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9,359 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Aouste-sur-Sye
proper noun
a commune of Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France
Apache
proper noun
Apache (a web server); Apache (a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States); Apache (a member of the tribe)
Apamène
proper noun
Apamena (a historical region of Syria)
Apamène
noun, masculine
synonym of Apaméen
Apamée
proper noun
Apamea
Apaméen
noun, masculine
Apamean
Apennins
proper noun
Apennines
Aphrodite
proper noun
Aphrodite (goddess)
Apocalypse
proper noun
Book of Revelation
Apollin
proper noun
Apollo (the son of Zeus)
Apollinaire
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage; a rare surname
Apolline
proper noun
a female given name
Apollodore
proper noun
Apollodorus
Apollon
proper noun
Apollo (god)
Apollonia
proper noun
a female given name from Ancient Greek
Apollonie
proper noun
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Apollonia
Appalaches
proper noun
Appalachians (a mountain range in North America)
Appelhans
proper noun
a French surname, Appelhans, from Alemannic German
Appenzell
proper noun
Appenzell
Appenzell Outer Rhodes (a canton of Switzerland)
Appenzell Inner Rhodes (a canton of Switzerland)
Apples
proper noun
Apples (a former municipality of Morges district, Vaud canton, Switzerland)
Apt
proper noun
a commune of Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Apulée
proper noun
Apuleius (writer in the Roman Empire)
Apurimac
proper noun
Apurímac (a region of Peru)
Aquilée
proper noun
Aquileia (a town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Aquiléen
noun, masculine
Aquileian (native or inhabitant of Aquileia)
Aquitaine
proper noun
Gallia Aquitanica (a province of the Roman Empire); Aquitaine (a former province of France); Aquitaine (a former region of France)
Aquitanien
proper noun
the Aquitanian (age)
Arabe
noun, masculine/feminine
Arab (person); Arabian (horse breed)
Arabie
proper noun
Arabia (a peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates); Arabia (the region of West Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)
Arabie saoudite
proper noun
Saudi Arabia (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Aragon
proper noun
Aragon (a medieval kingdom, now an autonomous community, in northeastern Spain)
Aragonais
noun, masculine
Aragonese person
Aramée
proper noun
Aramea
Araméen
noun, masculine
Aramaean, Aramaic (person)
Arbace
proper noun
Arbaces
Arbas
proper noun
Arbas (a left tributary of the Salat in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France)
Arbas
proper noun
Arbas (a village in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France)
Arbas
proper noun
a surname from Spanish
Arbois
proper noun
Arbois (a small town and commune of Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
Arbonne
proper noun
Arbonne (a village and commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Arbrissel
proper noun
Arbrissel (a village in Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)
Arcachon
proper noun
a commune of Gironde department, France
Arcadie
proper noun
Arcadia
Arcadien
noun, masculine
Arcadian (resident or native of ancient Arcadia); Arcadian (resident or native of modern Arcadia in Greece)
Arcangues
proper noun
Arcangues (a village and commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Arceneaux
proper noun
a surname, common among Cajuns and Louisiana Creoles
Arcep
proper noun
acronym of Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse, a French telecommunications authority
Archag
proper noun
a transliteration of the Armenian male given name Արշակ (Aršak), equivalent to Arshag
Archambault
proper noun
a surname, Archambault
Arches
proper noun
Arches (a small town and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France); Arches (a small village and commune of Cantal department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Archiloque
proper noun
Archilochus
Archimède
proper noun
Archimedes
Archébule
proper noun
Archebulus (an ancient Greek poet)
Archéen
proper noun
Archaean (the eon from 2,500 Ma to 4,000 Ma)
Archéen
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of Arches (usually male)
Archélaüs
proper noun
Archelaus
Archémaque
proper noun
Archemachus (an ancient Greek historian)
Arctique
proper noun
Arctic (a continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole)