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

Assedic
proper noun
acronym of Association pour l'emploi dans l'industrie et le commerce (company managing unemployment insurance payments)
Asselin
proper noun
a surname
Assemblée nationale
noun, feminine
National Assembly
Assise
proper noun
Assisi (a town and comune of Perugia, Umbria, Italy)
European Free Trade Association
Assomption
proper noun
Assumption
Assouan
proper noun
Aswan (a city in southern Egypt)
Assouline
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Assyrie
proper noun
Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))
Assyro-Babylonie
proper noun
Assyro-Babylonia
Astier
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Astié
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Astolphe
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Astolph
Astrid
proper noun
a female given name
Astruc
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Asturien
noun, masculine
Asturian (native or inhabitant of Asturias, Spain) (usually male)
Asturies
proper noun
Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea); Asturias (a former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 CE, in modern northwest Spain and Portugal)
Astère
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage
Astérix
proper noun
Asterix (the comic character)
Atambaïev
proper noun
a transliteration of the Kazakh surname Атамбаев (Atambaev, “Atambayev”)
Ath
proper noun
Ath (a city in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium)
Athanase
proper noun
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Athanasius
Athesans-Étroitefontaine (a village and commune of Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
Athènes
proper noun
Athens (a city in Attica; the capital city of Greece)
Athéna
proper noun
Athena (goddess)
Athénaïs
proper noun
a female given name from Ancient Greek
Athénien
noun, masculine
Athenian (resident or native of Athens)
Atlantide
proper noun
Atlantis
Atlantique
proper noun
Atlantic
Atlas
proper noun
Atlas (son of Iapetus and Clymene, leader of the Titans ordered by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders); Atlas (moon of Saturn); Atlas (star in the Pleiades); Atlas (crater in the first quadrant of the moon); Atlas Mountains
Atropate
proper noun
Atropates
Atropatie
proper noun
synonym of Atropatène
Atropatien
noun, masculine
Atropatian (native or inhabitant of Atropatene/Atropatia)
Atropatène
proper noun
Atropatene (an ancient kingdom established by the satrap Atropates in the 4th century BC in northern Media (roughly corresponding to the modern-day region of Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran); later a satrapy of the Parthian and Sasanian empires.)
Atropatène
noun, masculine/feminine
Atropatene, Atropatenian (person)
Atropatès
proper noun
Atropates
Atropaténien
noun, masculine
synonym of Atropatien
Atsuko
proper noun
a female given name from Japanese
Attal
proper noun
a surname, Attal, from Arabic
Attale
proper noun
a male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage, equivalent to English Attalus
Attalie
proper noun
Attalia (an ancient city in modern Turkey; modern Antalya)
Attique
proper noun
Attica (a region of Greece)
Atton
proper noun
Atton (a city in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France); a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Atto
Aube
proper noun
Aube (a department of Grand Est, France); Aube (a right tributary of the Seine in the departments of Haute-Marne, Côte-d'Or, Aube and Marne in northeastern France)
Auberjonois
proper noun
a Swiss surname, Auberjonois
a small town and commune of Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Aubin
proper noun
a male given name; a surname, Aubin
Aubrac
proper noun
Aubrac (a plateau of the Massif Central, France)
Aubrac
proper noun
a village in Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac, Aveyron department, Occitania, France
Aubrac
proper noun
a surname transferred from the place name
Auch
proper noun
Auch (a town and commune of Gers department, Occitania, France); a surname, a habitational name from the town
Auckland
proper noun
Auckland (a city in New Zealand)
Auclair
proper noun
a surname, mostly found in Quebec; Auclair (a municipality of Témiscouata Regional County Municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada)
Aucoin
proper noun
a surname
Aucunois
noun, masculine
resident or native of Aucun, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France
Aude
proper noun
a female given name
Aude
proper noun
Aude (a department of Occitania, France); Aude (a river in the departments of Pyrénées-Orientales, Hérault, Aude and Ariège, Occitania, France)
Audet
proper noun
a surname, Audet
Audett
proper noun
a habitational surname, Audett, from places
Audette
proper noun
a surname, Audette