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enképhaline: enkephalin
enlacement: linking number
enlacer: to wrap around, to embrace; to wrap around each other, to intertwine
enlaidir: to uglify
enlaidissement: uglification
enlaidisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of enlaidir
enlever: to remove, take off, take away, clear; to take off, remove (clothes); to kidnap, abduct; to win, capture, carry off; to come out, wash off
enlever les mots de la bouche: to take the words out of (someone's) mouth (to say what someone was about to say themselves)
enlever une épine du pied: to get out of a tight spot, to help out of a jam; to take a weight off someone's shoulders; to be a relief
enliasser: to bundle together (usually paper)
enlier: to join bricks (to erect a wall)
enligner: to align; to head for, to head towards
enlisement: the act of getting stuck in sand, mud etc.; stalemate (figurative)
enliser: to get (a ship or vehicle) stuck in mud, sand etc.; to get stuck in mud, sand etc.; to get bogged down; to sink deeper (into a hole of e.g. lies)
enloger: to put a pigeon into a box to transport it
enluminer: to light up, embrighten; to brighten, make brighter, brighten up (make more colorful); to illuminate (a manuscript, etc.)
enlumineur: illuminator
enluminure: illumination; miniature
enluminé: painted in colour; decorated with illuminations; brightly coloured; overly idyllic; fanciful
enlève ta soutadère que je te monte: prepare for a fight!
enlèvement: takeoff, liftoff; removal, whether by moving, by destroying, or by erasing; abduction, kidnapping
enne: The name of the Latin script letter N/n.
enneigement: snowfall; snow cover
enneiger: to cover in snow
enneigé: snowy, snow-covered
ennemi: enemy
ennemi: enemy
ennemi du peuple: enemy of the people
ennemi juré: sworn enemy; nemesis; archenemy; mortal enemy
ennemisme: enemyism
ennobli: Ennobled.
ennoblir: to ennoble
ennoblissement: ennoblement
ennoblisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of ennoblir
ennoiement: flooding, inundation
ennoyage: flooding
ennoyer: to flood, inundate
ennuager: to cloud over (become cloudy)
ennui: boredom; lassitude; trouble, issue, annoyance
ennuyant: annoying; boring
ennuyer: to afflict with boredom; to bore; to be bored; to miss something or someone; to annoy, bother, trouble; to worry
ennuyeusement: boringly
ennuyeux: dull, boring, tedious, tiresome, monotonous; annoying
ennuyeux comme la pluie: dull as dishwater, extremely boring
ennuyé: annoyed, upset, sorry, angry, disappointed, embarrassed, concerned; worried, bothered, annoyed (avoir l'air ennuyé); bored, ennuyé
ennylonné: Clad in nylon
ennéachorique: enneachoric
ennéagonal: enneagonal
ennéagone: enneagon
enorgueillir: to make [someone] proud; to boast, to pride oneself on
enorgueillisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of enorgueillir
enquiquinement: nuisance
enquiquiner: to annoy; to pester
enquiquineur: pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck
enquérir: to inquire (about = de)
enquête: inquest, investigation, examination; survey, inquiry
enquête de satisfaction: satisfaction survey
enquêter: to investigate; to survey
enquêteur: investigator
enracinement: taking root