| v {letter} | :: The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet |
| VA {n} | :: "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English |
| va banque {phrase} | :: hit the bank |
| vacance {f} | :: vacancy, free position |
| vacance {f} | :: holidays |
| vacance {f} | :: vacation |
| vacancier {m} | :: holiday-maker |
| vacancier {adj} | :: holiday (attributive) |
| vacancière {f} | :: feminine noun of vacancier |
| vacant {adj} | :: vacant |
| vacarme {m} | :: noise, din, uproar, racket |
| vacataire {mf} | :: temp, temporary |
| vacataire {mf} | :: supply teacher |
| vacation {f} | :: session |
| vaccarèse {m} | :: A variety of black grape from the Rhône region |
| vaccénique {adj} | :: vaccenic |
| vaccin {m} | :: vaccine (substance that stimulates production of antibodies) |
| vaccinal {adj} | :: vaccinal |
| vaccination {f} | :: vaccination |
| vacciner {v} | :: to vaccinate |
| vaccinologie {f} | :: vaccinology |
| vaccinologue {mf} | :: vaccinologist |
| vaccinothérapie {f} | :: vaccine therapy |
| vache {f} | :: cow (bovine) |
| vache {adj} | :: harsh |
| vache {adj} | :: nasty |
| vache à lait {f} | :: cash cow (something that generates free cash flow) |
| vache de mer {f} | :: sea cow |
| vachement {adv} | :: bloody, extremely |
| vacher {m} | :: cowherd |
| vachère {f} | :: cowgirl |
| vacherie {f} | :: cowshed |
| vacherie {f} | :: nastiness, wickedness |
| vacherin {m} | :: vacherin |
| vacherin {m} | :: A kind of cake made with meringue and cream or ice cream |
| Vacher luisant {m} | :: shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) |
| vache sacrée {f} | :: taboo subject, sacred cow (something which shouldn't be broached or criticized, for fear of public outcry) |
| vaches maigres {fp} | :: scarcity |
| vachette {f} | :: young cow, calf |
| vachette {f} | :: calfskin |
| vachette {f} | :: type of dice game |
| va chier {interj} | :: go fuck yourself! fuck off! |
| Vachon {prop} | :: surname |
| vacillamment {adv} | :: vacillatingly |
| vacillant {adj} | :: vacillating |
| vacillement {m} | :: flicker, flickering |
| vacillement {m} | :: lurch, lurching |
| vaciller {v} | :: to vacillate |
| vaciller {v} | :: to flicker out (as a candle) |
| vacuité {f} | :: vacuum, emptiness |
| vacuolaire {adj} | :: vacuolar |
| vacuolome {m} | :: vacuome |
| vacuome {f} | :: vacuome |
| vacuum {m} | :: vacuum (space containing no matter) |
| Vadel {prop} | :: surname |
| vader {v} | :: alternative form of aller, to go |
| vader {v} | :: to get away |
| vadimien {adj} | :: Of or relating to Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (1928–2000), French screenwriter, film director and producer, known for visually lavish films with erotic qualities |
| vadrouille {f} | :: walk, wander, stroll |
| vadrouille {f} | :: mop (implement for washing floors) |
| vadrouiller {v} | :: to gad about, loiter about, wander around |
| Vaduz {prop} | :: Vaduz (town/and/municipality/capital) |
| va-et-vient {m} | :: comings and goings, toing and froing |
| va-et-vient {m} | :: two-way switch |
| vagabond {adj} | :: vagabonding |
| vagabond {m} | :: vagabond |
| vagabondage {m} | :: vagabondage |
| vagabonde {f} | :: feminine noun of vagabond |
| vagabonder {v} | :: to walk about, wander |
| vagabonder {v} | :: to roam, wander, walk the earth |
| vagal {adj} | :: vagal |
| vagin {m} | :: vagina |
| vaginal {adj} | :: vaginal |
| vaginalement {adv} | :: vaginally |
| vagine {f} | :: vagina |
| vaginisme {m} | :: vaginismus (muscular contraction) |
| vaginoplastie {f} | :: vaginoplasty |
| vaginovésical {adj} | :: vaginovesical |
| vagir {v} | :: to wail; to howl; to bawl |
| vagissement {m} | :: cry; wail; howl |
| vagonet {m} | :: alternative spelling of wagonnet |
| vague {f} | :: wave |
| vague {adj} | :: vague |
| vague {m} | :: vagueness |
| vague à l'âme {m} | :: sadness, melancholy, dumps |
| vague de chaleur {f} | :: heat wave, hot spell |
| vague de froid {f} | :: cold snap, cold wave |
| vaguelette {f} | :: wavelet |
| vaguement {adv} | :: vaguely |
| vaguemestre {m} | :: wagonmaster |
| vaguemestre {m} | :: letter corporal, military postman |
| vaguer {vi} | :: to wander, to wander aimlessly |
| vahiné {f} | :: wahine (Polynesian woman) |
| vaillamment {adv} | :: valiantly |
| vaillance {f} | :: valiance, courage, bravery |
| Vaillancourt {prop} | :: surname |
| vaillant {adj} | :: valiant |
| vaillant {adj} | :: hard-working |
| vaillant {adj} | :: nice |
| vaillant {adj} | :: healthy |
| vaille que vaille {adv} | :: as best one can, somehow |
| vain {adj} | :: useless, ineffective, fruitless |
| vain {adj} | :: vain, shallow |
| vaincre {vt} | :: to defeat, vanquish |
| vaincre {vi} | :: to win |
| vaincu {m} | :: loser (defeated party) |
| vainement {adv} | :: vainly, in vain |
| vainqueur {m} | :: conqueror |
| vainqueur {m} | :: victor, winner |
| vair {m} | :: vair |
| vairon {adj} | :: (of eyes) wall-eyed |
| vairon {m} | :: minnow |
| vaironner {vi} | :: to minnow (fish trout using a minnow as bait) |
| vaisseau {m} | :: ship, vessel |
| vaisseau {m} | :: vessel (i.e. blood vessel) |
| vaisseau sanguin {m} | :: blood vessel |
| vaisseau spatial {m} | :: spaceship (vehicle that flies through space) |
| vaisselier {m} | :: dresser (vertical china cabinet) |
| vaisselle {f} | :: crockery, dishes, dishware |
| vaisselle {f} | :: table- and cookware that remains to be washed |
| val {m} | :: valley, vale |
| valable {adj} | :: valid, acceptable |
| valablement {adv} | :: validly |
| Valachie {prop} {f} | :: Wallachia |
| Valais {prop} {m} | :: Valais (canton) |
| valaque {adj} | :: Wallachian (related to Wallachia) |
| Valaque {mf} | :: Wallachian (someone from Wallachia) |
| Valcourt {prop} | :: surname |
| Val d'Aoste {prop} {m} | :: Valle d'Aosta |
| Val-de-Livre {prop} | :: A commune in Marne, France |
| Val de Loire {prop} {m} | :: Loire Valley |
| Val-de-Marne {prop} | :: Val-de-Marne (department) |
| valdingue {m} | :: fall, falling |
| valdingue {m} | :: drop, dropping |
| valdinguer {v} | :: To fail |
| Val-d'Oise {prop} {m} | :: Val-d'Oise (department) |
| Val-d'Or {prop} | :: Val-d'Or (town) |
| valence {f} | :: valence |
| valence {f} | :: valency |
| Valence {prop} {f} | :: Valence (city/and/commune/capital) |
| Valence {prop} {f} | :: Valence (village/commune) |
| Valence {prop} {f} | :: Valence (town/commune) |
| Valence {prop} {f} | :: Valence (capital city) |
| Valence {prop} {f} | :: Valence (autonomous community) |
| Valence {prop} {f} | :: Valence (province) |
| valenciennois {adj} | :: Of or from Valenciennes |
| Valentin {prop} | :: given name |
| Valentine {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Valentin |
| valéral {f} | :: valeral |
| valérate {m} | :: valerate |
| valérianate {m} | :: valerianate |
| valériane {f} | :: valerian (plant) |
| valérianique {adj} | :: valerianic |
| valérianique {adj} | :: valeric |
| Valérie {prop} | :: given name |
| valérine {f} | :: valerin |
| valérique {adj} | :: valeric |
| Valéry {prop} {m} | :: given name derived from Latin Valerius |
| valet {m} | :: a male attendant of a knight or a lord |
| valet {m} | :: officer belonging to the king's house or a princely house, also valet de chambre |
| valet {m} | :: a male servant, a footman |
| valet {m} | :: a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing, also valet de nuit |
| valet {m} | :: jack |
| valetaille {f} | :: lackeys, flunkeys |
| valet d'écurie {m} | :: groom, stableboy |
| valétudinaire {adj} | :: valetudinarian |
| valeur {f} | :: value, worth |
| valeur {f} | :: valor, gallantry |
| valeur absolue {f} | :: absolute value (numerical value of a real number) |
| valeur ajoutée {f} | :: value added |
| valeur ajoutée {f} | :: added value |
| valeur de vérité {f} | :: truth value |
| valeureusement {adv} | :: valiantly, bravely |
| valeureux {adj} | :: valiant; brave |
| valeur faciale {f} | :: par value, face value, stated value |
| valeur nominale {f} | :: par value, face value, stated value |
| valeur propre {f} | :: eigenvalue |
| valeur sûre {f} | :: a sound investment, a time-tested asset; a safe bet |
| validation {f} | :: validation |
| valide {adj} | :: valid |
| validement {adv} | :: validly |
| valider {v} | :: to validate |
| validité {f} | :: validity |
| valise {f} | :: case, suitcase |
| vallaud {adj} | :: Of or from La Valla-en-Gier |
| vallécule {f} | :: vallecula |
| vallée {f} | :: valley |
| Vallée d'Aoste {prop} {f} | :: Vallée d'Aoste (region) |
| Vallée des rois {prop} {f} | :: Valley of the Kings (Egyptian valley known for its tombs) |
| vallon {m} | :: dale, small valley |
| vallonné {adj} | :: hilly |
| vallonnement {m} | :: undulation |
| valoche {f} | :: suitcase |
| valoir {vi} | :: to be worth |
| valoir {vt} | :: to earn, to win, to bring (something of value) |
| valoir {vr} | :: to be the same, to have no difference between |
| valoir la peine {v} | :: to be worth the trouble; to be worth it; to be worthwhile |
| valoir le détour {v} | :: to be worth the trip, to be worth the journey, to be worth a visit, to be worth seeing (literally, "to be worth the detour") |
| valoir mieux {v} | :: be better |
| valoir son pesant d'or {v} | :: to be worth one's weight in gold |
| valois {adj} | :: Of or from any of several places named Val |
| Valois {prop} | :: surname |
| Valois {prop} | :: The dynasty that ruled France in the 14th to 16th centuries |
| valorisable {adj} | :: recoverable |
| valorisant {adj} | :: valorizing (that adds value) |
| valorisation {f} | :: promotion |
| valorisation {f} | :: gain in value, appreciation |
| valoriser {v} | :: to valorize, to add value |
| valse {f} | :: waltz |
| valser {v} | :: to waltz |
| valser {v} | :: to be moved quickly and violently |
| valseur {m} | :: waltzer |
| valseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of valseur |
| valse viennoise {f} | :: Viennese waltz (dance) |
| valve {f} | :: valve |
| vamper {v} | :: to vamp (seduce) |
| vampire {m} | :: vampire |
| vampirique {adj} | :: vampiric |
| vampiriser {v} | :: to vampirize |
| vampirisme {m} | :: vampirism |
| van {m} | :: a winnowing basket |
| vanadique {adj} | :: vanadic |
| vanadium {m} | :: vanadium |
| vancouverois {adj} | :: Vancouverite |
| Vancouverois {m} | :: Vancouverite |
| vancouvérois {adj} | :: Vancouverite |
| Vancouvérois {m} | :: Vancouverite |
| Vancouveroise {f} | :: feminine noun of Vancouverois |
| Vancouvéroise {f} | :: feminine singular of Vancouvérois |
| vandale {mf} | :: vandal |
| vandale {mf} | :: Vandal |
| Vandale {m} | :: Vandal (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe) |
| vandaliser {v} | :: to vandalise, to vandalize |
| vandalisme {m} | :: vandalism |
| Vandievoet {prop} | :: surname |
| Van Dievoet {prop} | :: surname |
| vandoise {f} | :: dace, chub |
| Vanessa {prop} | :: given name |
| vanille {f} | :: vanilla |
| vanillé {adj} | :: vanilla, vanilla-flavoured |
| vanilline {f} | :: vanillin |
| vanilloïde {m} | :: vanilloid |
| vanité {f} | :: futility, pointlessness |
| vanité {f} | :: vanity (excessive pride) |
| vanité {f} | :: vanitas |
| vaniteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of vaniteux |
| vaniteusement {adv} | :: vainly, frivolously |
| vaniteux {adj} | :: conceited, frivolous, vain |
| vaniteux {m} | :: a conceited person, frivolous person, vain person |
| vannage {m} | :: winnowing |
| vanne {f} | :: floodgate, gate |
| vanne {f} | :: pointed pleasantry, dig, cutting remark |
| vanneau {m} | :: lapwing (bird) |
| vanneau {m} | :: queen scallop (mollusc) |
| vanner {vt} | :: to winnow |
| vanner {vt} | :: to shake about, jolt, jostle |
| vanner {vt} | :: to scrutinise (analyse thoroughly) |
| vanner {v} | :: to knacker, tire out, flush |
| vanner {v} | :: to stir (a sauce or soup) to avoid the formation of a skin |
| vanner {vt} | :: to provide with sluice gates or floodgates |
| vanner {vi} | :: to kid, joke, crack jokes |
| vanner {vt} | :: to kid, tease, rib someone |
| vannerie {f} | :: wickerwork |
| vannerie {f} | :: the art of making wickerwork |
| Vannes {prop} | :: Vannes |
| vanneur {m} | :: winnower |
| vanneuse {f} | :: feminine noun of vanneur |
| vannier {m} | :: basketmaker, basketweaver |
| vannière {f} | :: feminine singular of vannier |
| vantail {m} | :: leaf (of door), panel (of window) |
| vantail {m} | :: door (of cupboard, wardrobe etc.) |
| vantard {m} | :: boaster, bragger |
| vantardise {f} | :: boastfulness |
| vantardise {f} | :: braggartry |
| vanté {adj} | :: praised, vaunted |
| vanter {v} | :: to praise, to vaunt |
| vanter {vr} | :: to boast, brag |
| vanuatais {adj} | :: Vanuatuan |
| Vanuatu {prop} {m} | :: Vanuatu |
| va-nu-pieds {mf} | :: tramp, homeless person |
| vapeur {f} | :: steam |
| vapeur {f} | :: vapour |
| vapeur {m} | :: steamship |
