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ralentissement
noun, masculine
deceleration, slowing down; traffic jam
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of ralentir
ralentisseur
noun, masculine
speed bump
ralentisseur
adjective
that forces people to slow down
ralingue
noun, feminine
bolt rope
ralliement
noun, masculine
rally
to rally (group or bring together); to rally (motivate); to bring round (convince, cause someone to have the same opinion); to catch up with (reach); to come round (to) (join a group with a point of view)
rallonge
noun, feminine
extension (something used to make something else longer); extension (lengthening, increase in time); extension cable, extension cord, extension lead; green shoe option
rallongement
noun, masculine
extension
to lengthen (to make longer)
to relight; to rekindle, revive
to take a hair of the dog that bit one (to take an alcoholic drink the morning after to try and cure a hangover)
rallye
noun, masculine
rally (motor-racing); social dance (or a group of young people who meet at such dances)
rallye-papers
noun, masculine
paperchase (type of race)
rallystique
adjective
rallying
ramadan
noun, masculine
Ramadan (holy ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar)
ramancheur
noun, masculine
bonesetter
ramassage
noun, masculine
collection, the act of picking up
ramasse
noun, feminine
A technique for ascending steep icy slopes with the aid of a piolet.; harvest; heap, pile
ramasse-miette
noun, masculine
post-1990 spelling of ramasse-miettes
ramasse-miettes
noun, masculine
utensil which is used for picking up crumbs on a table at the end of a meal.
to pick up; to collect, gather; to huddle up, to crouch
take up the gauntlet
to scrape up off the floor
ramassette
noun, feminine
dustpan
ramasseur
noun, masculine
gatherer, picker
ramasseuse
noun, feminine
female equivalent of ramasseur; harvester (machine)
ramassis
noun, masculine
bunch; jumble; scraps, slops, swill; debris deposited by storms
rambarde
noun, feminine
handrail
ramberge
noun, feminine
A kind of large war galley.; annual mercury (Mercurialis annua)
ramdam
noun, masculine
fuss, racket
rame
noun, feminine
oar, paddle
rame
noun, feminine
ream (of paper); train
rameau
noun, masculine
small branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)
to take back, bring back, restore; to draw, pull (back); to come down, be reduced (à to); to roll up, to get one's butt somewhere
to get one's butt somewhere
to be a know-it-all, to tell everybody how clever one is
to get one's butt somewhere
to get one's butt somewhere
to put in one's two cents
to remember, remind
ramequin
noun, masculine
ramekin (dish for baking in oven)
ramer
verb
to row; to have a hard time (be in difficulties)
ramereau
noun, masculine
young wood pigeon
rameur
noun, masculine
rower (someone who does rowing, the sport)
to round up
rameux
adjective
ramose
rami
noun, masculine
rummy (the card game)
ramie
noun, feminine
ramie
ramier
noun, masculine
wood pigeon
ramification
noun, feminine
a (criminal) network, offshoots of an (often clandestine) organization; ramification, implication; ramification
to ramify; to divide
ramifié
adjective
branched, ramified
ramisme
noun, masculine
Ramism (a collection of theories on rhetoric, logic and pedagogy based on the teachings of French humanist Petrus Ramus (1515–1572))
ramiste
noun, masculine/feminine
Ramist (a follower of Ramism)
ramiste
adjective
Ramist (of or relating to Ramus or Ramism)
ramiste
noun, masculine/feminine
Ramist (a partisan of Jean-Philippe Rameau)
to soften, to mollify; to weaken (one's will), to soften up (someone); to become soft, to soften; to weaken, to soften
ramollissement
noun, masculine
softening
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of ramollir