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7,169 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

selfie: selfie
selle: saddle (for riding); commode (chair containing a chamber pot); excrement (human or animal)
seller: to saddle
sellerie: saddlery
selles: plural of selle; Stool, feces.
sellette: harness saddle; harness seat attached to a paraglider; furniture stand; sculpture stand; spotlight
sellier: saddler
selon: according to; whichever applies; depending on
selon que: according as, depending on whether, according to whether
selon toute vraisemblance: in all probability, in all likelihood
sels: plural of sel; smelling salts
selve: tropical forest, in particular Amazonian rainforest
semaglutide: semaglutide: alternative form of sémaglutide
semailles: sowing
semaine: week; menstrual period
semaine des quatre jeudis: a cold day in July, a cold day in Hell (the time of occurrence of an event that will never happen)
semainier: week-long
semainier: semainier
semblabilité: semblability, semblance, resemblance; similarity
semblable: similar
semblable: something or someone that belongs to the same kind or species
semblablement: similarly
semblant: a semblance (of something)
sembler: to seem, to resemble, to look like; to appear, to seem, to look
semelier: Bauhinia
semelle: sole (of a shoe); bit, iota; base plate pad; bedplate (of machine); running surface (of ski)
semelle du pape: synonym of oponce (“prickly pear”) (Opuntia)
semence: seed (fertilized grain); seed (semen, sperm); seed (precursor, something that makes another flourish)
semencier: seed
semencier: seed merchant or company
semer: to sow (scatter seed, etc.); to shake off, to lose (a pursuer); to spread, to sow
semer la pagaille: to wreak havoc, to create mayhem, to cause chaos; to stir the pot, to sow discord
semer la zizanie: to wreak havoc, to create mayhem, to cause chaos; to stir the pot, to sow discord
semestre: semester; semester, term (at a school or university)
semestriel: biannual (twice-yearly), semestrial (six-monthly)
semestriellement: biannually
semeur: sower
semi-acétalique: hemiacetal, semiacetal
semi-aride: semiarid
semi-automatique: semi-automatic
semi-auxiliaire: semiauxiliary
semi-circulaire: semicircular
semi-collectif: semi-collective
semi-conducteur: alternative spelling of semiconducteur
semi-consonne: semiconsonant
semi-continental: semicontinental
semi-fini: semifinished
semi-lunaire: semilunar
semi-marathon: half marathon (a running race over the distance of 21.0975 km)
semi-nomade: seminomadic
semi-nomadisme: seminomadism
semi-perméable: semipermeable
semi-public: semipublic
semi-quincentenaire: semiquincentennial
semi-remorque: semi-trailer
semi-rigide: semirigid
semi-voyelle: semivowel (sound in speech)
semi-érection: semierection
semialdéhyde: semialdehyde
semiconducteur: semiconductor