Dictionary

Look up any word

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

bombe cyclonique: a bomb cyclone
bombe météo: clipping of bombe météorologique
bombe météorologique: a bomb cyclone, a meteorological bomb, a weather bomb
bombe sale: dirty bomb (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material, designed to spread radiation over a wide area)
bombe sexuelle: sex bomb
bombe à retardement: time bomb (bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time); time bomb (situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time)
bombement: bulge; bulginess
bomber: to bulge; to cower, to bend; to move, walk quickly; to spray paint (especially of taggers or graffiti artists)
bomber: bomber jacket
bomber la poitrine: to swagger, to strut, to puff up (to throw out one's chest in pride)
bomber le torse: to swagger, to strut, to puff up (to throw out one's chest in pride)
bombeur: tagger, graffiti artist
bombique: bombic
bombonne: alternative spelling of bonbonne
bombure: bulge, camber
bombycique: bombycic
bombyx: bombyx; a type of woodwind instrument
bombyx chinois du chêne: Antheraea pernyi
bombyx du chêne: Lasiocampa quercus
bombyx du mûrier: Bombyx mori
bombyx laineux: Eriogaster lanestris
bombyx neustrien: Malacosoma neustria
bombé: rounded, convex
bompa: grandfather
bon: well; OK
bon: good; right, correct, appropriate; sexy, hot, smoking hot
bon: voucher, ticket, coupon
bon Dieu: good God, for God's sake, bloody hell, gosh
bon an mal an: year in, year out
bon an, mal an: year in, year out
bon anniversaire: happy birthday
bon app: clipping of bon appétit
bon appétit: bon appétit, enjoy your meal
bon après-midi: have a good afternoon (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)
bon chic bon genre: taste, style
bon chic bon genre: posh, bourgeois
bon comme le bon pain: kindhearted, kind
bon comme le pain: kindhearted, kind
bon comme le pain blanc: synonym of bon comme le bon pain
bon courage: good luck!, Godspeed!
bon d'achat: voucher
bon de commande: order form, purchase order, sales order
bon de livraison: delivery form, delivery note, delivery slip, delivery docket; packing slip; bill of lading
bon de travail: work order
bon débarras: good riddance
bon enfant: good-natured, friendly; Simple-minded, naive
bon flic, mauvais flic: good cop bad cop
bon gré mal gré: willy-nilly
bon génie: bonus genius (good spirit or angel, seen as influencing a person's decisions in a good way)
bon lui semble: one sees fit
bon marché: cheap, inexpensive
bon matin: a phrase uttered upon a meeting: good morning
bon mot: bon mot (clever saying, phrase, or witticism); Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bon, mot.
bon parti: catch of the day, good catch, real catch (a good prospective spouse, often for financial reasons)
bon perdant: good loser, good sport
bon pied, bon œil: good health
bon plan: good deal; good idea
bon pour le service: good to go; out of the woods; fit for duty, able-bodied
bon prince: magnanimous, generous, sporting, indulgent, benevolent
bon public: easily entertained, easy to please