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

Abkhazie
proper noun
Abkhazia (a geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the vast majority of the international community)
Abkhazien
noun, masculine
resident or native of Abkhazia (regardless of ethnicity)
Ablon
proper noun
Ablon (a village in Calvados department, Normandy, France); former name of Ablon-sur-Seine; a surname
Ablon-sur-Seine
proper noun
Ablon-sur-Seine (a town in Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Ablons
proper noun
alternative spelling of Ablon (now Ablon-sur-Seine)
Abomey
proper noun
Abomey (the capital city of Zou department, in southern Benin); Dahomey (former name of Benin, a country in West Africa)
Aboméen
noun, masculine
resident or native of Abomey; Abomean, Abomeyan
Aborigène
noun, masculine/feminine
an Aboriginal Australian
Abou
proper noun
a surname; a male given name
Abou Dabi
proper noun
Abu Dhabi (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates); Abu Dhabi (the capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital city of Abu Dhabi emirate, United Arab Emirates)
Abou Simbel
proper noun
the archeological site of Abu Simbel
Aboubacar
proper noun
a male given name
Aboukir
proper noun
Aboukir, a village and bay in Egypt site of two iconic battles of the French military
Abraham
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham; Abraham
Abruzzais
noun, masculine
resident or native of the Abruzzo
Abruzzes
proper noun
Abruzzo (an administrative region in central Italy); a mountain chain in the Apennines
Absalom
proper noun
Absalom (biblical character)
Absalon
proper noun
Absalom
Abyssinie
proper noun
Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century)
Abélard
proper noun
the French philosopher and theologian Abelard; a male given name, equivalent to English Abelard
Abélia
proper noun
a female given name
Abénaquis
noun, masculine
an Abenaki Native American
Acadiana
proper noun
Acadiana (an official region of southern Louisiana)
Acadie
proper noun
the ancient and mythical Acadia; Acadia (a former French colony in North America in modern eastern Canada and the United States)
Acadien
noun, masculine
Acadian (a native of Acadia)
Académie française
proper noun
the French Academy: an academy dedicated to the perfection of the French language and standards of usage, founded in the 17th century
Acarnanie
proper noun
Acarnania (a region of Greece)
Accous
proper noun
Accous (a village in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Achab
proper noun
Ahab (biblical character)
Achache
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Achard
proper noun
a surname, Achard
Achaïe
proper noun
Achaea
Achille
proper noun
Achilles; a male given name from Ancient Greek
Achour
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Achoura
proper noun
Ashura (a holy day falling on the 10th day of Muharram, an optional fasting day for Sunni Muslim and a commemoration day of the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali in 680 AD for Shia Muslim)
Achéménide
noun, masculine/feminine
Achaemenid
Achéménès
proper noun
Achaemenes (the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty)
Achéron
proper noun
Acheron; death; hell
Acoua
proper noun
a city in Mayotte department, France
Acre
proper noun
Acre (a port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith)
Acre
proper noun
Acre (a state of the North Region, Brazil)
Actes
proper noun
Acts
Action démocratique
proper noun
Action démocratique du Québec
Action démocratique du Québec
proper noun
a conservative autonomist political party in Québec
Acton
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Acton Vale
proper noun
Acton Vale (a city in Acton Regional County Municipality, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada)
Actéon
proper noun
Actaeon (grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses)
Adam
proper noun
Adam (biblical figure); a male given name; diminutive forms Adanet, Adenot, Adnet, Adnot
Adanet
proper noun
a rare surname, derived from a medieval diminutive of Adam
Addis-Abeba
proper noun
Addis Ababa (the capital of Ethiopia)
Adeline
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Adèle
Adenot
proper noun
a surname based on a medieval diminutive of Adam
Adiabène
proper noun
Adiabene
Adimi
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Adjani
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Adolphe
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph
Adriatique
proper noun
Adriatic
Adrien
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Adrian
Adrienne
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Adrien
Adèle
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Adela