# translation

lexentry: eng/themselves__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: themselves
trans_list: se | elles-mêmes | eux-mêmes
sense:
(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).


lexentry: eng/theodicy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theodicy
trans_list: théodicée
sense:
(theology, philosophy) A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.


lexentry: eng/theodolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theodolite
trans_list: théodolite
sense:
A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.


lexentry: eng/theogony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theogony
trans_list: théogonie
sense:
(chiefly, in ancient, _, religion) The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.


lexentry: eng/theology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theology
trans_list: théologie
sense:
(uncountable) The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general. [from mid-14th c.]


lexentry: eng/theophylline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theophylline
trans_list: théophylline
sense:
(organic chemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A bitter crystalline compound present in small quantities in tea leaves, isomeric with theobromine; used as a drug in therapy for respiratory diseases.


lexentry: eng/theorem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theorem
trans_list: théorème
sense:
(mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.


lexentry: eng/theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: theory
trans_list: théorie
sense:
(sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: theory
trans_list: théorie
sense:
(mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: theory
trans_list: théorie
sense:
(countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).


lexentry: eng/theory_of_relativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theory of relativity
trans_list: théorie de la relativité
sense:
(physics) The theories of special relativity and general relativity, two theories in physics developed mainly by Albert Einstein at the beginning of the 20th century from which several important results such as the equivalence of matter and energy and the Einstein field equations are derived.


lexentry: eng/theory_of_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theory of value
trans_list: théorie de la valeur
sense:
(economics) an economic theory that attempts to explain the exchange value or price of goods and services


lexentry: eng/theosophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theosophy
trans_list: théosophie
sense:
(philosophy, religion) Any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible.


lexentry: eng/there's_many_a_good_tune_played_on_an_old_fiddle__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
trans_list: c'est dans les vieux pots qu'on fait la meilleure soupe
sense:
Just because something or someone is old does not mean that it or they are no longer useful or worthwhile.


lexentry: eng/there's_more_than_one_way_to_skin_a_cat__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there's more than one way to skin a cat
trans_list: il y a plusieurs façons de plumer un canard | tous les chemins mènent à Rome
sense:
(originally, US) A problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.


lexentry: eng/there's_no_accounting_for_taste__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there's no accounting for taste
trans_list: des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas
sense:
In subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.


lexentry: eng/there's_no_fool_like_an_old_fool__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there's no fool like an old fool
trans_list: on fait des sottises à tout âge | il n'y a que les imbéciles qui ne changent pas d'avis
sense:
If a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful.


lexentry: eng/there,_there__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there, there
trans_list: là, là
sense:
Conveys comfort; used to calm somebody or urge somebody to relax, especially when the person is crying.


lexentry: eng/there__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there
trans_list: là | y | là-bas | ici
sense:
(location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).


lexentry: eng/there__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: there
trans_list: il y a
sense:
Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.


lexentry: eng/there_is_nothing_new_under_the_sun__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there is nothing new under the sun
trans_list: rien de nouveau sous le soleil
sense:
There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.


lexentry: eng/there_you_go__Phrase__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: there you go
trans_list: tu as ta réponse
sense:
Expressing that the conclusion is the same as it was suggested before; the other party's statement actually implies the same thing as one's own idea.


lexentry: eng/therefore__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: therefore
trans_list: donc | par conséquent | en conséquence | pour ça
sense:
(conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.


lexentry: eng/theremin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theremin
trans_list: thérémine | thereminvox | éthérophone
sense:
An electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennae mounted on the instrument.


lexentry: eng/theriac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theriac
trans_list: thériaque
sense:
(pharmacology, historical) A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate.


lexentry: eng/thermal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal
trans_list: thermique
sense:
(meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.


lexentry: eng/thermal_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal camera
trans_list: caméra thermique
sense:
A camera that is sensitive to infrared radiation (heat) instead of visible light as ordinary camera.


lexentry: eng/thermal_grease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal grease
trans_list: pâte thermique
sense:
A viscous fluid substance, originally with properties akin to grease, which increases the thermal conductivity of a thermal interface by filling microscopic air-gaps present due to the imperfectly flat and smooth surfaces of the components.


lexentry: eng/thermal_radiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal radiation
trans_list: radiation thermique
sense:
(physics) The electromagnetic radiation emitted from a body as a consequence of its temperature; increasing the temperature of the body increases the amount of radiation produced, and shifts it to shorter wavelengths (higher frequencies) in a manner explained only by quantum mechanics.


lexentry: eng/thermistor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermistor
trans_list: thermistance
sense:
(electronics) A resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.


lexentry: eng/thermite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermite
trans_list: thermite
sense:
(chemistry) A mixture of a metal and a metal oxide capable of producing a thermite reaction, such as aluminium metal and ferric oxide; used in incendiary devices.


lexentry: eng/thermocouple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermocouple
trans_list: thermocouple
sense:
A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature)


lexentry: eng/thermodynamic_equilibrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermodynamic equilibrium
trans_list: équilibre thermodynamique
sense:
(physics) The state of a system in which its energy distribution is such that all parts of the system have the same temperature and no heat flows.


lexentry: eng/thermophile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermophile
trans_list: thermophile
sense:
(biology) An organism that lives and thrives at relatively high temperatures; a form of extremophile; many are members of the Archaea.


lexentry: eng/thermoplastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermoplastic
trans_list: thermoplastique
sense:
Softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.


lexentry: eng/thermoregulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermoregulation
trans_list: thermorégulation
sense:
(biology) The maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism independent of the temperature of the environment.


lexentry: eng/thermos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermos
trans_list: thermos
sense:
A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents


lexentry: eng/thermostat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermostat
trans_list: thermostat
sense:
A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.


lexentry: eng/thesaurus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thesaurus
sense:
A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

trans_list:
thésaurus | dictionnaire des synonymes | dictionnaire de notions | dictionnaire par ordre de matières


lexentry: eng/thesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thesis
trans_list: thèse
sense:
(by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.


lexentry: eng/thesis_defense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thesis defense
trans_list: soutenance
sense:
(academy) The final step in earning a doctorate: an oral examination in which the doctorand publicly defends his/her thesis to the examiners.


lexentry: eng/theurgy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theurgy
trans_list: théurgie
sense:
A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.


lexentry: eng/they__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: they
trans_list: iel | al | ille | ol | ul
sense:
(the third-person singular nominative, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary. [since 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/they__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: they
trans_list: on
sense:
(indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.


lexentry: eng/thiamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thiamine
trans_list: thiamine | vitamine B1
sense:
(vitamin) One of the constituents of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast and bran, that is necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates.


lexentry: eng/thiazine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thiazine
trans_list: thiazine
sense:
(organic compound) A six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, one nitrogen and one sulfur atom, and two double bonds.


lexentry: eng/thiazole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thiazole
trans_list: thiazole
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of unsaturated heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of three carbon atoms, a sulphur and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C3H3SN


lexentry: eng/thick_as_a_brick__Adjective__1
written_rep: thick as a brick
trans_list:
bête comme ses pieds | bête à manger du foin | con comme la lune | con comme un balai | con comme un manche | con comme une chaise


lexentry: eng/thief_in_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thief in law
trans_list: voleur dans la loi
sense:
A criminal who is respected, has authority and a high ranking status within the criminal underworld in the old Soviet Union, Russia and the republics that formed the former Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/thimble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thimble
trans_list: dé à coudre | dé
sense:
(sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.


lexentry: eng/thimblerig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thimblerig
trans_list: bonneteur
sense:
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.


lexentry: eng/thin_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thin out
trans_list: démarier | éclaircir
sense:
(transitive) To make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded.


lexentry: eng/thingy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thingy
trans_list: machin | bidule | chose | truc
sense:
(informal) A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).


lexentry: eng/think_tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: think tank
trans_list: groupe de réflexion | centre de réflexion | laboratoire d’idées
sense:
(idiomatic) A group of people who collectively perform research and develop reports and recommendations on topics relating to strategic planning or public policy, and which is usually funded by corporate, government, or special interests.


lexentry: eng/thinking_distance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thinking distance
trans_list: distance de réaction
sense:
The distance travelled by a vehicle between the time that the need to brake is perceived, and the time that the brakes are applied


lexentry: eng/thioether__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thioether
trans_list: thioéther
sense:
(chemistry) Any analogue of an ether, or general formula RSR', in which the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur; an organic sulfide.


lexentry: eng/third_dimension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third dimension
trans_list: profondeur | troisième dimension | épaisseur
sense:
the quality, of depth or thickness, that differentiates a solid object from a two-dimensional image of it


lexentry: eng/third_estate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third estate
trans_list: tiers état
sense:
(originally) The caste of commoners in France prior to 1789, as distinct from the nobility and clergy.


lexentry: eng/third_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third party
trans_list: tierce partie | tiers
sense:
(business, commerce) Someone not directly involved in a transaction; an entity beyond the seller (first party) and customer (second party).


lexentry: eng/third_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: third person
trans_list: troisième personne
sense:
(grammar) the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.


lexentry: eng/third_place__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third place
trans_list: tiers-lieu
sense:
(urban studies, sociology) A social space separate from the two usual social environments of home (“first place”) and the workplace (“second place”), such as a bar or public library.


lexentry: eng/third_reading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third reading
trans_list: troisième lecture
sense:
In the UK and various other countries, the final presentation of a bill (proposed legislation) to a parliament or legislature, or chamber thereof, which takes place after the bill has passed through all its necessary prior stages. Following a debate, members vote on whether to pass the bill, which in the UK may then be sent for consideration by the other chamber or for Royal Assent.


lexentry: eng/third_way__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third way
trans_list: voie moyenne
sense:
An approach or solution which strives for an alternative to or middle ground between two opposing viewpoints. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/thirst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirst
trans_list: soif
sense:
A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.


lexentry: eng/thirty-eighth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-eighth
trans_list: trente-huitième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 38 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-fifth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-fifth
trans_list: trente-cinquième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 35 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-first
trans_list: trente et unième | trente-et-unième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 31 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-fourth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-fourth
trans_list: trente-quatrième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 34 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-ninth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-ninth
trans_list: trente-neuvième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 39 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-second__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-second
trans_list: trente-deuxième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 32 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-seventh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-seventh
trans_list: trente-septième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 37 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-sixth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-sixth
trans_list: trente-sixième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 36 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-third__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-third
trans_list: trente-troisième
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 33 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty
trans_list: trente
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.


lexentry: eng/this__Determiner__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: this
trans_list: ce | cette
sense:
(informal) A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".


lexentry: eng/this_is_a_book__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: this is a book
trans_list: [[ce|c']]est un livre
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see this,‎ is,‎ a,‎ book: Indicates to the interlocutor that the indicated object is a book


lexentry: eng/this_one__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: this one
trans_list: celle-ci | celles-ci | celui-ci | ceux-ci
sense:
A specified object, thing or person (especially one nearby or known). (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/thixotropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: thixotropy
trans_list: thixotropie
sense:
(medicine) The property of certain gels whereby they become fluids when agitated and return to being solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand.


lexentry: eng/thong__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: thong
trans_list: tong | claquette | clic-clac | gougoune | tapette | lanière
sense:
(usually, in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.


lexentry: eng/thoracic_cavity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thoracic cavity
trans_list: cage thoracique
sense:
(anatomy) A chamber located within the upper human torso (and other animal bodies) which contains the heart and lungs.


lexentry: eng/thoracic_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thoracic duct
trans_list: canal thoracique | conduit thoracique
sense:
(anatomy) A major vessel of the lymphatic system that originates in the abdomen and drains into the blood circulation at the commencement of the left brachiocephalic vein.


lexentry: eng/thorax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thorax
trans_list: thorax
sense:
(anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.


lexentry: eng/thorax__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: thorax
trans_list: thorax
sense:
(entomology, and, arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.


lexentry: eng/thorium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thorium
trans_list: thorium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90. A weakly radioactive, malleable, moderately hard silvery metal that tarnishes black when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/thorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: thorn
trans_list: thorn
sense:
A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).


lexentry: eng/thorp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thorp
trans_list: hameau | village
sense:
(archaic, now, chiefly, _, in, _, placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.


lexentry: eng/thou__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thou
trans_list: tutoyer
sense:
(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity.


lexentry: eng/thought__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thought
trans_list: pensée | idée
sense:
(countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.


lexentry: eng/thought__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: thought
trans_list: pensée
sense:
(uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.


lexentry: eng/thought_bubble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thought bubble
trans_list: bulle
sense:
A rounded or cloud-shaped outline, usually containing words, representing thought in a cartoon, and typically emanating from the thinker by a path of small circles.


lexentry: eng/thought_echo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thought echo
trans_list: echo de la pensée
sense:
A form of auditory hallucination, associated with schizophrenia or psychosis, in which the patient hears their thoughts spoken aloud.


lexentry: eng/thought_leader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thought leader
trans_list: maître à penser
sense:
A person, organization, publication, etc. regarded as an authoritative source of new ideas or intellectual trends.


lexentry: eng/thoughtcrime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thoughtcrime
trans_list: crimepensée
sense:
A crime committed by having unorthodox, unofficial, controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts.


lexentry: eng/thraldom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thraldom
trans_list: esclavage
sense:
(literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.


lexentry: eng/thrash_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrash metal
trans_list: thrash metal
sense:
(music) A subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by fast tempos, technical precision, alternate picking, extended guitar solos, and aggressive vocals.


lexentry: eng/thread__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: thread
trans_list: processus léger | exétron
sense:
(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.


lexentry: eng/thread__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: thread
trans_list: fil | enfilade | fil de discussion
sense:
(Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.


lexentry: eng/threadbare__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: threadbare
trans_list: élimé
sense:
Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.


lexentry: eng/three-card_monte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three-card monte
trans_list: bonneteau
sense:
A confidence game in which the victim, or mark, is tricked into betting a sum of money that they can find the money card, for example the queen of hearts, among three face-down playing cards.


lexentry: eng/three-quarter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three-quarter
trans_list: trois-quarts
sense:
(rugby) A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)


lexentry: eng/three__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three
trans_list: trois
sense:
A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).


lexentry: eng/three_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three hundred
trans_list: trois cents | trois-cents
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after two hundred ninety-nine and before three hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 300.


lexentry: eng/three_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three o'clock
trans_list: trois heures
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the fourth hour of the day; 3:00 a.m. (03:00).


lexentry: eng/three_poisons__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three poisons
trans_list: trois poisons
sense:
(Buddhism) The three root kleshas of Moha (delusion and confusion), Raga (greed and sensual attachment) and Dvesha (aversion and hate), which are considered to be innate in a being.


lexentry: eng/three_score_and_ten__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three score and ten
trans_list: trois vingt dix
sense:
(somewhat, dated, idiomatic) Seventy, being the number of years in a full lifetime of traditionally-expected duration.


lexentry: eng/threefold_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: threefold law
trans_list: la loi des trois
sense:
(Wicca) A key tenet of Wicca, stating that the energy a person puts out into the world, whether positive or negative, will return to them multiplied three times.


lexentry: eng/thresh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thresh
trans_list: battre | fouler
sense:
(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.


lexentry: eng/thresher__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: thresher
trans_list: batteuse
sense:
(agriculture) A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.


lexentry: eng/threshing_floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: threshing floor
trans_list: aire | aire de battage
sense:
(agriculture, chiefly, historical) The floor of a threshing house or similar area where grain is threshed.


lexentry: eng/threshold__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: threshold
trans_list: seuil de tolérance
sense:
The point where one is mentally or physically vulnerable in response to a provocation or to other nuisances.


lexentry: eng/thrill__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrill
trans_list: exciter | émoustiller
sense:
(ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.


lexentry: eng/thrips__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrips
trans_list: thrip | thrips
sense:
Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.


lexentry: eng/throat__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: throat
trans_list: gorge
sense:
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.


lexentry: eng/throat_microphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throat microphone
trans_list: laryngophone
sense:
A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat, a laryngophone.


lexentry: eng/throe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throe
trans_list: agonie
sense:
A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.


lexentry: eng/thrombocytosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrombocytosis
trans_list: thrombocytémie
sense:
(medicine) The condition of having an abnormally high number of thrombocytes (platelets) in the bloodstream; can give a predisposition to thrombosis


lexentry: eng/thrombosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrombosis
trans_list: thrombose
sense:
(pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.


lexentry: eng/thrombus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrombus
trans_list: thrombus
sense:
(hematology, pathology) A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.


lexentry: eng/throttle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throttle
trans_list: accélérateur
sense:
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.


lexentry: eng/throttle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: throttle
trans_list: limiter
sense:
(transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).


lexentry: eng/throttle__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: throttle
trans_list: limiter | étrangler
sense:
(intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.


lexentry: eng/throughline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throughline
trans_list: fil conducteur
sense:
(narratology) In full through line of action: a theme that runs through the plot of a book, film, or other narrative work, or a series of such related works. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/throw-in__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: throw-in
trans_list: remise en jeu
sense:
(Australian rules football) A throw of the ball back into play by the boundary umpire. The umpire faces away from the players and throws it in over his or her shoulder (so as to clearly not favour either side by where exactly it's thrown).


lexentry: eng/throw__Verb__1
sense_num: 21
written_rep: throw
trans_list: jeter | lancer
sense:
To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.


lexentry: eng/throw_the_baby_out_with_the_bathwater__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throw the baby out with the bathwater
trans_list: jeter le bébé avec l'eau du bain | jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain
sense:
(idiomatic) To discard, inadvertently or through overzealousness, something valuable or essential ("the baby") in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted or undesirable ("the bathwater").


lexentry: eng/throw_under_the_bus__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throw under the bus
trans_list: balle
sense:
(transitive, of a person or group) To betray or blame (something or someone); to deliberately put (something or someone) in an unfavorable situation and then leave to their fate; to make (something or someone) into a scapegoat or otherwise abandon for personal gain.


lexentry: eng/thrush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrush
trans_list: grive
sense:
Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.


lexentry: eng/thulium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thulium
trans_list: thulium
sense:
A metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with atomic number 69: a fairly soft, easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray lustre.


lexentry: eng/thumb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thumb
trans_list: pouce
sense:
The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.


lexentry: eng/thumb_one's_nose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thumb one's nose
trans_list: faire un pied de nez
sense:
To place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, typically with the fingers spread and while simultaneously wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.


lexentry: eng/thumb_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thumb war
trans_list: bataille de pouces
sense:
(hand game) A children's game in which the two opponents interlock each other's right- or left-handed fingers, each attempting to hold down the other's thumb.


lexentry: eng/thumbstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thumbstick
trans_list: stick analogique
sense:
(video games) A small joystick, generally part of a larger game controller, that can be operated with the thumb.


lexentry: eng/thumbtack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thumbtack
trans_list: punaise
sense:
(North America) A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with light pressure from the thumb; used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.


lexentry: eng/thunder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunder
trans_list: tonnerre | foudre
sense:
The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.


lexentry: eng/thunderbird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunderbird
trans_list: oiseau-tonnerre
sense:
(mythology) A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.


lexentry: eng/thunderclap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunderclap
trans_list: coup de tonnerre
sense:
A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble.


lexentry: eng/thundercloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thundercloud
trans_list: nuage orageux
sense:
(meteorology) A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning.


lexentry: eng/thunderous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunderous
trans_list: tonitruant
sense:
Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.


lexentry: eng/thunderstorm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunderstorm
trans_list: orage
sense:
A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.


lexentry: eng/thwack__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thwack
trans_list: tabasser
sense:
To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack.


lexentry: eng/thylakoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thylakoid
trans_list: thylakoïde
sense:
(biology) a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis


lexentry: eng/thyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thyme
trans_list: thym
sense:
Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.


lexentry: eng/thymine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thymine
trans_list: thymine
sense:
(organic compound, genetics) A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.


lexentry: eng/thymol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thymol
trans_list: thymol
sense:
(chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C10H13OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming


lexentry: eng/thymus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thymus
trans_list: thymus
sense:
(anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of thymus gland (“A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrinks in size. It plays an important role in the development of the immune system and produces lymphocytes.”).


lexentry: eng/thyroid_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thyroid gland
trans_list: glande thyroïde
sense:
(anatomy) A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.


lexentry: eng/thyroxine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thyroxine
trans_list: thyroxine
sense:
(hormone) A hormone (an iodine derivative of tyrosine), produced by the thyroid gland, that regulates cell metabolism and growth.


lexentry: eng/thyrse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thyrse
trans_list: thyrse
sense:
(botany) A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.


lexentry: eng/thysanuran__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thysanuran
trans_list: thysanoure
sense:
Any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order Thysanura (now Zygentoma), which have three long caudal filaments.


lexentry: eng/tic-tac-toe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tic-tac-toe
trans_list: morpion | oxo | tic-tac-toe
sense:
(games) A game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.


lexentry: eng/tick-borne_encephalitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tick-borne encephalitis
trans_list: méningoencéphalite à tique
sense:
(pathology) A viral infectious disease of the central nervous system borne by ticks, which most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis.


lexentry: eng/tick__Noun__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: tick
trans_list: coche | marque
sense:
(Australian, NZ, British, Irish) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.


lexentry: eng/tick_all_the_boxes__Verb__1
written_rep: tick all the boxes
trans_list:
cocher toutes les cases | remplir toutes les cases | remplir toutes les conditions | satisfaire à tous les critères


lexentry: eng/tick_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tick off
trans_list: cocher | marquer
sense:
(sometimes, metaphorical) To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has veen verified or completed.


lexentry: eng/ticker__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: ticker
trans_list: cocheur
sense:
(birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.


lexentry: eng/ticket__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ticket
trans_list: ticket
sense:
(usually, technical support) A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.


lexentry: eng/ticket_inspector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ticket inspector
trans_list: contrôleur | contrôleuse
sense:
A person who checks that passengers on a train etc have a valid ticket, and marks it so that it cannot be used again.


lexentry: eng/ticket_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ticket machine
trans_list: billetterie automatique
sense:
(travel) A machine that prints tickets automatically after the customer determines the destination and pays for it.


lexentry: eng/ticket_stamping_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ticket stamping machine
trans_list: composteur | valideur
sense:
(travel) An automatic machine that makes the ticket valid by stamping it with the location information and the timestamp.


lexentry: eng/tickle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tickle
trans_list: chatouiller | faire guili-guili
sense:
(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.


lexentry: eng/tidal_flat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tidal flat
trans_list: vasière
sense:
The bed of a tidal river, estuary, or shallow sea such as the Wadden Sea which is uncovered at low tide.


lexentry: eng/tidal_locking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tidal locking
trans_list: verrouillage gravitationnel
sense:
(astronomy) The locking of the rotation of a satellite (moon or planet) to its orbit, such that one side always faces the body around which it is orbiting.


lexentry: eng/tidal_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tidal wave
trans_list: raz-de-marée | tsunami
sense:
(proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)


lexentry: eng/tiddlywinks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiddlywinks
trans_list: jeu de puces
sense:
(also, attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.


lexentry: eng/tide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tide
trans_list: marée
sense:
The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.


lexentry: eng/tide_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tide over
trans_list: avancer | dépanner
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To support or sustain (someone), especially financially, for a limited period.


lexentry: eng/tie-in__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tie-in
trans_list: réaffectation
sense:
An authorized product based on a media property, such as a film or video game, by way of cross-promotion.


lexentry: eng/tie__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tie
trans_list: égalité | match nul | remise
sense:
A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.


lexentry: eng/tie__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: tie
trans_list: liaison de prolongation | liaison de tenue
sense:
(music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.


lexentry: eng/tie_oneself_in_knots__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
sense: (idiomatic) To become anxious or upset; to fret.
written_rep: tie oneself in knots
trans_list:
se faire de la bile | se faire des cheveux blancs | se faire du mauvais sang | se faire un sang d'encre | se prendre la tête | se ronger les sangs


lexentry: eng/tiebeam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiebeam
trans_list: entrait
sense:
(architecture) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall.


lexentry: eng/tier_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tier list
trans_list: tier list
sense:
(video gaming) A list of playable characters in a video game subjectively ranked by their respective viability.


lexentry: eng/tierce__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tierce
trans_list: troisième
sense:
(now, historical) A cask of a certain size, or its volume used as a measure of capacity. Larger than a barrel but smaller than a hogshead.


lexentry: eng/tierce__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tierce
trans_list: troisième
sense:
(card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.


lexentry: eng/tiger_mosquito__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiger mosquito
trans_list: moustique tigre
sense:
Any mosquito of the species Aedes albopictus (especially) or Aedes polynesiensis, native to tropical Southeast Asia, but now distributed globally. It is a potential vector for many viral pathogens.


lexentry: eng/tiger_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiger shark
trans_list: requin-tigre
sense:
A large shark, of species Galeocerdo cuvier, of wide warm-water distribution, that hunts alone and has dark stripes across its back.


lexentry: eng/tighten_one's_belt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tighten one's belt
trans_list: se serrer la ceinture
sense:
(figuratively) To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.


lexentry: eng/tighten_the_purse_strings__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tighten the purse strings
trans_list: se serrer la ceinture
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial) To decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending.


lexentry: eng/tights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tights
trans_list: collant
sense:
A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.


lexentry: eng/tiki-taka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiki-taka
trans_list: tiki-taka
sense:
(football) A style of play characterised by short passing and movement, working the ball through various channels, and maintaining possession.


lexentry: eng/tilapia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tilapia
trans_list: tilapia
sense:
Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide.


lexentry: eng/tilde__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tilde
trans_list: tilde
sense:
The character encoded as decimal 126 in the 1967 ASCII character set, and later in the 1992 Unicode character set.


lexentry: eng/tile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tile
trans_list: tuile | carreau (de carrelage) | carreau
sense:
A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.


lexentry: eng/till__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: till
trans_list: caisse
sense:
The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.


lexentry: eng/till_death_do_us_part__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: till death do us part
trans_list: jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare
sense:
(idiomatic) Until death separates us; a common phrase stated between the bride and the groom at a Christian wedding, indicating a commitment to their union.


lexentry: eng/tiller__Noun__3
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tiller
trans_list: barre
sense:
(nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.


lexentry: eng/timar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timar
trans_list: timar
sense:
(historical) A fiefdom in the Ottoman Empire granted by the Sultan to a spahi in exchange for his cavalryman service and cultivated by villeins who leased it from him.


lexentry: eng/timber__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: timber
trans_list: bois de charpente | bois de construction | bois de menuiserie
sense:
(outside, North America, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.


lexentry: eng/timber__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: timber
trans_list: madrier | membrure | poutre
sense:
(countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.


lexentry: eng/timber_rafting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timber rafting
trans_list: flottage
sense:
A log transportation method in which logs are tied together into rafts and drifted or pulled across a water body or down a flatter river.


