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98,912 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

DEUG
noun, masculine
acronym of Diplôme d'études universitaires générales (“General Academic Studies Degree”)
DGSE
proper noun
initialism of Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure: a French intelligence agency
DGSI
proper noun
initialism of direction générale de la Sécurité intérieure (“General Directorate for Internal Security”)
DIF
noun, masculine
initialism of droit individuel à la formation
DIH
noun, masculine
initialism of droit international humanitaire (“international humanitarian law”): IHL
DIR
proper noun
abbreviation of Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
DIU
noun, feminine
initialism of dispositif intra-utérin (“IUD (intrauterine device)”)
DJ
noun, masculine/feminine
DJ, disc jockey
DLVV
adverb
initialism of dans la vraie vie (“in real life”)
DNA
proper noun
initialism of Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (“Latest News from Alsace, a French periodical”)
DOM
noun, masculine
acronym of département d'outre-mer (“overseas department”)
DRH
noun, masculine
initialism of directeur des ressources humaines (“HRM”)
DRH
noun, feminine
initialism of directrice des ressources humaines (“HRM”); initialism of direction des ressources humaines
DRHC
proper noun
initialism of Développement des ressources humaines Canada (“Human Resources Development Canada”): HRDC
DROM
noun, masculine
acronym of département et région d'outre-mer (“oversea department and region [of France]”)
DS
noun, feminine
initialism of directeur sportif; initialism of devoir surveillé
DSK
proper noun
initialism of Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
DST
proper noun
≈ MI5, CIA
DVC
noun, feminine
abbreviation of divers centre (“centrist”)
DVD
noun, masculine
DVD (optical disc)
DVD
noun, feminine
abbreviation of divers droite
DVG
noun, feminine
abbreviation of divers gauche
DZ
noun, feminine
Algerian people
Da Silva
proper noun
a surname from Portuguese
Dacquois
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of Dax (usually male)
Dadou
proper noun
a right tributary of the Agout in Occitania, France
Dadou
proper noun
a surname
Daech
proper noun
Daesh (ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State)
Daeninck
proper noun
a surname from Dutch
Daeninckx
proper noun
a surname from Dutch
Daghestan
proper noun
Dagestan (a republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Caucasus region)
Daghestanais
noun, masculine
Dagestani
Dagorn
proper noun
a French surname, Dagorn, from Breton
Dahoméen
noun, masculine
Dahomeyan
Daigle
proper noun
a surname transferred from the nickname, mostly common in Quebec.
Daigneault
proper noun
a surname
Daillencourt
proper noun
a surname
Dakar
proper noun
Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)
Dakarois
noun, masculine
resident or native of Dakar
Daladier
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Dalencourt
proper noun
a surname
Dalhousie
proper noun
a town in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada
Dalila
proper noun
Delilah (mistress of Samson); a female given name, equivalent to English Delilah
Dallago
proper noun
a surname, Dallago, from Italian
Dallaire
proper noun
Dallaire: a surname, mostly found in Quebec
Dalmatie
proper noun
Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea); Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)
Damas
proper noun
Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Damascène
noun, masculine/feminine
Damascene (person)
Damascène
proper noun
Damascena (a historical region of Syria)
Dame Nature
noun, feminine
Mother Nature
Damien
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Damian
Damoclès
proper noun
Damocles
Dampierre-le-Château
proper noun
a commune of Marne department, France
Danault
proper noun
a surname, Danault
Danaïde
noun, feminine
Danaid
Dancourt
proper noun
a surname
Dandjinou
proper noun
Dandjinou: a surname
Danemark
proper noun
Denmark (a country in Northern Europe)
Dang
proper noun
a surname from Vietnamese
Danglars
proper noun
a male given name