# translation

lexentry: eng/naga__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naga
trans_list: nâga
sense:
(Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.


lexentry: eng/naiad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naiad
trans_list: naïade
sense:
(Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.


lexentry: eng/nail__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nail
trans_list: clou | ongle
sense:
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.


lexentry: eng/nail__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: nail
trans_list: seize
sense:
An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1⁄20 of an ell or 1⁄16 of a yard (2+1⁄4 inches or 5.715 cm).


lexentry: eng/nail_file__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nail file
trans_list: lime à ongles
sense:
A small file made of soft metal, or a board covered with fine sandpaper, for filing and shaping one's fingernails and toenails.


lexentry: eng/nail_gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nail gun
trans_list: cloueur | pistolet à clous
sense:
A power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.


lexentry: eng/nail_one's_colours_to_the_mast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nail one's colours to the mast
trans_list: annoncer la couleur
sense:
To clearly show one's support for a side or opinion in a dispute, often indicating an intention to defend that side to the end.


lexentry: eng/nailset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nailset
trans_list: [[chasse-clou]]
sense:
A tool used with a hammer for driving in nails, rather than striking the nail directly at the risk of damaging the surrounding surface.


lexentry: eng/naked_as_a_jaybird__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naked as a jaybird
trans_list: nu comme un ver
sense:
(simile, colloquial) Stark naked; nude; especially, naked in a public setting and without embarrassment.


lexentry: eng/name__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: name
trans_list: nommer | dénommer
sense:
(transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.


lexentry: eng/name_after__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: name after
trans_list: appeler
sense:
To give (someone or something) the name of another person, place, or thing; to name (someone or something) in honour of


lexentry: eng/name_names__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: name names
trans_list: citer des noms
sense:
(idiom) To identify specific people, especially people involved in misdeeds or other secretive activity.


lexentry: eng/named_pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: named pipe
trans_list: canal nommé
sense:
(computing) An extension to the anonymous pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.


lexentry: eng/namespace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: namespace
trans_list: espace de noms | espace de nom
sense:
(programming) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.


lexentry: eng/nanny_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanny state
trans_list: gouvernemaman | état nounou | état paternaliste
sense:
(pejorative) A state whose government institutions are authoritative and over-paternalistic, interfering with and controlling people's lives. [from mid-20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nano-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nano-
trans_list: nano-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−9 (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n


lexentry: eng/nanocrystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanocrystal
trans_list: nanocristal
sense:
A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.


lexentry: eng/nanori__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanori
trans_list: nanori
sense:
(linguistics) A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is used for names of people or places, but that is otherwise a non-standard reading for that character.


lexentry: eng/nanorobotics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanorobotics
trans_list: nanorobotique
sense:
The science and technology of designing and manufacturing nanoscale machines, especially robotic machines.


lexentry: eng/nanotechnology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanotechnology
trans_list: nanotechnologie
sense:
The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).


lexentry: eng/nanotube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanotube
trans_list: nanotube
sense:
Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.


lexentry: eng/napa_cabbage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napa cabbage
trans_list: chou chinois
sense:
A species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.


lexentry: eng/napalm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napalm
trans_list: napalm
sense:
A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [1942]


lexentry: eng/naphtha__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: naphtha
trans_list: naphte | naphta
sense:
(petrochemistry) Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.


lexentry: eng/napkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napkin
trans_list: serviette
sense:
A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.


lexentry: eng/napoleon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napoleon
trans_list: napoléon
sense:
(historical, _, numismatics, slang) The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon I of France.


lexentry: eng/narcissistic_personality_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcissistic personality disorder
trans_list: trouble de la personnalité narcissique
sense:
(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized largely by an overinflated sense of self-importance typically caused by unbalanced parental valuation during childhood.


lexentry: eng/narcissus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcissus
trans_list: narcisse
sense:
Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil


lexentry: eng/narcoanalysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcoanalysis
trans_list: narcoanalyse
sense:
(medicine) A form of psychotherapy in which the patient is administered drugs in order to attain a sleeplike state.


lexentry: eng/narcodollar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcodollar
trans_list: narcodollar
sense:
(especially in the plural) Money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking.


lexentry: eng/narcolepsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcolepsy
trans_list: narcolepsie
sense:
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.


lexentry: eng/narcoleptic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcoleptic
trans_list: narcoleptique
sense:
One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").


lexentry: eng/narcotic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcotic
trans_list: narcotique
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.


lexentry: eng/narcotize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcotize
trans_list: narcotiser
sense:
(transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/narration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narration
trans_list: narration
sense:
The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.


lexentry: eng/narration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: narration
trans_list: narration
sense:
That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.


lexentry: eng/narrow__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narrow
trans_list: étroit
sense:
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.


lexentry: eng/narutomaki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narutomaki
trans_list: narutomaki
sense:
A type of kamaboko (蒲鉾), a cured fish surimi product made in Japan. Prepared in loaves or rolls, then sliced and added to dishes as a garnish.


lexentry: eng/narwhal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narwhal
trans_list: narval | licorne de mer
sense:
Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.


lexentry: eng/nasal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nasal
trans_list: nasal
sense:
(phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.


lexentry: eng/nasal_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal bone
trans_list: os nasal
sense:
(skeleton, zootomy) Either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.


lexentry: eng/nasal_cavity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal cavity
trans_list: cavité nasale
sense:
(anatomy) In higher vertebrates, a large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.


lexentry: eng/nasal_polyp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal polyp
trans_list: polype nasal
sense:
(pathology) A growth in the nose commonly connected with allergic rhinitis, but not directly caused by it, arising mainly from the mucous membranes and paranasal sinuses.


lexentry: eng/nasal_septum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal septum
trans_list: cloison nasale | septum nasal
sense:
(anatomy) A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.


lexentry: eng/nasal_vowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal vowel
trans_list: voyelle nasale
sense:
(phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.


lexentry: eng/nasalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasalization
trans_list: nasalisation
sense:
(phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth


lexentry: eng/nasalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nasalize
trans_list: nasaliser
sense:
(phonetics) To lower the soft palate so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound.


lexentry: eng/nasturtium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasturtium
trans_list: capucine
sense:
The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.


lexentry: eng/nata_de_coco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nata de coco
trans_list: nata de coco
sense:
A chewy, translucent jelly produced by the fermentation of coconut water, a delicacy of the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/nation-state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nation-state
trans_list: État-nation
sense:
(politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nation
trans_list: nation
sense:
(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nation
trans_list: Etat | État | état
sense:
(international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nation
trans_list: nation
sense:
(chiefly, historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.


lexentry: eng/national__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national
trans_list: national | nationale
sense:
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/national_academy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national academy
trans_list: académie
sense:
A body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates the activities of research in (nearly always) the sciences and (sometimes) other disciplines.


lexentry: eng/national_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national day
trans_list: fête nationale
sense:
A day marking a country's establishment as a sovereign entity, typically a celebration of its independence, revolution or former ruler.


lexentry: eng/national_epic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national epic
trans_list: épopée nationale
sense:
An epic poem or similar work which seeks or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular nation.


lexentry: eng/national_park__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national park
trans_list: parc national
sense:
An area of land that is not built upon, but reserved by the national government for conservation of nature and usually also for recreational use.


lexentry: eng/national_security__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national security
trans_list: sécurité nationale
sense:
The safety of a country as managed through the exercise of economic and political power, intelligence agencies and diplomacy.


lexentry: eng/national_treasure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national treasure
trans_list: trésor national
sense:
A person, place, or object that is deemed to be of value to an entire nation, usually due to its cultural significance.


lexentry: eng/nationality__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nationality
trans_list: nationalité
sense:
National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nationalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nationalize
trans_list: nationaliser
sense:
(archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.


lexentry: eng/native__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: native
trans_list: endémique
sense:
(biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.


lexentry: eng/native_advertising__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: native advertising
trans_list: publicité caméléon | publicité intégrée
sense:
(marketing) A type of surreptitious advertising that matches the form and function of the platform upon which it appears, often in the form of advertorials.


lexentry: eng/native_soil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: native soil
trans_list: terre natale
sense:
(idiomatic, as pertaining to persons) The country or geographical region where one was born or which one considers to be one's true homeland.


lexentry: eng/native_soil__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: native soil
trans_list: environnement naturel | source première
sense:
(idiomatic, as pertaining to animals, plants, things, ideas, etc.) Source, place of origin, principal location, or natural habitat.


lexentry: eng/nativity_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nativity play
trans_list: mystère de la nativité
sense:
(Christianity) A dramatic depiction of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, commonly performed by children in churches and in Christian schools during the Christmas season.


lexentry: eng/nativity_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nativity scene
trans_list: crèche | Crèche de Noël
sense:
(Christianity) A depiction—which may be pictorial, dramatic, or by means of figurines—of the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger, as described in the New Testament account.


lexentry: eng/natrolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natrolite
trans_list: natrolite
sense:
(mineral) A fibrous zeolite mineral, being a sodium aluminosilicate, of the chemical formula Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O.


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural
trans_list: naturel
sense:
Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural
trans_list: naturel
sense:
Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural
trans_list: naturel
sense:
Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: natural
trans_list: naturel
sense:
Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural gas
trans_list: gaz naturel
sense:
A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/natural_gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural gender
trans_list: sexe
sense:
(grammar) The gender that a noun, etc. would be expected to have, based on attributes of the referent, such as physical sex.


lexentry: eng/natural_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural language
trans_list: langue naturelle
sense:
(retronym, linguistics) Any human language that has evolved naturally in a community, usually in contrast to computer programming languages, to controlled natural languages, and to constructed languages such as Esperanto (although constructed languages are subject to change by natural forces among fluent speakers).


lexentry: eng/natural_language_processing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural language processing
trans_list: traitement automatique du langage naturel
sense:
A field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages, especially computational analysis and processing of large amounts of natural language data.


lexentry: eng/natural_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural law
trans_list: droit naturel
sense:
(law, philosophy) The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles.


lexentry: eng/natural_logarithm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural logarithm
trans_list: logarithme naturel | logarithme népérien
sense:
(mathematics) The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that ey = x, or the value of y given by the function.


lexentry: eng/natural_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural science
trans_list: sciences naturelles | sciences de la nature
sense:
Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.


lexentry: eng/natural_selection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural selection
trans_list: sélection naturelle
sense:
(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.


lexentry: eng/naturalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: naturalist
trans_list: naturaliste
sense:
(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nature
trans_list: nature
sense:
(uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nature
trans_list: nature
sense:
The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.


lexentry: eng/naturism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naturism
trans_list: naturisme
sense:
The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.


lexentry: eng/naturist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naturist
trans_list: naturiste
sense:
One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.


lexentry: eng/naturopathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naturopathy
trans_list: naturopathie
sense:
(alternative medicine) A system of therapy that avoids synthetic drugs and surgery, while emphasizing the use of natural remedies (plants and the elements) and physical means (massage, acupuncture) to treat illness.


lexentry: eng/naumachia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naumachia
trans_list: naumachie
sense:
(historical, nautical, in Ancient Rome) The recreation of a sea battle staged for entertainment. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nausea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nausea
trans_list: nausée
sense:
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.


lexentry: eng/nautical_mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nautical mile
trans_list: mille marin | nautique
sense:
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).


lexentry: eng/nautilus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nautilus
trans_list: nautile
sense:
A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.


lexentry: eng/nave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nave
trans_list: nef
sense:
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.


lexentry: eng/navel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navel
trans_list: nombril
sense:
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.


lexentry: eng/navigable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigable
trans_list: navigable
sense:
(of a body of water) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.


lexentry: eng/navigate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigate
trans_list: naviguer
sense:
(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.


lexentry: eng/navigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigation
trans_list: navigation
sense:
(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.


lexentry: eng/navigation_channel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigation channel
trans_list: chenal
sense:
(nautical) A deeper channel cut into the sea or river bed, to enable larger ships to pass through to a port.


lexentry: eng/navigator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigator
trans_list: navigateur
sense:
A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/nay__Adverb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nay
trans_list: ou plutôt | que dis-je | voire
sense:
(archaic, otherwise, jocular) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/ne'er_cast_a_clout_till_May_be_out__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ne'er cast a clout till May be out
trans_list: en avril ne te découvre pas d’un fil, en mai fais ce qu’il te plaît
sense:
(UK, dialectal) Do not change from winter clothes to summer clothes until June, as there is often a sudden cold snap in May.


lexentry: eng/neap_tide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neap tide
trans_list: marée de morte eau
sense:
The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.


lexentry: eng/near-death_experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: near-death experience
trans_list: expérience de mort imminente
sense:
A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.


lexentry: eng/near_abroad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: near abroad
trans_list: étranger proche
sense:
The other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region.


lexentry: eng/neat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: neat
trans_list: pur | pure
sense:
(chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.


lexentry: eng/nebula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nebula
trans_list: nébuleuse
sense:
(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).


lexentry: eng/nebulizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nebulizer
trans_list: nébuliseur
sense:
(medicine) A device used to administer a medicine into the lungs, by converting the medicine from liquid state into a fine spray of aerosols, to be inhaled through the nose or mouth.


lexentry: eng/necessary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessary
trans_list: nécessaire
sense:
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.


lexentry: eng/necessary_evil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessary evil
trans_list: mal nécessaire | mal pour un bien
sense:
(idiomatic) An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.


lexentry: eng/necessitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessitate
trans_list: demander | exiger | nécessiter | requérir
sense:
(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/necessity_knows_no_law__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessity knows no law
trans_list: faute de grives on mange des merles
sense:
A person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it, and violate the law if needed.


lexentry: eng/neckbrace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neckbrace
trans_list: minerve
sense:
(emergency medicine) An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.


lexentry: eng/necklace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necklace
trans_list: collier | supplice du pneu
sense:
(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.


lexentry: eng/neckline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neckline
trans_list: décolleté
sense:
The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.


lexentry: eng/necrocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: necrocracy
trans_list: nécrocratie
sense:
A form of government where a dead person is recognised as its head; usually a deceased former leader.


lexentry: eng/necromancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: necromancy
trans_list: nécromancie
sense:
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.


lexentry: eng/necrophore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necrophore
trans_list: nécrophage
sense:
Any of various beetles, especially of the genus Nicrophorus, that bury the carcasses of small vertebrates (such as birds and rodents) as a food source for their larvae


lexentry: eng/necropsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necropsy
trans_list: nécropsie
sense:
(medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/necrosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necrosis
trans_list: nécrose
sense:
(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply. (Usually gangrene will follow unless the dead tissue is resected).


lexentry: eng/nectar__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nectar
trans_list: nectar
sense:
(botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/needle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: needle
trans_list: aiguille
sense:
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.


lexentry: eng/needle_holder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: needle holder
trans_list: porte-aiguille
sense:
A specialized form of forceps, featuring very small jaws and often a locking ratchet mechanism, used to hold the needle of a suture.


lexentry: eng/needlenose_pliers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: needlenose pliers
trans_list: pince à long bec
sense:
A variety of pliers with long, narrow extensions of the gripping faces, used to reach into narrow spaces.


lexentry: eng/nefarious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nefarious
trans_list: infâme | malfaisant | malveillant | maléfique | néfaste
sense:
Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.


lexentry: eng/negative_zero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negative zero
trans_list: zéro négatif
sense:
(computing) A signed magnitude representation of zero in which the sign bit indicates a negative number.


lexentry: eng/negligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: negligence
trans_list: négligence coupable | négligence
sense:
(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.


lexentry: eng/negligible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negligible
trans_list: négligeable | insignifiant
sense:
Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.


lexentry: eng/negotiable_instrument__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negotiable instrument
trans_list: effet de commerce
sense:
(legal, banking, business) a legal document, as a cheque or bill of exchange, that is freely negotiable.


lexentry: eng/negroid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negroid
trans_list: négroïde
sense:
(anthropology, dated, offensive) Pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/negroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negroid
trans_list: négroïde
sense:
(anthropology, dated, offensive) A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin.


lexentry: eng/negus__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negus
trans_list: négus | négous
sense:
(historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.


lexentry: eng/neighbour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neighbour
trans_list: voisin | voisine
sense:
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.


lexentry: eng/neither_..._nor__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neither … nor
trans_list: ni … ni
sense:
used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/neither_fish,_flesh,_nor_good_red_herring__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring
trans_list: ni chair ni poisson
sense:
(idiomatic) Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”)


lexentry: eng/neither_fish_nor_fowl__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neither fish nor fowl
trans_list: mi-figue mi-raisin | ni chair ni poisson
sense:
(idiomatic) Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.


lexentry: eng/nemesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nemesis
trans_list: antipode
sense:
(chiefly, outside the US and Canada) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character, as an agent of that character's fate or destiny, especially within a narrative.


lexentry: eng/nemesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: nemesis
trans_list: destin
sense:
(usually, in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided; (an instance of) retribution.


lexentry: eng/neo-colony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neo-colony
trans_list: néocolonie
sense:
A country, especially a former colony, controlled or dominated by another country, by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.


lexentry: eng/neoclassicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoclassicism
trans_list: néoclassicisme
sense:
Any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries.


lexentry: eng/neocolonialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neocolonialism
trans_list: néocolonialisme
sense:
The control or domination by a powerful country over weaker ones (especially former colonies) by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.


lexentry: eng/neocortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neocortex
trans_list: néocortex
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex.


lexentry: eng/neodymium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neodymium
trans_list: néodyme
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.


lexentry: eng/neoimperialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoimperialism
trans_list: nouvel impérialisme | néo-impérialisme
sense:
(politics) A contemporary form of imperialism; modern imperialistic practices by a country, such as using influence and power to dominate smaller countries. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/neoliberalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoliberalism
trans_list: néolibéralisme
sense:
(often, _, derogatory) A political ideology or ideological trend based on neoclassical economics that espouses economic liberalism, favouring trade liberalisation, financial deregulation, a small government, privatisation and liberalisation of government businesses, passive antitrust enforcement, accepting greater economic inequality and disfavouring unionisation.


lexentry: eng/neologism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neologism
trans_list: néologisme
sense:
(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase, or an existing one which has gained a new meaning.


lexentry: eng/neologism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: neologism
trans_list: néologisme
sense:
(psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.


lexentry: eng/neomodern__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neomodern
trans_list: néomoderne
sense:
(arts, architecture) Of or pertaining to a "new simplicity" in reaction to the complexity of postmodern architecture and eclecticism.


lexentry: eng/neonatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neonatology
trans_list: néonatologie
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant.


lexentry: eng/neonicotinoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neonicotinoid
trans_list: néonicotinoïde
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a certain class of insecticides that act on the central nervous system in a similar way to nicotine.


lexentry: eng/neontology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neontology
trans_list: néontologie
sense:
(biology) The study of organisms living in the current era, as opposed to organisms that are extinct.


lexentry: eng/neopenis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neopenis
trans_list: néo-pénis
sense:
A surgically constructed penis, as of a transgender man who has undergone sex reassignment surgery, or a cisgender man who lacked a penis due to a congenital defect, illness, or injury.


lexentry: eng/neophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: neophyte
trans_list: néophyte
sense:
(Christianity) A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.


lexentry: eng/neoprene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoprene
trans_list: néoprène
sense:
A synthetic rubber, a polymer of chloroprene, commonly used in wetsuits, laptop sleeves, orthopedic braces, electrical insulation, liquid and sheet-applied elastomeric membranes and flashings, car fan belts, etc.


lexentry: eng/neopronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neopronoun
trans_list: néopronom
sense:
A pronoun used in place of he, she, or singular they, especially one of the modern coinages used by some non-binary people.


lexentry: eng/neovagina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neovagina
trans_list: néo-vagin
sense:
A surgically crafted vagina, as of a trans woman who has undergone sex reassignment surgery, or any woman who lacked a vagina due to a congenital defect, illness, or injury.


lexentry: eng/nephew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephew
trans_list: neveu
sense:
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).


lexentry: eng/nephrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephrite
trans_list: néphrite
sense:
(mineral) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).


lexentry: eng/nephron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephron
trans_list: néphron
sense:
(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.


lexentry: eng/nephrosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephrosis
trans_list: néphrose
sense:
(pathology) A non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.


lexentry: eng/nepotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nepotism
trans_list: népotisme | copinage
sense:
The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.


lexentry: eng/nepotism_baby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nepotism baby
trans_list: fille de | fils de
sense:
(slang, derogatory) A person, especially a celebrity, whose success in an occupation or field is perceived as attributable at least partly to their parent's influence or support (as a necessary input albeit not the sole one).


lexentry: eng/ner__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ner
trans_list: na | nananananère | nananère
sense:
(slang, childish) An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.


lexentry: eng/nerdy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nerdy
trans_list: poil
sense:
(colloquial, derogatory, of a quality or interest) Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds.


lexentry: eng/nereid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nereid
trans_list: néréide
sense:
(Greek mythology) One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.


lexentry: eng/neroli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neroli
trans_list: néroli
sense:
More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) used to make perfumes.


lexentry: eng/nerve_center__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nerve center
trans_list: centre névralgique
sense:
(figuratively) A physical location in a business, organization, or agency where information procured from different sources is brought together to be considered and acted upon by decision-makers.


lexentry: eng/nerve_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nerve gas
trans_list: gaz innervant
sense:
A toxic chemical compound and banned weapon of mass destruction which, when inhaled or ingested, impairs nervous system functions, typically causing extreme physical distress and death by asphyxiation.


lexentry: eng/nerve_impulse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nerve impulse
trans_list: influx nerveux | potentiel d'action
sense:
(physiology) The signal transmitted along a nerve fibre, either in response to a stimulus (such as touch, pain or heat), or as an instruction (such as causing a muscle to contract).


lexentry: eng/nerve_of_the_pterygoid_canal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nerve of the pterygoid canal
trans_list: nerf du canal ptérygoïdien
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A nerve formed by the union of the greater petrosal and the deep petrosal nerves that passes forward through the pterygoid canal in the sphenoid bone and joins the pterygopalatine ganglion.


lexentry: eng/nervous_breakdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nervous breakdown
trans_list: crise de nerfs
sense:
An attack of a psychological disorder such as depression or anxiety so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally


lexentry: eng/nervous_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nervous system
trans_list: système nerveux
sense:
An organ system whose principal constituent is nervous tissue that coordinates the activities of muscles, monitors organs, constructs and processes data received from the senses, and initiates actions.


lexentry: eng/nesh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nesh
trans_list: frileux | frileuse
sense:
(now, _, UK, _, dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.


lexentry: eng/net__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: net
trans_list: réseau | filet
sense:
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.


lexentry: eng/net_sales__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: net sales
trans_list: chiffre d'affaires
sense:
(business) The value of sales generated by a company after deduction of returns, discounts and the value of damaged or lost goods.


lexentry: eng/netball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: netball
trans_list: netball
sense:
(uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.


lexentry: eng/netherworld__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: netherworld
trans_list: enfers | inframonde
sense:
The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.


lexentry: eng/netiquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: netiquette
trans_list: nétiquette
sense:
(Internet) Conduct while online that is appropriate and courteous to other Internet users, and may be expected or enforced by others.


lexentry: eng/netsuke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: netsuke
trans_list: netsuke
sense:
A small, often collectible, artistic carving characterized by an opening or two small holes (紐通し), most commonly made of wood or ivory, used as a fob at the end of a cord attached to a suspended pouch containing pens, medicines, or tobacco. Netsuke originated in feudal Japan in the late 16th and 17th centuries.


lexentry: eng/network__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: network
trans_list: diffuser sur l'ensemble du réseau
sense:
(transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.


lexentry: eng/network_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: network effect
trans_list: effet de réseau
sense:
(economics) The higher growth rate of businesses with higher market share in those segments of economy in which the value of a product or service depends on the compounding effects of the number of existing users of the product or a service, as is the case with telephone networks.


lexentry: eng/network_neutrality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: network neutrality
trans_list: neutralité du réseau
sense:
(networking) A principle proposed for user-access networks participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions by ISPs or government on the content, sites, platforms, equipment, and modes of communication over the network.


lexentry: eng/network_subsystem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: network subsystem
trans_list: sous-système réseau
sense:
(telecommunications) The central subsystem of a particular mobile phone operating company in a GSM network.


lexentry: eng/neural_crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neural crest
trans_list: crête neurale
sense:
(embryology) A strip of ectodermal material in the early vertebrate embryo inserted between the prospective neural plate and the epidermis.


lexentry: eng/neural_network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neural network
trans_list: réseau neuronal
sense:
(ML) A real or virtual computer system designed to emulate the brain in its ability to "learn" to assess imprecise data.


lexentry: eng/neural_plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neural plate
trans_list: plaque neurale
sense:
(anatomy) A thick, flat bundle of ectoderm formed in vertebrate embryos after induction by the notochord.


lexentry: eng/neurasthenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurasthenia
trans_list: neurasthénie
sense:
(psychiatry, dated) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.


lexentry: eng/neurasthenic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurasthenic
trans_list: neurasthénique
sense:
Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown.


lexentry: eng/neurodegenerative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurodegenerative
trans_list: neurodégénératif
sense:
(neurology, pathology) Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.


lexentry: eng/neurofibromatosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurofibromatosis
trans_list: neurofibromatose
sense:
(medicine) A genetic disorder characterized by the presence of multiple neurofibromas under the skin.


lexentry: eng/neurohypophysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurohypophysis
trans_list: neurohypophyse
sense:
(anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, responsible for the release of oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called vasopressin.


lexentry: eng/neuroimaging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuroimaging
trans_list: neuroimagerie
sense:
(neurology) The generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/neurolemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurolemma
trans_list: neurolemme
sense:
(neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.


lexentry: eng/neurolinguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurolinguistics
trans_list: neurolinguistique
sense:
(linguistics) Science concerned with the human brain mechanisms underlying the comprehension, production and abstract knowledge of language, be it spoken, signed or written.


lexentry: eng/neurological__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurological
trans_list: neurologique
sense:
Dealing with neurology, the study of the nervous system or the health care specialty that provides care for it.


lexentry: eng/neurology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurology
trans_list: neurologie
sense:
The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/neuron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuron
trans_list: neurone | cellule nerveuse
sense:
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.


lexentry: eng/neuropathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neuropathy
trans_list: neuropathie
sense:
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).


