French–English dictionary

Mongolie

A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Ulaanbaatar.

mongoloïde

(anthropology, dated) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia (and sometimes eastern Fennoscandia) – as well as their descendants in other parts of the world.

Monique

A en given name.

moniteur

(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.

monitorat

An arrangement by which one person mentors another.

monitorer

(transitive) To watch over; to guard.

monitoring

The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.

monitrice

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

monnaie

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

monnaie-du-pape

(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).

monnayer

To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

mono

(informal) Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.

mono-

one, single, only

mono-ovulaire

(not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.

monocle

A monocle.

monocycle

(cycling) A pedal cycle that has only one wheel.

monogame

(narrowly) Being married to one person at a time.

monogamie

A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.

monogramme

A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.

monogrammer

(transitive) To mark something with a monogram.

monographie

A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.

monolingue

Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language.

monolithe

(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.

monologue

(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.

monophysisme

(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.

monopoliser

(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.

Monopoly

(board games) A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.

monorail

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

monosexuel

A monosexual person.

monosexuelle

A monosexual person.

monospace

Initialism of multipurpose vehicle: a minivan, station wagon/estate car, large car, or, small/minibus, designed to be used on- and off-road and easily convertible to facilitate either carrying people or loading goods.

monosyllabe

A word of one syllable.

monothéisme

The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion.

monotone

Without great variation.

monovulaire

(not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.

monoxyle

(nautical) A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.

monozygote

(not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.

Mons

A city, the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

monseigneur

(Roman Catholic) An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope

monsieur

Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

Monsieur Loyal

The person who manages the performers in a circus ring.

monstre

A very evil person.

monstrueux

(informal) Very large; worthy of a monster.

mont

(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]

Mont McKinley

The highest mountain peak in North America (the third most prominent peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua), located in central Alaska.

mont-de-piété

(rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

montage

(uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.

montagnard

Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.

montagnarde

(Scotland) A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.

montagne

(idiomatic, informal) Someone very important; a VIP.

montagne de glace

A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

montagnes russes

An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.

montagneux

Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

Montana

A en given name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.

montant

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

montant modique

A modest, small, or trifling amount.

monte

(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.

monté de toutes pièces

Planned, prepared.

montée

An act of climbing.

Monténégro

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

monter

(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.

monter (à bord de)

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

monter de toutes pièces

To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.

monter en épi

(intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.

monter en flèche

(intransitive) To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

monter en gamme

(transitive) To replace with something better.

monter en graine

(intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.

monteur

(television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

monteuse

A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film

Montevideo

The capital city of Uruguay.

monticule

A small hill.

montie des fontaines

a herbaceous annual plant of species Montia fontana, in the family Montiaceae, formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae).

montjoie

A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

montrer

(transitive, idiomatic) To bring out from storage, use, or present.

montrer sa lune

(transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.

Montserrat

An island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat.

monttu auki

In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.

monture

The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

monument

A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

monumental

Intimidatingly impressive; awe-inspiring, overwhelming.

monuments

(often, in the plural) Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.

mooning

The act of showing one's buttocks.

mooré

The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.

moppe

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

moquer

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

moquerie

A mocking remark or reflection.

moquette

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

moqueur

Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

morailles

(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.

moral

The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.

morale

(chiefly, in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

moralisateur

(chiefly, of a person) Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.

moralité

(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.

moratoire

(legal) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]

morbide

Obsessed with death or the gruesome.

morbleu

(UK, Ireland, AU, Commonwealth) An exclamation of astonishment.

morceau

A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

morceau de bravoure

(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

morceau de choix

(usually, with the) The best or most preferable part.

morceau de nourriture

A mouthful of food.

mordache

One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.

mordant

Tending to bite.

mordeur

Tending to bite.

mordiller

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

mordre

(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.

Mordred

(Arthurian mythology) The illegitimate son of King Arthur, who ultimately killed him in battle.

mordu

(informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.

mordue

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

moré

The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.

moreau

A sack or bag for feeding a horse, mule, ox or similar animal, generally on the move or away from the home stable or paddock. Designed to be attached to harness and slipped over the animal's nose to permit feeding while eliminating spillage; designs vary.

morelle

Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

morfal

(informal) An excessive eater, glutton, gourmand.

morgue

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.

moribond

Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.

morille

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

mormon

(sometimes, _, proscribed) Of, or pertaining to, the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr.

morne

Without color; pale; pallid.

Moron

A commune in southwestern Haiti.

morose

Expressing gloom or melancholy.

morosité

A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.

Morphée

(Greek god) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.

morphine

(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

morphisme de codage

(math) A 1-uniform morphism; an injective morphism; a morphism that maps letter to letter

morpion

A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.

morpions

(in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).

mors

A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.

morse

A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

morsure

The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.

Mort

The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

mort-né

Dead at birth.

mort-vivant

(horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.

mortalité

The state of being susceptible to death.

mortel

Causing death; lethal.

mortelle

A human; someone susceptible to death.

mortier

An academic mortarboard.

mortifier

To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.

mortinaissance

The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

mortinatalité

The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

morue

(slang, pejorative) An unattractive or unpleasant woman.

morula

(embryology) A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula

morve

An infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.

morveuse

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

morveux

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

mosaïque

Pertaining to Moses, or the writings and traditions attributed to him. [from 17th c.]

Moscou

A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.

Moscovie

The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg.

moscovien

In, from, or otherwise relating to Muscovy

moscovite

Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.

moscovium

The chemical element with atomic number 115.

mosquée

(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.