lexentry: eng/time-lapse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time-lapse
trans_list: accéléré
sense:
(photography) Of or relating to a technique in which exposures are taken at fewer intervals than usual so that, on playback, a naturally slow process may be viewed at an accelerated pace.


lexentry: eng/time-out__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: time-out
trans_list: time out
sense:
(communication) The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.


lexentry: eng/time-share__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time-share
trans_list: multipropriété
sense:
(business, real estate) A property jointly owned or leased by multiple people who are allowed to use (or sublet) it only during specified periods each year.


lexentry: eng/time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time
trans_list: temps
sense:
(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.


lexentry: eng/time__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: time
trans_list: temps | heure | fois | époque | ère | heure du jour
sense:
(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.


lexentry: eng/time__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: time
trans_list: heure | moment | temps
sense:
(countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).


lexentry: eng/time__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: time
trans_list: heure | heure du jour | temps
sense:
(uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.


lexentry: eng/time_capsule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time capsule
trans_list: capsule temporelle
sense:
A sealed container, buried at a specific location, that contains records of contemporary life, to be rediscovered in the distant future.


lexentry: eng/time_clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time clock
trans_list: pointeuse
sense:
A device that records, on (digital or paper) timecards, the times when employees begin and finish work.


lexentry: eng/time_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time control
trans_list: délai
sense:
(especially, chess) A mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.


lexentry: eng/time_dilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time dilation
trans_list: dilatation du temps
sense:
(relativity) The slowing of the passage of time experienced by objects in motion relative to an observer (measurable only at relativistic speeds), or due to being in a gravitational well.


lexentry: eng/time_is_money__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time is money
trans_list: le temps vaut argent | le temps, c'est de l'argent
sense:
Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted.


lexentry: eng/time_of_arrival__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time of arrival
trans_list: heure [[d']]arrivée | temp [[d']]arrivée
sense:
The time when someone or something, especially a train, bus, or other public conveyance, is expected to arrive; the time when it does in fact arrive.


lexentry: eng/time_of_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: time of day
trans_list: heure du jour
sense:
A loosely specified period of time, minutes or hours in duration, especially daytime, or point in time.


lexentry: eng/time_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time period
trans_list: période
sense:
The length of time during which an activity occurs or a condition remains, which may be measured either in seconds or in millions of years, depending upon the nature of the activity or condition being considered.


lexentry: eng/time_scale__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: time scale
trans_list: période
sense:
(computer science) The ratio of the duration of time of an event as simulated by an analog computer to the actual duration of time of the event in the physical system under study.


lexentry: eng/time_series__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time series
trans_list: série temporelle
sense:
(statistics) A set of data points, each of which represents the value of the same variable at different times, normally at uniform intervals.


lexentry: eng/time_signature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time signature
trans_list: chiffrage de mesure
sense:
(music) A symbol or numerical sign placed on a stave to indicate the meter; in the case of a numerical time signature, the numerator is the number of beats per bar, the denominator represents the value of each beat.


lexentry: eng/time_travel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time travel
trans_list: voyage dans le temps
sense:
(chiefly, science fiction) Travel to the past or to the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole.


lexentry: eng/time_trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time trial
trans_list: contre-la-montre
sense:
(cycling, motor racing) An unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.


lexentry: eng/time_trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: time trial
trans_list: course contra la horloge | course contra la montre
sense:
(by extension) Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other.


lexentry: eng/timekeeping__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timekeeping
trans_list: exactitude | ponctualité
sense:
The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.


lexentry: eng/timer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timer
trans_list: minuterie
sense:
Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.


lexentry: eng/timeserver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timeserver
trans_list: opportuniste
sense:
A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/timesheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timesheet
trans_list: feuille de temps
sense:
(business, human resources) A document that allows for the recording of hours worked on various tasks that is used as input for payroll, project accounting or client billing processes.


lexentry: eng/timestamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timestamp
trans_list: horodatage
sense:
(especially, computing) A variable containing the date and time at which an event occurred, often included in a log to track the sequence of events.


lexentry: eng/timetable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timetable
trans_list: emploi du temps | horaire
sense:
A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.


lexentry: eng/timocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timocracy
trans_list: timocratie
sense:
(Platonism) A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.


lexentry: eng/timocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: timocracy
trans_list: timocratie
sense:
(Aristotelianism) A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.


lexentry: eng/tin-plate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tin-plate
trans_list: étamer
sense:
(transitive) To coat (something, especially steel sheet) with tin, either by dipping or electroplating.


lexentry: eng/tin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tin
trans_list: étain
sense:
(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.


lexentry: eng/tin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tin
trans_list: boîte de conserve | conserve
sense:
(NZ, AU, South African, Irish, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.


lexentry: eng/tin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tin
trans_list: conserver | mettre en conserve
sense:
(transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.


lexentry: eng/tin__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tin
trans_list: étamer
sense:
To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire


lexentry: eng/tin_can__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tin can
trans_list: boîte de conserve
sense:
A container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.


lexentry: eng/tinamou__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinamou
trans_list: tinamou
sense:
Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.


lexentry: eng/tincture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tincture
trans_list: teinture
sense:
(pharmacy) A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.


lexentry: eng/tinfoil_hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinfoil hat
trans_list: chapeau en aluminium
sense:
A piece of headgear made from one or more sheets of tin foil, aluminium foil, or other similar material; especially when worn in the belief that it shields the brain from electromagnetic fields or against mind control or mind reading.


lexentry: eng/tinge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinge
trans_list: teindre
sense:
(transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.


lexentry: eng/tinker__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tinker
trans_list: bricoler | bidouiller | magouiller | manipuler | traficoter
sense:
(ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.


lexentry: eng/tinnitus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinnitus
trans_list: acouphène
sense:
(otolaryngology, pathology) The experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.


lexentry: eng/tinsel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tinsel
trans_list: oripeau
sense:
(figuratively) Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable.


lexentry: eng/tinsel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tinsel
trans_list: clinquant | guirlande
sense:
A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.


lexentry: eng/tint__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tint
trans_list: teinte
sense:
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)


lexentry: eng/tip__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tip
trans_list: décharge | déchèterie
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/tip__Noun__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tip
trans_list: pourboire | pourliche | bonne-main | dringuelle | lagniappe
sense:
A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. [from mid-18th c.]


lexentry: eng/tip__Noun__5
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tip
trans_list: tuyau
sense:
A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/tip_of_the_iceberg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tip of the iceberg
trans_list: sommet de l'iceberg | partie visible de l'iceberg | partie émergée de l'iceberg
sense:
(idiomatic) A small indication of a larger possibility; the first part encountered of a problem that is much bigger than it seems.


lexentry: eng/tipcat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tipcat
trans_list: bâtonnet
sense:
(uncountable) An old game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible.


lexentry: eng/tipping_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tipping point
trans_list: point critique | point de bascule
sense:
(mathematics, catastrophe theory, figuratively, by extension) The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences.


lexentry: eng/tipple__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tipple
trans_list: benne basculante
sense:
(countable, rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.


lexentry: eng/tipsy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tipsy
trans_list: éméché | pompette | gris | égayé
sense:
(informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.


lexentry: eng/tiptoe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiptoe
trans_list: marcher sur la pointe des pieds
sense:
(intransitive) To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. [from late 14th C.]


lexentry: eng/tiramisu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiramisu
trans_list: tiramisu
sense:
An Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee.


lexentry: eng/tire_iron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tire iron
trans_list: démonte-pneu
sense:
A tool used for installing or removing an automotive wheel, in the form of bar made of strong metal, with a chisel end for prying off the hubcap and a socket wrench end for loosening or tightening lug nuts.


lexentry: eng/tissue__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tissue
trans_list: kleenex | mouchoir en papier
sense:
A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.


lexentry: eng/tissue__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tissue
trans_list: tissu
sense:
(biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.


lexentry: eng/tit_fuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tit fuck
trans_list: branlette espagnole | cravate de notaire
sense:
(sex position, vulgar) A sex position or sex act where the penis is stimulated in between the partner's breasts.


lexentry: eng/titanium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titanium
trans_list: titane
sense:
A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.


lexentry: eng/titanium_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titanium dioxide
trans_list: dioxyde de titane
sense:
(chemistry) a brilliant white powder, TiO2, used as a pigment, and in sunblock, toothpaste, and cosmetics.


lexentry: eng/tithe__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tithe
trans_list: dîme | dime
sense:
(historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.


lexentry: eng/titivate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titivate
trans_list: pomponner
sense:
To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.


lexentry: eng/title__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: title
trans_list: titre
sense:
An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification; a style. (For examples, see :Category:en:Titles.)


lexentry: eng/title_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: title bar
trans_list: barre de titre
sense:
(GUI) The bar at the top of a window or a dialogue box displaying the name of the application or open document.


lexentry: eng/titmouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titmouse
trans_list: mésange
sense:
Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.


lexentry: eng/titrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titrate
trans_list: titrer
sense:
(analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.


lexentry: eng/titration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titration
trans_list: titrage
sense:
(analytical chemistry) The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator.


lexentry: eng/titter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titter
trans_list: ricaner
sense:
To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.


lexentry: eng/titushky__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titushky
trans_list: titouchka
sense:
(neologism) Hired thugs used for violence and intimidation against protestors by the Ukrainian government during the Euromaidan revolution; (by extension) pro-government vigilantes attacking picketers, protesters in the ex-USSR


lexentry: eng/to-do_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to-do list
trans_list: liste de choses à faire | liste de tâches
sense:
A list of errands and other tasks – often written on a piece of paper as a memory aid – that one needs or intends to accomplish.


lexentry: eng/to__Preposition__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: to
trans_list: à | de | au | contre | envers | à la
sense:
(arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.


lexentry: eng/to_all_intents_and_purposes__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to all intents and purposes
trans_list: en pratique
sense:
(idiomatic, British) For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.


lexentry: eng/to_and_fro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to and fro
trans_list: aller-retour | va-et-vient
sense:
(dated) The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing.


lexentry: eng/to_be_continued__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to be continued
trans_list: à suivre
sense:
(writing, television) Used at the end of an episode of a serial publication or program to indicate that the story continues in the next episode.


lexentry: eng/to_go__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to go
trans_list: à emporter
sense:
(idiomatic) Served in a package or takeout container so as to be taken away from a restaurant rather than eaten on the premises.


lexentry: eng/to_hell_in_a_handbasket__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic, informal) To go to a bad state of affairs quickly.
written_rep: to hell in a handbasket
trans_list:
partir en cacahuète | partir en couille | partir en sucette | partir en vrille | se casser la gueule | tomber à l'eau


lexentry: eng/to_say_nothing_of__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to say nothing of
trans_list: sans compter | sans parler de
sense:
(idiomatic) An apophasis used to mention another important, usually related, point: not taking into account, not to mention, without considering.


lexentry: eng/to_the_day__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to the day
trans_list: jour pour jour
sense:
Of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.


lexentry: eng/to_the_point__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to the point
trans_list: concis | direct
sense:
(idiomatic) Relevant or pertinent; succinct; specific. (The article "the" may be replaced by a possessive form denoting whose point is being acknowledged.)


lexentry: eng/to_whom_it_may_concern__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to whom it may concern
trans_list: à qui de droit
sense:
Used as a formal salutation in a letter when the writer does not know the recipient or the identity of the recipient.


lexentry: eng/toad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toad
trans_list: crapaud
sense:
An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.


lexentry: eng/toady__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toady
trans_list: flagorneur
sense:
A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.


lexentry: eng/toast__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: toast
trans_list: trinquer | porter un toast
sense:
(ambitransitive) To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.


lexentry: eng/tobacco__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tobacco
trans_list: tabac
sense:
(uncountable) Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.


lexentry: eng/tobacco_pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tobacco pipe
trans_list: pipe
sense:
A small, hand-held device in its simplest form consisting of a bowl and stem; used for inhaling the smoke of burning tobacco.


lexentry: eng/toboggan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toboggan
trans_list: toboggan | tabaganne
sense:
A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.


lexentry: eng/toccata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toccata
trans_list: toccata
sense:
(music) A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer.


lexentry: eng/tocsin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tocsin
trans_list: tocsin
sense:
An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France.


lexentry: eng/toddler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toddler
trans_list: bambin | bambine | bébé
sense:
A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.


lexentry: eng/toe__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: toe
trans_list: orteil | doigt de pied
sense:
(automotive) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.


lexentry: eng/toeboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toeboard
trans_list: butoir
sense:
(athletics) In throwing sports such as javelin and shot put, a board on the ground, over which the thrower must not step.


lexentry: eng/toehold__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toehold
trans_list: prise
sense:
(by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold.


lexentry: eng/toff__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toff
trans_list: gandin
sense:
(UK, Irish, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.


lexentry: eng/toffee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toffee
trans_list: caramel
sense:
(uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.


lexentry: eng/toggle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toggle
trans_list: cabillot
sense:
(nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.


lexentry: eng/toggle_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toggle joint
trans_list: genouillère
sense:
A mechanical linkage of the type of an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure when brought into this position.


lexentry: eng/toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toilet
trans_list: toilettes | cabinets | w.-c.
sense:
(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.


lexentry: eng/toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toilet
trans_list: toilettes | toilette | cabinet | cabinets | petit coin | w.-c.
sense:
(UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: toilet
trans_list: toilette
sense:
(now, historical, or, archaic) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/toilet_training__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toilet training
trans_list: entraînement à la propreté
sense:
The process of training a domesticated or pet animal to avoid urinating or defecating indoors and to use designated places instead.


lexentry: eng/tokamak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tokamak
trans_list: tokamak
sense:
(nuclear physics) A torus-shaped chamber used in nuclear fusion research in which a plasma is magnetically confined. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/token__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: token
trans_list: de service | symbolique
sense:
Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.


lexentry: eng/token__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: token
trans_list: jeton
sense:
A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.


lexentry: eng/token__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: token
trans_list: gage
sense:
Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.


lexentry: eng/tolar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tolar
trans_list: tolar
sense:
(historical) A state currency formerly used by the Republic of Slovenia between 1991 and 2006, divided into 100 stotins.


lexentry: eng/tolerance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tolerance
trans_list: tolérance
sense:
(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/tolerance__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tolerance
trans_list: tolérance
sense:
(countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/toll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toll
trans_list: péage
sense:
A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.


lexentry: eng/toluene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toluene
trans_list: toluène
sense:
(organic compound) A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.


lexentry: eng/tom-tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tom-tit
trans_list: miro mésange
sense:
Petroica macrocephala, the miromiro or New Zealand tit, a bird of the Petroicidae (Australasian robin) family.


lexentry: eng/tomatillo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tomatillo
trans_list: tomatille
sense:
A plant of the nightshade family originating in Mexico, Physalis philadelphica, cultivated for its tomato-like green to green-purple fruit surrounded by a thin papery skin.


lexentry: eng/tomato_juice__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tomato juice
trans_list: jus de tomate
sense:
Juice made from tomatoes. In modern use, this usually refers to the comminuted flesh and juice of cooked tomatoes, prepared commercially.


lexentry: eng/tomato_soup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tomato soup
trans_list: soupe de tomate
sense:
Any soup having tomato as its main ingredient; especially, a condensed soup mainly of tomatoes and wheat flour and sold as canned food.


lexentry: eng/tomayto,_tomahto__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tomayto, tomahto
trans_list: blanc bonnet, bonnet blanc | bonnet blanc, blanc bonnet
sense:
(idiomatic) Used to dismissively suggest that a particular distinction is a distinction without a difference; used to express the assertion that two similar things are effectively the same, despite any trivial difference.


lexentry: eng/tomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tomb
trans_list: tombeau | tombe
sense:
A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.


lexentry: eng/tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite
trans_list: tonalite-trondhjémite-granodiorite
sense:
A group of intrusive rocks with typical granitic composition, but containing only a small portion of potassium feldspar.


lexentry: eng/tone__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tone
trans_list: ton
sense:
(language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.


lexentry: eng/tone__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: tone
trans_list: ton
sense:
(language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.


lexentry: eng/tone_sandhi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tone sandhi
trans_list: sandhi tonal
sense:
(phonology) The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.


lexentry: eng/tong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tong
trans_list: pince
sense:
(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.


lexentry: eng/tongs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tongs
trans_list: pinces
sense:
An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.


lexentry: eng/tongue-tied__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tongue-tied
trans_list: sans voix
sense:
Prevented from or unable to express oneself clearly or fluently, or freely; at a loss for words, speechless.


lexentry: eng/tongue-twister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tongue-twister
trans_list: virelangue
sense:
A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.


lexentry: eng/tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tongue
trans_list: langue
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).


lexentry: eng/tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tongue
trans_list: timon
sense:
(obsolete) A voice, (the distinctive sound of a person's speech); accent (distinctive manner of pronouncing a language).


lexentry: eng/tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: tongue
trans_list: languette | langue
sense:
In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).


lexentry: eng/tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: tongue
trans_list: timon
sense:
The pole of a towed or drawn vehicle or farm implement (e.g., trailer, cart, plow, harrow), by which it is pulled; for example, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.


lexentry: eng/tongue_and_groove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tongue and groove
trans_list: mortaisé
sense:
A joint, in flooring or panelling, made by fitting a ridge (tongue) along the edge of one board into a corresponding slot (groove) on another.


lexentry: eng/tongue_depressor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tongue depressor
trans_list: abaisse-langue
sense:
A long narrow smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity.


lexentry: eng/tonguefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonguefish
trans_list: patin
sense:
Any of the flatfishes in the taxonomic family Cynoglossidae, distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth.


lexentry: eng/tonic_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonic water
trans_list: eau tonique | soda tonique
sense:
A carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, and now used as a soft drink or as a mixer in gin and tonic and other cocktails.


lexentry: eng/tonos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonos
trans_list: accent
sense:
(orthography, and, typography) The Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable.


lexentry: eng/tonsillectomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonsillectomy
trans_list: amygdalectomie | tonsillectomie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical removal of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. Frequently accompanied by an adenoidectomy.


lexentry: eng/tonsure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonsure
trans_list: tonsurer
sense:
(transitive, Christianity, Buddhism) To shave the crown of the head of (a person) as a sign of humility and religious vocation.


lexentry: eng/too__Adverb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: too
trans_list: trop
sense:
(degree) To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.


lexentry: eng/too__Adverb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: too
trans_list: si si
sense:
(emphatic, colloquial, childish) Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs


lexentry: eng/too_many_cooks_spoil_the_broth__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: too many cooks spoil the broth
sense:
If too many people participate in a task, especially in a leading role, the task will not be done very well.

trans_list:
trop de cuisiniers gâtent la sauce | autant de têtes, autant d'avis | deux patrons font chavirer la barque


lexentry: eng/tool__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tool
trans_list: outil
sense:
(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.


lexentry: eng/toolbar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toolbar
trans_list: barre d'outils
sense:
(graphical user interface) A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.


lexentry: eng/toolkit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toolkit
trans_list: nécessaire
sense:
A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.


lexentry: eng/tooltip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tooltip
trans_list: infobulle
sense:
(graphical user interface) An element of a graphical user interface in the form of a box of text that appears when a cursor is made to hover over an item; normally used to explain the function of the item.


lexentry: eng/tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tooth
trans_list: dent
sense:
A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.


lexentry: eng/tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tooth
trans_list: dent
sense:
(zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.


lexentry: eng/tooth_fairy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tooth fairy
trans_list: fée des dents | petite souris
sense:
A figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money (or sometimes a present) in exchange for a milk tooth when it falls out of a child's mouth.


lexentry: eng/toothcomb__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toothcomb
trans_list: peigne
sense:
(zoology) A comb-like dental structure found in the lower jaws of certain primates consisting of long, flat front teeth with microscopic grooves, which are used for grooming fur.


lexentry: eng/toothed_whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toothed whale
trans_list: cétacé à dents | odontocète
sense:
A whale of the Odontoceti parvorder of the cetaceans, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.


lexentry: eng/toothpick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toothpick
trans_list: cure-dent
sense:
A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.


lexentry: eng/top__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: top
trans_list: première demi-manche
sense:
(baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.


lexentry: eng/top_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: top note
trans_list: note de tête | tête
sense:
(perfumery) The most volatile parts of a perfume which are immediately perceived upon its application.


lexentry: eng/top_quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: top quark
trans_list: quark top
sense:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of +\frac{2}{3} and a mass of about 178,000 MeV.Symbol: t


lexentry: eng/top_secret__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: top secret
trans_list: top-secret | ultra-secret
sense:
(military, government) Information classified at one of the highest levels of sensitivity by a government, based on an assessment that it would cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if disclosed.


lexentry: eng/topboot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topboot
trans_list: botte à revers
sense:
A high boot, generally with a band of light-coloured leather around the upper part of the leg; a riding boot.


lexentry: eng/tophus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tophus
trans_list: tophus
sense:
(medicine) A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.


lexentry: eng/topless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: topless
trans_list: topless | seins nus
sense:
(chiefly, of a female) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.


lexentry: eng/topochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topochemistry
trans_list: topochimie
sense:
(chemistry) The chemistry of reactions that are dependent on, or change, the topology of the reactants


lexentry: eng/topological_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topological group
trans_list: groupe topologique
sense:
(topology) A group which is also a topological space and whose group operations are continuous functions.


lexentry: eng/topological_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topological space
trans_list: espace topologique
sense:
(topology, formally) An ordered pair (X, τ), where X is a set and τ, called the topology, is a collection of subsets of X which satisfies certain axioms and whose elements are called the open sets (or alternatively, for a different set of axioms, the closed sets);(loosely) the set X.


lexentry: eng/topology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topology
trans_list: topologie
sense:
(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing).


lexentry: eng/toponium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toponium
trans_list: toponium
sense:
(particle) Any hypothetical meson formed from a top quark and its antiquark; would be very unstable because of the large mass of the top quark


lexentry: eng/topple_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topple over
trans_list: effondrer | écrouler
sense:
(idiomatic) To fall over (to fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position).


lexentry: eng/topsail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topsail
trans_list: hunier
sense:
(nautical) A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.


lexentry: eng/topsoil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topsoil
trans_list: sol superficiel
sense:
(agriculture, horticulture) The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.


lexentry: eng/topspin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topspin
trans_list: effet accéléré
sense:
A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion.


lexentry: eng/torch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torch
trans_list: torche | flambeau
sense:
(by extension) A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.


lexentry: eng/torch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torch
trans_list: torche | flambeau
sense:
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.


lexentry: eng/torch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torch
trans_list: incendier
sense:
(figurative) To make damaging claims about (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to disparage, to insult.


lexentry: eng/torii__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torii
trans_list: torii
sense:
(Shinto) A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.


lexentry: eng/tornado__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tornado
trans_list: tornade
sense:
(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.


lexentry: eng/torpedo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: torpedo
trans_list: torpille
sense:
(military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon. [from 1805]


lexentry: eng/torpedo_boat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torpedo boat
trans_list: torpilleur
sense:
A high-speed marine vessel (small warship or large boat) designed to fire torpedoes, especially in coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/torpedo_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torpedo tube
trans_list: lance-torpilles
sense:
(nautical) A metal tube mounted in a submarine or surface warship into which a torpedo may be loaded and launched through the hull or from the deck; a torpedo launcher.


lexentry: eng/torque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torque
trans_list: couple
sense:
(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)


lexentry: eng/torque__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torque
trans_list: torque
sense:
(historical) A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.


lexentry: eng/torque_converter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torque converter
trans_list: convertisseur de couple
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A device that converts the rotational output of a prime mover into work by driving a rotational load. A torque converter functions as a clutch and reduction gear to allow loose coupling between the driver and the driven, letting the drive (such as a motor or engine) rotate at different speeds from the load (such as a wheel).


lexentry: eng/torque_wrench__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torque wrench
trans_list: clé dynamométrique | clef dynamométrique
sense:
A workshop tool used to precisely apply a specific torque to a fastener such as a nut or bolt; basically a wrench equipped with a torque indicator.


lexentry: eng/torr__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torr
trans_list: roc résiduel
sense:
(metrology) A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals.


lexentry: eng/torrent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torrent
trans_list: torrent
sense:
A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.


lexentry: eng/torsion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torsion
trans_list: torsion
sense:
The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.


lexentry: eng/torsion__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: torsion
trans_list: élasticité
sense:
(mechanics) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.


lexentry: eng/torso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torso
trans_list: tronc | torse | buste
sense:
The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.


lexentry: eng/tort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tort
trans_list: délit civil
sense:
(law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/torte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torte
trans_list: gâteau
sense:
A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).


lexentry: eng/tortellini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tortellini
trans_list: tortellini
sense:
(cooking, food) A kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup.


lexentry: eng/tortoise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tortoise
trans_list: tortue
sense:
Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.


lexentry: eng/tortoiseshell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tortoiseshell
trans_list: écaille
sense:
The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.


lexentry: eng/torture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torture
trans_list: torture
sense:
The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.


lexentry: eng/torture__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: torture
trans_list: torture
sense:
(in figurative or extended use) An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.


lexentry: eng/torture__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torture
trans_list: torturer
sense:
(transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.


lexentry: eng/torus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torus
trans_list: tore
sense:
(geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).


lexentry: eng/torus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: torus
trans_list: tore
sense:
(architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.


lexentry: eng/toss__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toss
trans_list: au pile ou face | pile ou face | tirage au sort
sense:
(cricket, football) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.


lexentry: eng/toss_juggling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toss juggling
trans_list: jonglerie de lancer
sense:
(juggling) A form of juggling that involves throwing props in the air and catching them, in contrast to contact juggling.


lexentry: eng/total_depravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: total depravity
trans_list: corruption totale | dépravation totale
sense:
(Christianity, theology) A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, that all human action is tainted by original sin.


lexentry: eng/total_football__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: total football
trans_list: football total
sense:
(soccer) A tactic in which the outfield players assume different roles during a game, while keeping an organised structure.


lexentry: eng/totalitarian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: totalitarian
trans_list: totalitaire
sense:
Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially, and politically.


lexentry: eng/totalitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: totalitarianism
trans_list: totalitarisme
sense:
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.


lexentry: eng/totally_ordered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: totally ordered
trans_list: colinéaire
sense:
(set theory, order theory) That is equipped with a total order, that is a subset of (the ground set of) a partially ordered set whose partial order is a total order with respect to said subset.


lexentry: eng/totem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: totem
trans_list: totem
sense:
Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.


lexentry: eng/totem_pole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: totem pole
trans_list: mât totémique
sense:
(sculpture) A Native American sculpture found in the Pacific Northwest, made by carving trees, and usually displaying symbolic figures that represent clan lineage, cultural beliefs, or historical events.


lexentry: eng/toucan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toucan
trans_list: toucan
sense:
Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.


