French–English dictionary

excursion

A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

excusable

Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

excuse

An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).

excuse-moi

Said as a request to pass somebody.

excuser

Indicates the speaker's apology.

excusez-moi

Said as a request to pass somebody.

exécrable

(figurative) Extremely bad; terrible.

exécration

An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.

exécrer

(transitive) To feel loathing for; to abhor.

exécutable

(computing) .

exécutant

One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

exécutante

One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

exécuter

(transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.

exécuteur

One who enforces.

exécuteur de la haute justice

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

exécuteur des hautes œuvres

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

exécuteur testamentaire

(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.

exécutif

Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.

exécution

(computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.

exécutrice

A person who carries out some task.

exégèse

A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.

exéma

(biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.

exemplaire

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

exemple

A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.

exemplifier

(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.

exempt

Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

exemption

An act of exempting.

exercer

(reflexive) To put in vigorous action.

exercice

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.

exercice comptable

(accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

exercice fiscal

(accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

exétron

(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.

exfoliant

An agent or substance used for the process of exfoliation

exfoliation

(cosmetics) The removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation.

exhaler

(intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

exhaustif

Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

exhibitionniste

One who attempts to draw attention to themselves by their behavior.

exhortation

The act or practice of exhorting.

exhorter

To urge; to advise earnestly.

exhumation

The act of digging up that which has been buried.

exhumer

(transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

exigeant

Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.

exigence

A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.

exiger

To necessitate, demand, exact; to make appropriate

exigu

Scanty; meager.

exigüe

of small volume, cramped (of a room, house)

exiguïté

The quality of being meagre or scanty.

exil

(uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

exilé

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.

exiler

(transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.

existant

existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

existence

The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

existentiel

Of or relating to existence.

exister

(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality

exode

A sudden departure of a large number of people.

exorbitant

Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.

exorciser

(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.

exorcisme

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

exorciste

A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.

exosquelette

(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.

exotérique

Of a doctrine, information, etc.: suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reservations.

exotique

(biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.

expansible

Able to be expanded.

expansif

Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).

expansion

An act, process, or instance of expanding.

expatrié

One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.

expatriée

One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.

expectatif

Marked by expectation.

expectative

Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.

expectorer

(ambitransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.

expédient

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

expédier

(transitive) To transport away.

expéditeur

(business) The party that provides merchandise for consignment sale.

expédition

A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose

expéditrice

Someone who sends.

expérience

A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.

expérienciel

Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.

expérientiel

Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.

expérimental

Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.

expérimentation

A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.

expérimenté

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

expérimenter

(transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.

expert

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

expert-comptable

(accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.

expertise

Advice; guidance.

expiation

(theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

expier

The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.

expiration

(British, NZ, AU) End; termination; expiration.

expiré

that is no longer valid

expirer

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

explétif

Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

explicatif

Intended to serve as an explanation.

explicite

Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.

explicitement

In an explicit manner.

expliciter

(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.

expliquable

(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.

expliquer

(transitive) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.

exploit

A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.

exploitation

(uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.

exploitation agricole

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

exploitation forestière

An act or instance of logging (cutting down trees).

exploitation minière

The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

exploiter

(also draw upon) To appeal to, make a demand of, rely on; to utilize or make use of, as a source.

exploiteur

One who exploits.

exploiteuse

One who exploits.

explorateur

One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.

explorer

(intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.

exploser

(intransitive, slang) To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.

exploser en vol

(intransitive) To suddenly fail or give way destructively.

explosif

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

explosion

An explosion.

expo

Any of various large international expositions held since the mid 19th century, often called "Expo".

exponentiation

(mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.

export

(uncountable) The act of exporting.

exportateur

One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.

exportation

(uncountable) The act of exporting.

exportatrice

One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.

exporter

(computing) To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another.

exposé

The act of presenting, or something presented.

exposer

(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.

exposition

A public showing; an exhibition.

exprès

Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.

express

A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.

expressif

Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

expression

A short written or spoken expression.

expression familière

A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.

expression figurative

(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.

expresso

A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.

exprimer

(transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.

exprimer son mécontentement

(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.

exproprier

(transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.

expulser

(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.

expulsion

The act of evicting.

exquis

Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.

exquisement

In an exquisite manner.

exsanguiner

To drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood.

exsudat

A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.

exsuder

(transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

exta

(slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.

extatique

Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.

extensible

Having the capacity to be expanded.

exténuant

Very tiring.

extérieur

Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.

extérieurement

Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.

exterminer

(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.

externalisation

The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.

externaliser

(chiefly, US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.

externe

Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.

extincteur

One who, or that which, extinguishes something.

extinction

The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.