French–English dictionary

démocratiquement

In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.

démocratisation

The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.

démocratiser

(narrowly) To make democratic.

démocratisme

The principles or spirit of a democracy; the ideology of democracy.

démodé

Marked with a date.

démographique

Of or pertaining to demography.

demoiselle

(North America) An unmarried woman.

demoiselle d'honneur

A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.

démolir

(transitive, informal) To damage.

démolir verballement

(figurative, by extension) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.

démolition

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

démon

(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

démoniaque

Possessed or controlled by a demon.

démoniser

(transitive) To turn into a demon.

démonstratif

Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness. [from 17th c.]

démonstration

(informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.

démontage

The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.

démonter

(transitive) To discourage, intimidate.

démontrer

(transitive) To show how to use (something).

démoraliser

To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.

démotivant

That causes discouragement.

démotiver

(transitive) To decrease the motivation of a person or a group.

démuni

Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.

démystifier

(transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.

démythifier

(transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.

Denali

The highest mountain peak in North America (the third most prominent peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua), located in central Alaska.

dénatter

(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.

dénégation

(logic) The negation in logic.

déneigeuse

A motorized vehicle that picks up snow off the ground and blows it to one side in order to clear a path.

dengue

An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

déni

Refusal to believe that a problem exists.

dénialisme

The practice of rejecting propositions which are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence, and often of seeking to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.

dénicher

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To find or retrieve something buried.

denier

(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces. Roughly one day’s wage for a skilled worker.

dénigrer

(informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

denim

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

Denis

A en given name.

Denise

A en given name.

dénombrer

To determine the amount of.

dénominateur

(arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).

dénomination

(countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.

dénoncer

(transitive) To denounce as harmful.

dénonciateur

(slang) An informer, one who betrays their group.

dénoter

(transitive) To indicate; to mark.

dénouement

(chiefly, sport) The scoreline; the result.

dénouer

(also, reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.

dénoyauter

(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

denrées périssables

(in the plural) Food that does not keep for long.

dense

Having relatively high density.

dent

A tooth on a gear.

dent-de-lion

(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).

dentaire

(dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.

dental

(phonetics) Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.

dentelaire

(botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. [from 17th c.]

dentelé

Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.

dentelle

(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.

dentelure

(countable) A set of teeth or notches.

dentier

(dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.

dentifrice

Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.

dentiste

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

dentisterie

(uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.

dénuder

(transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.

dénué de fondement

Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.

dénué de sens

Lacking meaning.

dénué de talent

Having no talent or natural ability.

dénuement

The condition of lacking something.

déontologie

Synonym of ethics (“the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct”). [from c. 1826]

déontologisme

(specifically) The normative ethical theory that the morality of an action is based on whether the action follows certain obligations or rules, rather than on its inherent goodness, consequences, etc. [from 1930]

dépannage

The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.

dépanneur

A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

départ

The beginning of an activity.

départage

(sports, games) The arrangement of positions in a tournament.

départager

(sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.

département

An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).

départemental

Of or pertaining to a department.

départoir

A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.

départs volontaires

(human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through injury, incapacitation, retirement, resignation, or death.

dépassé

(idiomatic) Overcome; consumed by an emotion.

dépasser

(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.

dépasser doucement

(transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

dépassionné

Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice.

dépecer

(transitive) To remove the limbs of.

dépêche

A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.

dépêcher

(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

dépeigné

Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.

dépeindre

(transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).

dépénaliser

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

dépendance

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

dépendant

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

dépendante

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

dépendre

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

dépense

An expenditure of physical or mental effort.

dépenser

(transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource).

dépensier

Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.

déperdition

(archaic) Loss; destruction

dépérir

(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

dépeupler

(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.

dépiction

(countable) A drawing or painting.

dépistage

(medicine) Identifying cases of a disease in a population of asymptomatic persons.

dépit

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice

déplacé

Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.

déplacement

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

déplacer

(transitive) To transport away.

déplaire

(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

déplaisant

(figuratively) Unpleasant.

déplantoir

A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.

déplier

(transitive) To undo a folding.

déploiement

An implementation, or putting into use, of something.

déplorable

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.

déplorer

(transitive) To moan or complain about (something).

dépollution

The act or process of remedying a situation.

déponent

(grammar, of a verb) Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).

déportation

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

déporter

(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.

déposer

(transitive) To leave in safekeeping.

dépositaire

One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.

déposition

(legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.

déposséder

To deprive someone of possession in general.

dépôt

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

dépotoir

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

dépouillé

Subject to deprivation; poor.

dépouiller

(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.

dépourvu

Completely without; having none of.

dépourvu de sens

Lacking meaning.

dépoussiérage

The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore.

dépoussiérer

(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

dépravé

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

dépréciatif

Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.

déprécier

(informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

dépréfixation

A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.

dépressif

Suffering from clinical depression.

dépression

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

dépressuriser

(transitive) To reduce the air pressure within a chamber.

déprimant

Causing depression or sadness.

déprimé

(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.

déprimer

To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]

dépuceler

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

depuis

Over (a period of time).

depuis que

Continuously since a specified time or event.

député

(Ireland, often, capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.

députée

(Ireland, often, capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.

déracinement

The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

déraciner

(transitive) To pull up by the roots.

déraison

(uncountable) The state of being foolish.

déraisonnable

(archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.

déraisonnablement

In an unconscionable manner.

dérangé

(slang) Crazy.

dérangeant

Causing disruption or unrest.

dérangement

Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

déranger

(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.