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aguerrisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of aguerrir
aguet: lookout; observation post; watching; spying
agueusie: ageusia
agui: bowline (knot)
aguichant: enticing
aguicher: to entice
aguicheur: alluring, enticing
aguimpé: wimpled
agutaynen: Agutaynen (language)
agutaynen: Agutaynen
agénésie: agenesis
agénésique: agenesic
agérate: ageratum
agératum: ageratum (Ageratum)
agératum du Mexique: flossflower (Ageratum houstonianum Mill.)
ah: ah
ah bon: really? for real? is that so?
ahan: pain due to manual labour; groan
ahanant: panting
ahanement: grunt
ahaner: to pant due to exercise
ahi: ouch! (representing pain)
ahuri: stunned, dumbfounded
ahurir: to astound, dumbfound, stun
ahurissamment: astoundingly, dumbfoundingly
ahurissant: astounding
ahurissement: stupefaction
ahurisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of ahurir
aidant: helping
aidant: helper
aide: help, support; assist
aide: aide (person)
aide de camp: aide-de-camp, ADC
aide-comptable: assistant accountant, accounting assistant
aide-mémoire: aide-mémoire, memory-aid, crib
aide-soignant: nursing auxiliary (UK), nurse's aide (US)
aide-soignante: nursing auxiliary (UK), nurse's aide (US)
aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera: heaven helps those who help themselves
aider: to help; to aid; to use
aigle: eagle (any of a number of species of birds of prey); a man of ingenuity and superior talent; a genius
aigle: a female eagle; a representation an eagle; the eagle as a heraldic symbol
aigle des steppes: steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
aigle impérial: eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
aigle royal: golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
aiglefin: alternative spelling of églefin
aiglet: aiglet; needle
aiglette: eaglet; alerion
aiglon: an eaglet, eagle chick
aigre: sharp, sour, acid; shrill (voice); biting (wind etc.)
aigre-doux: bittersweet, sweet and sour
aigrefin: alternative form of églefin; swindler
aigrelet: sharpish; sourish, tart; acidulous
aigrement: sharply, sourly, acidly; shrilly, bitingly
aigremoine: agrimony
aigrette: egret (Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea); pappus, thistledown; crest (plumage); feather (atop a hat)
aigretté: feathered, plumed
aigreur: sourness (sour flavor); bitterness (bitter emotion)
aigri: embittered
aigrin: a young apple tree or pear tree
aigrir: to make bitter, to embitter