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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

bief: reach (of water); mill race
bielle: connecting rod; coupling rod
biellette: small (mechanical) link
bien: good, all right, great; good looking, nice
bien: well; indeed; so; a lot (of); very; really; much (more, less, better, etc.)
bien: good as opposed to evil; a commodity, a good; a possession
bien commun: common good; common good (good that is rivalrous and nonexcludable)
bien cuit: well done
bien dans sa peau: comfortable in one's own skin, comfortable with who one is, feeling good about oneself, well-adjusted, together
bien dans ses baskets: comfortable in one's own skin, comfortable with who one is, comfortable with oneself, feeling good about oneself, well-adjusted, together
bien dans ses bottes: comfortable in one's own skin, comfortable with who one is, comfortable with oneself, feeling good about oneself, well-adjusted, together
bien dans ses pompes: comfortable in one's own skin, comfortable with who one is, comfortable with oneself, feeling good about oneself, well-adjusted, together
bien de consommation: consumer good (good that consumers or end-users buy)
bien de production: capital good
bien de sa personne: good-looking, attractive
bien dit: well said!
bien en chair: plump, portly, pudgy, well-padded
bien en cour: well-connected at court, in royal favour; well thought of
bien entendu: well understood; of course, obviously
bien essayé: nice try, good try
bien fait: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bien, fait.; good-looking, attractive; good
bien fait: An exclamation that a bad thing happened to someone who deserved it.
bien fait de sa personne: good-looking, attractive
bien joué: well done! way to go! good job! good show!
bien le bonjour: greetings!
bien le bonsoir: good evening
bien lui en prit: good for him/her, it was the right choice (to)
bien mal acquis ne profite jamais: ill-gotten gains never prosper
bien né: noble, highborn, well-born
bien pensant: alternative spelling of bien-pensant
bien pensant: alternative spelling of bien-pensant
bien perdu, bien connu: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized
bien portant: healthy; portly, pudgy, well-padded
bien porter son nom: to have a fitting name, to be aptly named, to live up to one's name
bien privé: private good (good that is rivalrous and excludable)
bien public: item of public property; public good (good that is non-rivalrous and non-excludable)
bien que: although
bien sûr: of course
bien tard venu pour néant tenu: what comes too late doesn't count any more
bien tenté: synonym of bien essayé (“nice try”)
bien trouvé: ingenious, clever, original
bien vu: well spotted! good thinking! good point! good catch! finely observed!
bien vu l'aveugle: no shit, Sherlock!
bien à toi: best, regards, all the best (used at the end of a casual letter)
bien à vous: best, regards, all the best (used at the end of a casual letter)
bien élevé: well-mannered, well-brought-up
bien-aimé: beloved, well-loved
bien-aimé: beloved
bien-dire: elegant language
bien-fonds: real estate
bien-fondé: soundness, correctness; compliance, conformity
bien-jugé: res judicata
bien-pensance: right-mindedness; orthodoxy, conformism; political correctness
bien-pensant: bien pensant
bien-pensant: right-minded, right-thinking; self-righteous, bien pensant, conforming, orthodox, politically correct
bien-être: wellbeing
bienfaisance: charity, beneficence; benevolence
bienfaisant: beneficial; that which does good
bienfait: kindness, favour, good deed; benefit, advantage
bienfaiteur: benefactor; do-gooder