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forcipressure: forcipressure
forcir: to become stronger, fatter
forcisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of forcir
forclore: to debar
forclusion: debarment
forcé: forced; forced, strained, artificial, unnatural
forcément: inevitably; necessarily
fordisme: Fordism
forer: to bore; to drill (to make a hole)
foresterie: forestry
forestier: male forester
forestier: forested; forest-dwelling
forestièrement: forestedly
foret: drill bit (driving part of a drill)
foreur: driller
foreuse: drill (tool)
forfaire: to forfeit; to act against one's duties as a public official
forfait: crime, infamy; flat rate, fixed rate; a package, a pass; elimination due to withdrawal; default
forfaitaire: fixed-price; flat-rate; inclusive
forfaitairement: at a flat rate; inclusively
forfaiture: abuse of authority
forfanterie: boasting, boastfulness
forficule: earwig
forge: forge (workshop); forge (furnace)
forgeable: forgeable
forgeage: forging (metalworking)
forger: to fashion metal with fire and a hammer, to forge; to forge, falsify; to create, to conceive, to make up; to trot
forgeron: blacksmith
forgeur: forger
forgor: To forget.
forint: forint
forjuger: to strip somebody of a right, a property, by legal sentence, to dispossess
formable: formable, shapeable
formage: Louisiana form of fromage (“cheese”)
formage: forming (metalworking)
formaldéhyde: formaldehyde
formalisation: formalization
formaliser: to formalize, legalize; to take offense
formalisme: formalism
formaliste: formalist
formaliste: formalist
formalité: formality (all meanings)
formans: synonym of formant (“formative; language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function”)
formant: formant (band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants); formative (language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function)
format: format
formatage: the act of formatting; the act of restraining someone in a certain fixed way/manner of thought/thinking (cf. set in one's ways)
formater: to format
formateur: shaping; formative, educational, edifying
formateur: trainer, former; formateur
formatif: formative
formation: formation, forming, development; education; training; formation
formation continue: continuing education, further education; lifelong learning
forme: shape (geometrical representation); shape (physical appearance); form
forme canonique: canonical form (standard or normal presentation of a mathematical entity); dictionary form (standard or normal form of a word)
forme fruste: forme fruste, unfinished form
formel: formal; official; adamant, positive, certain
formellement: formally, in terms of form; strictly, absolutely
former: to form (generic sense); to shape (to make into a certain shape); to train; to educate
formeret: formeret
formeuse: former