French–English dictionary

ordinateur portatif

(computing) Ellipsis of notebook computer (“laptop computer”).

ordinaux

(maths, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.

ordiphone

(cell phone) A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.

ordonnance

(military) A servant or valet to a military officer.

ordonnancement

A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur. [from 19th c.]

ordonnancer

To create a time-schedule.

ordonné

Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.

ordonner

(transitive) To issue a command; to tell.

ordre

An order to do something.

ordre du jour

A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

ordure

(chiefly, US) Soil or earth.

ordures

Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.

oreille

A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.

oreiller

A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

oreillette

A sweet, crisp pastry in the form of twisted ribbons dusted with confectioner's sugar.

oreillons

(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

Oreo

(foods) A cookie made of two wafers joined with a sugary filling, particularly a Nabisco cookie with two alkalized cocoa-powder wafers around a white creme filling.

oréotrague

A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).

orfèvre

A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.

orfèvresse

A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.

orfraie

A bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.

organe

(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.

organes génitaux

(by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal; body parts responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.

organisateur

A person or organization responsible for running an event.

organisation

An organisation, company or other authoritative group. [from 17th c.]

organisation clandestine

(with, _, definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.

organisation paramilitaire

A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.

organisationnel

Of, relating to, or produced by an organization.

organisatrice

A person who arranges the details of a public event.

organisé

(of a person) Characterized by efficient organization.

organiser

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

organiseur

(computing) A hand-held micro-computer that will perform specific tasks; can be used as an electronic diary, alarm clock, recorder of memos and notes, a portable database etc.

organisme

An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.

organisme de charité

(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.

organiste

A musician who plays the organ.

orgasme

(euphemistic) The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.

orgasmer

(intransitive) To have an orgasm.

orgasmique

(uncomparable) Of or relating to orgasms.

orgastique

(uncomparable) Of or relating to orgasms.

orge

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

orgelet

(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

orgie

A gathering of people to engage in group sex.

orgue

(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.

orgueil

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

orgueilleux

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

oriental

Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early Christian world; of the Near East, the Middle East or the Far East, now especially relating to East Asia. [from 15th c.]

orientale

From the East; oriental.

orientalisme

(humanities) an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology

orientaliste

A scholar who studies the Orient; a person interested in the Orient.

orientation

(nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)

orienter

(transitive, often, reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.

orifice

A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.

origami

(uncountable, art) The Japanese art of paper folding.

origan

The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

original

(idiomatic) A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason.

originale

Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.

origine

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

originel

(not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.

origines

Beginnings; origin.

orignal

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

oripeau

A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.

oripeaux

Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

oriya

Odia, the language spoken in the state of Odisha, India.

Orléans

A city, the capital of Loiret department, France; the regional capital of Centre-Val de Loire.

orme

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

orme de Sibérie

A medium-sized bushy tree, of species Ulmus pumila, native to northern and eastern Asia, naturalized in most of North America.

ormeau

(North America, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [mid 19th c.]

ornement

(music) A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in.

ornement musical

(music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.

ornemental

Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.

ornementale

An ornamental plant.

ornementation

The act or process of decorating etc.

ornements

Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple

orner

(transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.

ornière

A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]

ornithologique

Of or pertaining to ornithology.

ornithorynque

A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).

Orphée

(Greek mythology) A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.

orphelin

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

orphelinat

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

orpheline

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

orphelinisme

The state of being an orphan; the losing of both parents through their death.

orphie

(especially, UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.

orque

(fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green. [from 17th c.]

orteil

(anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.

orthodontiste

An orthodontic dentist.

orthodoxe

(Christianity, loosely) Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East.

orthodoxie

The aggregate of the definitive elements of the Eastern Orthodox Church, such as its faith, worship, theology, and traditions.

orthographe

(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.

orthopédique

Of or relating to orthopedics.

ortie

Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:

oryctérope

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]

os

A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

os astragale

The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.

os long

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: w:Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Oscar

A en given name.

oscillateur

A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.

oscillation

the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated

osciller

(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.

osé

Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.

oseille

(uncountable, slang) Money.

oseille de Guinée

Hibiscus sabdariffa, an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to make hibiscus tea.

oser

(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

osier

A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.

Osiris

(Egyptian god) The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.

Oslo

A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.

ossature

A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.

osselets

(games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.

osseux

Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

ost

A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)

Ostara

(paganism) A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara.

Ostende

A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.

ostensiblement

In a conspicuous manner; noticeably.

ostentation

Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.

ostentatoire

Ostentatious; showy.

ostéoporose

(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

ostraciser

(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]

Oswald

A en given name.

Oświęcim

A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.

otage

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

otaku

(fandom) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally, _, pejorative) an obsessive Japanese fan of anime or manga.

OTAN

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

oté d'une sécurité obviant à

Suffix added to a noun to form an adjective denoting imperviousness to that noun.

ôter

(chiefly, clothing) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).

ôter les tripes

A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.

Ottawa

A city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada.

ottoman

Of or relating to the Ottoman dynasty or the Ottoman Empire.

Ottomane

A citizen of the Ottoman Empire.

Otton

A en given name.

ou

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

ou bien

(manner) Differently, in another way.

où donc

(interrogative) Where ever; an emphatic form of where.

ou plutôt

(archaic, otherwise, jocular) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). [from 16th c.]

où que

In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.

où que ce soit

In or at any location.

oua-oua

The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark.

ouaf

The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark.

ouah

(chiefly, UK) An expression of puzzlement or discovery.

ouaip

(informal) Yes.

ouais

Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.

ouaouaron

A large species of toad, Aquarana catesbeiana (syn. Rana catesbeiana or Lithobates catesbeiana), found in North America.

ouate

Special cotton for surgery.

ouater

(transitive) To cover with, or in, cotton wool.

oubli

(uncountable) The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence; (countable) an instance of this.

oubliable

Easily forgotten; not special or notable.

oublié

Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

oublier

(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.

oubliette

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

oublieux

Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

oued

A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.