French–English dictionary

Rimini

A resort city, the capital of the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

rimmel

A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

rinçage

The action of rinsing.

rince-bouche

A liquid used to clean one's mouth.

rince-cochon

(slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.

rince-gueule

(slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.

ring

A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.

ringard

(informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.

riotte

A minor fight or argument.

ripeur

Someone who rips something.

ripoliner

(transitive) To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something). [from early 19th c.]

riposte

A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.

riposter

(transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.

ripper

(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.

rire

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

rire à gorge déployée

To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

rire aux éclats

To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

rire comme une baleine

To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

ris

(nautical) A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.

risée

(archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

rishi

(post-Vedic) A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India's history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men.

risible

Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

risque

(countable) The probability of something happening.

risque biologique

A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.

risquer

(transitive) To risk or hazard.

Rita

A en given name.

ritualiste

In the manner of a ritual.

rituel

Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

rivage

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

rival

Someone who competes with one or more other people.

rivale

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

rivaliser

(intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

rivalité

Any competition between two or more things or factors.

rive

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

rivelet

A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.

riverain

By the side of a lake.

rivet

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

riveter

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]

riveteur

A person whose job is to rivet.

rivière

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

rivière Winnipeg

A river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba; in full, Winnipeg River.

rixe

A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

riz paddy

Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. [from 17th c.]

rizière

(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]

roaming

(uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.

robe

(clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.

robe de nuit

A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.

robe fourreau

(fashion) A tight-fitting dress.

Robert

(rare, _, compared to given name) A French surname originating as a patronymic.

Roberte

A en given name.

Robin

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

robinet d'arrêt

A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.

robot

(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.

robot mixer

(Australia, India, UK) A machine to chop or puree food; a blender.

robotique

Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.

robuste

(possessional) Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust; fit for service.

robustesse

The quality of being robust.

roc

(chiefly, UK, Irish) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.

rocade

A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).

Roch

A en given name, of mostly American usage.

roche

(chiefly, UK, Irish) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.

roche conglomérée

(geology) A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.

roche mère

(countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.

Rochefort

A city and commune of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

rocher

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

rocher coco

A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.

rochet

A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

rocheux

Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.

rock

(music genre) A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.

rockant

rock music

rockeur

A musician who plays rock music.

rockeuse

A musician who plays rock music.

rockstar

A member of a rock band, or a solo artist in the genre, especially one with celebrity status.

rodéo

(sports) A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.

rôder

(ambitransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.

rôdeur

One who lurks.

rôdeuse

One who lurks.

rodomontade

Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.

Roger

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

rogner

(transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.

rognon

An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.

ROI

(accounting) Initialism of return on investment.

Rois

One of the various books called Kings in the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Rois mages

(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).

roitelet

Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).

roitelet huppé

A very small passerine bird, Regulus regulus, that breeds in Eurasia.

Roland

A en given name.

rôle

Position or role (especially in a play).

rôle social

A social role.

rollier

Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.

Roma

A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.

romaillet

(carpentry, masonry) A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.

Romain

A native or resident of Rome.

Romaine

A native or resident of Rome.

romaïque

(obsolete) Of or pertaining to modern Greece, its inhabitants, or its language.

romaji

A representation of Japanese in Latin script.

roman

Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.

romance

An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

romancer

To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.

romancier

An author of novels.

romancière

An author of novels.

romanesque

A romantic quality, spirit or action.

romani

The Indo-Aryan lect of the Roma people, or one of its sublects (such as Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani.

romanichel

(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

romantisme

(arts, music) An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, peaking from 1800 to 1850, characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.

romarin

A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

rombière

(derogatory) A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.

Roméo

(fiction) One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.

rompez

(transitive) To order to leave.

rompre

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

rompu

Non-functional; not functioning properly.

Romulus

(Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus.

Ronald

A en given name.

Ronan

A en given name.

ronce

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

ronchonner

(intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.

roncier

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

rond

In the shape of, or moving in a circle.

rond comme une queue de pelle

(informal) Drunk.

rond-point

(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

ronde

The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

rondelet

(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.

rondelle

(North America, very, uncommon, slang, vulgar) The anus, as the receiving orifice in anal sex.

rondiste

The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.

rondo

(soccer) A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.

rondouillard

(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.

ronflement

The act of snoring, and the noise produced.

ronfler

(ambitransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

ronger

(transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.

ronger son frein

(intransitive, idiomatic, of a person) To show impatience or frustration when delayed.

rongeur

A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

ronin

A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).

ronron

An intermittent noise, as from vibration.

ronronnement

The vibrating sound made by a cat in its throat when contented.

ronronner

(intransitive, of a cat) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented or in certain other conditions.

roofie

(slang, often, in the plural) Rohypnol.

root

(computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.

roque

(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.

roquer

(usually, _, intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.

roquet

(dated, or, humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.

roquette

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

rosacée

A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)

rosacées

A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)

rosaire

Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria).

Rosalie

A en given name.

Rose

A en given name.

rose trémière

Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.

Rose-Marie

A en given name.

roseau

(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

rosée

(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.