| vapeur d'eau {f} | :: water vapor, steam |
| vapocraquage {m} | :: steam cracking |
| vapocraquer {v} | :: to steam-crack |
| vapocraqueur {m} | :: steam cracker |
| vapocuiseur {m} | :: pressure cooker |
| vaporeusement {adv} | :: steamily, mistily |
| vaporeusement {adv} | :: transparently |
| vaporeux {adj} | :: vaporous, misty |
| vaporeux {adj} | :: filmy, transparent |
| vaporisateur {m} | :: vaporizer |
| vaporisation {f} | :: vaporization |
| vaporiser {v} | :: to vaporize (turn into vapour) |
| vapoter {v} | :: To vape (smoke e-cigarettes) |
| vapoteur {m} | :: vaper (person who uses e-cigarettes) |
| vapoteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of vapoteur |
| vaquer {v} | :: to vacate |
| vaquer {v} | :: to discontinue |
| vaquer {v} | :: to busy oneself with, to be occupied with |
| vaquer {v} | :: to scurry about looking for food |
| vaquer {v} | :: to get down to business |
| Var {prop} {m} | :: Var |
| varan {m} | :: monitor lizard |
| Varane {prop} | :: surname |
| varappe {f} | :: rock climbing |
| varapper {v} | :: to go rock climbing, climb rocks |
| varappeur {m} | :: climber, rock climber |
| varappeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of varappeur |
| varec {m} | :: alternative spelling of varech |
| varech {m} | :: kelp |
| Varennes {prop} | :: A French commune |
| vareuse {f} | :: blouse |
| vareuse {f} | :: tunic |
| variabilité {f} | :: variability |
| variable {adj} | :: variable |
| variable {f} | :: variable |
| variable de classe {f} | :: class variable |
| variablement {adv} | :: variably |
| variance {f} | :: variance |
| variant {adj} | :: varied, which varies; variable |
| variante {f} | :: variant |
| variateur {m} | :: variator |
| variation {f} | :: variation |
| variationnel {adj} | :: variational |
| varice {f} | :: varicose vein |
| varicelle {f} | :: chicken pox (disease) |
| varié {adj} | :: varied, various, diverse |
| varier {v} | :: to vary |
| variétal {adj} | :: varietal |
| variété {f} | :: variety |
| variété {f} | :: type, genre |
| variole {f} | :: smallpox |
| variolique {adj} | :: variolous, smallpox (attributive) |
| variqueux {adj} | :: varicose |
| Varsovie {prop} | :: Varsovie (capital city) |
| varsovien {adj} | :: Varsovian (from or of Warsaw) |
| Varsovien {m} | :: Varsovian (someone from Warsaw) |
| Varsovienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Varsovien |
| va savoir {interj} | :: who knows? go figure |
| va savoir pourquoi {interj} | :: go figure! |
| vasculaire {adj} | :: vascular |
| vascularisé {adj} | :: vascularized |
| vasculariser {v} | :: To vascularize |
| vascularité {f} | :: vascularity |
| vasculotrope {adj} | :: vasculotropic |
| vase {f} | :: silt, mud |
| vase {m} | :: vase |
| vase communicant {m} | :: communicating vessel |
| vasectomie {f} | :: vasectomy (male sterilization) |
| vaseline {f} | :: vaseline |
| vaseux {adj} | :: muddy |
| vaseux {adj} | :: woolly (explanation, definition etc.) |
| vasière {f} | :: mudflat |
| vasistas {m} | :: transom window (window above a door or another window) |
| vasistas {m} | :: fortochka (small ventilation window) |
| vasodilatateur {adj} | :: vasodilatory |
| vasodilatateur {m} | :: vasodilator |
| vasointestinal {adj} | :: vasointestinal |
| vasque {f} | :: basin, bowl |
| vassal {adj} | :: vassal |
| vassal {m} | :: a vassal |
| vassale {f} | :: feminine noun of vassal |
| vassalique {adj} | :: vassal (attributive) |
| vassaliser {v} | :: to vassal |
| vassalité {f} | :: vassalage |
| vassalité {f} | :: subjugation |
| vasselage {m} | :: vassalage |
| vaste {adj} | :: vast |
| vastement {adv} | :: greatly; much |
| VASTF {n} | :: "version anglais sous-titres français" — English version with French subtitles (EVFST); a film dubbed in English, and subtitled in French |
| vas-y {phrase} | :: go ahead; go on |
| va te faire foutre {interj} | :: go get fucked!; go fuck yourself!; get your butt out of here!; fuck you!; fuck off! |
| va-t-en-guerre {m} | :: warmonger, hawk |
| vatican {adj} | :: Vatican |
| vaticane {adj} | :: in, of or relating to, the Vatican (papal palace and sovereign city state enclaved in Rome) |
| vaticane {adj} | :: of or relating to the Holy See, to the papacy |
| vaticination {f} | :: vaticination |
| vatrouchka {f} | :: vatrushka |
| Vaucluse {prop} {m} | :: Vaucluse (department) |
| vauclusien {adj} | :: Of or from Vaucluse |
| Vauclusien {m} | :: Native or resident of Vaucluse |
| Vauclusienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Vauclusien |
| Vaud {prop} | :: Vaud (canton) |
| vaudais {adj} | :: Of or from Vaulx-en-Velin |
| vaudeville {m} | :: vaudeville |
| vaudevilliste {m} | :: A vaudeville artist |
| vaudois {adj} | :: of or from Vaud (canton in Switzerland) |
| vaudois {adj} | :: Waldensian; related to the doctrine of Peter Valdo |
| vaudou {m} | :: voodoo (African and Afro-Caribbean religion) |
| vaudou {adj} | :: voodoo (attributive) |
| vaurien {m} | :: good-for-nothing, a person regarded as useless or worthless |
| vautour {m} | :: vulture |
| vautour {m} | :: shark, vulture |
| vautour moine {m} | :: The Eurasian black vulture |
| vautrer {vt} | :: to wallow (to roll one's body, or a part of it, in the mud or something of similar texture) |
| vautrer {vr} | :: to sprawl; to wallow |
| vautrer {vr} | :: to wallow |
| vautrer {vr} | :: to tumble heavily on the ground |
| vautrer {vr} | :: to fail |
| vauvert {m} | :: only used in au diable-vauvert |
| vavasseur {m} | :: vavasour, subvassal |
| VBCI {m} | :: IFV (infantry fighting vehicle) abbreviation of véhicule blindé de combat d'infanterie |
| VBL {m} | :: LAV (light armoured vehicle); initialism of véhicule blindé léger |
| Vc. {n} | :: abbreviation of violoncelle |
| VdO {prop} | :: abbreviation of Val-d'Or |
| VDO {prop} | :: abbreviation of Val-d'Or |
| VDQS {m} | :: initialism of vin délimité de qualité supérieure |
| ve {n} | :: abbreviation of veuve |
| vé {m} | :: letter: v |
| vé {m} | :: calf |
| vé {interj} | :: look! |
| veau {m} | :: calf |
| veau {m} | :: veal |
| veau d'or {m} | :: golden calf |
| veau d'or {m} | :: golden calf (money, wealth) |
| vecteur {adj} | :: disease-carrying |
| vecteur {m} | :: disease-carrier, vector |
| vecteur {m} | :: vector (a directed quantity) |
| vecteur propre {f} | :: eigenvector |
| vectoriel {adj} | :: vectorial (of or pertaining to a vector) |
| vectoriellement {adv} | :: vectorially |
| vectorisation {f} | :: vectorization/vectorisation |
| vectoriser {v} | :: to vectorize |
| vécu {m} | :: experience (what one experiences) |
| vécu {m} | :: inner life |
| véda {m} | :: Veda |
| vedettariat {m} | :: stardom |
| vedette {f} | :: star (celebrity) |
| vedette {f} | :: flagship |
| vedette {f} | :: headword (word used as the title of a section) |
| vedette {f} | :: vedette (sentry) |
| védique {adj} | :: Vedic |
| védisme {m} | :: Vedism (Vedic religion and culture) |
| végé {mf} | :: veggie (vegetarian person) |
| végé {adj} | :: veggie (vegetarian) |
| Végèce {prop} {m} | :: Vegetius |
| végépâté {m} | :: vegepate (veggie pâté / vegan pate / vegetarian paté) |
| végétal {m} | :: Plant |
| végétal {adj} | :: Of or relating to plants |
| végétalien {adj} | :: vegan |
| végétalien {m} | :: vegan |
| végétalienne {f} | :: feminine noun of végétalien; a female vegan |
| végétalisation {f} | :: revegetation |
| végétalisé {adj} | :: Covered with plants |
| végétaliser {v} | :: To vegetate |
| végétalisme {m} | :: veganism |
| végétarien {adj} | :: vegetarian (of a person, not eating animal flesh) |
| végétarien {adj} | :: vegetarian (of a food, not containing animal flesh) |
| végétarien {m} | :: vegetarian (person who or animal that does not eat any animal flesh) |
| végétarienne {f} | :: feminine noun of végétarien; a female vegetarian |
| végétarisme {m} | :: vegetarianism |
| végétatif {adj} | :: vegetative |
| végétation {f} | :: vegetation |
| végéter {vi} | :: to vegetate |
| véhémence {f} | :: vehemence |
| véhément {adj} | :: vehement |
| véhémentement {adv} | :: vehemently |
| véhiculage {m} | :: transportation, conveyance |
| véhiculaire {adj} | :: vehicular |
| véhicule {m} | :: vehicle |
| véhicule {m} | :: vehicle |
| véhicule de dépannage {m} | :: synonym of dépanneuse (tow truck) |
| véhicule hybride rechargeable {m} | :: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) |
| véhiculer {v} | :: to transport in a vehicle, to carry |
| véhiculer {v} | :: to promote, to convey (a message), to carry |
| véhicule utilitaire sport {m} | :: sport utility vehicle |
| veillant {adj} | :: watching, vigilant |
| veille {f} | :: the day before, the eve |
| veille {f} | :: wakefulness |
| veille {f} | :: (night) watch, vigil |
| veillée {f} | :: gathering (in the evening) |
| veillée {f} | :: vigil |
| veiller {vi} | :: To stay up, sit up |
| veiller {vi} | :: To keep guard, keep watch |
| veiller {vi} | :: To look after, see to ( + à); see to it that ( + à ce que) |
| veiller {vi} | :: To watch over (someone) ( + sur) |
| veiller {vt} | :: To keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for |
| veiller {vi} | :: To go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars.. |
| veiller au grain {v} | :: to be on guard for a sudden, violent gust of wind |
| veiller au grain {v} | :: to keep an eye on things, to look out for squalls, to keep a weather eye open |
| veilleur {m} | :: watchman |
| veilleuse {f} | :: feminine noun of veilleur |
| veilleuse {f} | :: night light |
| veilleuse {f} | :: sidelight (on a car) |
| veilleuse {f} | :: pilot light |
| veinage {m} | :: veining (decorative pattern on cut wood) |
| veinard {m} | :: lucky bastard, lucky devil, lucky beggar, jammy Arab |
| veinard {adj} | :: lucky, jammy, flukey |
| veine {f} | :: vein |
| veine {f} | :: vein, seam |
| veine {f} | :: luck |
| veiner {v} | :: to vein (streak with marks similar to veins) |
| veineux {adj} | :: venous, of or relating to veins; having numerous veins |
| vêlage {m} | :: calving (all senses) |
| vélaire {adj} | :: velar |
| vélar {m} | :: a wallflower (member of the genus Erysimum) |
| vélarisation {f} | :: velarization |
| vélasquézien {adj} | :: Velazquezian |
| velcro {m} | :: Velcro |
| velcroter {v} | :: to velcro |
| vêler {v} | :: to calve (all senses) |
| vélin {m} | :: vellum |
| véliplanchiste {mf} | :: windsurfer |
| velle {f} | :: female cow calf |
| velléitaire {adj} | :: irresolute, weak-willed, indecisive |
| velléité {f} | :: weak will |
| velléité {f} | :: indecisiveness |
| vélo {m} | :: bike, bicycle, cycle |
| vélo à neige {m} | :: fatbike (a bicycle with very wide fat tires to traverse on snow and ice) |
| vélo à neige {m} | :: snowbike (a mountain bike with its front wheel replaced by a ski) |
| vélo à neige {m} | :: skibike (a bicycle frame with both wheels replaced by skis, which may also lack a seat, having the rider stand on the rear ski) |
| vélo à pneus surdimensionnés {m} | :: a fatbike; synonym of fat bike (a bike for riding on trails of ice and snow) |
| vélo-café {m} | :: a type of food cart mobile vending point, a tricycle-based mobile coffee cart cafe, similar to an ice cream cart tricycle, with the cart hosting an espresso machine, coffee maker, coffee grinder, and supplies |
| véloce {adj} | :: swift |
| vélocement {adv} | :: swiftly |
| vélocimétrique {adj} | :: velocimetric |
| vélocipède {m} | :: a velocipede |
| vélocipède {m} | :: bicycles in general |
| vélocipédique {adj} | :: cyclist or cycling (attributive) |
| vélocité {f} | :: velocity |
| vélo couché {m} | :: recumbent (special type of bicycle) |
| vélodrome {m} | :: velodrome |
| vélomoteur {m} | :: moped |
| vélo-pupitre {m} | :: a combination of stationary bike and student desk; a student desk with a set of bicycle pedals attached, to allow stationary biking while reading, writing and in-classroom sit-down learning |
| véloroute {f} | :: cycle path |
| vélorue {f} | :: A shared-use road for bicycles and automobiles, on which the bikes may range over the entire vehicular use surface, and where priority is given to cyclists |
| vélorution {f} | :: activism to promote cycling as an alternative mode of transport |
| véloski {m} | :: skibob |
| vélotaf {m} | :: bike commuting |
| vélotaff {m} | :: bike commuting |
| vélo-taxi {m} | :: alternative spelling of vélotaxi |
| vélotaxi {m} | :: A cycle rickshaw |
| vélo tout terrain {m} | :: mountain bike |
| vélo tout-terrain {m} | :: alternative spelling of vélo tout terrain |
| velours {m} | :: velvet |
| velours côtelé {m} | :: corduroy |
| velours d'Utrecht {m} | :: Utrecht velvet |
| velouté {adj} | :: velvety |
| velouté {adj} | :: smooth |
| velouté {m} | :: smoothness, softness |
| velouté {m} | :: a velouté |
| velouter {v} | :: to give (something) a velvety finish |
| velouter {v} | :: to soften, make smooth |
