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

Adélard
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Adelard
Adélaïde
proper noun
Adelaide (the capital and largest city of South Australia, Australia); a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide
Adélie
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Adèle
Afar
noun, masculine
Afar (member of the Afar people)
Afars et Issas
proper noun
ellipsis of Territoire français des Afars et des Issas
Afghan
noun, masculine
Afghan (native or inhabitant of Afghanistan)
Afghanistan
proper noun
Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; capital and largest city: Kaboul)
Africain
noun, masculine
an African person
Afrique
proper noun
Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
West Africa (a geographic region comprising the western portion of Africa, spanning sixteen countries)
Afrique du Nord
proper noun
North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue)
Afrique du Sud
proper noun
South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)
Afrique noire
proper noun
black Africa
Afro-Eurasie
proper noun
Afro-Eurasia (supercontinent)
Agamemnon
proper noun
Agamemnon
Agathe
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Agatha
Agathyrses
noun, masculine
Agathyrsi (a tribe of Sarmatia)
Agde
proper noun
Agde (a town and commune of Hérault department, Occitania, France)
Agen
proper noun
Agen (a city and commune, the prefecture of Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Aggée
proper noun
Haggai
Aglukark
proper noun
a surname from Inuktitut
Aglukkaq
proper noun
a surname from Inuktitut
Agly
proper noun
Agly (a river in Occitania, France)
Agneau
proper noun
Lamb; i.e. Jesus
Agneau de Dieu
proper noun
Lamb of God
Agniers
proper noun
Mohawks (Mohawk people)
Agnès
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Agnes
Agout
proper noun
a left tributary of the Tarn, Occitania, France
Agésilas
proper noun
Agesilaus
Ahuntsic-Cartierville (a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Aicard
proper noun
a surname
Aigues-Juntes
proper noun
a village in Ariège department, Occitania, France
Aigues-Mortes
proper noun
a town in Gard department, Occitania, France
Aigues-Vives
proper noun
a village in Ariège department, Occitania, France; a village in Aude department, Occitania, France; a town in Gard department, Occitania, France; a village in Hérault department, Occitania, France
Aimé
proper noun
a male given name, feminine equivalent Aimée
Aimée
proper noun
a female given name
Ain
proper noun
Ain (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France); Ain (a river in the Jura and Ain departments, in eastern France, flowing from the Jura Mountains into the Rhône River)
Ain Benian
proper noun
Ain Benian (a municipality of Algiers Province, Algeria)
Airard
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage
Aisne
proper noun
Aisne (a department of Hauts-de-France, France); Aisne (a left tributary of the Oise, flowing through the departments of Meuse, Marne, Ardennes, Aisne and Oise, in northeastern France)
Aiton
proper noun
Aiton (a town and commune of Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Aix-en-Provence
proper noun
Aix-en-Provence, Aix (a city and commune of Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Aix-la-Chapelle
proper noun
Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Aixois
noun, masculine
resident or native of any of the towns/cities in France with the name Aix
Ajaccien
noun, masculine
Ajaccian (resident or native of Ajaccio, Corsica)
Ajaccio
proper noun
Ajaccio (the capital and largest city of Corsica, France)
Akhannouch
proper noun
a transliteration of the Arabic surname أخنوش
Akiko
proper noun
a female given name from Japanese
Akka
proper noun
Aga, king of Kish supposedly defeated by Gilgamesh.
Akkadien
noun, masculine
Akkadian (native or inhabitant of Akkad) (usually male)
Akkouche
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Akram
proper noun
a surname from Arabic; a male given name from Arabic
Akrem
proper noun
a male given name from Arabic
Aktaou
proper noun
Aktau (a port city on the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan)
Akwesasne
proper noun
Akwesasne (a Mohawk territory at the triple point of the US state of New York and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, lying astride the international boundary; jurisdictionally split between the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation in New York, the Akwesasne 59 in Ontario and the Akwesasne 15 in Quebec)
Alabama
noun, masculine
Alabama (people)
Alabama
proper noun
Alabama (a state of the United States); Alabama (a river in Alabama)
Alabamien
noun, masculine
Alabamian (native or inhabitant of the state of Alabama, United States) (usually male)
Alain
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Alan
Alains
proper noun
Alans