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bordé
adjective
bordered
bordée
noun, feminine
broadside
bordélique
adjective
messed-up, chaotic
bore
noun, masculine
boron
borgne
adjective
one-eyed; blind (used for windows or walls); having a poor reputation
borgne
noun, masculine/feminine
one-eyed person
borgésien
adjective
of Jorge Luis Borges; Borgesian
borie
noun, feminine
farm; a shelter with walls formed by stacking rocks (without using mortar)
borin
noun, masculine
coalminer
borique
adjective
boric
bornage
noun, masculine
demarcation (of a boundary)
borne
noun, feminine
bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area; territorial boundary marker; territorial or geographical border; milestone such as those alongside a roadway; a kilometre; a click
borne d'incendie
noun, feminine
fire hydrant
borne kilométrique
noun, feminine
kilometre marker, mile marker, milepost, milestone
borne électrique
noun, masculine
an electric charging post for a plug-in electric vehicle
borne-abreuvoir
noun, masculine
a combination drinking fountain and fire hydrant; a fire hydrant with a drinking fountain attachment on it
borne-fontaine
noun, feminine
fire hydrant
borner
verb
to limit, confine; to confine oneself (à faire to doing something); to content oneself
bornier
noun, masculine
terminal block
borné
adjective
narrow; narrow-minded; bounded
bornéol
noun, masculine
borneol
bornésite
noun, feminine
palm syrup from Borneo
boro
pronoun
alternative spelling of bôrô (“enough”)
borohydrure
noun, masculine
borohydride
boromagnésite
noun, feminine
boromagnesite
borosilicaté
adjective
borosilicate
borosphérène
noun, masculine
borospherene
borroméen
adjective
Borromean
borsch
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of bortsch
bortsch
noun, masculine
borscht
boruration
noun, feminine
boriding
borure
noun, masculine
boride
boré
adjective
boron
boréal
adjective
boreal
borélien
adjective
borelian
boscard
noun, masculine
a person who lives as a parasite of the rich or powerful
bosco
noun, masculine
boatswain, skipper
boscoyo
noun, masculine
(tree) stump (a large piece of rough or knotty wood); (tree) knot; lump (on the body, etc.); cypress knee (a type of aerial root formed by some cypress species); a tough old man
bosniaque
adjective
Bosnian (of or from Bosnia)
bosniaque
noun, masculine
Bosnian (language)
bosnien
adjective
of Bosnia; Bosnian
bosnien
noun, masculine
Bosnian (the language)
boson
noun, masculine
boson
boson de Higgs
noun, masculine
Higgs boson
bosonique
adjective
bosonic
bosquet
noun, masculine
a clump of trees; a grove
boss
noun, masculine/feminine
boss (leader); boss (challenging enemy in a video game)
bossage
noun, masculine
bossage
bossale
noun, masculine
a bossale, an African-born slave in a European colony
bosse
noun, feminine
bump (small elevated level); hump (of e.g. a camel or zebu); dent (in e.g. a car panel); mogul
bosselage
noun, masculine
embossment; embossing
to emboss
bossellement
noun, masculine
embossment; embossing
bosselure
noun, feminine
embossment
bosser
verb
to work, labour, do a day's work; to train (for something), work on (something), study, improve (on something)
bosser
verb
to emboss; to dent; to cause a dent; to raise an anchor over the davit(s)
bosseur
noun, masculine
male mogulist (moguls freestyle skier)
bosseur
adjective
hard-working
bosseur
noun, masculine
hard worker (hard-working person)
bossoir
noun, masculine
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