| velouteux {adj} | :: velvety |
| velu {adj} | :: hairy |
| velu {adj} | :: villous |
| vélux {m} | :: skylight, roof window, Velux window |
| venaison {f} | :: venison (meat) |
| vénal {adj} | :: Available for a price; venal |
| vénalement {adv} | :: venally |
| vénalité {f} | :: venality |
| venant {adj} | :: coming |
| venant {m} | :: comer |
| vendange {f} | :: vintage (yield of grapes for wine-making) |
| vendange {f} | :: grapes harvested for wine-making |
| vendange {f} | :: grape harvesting season |
| vendanger {v} | :: to vintage |
| vendangeur {m} | :: vintager (grape picker/harvester) |
| vendangeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of vendangeur |
| Vendée {prop} {f} | :: Vendée (department) |
| Vendée {prop} {f} | :: Vendée (river) |
| vendéen {adj} | :: Vendean |
| Vendéen {m} | :: Someone from Vendée |
| vendémiaire {m} | :: Vendémiaire (the first month of the French Republican Calendar) |
| vendetta {f} | :: vendetta |
| vendeur {adj} | :: sellable; able to sell a lot |
| vendeur {m} | :: salesman |
| vendeur {m} | :: seller, vendor |
| vendeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of vendeur |
| Vendôme {prop} | :: A town in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region of France |
| vendômois {adj} | :: Of or from Vendôme |
| Vendômois {m} | :: Native or inhabitant of Vendôme |
| Vendômoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Vendômois |
| vendre {vt} | :: to sell |
| vendre {v} | :: to sell |
| vendre {vt} | :: to sell out (betray) |
| vendredi {m} | :: Friday |
| vendredi fou {m} | :: Black Friday |
| vendredi noir {m} | :: Black Friday synonym of vendredi fou |
| vendredi saint {prop} {m} | :: Good Friday |
| vendre la mèche {v} | :: to spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag |
| vendre père et mère {v} | :: to sell one's own grandmother (used to say that one is ready to do anything) |
| vendre son âme au diable {v} | :: to sell one's soul to the devil |
| vendu {adj} | :: corrupt |
| venelle {f} | :: alley |
| vénéneux {adj} | :: venomous |
| vénérable {adj} | :: venerable |
| vénérablement {adv} | :: venerably |
| vénération {f} | :: veneration |
| vénère {adj} | :: pissed off |
| vénérer {v} | :: to worship; to venerate |
| vénerie {f} | :: venery |
| vènerie {f} | :: alternative spelling of vénerie |
| vénérien {adj} | :: venereal |
| vénète {adj} | :: Venetic |
| Vénétie {prop} {f} | :: Vénétie (region) |
| veneur {m} | :: hunter, huntsman (with hounds) |
| Venezuela {prop} {m} | :: Venezuela (country) |
| vénézuélien {adj} | :: Venezuelan |
| Vénézuélien {m} | :: Venezuelan (person) |
| Vénézuélienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Vénézuélien |
| vengeance {f} | :: revenge, vengeance |
| venger {v} | :: to avenge, to take revenge (upon) |
| vengeresse {f} | :: feminine noun of vengeur |
| vengeur {adj} | :: vengeful |
| vengeur {m} | :: avenger |
| véniel {adj} | :: venial, pardonable |
| véniellement {adv} | :: venially |
| venimeusement {adv} | :: venomously, poisonously |
| venimeux {adj} | :: poisonous, venomous |
| venimosité {f} | :: venomousness |
| venin {m} | :: venom (poison) |
| venin {m} | :: venom (feeling of malign or contempt) |
| venir {vi} | :: To come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker) |
| venir à bout {v} | :: to overcome, to manage to finish |
| venir à Canossa {v} | :: alternative form of aller à Canossa |
| venir à l'esprit {v} | :: to spring to mind, to come to mind, to cross someone's mind |
| venir au monde {v} | :: to be born |
| venir de {v} | :: to come from, to be from, to originate from |
| venir de {v} | :: (followed by an infinitive) to have just done |
| venir du cœur {v} | :: to come straight from the heart |
| venir en âge {phrase} | :: to turn twenty-one years of age |
| Venise {prop} | :: Venise (capital city) |
| Venise {prop} | :: Venise (metropolitan city) |
| vénitien {adj} | :: Venetian (relating to Venice) |
| vénitien {m} | :: Venetian (language) |
| Vénitien {m} | :: Venetian person |
| vénitienne {f} | :: In french vénitienne means a Venetian style shoe |
| vénitienne {f} | :: Italian cloth (textile - "tissage") |
| Vénitienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Vénitien |
| vent {m} | :: Atmospheric wind |
| vent {m} | :: A flatulence |
| vent {m} | :: Empty words, hot air |
| ventail {m} | :: alternative form of vantail |
| vent debout {adj} | :: strongly opposed to |
| vent dominant {m} | :: prevailing wind |
| vente {f} | :: sale |
| venté {adj} | :: windy |
| vente aux enchères {f} | :: auction (public sales event) |
| vente de garage {f} | :: garage sale |
| vente pyramidale {f} | :: pyramid scheme |
| venter {v} | :: To be windy, to blow |
| venter à décorner les bœufs {v} | :: To be extremely windy |
| venter à écorner les bœufs {v} | :: alternative form of venter à décorner les bœufs |
| venteux {adj} | :: windy (charactized by strong winds) |
| ventilateur {m} | :: ventilator, fan |
| ventilateur {m} | :: pedestal fan |
| ventilation {f} | :: ventilation: replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh |
| ventilation {f} | :: ventilation: mechanical system used to circulate and replace air |
| ventilation {f} | :: repartition |
| ventilatoire {adj} | :: breathing (attributive) |
| ventiler {v} | :: to ventilate |
| ventiler {v} | :: to discuss, debate |
| ventiler {v} | :: to evaluate, estimate |
| ventiler {v} | :: to break down (a total into parts) |
| ventilo {m} | :: fan (machine used for circulating air) |
| vent interstellaire {m} | :: solar wind |
| ventôse {m} | :: Ventôse (the sixth month of the French Republican Calendar) |
| ventouse {f} | :: plunger |
| ventouse {f} | :: suction cup |
| ventouse {f} | :: cup for fire cupping |
| ventouse {f} | :: ventouse |
| ventouse {f} | :: sucker |
| ventouse {f} | :: sucker (a person who sucks; a general term of disparagement) |
| ventral {adj} | :: ventral |
| ventre {m} | :: belly; stomach |
| ventre {m} | :: antinode |
| ventre à pattes {m} | :: walking stomach, stomach on legs (person who is hungry all the time) |
| ventre mou {m} | :: weakness, weak spot, soft underbelly |
| ventre sur pattes {m} | :: walking stomach, stomach on legs (person who is hungry all the time) |
| ventriculaire {adj} | :: ventricular |
| ventricule {m} | :: ventricle |
| ventriculographie {f} | :: ventriculography |
| ventrier {adj} | :: abdominal |
| ventriloque {mf} | :: ventriloquist |
| ventripotent {adj} | :: ventripotent |
| ventru {adj} | :: potbellied, paunchy |
| ventru {adj} | :: rounded, bulging |
| vent solaire {m} | :: solar wind |
| vent stellaire {m} | :: stellar wind |
| vent travers {m} | :: beam reach |
| venue {f} | :: coming, arrival |
| Vénus {prop} {f} | :: Venus (Roman goddess) |
| Vénus {prop} {f} | :: Venus (planet) |
| vénusien {adj} | :: Venusian (relating to Venus) |
| vépéciste {m} | :: mail-order company; person/firm selling remotely |
| vêpre {m} | :: The evening |
| vêprée {f} | :: The end of the afternoon; evening |
| vêpres {fp} | :: vespers |
| vêpres {fp} | :: evensong |
| vepse {m} | :: Veps (Finno-Ugric language) |
| ver {m} | :: worm |
| véracité {f} | :: veracity |
| véracité {f} | :: authenticity |
| véraison {f} | :: veraison |
| véranda {f} | :: veranda |
| ver à soie {m} | :: silkworm |
| vératrine {f} | :: veratrin |
| verbal {adj} | :: verbal |
| verbalement {adv} | :: verbally; orally |
| verbalisation {f} | :: verbalization, verbalisation |
| verbaliser {vt} | :: to verbalize, to put into words (express using speech) |
| verbaliser {v} | :: to make a statement (dresser un procès-verbal) |
| verbaliser {vt} | :: to give somebody a ticket, a fine; to write up somebody |
| verbatim {m} | :: verbatim |
| verbatim {adv} | :: verbatim |
| verbe {m} | :: speech |
| verbe {m} | :: tone of voice |
| verbe {m} | :: way of speaking |
| verbe {m} | :: verb |
| verbe auxiliaire {m} | :: auxiliary verb |
| verbe intransitif {m} | :: intransitive verb (action verb not taking a direct object) |
| verbe pronominal {m} | :: pronominal verb |
| verbe transitif {m} | :: transitive verb (a verb that is accompanied by a direct object) |
| verbeusement {adv} | :: verbosely |
| verbeux {adj} | :: verbose |
| verbiage {m} | :: verbiage |
| verbicruciste {m} | :: cruciverbalist; constructor of crossword puzzles |
| verbosité {f} | :: verbosity |
| Vercingétorix {prop} {m} | :: Vercingetorix |
| Vercors {prop} | :: A massif in the Prealps |
| vercouline {f} | :: A form of raclette (fondue) from the Vercors massif |
| vercussien {adj} | :: Of or from Vercors |
| verdâtre {adj} | :: greeny, greenish |
| verdet {m} | :: verdigris |
| ver de terre {m} | :: earthworm |
| verdeur {f} | :: greenness |
| verdeur {f} | :: tartness, sharpness; acidity (of wine) |
| verdeur {f} | :: vitality |
| verdiau {m} | :: purple osier (Salix purpurea) |
| verdict {m} | :: verdict |
| verdien {adj} | :: Verdian |
| verdir {v} | :: to turn green |
| verdissant {adj} | :: greening |
| verdissement {m} | :: the act of turning green |
| verdoyant {adj} | :: verdant |
| verdoyer {v} | :: to be/become verdant, green |
| Verdun {prop} | :: Verdun |
| verdunois {adj} | :: of or pertaining to Verdun |
| verdure {f} | :: verdure, greenness |
| vérécondie {f} | :: restraint, reserve, modesty |
| véreux {adj} | :: maggoty, worm-eaten |
| véreux {adj} | :: (of lawyer, public official etc.) bent, dodgy, crooked, sheisty |
| verge {f} | :: rod |
| verge {f} | :: penis (male sexual organ) |
| verge {f} | :: yard |
| vergé {adj} | :: ribbed, veined |
| vergé {adj} | :: laid (paper) |
| vergé {adj} | :: streaky (colour) |
| vergée {f} | :: rood (quarter of an acre) |
| verger {m} | :: orchard |
| vergerette {f} | :: fleabane |
| vergerolle {f} | :: synonym of vergerette |
| vergeron {m} | :: warbler (bird) |
| vergette {f} | :: A small (wooden) rod |
| vergette {f} | :: A clothes-brush |
| vergette {f} | :: A pale at least fivefold thinner then usual |
| vergeture {f} | :: stretch mark |
| vergeure {f} | :: Brass wire attached to laid paper |
| vergeure {f} | :: (By extension) the lines caused by this wire |
| vergeüre {f} | :: alternative spelling of vergeure |
| verglaçant {adj} | :: freezing |
| verglaçante {adj} | :: freezing (of rain or snow) |
| verglacé {adj} | :: icy (of a surface) |
| verglas {m} | :: black ice |
| vergne {m} | :: alder (tree) |
| vergogne {f} | :: shame (feeling) |
| vergogne {f} | :: restraint, moderation |
| vergogne {f} | :: modesty, decency |
| vergue {f} | :: yard |
| véridique {adj} | :: veracious, truthful; true, for real |
| véridiquement {adv} | :: veraciously, truthfully |
| vérifiabilité {f} | :: verifiability |
| vérifiable {adj} | :: verifiable (able to be verified or confirmed) |
| vérificateur {m} | :: checker, verifier |
| vérification {f} | :: verification |
| vérificatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of vérificateur |
| vérifier {v} | :: to verify |
| vérin {m} | :: cylinder (containing a piston) |
| verisimilitude {f} | :: verisimilitude |
| véritable {adj} | :: veritable |
| véritablement {adv} | :: really, truly |
| vérité {f} | :: truth |
| verjus {m} | :: verjuice |
| verjus {m} | :: wine which is too green |
| verlan {m} | :: verlan (type of backslang used in French) |
| verlaniser {v} | :: to verlanize, verlanise |
| ver luisant {m} | :: firefly |
| ver luisant {m} | :: glowworm |
| vermeil {adj} | :: bright red; vermilion |
| vermeil {adj} | :: ruby; cherry |
| vermeil {adj} | :: rosy |
| vermeil {m} | :: vermeil (gold-plated silver with a reddish hue) |
| Vermette {prop} | :: surname |
| vermicelle {m} | :: vermicelli |
| vermiculite {f} | :: vermiculite |
| vermifuge {adj} | :: vermifuge |
| vermifuge {m} | :: vermifuge |
| vermillon {m} | :: cinnabar |
| vermillon {m} | :: vermilion |
| vermine {f} | :: vermin (destructive creatures) |
| vermine {f} | :: vermin (a contemptible person) |
| vermineux {adj} | :: verminous |
| vermisseau {m} | :: small earthworm, grub |
| vermivore {m} | :: vermivore |
| vermivore {adj} | :: vermivorous |
| vermoudre {vr} | :: alternative form of vermouler. |
| vermouler {vr} | :: to grow worm-eaten |
| vermoulu {adj} | :: riddled with woodworm, worm-eaten |
| vermoulu {adj} | :: moth-eaten |
| vernaculaire {adj} | :: vernacular |
| vernaculaire {m} | :: vernacular |
| Verne {prop} | :: Verne; surname |
| verni {adj} | :: varnished, covered by varnish |
| verni {adj} | :: lucky |
| vernir {v} | :: to varnish |
| vernis {m} | :: varnish |
| vernis {m} | :: nail polish |
| vernis {m} | :: veneer |
| vernis à ongles {m} | :: nail polish |
| vernissage {m} | :: varnishing, glazing |
| vernissage {m} | :: a private viewing at a gallery |
| vernissé {adj} | :: glazed (pottery) |
| vernissé {adj} | :: glossy |