lexentry: eng/neuropsychiatry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuropsychiatry
trans_list: neuropsychiatrie
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features


lexentry: eng/neuropsychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuropsychology
trans_list: neuropsychologie
sense:
A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes.


lexentry: eng/neurosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurosis
trans_list: névrose
sense:
(pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.


lexentry: eng/neurosurgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurosurgery
trans_list: neurochirurgie
sense:
(neurology, surgery, uncountable) The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases.


lexentry: eng/neurosurgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neurosurgery
trans_list: neurochirurgie
sense:
(neurology, surgery, countable) Any surgical procedure performed on the nervous system, especially the brain.


lexentry: eng/neurotoxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurotoxin
trans_list: neurotoxine
sense:
(neuroscience, toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.


lexentry: eng/neurotransmitter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurotransmitter
trans_list: neurotransmetteur
sense:
(biochemistry, neuroscience) Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.


lexentry: eng/neurotypical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurotypical
trans_list: neurotypique
sense:
Having a normal (usual, ordinary) way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information; often to contrast with autistic.


lexentry: eng/neurulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurulation
trans_list: neurulation
sense:
(embryology) The process by which the beginnings of the vertebrate nervous system is formed in embryos.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neuter
trans_list: neutre
sense:
(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: neuter
trans_list: neutre
sense:
(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuter
trans_list: castrer | châtrer
sense:
(transitive) To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.


lexentry: eng/neutral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: neutral
trans_list: neutre
sense:
(physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.


lexentry: eng/neutral_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutral current
trans_list: courant neutre
sense:
(physics) An exchange current which carries no electric charge and mediates certain types of electroweak interactions.


lexentry: eng/neutral_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutral zone
trans_list: zone neutre
sense:
(American football) A zone between the defensive line of scrimmage and the offensive line of scrimmage.


lexentry: eng/neutral_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neutral zone
trans_list: zone neutre
sense:
(ice hockey) A zone on the playing surface between the attacking zone and the defending zone as delineated by the two blue lines.


lexentry: eng/neutrality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutrality
trans_list: neutralité
sense:
The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.


lexentry: eng/neutrino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutrino
trans_list: neutrino
sense:
An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.


lexentry: eng/neutrino_astronomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutrino astronomy
trans_list: astronomie neutrino
sense:
(astronomy) The detection and study of neutrinos, in order to investigate astronomical objects and the universe.


lexentry: eng/neutron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron
trans_list: neutron
sense:
(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.


lexentry: eng/neutron_activation_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron activation analysis
trans_list: analyse par activation neutronique
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) An analytical technique that measures the decay of elements when bombarded with neutrons


lexentry: eng/neutron_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron bomb
trans_list: bombe à neutrons
sense:
An atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons, and a lesser amount of blast; the intention being to create equal lethal neutron radiation and blast radii which increases the effectiveness of the weapon against armour while reducing collateral damage.


lexentry: eng/neutron_capture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron capture
trans_list: capture neutronique
sense:
(physics) A form of nuclear reaction in which one or more neutrons are absorbed by an atomic nucleus


lexentry: eng/neutron_diffraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron diffraction
trans_list: diffraction de neutrons
sense:
(physics) The interference process which occurs when neutrons are scattered by the atoms within solids, liquids and gases.


lexentry: eng/neutron_interferometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron interferometer
trans_list: interféromètre à neutrons
sense:
(quantum mechanics, nuclear physics) a device capable of diffracting neutrons and studying their wavelike characteristics


lexentry: eng/neutron_scattering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron scattering
trans_list: diffusion neutronique
sense:
(physics) any of several techniques that use the wavelike behaviour of neutrons as a scientific probe


lexentry: eng/neutron_spectrometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron spectrometry
trans_list: spectrométrie neutronique
sense:
(physics) The field of study in which neutrons are used as a probe for measuring the excited states of nuclides.


lexentry: eng/neutron_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron star
trans_list: étoile à neutrons
sense:
(star) A degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure. The solid mass of neutrons is sometimes called neutronium.


lexentry: eng/neutronium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neutronium
trans_list: neutronium
sense:
(physics) A hypothetical gravitationally bound system of a neutron and an antineutron (the onium of a neutron), not predicted to exist under normal circumstances.


lexentry: eng/neutrophil__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutrophil
trans_list: neutrophile
sense:
(biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.


lexentry: eng/never_again__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: never again
trans_list: jamais plus | plus jamais
sense:
(set phrase) At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc., which should not be allowed to reoccur.


lexentry: eng/never_mind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: never mind
trans_list: tant pis | ça ne fait rien | ce n'est pas grave | peu importe | qu'importe
sense:
(hortative) It is not important; do not fret; used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said.


lexentry: eng/never_say_die__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Do not despair; the outlook may be better than it seems, so don't give up
written_rep: never say die
trans_list:
accrochez-vous | il ne faut jamais baisser les bras | ne baissez jamais les bras | ne vous laissez pas abattre | tenez bon


lexentry: eng/nevus_flammeus_nuchae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nevus flammeus nuchae
trans_list: nævus simplex
sense:
(medicine) A congenital and usually temporary capillary malformation in a newborn. It is generally pink and flat, and is caused by the dilation of blood vessels.


lexentry: eng/new__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: new
trans_list: nouveau | nouvel | neuf
sense:
Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.


lexentry: eng/new_normal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: new normal
trans_list: nouvelle normalité
sense:
(chiefly, Canada, US, idiomatic) A current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/new_religious_movement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: new religious movement
trans_list: nouveau mouvement religieux
sense:
(religion) (abbreviated NRM) Any religious community or spiritual group of modern origins, having a peripheral place within a state's dominant religious culture.


lexentry: eng/newbie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: newbie
trans_list: débutant | béotien | néophyte | profane
sense:
(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.


lexentry: eng/newfangled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newfangled
trans_list: d'un nouveau genre
sense:
(usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.


lexentry: eng/news_agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: news agency
trans_list: agence de nouvelles
sense:
An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.


lexentry: eng/newscast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newscast
trans_list: journal télévisé | téléjournal
sense:
(broadcasting, journalism) A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.


lexentry: eng/newscaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newscaster
trans_list: présentateur | présentatrice
sense:
(broadcasting, journalism) One who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.


lexentry: eng/newsletter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newsletter
trans_list: infolettre | lettre d'information | bulletin
sense:
A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience.


lexentry: eng/newspaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newspaper
trans_list: journal
sense:
(countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.


lexentry: eng/newspaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: newspaper
trans_list: papier journal
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.


lexentry: eng/newspeak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newspeak
trans_list: novlangue
sense:
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.


lexentry: eng/newsreel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newsreel
trans_list: actualités
sense:
(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.


lexentry: eng/newsroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newsroom
trans_list: rédaction | salle de rédaction
sense:
The office of a news organisation, especially that part of it where the journalists work and news stories are processed.


lexentry: eng/newton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newton
trans_list: newton
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N.


lexentry: eng/next_of_kin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: next of kin
trans_list: proche
sense:
Close friend, spouse, or partner (for example on a hospital admission form), one of someone's close ones.


lexentry: eng/niacin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niacin
trans_list: niacine
sense:
(carboxylic acid, vitamin) A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.


lexentry: eng/nibling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nibling
trans_list: cousin
sense:
(originally, chiefly, anthropology, often, in the plural) Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law; one's nephew or niece. [from 1951]


lexentry: eng/nice_guy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nice guy
trans_list: nice guy
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) An inoffensive adult male who desires romantic companionship but who is too bland and uninspiring to be attractive.


lexentry: eng/nice_guys_finish_last__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nice guys finish last
trans_list: qui se fait brebis le loup le mange
sense:
(idiomatic) People who are decent, friendly, and agreeable tend to be unsuccessful because they are outmaneuvered or overwhelmed by others who are not so decent, friendly, or agreeable.


lexentry: eng/niche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niche
trans_list: niche
sense:
(architectural element) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.


lexentry: eng/niche__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: niche
trans_list: niche
sense:
(by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.


lexentry: eng/nickeline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nickeline
trans_list: nickéline
sense:
(mineral) A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel.


lexentry: eng/nickname__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nickname
trans_list: surnom | sobriquet
sense:
A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.


lexentry: eng/nicotine_gum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nicotine gum
trans_list: gomme à la nicotine
sense:
A form of chewing gum that slowly releases nicotine into the body; used by people who are trying to quit smoking


lexentry: eng/nicotine_patch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nicotine patch
trans_list: timbre à la nicotine
sense:
An adhesive patch, affixed to the skin, that slowly diffuses nicotine into the bloodstream; used by people who are trying to quit smoking


lexentry: eng/niddy-noddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niddy-noddy
trans_list: dévidoir à main
sense:
A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.


lexentry: eng/nidicolous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nidicolous
trans_list: nidicole
sense:
(zoology) Tending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.


lexentry: eng/niece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niece
trans_list: nièce
sense:
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").


lexentry: eng/niello__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niello
trans_list: nielle | niello
sense:
(metallurgy) Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.


lexentry: eng/nigella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nigella
trans_list: nigelle
sense:
Any plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale purple.


lexentry: eng/nigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nigger
trans_list: nègre | bougnoule | négresse | négro
sense:
(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see usage notes) A black person; a person of black African descent.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: night
trans_list: nuit
sense:
(astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: night
trans_list: nuit
sense:
(legal, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.


lexentry: eng/night_owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: night owl
trans_list: couche-tard | noctambule | oiseau de nuit
sense:
(idiomatic) One who goes to bed late, or stays up late at night or in the early hours of the morning.


lexentry: eng/night_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night person
trans_list: oiseau de nuit
sense:
(idiomatic) A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.


lexentry: eng/night_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night school
trans_list: cours du soir
sense:
A school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominantly in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules.


lexentry: eng/night_vision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night vision
trans_list: nyctalopie | vision de nuit | vision nocturne
sense:
The ability, either naturally, by technology or by superpowers, to see in a low light or even dark environment.


lexentry: eng/night_watchman_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night watchman state
trans_list: État-gendarme
sense:
(political philosophy) Government that is limited to a bare minimum of functions, usually just military, police, and courts.


lexentry: eng/nightcap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightcap
trans_list: bonnet de nuit
sense:
(headwear) A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread. [From 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightclothes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightclothes
trans_list: vêtement pour la nuit
sense:
Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and, when worn over nightclothes, a robe.


lexentry: eng/nightclub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightclub
trans_list: boîte de nuit | discothèque | boîte
sense:
A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.


lexentry: eng/nightcrawler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightcrawler
trans_list: lombric
sense:
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.


lexentry: eng/nightingale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightingale
trans_list: rossignol | rossignol philomèle
sense:
A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.


lexentry: eng/nightjar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightjar
trans_list: engoulevent
sense:
Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.


lexentry: eng/nightmare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nightmare
trans_list: cauchemar | tourment
sense:
(figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightmare__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nightmare
trans_list: cauchemar | tourment
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightshade
trans_list: morelle
sense:
Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.


lexentry: eng/nightstand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightstand
trans_list: table de chevet | table de nuit | liseuse
sense:
(US) A small table or cabinet, usually with two drawers one above the other or one drawer and a lower shelf, placed beside the head of a bed.


lexentry: eng/nihilism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nihilism
trans_list: nihilisme
sense:
(usually, uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc., often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1).


lexentry: eng/nihilism__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: nihilism
trans_list: nihilisme
sense:
(countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.


lexentry: eng/nikud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nikud
trans_list: nikkudot
sense:
The system of optional diacritics attached to Hebrew letters that indicate vowels and consonant variations.


lexentry: eng/nilpotent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nilpotent
trans_list: nilpotent
sense:
(algebra, ring theory, of an element x of a semigroup or ring) Such that, for some positive integer n, xn = 0.


lexentry: eng/nimbostratus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nimbostratus
trans_list: nimbostratus
sense:
(meteorology) According to the World Meteorological Organization, a mid-level, principal cloud type, generally formless and dark grey in colour, which forms from altostratus occurring in layers at the middle altitude of the troposphere (usually above 2400 metres). Nimbostratus usually brings precipitation as the mid-level clouds thicken and subside into the low level of the troposphere. Frontal or cyclonic lift can also carry the top of a deep nimbostratus layer into the high levels of the troposphere. Also classified or characterized as multi-level; abbreviated Ns.


lexentry: eng/nine-banded_armadillo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine-banded armadillo
trans_list: tatou à neuf bandes
sense:
A species of armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, ranging from much of the southern US to warmer South America.


lexentry: eng/nine_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine hundred
trans_list: neuf cents
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/nine_men's_morris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine men's morris
trans_list: marelle
sense:
An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.


lexentry: eng/nine_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine o'clock
trans_list: neuf heures
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the tenth hour of the day; 9:00 a.m. (09:00).


lexentry: eng/nine_thousand_nine_hundred_and_ninety-nine__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
trans_list: neuf-mille-neuf-cent-quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight and before ten thousand, represented in Arabic numerals as 9,999. Represented in Roman numerals as IXCMXCIX.


lexentry: eng/nineteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nineteen
trans_list: dix-neuf
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".


lexentry: eng/ninety-eight__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninety-eight
trans_list: quatre-vingt-dix-huit
sense:
The cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven — ninety plus eight — and preceding ninety-nine.


lexentry: eng/ninety-eighth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninety-eighth
trans_list: quatre-vingt-dix-huitième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number ninety-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 98 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/ninety-ninth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninety-ninth
trans_list: quatre-vingt-dix-neuvième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number ninety-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 99 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/ninety-seventh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninety-seventh
trans_list: quatre-vingt-dix-septième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number ninety-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 97 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/ninety__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninety
trans_list: quatre-vingt-dix | nonante
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.


lexentry: eng/ninhydrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninhydrin
trans_list: ninhydrine
sense:
(organic compound) The aromatic compound 2,2-dihydroxyindane-1,3-dione which is used as a reagent to detect amines


lexentry: eng/ninja__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninja
trans_list: ninja
sense:
(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.


lexentry: eng/ninth__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ninth
trans_list: neuvième
sense:
(music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).


lexentry: eng/niobium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niobium
trans_list: niobium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.


lexentry: eng/nip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nip
trans_list: pincer
sense:
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.


lexentry: eng/nip_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nip point
trans_list: angle rentrant
sense:
(manufacturing) A point of convergence between two rolling parts, or a rolling part and a stationary part, where all or part of the human body could become trapped and injured.


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nipple
trans_list: mamelon | téton | tétin
sense:
(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nirvana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nirvana
trans_list: nirvana
sense:
(Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.


lexentry: eng/nitpicking__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nitpicking
trans_list: chicane | ergotage | pinaillage | pinaillerie | pointilleux | pédanterie
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.


lexentry: eng/nitrene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrene
trans_list: nitrène
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound, the univalent nitrogen equivalent of a carbene, having general formula RN:


lexentry: eng/nitric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitric acid
trans_list: acide nitrique | acide azotique
sense:
(inorganic compound) A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO3; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.


lexentry: eng/nitric_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitric oxide
trans_list: monoxyde d’azote
sense:
(chemistry) the binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen NO; an unstable compound which rapidly oxidizes in the presence of air.


lexentry: eng/nitrobenzene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrobenzene
trans_list: nitrobenzène
sense:
(organic compound) A nitro derivative of benzene, C6H5NO2, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; any of a series of such compounds having two or more nitro groups


lexentry: eng/nitrocellulose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrocellulose
trans_list: fulmi-coton | nitrocellulose
sense:
(organic compound) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrogen
trans_list: azote
sense:
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrogen dioxide
trans_list: dioxyde d'azote
sense:
(inorganic compound) The binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen_fixation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrogen fixation
trans_list: fixation de l'azote
sense:
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia and organic derivatives, by natural means, especially such conversion, by microorganisms in the soil, into a form that can be assimilated by plants


lexentry: eng/nitrogen_mustard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrogen mustard
trans_list: moutarde azotée
sense:
(chemistry) Any of a series of compounds, analogous to mustard gas with sulfur replaced by nitrogen, that have been used in the treatment of cancer.


lexentry: eng/nitroglycerine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitroglycerine
trans_list: nitroglycérine
sense:
(organic compound) The compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate or 1,2,3 tri-nitrooxy propane; the ester of glycerol with nitric acid; prepared by the careful addition of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids to glycerol with constant stirring and cooling; it is a thick, pale yellow liquid, that is highly explosive on concussion or on exposure to sudden heat; it is used in medicine as a vasodilator, and as an explosive in the form of dynamite which is safe to handle.


lexentry: eng/nitrometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrometer
trans_list: nitromètre
sense:
(chemistry) An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in a substance.


lexentry: eng/nitrous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nitrous
trans_list: azoteux | nitreux
sense:
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from nitrogen, especially in which the valence of the nitrogen is lower than that of a corresponding nitric species. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/nitrous_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrous acid
trans_list: acide nitreux
sense:
(inorganic compound) A weak acid, HNO2, known only in solution, or as its salts and esters, the nitrites; it has a linear structure, H-O-N=O


lexentry: eng/nitrous_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrous oxide
trans_list: protoxyde d'azote
sense:
(inorganic compound) A non-flammable gas (N₂O) commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.


lexentry: eng/nitrox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nitrox
trans_list: nitrox
sense:
(underwater diving) A mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, the nitrogen content being lower than that of normal air, which is used in place of air as a breathing gas.


lexentry: eng/no-brainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no-brainer
trans_list: évidence
sense:
(informal) An easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution, task, etc.; something requiring little or no thought.


lexentry: eng/no-show__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no-show
trans_list: absence
sense:
An absence; failure to show up or to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or a place of employment.


lexentry: eng/no_comment__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no comment
trans_list: sans commentaire
sense:
(idiomatic) An "official" refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer. [from c. 1950]


lexentry: eng/no_hard_feelings__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no hard feelings
trans_list: sans rancune
sense:
(idiomatic) (I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); there's no bad blood between (us, etc.).


lexentry: eng/no_man's_land__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: no man's land
trans_list: no man's land
sense:
The stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states, sometimes separated by great distance.


lexentry: eng/no_pain,_no_gain__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no pain, no gain
trans_list: on n'a rien sans rien | qui ne risque rien n'a rien | qui ne tente rien n'a rien
sense:
One must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort in order to achieve worthwhile goals.


lexentry: eng/no_parking__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no parking
trans_list: défense de stationner | stationnement interdit
sense:
On a traffic sign, indicates that parking a vehicle is not allowed within the area of influence of the sign.


lexentry: eng/no_shit__Interjection__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: no shit
trans_list: sans blague | sans dec
sense:
(colloquial, vulgar, often, sarcastic, somewhat, derogatory) An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.


lexentry: eng/no_smoking__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no smoking
trans_list: défense de fumer | ne pas fumer
sense:
A phrase used in notices indicating that the smoking of cigarettes, etc., is not permitted in the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/nob__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nob
trans_list: daronne
sense:
(slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)


lexentry: eng/noble__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble
trans_list: noble | aristocratique
sense:
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.


lexentry: eng/noble__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: noble
trans_list: noble
sense:
Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.


lexentry: eng/noble_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble gas
trans_list: gaz noble | gaz rare
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic and (with very limited exceptions) inert.


lexentry: eng/noble_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble metal
trans_list: métal noble
sense:
(inorganic chemistry, alchemy) A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold or platinum.


lexentry: eng/noble_rot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble rot
trans_list: pourriture noble
sense:
A benevolent form of the fungus Botrytis cinerea which, in the right conditions, leads to a concentrated sweet wine.


lexentry: eng/noble_savage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble savage
trans_list: bon sauvage
sense:
(literature) A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness.


lexentry: eng/noblesse_oblige__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noblesse oblige
trans_list: noblesse oblige
sense:
The honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank; in American English this often includes the expectation of benevolent actions such as helping those less fortunate.


lexentry: eng/nobody's_perfect__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nobody's perfect
trans_list: nul n'est parfait
sense:
Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.


lexentry: eng/nocebo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nocebo
trans_list: nocebo
sense:
(pharmacology, also, _, attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. [from 1961]


lexentry: eng/nociplastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nociplastic
trans_list: nociplastique
sense:
(physiology) Of, pertaining to, or resulting from plasticity, of a kind analogous to neuroplasticity, in parts of the central nervous system concerned with nociception.


lexentry: eng/noctilucent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noctilucent
trans_list: noctiluque
sense:
(meteorology) Shining or glowing at night, especially of very high-altitude clouds that reflect sunlight long after sunset; nightshining.


lexentry: eng/noctilucine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noctilucine
trans_list: noctilucine
sense:
(biochemistry) A nitrogenous substance in fireflies, glowworms and marine animals, once believed to be responsible for their luminescence.


lexentry: eng/node__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: node
trans_list: nœud
sense:
(astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.


lexentry: eng/noetherian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: noetherian
trans_list: noethérien
sense:
(mathematics, of a binary relation on a set) Such that the converse relation is well-founded (on that set).


lexentry: eng/noise__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: noise
trans_list: bruit
sense:
(technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.


lexentry: eng/noise__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: noise
trans_list: bruit
sense:
(genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.


lexentry: eng/noisome__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: noisome
trans_list: dégoutant | répugnant
sense:
(literary) Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.


lexentry: eng/noisy_miner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noisy miner
trans_list: méliphage bruyant
sense:
A grey honeyeater, Manorina melanocephala, that has a large range of songs, calls, and alarms, is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, and has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, and a yellow patch behind the eye.


lexentry: eng/noli_me_tangere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noli me tangere
trans_list: noli me tangere
sense:
(Christianity, art) A picture depicting Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene shortly after his resurrection from the dead (see the etymology).


lexentry: eng/noli_me_tangere__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: noli me tangere
trans_list: noli me tangere
sense:
Any of various plants with fruits or seed capsules that, when ripe, burst open and discharge their seeds when touched, or with leaves that fold and droop when touched.


lexentry: eng/noli_me_tangere__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: noli me tangere
trans_list: noli me tangere
sense:
Some plants of the genus Impatiens; specifically, the touch-me-not balsam or yellow balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere).


lexentry: eng/nolle_prosequi__Noun__1
written_rep: nolle prosequi
trans_list:
abandon de poursuites | abandon des poursuites | arrêt des poursuites | cessation des poursuites | ordonnance de classement | relaxe


lexentry: eng/nomad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nomad
trans_list: nomade
sense:
(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.


lexentry: eng/nombril__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nombril
trans_list: nombril
sense:
(heraldry) A point halfway between the fess point (centre of the shield) and the middle base (bottom) point of an escutcheon.


lexentry: eng/nomenklatura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nomenklatura
trans_list: nomenklatura
sense:
(now, _, historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nomenklatura__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nomenklatura
trans_list: nomenklature
sense:
(collective) The people on such lists; (by extension) , any privileged class, a social or political elite. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nominal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: nominal
trans_list: nominal
sense:
(finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.


lexentry: eng/nominalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominalism
trans_list: nominalisme
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.


lexentry: eng/nominalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominalization
trans_list: substantivation | nominalisation
sense:
(linguistics, countable) A noun derived from an adjective, verb, etc., often (in english) by adding a suffix such as -ity, -tion or -ism.


lexentry: eng/nominalizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominalizer
trans_list: nominaliseur | substantivateur
sense:
(linguistics) Anything, usually an affixed morpheme or a particle, that changes another part of speech into a noun.


lexentry: eng/nominative_absolute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominative absolute
trans_list: nominatif absolu
sense:
(grammar) A grammatically independent element of a sentence conveying additional circumstances; present:


lexentry: eng/nominee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominee
trans_list: candidat | candidate
sense:
A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.


lexentry: eng/nomogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nomogram
trans_list: abaque | nomogramme
sense:
(mathematics) A diagram in which the relationship between three variables is represented by a straight line or curve for each variable; the value of the third variable corresponding to particular values of the first two is obtained by drawing a straight line through the points on the first two curves that represent particular values of the first two variables and noting the point at which the line intersects the third line or curve.


lexentry: eng/non-Euclidean_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-Euclidean geometry
trans_list: géométrie non euclidienne
sense:
(geometry) Any system of geometry not based on the set of axioms of Euclidean geometry, which is based on the three-dimensional space of common experience.


lexentry: eng/non-binary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: non-binary
trans_list: non-binaire
sense:
Having or pertaining to a gender identity not represented by the gender binary; not exclusively male or female; genderqueer.


lexentry: eng/non-breaking_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-breaking space
trans_list: espace insécable
sense:
(computing) A variant of the space character that prevents text from wrapping onto the next line at that point.


lexentry: eng/non-commissioned_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-commissioned officer
trans_list: sous-officier
sense:
A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word.


lexentry: eng/non-compete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-compete
trans_list: de non-concurrence
sense:
(legal) Describing a contractual clause that prevents a person or company from competing with another, especially with a former employer or partner


lexentry: eng/non-esterified_fatty_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-esterified fatty acid
trans_list: acide gras non estérifié
sense:
(biochemistry) Any fatty acid which occurs free, rather than esterified with glycerol to form a glyceride or other lipid; usually as the result of hydrolysis


lexentry: eng/non-finite_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-finite verb
trans_list: verbe non fini
sense:
(grammar) A verb form that lacks a subject, is not inflected by tense, aspect, mood, number, gender or person and cannot serve as a predicate.


lexentry: eng/non-governmental_organization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-governmental organization
trans_list: organisation non gouvernementale
sense:
A legally constituted non-commercial organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government.


lexentry: eng/non-player_character__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-player character
trans_list: ordi
sense:
(role-playing games, video gaming) A character in a role-playing game or computer game whose actions are not controlled by a player.


lexentry: eng/non-verbal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-verbal
trans_list: non-verbal
sense:
(of communication) In a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language.


lexentry: eng/nonane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonane
trans_list: nonane
sense:
(organic compound) Any of very many isomeric alkanes, of general formula C9H20, having 9 carbon atoms.


lexentry: eng/nonce__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonce
trans_list: pointeur
sense:
(British, Ireland, pejorative) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children. [1975]


lexentry: eng/nonclustered_index__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonclustered index
trans_list: index non-cluster
sense:
(databases) a type of database index that contains a series of sorted pointers pointing to the physical data rows, which are organized either in a heap or in the sort order specified by a clustered index, on the disk


lexentry: eng/noncommittal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noncommittal
trans_list: évasif
sense:
Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.


