_list: scapulaire
sense:
(Christianity) A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/scapular__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scapular
trans_list: scapulaire
sense:
(ornithology) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.


lexentry: eng/scapular__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: scapular
trans_list: scapulaire
sense:
(Christianity) A devotional object, typically consisting of two rectangular pieces of cloth (often with an embroidered image or text) joined with cloth bands and worn with one piece over the chest and one in the back.


lexentry: eng/scar_tissue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scar tissue
trans_list: tissu cicatriciel
sense:
(anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals containing a higher than normal amount of the protein collagen formed in a place where an injury has healed.


lexentry: eng/scare_quote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scare quote
trans_list: guillemet ironique
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) A quotation mark deliberately used to provoke a reaction or to indicate that the author does not approve of a term or clause, rather than to identify a direct quotation. [from 1956]


lexentry: eng/scare_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scare up
trans_list: dégoter
sense:
(figuratively) To find or procure (something), especially something not easily found or procured, and especially while relying on chance to provide the means.


lexentry: eng/scarecrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scarecrow
trans_list: épouvantail
sense:
An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s]


lexentry: eng/scarecrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scarecrow
trans_list: épouvantail
sense:
(by extension, derogatory) A person regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.


lexentry: eng/scarification__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: scarification
trans_list: scarification
sense:
The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.


lexentry: eng/scarificator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scarificator
trans_list: scarificateur
sense:
(surgery, archaic) An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets that are moved simultaneously by a spring, used for making slight incisions on a body.


lexentry: eng/scarlet_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scarlet fever
trans_list: scarlatine
sense:
(disease) A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever.


lexentry: eng/scarlet_pimpernel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scarlet pimpernel
trans_list: mouron des champs | mouron rouge
sense:
(botany) A flowering plant, Anagallis arvensis, of the Primulaceae family, having small orange flowers.


lexentry: eng/scathe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scathe
trans_list: blesser
sense:
(by extension, chiefly, literary, and, poetic) To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.


lexentry: eng/scattered_disc__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scattered disc
trans_list: disque des objets épars
sense:
(astronomy) A trans-Neptunian region of the Solar System that overlaps the outer edge of the Kuiper belt, but also extends far beyond it, and is populated sparsely by small Solar System bodies.


lexentry: eng/scattering__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: scattering
trans_list: diffusion | éparpillement
sense:
(physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.


lexentry: eng/scavenge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scavenge
trans_list: ramasser les ordures
sense:
(transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.


lexentry: eng/scavenge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scavenge
trans_list: nettoyer
sense:
(transitive) To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.


lexentry: eng/scavenger_hunt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scavenger hunt
trans_list: chasse au trésor
sense:
A game in which individuals or teams seek to find a number of specific items, or perform tasks, as given in a list.


lexentry: eng/sceat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sceat
trans_list: sceat
sense:
(numismatics, historical) A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver; sometimes regarded as a weight (and thus a comparative measure of a coin's value).


lexentry: eng/scedasticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scedasticity
trans_list: scédasticité
sense:
(statistics) The distribution of error terms. Error terms are distributed either randomly and with constant variance (homoscedasticity) or with some kind of pattern (heteroscedasticity).


lexentry: eng/scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: scene
trans_list: scène
sense:
(theatre) The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set


lexentry: eng/scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: scene
trans_list: scène
sense:
The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up


lexentry: eng/scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: scene
trans_list: scène | scène de ménage
sense:
An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display


lexentry: eng/scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: scene
trans_list: scène
sense:
A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.


lexentry: eng/scenery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scenery
trans_list: décor
sense:
Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.


lexentry: eng/scenester__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scenester
trans_list: adepte
sense:
(music) A non-musician who is active in a particular musical scene, especially one whose involvement carries social status.


lexentry: eng/schedule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schedule
trans_list: planning | emploi du temps | horaire | ordonnancement
sense:
A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/scheduling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scheduling
trans_list: ordonnancement | planification
sense:
(uncountable) A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time.


lexentry: eng/scheelite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scheelite
trans_list: scheelite
sense:
(mineral) A mineral composed of calcium tungstate, with the chemical formula CaWO4; an important tungsten ore.


lexentry: eng/schema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schema
trans_list: schéma
sense:
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).


lexentry: eng/schematic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schematic
trans_list: schématique
sense:
Represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding of complex subject matter.


lexentry: eng/schematic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schematic
trans_list: schéma
sense:
A simplified line drawing used by scientists, engineers, technologists and others to illustrate a system at an abstract level. Schematic drawings often use standard symbols for clarity.


lexentry: eng/scheme__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: scheme
trans_list: schéma
sense:
(mathematics) A mathematical structure that generalizes the notion of an algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring. Formally, a locally ringed space that admits a covering by open sets, each of which is isomorphic to an affine scheme (i.e. the spectrum of some commutative ring).


lexentry: eng/schism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: schism
trans_list: schisme
sense:
(Catholicism) a split within Christianity whereby a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church, but shares essentially the same beliefs with the Church of Rome. In other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy.


lexentry: eng/schist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schist
trans_list: schiste
sense:
Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.


lexentry: eng/schistosomiasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schistosomiasis
trans_list: schistosomiase
sense:
(pathology) Any of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma.