| vernisser {vt} | :: to glaze (pottery) |
| Véro {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| vérole {f} | :: syphilis; pox |
| vérolé {adj} | :: syphilitic |
| vérolé {adj} | :: pockmarked |
| véronais {adj} | :: Veronese |
| Véronais {m} | :: of or from Verona |
| Véronaise {f} | :: feminine singular of Véronais |
| Vérone {prop} {f} | :: Vérone (city) |
| Vérone {prop} {f} | :: Verona (province) |
| véronique {f} | :: veronica (cloth) |
| véronique {f} | :: veronica (movement of the cape) |
| véronique {f} | :: veronica (flower) |
| Véronique {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| verrat {m} | :: boar (male pig) |
| verre {m} | :: glass (substance) |
| verre {m} | :: symbol of fragility |
| verre {m} | :: symbol of transparency |
| verre {m} | :: Object in this substance |
| verre {m} | :: glass |
| verre {m} | :: lens |
| verre {m} | :: glass (drinking vessel) |
| verre {m} | :: its content |
| verre à shot {m} | :: shot glass |
| verrer {v} | :: To scour |
| verrerie {f} | :: glassworks |
| verrerie {f} | :: glassware |
| verrier {m} | :: glassmaker; glassblower |
| verrier {adj} | :: glass (attributive) |
| verrière {f} | :: A glass skylight |
| verrière {f} | :: feminine noun of verrier |
| verrine {f} | :: verrine |
| verroterie {f} | :: glass jewellery |
| verrou {m} | :: bolt |
| verrou {m} | :: lock |
| verrou {m} | :: lock, mutex |
| verrouillable {adj} | :: lockable |
| verrouillage {m} | :: locking (action of locking something) |
| verrouiller {v} | :: to bolt, to bolt up (lock with a bolt) |
| verrouiller {v} | :: to lock (to prevent something ,e.g. a button or keypad, from performing its task) |
| verrue {f} | :: wart, verruca |
| vers {prep} | :: towards |
| vers {prep} | :: to |
| vers {prep} | :: around, circa (with a date or time) |
| vers {m} | :: verse |
| versaillais {adj} | :: Of or from Versailles |
| versaillais {adj} | :: that opposed the commune of 1871 |
| Versailles {prop} {fp} | :: Versailles (municipality/and/suburb) |
| Versailles {prop} {fp} | :: Versailles (the Palace of Versailles) |
| versant {m} | :: slope, side |
| versatile {adj} | :: versatile; easily changeable |
| versatile {adj} | :: indecisive |
| versatilité {f} | :: versatility |
| versatilité {f} | :: fickleness |
| versé {adj} | :: versed, knowledgeable (in something), conversant (with something) |
| verseau {m} | :: An uncovered slope above an entablature used to carry away water |
| Verseau {prop} {m} | :: The stellar constellation Aquarius |
| Verseau {prop} {m} | :: The zodiac sign Aquarius |
| versement {m} | :: payment, especially an electronic transaction |
| verser {vt} | :: to pour |
| verser {vt} | :: to pay, to put money into a fund |
| verser {vi} | :: to overturn (turn over, capsize) |
| verset {m} | :: diminutive of vers |
| verset {m} | :: verse (of religious text) |
| verseur {m} | :: pourer |
| verseur {m} | :: payer |
| verseur {adj} | :: pouring |
| versification {f} | :: versification |
| versifier {v} | :: to versify |
| version {f} | :: version; model (a specific state, variant, or form of something) |
| version {f} | :: a translation exercise |
| version {f} | :: a translation |
| version {f} | :: a specific manner of reporting a fact or event |
| version {f} | :: an obstetric maneuver to change the fetus' position inside the uterus so as to facilitate childbirth |
| vers libre {m} | :: free verse |
| verso {m} | :: verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page) |
| verso {m} | :: left-hand page |
| versoir {m} | :: moldboard |
| Verstappen {prop} | :: Verstappen; surname |
| verste {f} | :: "(Russian meas.) verst" |
| vert {m} | :: green |
| vert {adj} | :: green |
| vert-de-gris {m} | :: verdigris (blue-green patina on copper and copper alloys) |
| vert de jalousie {adj} | :: green with envy |
| vert de peur {adj} | :: scared to death, white as a sheet, terrified |
| vert de rage {adj} | :: livid, furious, beside oneself with anger |
| vertébral {adj} | :: vertebral |
| vertébré {m} | :: vertebrate |
| vertèbre {f} | :: vertebra |
| vertèbre cervicale {f} | :: cervical vertebra |
| vertement {adv} | :: strongly, eagerly |
| vertement {adv} | :: harshly, sharply |
| vert-galant {m} | :: "A brisk spark". |
| vertical {adj} | :: vertical |
| verticalement {adv} | :: vertically (in a vertical direction or position) |
| verticalité {f} | :: verticality, verticalness |
| verticité {f} | :: verticity |
| vertige {m} | :: dizziness, vertigo |
| vertigineusement {adv} | :: vertiginously |
| vertigineusement {adv} | :: dizzily |
| vertigineux {adj} | :: vertiginous |
| vertigineux {adj} | :: dizzy |
| vert pomme {adj} | :: apple-green |
| vertu {f} | :: virtue |
| vertueusement {adv} | :: virtuously |
| vertueux {adj} | :: virtuous |
| vertugadin {m} | :: farthingale |
| vérumontanum {m} | :: verumontanum |
| verve {f} | :: eloquence |
| verve {f} | :: verve, brio |
| verveine {f} | :: vervain, verbena |
| verveine {f} | :: verbena tea; vervain liqueur |
| Verville {prop} | :: surname |
| vésanie {f} | :: vesania |
| vésanique {adj} | :: vesanic |
| vesce {f} | :: vetch |
| vésical {adj} | :: vesical |
| vésicant {adj} | :: vesicant |
| vésiculaire {adj} | :: vesicular(being, having, or resembling a vesicle or vesicles) |
| vésicule {f} | :: bladder (A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.) |
| vésicule biliaire {f} | :: gall bladder (pear-shaped organ that stores bile) |
| vésiculeux {adj} | :: vesicular |
| vespasienne {f} | :: urinal (in street) |
| vespéral {adj} | :: evening (attributive) |
| vespéralement {adv} | :: during the evening |
| vespiforme {adj} | :: vespiform |
| vespoïde {m} | :: vespoid |
| vesse {f} | :: fart |
| vesse-de-loup {f} | :: puffball |
| vesser {v} | :: To fart |
| vessie {f} | :: bladder |
| Vesta {prop} | :: Vesta |
| Vesta {prop} | :: Vesta |
| vestale {f} | :: vestal |
| veste {f} | :: jacket (garment) |
| vestiaire {m} | :: locker room, changing room |
| vestiaire {m} | :: vestry |
| vestibulaire {adj} | :: vestibular |
| vestibule {m} | :: hall, entrance hall |
| vestibule {m} | :: vestibule |
| vestige {m} | :: vestige, relic |
| vestigial {adj} | :: vestigial |
| vestimentaire {adj} | :: vestimentary, sartorial; clothing, dress (attributive) |
| vestimentairement {adv} | :: vestimentarily |
| veston {m} | :: (man's) jacket |
| Vestphalie {prop} {f} | :: alternative spelling of Westphalie |
| Vésuve {prop} {m} | :: Vesuvius (volcano in Italy) |
| vêtement {m} | :: garment, item of clothing |
| vêtement {m} | :: (in plural vêtements) clothes, clothing |
| vétéran {m} | :: veteran |
| vétérant {adj} | :: alternative form of vétéran |
| vétérinaire {adj} | :: veterinary |
| vétérinaire {mf} | :: veterinarian, veterinary surgeon, vet |
| vétérotestamentaire {adj} | :: vetero-testamentary, Old Testament (attributive) |
| vétillard {m} | :: trifler (someone who trifles) |
| vétille {f} | :: trifle, triviality |
| vétiller {vi} | :: to trifle (deal with unimportant things) |
| vétilleux {adj} | :: punctilious |
| vétilleux {adj} | :: captious |
| vêtir {vt} | :: to dress, to clothe |
| vêtir {vp} | :: to dress, get dressed |
| vétiver {m} | :: vetiver |
| veto {m} | :: veto |
| veto {mf} | :: vet (veterinarian) |
| véto {m} | :: veto |
| véto {mf} | :: vet (veterinarian, veterinary surgeon) |
| Vettel {prop} | :: Vettel; surname |
| vêtu {adj} | :: dressed |
| vêture {f} | :: investiture |
| vêture {f} | :: clothing (action) |
| vêture {f} | :: cladding |
| vétuste {adj} | :: run-down, dilapidated |
| vétuste {adj} | :: outdated, antiquated |
| vétusté {f} | :: dilapidation |
| veuf {n} | :: widower (a man whose wife has died and who has not remarried) |
| veuf {adj} | :: widowed |
| veuf {adj} | :: odd (missing its pair) |
| veule {adj} | :: feeble |
| veulerie {f} | :: spinelessness, feebleness |
| veuvage {m} | :: widowhood |
| veuve {f} | :: widow |
| veuve noire {f} | :: black widow (arachnid) |
| veuve noire {f} | :: black widow (woman who kills) |
| vexant {adj} | :: annoying; irritating; frustrating |
| vexation {f} | :: insult |
| vexation {f} | :: humiliation |
| vexation {f} | :: harassment |
| vexatoire {adj} | :: vexatious, harassing |
| vexé {adj} | :: vexed, annoyed |
| vexer {v} | :: to irritate; to annoy |
| vexer {v} | :: to offend, to hurt |
| vexillologie {f} | :: vexillology |
| vexillologique {adj} | :: vexillological |
| vexillologiquement {adv} | :: vexillogically |
| VF {n} | :: "version française" — French-language version (FV); a film dubbed in French |
| VFSTA {n} | :: "version français sous-titres anglais" — French-language version with English subtitles (OFVEST); a film dubbed in French with English-language subtitles |
| VHR {mf} | :: PHEV; abbreviation of véhicule hybride rechargeable |
| VHR {mf} | :: abbreviation of voiture hybride rechargeable |
| VHS {f} | :: VHS |
| via {prep} | :: via, through, by way of |
| viabiliser {vt} | :: to service (provide with services) |
| viabilité {f} | :: viability |
| viabilité {f} | :: suitable condition of a road |
| viable {adj} | :: viable, feasible |
| viaduc {m} | :: viaduct |
| via ferrata {f} | :: via ferrata (protected climbing route) |
| viager {adj} | :: life (attributive) |
| viande {f} | :: meat |
| viande {f} | :: food |
| viande {f} | :: an object of sexual desire; a piece of meat |
| viande fumée {f} | :: smoked meat |
| viande fumée {f} | :: smoked meat |
| viande fumée {f} | :: smoked meat sandwich |
| viande hachée {f} | :: ground meat, minced meat |
| viarge {interj} | :: An indication of surprise, indignation, or any other emotion |
| viatique {m} | :: viaticum (eucharist) |
| viatique {m} | :: money, provisions (for a journey) |
| Viaud {prop} | :: surname |
| vibe {f} | :: vibe |
| vibraculaire {m} | :: vibraculum |
| vibrance {f} | :: vibrancy |
| vibraphone {m} | :: vibraphone |
| vibraphoniste {mf} | :: vibraphonist |
| vibrateur {m} | :: vibrator |
| vibratile {adj} | :: vibratile |
| vibration {f} | :: vibration |
| vibrationnel {adj} | :: vibrational |
| vibrato {m} | :: vibrato |
| vibratoire {adj} | :: vibratory |
| vibrer {v} | :: to vibrate |
| vibreur {m} | :: vibrate mode (in a mobile phone etc) |
| vibrion {m} | :: vibrio |
| vibrionique {adj} | :: vibrionic |
| vibrionnaire {adj} | :: vibrionic |
| vibrionnant {adj} | :: attention-seeking |
| vibrisse {f} | :: vibrissa |
| vibro- {prefix} | :: Forms words related to vibration |
| vibromasseur {m} | :: vibrator |
| vibronique {adj} | :: vibronic |
| vicaire {m} | :: vicar; curate |
| vicarial {adj} | :: vicarial |
| vicariat {m} | :: curacy |
| vice {m} | :: vice |
| vice anglais {m} | :: flagellation |
| vice anglais {m} | :: homosexuality |
| vice caché {m} | :: latent defect, hidden defect |
| vice de forme {m} | :: formal defect, irregularity, technical flaw, breach of procedure |
| Vicence {prop} | :: Vicenza |
| vicentin {adj} | :: Vicentine |
| Vicentin {m} | :: Vicentine |
| Vicentine {f} | :: feminine singular of Vicentin |
| vice-président {m} | :: vice-president |
| vice-roi {m} | :: viceroy |
| vicésimal {adj} | :: vigesimal |
| vichy {m} | :: gingham |
| vichy {m} | :: Vichy water |
| Vichy {prop} {mf} | :: Vichy |
| vichysme {m} | :: The Vichy regime (in Vichy France) |
| vichyssois {adj} | :: Of or from Vichy |
| vichyssois {adj} | :: Pertaining to the Vichy wartime government |
| Vichyssois {m} | :: Native or inhabitant of Vichy |
| vichyssoise {f} | :: vichyssoise |
| Vichyssoise {f} | :: feminine singular of Vichyssois |
| vichyste {adj} | :: Of or from Vichy |
| vichyste {mf} | :: A partisan during the Vichy France regime |
| Vichyste {mf} | :: A native or inhabitant of Vichy |
| vicié {adj} | :: polluted, tainted; vitiated |
| vicier {vt} | :: to invalidate |
| vicier {vt} | :: to vitiate |
| vicieusement {adv} | :: viciously |
| vicieux {adj} | :: lecherous, perverted, depraved |
| vicieux {adj} | :: sly, deceitful; tricky (question) |
| vicieux {adj} | :: vicious (horse) |
| vicieux {adj} | :: wrong (word, pronunciation, etc.) |
| vicieux {m} | :: pervert |
| vicinal {adj} | :: vicinal |
| vicinité {f} | :: vicinity |
| vicissitude {f} | :: vicissitude |
| vicomte {m} | :: viscount |
| vicomté {f} | :: viscountship |
| vicomtesse {f} | :: viscountess |
| victimaire {adj} | :: victim (attributive) |
| victimation {f} | :: victimization |
| victime {f} | :: victim |
| victimer {vt} | :: To victimize |
| victimisation {f} | :: victimization/victimisation |
| victimiser {vt} | :: To victimize |
| victimologie {f} | :: victimology |
| victoire {f} | :: victory; win |
| Victoire {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| victoire à la Pyrrhus {f} | :: Pyrrhic victory (a costly victory) |
| Victor {prop} | :: given name |
| Victoria {prop} | :: given name |
| Victoria {prop} | :: Victoria (the lake) |
