French–English dictionary

dérapage

An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.

déraper

(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.

derechef

(literary, poetic, _, or, _, formal, especially) Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly.

dérèglement climatique

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

déréliction

The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.

dérision

Act of treating with disdain.

dérisoire

Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

dérivatif

A river that runs out of a lake.

dérivation

(medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

dérivé

Something derived.

dérivée

Something derived.

dériver

(intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

dermatite

(pathology) Inflammation of the skin.

dermatologue

A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.

dermite

(pathology) Inflammation of the skin.

dernier

Last; ultimate.

dernier cri

The latest sensation; the last word, the newest or ultimate expression or example (of something).

dernier en date

Most recent.

dernier-né

The youngest child of a family.

dernier-née

The youngest child of a family.

dernièrement

(referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present) in recent times.

dérober

(transitive) To conceal.

dérogation

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution

déroger

The act of opting out of something.

dérouler

(transitive) To undo a folding.

dérouleur

An object used to dispense other items.

déroutant

difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.

déroutante

Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.

dérouté

Thoroughly confused, puzzled

dérouter

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

derrière

(nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

derviche

A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.

des

(transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.

des clous

(euphemistic) Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.

des fois

On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]

dès lors

(formal) From there, from that place or from that time.

dès que

At the moment when; immediately (after); instantly; directly.

dès que possible

Initialism of as soon as possible.

dés-

(rare) intensifying a verb that already suggests opposition or removal

désabonner

(intransitive) To cancel a subscription, especially to an online service.

désabusé

Disappointed; experiencing disillusionment; having lost one's illusions.

désaccord

Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.

désacraliser

(transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.

désactiver

(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective

désaffecté

No longer in use.

désagréable

Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.

désagrément

Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

désaltérer

(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.

désambiguïser

To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.

désappointer

(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.

désapprobation

The act of disapproving; condemnation.

désapprouver

(transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.

désarmement

The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.

désarroi

A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.

désassemblage

The process of disassembling.

désassembler

To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.

désassembleur

(computing) A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.

désastre

An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.

désastreux

Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.

désavantage

The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette, viewed as a skill of the practised smoker.

désavantageux

Not advantageous.

désaveu

A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.

désavouer

(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.

désaxer

(transitive) To cause to be out of balance.

desceller

(transitive) To break the seal of (something) in order to open it.

descendance

The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.

descendant

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

descendante

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

descendez

(sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.

descendre

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

descends

(sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.

descente

(informal) A comedown from a drug.

description

A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

descriptivisme

(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.

désécrer

(transitive) To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.

désélectionner

(transitive) To not select; to rule out of selection.

désemparé

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

désenchanter

(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.

désendetter

(finance, transitive) To reduce debt by rapidly selling assets.

désenfler

(transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink

désengager

(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.

désensorceler

(transitive) To free from a curse or enchantment.

déséquilibre

The property of not being in balance.

déséquilibrer

(transitive) To cause to be out of balance.

désert

Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.

déserter

(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.

déserteur

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

déserteuse

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

désertion

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]

désespérance

A lack of hope; despair.

désespérant

Dire; distressing.

désespéré

Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.

désespérément

In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.

désespérer

(transitive) To cause to despair.

désespoir

(transitive) To cause to despair.

déshabillé

Having partially or completely removed one's clothes.

déshabituer

(transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.

désharmonie

The absence of harmony or concordance.

désherber

(transitive) To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).

déshériter

(transitive) To exclude from inheritance; to disown.

déshonneur

Shame or disgrace.

déshonorant

Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

déshonoré

Without honor, or causing dishonor.

déshonorer

To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.

déshydratation

(chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.

déshydrater

(transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.

déshypothéquer

(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.

design

The art of designing

désignation

(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.

désigner

(transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.

designeur

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

designeuse

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

désillusion

Suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs.

désillusionné

Disappointed; experiencing disillusionment; having lost one's illusions.

désillusionner

(transitive) To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

désincarné

Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.

désinence

(linguistics) A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.

désinfectant

A substance that kills germs or viruses.

désinfecter

To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.

désinformation

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

désinformer

(transitive) To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information to.

désinscrire

(intransitive) To cancel a subscription, especially to an online service.

désinsectiser

(US) To remove insects from (somewhere), especially lice.

désinstaller

(computing) To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.

désintégration

A process by which anything disintegrates.

désintégrer

(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.

désintéressé

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

désintox

A detoxification unit.

désintoxiquer

(transitive) To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.

désinvolte

Careless.

désir

(uncountable) One's preference.

désirabilité

The state of being desirable.

désirable

Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

désirant

Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.

désirer

(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

désireux

Earnestly desirous.

désobéir à

(transitive) To refuse to obey.

désobéissance

(chiefly, _, Christianity, _, and, _, law) Disobedience, resistance to authority.

désobéissant

Not obedient.

désolé

Indicates the speaker's apology.

désoler

To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

désorbitation

The act or process of leaving orbit.

désorbiter

(transitive) To cause to leave orbit.

désordonné

Chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.

désordonner

(transitive) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

désordre

A lack of clarity or order.

désorganisé

(of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

désorienté

(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand

désorienter

To cause to lose orientation or direction.

désormais

Starting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.