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foot: association football; football, soccer; footy (a nickname for several different football codes)
football: association football, soccer; Canadian football; American football
football américain: American football
football association: association football
football australien: Australian rules football
football canadien: Canadian football
football de règles internationales: international rules football
football gaélique: Gaelic football
football international: international rules football
football nord-américain: gridiron football, North American football
football touch: touch football
footballer: to play football / soccer
footballeur: footballer (British); football player (Britain), soccer player (US, Canada, Australia)
footballistique: footballing, footballistic
footballène: buckminsterfullerène
footeux: footie; footballing, soccer
footeux: football enthusiast, football fan; footie player; footballer (soccer player)
footing: exercise walking, jogging (as a form of exercise); footing
footix: Somoene who occasionally watch football but also has takes (most of which are bad) on the matter. Also describe someone wanting to appear as an expert on the ground despite having no knowledge.
for: only used in for intérieur
for intérieur: heart of hearts, innermost part of the self
forage: drilling (act of drilling)
forain: showman (fairground entertainer); stallholder
forain: fair, fairground
foraminifère: foraminifer
foraminé: foraminiferous
forban: pirate; rogue, scoundrel; an unscrupulous individual capable of any wrongdoing
force: force; strength
force: many; a lot of; a great quantity of
force de caractère: strength of character
force de frappe: strike force; force de frappe
force de l'âge: acme, prime of life
force de la nature: force of nature (a thing or person that exhibits qualities which appear to be beyond outside control)
force de proposition: person who shows initiative
force est: one must...
force majeure: force majeure
force motrice: motive power (power that enables something to move); driving force, motive power
force opérationnelle: task force
force tranquille: quiet strength, gentle strength; person who displays that kind of strength
forcement: fixing number; cooking the books
forcener: to become enraged
forcené: maniac
forcené: crazed, frenzied, deranged
forceps: forceps
forcer: to force
forcer la main: to twist (someone's) arm, to force (someone's) hand, to strongarm (to coerce someone into doing something)
forcer la note: to exaggerate, to overdo it
forcer le passage: to force one's way through
forcer le trait: to exaggerate, to caricature (often on purpose, so as to make something appear more clearly)
forces armées: armed forces
forces aériennes: air force, air corps or flying corps
forces de l'ordre: the law enforcement agencies, the law enforcement, the police force, the police, the authorities
forces militaires: armed forces
forces navales: navy or naval forces
forces spatiales: space forces, aerospace forces
forces spéciales: special forces
forces terrestres: ground forces, infantry
forces vives: lifeblood; movers and shakers of an organization
forceur: forcer; aggressor
forcing: pressure; insistence; forcing; forcing move in checkers or draughts