lexentry: eng/schizocarp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schizocarp
trans_list: cénocarpe | schizocarpe
sense:
(botany) A dry fruit that develops from multiple carpels and splits into multiple, one-seeded mericarps at maturity


lexentry: eng/schizoid_personality_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schizoid personality disorder
trans_list: trouble de la personnalité schizoïde
sense:
(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by social withdrawal, flat affect, very few, if any, close friends or personal relationships, excessive preoccupation with fantasy and insensitivity to prevailing social norms and conventions.


lexentry: eng/schizophasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schizophasia
trans_list: schizophasie
sense:
(psychiatry) Word salad: a nonsensical, often repetitious assemblage of words, typical of mental disorders such as schizophrenia.


lexentry: eng/schizophrenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schizophrenia
trans_list: schizophrénie
sense:
(pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.


lexentry: eng/schizophrenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: schizophrenia
trans_list: schizophrénie
sense:
(informal, figurative) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.


lexentry: eng/schizotypal_personality_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schizotypal personality disorder
trans_list: trouble de la personnalité schizotypique
sense:
(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by an extreme discomfort in social situations and perceptual distortions.


lexentry: eng/schlub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schlub
trans_list: plouc
sense:
(chiefly, US, informal) A person who is clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt.


lexentry: eng/schmuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schmuck
trans_list: chnoque
sense:
(colloquial, pejorative, US) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because he or she is stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/schnapps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schnapps
trans_list: eau-de-vie | schnaps
sense:
(uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.


lexentry: eng/scholar's_mate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scholar's mate
trans_list: coup du berger | mat du berger
sense:
(chess) The checkmate which occurs shortly after the opening, when the white queen checkmates by taking the black pawn on f7 (or the black queen taking the white pawn on f2), protected by a bishop on c4 (or c5).


lexentry: eng/scholastic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scholastic
trans_list: scolastique
sense:
(philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.


lexentry: eng/scholasticism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scholasticism
trans_list: scolastique
sense:
(philosophy) A tradition or school of philosophy, originating in the Middle Ages, that combines classical philosophy with Catholic theology.


lexentry: eng/school__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: school
trans_list: collège | faculté | université | école
sense:
(British) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).


lexentry: eng/school__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: school
trans_list: école | collège
sense:
Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.


lexentry: eng/school__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: school
trans_list: école
sense:
(considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.


lexentry: eng/school__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: school
trans_list: collège | faculté | université | école
sense:
The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.


lexentry: eng/school_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: school board
trans_list: commission scolaire | conseil scolaire | district scolaire | division scolaire
sense:
A governing body of people elected (a board of directors or board of trustees) to oversee management of a school district and represent the interests of residents.


lexentry: eng/school_counselor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: school counselor
trans_list: conseiller scolaire | conseillère scolaire
sense:
(US) A professional member of an educational team who assists students in their personal, social, academic, and career development aspects of education through services such as individual counseling, small group counseling, and classroom teaching, and provide leadership in educational reform (advocacy); traditionally known as a guidance counselor, although this term is deemed inaccurate by most professionals today.


lexentry: eng/school_of_hard_knocks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: school of hard knocks
trans_list: école de la vie | école de vie
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly, US) The source of an education consisting of real-world experiences, especially adverse experiences.


lexentry: eng/school_psychologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: school psychologist
trans_list: psychologue scolaire
sense:
A practitioner or educator who conducts assessments to evaluate students on criteria such as intelligence, aptitude, and psychopathology. Additionally, they often consult with teachers and other school personnel to supply interventions to aid in student learning. Not to be confused with a school counselor.


lexentry: eng/school_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: school shark
trans_list: requin-hâ
sense:
Galeorhinus galeus, a hound shark of the family Triakidae, the only member of the genus Galeorhinus.


lexentry: eng/school_trip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: school trip
trans_list: excursion scolaire
sense:
an event in which schoolchildren travel to a location separate from their normal learning environment under the authority of the staff of their school and with the purpose of learning by experience.


lexentry: eng/schoolday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schoolday
trans_list: jour d'école
sense:
A day during which the public schools are open, usually synonymous with weekday during the school year.


lexentry: eng/schoolie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schoolie
trans_list: élève sortant | élève sortante
sense:
(Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.


lexentry: eng/schoolmarm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schoolmarm
trans_list: institutrice | maîtresse d'école | peau de vache
sense:
(US, slang) A female teacher, especially one seen to be old-fashioned and extremely severe and strict.


lexentry: eng/schooner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: schooner
trans_list: goélette
sense:
(watercraft) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.


lexentry: eng/sciatic_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sciatic nerve
trans_list: nerf ischiatique | nerf sciatique
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb.


lexentry: eng/sciatica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sciatica
trans_list: sciatique
sense:
(pathology, neurology) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.


lexentry: eng/science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: science
trans_list: science
sense:
(countable) A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/science__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: science
trans_list: science
sense:
(uncountable, archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/science__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: science
trans_list: science
sense:
(now, only, _, theology) The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/science__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: science
trans_list: science
sense:
(uncountable) The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/scientific_method__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scientific method
trans_list: méthode scientifique
sense:
(sciences) A method of discovering knowledge about the natural world based in making falsifiable predictions (hypotheses), testing them empirically, and developing theories that match known data from repeatable physical experimentation.