lexentry: eng/touch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: touch
trans_list: toucher
sense:
(music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.


lexentry: eng/touch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touch
trans_list: toucher
sense:
(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/touch_base__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: touch base
trans_list: courcircuiter
sense:
(by extension, idiomatic, colloquial, North America, usually, with "with") To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate.


lexentry: eng/touch_grass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touch grass
trans_list: toucher de l'herbe
sense:
(Internet slang, derogatory, often, dismissal) To spend time outside, off of the Internet. Used in the imperative to suggest that someone is out of touch with reality, and should gain some real-world perspective.


lexentry: eng/touch_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touch off
trans_list: déclencher
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To start (something); to set off traps; especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.


lexentry: eng/touch_screen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touch screen
trans_list: écran tactile
sense:
(computer hardware) An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.


lexentry: eng/touchdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touchdown
trans_list: touchdown | touché
sense:
(American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.


lexentry: eng/touching__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touching
trans_list: touchant
sense:
Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.


lexentry: eng/touchpad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touchpad
trans_list: pavé tactile | touchpad
sense:
(computing) A flat surface which is sensitive to touch, used mostly in laptop computers to control an on-screen cursor.


lexentry: eng/touchstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touchstone
trans_list: touchau
sense:
A stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace.


lexentry: eng/touchy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touchy
trans_list: irascible
sense:
(of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.


lexentry: eng/touché__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: touché
trans_list: touché
sense:
An acknowledgement of the validity, appropriateness, or superiority of an opponent's argument or statement in a discussion.


lexentry: eng/tourist_attraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tourist attraction
trans_list: attraction touristique
sense:
A place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its cultural value, beauty, or historical significance, offering leisure and amusement.


lexentry: eng/tourist_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tourist trap
trans_list: attrape-touriste | piège à touristes
sense:
(derogatory) An establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value.


lexentry: eng/touristify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touristify
trans_list: touristifier
sense:
To make suitable for tourists, especially by adding superficial frills at the expense of authenticity.


lexentry: eng/tourmaline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tourmaline
trans_list: tourmaline
sense:
(mineral) A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.


lexentry: eng/tournament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tournament
trans_list: tournoi
sense:
(historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.


lexentry: eng/tournament__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tournament
trans_list: tournoi
sense:
A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.


lexentry: eng/tourniquet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tourniquet
trans_list: garrot | tourniquet
sense:
(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.


lexentry: eng/tow_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tow bar
trans_list: crochet d'attelage | attache-remorque | boule d'attelage
sense:
A bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed.


lexentry: eng/tow_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tow truck
trans_list: dépanneuse | camion de remorquage | remorqueuse
sense:
A motor vehicle typically equipped with winches, chains, and related equipment, and used to tow disabled vehicles.


lexentry: eng/towel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: towel
trans_list: serviette | serviette de toilette
sense:
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.


lexentry: eng/towelette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: towelette
trans_list: lingette
sense:
A small towel, hand or face wipe, either dry or more commonly impregnated with water or a cleansing fluid.


lexentry: eng/tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: tower
trans_list: tour
sense:
(cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.


lexentry: eng/tower_of_silence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tower of silence
trans_list: tour du silence
sense:
(Zoroastrianism) A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary.


lexentry: eng/town_centre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town centre
trans_list: centre-ville
sense:
(British spelling) The main commercial or business area of a town, containing the principal shops, banks, restaurants and public traffic hub.


lexentry: eng/town_council__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town council
trans_list: conseil municipal
sense:
The governing body of people elected to oversee management of a town and represent the interests of residents.


lexentry: eng/town_crier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town crier
trans_list: crieur public
sense:
(British, historical) A person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets


lexentry: eng/town_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town gas
trans_list: gaz de ville
sense:
Any of several flammable gases sold and distributed by a municipal gasworks for lighting and heating in a town, including coal gas and water gas.


lexentry: eng/town_twinning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town twinning
trans_list: jumelage
sense:
The pairing of towns or cities from geographically distinct areas, in order to foster human contact and cultural links.


lexentry: eng/town_walls__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town walls
trans_list: muraille
sense:
(UK, plurale tantum) A large historic line of walls encircling a town that normally dates back at least to the Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/towpath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: towpath
trans_list: chemin de halage | halage
sense:
A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.


lexentry: eng/toxic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxic
trans_list: toxique
sense:
(toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.


lexentry: eng/toxic_masculinity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxic masculinity
trans_list: masculinité toxique
sense:
(social sciences, media criticism) The aspects of traditional masculinity perceived to reinforce aggression, emotionlessness and other negative qualities.


lexentry: eng/toxicology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxicology
trans_list: toxicologie
sense:
(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.


lexentry: eng/toxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxin
trans_list: toxine
sense:
(strictly) A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.


lexentry: eng/toxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toxin
trans_list: toxine
sense:
(loosely, usually, _, proscribed) Synonym of toxicant: a toxic substance in a body requiring removal.


lexentry: eng/toxoplasmosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxoplasmosis
trans_list: toxoplasmose
sense:
A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, that primarily affects felids, but also other mammals including humans.


lexentry: eng/trace__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: trace
trans_list: trait
sense:
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.


lexentry: eng/trace__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trace
trans_list: calquer
sense:
(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.


lexentry: eng/trace_element__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trace element
trans_list: oligo-élément
sense:
(biochemistry, nutrition) A chemical element in an organism’s diet that is required in very small amounts in order to maintain proper biochemical function.


lexentry: eng/traceability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traceability
trans_list: traçabilité
sense:
The ability to trace (identify and measure) all the stages that led to a particular point in a process that consists of a chain of interrelated events


lexentry: eng/tracer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tracer
trans_list: marqueur
sense:
(chemistry) A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.


lexentry: eng/tracery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tracery
trans_list: tracerie
sense:
(architectural element) Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.


lexentry: eng/tracheotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tracheotomy
trans_list: trachéotomie
sense:
(surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.


lexentry: eng/track__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: track
trans_list: piste
sense:
(computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.


lexentry: eng/track_and_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: track and field
trans_list: athlétisme
sense:
(chiefly, US) A group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and an enclosed field.


lexentry: eng/track_bike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: track bike
trans_list: vélo de piste
sense:
A stripped-down, lightweight bicycle, with a fixed gear mechanism and no brakes, designed for racing on a velodrome.


lexentry: eng/track_record__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: track record
trans_list: antécédents | bilan | palmarès | réputation | résultats
sense:
(idiomatic) The past performance of a person, organization, or product, viewed in its entirety and usually for the purpose of making a judgment.


lexentry: eng/trackage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trackage
trans_list: réseau de voies
sense:
The right of a railway company to use the tracks belonging to another; the charge levied for this right


lexentry: eng/tracking_shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tracking shot
trans_list: plan-séquence
sense:
(cinematography, film) A continuously recorded segment containing no edits, in which the camera is moved (often mounted on a dolly rolling on tracks) so as to sweep through an extensive area or to follow the physical movement of characters or events.


lexentry: eng/tracksuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tracksuit
trans_list: survêtement | survêt
sense:
(clothing) A garment, usually consisting of a top and trousers (commonly known as tracksuit bottoms) worn as an outer layer by participants in sporting events such as athletics. The tracksuit is usually designed to be easily removed or replaced, before or after competing. Tracksuits have also been adopted in some cultures as leisurewear.


lexentry: eng/tractor_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tractor unit
trans_list: semi-remorque
sense:
a large road vehicle, usually consisting of a two or three-axled chassis, and fitted with a cab, engine and drivetrain, used for hauling semitrailers.


lexentry: eng/tractrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tractrix
trans_list: tractrice
sense:
(geometry) A curve that satisfies the following property: that segment of the tangent line that lies between the point of tangency and a fixed line has length independent of the point of tangency chosen.


lexentry: eng/trade-off__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trade-off
trans_list: compromis
sense:
Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased.


lexentry: eng/trade__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: trade
trans_list: presse spécialisée
sense:
(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.


lexentry: eng/trade_fair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trade fair
trans_list: foire | foire-exposition | salon
sense:
An exhibition at which members of a specific industry exhibit or demonstrate their products to prospective customers and to each other.


lexentry: eng/trade_secret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trade secret
trans_list: secret industriel
sense:
(business) A type of intellectual property comprising confidential business information that provides a company with a competitive edge.


lexentry: eng/trade_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trade union
trans_list: syndicat | syndicat de métier | syndicat professionnel
sense:
An organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.


lexentry: eng/trademark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trademark
trans_list: marque commerciale
sense:
A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.


lexentry: eng/trading_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trading card
trans_list: carte à collectionner
sense:
A collectible card, sometimes sticker, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia). There is a wide variation of different types of cards, like sports, cars, natural history, film characters or other information of interest to purchasers. Sometimes is included with tobacco, food or confectionery products.


lexentry: eng/tradition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tradition
trans_list: tradition
sense:
A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.


lexentry: eng/traditional_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traditional medicine
trans_list: médecine populaire
sense:
A system of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine, especially one that is associated with a single culture.


lexentry: eng/traditionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traditionalism
trans_list: traditionalisme
sense:
The adherence to traditional views or practices, especially with regard to cultural or religious matters.


lexentry: eng/traditionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: traditionalism
trans_list: traditionalisme
sense:
A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of certitude; the doctrine that human reason is of itself radically unable to know with certainty any truth or, at least, the fundamental truths of the metaphysical, moral, and religious order.


lexentry: eng/traduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traduce
trans_list: calomnier | diffamer
sense:
(transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. [from 1580s]


lexentry: eng/traduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: traduce
trans_list: traduire
sense:
(archaic, transitive) To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate. [1530s to mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/traffic_cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traffic cone
trans_list: cône de signalisation | cône de chantier | plot
sense:
A cone-shaped marker, generally made out of plastic or rubber, that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic in a safe manner.


lexentry: eng/traffic_island__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traffic island
trans_list: terre-plein | îlot | îlot directionnel
sense:
(chiefly, UK, road transport) A raised or otherwise marked area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, so as to direct the traffic flow and provide a safe place for pedestrians to wait while crossing the road. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/traffic_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traffic light
trans_list: feu tricolore | feu | feu de signalisation | feu de circulation
sense:
A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code.


lexentry: eng/traffic_warden__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traffic warden
trans_list: aubergine | contractuelle | pervenche
sense:
(British, Hong Kong) A civilian employed by the police to regulate traffic and issue parking tickets.


lexentry: eng/trafficker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trafficker
trans_list: trafiquant
sense:
(chiefly, pejorative) Someone who traffics; a trader or merchant of illegal products, or of legal products in an illegal setting.


lexentry: eng/tragacanth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tragacanth
trans_list: astragale
sense:
A polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly used medicinally and now as a food additive. Also more fully gum tragacanth. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/tragedy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tragedy
trans_list: tragédie
sense:
A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.


lexentry: eng/tragedy_of_the_commons__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tragedy of the commons
trans_list: tragédie des biens communs
sense:
(ecology, economics, politics, social, _, criticism) A situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource.


lexentry: eng/trail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trail
trans_list: traces | piste
sense:
The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.


lexentry: eng/trail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trail
trans_list: sentier | piste
sense:
A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.


lexentry: eng/trail__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: trail
trans_list: chasse
sense:
The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground.


lexentry: eng/trail_mix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trail mix
trans_list: Quatre Mendiants
sense:
A blend of foods for snacking on the go, as during hikes, usually consisting of some combination of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, granola, and sometimes small candies, cereal, etc.


lexentry: eng/trail_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trail off
trans_list: devenir moins audible | diminuer | s'éteindre
sense:
Of a phenomenon, voice, etc.: to slowly diminish in frequency, intensity, or volume; also, to diminish more quickly over time.


lexentry: eng/trailer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trailer
trans_list: remorque
sense:
An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.


lexentry: eng/trailer__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: trailer
trans_list: mobile home
sense:
(US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.


lexentry: eng/trailer__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: trailer
trans_list: bande-annonce | trailer
sense:
A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.


lexentry: eng/trailer_park__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trailer park
trans_list: parc de maisons mobiles
sense:
(US, Canada) An area containing mobile homes for rent or places to station them if owned; normally providing utilities and services.


lexentry: eng/trailer_trash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trailer trash
trans_list: rebut
sense:
(US, idiomatic, slang, derogatory) A poorly-educated, and usually white individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.


lexentry: eng/train__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: train
trans_list: traîne
sense:
(obsolete, hunting) Something dragged or laid along the ground to form a trail of scent or food along which to lure an animal.


lexentry: eng/train__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: train
trans_list: traîne
sense:
The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/train__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: train
trans_list: caravane | train
sense:
A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/train__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: train
trans_list: train | rame
sense:
A mechanical (originally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/train__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: train
trans_list: enchainement
sense:
A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/train_ticket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: train ticket
trans_list: billet de train
sense:
(rail, travel) A ticket issued by a train operator, which allows the purchaser to travel by train, usually between the stations marked on the ticket.


lexentry: eng/train_wreck__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: train wreck
trans_list: catastrophe
sense:
(figurative) A disaster, especially one which is large, chaotic, and readily seen by public observers.


lexentry: eng/train_wreck__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: train wreck
trans_list: catastrophe
sense:
(figurative) Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.


lexentry: eng/training_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: training wheel
trans_list: roulette | petite roue | stabilisateur
sense:
(chiefly, Canada, US, and, in the plural, cycling) One of a pair of small wheels, each attached to one side of a bicycle's rear wheel to provide support for new riders.


lexentry: eng/tram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tram
trans_list: tramway | tram
sense:
(Australia, Britain, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).


lexentry: eng/tramadol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tramadol
trans_list: tramadol
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic opioid analgesic administered orally in the form of its hydrochloride C16H25NO2·HCl to treat moderate to severe pain.


lexentry: eng/trammel__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trammel
trans_list: crémaillère
sense:
A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.


lexentry: eng/tramp_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tramp stamp
trans_list: ramure des fesses
sense:
(derogatory, slang) A tattoo on a woman's lower back, stereotypically said to label her as promiscuous.


lexentry: eng/trampoline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trampoline
trans_list: trampoline | trampolin
sense:
A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.


lexentry: eng/trance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trance
trans_list: transe
sense:
(countable) A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).


lexentry: eng/trance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trance
trans_list: transe
sense:
(countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.


lexentry: eng/trance_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trance music
trans_list: trance
sense:
(music genre) A style of dance music with fast beats, short melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track, often played in nightclubs.


lexentry: eng/tranquilizer_dart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tranquilizer dart
trans_list: fléchette tranquillisante
sense:
A projectile used to inject a drug into a target, usually an animal, from a distance in order to immobilize it.


lexentry: eng/trans_fat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trans fat
trans_list: gras trans
sense:
(fatty acid) An unsaturated fat with carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration, especially one prepared by partial hydrogenation, associated with an elevated risk of coronary heart disease.


lexentry: eng/trans_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trans man
trans_list: homme trans | transhomme
sense:
A transgender or transsexual man; a man who was assigned female at birth, that is, a person who was assigned female at birth, but has a male or primarily male gender identity.


lexentry: eng/trans_woman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trans woman
trans_list: femme trans
sense:
A transgender or transsexual woman; a woman who was assigned male at birth, that is, a person who was assigned male at birth, but has a female or primarily female gender identity.


lexentry: eng/transaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transaction
trans_list: transaction
sense:
(computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).


lexentry: eng/transceiver__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transceiver
trans_list: émetteur-récepteur
sense:
(computing) A device that performs transmitting and receiving functions, especially if using common components.


lexentry: eng/transcendence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transcendence
trans_list: transcendance
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity.


lexentry: eng/transcendentalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transcendentalism
trans_list: transcendentalisme
sense:
The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.


lexentry: eng/transclude__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transclude
trans_list: transclure
sense:
(programming) To replace a template or other input with its rendered text, such as when parsing wikitext. To include by transclusion. To process fetched data in-line.


lexentry: eng/transclusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transclusion
trans_list: transclusion
sense:
(computing) The inclusion of part of one hypertext document in another one by means of reference rather than copying.


lexentry: eng/transcribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transcribe
trans_list: transcrire
sense:
To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.


lexentry: eng/transcript__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transcript
trans_list: relevé de notes
sense:
(education) An official certified record of a student's academic performance throughtout their course of study, including all courses taken and grades received.


lexentry: eng/transcriptome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transcriptome
trans_list: transcriptome
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.


lexentry: eng/transdermal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transdermal
trans_list: transdermique
sense:
Through the unbroken skin (as for example with measurements of blood glucose level with an optical glucometer using photometry or of oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry).


lexentry: eng/transduction__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transduction
trans_list: transduction
sense:
(logic design) The improvement of an electronic logic network by reduction of redundant components in an initial version, using an established pruning procedure, then applying permissible functions for transformation of the network into a workable form. Thereafter the transformation and reduction may be repeated till no worthwhile further improvement results.


lexentry: eng/transept__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transept
trans_list: transept
sense:
(architecture) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.


lexentry: eng/transfection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transfection
trans_list: transfection
sense:
(molecular biology) The introduction of foreign genetic material (such as DNA or RNA) into a eukaryotic cell.


lexentry: eng/transfer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transfer
trans_list: transfert
sense:
(uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.


lexentry: eng/transfer_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transfer function
trans_list: fonction de transfert
sense:
(systems theory) a mathematical representation of the relation between the input and output of a linear time-invariant system


lexentry: eng/transferase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transferase
trans_list: transférase
sense:
(enzyme) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a functional group, such as amine or phosphate from one molecule to another.


lexentry: eng/transference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transference
trans_list: transférence
sense:
The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred.


lexentry: eng/transference__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transference
trans_list: transfert
sense:
(psychology, psychiatry) The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.


lexentry: eng/transfigure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transfigure
trans_list: transfigurer
sense:
(transitive) To transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.


lexentry: eng/transform__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transform
trans_list: transformer
sense:
(transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.


lexentry: eng/transform__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transform
trans_list: transformer
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.


lexentry: eng/transformation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transformation
trans_list: transformation
sense:
(mathematics) The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.


lexentry: eng/transformation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transformation
trans_list: transformation
sense:
(genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.


lexentry: eng/transformational_grammar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transformational grammar
trans_list: Grammaire transformationnelle
sense:
(linguistics) A generative grammar, especially of a natural language, developed in the Chomskyan tradition of phrase structure grammars (as opposed to dependency grammars), and involving the use of defined operations called transformations to produce new sentences from existing ones.


lexentry: eng/transformer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transformer
trans_list: transformateur
sense:
(electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.


lexentry: eng/transformism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transformism
trans_list: transformisme
sense:
(evolutionary theory) The doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.


lexentry: eng/transgender__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transgender
trans_list: transgenre | trans
sense:
(narrowly) Of a person: having a gender (identity) which is opposite from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male but having a female gender, or vice versa (that is, not including a non-binary identity).


lexentry: eng/transgender__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transgender
trans_list: transgenre
sense:
(loosely) Of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female.


lexentry: eng/transgene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transgene
trans_list: transgène
sense:
(genetics, biotechnology) A gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.


lexentry: eng/transgenic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transgenic
trans_list: transgénique
sense:
Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; (of an organism) whose genome has been changed by such addition, genetically modified.


lexentry: eng/transgression__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transgression
trans_list: transgression
sense:
(geology) A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.


lexentry: eng/transhumance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transhumance
trans_list: transhumance
sense:
The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.


lexentry: eng/transhumanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transhumanism
trans_list: transhumanisme
sense:
A philosophy favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition.


lexentry: eng/transient_ischemic_attack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transient ischemic attack
trans_list: accident ischémique transitoire
sense:
(medicine) A temporary cessation or reduction of blood supply to part of the brain, resulting in brief neurologic dysfunction that usually persists for less than 24 hours.


lexentry: eng/transistor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transistor
trans_list: transistor
sense:
(semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.


lexentry: eng/transistor_radio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transistor radio
trans_list: transistor
sense:
(dated) A (typically small and portable) radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s.


lexentry: eng/transit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: transit
trans_list: transit
sense:
(astronomy) The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.


lexentry: eng/transition__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transition
trans_list: transition
sense:
(genetics) A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.


lexentry: eng/transition__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: transition
trans_list: transition
sense:
(education) Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.


lexentry: eng/transition__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: transition
trans_list: transition
sense:
(LGBTQ) The process or act of changing one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to their identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.


lexentry: eng/transition__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transition
trans_list: transitionner | faire une transition
sense:
(intransitive, LGBTQ) To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender.


lexentry: eng/transitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: transitive
trans_list: transitif
sense:
(set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c.


lexentry: eng/transitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transitive
trans_list: transitif
sense:
(algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.


lexentry: eng/transitive_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transitive verb
trans_list: verbe transitif
sense:
(grammar) A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject.


lexentry: eng/translate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translate
trans_list: traduire
sense:
(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.


lexentry: eng/translate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: translate
trans_list: traduire
sense:
(transitive) To transfer the remains of a deceased person (such as a monarch or other important person) from one place to another; (specifically, Christianity) to transfer a holy relic from one shrine to another.


lexentry: eng/translate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: translate
trans_list: traduire
sense:
(transitive, medicine, obsolete) To cause (a disease or something giving rise to a disease) to move from one body part to another, or (rare) between persons.


lexentry: eng/translation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation
trans_list: traduction
sense:
(genetics) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.


lexentry: eng/translation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation
trans_list: transmission
sense:
(mathematics) A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.


lexentry: eng/translation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation
trans_list: translation | traduction
sense:
(physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.


lexentry: eng/translation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation
trans_list: traduction
sense:
(translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).


lexentry: eng/translation_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation memory
trans_list: mémoire de traduction
sense:
(translation studies) A database that stores previously translated content to aid human translators, commonly abbreviated as TM.


lexentry: eng/translation_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation studies
trans_list: traductologie
sense:
The study of the theory and practice of translating and interpreting, especially in an academic context, combining elements of social science and the humanities.


lexentry: eng/translative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translative case
trans_list: translatif
sense:
(grammar) a form of declension that indicates a change in the state of a noun; the Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian languages have such a case


lexentry: eng/translator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translator
trans_list: traducteur
sense:
(inexact, sometimes, _, proscribed) Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech. [1850]


lexentry: eng/transliteration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transliteration
trans_list: translittération | transcription
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.


lexentry: eng/translocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: translocation
trans_list: translocation
sense:
(genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.


lexentry: eng/transmedicalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transmedicalism
trans_list: transmédicalisme
sense:
The belief that medically diagnosed gender dysphoria or medical transition are essential traits of being transgender.


lexentry: eng/transmissible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transmissible
trans_list: transmissible
sense:
(radio communications or broadcasting, of a message or program) Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.


lexentry: eng/transmission__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transmission
trans_list: transmission
sense:
Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.


lexentry: eng/transmission__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transmission
trans_list: boite de vitesses
sense:
(automotive, trucking, heavy equipment) A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).


lexentry: eng/transmission__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: transmission
trans_list: transmission
sense:
(medicine, biology) The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.


lexentry: eng/transmitter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transmitter
trans_list: transmetteur | émetteur
sense:
An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.


lexentry: eng/transparent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transparent
trans_list: transparent
sense:
(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.


lexentry: eng/transparent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transparent
trans_list: transparent
sense:
(of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.


lexentry: eng/transpiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transpiration
trans_list: transpiration
sense:
(botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.


lexentry: eng/transpire__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transpire
trans_list: transpirer
sense:
(botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/transplant__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transplant
trans_list: greffe | transplantation | greffon
sense:
(medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.


lexentry: eng/transplant__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transplant
trans_list: transplanter | déplacer
sense:
(transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.


lexentry: eng/transplant__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transplant
trans_list: greffer | transplanter
sense:
(transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.


lexentry: eng/transponder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transponder
trans_list: transpondeur
sense:
A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.


lexentry: eng/transpose__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transpose
trans_list: matrice transposée | transposée
sense:
(linear algebra) The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.


lexentry: eng/transpose__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transpose
trans_list: transposer
sense:
(transitive, algebra) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.


lexentry: eng/transposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: transposition
trans_list: transposition | transposition en droit interne | transposition en droit national
sense:
(European Union) An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.


lexentry: eng/transposon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transposon
trans_list: transposon
sense:
(genetics) A segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to the genome of another species.


lexentry: eng/transrealism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transrealism
trans_list: transréalisme
sense:
(science fiction) A literary mode that mixes the techniques of incorporating fantastic elements used in science fiction with the techniques of describing immediate perceptions from naturalistic realism.


lexentry: eng/transsexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transsexual
trans_list: transsexuel | transsexuelle
sense:
(dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).


lexentry: eng/transubstantiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transubstantiation
trans_list: transsubstantiation
sense:
(Roman Catholic) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/transverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transverse
trans_list: transversale
sense:
Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.


lexentry: eng/transverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transverse
trans_list: transversal
sense:
(geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see w:Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)


lexentry: eng/transverse_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transverse wave
trans_list: onde transversale
sense:
(physics) Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of travel


lexentry: eng/transvestigate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transvestigate
trans_list: transvestiguer
sense:
(Internet slang) To perform transvestigation; to informally investigate into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure. [from mid-2010s]


lexentry: eng/transvestigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transvestigation
trans_list: transvestigation
sense:
(Internet slang, conspiracy theories) An informal investigation into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally conducted by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure. [from mid-2010s]


lexentry: eng/transvestite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transvestite
trans_list: travesti | travelo
sense:
(dated) A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.


lexentry: eng/transvestite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transvestite
trans_list: travesti | travelo
sense:
(clinical psychology, psychiatry, pathology) A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.


lexentry: eng/trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trap
trans_list: piège | collet
sense:
A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.


lexentry: eng/trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trap
trans_list: trap
sense:
(slang, informal, usually, _ , offensive, usually, _ ) Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.


lexentry: eng/trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: trap
trans_list: siphon
sense:
A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.


lexentry: eng/trapezium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trapezium
trans_list: trapézoïde
sense:
(geometry, US, dated) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.


lexentry: eng/trapezius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trapezius
trans_list: muscle trapèze
sense:
(anatomy) A large vertebrate skeletal muscle divided into an ascending, descending, and transverse portion, attaching the neck and central spine to the outer extremity of the scapula; it functions in scapular elevation, adduction, and depression.


lexentry: eng/trapezohedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trapezohedron
trans_list: antidiamant
sense:
(geometry, crystallography) Any of a class of polyhedra that have kite-shaped faces and are dual polyhedra of antiprisms.


lexentry: eng/trash__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: trash
trans_list: corbeille
sense:
(computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.


lexentry: eng/trash_heap_of_history__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trash heap of history
trans_list: oubliettes de l'histoire
sense:
(figuratively) A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.