lexentry: eng/nonconformity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonconformity
trans_list: anticonformisme
sense:
Refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class.


lexentry: eng/nondeterministic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nondeterministic
trans_list: indéterministe
sense:
(computer science) Exhibiting nondeterminism; involving choices between indistinguishable possibilities.


lexentry: eng/none_of_your_beeswax__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: none of your beeswax
trans_list: ce ne sont pas tes oignons | s’occuper de ses oignons
sense:
A riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further.


lexentry: eng/nones__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nones
trans_list: nones
sense:
(historical, often, _, capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.


lexentry: eng/nonfiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonfiction
trans_list: non-fiction
sense:
Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.


lexentry: eng/nonfree__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonfree
trans_list: payant
sense:
(rare) Not free, not free of charge, that costs money, that must be paid for, that must be purchased; paid (as in paid service); pay (as in pay channel); cash (as in cash bar).


lexentry: eng/nonmetal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonmetal
trans_list: non-métal
sense:
(chemistry) An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.


lexentry: eng/nonogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonogram
trans_list: nonogram | picross
sense:
(games, puzzles) A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.


lexentry: eng/nonpareil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nonpareil
trans_list: nonpareille
sense:
(uncountable, typography, chiefly, historical) A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.


lexentry: eng/nonpracticing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonpracticing
trans_list: non pratiquant | non-pratiquant
sense:
Not practicing; of a person in a particular profession, not engaged in the practice of that profession; of a person born into a particular religion, not abiding by the rituals and mores of that religion.


lexentry: eng/nonprofit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonprofit
trans_list: association sans but lucratif
sense:
Ellipsis of nonprofit organization: an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization.


lexentry: eng/nonrepudiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nonrepudiation
trans_list: non-répudiation
sense:
(telecommunication) Assurance that the claimed sender or recipient is in fact the party who sent or received a given message.


lexentry: eng/nonsense__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nonsense
trans_list: non-sens
sense:
(biochemistry) Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).


lexentry: eng/nonsense__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: nonsense
trans_list: non-sens
sense:
(biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.


lexentry: eng/nonstandard__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nonstandard
trans_list: familier
sense:
(linguistics) Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.


lexentry: eng/nonviolence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonviolence
trans_list: non-violence | non resistance | non-résistance
sense:
A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.


lexentry: eng/nonwoven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonwoven
trans_list: toison
sense:
Any of various fabriclike materials made from long fibres bonded together by chemical or mechanical processes.


lexentry: eng/noob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noob
trans_list: apprenti
sense:
(Internet slang, chiefly, derogatory) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.


lexentry: eng/noodle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noodle
trans_list: nouille
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/noose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noose
trans_list: lacs | nœud coulant
sense:
An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.


lexentry: eng/nopal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nopal
trans_list: opuntia
sense:
A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.


lexentry: eng/nopalery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nopalery
trans_list: nopalerie | nopalière
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A plantation of nopal (a prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera) used as food for the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), which is raised to produce carmine dye. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nor__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nor
trans_list: ni
sense:
A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.


lexentry: eng/norepinephrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: norepinephrine
trans_list: noradrénaline
sense:
(neurotransmitter) A neurotransmitter found in the locus coeruleus which is synthesized from dopamine.


lexentry: eng/norite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: norite
trans_list: norite
sense:
A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (such as labradorite) and hypersthene.


lexentry: eng/norm__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: norm
trans_list: norme
sense:
(mathematics) A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v\mapsto\left|v\right| or v\mapsto\left\|v\right\|, that satisfies the following properties:


lexentry: eng/normal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal
trans_list: normal | ordinaire
sense:
(set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.


lexentry: eng/normal_basis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal basis
trans_list: base normale
sense:
(algebra, field theory) For a given Galois field 𝔽qm and a suitable element β, a basis that has the form {β, βq, βq2, ... , βqm-1}.


lexentry: eng/normal_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal distribution
trans_list: loi normale
sense:
(statistics) Any of a family of continuous probability distributions such that the probability density function is the Gaussian function


lexentry: eng/normal_subgroup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal subgroup
trans_list: sous-groupe distingué
sense:
(group theory) A subgroup H of a group G that is invariant under conjugation; that is, for all elements h of H and for all elements g in G, the element ghg−1 is in H.


lexentry: eng/normalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normalization
trans_list: normalisation
sense:
Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.


lexentry: eng/normally_black__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normally black
trans_list: normalement noir
sense:
(technology) for LCD to be opaque and thus black when voltage is not applied to a pixel electrode and transparent and thus white when voltage is applied.


lexentry: eng/normally_white__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normally white
trans_list: normalement blanc
sense:
(technology) for LCD to be transparent and thus white when voltage is not applied to a pixel electrode and opaque and thus black when voltage is applied.


lexentry: eng/normcore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normcore
trans_list: normcore
sense:
(fashion) A unisex fashion trend characterized by average-looking, unpretentious clothing. [from 2008]


lexentry: eng/north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: north
trans_list: nord | septentrion
sense:
The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.


lexentry: eng/north__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: north
trans_list: nord | septentrion
sense:
(physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).


lexentry: eng/north_by_west__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: north by west
trans_list: nord quart nord-ouest | nord-quart-nord-ouest
sense:
The compass point halfway between north and north-northwest, specifically 348.75°, abbreviated as NbW.


lexentry: eng/northeast_by_east__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northeast by east
trans_list: nord-est-quart-est
sense:
The compass point halfway between northeast and east-northeast, specifically 56.25°, abbreviated as NEbE.


lexentry: eng/northeast_by_north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northeast by north
trans_list: nord-est-quart-nord
sense:
The compass point halfway between northeast and north-northeast, specifically 33.75°, abbreviated as NEbN.


lexentry: eng/northern_flicker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern flicker
trans_list: pic flamboyant
sense:
Colaptes auratus, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of Central and North America.


lexentry: eng/northern_fur_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern fur seal
trans_list: ours de mer
sense:
A fur seal of the species Callorhinus ursinus (formerly Arctocephalus ursinus), of the northern Pacific.


lexentry: eng/northern_shoveler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern shoveler
trans_list: canard souchet
sense:
Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.


lexentry: eng/northern_shrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern shrike
trans_list: pie-grièche boréale
sense:
Lanius borealis, a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae) native to North America and Siberia.


lexentry: eng/northern_wild_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern wild rice
trans_list: riz sauvage
sense:
Wild rice of the species Zizania palustris, native to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Canada north and west of the Great Lakes.


lexentry: eng/northerner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northerner
trans_list: habitant du nord | habitante du nord | nordiste
sense:
A native or inhabitant of the north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the northern United States, the north of Norway, etc.


lexentry: eng/northwest_by_north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northwest by north
trans_list: nord-ouest-quart-nord
sense:
The compass point halfway between northwest and north-northwest, specifically 326.25°, abbreviated as NWbN.


lexentry: eng/northwest_by_west__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northwest by west
trans_list: nord-ouest-quart-ouest
sense:
The compass point halfway between northwest and west-northwest, specifically 303.75°, abbreviated as NWbW.


lexentry: eng/nose_out_of_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nose out of joint
trans_list: en avoir ras le bol
sense:
(idiomatic) An emotional state where someone is in a bad mood because they have been offended by or taken exception (objected) to some action, usually involving being seen in an inferior light to another person.


lexentry: eng/nose_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nose ring
trans_list: anneau de nez
sense:
A ring affixed to the snout of cattle, to make them follow immediately when a chain is attached to the ring.


lexentry: eng/nosebag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosebag
trans_list: moreau | musette
sense:
A sack or bag for feeding a horse, mule, ox or similar animal, generally on the move or away from the home stable or paddock. Designed to be attached to harness and slipped over the animal's nose to permit feeding while eliminating spillage; designs vary.


lexentry: eng/nosebleed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosebleed
trans_list: saignement de nez
sense:
haemorrhage from the nose (usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity)


lexentry: eng/nosebleed_section__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosebleed section
trans_list: paradis | poulailler
sense:
(North American) The seats high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater or stadium, usually cheaper and with a poorer view than other seats.


lexentry: eng/noseclip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noseclip
trans_list: pince-nez
sense:
A device that holds a person's nostrils closed to prevent water from entering, or air from escaping, during swimming and other aquatic activities.


lexentry: eng/nosegay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosegay
trans_list: petit bouquet
sense:
A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/nosocomial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosocomial
trans_list: nosocomial
sense:
(pathology) Of an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospital. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/nosophobia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosophobia
trans_list: nosophobie
sense:
An excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.


lexentry: eng/nostril__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nostril
trans_list: narine | naseau | trou de nez
sense:
Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.


lexentry: eng/nostrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nostrum
trans_list: orviétan | poudre de perlimpimpin | remède de bonne femme
sense:
A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.


lexentry: eng/not_at_all__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not at all
trans_list: de rien | il n'y a pas de quoi | pas de quoi
sense:
(idiomatic) Used similarly to you're welcome, as a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.


lexentry: eng/not_so_fast__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not so fast
trans_list: minute papillon | pas si vite
sense:
(idiomatic) Used to tell someone to cease doing something or to call into question what someone has said.


lexentry: eng/not_to_mention__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not to mention
trans_list: sans parler de
sense:
(idiomatic) An apophasis used by a speaker to introduce, despite claiming not to address, a given point of discussion.


lexentry: eng/not_to_put_too_fine_a_point_on_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not to put too fine a point on it
trans_list: pardonnez-moi l'expression | passez-moi l'expression | si vous me permettez l'expression
sense:
(idiomatic) Used to apologize for a possibly impolite statement one is making; to put it bluntly; to express it in plain terms.


lexentry: eng/not_touch_with_a_ten-foot_pole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not touch with a ten-foot pole
trans_list: éviter à tout prix
sense:
(idiomatic) To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion.


lexentry: eng/notary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: notary
trans_list: notaire | notairesse
sense:
(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.


lexentry: eng/notary_public__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notary public
trans_list: notaire
sense:
(law) An officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/notation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: notation
trans_list: notation
sense:
(uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.


lexentry: eng/note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: note
trans_list: note
sense:
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.


lexentry: eng/note__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: note
trans_list: note
sense:
A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.


lexentry: eng/note_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: note value
trans_list: valeur de note
sense:
(music) A musical notation that indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence of flags.


lexentry: eng/notebook__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: notebook
trans_list: cahier | calepin
sense:
(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.


lexentry: eng/notetaking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notetaking
trans_list: prise de notes
sense:
The practice of writing down pieces of information gained from a particular source, such as a lecture or presentation.


lexentry: eng/nothingburger__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nothingburger
trans_list: rieur
sense:
Something of less importance than its treatment suggests; also, something which is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact.


lexentry: eng/notice__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: notice
trans_list: préavis
sense:
(chiefly, uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.


lexentry: eng/notice_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notice period
trans_list: période de préavis
sense:
(labour law) The time period between the receipt of the letter of dismissal and the last working day.


lexentry: eng/nougat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nougat
trans_list: nougat | nougatine
sense:
(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in, _, western, _, Europe) almonds or (in, _, eastern, _, Europe) hazelnuts or (in, _, America) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.


lexentry: eng/noumenal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noumenal
trans_list: nouménal
sense:
(philosophy, especially Kantianism) Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves.


lexentry: eng/noumenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noumenon
trans_list: noumène
sense:
(from Kantian, _, philosophy, _, on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noun
trans_list: nom | substantif | nom substantif
sense:
(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: noun
trans_list: nom
sense:
(grammar, now, rare, loosely) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: noun
trans_list: nom
sense:
(computing) An object within a user interface to which a certain action or transformation (i.e., verb) is applied.


lexentry: eng/noun_class__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noun class
trans_list: classe nominale
sense:
(linguistics) A grammatical category similar to gender in which nouns may be organised according to meaning, such as sex, animacy or shape. This is a prominent feature of some of the world's languages, notably the Bantu language family.


lexentry: eng/noun_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noun phrase
trans_list: groupe nominal | syntagme nominal
sense:
(grammar) A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.


lexentry: eng/nourish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nourish
trans_list: nourrir
sense:
(transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.


lexentry: eng/nourish_a_viper_in_one's_bosom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nourish a viper in one's bosom
trans_list: réchauffer un serpent dans son sein
sense:
(idiom) To do acts of kindness that will be met with ingratitude and will cause one harm in the end.


lexentry: eng/nouveau_riche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nouveau riche
trans_list: nouveau riche | parvenu | arriviste
sense:
(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.


lexentry: eng/novation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: novation
trans_list: novation
sense:
(legal) A new contract between the original contracting parties whereby the first obligation is extinguished and a new obligation is substituted.


lexentry: eng/novena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: novena
trans_list: neuvaine
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.


lexentry: eng/novice__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: novice
trans_list: novice
sense:
(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/novichok__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: novichok
trans_list: novitchok
sense:
Any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.


lexentry: eng/now__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: now
trans_list: alors | or
sense:
(sentential) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.


lexentry: eng/now_you're_talking__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: now you're talking
trans_list: voilà qui est parler
sense:
(idiomatic) A phrase indicating agreement with a previously stated suggestion to change a course of action.


lexentry: eng/nozzle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nozzle
trans_list: jet | tuyère
sense:
A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.


lexentry: eng/nubile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nubile
trans_list: nubile
sense:
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/nubuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nubuck
trans_list: nubuck
sense:
A type of brushed, soft calf leather, similar to suede. Differs from suede in that while suede is created from the flesh (inner) side of a hide, nubuck is created using the grain (outer) side, giving it added strength and durability.


lexentry: eng/nuclear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nuclear
trans_list: nucléaire
sense:
Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nuclear_chemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear chemistry
trans_list: chimie nucléaire
sense:
(chemistry) The application of chemical techniques to the solution of problems in nuclear physics, including the discovery of naturally occurring and synthetic radioactive elements and the results of nuclear fission.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fallout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear fallout
trans_list: retombée radioactive
sense:
(uncountable) Residual radioactive material in the upper atmosphere which settles down to Earth over a protracted period; typically ash which has been propelled upwards by a nuclear explosion or disaster, sometimes mixed with rain or snow.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear fission
trans_list: fission | fission nucléaire
sense:
(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear fusion
trans_list: fusion nucléaire
sense:
(nuclear physics) The combining of the nuclei of small atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones, with a resulting release of large quantities of energy; the process that makes the sun shine, and hydrogen bombs explode.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear reaction
trans_list: réaction nucléaire
sense:
A process such as the fission of an atomic nucleus, or the fusion of one or more atomic nuclei and/or subatomic particles in which the number of protons and/or neutrons in a nucleus changes; the reaction products may contain a different element or a different isotope of the same element.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_reactor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear reactor
trans_list: réacteur nucléaire
sense:
(physics) Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_winter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear winter
trans_list: hiver nucléaire
sense:
A predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war due to dust in the upper atmosphere reducing sunlight reaching the ground.


lexentry: eng/nuclease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclease
trans_list: nucléase
sense:
(enzyme) Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.


lexentry: eng/nucleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleic acid
trans_list: acide nucléique
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell


lexentry: eng/nucleoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleoid
trans_list: nucléoïde
sense:
(microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized


lexentry: eng/nucleosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleosome
trans_list: nucléosome
sense:
(genetics) Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones.


lexentry: eng/nucleotide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleotide
trans_list: nucléotide
sense:
(biochemistry) The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.


lexentry: eng/nucleus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nucleus
trans_list: noyau
sense:
(chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.


lexentry: eng/nucleus__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nucleus
trans_list: noyau
sense:
(cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.


lexentry: eng/nude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nude
trans_list: nu
sense:
A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.


lexentry: eng/nudge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nudge
trans_list: nudge
sense:
(behavioral, _, economics) The use of positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence.


lexentry: eng/nudism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nudism
trans_list: nudisme
sense:
The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.


lexentry: eng/nudity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nudity
trans_list: nudité
sense:
(uncountable) The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals.


lexentry: eng/nudiustertian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nudiustertian
trans_list: avant-hier
sense:
(rare, obsolete, modern uses probably, _, humorous) Of or relating to the day before yesterday; very recent.


lexentry: eng/nuke__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nuke
trans_list: arme atomique
sense:
A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.


lexentry: eng/nullification__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nullification
trans_list: annulation | nullification
sense:
The nullification crisis in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.


lexentry: eng/nullipara__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nullipara
trans_list: nullipare
sense:
A woman who has never carried a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who has never given birth). It includes women who have experienced spontaneous miscarriages and induced abortions before the mid-point of pregnancy, but not women who have experienced pregnancy loss after 20 weeks.


lexentry: eng/numbat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: numbat
trans_list: numbat | myrmécopie à bandes
sense:
A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.


lexentry: eng/number__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: number
trans_list: nombre | numéro | chiffre
sense:
(countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.


lexentry: eng/number__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: number
trans_list: numéro | nombre
sense:
(Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.


lexentry: eng/number__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: number
trans_list: compter
sense:
(intransitive, usually with among) To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).


lexentry: eng/number_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: number line
trans_list: droite réelle
sense:
(mathematics) A line that graphically represents the real numbers as a series of points whose distance from an origin is proportional to their value


lexentry: eng/numbers_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: numbers station
trans_list: station de nombres
sense:
(radio, espionage) A shortwave radio station characterized by unusual broadcasts, often of artificially generated voices reciting streams of numbers, words, etc., supposedly coded messages.


lexentry: eng/numeral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: numeral
trans_list: chiffre
sense:
A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.


lexentry: eng/numeral__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: numeral
trans_list: chiffre | numéral
sense:
(linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.


lexentry: eng/numerical_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: numerical analysis
trans_list: analyse numérique
sense:
(mathematics) The study of algorithms to solve mathematical problems concerning continuous sets of values (such as the real numbers, complex numbers or vector spaces).


lexentry: eng/numerology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: numerology
trans_list: numérologie
sense:
The study of the purported mystical relationship between numbers (or the letters of words, represented by numbers) and the character or action of physical objects and living beings.


lexentry: eng/nummular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nummular
trans_list: nummulaire
sense:
(pathology) Characterized by lesions (especially on the cornea or skin) which are round with well-defined borders.


lexentry: eng/nun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nun
trans_list: nonne | religieuse | bonne sœur | moniale | nonnain
sense:
A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.


lexentry: eng/nun__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nun
trans_list: noun | nun
sense:
The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/nunatak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nunatak
trans_list: nunatak
sense:
A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet. [from 1870s]


lexentry: eng/nunchaku__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nunchaku
trans_list: nunchaku
sense:
(countable) A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nuncheon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuncheon
trans_list: goûter
sense:
(now, _, dialectal, archaic) A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.


lexentry: eng/nuncio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuncio
trans_list: nonce
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) The ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps.


lexentry: eng/nurse_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nurse shark
trans_list: requin nourrice
sense:
Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw.


lexentry: eng/nursery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nursery
trans_list: crèche
sense:
(UK, chiefly British) An institution for small children who not yet have begun primary school during daytime (when their parents work); a daycare centre.


lexentry: eng/nursery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nursery
trans_list: crèche
sense:
(agriculture, zoology) A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).


lexentry: eng/nursery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nursery
trans_list: pépinière
sense:
(horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.


lexentry: eng/nursery_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nursery school
trans_list: école maternelle | jardin d'enfants
sense:
(, Canada, British) An educational institution for small children (normally around 3 to 5 years old, who not yet have begun primary school).


lexentry: eng/nursing_bra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nursing bra
trans_list: soutien-gorge d'allaitement
sense:
A bra specifically designed for breastfeeding mothers, with cups which fold down, allowing easy access to the nipple when the infant is to be fed, usually constructed of fabric only.


lexentry: eng/nursing_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nursing home
trans_list: maison de repos
sense:
A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nut
trans_list: noix | fruit à coque | fruit sec
sense:
(food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nut
trans_list: écrou
sense:
(hardware) A piece of hardware, typically metal and typically hexagonal or square in shape, with a hole through it having internal screw threads, intended to be screwed onto a threaded bolt or other threaded shaft.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: nut
trans_list: sillet | chou
sense:
(musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: nut
trans_list: écrou
sense:
(climbing) A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)


lexentry: eng/nutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nutation
trans_list: nutation
sense:
(astronomy) Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.


lexentry: eng/nuthatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuthatch
trans_list: sittelle
sense:
Any of various small passerine birds from the family Sittidae (and its single genus Sitta), found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first.


lexentry: eng/nutrient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nutrient
trans_list: nutriment
sense:
A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.


lexentry: eng/nuts_and_bolts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuts and bolts
trans_list: rudiments
sense:
(idiomatic) The basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate.


lexentry: eng/nuzzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nuzzle
trans_list: fourrer son nez
sense:
Often followed by in or into: to press or push the nose or snout, mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.


lexentry: eng/nyctinasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nyctinasty
trans_list: nyctinastie
sense:
(botany) The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night.


lexentry: eng/nylon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nylon
trans_list: nylon
sense:
Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.


lexentry: eng/nylon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nylon
trans_list: nylon
sense:
(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.


lexentry: eng/nylon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nylon
trans_list: nylon
sense:
(perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.


lexentry: eng/nymph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nymph
trans_list: nymphe
sense:
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.


lexentry: eng/négligée__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: négligée
trans_list: nuisette | négligé
sense:
A woman's loose-fitting nightgown, especially when short, lacy and/or revealing; a nightie. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/o'clock__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: o'clock
trans_list: une heure
sense:
(modifying a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve-hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral.


lexentry: eng/o'clock__Adverb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: o'clock
trans_list: une heure | à une heure
sense:
(with a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the direction, relative to the speaker or a vehicle, especially an aircraft, corresponding to the direction the hour hand is pointing at the time corresponding to the numeral, with twelve representing directly ahead on a horizontal plane, or directly up on a vertical plane, and three being to the right on either.


lexentry: eng/oak__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: oak
trans_list: chêne
sense:
Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.


lexentry: eng/oak_titmouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oak titmouse
trans_list: mésange unicolore
sense:
A bird of species Baeolophus inornatus of small tits in family Paridae, found from southern Oregon to Baja California.


lexentry: eng/oakum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oakum
trans_list: étoupe | filasse
sense:
Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.


lexentry: eng/oar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oar
trans_list: rame | aviron
sense:
A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.


lexentry: eng/oarlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oarlock
trans_list: dame de nage
sense:
(nautical) A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.


lexentry: eng/oath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oath
trans_list: serment | juron
sense:
A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.


lexentry: eng/obcordate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obcordate
trans_list: obcordé
sense:
(botany, of a leaf) Of a reversed cordate shape; heart-shaped but attached to the stalk by the pointed end.


lexentry: eng/obeisance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obeisance
trans_list: révérence
sense:
Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.


lexentry: eng/obelisk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obelisk
trans_list: obélisque
sense:
(architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/obelisk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obelisk
trans_list: obèle
sense:
A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.


lexentry: eng/obelus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obelus
trans_list: obèle | obélus
sense:
(historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk.


lexentry: eng/obese__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obese
trans_list: obèse
sense:
Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.


lexentry: eng/obfuscation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obfuscation
trans_list: obfuscation
sense:
(computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.


lexentry: eng/obfuscation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obfuscation
trans_list: obscurcissement
sense:
(uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.


lexentry: eng/obituary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obituary
trans_list: nécrologie | nécro
sense:
A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.


lexentry: eng/obituary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obituary
trans_list: nécrologie
sense:
(by extension) A brief biography of a person (especially one who is well-known) who has recently died, usually describing their life and achievements, particularly in the form of an article in a news publication or an item in a news broadcast.


lexentry: eng/object-based_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object-based programming
trans_list: programmation orientée objet
sense:
(programming) A programming paradigm that encapsulates states and operations inside "objects" to design applications and computer programs.


lexentry: eng/object-oriented__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object-oriented
trans_list: orienté-objet
sense:
(programming) Using entities called objects that can process data and exchange messages with other objects.


lexentry: eng/object-oriented_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object-oriented programming
trans_list: programmation orientée objet
sense:
(programming) A programming paradigm that uses hierarchies of "objects", instantiated from templates called "classes", to design applications and computer programs.


lexentry: eng/object__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: object
trans_list: objet
sense:
(grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.


lexentry: eng/object__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: object
trans_list: objet
sense:
(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).


lexentry: eng/object__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object
trans_list: objecter | opposer
sense:
(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.


lexentry: eng/object_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object code
trans_list: langage machine
sense:
(computing) The output of a compiler or assembler; it is not necessarily executable directly without linking to other modules


lexentry: eng/object_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: object language
trans_list: langue-objet
sense:
(lexicography) the language of the headwords in a dictionary (in a French-to-English translation dictionary, French is the object language)


lexentry: eng/object_permanence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object permanence
trans_list: permanence de l'objet
sense:
(psychology) The understanding (typically developed during early infancy) that an object still exists even when it disappears from sight, or other senses.


lexentry: eng/objection__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: objection
trans_list: objection
sense:
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).


lexentry: eng/objection__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: objection
trans_list: objection
sense:
(legal) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.


lexentry: eng/objective__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: objective
trans_list: objectif
sense:
The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.


lexentry: eng/objectivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: objectivism
trans_list: objectivisme
sense:
(philosophy) Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.


lexentry: eng/objectivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: objectivity
trans_list: objectivité
sense:
The state of being objective, just, unbiased, and not influenced by irrational emotions or personal prejudices.


lexentry: eng/obligate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: obligate
trans_list: obligation
sense:
(transitive, North America, Scottish) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.


lexentry: eng/obligation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obligation
trans_list: obligation
sense:
A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.


lexentry: eng/obligation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: obligation
trans_list: obligation
sense:
(legal) A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.


lexentry: eng/oblige__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oblige
trans_list: obliger | rendre service
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).


lexentry: eng/oblique_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oblique case
trans_list: cas oblique | cas régime
sense:
(grammar) Any noun case except the nominative case (and sometimes the vocative case), where the noun is the object of a verb or the object of a preposition.


lexentry: eng/obliquity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obliquity
trans_list: obliquité
sense:
The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/obliteration__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: obliteration
trans_list: destruction
sense:
(medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).


