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fiak: ass, buttocks; asshole (anus)
fiance: faith; confidence
fiancer: to get engaged (to be married)
fiancé: engaged
fiancé: fiancé
fiancée: female equivalent of fiancé (“fiancé”): a fiancée; a large yellow underwing
fiançaille: betrothal; engagement (before a marriage)
fiançailles: engagement (before a marriage); betrothal
fiasco: fiasco (situation); fiasco (bottle)
fiasque: fiasco (wine bottle)
fibrage: optical fibre installation
fibranne: a rayon fabric
fibre: fibre
fibre de carbone: carbon fiber
fibre optique: optical fiber
fibreux: fibrous
fibrillaire: fibrillary
fibrillation: fibrillation
fibrillation atriale: atrial fibrillation
fibrillation auriculaire: auricular fibrillation
fibrille: fibril
fibrine: fibrin
fibrinogène: fibrinogen
fibrinolyse: fibrinolysis
fibroblaste: fibroblast
fibrocartilage: fibrocartilage
fibrociment: fibre cement, fibrocement (containing asbestos etc.)
fibromatose: fibromatosis
fibrome: fibroma
fibromyalgie: fibromyalgia
fibroprotéine: fibrous protein
fibrosarcome: (oncology) fibrosarcoma
fibroscope: fibrescope / fiberscope
fibroscopie: fibroscopy / fiberoscopy
fibrose: fibrosis
fibroïne: fibroin
fibré: fibrous
fibule: fibula (ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin)
ficaire: lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria)
ficelage: tying (up)
ficeler: to tie up, to truss
ficelle: twine; a very narrow baguette
ficelles du métier: the tricks of the trade
fichage: filing; surveillance
fiche: record; card (in a file); plug
fiche S: an indicator used by French law enforcement to flag an individual considered to be a serious threat to national security, and justifying surveillance but not arrest
fiche de paie: payslip, pay stub
fiche de salaire: payslip, pay stub
fiche technique: data sheet, spec sheet, specification sheet
ficher: to plug in (to drive something in by its point, as with a nail or a stake); to file, to record, to track; to not care; to make fun; to do, to be up to
ficher le camp: to get the hell out; to get out of here; to bugger off; to scarper
fichier: file (collection of papers); file
fichtre: adds emphasis to what the speaker is saying
fichtre: gosh!
fichtrement: very, terribly, awfully, darned, damn
fichu: lousy, rotten, hell of a; done for; put together, rigged out, got up
fichu: fichu; scarf, headscarf
fiché: fitché (said of a cross)
ficoïde: fig marigold, ice plant (of family Aizoaceae or Ficoidaceae)
fictif: fictional