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9,359 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

apostolicité: apostolicity
apostolique: apostolic
apostoliquement: apostolically
apostrophe: apostrophe; A vocative expression
apostrophe: apostrophe
apostropher: to apostrophize; to speak sharply or harshly at
apostume: a pustulent abscess or tumor
aposématique: aposematic
apotemnophile: apotemnophilic
apothicaire: apothecary
apothicairerie: apothecary store
apothème: apothem
apothéose: apotheosis
apothéoser: to apotheosize
apothéosiaque: synonym of apothéotique
apothéotique: apotheotic
apotropaïque: apotropaic
apotélésmatique: apotelesmatic
apozème: decoction
app: only used in bon app (“bon appétit”)
appairer: alternative form of apparier; to link (a pair of things in both directions)
appalachien: Appalachian
apparager: to pair off, pair up
apparagé: married
apparaitre: post-1990 spelling of apparaître
apparat: pomp, ceremony
apparat critique: critical apparatus
apparatchik: apparatchik
apparaître: to appear (become visible); to appear, to seem; to spawn
appareil: apparatus, device; telephone; aircraft; an arrangement of people, decorations, etc., for purposes of pomp; a system (of organs)
appareil de Golgi: Golgi apparatus
appareil dentaire: braces (device for straightening the teeth)
appareil photo: camera (for still pictures)
appareil photo numérique: digital camera
appareil reproducteur: organs of generation, genitalia, reproductive system, reproductive organs (sex organs of an organism taken collectively)
appareillade: mating (of animals for breeding)
appareillage: casting off; device, equipment
appareillement: mating
appareiller: to join or mix together; to mate animals for breeding; to prepare; to fit with a prosthesis; to cast off
appareilleur: preparer
appareilleuse: female equivalent of appareilleur; madam (of a brothel), pimp
apparemment: apparently (seemingly)
apparence: appearance
apparent: apparent (all senses)
apparentement: similarity, apparentness
apparenter: to be related to; to resemble, be similar to
apparenté: related
appariable: marriable
appariement: matching; coupling
apparier: to pair or match; to couple or mate
appariteur: attendant, porter, beadle, usher, verger, apparitor (especially at a university)
apparition: appearance; ghost; plate appearance
apparitorat: office of student affairs (at a university)
apparoir: to appear; to be evident or manifest
appart: apartment, flat
appartement: apartment, flat
appartenance: belonging; membership; aseity
appartenir: to belong; to concern
appas: charms
appauvri: impoverished