lexentry: eng/travel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travel
trans_list: voyager
sense:
(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.


lexentry: eng/travel_guide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travel guide
trans_list: guide de voyage
sense:
A book or other work designed to give tourists and other visitors information about a particular country or area.


lexentry: eng/traveller's_cheque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traveller's cheque
trans_list: chèque de voyage | Travellers chèque
sense:
(British, Canada) A preprinted cheque for a fixed amount, often in a foreign currency, issued by a bank that may be used instead of cash; may usually be replaced if lost or stolen.


lexentry: eng/traveller's_palm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traveller's palm
trans_list: arbre du voyageur
sense:
A tropical plant, Ravenala madagascariensis (not a true palm), native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere for its distinctive appearance: banana-like leaves are arranged in a flat, fan-like pattern atop a palm-like trunk.


lexentry: eng/travelling_salesman_problem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travelling salesman problem
trans_list: problème du commis voyageur | problème du voyageur de commerce
sense:
(mathematics, UK, Canada) The problem in combinatorial optimization in which, given a number of cities and the costs of travelling from one to the other, it is required to determine the cheapest route that visits each city once and then returns to the initial city.


lexentry: eng/travelogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travelogue
trans_list: Journal de voyage
sense:
A description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.


lexentry: eng/traverse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traverse
trans_list: traverser | franchir
sense:
(transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.


lexentry: eng/travertine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travertine
trans_list: travertin
sense:
(mineral) A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.


lexentry: eng/travois__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travois
trans_list: travois
sense:
(originally, and, chiefly, Canada, US, historical) A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land.


lexentry: eng/trawling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trawling
trans_list: chalutage
sense:
A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.


lexentry: eng/tread__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: tread
trans_list: marche
sense:
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.


lexentry: eng/treadmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treadmill
trans_list: tapis roulant | tapis de course | tapis de marche
sense:
A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place.


lexentry: eng/treadmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: treadmill
trans_list: roue de carrier
sense:
(historical) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.


lexentry: eng/treasure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treasure
trans_list: trésor
sense:
(literally, countable, and, uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.


lexentry: eng/treasure_trail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treasure trail
trans_list: poteau indiquateur
sense:
(slang) A vertical line of hair that extends up along the middle of a person's (usually a man's) abdomen from pubic hair to navel.


lexentry: eng/treat__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: treat
trans_list: traiter
sense:
(intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/treat__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: treat
trans_list: régaler | négocier
sense:
(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/treaty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treaty
trans_list: traité
sense:
(countable, international law) A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.


lexentry: eng/treble_clef__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treble clef
trans_list: clé de sol
sense:
(music) a symbol showing that the second line from the bottom of the stave represents the G above middle C


lexentry: eng/trebuchet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trebuchet
trans_list: trébuchet
sense:
A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.


lexentry: eng/tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree
trans_list: arbre
sense:
A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.


lexentry: eng/tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tree
trans_list: arbre
sense:
(graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.


lexentry: eng/tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: tree
trans_list: arbre
sense:
(computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children, but does not share children with other nodes.


lexentry: eng/tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: tree
trans_list: arbre
sense:
(graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.


lexentry: eng/tree_frog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree frog
trans_list: rainette
sense:
A frog of the family Hylidae, of small size and more elegant in form than the true frogs (family Ranidae), often with a bright coloration.


lexentry: eng/tree_hugger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree hugger
trans_list: écolo
sense:
(slang, pejorative) An environmental campaigner, especially one who aims to restrict logging and especially one who uses dramatic, attention-grabbing methods of obstruction.


lexentry: eng/tree_lawn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree lawn
trans_list: gazon
sense:
(Upper Midwestern US) A strip of unpaved land planted with trees, running alongside a street, usually between the sidewalk and street.


lexentry: eng/tree_of_heaven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree of heaven
trans_list: ailante glanduleux
sense:
An Asiatic tree (Ailanthus altissima) having foliage similar to that of the sumacs and ill-scented staminate flowers, much used in traditional Chinese medicine, but considered invasive and often subject to control efforts.


lexentry: eng/treebank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treebank
trans_list: corpus arboré
sense:
(linguistics, computational linguistics) A database of sentences which are annotated with syntactic information, often in the form of a tree.


lexentry: eng/treehouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treehouse
trans_list: cabane dans les arbres | maison arboricole | maison dans les arbres
sense:
(chiefly, US) A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.


lexentry: eng/treeness__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: treeness
trans_list: bois
sense:
(genetics) The suitability of an evolutionary tree for representing the structure of a population; the degree to which a population structure can be accurately described as a tree of descent, with different branches evolving independently after they split.


lexentry: eng/trefoil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trefoil
trans_list: trèfle
sense:
Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.


lexentry: eng/trekking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trekking
trans_list: trekking
sense:
Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking.


lexentry: eng/tremolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tremolite
trans_list: trémolite
sense:
(mineral) A pale grey/green amphibole mineral, a type of asbestos, that is a mixed calcium and magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2; sometimes used in place of common asbestos.


lexentry: eng/tremolo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tremolo
trans_list: trémolo
sense:
(music) A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes).


lexentry: eng/tremor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tremor
trans_list: tremblement | trémulation | trépidation
sense:
(medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.


lexentry: eng/trench_foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trench foot
trans_list: pied de tranchée
sense:
A medical condition which can affect the feet when they are constantly cold and wet, similar to frostbite.


lexentry: eng/trench_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trench stick
trans_list: canne des tranchées
sense:
A type of baton or cane used by soldiers in military trenches, especially of the First World War, for manoeuvring and for basic combat.


lexentry: eng/trench_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trench warfare
trans_list: guerre des tranchées
sense:
(uncountable) Warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches and repeatedly fire at one another; usually involving high casualty rates over a long period of time.


lexentry: eng/trephine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trephine
trans_list: trépan | tréphine
sense:
(medicine) A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.


lexentry: eng/trepidation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trepidation
trans_list: appréhension | crainte | inquiétude | trépidation
sense:
(astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.


lexentry: eng/tres__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tres
trans_list: trois
sense:
(musical instrument) A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.


lexentry: eng/triage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: triage
trans_list: triage médical | triage
sense:
(medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).


lexentry: eng/trial__Adjective__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trial
trans_list: triel
sense:
(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)


lexentry: eng/trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trial
trans_list: procès | essai
sense:
(legal) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).


lexentry: eng/trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trial
trans_list: épreuve
sense:
A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially, religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.


lexentry: eng/trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trial
trans_list: essai
sense:
(archaic) The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)


lexentry: eng/trial_and_error__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial and error
trans_list: tâtonnement
sense:
The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until success is attained.


lexentry: eng/trial_balloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial balloon
trans_list: ballon d'essai
sense:
(aeronautics, historical) A small balloon released into the sky to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air before a manned ascent in a larger balloon; a ballon d'essai.


lexentry: eng/trial_balloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trial balloon
trans_list: ballon d'essai
sense:
(idiomatic, figuratively) An idea, suggestion, or prospective action, product, etc., offered to an audience or group in order to test whether it generates acceptance or interest.


lexentry: eng/trial_by_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial by fire
trans_list: épreuve du feu
sense:
A test in which a person is exposed to flames in order to assess their truthfulness, commitment, courage etc.


lexentry: eng/trial_by_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trial by fire
trans_list: épreuve du feu
sense:
A situation in which a soldier or other combatant faces the discharge of opposing weapons, as a test of their fortitude.


lexentry: eng/trial_by_media__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial by media
trans_list: procès médiatique
sense:
(idiomatic) The process by which media coverage affects a person's reputation by creating a widespread perception of guilt or innocence, often before, or after, a verdict in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/trial_by_ordeal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial by ordeal
trans_list: ordalie
sense:
(legal) An archaic practice by which a person accused of a crime could prove their innocence by their survival of physically painful tests.


lexentry: eng/trialogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trialogue
trans_list: trilogue
sense:
(European Union) An informal tripartite meeting attended by representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission.


lexentry: eng/triangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: triangle
trans_list: triangle
sense:
(music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.


lexentry: eng/triangle_inequality__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triangle inequality
trans_list: inégalité triangulaire
sense:
(analysis) The inequality that states that the magnitude of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the magnitudes of the vectors.


lexentry: eng/triangle_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triangle wave
trans_list: triangle
sense:
(maths, engineering) A function or waveform that alternately ramps linearly upwards and then downwards.


lexentry: eng/triangulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triangulation
trans_list: triangulation
sense:
(uncountable, surveying) A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.


lexentry: eng/tribology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tribology
trans_list: tribologie
sense:
(physics, engineering) The science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion; the study and application of technology using the principles of friction, lubrication and wear.


lexentry: eng/tribune__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tribune
trans_list: tribun
sense:
(figurative) A protector of the people; a public figure who appeals to and on behalf of the people through oratory.


lexentry: eng/trice__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trice
trans_list: recouvrir
sense:
(transitive) To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.


lexentry: eng/trichinosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trichinosis
trans_list: trichinose
sense:
(pathology) A disease characterized by headache, chills, fever, and soreness of muscles, caused by the presence of nematodes of genus Trichinella in the intestines and muscular tissues.


lexentry: eng/trichloroethylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trichloroethylene
trans_list: trichloroéthylène
sense:
(organic compound) The unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl2=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic.


lexentry: eng/trichlorofluoromethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trichlorofluoromethane
trans_list: trichlorofluorométhane
sense:
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon, CFCl3, formerly used as a refrigerant but retired because of harmful effects on the ozone layer.


lexentry: eng/trichomoniasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trichomoniasis
trans_list: trichomonase
sense:
(disease) A common sexually transmitted disease caused by the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis and infecting the urinary tract or vagina.


lexentry: eng/trick_of_the_trade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trick of the trade
trans_list: ficelles du métier
sense:
(idiomatic) A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.


lexentry: eng/trick_or_treat__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trick or treat
trans_list: farce ou friandise | bonbon ou bâton | des bonbons ou un sort
sense:
A form of a light-hearted request by which children obtain candy on Halloween while wearing themed costumes.


lexentry: eng/trick_question__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trick question
trans_list: question piège
sense:
(idiomatic) A question that attempts to elicit an answer in a certain way, usually incorrectly (i.e. that seems to have an obvious answer that is however incorrect), or a question that does not have a correct answer or that hides the real question or some difficulty.


lexentry: eng/trickle-down__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trickle-down
trans_list: ruissellement
sense:
(economics) Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.


lexentry: eng/tricolour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tricolour
trans_list: tricolore
sense:
A flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal, all of equal size, and each of a different colour.


lexentry: eng/tricuspid_valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tricuspid valve
trans_list: valve tricuspide
sense:
A heart valve with three cusps which prevents backflow of blood from the right ventricle into the right atrium.


lexentry: eng/tridecane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tridecane
trans_list: tridécane
sense:
(organic compound) Any of very many isomeric saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having thirteen carbon atoms, but especially n-tridecane, CH3(CH2)11CH3


lexentry: eng/tridymite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tridymite
trans_list: tridymite
sense:
(mineral) A rare mineral of volcanic rocks that solidified at a high temperature, with the chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. Tridymite is chemically identical to quartz, but has a different crystal structure. Sometimes contains sodium aluminum silicate, which seems to be expelled when quartz solidifies at lower temperatures.


lexentry: eng/trifecta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trifecta
trans_list: tiercé
sense:
(betting) A bet in which the bettor must select the first three placegetters of a race in the order in which they finish.


lexentry: eng/trifle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trifle
trans_list: bagatelle
sense:
(cooking) An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.


lexentry: eng/trifoliate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trifoliate
trans_list: trifolié
sense:
(chiefly, botany) Having or comprising three leaves, or (loosely) trifoliolate (with three leaflets) or having leaves with three parts, as the clover plant.


lexentry: eng/triforce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triforce
trans_list: triforce
sense:
A shape composed of three equilateral triangles arranged in such a manner that a fourth triangle of identical size, but pointing the opposite direction, could fit between them.


lexentry: eng/trigeminal_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigeminal nerve
trans_list: nerf trijumeau
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Each of the fifth and largest pair of cranial nerves responsible for sensation and motor function in the face and mouth.


lexentry: eng/trigeminal_neuralgia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigeminal neuralgia
trans_list: névralgie du trijumeau
sense:
A neuropathic disorder of one or both of trigeminal nerves leading to intense pain in parts of the face.


lexentry: eng/trigger-happy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigger-happy
trans_list: folle de la gâchette | fou de la gâchette | gâchette facile | malade de la gâchette
sense:
Having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm irresponsibly before adequately identifying the target.


lexentry: eng/trigger_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigger point
trans_list: déclencheur
sense:
An event, arrangement, provocation, etc. that leads a certain, generally violent or angered, action to be taken.


lexentry: eng/trigger_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trigger point
trans_list: point-détente | point-gâchette
sense:
A hyperirritable spot in the skeletal muscle; a point in tender muscle that tends to elicit pain upon pressure or touch. Wp


lexentry: eng/trigger_warning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigger warning
trans_list: avertissement au public | mise en garde
sense:
A notice placed before the beginning of media content (usually an online article, e-mail, or post) to warn of potential traumatic triggers it contains.


lexentry: eng/triggerfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triggerfish
trans_list: baliste
sense:
Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.


lexentry: eng/trigonometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigonometry
trans_list: trigonométrie
sense:
(geometry, analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.


lexentry: eng/trigraph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigraph
trans_list: trigramme
sense:
(linguistics) A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme.


lexentry: eng/trilby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trilby
trans_list: trilby
sense:
narrow-brimmed type of felt hat, described as having a "shorter brim which is angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back" in comparison to the fedora


lexentry: eng/trill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trill
trans_list: trille
sense:
(music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.


lexentry: eng/trill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trill
trans_list: trille | consonne roulée
sense:
(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.


lexentry: eng/trill__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trill
trans_list: triller
sense:
(intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.


lexentry: eng/trilliard__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trilliard
trans_list: trilliard
sense:
(UK, Australia, dated, rare) One thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 1021 (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).


lexentry: eng/trillion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trillion
trans_list: billion | trillion | mille milliards
sense:
(dated, _, British, Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.


lexentry: eng/trilogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trilogy
trans_list: trilogie
sense:
A set of three connected works, usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions, all related by theme, characters, or setting.


lexentry: eng/trim__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: trim
trans_list: compensation
sense:
(uncountable, aviation, of, an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.


lexentry: eng/trim__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: trim
trans_list: assiette | compensateur
sense:
(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.


lexentry: eng/trim__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trim
trans_list: compenser
sense:
(transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.


lexentry: eng/trim_one's_sails__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trim one's sails
trans_list: réduire la voilure
sense:
(figurative, by extension) To adapt to changing circumstances, especially if it involves scaling back one's ambitions; to make cutbacks.


lexentry: eng/trimester__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trimester
trans_list: trimestre
sense:
One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.


lexentry: eng/trimethylamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trimethylamine
trans_list: triméthylamine
sense:
(organic compound) The tertiary amine (CH3)3N; a colourless gas with a fishy smell that is a product of animal and vegetable decomposition.


lexentry: eng/trinitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trinitarianism
trans_list: trinitarisme
sense:
(theology) The monotheistic Christian doctrine that defines God as three divine persons or hypostases: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.


lexentry: eng/trinitrotoluene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trinitrotoluene
trans_list: trinitrotoluène
sense:
A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH3C6H2(NO2)3), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene.


lexentry: eng/triode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triode
trans_list: triode
sense:
A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible.


lexentry: eng/triolet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triolet
trans_list: triolet
sense:
(poetry) An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.


lexentry: eng/triose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triose
trans_list: triose
sense:
(carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L-/D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses.


lexentry: eng/trip__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: trip
trans_list: triper
sense:
(intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.


lexentry: eng/trip_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trip over
trans_list: broncher
sense:
To trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet.


lexentry: eng/tripe__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tripe
trans_list: bêtise
sense:
(figurative, derogatory) Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).


lexentry: eng/triphthong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triphthong
trans_list: triphtongue
sense:
A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one.


lexentry: eng/triple-alpha_process__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple-alpha process
trans_list: réaction triple alpha
sense:
(physics, astrophysics) A set of fusion reactions by which stars are thought to convert helium to carbon.


lexentry: eng/triple_goddess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple goddess
trans_list: déesse triple
sense:
(mythology) A female triune deity, either one goddess with three distinct aspects or manifestations, or three goddesses who form a unit.


lexentry: eng/triple_harp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple harp
trans_list: harpe triple
sense:
(musical instrument) A type of multi-course harp employing three parallel rows of strings instead of the more common single row, a common version being the Welsh triple harp used in Welsh folk music.


lexentry: eng/triple_jump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple jump
trans_list: triple saut
sense:
An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump.


lexentry: eng/triple_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple point
trans_list: point triple
sense:
(physics) The unique temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid and gas phases of a substance are all in equilibrium.


lexentry: eng/triple_sec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple sec
trans_list: triple sec
sense:
Any of several triple-distilled liqueurs flavoured with fruit e.g. Curaçao, Cointreau, and Grand Marnier.


lexentry: eng/triplet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triplet
trans_list: triolet
sense:
(music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.


lexentry: eng/tripwire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tripwire
trans_list: fil de détente
sense:
A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or trap or a device, such as a land mine.


lexentry: eng/triquetra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triquetra
trans_list: triquetra
sense:
A shape formed of three vesicae piscium, sometimes with an additional circle, a symbol of things and persons that are threefold (including the Christian Trinity), and a symbol of protection in Wicca.


lexentry: eng/trireme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trireme
trans_list: trirème
sense:
(historical, nautical) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.


lexentry: eng/triskelion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triskelion
trans_list: triskèle
sense:
A figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry.


lexentry: eng/trisomic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trisomic
trans_list: trisomique
sense:
(genetics) Having three copies of a given chromosome in each somatic cell instead of the usual number of two


lexentry: eng/trisomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trisomy
trans_list: trisomie
sense:
(cytology) The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism.


lexentry: eng/trite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trite
trans_list: banal | trivial | éculé
sense:
Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.


lexentry: eng/tritheism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tritheism
trans_list: trithéisme
sense:
A belief in three gods, especially the nontrinitarian doctrine that God the Son, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit are separate gods which is condemned as heresy by most Christian denominations.


lexentry: eng/tritium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tritium
trans_list: tritium
sense:
(isotope) A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T, 3H or 31H) having one proton and two neutrons.


lexentry: eng/triumph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triumph
trans_list: triomphe
sense:
A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.


lexentry: eng/triumph__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triumph
trans_list: triompher
sense:
To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.


lexentry: eng/triumphalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triumphalism
trans_list: triomphalisme
sense:
The attitude or belief that a particular doctrine, culture, or social system, particularly a religious or political one, is superior and that it will or should triumph over all others.


lexentry: eng/triumvirate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triumvirate
trans_list: triumvirat | troïka
sense:
An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.


lexentry: eng/triunity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triunity
trans_list: tri-unité | triunité
sense:
The fact or state of being three in one (usually with reference to the Christian idea of the Trinity).


lexentry: eng/trivet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trivet
trans_list: dessous-de-plat
sense:
A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.


lexentry: eng/trocar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trocar
trans_list: trocart
sense:
A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.


lexentry: eng/trochaic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trochaic
trans_list: trochaïque
sense:
Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.


lexentry: eng/trochanter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trochanter
trans_list: trochanter
sense:
(anatomy) In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.


lexentry: eng/trochee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trochee
trans_list: trochée
sense:
A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.


lexentry: eng/trogon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trogon
trans_list: trogon
sense:
A bird in the family Trogonidae from the order Trogoniformes, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees.


lexentry: eng/trojan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trojan
trans_list: cheval de Troie | trojan
sense:
(computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.


lexentry: eng/troll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troll
trans_list: troll
sense:
(originally, Scandinavian, _, mythology, now, also, European folklore) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/troll__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: troll
trans_list: troll
sense:
(by extension, originally, Internet slang) A person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/troll__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: troll
trans_list: troll
sense:
(by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.


lexentry: eng/troll__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: troll
trans_list: troller
sense:
(figurative, originally, Internet slang) To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/troll_farm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troll farm
trans_list: ferme à trolls
sense:
(internet) A group of Internet trolls organized in order to interfere in political opinions and decision-making.


lexentry: eng/trolley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trolley
trans_list: perche | trolley
sense:
A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.


lexentry: eng/trolling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trolling
trans_list: pêche à la traîne
sense:
A fishing technique in which one or more baited fishing lines are dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trawling, which drags a net#Noun.


lexentry: eng/trombone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trombone
trans_list: trombone
sense:
A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).


lexentry: eng/trompe_l'oeil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trompe l'oeil
trans_list: trompe-l'œil
sense:
(uncountable) A genre of painting that exploits human vision to create the illusion that the subject of the painting is real.


lexentry: eng/troparion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troparion
trans_list: tropaire
sense:
(Eastern Orthodox, music) A short hymn of one stanza, or organised in more complex forms as a series of stanzas.


lexentry: eng/trope__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trope
trans_list: trope | expression figurative
sense:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.


lexentry: eng/trophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trophy
trans_list: trophée
sense:
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.


lexentry: eng/trophy_boyfriend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trophy boyfriend
trans_list: petit ami trophée
sense:
A boyfriend, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for his spouse, usually older and affluent.


lexentry: eng/trophy_girlfriend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trophy girlfriend
trans_list: petite amie trophée
sense:
A girlfriend, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for her spouse, usually older and affluent.


lexentry: eng/trophy_hunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trophy hunting
trans_list: chasse au trophée
sense:
The killing of a carefully selected animal, particularly big game, under or without government license to acquire a part of the animal, such as the head or skin, as a souvenir.


lexentry: eng/trophy_husband__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trophy husband
trans_list: mari trophée
sense:
A husband, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for his spouse, usually older and affluent.


lexentry: eng/trophy_partner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trophy partner
trans_list: conjoint trophée | partenaire trophée
sense:
A romantic partner, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for their partner, usually older and affluent.


lexentry: eng/tropic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropic
trans_list: tropique
sense:
(geography) Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.


lexentry: eng/tropical_cyclone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropical cyclone
trans_list: cyclone tropical
sense:
(broad) A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular or spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes.


lexentry: eng/tropical_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropical geometry
trans_list: géométrie tropicale
sense:
(mathematics) A recent branch of geometry that can be described as a piecewise linear version of real algebraic geometry.


lexentry: eng/tropical_storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropical storm
trans_list: cyclone tropical
sense:
A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.


lexentry: eng/tropicamide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropicamide
trans_list: tropicamide
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A short-acting anticholinergic drug, used to produce dilatation of the pupil and cycloplegia during examination of the eye.


lexentry: eng/tropics__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropics
trans_list: tropique | tropiques
sense:
(geography) The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.


lexentry: eng/tropism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropism
trans_list: tropisme
sense:
(uncountable, biology) The turning of an organism (chiefly a plant) or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/tropomyosin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropomyosin
trans_list: tropomyosine
sense:
(biochemistry, protein) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together with troponin in the thin filaments of muscle tissue.


lexentry: eng/troponin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troponin
trans_list: troponine
sense:
(protein, medicine) A complex of three regulatory proteins that is integral to muscle contraction in skeletal and cardiac muscle, or any member of this complex. The level of troponin in the blood is often used as an indicator of heart damage.


lexentry: eng/troponym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troponym
trans_list: troponyme
sense:
(grammar) A verb that indicates more precisely the manner of doing something by replacing a verb of a more generalized meaning.


lexentry: eng/tropopause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropopause
trans_list: tropopause
sense:
The zone of transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere (approximately 13 kilometers). The tropopause normally occurs at an altitude of between 25,000 and 45,000 feet in polar and temperate zones. It occurs at 55,000 feet in the tropics.


lexentry: eng/troposphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troposphere
trans_list: troposphère
sense:
The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another celestial body up to the tropopause. It is characterized by convective air movements and a large vertical temperature change.


lexentry: eng/trot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trot
trans_list: trot
sense:
(chiefly, of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).


lexentry: eng/trotter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trotter
trans_list: trotteur
sense:
In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on opposite sides take a step together alternating with the other set of opposite legs; as opposed to a pacer.


lexentry: eng/trouble_in_paradise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trouble in paradise
trans_list: y avoir de l'eau dans le gaz
sense:
(idiomatic) An unexpected problem in a supposedly positive situation, especially in a marital or romantic relationship.


lexentry: eng/troubleshoot__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troubleshoot
trans_list: radiographier
sense:
(ambitransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining a solution.


lexentry: eng/trounce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trounce
trans_list: écraser | pulvériser
sense:
(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.


lexentry: eng/trousseau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trousseau
trans_list: trousseau
sense:
The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects or that is given to her for her wedding and married life, especially a traditional or formal set of these.


lexentry: eng/trout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trout
trans_list: truite
sense:
Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.


lexentry: eng/trouvère__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trouvère
trans_list: trouvère
sense:
A medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d’oïl (precursor dialects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d’oc (Occitan)


lexentry: eng/troy_ounce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troy ounce
trans_list: once troy
sense:
A unit of mass used in the measurement of precious metals, equal to 31.1034768 grams, 480 troy grains, or one twelfth of a troy pound.


lexentry: eng/truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: truck
trans_list: camion
sense:
(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.


lexentry: eng/truck_driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truck driver
trans_list: camionneur | routier | chauffeur de camion
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A person employed to drive a truck, especially a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.


lexentry: eng/truck_stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truck stop
trans_list: aire de repos
sense:
(chiefly, North America, Australia) A roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul trucks can stop to refuel, eat, and rest.


lexentry: eng/true_believer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: true believer
trans_list: vrai croyant
sense:
One who believes dogmatically in something regardless of evidence or even conclusive proof that the thing is false or was staged; one who has true-believer syndrome.


lexentry: eng/true_bug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: true bug
trans_list: hétéroptère
sense:
Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.


lexentry: eng/truffle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truffle
trans_list: truffe
sense:
Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.


lexentry: eng/truing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truing
trans_list: direction
sense:
The alignment (and cutting) of a wheel (especially a grinding wheel) such that its surface is concentric with its axis.


lexentry: eng/trumeau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trumeau
trans_list: trumeau
sense:
(architecture) The pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of a doorway or window opening, especially in a church.


lexentry: eng/trump_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trump up
trans_list: découvrir
sense:
(idiomatic) To create falsely, to fabricate (particularly applied to accusations, (legal) charges or evidence).


lexentry: eng/trumpet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trumpet
trans_list: trompette
sense:
(brass instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.


lexentry: eng/trumpeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trumpeter
trans_list: trompettiste
sense:
Any of three species of bird in the genus Psophia from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.


