French–English dictionary

une fois

(frequency) One and only one time.

une fois encore

(idiomatic) Again, once more, one more time.

une fois par semaine

Once every week.

une fois que

As soon as; when; after.

uni

Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.

uni-

one, single, only

unicité

The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.

unification

The act of unifying.

unifié

Joined into a single entity.

unifier

(transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.

uniforme

Without great variation.

uniformément

So as to form a flat surface.

uniformité

(uncountable) The quality or state of having the same characteristics or form as other things, and lacking variety; (countable) an instance of this.

unigenre

Not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender.

unilatéral

Done by one side only.

unilingue

Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language.

union

(uncountable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.

unique

Sole; being the only one of a type.

uniquement

(focus) to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely

unir

(of a whole or a unit) To form from different pieces or elements.

unisexe

Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender. [from 1960s]

unisson

(music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). [from 15th c.]

unitaire

A monic polynomial.

unité

(uncountable) The state of being one or undivided; unity.

univ

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

univers

(probability theory) The set of all possible outcomes of a game, experiment or other situation.

universal

Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual. [from 14th c.]

universalité

the property of being universal, common to all members of a class

universellement

In a universal manner.

universitaire

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century]

université

An educational institution, dedicated to higher education and research, that grants academic degrees.

univoque

Having only one possible meaning.

Uno

A card game similar to crazy eights, played with specially printed cards that have colours instead of suits.

updater

(transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

upgrade

An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.

uppercut

(boxing) A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin.

Uppsala

A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.

uranium

The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.

Uranus

(Roman god) The personification of the sky and heavens. Either the brother-husband or son-and-husband of Terra, with whom he fathered the Titans and the Cyclops. He is the Roman counterpart of Uranus.

Urbain

(uncommon) A en given name.

ure

Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.

urèthre

(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.

urètre

(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.

urgemment

With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.

urgence

(sometimes, attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

urgent

(US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.

Uri

A canton of Switzerland.

Urie

(biblical character) The husband of Bathsheba whom David sent to death.

urinaire

(urology) Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting urine, its production, function, or excretion.

urinal

(obsolete) A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

urinateur

(obsolete) A diver, especially someone who searches for things underwater.

urinoir

A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.

URL

Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.

urne

A sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.

urne funéraire

A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.

urodèle

(zoology) Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians.

urologue

(medicine) A doctor of urology.

ursidé

(zoology) Any species of the family Ursidae; a bear, a giant panda, or any of certain extinct relatives.

Ursule

A en given name.

Uruguay

A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.

us

(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.

usage

The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. [from 14th c.]

usant

Very tiring.

usé

Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.

user

(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.

user de représailles

(intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.

usine

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]

usiner

To make by machinery.

ustensile

An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.

usuel

Commonplace, ordinary.

usuellement

Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.

usure

Grinding down or wearing away by friction.

usurier

Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]

usurière

Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]

usurpateur

(informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.

usurpation

The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.

usurpatrice

(informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.

usurper

To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

ut

(music, dated) Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.

Utah

A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Salt Lake City.

utérin

Of or pertaining to the uterus.

utérus

(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. [from 8th c.]

utile

Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

utilement

In a useful manner; in a way that achieves something

utilisable

In condition for use.

utilisateur

(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.

utilisation

The act of using something.

utilisation d'un ordinateur

The use of a computer or computers.

utilisatrice

(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.

utiliser

To make busy; to preoccupy.

utiliser un entonnoir

(intransitive) To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.

utilitaire

Practical and functional, present for use, not just for show.

utilitarisme

(philosophy) The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories.

utilitariste

(ethics) Pertaining to utilitarianism.

utilité

(theater, film) An actor who has a minor role in a production.

utopie

A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.

utopique

(idiomatic) Of a dream unlikely to ever come true; impractical, unrealizable.

utopiste

An impractical dreamer.

uzi

A type of compact submachine gun, having a caliber of 9 millimeters with ammunition housed in the grip of the weapon.

va chier

(idiomatic, slang, offensive) An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.

va te faire enculer

(idiomatic, slang, offensive) An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.

va te faire foutre

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of go fuck yourself.

va-nu-pieds

(sometimes, pejorative) A homeless person; a vagabond. [from 1664]

va-t-en-guerre

Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

vacance

(legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]

vacances

(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

vacant

(legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]

vacarme

A loud sound.

vaccin

A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.

vaccination

Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.

vacciné

Inoculated with a vaccine.

vacciner

(transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.

vache

(US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.

vachement

To a significant degree.

vacher

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

vachère

A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

vaches

(slang, with the) The police, considered as a group entity.

vacillant

Unsteady and tending to wobble.

vacillement

Indecision in speech or action.

vaciller

(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.

vacuité

(philosophy) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to nausea in existentialist philosophy.

VàD

(uncountable) Abbreviation of video on demand.

vadrouille

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

vagabond

(colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.

vagabondage

(obsolete, rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.

vagabonde

A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.

vagant

One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.

vaginal

(relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.

vagir

(transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.

vague

Not clear or transparent.

vaguelette

A small wave; a ripple.

vaguement

In a dim manner; not clearly.

vaillamment

In a valiant manner; showing bravery.

vaillance

The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.

vaillant

Courageous.

vain

Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.

vaincre

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

vaincu

Subjugated, beaten, overcome.

vainqueur

Being the winner in a contest, struggle, war, etc.

vainqueuse

One who has won or often wins.

vairon

A species of minnow widespread in the fresh waters of northern Eurasia, Phoxinus phoxinus.

vaironner

To fish, especially for trout, using minnows as bait.

vaisseau

(anatomy) A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.

vaisseau amiral

(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.

vaisseau interstellaire

A type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.

vaisseau spatial

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

vaisselle

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

val

(geography) A small valley between mountains.

valable

Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

Valence

A city and commune, the capital of the department of Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France.