French–English dictionary

Iliade

A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer.

illatif

(grammar) The illative case, or a word in that case.

illation

The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.

ille

(the third-person singular nominative, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary. [since 14th c.]

illégal

Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.

illégalement

In a manner contrary to law.

illégalité

(law) the state of being illegal

illégitimité

The state of being illegitimate.

illettré

Unable to read and write.

illettrée

Unable to read and write.

illettrisme

(uncountable) The inability to read and write.

illibéral

Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.

illibérale

Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.

illicite

Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.

illico

(informal) Quickly, very soon, promptly.

illimité

Without bounds, unbounded.

illiquide

(finance) Lacking liquidity; unable to be converted into cash.

illiquidité

(economics) The condition of being illiquid; a lack of liquidity; difficulty in selling out an asset

illittérature

(uncountable) The inability to read and write.

illogique

Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning.

illogiquement

In an illogical manner, without following methods of sane and correct reasoning, in a manner lacking thought or logic.

illumination

(idiomatic) The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant realization, becomes clear.

illuminé

Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.

illuminer

(transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.

illusion

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

illusionniste

One who works with illusion or sleight of hand.

illusoire

Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.

illustrateur

a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines)

illustration

Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

illustratrice

a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines)

illustre

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.

illustrer

(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.

ilménite

(mineral) A weakly magnetic dark gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks; it is a mixed oxide of iron and titanium, FeTiO3

îlot

The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.

ilote

(historical, Ancient Greece) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.

ils

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

imagé

Explicit, vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.

image de bureau

(computing, countable, uncountable) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.

image matricielle

(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.

imaginable

Capable of being conceived or imagined.

imaginaire

Unreal or imagined.

imaginé

Conceived or envisioned in the mind.

imaginer

(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.

imam

(usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.

imbattable

That cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome

imbécile

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all,‎ there.

imbécile de

Mentally simple, foolish, particularly:

imbécilité

The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, especially of mind.

imberbe

(ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

imbiber

(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.

imbriqué

part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into

imbroglio

A long and complicated formal procedure.

imbu de soi

Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.

IMC

Initialism of body mass index.

imitateur

A person who imitates or apes another.

imitation

An imitation, usually of lesser quality.

imiter

To emulate, copy, imitate

immaculé

Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.

immaîtrisable

(archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.

immanent

Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; intrinsic.

immangeable

not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat

immatériel

Having no matter or substance; incorporeal.

immature

Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]

immaturité

Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown

immédiat

Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

immédiatement

(chiefly, formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately. [from early 14th c.]

immémorable

That cannot be remembered or has been forgotten.

immémorial

(sometimes, postpositive) That is beyond memory; ancient.

immense

Huge, gigantic, very large.

immensément

Greatly; hugely; extremely; vastly; to a great extent.

immensité

(uncountable) The quality of being vast.

immerger

(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.

immérité

Not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair.

immeuble

(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.

immigrant

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

immigrante

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

immigration

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.

immigré

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

immigrée

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

immigrer

(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

imminemment

In an imminent manner; liable to happen immediately or very soon.

imminent

About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

immobile

One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere).

immobilier

(US, Canada, Australia) Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.

immobilisation

(business, accounting) Asset or property which cannot easily be converted into cash, such as land, buildings and machinery.

immobiliser

To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.

immobilité

The quality or state of being still.

immodeste

Without customary restraint or modesty of expression; shameless.

immodestie

The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty.

immolation

The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.

immonde

Very bad.

immondice

Dung, excrement.

immoral

Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)

immoralité

(uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

immortalité

(religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal.

immortel

Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.

immuable

Unable to be changed without exception.

immun

(medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.

immunisé

Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.

immunitaire

(medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.

immunologique

(medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.

imo

(informal, internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of in my opinion.

impact

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

impacter

(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

impair

A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

impala

An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.

impalpable

Not able to be perceived, or able to be perceived only with difficulty; insubstantial, thin.

imparable

Unable to be stopped.

impardonnable

Not forgivable; inexcusable.

imparfait

(grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.

imparfaitement

In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.

impartial

Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice.

impartialité

(uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.

impartition

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

impassable

Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable

impasse

(idiomatic) A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.

impassible

Having, or revealing, no emotion.

impatiemment

In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.

impatience

The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

impatient

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

impayé

Not paid for.

impeachment

(countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.

impeccabilité

The quality of being faultless; the absence of faults.

impeccable

Without fault; free from defect or error.

impeccablement

In a perfect or flawless manner.

impécuniosité

The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness

impédance

(physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.

impénétrable

(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.

impénitent

Not apologetic for having said or done something that causes actual or potential harm, especially when being apologetic would be appropriate.

impensable

Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.

imper

A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain.

impératif

Essential; crucial; extremely important.

imperceptible

Not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed.

imperceptiblement

Not noticeably; such that it cannot be detected, through being too small or too fast, etc.

imperfection

A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.

impérialisme

The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

impérialiste

Of, or relating to imperialism.

impérieux

Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.

impérissable

Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.

imperméabilisation

The treatment of something to make it waterproof.

imperméable

Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.

impertinent

(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.

imperturbable

Not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.

impétueux

Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence.

impie

Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.

impiété

(uncountable) The state of being impious.

impitoyable

(figuratively) Lacking emotion or compunction.

impitoyablement

In an inexorable manner; without the possibility of stopping or prevention.

implacable

Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.

implant

(medicine) Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.