Dictionary

Look up any word

2,829 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Héraclès
proper noun
Heracles
Héraud
proper noun
a French surname
Hérault
proper noun
Hérault (a department of Occitania, France); Hérault (a river flowing through the departments of Gard and Hérault, in southern France)
Hérode
proper noun
Herod (Biblical character)
Hérodias
proper noun
Herodias
Hérodion
proper noun
Herodium
Hérodote
proper noun
Herodotus (a fifth century BCE historian)
Hérophile
proper noun
Herophilus
Hérostrate
proper noun
Herostratus
Hésiode
proper noun
Hesiod (an ancient Greek epic poet)
Ho Chi Minh City (a city in Vietnam)
Hœdic
proper noun
Hœdic (an island of Morbihan department, Brittany, France); Hœdic (a village in Morbihan department, Brittany, France)
h aspiré
noun, masculine
aspirated h
h muet
noun, masculine
mute h, silent h
h67
noun, masculine
cishet man
ha
interjection
ha (exclamation of surprise or laughter)
hab
noun, masculine/feminine
clipping of habitant, habitante
hab
noun, feminine
clipping of habitude
habanera
noun, feminine
habanera
habile
adjective
adroit, skillful; slick, nifty
skilfully
habileté
noun, feminine
capacity of doing something well with hands; dexterity; skill, capacity to do a task well, not necessarily manual work
habilitation
noun, feminine
habilitation
to habilitate
habillable
adjective
dressable
habillage
noun, masculine
dressing; lining; preparing (various types of food to be cooked); skin (set of resources that modifies the appearance)
habillage écologique
noun, masculine
greenwashing
habillement
noun, masculine
clothing; vestment
to dress; to get dressed; to dress in a certain fashion
habilleur
noun, masculine
dresser (person who helps actors put on their costume)
habilleuse
noun, feminine
dresser (in the theatre)
habillé
adjective
smart; formal
badly dressed
Dressed very poorly and with little fashion sense, especially if wearing old clothes
badly dressed
habin
noun, masculine
dog
habit
noun, masculine
article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
habit vert
noun, masculine
the clothing worn by the members of the Institut de France
habitabilité
noun, feminine
habitability; seating capacity (of a car)
habitable
adjective
habitable, inhabitable
habitacle
noun, masculine
habitation, dwelling; binnacle; cockpit; passenger compartment
habitant
noun, masculine
an inhabitant of some place; someone who has a poor understanding of social conventions, making them look backward; anybody from a rural or recently colonized area; a member of the habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies; Montreal Canadiens hockey club or supporter of Montreal Canadiens hockey club
habitat
noun, masculine
habitat
habitation
noun, feminine
dwelling (a place or house in which a person lives); inhabitation (act of inhabiting); farm, plantation, ranch
a form of low-income housing in France, Algeria, Senegal, and Quebec
to live in, to occupy (to have as a home.); to live (in)
habitronique
adjective
wearable (of electronics)
habituation
noun, feminine
habituation; getting used to
habitude
noun, feminine
habit (action done on a regular basis)
habituel
adjective
customary, habitual
usually, habitually
to get someone in the habit (of); to settle; to get used to something
habitué
noun, masculine
a regular, a denizen (a frequent customer)
habous
noun, masculine
habous
habs
noun, feminine
plural of hab; alternative spelling of Habs
habsbourgeois
adjective
Habsburg
hachage
noun, masculine
computing hash
hache
noun, feminine
axe
hacher
verb
to chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut roughly and unequally; to cut or hit repeatedly with something sharp; to slash; to speak or write with a very unequal or irregular style or rhythm
hachereau
noun, feminine
a small axe