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expéditif
adjective
expeditious, efficient, rapid; perfunctory, hasty, hurried
expédition
noun, feminine
the act of expediting or hurrying; expedition, excursion; shipping, delivery of goods
expéditionnaire
noun, masculine/feminine
an office worker who makes copies of texts by hand; copyist; a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution; forwarder, forwarding agent
expeditionary
expeditiously; hastily, hurriedly, perfunctorily
expérience
noun, feminine
experiment, trial, test; experience (something one goes through); experience, knowledge and skills
near-death experience
thought experiment
user experience
expérimental
adjective
experimental
experimentally
expérimentateur
noun, masculine
experimenter (one who experiments)
expérimentation
noun, feminine
experimentation
to experiment; to experience
expérimenté
adjective
experienced, having experience
exquis
adjective
exquisite
exquisité
noun, feminine
The state or quality of being exquisite.; A thing that is exquisite.
exquisitely
exsangue
adjective
bloodless; exsanguine, exsanguinated; exhausted, depleted, on one's knees
exsanguination
noun, feminine
exsanguination
obsolete spelling of extirper
exstrophie
noun, feminine
exstrophy
exstrophique
adjective
exstrophic
exsudat
noun, masculine
exudate
exsudatif
adjective
exudative
exsudation
noun, feminine
exsudation
to exude
extase
noun, feminine
ecstasy (sentiment)
to be in ecstasy; to rave
extatique
adjective
ecstatic
ecstatically
extemporané
adjective
extemporaneous
extemporaneously
extenseur
noun, masculine
extensor (muscle); chest expander (or similar equipment)
extenseur
adjective
extensor
extensibilité
noun, feminine
scalability (computing: ability to support the required quality of service as the system load increases)
extensible
adjective
extensible; elastic; tensile
extensif
adjective
extensive
extension
noun, feminine
extension; semantic widening
extensively
extensomètre
noun, masculine
extensometer
exterminateur
noun, masculine
exterminator
extermination
noun, feminine
extermination
to exterminate
externalisation
noun, feminine
outsourcing; extenalisation/externalization
to outsource
externalité
noun, feminine
externality
externat
noun, masculine
day school (school without boarders); externship (condition of an extern)
externe
noun, masculine/feminine
(a school student who doesn't stay in his establishment for meals or at night)
externe
adjective
external
exterritorialité
noun, feminine
exterritoriality
extincteur
noun, masculine
fire extinguisher
extinction
noun, feminine
extinction
extinction des feux
noun, feminine
moment where lights are turned off, in particular in a communal place such as a barrack or a dormitory
extinction massive
noun, feminine
mass extinction
extinguible
adjective
extinguishable
extirpable
adjective
extirpable
extirpateur
noun, masculine
extirpator
extirpateur
adjective
extirpating
extirpation
noun, feminine
extirpation