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deck: alternative spelling of dèk (“cop”)
dedans: towards the inside; inwardly; internally
dedans: interior, inside (of an object)
dedans: inside, in, within
deflurane: desflurane
degré: degree
degré Celsius: degree Celsius
degré d'arc: degree of arc, arcdegree (unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference)
degré fléchi: o-grade
degré plein: e-grade, full-grade
degré zéro: zero-grade, null grade
dehors: outside
dehors: outside
dehors: outside; outside of
delacroix: a one-hundred French franc note
delacrucien: Delacrucian
delco: distributor (in an engine)
deleuzement: Deleuzianly
deleuzien: Deleuzian
delphinal: delphinal (of or relating to a dauphin); synonym of dauphinois
delphinarium: dolphinarium
delphinat: dauphinate
delphinium: delphinium
delphinule: delphinula (Angaria delphinus)
delphique: Delphic
delta: delta (Greek letter)
delta: delta (geographical feature)
deltaméthrine: deltamethrin
deltaplane: hang glider; hang gliding
deltaèdre: deltohedron
deltaïque: delta; deltaic
deltiologie: deltiology (study and collection of postcards)
deltoïde: deltoid
deltoïde: deltoid
deltoïdien: deltoid
delà: beyond
demain: tomorrow
demain est un autre jour: tomorrow is another day
demande: request (act of requesting); demand; small fine (paid after breaking a rule)
demande en mariage: proposal (asking someone to be one's spouse; offer of marriage)
demander: to ask; to request; to wonder
demander conseil: to ask for advice, to seek advice from
demander en mariage: to propose (to ask for someone's hand in marriage)
demander l'impossible: to ask the impossible
demander la lune: to ask for the moon, to ask the impossible
demander la main de: to ask for someone's hand in marriage
demander la parole: to ask for the right to speak, to ask for permission to speak, to ask to speak
demander pardon: to ask for forgiveness, to apologise to; to beg (someone's) pardon (to enquire whether one has heard something right)
demander raison: to ask (someone) what the reason is, to hold (someone) accountable
demander à voir: to refuse to believe something before seeing it, to doubt something, to be sceptical
demandeur: asker or requester (one who asks or requests something); seeker
demandeur: complainant, plaintiff (one who brings a lawsuit against another)
demandeur d'asile: asylum seeker
demandeur d'emploi: a jobseeker, an unemployed person
demandeuse d'emploi: a female jobseeker, an unemployed woman
demandé: in demand
demeurant: rest
demeurant: living
demeure: home, domicile, residence; delay
demeurer: to live, stay; to stay, to remain, to stop for a long time; to last, to persist