French–English dictionary

effrayer

(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]

effriter

(transitive) To break into crumbs.

effroi

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

effronté

(figurative) Shameless and undisguised.

effrontément

In a brazen (shamelessly shocking and offensive) manner.

effronterie

(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.

effroyable

frightening, especially in appearance.

effusion de sang

A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.

égagropile

A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.

égal

A person or thing of equal status to others.

égale

A person or thing of equal status to others.

également

(conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]

égaler à

(mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.

égaliser

(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]

égalitaire

Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.

égalité

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

égaré

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

égarer

(intransitive) To lose one's way.

égayé

(informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.

égéen

Of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it.

égérie

Of a person: a source of inspiration.

egg

(transgender slang) A person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, who has not yet come out as transgender, or who is in the early stages of transitioning.

Égide

A en given name.

églantier

A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips.

églantine

A Rosa canina flower.

églefin

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

église

(uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service. [from 10th c.]

égo

The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.

égocentrique

Egotistical.

égocentrisme

preoccupation with self; egocentrism; selfishness

égoïsme

The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.

égoïste

(idiomatic) Egotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.

égoportrait

(informal, mobile phones) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.

Egor

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Егор (Jegor).

égorgement

An instance of a person being beheaded.

égout

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

égouttoir

A frame or rack for allowing washed crockery etc to dry naturally.

égrappage

The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking.

égratigner

(transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.

égratignure

A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.

Égypte

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

égyptien

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

égyptienne

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

eh bien

Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.

eh oh

A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.

éhonté

Shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious; brash. [from 1570s]

EI

Initialism of Islamic State.

Eiffel

A surname from French.

EIIL

A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013]

Einstein

Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.

einsteinium

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal.

éjaculat

Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.

éjaculation

(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.

éjecter

(transitive) To eject.

éjection

The act or result of egesting

élaborer

(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).

élaguer

(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

Élaine

A en given name.

Élam

(historical) An ancient civilization and empire in modern southwestern Iran, existing between c. 3200 BCE and 539 BCE. Capital: Susa.

élan

A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

élan [[d']]Amérique

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

élancé

Slim but not skinny.

élancement

The ratio of length to width of a ship, aircraft or rocket

élancer

To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.

éland

A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. [from late 18th c.]

élargir

(transitive) To make (something) larger.

élargir le mouvement

(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.

élargissement

An act or instance of making something larger.

élastique

A long elastic cord tied around the ankles of the jumper in bungee jumping.

élastique à cheveux

(British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie

élation

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.

Elbe

An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica.

elbot

A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

électeur

A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.

électoral

Of, or relating to elections.

électricien

A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.

électricienne

A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.

électricité

(specifically) Electricity or a supply of electricity.

électrifier

(transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.

électriquement

By means of electricity.

électriser

(transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.

electro

(uncountable, music genre) An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk.

électro-

and electrical.

électrocuter

(transitive) To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair.

électrode

The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.

électromagnétique

Relating to electromagnetism.

électromagnétisme

A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. (technically it can be unified with weak nuclear to form electroweak) Its gauge boson is the photon.

électron

(particle) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.

électronica

(music genre) Any of a wide range of electronic music genres.

élégamment

In a neat manner.

élégance

Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.

élégant

Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.

élégiaque

Of or relating to an elegy.

élégie

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. [from early 16th c.]

élément

(set theory) One of the objects in a set.

élément moteur

(figuratively) That which is required for continued existence or function.

élément vital

(figuratively) That which is required for continued existence or function.

élémentaire

(Canada, US, alone, or, postpositive, chiefly, humorous) Of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary.

élémental

(mysticism, fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.

Éléonore

A en given name.

éléphant

A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.

éléphante

A female elephant.

éléphanteau

The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).

éléphantelle

A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.

éléphantesque

(figurative) Anything huge and ponderous.

éléphantin

Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of elephants.

élevage

The management and care of farm animals by humans for profit, in which genetic qualities and behaviour, considered to be advantageous to humans, are further developed.

élévateur

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

élève

A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).

élever

To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]

élever à la troisième puissance

(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

élever au carré

(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

éleveur

A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).

éleveur de bétail

A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.

éleveuse

A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).

elfe

(Germanic mythology) A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves.

Éli

A en given name of Biblical origin.

éligibilité

The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.

élimé

Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.

élimination

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

éliminer

(transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.

élingue

A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.

élire

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

Élisa

A en given name, popular since the 16th century.

Élisabeth

The mother of John the Baptist according to the Christian and Islamic scriptures

élisabéthain

Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.

Élise

A en given name, popular since the 16th century.

Élisée

(biblical character) A prophet, a disciple and successor of Elijah.

élision

(linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.

élitaire

Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

élite

(countable) The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.

élitisme

The belief that a society or system should be run by an elite.

élitiste

Of or relating to elitism.

elle

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

elles

(the third-person plural nominative) A group of entities previously mentioned. [since 13th c.]

elles-mêmes

(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

ellipse

(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.

elliptique

(mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.

élocution

The manner of speaking or singing.

éloge

An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.

élogieux

Conveying praise or admiration, as in a eulogy.

Elohim

(Judaism) God; the name used for God in Hebrew scriptures, and used for the Father by Latter-day Saints.

éloigné

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

éloignement

The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.

éloigner

To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.

éloise

A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.

élongation

An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

élongé

extensive in length (physical distance, or time)

éloquence

The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

éloquent

Speaking in a clear and effective manner; having both good articulation and good elocution.