lexentry: eng/scientific_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scientific name
trans_list: nom savant | nom scientifique
sense:
A formal name according to an internationally accepted standard, especially the formal name of a taxon.


lexentry: eng/scientific_notation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scientific notation
trans_list: notation scientifique
sense:
(mathematics) an alternative format of such a decimal number immediately followed by E and an integer


lexentry: eng/scientist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scientist
trans_list: scientifique | savant | savante
sense:
One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.


lexentry: eng/scientometrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scientometrics
trans_list: scientométrie
sense:
(sciences) The scientific measurement of the work of scientists, especially by way of analysing their publications and the citations within them.


lexentry: eng/scimitar-horned_oryx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scimitar-horned oryx
trans_list: oryx algazelle
sense:
A critically endangered antelope, Oryx dammah, living in the arid plains and deserts of North Africa.


lexentry: eng/scimitar_babbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scimitar babbler
trans_list: pomatorhin
sense:
Any of various passerine birds of the genus Pomatorhinus and the former genus Jabouilleia (now included in Napothera), found in tropical Asia.


lexentry: eng/scintigraphy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scintigraphy
trans_list: scintigraphie
sense:
(medicine) A radiographic technique, using radioactive tracers, for the diagnosis of injuries to bones


lexentry: eng/scintillation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scintillation
trans_list: scintillation
sense:
(astronomy) The twinkling of a star or other celestial body caused by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/sciolism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sciolism
trans_list: méconnaissance
sense:
(uncountable) The practice of expressing opinions on something which one knows only superficially or has little real understanding of; also, shallow or superficial knowledge; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/scion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: scion
trans_list: scion
sense:
(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.


lexentry: eng/scissors__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scissors
trans_list: ciseaux
sense:
(countable, usually, construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.


lexentry: eng/scissors__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: scissors
trans_list: ciseaux
sense:
(rock paper scissors) A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.


lexentry: eng/sclera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sclera
trans_list: sclère | sclérotique
sense:
(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.


lexentry: eng/sclerosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sclerosis
trans_list: sclérose
sense:
(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.


lexentry: eng/sconce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sconce
trans_list: applique | applique murale
sense:
A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.


lexentry: eng/scoop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scoop
trans_list: cuiller | pelle
sense:
Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.


lexentry: eng/scoop__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: scoop
trans_list: écope
sense:
(automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.


lexentry: eng/scoot_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scoot over
trans_list: se décaler
sense:
(intransitive, colloquial) To move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space.


lexentry: eng/scooter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scooter
trans_list: trottinette
sense:
A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.


lexentry: eng/score__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: score
trans_list: score | nombre de points
sense:
The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.


lexentry: eng/score__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: score
trans_list: note
sense:
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.


lexentry: eng/score_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: score off
trans_list: aplatir | baiser | dominer | enculer | humilier | mortifier
sense:
(transitive, inseparable, idiomatic, slang) To defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone).


lexentry: eng/score_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: score off
trans_list: barrer | biffer | blackbouler | exclure | flanquer dehors | foutre dehors
sense:
(transitive, separable, idiomatic) To delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.


lexentry: eng/score_string__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: score string
trans_list: abaque
sense:
(billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.


lexentry: eng/scorpion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scorpion
trans_list: scorpion
sense:
Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.


lexentry: eng/scorpionfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scorpionfish
trans_list: rascasse
sense:
Any of the family Scorpaenidae of mostly marine fish, including many of the world's most venomous species, the "sting" taking the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus.


lexentry: eng/scotch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: scotch
trans_list: coin
sense:
A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.


lexentry: eng/scour__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scour
trans_list: récurer | verrer
sense:
(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.


lexentry: eng/scour__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: scour
trans_list: purger
sense:
(transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.


lexentry: eng/scourge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scourge
trans_list: fléau
sense:
A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.


lexentry: eng/scout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scout
trans_list: éclaireur | éclaireuse
sense:
A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.


lexentry: eng/scout__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: scout
trans_list: scout | éclaireur | reconnaissance
sense:
A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.


lexentry: eng/scowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scowl
trans_list: froncement
sense:
The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.


lexentry: eng/scowl__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scowl
trans_list: froncer | froncer les sourcils
sense:
(intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.


lexentry: eng/scram__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scram
trans_list: décamper | décaniller | dégager | déguerpir | ficher le camp | s'en aller
sense:
(intransitive, originally, US, often, imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/scramble__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: scramble
trans_list: brouiller
sense:
(transitive) To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.


lexentry: eng/scramble__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: scramble
trans_list: brouiller
sense:
(transitive, military, also by extension) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.


lexentry: eng/scrambled_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrambled egg
trans_list: œufs brouillés
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking.


lexentry: eng/scramjet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scramjet
trans_list: superstatoréacteur
sense:
(aeronautics) A jet engine capable of propelling an aircraft at hypersonic speeds, in which combustion of the fuel/air mixture occurs at supersonic speeds.


lexentry: eng/scrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: scrap
trans_list: ferraille
sense:
(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.


lexentry: eng/scrapbook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrapbook
trans_list: album
sense:
A book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged.


lexentry: eng/scrape__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrape
trans_list: gratter | racler
sense:
(ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.


lexentry: eng/scrape_together__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrape together
trans_list: rassembler
sense:
(idiomatic) To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty


lexentry: eng/scrappage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scrappage
trans_list: prime à la casse
sense:
(UK) An amount of money paid by the government to a person trading in an old car (to be scrapped) for a more environmentally-friendly new one.


