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

gringue
noun, masculine
seduction, wooing
grinçant
adjective
squeaky, creaky; rasping, grating; harsh, scathing
griot
noun, masculine
griot (Haitian pork dish)
griot
noun, masculine
griot (African storyteller); someone who tells stories to gullible people
griotique
adjective
griotic
griotte
noun, feminine
sour cherry (fruit)
griottier
noun, masculine
sour cherry (tree)
grippage
noun, masculine
seizing (up)
grippal
adjective
flu; influenzal
grippe
noun, feminine
influenza; flu
grippe aviaire
noun, feminine
avian influenza (strain of influenza)
grippe porcine
noun, feminine
swine flu, swine influenza
grippe-sou
noun, masculine
a penny pincher, scrooge; a skinflint; Someone who likes sordid gains
to grab, to grasp
grippette
noun, feminine
a minor cold (viral illness)
grippé
adjective
Having the flu. (sickness)
gris
adjective
grey / gray; drunk, tipsy
gris
noun, masculine
gray / grey
gris-gris
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of grigri (“A spell; an evil spirit”)
grisaille
noun, feminine
grisaille; gloom (gloomy weather)
grisant
adjective
heady, intoxicating, exhilarating
grisement
adverb
greyly, grayly; tipsily
griser
verb
grey (to become grey); gray out, to make (a visual element) gray or lighter in color to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable; to get tipsy
griserie
noun, feminine
intoxication, tipsiness
griset
noun, masculine
greypate, graypate (young goldfinch); synonym of requin griset: cow shark (Hexanchidae spp.), especially bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus); black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus); grey knight, dirty tricholoma (Tricholoma terreum)
grisette
noun, feminine
A cheap grey fabric.; grisette (working class woman); grisette (mushroom); skipper (butterfly in the family Hesperiidae); Gafrarium pectinatum, an edible Venus clam of the Pacific.
grison
noun, masculine
grey-haired man; ass, donkey
grison
adjective
quite grey (especially of hair)
grisonnant
adjective
grey, greying, grizzled
to (become) grey (especially of hair)
grisou
noun, masculine
firedamp
grisoumètre
noun, masculine
firedamp meter
grisoutine
noun, feminine
grisoutine
grisoutite
noun, feminine
grisoutite
grisâtre
adjective
greyish
greyishly
grisé
noun, masculine
grayish shade given to a work of art
grisé
adjective
gray, grayish (color/colour); drunk
grive
noun, feminine
thrush (bird); robin (Turdus migratorius)
griveton
noun, masculine
grunt, simple (foot) soldier
grivette
noun, feminine
Grivette (breed of sheep)
grivois
adjective
suggestive, bawdy
grivoiserie
noun, feminine
suggestive remark, innuendo
grivèlerie
noun, feminine
dine and dash
griyo
noun, masculine
synonym of griot (a Haitian pork dish)
grizzli
noun, masculine
grizzly bear
grizzly
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of grizzli
seriously
grocerie
noun, feminine
grocery store; groceries
groenlandais
noun, masculine
Greenlandic (language)
groenlandais
adjective
Greenlandic
grog
noun, masculine
grog (drink made from rum)
groggy
adjective
groggy
grognard
noun, masculine
a grumbler; one who grumbles; an old veteran soldier, specifically an old grenadier of the Imperial Guard (Grenadiers à pied de la Garde Impériale); an old complaining soldier
grognasse
noun, feminine
a grouchy despicable woman
grogne
noun, feminine
grunt (sound of a pig); growl, grunt (snorting sound made by a human, e.g. in disapproval); the act of complaining or being restless, usually said with reference to a large group of people or a country.
grognement
noun, masculine
a grunt; snarl; growl
to grunt (for a pig, make the sound of a pig); to grunt (for a person, to make a snorting sound e.g. of disapproval); to growl, to snarl (for an animal, to make a growling or snarling sound)
grogneur
noun, masculine
grunter
grognon
adjective
grumpy