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reforestation
noun, feminine
reforestation
reforest (replant)
reformage
noun, masculine
reforming (process)
to reformat
reformation
noun, feminine
re-formation
to reform, to get/put back together
reformulation
noun, feminine
reformulation
to reword, to rephrase; to reformulate
to beat or whip again
refoulement
noun, masculine
push back (air pushing back on an airframe); psychological repression; in refugee law, the term for a country returning a refugee or refugee claimant to the country of origin or to danger; refoulment
to trample etc. again; to repress or suppress; to repulse
to have bad breath
to palm off, to foist
refrain
noun, masculine
refrain, chorus
to lower the temperature of; to cool; to become cooler; to lose heat; to cool down; to become less active; to cool down, cool off; to strongly reduce or diminish something such as interest, zeal, etc.; to ice, to murder
refroidissant
adjective
cooling
refroidissement
noun, masculine
cooling, chilling (act of making something colder)
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of refroidir
refroidisseur
noun, masculine
cooler (device)
refrènement
noun, masculine
restraint; repression; restriction
to curb, repress
refuge
noun, masculine
refuge
refuir
verb
to run away; to shelter or hide
refus
noun, masculine
refusal, act of refusing
refusable
adjective
refusable
to refuse
to re-fuse
to refederalize
to regain, to recover (something lost); to get back, to win back; to go back to
to go home (to return to one's house)
regain
noun, masculine
second crop (typically of grass); renewal; upsurge
regalia
noun, feminine
regalia
regard
noun, masculine
look, glance; sight, gaze, eyes; manhole
regard des autres
noun, masculine
other people's opinion
regard noir
noun, masculine
black look, dirty look, death stare, glower (angry glare or stare)
regardable
adjective
watchable; observable
regardant
adjective
miserly, stingy; attentive to, particular about
to look at; to watch; to face; to concern (be associated with)
to give somebody a funny look, to give somebody a dirty look, to look askance at somebody
to watch grass grow
to take the short view, to look at (something) short-sightedly, from too narrow a perspective, to take a very narrow view of (something), to take a limited view of (something)
regardeur
noun, masculine
beholder, watcher, viewer; voyeur
to refurnish (a building, a room); to redecorate; to rearm
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of regarnir
to relawn; to returf
regazéification
noun, feminine
regassification
to refreeze; to freeze again
reggae
noun, masculine
reggae
to jib (of a horse); to jib (to be reluctant to do something)
registre
noun, masculine
register (official book); level, category; record, log; range, register; organ stop
registre de langue
noun, masculine
language register
to reinflate; to swell up
regorgeant
adjective
teeming with
to abound
to taste again
regrat
noun, masculine
regrating (the trade of items such as salt and grains in small quantities or second-hand)
regrattage
noun, masculine
regrating (act of removing the outer surface of stone so as to give a fresh appearance)
to regrate
regratterie
noun, feminine
regrating (the trade of a regrater; the sale of goods such as salt and grains in small quantities)
regrattier
noun, masculine
regrater (one who sells small quantities of goods such as salt or grains)