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responsivité
noun, feminine
responsivity
to queue-jump; to ride (public transport) without a ticket; to gatecrash
resquilleur
noun, masculine
queue-jumper; gatecrasher; freeloader
ressac
noun, masculine
swash, backwash
to regain or recover (that which was lost); to compose oneself, pull oneself together, to get back on one's feet, to pick oneself up off the floor, to get a grip on oneself
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of ressaisir
to sieve again; to think constantly about the same things; to repeat oneself
ressaut
noun, feminine
escarpment or cliff between two flatter surfaces; projection
to retry, to try again
to resaddle
ressemblance
noun, feminine
resemblance (state of resembling)
family resemblance (one of a series of overlapping similarities between two or more comparanda)
ressemblant
adjective
true to life, lifelike
to resemble (to share similar qualities with); to be similar to each other; to look like, to resemble (to have physical or behavioral similarities with)
ressemelage
noun, masculine
resoling
to resole
ressenti
noun, masculine
impressions, feelings, opinions (one's collective subjective (non-physical) senses)
ressentiment
noun, masculine
ressentiment, resentment
to feel (an emotion, usually strongly); to suffer from the effects of
resserrement
noun, masculine
tightening
to retighten (knot, belt, screw, etc.); to tighten (link, knot); to become stricter (discipline); to narrow (road, gap)
to serve again
ressort
noun, masculine
resilience, elasticity; spring (coiled device); spirit, energy; motive, motivation
ressort
noun, masculine
jurisdiction, responsibility, remit
ressort moteur
noun, masculine
mainspring
to go or come back out; to go/come out again; to take back out; to take out [again]; to emerge from, according to evidence [with de ‘from’]; to stand out
to come under the jurispendence [of]
ressortissant
noun, masculine
foreign national
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of ressortir
to resolder, solder back together
ressource
noun, feminine
resource
ressources humaines
noun, feminine
human resources, personnel, staff (personnel employed in an organization); human resources (personnel department of an organization, dealing with the recruitment, administration, management and training of employees)
to remember, recall
to resurge, reemerge, resurface, reappear; come flooding back (memories)
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of ressurgir
to resurrect; to bring back to life, to resuscitate
ressuyage
noun, masculine
drying (out)
to dry; to dry out
restable
noun, masculine
obsolete spelling of retable
restanque
noun, feminine
A type of dry stone wall supporting a terrace in Provence, or the terrace itself
restant
adjective
remaining, left over
restant
noun, masculine
remainder
restau
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of resto
restaurant
noun, masculine
restaurant
staff canteen
restaurateur
noun, masculine
restorer (of a work of art)
restaurateur
noun, masculine
restaurateur, restaurant owner
restauratif
adjective
restorative
restauration
noun, feminine
restoration; the restaurant industry; restore
restauration rapide
noun, feminine
the fast-food restaurant industry
to restore; to dine, to eat
restauroute
noun, masculine
transport cafe
reste
noun, masculine
rest, remainder; a trace or vestige which remains; remainder
reste-avec
noun, masculine/feminine
restavec
rester
verb
to stay; to remain, be left over; to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality); to rest; to live
to stick in someone's craw
to sit back and do nothing, to cross one's arms and wait, to stand by idly
to be ignored, not to be taken into account, to go unheeded, to have no effect
to remain undigested; to be a hard pill to swallow, to stick in someone's craw
to not have had enough to eat, to be unsatiated; to be left hungry for more, to be left wanting more, to be left unsatisfied; to be somewhat underwhelmed, to be a bit disappointed