lexentry: eng/scratch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scratch
trans_list: gratter
sense:
To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.


lexentry: eng/scratch__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: scratch
trans_list: griffer
sense:
To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.


lexentry: eng/scratch_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scratch card
trans_list: carte à gratter | jeu de grattage | billet à gratter | gratteux | ticket à gratter
sense:
(gambling) A lottery ticket containing sections covered with an opaque waxy film which may be removed by scratching to reveal symbols that show whether or not a prize has been won.


lexentry: eng/scratching_post__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scratching post
trans_list: griffoir
sense:
A wooden post, wrapped in a piece of carpet (or similar material), that a domestic cat is encouraged to scratch (rather than the furniture).


lexentry: eng/scratchpad__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scratchpad
trans_list: bloc-notes
sense:
(computing, in transaction processing systems) A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.


lexentry: eng/scream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scream
trans_list: cri
sense:
A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.


lexentry: eng/scream__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scream
trans_list: crier
sense:
(intransitive, also, figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, shout outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.


lexentry: eng/screamer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: screamer
trans_list: anhimidés
sense:
Any bird in the taxonomic family Anhimidae, endemic to South America, being large, bulky birds with a small downy head, long legs and large feet.


lexentry: eng/screech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: screech
trans_list: crissement
sense:
(countable) A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.


lexentry: eng/screed__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: screed
trans_list: diatribe | harangue | litanie | tirade
sense:
(by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/screed__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: screed
trans_list: chape
sense:
A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.


lexentry: eng/screed__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: screed
trans_list: araser
sense:
(transitive, construction, masonry) To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.


lexentry: eng/screen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: screen
trans_list: paravent | écran
sense:
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.


lexentry: eng/screen_printing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: screen printing
trans_list: sérigraphie
sense:
A printing technique in which ink is forced through a woven mesh with an ink-blocking stencil on it.


lexentry: eng/screen_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: screen time
trans_list: temps d'écran
sense:
The amount of time a person spends using screen-accessed technology (such as a television, a computer, a smartphone, etc.).


lexentry: eng/screenplay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: screenplay
trans_list: scénario
sense:
(authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.


lexentry: eng/screensaver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: screensaver
trans_list: écran de veille
sense:
(software) A computer program that displays aesthetic patterns or images when the computer is not being used, originally intended to prevent screenburn.


lexentry: eng/screenwriter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: screenwriter
trans_list: scénariste
sense:
One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.


lexentry: eng/screw__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: screw
trans_list: tricher
sense:
(transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.


lexentry: eng/screw_thread__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: screw thread
trans_list: filet | filetage
sense:
(engineering) A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.


lexentry: eng/screwdriver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: screwdriver
trans_list: tournevis
sense:
A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.


lexentry: eng/screwed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: screwed
trans_list: foutu
sense:
(slang, mildly, _, vulgar) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.


lexentry: eng/scribe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scribe
trans_list: scribe
sense:
Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.


lexentry: eng/scribe__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: scribe
trans_list: scribe
sense:
(archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.


lexentry: eng/scrim__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: scrim
trans_list: filet
sense:
A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.


lexentry: eng/scrim__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: scrim
trans_list: rideau
sense:
(theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.


lexentry: eng/scrimshaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrimshaw
trans_list: scrimshaw
sense:
(countable) A small ornamental handicraft created by carving or engraving bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials, formerly produced by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/scrimshaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scrimshaw
trans_list: scrimshaw
sense:
(uncountable) The manufacture of small ornamental handicrafts by carving or engraving bone, ivory, or other materials, formerly by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/script__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: script
trans_list: scénario | script
sense:
(countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.


lexentry: eng/script__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: script
trans_list: script
sense:
(computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.


lexentry: eng/script_kiddie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: script kiddie
trans_list: script kiddie
sense:
(informal, derogatory) A (usually amateur) hacker who compromises files on others' computers or launches attacks on computer systems, using widely distributed computer programs or scripts rather than developing their own.


lexentry: eng/script_supervisor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: script supervisor
trans_list: scripte
sense:
A member of a film crew responsible for maintaining the film's internal continuity and for marking the production unit's daily progress in shooting the film's screenplay.


lexentry: eng/scriptorium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scriptorium
trans_list: scriptorium
sense:
(countable) A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery.


lexentry: eng/scrofula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrofula
trans_list: écrouelles | scrofule
sense:
(pathology) A form of tuberculosis, most common in women 30-40 years of age, tending to cause enlarged and degenerated lymph nodes, especially in the neck, and often chronic, intractable skin inflammation as well.


lexentry: eng/scrofulous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrofulous
trans_list: scrofuleux
sense:
(pathology, dated) Of, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammation).


lexentry: eng/scroll__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scroll
trans_list: rouleau | volute | volumen | papyrus | rotulus
sense:
(architectural element) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.


lexentry: eng/scroll__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: scroll
trans_list: volute | coquille
sense:
(lutherie) The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.


lexentry: eng/scroll__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scroll
trans_list: faire défiler | scroller
sense:
(transitive, computing, GUI) To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel..


