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6,580 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Madame
noun, feminine
alternative letter-case form of madame
Madame Michu
proper noun
the average homemaker; a relatively unsophisticated user of technology
Madame Watanabe
proper noun
Mrs. Watanabe (personification of the Japanese housewife speculators)
Madaune
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Madaure
proper noun
Madauros (Ancient Roman city)
Madeleine
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Madeline or Magdalene
Mademoiselle
noun, feminine
alternative letter-case form of mademoiselle
Madière
proper noun
a village in Ariège department, Occitania, France
Madone
noun, feminine
Madonna
Madrid
proper noun
Madrid (the capital city of Spain); Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain); Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)
Madrilène
noun, masculine/feminine
resident or native of Madrid
Madère
proper noun
Madeira (an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal); Madeira (the largest island in the Madeira Archipelago; in full, Madeira Island)
Maeva
proper noun
a female given name
Magali
proper noun
a female given name from Occitan, a Provençal variant of Marguerite
Magarat
proper noun
a lieu-dit in Montseron, Ariège department, Occitania, France; a hamlet in Saint-Girons, Ariège department, Occitania, France
Magdalénien
proper noun
Magdalenian (culture of the Upper Paleolithic in western Europe)
Magdebourg
proper noun
Magdeburg (the capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Magellan
proper noun
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese explorer)
Magendie
proper noun
a surname
Magenta
proper noun
Magenta
Maghreb
proper noun
Maghreb (the predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya)
Maghrébin
noun, masculine
Maghrebi
Maginot
proper noun
a surname
Magnence
proper noun
Magnentius (a Roman usurper)
Magnol
proper noun
a surname
Magnon
proper noun
a surname, Magnon
Magot
proper noun
a French surname, Magot, from Occitan
Magouery
proper noun
A toponym in Saint-Barnabé, Côtes-d'Armor
Magouët
proper noun
A toponym in Saint-Barnabé, Côtes-d'Armor
Mah-Jong
noun, masculine
alternative letter-case form of mah-jong
Mahamudu
proper noun
a male given name
Mahaut
proper noun
a female given name from Old French, of historical usage, equivalent to English Maud
Mahmadi
proper noun
a male given name
Mahmoud
proper noun
a surname from Arabic; a male given name from Arabic
Mahomet
proper noun
Muhammad (Islamic prophet)
Mahorais
noun, masculine
Mahorais
Mahoré
proper noun
synonym of Mayotte
Mahrez
proper noun
a French surname from Arabic
Mahtab
proper noun
a transliteration of the Persian female given name مهتاب
Mahé
proper noun
Mahé (a small town in Mahé district in the union territory of Puducherry, India); Mahé (former French enclave comprising the town of Mahé and a few neigbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India)
Mahé
proper noun
Mahé (the largest island of the Seychelles)
Maia
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Maya
Mailhot
proper noun
a surname, Mailhot, mostly found in Canada
Maillard
proper noun
a surname
Maille
proper noun
a surname
Maillé
proper noun
a village in Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France; former name of Luynes (town in Indre-et-Loire)
Maillé
proper noun
a surname
Maine
proper noun
Maine (a former province of Pays de la Loire, France); Maine (a state of the United States; probably named for the province in France)
Maine
proper noun
Maine (a river in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, a tributary of the Loire, flowing 12 km through the city of Angers from the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe into the Loire)
Maine-et-Loire
proper noun
Maine-et-Loire (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)
Maison
proper noun
a surname, Maison
Maison Blanche
proper noun
White House (The official residence of the President of the United States of America); White House (The United States government)
Maisonneuve
proper noun
Maisonneuve: a French surname, equivalent to English Newhouse; Maisonneuve: a former village in the island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Maissa
proper noun
alternative spelling of Maïssa
Maistre
proper noun
a surname
Maitre
noun, masculine
post-1990 spelling of Maître, a title given to lawyers and notaries public in France, Belgium, and Canada
Maizoué
proper noun
a surname
Maj
noun, masculine
abbreviation of major alternative form of Maj.
Maj.
noun, masculine
Maj.: abbreviation of major
Majeau
proper noun
a surname