lexentry: eng/oblivion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oblivion
trans_list: oubli | néant
sense:
The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.


lexentry: eng/oblong__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: oblong
trans_list: oblong
sense:
(bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.


lexentry: eng/oboe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oboe
trans_list: hautbois
sense:
(woodwind instrument) A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.


lexentry: eng/obscure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obscure
trans_list: obscurcir
sense:
(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.


lexentry: eng/observable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: observable
trans_list: observable
sense:
(physics) Any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties


lexentry: eng/observation_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: observation car
trans_list: wagon-salon
sense:
(rail) A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass sides or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.


lexentry: eng/observation_deck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: observation deck
trans_list: terrasse panoramique
sense:
An area of a tall building, often open to the sky, from which the public may look at the surrounding panorama.


lexentry: eng/observatory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: observatory
trans_list: observatoire
sense:
A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.


lexentry: eng/observe__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: observe
trans_list: observer | respecter | garder | remarquer
sense:
(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).


lexentry: eng/obsession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obsession
trans_list: idée fixe | obsession
sense:
An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.


lexentry: eng/obsession__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: obsession
trans_list: obsession
sense:
An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired.


lexentry: eng/obsessive-compulsive_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obsessive-compulsive disorder
trans_list: TOC | trouble obsessionnel compulsif
sense:
(medicine, psychology) A mental and behavioral disorder, characterized by obsessive intrusive thoughts and a compulsion to ease the resulting distress by repeating specific routines or rituals, regardless of their interference with other activities.


lexentry: eng/obsessive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obsessive
trans_list: obsessif
sense:
Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others.


lexentry: eng/obsolete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obsolete
trans_list: obsolète | désuet
sense:
(of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).


lexentry: eng/obstacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obstacle
trans_list: obstacle
sense:
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively


lexentry: eng/obstinate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obstinate
trans_list: obstiné
sense:
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.


lexentry: eng/obstreperous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obstreperous
trans_list: récalcitrant
sense:
Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control, whether in a noisy manner or not.


lexentry: eng/obstruction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: obstruction
trans_list: obstruction
sense:
The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.


lexentry: eng/obstruction_of_justice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obstruction of justice
trans_list: entrave à la justice
sense:
(legal) Interference with the administration of law and justice, as by ignorance of a justification, fraud of evidential validity, or not disclosing discovery of facts, or by doing damage to a witness, officer, juror.


lexentry: eng/obtrude__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obtrude
trans_list: empiéter | transparaître
sense:
(intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/obtuse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obtuse
trans_list: obtus
sense:
(geometry, specifically, of an, angle) Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.


lexentry: eng/obviate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obviate
trans_list: rendre superflu | éviter
sense:
(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.


lexentry: eng/ocarina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ocarina
trans_list: ocarina
sense:
(musical instruments) A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.


lexentry: eng/occasional_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occasional table
trans_list: table [[d']]appoint
sense:
Any small table, such as an end table, having no particular function; typically it may be folded away.


lexentry: eng/occident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occident
trans_list: occident
sense:
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.


lexentry: eng/occipital__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occipital
trans_list: occipital
sense:
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.


lexentry: eng/occipital_lobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occipital lobe
trans_list: lobe occipital
sense:
(anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located at the back of the head.


lexentry: eng/occluded_front__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occluded front
trans_list: front occlus
sense:
(meteorology) A front that occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front at the surface and a temperature contrast exists between the advancing and retreating cold air masses.


lexentry: eng/occultation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occultation
trans_list: occultation
sense:
(astronomy) An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object.


lexentry: eng/occupation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupation
trans_list: occupation
sense:
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.


lexentry: eng/occupation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: occupation
trans_list: occupation
sense:
(geopolitics, military) The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.


lexentry: eng/occupational_hazard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: occupational hazard
trans_list: aléas du métier | risques du métier
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) An unpleasant, inconvenient, or unusual circumstance which occurs or is likely to occur during the course of one's employment.


lexentry: eng/occupational_safety_and_health__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupational safety and health
trans_list: santé et sécurité au travail
sense:
The activities and policies aimed at protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment.


lexentry: eng/occupational_therapist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupational therapist
trans_list: ergothérapeute
sense:
A therapist whose aim is to help clients achieve a better quality of life through work or similar occupations.


lexentry: eng/occupational_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupational therapy
trans_list: ergothérapie | thérapie occupationnelle | thérapie par le travail
sense:
The therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations.


lexentry: eng/occupier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupier
trans_list: occupant | occupante
sense:
One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.


lexentry: eng/ocean_sunfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ocean sunfish
trans_list: môle | poisson-lune
sense:
A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.


lexentry: eng/oceanic_whitetip_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oceanic whitetip shark
trans_list: requin longimane
sense:
a large pelagic shark, taxonomic name Carcharhinus longimanus, characterized by the white tips on the fin, often prone to attack humans.


lexentry: eng/ocellus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ocellus
trans_list: ocelle
sense:
An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock.


lexentry: eng/ocelot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ocelot
trans_list: ocelot
sense:
An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.


lexentry: eng/ocrea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ocrea
trans_list: ocréa
sense:
(botany) A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.


lexentry: eng/octahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octahedron
trans_list: octaèdre
sense:
(geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.


lexentry: eng/octal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octal
trans_list: octal
sense:
(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal.


lexentry: eng/octalogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octalogy
trans_list: octalogie
sense:
(rare) A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.


lexentry: eng/octane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octane
trans_list: octane
sense:
(organic compound) Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8H18) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents.


lexentry: eng/octane_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octane number
trans_list: indice d'octane
sense:
A measure of the antiknock properties of an automobile fuel; isooctane having an octane number of 100, a fuel with the same antiknock properties as a mixture of 90% isooctane and 10% heptane having an octane number of 90.


lexentry: eng/octave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octave
trans_list: octave
sense:
(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.


lexentry: eng/octillion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octillion
trans_list: octillion | quadrilliard
sense:
(US, modern, _, British, _, &, _) A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 1027.


lexentry: eng/octobass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octobass
trans_list: octobasse
sense:
(musical instruments) A very large double bass requiring two musicians, one to finger and one to bow.


lexentry: eng/octonion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octonion
trans_list: octonion
sense:
(mathematics) An 8-dimensional nonassociative extension of a quaternion with a real part and 7 imaginary parts (each a real multiple of a distinct square root of −1).


lexentry: eng/odd-toed_ungulate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: odd-toed ungulate
trans_list: périssodactyle
sense:
(zoology) Any mammal in the order Perissodactyla, including horses and other equids, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.


lexentry: eng/odd__Adjective__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: odd
trans_list: à peu près
sense:
(not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).


lexentry: eng/odd_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: odd function
trans_list: fonction impaire
sense:
(mathematics) Any function whose value changes sign if the independent variable changes sign i.e. f(-x) = -f(x)


lexentry: eng/odd_one_out__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: odd one out
trans_list: intrus
sense:
(uncountable) A visual puzzle where the guesser has to choose which word/picture/symbol etc. does not fit with the others.


lexentry: eng/ode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ode
trans_list: ode
sense:
A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.


lexentry: eng/odometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: odometer
trans_list: odomètre
sense:
An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production.


lexentry: eng/odorant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: odorant
trans_list: arôme, parfum
sense:
Any substance that has a distinctive smell, especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposes


lexentry: eng/odour_of_sanctity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: odour of sanctity
trans_list: en odeur de sainteté
sense:
(chiefly, Christianity, especially, Middle Ages) A sweet smell, usually likened to flowers, said to be emitted by the corpses, or even the living bodies, of saints.


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: of
trans_list: de
sense:
Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: of
trans_list: de
sense:
Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: of
trans_list: de
sense:
(following an adjective) Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: of
trans_list: moins
sense:
Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below). [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: of
trans_list: de | quant à
sense:
Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: of
trans_list: de
sense:
Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.) [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: of
trans_list: de
sense:
Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: of
trans_list: de
sense:
(archaic, or, literary) Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/of_one's_own_accord__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: of one's own accord
trans_list: de sa propre initiative | de son propre chef
sense:
On one's (or its) own initiative; under one's (or its) own power, without being commanded or controlled.


lexentry: eng/off-piste__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: off-piste
trans_list: hors-piste
sense:
(of snow or ski-runs) Not specially prepared or designated for skiing, hence viewed as more exciting but also more dangerous.


lexentry: eng/off-ramp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: off-ramp
trans_list: piste de descente
sense:
(North America, Australia) A segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from a freeway onto local roads. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/off-road__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: off-road
trans_list: tout-terrain
sense:
Designed for, used for, or taking place on a driving surface that is not traditionally paved, such as a beach or rugged terrain


lexentry: eng/offense__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: offense
trans_list: attaque | offensive
sense:
(team, _, sports) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.


lexentry: eng/offense__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: offense
trans_list: attaquants | attaque
sense:
(team, _, sports) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.


lexentry: eng/offensive_tackle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offensive tackle
trans_list: bloqueur
sense:
(American football) A lineman for the team in possession of the ball located outside one of the guard positions.


lexentry: eng/offer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: offer
trans_list: offre
sense:
(legal) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.


lexentry: eng/offer__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: offer
trans_list: offrir
sense:
(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.


lexentry: eng/offertory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offertory
trans_list: donation
sense:
(Christianity) A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/offertory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: offertory
trans_list: offertoire
sense:
(Christianity) The part of the Eucharist service when offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar and when any collection is taken; also, the money or other things collected. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/office_boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: office boy
trans_list: ordonnance
sense:
A junior male clerk employed in a professional office to perform odd jobs, such as running errands or making copies.


lexentry: eng/office_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: office chair
trans_list: chaise de bureau
sense:
A chair that is designed for use at a desk in an office. It is generally comfortable and adjustable and can swivel 360 degrees and has wheels.


lexentry: eng/office_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: office hours
trans_list: heures ouvrables
sense:
The times, typically from about 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, when non-24/7 office workers are at their desks.


lexentry: eng/office_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: office hours
trans_list: permanence
sense:
A pre-arranged time when a person whose occupation frequently takes them away from their office during working hours is available in their office to answer questions or provide assistance without the requirement for an appointment.


lexentry: eng/officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: officer
trans_list: officier | fonctionnaire
sense:
One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.


lexentry: eng/official__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: official
trans_list: officiel
sense:
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority


lexentry: eng/official__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: official
trans_list: fonctionnaire | arbitre | juge | cadre
sense:
An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.


lexentry: eng/official_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: official language
trans_list: langue officielle
sense:
A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use.


lexentry: eng/offline__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offline
trans_list: hors ligne | offline
sense:
Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.


lexentry: eng/offset__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: offset
trans_list: compensation | compensation industrielle | offset
sense:
(international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.


lexentry: eng/offset_printing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offset printing
trans_list: impression en offset | offset
sense:
Printing by the offset process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket (“offset cylinder”) and from there to the printing surface.


lexentry: eng/offshore__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offshore
trans_list: délocaliser
sense:
To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, usually seeking lower business costs, like labor.


lexentry: eng/offside_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offside trap
trans_list: piège du hors-jeu
sense:
(football) A defensive play intended to catch the attacking team offside, generally in such a way that the defense line suddenly and simultaneously moves forward.


lexentry: eng/oganesson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oganesson
trans_list: oganesson
sense:
The chemical element (Symbol Og) with atomic number 118. It is the heaviest known element. Highly radioactive, it does not occur naturally. Originally expected to be a noble gas, it is now predicted to be a reactive metallic solid, and a semiconductor or a post-transition metal.


lexentry: eng/ogle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ogle
trans_list: mater | reluquer
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.


lexentry: eng/ogonek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ogonek
trans_list: ogonek
sense:
(orthography) A hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.


lexentry: eng/oh__Interjection__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: oh
trans_list: ô
sense:
An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.


lexentry: eng/oh_my_God__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oh my God
trans_list: mon Dieu | nom de Dieu | nom de nom
sense:
(potentially, _, offensive) An expression of anger, frustration, excitement, shock, awe, dismay, etc.


lexentry: eng/oh_well__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oh well
trans_list: bah | dommage | pas grave | tant pis
sense:
(idiomatic) An expression of mild disappointment or resignation: too bad; it's a pity; what can you do; it is what it is.


lexentry: eng/ohm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ohm
trans_list: ohm
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere. Symbol: Ω


lexentry: eng/oil_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil cake
trans_list: tourteau
sense:
The solid residue remaining after any oilseed has been pressed to remove the vegetable oil; it is used, with other ingredients, as animal food.


lexentry: eng/oil_change__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil change
trans_list: vidange
sense:
(automotive) the process of draining old oil from an engine or gearbox and refilling with fresh oil, often done at recommended intervals.


lexentry: eng/oil_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil company
trans_list: compagnie pétrolière | pétrolière
sense:
A company that is dedicated to trade or exploitation of petroleum/oil. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/oil_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil lamp
trans_list: lampe à huile
sense:
A simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.


lexentry: eng/oil_of_wintergreen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil of wintergreen
trans_list: huile essentielle de gaulthérie
sense:
The aromatic oil obtained from the berries of the wintergreen plant; mostly methyl salicylate; used medicinally and in perfumes


lexentry: eng/oil_paint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil paint
trans_list: huile
sense:
A paint in which the colours or pigments are suspended in an oil-based carrier such as linseed oil which hardens on exposure to the air.


lexentry: eng/oil_platform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil platform
trans_list: plate-forme
sense:
A large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean.


lexentry: eng/oil_rig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil rig
trans_list: foreuse
sense:
A rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.


lexentry: eng/oil_shale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil shale
trans_list: schiste bitumineux
sense:
A sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.


lexentry: eng/oil_slick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil slick
trans_list: marée noire
sense:
A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship.


lexentry: eng/oilbird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oilbird
trans_list: guacharo des cavernes
sense:
Steatornis caripensis, a nocturnal South American bird related to the nightjars that feeds on the fruit of the oil palm and tropical laurels.


lexentry: eng/oilcan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oilcan
trans_list: burette | burette d'huile
sense:
A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.


lexentry: eng/oilcloth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oilcloth
trans_list: toile cirée
sense:
A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering.


lexentry: eng/oiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oiler
trans_list: huile
sense:
An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.


lexentry: eng/ointment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ointment
trans_list: pommade | onguent
sense:
(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.


lexentry: eng/okapi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: okapi
trans_list: okapi
sense:
A large ruminant mammal, of species Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe but with a much shorter neck, a reddish-brown coat, and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/okta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: okta
trans_list: octa
sense:
(meteorology) One eighth of the total area of the celestial dome; used as a measure of cloudiness (one okta means that one eighth of the sky is obscured, two oktas that one quarter is obscured, and so on).


lexentry: eng/old_age_pension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old age pension
trans_list: pension
sense:
A pension paid to people by the state, when they reach a predefined age, to compensate for loss of earnings


lexentry: eng/old_folks'_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old folks' home
trans_list: maison de retraite
sense:
(colloquial, sometimes, derogatory, or, humorous) A residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services; especially, a nursing home.


lexentry: eng/old_guard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old guard
trans_list: arrière-garde | vieille garde
sense:
A (comparatively) conservative, reactionary faction that is more unwilling to accept new ideas than their peers are.


lexentry: eng/old_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: old man
trans_list: vieux | daron
sense:
(slang, military) A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.


lexentry: eng/old_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old money
trans_list: vieille fortune | vieux riche
sense:
(idiomatic, often, derogatory) Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.


lexentry: eng/old_school__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old school
trans_list: vieille école | vieux jeu | à l’ancienne
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) Characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.


lexentry: eng/old_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old school
trans_list: ancienne école | vieille école
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) A style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that was employed in a former era, remembered either for its inferiority to the current method, or for its time-honored superiority over the new way.


lexentry: eng/old_wives'_tale__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: old wives' tale
trans_list: mythe | conte de bonne femme
sense:
A rumour, myth or superstition; something which is almost certainly untrue, despite acceptance by many.


lexentry: eng/older_brother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: older brother
trans_list: frère aîné | grand frère
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/older_sister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: older sister
trans_list: grande sœur | sœur aînée
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/oleander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oleander
trans_list: laurier-rose | oléandre
sense:
Nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.


lexentry: eng/oleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oleic acid
trans_list: acide oléique
sense:
(fatty acid) An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.


lexentry: eng/oligarchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oligarchy
trans_list: oligarchie
sense:
A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.


lexentry: eng/oligolecty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oligolecty
trans_list: oligolectisme
sense:
(entomology) The preference of an insect pollinator (chiefly a bee) for pollinating only a few plant species.


lexentry: eng/oligomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oligomer
trans_list: oligomère
sense:
(chemistry) A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.


lexentry: eng/oligopoly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oligopoly
trans_list: oligopole
sense:
(economics) An economic condition in which a small number of sellers exert control over the market of a commodity.


lexentry: eng/oligosaccharide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oligosaccharide
trans_list: oligoholoside | oligosaccharide | oligoside
sense:
(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units.


lexentry: eng/olive-backed_pipit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: olive-backed pipit
trans_list: pipit à dos olive
sense:
Anthus hodgsoni, passerine bird of the pipit (Anthus) genus, which breeds across southern, north central and eastern Asia, as well as in the north-eastern European Russia


lexentry: eng/olive_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: olive oil
trans_list: huile d'olive
sense:
A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.


lexentry: eng/olivine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: olivine
trans_list: olivine
sense:
(mineral, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.


lexentry: eng/olm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: olm
trans_list: olm | protée anguillard
sense:
Proteus anguinus, a cave-dwelling neotenous salamander with external gills, found along the coast from northeastern Italy to Montenegro.


lexentry: eng/om_mani_padme_hum__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: om mani padme hum
trans_list: om mani padme hum
sense:
(Buddhism) A mantra associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, the primary mantra of Tibetan Buddhism.


lexentry: eng/omasum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omasum
trans_list: feuillet
sense:
(biology, food) The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.


lexentry: eng/ombrotrophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ombrotrophy
trans_list: ombrotrophie
sense:
(biology) The state or condition of receiving water and nutrients only from precipitation rather than streams or springs.


lexentry: eng/ombudsman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ombudsman
trans_list: médiateur | ombudsman | protecteur
sense:
An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.


lexentry: eng/omega__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omega
trans_list: oméga
sense:
The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.


lexentry: eng/omelette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omelette
trans_list: omelette
sense:
A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.


lexentry: eng/omen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omen
trans_list: présage
sense:
Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.


lexentry: eng/omertà__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omertà
trans_list: omerta
sense:
(crime) A code of silence amongst members of a criminal organization (especially the Mafia) that forbids divulging insider secrets to law enforcement, often also followed outside of the organization in fear of retaliation; (by extension) any code of silence.


lexentry: eng/omission__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: omission
trans_list: omission | oubli
sense:
(countable) An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.


lexentry: eng/omission__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: omission
trans_list: omission
sense:
(grammar) The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.


lexentry: eng/ommatidium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ommatidium
trans_list: ommatidie
sense:
(zoology) One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes.


lexentry: eng/omnibenevolent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omnibenevolent
trans_list: omnibienveillant | omnibienveillante
sense:
All-loving, or infinitely good, usually in reference to a deity or supernatural being, for example, God.


lexentry: eng/omnidirectional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omnidirectional
trans_list: omnidirectionnel
sense:
In every direction, especially of a radio system capable of transmitting or receiving signals in all directions, or of a microphone capable of detecting sound from all directions.


lexentry: eng/omnipresence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omnipresence
trans_list: omniprésence | ubiquité
sense:
The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God).


lexentry: eng/on__Preposition__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: on
trans_list: sur | au sujet de | à propos de
sense:
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.


lexentry: eng/on__Preposition__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: on
trans_list: sur | au-dessus
sense:
With verbs describing an action of hitting, rubbing, scratching, binding against, etc., designates the thing impacted or contacted.


lexentry: eng/on__Preposition__1
sense_num: 31
written_rep: on
trans_list: avec | grâce à | pour | à propos de
sense:
To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.


lexentry: eng/on_a_first-name_basis__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on a first-name basis
trans_list: tutoyer
sense:
(idiom) Having enough familiarity with another person to call them by their first name, as opposed to their surname.


lexentry: eng/on_foot__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on foot
trans_list: à pied
sense:
On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/on_pain_of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on pain of
trans_list: sous peine de
sense:
Used to warn of consequences if a specified act is done or not done: subject to the punishment of (some penalty); or (generally) subject to the circumstance of (some thing).


lexentry: eng/on_site__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on site
trans_list: sur place
sense:
At the site of a job, or at the location of the customer of a product or service, as opposed to at the vendor's factory or office.


lexentry: eng/on_the_bias__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on the bias
trans_list: en biais
sense:
(textiles) Describing the method of cutting fabric diagonally across the grain (so as to make the clothing cling to the body)


lexentry: eng/on_the_blink__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on the blink
trans_list: en carafe
sense:
(UK, AU, informal) functioning erratically, malfunctioning; not working or not working well. Usually refers to a mechanical or electrical device.


lexentry: eng/on_the_face_of_it__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on the face of it
trans_list: a priori | en apparence
sense:
(idiomatic) Seemingly; to all appearances; as far as can be seen or determined without deeper investigation or analysis.


lexentry: eng/on_the_fritz__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on the fritz
trans_list: brisé
sense:
(of electrical or mechanical appliances, idiomatic, Northern US) Out of order; malfunctioning; broken.


lexentry: eng/on_the_wagon__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on the wagon
trans_list: au régime sec
sense:
(idiomatic) Abstaining from drinking any alcoholic drink, usually in the sense of having given it up (as opposed to never having partaken); teetotal.


lexentry: eng/on_track__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: on track
trans_list: en bonne voie
sense:
(idiomatic) Proceeding as planned, as expected, or in a manner consistent with an established pattern.


lexentry: eng/on_your_head_be_it__Phrase__1
written_rep: on your head be it
trans_list:
[[c']]est toi qui vois | [[c']]est vous qui voyez | à tes risques et périls | à vos risques et périls


lexentry: eng/onager__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: onager
trans_list: hémione | onagre
sense:
The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).


lexentry: eng/onager__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: onager
trans_list: onagre
sense:
(military, historical) A military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult.


lexentry: eng/once_upon_a_time__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: once upon a time
trans_list: il était une fois | il y avait une fois
sense:
A long time ago; at some time in the past (a traditional beginning of children's stories, especially fairy tales).


lexentry: eng/oncilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oncilla
trans_list: oncille
sense:
Leopardus tigrinus, a small spotted felid found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.


lexentry: eng/oncogene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oncogene
trans_list: oncogène
sense:
(oncology, genetics) Any gene that contributes to the conversion of a normal cell into a cancerous cell when mutated or expressed at high levels.


lexentry: eng/oncology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oncology
trans_list: oncologie
sense:
The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.


lexentry: eng/ondol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ondol
trans_list: ondol
sense:
A Korean form of underfloor heating that uses direct heat transfer from wood smoke to the underside of a thick masonry floor.


lexentry: eng/one-armed_bandit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one-armed bandit
trans_list: bandit manchot
sense:
(originally, US, gambling) A gaming machine having a long arm-like handle at one side that a player pulls down to make reels spin; the player wins money or tokens when certain combinations of symbols line up on these reels.


lexentry: eng/one-child_policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one-child policy
trans_list: politique de l'enfant unique
sense:
(historical) A policy of population control in China, whereby a married couple is allowed only one child.


lexentry: eng/one-horse_town__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one-horse town
trans_list: bled paumé
sense:
(US, idiomatic) A very small town, especially one of a rural nature and/or offering very few or no attractions.


lexentry: eng/one-night_stand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one-night stand
trans_list: soirée unique
sense:
An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.


lexentry: eng/one-night_stand__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: one-night stand
trans_list: coup d'un soir | aventure sans lendemain | coucherie | soirée unique
sense:
(idiomatic) A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship. As the phrase implies, the relationship lasts for only one night.


lexentry: eng/one-way_mirror__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one-way mirror
trans_list: glace sans tain | miroir sans tain
sense:
A mirror reflecting images on one side and transparent on the other, often used by the police during interrogations.


lexentry: eng/one_and_all__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one and all
trans_list: tous
sense:
(idiomatic) The entire set of persons or things within a given domain, considered both as separate individuals and collectively.


lexentry: eng/one_another__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one another
trans_list: l'un l'autre | les uns les autres
sense:
(reciprocal pronoun) Used of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other.


lexentry: eng/one_for_all,_all_for_one__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one for all, all for one
trans_list: un pour tous, tous pour un
sense:
Each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of each individual.


lexentry: eng/one_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one o'clock
trans_list: une heure
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the second hour of the day; 1:00 a.m. (01:00).


lexentry: eng/one_swallow_does_not_a_summer_make__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: one swallow does not a summer make
trans_list: une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps
sense:
One instance of an event (such as the arrival of a single bird) does not necessarily indicate a trend.


lexentry: eng/oneirism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oneirism
trans_list: onirisme
sense:
(psychiatry) A state of abnormal consciousness in which dream-like experiences and hallucinations happen while awake.


lexentry: eng/onerous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: onerous
trans_list: pénible | lourd | onéreux
sense:
Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.


lexentry: eng/onion_dome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: onion dome
trans_list: clocher à bulbe
sense:
(architecture) An onion-shaped dome, characteristic of august buildings in Moghul and Russian architecture


lexentry: eng/onset__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: onset
trans_list: attaque
sense:
(acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.


lexentry: eng/ontologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ontologist
trans_list: ontologiste
sense:
(philosophy) A scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.


lexentry: eng/ontology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ontology
trans_list: ontologie
sense:
(uncountable, philosophy) The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being.


lexentry: eng/ontology__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ontology
trans_list: ontologie
sense:
(countable, computer science, information science) A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.


lexentry: eng/ooch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ooch
trans_list: femme
sense:
(also, reflexive, figurative) To cause (oneself or someone, or something) to change or progress by a small amount or in small increments.


lexentry: eng/oocyst__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oocyst
trans_list: oocyste
sense:
(biology) A thick-walled spore in the lifecycle of some parasitic protozoans that develops into sporozoite. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/oodles__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oodles
trans_list: foultitude | un tas (de)
sense:
(originally, US, informal) Chiefly followed by of: an unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons.


