French–English dictionary

rachitique

(disease) Of or pertaining to, or affected by, rickets. [from 18th c.]

rachitisme

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

racial

Hatred towards an ethnic group.

racine

(arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).

racinisation

A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.

racisme

Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

raciste

Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.

racketteur

One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.

raclée

A severe beating.

raclement

Something removed by being scraped.

racler

(ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

raclure

(figuratively, originally, US, colloquial, derogatory) A person who is slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.

racoler

(transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.

racoleur

Attracting notice and attention, or prone to doing so.

racoleuse

(informal, derogatory) A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.

raconter

(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

raconter de nouveau

To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.

raconteur

A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.

raconteuse

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

radar

(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.

rade

The Austronesian language of the Chamic branch spoken by the Rade people.

radeau

A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.

radeau de survie

(nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).

radelage

The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.

radial

Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.

radiateur

A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

radiatif

(physics) of, relating to, or occurring through radiation

radical

(historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.

radicale

(historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.

radication

The process of forming roots or taking roots.

radicaux

(also, attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.

radin

(informal, chiefly, derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.

radine

Niggardly, stingy.

radinerie

(uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)

radines

Niggardly, stingy.

radins

Niggardly, stingy.

radio

(uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

radioactif

(informal) Radioactive. [from the 20th c.]

radioactive

Exhibiting radioactivity.

radioamateur

(radio) An amateur radio operator.

radiodiffuser

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

radiodiffuseur

An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.

radiodiffusion

(business) The business or profession of radio and television.

radiologie

(medicine) The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography#Noun but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation#Noun (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging).

radiologiste

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

radiologue

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

radiothérapeute

A therapist who specialises in radiotherapy

radis

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

radis blanc

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

radis chinois

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

radis d'hiver

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

radis japonais

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

radium

The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.

radius

(zoology) The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.

radon

(uncountable, obsolete) (physics, chemistry) The element radon (Rn)

radoter

To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.

rafale

A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

rafaleux

Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.

raffermir

(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.

raffiné

Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.

raffinement

Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.

raffinerie

A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

rafiot

(nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.

rafle

The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.

rafler

(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).

rafraichir

(intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.

rafraichissant

Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.

rafting

The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.

rag

A ragtime song, dance or piece of music. [from 19th c.]

ragaillardir

(transitive) To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.

rage

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

rageant

Extremely annoying, frustrating or irritating

rager

(intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.

rageuse

(slang, pejorative) One who expresses unfounded or inappropriate hatred or dislike, particularly if motivated by envy.

rageux

(slang, pejorative) One who expresses unfounded or inappropriate hatred or dislike, particularly if motivated by envy.

Ragnarök

(Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.

ragot

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

ragoût

a stew of meat and vegetables mixed together

ragtime

A ragtime song, dance or piece of music. [from 19th c.]

raid

(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.

raide

Steep, like a precipice

raideur

The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape

raidir

(transitive) To make stiff.

raie

(archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.

raie à aiguillon

Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.

raifort

(countable) A plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana, cultivated for its edible root.

rail

The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.

railler

(transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.

raillerie

A mocking remark or reflection.

rainure

A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.

raïs

(historical) The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.

raisin de Corinthe

A small, sweet, seedless black grape with an intense flavour when dried, from a cultivar of Vitis vinifera the grape vine.

raisin de Smyrne

A type of viol, a cither viol.

raison

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

raisonnable

Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.

raisonnablement

In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.

raisonnement

Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.

raisonner

To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason.

raisonneur

Prone to argue or dispute.

rajah

A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

rajeunir

To render young again.

rajeunissant

Having a quality which rejuvenates.

rajeunissement

The process of rendering young again.

rajuster

To adjust again.

râle

A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.

râlement

A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.

ralentir

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

ralentissement

A downward trend, or the beginnings of one.

râler

To make a groan.

râleur

A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.

rallonge

(electronics, US) An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.

rallonger

(transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.

rallumer

(transitive) To kindle again.

rally

(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

rallye

(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

RAM

(electronics, computing) Acronym of random-access memory.

ramadan

(Islam) The holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast between the break of dawn until sunset; they also refrain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sexual relations.

ramassage

The activity of collecting.

ramasser

Especially, to harvest food.

ramasser les ordures

(transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.

ramasseur

A person who gathers things.

ramasseuse

A person who gathers things.

rame

(rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.

rame de papier

A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

rameau

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

ramen

Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).

ramener

(transitive) To cause someone to remember something from the past.

ramer

(transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.

ramette

A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

rami

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

ramolli

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

ramollo

Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.

ramon

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

rampant

(heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.

rampe

The handrail on the side of a staircase.

rampement

The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).

ramper

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

Ramsès

Name of several pharaohs of 19th and 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 13th to 10th century BC.

rance

(of oily or fatty food) Rank in taste or smell.

rançongiciel

(computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.

rançonner

To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.

rancune

(countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.

rancuneux

Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.

rancunier

Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

Randolph

A en given name.

randonnée

A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

randonnée pédestre

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

randonnée subaquatique

The act of swimming using a snorkel.

randonner

(ambitransitive) To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.

randonneur

One who hikes, especially frequently.