French–English dictionary

décompte

The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

décompter

To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.

déconcertant

Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.

déconcerté

Thoroughly confused, puzzled

déconcerter

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]

déconfire

(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

décongeler

(transitive) To remove frost from.

déconnage

A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.

déconnecté

That is no longer connected.

déconnecter

(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.

déconner

(intransitive, idiomatic) To misbehave; to cause trouble.

déconnexion

(computing) The act or process of logging out.

déconseillé

unrecommended; unprescribed.

déconseiller

(transitive) To denounce.

décontamination

The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.

décontenancé

Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

décontenancer

(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

décontracté

(of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.

décoquiller

To take off the shell or coat of.

décor

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

décorateur

Someone who decorates.

décoratif

That serves to decorate

décoratrice

Someone who decorates.

décorer

(ambitransitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

décortiqué

Having had the shell removed.

décortiquer

(transitive, ergative) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.

décorum

(uncountable) Appropriate social behavior.

découler

(intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

découpage

The act or craft of producing a carved object.

découper

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

découpler

(ambitransitive) To unlink; to take apart or come apart.

découpure

(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.

découragé

Sad and dispirited.

décourageant

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

décourager

(transitive) To discourage, intimidate.

décourtoisie

An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.

décousu

(figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous.

découvert

Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.]

découverte

A result of research or an investigation.

découvreur

One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.

découvrir

(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.

décrépit

Weakened or worn out from age or wear.

décrépitude

(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.

décret

An edict or law.

décréter

To command by a decree.

décrier

(transitive) To denounce as harmful.

décriminaliser

(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.

décrire

To describe or depict with words or gestures.

décrochage

(aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.

décrocher

(transitive) To achieve something.

décroissance

A negative growth (i.e. a reduction) of an economy or a population.

décroissant

On the decrease.

décroître

(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

décryptage

The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

déçu

Sad because of a disappointment.

déculotter

To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.

décuple

Ten times as much or as many.

décupler

By ten times as much.

dédaigner

To regard with contempt or scorn.

dédaigneusement

Without sympathy; unfavorably.

dédaigneux

Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

dédain

(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.

Dédale

(Greek mythology) Greek mythological figure who crafted the waxen wings of Icarus.

dedans

Inside, into, or within a building.

dédicace

(countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.

dédicacer

(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book, etc.

dédié

Devoted; loyal; conscientious.

dédier

(transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.

dédire

(transitive) To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.

dédommagement

A recompense or reward for service.

déductible

Eligible to be deducted.

déductif

Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).

déduction

An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax. [Late 15th century.]

déduire

Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]

dédupliquer

(transitive, computing) To eliminate redundant duplicate data from.

défaillance

State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.

défaire

(transitive) To beat in a contest.

défaite

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

défaitisme

Acceptance of defeat without struggle.

défaitiste

Of or relating to defeatism.

défalcation

(accounting) The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.

défausser

(intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.

défaut

A moral defect; a character flaw.

défaut de paiement

An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.

défaveur

A state of being out of favour.

défavorable

Of wind or weather: causing delay or obstacles; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.

défavorisé

Not represented; especially, not having the right to vote.

défectif

(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.

défection

An act or incidence of defecting.

défectueux

Bold, daring, and tough.

défendable

That can be argued; that can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.

defendant

Intended for defence; protective.

défenderesse

(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

défendeur

(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

défendre

(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.

défense

Wise use of natural resources.

défense anti-aérienne

(military, weaponry) The use of systems, equipment, and personnel to prevent or reduce the impact of an attack by enemy aircraft or missiles.

défense de

Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

défense musculaire

(medicine) Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs.

défensif

Intended for defence; protective.

déféquer

(rare) To discharge feces from the digestive tract.

déférence

Great respect.

déférent

Respectful and considerate; showing deference.

déferler

(intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

défi

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

défiance

Lack of trust or confidence.

défibrillateur

(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.

déficience

(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.

déficient

Having a flaw or imperfection.

déficit

A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.

déficit budgétaire

A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.

défier

(transitive) To insult intentionally, especially openly.

défigurer

to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.

défilé

A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.

défilement

Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement. [from 15th c.]

défiler

(intransitive, archaic) To march in a single file or line; to file.

défini

Having a definition or value.

définir

(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

définitif

determining finally, conclusive, decisive

définitive

determining finally, conclusive, decisive

définitivement

In a way that is not only decisive, but also conclusive and final.

déflation

(economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.

déflexion

The act of deflecting or something deflected.

déflorer

(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

défoncé

(informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

défoncer

(informal, vulgar, ambitransitive) To beat to a pulp; beat up

défonceuse

A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.

déformation

The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.

déforme

(bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (120 kg).

déformer

To cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted.

défoulement

(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).

défragmenter

(computing) To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.

défraîchi

That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

défrayer

To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).

défunt

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

défunts

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

dégagé

Without clouds.

dégagement

(soccer) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.

dégager

(idiomatic, chiefly, as imperative, pejorative, colloquial, dismissal) To leave; to go away.

dégagez le passage

(to a crowd) Make way! Clear a path!

dégainer

(transitive) To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove.

dégâts

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

dégel

(Alaska and northern Canada, seasons, time) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.

dégeler

(intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen.

dégénératif

Characterized by or causing degeneration.

dégénération

(uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.

dégénéré

One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.

dégénérer

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

dégénérescence

(uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.

dégingandé

Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.