lexentry: eng/oogamy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oogamy
trans_list: oogamie
sense:
(biology) A form of anisogamy (heterogamy) in which the female gamete (e.g. ovum) is significantly larger than the male gamete (sperm) and is non-motile.


lexentry: eng/oophoridium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oophoridium
trans_list: oophoridie
sense:
(botany, obsolete) The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spore in heterosporous flowerless plants.


lexentry: eng/oosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oosphere
trans_list: oosphère
sense:
(botany, mycology) A large nonmotile egg cell, especially of an alga or fungus, formed in an oogonium and ready for fertilization.


lexentry: eng/ooze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ooze
trans_list: liqueur de tannage
sense:
Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.


lexentry: eng/op-amp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: op-amp
trans_list: ampli op | amplificateur opérationnel
sense:
(electronics) A certain active circuit element useful in creating various kinds of amplifiers and filters.


lexentry: eng/op-ed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: op-ed
trans_list: tribune libre
sense:
A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.


lexentry: eng/opal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opal
trans_list: opale
sense:
(mineral) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.


lexentry: eng/opanak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opanak
trans_list: opanki
sense:
A kind of traditional leather shoe worn in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia.


lexentry: eng/open-book__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open-book
trans_list: à cours ouvert
sense:
(education) Designating exams in which specified external resources, potentially including textbooks, glossaries, study notes, calculators, etc. may be used.


lexentry: eng/open-mid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open-mid
trans_list: mi-ouvert
sense:
(phonetics, of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue in a position approximately one-third of the way between an open and a close vowel


lexentry: eng/open-pit_mine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open-pit mine
trans_list: exploitation par découverte
sense:
A type of mine where rock or minerals are extracted from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.


lexentry: eng/open-plan_kitchen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open-plan kitchen
trans_list: cuisine américaine | cuisine ouverte
sense:
A kitchen without walls separating it from the rest of house. Typically, this includes the dining room and living room, and is often collectively called the great room.


lexentry: eng/open_Pandora's_box__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open Pandora's box
trans_list: ouvrir la boîte de Pandore
sense:
(idiomatic) To perform an action that causes problems to appear which did not exist beforehand, or were not known about prior.


lexentry: eng/open__Adjective__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: open
trans_list: ouvert
sense:
(mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.


lexentry: eng/open__Adjective__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: open
trans_list: ouvert
sense:
(music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.


lexentry: eng/open__Verb__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: open
trans_list: ouvrir
sense:
(computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.


lexentry: eng/open_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: open book
trans_list: ravi de la crèche
sense:
(idiomatic) A person who through naivete responds candidly to questions or openly displays their emotions or intentions.


lexentry: eng/open_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open city
trans_list: ville ouverte
sense:
(military, international law) A city which has announced it has abandoned all defensive efforts, generally in the event of the imminent capture.


lexentry: eng/open_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open letter
trans_list: lettre ouverte
sense:
A letter addressed to one person, or more, but published (as for example in a newspaper) for the public to read.


lexentry: eng/open_relationship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open relationship
trans_list: relation libre
sense:
A romantic and/or sexual relationship in which the people involved are permitted or tolerated to be available to have additional simultaneous romantic and/or sexual relationships.


lexentry: eng/open_sesame__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open sesame
trans_list: sésame
sense:
Any successful means of achieving a result, especially means that are magical or technical, or otherwise beyond the understanding of most people.


lexentry: eng/open_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open set
trans_list: ensemble ouvert | ouvert
sense:
(topology) Informally, a set such that the target point of a movement by a small amount in any direction from any point in the set is still in the set; exemplified by a full circle without its boundary.


lexentry: eng/open_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: open up
trans_list: ouvrir | s'ouvrir
sense:
(intransitive) To reveal oneself; to share personal information about oneself; to become communicative.


lexentry: eng/open_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open water
trans_list: mer libre
sense:
An expanse of an ocean, sea, or large lake which is distant from shore and devoid of nearby islands or other obstructions.


lexentry: eng/open_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: open water
trans_list: mer libre
sense:
In a river, pond, or other small body of water, an area of surface unobstructed by aquatic vegetation, boulders, and the like, adequate for navigation or swimming.


lexentry: eng/open_world__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: open world
trans_list: monde ouvert
sense:
(video games, also, attributive) A gameworld that the player may traverse freely, rather than being restricted to certain predefined areas and quests. [from early 21st c.]


lexentry: eng/opencast__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opencast
trans_list: à ciel ouvert
sense:
(chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed


lexentry: eng/opening_argument__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opening argument
trans_list: première plaidoirie
sense:
(legal) In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail.


lexentry: eng/openness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: openness
trans_list: franchise
sense:
Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own.


lexentry: eng/openness__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: openness
trans_list: franchise
sense:
The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion.


lexentry: eng/openness__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: openness
trans_list: ouverture
sense:
(computing, education) degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify in a shared environment with legal rights generally held in common and preventing proprietary restrictions on the right of others to continue viewing, using, modifying and sharing.


lexentry: eng/opera_glasses__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opera glasses
trans_list: jumelles de théâtre
sense:
One or more pairs of small low-powered binoculars for use by members of the audience at a theatrical performance.


lexentry: eng/operand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: operand
trans_list: opérande
sense:
(mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3 - x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).


lexentry: eng/operant_conditioning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: operant conditioning
trans_list: apprentissage skinnerien | conditionnement opérant
sense:
(psychology) A technique of behavior modification through positive and negative reinforcement and positive and negative punishment.


lexentry: eng/operate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: operate
trans_list: opérer | œuvrer
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.


lexentry: eng/operate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: operate
trans_list: opérer
sense:
(medicine, transitive, or, intransitive) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.


lexentry: eng/operating_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: operating system
trans_list: système d’exploitation | système d'exploitation
sense:
(computing, software) Software for controlling the allocation and use of various hardware resources (memory, CPU time, disk space, input and output devices) to tasks and remote terminals.


lexentry: eng/operating_theatre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: operating theatre
trans_list: salle d’op
sense:
A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers).


lexentry: eng/operation__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: operation
trans_list: opération
sense:
(computing, logic, mathematics) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands)


lexentry: eng/operetta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: operetta
trans_list: opérette
sense:
(music) A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/ophidian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ophidian
trans_list: ophidien
sense:
Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.


lexentry: eng/ophthalmologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ophthalmologist
trans_list: ophtalmologiste | ophtalmologue
sense:
A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.


lexentry: eng/opine__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opine
trans_list: opiner
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).


lexentry: eng/opinion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opinion
trans_list: opinion | avis
sense:
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.


lexentry: eng/opinion__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: opinion
trans_list: conclusions
sense:
(European Union, _, law) A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible.


lexentry: eng/opinion_piece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opinion piece
trans_list: feuilleton | tribune libre
sense:
(journalism) An article in which the author expresses his or her personal opinion on a given subject.


lexentry: eng/opium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opium
trans_list: opium
sense:
(uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.


lexentry: eng/opossum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opossum
trans_list: sarigue | opossum | rat de bois
sense:
Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. The common species of the United States is Didelphis virginiana.


lexentry: eng/opponent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opponent
trans_list: adversaire
sense:
One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.


lexentry: eng/opportunism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opportunism
trans_list: opportunisme
sense:
The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.


lexentry: eng/opportunist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opportunist
trans_list: opportuniste
sense:
Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.


lexentry: eng/opportunity_cost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opportunity cost
trans_list: coût d'opportunité | coût de renoncement | coût de renonciation
sense:
(economics) The cost of an opportunity forgone (and the loss of the benefits that could be received from that opportunity); the most valuable forgone alternative.


lexentry: eng/opportunity_makes_a_thief__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opportunity makes a thief
trans_list: abandon fait le larron
sense:
Less common version of opportunity makes the thief: People are more likely to steal something if presented with a convenient opportunity to do so.


lexentry: eng/oppose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oppose
trans_list: s'opposer à | opposer
sense:
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.


lexentry: eng/opposite_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opposite number
trans_list: homologue
sense:
(idiomatic) A person who holds a position in an organization that corresponds to that held by another person in another organization; a counterpart


lexentry: eng/opposite_side__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opposite side
trans_list: adversaire
sense:
A side, party (e.g. a team or armed force) seen as adversary, enemy etc. opposite one (or more) other(s), as in a battle or team sports competition.


lexentry: eng/opposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: opposition
trans_list: opposition
sense:
(astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.


lexentry: eng/opposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: opposition
trans_list: opposition
sense:
(chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.


lexentry: eng/opprobrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: opprobrium
trans_list: opprobre
sense:
Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour; ignominy. [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/oprichnina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oprichnina
trans_list: opritchnina
sense:
(historical) The period of Russian history between 1565 and 1572 during which Tsar Ivan the Terrible instituted a domestic policy of secret police, mass repressions, public executions, and confiscation of land from Russian aristocrats.


lexentry: eng/opsonin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opsonin
trans_list: opsonine
sense:
Any chemical produced by the body, including antibodies and complement proteins, that causes a pathogen to be more susceptible to phagocytosis.


lexentry: eng/optic_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optic nerve
trans_list: nerf optique
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Each of the second pair of cranial nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain.


lexentry: eng/optical_character_recognition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optical character recognition
trans_list: reconnaissance optique de caractères
sense:
(computing) The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.


lexentry: eng/optical_disc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optical disc
trans_list: disque optique
sense:
(computer hardware) A modern data storage medium consisting of a flat disc read mechanically by illumination with laser light, including the Laserdisc, compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray.


lexentry: eng/optical_double__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optical double
trans_list: étoile double optique
sense:
(star) A star that appears as a double due to an optical illusion; in reality, the stars may be far apart from each other.


lexentry: eng/optical_fibre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optical fibre
trans_list: fibre optique
sense:
(British spelling) A thin, transparent, flexible fibre, made of glass or plastic, used for transmitting light.


lexentry: eng/optimality_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optimality theory
trans_list: théorie de l'optimalité
sense:
(linguistics) A linguistic model proposing that the observed forms of language arise from the interaction between conflicting constraints.


lexentry: eng/optimate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optimate
trans_list: optimate
sense:
(historical) A member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble.


lexentry: eng/optimistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: optimistic
trans_list: optimiste
sense:
(computing) Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.


lexentry: eng/optimization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optimization
trans_list: optimisation
sense:
The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.


lexentry: eng/optimum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optimum
trans_list: optimum
sense:
The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.


lexentry: eng/option__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: option
trans_list: option
sense:
(finance, legal) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. [from mid-18th c.]


lexentry: eng/optoelectronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optoelectronics
trans_list: optoélectronique
sense:
(physics) The branch of physics that deals with the interaction of light with electronic devices, or the production of light from such devices


lexentry: eng/optogenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optogenetics
trans_list: optogénétique
sense:
(genetics) A science that combines optics and genetics, aiming at controlling cellular processes with light. The cells are made responsive to light using genetics and then activated using specific wavelengths.


lexentry: eng/optogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optogram
trans_list: optogramme
sense:
(physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on rhodopsi.


lexentry: eng/optometrist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: optometrist
trans_list: optométriste
sense:
A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment.


lexentry: eng/opus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: opus
trans_list: œuvre
sense:
(music) A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.


lexentry: eng/or__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: or
trans_list: ou
sense:
(logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.


lexentry: eng/or_words_to_that_effect__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: or words to that effect
trans_list: quelque chose du même genre
sense:
(idiomatic) used to indicate a paraphrase or the chance of an error in the details of reported speech.


lexentry: eng/oracle_bone_script__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oracle bone script
trans_list: écriture ossécaille
sense:
The set of incised ancient Chinese characters found on oracle bones used in divination during Bronze Age China.


lexentry: eng/oral_cavity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oral cavity
trans_list: cavité buccale
sense:
(anatomy) The cavity of the mouth, especially the part of the mouth behind the gums and teeth that is bounded above by the hard and soft palates and below by the tongue and by the mucous membrane connecting it with the inner part of the mandible.


lexentry: eng/oral_history__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oral history
trans_list: histoire orale
sense:
(historiography) The collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.


lexentry: eng/oralization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oralization
trans_list: oralisation
sense:
(chiefly, US) The act or an act of oralizing; the act or an act of turning something written into something oral.


lexentry: eng/oralize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oralize
trans_list: oraliser
sense:
(chiefly, US) To speak out something that is written, to turn something written into something oral.


lexentry: eng/orange__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orange
trans_list: oranger | orange
sense:
(countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).


lexentry: eng/orange__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: orange
trans_list: orange
sense:
(countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.


lexentry: eng/orange_hawkweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orange hawkweed
trans_list: piloselle orangée | épervière orangée
sense:
Pilosella aurantiaca, a flowering plant of the family Asteraceae, native to alpine regions of central and southern Europe.


lexentry: eng/orangutan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orangutan
trans_list: orang-outan
sense:
Any of three species of arboreal anthropoid ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo; Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo, Pongo abelii of Sumatra or Pongo tapanuliensis of South Tapanuli (in Sumatra).


lexentry: eng/orans__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orans
trans_list: orant
sense:
(arts, Christianity) A figure in an attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.


lexentry: eng/oratorio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oratorio
trans_list: oratorio
sense:
(music) A musical composition, often based on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.


lexentry: eng/orature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orature
trans_list: orature
sense:
The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk songs, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in writing. [from 1970s]


lexentry: eng/orb__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: orb
trans_list: sphère
sense:
Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions


lexentry: eng/orbit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orbit
trans_list: orbite
sense:
(pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.


lexentry: eng/orbital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orbital
trans_list: orbitale
sense:
(physics) A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, and can be represented as a wave function.


lexentry: eng/orbiter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orbiter
trans_list: chemineau
sense:
An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.


lexentry: eng/orc__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orc
trans_list: orque | orc
sense:
(fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/orchestra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orchestra
trans_list: orchestre
sense:
(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.


lexentry: eng/orchestra__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: orchestra
trans_list: orchestre
sense:
A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.


lexentry: eng/orchestra__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: orchestra
trans_list: orchestre
sense:
The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.


lexentry: eng/orchestra_pit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orchestra pit
trans_list: fosse d’orchestre
sense:
(performing arts) A sunken area in front of a stage in which musicians, largely hidden from view, play music to accompany stage performances.


lexentry: eng/orchid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orchid
trans_list: orchidée
sense:
A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. [mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/orda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orda
trans_list: horde
sense:
(historical) A political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples, sometimes referred to as a horde.


lexentry: eng/ordain__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ordain
trans_list: ordonner
sense:
(religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.


lexentry: eng/ordeal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ordeal
trans_list: ordalie
sense:
A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused. (See w:Trial by ordeal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)


lexentry: eng/order__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: order
trans_list: ordre | relation d'ordre
sense:
(countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.


lexentry: eng/order__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: order
trans_list: ordre
sense:
(countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.


lexentry: eng/order__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: order
trans_list: ordre
sense:
(countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.


lexentry: eng/order__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: order
trans_list: ordre | degré | relation d'ordre
sense:
A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.


lexentry: eng/order__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: order
trans_list: ordre
sense:
(electronics) A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.


lexentry: eng/order__Noun__1
sense_num: 20
written_rep: order
trans_list: ordre
sense:
(graph theory, of a graph) The number of vertices in the graph (i.e. the set-theoretic order of the set of vertices of the graph).


lexentry: eng/order_of_knighthood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: order of knighthood
trans_list: ordre de chevalerie
sense:
An order which (at least mainly) consists of members who receive and/or most have the knighthood, hence constitutes an honorific brotherhood (in modern times often open to both genders, in rare cases a sisterhood) of knights (and/or, as female equivalent, dames). The hierarchical structure, purpose, activities (in many cases rare and mainly ceremonious), titles and insignia vary widely.


lexentry: eng/order_of_magnitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: order of magnitude
trans_list: ordre de grandeur
sense:
(mathematics) The class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio (most often 10) to the class preceding it.


lexentry: eng/ordered_pair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ordered pair
trans_list: couple
sense:
(set theory) An object containing exactly two elements in a fixed order, so that, when the elements are different, exchanging them gives a different object. Notation: (a, b) or \langle a, b\rangle.


lexentry: eng/ordinal_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ordinal number
trans_list: nombre ordinal | ordinal
sense:
(set theory) Such a number generalised to correspond to any cardinal number (the size of some set); formally, the order type of some well-ordered set of some cardinality a, which represents an equivalence class of well-ordered sets (exactly those of cardinality a) under the equivalence relation "existence of an order-preserving bijection".


lexentry: eng/ordinary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ordinary
trans_list: pièce
sense:
(heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/ordinate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ordinate
trans_list: ordonnée
sense:
(geometry) The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.


lexentry: eng/ordoliberalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ordoliberalism
trans_list: ordolibéralisme
sense:
(economics, politics) A political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the free market to produce results.


lexentry: eng/ore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ore
trans_list: minerai
sense:
Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.


lexentry: eng/organ__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: organ
trans_list: orgue | organe
sense:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.


lexentry: eng/organ_donor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organ donor
trans_list: donneur d'organes
sense:
A person (living or dead) from whom an organ is removed in order to be transplanted into another person.


lexentry: eng/organ_gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organ gun
trans_list: ribaudequin
sense:
(firearm, historical) A large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was chiefly used from the 14th to the 17th century.


lexentry: eng/organ_harvesting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organ harvesting
trans_list: prélèvement d'organe
sense:
The removal, preservation and use of human organs and tissue from the bodies of the recently deceased to be used in surgical transplants on the living.


lexentry: eng/organ_of_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organ of state
trans_list: autorité de État
sense:
Any of the three primary divisions of a state’s sovereignty (namely, the executive, the legislature, or the judiciary); the powers of each having been divided and balanced in accordance with the political principle of the separation of powers.


lexentry: eng/organelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organelle
trans_list: organite
sense:
(cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).


lexentry: eng/organic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: organic
trans_list: biologique | bio
sense:
(agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body. [from 1942]


lexentry: eng/organic_chemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organic chemistry
trans_list: chimie organique
sense:
(chemistry) The chemistry of organic compounds (that is, chemical compounds with carbon atoms in a covalent bond).


lexentry: eng/organic_farming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organic farming
trans_list: agriculture biologique
sense:
(agriculture) An approach to farming based on biological methods that avoid the use of synthetic crop or livestock production inputs and on a broadly defined philosophy of farming that puts value on ecological harmony, resource efficiency, and non-intensive animal husbandry practices.


lexentry: eng/organigram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organigram
trans_list: organigramme
sense:
(management) A graphical representation of the structure of an organization, showing groups and departments and their interconnections and inter-responsibilities


lexentry: eng/organism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: organism
trans_list: organisme
sense:
Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/organization_chart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organization chart
trans_list: organigramme
sense:
(management) A graphic display of reporting relationships in an organization, sometimes displaying position titles and position holders.


lexentry: eng/organize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: organize
trans_list: organiser
sense:
(transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.


lexentry: eng/organized_crime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organized crime
trans_list: crime organisé
sense:
A large criminal organization, or a group of such organizations, that deals in illegal goods and services.


lexentry: eng/organizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: organizer
trans_list: agenda | organiseur
sense:
(computing) A hand-held micro-computer that will perform specific tasks; can be used as an electronic diary, alarm clock, recorder of memos and notes, a portable database etc.


lexentry: eng/organochlorine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organochlorine
trans_list: organochloré
sense:
(organic compound) Any of very many chlorine substituted organic compounds, many of which are solvents or insecticides etc.


lexentry: eng/organometallic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: organometallic
trans_list: organométallique
sense:
(chemistry) of, or relating to organic compounds having a metal atom directly bonded to a carbon atom


lexentry: eng/orgasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: orgasm
trans_list: orgasme
sense:
A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/oriel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oriel
trans_list: encorbellement
sense:
(architecture) A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.


lexentry: eng/orient__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: orient
trans_list: orienter
sense:
(transitive, often, reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.


lexentry: eng/orientalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orientalism
trans_list: orientalisme
sense:
(arts, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.


lexentry: eng/orientation__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: orientation
trans_list: orientation
sense:
(education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.


lexentry: eng/original__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: original
trans_list: original | originel
sense:
An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.


lexentry: eng/original_sin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: original sin
trans_list: péché originel
sense:
(Christianity) The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience.


lexentry: eng/originate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: originate
trans_list: instituer
sense:
(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/originate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: originate
trans_list: instituer | venir de
sense:
(intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/oriole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oriole
trans_list: loriot | oriole
sense:
Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.


lexentry: eng/orisha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orisha
trans_list: oricha | orisha
sense:
A divine entity in Yoruba religion that possesses the supernatural capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Olódùmarè


lexentry: eng/orlop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orlop
trans_list: faux-pont
sense:
(nautical) The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.


lexentry: eng/ornament__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ornament
trans_list: ornement musical | ornement
sense:
(music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.


lexentry: eng/ornery__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ornery
trans_list: grognon
sense:
(originally, and, chiefly, US, especially, Appalachia, informal) Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.


lexentry: eng/ornithine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ornithine
trans_list: ornithine
sense:
(amino acid, organic compound) An amino acid, 2,5-diaminopentanoic acid, that is not present in protein, but is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of urea.


lexentry: eng/ornithosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ornithosis
trans_list: chlamydiose aviaire | ornithose
sense:
(medicine) A zoonotic infectious disease (of birds) caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci, it can be transmitted to humans and other animals. When carried by any species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family (parrots), it is called psittacosis or parrot fever.


lexentry: eng/orotic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orotic acid
trans_list: acide orotique
sense:
(biochemistry) A crystalline acid which was discovered in milk and is a growth factor for various microorganisms (as Lactobacillus bulgaricus) and an intermediate in pyrimidine biosynthesis; uracil-6-carboxylic acid, C5H4N2O4.


lexentry: eng/orotund__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orotund
trans_list: sonore
sense:
Of a voice: characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound; hence, of a person: having a clear, full, and strong voice, appropriate for public speaking, reading aloud, etc.


lexentry: eng/orphan_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orphan work
trans_list: œuvre orpheline
sense:
(copyright) A copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable.


lexentry: eng/orphrey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: orphrey
trans_list: orfroi | orphroi
sense:
(Christianity) An embroidered ornamental band or border on an ecclesiastical vestment, altar frontal, etc. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/orpiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orpiment
trans_list: orpiment
sense:
arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment


lexentry: eng/orthodox__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orthodox
trans_list: orthodoxe
sense:
Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/orthogenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orthogenesis
trans_list: orthogenèse
sense:
(evolutionary theory, historical) The hypothesis that evolution tends toward a certain goal, at least at some scales.


lexentry: eng/orthogonal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: orthogonal
trans_list: orthogonal
sense:
Of a pair of elements in an ortholattice: each less than or equal to the orthocomplement of the other.


lexentry: eng/orthogonal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: orthogonal
trans_list: indépendant
sense:
(software engineering) Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately; of a design, exhibiting consistency and composability.


lexentry: eng/orthographically__Adverb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: orthographically
trans_list: orthographiquement
sense:
(drafting, engineering, manufacturing) Using an orthographic projection (a way of showing three-dimensional objects in two-dimensional engineering drawings).


lexentry: eng/orthography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orthography
trans_list: orthographe
sense:
(countable) A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.


lexentry: eng/orthography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orthography
trans_list: orthographe
sense:
(uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.


lexentry: eng/orthography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orthography
trans_list: orthographe
sense:
(uncountable) The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.


lexentry: eng/orthologous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orthologous
trans_list: orthologue
sense:
(genetics, of genes or sequences) Exhibiting orthology; having been separated by a speciation event. Usually while retaining the same function.


lexentry: eng/orthomolecular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orthomolecular
trans_list: orthomoléculaire
sense:
relating to the theory that mental illness is the result of chemical deficiencies, and can be cured with vitamins and the like


lexentry: eng/orthopedics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: orthopedics
trans_list: orthopédie
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints


lexentry: eng/oscilloscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oscilloscope
trans_list: oscilloscope
sense:
An electronic measuring instrument that creates a visible two-dimensional graph, on a screen, of one or more continuously varying voltages or currents.


lexentry: eng/osculating_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osculating circle
trans_list: cercle osculateur
sense:
(geometry, for any point on a curve) The circle that has the same tangent, and the same curvature at the point on the curve.


lexentry: eng/osmium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osmium
trans_list: osmium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.


lexentry: eng/osmolarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osmolarity
trans_list: osmolarité
sense:
(chemistry) The osmotic concentration of a solution, normally expressed as osmoles of solute per litre of solution.


lexentry: eng/osmoregulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osmoregulation
trans_list: osmorégulation
sense:
The homeostatic regulation of osmotic pressure in the body in order to maintain a certain water content (concentration of electrolytes, pH, etc).


lexentry: eng/osmosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osmosis
trans_list: osmose
sense:
(chemistry) The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.


lexentry: eng/osmotic_pressure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osmotic pressure
trans_list: pression osmotique
sense:
(physical chemistry) The hydrostatic pressure exerted by a solution across a semipermeable membrane from a pure solvent; the pressure needed to counteract osmosis.


lexentry: eng/osprey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osprey
trans_list: balbuzard pêcheur | balbuzard | orfraie
sense:
A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.


lexentry: eng/ossicone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ossicone
trans_list: ossicône
sense:
Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.


lexentry: eng/ossify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ossify
trans_list: ossifier
sense:
(ambitransitive) To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.


lexentry: eng/osso_buco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osso buco
trans_list: osso buco | ossobuco
sense:
A northern Italian dish of veal shanks and marrowbones braised in white wine, tomatoes, etc., often served with risotto.


lexentry: eng/osteoarthritis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osteoarthritis
trans_list: arthrose
sense:
(pathology) A form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.


lexentry: eng/osteocalcin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osteocalcin
trans_list: ostéocalcine
sense:
(organic compound, biochemistry) A protein, found in bone and dentin and manufactured by osteoblasts, that plays a role in mineralization and calcium ion homeostasis.


lexentry: eng/osteochondrosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osteochondrosis
trans_list: ostéochondrite | ostéochondrose
sense:
(pathology) A family of orthopedic diseases of the joint that occur in children and in rapidly growing animals, characterized by interruption of the blood supply of a bone, necrosis, and regrowth.


