French–English dictionary

enfers

The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.

enfilade

(chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece.

enfiler

(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.

enfin

Close to the right time.

enflammable

Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.

enflammé

Heated; impassioned; enthusiastic to the point of distraction.

enflammée

(archaic) Ardent, zealous.

enflé

(of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

enfler

(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

enflure

(figuratively, originally, US, colloquial, derogatory) A person who is slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.

enfoiré

(figuratively, US, _, slang, vulgar)

enfoncer

(transitive) To beat in a contest.

enfoui

Concealed, hidden.

enfourcher

(intransitive) To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to perform or make progress.

enfreindre

(transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.

enfuir

(intransitive, of a married or engaged person) To run away from home with a paramour.

enfumé

Filled with smoke.

enfumer

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

engagé

(British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.

engagement responsable

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

engager

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

engainer

(transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.

engendrer

To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

engin

A machine that is complicated and precarious.

englober

(transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.

engloutir

(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.

engouement

A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.

engouffrer

(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.

engoulevent

(UK, regional) A nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus (Eurasian nightjar). [from 17th c.]

engourdi

(figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.

engourdir

(transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.

engourdissement

Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.

engrais

A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.

engraisser

(transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

engranger

(transitive) To achieve something.

engrenage

(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.

engrosser

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

enguenillé

Wearing tattered clothes.

Enguerrand

A en given name, in modern use transferred back from the surname.

engueuler

(US, slang) To lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.

enhaché

Finely chopped.

enhardir

To render (someone) bolder or more courageous; to encourage, to hearten.

enherber

(transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.

enhucher

(intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

énigmatique

Mystified or of an obscure nature; not easy to perceive.

énigme

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

enivrer

(transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.

enjambée

The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.

enjamber

(intransitive) To walk with long steps.

enjeu

A price or cost, as in up the ante.

enjoindre

(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

enjolivement

(figurative) The elaboration of an account, etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

enjoliver

To make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way. [from 17th c.]

enjoué

Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.

enlacer

To twist or twine around something (or one another).

enlèvement

(Christianity) In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ.

enlever

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

enliasser

(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.

enliser

(intransitive) To sink into mud.

enluminer

(transitive, obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.

enluminure

Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).

enmîmé

(nonce) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky

Enna

A city and comune, the capital of the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy.

enne

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

ennemi

An opponent or rival.

ennemi juré

A principal enemy.

ennemie

An opponent or rival.

ennui

(literary, archaic) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.

ennuyant

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

ennuyé

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

ennuyer

(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

ennuyeuse

Tedious; repetitive and boring.

ennuyeux

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

énoncé

A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

énoncer

(transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

énonciation

The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.

énorme

(idiomatic, colloquial) Huge, colossal.

énormément

Extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree.

énormité

(informal) An outrageous or blatant lie.

enquête

The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

enquêter

(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).

enquêteur

A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

enquêteuse

A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

enquêtrice

One who investigates.

enquiquiner

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

enracinement

The process of forming roots or taking roots.

enrager

(transitive) To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.

enrayer

To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".

enregistré

Having had one's name added to an official list or entered into a register

enregistrement

The act of contacting another person in order to keep them informed of one's situation.

enregistrer

(transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.

enregistreur

An apparatus for recording; a device which records.

enrichir

(transitive, followed by, _, with, or rarely by, _, of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.

enrobage

A thin outer layer.

enrôlement

Voluntary service based on an individual's desire to serve a cause.

enrôler

(transitive) To force into military service.

enroué

Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.

enrouiller

(transitive) To cause to oxidize.

enrouler

To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.

enrouleur

(agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.

ensacher

(transitive) To put into a bag.

ensanglanté

Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.

enseignant

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

enseigne

(US) A board carrying a sign, or on which signs may be posted.

enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe

(nautical) An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer.

enseignement

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

enseigner

(transitive) To teach by giving instructions.

ensemble

The major part of something.

ensemble d'arrivée

(mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.

ensemencer

(transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.

enserrer

(idiomatic) To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.

enseveli

Placed in a grave at a burial.

ensevelir

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

ensevelissement

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

ensorcelé

Spellbound.

ensorceler

(transitive) To cast a spell upon.

ensorcellement

The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.

ensuite

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

entacher

(transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

entail

That which is entailed.

entaille

(card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.

entaille directionnelle

The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.

entailler

(transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.

entamer

(transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.

entarter

(transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).

entendement

A thorough understanding.

entendre

(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. [from 10th c.]

entendre faire

(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. [from 8th c.]

entente

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

entériner

To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.

entérique

Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.

enterré

Placed in a grave at a burial.

enterrement

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

enterrer

(intransitive, idiomatic) To pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside.

entêté

Unyielding and obstinate.

entêtement

The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.

enthalpie

(thermodynamics, physical chemistry) A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

enthousiasmant

invigorating or inspiring

enthousiasme

Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.

enthousiaste

(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

entier

Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.

entier relatif

(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

entière

Morally whole; pure; sheer.

entièrement

(obsolete) In full, fully.

entièreté

The whole; the complete or amount.

entoiler

(transitive) To cover (an area or object) with canvas.

entomber

(transitive) To deposit in a tomb.

entomologiste

A scientist who studies insects.

entonnoir

A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.

entorse

The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining