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saignée
noun, feminine
bleeding; bloodletting; huge cut; heavy loss; trench; groove; ditch
saillance
noun, masculine
salience; saliency
saillant
adjective
salient (prominent); non-reflex, measuring 180 degrees or less (angle)
saillie
noun, feminine
projection, protrusion; spurt; sally, sortie; copulation
to spurt; to sire (to procreate)
to stick out, bulge out, jut out
sain
adjective
healthy; in good health; healthful; beneficial to health of body or mind
sain d'esprit
adjective
sane, mentally sound, of sound mind, in one's right mind (having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner)
sain et sauf
adjective
safe and sound
saindoux
noun, masculine
lard
sainement
adverb
healthily; soundly
sainfoin
noun, masculine
sainfoin
sainfoin d'Espagne
noun, masculine
goat's rue (Galega officinalis L.)
saint
noun, masculine
a male saint; masculine of sainte
saint
adjective
saintly (all meanings)
Latter-day Saint
saint des saints
noun, masculine
inner sanctum, Holy of Holies (most sacred place within a sacred building)
saint patron
noun, masculine
patron saint (saint conceived as the patron (protector or supporter) of a particular place, group, person, or activity, for whom or for which his or her intercession is specially invoked)
saint synode
noun, masculine
holy synod
saint-bernard
noun, masculine
Saint Bernard (breed of dog)
saint-bois
noun, masculine
a type of daphne (Daphne gnidium)
saint-cyrien
adjective
Of or relating to several French communes containing Saint-Cyr in their names:; Of or relating to other French communes with similar sounding names:
Dominguan, Saint-Dominguan
saint-honoré
noun, masculine
St. Honoré cake
saint-lucien
adjective
Saint Lucian
saint-marcellin
noun, masculine
A cheese made in Saint-Marcellin, Isère
saint-nectaire
noun, masculine
A type of cow cheese from Auvergne
saint-paulin
adjective
Of or from Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford, Quebec
saint-pierre
noun, masculine
John Dory (edible marine fish); any of a group of other fish. See French Wikipedia for more details
of Saint-Simon, French commune in the department of Aisne; of Saint-Simon, French commune in the department of Cantal; of Saint-Simon, French commune in the department of Charente
saint-simonisme
noun, masculine
Saint-Simonism
sainte
noun, feminine
saintess; female equivalent of saint
sainte barbe
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of Sainte Barbe (“powder magazine”)
sainte nitouche
noun, feminine
female goody-goody, goody two-shoes
sainte-barbe
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of Sainte Barbe (“powder magazine”)
sainte-nitouche
noun, feminine
prude
holily, saintly
sainteté
noun, feminine
sanctity
saintongeais
adjective
Saintonge
saintongeais
noun, masculine
Saintongeais or Saintongese (language)
saints de glace
noun, masculine
ice saints (the saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th); ice saints, blackthorn winter, blackberry winter (spell of cold weather in May on or around those dates)
sais-tu
interjection
you know
saisi
adjective
seized
saisie
noun, feminine
seizure (of drugs, property etc.)
saisine
noun, feminine
vesting of a court with a case; seisin
saisir
verb
to take hold of; to grab; to seize, to take (an illegal product), to capture; to grasp mentally; understand; to capture (screen or data); to type (something) into a computer; to input
synonym of prendre aux tripes
to seize the opportunity
saisissable
adjective
graspable, seizable; understandable
saisissant
adjective
gripping; striking; biting (cold)
saisissement
noun, masculine
shock; sudden chill
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of saisir
saison
noun, feminine
season (one of the four parts of the year in temperate regions: winter, spring, summer and autumn); season (a certain time of the year, when something in particular happens); season (the time of the year when teams compete)
saison des amours
noun, feminine
mating season (time of year during which animals mate)
saison des pluies
noun, feminine
rainy season
to seasonalize
saisonnier
adjective
seasonal
seasonally
you never know!
sajou
noun, masculine
sajou