lexentry: eng/osteomalacia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osteomalacia
trans_list: ostéomalacie
sense:
(medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets


lexentry: eng/osteopath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osteopath
trans_list: ostéopathe
sense:
(alternative medicine) A non-physician healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles. Not to be confused with Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) (also known as osteopathic physicians) who are full physicians like Doctors of Medicine (M.D.).


lexentry: eng/osteoporosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: osteoporosis
trans_list: ostéoporose
sense:
(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.


lexentry: eng/ostracism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ostracism
trans_list: ostracisme
sense:
(historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/ostracize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ostracize
trans_list: mettre au ban | ostraciser
sense:
(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ostrichism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ostrichism
trans_list: politique de l'autruche
sense:
(derogatory) A policy of burying one's head in the sand, that is, ignoring the reality of a situation. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/otaku__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: otaku
trans_list: otaku
sense:
(fandom) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally, _, pejorative) obsessive Japanese fans of anime or manga.


lexentry: eng/other_woman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: other woman
trans_list: bien-aimée
sense:
(informal) A woman who is romantically involved with someone (usually a man) already in a committed relationship with another woman, especially a woman having an affair with a married man.


lexentry: eng/othering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: othering
trans_list: altérité
sense:
(philosophy, politics) : the process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as essentially alien or different.


lexentry: eng/otherworldly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: otherworldly
trans_list: [[d']]un autre monde
sense:
Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.


lexentry: eng/otolith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: otolith
trans_list: otolithe
sense:
(zoology) A small particle, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.


lexentry: eng/ottava_rima__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ottava rima
trans_list: ottava rima
sense:
(poetry) An arrangement of stanzas of eight lines in heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet (ab ab ab cc).


lexentry: eng/otter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: otter
trans_list: loutre
sense:
An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.


lexentry: eng/ottoman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ottoman
trans_list: ottomane | divan
sense:
(furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.


lexentry: eng/oud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oud
trans_list: oud
sense:
(musical instrument) A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin.


lexentry: eng/ouroboros__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ouroboros
trans_list: ouroboros
sense:
(mythological creature) A serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail, a representation of the continuous cycle of life and death.


lexentry: eng/ourself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ourself
trans_list: nous-même
sense:
(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by a monarch, writer or speaker who is referring to themself as we).


lexentry: eng/ouster__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ouster
trans_list: limogeage
sense:
(now, _, chiefly, _, US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.


lexentry: eng/out-of-band__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: out-of-band
trans_list: horsbande
sense:
(telecommunications, by extension) Relating to communication on a different channel, or by a different method, from that of the primary communication channel.


lexentry: eng/out-of-band__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: out-of-band
trans_list: horsbande
sense:
(computer security) Relating to communication, such as identity verification, via a method other than the primary means of accessing the software.


lexentry: eng/out__Adverb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: out
trans_list: dehors | hors | à fond
sense:
(sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.


lexentry: eng/out__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: out
trans_list: dehors | ouste | terminé
sense:
(procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.


lexentry: eng/out__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: out
trans_list: retrait
sense:
(baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.


lexentry: eng/out__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: out
trans_list: divulguer | démasquer | dévoiler | révéler
sense:
(transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.


lexentry: eng/out_of_print__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: out of print
trans_list: épuisé
sense:
(publishing) Not available from the publisher (of a printed work, especially a book, or a music release).


lexentry: eng/out_of_step__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: out of step
trans_list: en décalage
sense:
Not matching the movement of one's feet with that of others, or with an accompanying beat, while marching or walking.


lexentry: eng/out_of_the_frying_pan,_into_the_fire__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: out of the frying pan, into the fire
trans_list: de Charybde en Scylla
sense:
(idiomatic) Move or get from an already bad situation to a worse one; end up in a worse situation when trying to escape from a bad or difficult one.


lexentry: eng/out_of_the_ordinary__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: out of the ordinary
trans_list: hors du commun
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Unusual or exceptional, especially for the better (often used in the negative).


lexentry: eng/out_of_the_woods__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: out of the woods
trans_list: hors de danger | ne pas être sorti de l'auberge | sorti d'affaire | tiré d'affaire
sense:
(idiom) Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness.


lexentry: eng/out_of_touch__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: out of touch
trans_list: déconnecté | hors-sol
sense:
(idiomatic) No longer conversant with something, especially facts, reality, or the world; not aware or realistic.


lexentry: eng/out_on_one's_ear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: out on one's ear
trans_list: congédier
sense:
(informal) Fired, dismissed or thrown out, especially for some wrongdoing or otherwise with disgrace.


lexentry: eng/outback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outback
trans_list: outback
sense:
(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.


lexentry: eng/outboard_motor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outboard motor
trans_list: moteur hors-bord | hors-bord
sense:
A detachable and pivotable propulsion unit fitted over the transom of a boat, comprising an engine that drives a propeller.


lexentry: eng/outbuilding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outbuilding
trans_list: dépendance | cabanon
sense:
A building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building


lexentry: eng/outcompete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outcompete
trans_list: déplacer
sense:
To be more successful than a competitor; especially to thrive in the presence of an organism that is competing for resources.


lexentry: eng/outer_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outer ear
trans_list: oreille externe
sense:
(anatomy) The outer portion of the ear which includes the auricle/pinna and the ear canal and leads to the eardrum.


lexentry: eng/outer_planet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outer planet
trans_list: planète externe
sense:
(astronomy) Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located beyond the asteroid belt, i.e., any of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.


lexentry: eng/outgassing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outgassing
trans_list: dégazage
sense:
The slow release of gas from a solid or liquid; especially, the release of gases into the atmosphere of a planet, or the release of gases from plastic parts.


lexentry: eng/outgoing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: outgoing
trans_list: démissionnaire | sortant
sense:
(not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).


lexentry: eng/outgrow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outgrow
trans_list: dépasser
sense:
(transitive, often, figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.


lexentry: eng/outing__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: outing
trans_list: outing
sense:
The practice of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent.


lexentry: eng/outlier__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: outlier
trans_list: donnée aberrante | anormale | extrême | valeur
sense:
(statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.


lexentry: eng/outline__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: outline
trans_list: synopsis | ébauche
sense:
(film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.


lexentry: eng/outpatient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outpatient
trans_list: patient ambulatoire
sense:
(healthcare) A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.


lexentry: eng/output__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: output
trans_list: sortie
sense:
(computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.


lexentry: eng/output__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: output
trans_list: exporter
sense:
(computing) To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another.


lexentry: eng/outrigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: outrigger
trans_list: balancier
sense:
(nautical) A long thin timber, pontoon, or other float attached parallel to a canoe or boat by projecting struts as a means of preventing tipping or capsizing.


lexentry: eng/outro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outro
trans_list: postlude
sense:
(music, informal) A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning.


lexentry: eng/outside__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outside
trans_list: dehors | hors
sense:
To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.


lexentry: eng/outside__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: outside
trans_list: extérieur
sense:
The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.


lexentry: eng/outsource__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outsource
trans_list: sous-traiter | externaliser
sense:
(chiefly, US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.


lexentry: eng/outtake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outtake
trans_list: bêtisier | scène coupée
sense:
A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.


lexentry: eng/outwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: outwork
trans_list: communs
sense:
(architecture, countable) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.


lexentry: eng/ouvrierism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ouvrierism
trans_list: ouvrierisme
sense:
(communism) The glorification of manual laborers, often in opposition to the leadership of labor or socialist movements.


lexentry: eng/ovarian_follicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ovarian follicle
trans_list: follicule ovarien
sense:
(anatomy) A spherical cellular aggregation found in the ovaries, each of them containing a single oocyte, or an immature ovum.


lexentry: eng/ovary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ovary
trans_list: ovaire
sense:
(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.


lexentry: eng/over-the-counter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: over-the-counter
trans_list: en vente libre
sense:
(pharmacology, of medicine and other treatments) Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.


lexentry: eng/over-the-counter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: over-the-counter
trans_list: de gré à gré
sense:
(finance) Involving direct interaction between two parties without an intermediary, and denoting any market where items such as stocks or currency are bought and sold by direct arrangement between counterparties, or through a private broker, rather than on a public stock exchange or other exchange.


lexentry: eng/over__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: over
trans_list: parlez | à vous
sense:
(procedure word, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.


lexentry: eng/over_a_barrel__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: over a barrel
trans_list: désespéré
sense:
(idiomatic) In a disadvantageous or helpless situation, especially one in which one may be controlled or victimized.


lexentry: eng/over_and_out__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: over and out
trans_list: terminé
sense:
(procedure word, idiomatic) Used in films and TV to signal the end of a conversation, especially one conducted by CB radio or the like.


lexentry: eng/over_easy__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: over easy
trans_list: tourné
sense:
(US) Of an egg prepared as food, fried on one side until most of the whites have cooked, then lightly fried on the other to finish cooking the whites, leaving the yolk unbroken and slightly soft (runny).


lexentry: eng/over_my_dead_body__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic, informal, usually, hyperbole) Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
written_rep: over my dead body
trans_list:
il faudra me passer sur le corps | jamais de la vie | il faudra me tuer d'abord | moi vivant, jamais | pas de mon vivant | plutôt mourir


lexentry: eng/overage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overage
trans_list: excédent
sense:
A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.


lexentry: eng/overall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overall
trans_list: salopette | combinaison | blouse
sense:
(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.


lexentry: eng/overalls__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: overalls
trans_list: salopette
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia) Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.


lexentry: eng/overcharge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overcharge
trans_list: surcharger
sense:
(ambitransitive) To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.


lexentry: eng/overcompensate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overcompensate
trans_list: surcompenser
sense:
(intransitive) To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.


lexentry: eng/overdo__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: overdo
trans_list: en faire trop | trop cuire
sense:
To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).


lexentry: eng/overdrive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overdrive
trans_list: surmultipliée
sense:
(dated, automotive) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the traditionally normal top gear, mainly to allow better fuel economy at highway speeds. In the 21st century, such gears are no longer viewed as "extra" and thus are often not called by this name anymore.


lexentry: eng/overexpose__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: overexpose
trans_list: surexposer
sense:
(photography) To expose (film) to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image.


lexentry: eng/overexposure__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: overexposure
trans_list: surexposition
sense:
(photography) Exposure of film to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image.


lexentry: eng/overfit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overfit
trans_list: surinterpréter
sense:
(statistics) To use a statistical model that has too many parameters relative to the size of the sample leading to a good fit with the sample data but a poor fit with new data.


lexentry: eng/overfitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overfitting
trans_list: surajustement | surapprentissage
sense:
(statistics, machine learning) The production of a statistical model that, due to an excess of parameters relative to the sample size, fits the sample data extremely well but fails to fit new data.


lexentry: eng/overflow_pool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overflow pool
trans_list: piscine à débordement
sense:
A type of swimming pool or reflecting pool that has at least one edge over which water overflows, creating a dramatic visual effect.


lexentry: eng/overground__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overground
trans_list: train de banlieue
sense:
(chiefly, London) A commuter rail or similar rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally running through an urban area largely above ground and faster than an underground or metro with fewer stops.


lexentry: eng/overhand_knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overhand knot
trans_list: nœud d'arrêt
sense:
A particular very simple knot, used e.g. to prevent the end of a rope from unraveling, and as part of other knots.


lexentry: eng/overhang__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: overhang
trans_list: surplomb
sense:
Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.


lexentry: eng/overhang_seat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overhang seat
trans_list: mandat de surplomb
sense:
A legislative seat distribution, used to guarantee that a party gets their fair share of seats, when a party is entitled to fewer seats as a result of party votes than it has won constituencies. Additional seats granted to that party would be overhang seats.


lexentry: eng/overhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overhead
trans_list: frais généraux
sense:
(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.


lexentry: eng/overhead_bin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overhead bin
trans_list: porte-bagages
sense:
A compartment for luggage placed over the passangers' seat on public transport such as trains, aeroplanes, etc.


lexentry: eng/overindulgence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overindulgence
trans_list: excès
sense:
An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.


lexentry: eng/overleaf__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overleaf
trans_list: vers
sense:
On the other side of a sheet of paper (including a leaf of a book); thus, on the next page when flipping from a recto to the sequential verso.


lexentry: eng/overlearn__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overlearn
trans_list: sur-apprendre | surapprendre
sense:
To learn (something) more than is necessary; to study excessively, to take (something) too much to heart.


lexentry: eng/overload__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: overload
trans_list: surcharger
sense:
(transitive, object-oriented) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.


lexentry: eng/overloading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overloading
trans_list: surcharge
sense:
(object-oriented) A type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed.


lexentry: eng/overlook__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: overlook
trans_list: passer outre
sense:
To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.


lexentry: eng/overnutrition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overnutrition
trans_list: suralimentation
sense:
A form of malnutrition in which nutrients are oversupplied relative to the amounts required for normal growth, development, and metabolism.


lexentry: eng/overpopulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overpopulation
trans_list: surpopulation | surpeuplement
sense:
(biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (people, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them.


lexentry: eng/overrated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overrated
trans_list: surcoté | surestimé | surfait
sense:
Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.


lexentry: eng/override__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: override
trans_list: redéfinir
sense:
(object-oriented) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.


lexentry: eng/overshoot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: overshoot
trans_list: surcharge
sense:
(uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.


lexentry: eng/overstep__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overstep
trans_list: outrepasser
sense:
(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.


lexentry: eng/overstrain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overstrain
trans_list: surmener
sense:
(ambitransitive) To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination.


lexentry: eng/overtime__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: overtime
trans_list: prolongation
sense:
(sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.


lexentry: eng/overtone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overtone
trans_list: harmonique | partiel
sense:
(physics, music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series. [from 1867]


lexentry: eng/overtone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: overtone
trans_list: connotation | sous-entendu
sense:
(figuratively, often, in plural) An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion, or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message. [from 1890]


lexentry: eng/overtone__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: overtone
trans_list: connotation | sous-entendu
sense:
An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion, or similar) perceived subtly alongside, but not overwhelming, the explicit message.


lexentry: eng/overtone_singing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overtone singing
trans_list: chant diphonique
sense:
(music) A type of singing in which the individual singer manipulates the resonances of the voice to produce notes independent of the fundamental frequency


lexentry: eng/overtranslate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overtranslate
trans_list: surtraduire
sense:
To translate (language) in too much detail, or including the translation of things that should be left as they are.


lexentry: eng/overvoltage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overvoltage
trans_list: surtension
sense:
(physics) The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis; overpotential.


lexentry: eng/overvoltage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: overvoltage
trans_list: survoltage
sense:
The hazardous condition that occurs when the voltage in a circuit is raised above that for which it was designed.


lexentry: eng/overweight__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: overweight
trans_list: en surpoids
sense:
(of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.


lexentry: eng/oviduct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oviduct
trans_list: oviducte
sense:
(anatomy, typically used in, _, zoology) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.


lexentry: eng/ovine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ovine
trans_list: ovin
sense:
(comparable) Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.


lexentry: eng/ovine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ovine
trans_list: ovin
sense:
(figuratively) A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep.


lexentry: eng/ovule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ovule
trans_list: ovule
sense:
(botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.


lexentry: eng/oware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oware
trans_list: awalé | awélé
sense:
(games) A board game of the mancala family which originated in Africa, and is reputedly the oldest game in the world.


lexentry: eng/owe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: owe
trans_list: devoir
sense:
(ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.


lexentry: eng/owe_it_to_oneself__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: owe it to oneself
trans_list: gagner
sense:
To believe it necessary for one (to do something) in order to advance one's one interests; to deserve.


lexentry: eng/owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: owl
trans_list: hibou | chouette
sense:
Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]


lexentry: eng/own__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: own
trans_list: propre
sense:
Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.


lexentry: eng/own__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: own
trans_list: posséder | avoir
sense:
(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.


lexentry: eng/own_goal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: own goal
trans_list: but contre son camp
sense:
(sports) A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.


lexentry: eng/oxalic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxalic acid
trans_list: acide oxalique
sense:
(carboxylic acid) A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)2, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt.


lexentry: eng/oxbow_lake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxbow lake
trans_list: bras mort
sense:
A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.


lexentry: eng/oxidase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxidase
trans_list: oxydase
sense:
(enzyme) Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen.


lexentry: eng/oxidation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oxidation
trans_list: oxydation
sense:
(chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.


lexentry: eng/oxidizing_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxidizing agent
trans_list: comburant
sense:
(chemistry) Any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another; in so doing, it becomes reduced.


lexentry: eng/oxime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxime
trans_list: oxime
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds, of general formula RR'C=NOH, derived from the condensation of an aldehyde (R' = H) or ketone with hydroxylamine.


lexentry: eng/oximeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oximeter
trans_list: oxymètre
sense:
(medicine, specifically) A device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood. [from 1942]


lexentry: eng/oxtail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oxtail
trans_list: queue de bœuf
sense:
A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup.


lexentry: eng/oxycodone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxycodone
trans_list: oxycodone
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive, semisynthetic opioid (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in effect and structure; C18H21NO4.


lexentry: eng/oxygen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxygen
trans_list: oxygène
sense:
The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas.


lexentry: eng/oxygen_catastrophe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxygen catastrophe
sense:
(biology) An event during the oxygenation event of Earth's past, where the level of free oxygen in the environment exceeds the tolerance levels of most extant anerobic life.

trans_list:
Catastrophe de l'oxygène | Crise de l'oxygène | Grande Oxydation | Grande Oxygénation | Grande oxydation | Grande oxygénation


lexentry: eng/oxymoron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxymoron
trans_list: oxymore | oxymoron
sense:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.


lexentry: eng/oxytocin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oxytocin
trans_list: ocytocine | oxytocine
sense:
(hormone) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.


lexentry: eng/oyster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oyster
trans_list: huître | huitre
sense:
Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.


lexentry: eng/oyster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oyster
trans_list: huître | sot-l’y-laisse
sense:
The delicate oyster-shaped morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.


lexentry: eng/oyster_mushroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oyster mushroom
trans_list: pleurote en huître
sense:
(US) The mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, which in the wild grows chiefly on hardwood trees, and is cultivated for food.


lexentry: eng/oyster_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: oyster plant
trans_list: menton
sense:
Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify, vegetable oyster, purple salsify, Jerusalem star), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root


lexentry: eng/oystercatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oystercatcher
trans_list: huîtrier
sense:
Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.


lexentry: eng/ozone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ozone
trans_list: ozone
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.


lexentry: eng/ozone_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ozone hole
trans_list: trou dans la couche d'ozone
sense:
A region of the stratosphere over Antarctica (and a smaller one over the Arctic) that is depleted of ozone in the local spring.


lexentry: eng/ozone_layer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ozone layer
trans_list: couche d'ozone | ozone
sense:
A region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometres in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation.


lexentry: eng/ozonosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ozonosphere
trans_list: ozonosphère
sense:
A layer in part of the stratosphere that has a larger than normal concentration of ozone; the ozone layer.


lexentry: eng/p-adic_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: p-adic number
trans_list: nombre p-adique
sense:
(number theory) An element of a completion of the field of rational numbers with respect to a p-adic ultrametric.


lexentry: eng/p.m.__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: p.m.
trans_list: après-midi | de l'[[après-midi]] | de la nuit | du soir
sense:
(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.


lexentry: eng/paca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paca
trans_list: paca
sense:
Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.


lexentry: eng/pacarana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pacarana
trans_list: pacarana
sense:
A large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara.


lexentry: eng/pace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pace
trans_list: pas
sense:
The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pace_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pace egg
trans_list: œuf de Pâques
sense:
A hard-boiled coloured egg traditionally made at Easter, often given to relatives and friends as a token of goodwill. It was traditional to jarp with the eggs before eating them.


lexentry: eng/pacemaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pacemaker
trans_list: pacemaker | stimulateur cardiaque | stimulateur
sense:
(hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.


lexentry: eng/pachyderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pachyderm
trans_list: pachyderme
sense:
(obsolete, zoology) A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir.


lexentry: eng/pachyderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pachyderm
trans_list: pachyderme
sense:
(idiomatic) A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about them.


lexentry: eng/pachytene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pachytene
trans_list: pachytène
sense:
(biology) The third stage of prophase 1 of meiosis, during which the chromosomes shorten and divide into four chromatids.


lexentry: eng/pacifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pacifier
trans_list: tétine | sucette | suce | tototte
sense:
(North America) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pacifism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pacifism
trans_list: pacifisme
sense:
The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means. [from c. 1900]


lexentry: eng/pacify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pacify
trans_list: pacifier
sense:
(transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.


lexentry: eng/pack-year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pack-year
trans_list: paquet-année
sense:
(medicine, smoking) A unit for estimating the number of cigarettes a person has smoked previously; it is calculated by multiplying the average number of packs (each containing 20 cigarettes) the person smokes per day by the number of years the person has smoked.


lexentry: eng/pack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pack
trans_list: pack | paquet
sense:
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.


lexentry: eng/pack__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pack
trans_list: emballer
sense:
(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.


lexentry: eng/pack__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pack
trans_list: emballer
sense:
(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack


lexentry: eng/package__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: package
trans_list: paquet
sense:
(software) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.


lexentry: eng/package__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: package
trans_list: emballer | empaqueter
sense:
To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.


lexentry: eng/package_holiday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: package holiday
trans_list: voyage à prix forfaitaire
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A holiday that consists of transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator.


lexentry: eng/package_manager__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: package manager
trans_list: gestionnaire de paquets
sense:
(software) A computer program responsible for installing, updating and configuring other software, maintaining an index of installed programs and resolving their dependencies.


lexentry: eng/packed_lunch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: packed lunch
trans_list: collation
sense:
A meal, sandwiches or anything packed and intended to be eaten away from home; especially, one packed at home as opposed to a portable packaged lunch from a vendor.


lexentry: eng/packet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: packet
trans_list: colis | paquet
sense:
(nautical) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/packet__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: packet
trans_list: paquet
sense:
(networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/packshot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: packshot
trans_list: packshot
sense:
(advertising) A still or moving close-up of a (usually packaged) product, used to portray the product in advertising.


lexentry: eng/pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: pad
trans_list: bloc
sense:
A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.


lexentry: eng/pad_printing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pad printing
trans_list: tampographie
sense:
A printing process that can transfer a 2-D image onto a 3-D object, the image being transferred from the cliché via a silicone pad onto a substrate.


lexentry: eng/paddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paddle
trans_list: pagaie | rame | aviron | volet
sense:
A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, compared with an oar which is attached to the boat at a pivot point.


lexentry: eng/paddlefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paddlefish
trans_list: poisson-spatule | polydon
sense:
Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.


lexentry: eng/paddock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paddock
trans_list: enclos | paddock
sense:
(also, figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.


lexentry: eng/paddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: paddy
trans_list: rizière | paddy | riz paddy
sense:
(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/padel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: padel
trans_list: padel
sense:
A racquet sport popular in Spain and Latin America, usually played in doubles on a small, closed court.


lexentry: eng/pagan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pagan
trans_list: païen | païenne
sense:
A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.


lexentry: eng/page-turner__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: page-turner
trans_list: tourneur de pages | tourneuse de pages
sense:
(music) A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician’s (especially a pianist or organist’s) sheet music during a performance.


lexentry: eng/page__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: page
trans_list: page
sense:
(computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.


lexentry: eng/page__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: page
trans_list: page
sense:
(historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.


lexentry: eng/page__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: page
trans_list: biper
sense:
(transitive, telecommunications, dated) To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.


lexentry: eng/pagination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pagination
trans_list: pagination
sense:
The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages.


lexentry: eng/pagoda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pagoda
trans_list: pagode
sense:
A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pain
trans_list: douleur | mal
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.


lexentry: eng/pain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pain
trans_list: douleur | peine
sense:
(uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress


lexentry: eng/paint_oneself_into_a_corner__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paint oneself into a corner
trans_list: se peinturer dans un coin
sense:
(idiomatic) To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.


lexentry: eng/painted_lady__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: painted lady
trans_list: belle-dame | vanesse du chardon
sense:
Any of certain cryptic patterned butterflies of genus Vanessa (family Nymphalidae), especially Vanessa cardui.


lexentry: eng/painter's_tape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: painter's tape
trans_list: ruban de masquage
sense:
masking tape specifically intended to protect areas from paint, having a weaker adhesive than regular masking tape


lexentry: eng/pair__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pair
trans_list: paire
sense:
Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)


lexentry: eng/pair__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pair
trans_list: paire
sense:
(cards) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.


lexentry: eng/pair_of_compasses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pair of compasses
trans_list: compas
sense:
A tool for drawing accurate circles or circular arcs, or for measuring or transferring lengths, usually consisting of two arms joined with an adjustable hinge at one end; until the middle ages both arms always had metal points at their free ends (this version is now called a divider or pair of dividers), but in recent centuries for a device called a compass or pair of compasses, one arm typically holds a ruling pen, pencil, or some other implement for making marks.


lexentry: eng/pairwise_disjoint__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pairwise disjoint
trans_list: disjoints deux à deux | mutuellement disjoints
sense:
(mathematics, set theory, of a collection of two or more sets) Let \{A_\lambda\}_{\lambda\in\Lambda} be any collection of sets indexed by a set \Lambda. We call the indexed collection pairwise disjoint if for any two distinct indices, \lambda,\mu\in\Lambda, the sets A_\lambda and A_\mu are disjoint.


lexentry: eng/pajamas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pajamas
trans_list: pyjama
sense:
Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.


lexentry: eng/paktong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paktong
trans_list: cuivre blanc des Chinois | pacfong | pacfung | packfong | packfung | toutenague
sense:
An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.


lexentry: eng/palaeogeography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palaeogeography
trans_list: paléogéographie
sense:
The study of historical geography — of the (chiefly physical, but sometimes political/cultural) geography of the world in the geologic past.


lexentry: eng/palaestra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palaestra
trans_list: palestre
sense:
(historical) A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/palanquin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: palanquin
trans_list: palanquin
sense:
(loosely) Synonym of litter, any similar vehicle open or closed, human or animal-borne, particularly (historical) in colonial Asian contexts.


lexentry: eng/palatalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palatalization
trans_list: palatalisation
sense:
(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.


lexentry: eng/palatalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palatalize
trans_list: palataliser
sense:
(phonetics, transitive) To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.


