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hisser les voiles
verb
to set sail, to depart, to sail away, to sail off into the sunset
histamine
noun, feminine
histamine
histaminique
adjective
histaminic
histidine
noun, feminine
histidine
histiocytaire
adjective
histiocytic
histiocyte
noun, masculine
histiocyte
histochimie
noun, feminine
histochemistry
histochimique
adjective
histochemical
histochimiste
noun, masculine/feminine
histochemist
histocompatibilité
noun, feminine
histocompatibility
histogenèse
noun, feminine
histogenesis
histogramme
noun, masculine
histogram
histoire
noun, feminine
story; history; lie, fantasy, invention; misadventure
histoire ancienne
noun, feminine
ancient history (period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire); water under the bridge, ancient history (that which happened a long time ago and not worth discussing any more)
histoire d'amour
noun, feminine
love story
histoire de
conjunction
resulting in; in order to
histoire de l'art
noun, feminine
art history
histoire des idées
noun, feminine
history of ideas
histoire du soir
noun, feminine
bedtime story
histoire farce
noun, feminine
joke
histoire militaire
noun, feminine
military history
histoire que
conjunction
so that, in order to
histologie
noun, feminine
histology (the study of the microscopic structure)
histologique
adjective
histological
histologiquement
adverb
histologically
histologiste
noun, masculine/feminine
histologist
histolyse
noun, feminine
histolysis (breakdown of bodily tissues)
histone
noun, feminine
histone
histonomie
noun, feminine
histonomy
histoplasmose
noun, feminine
histoplasmosis
historadiographie
noun, feminine
historadiography
historial
adjective
historial, historical
historicisme
noun, masculine
historicism
historiciste
adjective
historicist
historicité
noun, feminine
historicity
historien
noun, masculine
historian
historienne
noun, feminine
historian
historiette
noun, feminine
anecdote
historiographe
noun, masculine/feminine
historiographer
historiographie
noun, feminine
historiography
historiographique
adjective
historiographic
historique
adjective
historical (pertaining to history); historic (important or likely to be important to history and historians)
historique
noun, masculine
history; chronological narration of past events, history
historiquement
adverb
historically
historisme
noun, masculine
historism
historié
adjective
historiated
histotoxique
adjective
histotoxic
histrion
noun, masculine
a minstrel
histrionique
adjective
histrionic, melodramatic, attention-seeking
histrionisme
noun, masculine
histrionics
hit
noun, masculine
hit (popular song); hit (success)
hit-parade
noun, masculine
hit parade; chart
hitchcockien
adjective
Hitchcockian
hitlérien
adjective
Hitlerian (related to Adolf Hitler)
hitlérisme
noun, masculine
Hitlerism
hittite
adjective
Hittite
hittite
noun, masculine
Hittite language
hiver
noun, masculine
winter
hiver nucléaire
noun, masculine
nuclear winter
hivernage
noun, masculine
wintering