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5,162 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

tolérantisme
noun, masculine
tolerantism
tolérer
verb
to tolerate
tomahawk
noun, masculine
tomahawk
tomalli
noun, masculine
tomalley
tomate
noun, feminine
tomato (plant); tomato (fruit)
tomate cerise
noun, feminine
cherry tomato
tomate italienne
noun, feminine
Italian tomato
tomater
verb
to add, cover, or pelt with tomato
tomatier
noun, masculine
tomato-grower
tomatier
adjective
tomato
tomatier
noun, masculine
tomato (plant)
tombal
adjective
tomb, grave
tombant
adjective
falling
tombe
noun, feminine
grave; tomb (small building or vault)
tombeau
noun, masculine
tomb
tomber
verb
to fall; to come down; to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call); to become, to get
tomber amoureux
verb
to fall in love
tomber comme des mouches
verb
to drop like flies
tomber comme un couperet
verb
to come as a hammer blow
tomber dans l'escarcelle
verb
to fall into someone's hands
tomber dans l'oreille d'un sourd
verb
to fall on deaf ears
tomber dans le lac
verb
to fall through
tomber dans le panneau
verb
to walk into a trap, to fall into the trap, to fall for something
tomber dans les pommes
verb
to pass out, to black out, to keel over, to faint
tomber dans les vapes
verb
to pass out, to keel over, to faint
tomber de fatigue
verb
to be exhausted, to be asleep on one's feet, to drop from exhaustion
tomber de haut
verb
to come down to earth with a bump, to go back to earth with a bump, to have one's hopes dashed, to be very disappointed
tomber de sa chaise
verb
to be flabbergasted
tomber de sommeil
verb
to be exhausted, to be asleep on one's feet, to drop from exhaustion
tomber de son piédestal
verb
to be knocked down a peg, to fall from one's pedestal
tomber des mains
verb
to be very boring
tomber des nues
verb
to be flabbergasted
tomber des peaux de lièvre
verb
to snow in large flakes, like the white furred skin of hares
tomber du ciel
verb
to fall into someone's lap, to be a godsend; to come out of nowhere
tomber en discrédit
verb
to fall out of favour, to fall into disrepute
tomber en disgrâce
verb
to fall from grace, to fall out of favour
tomber en panne
verb
to break down (to fail)
tomber en quenouille
verb
to fall into the hands of women; to fall into disarray; to fall into disuse
tomber en ruine
verb
to fall into ruin, to go to ruin, to fall into disrepair, to be tumbling down
tomber enceinte
verb
to fall pregnant
tomber malade
verb
to fall ill, to take sick
tomber sous le sens
verb
to stand to reason
tomber sur le paletot
verb
to ambush
tomber sur un bec
verb
to hit a snag, to find a fly in the ointment
tomber sur un os
verb
to hit a snag, to find a fly in the ointment
tomber à l'eau
verb
to fall through (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed)
tomber à la renverse
verb
to be very surprised
tomber à pic
verb
to fall off a steep drop; to arrive just at the right time, to be well-timed
tomber à plat
verb
to fall flat, to go down like a lead balloon, to not have the desired effect
tombereau
noun, masculine
tipcart; tumbrel/tumbril; dumper, dump truck, flatbed (vehicle to carry and then tip materials)
tombeur
noun, masculine
seducer, heartbreaker, lady-killer (person who succeeds in seducing); defeater, slayer
tombola
noun, feminine
a lottery, raffle
tomboy
noun, masculine/feminine
A girl or woman with a masculine appearance and taste in clothing.
tombé du camion
adjective
That fell off a truck: stolen
tombée
noun, feminine
fall (act of falling); the arranging of a small quantity of something on a plate
tombée de la brume
noun, feminine
smokefall (close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes), gloaming, dusk, vespers
tombée de la nuit
noun, feminine
nightfall
tome
noun, feminine
a variety of mountain cheese
tome
noun, masculine
tome, volume; section; subaltern
tomenteux
adjective
tomentose