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blé d'Inde
noun, masculine
synonym of maïs (“corn, maize”)
blé dur
noun, masculine
durum wheat (Triticum durum)
blé noir
noun, masculine
buckwheat
blé tendre
noun, masculine
common wheat (Triticum aestivum)
blédard
noun, masculine
an immigrant from North Africa
blédard
adjective
foreign, especially North African
blépharite
noun, feminine
blepharitis
blésement
noun, masculine
lisping
bléser
verb
to lisp
blésité
noun, feminine
lisping
blésois
adjective
Bloisian (of or from Blois)
blême
adjective
pale, wan
blêmir
verb
to whiten; to become pale; to blanch
blêmissement
noun, masculine
whitening, blanching
blêmisses
verb
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of blêmir
boa
noun, masculine
boa (snake); boa (scarf)
boa constricteur
noun, masculine
boa constrictor (Boa constrictor)
boat-people
noun, masculine/feminine
boat person, boat people
bob
noun, masculine
bucket hat, fishing hat
bob
noun, masculine
designated driver, DD
bobard
noun, masculine
fib (a more or less inconsequential lie)
bobarder
verb
to fib (to lie inconsequentially)
bobettes
noun, feminine
briefs
bobeur
noun, masculine
a bobsledder
bobinage
noun, masculine
winding onto a bobbin
bobine
noun, feminine
bobbin; reel, spool; drum; coil; ellipsis of bobine d'allumage (“ignition coil”)
bobine d'allumage
noun, feminine
ignition coil, spark coil
bobine de Ruhmkorff
noun, feminine
Ruhmkorff coil
bobineau
noun, masculine
bobbin; reel
bobiner
verb
to wind onto a bobbin
bobinette
noun, feminine
small wooden door latch
bobineur
noun, masculine
winder (a person that winds cloth)
bobineuse
noun, feminine
female equivalent of bobineur; winder (a machine that winds cloth)
bobinoir
noun, masculine
coil winder
bobinot
noun, masculine
bobbin; reel
bobo
noun, masculine
boo-boo (pain or injury)
bobo
noun, masculine/feminine
bobo, boho
bobolais
adjective
of Bobo-Dioulasso
bobologie
noun, feminine
treatment of minor injuries such as scrapes and bruise
bobonne
noun, feminine
dear, honey; missus, wife, partner
bobsleigh
noun, feminine
bobsleigh
bobèche
noun, feminine
bobèche (cup or ring at the top of a candlestick)
bobèche
noun, masculine
clown
boc
noun, masculine
type of horse-drawn carriage
bocage
noun, masculine
grove; mixed woodlands and pastures; hedgerow country, a rural landscape where parcels are separated by slightly elevated hedgerows
bocager
adjective
woodland
bocagère
adjective
woodland
bocal
noun, masculine
jar; bowl
bocard
noun, masculine
stamp mill
bocarder
verb
To grind with a stamp mill
bocchérinien
adjective
Boccherinian
boche
noun, masculine/feminine
Boche, Kraut, German, Jerry
bock
noun, masculine
a beer glass having the capacity of approximately a quarter of a litre; the content of such a beer glass
bodybuilding
noun, masculine
bodybuilding
boeuf
noun, masculine
nonstandard spelling of bœuf
boeufs
noun, feminine
nonstandard spelling of bœufs
bof
interjection
so what, never mind, whatever, meh
bog
noun, masculine
an ombrotrophic peatland
bogatyr
noun, masculine
bogatyr
bogey
noun, masculine
bogey