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décent
adjective
decent (sufficiently clothed); decent (fair, good enough)
decentralizing
décentralisation
noun, feminine
decentralisation
to decentralise, to decentralize
décentrement
noun, masculine
decentering
to move off-centre
déceptif
adjective
deceptive
déception
noun, feminine
disappointment
deceptively
to award
décervelage
noun, masculine
debraining (action of removing the brain); brainwashing
to debrain (to remove the brain); to brainwash
décevant
adjective
disappointing
to disappoint; to deceive; to trick
déchainement
noun, masculine
post-1990 spelling of déchaînement
post-1990 spelling of déchaîner
déchant
noun, masculine
descant
to change one's tone; (by extension) to become disillusioned; to descant
déchanteur
noun, masculine
descanter
to unhood
décharge
noun, feminine
discharge; release; unloading (action of unloading something); landfill; à sa décharge: in (someone's) defence, to be fair, in fairness (to)
déchargeable
adjective
downloadable
déchargement
noun, masculine
unloading
to unload; offload; to discharge; to let off (remove the guilt from someone); to remove a charge from; to offload (ejaculate)
déchargé
adjective
unloaded; discharged
to remove the flesh from bones or skin; to deflesh; to emaciate
décharné
adjective
emaciated; scrawny, gaunt
déchaussage
noun, masculine
The removal of shoes.
to remove someone's shoes; to take one's shoes off
déchaux
adjective
discalced, discalceate
déchaînement
noun, masculine
outburst
to unleash; to arouse, rouse; to cause, bring out; to go wild, to let rip, rage
déchet
noun, masculine
refuse, rubbish, trash, waste; a mess, a basket case (especially after having drunk alcohol)
déchet radioactif
noun, masculine
radioactive waste
to dishevel; to dishevel one another's hair
to unpeg, to unpin
déchiffrable
adjective
decipherable
déchiffrage
noun, masculine
action of deciphering
déchiffrement
noun, masculine
action of deciphering
to decipher (all meanings); to sightread (or sight read)
déchiquetage
noun, masculine
shredding
to rip up (into small pieces); to cut up (into small pieces)
déchiqueteur
noun, masculine
shredder
déchiqueteuse
noun, feminine
shredder
déchiqueture
noun, feminine
slashing, cutting, pinking
déchirant
adjective
heartbreaking, heartrending, heart-splitting, heartwrenching; agonizing
déchirement
noun, masculine
act of tearing something to pieces
to tear; to rip up; to tear up emotionally; to kick arse, to kick ass, to kick butt, to rock, to rule
déchireur
noun, masculine
shredder
déchirure
noun, feminine
tear, rip
to dechlorinate
to wane (diminish); to strip
déchoquage
noun, masculine
Emergency antishock treatment
"to get off, to set afloat (a ship that is aground)"
déchristianisateur
noun, masculine
dechristianizer
déchristianisation
noun, feminine
dechristianization
to dechristianize
déchronologie
noun, feminine
dechronology
déchu
adjective
deposed, dethroned
déchèterie
noun, feminine
dump, tip, household waste recycling centre, civic amenity site