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

bursite
noun, feminine
bursitis (inflammation of a bursa)
burtonien
adjective
Burtonian
burundais
adjective
of Burundi
bus
noun, masculine/feminine
bus
bus accordéon
noun, masculine
articulated bus
bus scolaire
noun, masculine
school bus
busard
noun, masculine
harrier
busc
noun, masculine
busk (of corset)
buse
noun, feminine
hawk or buzzard (genus Buteo); idiot, fool; fail (fail of an exam, in school)
buse
noun, feminine
nozzle; pipe, conduit
buse bondrée
noun, feminine
European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
buse à queue courte
noun, masculine
short-tailed hawk
buser
verb
to fail (a test, exam)
bushisme
noun, masculine
Bushism
business
noun, masculine
business, firm, company; business, affairs
businessman
noun, masculine
businessman
businesswoman
noun, feminine
businesswoman
to seek, prowl; filch, busk
to busk (dress)
busqué
adjective
hooked (of a nose)
buste
noun, masculine
bust, torso; bust
bustier
noun, masculine
bustier (clothing)
but
noun, masculine
aim; goal (result one is attempting to achieve); goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
but cadré
noun, masculine
shot on goal
but contre son camp
noun, masculine
own goal
but en argent
noun, masculine
silver goal
but en or
noun, masculine
golden goal
but-sur-balles
noun, masculine
a walk
butadiène
noun, masculine
butadiene
butane
noun, masculine
butane; n-butane
butanier
noun, masculine
butane tanker
butanol
noun, masculine
butanol (any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH)
butanoïque
adjective
butanoic
butch
noun, feminine
butch (masculine queer woman) (contrast fem)
buter
verb
to stop dead; to prop up, buttress; to kill; to obsess; to become obsessed
buteur
noun, masculine
scorer, goalscorer
butin
noun, masculine
loot, booty (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband); what is obtained or amassed by laborious collection; what is collected by insects such as bees or ants; a load of pollen, nectar, etc.; furniture; belongings, household possessions
to gather pollen, gather nectar; to gather (pollen); to glean, pick up (ideas, concepts etc.); to surf the internet, to browse; to snog (UK), to make out with (US)
butineur
noun, masculine
forager
butineur
noun, masculine
browser
butineuse
noun, feminine
female equivalent of butineur (“forager”); worker bee (when gathering pollen)
butoir
noun, masculine
buffer (of railway); doorstop, doorstopper; toeboard, oche
butome
noun, masculine
flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)
butor
noun, masculine
bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae and genus Botaurus, specifically those species not formerly in the genus Ixobrychus, which are called blongios); boor, oaf
butor étoilé
noun, masculine
the Eurasian bittern
butte
noun, feminine
small hill, mound, hillock; knoll; heap; a mound of dirt upon which targets were placed to practice shooting; butt, target
butter
verb
to heap
butyle
noun, masculine
butyl
butylique
adjective
butylic
butylène
noun, masculine
butylene
butylèneglycol
noun, masculine
butylene glycol
butyrate
noun, masculine
butyrate (salt or ester of butyric acid)
butyrine
noun, feminine
butyrin
butyrique
adjective
butyric
butyromètre
noun, masculine
butyrometer
butène
noun, masculine
butene
buté
adjective
stubborn
butée
noun, feminine
any plant in the Butea genus
butée
noun, feminine
abutment (state of abutting); buttress; stop, stopper
buvable
adjective
drinkable, potable