lexentry: eng/trumpeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trumpeter
trans_list: pigeon tambour
sense:
Any of a number of breeds of fancy pigeon (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").


lexentry: eng/trumpeter_pigeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trumpeter pigeon
trans_list: pigeon tambour
sense:
Any of a number of breeds of domestic fancy pigeon, Columba livia domestica, descendants of the wild rock pigeon, Columba livia, of the family Columbidae (pigeons and doves) (originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").


lexentry: eng/trumpeter_swan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trumpeter swan
trans_list: cygne trompette
sense:
The largest North American swan, Cygnus buccinator; they have white plumage with a long neck, a short black bill.


lexentry: eng/truncated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truncated
trans_list: tronqué
sense:
Deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).


lexentry: eng/truncated_icosahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truncated icosahedron
trans_list: icosaèdre tronqué
sense:
(geometry) A polyhedron that has thirty-two faces (12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons) and 60 vertices and 90 edges, and is one of the Archimedean solids.


lexentry: eng/truncated_octahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truncated octahedron
trans_list: octaèdre tronqué
sense:
A zonohedron that has 14 faces (eight regular hexagons and six squares) and 36 edges and is an Archimedean solid.


lexentry: eng/truncation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truncation
trans_list: troncature
sense:
(linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).


lexentry: eng/trundle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trundle
trans_list: imputer
sense:
(transitive) To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily.


lexentry: eng/trundle_bed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trundle bed
trans_list: lit gigogne
sense:
A low bed, designed to be rolled/stored away, usually on casters, under a higher bed, e.g. for temporary use by guests.


lexentry: eng/trunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trunk
trans_list: trompe
sense:
The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.


lexentry: eng/trunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trunk
trans_list: coffre | malle
sense:
A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.


lexentry: eng/trunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trunk
trans_list: tronc
sense:
(software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.


lexentry: eng/truss__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: truss
trans_list: treillis
sense:
(botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.


lexentry: eng/trust__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: trust
trans_list: trust
sense:
A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.


lexentry: eng/trustee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trustee
trans_list: fiduciaire | mandataire social
sense:
(trust law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals (beneficiaries), or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.


lexentry: eng/truth_be_told__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truth be told
trans_list: pour être honnête
sense:
(idiomatic) Used when admitting something one might otherwise lie about, e.g. to keep up appearances or be polite.


lexentry: eng/truth_or_dare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truth or dare
trans_list: action ou vérité
sense:
(games) A game where players take it in turn to perform a dare set by the other players, or truthfully answer a question put forth by them.


lexentry: eng/truth_serum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truth serum
trans_list: sérum de vérité
sense:
(informal, medicine) A psychoactive medication, especially one administered by injection, which supposedly renders a person cooperative and disposed to respond honestly to questions.


lexentry: eng/truth_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truth table
trans_list: table de vérité
sense:
(logic) A table showing all possible truth values for an expression, derived from the truth values of its components.


lexentry: eng/truth_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truth value
trans_list: valeur de vérité
sense:
(logic) A value indicating to what extent a statement is true; in classical logic, these are the values "true" and "false".


lexentry: eng/try__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: try
trans_list: essayer | tenter | tester | goûter | s'efforcer | traduire en justice
sense:
To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.


lexentry: eng/trypanosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trypanosome
trans_list: trypanosome
sense:
Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; order Trypanosomatida in class Kinetoplastea


lexentry: eng/trypophobia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trypophobia
trans_list: trypophobie
sense:
(psychology) An irrational or obsessive fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, such as those found in honeycombs. [from 2005]


lexentry: eng/tryptophan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tryptophan
trans_list: tryptophane
sense:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid with an indole side chain; present in many foods, especially chocolate, oats, banana and milk; it is essential for normal growth and development and is the precursor of serotonin and niacin; any specific form of this compound, or any derivative of it.


lexentry: eng/tryst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tryst
trans_list: rendez-vous | rendez-vous d'amour | rendez-vous galant
sense:
A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.


lexentry: eng/tsade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsade
trans_list: tsadé | sadhé
sense:
The eighteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/tsarina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsarina
trans_list: tsarine | tzarine
sense:
(historical) An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.


lexentry: eng/tsetse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsetse
trans_list: mouche tsé-tsé | tsé-tsé
sense:
Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes.


lexentry: eng/tsunami__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsunami
trans_list: tsunami | raz-de-marée
sense:
A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).


lexentry: eng/tsundere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsundere
trans_list: tsundere
sense:
(chiefly, Japanese fiction) A fictional character who fits the archetype of being cold or even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side.


lexentry: eng/tuatara__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuatara
trans_list: sphénodon
sense:
A reptile, Sphenodon punctatus, native to New Zealand, that resembles a lizard and is the only surviving specimen of the order Rhynchocephalia.


lexentry: eng/tub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tub
trans_list: bassine | baquet
sense:
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.


lexentry: eng/tuba__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuba
trans_list: tuba
sense:
A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.


lexentry: eng/tubal_ligation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tubal ligation
trans_list: ligature des trompes
sense:
(medicine) A surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the Fallopian tubes are blocked or severed.


lexentry: eng/tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tube
trans_list: tube
sense:
An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.


lexentry: eng/tuber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuber
trans_list: tubercule
sense:
A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.


lexentry: eng/tubercle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tubercle
trans_list: tubercule
sense:
(anatomy) A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.


lexentry: eng/tubercle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tubercle
trans_list: tubercule
sense:
(botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.


lexentry: eng/tuberculosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuberculosis
trans_list: tuberculose
sense:
(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. [from 1839]


lexentry: eng/tuberose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuberose
trans_list: tubéreuse
sense:
especially Agave amica (syn. Poliantes tuberosa), that has white flowers and grass-like leaves, used in perfumery.


lexentry: eng/tubular_bells__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tubular bells
trans_list: carillon tubulaire | cloche tubulaire | cloches d'orchestre
sense:
(percussion instrument) A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal tubes that are struck with a mallet, producing sounds like those of church bells.


lexentry: eng/tuck__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: tuck
trans_list: tucker
sense:
(LGBTQ, of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.


lexentry: eng/tuck__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: tuck
trans_list: rentrer
sense:
(when playing scales on piano keys) To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.


lexentry: eng/tucuxi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tucuxi
trans_list: tucuxi
sense:
A freshwater dolphin, estuarine dolphin Sotalia fluviatilis, found in the rivers of the Amazon Basin


lexentry: eng/tuff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuff
trans_list: tuf | tuf volcanique
sense:
(rock) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.


lexentry: eng/tufted_puffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tufted puffin
trans_list: macareux huppé
sense:
A species of puffin, Fratercula cirrhata, easily distinguished by its thick bill and the pair of tufts on its head.


lexentry: eng/tufted_titmouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tufted titmouse
trans_list: mésange bicolore
sense:
Baeolophus bicolor, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, native to virtually all of the eastern US and southernmost Canada.


lexentry: eng/tug_of_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tug of war
trans_list: tir à la corde
sense:
A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.


lexentry: eng/tughra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tughra
trans_list: tuğra
sense:
A calligraphic signature of an Ottoman sultan (and some other rulers to the present day) that was affixed to official documents, carved on his seal, and stamped on coins and inscribed on some stamps issued during his reign.


lexentry: eng/tui__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tui
trans_list: méliphage tui | tui cravate-frisée
sense:
A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/tuition__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tuition
trans_list: frais d'inscription | frais de scolarité | minerval
sense:
(North American, Philippines) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).


lexentry: eng/tulip_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tulip tree
trans_list: tulipier
sense:
(botany) A North American tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, that has squarish leaves, cone-shaped fruit and an aromatic odor, of the family Magnoliaceae.


lexentry: eng/tumble_dryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tumble dryer
trans_list: sèche-linge | sécheuse
sense:
An electrical device that dries clothes in a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air.


lexentry: eng/tumbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tumbler
trans_list: tumbler
sense:
A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.


lexentry: eng/tumbleweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tumbleweed
trans_list: virevoltant
sense:
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.


lexentry: eng/tumbril__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tumbril
trans_list: charrette | charrette des condamnés
sense:
(historical) A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution.


lexentry: eng/tumor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tumor
trans_list: tumeur
sense:
(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.


lexentry: eng/tumor_necrosis_factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tumor necrosis factor
trans_list: facteur de nécrose tumorale
sense:
(medicine, biochemistry) Any of several polypeptide hormones, produced by macrophages, that can destroy some cancer cells.


lexentry: eng/tun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tun
trans_list: barrique
sense:
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)


lexentry: eng/tune_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tune up
trans_list: améliorer
sense:
(transitive) To make adjustments (to an engine or bicycle drivetrain) in order to improve its performance.


lexentry: eng/tuner__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tuner
trans_list: accordeur
sense:
A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch.


lexentry: eng/tung_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tung tree
trans_list: tung
sense:
Any of the genus Vernicia, especially Vernicia fordii (syn. Aleurites fordii), of east Asian trees or shrubs cultivated for their seeds which are a source of tung oil.


lexentry: eng/tunic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tunic
trans_list: tunique
sense:
A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.


lexentry: eng/tunica_intima__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tunica intima
trans_list: tunique intime
sense:
(anatomy) The innermost layer of an artery or vein, made up of one layer of endothelial cells and supported by an internal elastic lamina.


lexentry: eng/tuning_fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuning fork
trans_list: diapason
sense:
(musical instruments) A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.


lexentry: eng/tuning_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuning key
trans_list: cheville
sense:
A peg or screw used to tighten or loosen strings on a musical instrument in order to produce concordant sounds.


lexentry: eng/tunnel_diode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tunnel diode
trans_list: diode à effet tunnel
sense:
(physics) A semiconductor diode that has negative resistance in the forward direction of its operating range due to quantum effects.


lexentry: eng/tunnel_vision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tunnel vision
trans_list: vision tunnelisée | vision tunnellaire
sense:
A restricted field of vision, especially as the result of looking through some type of object or a medical condition.


lexentry: eng/tuple__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tuple
trans_list: n-uplet
sense:
(computing) A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.


lexentry: eng/tur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tur
trans_list: aurochs
sense:
Either of two species of wild goat native to Caucasus, West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica or East Caucasian tur Capra cylindricornis.


lexentry: eng/turbine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turbine
trans_list: turbine
sense:
Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.


lexentry: eng/turbocharger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turbocharger
trans_list: turbocompresseur
sense:
An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.


lexentry: eng/turbojet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turbojet
trans_list: turboréacteur
sense:
(aeronautics) A jet engine that develops thrust solely from high-speed exhaust gases expelled from a turbine that drives a compressor.


lexentry: eng/turboprop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turboprop
trans_list: turbopropulseur
sense:
(aeronautics) A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.


lexentry: eng/turboshaft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turboshaft
trans_list: turbomoteur
sense:
A gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.


lexentry: eng/turbot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turbot
trans_list: turbot
sense:
Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.


lexentry: eng/turbulence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turbulence
trans_list: turbulence
sense:
(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.


lexentry: eng/turbulent_flow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turbulent flow
trans_list: écoulement turbulent
sense:
(physics) A form of irregular viscous flow in which the velocity and pressure of the fluid fluctuates at random in both time and space,


lexentry: eng/turf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turf
trans_list: gazon | motte
sense:
(countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.


lexentry: eng/turkey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turkey
trans_list: dindon | dinde
sense:
(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).


lexentry: eng/turmeric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turmeric
trans_list: curcuma
sense:
(botany) An Indian plant (Curcuma longa), with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).


lexentry: eng/turmeric__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turmeric
trans_list: curcuma
sense:
(cooking) The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.


lexentry: eng/turn_a_blind_eye__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turn a blind eye
trans_list: fermer les yeux
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To deliberately or knowingly ignore, overlook, or refuse to acknowledge something, especially when improper or unpleasant; to look the other way. [with to]


lexentry: eng/turn_around__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turn around
trans_list: retourner
sense:
(ergative) To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.


lexentry: eng/turn_around__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn around
trans_list: se retourner
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).


lexentry: eng/turn_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn down
trans_list: baisser
sense:
(idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.


lexentry: eng/turn_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn in
trans_list: dénoncer
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).


lexentry: eng/turn_of_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turn of phrase
trans_list: tour de phrase | tournure de phrase
sense:
(countable) An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful.


lexentry: eng/turn_of_the_century__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turn of the century
trans_list: changement de siècle
sense:
The beginning or end of a certain century; the transition from one century to the next; often, especially in architecture, the beginning of the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/turn_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn off
trans_list: éteindre
sense:
(transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).


lexentry: eng/turn_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn on
trans_list: allumer | ouvrir | démarrer | mettre en marche
sense:
(transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).


lexentry: eng/turn_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: turn on
trans_list: emballer | chauffer
sense:
(transitive) To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/turn_on_one's_heel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turn on one's heel
trans_list: tourner les talons
sense:
(idiomatic) To suddenly turn away from someone or something in order to depart rapidly, especially as expressive of haughtiness, disapproval, or evasiveness.


lexentry: eng/turn_turtle__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: turn turtle
trans_list: tomber en arrière
sense:
(intransitive, surfing) To roll upside down with one's surfboard (usually a longboard) to allow a wave, especially a wave that has already broken, to pass over.


lexentry: eng/turn_up_one's_nose__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn up one's nose
trans_list: faire la fine bouche | lever le nez
sense:
(idiomatic, with "at") To regard with contempt or scorn; to treat with contempt or scorn; to ignore or disregard in a contemptuous or scornful way.


lexentry: eng/turn_up_one's_nose__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: turn up one's nose
trans_list: faire la fine bouche | lever le nez
sense:
(idiomatic, with "at") To refuse, especially with disgust, contempt or scorn; to refuse with apparent disregard about offending the offerer.


lexentry: eng/turnbuckle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turnbuckle
trans_list: ridoir
sense:
(nautical) A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together. (FM 55-501)


lexentry: eng/turning_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turning circle
trans_list: rayon de braquage
sense:
(automotive, of a road vehicle) The circular path formed by the wheel furthest from the centre of the turn when turning to the maximum extent.


lexentry: eng/turning_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turning point
trans_list: tournant | moment charnière
sense:
A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made.


lexentry: eng/turnip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnip
trans_list: navet
sense:
The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.


lexentry: eng/turnip_moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnip moth
trans_list: noctuelle des moissons
sense:
A moth of the family Noctuidae, Agrotis segetum, whose larvae called cutworms cause damage to a wide variety of crops.


lexentry: eng/turnkey__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnkey
trans_list: clé en main | clés en main
sense:
Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).


lexentry: eng/turnout__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turnout
trans_list: taux de participation
sense:
The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.


lexentry: eng/turnover__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: turnover
trans_list: chausson
sense:
A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (such as fruit).


lexentry: eng/turnstile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnstile
trans_list: tourniquet
sense:
A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.


lexentry: eng/turnstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnstone
trans_list: tournepierre à collier
sense:
Either of two species of coastal wading bird, Arenaria interpres and Arenaria melanocephala, that breed in the Arctic and readily turn stones or seaweed looking for hidden invertebrates.


lexentry: eng/turntable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turntable
trans_list: platine tourne-disque | table de lecture
sense:
(music) The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension) , a record player.


lexentry: eng/turntable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turntable
trans_list: plaque tournante | platine
sense:
(rail transport, road transport) A rotating platform placed in a circular pit, used for turning locomotives, cars, or trucks.


lexentry: eng/turpentine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turpentine
trans_list: térébenthine | essence de térébenthine
sense:
A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.


lexentry: eng/turret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turret
trans_list: tourelle
sense:
(architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.


lexentry: eng/turtle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turtle
trans_list: tortue
sense:
(zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.


lexentry: eng/turtle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: turtle
trans_list: tortue
sense:
(military, historical) An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.


lexentry: eng/turtle_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turtle dove
trans_list: tourterelle
sense:
Any of several (species of) birds, called by this traditional name, mainly in the genus Streptopelia, of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons, which also included the extinct passenger pigeon, dodo, and solitaire).


lexentry: eng/turtle_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turtle ship
trans_list: bateau tortue
sense:
(historical) A Korean armored warship with iron spikes on its deck, chiefly known for being used in the Imjin War (1592—1598) against the Japanese by Admiral Yi Sun-sin.


lexentry: eng/turtleneck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turtleneck
trans_list: col roulé
sense:
(North America) A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.


lexentry: eng/tutelage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tutelage
trans_list: tutelle
sense:
The state of being under a guardian or a tutor; care or protection enjoyed; being a ward or a tutee.


lexentry: eng/tutelary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tutelary
trans_list: tuteur
sense:
(religion, chiefly, _, paganism) A deity or spirit serving as a guardian or protector of a place, person, culture, etc.; a tutelar, a tutelary deity.


lexentry: eng/tutelary_deity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tutelary deity
trans_list: génie
sense:
(religion) A deity, usually minor, serving as a tutelary (guardian or supporter) for a place, person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/tutor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tutor
trans_list: professeur principal
sense:
One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.


lexentry: eng/tutorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tutorial
trans_list: tutoriel | didacticiel
sense:
(education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.


lexentry: eng/tutorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tutorial
trans_list: TD
sense:
(education) An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.


lexentry: eng/tuyere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuyere
trans_list: tuyère
sense:
A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge


lexentry: eng/twaite_shad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twaite shad
trans_list: alose
sense:
A fish in the herring family Clupeidae, Alosa fallax, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.


lexentry: eng/twat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: twat
trans_list: con | connard
sense:
(offensive, vulgar, slang, mainly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A contemptible and stupid person, idiot.


lexentry: eng/tweak__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tweak
trans_list: personnaliser | retoucher | ajuster | fignoler
sense:
(transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).


lexentry: eng/tweezers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tweezers
trans_list: pince à épiler | pincette
sense:
A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.


lexentry: eng/twelfth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twelfth
trans_list: douzième | douze
sense:
The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/twelve__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twelve
trans_list: douze
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.


lexentry: eng/twelve_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twelve o'clock
trans_list: douze heures
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the thirteenth hour of the day; noon (noontime); 12:00 p.m. (12:00).


lexentry: eng/twenty-four_seven__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: twenty-four seven
trans_list: [[vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre]], sept jours sur sept
sense:
(colloquial, often, figurative) Constantly, with little or no interruption; continually; very often.


lexentry: eng/twenty-one__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twenty-one
trans_list: vingt-et-un
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.


lexentry: eng/twenty_two__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twenty two
trans_list: vingt deux
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after twenty one and before twenty three, represented in Roman numerals as XXII and in Arabic numerals as 22. Ordinal: twenty-second.


lexentry: eng/twentysomething__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twentysomething
trans_list: vingtenaire
sense:
(informal) A person whose age is between twenty and twenty-nine years, inclusive; someone in their twenties.


lexentry: eng/twerk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twerk
trans_list: twerker
sense:
To dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking.


lexentry: eng/twerking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twerking
trans_list: twerk | twerking
sense:
A sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance and shaking their buttocks.


lexentry: eng/twiddle_one's_thumbs__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twiddle one's thumbs
trans_list: se tourner les pouces
sense:
to circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored


lexentry: eng/twilight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twilight
trans_list: crépuscule | demi-jour
sense:
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.


lexentry: eng/twilight_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: twilight zone
trans_list: zone d’ombre
sense:
(by extension) A region or context located in between others and therefore not subject to their norms.


lexentry: eng/twill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twill
trans_list: sergé
sense:
(weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.


lexentry: eng/twin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twin
trans_list: jumeau | jumelle
sense:
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.


lexentry: eng/twine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: twine
trans_list: ficelle
sense:
A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.


lexentry: eng/twinge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twinge
trans_list: élancement
sense:
A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.


lexentry: eng/twist__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twist
trans_list: tordre | entortiller
sense:
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.


lexentry: eng/twisted_pair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twisted pair
trans_list: paire torsadée
sense:
A form of electrical connection in which two insulated conductors are twisted together for the purpose of improving immunity to interference.


lexentry: eng/twisties__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twisties
trans_list: pertes de figure
sense:
(gymnastics, slang) The loss of perceptual awareness of body positioning during a spin, twist, turn, flip, etc. maneuver. The loss of air sense.


lexentry: eng/twit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twit
trans_list: embêter
sense:
To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).


lexentry: eng/twitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: twitch
trans_list: tord-nez | morailles
sense:
(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.


lexentry: eng/twitcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: twitcher
trans_list: cocheur
sense:
An eager birdwatcher who is willing to travel long distances to see rare species. (See the Wikipedia article for origin.)


lexentry: eng/twite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twite
trans_list: linotte à bec jaune
sense:
A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.


lexentry: eng/two-factor_authentication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two-factor authentication
trans_list: double authentification | A2F
sense:
(computer security) An identity and access management security method in which users provide two different authentication factors to verify themselves: first the user's password and then a (randomly generated and frequently changing) code generated by an app.


lexentry: eng/two-norm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two-norm
trans_list: norme 2
sense:
(math) A measure of length given by "the square root of the squares." Denoted by ||\cdot||_2, the two-norm of a vector \vec v= is ||\vec v||_2=\sqrt{a_1^2+a_2^2+\cdots+a_n^2}. The two norm of an m\times m matrix A is defined by \max_{\vec v\neq\vec 0}\frac{||A\vec v||_2}{||\vec v||_2} where \vec v is an m-dimensional vector that is not the zero vector.


lexentry: eng/two-party_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two-party system
trans_list: bipartisme
sense:
(politics) The presence or dominance of only two political parties in a government, a political duopoly.


lexentry: eng/two-spirit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two-spirit
trans_list: bardache | berdache | bispirituel
sense:
(chiefly, Canada, US) A Native North American bisexual, homosexual, or gender-variant person; especially one belonging to a traditional tribal third-gender, fourth-gender, or transgender cultural category that has a ceremonial role. [from 1990]


lexentry: eng/two-step__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: two-step
trans_list: chassé
sense:
(dance) A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.


lexentry: eng/two-way__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: two-way
trans_list: bidirectionnel
sense:
(of a radio, etc.) Permitting communication in two directions, i.e. both transmitting and receiving.


lexentry: eng/two-wheel_tractor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two-wheel tractor
trans_list: motoculteur
sense:
A tractor with one axle, self-powered and self-propelled, which can pull and power various farm implements such as a trailer, cultivator or harrow, a plough, or various seeders and harvesters.


lexentry: eng/two_heads_are_better_than_one__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two heads are better than one
sense:
Some tasks may be accomplished more easily by two (or more) people working together than by one working alone.

trans_list:
deux avis valent mieux qu'un | deux têtes valent mieux qu'une | il y a plus dans deux têtes que dans une


lexentry: eng/two_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two hundred
trans_list: deux cents
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after one hundred ninety-nine and before two hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 200.


lexentry: eng/two_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two o'clock
trans_list: deux heures
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the third hour of the day; 2:00 a.m. (02:00).


lexentry: eng/two_thousand__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two thousand
trans_list: deux mille | deux-mille
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and before two thousand and one.


lexentry: eng/tympanum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tympanum
trans_list: tympan
sense:
(architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated


lexentry: eng/type__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: type
trans_list: caractère
sense:
(printing, countable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.


lexentry: eng/type__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: type
trans_list: type
sense:
(mathematics) A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)


lexentry: eng/typesetter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typesetter
trans_list: typographe | compositeur-typographe | typo | typote
sense:
(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.


lexentry: eng/typewriter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typewriter
trans_list: machine à écrire
sense:
A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.


lexentry: eng/typhoid_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typhoid fever
trans_list: fièvre typhoïde
sense:
(pathology) An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.


lexentry: eng/typhoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: typhoon
trans_list: typhon
sense:
(in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.


lexentry: eng/typhus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typhus
trans_list: typhus
sense:
(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.


lexentry: eng/typology__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: typology
trans_list: typologie
sense:
(linguistics) Classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).


lexentry: eng/typosquatting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typosquatting
trans_list: typosquattage
sense:
(Internet) A form of cybersquatting that involves the registration of domain names likely to be mistyped by users.


lexentry: eng/tyrannosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyrannosaur
trans_list: tyrannosaure
sense:
Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.


lexentry: eng/tyrannosaurus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyrannosaurus
trans_list: tyrannosaure
sense:
Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.


lexentry: eng/tyranny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyranny
trans_list: tyrannie
sense:
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.


lexentry: eng/tyrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tyrant
trans_list: tyran
sense:
(by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.


lexentry: eng/tyre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyre
trans_list: pneu | pneumatique
sense:
The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.


lexentry: eng/tyre__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tyre
trans_list: pneu | pneumatique
sense:
The metal#Adjective rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.


lexentry: eng/tyrosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyrosine
trans_list: tyrosine
sense:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein


lexentry: eng/tzaraath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tzaraath
trans_list: lèpre
sense:
(Judaism) Any of various disfigurements of a person's skin, hair, clothing, or home understood as a kind of impurity requiring special rituals of atonement.


lexentry: eng/tzatziki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tzatziki
trans_list: tzatziki
sense:
An appetizer made from yogurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and dill or mint; usually served with pita bread and as a meze


lexentry: eng/tête-à-tête__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tête-à-tête
trans_list: tête-à-tête
sense:
A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.


lexentry: eng/ubac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ubac
trans_list: ubac
sense:
(geography) The shady side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, especially a north-facing slope.


lexentry: eng/ubiquitin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ubiquitin
trans_list: ubiquitine
sense:
(protein) Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide, present in the cells of all eukaryotes, that play a part in modifying and degrading proteins.


lexentry: eng/ubiquitous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ubiquitous
trans_list: ubiquitaire | ubiquiste
sense:
Appearing to be everywhere at once; being or seeming to be in more than one location at the same time.


lexentry: eng/ubiquity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ubiquity
trans_list: ubiquité
sense:
(uncountable) The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.


lexentry: eng/udarnik__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: udarnik
trans_list: oudarnik | ouvrier de choc
sense:
(historical) A shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.


lexentry: eng/udder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: udder
trans_list: pis | mamelle | tétine
sense:
An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.


lexentry: eng/ugli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ugli
trans_list: ugli
sense:
Citrus × paradisi, a cross between a tangerine, Citrus reticulata and grapefruit Citrus paradisi, grown in the West Indies.


lexentry: eng/ugly_duckling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ugly duckling
trans_list: vilain petit canard
sense:
(idiomatic) A young person who is ugly, but who is expected to become beautiful or handsome as they mature.


lexentry: eng/ugly_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ugly stick
trans_list: bâton laid
sense:
(Canada, percussion instrument) A traditional Newfoundland musical instrument fashioned from household and toolshed items, typically a mop handle attached with bottle caps, small bells, tin cans, etc., which are struck with a drumstick while one end of the handle is hit against the floor.


lexentry: eng/uhlan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uhlan
trans_list: uhlan
sense:
(historical) A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.


