French–English dictionary

schizophrène

(of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.

schlager

(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.

schlass

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

schlinguer

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

schmilblick

(slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

schnaps

(uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.

schnitzel

(by extension) A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet.

schtroumpf

(comics, fictional character) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.

Schwartz

A surname from German.

sciatique

Of, or relating to the ischium.

scie

A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.

scie à chaîne

(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.

scie à chantourner

A thin-bladed saw for cutting wood into curved shapes.

scie à métaux

A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal

scie sauteuse

A power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.

science

The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.]

science de l'information

(computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.

science du droit

(legal) The theoretical study of law.

science économique

(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

sciences humaines

The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.

scientifique

One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

scientologie

A belief system with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.

scientologue

A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.

scierie

A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.

scieur

One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.

scieuse

One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.

scintillement

An unsteady flash of light.

scintiller

(intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.

scion

(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

scirpe

(AU) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]

scissiparité

(biology) The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.

sciure

The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.

sclérose

(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.

scolaire

Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.

scolarisation

Institutional education; attendance of school.

scolastique

(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism

scoliose

(pathology) The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.

scolopendre

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

scone

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

sconse

Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.

scooter

A small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

scope

Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.

scopolamine

(pharmaceutical drug) A poisonous alkaloid C17H21NO4 similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (such as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis).

scorbut

(uncountable, disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.

score

A score for a sporting achievement. [from 20th c.]

scorie

Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.

Scorpion

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

scotch

(uncountable) Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.

scotcher

To bind with adhesive tape.

scotie

(architecture) A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top.

scots

A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.

scout

A male member of the Scout Movement.

scoutisme

A worldwide youth movement with the aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play a constructive role in the society [1].

scouts

A worldwide youth movement with the aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play a constructive role in the society [1].

Scrabble

A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.

scribe

A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.

scribouiller

To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.

script

(countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.

scroller

(ambitransitive, computing, GUI) To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.

scrotum

The scrotum.

scrum

(Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.

scrupule

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

scrupuleusement

With a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.

scruter

(transitive, idiomatic) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.

scruter du regard

(intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.

Scud

(by extension) A rebuke, a scolding.

sculpter

(transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.

Sculpteur

(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the southern sky. It lies between Aquarius and Phoenix and lies in the direction of the southern pole of the Milky Way.

sculptrice

A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.

sculpture

The act or craft of producing a carved object.

sculpture de bois

The act or craft of producing a carved object.

Scylla

A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily. The passage between Scylla and Charybdis was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying between Scylla and Charybdis signifies a great peril on either hand.

SD

(grammar) Abbreviation of determiner phrase.

SDF

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

SDJ

Initialism of Latter-day Saint.

se

(reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

se bagarrer

(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

se baigner

(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

se balader

To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.

se balancer

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

se barrer

(intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).

se battre

(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.

se battre bec et ongles

to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

se bloquer

(intransitive, of an activity) To come to a standstill, or cease to be productive or make progress, due to an obstacle.

se blottir

(intransitive) to shape one's body into a somewhat ball-like shape, with one's legs tucked into the abdomen, especially for cosiness or for protection.

se bourrer le crâne

(intransitive, slang, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) To study with effort or determination.

se briser

(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.

se brosser

(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.

se cabrer

(of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.

se cachectiser

(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]

se cacher

(intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.

se cacher la tête dans la main

To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief, disgust or shame; for example, when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.

se calmer

(idiomatic) To relax or feel secure about something.

se casser

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

se chamailler

To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.

se chevaucher

To have an area, range, character or function in common.

se coaguler

(intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

se cogner

(obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

se cohérer

(intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.

se complaire

(figurative) To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.

se comporter

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

se concentrer

(intransitive, originally, US, idiomatic) To apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort.

se condenser

(intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

se conduire

(reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]

se conformer

To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.

se conformer à

(intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord. [from 16th c.]

se confronter

(transitive) To meet defiantly; to confront.

se consacrer

(transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action.

se consumer

(intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.

se contorsionner

(transitive) To twist in a violent manner.

se contracter

(intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.

se cotir

(intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

se coucher

(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

se couvrir

(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.

se couvrir d'ampoules

(intransitive) To have a blister form.

se dandiner

(intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

se débarrasser

(figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

se débarrasser de

(transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.

se débattre

(intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.

se débiner

(British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

se débrouiller

To help (oneself) without the aid of others.

se décaler

(intransitive, colloquial) To move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space.

se déchaîner

(sometimes, figurative) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.

se décomposer

(ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.

se déconsidérer

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

se déformer

Of a thing (especially a slender structure under compression): to collapse or distort under physical pressure.

se dégonfler

(British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

se dégrader

(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

se demander

(transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

se démener

(intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.

se densifier

(intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).

se dépêcher

(intransitive) To hurry.

se déplacer

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

se déposer

(intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

se dérober

(intransitive) To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.

se désabonner

(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.

se désengager

To choose not to participate in something.

se déshabiller

(transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.

se désintégrer

(intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.

se détendre

(intransitive, slang) To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.

se détourner

To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.

se développer

(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.

se déverser

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

se dévouer

(transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.

se dévouer à quelque chose

To work with purpose.

se diffuser

(intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

se dilater

(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.

se discréditer

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

se disperser

(intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised.

se disputer

(intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.