lexentry: eng/scroll_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scroll bar
trans_list: ascenseur | barre de défilement
sense:
(computing, GUI) A graphical widget in the form of a horizontal or vertical bar, on the edges of a personal computer screen, that is used to move scrollable text or images.


lexentry: eng/scrounge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrounge
trans_list: glaner
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.


lexentry: eng/scrub__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: scrub
trans_list: broussaille
sense:
(US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals poorly suited or unsuited for breeding.


lexentry: eng/scrub__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: scrub
trans_list: broussaille
sense:
Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.


lexentry: eng/scrub__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrub
trans_list: frotter | récurer
sense:
(transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening


lexentry: eng/scrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scrum
trans_list: scrum
sense:
(Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.


lexentry: eng/scruple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scruple
trans_list: scrupule
sense:
Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.


lexentry: eng/scrutinize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scrutinize
trans_list: scruter
sense:
(transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.


lexentry: eng/scry__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scry
trans_list: augurer
sense:
To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.


lexentry: eng/scuba__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scuba
trans_list: scaphandre autonome
sense:
(underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.


lexentry: eng/scullery_maid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scullery maid
trans_list: fille de cuisine
sense:
(historical, in large houses) A domestic servant, of lowest status, whose job is to wash dishes and do other menial chores.


lexentry: eng/sculpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sculpin
trans_list: cottidé
sense:
A small fish of the family Cottidae, usually lacking scales. Often found on river bottoms and in tidal pools.


lexentry: eng/sculpture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sculpture
trans_list: sculpture
sense:
(countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).


lexentry: eng/scum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scum
trans_list: couche | crasse | mousse | écume
sense:
(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).


lexentry: eng/scurvy-grass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scurvy-grass
trans_list: cochléaire | cranson
sense:
Any of several European plants, of the genus Cochlearia, formerly believed useful in treating scurvy.


lexentry: eng/scurvy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scurvy
trans_list: scorbut
sense:
(disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.


lexentry: eng/scutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scutch
trans_list: écang
sense:
(countable) A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.


lexentry: eng/scute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scute
trans_list: bouclier
sense:
(zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.


lexentry: eng/scuttle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: scuttle
trans_list: saborder | saboter
sense:
(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.


lexentry: eng/scythe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: scythe
trans_list: faux
sense:
An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath. [before 10th century]


lexentry: eng/sea_anemone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea anemone
trans_list: anémone de mer
sense:
Any of many polyps, of the order Actiniaria, which occurs in marine and estuarine habitats, and which captures its food using tentacles.


lexentry: eng/sea_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea bass
trans_list: bar | bar commun | bar européen | loubine | loup | loup de mer
sense:
Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, or a specimen thereof, in several families in order Perciformes


lexentry: eng/sea_hare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea hare
trans_list: lièvre de mer
sense:
Any member of the order Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea, large marine gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein.


lexentry: eng/sea_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sea horse
trans_list: hippocampe
sense:
Any of various small marine fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.


lexentry: eng/sea_legs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea legs
trans_list: pied marin
sense:
(idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.


lexentry: eng/sea_level__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea level
trans_list: niveau de la mer
sense:
The nominal height of the surface of the oceans above which heights of geographical features and aircraft flight levels are measured.


lexentry: eng/sea_monster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea monster
trans_list: monstre marin
sense:
(mythological creature) A large and aggressive creature living in or under the sea that attacks ships.


lexentry: eng/sea_pie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea pie
trans_list: cipaille
sense:
A dish of crust or pastry with meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, once a common food of sailors.


lexentry: eng/sea_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea snake
trans_list: serpent marin
sense:
Any of several snakes, of the subfamily Hydrophiinae, that live in the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.


lexentry: eng/sea_stack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea stack
trans_list: stack
sense:
(chiefly, Britain, geology) A pillar of rock that rises from the ocean, formed by surrounding softer ground eroding away.


lexentry: eng/sea_trout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea trout
trans_list: truite de mer
sense:
A fish of the species Salmo trutta morpha trutta, closely related to salmon and a subspecies of brown trout. It is lighter in colour than the brown trout, and lives in salt water, returning to fresh water only to spawn.


lexentry: eng/sea_urchin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sea urchin
trans_list: oursin | hérisson de mer
sense:
Any of many marine echinoderms, of the class Echinoidea, commonly found in shallow water, having a complex chewing structure named Aristotle's lantern.


lexentry: eng/seabream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seabream
trans_list: dorade
sense:
Any of several species of marine fish of the families Sparidae or Bramidae found in shallow temperate and tropical waters around the World.


lexentry: eng/seafloor_spreading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seafloor spreading
trans_list: expansion des fonds océaniques
sense:
(geology) The outward movement of the seafloor from central underwater ridges as a result of plate tectonics; the major cause of continental drift.


lexentry: eng/sealing_wax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sealing wax
trans_list: cire à cacheter
sense:
Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.


lexentry: eng/seam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seam
trans_list: couture
sense:
(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.


lexentry: eng/seam_allowance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seam allowance
trans_list: valeurs de couture
sense:
(sewing) The part of the material or fabric added to the dimensions of a sewing pattern outside the seam.


lexentry: eng/seamanship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seamanship
trans_list: qualités de marin
sense:
(nautical) Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel at sea.


lexentry: eng/seamount__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seamount
trans_list: piton sous-marin
sense:
(oceanography) An underwater mountain with a prominence of more than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.