lexentry: eng/ulexite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ulexite
trans_list: ulexite
sense:
(mineral) A white mineral with triclinic crystals, NaCaB5O9·8H2O, noted for its fibers which transmit light by internal reflection, such that a piece with flat faces perpendicular to the fibers' orientation displays an image of whatever is adjacent to its other side.


lexentry: eng/ulna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ulna
trans_list: ulna
sense:
(anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.


lexentry: eng/ulster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ulster
trans_list: Ulster
sense:
(clothing, men's attire) A long, loose overcoat made of wool or other rough material, often called a greatcoat, which sometimes features an attached shoulder cape covering the back and sleeves, and which can sometimes be buttoned in front.


lexentry: eng/ulterior_motive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ulterior motive
trans_list: arrière-pensée | idée derrière la tête | motif secret
sense:
An alternative or extrinsic reason for doing something, especially when concealed or when differing from the stated or apparent reason.


lexentry: eng/ultimatum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultimatum
trans_list: ultimatum
sense:
(diplomacy) A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war if the terms are not met before some specified date and time.


lexentry: eng/ultracold__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultracold
trans_list: ultrafroid
sense:
(physics) Of a temperature close to absolute zero, especially one at which quantum-mechanical properties are observed.


lexentry: eng/ultramarine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultramarine
trans_list: outremer
sense:
In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.


lexentry: eng/ultranationalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultranationalism
trans_list: ultranationalisme
sense:
Extreme nationalism, the belief in the superiority of one's nation and of the paramount importance of advancing it.


lexentry: eng/ultrasonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultrasonic
trans_list: ultrasonique | ultra-sonore | ultrasonore
sense:
(acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.


lexentry: eng/ultrasound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultrasound
trans_list: ultrason | ultra-son
sense:
(physics) Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.


lexentry: eng/ultraviolet__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultraviolet
trans_list: ultraviolet
sense:
Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres.


lexentry: eng/umami__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umami
trans_list: umami
sense:
One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.


lexentry: eng/umbel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umbel
trans_list: ombelle
sense:
(botany) A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.


lexentry: eng/umbellifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umbellifer
trans_list: ombellifère
sense:
Any plant of the family Apiaceae, also called Umbelliferae, whose inflorescence is an umbel, such as a carrot or celery.


lexentry: eng/umbilical_cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umbilical cord
trans_list: cordon ombilical
sense:
(anatomy) The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.


lexentry: eng/umbrella__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: umbrella
trans_list: parapluie
sense:
(figurative) Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.


lexentry: eng/umbrella_organisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umbrella organisation
trans_list: organisation de contrôle
sense:
An organisation that coordinates the activities of a number of member organisations and hence promotes a common purpose.


lexentry: eng/umlaut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umlaut
trans_list: métaphonie
sense:
(linguistics) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.


lexentry: eng/umlaut__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: umlaut
trans_list: métaphonie | tréma
sense:
(orthography) The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel


lexentry: eng/umpteenth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umpteenth
trans_list: ixième | énième
sense:
(informal, often, _, slightly, _, derogatory) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence.


lexentry: eng/umptieth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umptieth
trans_list: ennième | n-ième | énième
sense:
(informal) A generic ordinal number; a last or one of the latest in a long series; implies repetition.


lexentry: eng/unalloyed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unalloyed
trans_list: exempt
sense:
Complete and unreserved; pure; unadulterated; not restricted, modified, or qualified by reservations.


lexentry: eng/unapologetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unapologetic
trans_list: impénitent
sense:
Not apologetic for having said or done something that causes actual or potential harm, especially when being apologetic would be appropriate.


lexentry: eng/unappealable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unappealable
trans_list: définitif
sense:
(legal, of a verdict etc) Not appealable; that may not be appealed, or sent to a higher court for a second judgement.


lexentry: eng/unary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unary
trans_list: unaire
sense:
(mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 1.


lexentry: eng/unattested__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unattested
trans_list: inattesté
sense:
Not supported by attestation; lacking supporting evidence in the form of assurance from an authority.


lexentry: eng/unbibium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbibium
trans_list: unbibium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 122 (symbol Ubb).


lexentry: eng/unbiennium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbiennium
trans_list: unbiennium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 129 (symbol Ube).


lexentry: eng/unbihexium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbihexium
trans_list: unbihexium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 126 (symbol Ubh).


lexentry: eng/unbinilium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbinilium
trans_list: unbinilium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 120 (symbol Ubn).


lexentry: eng/unbioctium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbioctium
trans_list: unbioctium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 128 (symbol Ubo).


lexentry: eng/unbipentium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbipentium
trans_list: unbipentium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 125 (symbol Ubp).


lexentry: eng/unbiquadium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbiquadium
trans_list: unbiquadium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 124 (symbol Ubq).


lexentry: eng/unbiseptium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbiseptium
trans_list: unbiseptium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 127 (symbol Ubs).


lexentry: eng/unbitrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbitrium
trans_list: unbitrium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 123 (symbol Ubt).


lexentry: eng/unbiunium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbiunium
trans_list: unbiunium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 121 (symbol Ubu).


lexentry: eng/unblock__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: unblock
trans_list: débloquer
sense:
(transitive) To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).


lexentry: eng/uncanny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncanny
trans_list: inquiétante étrangeté
sense:
(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.


lexentry: eng/uncanny_valley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncanny valley
trans_list: vallée de l’étrange | vallée dérangeante
sense:
(robotics, psychology) A range of appearances, mannerisms, or behaviors of a humanoid figure that are subtly different from a human and thereby cause feelings of discomfort, such as fear or revulsion.


lexentry: eng/uncheck__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: uncheck
trans_list: décocher
sense:
(travel, aviation) To remove a previously checked-in passenger from the check-in system, allowing changes to the ticket.


lexentry: eng/uncle__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: uncle
trans_list: oncle
sense:
(especially in the, _, Southern US, parts of, _, UK, and) An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.


lexentry: eng/unconditional_election__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unconditional election
trans_list: élection inconditionnelle
sense:
(Christianity, theology) A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, stating that Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross is extended to those predestined to become a believer, at God's discretion and without condition.


lexentry: eng/unconstitutionality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unconstitutionality
trans_list: inconstitutionnalité
sense:
(legal) The status of being unconstitutional, or of not being in accord with the provisions of a constitution.


lexentry: eng/uncork__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncork
trans_list: déboucher
sense:
(transitive) To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.


lexentry: eng/uncountable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: uncountable
trans_list: indénombrable
sense:
(mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.


lexentry: eng/uncountable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: uncountable
trans_list: indénombrable
sense:
(grammar, of a noun) That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.


lexentry: eng/uncountable_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncountable set
trans_list: ensemble non dénombrable
sense:
(mathematics) A set, containing infinite number of elements, whose elements can not be mapped one-to-one to the natural numbers. A set with a cardinality greater than that of the set of natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/unctuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unctuous
trans_list: onctueux
sense:
(of a liquid, semisolid, or other substance) Having the nature or properties of an unguent or ointment; greasy, oily.


lexentry: eng/under__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: under
trans_list: dessous | moins
sense:
In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.


lexentry: eng/under_arms__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: under arms
trans_list: armé
sense:
(military) Equipped with weapons (of a country, army etc.); in a state of armed, military readiness. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/under_the_counter__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: under the counter
trans_list: sous le comptoir
sense:
Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent).


lexentry: eng/underage__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underage
trans_list: mineur
sense:
Below the legal age (usually age 18) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/underappreciated__Adjective__1
written_rep: underappreciated
trans_list:
insuffisamment apprécié | méconnu | mésestimé | pas apprécié à sa juste valeur | sous-estimé | sous-valorisé


lexentry: eng/undercoat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: undercoat
trans_list: sous-couche
sense:
A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; sometimes, a coloured primer.


lexentry: eng/undercurrent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undercurrent
trans_list: courant sous-marin | sous-courant
sense:
A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.


lexentry: eng/underestimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underestimate
trans_list: sous-estimer
sense:
(transitive) To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.


lexentry: eng/underfloor_heating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underfloor heating
trans_list: chauffage au sol
sense:
Any of various central heating (and sometimes cooling) systems that achieve indoor climate control for thermal comfort using conduction, radiation, and convection.


lexentry: eng/undergird__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: undergird
trans_list: approuver
sense:
(figurative) To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.


lexentry: eng/underground__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: underground
trans_list: alternatif | underground
sense:
(of, _, music, art, _, etc.) Outside the mainstream, especially unofficial and hidden from the authorities.


lexentry: eng/underground__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
sense: (with, _, definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.
written_rep: underground
trans_list:
mouvement clandestin | mouvement d'avant-garde | organisation clandestine | résistance | underground


lexentry: eng/underline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underline
trans_list: soulignement
sense:
A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.


lexentry: eng/undermine__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undermine
trans_list: saper
sense:
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/undernutrition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undernutrition
trans_list: malnutrition
sense:
Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients.


lexentry: eng/underperform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underperform
trans_list: sous-performer
sense:
(ambitransitive) To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment.


lexentry: eng/undersecretary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undersecretary
trans_list: sous-secrétaire
sense:
An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet


lexentry: eng/undershorts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undershorts
trans_list: caleçon
sense:
(dated) Underpants, type of underwear worn in skin contact with the hip portion of the body, small enough to be worn invisibly under shorts. Typically refers to male, not female, underpants.


lexentry: eng/underslide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underslide
trans_list: coulisse
sense:
(musical instruments, lutherie, bowmaking) The metal slide attached to the frog and sitting between the frog and the stick of a bow.


lexentry: eng/understand__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: understand
trans_list: comprendre
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.


lexentry: eng/understand__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: understand
trans_list: comprendre
sense:
(transitive, usually with clause as object) To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.


lexentry: eng/understand__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: understand
trans_list: comprendre
sense:
(transitive, of people) To know the intent, motives or character of; (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for.


lexentry: eng/understand__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: understand
trans_list: comprendre
sense:
(transitive) To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.


lexentry: eng/understanding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: understanding
trans_list: compréhension
sense:
(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.


lexentry: eng/understanding__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: understanding
trans_list: compréhension
sense:
(countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.


lexentry: eng/understeer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: understeer
trans_list: sous-virage
sense:
The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.


lexentry: eng/understory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: understory
trans_list: sous-bois
sense:
(ecology, also, attributively) The (layer of) plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest above the forest floor.


lexentry: eng/understudy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: understudy
trans_list: doubler
sense:
To study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required.


lexentry: eng/undertone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: undertone
trans_list: sous-entendu
sense:
An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, speech or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent.


lexentry: eng/undervalue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undervalue
trans_list: sous-estimer
sense:
(transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to (something or someone); to have too little regard for.


lexentry: eng/underwater__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underwater
trans_list: sous-marin
sense:
(not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.


lexentry: eng/underworld__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underworld
trans_list: Enfers | au-delà | autre monde
sense:
(religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.


lexentry: eng/underworld__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: underworld
trans_list: pègre
sense:
That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.


lexentry: eng/underwrite__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: underwrite
trans_list: signer
sense:
(transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.


lexentry: eng/undirected_graph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undirected graph
trans_list: graphe non orienté
sense:
(graph theory) A graph in which the edges are not ordered, so the edge (a, b) is identical to the edge (b, a).


lexentry: eng/undulator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undulator
trans_list: ondulator
sense:
(physics) A periodic structure of dipole magnets that generates a low-energy collimated beam of radiation.


lexentry: eng/unemployment_benefit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unemployment benefit
trans_list: allocation chômage | allocations de chômage
sense:
(often, in plural) Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.


lexentry: eng/unemployment_insurance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unemployment insurance
trans_list: assurance-chômage
sense:
Insurance against loss of earnings during the time that an able-bodied worker is involuntarily unemployed.


lexentry: eng/uneven_bars__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uneven bars
trans_list: barres asymétriques
sense:
A set of exercise apparatus consisting of two horizontal bars at a small distance apart and set at different heights.


lexentry: eng/unflappable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unflappable
trans_list: imperturbable
sense:
Remaining composed and level-headed at all times; impossible to fluster; not becoming frustrated or irritated easily. [from 1954]


lexentry: eng/unfollow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unfollow
trans_list: arrêter de suivre | se désabonner
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, social media) To cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity).


lexentry: eng/ungodly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ungodly
trans_list: impie
sense:
Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.


lexentry: eng/ungrammatical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ungrammatical
trans_list: agrammatical
sense:
(linguistics) In violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable or incorrect usage.


lexentry: eng/unholy_alliance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unholy alliance
trans_list: alliance contre nature
sense:
A coalition among seemingly antagonistic groups, especially if one is religious, for ad hoc or hidden gain. (See examples.)


lexentry: eng/unicameralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unicameralism
trans_list: monocaméralisme | monocamérisme
sense:
(government) The principle and practice of having a legislative body consisting of a single chamber.


lexentry: eng/unicorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: unicorn
trans_list: licorne
sense:
(finance) A startup company whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, which is solely backed by venture capitalists, and which has yet to have an IPO.


lexentry: eng/unidirectional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unidirectional
trans_list: unidirectionnel
sense:
Pertaining to only one direction, e.g.: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space.


lexentry: eng/uniform_resource_identifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uniform resource identifier
trans_list: URI
sense:
(Internet) A string of characters that identifies a resource that can be accessed over the Internet.


lexentry: eng/uniformitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uniformitarianism
trans_list: actualisme | uniformitarisme
sense:
(chiefly, geology) The scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today, and sometimes in the same way everywhere in the universe as well. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/uniformity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uniformity
trans_list: uniformité
sense:
(uncountable) The quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/uniformly_continuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uniformly continuous
trans_list: uniformément continu
sense:
(analysis, of a function from a metric space X to a metric space Y) That for every real ε > 0 there exists a real δ > 0 such that for all pairs of points x and y in X for which D_X (x, y) < \delta , it must be the case that D_Y (f(x), f(y)) < \epsilon (where DX and DY are the metrics of X and Y, respectively).


lexentry: eng/unilateralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unilateralism
trans_list: unilatéralisme
sense:
A tendency of nations to act on their own, or with only minimal consultation and involvement with other nations.


lexentry: eng/union__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: union
trans_list: groupement | union
sense:
(countable) Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.


lexentry: eng/union__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: union
trans_list: union
sense:
(countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.


lexentry: eng/union__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: union
trans_list: connexion
sense:
(historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.


lexentry: eng/union_suit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: union suit
trans_list: caleçon-combinaison
sense:
one-piece underwear, usually long, combining drawers and long-sleeved, button-front undershirt in a single garment, with a flap in the seat that can be opened for defecation.


lexentry: eng/unison__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unison
trans_list: unisson
sense:
(music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: unit
trans_list: unité
sense:
(US, Australia, New Zealand) a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.


lexentry: eng/unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: unit
trans_list: unité
sense:
(US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.


lexentry: eng/unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: unit
trans_list: unité
sense:
(US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.


lexentry: eng/unit_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unit circle
trans_list: cercle trigonométrique | cercle unité
sense:
(trigonometry, the unit circle) The circle of radius 1 with centre at the origin, used in defining trigonometric functions.


lexentry: eng/unit_fraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unit fraction
trans_list: fraction unitaire
sense:
(arithmetic) A fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a positive integer; for example, \frac12 or \frac17.


lexentry: eng/unit_interval__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unit interval
trans_list: intervalle unité
sense:
(mathematics) the interval [0,1], that is the set of all real numbers x such that zero is less than or equal to x and x is less than or equal to one


lexentry: eng/unit_price__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unit price
trans_list: prix unitaire | prix à l'unité
sense:
(business, marketing) The price of a standard amount of a good, as of weight or volume. (For example, if the price of a package of biscuits is 100 pesos and the package's net weight is 250 grams, then the biscuits' unit price per kilo is 400 pesos.)


lexentry: eng/unit_testing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unit testing
trans_list: test unitaire
sense:
(software engineering) A software testing methodology in which individual tests (unit tests) are developed for each small part of a program.


lexentry: eng/unit_vector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unit vector
trans_list: vecteur unitaire | vecteur unité
sense:
(linear algebra, mathematical analysis) A vector with the length of 1, defined as \mathbf{\hat{u}} = \frac{\mathbf{u}}{\|\mathbf{u}\|}.


lexentry: eng/unitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unitarianism
trans_list: unitarisme
sense:
The belief in a single God, not divided into any aspects, particularly when presented as a contrast to Christian trinitarianism.


lexentry: eng/unitary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unitary
trans_list: unitaire
sense:
(government, of a system of government or administration) That concentrates power in a single body, rather than sharing it with more local bodies.


lexentry: eng/unitary_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unitary state
trans_list: état unitaire
sense:
A state or country that is governed constitutionally as one single unit, with one constitutionally created legislature.


lexentry: eng/univerbation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: univerbation
trans_list: univerbation
sense:
(linguistics) The diachronic process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words.


lexentry: eng/universal_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: universal bank
trans_list: banque universelle
sense:
(banking, finance) A bank that is both a commercial bank and investment bank, which may also be a retail bank, insurance broker and/or provider of other financial services.


lexentry: eng/universal_grammar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: universal grammar
trans_list: grammaire universelle
sense:
(linguistics) A hypothetical innate abstract system in the human brain that underlies the grammar of all human languages.


lexentry: eng/universal_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: universal joint
trans_list: cardan | joint de Cardan
sense:
A coupling that allows different parts of a machine not in line with each other some freedom of movement at the same time as transmitting rotary motion. Typical applications include driveshafts and socket wrenches.


lexentry: eng/universal_quantifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: universal quantifier
trans_list: quantificateur universel
sense:
(logic) The operator, represented by the symbol ∀, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for all members of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "for each" and "for every".


lexentry: eng/universal_suffrage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: universal suffrage
trans_list: suffrage universel
sense:
The right to vote in a political election for all citizens who have attained the age of majority and are not disenfranchised under the laws of the country.


lexentry: eng/universe__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: universe
trans_list: univers
sense:
An imaginary collection of worlds; the general imaginary world within which a work of fiction takes place, broader than its immediate setting.


lexentry: eng/university__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: university
trans_list: université | fac | univ
sense:
Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.


lexentry: eng/university_of_applied_sciences__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: university of applied sciences
trans_list: haute école spécialisée
sense:
An institution of higher education, which provides tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants professional degrees in a variety of subjects that typically lead to careers in e.g. engineering, nursing, commerce.


lexentry: eng/unjust_enrichment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unjust enrichment
trans_list: enrichissement sans cause
sense:
(law) A benefit gained at another's expense without legally justifiable grounds, such as one gained by mistake.


lexentry: eng/unknown__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unknown
trans_list: inconnu
sense:
Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.


lexentry: eng/unlock__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unlock
trans_list: déverrouiller
sense:
(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.


lexentry: eng/unlock__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unlock
trans_list: déverrouiller | débloquer
sense:
(transitive) To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.


lexentry: eng/unmanageable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unmanageable
trans_list: ingérable
sense:
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed.


lexentry: eng/unmanly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unmanly
trans_list: efféminé | lâche
sense:
(of a person) Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.


lexentry: eng/unmount__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unmount
trans_list: afficher
sense:
(computing, transitive) To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.


lexentry: eng/unpack__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unpack
trans_list: déballer
sense:
(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.


lexentry: eng/unpave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unpave
trans_list: dépaver
sense:
(transitive) To remove the paving (especially in the form of paving stones, etc) from (a street); to cause to no longer be paved.


lexentry: eng/unputdownable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unputdownable
trans_list: intéressant
sense:
(specifically) Of a book or other written work: so captivating or engrossing that one cannot bear to stop reading it.


lexentry: eng/unravel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unravel
trans_list: démêler | dénouer | résoudre
sense:
(also, reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.


lexentry: eng/unravel__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unravel
trans_list: effiler | défaire | démêler | dénouer | effilocher
sense:
Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.


lexentry: eng/unreal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unreal
trans_list: irréel
sense:
Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.


lexentry: eng/unrelatedly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unrelatedly
trans_list: dans un autre registre | rien à voir, mais …
sense:
(speech-act) Used to indicate that the accompanying statement is unrelated (unconnected) to a preceding statement or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/unreliable_narrator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unreliable narrator
sense:
(literary theory) A narrating character or storyteller in a literary or other artistic work (such as a film, novel, play, or song) who provides conflicting, inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise questionable information to the audience or reader. [from 1961]

trans_list:
narrateur douteux | narrateur incertain | narrateur non fiable | narratrice douteuse | narratrice incertaine | narratrice non fiable


lexentry: eng/unsaturated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unsaturated
trans_list: insaturé
sense:
(chemistry, of a solution) Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a solute at the same temperature.


lexentry: eng/unsaturated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unsaturated
trans_list: insaturé
sense:
(chemistry) Of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond, especially of an organic compound having one or more double bonds or triple bonds between carbon atoms.


lexentry: eng/unselect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unselect
trans_list: désélectionner
sense:
(computing, transitive) To cancel a previous selection, especially by removing a mark from a tick box.


lexentry: eng/until__Preposition__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: until
trans_list: jusqu'à | jusque
sense:
(without an object) Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.


lexentry: eng/until_one_is_blue_in_the_face__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: until one is blue in the face
trans_list: jusqu'à en perdre haleine
sense:
(duration, idiomatic) For a hopelessly long time; used especially in respect to discussing, explaining, insisting, etc.


lexentry: eng/untune__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: untune
trans_list: désaccorder
sense:
(transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.


lexentry: eng/ununbium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununbium
trans_list: ununbium
sense:
The former systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 112 (symbol Uub), which has been officially changed to copernicium.


lexentry: eng/ununennium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununennium
trans_list: ununennium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 119 (symbol Uue).


lexentry: eng/ununhexium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununhexium
trans_list: ununhexium
sense:
(dated) The previous systematic element name for livermorium, the chemical element with atomic number 116 (symbol Uuh).


lexentry: eng/ununoctium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununoctium
trans_list: ununoctium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 118 (symbol Uuo); now named oganesson.


lexentry: eng/ununpentium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununpentium
trans_list: ununpentium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 115 (symbol Uup). The element is now named moscovium.


lexentry: eng/ununquadium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununquadium
trans_list: ununquadium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for flerovium, the chemical element with atomic number 114 (symbol Uuq).


lexentry: eng/ununseptium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununseptium
trans_list: ununseptium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 117 (symbol Uus). The element is now named tennessine.


lexentry: eng/ununtrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununtrium
trans_list: ununtrium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 113 (symbol Uut). The element is now named nihonium.


lexentry: eng/up-and-comer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up-and-comer
trans_list: étoile montante
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone who is up-and-coming, who has begun to be successful in some field and is likely to be even more successful in the future.


lexentry: eng/up__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up
trans_list: haut
sense:
(figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.


lexentry: eng/up__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up
trans_list: en haut
sense:
Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.


lexentry: eng/up_quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up quark
trans_list: quark haut | quark up
sense:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of +\frac{2}{3} and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV.Symbol: u


lexentry: eng/up_the_ante__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: up the ante
sense:
(idiomatic) Of a dispute, to take an action that raises the stakes, i.e. that increases the chances of conflict.

trans_list:
augmenter la mise | corser | faire monter les enchères | mettre la barre plus haut | monter la barre | surenchérir


lexentry: eng/up_to__Preposition__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: up to
trans_list: capable | de | à
sense:
Within the responsibility of, to be attributed to the sphere of influence of, having someone or something as authoritative in.


lexentry: eng/up_to_eleven__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up to eleven
trans_list: extrême
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, chiefly, humorous) Up to or beyond the maximum possible threshold; to an extremely high or strong degree. [from 1984]


lexentry: eng/upas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upas
trans_list: upas antiar
sense:
(usually, countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.


lexentry: eng/upas__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: upas
trans_list: upas antiar
sense:
(uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.


lexentry: eng/uphold__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: uphold
trans_list: soutenir
sense:
To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)


lexentry: eng/uplift__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uplift
trans_list: élever | exalter | promouvoir | transcender
sense:
To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.


lexentry: eng/upper_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upper house
trans_list: chambre haute
sense:
(government) The upper legislative house in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.


lexentry: eng/upright__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: upright
trans_list: montant
sense:
A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.


lexentry: eng/uproot__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uproot
trans_list: déraciner
sense:
(figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.


lexentry: eng/upsilon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upsilon
trans_list: upsilon
sense:
The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek.


lexentry: eng/upstand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upstand
trans_list: bordure
sense:
(construction, plumbing) A section of a roof covering or flashing which turns up against a vertical surface.


lexentry: eng/upstart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upstart
trans_list: parvenu | nouveau riche | arriviste
sense:
One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.


lexentry: eng/upward__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upward
trans_list: en amont
sense:
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.


lexentry: eng/uraninite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uraninite
trans_list: uraninite
sense:
(mineral) Any of several brownish-black forms of uranium dioxide, UO2, (especially pitchblende) that is the chief ore of uranium; it is isomorphous with thorianite.


lexentry: eng/uranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uranium
trans_list: uranium
sense:
The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.


lexentry: eng/uranyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uranyl
trans_list: uranyle
sense:
(chemistry) The divalent radical UO22+, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds.


lexentry: eng/urban__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urban
trans_list: urbain | citadin
sense:
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.


lexentry: eng/urban_renewal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urban renewal
trans_list: rénovation urbaine | renouvellement urbain
sense:
(uncountable) A process where older areas of a city are redeveloped, including slum clearance, replacement of outdated buildings and infrastructure.


lexentry: eng/urea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urea
trans_list: urée
sense:
(organic compound, biochemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.


lexentry: eng/uremia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uremia
trans_list: urémie
sense:
(pathology) Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.


lexentry: eng/ureter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ureter
trans_list: uretère
sense:
(anatomy) Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.


lexentry: eng/urethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urethane
trans_list: uréthane
sense:
(organic compound, uncountable) A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH2COOC2H5, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds.


lexentry: eng/urethra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urethra
trans_list: urètre | urèthre
sense:
(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.


lexentry: eng/urheimat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urheimat
trans_list: patrie d'origine
sense:
(history, especially, historical linguistics) The original homeland of an ethnic group, particularly the speakers of a proto-language; the cradleland.


lexentry: eng/uric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uric acid
trans_list: acide urique
sense:
(biochemistry, organic compound) a bicyclic heterocyclic phenolic compound, formed in the body by the metabolism of protein and excreted in the urine (or in faeces, as in birds and insects)


lexentry: eng/urinary_bladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urinary bladder
trans_list: vessie
sense:
(anatomy) An elastic, muscular sac situated in the pelvic cavity, into which urine from the kidneys is temporarily stored prior to disposal by urination. Urine enters the bladder via the ureters and exits via the urethra.


lexentry: eng/urinary_meatus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urinary meatus
trans_list: méat urinaire
sense:
(anatomy) The external orifice of the urethra, from which urine is ejected during urination and semen is ejected during ejaculation.


