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3,325 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

esprit de clan: clannishness, clan mind
esprit de clocher: parochialism
esprit de contradiction: contrariness, argumentativeness, quarrelsomeness, contentious spirit, confrontational attitude
esprit de corps: esprit de corps, spirit of the group, common spirit
esprit de l'escalier: l'esprit de l'escalier, staircase wit
esprit de parti: partisanship, partisanry
esprit de sel: spirit of salt, spirits of salts (a name for hydrochloric acid, not now generally used in chemistry but still used in some commercial and domestic labelling)
esprit de suite: tenacity, obstinacy, consistency, perseverance (frame of mind that leads someone to seeing things through)
esprit de système: doctrinalism
esprit doux: smooth breathing
esprit du temps: zeitgeist, air du temps
esprit fort: esprit fort; freethinker
esprit frappeur: poltergeist (a disruptive ghost)
esprit pyroacétique: pyroacetic spirit
esprit rude: rough breathing
esprit-de-vin: spirits of wine
espèce: type, sort, kind; species; cash, specie, coin
espèce chimique: chemical species
espèce de: you
espèce en voie de disparition: endangered species (species which is in danger of becoming extinct); dying breed (group of people or things that is becoming less numerous over time)
espèce envahissante: invasive species
espèce invasive: invasive species
espèces sonnantes et trébuchantes: cash, spot cash, hard cash
espécialement: especially, specifically
espérable: expected; hoped for
espérance: hope; expected value
espérance de vie: life expectancy (years of expected life according to statistical tables); mean time to breakdown
espérantiser: to Esperantize
espérantiste: Esperantist
espérantiste: Esperantist
espéranto: Esperanto (auxiliary language)
espérantologue: Esperantologist
espérer: to hope; to hope for; to have faith, to trust (with en (“in”)); to wait
esque: bait used for fishing
esquicher: to squeeze
esquif: skiff (any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person)
esquilette: frying pan; skillet
esquille: splinter
esquimau: Eskimo
esquimau: Inuit (language of the Eskimo)
esquimau: snowsuit
esquimau: popsicle
esquinter: to damage, ruin, or wear out, especially through use or misuse
esquipot: a meal where everyone contributes, a picnic, a potluck; money box
esquire: esquire (a title)
esquisse: sketch (quick freehand drawing); sketch (brief description)
esquisser: to sketch; to draft, outline
esquive: dodge
esquiver: to dodge (a blow), duck; to evade, elude; to sidestep, to strafe; to slip away
essai: try, trial; assay; try; essay, composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject
essai de pénalité: penalty try
essaim: swarm (of bees, insects etc.)
essaimage: swarming (of bees); swarming (when a lot of animals or people congregate)
essaimer: to swarm; to swarm (to go in a massive group)
essart: assart
essarter: to clear forest land of trees, bushes, etc.; to assart
essayage: fitting, trying on
essayer: to test, to try on; to try, to attempt; to try one's hand
essayeur: fitter; assayer
essayeuse: female equivalent of essayeur: female assayer, female fitter; a woman employed in clothing stores to fit clients with clothes