| Victoriatown {prop} | :: Victoriatown; Victoriatown (neighbourhood). synonym of Village-aux-Oies (a former Irish neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
| Victoriaville {prop} | :: Victoriaville (town) |
| victorien {adj} | :: Victorian |
| victorieusement {adv} | :: victoriously |
| victorieux {adj} | :: victorious |
| victuaille {f} | :: provisions, victuals |
| vidage {m} | :: emptying |
| vidange {f} | :: oil change (the emptying and replacing of engine oil in a vehicle) |
| vidange {f} | :: garbage, trash |
| vidanger {v} | :: To empty a reservoir, cesspit etc |
| vidanger {v} | :: to change the oil in the motor of a vehicle |
| vidangeur {m} | :: A person who empties a reservoir, cesspit etc |
| vide {adj} | :: empty |
| vide {adj} | :: devoid |
| vide {adj} | :: blank (page, tape) |
| vide {adj} | :: vacant; unfurnished (apartment) |
| vide {m} | :: (empty) space |
| vide {m} | :: vacuum, void |
| vide {m} | :: emptiness |
| vide {m} | :: gap |
| vidéaste {mf} | :: videographer |
| vide-couilles {m} | :: cum dumpster |
| vide-grenier {m} | :: garage sale |
| vide juridique {m} | :: legal vacuum |
| vidéo- {prefix} | :: video- |
| vidéo {f} | :: video (television show, movie) |
| vidéocassette {f} | :: videocassette (cassette containing recorded videotape) |
| vidéoclip {m} | :: music video |
| vidéocommunication {f} | :: video communication |
| vidéoconférence {f} | :: video conference |
| vidéodisque {m} | :: videodisc / videodisk |
| vidéoludique {adj} | :: videogaming (attributive) |
| vidéoludiquement {adv} | :: as in a video game |
| vidéophone {m} | :: videophone |
| vidéoprojecteur {m} | :: video projector |
| vidéosurveillance {f} | :: video surveillance, CCTV |
| vidéotéléphone {m} | :: videotelephone; videophone |
| vidéotex {m} | :: Teletext |
| vidéothèque {f} | :: video collection |
| vidéothèque {f} | :: video library |
| vide-pomme {m} | :: apple-corer |
| vider {v} | :: to empty, to empty out |
| vider {v} | :: to gut (e.g. a fish) |
| vider l'abcès {v} | :: synonym of crever l'abcès |
| vider les arçons {v} | :: to dismount (to leave the saddle) |
| vider les couilles {v} | :: to empty someone (else)'s balls |
| vider les couilles {vr} | :: to empty one's balls |
| vider son sac {vi} | :: to get something off one's chest, to pour one's heart out |
| videur {m} | :: bouncer |
| videuse {f} | :: bouncer |
| vidien {adj} | :: Vidian |
| viduité {f} | :: widowhood |
| vie {f} | :: life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death |
| vie {f} | :: life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death |
| vie {f} | :: biography, life |
| vie {f} | :: life, lifeforms |
| vie {f} | :: cost of living |
| vie {f} | :: way, path (road, railway, etc) |
| vie de château {f} | :: life of Riley |
| vie de chien {f} | :: dog's life (miserable life) |
| vie de cocagne {f} | :: life of Riley, good life (life of ease, pleasure and luxury) |
| vie de Cocagne {f} | :: alternative spelling of vie de cocagne |
| vie de patachon {f} | :: life in the fast lane |
| vie de tous les jours {f} | :: everyday life, day-to-day life, daily life |
| vieil irlandais {m} | :: the Old Irish language |
| vieil islandais {m} | :: alternative form of vieux norrois |
| vieillard {m} | :: an old man, an old person |
| vieillarde {f} | :: feminine noun of vieillard |
| vieille école {f} | :: the old-school way, the traditional way |
| vieille fille {f} | :: spinster, old maid |
| vieille France {adj} | :: traditional, old-fashioned, conservative, old-school |
| vieillement {adv} | :: agedly in an old way |
| vieillerie {f} | :: old stuff |
| vieilles lunes {fp} | :: old-fashioned ideas, outdated ideas, hackneyed ideas; things of the past |
| vieillesse {f} | :: old age |
| vieillesse {f} | :: oldness |
| vieilli {adj} | :: old-fashioned; dated |
| vieillir {vi} | :: to grow old, to age |
| vieillir {vt} | :: to make (someone) look older |
| vieillir {vr} | :: to make oneself look older |
| vieillissant {adj} | :: aging |
| vieillissement {m} | :: ageing, the action of getting older |
| vieillot {adj} | :: antiquated |
| vieillot {adj} | :: quaint |
| vielle {f} | :: vielle, hurdy-gurdy |
| vielle à roue {f} | :: hurdy-gurdy (stringed instrument) |
| vieller {v} | :: to play a vielle |
| vielleur {m} | :: An actor who plays the part of an old man |
| vielleuse {f} | :: feminine singular of vielleur |
| viendez {interj} | :: come on, come |
| Vienne {prop} {f} | :: Vienne (capital city) |
| Vienne {prop} {f} | :: Vienne (department) |
| Vienne {prop} {f} | :: Vienne (river) |
| Vienne {prop} {f} | :: Vienne (city) |
| viennois {adj} | :: Viennese (from Vienna) |
| Viennois {m} | :: a Viennese person |
| Viennoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Viennois |
| viennoiserie {f} | :: Danish pastry |
| Vientiane {prop} | :: Vientiane (capital city) |
| vie privée {f} | :: private life |
| vie quotidienne {f} | :: everyday life, day-to-day life, daily life |
| vierge {adj} | :: virgin |
| vierge {adj} | :: blank |
| Vierge {prop} {f} | :: The stellar constellation Virgo |
| Vierge {prop} {f} | :: The zodiac sign Virgo |
| Vierge {mf} | :: Virgo (person with this star sign) |
| Vierge Marie {prop} {f} | :: Virgin Mary (Jesus' mother) |
| vie sociale {f} | :: social life (interpersonal relationships taken collectively; the whole of public activities performed in association with others for the purpose of pleasure) |
| vietminh {adj} | :: Vietminh |
| Vietnam {prop} {m} | :: Vietnam |
| Viet Nam {prop} {m} | :: alternative form of Vietnam |
| Viêt Nam {prop} {m} | :: obsolete spelling of Vietnam |
| vietnamien {adj} | :: Vietnamese |
| vietnamien {m} | :: Vietnamese (language) |
| Vietnamien {m} | :: Vietnamese (Vietnamese person) |
| Vietnamienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Vietnamien |
| vietnamiser {v} | :: To make (more) Vietnamese |
| vieux {adj} | :: old |
| vieux {m} | :: old person |
| vieux breton {m} | :: Old Breton (language) |
| vieux comme Hérode {adj} | :: older than dirt |
| vieux comme le monde {adj} | :: older than dirt, old as the hills, old as time |
| vieux comme les chemins {adj} | :: old as the hills, old as time |
| vieux comme Mathusalem {adj} | :: older than dirt |
| vieux croûton {m} | :: an old fart |
| vieux de la vieille {m} | :: veteran, old hand, old-timer, old-school one, old boy, boy of the old brigade |
| vieux français {m} | :: alternative form of ancien français |
| vieux gallois {m} | :: Old Welsh |
| vieux jeu {adj} | :: old-fashioned (of persons, manners) |
| vieux jours {mp} | :: old age (of a person) |
| vieux néerlandais {m} | :: the Old Dutch language |
| vieux norois {m} | :: alternative spelling of vieux norrois |
| vieux norrois {m} | :: Old Norse language |
| vieux perse {m} | :: Old Persian |
| vieux-perse {m} | :: Old Persian |
| vieux russe {m} | :: Old Russian, Old East Slavic |
| vif {adj} | :: lively, brisk |
| vif {adj} | :: vivid, bright |
| vif {adj} | :: keen, sharp |
| vif {adj} | :: poignant, cutting, sharp |
| vif {adj} | :: sharp, jagged |
| vif {adj} | :: acute, intense, strong |
| vif {adj} | :: great, deep |
| vif {m} | :: living person |
| vif-argent {m} | :: quicksilver; mercury |
| vif-argent {m} | :: rapidness, agility |
| vigésimal {adj} | :: vigesimal |
| vigie {f} | :: lookout; watch |
| vigie {f} | :: crow's nest |
| vigilamment {adv} | :: vigilantly |
| vigilance {f} | :: vigilance |
| vigilant {adj} | :: vigilant |
| vigile {m} | :: guard, security guard |
| vigile {f} | :: vigil (eve of a religious festival) |
| vigiler {v} | :: To maintain a vigil |
| vigipirate {adj} | :: antiterrorist |
| vigne {f} | :: vine |
| vigne {f} | :: vineyard |
| vigneron {m} | :: winemaker; vigneron |
| vigneron {adj} | :: winemaking (attributive use) |
| Vigneron {prop} | :: Vigneron; surname |
| vigneronne {f} | :: feminine noun of vigneron |
| vignette {f} | :: vignette |
| vignette {f} | :: image, illustration, motif |
| vignettiste {mf} | :: vignettist |
| vigne vierge {f} | :: Virginia creeper |
| vignoble {m} | :: vineyard (grape plantation) |
| vigogne {m} | :: vicuna, vicuña |
| vigoureusement {adv} | :: vigorously (with intense energy) |
| vigoureux {adj} | :: vigorous |
| vigousse {f} | :: vigour, energy |
| vigousse {adj} | :: vigorous, lively |
| viguerie {f} | :: A medieval court system that existed in the southern areas of France |
| vigueur {f} | :: vigour |
| viguier {m} | :: a magistrate that administered a viguerie |
| vil {adj} | :: cheap, worthless |
| vil {adj} | :: vile (morally low) |
| vilain {m} | :: villain |
| vilain {m} | :: peasant |
| vilain {m} | :: country dweller |
| vilain {adj} | :: ugly |
| vilain {adj} | :: disagreeable |
| vilain {adj} | :: villainous |
| Vilaine {prop} | :: Vilaine (river) |
| vilainement {adv} | :: displeasingly; uglily |
| vilainement {adv} | :: dangerously |
| vilainement {adv} | :: miserly; in a miserly way |
| vilainement {adv} | :: immorally |
| vilain petit canard {m} | :: ugly duckling |
| vilayet {m} | :: vilayet |
| vilbrequin {m} | :: alternative form of vilebrequin |
| vilebrequin {m} | :: crank (tool) |
| vilebrequin {m} | :: crankshaft |
| vilement {adv} | :: vilely, basely |
| vilenie {f} | :: vileness, baseness |
| vilenie {f} | :: wickedness |
| vilipender {vt} | :: to vilipend, vilify, revile, scorn, despise, condemn |
| villa {f} | :: villa |
| villa {f} | :: house in the country |
| village {m} | :: village |
| village {m} | :: town, city |
| Village-aux-Oies {prop} | :: Goose Village; Village-aux-Oies (neighbourhood). (a former neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
| Village-Neuf {prop} | :: Village-Neuf (commune) |
| villageois {adj} | :: villagelike, characteristic of a village |
| villageois {m} | :: villager (someone who lives in a village) |
| villageoise {f} | :: female equivalent of villageois |
| villanelle {f} | :: villanelle |
| villard {adj} | :: Of or from Villefontaine |
| Villard {m} | :: Native or inhabitant of Villefontaine |
| Villarde {f} | :: feminine noun of Villard |
| villardien {adj} | :: Of or from Villard-Bonnot or Villard-de-Lans |
| villardois {adj} | :: Of or from Villard-Saint-Christophe or Villars-les-Dombes |
| -ville {suffix} | :: -ville |
| ville {f} | :: town, city |
| Ville {prop} {f} | :: Ville (city) |
| Ville de Québec {prop} {f} | :: Ville de Québec (capital city) |
| ville-dortoir {f} | :: dormitory town, bedroom community |
| Villefort {prop} | :: A commune in Aude |
| Villefort {prop} | :: A commune in Lozère |
| Villegaignon {prop} {m} | :: alternative spelling of Villegagnon |
| Villegaignon {prop} {m} | :: Villegaignon |
| villégiateur {m} | :: holidaymaker, vacationer |
| villégiatrice {f} | :: feminine noun of villégiateur |
| villégiature {f} | :: holiday |
| villégiature {f} | :: holiday home |
| ville morte {f} | :: general strike |
| ville morte {f} | :: A town shut down by a general strike |
| Villeneuve {prop} | :: surname |
| -viller {suffix} | :: alternative spelling of -willer |
| villette {f} | :: a small village |
| villeux {adj} | :: villous |
| Villiers {prop} | :: Any of a number of communes in France |
| Villiers {prop} | :: surname |
| villosité {f} | :: villus |
| Vilnius {prop} | :: Vilnius (capital city) |
| vimentine {f} | :: vimentin |
| vin {m} | :: wine |
| vinage {m} | :: An ancient manorial right to produce wine on one's land |
| vinage {m} | :: The addition of alcohol to wine |
| vinaigre {m} | :: vinegar |
| vinaigre balsamique {m} | :: balsamic vinegar |
| vinaigrer {v} | :: To souse |
| vinaigrer {v} | :: To pickle |
| vinaigrette {f} | :: vinaigrette (sauce), French dressing |
| vinaigrette {f} | :: vinaigrette (vehicle) |
| vinaigrier {m} | :: vinegar maker |
| vinaigrier {m} | :: cruet (for vinegar) |
| vinaire {adj} | :: wine (attributive) |
| vinasse {f} | :: vinasse |
| vinasse {f} | :: Poor-quality, bad-tasting wine |
| vin blanc {m} | :: white wine |
| Vincennes {prop} {f} | :: Vincennes (city) |
| Vincent {prop} | :: given name |
| Vincent {prop} | :: surname |
| vincible {adj} | :: vincible |
| vinciblement {adv} | :: vincibly |
| vinculine {f} | :: vinculin |
| vin de copeau {m} | :: wine in which woodchips have been soaked in order to lighten it |
| vin de glace {m} | :: icewine (alcoholic beverage made from grape juice squeezed from naturally frozen grapes left on the vine) |
| vin de maison {m} | :: house wine |
| vin de messe {m} | :: altar wine |
| vin de palme {m} | :: palm wine |
| vin de pays {m} | :: country wine |
| vin de poire {m} | :: synonym of poiré (perry) |
| vin de poire {m} | :: pear wine (a grape-based wine infused with pear or artificial pear flavour) |
| vin de riz {m} | :: rice wine |
| vin de table {m} | :: table wine |
| vin d'honneur {m} | :: wine reception (buffet with drinks provided) |
| vindicatif {adj} | :: vindictive, vengeful (having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge) |
| vindicativement {adv} | :: vindictively |
| vindicte {f} | :: condemnation |
| vindicte {f} | :: retribution |
| vin doux {f} | :: dessert wine (sweet wine) |
| vin doux {f} | :: grape juice not yet fermented into wine |
| viné {adj} | :: (of wine) fortified |
| viner {v} | :: To add alcohol to a wine to conserve it, in order to transport it without it deteriorating; fortify |
| vineux {adj} | :: vinous |
| Vingrau {prop} {m} | :: Vingrau (town) |
| vin gris {m} | :: A kind of rosé wine made from red grapes, in particular Pinot Noir |
| vingt {num} | :: twenty |
| vingt {m} | :: twenty |
| vingtaine {f} | :: About twenty |
| vingt-cinq {m} | :: twenty-five |
| vingt-deux {m} | :: twenty-two |
| vingt-deux {interj} | :: cheese it! |
| vingt dieux {interj} | :: blow me down, bloody hell, gosh, good God |
| vingt et un {num} | :: alternative form of vingt-et-un |
| vingt-et-un {num} | :: twenty-one |
| vingt-et-un {m} | :: twenty-one |
| vingt-et-unième {adj} | :: twenty-first |
| vingt-et-unième {m} | :: a twenty-first |
| vingt-huit {m} | :: twenty-eight |
| vingtième {adj} | :: twentieth |
| vingtième {mf} | :: twentieth |
| vingtièmement {adv} | :: twentiethly |
| vingt-neuf {m} | :: twenty-nine |
| vingt-quatre {m} | :: twenty-four |
| vingt-sept {m} | :: twenty-seven |
| vingt-six {m} | :: twenty-six |
| vingt-trois {m} | :: twenty-three |
| vingtupler {v} | :: To multiply by twenty |
| vingtupler {v} | :: To make, or become, twenty times as large |
| vinicole {adj} | :: wine production (attributive) |
| viniculture {f} | :: viniculture |
| vinifère {adj} | :: viniferous; wine-producing |
| vinificateur {m} | :: winemaker |
| vinification {f} | :: winemaking |
| vinification {f} | :: The fermentation stage of winemaking |
| vinifier {v} | :: to make into wine; to vinify |
| vinique {adj} | :: wine (attributive) |
| vin jaune {m} | :: vin jaune |
| vinomètre {m} | :: vinometer |
| vinosité {f} | :: vinosity |
| vin rosé {m} | :: rosé wine |
| vin rouge {m} | :: red wine |
| vintage {adj} | :: vintage |
| Vintimille {prop} {f} | :: Vintimille (city) |
| vinylacétylène {f} | :: vinylacetylene |
| vinyle {adj} | :: vinyl |
| vinyle {m} | :: vinyl |
| vinylidène {m} | :: vinylidene |
| vinylique {adj} | :: vinylic |
| viol {m} | :: a rape |
| violacé {adj} | :: purplish |
| violacer {v} | :: to turn purple, to purple |
| Violaine {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| violateur {m} | :: violator, profaner |
| violation {f} | :: violation |
| violâtre {adj} | :: purpureal, violet |
| violatrice {f} | :: female equivalent of violateur |
| viol collectif {m} | :: gang rape |
| viol conjugal {m} | :: marital rape |
| viole {f} | :: viol |
| viole d'amour {f} | :: viola d'amore |
| viole de gambe {f} | :: viola da gamba |
| violemment {adv} | :: violently |
| violence {f} | :: violence |
| violence {f} | :: act of violence |
| violence conjugale {f} | :: domestic violence |
| violence conjugale {f} | :: a specific act of domestic violence |
| viol en réunion {m} | :: gang rape |
| violent {adj} | :: violent |
| violenter {vt} | :: to subject to violence, commit violence upon |
| violenter {vt} | :: to rape, sexually assault |
| violer {vt} | :: To violate |
| violer {vt} | :: To rape, to have sex with an unwilling partner |
| violet {m} | :: purple (colour) |
| violet {m} | :: mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar |
| violet {adj} | :: purple |
| Violet {prop} | :: surname |
| violette {f} | :: violet (plant) |
| Violette {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| violeur {m} | :: rapist |
| violeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of violeur |
| violier {m} | :: stock (of genus Matthiola) |
| violon {m} | :: violin |
| violon {m} | :: violinist |
| violon {m} | :: jail |
| violon alto {m} | :: viola |
| violoncelle {m} | :: cello; violoncello |
| violoncelliste {mf} | :: cellist (person who plays the cello) |
| violon d'Ingres {m} | :: hobby, passion |
| violoner {v} | :: to play violon, especially, to play poorly, to fiddle |
| violoneuse {f} | :: feminine singular of violoneux |
| violoneux {m} | :: fiddler (fiddle player) |
| violoniste {mf} | :: violinist |
| vionnet {m} | :: small street or lane |
| viorne {f} | :: viburnum |
| vipère {f} | :: viper |
| vipère {f} | :: a malignant person |
| vipère de la mort {f} | :: common death adder |
| vipéridé {m} | :: viperid |
| vipérin {adj} | :: viperine, viperous |
| virage {m} | :: bend, turn, curve |
| virage {m} | :: change, shift (in orientation) |
| virage {m} | :: turn |
| virage {m} | :: change in colour |
| virage en lacets {m} | :: A succession of hairpin bends |
| virago {f} | :: virago |
| viral {adj} | :: viral |
| viralement {adv} | :: virally |
| viralité {f} | :: contagiousness |
| viralité {f} | :: virality |
| vire {f} | :: A small ledge on the side of a mountain |
| virée {f} | :: trip |
| virée {f} | :: car or bike ride |
| virelai {m} | :: virelai |
| virelangue {m} | :: tongue-twister |
| virement {m} | :: bank transfer, wire transfer |
| virer {vi} | :: to bear, veer (change direction slightly) |
| virer {vi} | :: to turn into, become |
| virer {vt} | :: to transfer |
| virer {vt} | :: to get rid of, fire, shitcan |
| virer de bord {v} | :: to tack, to change tack, to put about |
| virer de bord {v} | :: to change sides, to box the compass |
| virer de bord {v} | :: to switch teams (to change one's sexual orientation) |
| virer une brosse {phrase} | :: to get wasted, drunk, smashed |
| vireux {adj} | :: poisonous |
| virevoltant {adj} | :: twirling, spinning |
| virevolte {f} | :: twirl; spin; turn |
| virevolter {v} | :: to twirl, spin around, loop around |
| Virgile {prop} {m} | :: Virgil |
| virginal {adj} | :: virginal |
| virginal {m} | :: virginal |
| virginalement {adv} | :: virginally; as a virgin |
| Virginie {prop} {f} | :: The US state of Virginia |
| Virginie {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Virginie-Occidentale {prop} {f} | :: Virginie-Occidentale (state) |
| virginité {f} | :: virginity (state of being a virgin) |
| virginité {f} | :: moral purity |
| virgule {f} | :: comma (punctuation mark) |
| virgule {f} | :: decimal point (see usage notes) |
| virgule fixe {f} | :: fixed point |
| virgule flottante {f} | :: floating point |
| virguler {v} | :: to put a comma or commas (in a text) |
| virialisation {f} | :: virialization |
| viriel {m} | :: virial |
| viril {adj} | :: virile |
| viril {adj} | :: manly, masculine |
| virilement {adv} | :: virilely |
| viriliser {vt} | :: to masculinize |
| virilité {f} | :: virility |
| virion {m} | :: A virion |
| viroïde {m} | :: viroid (A short section of RNA but without the protein coat typical of viruses) |
| virologie {f} | :: virology (branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral disease) |
| virologique {adj} | :: virological |
| virologiste {mf} | :: virologist |
| virologue {mf} | :: virologist |
| virose {m} | :: virosis |
| virtualité {f} | :: virtuality |
| virtuel {adj} | :: virtual |
| virtuellement {adv} | :: virtually |
| virtuose {adj} | :: virtuoso |
| virtuose {mf} | :: virtuoso |
| virtuosité {f} | :: virtuosity |
| virulemment {adv} | :: virulently |
| virulent {adj} | :: virulent |
| virulent {adj} | :: virulent (hostile) |
| virus {m} | :: virus |
| virus à ADN {m} | :: DNA virus |
| virus à ARN {m} | :: RNA virus |
| virus informatique {m} | :: computer virus |
| vis {f} | :: screw (metal fastener) |
| visa {m} | :: a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of an official action |
| visa {m} | :: a travel visa |
| visage {m} | :: face (anatomy) |
| visagiste {mf} | :: make-up artist |
| vis-à-vis {adv} | :: Facing, face-to-face |
| vis-à-vis {m} | :: A meeting, especially a private one |
| vis-à-vis {m} | :: A position where two things face each other |
| vis-à-vis {m} | :: An equivalent |
| vis-à-vis {m} | :: What faces someone or something, such as a view or the person seated in front |
| vis-à-vis {m} | :: A type of S-shaped couch or sofa that allows people to be seated face-to-face |
| vis-à-vis de {prep} | :: Opposite |
| vis-à-vis de {prep} | :: Regarding, vis-à-vis |
| viscéral {adj} | :: visceral |
| viscéral {adj} | :: gut (attributive) |
| viscéralement {adv} | :: viscerally |
| viscère {m} | :: viscera, intestines |
| viscine {f} | :: viscin |
| viscosimètre {m} | :: viscometer |
| viscosité {f} | :: viscosity |
| viser {v} | :: to aim at, target |
| viser {v} | :: to issue with a visa |
| viseur {m} | :: sight (on a gun) |
| viseur {m} | :: viewfinder |
| Vishnou {prop} {m} | :: Vishnu (the god) |
| visibilité {f} | :: visibility |
| visible {adj} | :: visible |
| visiblement {adv} | :: visibly |
| visière {f} | :: visor |
| visio {f} | :: video conference |
| visioconférence {f} | :: video conference |
| vision {f} | :: vision, sight |
| vision centrale {f} | :: central vision |
| vision du monde {f} | :: worldview |
| visionnable {adj} | :: viewable |
| visionnage {m} | :: viewing |
| visionnaire {adj} | :: visionary |
| visionnaire {mf} | :: visionary |
| visionnement {m} | :: a viewing (of a film) |
| visionner {v} | :: to view |
| visionneur {m} | :: viewer |
| visionneuse {f} | :: A slide viewer |
| visionneuse {f} | :: viewer |
| vision périphérique {f} | :: peripheral vision |
| visiophone {m} | :: videophone |
| visite {f} | :: visit |
| visite guidée {f} | :: guided tour |
| visiter {v} | :: to visit (a place) |
| visiteur {m} | :: visitor |
| visiteuse {f} | :: female equivalent of visiteur |
| vison {m} | :: mink |
| vison d'Amérique {m} | :: American mink (Mustela vison) |
| vison d'Europe {m} | :: European mink (Mustela lutreola) |
| visqueux {adj} | :: slimy, sticky |
| visqui {m} | :: whisky |
| vissage {m} | :: screwing |
| visser {v} | :: to screw in; to screw on |
| visseuse {f} | :: electric screwdriver, power screwdriver, screwgun |
| Vistule {prop} {f} | :: Vistula (Polish river) |
| visualisation {f} | :: visualization |
| visualiser {v} | :: to visualize |
| visuel {adj} | :: visual |
| visuellement {adv} | :: visually |
| visuomoteur {adj} | :: visuomotor |
| vit {m} | :: pintle, John Thomas (penis) |
| vital {adj} | :: vital |
| vitalement {adv} | :: vitally |
| vitalisme {m} | :: vitalism |
| vitaliste {adj} | :: vitalist |
| vitaliste {mf} | :: vitalist |
| vitalité {f} | :: vitality |
| vitamine {f} | :: vitamin |
| vitaminé {adj} | :: vitaminized |
| vitamine A {f} | :: vitamin A |
| vitamine C {f} | :: vitamin C |
| vitaminique {adj} | :: vitamin (attributive) |
| vitchoura {m} | :: witzchoura |
| vite {adv} | :: quickly |
| vite {adj} | :: quick; fast |
| vîte {adv} | :: archaic spelling of vite |
| vite fait {adv} | :: more or less (approximately) |
| vite fait {adv} | :: quickly, chop-chop, pronto |
| vitellin {adj} | :: vitellin |
| vitelline {adj} | :: vitelline |
| vitement {adv} | :: fast; quickly |
| vitesse {f} | :: speed |
| vitesse {f} | :: gear |
| vîtesse {f} | :: obsolete spelling of vitesse |
| vitesse angulaire {f} | :: angular velocity |
| vitesse de croisière {f} | :: cruising speed |
| vitesse de la lumière {f} | :: speed of light (the speed of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum or in a substance) |
| vitesse de libération {f} | :: escape velocity |
| vitesse d'obturation {f} | :: shutter speed |
| viticole {adj} | :: viticulture (attributive) |
| viticulteur {m} | :: (male) winegrower |
| viticulteur {m} | :: (male) viticulturist |
| viticultrice {f} | :: female equivalent of viticulteur |
| viticulture {f} | :: viticulture |
| vitrage {m} | :: glass panelling in a building, or part of it |
| vitrage {m} | :: window pane |
| vitrail {m} | :: stained glass |
| vitrail {m} | :: stained glass window |
| vitrailliste {mf} | :: A person who makes stained glass and installs such windows |
| vitre {f} | :: pane of glass, window pane |
| vitre {f} | :: window (of a vehicle) |
| vitrer {vt} | :: to cover with glass, set a glass pane |
| vitrerie {f} | :: glaziery |
| vitrerie {f} | :: windows |
| vitreusement {adv} | :: vitreously |
| vitreusement {adv} | :: glassily |
| vitreux {adj} | :: vitreous, glassy |
| vitrier {m} | :: glazier (craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc) |
| vitrière {f} | :: feminine singular of vitrier |
| vitrifier {v} | :: to vitrify |
| vitrifier {v} | :: to make solid as glass |
| vitrifier {v} | :: to lacquer, give something a smooth, glassy finish |
| vitrimère {m} | :: vitrimer |
| vitrine {f} | :: shop window |
| vitrine {f} | :: shopping |
| vitrine {f} | :: vitrine (glass-paneled cabinet or case for displaying articles) |
| vitriol {m} | :: vitriol (all senses) |
| vitrioler {v} | :: To vitriolize |
| vitrollais {adj} | :: Of or relating to Vitrolles, France |
| vitulin {adj} | :: vituline |
| vitupérateur {m} | :: vituperator |
| vitupération {f} | :: vituperation, invective |
| vitupératrice {f} | :: feminine noun of vitupérateur |
| vitupérer {v} | :: to vituperate; to rant and rave; to rail against |
| vivable {adj} | :: bearable |
| vivable {adj} | :: pleasant |
| vivace {adj} | :: Full of life or vitality; vivacious |
| vivace {adj} | :: Long-lived, enduring |
| vivace {adj} | :: Of a plant that can live for many years; hardy |
| vivace {adj} | :: perennial |
| vivacement {adv} | :: vivaciously |
| vivacité {f} | :: vivacity |
| vivaldien {adj} | :: Vivaldian |
| vivandier {m} | :: a seller of food and beverages to troops; a sutler |
| vivandière {f} | :: female equivalent of vivandier |
| vivaneau {m} | :: red snapper fish |
| vivant {adj} | :: alive; living |
| vivant {m} | :: a living person |
| vivant {m} | :: a lifetime |
| vivant {m} | :: all living things |
| vivarium {m} | :: vivarium |
| vivat {m} | :: cheer |
| vive {f} | :: any of certain kind of fish, especially the sand tilefish (Malacanthus plumieri) or the Guinean weever (Trachinus armatus) From FishBase |
| vivement {adv} | :: forcefully, vigorously |
| viveur {m} | :: debauchee |
| Viviane {prop} | :: given name |
| Vivien {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Vivienne {prop} {f} | :: given name, feminine form of Vivien |
| vivier {m} | :: fishpond |
| vivier {m} | :: breeding-ground |
| vivifier {v} | :: to vivify |
| vivipare {adj} | :: viviparous |
| viviparement {adv} | :: viviparously |
| vivisection {f} | :: vivisection |
| vivoter {v} | :: to struggle, to get by, make ends meet (live without luxury) |
| vivre {v} | :: to live |
| vivre {v} | :: to experience |
| vivre au-dessus de ses moyens {v} | :: to live beyond one's means |
| vivre avec son temps {v} | :: to move with the times |
| vivre d'amour et d'eau fraiche {v} | :: to live a carefree life |
| vivre d'amour et d'eau fraîche {v} | :: alternative spelling of vivre d'amour et d'eau fraiche |
| vivre dans une grotte {v} | :: to live under a rock |
| vivres {mp} | :: food supplies, provisions |
| vivre sa vie {v} | :: to live one's life, to live one's own life, to get on with one's life |
| vivrier {adj} | :: food-producing |
| vizir {m} | :: vizier |
| vizirat {m} | :: vizierate |
| VJ {mf} | :: VJ, a video jockey |
| Vl. {n} | :: abbreviation of violon |
| v'la {interj} | :: nonstandard spelling of voilà |
| vlan {interj} | :: wham!, bang!, whack!, wallop! |
| vlan {m} | :: bling |
| Vlc. {n} | :: abbreviation of violoncelle |
| VLS {m} | :: abbreviation of véhicule en libre-service or voiture en libre-service |
| VLS {m} | :: abbreviation of vélo en libre-service |
| VMR {prop} {f} | :: TMR ; Ville Mont-Royal - a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada |
| Vn. {n} | :: abbreviation of violon |
| Vo {prop} | :: surname |
| VO {n} | :: "version originale" — original-language version (OV); a non-French-language film |
| vº {n} | :: abbreviation of verso |
| VOA {n} | :: initialism of version originale anglais — original English version (OEV); an English-language film |
| VOASTF {n} | :: "version originale anglais sous-titres français" — English-language original with French subtitles (OEVFST); a film with original English-language dialogue having French-language subtitles |
| vocable {m} | :: term |
| vocabulaire {m} | :: vocabulary |
| vocabulaire actif {m} | :: active vocabulary |
| vocabulaire passif {m} | :: passive vocabulary |
| vocal {adj} | :: vocal, related to the voice |
| vocalement {adv} | :: vocally (with respect to vocals) |
| vocalique {adj} | :: vocalic, vowel (attributive) |
| vocaliquement {adv} | :: vocalically (with regard to vowels |
| vocalise {f} | :: a vocalise |
| vocaliser {v} | :: to vocalize |
| vocaliste {mf} | :: vocalist |
| vocatif {m} | :: vocative, vocative case |
| vocation {f} | :: vocation (calling) |
| vocation {f} | :: vocation (employment; career; work) |
| vocifération {f} | :: vociferation |
| vociférer {vi} | :: to shout, scream, vociferate |
| vodka {f} | :: vodka |
| voeu {m} | :: nonstandard spelling of vœu |
| vœu {m} | :: vow |
| vœu {m} | :: wish |
| vœu pieux {m} | :: vain wish, wishful thinking |
| VOF {n} | :: "version originale français" — original French version (OFV); a French-language film |
| VOFASTF {n} | :: "version originale française anglaise sous-titres français" — French English-language original with French subtitles (OFEVFST); a film with a mix of both French and English-language dialogue having French-language subtitles |
| VOFSTA {n} | :: "version originale française sous-titres anglais" — French-language original with English subtitles (OFVEST); a film with original French-language dialogue having English-language subtitles |
| vogue {f} | :: vogue |
| vogue la galère {adv} | :: come what may |
| voguer {vi} | :: to travel through the water |
| voguer {v} | :: to sail |
| voguer {v} | :: to swim |
| voguer {v} | :: to row |
| voici {v} | :: here is |
| voici {prep} | :: ago |
| voici que {adv} | :: here |
| voie {f} | :: way, track |
| voie {f} | :: lane (of a highway) |
| voie {f} | :: calling, path in life |
| voie de circulation {f} | :: traffic lane, taxiway |
| voie de communication {f} | :: communication channel, communication route, communication pathway; connecting road, thoroughfare |
| voie de droit {f} | :: right course of law |
| voie de fait {f} | :: violence |
| voie de garage {f} | :: stabling siding |
| voie de garage {f} | :: dead end |
| voie ferrée {phrase} | :: Railroad track |
| voie lactée {f} | :: the Milky Way (as seen from Earth) |
| Voie lactée {f} | :: alternative spelling of voie lactée |
| voie métabolique {f} | :: metabolic pathway |
| voie rapide {f} | :: expressway |
| voie romaine {f} | :: Roman road |
| voie verte {f} | :: greenway |
| voilà {v} | :: There (it) is |
| voilà {v} | :: Here (it) is |
| voilà {v} | :: That is |
| voilage {m} | :: veiling |
| voilage {m} | :: veils, nets |
| voilage {m} | :: net curtain |
| voilà tout {interj} | :: that's all, there you have it |
| voile {m} | :: veil |
| voile {f} | :: sail |
| voile {f} | :: sailing |
| voilé {adj} | :: veiled (wearing a veil) |
| voile du palais {m} | :: soft palate |
| voile intégral {m} | :: burqa |
| voile latine {f} | :: lateen |
| voiler {vt} | :: To veil (cover with a veil) |
| voiler {vt} | :: To cover up, to cloak, to veil (to restrict the view of something) |
| voiler {vr} | :: To become cloudy, to become hazy |
| voiler {vr} | :: To cover up with a veil |
| voilerie {f} | :: sailmaker's (workshop) |
| Voiles {prop} {mp} | :: Vela (constellation) |
| voilette {f} | :: veil (on a hat) |
| voilier {m} | :: sailboat (a boat propelled by sails) |
| voilier {m} | :: sailfish |
| voilier {m} | :: sailmaker (profession) |
| voilure {f} | :: sail (all the sails of a ship) |
| voilure {f} | :: wing (all the lift-producing surfaces of an aircraft) |
| voir {v} | :: to see (visually) |
| voir {v} | :: to see (to understand) |
| voir {v} | :: to see (to visit, to go and see) |
| voir {adv} | :: please (used to mark the imperative) |
| voir d'un bon œil {vt} | :: to look on with a favourable eye, to view in a favourable light, to welcome |
| voir d'un mauvais œil {vt} | :: to take a dim view of, to look unfavourably on, to frown upon |
| voir du pays {v} | :: to travel around, to get around |
| voire {adv} | :: truly |
| voire {adv} | :: even, indeed |
| voire {adv} | :: it remains to be seen |
| voirement {adv} | :: really; truly |
| voir grand {v} | :: to think big |
| voirie {f} | :: road, rail and waterways network |
| voir la vie en rose {v} | :: to wear rose-colored glasses |
| voir le bout du tunnel {v} | :: to see the light at the end of the tunnel |
| voir le jour {v} | :: to be born |
| voir le jour {v} | :: to see the light of day |
| voir le loup {v} | :: to lose one's virginity |
| voir midi à sa porte {v} | :: to look at things in a solipsistic manner, to be wrapped up in oneself |
| voir rouge {v} | :: to see red, to be furious |
| voir trente-six chandelles {v} | :: to see stars |
| voir venir {vt} | :: to see coming |
| voisé {adj} | :: voiced (sounded with vibration of the vocal cords) |
| voisement {f} | :: sonorization, voicing |
| voisin {adj} | :: neighbouring/neighboring |
| voisin {m} | :: neighbour/neighbor |
| voisinage {m} | :: proximity, vicinity |
| voisinage {m} | :: neighbourly relations |
| voisinage {m} | :: neighbourhood |
| voisinage orthographique {m} | :: orthographic neighborhood |
| voisin de palier {m} | :: neighbour across the landing, neighbour across the hall, next door neighbour |
| voisine {f} | :: female equivalent of voisin |
| voisiner {vi} | :: to be good neighbours |
| voisiner {vi} | :: to neighbour, be next to or near to |
| voiture {f} | :: car (motorized vehicle) |
| voiture {f} | :: car (wheeled vehicle usually pulled by a horse) |
| voiture {f} | :: car (wagon) |
| voiture-balai {f} | :: broom wagon |
| voiture-bélier {f} | :: vehicle used to ram into a building or crowd |
| voiture de fonction {f} | :: company car, take-home vehicle |
| voiture hybride rechargeable {m} | :: A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that is a car |
| voiture piégée {f} | :: car bomb (car filled with explosives) |
| voiturer {vt} | :: to transport |
| voiturer {vt} | :: to drive, chauffeur (transport by vehicle) |
| voiture-restaurant {f} | :: dining car |
| voiture téléguidée {f} | :: radio-controlled car |
| voiturette {f} | :: small car |
| voiturette {f} | :: toy car |
| voiturette {f} | :: voiturette |
| voiturier {m} | :: a haulier |
| voiturier {m} | :: a valet (person employed to park a vehicle) |
| voiturière {f} | :: feminine singular of voiturier |
| voiturin {m} | :: vetturino |
| voïvode {m} | :: voivode |
| voix {f} | :: voice |
| voix {f} | :: vote |
| voix active {f} | :: active voice |
| voix de crécelle {f} | :: a rasping and high-pitched voice, a shrill voice, an unpleasant voice |
| voix de la raison {f} | :: voice of reason |
| voix de poitrine {f} | :: chest voice |
| voix de stentor {f} | :: a stentorian voice |
| voix de tête {f} | :: head voice |
| voix off {f} | :: voice-over |
| voix passive {f} | :: passive voice |
| vol {m} | :: flight |
| vol {m} | :: stealing, theft, robbery |
| volage {adj} | :: flighty, fickle |
| volage {adj} | :: unfaithful |
| volaille {f} | :: poultry |
| volailler {m} | :: poulterer |
| vol à la tire {m} | :: pickpocketing |
| vol à l'étalage {m} | :: shoplifting; an instance of shoplifting |
| vol à main armée {m} | :: armed robbery |
| volant {m} | :: steering wheel |
| volant {m} | :: flywheel |
| volant {m} | :: flounce |
| volant {m} | :: shuttlecock, birdie |
| volapük {m} | :: Volapük (language) |
| volatil {adj} | :: volatile |
| volatil {adj} | :: volatile |
| volatil {adj} | :: volatile |
| volatil {adj} | :: flying, volant |
| volatil {adj} | :: evanescent |
| volatile {m} | :: fowl, bird |
| volatiliser {vtr} | :: to volatilize |
| volatiliser {vt} | :: to extinguish, obliterate |
| volatiliser {vr} | :: to vanish |
| volatilité {f} | :: volatility |
| vol-au-vent {m} | :: A puff pastry with a hole to accommodate a filling, generally savoury. Vol-au-vent |
| vol à voile {m} | :: gliding |
| volcan {m} | :: volcano |
| volcanique {adj} | :: volcanic |
| volcanisme {m} | :: volcanism (natural phenomena associated with volcanoes) |
| volcanologie {f} | :: volcanology (study of volcanoes) |
| volcanologique {adj} | :: volcanological |
| volcanologue {mf} | :: vulcanologist |
| vol coqueluche {m} | :: a European climatotherapy for whooping cough, that involves a flight consisting of a rapid ascent to 3-3.5km up, staying there for 3/4-1 hour, descent to 1.5km and then landing |
| volée {f} | :: flying, flight |
| volée {f} | :: flock, group |
| volée {f} | :: volley |
| volée {f} | :: thrashing, defeat |
| volée {f} | :: flight |
| volée {f} | :: volley |
| volée de bois vert {f} | :: severe reprimand, often to correct an undesirable behaviour |
| volée de bois vert {f} | :: harsh criticism |
| volémie {f} | :: blood volume |
| voler {vi} | :: to fly (through the air) |
| voler {vt} | :: to fly (an aircraft) |
| voler {vt} | :: to pursue flying |
| voler {vi} | :: to scarper, flee |
| voler {vt} | :: to steal, rob |
| voler de ses propres ailes {v} | :: to stand on one's own two feet |
| voler en éclats {vi} | :: to be smashed to pieces, to be smashed to bits, to shatter |
| voler la vedette {v} | :: to steal someone's thunder, to steal the show from someone, to steal the limelight from someone |
| volet {m} | :: (window) shutter |
| volet {m} | :: flap |
| volet {m} | :: volet, wing (of a triptych) |
| volet {m} | :: section, part (of a trilogy, plan, etc.) |
| voleter {v} | :: to flutter |
| voleur {m} | :: robber, thief |
| voleur {m} | :: flier (one who flies) |
| voleur {adj} | :: thieving, thievish |
| voleur à la tire {m} | :: pickpocket |
| voleur de grand chemin {m} | :: highwayman, highway robber |
| voleuse {f} | :: female equivalent of voleur |
| Volhynie {prop} {f} | :: Volhynie (region) |
| volière {f} | :: aviary |
| volière {f} | :: birdcage |
| volition {f} | :: volition |
| volley {m} | :: volleyball |
| volley-ball {m} | :: volleyball (sport) |
| volleyball {m} | :: alternative spelling of volley-ball |
| volley-ball de plage {m} | :: alternative spelling of volleyball de plage |
| volleyball de plage {m} | :: beach volleyball |
| volleyballène {m} | :: volleyballene |
| volleyer {vt} | :: to volley |
| volleyeur {m} | :: volleyball player |
| volleyeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of volleyeur |
| volontaire {adj} | :: voluntary, deliberate |
| volontaire {adj} | :: volunteer |
| volontaire {adj} | :: determined |
| volontaire {adj} | :: wilful |
| volontaire {mf} | :: a volunteer |
| volontairement {adv} | :: intentionally, voluntarily |
| volontariat {m} | :: volunteering (action of volunteering) |
| volontarisme {m} | :: voluntarism |
| volontariste {adj} | :: voluntarist |
| volontariste {adj} | :: volunteer (used attributively) |
| volonté {f} | :: wish, will |
| volontiers {adv} | :: willingly, gladly |
| volt {m} | :: volt |
| voltage {m} | :: voltage |
| voltaïque {adj} | :: voltaic |
| voltaïquement {adv} | :: voltaically |
| voltairien {adj} | :: Voltairean |
| voltamètre {m} | :: voltmeter |
| voltamétrique {adj} | :: voltammetric |
| volte-face {f} | :: U-turn; about face (act of turning round 180 degrees) |
| volte-face {f} | :: U-turn; volte-face |
| volter {vi} | :: to make a volt |
| voltige {f} | :: aerobatics |
| voltige {f} | :: vaulting |
| voltigeant {adj} | :: fluttering |
| voltiger {vi} | :: to flutter |
| voltiger {v} | :: to fly, to take a plane |
| voltigeur {m} | :: voltigeur (all senses) |
| voltigeur {m} | :: outfielder |
| voltigeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of voltigeur |
| voltmètre {m} | :: voltmeter |
| volubile {adj} | :: inconstant, changeable, variable |
| volubilement {adv} | :: volubly |
| volubilité {f} | :: volubility |
| volume {m} | :: volume (of a book, a written work) |
| volume {m} | :: volume (sound) |
| volume {m} | :: volume (amount of space something takes up) |
| volume {m} | :: volume (amount; quantity) |
| volume {m} | :: an overly long piece of writing |
| volume sonore {m} | :: sound level |
| volumétrique {adj} | :: volumetric |
| volumétriquement {adv} | :: volumetrically |
| volumineux {adj} | :: voluminous, bulky, packed, thick |
| volumique {adj} | :: volumic (pertaining to volume) |
| volupté {f} | :: voluptuousness |
| volupté {f} | :: rich and intense pleasure, especially sexual pleasure |
| voluptueusement {adv} | :: voluptuously |
| voluptueux {adj} | :: voluptuous |
| volute {f} | :: volute |
| volute {f} | :: scroll (of a musical instrument) |
| volvacé {adj} | :: Having the form of a pocket or sack |
| vomer {m} | :: vomer, vomer bone |
| voméronasal {adj} | :: vomeronasal |
| vomi {m} | :: vomit |
| vomir {v} | :: to vomit |
| vomissement {m} | :: sick; vomit (act of vomiting) |
| vomissure {f} | :: vomit, sick |
| vomitif {adj} | :: vomitive, emetic |
| vomitif {m} | :: vomitive, emetic |
| vomito {m} | :: vomito (disease) |
| vonckiste {adj} | :: Relating to, or characteristic of Jean-François Vonck |
| vonckiste {mf} | :: A revolutionary supporter of Jean-François Vonck |
| vorace {adj} | :: voracious, ravenous |
| voracement {adv} | :: voraciously |
| voracité {f} | :: voracity, voraciousness |
| -vore {suffix} | :: -vore |
| -vore {suffix} | :: -vorus |
| vortex {m} | :: vortex |
| vorticité {f} | :: vorticity |
| Vosges {prop} {fp} | :: Vosges (mountain range) |
| Vosges {prop} {fp} | :: Vosges (department) |
| vosgien {adj} | :: of or relating to Vosges |
| Vosgien {m} | :: person from or living in Vosges |
| Vosgienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Vosgien |
| VOST {n} | :: version originale sous-titrée — original version with subtitles; a non-French film with French subtitles |
| VOSTA {n} | :: "version originale sous-titres anglais" — non-French original with English subtitles (OFVEST); a non-French-language film having English-language subtitles |
| VOSTF {f} | :: "version originale sous-titres français" — original-language version French subtitles (OVFST); a film in a non-French language, with French-language subtitles |
| vostfr {n} | :: alternative form of VOSTF |
| vostre {pron} | :: archaic spelling of votre |
| Vostre Majesté {pron} | :: archaic spelling of Votre Majesté |
| votant {m} | :: voter (one who votes) |
| votation {f} | :: Action of voting |
| vote {m} | :: vote |
| vote à main levée {m} | :: show of hands |
| voter {v} | :: to vote |
| votif {adj} | :: votive |
| votre {determiner} | :: Your, belonging to you (plural) |
| Votre Altesse {pron} | :: Your Highness |
| Votre Courtoisie {pron} | :: Your Courtesy |
| votredit {determiner} | :: your (plural) said |
| Votre Excellence {pron} | :: Your Excellency |
| Votre Grâce {pron} | :: your grace |
| Votre Grandeur {pron} | :: Your Highness |
| Votre Majesté {pron} | :: Your Majesty, address for a ruling monarch |
| Votre Révérence {pron} | :: Your Worship |
| voudou {m} | :: voodoo |
| vouer {v} | :: to vow |
| vouer {vt} | :: to devote (+ à to) |
| vouer {vr} | :: to devote oneself, to be devoted |
| vouer aux gémonies {vt} | :: to pillory, to blame |
| voueur {m} | :: vower (someone who vows) |
| voueur {m} | :: devoter (someone who devotes) |
| voueuse {f} | :: feminine noun of voueur |
| Vouillé {prop} {m} | :: Vouillé (municipality) |
| Vouillé {prop} {m} | :: Battle of Vouillé |
| vouivre {f} | :: wyvern |
| vouivre {f} | :: a mythical reptile said to inhabit Lorraine, Jura, and other regions of France |
| voulez-vous coucher avec moi {phrase} | :: would you like to sleep with me? |
| vouloir {vt} | :: to want, wish, desire |
| vouloir {vr} | :: to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem |
| vouloir {m} | :: will |
| vouloir c'est pouvoir {proverb} | :: Where there's a will, there's a way. |
| vouloir dire {v} | :: to mean; to signify |
| vous {pron} | :: The plural personal pronoun in the second person: |
| vous {pron} | :: You |
| vous {pron} | :: You |
| vous {pron} | :: You, to you |
| vous {pron} | :: plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person |
| vous autres {pron} | :: You; ye: second-person plural pronoun |
| vous-autres {pron} | :: alternative spelling of vous autres |
| vous-même {pron} | :: yourself |
| vous-mêmes {pron} | :: yourselves |
| vous m'en direz des nouvelles {phrase} | :: I'm sure you'll like it! You won't regret it! |
| voussoir {m} | :: voussoir |
| voussure {f} | :: The curving profile of an arch |
| vous voulez rire {interj} | :: you gotta be joking! you must be kidding! |
| voute {f} | :: alternative spelling of voûte |
| voûte {f} | :: arch |
| voûte {f} | :: vault |
| voûte céleste {f} | :: welkin, vault of heaven, canopy of heaven, celestial vault, sky, heavens |
| voûte d'ogives {f} | :: ribbed vault |
| voûte palatine {f} | :: hard palate |
| vouter {v} | :: alternative spelling of voûter |
| voûter {vt} | :: to vault a ceiling |
| voûter {vt} | :: to cause to stoop |
| vouvoiement {m} | :: The use of formal register, addressing someone with the polite vous-form |
| vouvouzela {f} | :: alternative spelling of vuvuzela |
| vouvoyer {vt} | :: to address someone using the formal pronoun vous rather than the informal tu, to use the V-form, to "you" (as opposed to "to "thou"") |
| voyable {adj} | :: visible |
| voyage {m} | :: trip, travel |
| voyage d'affaires {m} | :: business trip |
| voyage de noces {m} | :: honeymoon (trip taken by a newly wed married couple) |
| voyager {v} | :: to travel |
| voyageur {m} | :: traveller |
| voyageuse {f} | :: feminine noun of voyageur |
| voyagiste {mf} | :: tour operator |
| voyance {f} | :: The apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses |
| voyance {f} | :: mind-reading |
| voyant {adj} | :: clairvoyant |
| voyant {adj} | :: showy, gaudy |
| voyant {adj} | :: staring |
| voyant {m} | :: seer, clairvoyant |
| voyant {m} | :: light (e.g. on a car dashboard) |
| voyant {m} | :: dayboard |
| voyelle {f} | :: vowel |
| voyer {m} | :: a civil servant whose work is connected to roads, waterways, or railways |
| voyeur {m} | :: observer; watcher |
| voyeur {m} | :: voyeur, peeping tom |
| voyeurisme {m} | :: voyeurism (derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching people secretly) |
| voyeuriste {adj} | :: voyeuristic |
| voyeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of voyeur |
| voyons {interj} | :: really! |
| voyons {interj} | :: yeah right! |
| voyons voir {interj} | :: let's see, let me see |
| voyou {m} | :: thug, yob |
| voyoucratie {f} | :: mob rule |
| VPC {f} | :: initialism of vente par correspondance (mail order) |
| VPS {m} | :: abbreviation of vélo à pneus surdimensionnés synonym of fat bike |
| vrac {m} | :: bulk |
| vrai {adj} | :: true |
| vrai {adj} | :: real |
| vrai {m} | :: truth |
| vrai {adv} | :: true; truly |
| vraiement {adv} | :: obsolete spelling of vraiment |
| vraiment {adv} | :: truly, really, genuinely |
| vraiment {adv} | :: really; very |
| vraiment {interj} | :: really? for real? |
| vraisemblable {adj} | :: plausible, likely |
| vraisemblablement {adv} | :: probably |
| vraisemblance {f} | :: verisimilitude |
| vraisemblance {f} | :: likelihood |
| vraquier {m} | :: bulk carrier |
| vrille {f} | :: tendril |
| vrille {f} | :: gimlet |
| vrille {f} | :: spiral |
| vrille {f} | :: tailspin, spin |
| vriller {v} | :: to wind up; roll up |
| vriller {v} | :: to gimlet |
| vrillette {f} | :: a type of beetle that eats wood: specifically; one of a small number of species of beetle |
| vrmnt {adv} | :: short for vraiment |
| vrombir {v} | :: to hum, whirr |
| vrombissement {m} | :: humming, whirring, whizzing |
| VRP {n} | :: initialism of voyageur représentant placier |
| vs. {prep} | :: nonstandard spelling of vs |
| vs {prep} | :: vs. |
| VSL {prop} {f} | :: VSL ; Ville Saint-Laurent (Ville St-Laurent) - a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada |
| V.T.T. {m} | :: abbreviation of vélo tout terrain |
| VTT {m} | :: initialism of vélo tout terrain: mountain bike |
| VTT {m} | :: initialism of véhicule tout-terrain: an ATV (all terrain vehicle) |
| vu {prep} | :: given (based on) |
| Vu {prop} | :: surname |
| vue {f} | :: sight (something seen) |
| vue {f} | :: sight, eyesight, vision |
| vue {f} | :: view |
| vue de l'esprit {f} | :: a creation of the mind, a convenient but artificial way of seeing things, a theoretical view; a figment of the imagination |
| vue d'ensemble {f} | :: overview, overall view, overall picture, bird's-eye view, survey |
| Vuillermoz {prop} | :: surname |
| vulcain {m} | :: red admiral (butterfly: Vanessa atalanta) |
| Vulcain {prop} {m} | :: Vulcan |
| Vulcain {prop} {m} | :: Vulcan |
| vulcanien {adj} | :: Vulcanian |
| vulcaniser {v} | :: to vulcanise; vulcanize |
| vulcanisme {m} | :: vulcanism |
| vulcanisme {m} | :: volcanism |
| vulcanologie {f} | :: volcanology (study of volcanoes) |
| vulcanologique {adj} | :: volcanological |
| vulcanologue {mf} | :: volcanologist |
| vulgaire {adj} | :: vulgar, crude |
| vulgairement {adv} | :: commonly, popularly |
| vulgairement {adv} | :: vulgarly |
| vulgarisateur {adj} | :: popularizing |
| vulgarisateur {m} | :: popularizer |
| vulgarisation {f} | :: popular science |
| vulgariser {v} | :: to generalize |
| vulgarité {f} | :: vulgarity (quality of being vulgar) |
| vulgate {f} | :: Common and widespread popular saying |
| vulgum pecus {m} | :: The populace, laymen, or the ignorant |
| vulnérabilité {f} | :: vulnerability (the state of being vulnerable) |
| vulnérable {adj} | :: vulnerable |
| vulnéraire {adj} | :: vulnerary |
| vulnéraire {m} | :: vulnerary |
| vulpiculture {f} | :: the raising of foxes |
| vulpin {adj} | :: vulpine |
| vulpin {adj} | :: vulpine; foxlike |
| vulpin {m} | :: foxtail (grass) |
| vulpinique {adj} | :: vulpinic |
| vulpique {adj} | :: vulpic |
| vulvaire {adj} | :: vulvar |
| vulvaire {f} | :: stinking goosefoot, Chenopodium vulvaria |
| vulve {f} | :: vulva |
| vulvectomie {f} | :: vulvectomy |
| vulvite {f} | :: vulvitis |
| vumètre {m} | :: VU meter |
| Vuong {prop} | :: surname |
| vu que {conj} | :: given that, seeing that |
| VUS {n} | :: SUV (sport utility vehicle) initialism of véhicule utilitaire sport |
| vuvuzela {f} | :: vuvuzela |