lexentry: eng/seaplane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seaplane
trans_list: hydravion
sense:
(aircraft, nautical) Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.


lexentry: eng/search_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: search box
trans_list: case
sense:
(computing) A text box for the input of text to be searched for in a database, on the Internet, etc.


lexentry: eng/search_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: search engine
trans_list: moteur de recherche
sense:
(computing) An application that searches for, and retrieves, data based on some criteria, especially one that searches the Internet for documents containing specified words.


lexentry: eng/search_warrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: search warrant
trans_list: mandat de perquisition
sense:
(legal) A court order in the form of a warrant, authorizing the search of a home and/or other privacy-protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry


lexentry: eng/season__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: season
trans_list: saison
sense:
(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.


lexentry: eng/season_ticket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: season ticket
trans_list: abonnement
sense:
A ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series of related events for which individual tickets would otherwise be needed.


lexentry: eng/seasonal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seasonal
trans_list: saisonnier
sense:
Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.


lexentry: eng/seasonal_affective_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seasonal affective disorder
trans_list: dépression hivernale | dépression saisonnière
sense:
(psychology) A form of depression associated with the lack of natural light during the winter months.


lexentry: eng/seasoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seasoning
trans_list: assaisonnement | épice
sense:
(cooking) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.


lexentry: eng/seat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: seat
trans_list: assise | fond
sense:
(law, E&W) One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.


lexentry: eng/seat_belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seat belt
trans_list: ceinture de sécurité
sense:
(automotive) A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects.


lexentry: eng/seating__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: seating
trans_list: couvert
sense:
(countable) A period of time in which people are allowed into a performance, a meal, etc., to be seated.


lexentry: eng/sebaceous_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sebaceous gland
trans_list: glande sébacée
sense:
(anatomy) A gland of the skin which secretes an oily substance, sebum, usually into a hair follicle near the surface of the skin.


lexentry: eng/sebum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sebum
trans_list: sébum
sense:
(physiology) A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.


lexentry: eng/secede__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secede
trans_list: faire sécession
sense:
(intransitive) To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.


lexentry: eng/secede__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: secede
trans_list: faire sécession
sense:
(transitive, uncommon) To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.


lexentry: eng/second-degree_murder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second-degree murder
trans_list: meurtre au deuxième degré
sense:
(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form defined as less serious than first-degree murder; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves second-degree murder being intentional but not premeditated.


lexentry: eng/second-guess__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second-guess
trans_list: critiquer
sense:
(idiomatic) to vet or evaluate; to criticize or correct, often by hindsight, by presuming to have a better idea, method, etc.


lexentry: eng/second-person_plural__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second-person plural
trans_list: deuxième personne du pluriel
sense:
(grammar) The form of a verb used with the pronouns you (plural), y'all, you guys, etc., or their equivalents in other languages.


lexentry: eng/second__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second
trans_list: deuxième | second | deux
sense:
Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.


lexentry: eng/second__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: second
trans_list: article de second choix
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.


lexentry: eng/second__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: second
trans_list: seconde
sense:
(music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).


lexentry: eng/second__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second
trans_list: seconde | seconde d'angle | instant
sense:
A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.


lexentry: eng/second_baseman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second baseman
trans_list: joueur deuxième but
sense:
(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the first baseman and the shortstop, normally on the right field side of second base.


lexentry: eng/second_cousin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: second cousin
trans_list: cousin issu de germain | cousine issue de germain
sense:
A relative who has with the other person only two great-grandparents in common, but where the parents and grandparents are different.


lexentry: eng/second_lieutenant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: second lieutenant
trans_list: sous-lieutenant
sense:
The lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, United States Air Force, or United States Marine Corps, below a first lieutenant. The rank of second lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of ensign.


lexentry: eng/second_nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second nature
trans_list: seconde nature
sense:
(idiomatic) A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.


lexentry: eng/second_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second person
trans_list: deuxième personne
sense:
(grammar) The form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience. In English, the second person is used with the pronouns thou and you. In many languages the singular, applying to one person, and plural, applying to several people, are distinct.


lexentry: eng/second_to_none__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second to none
trans_list: hors pair | sans égal
sense:
As good as the best, as in quality or reputation; inferior to no one else or to nothing else of the same kind.


lexentry: eng/secondary_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secondary education
trans_list: enseignement secondaire
sense:
Education that follows primary education and leads to either employment or college / university education.


lexentry: eng/secondary_legislation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secondary legislation
trans_list: législation déléguée
sense:
(law) legislation enacted by a power derived from another legislation, such as one made by the executive branch within the boundaries fixed by an act of parliament.


lexentry: eng/secondary_source__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: secondary source
trans_list: source secondaire
sense:
(historiography) A study of past events or a past author written from the perspective of a later period of time; a document that draws on one or more historical primary sources and interprets or analyses them, including documents such as newspapers whose accuracy is open to question.


lexentry: eng/secondment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secondment
trans_list: détachement
sense:
The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.


lexentry: eng/secret_Santa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secret Santa
trans_list: cacahuète
sense:
A Christmas tradition where a group of people give anonymous gifts to each other, with each person randomly selected to give a gift to one other person.


lexentry: eng/secret_admirer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secret admirer
trans_list: admirateur secret
sense:
One who admires another romantically but purposely remains anonymous to the extent that the subject of the admiration is unaware of the admirer's identity.


