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3,284 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

gemmologie
noun, feminine
gemmology
gemmologiste
noun, masculine/feminine
gemmologist
gemmothérapie
noun, feminine
gemmotherapy
gemmule
noun, feminine
gemmule
gencive
noun, feminine
gum
gendarme
noun, masculine
a member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties; firebug (the insect); landjäger (a type of sausage)
gendarmerie
noun, feminine
the military branch of the French police service
gendarmette
noun, feminine
policewoman (specifically a female gendarme)
gendre
noun, masculine
son-in-law
genette
noun, feminine
genet (mammal in genus Genetta)
genevois
adjective
Genevan
genièvre
noun, masculine
juniper (Juniperus communis); juniper berry; jenever
genou
noun, masculine
knee; lap
genouillère
noun, feminine
knee pad
genre
noun, masculine
kind; style, look, type; genre; gender (of nouns); voice (of verbs)
genre
adverb
like, kind of (approximation, softener, filler in informal speech); like (introducing a quotation, reaction, or imitation); for example, such as
genre
interjection
expresses disbelief, irony or dismissal; used ironically (≈ yeah right, as if, no way)
genre humain
noun, masculine
humankind, mankind
genre type
noun, masculine
type genus
genrer
verb
to gender (to assign a gender to)
genré
adjective
genric; gendered
gens
noun, masculine
set of people
gens de peu
noun, masculine
the little people, the lower orders (the lower class)
gens du Livre
noun, masculine
People of the Book
gens du voyage
noun, masculine
travellers, gypsies
gent
noun, feminine
people, nation; race, species (of animals); tribe; company, those who are in accompaniment
gent
adjective
nice, pleasant, or noble, speaking of a person or thing
gentamicine
noun, feminine
gentamicin
gentiamarine
noun, feminine
gentiamarin
gentiane
noun, feminine
gentian
gentil
adjective
noble; gallant, courteous; kind, sweet; sweet but not much else; vanilla; well behaved, good; pleasant, amiable, nice
gentil
noun, masculine
pagan, heretic; gentile
gentilhomme
noun, masculine
gentleman
gentilhommière
noun, feminine
manor house; country seat
gentilice
adjective
gentilician
gentilistique
noun, feminine
demonymy
gentilité
noun, feminine
paganism; idolatry
gentillement
adverb
obsolete spelling of gentiment
gentillesse
noun, feminine
kindness; niceness
gentillet
adjective
pretty nice; nice little; nice and all
gentillâtre
noun, masculine
lordling
gentilé
noun, masculine
demonym
gentiment
adverb
friendly, kindly (in a friendly or kind manner)
gentiopicrine
noun, feminine
gentiopicrin
gentisine
noun, feminine
gentisin
gentleman
noun, masculine
gentleman, especially an anglophone one
gentrification
noun, feminine
gentrification
genèse
noun, feminine
genesis
genévrier
noun, masculine
juniper (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus)
genévrier sabine
noun, feminine
savin juniper (Juniperus sabina L.)
genêt
noun, masculine
broom (shrub), a plant in the genus Genista and related plant genera
genêt scorpion
noun, masculine
a type of broom, Genista scorpius
genêt épineux
noun, masculine
synonym of genêt scorpion
genêtière
noun, feminine
broom plantation (the plant, not the sweeping thing)
geoduck
noun, feminine
geoduck (“Panopea generosa”)
geomancien
noun, masculine
geomancer
gerbable
adjective
stackable
gerbant
adjective
nauseating, sickening (that makes someone feel sick, that makes someone want to throw up)
gerbe
noun, feminine
sheaf (of wheat); spray, bouquet (of flowers); collection, anthology (of pieces of literature); garb; tithe on crops under the Ancien Régime
gerbe
noun, feminine
puke, throw up (vomit)