lexentry: eng/urinary_tract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urinary tract
trans_list: appareil urinaire | voies urinaires
sense:
(anatomy) The continuous system involved in the production and excretion of urine; the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra.


lexentry: eng/urolith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urolith
trans_list: urolithe
sense:
(biology, medicine) A urinary stone, being any stone passed from the urinary tract, such as a bladder stone or a kidney stone.


lexentry: eng/urology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urology
trans_list: urologie
sense:
(medicine) The surgical specialty of medicine that treats disorders of the urinary tract and the urogenital system.


lexentry: eng/urostomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urostomy
trans_list: urostomie
sense:
A surgically constructed opening in the urinary tract allowing urine to exit the body; the procedure of making such an opening.


lexentry: eng/ursid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ursid
trans_list: ursidé
sense:
(zoology) Any species of the family Ursidae; a bear, a giant panda, or any of certain extinct relatives.


lexentry: eng/urstromtal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urstromtal
trans_list: vallée proglaciaire
sense:
(geology) A broad glacial valley formed during an ice age by meltwater flowing roughly parallel to the ice margin.


lexentry: eng/urtext__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: urtext
trans_list: texte original
sense:
(music, linguistics, anthropology) The original version of a piece of music or text, as created by the composer or writer.


lexentry: eng/urticaria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urticaria
trans_list: urticaire
sense:
(diseases) Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or other conditions.


lexentry: eng/urushiol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urushiol
trans_list: urushiol
sense:
(organic compound) An oil found in plants of the family Anacardiaceae, causing an allergic skin rash on contact; consists of a variable mixture of several related organic compounds.


lexentry: eng/us__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: us
trans_list: nous
sense:
We, used in the same circumstances where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula:


lexentry: eng/usability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: usability
trans_list: convivialité | ergonomie
sense:
The degree to which an object, device, software application, etc. is easy to use with no specific training.


lexentry: eng/usage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: usage
trans_list: usage
sense:
The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/use__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: use
trans_list: avoir l'habitude de
sense:
(intransitive, archaic, or, literary, _, except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)


lexentry: eng/use_a_sledgehammer_to_crack_a_nut__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
trans_list: écraser une mouche avec un marteau | tuer une mouche avec un canon
sense:
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, idiomatic, informal) To use disproportionate or significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealously.


lexentry: eng/use_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: use case
trans_list: cas d'utilisation
sense:
(software engineering) A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.


lexentry: eng/useless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: useless
trans_list: inutile
sense:
(colloquial, of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.


lexentry: eng/user-friendly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: user-friendly
trans_list: convivial | ergonomique
sense:
(mostly, computing) Designed to be easy for an untrained user to use, with intuitive ordering of steps, consistent and logical placement of controls, etc.


lexentry: eng/user__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: user
trans_list: utilisateur | utilisatrice | consommateur
sense:
(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.


lexentry: eng/userbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: userbox
trans_list: boîte utilisateur
sense:
(originally, wiki, WMF) A simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.


lexentry: eng/username__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: username
trans_list: nom d'utilisateur | identifiant
sense:
(computing) A name or string of characters used as a person's identification on an individual computer system.


lexentry: eng/usual_suspects__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: usual suspects
trans_list: toujours les mêmes
sense:
(by extension, informal) The people or things that would be routinely expected to appear in a particular context.


lexentry: eng/usufruct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: usufruct
trans_list: usufruit
sense:
(law) The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.


lexentry: eng/usurer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: usurer
trans_list: usurier | usurière
sense:
A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.


lexentry: eng/utilitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: utilitarianism
trans_list: utilitarisme
sense:
(philosophy) The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories.


lexentry: eng/utility__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: utility
trans_list: utilitaire
sense:
(computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.


lexentry: eng/utility_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: utility knife
trans_list: couteau à lame rétractable | cutter | exacto
sense:
A cutting tool that has a thin interchangeable blade that (often) retracts or folds into the handle.


lexentry: eng/utility_model__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: utility model
trans_list: modèle d'utilité
sense:
(patent law) An intellectual property right in certain legal systems, to protect invention, very similar to the patent, but usually with shorter term and less stringent patentability requirements.


lexentry: eng/utility_pole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: utility pole
trans_list: pylône électrique
sense:
A tall cylinder, often made from the trunk of a tree, usually topped by a cross beam, used by a public utility to carry wire, cable or conduit through the air, for the transportation of electricity, cable television, telephone or similar services.


lexentry: eng/utility_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: utility room
trans_list: lavabo
sense:
A room that contains typically washing machine, tumble dryer, and other appliances which, in houses without such a room, would be in the kitchen or laundry.


lexentry: eng/utopian_socialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: utopian socialism
trans_list: socialisme utopique
sense:
(history, socialism) Socialism that is focussed on planning and building a flawless and egalitarian society, but has little to no concern with methodology, class struggle, and the status quo at large.


lexentry: eng/utterance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: utterance
trans_list: déclaration | propos | énoncé | parole
sense:
An instance of that act or process: especially, something spoken (e.g., syllables, words, phrases); (especially, linguistics) any such thing either spoken or written.


lexentry: eng/uvula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uvula
trans_list: luette | uvule | uvula
sense:
(anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.


lexentry: eng/uvular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: uvular
trans_list: uvulaire
sense:
(phonetics) Of a sound, articulated with the uvula (the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate).


lexentry: eng/uxorious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uxorious
trans_list: uxorieux
sense:
Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/uyezd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uyezd
trans_list: ouïezd
sense:
(historical) An administrative subdivision of Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, in use from the 13th century.


lexentry: eng/uzi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uzi
trans_list: uzi
sense:
A type of compact submachine gun, having a caliber of 9 millimeters with ammunition housed in the grip of the weapon.


lexentry: eng/v-chip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: v-chip
trans_list: contrôle parental
sense:
(television) Any censorship technology that allows parents to control the level of objectionable content that their children may see on television.


lexentry: eng/vacation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vacation
trans_list: vacances
sense:
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/vacation_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vacation day
trans_list: jour de congé
sense:
(US) A day when one is permitted to not attend work in order to go on a vacation or attend to other matters.


lexentry: eng/vaccine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaccine
trans_list: vaccin
sense:
A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.


lexentry: eng/vaccine_passport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaccine passport
trans_list: carnet de vaccination | passeport vaccinal
sense:
A document that proves vaccination against (certain) infectious diseases, particularly for the purpose of international travel. [2009–]


lexentry: eng/vacuum_cleaner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vacuum cleaner
trans_list: aspirateur | balayeuse
sense:
A device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.


lexentry: eng/vacuum_pump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vacuum pump
trans_list: aspirateur
sense:
A piece of equipment used for extraction of gas or vapour from an enclosed space, leaving the container with a partial vacuum.


lexentry: eng/vacuum_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vacuum tube
trans_list: tube à vide | tube électronique
sense:
(electronics) A type of electron tube that controls electron current through vacuum between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or metal and often designed to be easily installed in and removed from the equipment in which it is used.


lexentry: eng/vagina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vagina
trans_list: vagin
sense:
(anatomy) A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.


lexentry: eng/vaginal_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaginal ring
trans_list: anneau vaginal
sense:
(medicine) A device consisting of a flexible ring held in the vagina which provides a controlled release of drugs, typically used for contraception.


lexentry: eng/vaginismus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaginismus
trans_list: vaginisme
sense:
(pathology) A painful muscular contraction of the vagina when attempting to insert something, such as a tampon or a penis, into it.


lexentry: eng/vaginoplasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaginoplasty
trans_list: vaginoplastie
sense:
(surgery) A surgical procedure used to construct or reconstruct a vaginal canal and mucous membrane.


lexentry: eng/vagotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vagotomy
trans_list: vagotomie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.


lexentry: eng/vagrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vagrant
trans_list: vagabond | clodo | clodote | clodotte | vagabonde
sense:
(specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.


lexentry: eng/vagrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: vagrant
trans_list: erratique
sense:
(biology, especially, ornithology) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.


lexentry: eng/vagus_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vagus nerve
trans_list: nerf vague
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.


lexentry: eng/vain__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vain
trans_list: vaniteux
sense:
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.


lexentry: eng/vair__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vair
trans_list: vair
sense:
(tincture) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).


lexentry: eng/vale_of_tears__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vale of tears
trans_list: vallée de misère
sense:
(in the singular) The world, a place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt, especially (Christianity) as a place to be left behind when one dies and goes to heaven.


lexentry: eng/valedictorian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valedictorian
trans_list: major | major de promotion
sense:
(US, Canada, properly) The individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell or valedictory address, often the person who graduates with the highest grades.


lexentry: eng/valedictorian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: valedictorian
trans_list: major | major de promotion
sense:
(US, Canada, colloquial) The individual in a graduating class who graduates with the highest grades.


lexentry: eng/valence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valence
trans_list: valence
sense:
The combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc. [from 1884]


lexentry: eng/valence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: valence
trans_list: valence
sense:
(countable, linguistics) The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four.


lexentry: eng/valence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: valence
trans_list: valence
sense:
(uncountable, especially, psychology) A one-dimensional value assigned by a person to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive (causing a feeling of attraction) or negative (repulsion). [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/valence_electron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valence electron
trans_list: électron de valence
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom (the valence shell); capable of forming bonds with other atoms.


lexentry: eng/valentine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valentine
trans_list: valentine
sense:
An expression of affection, especially romantic affection, usually in the form of greeting card, gift, or message given the object of one's affection, especially on February 14th.


lexentry: eng/valeric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valeric acid
trans_list: acide valérique
sense:
(fatty acid) A short chain aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH3(CH2)3COOH, obtained from the roots of valerian; used in perfume, flavourings, pharmaceuticals


lexentry: eng/valet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: valet
trans_list: valet | majordome | valet de chambre
sense:
(professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.


lexentry: eng/valetudinarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valetudinarian
trans_list: hypocondriaque
sense:
A person in poor health or sickly, especially one who is constantly obsessed with their state of health


lexentry: eng/validity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: validity
trans_list: validité
sense:
(Christianity, theology) The genuinity, as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity, of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.


lexentry: eng/valkyrie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valkyrie
trans_list: valkyrie
sense:
(Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.


lexentry: eng/valour__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: valour
trans_list: courage | héroïsme
sense:
Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness


lexentry: eng/value__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: value
trans_list: valeur
sense:
The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.


lexentry: eng/value__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: value
trans_list: valeur
sense:
(mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.


lexentry: eng/value_added__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: value added
trans_list: valeur ajoutée
sense:
(economics, business) The amount by which the value of an article is increased at each stage of its production, exclusive of initial costs.


lexentry: eng/value_date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: value date
trans_list: date de valeur
sense:
(accounting) Date and the action itself on which payments are credited or debited to the customer's imagined but legally real account, as opposed to the date a balance is made visible (posting date, entry date) which is when crediting of other funds takes place and which is usually the available sum, is the line of credit; interest payments are made from the value date onwards.


lexentry: eng/value_judgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: value judgment
trans_list: jugement de valeur
sense:
(philosophy) A judgment of the rightness or wrongness of something, based on a particular set of values or on a particular value system.


lexentry: eng/value_proposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: value proposition
trans_list: proposition de valeur
sense:
(business, management) The benefit (such as profit or convenience) offered by an organisation's product or service.


lexentry: eng/value_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: value system
trans_list: système de valeurs
sense:
A hierarchy of values that all moral beings have, reflected in their choices. Most people's value systems differ. It's an individualistic concept. One's value system is molded by one's virtues or vices, and experiences.


lexentry: eng/valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valve
trans_list: soupape | clapet | valve
sense:
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.


lexentry: eng/valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valve
trans_list: soupape | valve
sense:
Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.


lexentry: eng/valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: valve
trans_list: valvule | vanne
sense:
(anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.


lexentry: eng/vamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vamp
trans_list: empeigne
sense:
The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking. [from c. 1225]


lexentry: eng/vamp__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vamp
trans_list: vamp
sense:
A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale. [from c. 1915]


lexentry: eng/vampire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vampire
trans_list: vampire
sense:
A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. [from 1732]


lexentry: eng/vampire_bat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vampire bat
trans_list: chauve-souris vampire
sense:
Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to Central and South America, which use their teeth to cut the skin of larger animals while they are asleep and surreptitiously drink blood, their sole source of food.


lexentry: eng/vampire_squid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vampire squid
trans_list: vampire des enfers
sense:
(especially) A small deep-sea cephalopod, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, the sole extant species of this order, found in temperate and tropical oceans.


lexentry: eng/van__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: van
trans_list: camionnette | fourgonnette | fourgon
sense:
A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.


lexentry: eng/vanadinite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanadinite
trans_list: vanadinite
sense:
(mineral) A reddish mineral, a mixed chloride and vanadate of lead with the chemical formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl, that is commercial source of vanadium.


lexentry: eng/vanadium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanadium
trans_list: vanadium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.


lexentry: eng/vane__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vane
trans_list: pale
sense:
Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.


lexentry: eng/vane__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vane
trans_list: étendard | vexillum
sense:
(ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.


lexentry: eng/vane__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: vane
trans_list: ailette
sense:
(weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.


lexentry: eng/vanilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanilla
trans_list: vanille
sense:
(countable) Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/vanilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: vanilla
trans_list: vanille
sense:
(uncountable) Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.


lexentry: eng/vanishing_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanishing point
trans_list: point de fuite
sense:
The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.


lexentry: eng/vanity_press__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanity press
trans_list: édition [[à compte d'auteur]]
sense:
(derogatory) A book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author.


lexentry: eng/vape__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vape
trans_list: vapoter
sense:
(intransitive, informal) To inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.


lexentry: eng/vapor_pressure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vapor pressure
trans_list: pression de la vapeur
sense:
(physics) The pressure that a vapor exerts, or the partial pressure if it is mixed with other gases.


lexentry: eng/vaporware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaporware
trans_list: fumiciel
sense:
(computing) An advertised product, often computer software, whose launch has not happened yet and might not ever happen.


lexentry: eng/vaquita__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaquita
trans_list: marsouin du golfe de Californie | marsouin du Pacifique | vaquita
sense:
A critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.


lexentry: eng/vardapet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vardapet
trans_list: vartabed
sense:
(Christianity) A highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology.


lexentry: eng/variability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: variability
trans_list: variabilité
sense:
The degree to which a thing is variable. In data or statistics this is often a measurement of distance from the mean or a description of data range.


lexentry: eng/variable__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: variable
trans_list: variable
sense:
(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.


lexentry: eng/variadic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variadic
trans_list: variadique
sense:
(programming, mathematics, linguistics) Taking a variable number of arguments; especially, taking arbitrarily many arguments.


lexentry: eng/variant_reading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variant reading
trans_list: explication
sense:
(textual criticism) Any of the observed differences when comparing different versions of a single text.


lexentry: eng/variation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: variation
trans_list: déclinaison
sense:
(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.


lexentry: eng/variation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: variation
trans_list: variation
sense:
(music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.


lexentry: eng/variegate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: variegate
trans_list: moucheter
sense:
(transitive) To change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour.


lexentry: eng/variety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variety
trans_list: variété
sense:
(algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).


lexentry: eng/variety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variety
trans_list: variété
sense:
(botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.


lexentry: eng/variety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variety
trans_list: variété
sense:
(linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.


lexentry: eng/variety_show__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variety show
trans_list: émission de variétés
sense:
(radio, television, theater) A type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.


lexentry: eng/variolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variolation
trans_list: variolisation
sense:
(historical) The inoculation of a person with smallpox with the intention of inducing a mild form of the illness and subsequent immunity to the disease.


lexentry: eng/varistor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: varistor
trans_list: varistance
sense:
(electronics) An electronic component having a variable resistance; used to protect circuits against power surges.


lexentry: eng/varlet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: varlet
trans_list: écuyer
sense:
(historical) Specifically, a youth acting as a knight's attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood.


lexentry: eng/varmint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: varmint
trans_list: nuisible
sense:
A pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.


lexentry: eng/varnish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: varnish
trans_list: vernis
sense:
A clear or translucent liquid coating composed of resin dissolved in a solvent, which dries by evaporation to form a hard, protective, and typically glossy finish.


lexentry: eng/varnish__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: varnish
trans_list: vernis
sense:
(rail, US, informal, dated) A passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.


lexentry: eng/vary__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: vary
trans_list: varier
sense:
(transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversify; to variegate.


lexentry: eng/vascular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vascular
trans_list: vasculaire
sense:
(anatomy) Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids


lexentry: eng/vascular_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vascular plant
trans_list: plante vasculaire
sense:
(botany) One of the Tracheophyta, any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.


lexentry: eng/vasectomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vasectomy
trans_list: vasectomie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization.


lexentry: eng/vasilopita__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vasilopita
trans_list: galette des rois
sense:
A Greek celebratory cake, often containing a hidden coin, typically eaten on New Year's Day which is St Basil's day.


lexentry: eng/vasoactive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vasoactive
trans_list: vasoactif
sense:
(physiology, medicine) Active on vessel walls, that is, causing either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel, thus affecting hemodynamics (blood flow). Vasoactive substances may be endogenous (for example, endogenous angiotensin, vasopressin, or epinephrine) or exogenous (for example, pharmaceutical vasopressin or epinephrine).


lexentry: eng/vasodilator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vasodilator
trans_list: vasodilatateur
sense:
(biochemistry, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A drug or chemical agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels thereby reducing blood pressure.


lexentry: eng/vasospasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vasospasm
trans_list: vasospasme
sense:
Spasm of the blood vessels, leading to vasoconstriction and potentially tissue ischemia and necrosis.


lexentry: eng/vassal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vassal
trans_list: vassal
sense:
(historical, law) The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service.


lexentry: eng/vassal_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vassal state
trans_list: État vassal
sense:
A state that is subordinate to another; government chiefly directed by the interests of an overlord or patron state.


lexentry: eng/vatnik__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vatnik
trans_list: vatnik
sense:
(derogatory, internet slang, neologism, by extension) A supporter of Vladimir Putin, Russian nationalism, or the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022; a Putinist.


lexentry: eng/vaudeville__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaudeville
trans_list: vaudeville
sense:
(historical, uncountable) A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.


lexentry: eng/vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vault
trans_list: voûte | voute | chambre forte
sense:
An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.


lexentry: eng/vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vault
trans_list: voûte | voute
sense:
(figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.


lexentry: eng/vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: vault
trans_list: chambre forte
sense:
The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.


lexentry: eng/vaulting_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaulting horse
trans_list: saut de cheval
sense:
(gymnastics) An apparatus with an upholstered body but no pommels; since about 2000 replaced with vault, also called vaulting table.


lexentry: eng/vaulting_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaulting table
trans_list: table de saut
sense:
(gymnastics) An apparatus featuring a flat, large, and cushioned surface almost parallel to the floor sloping downward at the end closest to the springboard.


lexentry: eng/vector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vector
trans_list: vecteur
sense:
(mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.


lexentry: eng/vector__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vector
trans_list: vecteur
sense:
(molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.


lexentry: eng/vector_graphics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vector graphics
trans_list: image vectorielle
sense:
(computing) Geometrical primitives based upon mathematical equations to represent images in computer graphics, contrasted with raster graphics.


lexentry: eng/vector_product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vector product
trans_list: produit vectoriel | produit extérieur
sense:
(linear algebra) a vector with the size given by the product of two vectors computed as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the sine of the angle between their directions, and directed perpendicular to the given two vectors, with positive orientation.


lexentry: eng/vector_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vector space
trans_list: espace vectoriel
sense:
(algebra, geometry, topology) A set of elements called vectors, together with some field and operations called addition (mapping two vectors to a vector) and scalar multiplication (mapping a vector and an element in the field to a vector), satisfying a list of constraints; equivalently, a module over a field.


lexentry: eng/veer__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: veer
trans_list: virer
sense:
(intransitive, of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).


lexentry: eng/vegan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vegan
trans_list: végétalien | végétalienne | végan | végane
sense:
A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.


lexentry: eng/veganarchism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: veganarchism
trans_list: anarchisme végétalien | véganarchisme
sense:
(politics, economics) A philosophy combining anarchism and veganism, advocating animal rights through the abolition of the state.


lexentry: eng/vegetable__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vegetable
trans_list: légume
sense:
A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.


lexentry: eng/vegetable__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: vegetable
trans_list: légume | végétal
sense:
(figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, whose body) has been damaged to the point that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state.


lexentry: eng/vegetable_garden__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vegetable garden
trans_list: potager
sense:
A garden where vegetables and herbs are grown for personal or household use, sometimes inclusive of cold frames, greenhouses, and market gardens. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vehicle
trans_list: véhicule | moyen de transport
sense:
A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.


lexentry: eng/vehicle_inspection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vehicle inspection
trans_list: contrôle technique
sense:
A procedure mandated by national or subnational governments in many countries, in which a vehicle is inspected to ensure that it conforms to regulations governing safety, emissions, or both. Inspection can be required at various times, e.g., periodically or on transfer of title to a vehicle.


lexentry: eng/vehicular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vehicular
trans_list: véhiculaire
sense:
Of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks; involving a vehicle.


lexentry: eng/veil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: veil
trans_list: voile
sense:
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.


lexentry: eng/vein__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: vein
trans_list: veine
sense:
A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.


lexentry: eng/velarize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: velarize
trans_list: vélariser
sense:
(phonology) To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool.


lexentry: eng/veld__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: veld
trans_list: veld
sense:
(chiefly, South Africa) The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.


lexentry: eng/vellicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vellicate
trans_list: exciter
sense:
(transitive) To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.


lexentry: eng/vellus_hair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vellus hair
trans_list: duvet
sense:
Short, fine, light-colored, and barely noticeable hair that develops on most of a person's body during childhood.


lexentry: eng/velocipede__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: velocipede
trans_list: vélocipède
sense:
(historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.


lexentry: eng/velociraptor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: velociraptor
trans_list: vélociraptor
sense:
A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya).


lexentry: eng/velocity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: velocity
trans_list: vélocité | vecteur vitesse
sense:
(physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.


lexentry: eng/velomobile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: velomobile
trans_list: vélomobile
sense:
A human-powered vehicle, typically a recumbent tricycle with an outer fairing for aerodynamic advantage and/or protection from weather and collisions.


lexentry: eng/velvet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: velvet
trans_list: velours
sense:
A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.


lexentry: eng/velvetleaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: velvetleaf
trans_list: abutilon de Théophraste
sense:
A tall Asian herb, of species Abutilon theophrasti, that has velvety heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/vena_cava__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vena cava
trans_list: veine cave
sense:
(anatomy) Either of the two large veins that take oxygen depleted blood, from the upper body and from the lower body, and return it to the right atrium of the heart.


lexentry: eng/vendetta__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vendetta
trans_list: vendetta
sense:
A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.


lexentry: eng/vending_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vending machine
trans_list: distributeur automatique | distributeur | distributrice
sense:
An automatic machine that dispenses merchandise (often food or beverages) in return for payment (originally coins; now also often paper money, credit cards, and wirelessly via digital payment apps).


lexentry: eng/veneer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: veneer
trans_list: placage | revêtement
sense:
A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.


lexentry: eng/veneer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: veneer
trans_list: vernis
sense:
An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.


lexentry: eng/venereal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: venereal
trans_list: vénérien | aphroditique
sense:
Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.


lexentry: eng/venereology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: venereology
trans_list: vénéréologie
sense:
(medicine) A branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.


lexentry: eng/venial_sin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: venial sin
trans_list: péché véniel
sense:
(Roman Catholic, theology) A sin that is not a mortal sin; a sin that is not grave, and/or was not deliberate and/or was committed without a full understanding of the consequences.


lexentry: eng/venom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: venom
trans_list: venin
sense:
An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey.


lexentry: eng/venomous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: venomous
trans_list: vénéneux | venimeux
sense:
Of an animal (specifically a snake) or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting venom.


lexentry: eng/venomous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: venomous
trans_list: venimeux
sense:
(archaic) Consisting of, or containing or full of, venom or some other poison; hence, harmful to health due to this.


lexentry: eng/ventilator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ventilator
trans_list: respirateur | respirateur artificiel
sense:
(medicine) A machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently.


lexentry: eng/ventile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ventile
trans_list: vingtile
sense:
(statistics) Any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population.


lexentry: eng/ventral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ventral
trans_list: ventral
sense:
(anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.


lexentry: eng/ventricular_fibrillation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ventricular fibrillation
trans_list: fibrillation ventriculaire
sense:
(cardiology) An abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver instead of pumping normally.


lexentry: eng/ventriloquism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ventriloquism
trans_list: ventriloquie
sense:
The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.


lexentry: eng/venture_capital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: venture capital
trans_list: capital-risque
sense:
(business) Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.


lexentry: eng/venture_capitalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: venture capitalist
trans_list: capital-risqueur
sense:
An investor who invests money in an innovative enterprise for which the potential for high profit and the risk of loss are both considerable.


lexentry: eng/venturi_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: venturi effect
trans_list: effet Venturi
sense:
(physics, fluid mechanics) The reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constriction.


lexentry: eng/venturi_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: venturi tube
trans_list: tube de Venturi
sense:
A tube with a constriction, utilizing venturi effect e.g. to measure the velocity or volume of a fluid flow.


lexentry: eng/venue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: venue
trans_list: lieu | salle
sense:
(legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.


lexentry: eng/veraison__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: veraison
trans_list: véraison
sense:
A stage in the ripening process of grapes or olives. It is the relatively short period during which the firm, green berries begin to soften and change colour.


lexentry: eng/veranda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: veranda
trans_list: véranda
sense:
A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/verb_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: verb form
trans_list: forme verbal
sense:
(grammar) A specific instance or form of a verb, as opposed to the entire verb taken in the abstract.


lexentry: eng/verb_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: verb phrase
trans_list: syntagme verbal
sense:
(grammar) A phrase that functions syntactically as a verb, consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries.


lexentry: eng/verbal_noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: verbal noun
trans_list: nom verbal
sense:
(grammar) A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.


lexentry: eng/verbena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: verbena
trans_list: verveine
sense:
Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.


lexentry: eng/verge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: verge
trans_list: accotement
sense:
(UK, Western Australia, New Zealand) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.


lexentry: eng/verge_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: verge on
trans_list: friser
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something.


lexentry: eng/verification__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: verification
trans_list: vérification
sense:
(mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.


lexentry: eng/verlan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: verlan
trans_list: verlan
sense:
A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.


lexentry: eng/vermiculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vermiculation
trans_list: vermiculure
sense:
A pattern of irregular wavy lines resembling worms or their casts or tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and buildings, etc. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/vermiculite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vermiculite
trans_list: vermiculite
sense:
(mineral) A hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a medium for planting.


