French–English dictionary

Noémie

(biblical character) The mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth.

nœud

(UK, Ireland, , slang, vulgar) The glans penis.

nœud coulant

An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

nœud d'accroche

Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.

Noir

(countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.

noir corbeau

Of the color of the raven; jet-black.

noir de fumée

An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.

noir de jais

The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

noir de monde

(Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.

noir marron

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]

noirceur

The state or quality of being black in colour.

noircir

(transitive) To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.

Noire

(countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.

noisetier

(countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.

noisette

Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)

noix

(food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.

noix de coco

A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

noix de muscade

The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.

noix de pécan

A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.

noix muscade

The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.

nom

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

nom adjectif

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

nom appellatif

A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.

nom commun

A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.

nom d'un chien

An expletive expressing disbelief, disdain, or horror

nom d'utilisateur

(computing) Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.

nom de demoiselle

The original last name of a person, usually a woman, who has changed their last name upon marriage.

nom de Dieu!

(vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

nom de famille

The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

nom de guerre

A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.

nom de jeune fille

A given name for a girl.

nom substantif

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

nomade

(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

nombrable

Able to be counted; countable.

nombre

The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.

nombre atomique

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z

nombre de points

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

nombre entier

(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

nombre premier

(algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.

Nombres

The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

nombreux

before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of.

nombril

(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

Nome

A seaport in West Alaska

nomenclature

(manufacturing, design engineering) A list of materials and components used in a manufactured item.

nomination

The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust

nominer

To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

nominette

A tag with one's name inscribed on it.

nommé

Having a name.

nommément

Specifically; that is to say.

nommer

To have a specific name.

NON

(mathematics, logic) A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

non accentué

(of a vowel) not stressed or accentuated

non alcoolisé

Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.

non applicable

not applicable

non daté

Not marked with a date.

non décidé

Uncommitted, not having reached a decision.

non disponible

not available

non écouté

Not heard.

non encadré

Not supervised; not being constantly observed.

non entendu

Not heard.

non fiable

Not reliable.

non fondé

Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.

non lié

Not connected or associated.

non marié

Having no husband or wife.

non ouvert

not yet opened; still closed

non payé

Of work: done without agreed payment, usually voluntarily.

non pertinent

(North America) Having no practical consequence or relevance.

non plus

(conjunctive, after a negative) As well.

non pratiquant

Not practicing; of a person in a particular profession, not engaged in the practice of that profession; of a person born into a particular religion, not abiding by the rituals and mores of that religion.

non qualifié

Not qualified: ineligible; unfit for a position or task.

non réciproque

(now, chiefly, of a, feeling or emotion) Not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.

non rémunéré

Of work: done without agreed payment, usually voluntarily.

non resistance

A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

non restreint

immoderate; not restrained or held in check; inordinate (literary).

non rétribué

Of work: done without agreed payment, usually voluntarily.

non sequitur

(logic) Any invalid argument in which the conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the premises.

non traité

Not treated.

non viable

Not sustainable.

non-

Not, the negation of the root word (a quality).

non-alignement

The condition of being nonaligned

non-conformiste

(by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. [from 1880s]

non-croyant

a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion.

non-croyante

a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion.

non-dit

(sometimes, _, postpositive) Not spoken; not said.

non-existence

The state of not existing.

non-fiction

Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.

non-ingérence

The policy of a state or other actor of not interfering in the domestic policies of another

non-lieu

(legal) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.

non-linéaire

(of a system) Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.

non-magique

A person who has no magical abilities.

non-métal

(chemistry) An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.

NON-OU

A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function.

non-paiement

The failure to make a payment.

non-pertinence

Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.

non-pertinent

Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.

non-planifié

unintentional; not intended

non-pratiquant

One who is not a churchgoer, who does not attend church.

non-professionnel

Not professional; amateur.

non-résistance

A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

non-respect

(finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.

non-sens

(biochemistry) Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

non-signé

(computing) Not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value (or zero).

non-violence

A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

nona-

Nine.

nonante

The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

nonchalance

A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]

nonchalant

Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.

nonchalante

Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.

none

(obsolete) Alternative form of noon: the sixth hour after dawn; midday (12 pm).

nones

(historical, often, _, capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.

nonne

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

nonobstant

(conjunctive) Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.

nonobstant que

Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.

nonos

(figurative) A reward.

nonpareil

(frequently, postpositive) Unequalled, unrivalled; unique. [from 15th c.]

nonpareille

(uncountable, typography, chiefly, historical) A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.

noosphère

The sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage.

nord-est

The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°.

nord-oriental

Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast.

nord-ouest

The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.

nordique

Of or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.

nordiste

A native or inhabitant of the north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the northern United States, the north of Norway, etc.

normal

As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances. [from 14th c.]

normale

(geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.

normalement

(idiomatic) In general; most often.

normalisé

A monic polynomial.

normaliser

To make to conform to a standard.

normalité

(US) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.

normand

Of or pertaining to Normandy or its inhabitants (present or past).

Normande

A member of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066.

normatif

Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.

normative

Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.

normativisme

(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.

normer

(analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.

norrois

Of or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.

Northumberland

A ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.

Norvège

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.

norvégien

Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language.

Norvégienne

A native of Norway.

norvégophone

Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language.

nostalgie

The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.

nostalgique

Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.

notable

Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished. [from 14th c.]

notaire

(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

notairesse

(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

notamment

(focus) As a pointed example; in a notable manner.

notation

A position on a scale.

note

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

note de bas de page

A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.

note en bas de page

A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.