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demeuré
noun, masculine
person with a mental handicap; idiot, retard, stupid person
demi
adjective
half
demi
adverb
half; partially; almost
demi
noun, masculine
half (fraction); half (half-hour); a person of multiracial descent, usually a person with French and other non-European origin; mixed-race; a glass of beer of 250 ml volume; bathroom
demi d'ouverture
noun, masculine
fly-half
demi de mêlée
noun, masculine
scrum-half
demi-bouteille
noun, masculine
half-size bottle (generally, 375 ml, half a standard 750 ml bottle of wine)
demi-brassard
noun, masculine
a brassard that covers only half (especially the upper half) of the arm
demi-caractère
adjective
demi-caractère
demi-cercle
noun, masculine
semicircle
demi-circulaire
adjective
semicircular
demi-clef
noun, feminine
half hitch
demi-deuil
noun, masculine
half-mourning; marbled white, Melanargia galathea
demi-dieu
noun, masculine
demigod, in mythological or figurative sense
demi-douche
noun, feminine
half-shower
demi-douzaine
noun, feminine
half dozen
demi-droite
noun, feminine
ray, half-line
demi-fille
noun, feminine
demigirl
demi-finale
noun, feminine
semi-final
demi-finaliste
noun, masculine/feminine
semi-finalist
demi-frère
noun, masculine
half-brother
demi-garçon
noun, masculine
demiboy
demi-grand axe
noun, masculine
semimajor axis (half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse)
demi-heure
noun, feminine
half an hour; thirty minutes
demi-journée
noun, feminine
half day
demi-litre
noun, masculine
half-litre (500 ml)
demi-longueur
noun, feminine
half-length; half-wavelength
demi-lune
noun, feminine
half-moon; half-pipe
demi-mesure
noun, feminine
half-measure, inadequate measure
demi-molle
noun, feminine
semi, semi-hard-on
demi-mondaine
noun, feminine
a hedonist, a demimondaine
demi-monde
noun, masculine
demimonde
demi-mort
adjective
halfdead or almost dead
demi-mot
noun, masculine
hint, that which is written between the lines
demi-obscurité
noun, feminine
semidarkness
demi-pause
noun, feminine
a half rest
demi-pension
noun, feminine
half board; hotel accommodation with bed, breakfast, and one main meal per day
demi-pensionnaire
noun, masculine/feminine
day boarder (a school student who stays for lunch breaks and cannot leave his establishment at that time)
demi-petit axe
noun, masculine
semiminor axis (half of the minor axis of a circle or ellipse)
demi-plan
noun, masculine
half-plane
demi-portion
noun, feminine
half-portion; two-bit person
demi-saison
noun, feminine
The temperate period between the extremes of winter and summer; spring and autumn.
demi-sang
noun, masculine
warmblood (referring to horses)
demi-sec
adjective
medium dry (sparkling wine)
demi-siècle
noun, masculine
half-century (period of fifty years)
demi-soeur
noun, feminine
nonstandard spelling of demi-sœur
demi-sommeil
noun, masculine
halfsleep
demi-soupir
noun, masculine
an eighth rest
demi-sœur
noun, feminine
half sister
demi-tasse
noun, feminine
demitasse (“coffee cup”); demitasse (“serving of coffee in such a cup”)
demi-teinte
noun, feminine
halftone, a medium shade, neither particularly light nor particularly dark; something medium, mitigated, nuanced
demi-ton
noun, masculine
semitone (musical interval)
demi-tour
noun, masculine
U-turn, about-turn
demi-vie
noun, feminine
half-life
demi-vierge
noun, feminine
demi-vierge, half-virgin
demi-volée
noun, feminine
half volley
demie
noun, feminine
semifinal, semi-final
demoiselle
noun, feminine
damsel, maiden; Miss; damselfly
demoiselle d'honneur
noun, feminine
maid of honour, bridesmaid
demoiselle en détresse
noun, feminine
damsel in distress