lexentry: eng/secret_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secret police
trans_list: police secrète
sense:
A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance. [1823]


lexentry: eng/secret_society__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secret society
trans_list: société secrète
sense:
A club, fraternal organization, or other association which admits only selected individuals as members, whose meetings and practices are often ritualistic and not public, and which often has the purpose of furthering the social or economic opportunities of its members.


lexentry: eng/secretary__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: secretary
trans_list: secrétaire
sense:
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.


lexentry: eng/secretary_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secretary bird
trans_list: messager sagittaire | messager secrétaire | messager serpentaire
sense:
A large terrestrial bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs that preys on reptiles, especially snakes.


lexentry: eng/secrete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secrete
trans_list: sécréter | excréter
sense:
(physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.


lexentry: eng/section__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: section
trans_list: interner
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.


lexentry: eng/sectionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sectionary
trans_list: sectionnaire
sense:
(historical) A member of a French antiroyalist political party that was one of the driving forces of the French Revolution.


lexentry: eng/secular_arm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secular arm
trans_list: bras séculier
sense:
(legal, ecclesiastical law, historical) The lay or temporal authority of a secular judge to pronounce punishment (particularly capital punishment) of an offender tried by an ecclesiastical court.


lexentry: eng/secular_equilibrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secular equilibrium
trans_list: équilibre séculaire
sense:
(nuclear physics) The situation of the quantity of a radioisotope remaining constant because it is produced (by decay of a parent isotope) at the same rate that it decays.


lexentry: eng/secularism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: secularism
trans_list: laïcisme
sense:
The political belief in the separation of church and state, i.e. the position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions.


lexentry: eng/secularization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secularization
trans_list: sécularisation | laïcisation
sense:
The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.


lexentry: eng/securitization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: securitization
trans_list: titrisation
sense:
(commerce, finance) The fact or process of securitizing assets; the conversion of loans into securities, usually in order to sell them on to other investors.


lexentry: eng/securitize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: securitize
trans_list: titriser
sense:
(finance) To convert assets or claims (typically outstanding loans or other receivables) to securities, usually by selling them with a discount to a financial intermediary, which pools them with other similar assets and sells further as securities to third-party investors.


lexentry: eng/security__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: security
trans_list: sécurité
sense:
(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.


lexentry: eng/security_deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: security deposit
trans_list: caution | dépôt de garantie
sense:
An amount of money paid in advance as security against the payor's non-performance of a contractual obligation.


lexentry: eng/security_theater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: security theater
trans_list: comédie sécuritaire
sense:
Security measures which are intended to, or do, provide a feeling or illusion of improved security, while doing little or nothing to actually improve security.


lexentry: eng/sedan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedan
trans_list: berline | palanquin
sense:
An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.


lexentry: eng/sedan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sedan
trans_list: berline
sense:
(US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.


lexentry: eng/sedan_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedan chair
trans_list: chaise à porteurs
sense:
A small litter or palanquin, seating a single person, often borne on two poles and carried by two people.


lexentry: eng/sedate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedate
trans_list: calme
sense:
(of a person or their behaviour) Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement.


lexentry: eng/sedative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedative
trans_list: sédatif
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.


lexentry: eng/sedeprivationism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedeprivationism
trans_list: sédéprivationnisme
sense:
The school of thought, in Roman Catholicism, that the popes of the new religion of Vatican II council have been defective or deprived of the infallible teaching authority of the office because of their Modernist intent and remain in pope elect status until rencanting the innovations.


lexentry: eng/sedevacantism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedevacantism
trans_list: sédévacantisme
sense:
The belief, held by a minority of Christians claiming to be traditionalist Catholics, that the present occupant of the Holy See is not the true pope and that the see has been vacant since the 1960s.


lexentry: eng/sedge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedge
trans_list: laîche
sense:
Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial, endogenous herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.


lexentry: eng/sedge_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedge warbler
trans_list: phragmite des joncs
sense:
A small European warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, family Acrocephalidae, that winters in sub-Saharan Africa


lexentry: eng/sediment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sediment
trans_list: sédiment
sense:
A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.


lexentry: eng/sedimentary_rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedimentary rock
trans_list: roche sédimentaire
sense:
(geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.


lexentry: eng/sedimentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedimentation
trans_list: sédimentation
sense:
The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid.


lexentry: eng/seduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seduce
trans_list: séduire
sense:
(transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray. [1520s]


lexentry: eng/sedulous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedulous
trans_list: assidu | diligent | persévérant | zélé
sense:
Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious.


lexentry: eng/see__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see
trans_list: siège | évêché
sense:
a diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.


lexentry: eng/see_eye_to_eye__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see eye to eye
trans_list: voir les choses du même œil | être [[d'accord]] | être sur la même longueur d'onde
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To agree, especially in every respect; to concur; to get along.


lexentry: eng/see_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see out
trans_list: accompagner
sense:
(transitive, formal) To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively).


lexentry: eng/see_past_the_end_of_one's_nose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see past the end of one's nose
trans_list: ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To have insight into underlying facts or consequences; to possess common sense or a vision for the future.


lexentry: eng/see_stars__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see stars
trans_list: voir trente-six chandelles
sense:
(idiomatic) To experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.


