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dosé
adjective
dosed, administered; dished out
dot
noun, feminine
dowry, marriage portion
dotal
adjective
dotal
dotation
noun, feminine
allowance; endowment
doter
verb
to endow, donate; to fund
dotriacontanoic
douahou
noun, masculine
chance
douaire
noun, masculine
dower
douairière
noun, feminine
dowager
douance
noun, feminine
giftedness (especially intellectual)
douane
noun, feminine
customs (an authority responsible for controlling the flow of goods to and from a country); customs office
douanier
noun, masculine
customs officer
douanier
adjective
customs
douar
noun, masculine
douar, duar
doubeurre
noun, masculine/feminine
butternut squash
doubien
adjective
of Doubs (French department)
doublage
noun, masculine
dubbing; a penalty by which, on completion of a sentence, a prisoner was required to remain at the penal colony as an employee for a further period of time equivalent to the original sentence
double
adjective
double (all senses), two; sixteenth note
double
noun, masculine
double (twice the number, amount, etc.); duplicate (an identical copy); double
double bémol
noun, masculine
double flat (accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step lower)
double cloche
noun, feminine
synonym of datura fastueux
double croche
noun, feminine
sixteenth note
double datif
noun, masculine
double dative
double dièse
noun, masculine
double sharp (accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step higher)
double emploi
noun, masculine
unnecessary duplication
double faute
noun, feminine
double fault
double jeu
noun, masculine
double play; double game, double-dealing
double menton
noun, masculine
double chin
double nationalité
noun, feminine
dual citizenship (status of being a citizen of two countries)
double paire
noun, feminine
two pair
double pénétration
noun, feminine
double penetration
double sens
noun, masculine
double meaning; two-way
double vie
noun, feminine
double life (existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues)
double vitrage
noun, masculine
double glazing
double vé
noun, masculine
double-u, The name of the Latin script letter W/w.
double-bécassine
noun, feminine
great snipe
double-clic
noun, masculine
double-click
double-cloche
noun, feminine
synonym of datura fastueux
double-fond
noun, masculine
false bottom
double-hélice
noun, feminine
double helix
double-sens
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of double sens
double-six
noun, masculine
a domino with six on both sides
doublement
noun, masculine
doubling
doubly
to double, duplicate; to double-cross; to overtake, pass; to dub; to repeat a school year
doublet
noun, masculine
doublet; doublet (die with the same rolled value as another)
doubleur
noun, masculine
dubber; doubler
doublon
noun, masculine
doublet (pair of two similar or equal things); duplicate
doublon
noun, masculine
doubloon
doublure
noun, feminine
lining; understudy; body double, stand-in; stuntman
doublé
noun, masculine
double, brace, pair; double; doublé
douce-amère
noun, feminine
bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
doucement
adverb
softly; quietly; gently
easy! calm down! hold your horses!
sweetly; softly
doucereux
adjective
squidgy; unctuous (profusely polite, especially unpleasantly so and insincerely earnest); soft; sickly sweet
doucet
adjective
soft; tender
doucette
noun, feminine
a plant used in salads: lamb's lettuce or mâche, Valerianella locusta
softly; tenderly
douceur
noun, feminine
softness, tenderness; sweetness