lexentry: eng/palate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palate
trans_list: palais | (de la bouche, au sens du goût)
sense:
(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/palatine_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palatine bone
trans_list: os palatin
sense:
(skeleton) Either of a pair of bones that are situated behind and between the maxillae, in humans are of extremely irregular form, and make up parts of the eye socket, the nasal cavity, and the hard palate.


lexentry: eng/palatine_tonsil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palatine tonsil
trans_list: tonsille palatine
sense:
(anatomy) One of the two tonsils that can be seen on the left and right sides at the back of the throat.


lexentry: eng/palaver__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: palaver
trans_list: palabres
sense:
(North America, archaic, _, in Britain) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/pale_clouded_yellow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pale clouded yellow
trans_list: soufré
sense:
A small butterfly (Colias hyale) of the family Pieridae found in most of Europe and large parts of Asia.


lexentry: eng/paleface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paleface
trans_list: visage pâle
sense:
(ethnic slur) A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.


lexentry: eng/paleobotany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paleobotany
trans_list: paléobotanique
sense:
The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/paleontology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paleontology
trans_list: paléontologie
sense:
(American spelling) Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.


lexentry: eng/paleozoology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paleozoology
trans_list: paléozoologie
sense:
(zoology) The branch of zoology dealing with fossils, and the creatures that were transformed into them


lexentry: eng/palette_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palette knife
trans_list: couteau à palette
sense:
In painting, a small, edge-less, more or less flexible steel blade used to mix paint on a palette and sometimes to apply paint to a surface.


lexentry: eng/palfrey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palfrey
trans_list: palefroi
sense:
(historical) A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse).


lexentry: eng/palilalia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palilalia
trans_list: palilalie
sense:
(clinical psychology) A complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.


lexentry: eng/palimpsest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palimpsest
trans_list: palimpseste
sense:
A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.


lexentry: eng/palindrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palindrome
trans_list: palindrome
sense:
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.


lexentry: eng/palingenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: palingenesis
trans_list: palingénésie
sense:
(uncountable, biology, chiefly, historical, or, obsolete) The apparent repetition, during the development of a single embryo, of changes that occurred previously in the evolution of its species.


lexentry: eng/palinode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palinode
trans_list: palinodie
sense:
An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/palinspastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palinspastic
trans_list: palinspastique
sense:
(geology, of a map) Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.


lexentry: eng/pall__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pall
trans_list: pairle
sense:
(heraldic charge) A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.


lexentry: eng/pallet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pallet
trans_list: palette
sense:
A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.


lexentry: eng/pallet_jack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pallet jack
trans_list: transpalette
sense:
A manually operated device used to lift and move pallets chiefly within a warehouse; the most basic form of a forklift.


lexentry: eng/palliative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: palliative
trans_list: palliatif
sense:
(medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.


lexentry: eng/palliative_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palliative care
trans_list: soin palliatif
sense:
A specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients.


lexentry: eng/pallisander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pallisander
trans_list: pallisandre
sense:
a dense, heavy wood, similar to teak or mahogany, mostly from species of Dalbergia and Pterocarpus, as well as Machaerium


lexentry: eng/palm__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palm
trans_list: paume
sense:
The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.


lexentry: eng/palm__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: palm
trans_list: empaumure
sense:
The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.


lexentry: eng/palm_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palm card
trans_list: fiche
sense:
A small card listing items to be discussed in a speech or presentation, usually in bullet point form, to assist the speaker.


lexentry: eng/palm_cockatoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palm cockatoo
trans_list: cacatoès noir
sense:
Probosciger aterrimus, a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea and far north Queensland, Australia, with a large black beak and prominent red cheek patches.


lexentry: eng/palm_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palm off
trans_list: refiler | refourguer
sense:
(idiomatic) To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.


lexentry: eng/palm_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palm oil
trans_list: huile de palme
sense:
An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).


lexentry: eng/palm_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palm tree
trans_list: palmier
sense:
A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.


lexentry: eng/palmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palmer
trans_list: pèlerin
sense:
(now, historical) A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.


lexentry: eng/palmitic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palmitic acid
trans_list: acide palmitique
sense:
(fatty acid) One of the most common saturated fatty acids; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.


lexentry: eng/palmitoleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palmitoleic acid
trans_list: acide palmitoléique
sense:
(fatty acid) An unsaturated fatty acid, having 16 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in the adipose tissue of all animals.


lexentry: eng/palo_verde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palo verde
trans_list: turc
sense:
(US) Any of a variety of trees in the genus Parkinsonia, with characteristic green bark, found in desert areas of North America.


lexentry: eng/palpate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palpate
trans_list: palper
sense:
To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medical) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.


lexentry: eng/palpitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palpitation
trans_list: palpitation
sense:
An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.


lexentry: eng/palsa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palsa
trans_list: palse
sense:
(geomorphology) A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.


lexentry: eng/palsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palsy
trans_list: paralysie
sense:
(pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.


lexentry: eng/palynology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: palynology
trans_list: palynologie
sense:
(science) The scientific study of spores, pollen and particulate organic matter in various matrices including the air (pollen counts), crime scenes, and sedimentary rocks.


lexentry: eng/pamphlet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pamphlet
trans_list: pamphlet | tract
sense:
A small, brief printed work, consisting either of a folded sheet of paper, or several sheets bound together into a booklet with only a paper cover, formerly containing literary compositions, newsletters, and newspapers, but now chiefly informational matter.


lexentry: eng/pan__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: pan
trans_list: cuvette
sense:
(obsolete) The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.


lexentry: eng/panacea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panacea
trans_list: panacée
sense:
A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.


lexentry: eng/pancake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pancake
trans_list: crêpe | pancake
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:


lexentry: eng/pancreas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pancreas
trans_list: pancréas
sense:
(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system.


lexentry: eng/pancytopenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pancytopenia
trans_list: pancytopénie
sense:
(pathology) A reduction in the numbers of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in the blood


lexentry: eng/pandect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pandect
trans_list: pandecte
sense:
(Ancient Rome, law, historical) Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).


lexentry: eng/pandect__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pandect
trans_list: digeste
sense:
(by extension, rare) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.


lexentry: eng/pandect__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pandect
trans_list: pandecte
sense:
(by extension, also, figuratively) A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically (Christianity) a manuscript of the entire Bible.


lexentry: eng/pandeism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pandeism
trans_list: pandéisme
sense:
(religion) A belief in a god who is both pantheistic and deistic, in particular a god who designed the universe and then became it and ceased to exist separately and act consciously with respect to it.


lexentry: eng/pandemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pandemic
trans_list: pandémique
sense:
(epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.


lexentry: eng/pandemic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pandemic
trans_list: pandémie
sense:
(epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.


lexentry: eng/pandemonium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pandemonium
trans_list: chaos
sense:
A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.


lexentry: eng/pandiculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pandiculation
trans_list: pandiculation
sense:
A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.


lexentry: eng/panel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: panel
trans_list: table ronde
sense:
A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.


lexentry: eng/panel_discussion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panel discussion
trans_list: débat public
sense:
A conversation about a specific topic conducted by a group of experts, usually either in the presence of an audience or in a broadcast (or both).


lexentry: eng/panela__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panela
trans_list: pain de vesou
sense:
An unrefined sugar product typical of Central and South America and Mexico, which is basically a solid piece of sucrose and fructose obtained from the boiling and evaporation of sugarcane.


lexentry: eng/panelling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panelling
trans_list: boiserie | lambris
sense:
(British spelling) The panels with which a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively.


lexentry: eng/panentheism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panentheism
trans_list: panenthéisme
sense:
(philosophy, religion) A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.


lexentry: eng/panettone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panettone
trans_list: panettone
sense:
A soft Italian sourdough brioche from Milan, with candied fruit, usually prepared for Christmas as a dessert.


lexentry: eng/panforte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panforte
trans_list: panforte
sense:
A dense flat cake, a speciality of Siena, made with honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied fruit, cocoa and spices.


lexentry: eng/pang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pang
trans_list: brusque
sense:
(often, in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.


lexentry: eng/pang__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pang
trans_list: arrière-goût
sense:
(often, in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.


lexentry: eng/pang_of_conscience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pang of conscience
trans_list: remords
sense:
(often, in the plural) A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.


lexentry: eng/panga__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panga
trans_list: pangas
sense:
Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.


lexentry: eng/pangenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pangenesis
trans_list: pangenèse
sense:
A mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which collect in the reproductive organs prior to fertilization.


lexentry: eng/pangolin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pangolin
trans_list: pangolin | pangoline
sense:
The scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, the sole extant genus of which is Manis.


lexentry: eng/panhandle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panhandle
trans_list: demander [[l']]aumône | faire la manche | mendier
sense:
(US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a bum.


lexentry: eng/panhandler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panhandler
trans_list: mendiant
sense:
One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change or money.


lexentry: eng/panic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panic
trans_list: panique
sense:
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.


lexentry: eng/panic_attack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panic attack
trans_list: crise d'angoisse | crise de panique
sense:
A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.


lexentry: eng/panic_buying__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panic buying
trans_list: achats de panique
sense:
(business, finance) The buying of commodities or other assets earlier than normal, or in quantities greater than normal, because of rumours of coming shortages or price rises.


lexentry: eng/pankration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pankration
trans_list: pancrace
sense:
(martial arts) An Ancient Greek martial art combining aspects of boxing and wrestling, introduced in the Greek Olympic games in 648 BC.


lexentry: eng/panna_cotta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panna cotta
trans_list: panacotta | panna cotta
sense:
A northern Italian dessert consisting of flavoured double cream set with gelatine, often served with fruit sauce or caramel syrup.


lexentry: eng/pannier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pannier
trans_list: sacoche
sense:
A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.


lexentry: eng/panopticon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panopticon
trans_list: panopticon | panoptique
sense:
A type of prison where all the cells are visible from the center, particularly if it is not possible for those in a cell to know if they are being watched.


lexentry: eng/panpipes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panpipes
trans_list: flûte de Pan
sense:
(musical instrument) An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top, and is played by blowing across the open end at the top.


lexentry: eng/pansexuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pansexuality
trans_list: pansexualité
sense:
A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.


lexentry: eng/pant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pant
trans_list: halètement | palpitation
sense:
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.


lexentry: eng/pant__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pant
trans_list: haleter
sense:
(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.


lexentry: eng/pantaloons__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pantaloons
trans_list: pantalon
sense:
An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.


lexentry: eng/pantheism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pantheism
trans_list: panthéisme
sense:
(religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.


lexentry: eng/pantheon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pantheon
trans_list: panthéon
sense:
(mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.


lexentry: eng/panther__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: panther
trans_list: panthère noire | panthère
sense:
Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.


lexentry: eng/pantograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pantograph
trans_list: pantographe
sense:
A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid.


lexentry: eng/pantograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pantograph
trans_list: pantographe
sense:
(rail transport) A similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams.


lexentry: eng/pantomime__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pantomime
trans_list: pantomime
sense:
(UK) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/pantry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pantry
trans_list: garde-manger
sense:
A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.


lexentry: eng/pantryman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pantryman
trans_list: panetier
sense:
A person in charge of the pantry, or food store, on a ship, train, or other transport where food is kept for passengers and crew. Also in a hospital, school, or hotel, etc.


lexentry: eng/pants__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pants
trans_list: pantalon
sense:
(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pants__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pants
trans_list: caleçon | culotte | slip
sense:
(chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pantyliner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pantyliner
trans_list: protège-slip
sense:
A pad worn on the inner surface of women's underpants, up against the vulva, during a low-flow day of the menstrual period, designed to absorb small, spotty quantities of menstrual fluid, in contrast to a tampon or sanitary napkin, worn on heavy-flow days.


lexentry: eng/pap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pap
trans_list: purée
sense:
(uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.


lexentry: eng/papakha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: papakha
trans_list: papakha
sense:
A fur or sometimes wool hat traditionally worn by men throughout the Caucasus and Central Asia; its shape varies from hemispherical to cylindrical, which may be slightly tapered in either direction.


lexentry: eng/paparazzo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paparazzo
trans_list: paparazzi | paparazzo
sense:
A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.


lexentry: eng/paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paper
trans_list: papier
sense:
A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.


lexentry: eng/paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: paper
trans_list: papier | feuille | article
sense:
(rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.


lexentry: eng/paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: paper
trans_list: papier
sense:
A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.


lexentry: eng/paper_cup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paper cup
trans_list: gobelet en carton
sense:
A disposable cup made out of paper and often lined with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper.


lexentry: eng/paper_jam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paper jam
trans_list: bourrage papier
sense:
(printing) A malfunction in a computer's printer or a photocopier or similar device occurring when sheets of paper become jammed inside.


lexentry: eng/paper_mulberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paper mulberry
trans_list: mûrier à papier
sense:
A tree in the mulberry family (Moraceae), Broussonetia papyrifera, with fibrous inner bark used to make paper and tapa cloth.


lexentry: eng/paper_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paper over
trans_list: détourner la conversation
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To superficially hide or disguise (a problem or a defect) without addressing it; to provide a veneer of normality or success.


lexentry: eng/paper_tape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paper tape
trans_list: ruban perforé
sense:
(computing, historical) An early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes.


lexentry: eng/paper_tiger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paper tiger
trans_list: tigre de papier | colosse aux pieds d'argile
sense:
(idiomatic) A seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective.


lexentry: eng/paperless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: paperless
trans_list: dématérialisé
sense:
Relating to or involving the communication or storage of information electronically, rather than with paper.


lexentry: eng/paperweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paperweight
trans_list: presse-papiers | presse-papier
sense:
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.


lexentry: eng/papier-mâché__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: papier-mâché
trans_list: papier mâché
sense:
Torn-up paper and other possible materials mixed with paste or glue used to create, when the mass is dried, a durable sculptural object.


lexentry: eng/papist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: papist
trans_list: papiste
sense:
(religious slur, Christianity) A Roman Catholic, whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome.


lexentry: eng/pappardelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pappardelle
trans_list: pappardelle
sense:
A broad form of fettuccine, or a narrow form of lasagne, traditionally eaten with a meat sauce (especially one made with hare).


lexentry: eng/papule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: papule
trans_list: papule
sense:
A small, inflammatory, irritated spot on the skin, similar in appearance to a pimple, but not containing pus.


lexentry: eng/papyrology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: papyrology
trans_list: papyrologie
sense:
The study of papyrus, particularly the branch of archeology concerning ancient texts written on papyrus.


lexentry: eng/papyrus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: papyrus
trans_list: papyrus
sense:
(usually, uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.


lexentry: eng/para-fascism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: para-fascism
trans_list: parafascisme
sense:
(fascism) A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices.


lexentry: eng/parabasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parabasis
trans_list: parabase
sense:
(historical, Ancient Greece) The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage and the chorus addresses the audience directly.


lexentry: eng/parabola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parabola
trans_list: parabole
sense:
(geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).


lexentry: eng/paraboloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paraboloid
trans_list: paraboloïde
sense:
(mathematics) A surface having a parabolic cross section parallel to an axis, and circular or elliptical cross section perpendicular to the axis; especially the surface of revolution of a parabola.


lexentry: eng/paracentesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paracentesis
trans_list: paracentèse
sense:
(surgery) A medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity, most commonly the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/parachute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parachute
trans_list: parachute
sense:
(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.


lexentry: eng/paracompact__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paracompact
trans_list: paracompact
sense:
(mathematics, of a topological space) In which every open cover admits an open locally finite refinement.


lexentry: eng/parade__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: parade
trans_list: défilé | étalage
sense:
(figurative) Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.


lexentry: eng/parade_ground__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parade ground
trans_list: place d’armes
sense:
(military) A large area of firm ground, formerly usually adjacent to fortifications and now usually a paved area at a military base, where soldiers present themselves for inspection ("parade") and practice marching and close-order drills.


lexentry: eng/paradichlorobenzene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paradichlorobenzene
trans_list: paradichlorobenzène
sense:
(organic compound) 1,4-dichlorobenzene, an organic compound used as a pesticide (i.e., mothballs) and a deodorant.


lexentry: eng/paradiddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paradiddle
trans_list: moulin
sense:
(music) A percussive exercise (one of 26 drum rudiments per the National Association of Rudimental Drummers or one of 40 per the Percussive Arts Society) which involves playing four even strokes in the order ‘right left right right’ or ‘left right left left.’


lexentry: eng/paradigm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paradigm
trans_list: paradigme
sense:
A pattern, a way of doing something, especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.


lexentry: eng/paradigm__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: paradigm
trans_list: paradigme
sense:
(linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.


lexentry: eng/paradigm_shift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paradigm shift
trans_list: changement de paradigme
sense:
(sciences) A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm. [from 1962]


lexentry: eng/paradise_parrot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paradise parrot
trans_list: perruche de paradis
sense:
A colourful, medium-sized parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus, native to the grassy woodlands of the Queensland - New South Wales border area of northeastern Australia, believed to be extinct.


lexentry: eng/paradoxical_frog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paradoxical frog
trans_list: grenouille paradoxale
sense:
Pseudis paradoxa, a species of frog unusual because it is larger as a tadpole (up to 25 cm or 10 in. long) than as an adult (about a quarter of that length).


lexentry: eng/paraffin_wax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paraffin wax
trans_list: paraffine
sense:
A waxy white solid hydrocarbon mixture used to make candles, wax paper, lubricants, and sealing materials.


lexentry: eng/paragoge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paragoge
trans_list: paragoge
sense:
(grammar, prosody) The addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word, either through natural development or as a grammatical function.


lexentry: eng/paragon__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: paragon
trans_list: petit-parangon
sense:
(typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/paragraph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paragraph
trans_list: paragraphe | alinéa
sense:
A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.


lexentry: eng/paragraph__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: paragraph
trans_list: paragraphe | alinéa
sense:
(originally) A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.


lexentry: eng/paralanguage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paralanguage
trans_list: paralangage
sense:
(linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify meaning and convey emotion, such as pitch, volume, and intonation


lexentry: eng/paralegal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paralegal
trans_list: parajuriste | paralégal
sense:
(legal) One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales), attorney (U.S.), or advocate; known more commonly in the U.S. as a legal assistant.


lexentry: eng/paralipsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paralipsis
trans_list: paralipse
sense:
(rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parallax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parallax
trans_list: parallaxe
sense:
An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position.


lexentry: eng/parallel__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: parallel
trans_list: parallèle
sense:
(military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.


lexentry: eng/parallel_bars__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parallel bars
trans_list: barres parallèles
sense:
A set of apparatus consisting of two horizontal bars at a small distance apart, upon which acts of swinging and holding and jumping and dips are performed.


lexentry: eng/parallel_import__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parallel import
trans_list: importation parallèle
sense:
A legitimate product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner.


lexentry: eng/parallel_park__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parallel park
trans_list: stationner en créneau | stationner en parallèle
sense:
To park a vehicle with side parallel to the curb or the side of the road in line with other parked vehicles.


lexentry: eng/parallel_parking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parallel parking
trans_list: stationnement en créneau
sense:
The action of parking a vehicle with its side parallel to the curb or the side of the road and facing in the direction of the traffic in the adjacent lane.


lexentry: eng/parallel_universe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parallel universe
trans_list: univers parallèle
sense:
(sciences, scifi, cosmology) A universe that exists separately alongside another universe, as part of a multiverse.


lexentry: eng/parallelepiped__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parallelepiped
trans_list: parallélépipède
sense:
(geometry) A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel.


lexentry: eng/parallelogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parallelogram
trans_list: parallélogramme
sense:
(geometry) A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.


lexentry: eng/parallelotope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parallelotope
trans_list: parallélotope
sense:
(geometry) A generalization of parallelogram and parallelepiped into a figure of arbitrary dimensionality.


lexentry: eng/paralogism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paralogism
trans_list: paralogie | paralogisme
sense:
A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.


lexentry: eng/paralogous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: paralogous
trans_list: paralogue
sense:
(metaphorical) Having a similar structure, quality or nature indicating divergence or relationship from a common point of origin.


lexentry: eng/paralysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paralysis
trans_list: paralysie
sense:
(pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.


lexentry: eng/paramedic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paramedic
trans_list: brancardier | ambulancier | ambulancière | brancardière
sense:
A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and prepare them for transport to a medical facility.


lexentry: eng/parament__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parament
trans_list: parement
sense:
A liturgical hanging on and around the altar, as well as the cloth hanging from the pulpit and lectern.


lexentry: eng/parameter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parameter
trans_list: paramètre
sense:
A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.


lexentry: eng/parameter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: parameter
trans_list: paramètre
sense:
(programming) An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time.


lexentry: eng/parameterize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parameterize
trans_list: paramétrer
sense:
(databases, programming, transitive) To rewrite (a database query, etc.) as a template into which parameters can be inserted.


lexentry: eng/paramilitary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paramilitary
trans_list: paramilitaire | organisation paramilitaire
sense:
A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.


lexentry: eng/paranoia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paranoia
trans_list: paranoïa
sense:
The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of 6 subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and general mistrust of others


lexentry: eng/paranoid_personality_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paranoid personality disorder
trans_list: trouble de la personnalité paranoïaque
sense:
(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.


lexentry: eng/paranoid_schizophrenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paranoid schizophrenia
trans_list: schizophrénie paranoïde
sense:
(psychiatry) A form of schizophrenia that is accompanied by delusions, either of persecution, grandeur or jealousy.


lexentry: eng/paranormal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paranormal
trans_list: paranormal
sense:
That (ostensibly) cannot be explained by what scientists know; supernatural; especially of or pertaining to ghosts, spirits, and supposed abilities like telepathy.


lexentry: eng/paraphilia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: paraphilia
trans_list: paraphilie
sense:
(sexology) Sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity or lead to clinically significant distress or impairment (e.g. are obligatory, require participation of unconsenting individuals, lead to legal issues).


lexentry: eng/paraphrase__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paraphrase
trans_list: paraphraser
sense:
(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.


lexentry: eng/paraphrenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paraphrenia
trans_list: paraphrénie
sense:
(psychiatry) Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.


lexentry: eng/paraphyletic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paraphyletic
trans_list: paraphylétique
sense:
(systematics) Of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.


lexentry: eng/paraprosdokian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paraprosdokian
trans_list: surprise
sense:
Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected, often humorously.


lexentry: eng/parapsychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parapsychology
trans_list: parapsychologie
sense:
The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.


lexentry: eng/parasang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parasang
trans_list: parasange
sense:
A historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parasite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parasite
trans_list: parasite
sense:
(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.


lexentry: eng/parasite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parasite
trans_list: parasite | profiteur
sense:
(pejorative) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parasitism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parasitism
trans_list: parasitisme
sense:
(ecology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.


lexentry: eng/parasitoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parasitoid
trans_list: parasitoïde
sense:
Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.


lexentry: eng/parasol_mushroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parasol mushroom
trans_list: coulemelle
sense:
Macrolepiota procera (syn. Lepiota procera, a basidiomycete fungus with a large, prominent fruiting body resembling a parasol.


lexentry: eng/parasympathetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parasympathetic
trans_list: parasympathique
sense:
(neuroanatomy, neurology, relational) Of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that inhibits or opposes the effects of the sympathetic nervous system. It consists of nerves arising from the brain and the lower end of the spinal cord and supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands.


lexentry: eng/parasynthetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parasynthetic
trans_list: parasynthétique
sense:
(grammar) Being a compound word formed by parasynthesis, i.e. by adding several affixes simultaneously, without “intermediate” forms.


lexentry: eng/parataxis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parataxis
trans_list: parataxe
sense:
(grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".


lexentry: eng/paratha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paratha
trans_list: paratha
sense:
an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.


lexentry: eng/parathyroid_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parathyroid gland
trans_list: parathyroïde | glande parathyroïde
sense:
(anatomy) Any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck, usually within a thyroid gland, which produce parathyroid hormone.


lexentry: eng/paratyphoid_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paratyphoid fever
trans_list: paratyphoïde
sense:
(pathology) Any of a variety of acute infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever but less severe, caused by eating food contaminated with certain bacteria of the genus Salmonella.


lexentry: eng/paravane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paravane
trans_list: paravent
sense:
(nautical) A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.


lexentry: eng/parc_fermé__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parc fermé
trans_list: parc fermé
sense:
(motor racing) A secure car park where competing cars must be left, and where no maintenance, repairs, or enhancements may be performed, for example during rest periods.


lexentry: eng/parc_fermé__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parc fermé
trans_list: parc fermé
sense:
(motorsport) A car configuration race condition, where no or severely limited modifications may be made on a racing car, while the race condition is active.


lexentry: eng/parchment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parchment
trans_list: parchemin
sense:
Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.


lexentry: eng/pardon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pardon
trans_list: grâce
sense:
(legal) An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.


lexentry: eng/pardon_my_French__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pardon my French
trans_list: passez-moi [[l']]expression
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic, often, humorous) To excuse the speaker's frankness of expression or profanity.


lexentry: eng/pare__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pare
trans_list: peler | éplucher
sense:
(transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.


lexentry: eng/pare__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pare
trans_list: rogner
sense:
(transitive, often, with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.


lexentry: eng/pareidolia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pareidolia
trans_list: paréidolie
sense:
(psychology) The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in music.


lexentry: eng/parenchyma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parenchyma
trans_list: parenchyme
sense:
(anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.


lexentry: eng/parent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parent
trans_list: parent
sense:
(often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.


lexentry: eng/parent__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: parent
trans_list: parent | géniteur | génitrice
sense:
(biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/parent__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: parent
trans_list: parent | géniteur | génitrice
sense:
(computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/parental_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parental control
trans_list: contrôle parental
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A feature included in some digital television services, computers, mobile devices, software, etc. that allows parents to restrict their children's access to certain content.


lexentry: eng/parenteral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parenteral
trans_list: parentéral
sense:
(medicine) Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.


lexentry: eng/parenthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parenthesis
trans_list: parenthèse
sense:
A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.


lexentry: eng/parenthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parenthesis
trans_list: parenthèse | parenthèses
sense:
Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).


lexentry: eng/parenthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: parenthesis
trans_list: parenthèses
sense:
(mathematics, logic) Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.


lexentry: eng/parents'_evening__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parents' evening
trans_list: réunion parents-profs
sense:
(UK, education) An evening consisting of short meetings between a parent and their child's teachers to discuss the child's academic progress.


