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arrondissement: rounding; arrondissement; arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division); ward, police jury ward (subdivision of a civil parish)
arrondisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of arrondir
arrosable: irrigable
arrosage: watering (act of giving or adding water); bribery, bribe
arrosement: watering, irrigation
arroser: to water (e.g. plants); to sprinkle; to squirt; to spray; to celebrate (with a drink)
arroseur: sprinkler; waterer (someone who waters plants)
arroseur arrosé: the biter bit; one who receives the same comeuppance they planned for others, particularly through their own actions to bring this about, or such a situation
arroseuse: water cart; waterer (feminine of: arroseur)
arrosoir: watering can
arrosé: watered
arroyo: arroyo
arrucat: smooth golden fleece (Urospermum dalechampii)
arrèc: ravine, stream (commonly seen in toponyms in Gascony)
arrérager: to be in arrears
arrérages: arrears
arrêt: stopping, checking, arrest (in development, growth, machinery etc.); stop (place); judgment, ruling; safety catch, stop button; stop, save
arrêt Idaho: rolling stop
arrêt cardiaque: cardiac arrest
arrêt de bus: bus stop (a stop for public transport busses)
arrêt de jeu: time-out
arrêt de mort: death sentence
arrêt de travail: a work stoppage (because of sickness, a strike, or an accident)
arrêt maladie: sick leave, sick day
arrêt sur image: freeze-frame, freeze-frame shot
arrêt-court: shortstop
arrêtable: stoppable; arrestable
arrête-bœuf: restharrow
arrêter: to stop, to come to a standstill; to halt, to stop from moving; to arrest (someone, a criminal, etc.); to stop, to cease (an activity); to come to a stop; to settle; to conclude; to agree (upon)
arrêter les frais: to cut one's losses, to call it a day, not to throw good money after bad
arrêter son char: to give it a rest, to give it a break
arrêtoir: keeper, valve ball
arrêts de jeu: plural of arrêt de jeu; injury time
arrêté: fixed, immovable, settled (ideas, opinion)
arrêté: agreement, resolution, a thing agreed on, resolved upon; order (ruling by an official imposing certain conditions on a group or individual)
arsacide: Arsacid
arsenal: arsenal
arsenalisation: militarisation, moving military presence into somewhere, creating an arsenal
arsenic: arsenic (chemical element)
arsenicage: the use of arsenic compounds to remove parasites etc.
arsenical: arsenical
arseniqué: arsenicated
arsin: burn (to the skin)
arsine: arsine
arsirène: arsirene
arsis: arsis
arsoudre: pronunciation spelling of resoudre
arsouille: ruffian
arsphénamine: arsphenamine
arsète: arsete
arséniate: arsenate
arsénical: arsenical
arsénicisme: arsenic poisoning
arsénien: arsenian
arsénieux: arsenious
arsénifère: arseniferous
arsénique: arsenic (of oxidation state 5)
arsénite: arsenite
arséniure: arsenide
arsénié: arsenical (containing arsenic)