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3,509 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

instinctuel: instinctual
instinctuellement: instinctually
instit: primary school teacher
instituer: to institute; to bring forth
institut: institute
institut de beauté: salon (beauty salon)
instituteur: teacher, especially in a primary school
institutif: institutive
institution: institution
institutionnalisation: institutionalization
institutionnaliser: to institutionalise
institutionnalisme: institutionalism (stress of the importance of institutions)
institutionnel: institutional
institutionnellement: institutionally
institutrice: teacher (in a school); female equivalent of instituteur
institué: instituted
instructeur: instructor, teacher, trainer
instructif: instructive (conveying knowledge, information or instruction)
instructif: instructive, instructive case
instruction: instruction, direction; order; training, teaching; investigation, enquiry
instruire: to instruct, to teach; (of a judge or other magistrate) to hear, to try (a case)
instruit: learned, knowledgeable
instrument: instrument (means or agency for achieving an effect); instrument (person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal); ellipsis of instrument de musique (“musical instrument”)
instrument de mesure: measuring instrument, measuring tool
instrument de musique: musical instrument
instrument de percussion: percussion instrument
instrument à cordes: string instrument
instrument à cordes frappées: struck string instrument
instrument à cordes frottées: bowed string instrument
instrument à cordes pincées: plucked string instrument
instrument à vent: wind instrument
instrumentaire: instrumentary
instrumental: instrumental case, instrumental
instrumental: instrumental
instrumentalement: instrumentally
instrumentalisation: making use of something to achieve a practical or political goal, manipulation
instrumentaliser: to instrumentalize, to exploit, to use (for selfish gains)
instrumentalisme: instrumentalism
instrumentation: instrumentation
instrumenter: to instrument, draw up; to orchestrate
instrumentiste: instrumentalist
insu: ignorance
insubmersibilité: unsinkability
insubmersible: unsinkable
insubordination: insubordination
insubordonné: insubordinate
insubstantiel: insubstantial
insuccès: failure
insuffisamment: insufficiently
insuffisance: shortfall; shortcoming; insufficiency; failure (condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life)
insuffisant: insufficient, not enough
insufflation: insufflation
insuffler: to infuse; to instill
insulaire: islander (person who lives on an island)
insulaire: island; insular; insular (having inward-looking characteristics); island-dwelling
insulairement: insularly
insularité: insularity
insulinase: insulinase
insuline: insulin (polypeptide hormone)
insulinique: insulinic