lexentry: eng/see_the_forest_for_the_trees__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see the forest for the trees
trans_list: l'arbre qui cache la forêt
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation.


lexentry: eng/see_through__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: see through
trans_list: pénétrer
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To not be deceived by something that is false or misleading; to understand the hidden truth about someone or something.


lexentry: eng/see_through__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: see through
trans_list: assister
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To provide support or cooperation to (a person) throughout a period of time; to support someone through a difficult time.


lexentry: eng/see_through__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: see through
trans_list: achever
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To do something until it is finished; to continue working on (something) until it is finished.


lexentry: eng/see_you_later__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see you later
trans_list: à plus tard | au revoir | à bientôt | à la prochaine | à tout à l'heure
sense:
(idiomatic) A phrase used at parting, and not necessarily implying that the person being addressed will be seen later by the speaker.


lexentry: eng/see_you_soon__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see you soon
trans_list: à bientôt
sense:
Goodbye; something said at a farewell, not necessarily literally meaning that the speaker will see the hearer(s) again.


lexentry: eng/seed_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seed plant
trans_list: spermatophyte
sense:
(botany) A plant which reproduces by breading seeds in the wide sense of the term, including spores etc.


lexentry: eng/seed_potato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seed potato
trans_list: pomme de terre de semence
sense:
A potato, usually with tiny shoots (chits), which is planted in the ground in order to grow a potato plant.


lexentry: eng/seed_stitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seed stitch
trans_list: point de riz
sense:
(knitting) A basic basketweave in which knit and purl stitches alternate in every column ("wale") and every row ("course"), i.e. every knit stitch is flanked on all four sides by purl stitches, and vice versa.


lexentry: eng/seed_vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seed vault
trans_list: réserve de semences
sense:
A place used for storage of seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves or biodiversity elsewhere are destroyed.


lexentry: eng/seesaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seesaw
trans_list: tapecul | balançoire
sense:
A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.


lexentry: eng/seethe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seethe
trans_list: bouillonner
sense:
Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.


lexentry: eng/seethe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seethe
trans_list: bouillir
sense:
Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.


lexentry: eng/segregate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: segregate
trans_list: ségréger
sense:
(transitive) To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.


lexentry: eng/segregation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: segregation
trans_list: ségrégation | séparation
sense:
The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.


lexentry: eng/seiche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seiche
trans_list: seiche
sense:
(hydrology) A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, characteristic of its geometry.


lexentry: eng/seine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seine
trans_list: seine
sense:
A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.


lexentry: eng/seisin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seisin
trans_list: saisine
sense:
(law, historical) An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; dates from feudal times but is still used in technical discussions of real property law today.


lexentry: eng/seismic_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seismic wave
trans_list: onde sismique
sense:
Any of several forms of vibrational waves that travel through the Earth as the result of an earthquake or underground explosion.


lexentry: eng/seismograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seismograph
trans_list: sismographe
sense:
An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.


lexentry: eng/seismology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seismology
trans_list: sismologie | séismologie
sense:
The study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.


lexentry: eng/seismometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seismometer
trans_list: sismographe
sense:
(geology) A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph.


lexentry: eng/selenite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: selenite
trans_list: sélénite
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) The anion SeO32− derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid.


lexentry: eng/selenium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selenium
trans_list: sélénium
sense:
A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.


lexentry: eng/selenography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selenography
trans_list: sélénographie
sense:
(astronomy, geography, cartography) The scientific study of the Moon's geographic features; geography of the Moon.


lexentry: eng/selenology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selenology
trans_list: sélénologie
sense:
(chiefly) The scientific study of the Moon’s movements in the heavens and the kinetic influences it has upon and it receives from other astronomical bodies.


lexentry: eng/self-actualization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-actualization
trans_list: épanouissement personnel
sense:
Psychological development that can be achieved when all basic and mental needs are fulfilled. [from 1950]


lexentry: eng/self-aggrandizement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-aggrandizement
trans_list: autoglorification
sense:
Behavior which increases one's own wealth or power, or which is intended to create an appearance of importance.


lexentry: eng/self-censorship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-censorship
trans_list: auto-censure
sense:
The act of censoring one's own work or what one says without overt pressure from any specific party or institution of authority, often for fear of sanctions.


lexentry: eng/self-contradictory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-contradictory
trans_list: contradictoire | qui se contredit
sense:
Containing multiple claims or ideas that are inherently in disagreement; of something or someone that contradicts itself.


lexentry: eng/self-defense__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: self-defense
trans_list: légitime défense
sense:
(legal) The right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, which can be used as justification in several charges including murder, assault, and battery.


lexentry: eng/self-importance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-importance
trans_list: orgueil
sense:
An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, especially as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.


lexentry: eng/self-improvement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-improvement
trans_list: développement personnel
sense:
The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.


lexentry: eng/self-made__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-made
trans_list: autodidacte
sense:
(of a person) Having achieved success by one's own efforts, with little to no support from family members and others.


lexentry: eng/self-management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-management
trans_list: autogestion
sense:
(uncountable) a form of management encompassing self-directed work processes by an organization's workforce with or without joint control by workers and management.


lexentry: eng/self-publishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-publishing
trans_list: autopublication
sense:
The publishing of books and other media by the authors or creators of those works, rather than by established, third-party publishers.