lexentry: eng/pari-mutuel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pari-mutuel
trans_list: pari mutuel
sense:
(horse racing) Any betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pariah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pariah
trans_list: paria
sense:
Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.


lexentry: eng/paring_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paring knife
trans_list: couteau d'office
sense:
A thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredients, especially used for precise and controlled cutting.


lexentry: eng/parish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parish
trans_list: paroisse
sense:
In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.


lexentry: eng/parish__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: parish
trans_list: paroisse
sense:
(US) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.


lexentry: eng/parish_assembly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parish assembly
trans_list: assemblée paroissiale
sense:
(Jersey, government) the decision-making body of local government, comprising ratepayers and electors of the parish


lexentry: eng/parish_church__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parish church
trans_list: église paroissiale
sense:
A church that serves as the religious centre of a parish; the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.


lexentry: eng/parish_pump_politics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parish pump politics
trans_list: inintelligence
sense:
(Ireland, pejorative, informal) political activity that is more evidently concerned with addressing the immediate needs of the local electorate than with strategy that might affect the national interest.


lexentry: eng/parity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parity
trans_list: parité
sense:
(mathematics, countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements.


lexentry: eng/parity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parity
trans_list: parité
sense:
(mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.


lexentry: eng/parity_bit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parity bit
trans_list: bit de parité
sense:
(computing) A bit (binary digit) used to indicate whether the number of bits in a given set with value of one is even or odd. Parity bits are used as a simple error detection code.


lexentry: eng/park__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: park
trans_list: parc
sense:
A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.


lexentry: eng/parking_disc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parking disc
trans_list: disque de stationnement
sense:
A device placed inside a parked vehicle, indicating either the time of its arrival, or its legitimacy to park in a specified place


lexentry: eng/parking_lot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parking lot
trans_list: parking | parc de stationnement | stationnement
sense:
(North America, Philippines, Malaysia) An open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use.


lexentry: eng/parking_meter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parking meter
trans_list: parcmètre | parcomètre
sense:
A device, located by a parking space, that collects payment in exchange for the right to park a vehicle for a specified time.


lexentry: eng/parking_ticket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parking ticket
trans_list: amende | amende de stationnement
sense:
A legal summons issued for parking a motor vehicle in a place where such parking is restricted, or beyond the time paid for.


lexentry: eng/parkland__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parkland
trans_list: parc à anglais
sense:
(North America) A landscape characterized by a mixture of treed groves and open grasslands, akin to a Eurasian forest steppe.


lexentry: eng/parkour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parkour
trans_list: parkour
sense:
(sport) An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements.


lexentry: eng/parlance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parlance
trans_list: diction
sense:
A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.


lexentry: eng/parliament__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parliament
trans_list: parlement
sense:
In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/parliament__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: parliament
trans_list: parlement
sense:
A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/parliamentarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parliamentarian
trans_list: parlementaire
sense:
(Commonwealth) A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.


lexentry: eng/parlor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parlor
trans_list: salon | parloir
sense:
(dated, except in, Mid-Atlantic US) The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.


lexentry: eng/parlour_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parlour game
trans_list: jeu de société
sense:
Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.


lexentry: eng/parochial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parochial
trans_list: provincial | égocentrique | étriqué
sense:
Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.


lexentry: eng/parochialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parochialism
trans_list: esprit de clocher
sense:
The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).


lexentry: eng/parole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parole
trans_list: libération conditionnelle
sense:
(with on) Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/parole__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parole
trans_list: libération conditionnelle
sense:
Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/parosmia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parosmia
trans_list: parosmie
sense:
(pathology) A distorted sense of smell, often resulting in the apparent detection of non-existent smells which are mostly unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/paroxysm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paroxysm
trans_list: paroxysme
sense:
(countable, medicine) A period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure.


lexentry: eng/paroxysm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: paroxysm
trans_list: paroxysme
sense:
(countable) Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax.


lexentry: eng/parr__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parr
trans_list: saumoneau | tacon
sense:
Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.


lexentry: eng/parrot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parrot
trans_list: perroquet
sense:
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.


lexentry: eng/parrot__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parrot
trans_list: perroqueter | perrucher
sense:
(transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.


lexentry: eng/parrotfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parrotfish
trans_list: perroquet de Méditerranée
sense:
Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.


lexentry: eng/parse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parse
trans_list: analyser | décomposer
sense:
(linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parse__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: parse
trans_list: séparer
sense:
(computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.


lexentry: eng/parse__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: parse
trans_list: parser
sense:
(computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.


lexentry: eng/parsimony__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: parsimony
trans_list: économie
sense:
(by extension) The quality or characteristic of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.


lexentry: eng/parsley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parsley
trans_list: persil
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.


lexentry: eng/part-time__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: part-time
trans_list: à temps partiel
sense:
For, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity, especially the number of hours an employee works.


lexentry: eng/part_of_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: part of speech
trans_list: partie du discours | classe grammaticale | classe lexicale
sense:
(grammar) A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb.


lexentry: eng/parthenogenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parthenogenesis
trans_list: parthénogenèse
sense:
(biology, countable, uncountable) (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy.


lexentry: eng/partial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: partial
trans_list: partial | partiel
sense:
biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute


lexentry: eng/partial_derivative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: partial derivative
trans_list: dérivée partielle
sense:
(mathematics) A derivative with respect to one variable of a function of several variables with the other variables held constant.


lexentry: eng/partial_differential_equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: partial differential equation
trans_list: équation différentielle aux dérivées partielles
sense:
(calculus) A differential equation that involves the partial derivatives of a function of several variables.


lexentry: eng/partial_false_friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: partial false friend
trans_list: faux-ami partiel
sense:
(linguistics, uncommon) A word in a language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language, and at least one meaning in common, but not all.


lexentry: eng/partial_indulgence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: partial indulgence
trans_list: indulgence partielle
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) An indulgence that remits part of a person’s sins, and thus part of their time in purgatory.


lexentry: eng/participant_observation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: participant observation
trans_list: observation participante
sense:
(social sciences) A research methodology used in some social sciences to gain familiarity with a group of individuals and their practices through an intensive involvement, usually over an extended period of time.


lexentry: eng/participatory_democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: participatory democracy
trans_list: démocratie participative
sense:
(political science) A form of government in which citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies affecting their lives, rather than through elected representatives.


lexentry: eng/participle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: participle
trans_list: participe
sense:
(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.


lexentry: eng/particle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: particle
trans_list: particule
sense:
A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/particle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: particle
trans_list: particule
sense:
(physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/particle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: particle
trans_list: particule
sense:
(linguistics) A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).


lexentry: eng/particle_accelerator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: particle accelerator
trans_list: accélérateur de particules
sense:
A device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.


lexentry: eng/particle_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: particle board
trans_list: aggloméré
sense:
(US, Canada, AU) a structural material manufactured from wood particles (such as chips and shavings) by pressing, and binding through resin


lexentry: eng/particular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: particular
trans_list: particulier
sense:
(logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.


lexentry: eng/particulate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: particulate
trans_list: particulaire
sense:
(genetics) Pertaining to heritable characteristics which are attributable discretely to either one or another of an offspring's parents, rather than a blend of the two.


lexentry: eng/particulate_matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: particulate matter
trans_list: particules
sense:
Any solid or liquid in a finely subdivided state, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant.


lexentry: eng/partisan__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: partisan
trans_list: partisan | partisane
sense:
Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.


lexentry: eng/partisan__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: partisan
trans_list: pertuisane
sense:
(historical) A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.


lexentry: eng/partitionist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: partitionist
trans_list: partitionniste
sense:
(Canada, politics) A political partisan who favours the partition of the province of Quebec with the western, southern portions and Montreal forming a separate province or country from the rest of Quebec.


lexentry: eng/partner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: partner
trans_list: partenaire
sense:
(nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.


lexentry: eng/partner__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: partner
trans_list: partenaire
sense:
(Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.


lexentry: eng/partridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: partridge
trans_list: perdrix | perdreau | garbon
sense:
(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.


lexentry: eng/parts_interpreter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parts interpreter
trans_list: vendeur de pièces (détachées)
sense:
(Australia, South Africa) Someone who sells replacement parts for motor vehicles; a spare parts salesperson.


lexentry: eng/party__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: party
trans_list: faction | parti
sense:
(now, rare, _, in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.


lexentry: eng/party_animal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: party animal
trans_list: fêtard
sense:
(idiomatic) A person known for frequent, enthusiastic attendance at parties, especially one whose partying behavior is exuberant or excessive.


lexentry: eng/party_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: party game
trans_list: jeu de société
sense:
(video game genre) A multiplayer game, usually consisting of a series of short minigames, that can be easily played in a social setting.


lexentry: eng/party_horn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: party horn
trans_list: mirliton | langue de belle-mère | sans-gêne
sense:
A paper or plastic tube which may be blown into to create a sound, and sometimes is rolled up in a coil which unrolls and straightens out when blown.


lexentry: eng/party_spirit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: party spirit
trans_list: esprit de parti
sense:
(politics) The feeling of common purpose and togetherness experienced or shown by members or supporters of a group, especially a political party, sometimes accompanied by unreasonable animosity towards members or supporters of other groups.


lexentry: eng/parvenu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parvenu
trans_list: parvenu | parvenue
sense:
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.


lexentry: eng/parvovirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: parvovirus
trans_list: parvovirus
sense:
Any single-stranded DNA virus, of the genus Parvovirus, being the smallest found in nature; they infect only mammals other than humans.


lexentry: eng/pascal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pascal
trans_list: pascal
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.


lexentry: eng/pasha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pasha
trans_list: pacha
sense:
(historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/pasque_flower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pasque flower
trans_list: pulsatille
sense:
Any of various deciduous perennial flowering plants, of the genus Pulsatilla, found in clumps in certain grassland areas.


lexentry: eng/pass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pass
trans_list: passe | passage | défilé
sense:
An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.


lexentry: eng/pass__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: pass
trans_list: sauf-conduit | laissez-passer
sense:
A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission


lexentry: eng/pass__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: pass
trans_list: état
sense:
(cookery) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.


lexentry: eng/pass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pass
trans_list: passer | continuer
sense:
(ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.


lexentry: eng/pass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pass
trans_list: passer | dépasser
sense:
(transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.


lexentry: eng/pass__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pass
trans_list: passer | réussir | passer son tour | survenir
sense:
(transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.


lexentry: eng/pass_the_buck__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pass the buck
trans_list: renvoyer la balle
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/passacaglia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passacaglia
trans_list: passacaille
sense:
(music genre) A form of historical Spanish or Italian dance characterised by a serious nature, triple metre, and use of a ground bass.


lexentry: eng/passed_pawn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passed pawn
trans_list: pion passé
sense:
(chess) A pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns on its own or adjacent files, and that hence has a clear run to the first or eighth rank.


lexentry: eng/passenger_compartment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passenger compartment
trans_list: habitacle
sense:
(automotive) The part of a road vehicle partitioned from the engine compartment, trunk or boot, etc., designed to hold the passengers and usually the driver; but in limousines and some taxis, buses and goods vehicles, the driver is separated in a cab or driver's compartment.


lexentry: eng/passenger_seat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passenger seat
trans_list: siège passager
sense:
(automotive) A seat in a vehicle for a passenger, especially the front seat next to the driver in a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/passguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: passguard
trans_list: passe-garde
sense:
A ridge or an additional plate on a shoulder piece, to turn the blow of a weapon away from the neck or joint of the armor.


lexentry: eng/passing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: passing
trans_list: mouvement
sense:
The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/passing_loop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passing loop
trans_list: gare d'évitement
sense:
(rail) On a single-track railway or tramway, an extra track provided at a certain place to allow two trains travelling in opposite directions to pass each other. It can also allow a faster train to overtake a slower one.


lexentry: eng/passion__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: passion
trans_list: Passion | passion
sense:
(Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.


lexentry: eng/passionflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passionflower
trans_list: fruit de la passion
sense:
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.


lexentry: eng/passive-aggressive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passive-aggressive
trans_list: passif-agressif
sense:
(psychology) Showing passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations.


lexentry: eng/passive_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passive matrix
trans_list: matrice passive
sense:
A form of liquid crystal display in which the pixels must maintain their state without active driving circuitry until they are next refreshed, contrasted with active matrix.


lexentry: eng/passive_participle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passive participle
trans_list: participe passif
sense:
(grammar) A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the passive voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the patient of the action denoted by the verb.


lexentry: eng/passive_smoker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passive smoker
trans_list: fumeur passif
sense:
A non-smoker that suffers the consequences of tobacco due to inhalation of smoke from nearby smokers.


lexentry: eng/passive_vocabulary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passive vocabulary
trans_list: vocabulaire passif
sense:
The words and phrases, collectively, that someone understands in speech and writing but does not commonly use.


lexentry: eng/passport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: passport
trans_list: passeport
sense:
An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.


lexentry: eng/password__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: password
trans_list: mot de passe
sense:
(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.


lexentry: eng/password__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: password
trans_list: mot de passe
sense:
(computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word#Noun but nowadays often an alphanumeric#Adjective string or a phrase#Noun.


lexentry: eng/past__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: past
trans_list: passé
sense:
(grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/past_anterior__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: past anterior
trans_list: passé antérieur
sense:
(grammar) A compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, in function a pluperfect, and in form composed of the conjunction of the simple past tense of an auxiliary verb (avoir, être) with the past participle. Example: Après que la femme et l'homme l'eurent remercié = After the woman and the man had thanked him


lexentry: eng/past_historic_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: past historic tense
trans_list: passé simple
sense:
(grammar) A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the deceased.


lexentry: eng/past_imperfect_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: past imperfect tense
trans_list: imparfait
sense:
A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past)


lexentry: eng/past_perfect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: past perfect
trans_list: plus-que-parfait
sense:
A tense which describes actions that occurred before another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the past anterior tense.


lexentry: eng/past_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: past tense
trans_list: passé
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).


lexentry: eng/pasta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pasta
trans_list: pâtes | pâtes alimentaires
sense:
(uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.


lexentry: eng/pasta_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pasta salad
trans_list: salade de macaronis
sense:
A salad prepared with one or more types of pasta, almost always chilled, and most often tossed in a vinegar, oil, or mayonnaise-based dressing.


lexentry: eng/paste__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: paste
trans_list: coller
sense:
(transitive, computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.


lexentry: eng/pasteurisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pasteurisation
trans_list: pasteurisation
sense:
(British spelling) Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.


lexentry: eng/pasteurize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pasteurize
trans_list: pasteuriser
sense:
(transitive) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.


lexentry: eng/pastiche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pastiche
trans_list: pastiche
sense:
A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.


lexentry: eng/pastophorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pastophorus
trans_list: pastophore
sense:
(historical) A type of lesser priest in ancient Egypt, originally serving as a doorkeeper to a temple.


lexentry: eng/pastoral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pastoral
trans_list: pastoral
sense:
Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.


lexentry: eng/pastry_fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pastry fork
trans_list: fourchette à gâteaux
sense:
A three- or four-tined fork designed for eating pastries and similar desserts from a plate held in the other hand.


lexentry: eng/pasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pasty
trans_list: cache-seins
sense:
(chiefly, _, in the plural) A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers.


lexentry: eng/pat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pat
trans_list: ad-hoc
sense:
Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.


lexentry: eng/pat_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pat down
trans_list: fouiller
sense:
(US, informal, transitive) To frisk; to check someone's body for concealed items, especially weapons.


lexentry: eng/patch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patch
trans_list: pièce | rustine
sense:
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.


lexentry: eng/patch__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: patch
trans_list: patch
sense:
(computing) A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.


lexentry: eng/patch__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: patch
trans_list: patcher
sense:
(computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:


lexentry: eng/patchouli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patchouli
trans_list: patchouli
sense:
Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil.


lexentry: eng/patchwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: patchwork
trans_list: puzzle
sense:
(figurative) Any kind of creation that makes use of many different aspects to create one whole piece.


lexentry: eng/patchwork_quilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: patchwork quilt
trans_list: inventaire à la Prévert
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) Something having a haphazard or disorganized structure; something composed of seemingly random parts.


lexentry: eng/patent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patent
trans_list: brevet | patente
sense:
A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.


lexentry: eng/patent__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patent
trans_list: breveter | faire breveter
sense:
To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.


lexentry: eng/patent_troll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patent troll
trans_list: patent troll
sense:
(patent law, informal, derogatory) A company, person, etc., that owns and enforces patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of producing, marketing, or promoting the subjects of the patents.


lexentry: eng/paternal_custody__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paternal custody
trans_list: garde paternelle
sense:
(legal) An arrangement whereby only the father has physical and legal custody of a child while the mother has visitation rights. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/paternal_grandfather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paternal grandfather
trans_list: [[grand-père]] paternel
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paternal,‎ grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/paternal_grandmother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paternal grandmother
trans_list: grand-mère paternelle
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paternal,‎ grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/paternoster__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: paternoster
trans_list: Notre Père
sense:
(archaic) A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it.


lexentry: eng/path__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: path
trans_list: chemin | sentier
sense:
(computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.


lexentry: eng/pathobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pathobiology
trans_list: pathobiologie
sense:
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects.


lexentry: eng/pathogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pathogen
trans_list: pathogène
sense:
(pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.


lexentry: eng/pathologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pathologist
trans_list: pathologiste
sense:
An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines samples of body tissues for diagnostic or forensic purpose.


lexentry: eng/pathology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pathology
trans_list: pathologie
sense:
(academic, _, medicine) The academic biomedical specialty that advances the aspects of the biomedical sciences that allow for those clinical applications and their advancements over time.


lexentry: eng/pathology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pathology
trans_list: pathologie
sense:
Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.


lexentry: eng/pathos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pathos
trans_list: pathétique
sense:
The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.


lexentry: eng/pathway__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pathway
trans_list: voie
sense:
(biochemistry) A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.


lexentry: eng/patina__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: patina
trans_list: patine | patène
sense:
The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.


lexentry: eng/patriarch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patriarch
trans_list: patriarche
sense:
(Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/patriarchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patriarchy
trans_list: patriarcat
sense:
(anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.


lexentry: eng/patrician__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patrician
trans_list: patricien | patrice
sense:
(Ancient Rome) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.


lexentry: eng/patriotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patriotic
trans_list: patriotique
sense:
Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country


lexentry: eng/patriotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patriotism
trans_list: patriotisme
sense:
Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.


lexentry: eng/patrol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patrol
trans_list: patrouille
sense:
(military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.


lexentry: eng/patron_saint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patron saint
trans_list: saint patron
sense:
(Christianity) A saint conceived as the patron (protector or supporter) of a particular place, group, person, or activity, for whom or for which his or her intercession is specially invoked.


lexentry: eng/patronage__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: patronage
trans_list: clientélisme | patronage
sense:
(politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.


lexentry: eng/patronize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: patronize
trans_list: paternaliser | patrociner | prendre de haut
sense:
(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.


lexentry: eng/patronymic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: patronymic
trans_list: patronyme
sense:
(by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.


lexentry: eng/patsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patsy
trans_list: lampiste | pigeon
sense:
(informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.


lexentry: eng/pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pattern
trans_list: patron
sense:
(textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.


lexentry: eng/pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pattern
trans_list: régularité | schéma | tendance
sense:
A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pattern_matching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pattern matching
trans_list: filtrage par motif
sense:
(computer science) the act of checking some sequence of tokens for the presence of the constituents of a pattern


lexentry: eng/patty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patty
trans_list: bifteck
sense:
(US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.


lexentry: eng/patty__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: patty
trans_list: quiche
sense:
(Jamaica) A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.


lexentry: eng/pattypan_squash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pattypan squash
trans_list: cibleme | pâtisson
sense:
A summer squash of the species Cucurbita pepo, notable for its small size, round and shallow shape, and scalloped edges, which cause it to somewhat resemble a small toy top or a flying saucer.


lexentry: eng/paucal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paucal
trans_list: paucal
sense:
(grammar) A language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural.


lexentry: eng/pauldron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pauldron
trans_list: épaulière
sense:
A component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and back.


lexentry: eng/pave__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pave
trans_list: paver
sense:
(Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.


lexentry: eng/pavement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pavement
trans_list: pavement
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Irish, Mid-Atlantic US) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/pavement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pavement
trans_list: chaussée | revêtement
sense:
(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/pavement__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pavement
trans_list: pavement
sense:
(architecture) The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pavis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pavis
trans_list: pavois
sense:
(military, history) A very large shield, like a small moveable wall, carried in front to protect all or most of the bearer's body, often with a projecting ridge running vertically down the center.


lexentry: eng/paw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paw
trans_list: patte
sense:
The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.


lexentry: eng/pawa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pawa
trans_list: haliotide | ormeau | paua
sense:
(New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.


lexentry: eng/pawl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pawl
trans_list: cliquet
sense:
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.


lexentry: eng/pawn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pawn
trans_list: pion
sense:
(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.


lexentry: eng/pawnbroker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pawnbroker
trans_list: prêteur sur gages | prêteuse sur gages
sense:
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.


lexentry: eng/paximadi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paximadi
trans_list: biscotte
sense:
Various forms of Greek rusk, made commonly from barley or chickpea flour, and softened with wine, water or oil before eating.


lexentry: eng/pay-as-you-go__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pay-as-you-go
trans_list: prépayé
sense:
(British) A payment method where the charge of a service is taken automatically, usually in small amounts, after the usage, in contrast of paying before usage. Used especially of mobile phones and transport ticketing.


lexentry: eng/pay_TV__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pay TV
trans_list: télévision à péage
sense:
A system whereby viewers pay to subscribe to specific broadcast television channels or programme typically used in cable television services


lexentry: eng/pay__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pay
trans_list: payer | régler | verser
sense:
(ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.


lexentry: eng/pay_grade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pay grade
trans_list: grade
sense:
(figuratively) A level of authority or responsibility (since pay rate, authority and responsibility generally increase similarly).


lexentry: eng/pay_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pay off
trans_list: payer | acquitter
sense:
(transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).


lexentry: eng/pay_respect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pay respect
trans_list: commémorer
sense:
To demonstrate or profess respect to (someone or an ideal); to behave in a manner that demonstrates respect to (someone or an ideal).


lexentry: eng/pay_through_the_nose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To pay an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner.
written_rep: pay through the nose
trans_list:
acheter [[à prix d'or]] | débourser une fortune | payer bonbon | payer le prix fort | payer une fortune


lexentry: eng/payload__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: payload
trans_list: charge utile
sense:
That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.


lexentry: eng/payload__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: payload
trans_list: charge utile
sense:
(computing) The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.


lexentry: eng/payment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: payment
trans_list: paiement
sense:
(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange#Noun for goods or services, or the transaction#Noun that conveys it.


lexentry: eng/payment_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: payment order
trans_list: ordonnance de paiement
sense:
(finance, chiefly, banking) An instruction from a sender to a receiving bank, transmitted orally, electronically, or in writing, to pay, or to cause another bank to pay a fixed and determinable amount of money to a beneficiary.


lexentry: eng/payola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: payola
trans_list: dessous-de-table
sense:
(US, Philippines) A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).


lexentry: eng/payphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: payphone
trans_list: téléphone public
sense:
A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.


lexentry: eng/payslip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: payslip
trans_list: bulletin de paie | bulletin de salaire | fiche de paie
sense:
A small document, included with an employee's wage or salary, giving details of money earned and tax and insurance paid.


lexentry: eng/paywall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paywall
trans_list: péage | paywall
sense:
(informal, computing) A feature of a website, application or service that only allows access to certain content or functions upon payment.


lexentry: eng/pe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pe
trans_list: pé | pe
sense:
The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).


lexentry: eng/peace_pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peace pipe
trans_list: calumet de la paix
sense:
A tobacco pipe smoked ceremonially in certain Native American cultures that symbolizes peace among those who smoke it, and among whom it is passed around from person to person.


lexentry: eng/peace_talks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peace talks
trans_list: pourparlers de paix
sense:
A series of formal discussions between two or more nation-states or groups of people held to resolve existing conflict between them.


lexentry: eng/peaceable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peaceable
trans_list: pacifique
sense:
Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/peaceful_coexistence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peaceful coexistence
trans_list: coexistence pacifique
sense:
(politics) A situation where nation-states do not interfere with the domestic affairs of other countries, in order to avoid conflict; mutual non-interference.


lexentry: eng/peacekeeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: peacekeeper
trans_list: peacekeeper
sense:
(Canada, law enforcement) An officer of the peace (police officer) in a force run by a Canadian aboriginal community.


lexentry: eng/peacekeeping__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peacekeeping
trans_list: maintien de la paix
sense:
The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/peach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peach
trans_list: pêche | pêcher
sense:
(countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.


lexentry: eng/peach__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: peach
trans_list: pêche | pêcher
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.


lexentry: eng/peachy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: peachy
trans_list: génial
sense:
(colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.


lexentry: eng/peafowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peafowl
trans_list: paon
sense:
A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).


lexentry: eng/peak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peak
trans_list: pic
sense:
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.


lexentry: eng/peal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peal
trans_list: éclat
sense:
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.


lexentry: eng/pearl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pearl
trans_list: perle
sense:
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.


lexentry: eng/pearl__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: pearl
trans_list: parisienne | sédanoise
sense:
(uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.


lexentry: eng/pearly_penile_papules__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pearly penile papules
trans_list: papules perlées (du gland)
sense:
(urology) A harmless hereditary anatomical variation consisting of small protuberances that may form on the ridge of the glans of the human penis.


lexentry: eng/peasant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peasant
trans_list: paysan | paysanne
sense:
A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.


lexentry: eng/peat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peat
trans_list: tourbe
sense:
Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/peavy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peavy
trans_list: tourne-billes
sense:
A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.


lexentry: eng/pecan_pie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pecan pie
trans_list: tarte aux pacanes
sense:
A sweet pie made from corn syrup and pecans, considered a specialty of Southern United States cuisine.


lexentry: eng/pectin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pectin
trans_list: pectine
sense:
(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting).


lexentry: eng/pectoral_sandpiper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pectoral sandpiper
trans_list: bécasseau à poitrine cendrée
sense:
Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.


lexentry: eng/pedal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedal
trans_list: pédale
sense:
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano


