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aborigène: a generally primitive native from the land
abornement: Determination of the precise limits of a piece of land or a border
aborner: to constitute the limit or boundary of; to add boundary stones or marks to
abortif: abortive; unavailing; futile; abortifacient; capable of causing abortion when absorbed; abortive, fruitless; sterile
abortif: an abortifacient
abot: a horse hobble
aboteau: a levee or dam used in the draining of marshes; alternative form of aboiteau
abouchement: the act of getting into contact or communication; point of union of two vessels
aboucher: to put or get in contact or communication; to touch via an opening; to put the mouth close to; to talk with
aboudabien: Abu Dhabian (of or from Abu Dhabi)
aboudhabien: Abu Dhabian (of or from Abu Dhabi)
abougri: stunted, squat
abouler: to roll along a surface; to rush or hurry over; to hand over or give money or goods; to pay
aboulie: aboulia
aboulique: Related to or affected by aboulia; aboulic
aboulique: a person affected by aboulia
about: the extremity of a metallic or wooden element or piece
aboutement: abutment, jointing
abouter: to join, link, attach or tie together by their extremities; to align end-to-end; to abut
aboutir: to lead to, to end up in, to reach; to lead to, to have the consequence of; to reach a conclusion, to succeed; to touch by one end
aboutissant: outcome
aboutissement: the end or conclusion of a process; a result or outcome, usually a positive one
aboutisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of aboutir
aboyant: barking
aboyer: to bark; to scream at or inveigh against somebody; to scream or yell in short bouts; to bark
aboyeur: Which barks or makes a sound like barking
aboyeur: someone whose job or involves crying out at people; someone who yells a lot at someone else, who heckles, or criticize violently in speech or writing
abracadabra: abracadabra
abracadabra: an unspecified magical formula; a mystical word from kabbalism
abracadabrant: ludicrous, preposterous
abracadabrantesque: totally ludicrous
abracadabrantesquement: totally ludicrously
abrachiocéphale: abrachiocephalic, abrachiocephalous
abrahamique: of the patriarch Abraham; Abrahamitic
abrahamisme: Abrahamism
abrahamiste: of the patriarch Abraham; Abrahamitic
abraser: to abrade
abrasif: able to abrade a surface when scrubbed against it; abrasive
abrasif: a usually granular abrasive substance used to polish or clean a surface
abrasimètre: a device for measuring abrasion
abrasin: One of two species of East Asian trees in the genus Vernicia (Euphorbiaceae) who produce an oil used to make varnishes and paints
abrasion: abrasion
abrasivité: abrasiveness, abrasivity
abraxas: abraxas
abreuvement: The act of watering (plants) or giving water (animals).
abreuver: to water (cattle, fields etc.), give water to (a person); to drink; to shower (someone)
abreuvoir: a watering hole or place for animals; a drinking fountain
abri: a shelter or refuge against the elements or physical danger
abri anti-atomique: fallout shelter
abri anti-aérien: bomb shelter; air-raid shelter
abri de jardin: garden shed
abri de nuit: night shelter, homeless shelter
abri fiscal: tax shelter
abri sous roche: a rock shelter
abri-sous-roche: rock shelter
abribus: bus shelter
abricot: apricot (fruit); apricot (color); vulva, vagina, female genitalia
abricot: apricot (color)
abricoter: to glaze (a cake etc) with a thin layer of apricot preserve dissolved in water
abricotier: apricot tree