French–English dictionary

transporteur

A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.

transporteuse

One who, or that which transports.

transposée

(linear algebra) The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.

transposition

A conversion or transition from one thing to another.

transposition en droit interne

(European Union) An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.

transposition en droit national

(European Union) An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.

transsexuel

(dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).

transsexuelle

(dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).

transtyper

(nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18th c.]

transvaser

(transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.

transversal

Transverse; lying across the main direction.

transversale

Transverse; lying across the main direction.

Transylvanie

A historical region in western Romania.

trap

(slang, informal, usually, _ , offensive, usually, _ ) Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.

trapèze

A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists.

trappe

(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.

trappeur

One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.

trapu

Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.

traquenard

A playful trick done for amusement to the detriment of someone else.

traquer

(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

traqueur

One who drives something.

traqueuse

One who drives something.

trauma

Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

traumatique

Of, caused by, or causing trauma.

traumatisme

Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

traumatisme cervical

(countable) The lash of a whip.

travail

(engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.

travail acharné

Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)

travail au noir

The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night, either openly or secretly.

travail d'équipe

The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.

travail dissimulé

The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night, either openly or secretly.

travail en équipe

The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.

travail par équipes

A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation; usually, with a system of three 8-hour shifts (24 ÷ 3 = 8): first shift, second shift, and third shift.

travail par quarts

A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation; usually, with a system of three 8-hour shifts (24 ÷ 3 = 8): first shift, second shift, and third shift.

travail posté

A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation; usually, with a system of three 8-hour shifts (24 ÷ 3 = 8): first shift, second shift, and third shift.

travail scolaire

Work done for school, including both in class and as homework.

travail sur le terrain

Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.

travaillé

Having been worked or prepared somehow.

travailler

(intransitive) To toil, to work.

travailler au noir

To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.

travailleur

Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

travailleur au noir

A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

travailleur indépendant

Someone who freelances.

travailleurs

(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

travailleuse

One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.

travailleuse au noir

A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

travaillistes

(uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.

travaux d'aiguille

The art or process of working with a needle especially in embroidery or needlepoint.

travée

The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.

travelling

The act of one who travels; a journey.

travers

(mostly, in plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.

traverse

(rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.

traversée

A voyage across a body of water.

traverser

(intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.

traversin

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

trax

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Ellipsis of backhoe loader: A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader (component) and an excavator/digger (component).

trayon

(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.

trébucher

(intransitive) To step badly or incorrectly.

trébuchet

A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

trèfle

A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

tréfonds

the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part.

treillage

An outdoor garden frame that can be used for partitioning a common area.

treille

An outdoor garden frame that can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants.

treillis

(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.

treize

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

treizième

The ordinal form of the number thirteen.

trekking

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking.

tremblant

Trembling, quivering, or shaking.

tremblé

In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.

tremblement

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

trembler

(intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

trempé

(literally) Thoroughly soaked; drenched.

tremper

(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

tremplin

(figuratively) A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.

trémulation

(medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.

trentaine

The decade of one's life from age 30 through age 39.

trente

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

trente-six

The cardinal number immediately following thirty-five and preceding thirty-seven.

trente-six mille

(informal, often, _, slightly, _, derogatory) Relatively large but unspecified in number. [1907]

trente-six-mille

(informal, often, _, slightly, _, derogatory) Relatively large but unspecified in number. [1907]

trépasser

(formal, transitive) To cause to die.

trépidant

Busy; full of energy and noisy activity.

trépidation

(medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.

trépied

A three-legged stand or mount.

très

To a great extent or degree; highly; very.

très bien

Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

très chaud

(of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.

très réaliste

Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation

très ressemblant

Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation

trésor

(archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

trésorier

The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

trésorière

The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

tressauter

(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

tresse

A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]

tresse africaine

(chiefly, in plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.

treuil

A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

treuiller

To use a winch

trêve

(countable, military) A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.

Trèves

A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.

tri

An act of sorting.

tri-

Three.

triade

A grouping of three.

triage

An act of sorting.

triage médical

(medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).

triangulaire

Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.

triangulation

(uncountable, surveying) A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.

trianguler

To locate by means of triangulation.

triathlon

An athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running in turn.

tribal

Of or relating to tribes.

Tribeca

A region of lower-west Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States; the Triangle Below Canal Street.

tribord

The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.

tribu

(often, plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.

tribulation

Any adversity; a trying period or event.

tribule terrestre

Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.

tribunal

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.

tribune

(figuratively, often pejorative) A platform or outlet, such as a media platform, that a person uses to express his or her opinions.

tribune libre

A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.

tribut

An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.

triceps

(anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.

tricératops

Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.

tricher

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

tricherie

(countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.

tricheur

(card games) A professional cheater at card games.

tricheuse

Someone who cheats.

tricolore

(countable) Ellipsis of calico cat.

tricot

(countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.

tricotage

The action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material.

tricoté

Made by knitting.

tricoter

(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.

tricycle

A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.

triel

(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)

trier

(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.

trier sur le volet

(idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.

trigo

(surveying, countable, informal) A trig point.

trigonométrie

(geometry, analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.

trilby

narrow-brimmed type of felt hat, described as having a "shorter brim which is angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back" in comparison to the fedora

trille

(music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

triller

(intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

trilliard

(US, British, Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021.

trillion

(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.

trilogie

A set of three connected works, usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions, all related by theme, characters, or setting.

trimbaler

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.

trimballer

(transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.

trimégiste

(US, printing, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.

trimestre

(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.]

trimestriel

Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.

trimestriellement

Once every quarter year (three months).

trin

(chiefly, religion, Christianity) Both trine and one at the same time.

tringle

A rod used to hang a curtain, typically by using curtain rings.

Trinité

An island in the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago.