French–English dictionary

en plus de ça

Also, additionally, moreover.

en premier lieu

Before anything else; firstly.

en prime

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Also; as well; besides.

en profondeur

Thorough; comprehensive.

en proportion

(of an allocation) In proportion to some factor that can be exactly calculated.

en raison de

On account of; due to, for the purpose of.

en rang d'oignons

(engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; straight.

en règle

(idiomatic) Suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules.

en résumé

(idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

en retard

(idiomatic) Late, arriving late.

en rien

To no extent, in no way. [from 11th c.]

en rogne

(idiomatic) Very angry or upset and eager for confrontation.

en route

On the way.

en ruines

Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.

en sécurité

Properly secured.

en soi

(philosophy) As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.

en sueur

Covered in sweat.

en surnombre

Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.

en suspens

Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]

en tant que

Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).

en tant que tel

(philosophy) As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.

en tête

(transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.

en théorie

in theory though not necessarily in reality.

en tout cas

(chiefly, US, informal) From any perspective; in every case.

en toute sécurité

In a secure manner; without the possibility of injury or harm resulting.

en trop

More than is normal, necessary or specified.

en un mot

(idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

en un seul mot

(typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.

en vente libre

(pharmacology, of medicine and other treatments) Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.

en vérité

(adverbial) Actually, in fact.

en vie

Having life; living; not dead.

en vigueur

Actually in effect.

en vogue

(British, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.

en vol

In flight.

en vrac

In a random manner.

en-

in, into, towards, within.

en-tête

The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

enamouré

In love, amorous.

enby

(neologism, informal) Pronunciation spelling of NB (“non-binary; having or pertaining to a gender identity that is not strictly female or male, that is, outside of the gender binary”).

enbyphobie

(neologism) Fear, dislike, or hatred of non-binary people and/or of non-binariness.

encadré

A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.

encadrer

(transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.

encager

(transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

encaisser

(idiomatic) To accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.

encaisseur

A person who is employed to collect payments.

encapaciter

(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.

encapé

Wearing a cape or capes.

encapuchonné

Wearing a cowl; hooded.

encapuchonner

(transitive) To cover (something) with a hood.

encart

A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.

encas

A light meal.

encastrer

(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

enceindre

(transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.

enceinte

That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.

enceinte acoustique

An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.

enceinter

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

encens

A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.

encenser

To perfume with incense.

encéphale

(informal) An intelligent person.

encéphalite

(pathology) Inflammation of the brain.

encercler

(transitive) To surround.

enchaînement

(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

enchanté

Under the influence of enchantment.

enchantement

The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.

enchanter

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

enchanteresse

Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.

enchanteur

A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments.

enchanteuse

A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments.

enchâsser

(transitive) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.

enchère

A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

enchères

A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

enchérir

(transitive) To sell at an auction; to auction.

enchevêtrer

To twine (things) together.

enclave

A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.

enclavée

(dentistry) Of a tooth, subject to dental impaction.

enclin

Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.

encloitrer

(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.

enclos

Surrounded by a wall, fence or similar barrier.

enclume

A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.

encoche

(archery) The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.

encoder

(transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.

encolérer

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

encombrant

Unwieldy.

encombré

Scattered with a disorderly mixture of objects that occupies space; littered.

encombrement

(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.

encombrer

(transitive, dated) To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.

encore

Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.

encore agir

(transitive, now, rare) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. [from 17th c.]

encore que

Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.

encore une fois

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

encorner

(transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk.

encourager

(transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]

encourager quelqu'un

encouragement; aiding the development of something

encourir

(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

enculé

(countable, broadly, by extension) A submissive partner in a sexual relationship.

enculeur

(LGBT slang) A person who penetrates or has a preference for penetrating during intercourse.

encyclopédie

A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

endémie

A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

endémique

(especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.

endetté

Obligated, especially financially.

endive

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

endocarde

(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.

endoctrinement

The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.

endoctriner

To teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.

endommager

(transitive, informal) To damage.

endormi

In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.

endormie

(informal) A sleepy person.

endormir

(transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

endorsement

Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.

endosquelette

(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.

endosser

(transitive) To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.

endoveineux

Inside the veins.

endroit

The place where something happens.

enduire

(transitive) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.

enduit

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.

enduit étanche

Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.

endurable

Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable.

endurance

The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

endurci

(figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

endurcir

(transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.

endurer

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

endurer patiemment

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

énergétique

(science) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]

énergie

The capacity to do work.

énergie cinétique

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

énergie potentielle

The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).

énérgie thermique

(engineering) A form of energy; sensible energy; heat

énergique

Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.

énergiquement

In an energetic manner; with great energy.

énergiser

(informal, transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.

énergumène

A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.

énervant

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

énervé

Displaying or feeling anger.

énervement

(archaic, countable, uncountable) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

énerver

(colloquial) To annoy; vex.

enfance

The state or period of infancy.

enfant

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

enfant d'Israël

A member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and a descendant of Jacob.

enfant de chœur

(figurative) A piously innocent person.

enfant en bas âge

A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.

enfant prodige

(This entry is a translation hub.)

enfant trouvé

An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.

enfantillage

(countable) Childish behaviour.

enfantin

Suitable for or expected of a child.

enfants

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

enfarger

(intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot

enfariner

(transitive) To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.

enfer

(countable, hyperbole, figuratively) A place or situation of great suffering in life.

enfermé

Not free to move.

enfermement

The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.