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arpégé: arpeggiated
arquebusade: arquebusade (shot of an arquebus)
arquebuse: arquebus
arquebusier: arquebusier
arquer: to arc; to arc (move in an arch shape)
arr: abbreviation of arrondissement
arracache: arracacha
arrachable: peelable
arrachage: lifting (of potatoes etc); weeding
arrache-clou: nail puller
arrachement: uprooting; extracting, extraction; snatching, grabbing
arracher: to uproot, pull up, tear out; to extract, take out (a tooth); to pull off, rip off, peel; to buy, snap up; to fight over (something)
arracher la gueule: to hurt, to kill, to be too much to ask; to be very spicy, to be very hot, to blow someone's head off (of food)
arracher les mots de la bouche: to take the words out of someone's mouth (to say what someone was about to say themselves); to worm something out of, to drag something out of
arracheur: an agricultural labourer who harvests potatoes, beets etc.; bag snatcher
arracheur de dents: toothpuller (person who would extract teeth for a small charge at fairs, etc.)
arraché: snatch
arraché: erased
arraisonnement: inspection
arraisonner: to hail (e.g. a taxicab); to arraign
arrangeable: arrangeable
arrangement: arrangement
arranger: to arrange; to suit, to be convenient; to be set for; to be pleasant (towards someone); to get along (with someone); to repair, to fix, to mend
arranger les bidons: to make things right, to patch things up
arrangeur: arranger (one who arranges); arranger
arrangé: organized, neat
arrangé avec le gars des vues: Falsely set up in advance; staged; too convenient to be authentic or coincidental.
arrenter: to pay a pension, annuity etc.
arrestation: arrest (“The act of arresting a criminal, suspect, etc.”)
arreter: obsolete spelling of arrêter
arrher: to give down payment
arrhes: down payment; deposit
arrhize: arrhizal, arrhizous
arrhénogène: arrhenogenic
arrhénotoque: arrhenotokous
arrimage: stowage
arrimer: to stow
arrimeur: stevedore, docker
arriser: to reef a sail
arrivage: arrival; advent
arrivant: arriver (one who arrives)
arrivant: arriving; incoming
arrivederci: farewell, goodbye, arrivederci
arriver: to arrive (often followed by a location); to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the subjunctive); to cope, to manage; to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully); to obtain a level of success or fame
arriver après la bataille: to come a day after the fair, to close the stable door after the horse has bolted
arriver comme les carabiniers: to come a day after the fair, to close the stable door after the horse has bolted
arriver à bon port: to arrive safe and sound, to reach one's destination safely
arriver à la cheville: to hold a candle to, to measure up to
arriver à la fumée des cierges: to come a day after the fair
arriver à ses fins: to get one's way, to have one's way, to achieve one's goals, to achieve one's ends
arrivisme: arrivisme
arriviste: arriviste
arrivée: arrival
arrière: back (near the rear)
arrière: back; rear; fullback; shooting guard
arrière: far, far away; late; rear, behind, hinter-; great- (relatives)
arrière-arrière-petite-fille: great-great-granddaughter
arrière-automne: late autumn (near the onset of winter)
arrière-ban: an assembly of feudal lords
arrière-bec: the downstream part of the cutwater of a bridge