lexentry: eng/vermiform_appendix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vermiform appendix
trans_list: appendice | appendice iléo-cæcal | appendice vermiculaire
sense:
(anatomy) An organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum. Of disputed function (if any), it is known for sometimes causing inflammation (appendicitis) in humans.


lexentry: eng/vermin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vermin
trans_list: vermine
sense:
Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance. [from c. 1300]


lexentry: eng/vernacular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vernacular
trans_list: vernaculaire
sense:
Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.


lexentry: eng/vernacular__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vernacular
trans_list: vernaculaire
sense:
Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.


lexentry: eng/vernacular__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: vernacular
trans_list: langue vulgaire
sense:
Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.


lexentry: eng/vernal_equinox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vernal equinox
trans_list: équinoxe de printemps
sense:
(astronomy) The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator while tilting towards the observer, taking place in March in the northern hemisphere and September in the southern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/vernalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vernalization
trans_list: vernalisation
sense:
(agrobiology) The treatment of seeds or bulbs by exposure to low temperatures so as to decrease the vegetative period or to cause the plant to flower or bear fruit more quickly.


lexentry: eng/vernier_caliper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vernier caliper
trans_list: pied à coulisse
sense:
A type of sliding calipers for measuring the external or internal dimensions of objects, using the vernier scale for improved precision.


lexentry: eng/vernix_caseosa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vernix caseosa
trans_list: vernix caseosa
sense:
(obstetrics, medicine) The waxy or "cheesy" white substance found coating the skin of newborn humans.


lexentry: eng/veronica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: veronica
trans_list: véronique
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.


lexentry: eng/vers__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vers
trans_list: auto-reverse | versatile
sense:
(LGBTQ, _, slang) Willing to take either a penetrative (top) or receptive (bottom) role in anal sex.


lexentry: eng/versification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: versification
trans_list: versification
sense:
(poetry) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.


lexentry: eng/version__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: version
trans_list: version
sense:
An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.


lexentry: eng/version_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: version control
trans_list: gestion de versions
sense:
(software development) A system responsible for managing modifications and additions to digital works, giving each revision a time-stamp and showing its difference to the previous revision.


lexentry: eng/verso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: verso
trans_list: verso
sense:
(printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.


lexentry: eng/verso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: verso
trans_list: verso
sense:
The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;


lexentry: eng/vert__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vert
trans_list: sinople
sense:
(tincture) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.


lexentry: eng/vertebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vertebra
trans_list: vertèbre
sense:
(skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/vertical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vertical
trans_list: vertical
sense:
Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.


lexentry: eng/vertigo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vertigo
trans_list: vertige | labyrinthite
sense:
A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.


lexentry: eng/vervain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vervain
trans_list: verveine
sense:
Any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties.


lexentry: eng/verve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: verve
trans_list: verve
sense:
Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.


lexentry: eng/very_well__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: very well
trans_list: bien
sense:
(idiomatic, formal) Indicating acceptance, often with resignation or acquiescence, of a statement or situation.


lexentry: eng/vesicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vesicle
trans_list: ampoule
sense:
(biology, medicine) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.


lexentry: eng/vesicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: vesicle
trans_list: ampoule
sense:
(geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.


lexentry: eng/vest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vest
trans_list: gilet
sense:
(North America) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.


lexentry: eng/vestibule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vestibule
trans_list: vestibule
sense:
(architecture) A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building. [from the 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/vestige__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vestige
trans_list: vestige
sense:
(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.


lexentry: eng/vestment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vestment
trans_list: chasuble
sense:
Any of the special articles of clothing worn by members of the clergy etc., especially a garment worn at the celebration of the Eucharist.


lexentry: eng/vestry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vestry
trans_list: sacristie
sense:
A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy.


lexentry: eng/vetch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vetch
trans_list: vesce
sense:
Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.


lexentry: eng/veterinary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: veterinary
trans_list: vétérinaire
sense:
Of or relating to the medical or surgical treatment of non-human animals, especially domestic and farm animals.


lexentry: eng/veterinary_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: veterinary medicine
trans_list: médecine vétérinaire
sense:
The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals, especially domestic and farm animals.


lexentry: eng/vexation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vexation
trans_list: tracas | tracasserie
sense:
(uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/vexation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vexation
trans_list: contrariété
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/viaduct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viaduct
trans_list: viaduc
sense:
(transport) A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.


lexentry: eng/vial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vial
trans_list: fiole
sense:
A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.


lexentry: eng/viaticum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viaticum
trans_list: viatique
sense:
(especially, Catholicism) The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.


lexentry: eng/viaticum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: viaticum
trans_list: viatique
sense:
(often, figurative) Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey.


lexentry: eng/vibe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vibe
trans_list: aura | vibe
sense:
(informal, originally, New Age jargon, often, in the plural) An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. [c. 1960s]


lexentry: eng/vibraphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vibraphone
trans_list: vibraphone
sense:
A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above a tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.


lexentry: eng/vibrato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vibrato
trans_list: vibrato
sense:
(music) The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound.


lexentry: eng/vibrator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vibrator
trans_list: vibreur
sense:
(historical) A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.


lexentry: eng/viburnum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viburnum
trans_list: viorne
sense:
Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.


lexentry: eng/vicar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vicar
trans_list: vicaire
sense:
In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.


lexentry: eng/vicariate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vicariate
trans_list: vicairie | vicariat
sense:
The office, authority, or district held by a person as deputy for a bishop, or similar ecclesiastical authority.


lexentry: eng/vicarious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vicarious
trans_list: indirect | par procuration
sense:
Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.


lexentry: eng/vicarious_embarrassment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vicarious embarrassment
trans_list: honte par procuration
sense:
(psychology) The uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass themselves.


lexentry: eng/vicarious_liability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vicarious liability
trans_list: responsabilité du fait d'autrui
sense:
(law) The legal liability imputed to the superior for the acts of their subordinate, even though the superior is not personally at fault.


lexentry: eng/vice__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vice
trans_list: affaire de mœurs
sense:
(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.


lexentry: eng/vice_president__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vice president
trans_list: vice-président | vice-présidente
sense:
A deputy to a president, often empowered to assume the position of president on their death or absence.


lexentry: eng/vice_squad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (police, criminology) A police section specialized in vice crimes.
written_rep: vice squad
trans_list:
brigade de répression du proxénétisme | brigade des mœurs | brigade mondaine | police des braguettes | police des mœurs


lexentry: eng/vicious_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vicious circle
trans_list: cercle vicieux
sense:
A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.


lexentry: eng/vicissitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vicissitude
trans_list: vicissitude
sense:
Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.


lexentry: eng/victim__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: victim
trans_list: victime
sense:
One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.


lexentry: eng/victimology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: victimology
trans_list: victimologie
sense:
The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.


lexentry: eng/victory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: victory
trans_list: victoire
sense:
(uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/video__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: video
trans_list: vidéo
sense:
A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).


lexentry: eng/video_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: video camera
trans_list: caméra | caméra vidéo
sense:
A device for recording video footage, often a portable one used by amateurs; also as a fixed installation for surveillance purposes.


lexentry: eng/video_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: video card
trans_list: carte graphique | carte vidéo | adaptateur graphique
sense:
(computing) A piece of hardware installed into a personal computer to allow it to send video signals to an external output device such as a monitor or projector.


lexentry: eng/video_conference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: video conference
trans_list: visioconférence
sense:
(telecommunications) A conference held by video link; an arranged video phone call between more than two parties.


lexentry: eng/video_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: video game
trans_list: jeu vidéo
sense:
A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or paddle. [from 1973]


lexentry: eng/video_game_console__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: video game console
trans_list: console de jeux vidéo | console de jeux
sense:
(video games) A dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games, especially in accompaniment with a television.


lexentry: eng/video_journalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: video journalist
trans_list: journaliste reporter d'images
sense:
A journalist who handles all aspects of production on their own, acting as a reporter, cameraman and editor.


lexentry: eng/video_projector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: video projector
trans_list: vidéoprojecteur
sense:
A device that takes a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system.


lexentry: eng/videocassette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: videocassette
trans_list: vidéocassette
sense:
A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR.


lexentry: eng/videocassette_recorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: videocassette recorder
trans_list: magnétoscope
sense:
An electronic device for recording and playing back television programs and movies (featuring visual images and sound) on a videocassette that can be attached to a television set.


lexentry: eng/videographer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: videographer
trans_list: vidéaste
sense:
Any person involved in the production of video material, but especially a person who uses a video camera.


lexentry: eng/videophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: videophone
trans_list: visiophone
sense:
(dated) A cellphone with such capability. Used to distinguish from stills-only camera cellphones and camera-less cellphones.


lexentry: eng/videotape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: videotape
trans_list: bande vidéo | vidéocassette
sense:
A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.


lexentry: eng/vieux_riche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vieux riche
trans_list: vieux riche
sense:
(pejorative) Old money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are inherited, and who are therefore perceived to have refinement and good breeding.


lexentry: eng/view__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: view
trans_list: vue
sense:
(computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.


lexentry: eng/view__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: view
trans_list: vue
sense:
(computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with


lexentry: eng/viewfinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viewfinder
trans_list: viseur
sense:
A device on a camera that shows what will appear in the field of view of the lens; it helps the user target a subject, zoom and focus the image.


lexentry: eng/vigilante__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vigilante
trans_list: justicier
sense:
A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.


lexentry: eng/vigilantism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vigilantism
trans_list: auto-justice
sense:
The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.


lexentry: eng/vigintillion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vigintillion
trans_list: décilliard
sense:
Originally, in accordance with the long scale, the twentieth power of a million, 10120; now (originally, US) , in accordance with the short scale, more usually 1063.


lexentry: eng/vignette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vignette
trans_list: vignette
sense:
(printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.


lexentry: eng/vignette__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vignette
trans_list: vignette
sense:
(by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.


lexentry: eng/vignette__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: vignette
trans_list: vignette
sense:
(computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.


lexentry: eng/vigour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vigour
trans_list: force | vigueur
sense:
Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.


lexentry: eng/vila__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vila
trans_list: wili
sense:
(Slavic mythology) A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph.


lexentry: eng/vilayet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vilayet
trans_list: vilayet
sense:
(politics) A province, particularly (historical) the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/vilipend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vilipend
trans_list: mépriser | vilipender
sense:
(transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.


lexentry: eng/villa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: villa
trans_list: villa
sense:
A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.


lexentry: eng/villain__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: villain
trans_list: méchant | vilain | paysan
sense:
(fiction) A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.


lexentry: eng/vinaigrette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vinaigrette
trans_list: vinaigrette
sense:
A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.


lexentry: eng/vinaigrette__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vinaigrette
trans_list: vinaigrette
sense:
(historical) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a litter, to be drawn or pushed by a person. They were used in France until the late 18th century.


lexentry: eng/vinegar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vinegar
trans_list: vinaigre
sense:
(uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.


lexentry: eng/vinegret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vinegret
trans_list: vinaigrette
sense:
A type of Russian salad with diced cooked vegetables (red beets, potatoes, carrots), chopped onions, as well as sauerkraut or brined pickles or both, and sometimes other ingredients such as green peas or beans.


lexentry: eng/vinok__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vinok
trans_list: couronne
sense:
A traditional Ukrainian wreath chiefly decorated with flowers and other plant parts, which is worn by women and girls as a headdress.


lexentry: eng/vinyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vinyl
trans_list: vinyle
sense:
(countable) Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.


lexentry: eng/viol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viol
trans_list: viole de gambe
sense:
(musical instrument) A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.


lexentry: eng/viola__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viola
trans_list: alto | violon alto
sense:
A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.


lexentry: eng/violet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: violet
trans_list: violette | violet
sense:
A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.


lexentry: eng/violet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: violet
trans_list: violet | violette
sense:
The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.


lexentry: eng/violin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: violin
trans_list: violon | crincrin
sense:
(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.


lexentry: eng/violin_maker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: violin maker
trans_list: luthier | luthière
sense:
(lutherie) A person who makes violins, and usually other bowed stringed instruments such as violas, cellos and double basses.


lexentry: eng/vipassana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vipassana
trans_list: vipassana
sense:
(Buddhism) Insight into the true nature of reality, namely as the three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering or unsatisfactoriness, and the realisation of nonself.


lexentry: eng/viral_load__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viral load
trans_list: charge virale
sense:
(pathology) A measure of the severity of a viral infection based on the amount of virus in a bodily fluid.


lexentry: eng/virality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virality
trans_list: viralité
sense:
(advertising, marketing) The state or condition of being viral; tendency to spread by word of mouth.


lexentry: eng/vireo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vireo
trans_list: viréo
sense:
Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.


lexentry: eng/virial_theorem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virial theorem
trans_list: théorème du viriel
sense:
(physics) A theorem in mechanics showing the relationship between the kinetic energy of a system to the virial of Clausius.


lexentry: eng/virile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virile
trans_list: viril
sense:
Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.


lexentry: eng/virtual_YouTuber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virtual YouTuber
trans_list: VTuber | VTubeuse
sense:
An Internet personality (video creator or streamer) who operates using a virtual avatar, as a fictional or fictionalized character.


lexentry: eng/virtual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: virtual
trans_list: virtuel
sense:
(object-oriented programming) Of a class member: capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.


lexentry: eng/virtual_method__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virtual method
trans_list: fonction virtuelle | méthode virtuelle
sense:
(object-oriented) A method whose behavior can be overridden within an inheriting class by a method with the same signature.


lexentry: eng/virtual_particle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virtual particle
trans_list: particule virtuelle
sense:
(physics) a particle that exists for a limited time and space, introducing uncertainty in their energy and momentum


lexentry: eng/virtual_private_network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virtual private network
trans_list: réseau privé virtuel
sense:
(computing) A network set up for use by a limited number of individuals, such as employees of a company, operating over a large area. The network typically uses encryption to keep information secure.


lexentry: eng/virtual_reality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virtual reality
trans_list: réalité virtuelle
sense:
A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present.


lexentry: eng/virtue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virtue
trans_list: vertu
sense:
(conceptually): (uncountable) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known as "the virtues", the enumeration of which vary by the many virtue systems which have developed within different cultures, religions, and historical periods.


lexentry: eng/virtue__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: virtue
trans_list: vertu
sense:
(countable) An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.


lexentry: eng/virtue__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: virtue
trans_list: vertu
sense:
(Christianity) A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/virtue__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: virtue
trans_list: vertu
sense:
(uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/virtue_signalling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virtue signalling
trans_list: [[bien-pensance]] ostentatoire | pharisaïsme | tartufferie | vertu de façade | vertu ostentatoire
sense:
(derogatory, chiefly, in the context of political and social justice issues) The practice of expressing a particular opinion or performing a particular action in an attempt to make oneself look virtuous: commonly defensively in response to, or anticipation of, criticism; or aggressively, in assuming a moral posture in attacking an opponent.


lexentry: eng/virtuoso__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: virtuoso
trans_list: virtuose
sense:
Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/virtuous_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virtuous circle
trans_list: cercle vertueux
sense:
(idiomatic, management) A situation in which the solution to one problem makes each future problem easier to solve than the original one.


lexentry: eng/virus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: virus
trans_list: virus
sense:
A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).


lexentry: eng/virus__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: virus
trans_list: virus informatique | virus
sense:
(computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.


lexentry: eng/visa-on-arrival__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visa-on-arrival
trans_list: visa-sur-arrivée
sense:
A simplified method of issuing visa (a permit to enter and leave a country) on arrival, as an alternative to a complete visa-free entry.


lexentry: eng/visa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visa
trans_list: visa
sense:
A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.


lexentry: eng/viscacha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viscacha
trans_list: viscache
sense:
Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus.


lexentry: eng/viscera__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viscera
trans_list: viscère
sense:
Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as the liver, heart, or stomach.


lexentry: eng/visceral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visceral
trans_list: viscéral
sense:
Of or relating to the viscera or bowels regarded as the origin of a person's emotions; hence (figuratively) , relating to or having deep internal feelings or sensibility. [16th–17th c.; revived from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/visceral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: visceral
trans_list: viscéral
sense:
Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.


lexentry: eng/viscose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viscose
trans_list: rayonne
sense:
A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.


lexentry: eng/viscosity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: viscosity
trans_list: viscosité
sense:
(countable, physics) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.


lexentry: eng/viscus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viscus
trans_list: viscère
sense:
(anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/vise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vise
trans_list: étau
sense:
(US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.


lexentry: eng/visible_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visible light
trans_list: lumière visible
sense:
(physics) The part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between infrared and ultraviolet, that is visible to the human eye.


lexentry: eng/visible_spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visible spectrum
trans_list: spectre visible
sense:
(physics) The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum which is visible to the human eye (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet).


lexentry: eng/visit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visit
trans_list: visiter | rendre visite
sense:
(transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/visiting_scholar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visiting scholar
trans_list: professeur invité
sense:
(education) A scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture or perform research on a particular topic.


lexentry: eng/visiting_team__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visiting team
trans_list: équipe visiteuse
sense:
(sports) The team in a sport that has traveled out of its home area to play, as opposed to the home team.


lexentry: eng/visitor_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visitor pattern
trans_list: spectateur
sense:
(software, design) A behavioural design pattern that separates an algorithm from an object structure on which it operates.


lexentry: eng/visor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visor
trans_list: visière
sense:
A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.


lexentry: eng/visual_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visual art
trans_list: art visuel
sense:
An art form intended to be appreciated or perceived primarily by sight, such as painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and filmmaking.


lexentry: eng/visual_arts__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: visual arts
trans_list: art visuel
sense:
Art forms that are primarily visual in nature, such as painting, photography, printmaking, and filmmaking.


lexentry: eng/vital_capacity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vital capacity
trans_list: volume pulmonaire
sense:
(biology) The maximum volume of air that can be discharged from the lungs following maximum inspiration.


lexentry: eng/vital_organ__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vital organ
trans_list: organe vital
sense:
An organ of the body which performs a sufficiently important function that damage to the organ can cause death.


lexentry: eng/vitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitalism
trans_list: vitalisme
sense:
The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.


lexentry: eng/vitalist__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitalist
trans_list: vitaliste
sense:
Of or espousing vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors.


lexentry: eng/vitalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitalist
trans_list: vitaliste
sense:
Someone who believes in vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors.


lexentry: eng/vitamin_A__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitamin A
trans_list: vitamine A
sense:
(vitamin) Any of several closely related fat-soluble vitamins that are essential for normal vision; retinol.


lexentry: eng/vitamin_C__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitamin C
trans_list: vitamine C
sense:
The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, although used in our bodies for many purposes. It is plentiful in citrus fruits and many vegetables, and a deficiency causes scurvy.


lexentry: eng/vitamin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitamin
trans_list: vitamine
sense:
Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.


lexentry: eng/vitreous_humour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitreous humour
trans_list: corps vitré | humeur vitrée | corps hyalin
sense:
(ophthalmology, British, Canada) The clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.


lexentry: eng/vitrification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitrification
trans_list: vitrification
sense:
(usually, _, uncountable) Turning to glass or glasslike material: the action or process of vitrifying a material: conversion into an amorphous solid free of any crystalline structure by addition or removal of heat or by mixture with an additive.


lexentry: eng/vitrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitrine
trans_list: vitrine
sense:
A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.


lexentry: eng/vitronectin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vitronectin
trans_list: vitronectine
sense:
(biochemistry) A protein of the pexin family, an abundant glycoprotein that promotes cell adhesion and spreading, inhibits the membrane-damaging effect of the terminal cytolytic complement pathway, and binds to several serpin serine protease inhibitors.


lexentry: eng/viviparous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: viviparous
trans_list: vivipare
sense:
(of an animal or animal species) Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).


lexentry: eng/viviparous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: viviparous
trans_list: vivipare
sense:
(of a plant or plant species) Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).


lexentry: eng/vivisection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vivisection
trans_list: vivisection
sense:
The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.


lexentry: eng/vizier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vizier
trans_list: vizir
sense:
(history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/vocabulary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocabulary
trans_list: vocabulaire | lexique
sense:
A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.


lexentry: eng/vocabulary_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocabulary word
trans_list: mot de vocabulaire
sense:
(education, US) A word which a student is expected to learn; a word included in a test of one's general vocabulary or of subject-specific terminology


lexentry: eng/vocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocal
trans_list: vocal
sense:
(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.


lexentry: eng/vocal_cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocal cord
trans_list: corde vocale
sense:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the human larynx whose vibrations help to produce the voice.


lexentry: eng/vocal_cords__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocal cords
trans_list: cordes vocales
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing.


lexentry: eng/vocalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: vocalization
trans_list: vocalisation
sense:
(orthography, phonology) The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.


lexentry: eng/vocative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vocative
trans_list: vocatif
sense:
(grammar) Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed.


lexentry: eng/vocative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocative case
trans_list: vocatif
sense:
(grammar) case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian.


lexentry: eng/vocoder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocoder
trans_list: vocodeur
sense:
Any of several electronic or digital devices or systems for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech.


lexentry: eng/vogue_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vogue word
trans_list: mot à la mode
sense:
(linguistics) A neologism that gains sudden popularity but is forgotten after a relatively short time.


lexentry: eng/voice-over__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voice-over
trans_list: voix hors champ
sense:
A production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter.


lexentry: eng/voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voice
trans_list: voix | son
sense:
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character


lexentry: eng/voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: voice
trans_list: voix
sense:
(figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered


lexentry: eng/voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: voice
trans_list: voix | genre
sense:
(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.


lexentry: eng/voice_actor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voice actor
trans_list: doubleur | acteur de doublage | actrice de doublage | doubleuse
sense:
An actor who provides voices or voice-overs for radio drama, animations, commercials, dubbed films, games, etc.


lexentry: eng/voice_in_the_wilderness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voice in the wilderness
trans_list: voix qui crie dans le désert
sense:
(idiomatic) A person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.


lexentry: eng/voiced__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voiced
trans_list: sonore | voisé
sense:
(phonetics) Sounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s] is unvoiced.


lexentry: eng/voiceless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: voiceless
trans_list: sourd
sense:
(phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].


lexentry: eng/void__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: void
trans_list: invalide | nul | caduc
sense:
(programming, of a function or method) That does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.


lexentry: eng/void__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: void
trans_list: annuler | résilier | révoquer
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.


lexentry: eng/voir_dire__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: voir dire
trans_list: voir dire
sense:
(legal) A hearing in the context of a larger trial to determine some specific issue relevant to that trial, such as the admissibility of a piece of evidence or the competency of a witness to testify.


lexentry: eng/voivode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voivode
trans_list: voïvode
sense:
A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.


lexentry: eng/voivodeship__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: voivodeship
trans_list: voïvodie
sense:
(countable) The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state.


lexentry: eng/vol-au-vent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vol-au-vent
trans_list: vol-au-vent
sense:
A small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc.


lexentry: eng/vol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vol
trans_list: vol
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A heraldic symbol consisting of a pair of outstretched wings, often conjoined at their shoulders.


lexentry: eng/volcanic_ash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volcanic ash
trans_list: cendres volcaniques
sense:
(geology) Fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass created during a volcanic eruption.


lexentry: eng/volcanic_winter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volcanic winter
trans_list: hiver volcanique
sense:
(climatology) A reduction in global temperatures caused by volcanic ash and droplets of sulfuric acid obscuring the Sun and raising Earth's albedo (increasing the reflection of solar radiation) after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption.


lexentry: eng/volcanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volcanism
trans_list: volcanisme | vulcanisme
sense:
(volcanology) Any of the natural phenomena and processes associated with the action of volcanos, geysers and fumaroles


lexentry: eng/volcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volcano
trans_list: volcan
sense:
A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.


lexentry: eng/vole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vole
trans_list: campagnol
sense:
Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.


lexentry: eng/volitional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: volitional
trans_list: volitif
sense:
(grammar, not comparable, of an inflectional class or inflected form) Expressing intention, hortation, supposition, or inclusive invitation.


lexentry: eng/volleyball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volleyball
trans_list: balle de volley | balle de volley-ball | volley-ball
sense:
(uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.


lexentry: eng/volt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volt
trans_list: volt
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V


lexentry: eng/voltage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voltage
trans_list: voltage | tension
sense:
(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.


lexentry: eng/volume__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volume
trans_list: volume
sense:
A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.


lexentry: eng/volume__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: volume
trans_list: volume
sense:
(computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.


lexentry: eng/volunteer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volunteer
trans_list: volontaire | bénévole
sense:
One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.


lexentry: eng/volunteer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: volunteer
trans_list: volontaire | bénévole
sense:
(military) One who enters into military service voluntarily (but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers), as opposed to a conscript.


lexentry: eng/voluntell__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voluntell
trans_list: désigner volontaire
sense:
(transitive, originally, US, _, military slang, informal, often) To tell or force (someone) to "volunteer" to do something. [from c. 1992]


lexentry: eng/voluntourism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voluntourism
trans_list: voluntourisme
sense:
A type of tourism which combines traditional travel and tourism with volunteer work. Travelers are given opportunities to contribute money and/or time to causes related to their destinations.


lexentry: eng/volute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volute
trans_list: volute
sense:
(architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.


lexentry: eng/voodoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voodoo
trans_list: vaudou
sense:
Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.


lexentry: eng/voodoo_doll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voodoo doll
trans_list: poupée vaudou
sense:
A poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some change in them by modifying the doll, often by inserting pins and needles or by binding it.


lexentry: eng/vote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vote
trans_list: vote | voix
sense:
A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.


lexentry: eng/vote_of_confidence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vote of confidence
trans_list: motion de confiance
sense:
A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.


lexentry: eng/vote_of_no_confidence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vote of no confidence
trans_list: motion de censure
sense:
(politics, legal) A parliamentary motion representing the lack of confidence of a parliament in the standing government. A passed motion of no confidence usually results in the government's fall.


lexentry: eng/vote_with_one's_feet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vote with one's feet
trans_list: aller à la pêche | voter avec ses pieds
sense:
(idiomatic) To express one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, by physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.


lexentry: eng/voting_booth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voting booth
trans_list: isoloir
sense:
(US) A small enclosed compartment where a voter may register a vote in private; it may house some voting machine, or just have a pencil for marking a voting slip.


lexentry: eng/voting_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voting machine
trans_list: machine à voter
sense:
Any machine used in place of a paper ballot. In the model used in the US the voters mark their choice by switching levers and then pulling the master switch to reset the machine and place their vote.


lexentry: eng/voting_slip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voting slip
trans_list: bulletin
sense:
a piece of paper with a list of the candidates at an election (sometimes with an indication of the candidate's party); the voter puts an X in the corresponding place against the candidate of his choice, folds the slip and places it in a ballot box provided.


lexentry: eng/voucher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voucher
trans_list: bon | coupon | bon d’échange
sense:
A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.


