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affalé: sprawling, slouching
affamement: starving (causing people to starve)
affamer: to starve (somebody or something, like a city during a siege)
affameur: starver; exploiter
affamé: hungry
affaneur: journeyman (day labourer)
affect: affect; emotion
affectable: affectable
affectataire: assignee; beneficiary
affectation: allocation, allotment; assignment; posting; affectation
affecter: to feign, affect (an emotion, etc.); to allocate (something),; to assign someone, to post someone; to affect, influence
affectif: emotional, affective
affection: affection, love, fondness; medical condition, complaint, disease
affectionner: to affectionate, to feel affection for, to be fond of
affectionnément: affectionately
affectivement: affectionately; softly
affectivité: affectivity
affectuel: affectual
affectueusement: affectionately
affectueux: affectionate; caring
affenage: grazing, pasturing of cattle etc.
affener: to graze, pasture cattle
affenpinscher: Affenpinscher
affermable: leasable
affermage: tenant farming; rent paid by a tenant farmer; leasing of advertising space
affermer: to have a leasehold
affermir: to firm up; to strengthen; to make firmer; to become firmer, sharper or stronger
affermissement: consolidation
affermisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of affermir
affetto: gracefully; tenderly, softly
affettuoso: in a loving, tender way
affichable: displayable
affichage: posting, to post a notice; display
affiche: poster; placard; sign
afficher: to put up (a notice etc); to display; to show; to flaunt; display
afficher complet: to be sold out; to be full
affichette: a small poster or flyer
afficheur: bill sticker; display
afficheur à cristaux liquides: liquid crystal display
affichiste: poster designer
afficionado: alternative spelling of aficionado
affidavit: affidavit
affidé: trustworthy
affilage: sharpening
affiler: to sharpen (to make sharp)
affileur: sharpener
affiliation: affiliation
affilier: to affiliate
affiloir: sharpener (device)
affilé: sharp
affin: affine (all senses)
affinage: affinage; refining
affinement: refinement
affiner: to purify; to refine; to make finer
affinerie: refinery (especially a place where metal is purified)
affineur: One who refines; refiner; One who ages cheese and purveys it
affinitaire: affinitive; peer
affinité: affinity (a family relationship through marriage of a relative); affinity
affinité élective: elective affinity
affiquet: bauble