French–English dictionary

puant

(figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.

puante

(figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.

puanteur

(countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.

pub

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

pubère

At or just after the age of puberty.

puberté

The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.

pubescent

At or just after the age of puberty.

pubien

Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes.

pubis

The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.

public

A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. [from 15th c.]

publicain

(Ancient Rome, historical) A tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times (1st century C.E.) who was generally regarded as sinful for extorting more tax than was due, and as a traitor for serving the Roman Empire.

publication

(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

publiciste

A journalist, often a commentator, who focusses on politics.

publicitaire

Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.

publicité

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

publier

(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. [from 18th c.]

publiquement

In public, openly, in an open and public manner.

publireportage

An advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial, presented in a printed publication, and usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news article.

puce

(typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, often used to mark items in a list.

puce électronique

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.

puceau

A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

pucelle

(now, _, chiefly, _, literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman.

puceron

A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.

pudeur

(specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

pudibond

Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

puer

(intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.

puéril

Immature in thought or behaviour.

pueur

One who stinks.

pugilat

(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.

puîné

(chiefly, history) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.

puis

On the first subsequent occasion.

puisard

A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.

puiser

(transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action. [from 12th c.]

puisque

Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).

puissamment

In a powerful manner.

puissance

(electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.

puissance électrique

(electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.

puissant

(rare, or, obsolete) Having (physical) force, forceful.

puits

(mining) A shaft or excavation.

pull

(chiefly, British, Australian, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.

pull-over

(chiefly, British, Australian, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.

pulmonaire

(anatomy) Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.

pulpe

The fleshy underside of a human fingertip.

pulpeux

Having large breasts.

pulsar

(astronomy) A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.

pulsation

One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.

pulsion

(psychology) Desire or interest.

pulvérisateur

(countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.

pulvérisation

(engineering, materials science) Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby.

pulvériser

(transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.

puma

A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.

punaise

A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.

punch

(informal) Energy, high spirits.

Pune

A major city and district of Maharashtra, India.

puni

(electricity, North America) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.

punique

The language of Carthage.

punir

To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

punissable

Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.

punisseur

One who punishes.

punisseuse

One who punishes.

punitif

(legal, military) Inflicting punishment; punishing.

punition

A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution.

punk

Ellipsis of punk rocker, a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre. [1976]

pupille

(anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.

pupitre

A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

pur

Pure, especially morally or religiously.

pur-sang

Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.

pure

(chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.

Pure race espagnole

A horse of a breed from the Iberian Peninsula, with long, thick mane and tail.

purée

An expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc.

pureté

The state or degree of being pure.

purgatif

Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

purgatoire

(Christianity) An intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification.

purger

(transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

purification

The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.

purifier

(transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.

Purim

(Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.

purin

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

puriste

Of or pertaining to purism.

puritain

A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.

pus

(medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

Pusan

A metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.

pustule

(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

putain

An expression of disagreement or disbelief.

putain de

(slang) Very. Intensifier.

putasserie

The trade of a harlot; prostitution.

putassier

(obsolete) Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.

putatif

Supposed, or assumed to be.

pute

Clipping of bicycle.

putois

Mustela putorius, related to mink and weasels, native to Europe and parts of Asia, and from which certain of the animals called ferrets have been domesticated.

putréfaction

The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.

putride

sordid, squalid

putsch

(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.

puzzle

A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.

PV

(video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.

pygmée

(often, _, capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.

pyjama

Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

Pyongyang

The capital city of North Korea.

Pyrénées

The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.

pyro-

Fire, heat.

pyrolusite

(mineral) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO2), that is an important ore of manganese.

pyromane

One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

pyromanie

(psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

pyrosis

(medicine) A burning sensation in the chest due to reflux of stomach contents in the esophagus.

pyrotechnicien

A person who designs or organises pyrotechnics.

pyrotechnie

The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.

pyrotechnique

Of or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy.

pyrrhique

(prosody) Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables).

pyrrhocore

Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

Pythagore

Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.

python

(zoology) A type of large constricting snake.

qat

A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.

Qatar

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha.

QI

Initialism of intelligence quotient.

qu'en-dira-t-on

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.

qu'est-ce que

(fused relative) Anything that; all that; whatever.

qu'est-ce qui

(fused relative) Anything that; all that; whatever.

qu'importe

(hortative) It is not important; do not fret; used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said.

quadrangle

(geometry) A polygon with four sides.

quadrangulaire

Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle.

quadriceps

(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.

quadrilatéral

Having four sides.

quadrilatère

(geometry) A polygon with four sides.

quadrillage

(crystallography) A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.

quadrille

(bullfighting) The team which supports the matador.

quadrille des Lanciers

A traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille.

quadrillion

(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,0004): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.

quadruplé

One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

quadruplet

A sequence of four elements.

quai

(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.

quaker

A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.

qualifié

Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.

qualifier

To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.

qualité

A role; the position in which one functions.

qualités de pilote

Skill in and knowledge of the work of navigating and operating an aircraft.

quand

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

quand bien même

Even though; despite the fact that; much as.

quand même

(idiom) Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.

quant à

Regarding; about; concerning.

quantifier

(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).

quantique

(physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.

quantité

A quantity or volume.

quantum

(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]

quarante

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

quark

A cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.

Quart

A comune of the Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.

quart-arrière

(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.

quarte

(music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

quarter

(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. [from 18th c.]

quarterback

(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.