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guano
noun, masculine
guano
guarani
adjective
Guarani
guarani
noun, masculine
Guarani (language, singular only); guaraní (currency)
guatémalien
adjective
Guatemalan
of Guatemala; Guatemalan
guedin
noun, masculine/feminine
hothead; despicable person
guelfe
adjective
Guelph
guenille
noun, feminine
rag(s)
guenilleux
adjective
tattered, ragged (dressed in tatters)
guenipe
noun, feminine
loose woman
guenon
noun, feminine
guenon; female monkey or ape; hag, old bag (ugly woman)
guerdon
noun, masculine
reward
guernesiais
adjective
of Guernsey
guerre
noun, feminine
war
guerre asymétrique
noun, feminine
asymmetric warfare
guerre chaude
noun, feminine
hot war (conflict in which actual fighting takes place between the belligerent parties)
guerre civile
noun, feminine
civil war
guerre commerciale
noun, feminine
trade war
Algerian War
guerre d'attrition
noun, feminine
war of attrition
guerre d'usure
noun, feminine
war of attrition
Hundred Years' War
Crimean War
Seven Years' War
Secession War, American Civil War
guerre de conquête
noun, feminine
war of conquest (military conflict where one state, nation, or people conquers or attempts to conquer another)
French and Indian War; the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War between France, the British Empire and their respective Indigenous/Native American allies, which occured between 1755 and 1763, and led to the conquest of New France and its cession to Britain and Spain.
guerre de position
noun, feminine
war of position, static war, stalled war
guerre de positions
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of guerre de position
guerre de religion
noun, feminine
religious war, war of religion
guerre de succession
noun, feminine
war of succession (war prompted by a succession crisis in which two or more individuals claim the right of successor to a deceased or deposed monarch)
guerre de tranchées
noun, feminine
trench warfare
guerre des nerfs
noun, feminine
war of nerves
the Pacific War (Pacific theatre of World War II); the War of the Pacific (war between Bolivia, Chile and Peru)
Vietnam War
guerre froide
noun, feminine
cold war (period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided)
guerre mondiale
noun, feminine
world war
guerre ouverte
noun, feminine
overt war, open war
guerre psychologique
noun, feminine
psychological war, war of nerves
guerre sainte
noun, feminine
holy war
guerre sale
noun, feminine
dirty war
guerre totale
noun, feminine
total war
guerre éclair
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of guerre-éclair
guerre-éclair
noun, feminine
blitzkrieg
guerrier
adjective
warlike, belligerent
guerrier
noun, masculine
warrior
to wage war; to hassle; to bother
guesdisme
noun, masculine
Guesdism
guesdiste
adjective
Guesdist
guesdiste
noun, masculine/feminine
Guesdist
guest-star
noun, feminine
guest star
guet
noun, masculine
lookout; watch
guet-apens
noun, masculine
ambush; trap
guette
noun, feminine
watchman, sentinel; watchtower
to watch (intently), to watch for, to lie in wait; to await in order to seize; to menace, to loom (to appear in a threatening form)
guetteur
noun, masculine
watchman, guard
gueulante
noun, feminine
rant; shouting, screaming
gueulard
adjective
loud (person, music); loudmouthed
gueulard
noun, masculine
loudmouth
gueule
noun, feminine
gullet, snout, face (of an animal); mug (a person's face); mouth