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

un de ces quatre matins: one of these days, some day soon
un de perdu, dix de retrouvés: easy come, easy go; there are plenty of fish in the sea
un esprit sain dans un corps sain: a healthy body is a healthy mind
un grand merci: thank you very much, thanks a lot
un homme averti en vaut deux: forewarned is forearmed
un homme à la mer: man overboard!
un jour: one day, someday (at unspecified time in the past or future)
un jour ou l'autre: one day, one of these days
un mal pour un bien: necessary evil; blessing in disguise
un malheur n'arrive jamais seul: it never rains but it pours
un malheur ne vient jamais seul: it never rains but it pours; misfortunes never come singly
un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils: a bad workman always blames his tools
un max: synonym of beaucoup (“a lot”)
un par un: one at a time; one by one
un peu: a little, a bit; Used to soften an order.
un peu mon neveu: hell yeah, totally, absolutely
un peu, mon neveu: alternative spelling of un peu mon neveu
un poil: a mite, a tad (a little, a bit)
un point c'est tout: and that's final, and that's that, and that's flat, full stop, period, end of discussion
un point fait à temps en épargne cent: a stitch in time saves nine
un pour tous, tous pour un: one for all, all for one
un rien: a mite, a tad (a little, a bit)
un tant soit peu: a tiny bit, the least bit, the slightest bit, even remotely
un tel: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see un, tel. such a (of such kind)
un tel: so-and-so
un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
un train peut en cacher un autre: there may be more than meets the eye
un trou c'est un trou: any hole's a goal (any person is good to fuck, no matter how they look; any sex partner is acceptable)
un à un: one at a time; one by one
unaire: unary
unanime: unanimous
unanimement: unanimously
unanimisme: unanimism
unanimiste: unanimist
unanimiste: unanimistic
unanimité: unanimity
unau: unau
unboxing: unboxing
unciforme: unciform
unciné: uncinate
undecies: eleventhly
underflip: underflip
underground: underground (outside the mainstream)
underground: the underground (people who resist artistic convention)
undécagone: undecagonal
undécagone: undecagon
undécane: undecane
undécanoïque: undecanoic
undécillion: short-scale unvigintillion (10⁶⁶; long-scale undecillion); short-scale undecillion (10³⁶; long-scale sextillion)
undécylique: undecylic
une: front page (of a publication)
une chatte n'y retrouverait pas ses petits: it's a total mess
une de perdue, dix de retrouvées: there are plenty of fish in the sea
une fois: once, one time
une fois: once, as soon as
une fois n'est pas coutume: doing it once is all right, but let it not turn into a habit; it's ok this time, but let's not make a habit of it
une fois pour toutes: once and for all (finally, permanently, conclusively)
une fois toutes les lunes: once in a blue moon (very rarely or never)
une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps: one swallow does not a summer make
une image vaut mille mots: a picture is worth a thousand words, seeing is believing