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secrétariat: secretariat; office; secretarial work
secrétariat social: organization that supports companies by assuming some of their administrative tasks (such as payroll tasks)
secréter: To felt (treat with mercury to make felt): to carrot.
secrété: secreted
sectaire: sectarian
sectaire: sectarian; bigot
sectarisme: sectarianism; bigotry
sectateur: sectator
secte: sect (offshoot of a larger religion or denomination, usually and especially one with unorthodox or extreme political and/or religious beliefs)
secteur: circular sector (part of a circle, extending to the center); sector (field of economic activity); area, vicinity
secteur primaire: primary sector
secteur privé: private sector
secteur public: public sector
secteur secondaire: secondary sector
secteur tertiaire: tertiary sector
section: section
sectionnaire: sectionary
sectionnaire: sectionary
sectionnement: sectioning, dissection
sectionner: to section (cut into sections); to dissect
sectionneur: circuit breaker
sectoriel: sectorial
sectoriellement: sectorally
sectorisation: sectorization (division into sectors)
sectoriser: to sectorize (divide into sectors)
secundo: secondly
seediq: Seediq
segment: segment (all senses); piston ring
segmentaire: segmental, segmented
segmental: segmental
segmentation: segmentation
segmenter: to segment
segmenté: segmented
seiche: cuttlefish
seiche: seiche
seigle: rye (grass or its grains as food)
seigne-nez: alternative spelling of saigne-nez (“nosebleed plant”) (Achillea millefolium)
seigneur: lord (aristocrat, man of high rank); lord (master); seigneur (a landowner, holder of a seigneurie)
seigneuresse: female equivalent of seigneur
seigneurial: seigneurial
seigneurie: fiefdom, seigniory, lordship; feudal manor
seille: pail, bucket
seime: crack(s) in a horse's hoof
sein: breast (the chest); breast; womb; bosom
seine: seine (for fishing)
seiner: to seine (fish using a seine)
seing: signature
seize: sixteen
seizième: sixteenth
seizième: sixteenth
seizième de finale: round of 32, round of thirty two, last 32, (nonstandard) thirty second final (the round before the round of 16)
seizièmement: sixteenthly
seiziémisme: Study of 16th century French literature
sel: table salt, i.e. sodium chloride (NaCl); salt; smelling salts; spice
sel attique: Attic salt
sel de bain: bath salt (salt added to bathwater)
sel de cuisine: cooking salt (salt added to food being cooked)
sel de céleri: celery salt
sel de table: table salt
self: self-service restaurant or canteen.