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soudaineté
noun, feminine
suddenness
soudanais
adjective
Sudanese
soudanien
adjective
Sudanese, soudanian
soudanophile
adjective
sudanophilic
soudard
noun, masculine
battle-hardened, brutish, or roughneck soldier; mercenary (person employed to fight in armed conflict)
soude
noun, feminine
soda, lye, sodium hydroxide (NaOH); sodium (Na); sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃); seepweed, sea blite, saltwort (plants, usually of the genus Suaeda, which produce sodium carbonate when burned); prickly saltwort (Salsola kali, syn. Kali turgidum)
soude caustique
noun, feminine
caustic soda, lye
souder
verb
to solder
soudeur
noun, masculine
welder
soudeuse
noun, feminine
welding machine
to bribe
soudre
verb
resolve; pay off
soudure
noun, feminine
soldering, welding (process of welding)
soudé
adjective
soldered; inseparable (e.g. as friends)
soue
noun, feminine
pigsty
soufflage
noun, masculine
blowing; glassblowing
souffle
noun, masculine
blowing (act of expelling air from the mouth); a breeze, a gust (movement of wind); a breath, or the act of breathing; the inspiration or influence (for a work of art, idea, & so forth)); the powerful movement of air caused by an explosion
to blow; to blow out; to whisper; to relax
to blow hot and cold
soufflerie
noun, feminine
wind tunnel; the bellows and other machinery that pumps air into an organ; bellows; any apparatus that generates a stream of air
soufflet
noun, masculine
bellows; vestibule; gusset; slap in the face
to slap (across the face)
souffleur
noun, masculine
blower; glassblower; prompter (person); blower (machine); blower (animal which blows out air through its blowhole)
souffleuse
noun, feminine
snowblower; female equivalent of souffleur (“prompter”)
souffleuse à neige
noun, feminine
snowblower
soufflé
noun, masculine
soufflé
souffrance
noun, feminine
sufferance, pain, suffering
souffrant
adjective
suffering; unwell, poorly
souffre-douleur
noun, masculine
punchbag, punching bag (person or animal used by someone to let out their anger)
souffreteux
adjective
sickly (weak in health)
to suffer; to endure
to be in agony, to suffer agony, to suffer terribly
soufi
adjective
Sufi
soufi
noun, masculine
Sufi
soufisme
noun, masculine
Sufism
souflaki
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of souvlaki (Greek dish)
soufre
noun, masculine
sulfur
to sulfate/sulphate
soufrière
noun, feminine
sulfur mine; solfatara
soufré
adjective
sulphurous
souhait
noun, masculine
wish (desire; aspiration)
souhaitable
adjective
desirable, advisable
desirably
to wish (for); to hope (for); to wish someone well, particularly in a complimentary or polite way; to desire someone's presence
souillarde
noun, feminine
scullery
to soil, sully, dirty; to make unclean or impure; defile, profane; to blacken, besmirch, defile
souillon
noun, masculine
slob, slovenly person, dirty person; woman of ill repute, prostitute; a person who makes something dirty; a domestic servant who does jobs in which one becomes dirty
souillure
noun, feminine
stain, taint, blemish
souillé
adjective
dirty, sullied, fouled
souk
noun, masculine
souq (Arabic market); mess, chaos
soukoun
noun, masculine/feminine
sukun
soukous
noun, masculine
soukous
soul
adjective
post-1990 spelling of soûl, itself an alternative form of saoul (“drunk”)
soul
noun, feminine
soul, soul music
soulagement
noun, masculine
relief (removal of stress or discomfort)
to relieve, soothe; to make oneself feel better, to find relief; to relieve oneself
soulagien
adjective
of Pierre Soulages, French painter; Soulagean
soulard
noun, masculine
post-1990 spelling of soûlard
soulas
noun, masculine
solace