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2,401 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

violine: violet-purple
violir: to become purple; to make purple
violiste: violist
violon: violin; violinist; jail
violon alto: viola
violon d'Ingres: hobby, passion
violoncelle: violoncello, cello
violoncelliste: cellist (person who plays the cello)
violoner: to play the violin; especially, to play poorly, to fiddle
violoneux: fiddler (fiddle player)
violoniste: violinist
violonistique: violinistic (of or pertaining to violin playing); violinistic (suitable for playing on a violin, well-suited to violin playing); easy on the fingers
violonistique: violinistics
violâtre: purpureal, violet
vionnet: small street or lane
viorne: viburnum
viorner: to make a lot of noise
vipère: viper; a malignant person
vipère de la mort: common death adder
vipère heurtante: puff adder (Bitis arietans)
vipéridé: viperid
vipérin: viperine, viperous
vipérine: any plant of genus Echium
vipérine de Russie: Echium russicum
virage: bend, turn, curve; change, shift (in orientation); turn; change in colour
virago: virago
viral: viral
viralement: virally
viralité: contagiousness; virality
vire: a small ledge on the side of a mountain
virelai: virelai
virelangue: tongue-twister
virement: bank transfer, wire transfer
virer: to bear, veer (change direction slightly); to turn into, become; to transfer (money, from one account to another); to get rid of, fire, shitcan
virer de bord: to tack, to change tack, to switch tack, to put about; to change sides, to box the compass; to switch teams (to change one's sexual orientation)
virer une brosse: to get wasted, drunk, smashed
virescence: virescence
vireton: vireton
vireur: turning gear
vireux: poisonous
virevoltant: twirling, spinning
virevolte: twirl; spin; turn
virevolter: to twirl, spin around, loop around
virga: virga
virginal: virginal
virginal: virginal
virginalement: virginally; as a virgin
virgine: synonym of vièrge
virginité: virginity (state of being a virgin); moral purity
virgule: comma (punctuation mark); decimal comma (see usage notes)
virgule fixe: fixed point
virgule flottante: floating point
virguler: to put a comma or commas (in a text)
virialisation: virialization
viriel: virial
viril: virile; manly, masculine
virilement: virilely
virilisation: virilisation
viriliser: to masculinize
virilisme: virilism