French–English dictionary

tsunami

(proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)

TSVP

Initialism of please turn over (written at the end of the text on a page to say that it continues overleaf).

tu

(archaic, dialectal, literary, religion) . [chiefly up to early 17th c.]

tuba

(underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.

tubage

(medicine) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.

tube

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

tubercule

A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.

tuberculose

(pathology) The most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs, generally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

tucker

(LGBTQ, of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.

Tucson

A city, the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States.

tué dans l'œuf

Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

tuer

(transitive, colloquial) To kill or end; to defeat.

tuerie

A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.

tueur à gages

A male professional killer or gunman.

tuf

(rock) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.

tuf volcanique

(rock) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.

tuffeau

Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring.

tug

A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.

tui cravate-frisée

A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand. [from early 19th c.]

tuile

(obsolete) A ridge tile, A tile for the ridge of a roof.

tuiler

(transitive) To cover with tiles.

Tulle

A town, the capital of Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

tumbler

A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.

tumeur

(medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.

tumulte

A sudden burst of noise and disorder

tumultuaire

Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent. [from mid 16th c.]

tumultueux

Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.

tumulus

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

tune

(uncountable, slang) Money.

tuner

(informal, transitive) To decorate or prettify in a showy manner.

tungstène

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.

tunique

A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

Tunis

Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.

Tunisie

The Republic of Tunisia, since 1956.

tunisien

Of, from, or pertaining to Tunisia, the Tunisian people or the Tunisian language.

Tunisienne

A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.

tunnel

An underground or underwater passage.

tuque

(headwear) A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.

turbide

Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)

turbine

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

turbulence

(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.

turbulent

Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.

Turc

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

turgide

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

Turque

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Turquie

A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.

turquois

Of the colour cyan.

turquoise

Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

turricule

The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.

tussack

A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.

tutélaire

Relating to guardianship or protection.

tutelle

The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.

tuteur

(legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).

tutoriel

(education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.

tutrice

(legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).

tutu

A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

tuyau

A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another

tuyauterie

The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.

tuyauteur

An industrial tradesman who installs and maintains piping systems.

tuyère

A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.

TVA

(taxation) Initialism of value added tax.

tweed

A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.

tweeter

(ambitransitive, social media) To post an entry to Twitter. [since 2007]

twin

A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.

Twitter

(trademark) An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.

twitterer

(ambitransitive, social media) To post an entry to Twitter. [since 2007]

tycoon

A wealthy and powerful business person.

Tylenol

(North America, pharmaceutical drug) A brand of acetaminophen.

tympan

(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.

tympanisme

(veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.

Tyne

A river in East Lothian council area, in southern Scotland.

typage

Assigning or classification by type.

type

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]

typhon

(in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.

typhus

(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

typique

Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.

typiquement

In a usual or expected way; in characteristic manner.

typo

(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.

typographe

(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.

typographie

An institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.

typote

(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.

Tyr

A city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.

tyran

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

tyran à queue rousse

The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus), a bird endemic to Jamaica.

tyrannique

(not comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.

tyranniser

(transitive) To act aggressively towards.

tyrannosaure

A giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period.

Tyrol

A geographic region in Central Europe including the state of Tyrol in Austria and the regions of South Tyrol and Trentino in Italy.

tzar

(historical) An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.

tzarine

(historical) An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.

U.E.R.

A division of a university.

U.F.R.

A division of a university.

ubiquiste

Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.

ubiquitaire

Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.

ubiquité

The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God).

UC

(computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit.

UCT

(computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit.

udon

A Japanese wheat noodle.

UEM

(economics) Initialism of w:economic and monetary union.

UES

(law enforcement, Canada) Initialism of special investigation(s)/investigating unit.

uhlan

(historical) A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.

Ukraine

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.

ukrainien

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.

ukrainienne

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.

ukulélé

A small four-stringed guitar.

ul

(the third-person singular nominative, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary. [since 14th c.]

ulcération

The development of an ulcer.

ulcère

(medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.

ulna

(anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

ultérieur

More, additional.

ultérieurement

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

ultimatum

(diplomacy) A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war if the terms are not met before some specified date and time.

ultime

Last; ultimate.

ultimo

Indicating the last item.

ultra-

Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic.

ultra-son

(physics) Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.

ultra-sonore

(acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.

ultramarin

(archaic) Beyond the sea.

ultrason

(physics) Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.

ultrasonique

(acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.

ultrasonore

(acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.

ultraviolet

Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres.

ululement

The cry of an owl.

ululer

To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.

Ulysse

(Greek mythology) The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey.

um

Denotes singular grammatical number.

umami

One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.

un

An unspecified example of (something); the indefinite article. [from before 1150]

un autre

Not the same; different.

un certain

Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".

un de plus

One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

un gnon

A heavy blow, punch.

un grand coup

A heavy blow, punch.

un grand nombre

A large, indefinite number of people or things.

un instant

For some time; for a short time.

un jour

Sometime; at an indefinite time.

un jour ou l’autre

At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.

un moment

For some time; for a short time.

un nombre infini de

(with plural noun) Infinitely many. [from 15th c.]

un peu

To a small extent or degree.

un point c'est tout

(idiomatic) The previous encapsulates my view.

un rouleau de billets de banque

A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet.

un tas (de)

(originally, US, informal, chiefly with "of") unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons.

un temps

(temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.

un, deux, trois, soleil

A children's game in which the players have to stand still without moving while being looked at.

unanimement

In a unanimous manner; without objection.

unanimité

The condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.

unboxing

(OOP) Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.

underground

(not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.

une

An unspecified example of (something); the indefinite article. [from before 1150]