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

allégresse: elation, joy, gladness
allégretto: allegretto
allégretto: allegretto
allégro: post-1990 spelling of allegro
allégro: post-1990 spelling of allegro
alléguer: to put forward (as a proof, or as an excuse), to argue, proffer as an argument; to allege; to cite, quote
allélique: allelic
allélomorphe: allelomorphic
allélomorphique: allelomorphic
alléluia: hallelujah
allémontite: allemontite
allô: hello (when answering at the beginning of a call); used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening; hello (as an in-person greeting); hello! (implying someone is not paying attention to the obvious)
almageste: almagest
almanach: almanac
almanaque: calendar; alternative spelling of almanach, almanac
almandin: almandine
almasilium: an alloy (of aluminium, magnesium, and silicium) used to make milk cans
almicantarat: almucantar
almodovarien: Almodovarian
almohade: Almohad
almohadisme: Almohadism
almoravide: Almoravid
almée: almah (An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment)
alogie: alogia
alogique: alogical
alogiquement: alogically (without logic)
aloi: quality, taste
alopécie: alopecia
alors: then (at that time); so, hence (as a consequence)
alors: so, well, well then
alors même que: even though, even if
alors que: while, whereas, though; expresses a sense of opposition between simultaneous events; when, while
alose: shad (fish of the herring family)
alouate: howler monkey
alouette: lark (bird)
alouette: Used at the end of a long list of items; and a partridge in a pear tree
alouette des champs: skylark (Alauda arvensis)
alouette hausse-col: horned lark
alourdir: to weigh down; to pile up (of e.g. problems, to get worse)
alourdissement: weighing down (act of weighing down)
alourdisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of alourdir
aloyau: sirloin
aloès: aloe
aloé véra: aloe vera
aloétine: aloe vera (extract)
aloétique: aloetic
aloïne: aloin
alp: à la prochaine
alpaga: alpaca (sheeplike animal of the Andes)
alpage: alpine (high mountain) pasturage
alpague: overcoat, typically of alpaca; any type of garment
alpaguer: to collar, catch, seize, arrest
alpe: alpine pasture
alpenstock: alpenstock
alpestre: alpine
alpha: alpha (Greek letter)
alpha privatif: alpha privative
alpha-test: alpha test
alphabet: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
alphabet latin: Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet