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baryton
noun, masculine
baritone; baryton
baryton
adjective
barytone; baritone
baryté
adjective
barytic
baryum
noun, masculine
barium
barzoï
noun, masculine
a borzoi
barège
noun, masculine
barège
barème
noun, masculine
scale (used to assess magnitude); schedule (linking two types of measurement)
barégine
noun, feminine
a grey, gelatinous deposit in the sulphurous waters of the Barèges spa
baréter
verb
to trumpet (make the cry of an elephant or rhinoceros); to utter an exasperated, loud sigh; to moan, groan
bas
adjective
low; bass
bas
adverb
low
bas
noun, masculine
socks; stockings; feet; lower end; bottom (of a thing)
bas
noun, masculine
stocking
bas allemand
noun, feminine
Low German
bas autofixant
noun, masculine
hold-up stocking, hold-ups (UK), thigh-highs (US)
bas clergé
noun, masculine
lower clergy
bas couture
noun, masculine
seamed stocking
bas de gamme
adjective
low-end
bas de laine
noun, masculine
a nest egg (a small saving, a small reserve of money)
bas de plafond
adjective
stupid, dumb, dim-witted
bas du corps
noun, masculine
lower body
bas du front
adjective
stupid, dumb, dim-witted
bas les masques
interjection
no more pretending now! drop the act!
bas les pattes
interjection
hands off! paws off! mitts off!
bas monde
noun, masculine
this world, the earthly world
bas peuple
noun, masculine
the little people, the populace, the plebs, the great unwashed, the unwashed masses, the lower orders, the masses, hoi polloi (the lower class)
bas relief
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of bas-relief
bas résille
noun, masculine
fishnet stocking
bas saxon
noun, masculine
Low German (language); Low Saxon (language or language group)
bas à jour
noun, masculine
openwork stocking(s), open-worked stocking(s)
bas-bleu
noun, masculine
bluestocking
bas-culotte
noun, masculine
pantyhose; tights
bas-côté
noun, masculine
aisle (in a church); verge, shoulder (along a road), roadside
bas-fond
noun, masculine
shallow area of the sea; lowland; sidestreet (seedy area of a town); marginal (person who lives outside normal society)
bas-latin
noun, masculine
Low Latin
bas-mât
noun, masculine
lower-mast (when it is multiple sections)
bas-relief
noun, masculine
bas-relief
bas-ventre
noun, masculine
groin; lower abdomen
basal
adjective
basal
basale
noun, feminine
basement membrane
basaliome
noun, feminine
basalioma
basalte
noun, masculine
basalt (hard rock)
basaltiforme
adjective
basaltiform
basaltique
adjective
basaltic
basaner
verb
to tan (brown the skin)
basané
adjective
swarthy, dark-skinned
bascophone
adjective
Basque-speaking, Bascophone
bascophone
noun, masculine/feminine
Basque-speaker, Bascophone
bascule
noun, feminine
seesaw; flip-flop
basculement
noun, masculine
the act or result of toppling or falling; transfer, transition; failover
basculer
verb
to topple, to tip over; to sway from side to side; to fall apart, to turn upsidedown; to transfer (e.g. a call); to tip over, to tip up
basculeur
adjective
rocking
base
noun, feminine
base (bottom part of something); base (safe place); base, basis (fundamental belief); base
base aérienne
noun, feminine
air base
base d'aviation
noun, masculine
air base
base de données
noun, feminine
database
base de données relationnelle
noun, feminine
relational database
base-ball
noun, masculine
baseball (ball game)
base-sur-balles
noun, masculine
a walk
baseball
noun, masculine
post-1990 spelling of base-ball