French–English dictionary

subsistance

A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]

substance

The essential part of anything; the most vital part.

substantiel

Significant; substantial.

substantif

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

substituable

Capable of being replaced.#: The machine uses a replaceable filter.

substitut

Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.

substitute

A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

substitution

The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.

substructure

The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).

subsumer

(transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

subterfuge

A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.

subtil

Of an argument or concept, words, etc.: requiring one to distinguish between fine points, especially if it is difficult to do so; nice; also (generally) , difficult to grasp; not easily understood or obvious.

subtilement

With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.

subtilité

Subtlety or precision of use; exactness; preciseness.

suburbain

Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.

subvenir

(transitive) To provide for or nourish.

subvention

(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.

subventionner

(transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.

subversif

Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.

suc

(uncountable) Any liquid resembling juice.

succédané

An imitation, usually of lesser quality.

succéder

(intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).

succès

(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.

successeur

Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

successeuse

Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

successif

Coming one after the other in a series.

successrice

Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

succinct

Concise and meaningful.

succint

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

succion

A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.

succomber

To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.

succube

(medieval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.

succulent

Of food: delectable, delicious.

succulente

(botany) Having fleshy leaves or other tissues that store water.

succursale

A location of an organization with several locations.

suce

(North America) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. [from 20th c.]

suce-fleur

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

sucement

An act of sucking.

sucer

(transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.

sucette

(figurative) A reward.

sucette glacée

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving.

suceur

A thing that works by sucking something.

suceur de sang

An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.

suceuse

A thing that works by sucking something.

suceuse de sang

An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.

suçon

(originally, US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. [from 1934]

sucré

Tasting of sugars.

sucre d'orge

(US, Canada) An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.

sucrer

(transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.

sucrerie

(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.

sucreries

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

sucrosité

The property of being sugary or sweet.

sud

To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

sud-est

The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°.

sud-oriental

Of or pertaining to the southeast.

sud-ouest

The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.

sudatoire

Likely to cause one to sweat.

sudiste

(US) A resident of the American South, often specifically a white resident of the American South.

sudoku

(games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

Suède

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.

suéder

To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.

Suédois

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

Suédoise

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

suer

(intransitive) To emit sweat.

sueur

Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.

suffire

(transitive, idiomatic) To constitute ample supply for one for.

suffisamment

Sufficiently.

suffisance

A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.

suffisant

(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.

suffixe

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

suffixer

(transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.

suffocation

(countable) A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.

suffoquer

(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.

suffrage

(US) The right of women to vote.

suffragette

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

suggérer

(intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

suggestible

Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.

suggestion

(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

suicidant

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

suicidante

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

suicidé

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

suicidée

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

suie

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

suif

The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.

suinter

(intransitive) To leak slowly.

suisse

Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.

Suissesse

(countable) A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.

suite

A dependent or follower of someone of rank.

suivant

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

suivi

(medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.

suivre

(intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)

sujet

(figurative) Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.

sulfate

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.

sulfite

(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.

sulfure

(American spelling, chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.

sulfurique

(American spelling, chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its higher oxidation state

sultan

A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

sultane

A wife or mistress of a sultan.

Sumatra

The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.

sumérien

Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.

Sumérienne

A person of Sumer.

summum

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. tiniest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).

sumo

(uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.

sumotori

(countable, colloquial) A rikishi (sumo wrestler).

Sund

The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.

sundae

(originally, US) A dessert consisting of ice cream with various toppings.

sunnite

A follower of Sunni Islam.

super

Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.

super-

(slang, augmentative) Super; really; mega-.

super-héros

Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.

super-utilisateur

(computing) A user with complete access to the operating system and its configuration.

super-vilain

A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.

superbe

First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.

superbement

In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully.

supercalculateur

(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.

supercherie

An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

superficie

(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

superficiel

Hasty or superficial.

superficiellement

In a superficial manner; shallowly.

superflu

Not needed; unnecessary.

superfluité

The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.

superglue

A very strong and instant glue, generally cyanoacrylate.

superhéros

Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.

supérieur

Superior in rank.

superintendant

(Commonwealth) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.

supériorité

The state of being superior.

superlatif

(figuratively) Exceptionally good; of the highest quality.

Superman

A fictional comic-book superhero with superhuman strength and speed, X-ray vision, and the ability to fly. [from 1933.]

supermarché

A chain of such stores.

supernova

(star) A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.

superordinateur

(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.

superposer

To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.

superpouvoir

(countable, originally, fiction) An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.

superpuissance

(countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.

supersonique

(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).

superstar

Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.

superstitieux

Susceptible to superstitions.

superstition

A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behavior in some magical or mystical way.

supertéléphone

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

supervisé

Done under supervision; watched.

superviser

(figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.

superviseur

(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.

supervision

(uncountable) The act or instance of supervising.

supin

(grammar, also, attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.

supinal

Lying on its back.

supplanter

(transitive) To take the place of.

suppléant

A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary). [from early 17th c.]

suppléante

A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

supplémentaire

(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

supplémenter

To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins. [from mid 20th c.]