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appauvrir: to impoverish
appauvrissement: impoverishment
appauvrisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of appauvrir
appeau: duck call; decoy
appel: call; appeal
appel aux armes: call to arms
appel d'air: in-draught, air suction; knock-on effect, domino effect, unintended consequence (be it good or bad)
appel d'offres: invitation to tender, request for tender(s), call for tender(s), request for proposal
appel de fonds: capital call, call for capital, call for funds; funding appeal, fundraising appeal
appel de note: footnote callout
appel de phares: flash of one's headlights
appel du pied: discreet appeal, veiled request
appel du vide: a sudden impulse to fall or jump from a height; an attack of vertigo; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see appel, du, vide.
appel en absence: missed call
appel à l'aide: cry for help; cry for help (acting out as a means of displaying a subconscious desire for attention or help)
appel à la prière: call to prayer
appel à témoins: appeal for witnesses
appelable: callable
appelant: appellant
appelant: appellant; a decoy for birdhunt
appeler: to call (out); to call, phone, ring; to call for, summon; to be called
appeler aux armes: to call to arms
appeler de ses vœux: to wish, to call for
appeler un chat un chat: to call a spade a spade (to call something what it is)
appellatif: appellative
appellation: call (instance of calling out); a common name; appellation
appellation contrôlée: a synonym of the official term “appellation d’origine contrôlée”
appellation d'origine contrôlée: French governmental certification granted to certain French geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products
appellatoire: appellatory
appendice: appendix (vermiform appendix); appendix (text added to the end of a book or an article)
appendice vermiculaire: vermiform appendix
appendicectomie: appendectomy
appendiciforme: appendiciform
appendicite: appendicitis (inflammation of the vermiform appendix)
appendiculaire: appendicular
appendiculé: appendiculate
appendre: to hang (something) from
appentis: lean-to, shed, appentice, pentice, pent, penthouse
appertisation: appertisation
appertiser: to can (food)
appesantir: to weigh down; to dull; to condemn; to get bogged down (with)
appesantissement: dullness, heaviness
appesantisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of appesantir
applaudimètre: clapometer (an audience reaction monitor)
applaudir: to applaud (express approval by clapping)
applaudissement: applause, clapping
applaudisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of applaudir
applaudisseur: applauder (especially someone paid to applaud)
appli: app
applicabilité: applicability
applicable: applicable
applicage: application (of something to a surface)
applicateur: applicator
applicatif: applicative
application: application; mapping
application Web: web application
applique: Any type of decoration applied or mounted to another object.; wall light, sconce
appliquer: to apply, to put something on something else; to apply, to employ, to make use of; to apply to, to be applicable to; to apply one's effort to something, to try hard, to dedicate oneself
appliquette: applet (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application)
appliqué: diligent, industrious, hardworking, careful; applied