French–English dictionary

implémentation

The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.

implémenter

To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.

implication

The act of logically entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.

implicature

(pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.

implicite

Relating to or causing construction.

implicitement

In an implicit or implied manner.

impliqué

Involved or responsible.

impliquer

To bring into exercise or use.

implorer

(transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.

imploser

(transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.

implosion

The action of imploding.

impoli

Not polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.

impolitesse

The state of being impolite; incivility; rudeness.

impopulaire

Lacking popularity.

importance

The property or state of being relevant or pertinent.

important

Having relevant and crucial value; having import.

importateur

One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.

importatrice

One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.

importer

(intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.

importun

Someone who intrudes.

imposant

Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.

imposer

(obsolete) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to energize.

imposition

The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.

impossible

Not possible; not able to be done or happen.

imposteur

A person who performs any such trick.

imposteuse

Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.

impostrice

Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.

impôt

The act of levying.

imprécis

Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.

imprégnable

Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable.

imprégnation

The act of making pregnant; fertilization.

imprégner

(transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.

imprégner de

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

imprésario

A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre.

impression

Intuition.

impressionnable

Being easily influenced (especially of young people).

impressionnant

That astounds or astound.

impressionné

strongly affected, especially favourably

impressionner

(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.

impressionniste

(art) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism.

imprévisibilité

(uncountable) The quality of being unpredictable.

imprévisible

(comparable) Of a person's mood or character, etc.: impossible to predict.

imprévu

A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.

imprimante

(computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.

imprimé

(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.

imprimer

(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.

imprimerie

(countable) A printing machine.

imprimeur

(computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.

imprisonner

(chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

impro

(informal) Improvisation.

improbable

Not likely to happen.

improbablement

In an improbable manner; without probability.

improductif

Not productive; useless; fruitless.

impromptu

(by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.

impropre

Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.

impropriété

The characteristic of being incorrect.

improvisé

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

improviser

To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.

imprudemment

Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.

imprudence

The state of being senseless; unsense.

imprudent

Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions.

impudence

Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

impudent

Impudent; open and without shame.

impudicité

(formal) Immodesty; shamelessness.

impuissance

The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.

impuissant

Lacking sufficient power or strength.

impulsif

Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.

impulsivement

In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse.

impuni

Not punished

impur

Not pure

impureté

The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.

imputation

(theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.

imputer

(transitive) To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something.

in

Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).

in texte

An image inserted into text.

in vitro

In an artificial environment outside the living organism.

in-

in, into, towards, within.

inaccentué

(of a vowel) not stressed or accentuated

inacceptable

(idiomatic) Of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc.

inaccessibilité

The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.

inaccoutumé

Not accustomed (to), unfamiliar with.

inachevé

Not finished.

inachèvement

The quality of being unfinished.

inactif

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

inaction

Lack of action or activity or labor

inactivité

The state of being idle; inactivity.

inadapté

Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.

inadéquat

Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

inadmissible

(idiomatic) Of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc.

inamical

Not friendly; hostile; mean.

inane

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

inanition

(medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.

inapercevable

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

inappréciable

Venerable, great.

inapproprié

(figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course

inapte

Not fit; not having the correct requirements.

inarrêtable

Unable to be stopped.

inattaquable

(figurative) Reliable, infallible, sturdy or error-tolerant.

inatteignable

Impossible to attain or reach; unable to accomplish

inattendu

Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.

inattentif

Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.

inattention

Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention

inattentionné

Inconsiderate, inattentive.

inaudible

Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.

inauguration

An inauguration; a formal beginning.

inaugurer

To initiate or usher in (something, as a (significant) course of action, development, organization, or period of time) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; also (loosely) , to begin or commence (something); to start.

inauspicieux

Not auspicious; ill-omened

Inca

A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.

incalculable

(of a number) Too large to be counted to.

incandescence

(physics) the emission of visible light by a hot body

incandescent

Emitting light as a result of being heated.

incantation

Any word that has a magical effect when uttered.

incapable

Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.

incapacitant

Rendering someone unconscious.

incapacité

Lack of the ability to do something; incapability.

incarcération

(chiefly, US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

incarcérer

(chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

incarnat

Of a rosy pink or red colour.

incarnation

(Christianity) The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human.

incassable

Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.

incendiaire

One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

incendie

The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

incendie criminel

The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

incendie de forêt

A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area.

incendier

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

incertain

Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.

incertitude

A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.

incessamment

In a manner without pause or stop, especially to the point of annoyance; not ceasing.

incessant

Without an end.

Inch'Allah

(Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.

Incheon

A city in South Korea.

incidemment

(manner) In an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance.

incidental

Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.

incinérateur

A furnace that burns refuse.

incinérer

(transitive) To burn something to ashes.

incipient

In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

incirconcis

Not circumcised, intact.

inciser

To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.

incisif

Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)

incitateur

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

incitatif

Tending or intended to motivate.

incitation

The act of inciting or moving to action.

incitatrice

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

inciter

(transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.

incivilisé

(by extension, pejorative) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.

inclinaison

The angle at which an object sits.

inclination

A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.

incliné

Turned or twisted to one side.

incliner

(intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.

inclure

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