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attribut: attribute (characteristic or quality); complement; attribute
attributaire: grantee; awardee
attributeur: synonym of attributif
attributif: predicative
attribution: allocation, allotment; remit, duty
attriquer: to buy on credit; to dress oddly, to trick out
attrister: to sadden, to make sad
attrition: attrition
attroupement: gathering (of people), mob (large or disorderly group of people, especially one bent on riotous or destructive action); gathering, mobbing (action of crowding into or around a place in a disorganized and possibly riotous manner)
attrouper: to gather (a group of people) together, to assemble
atténuant: extenuating
atténuateur: attenuator
atténuatif: attenuative
atténuation: attenuation
atténuer: to attenuate; to mitigate
atténué: attenuated; mitigated
attérisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of attérir
atypie: atypia
atypique: atypical
atypiquement: atypically (in a way which is not typical)
atèle: spider monkey (of the genus Ateles)
atélectatique: atelectatic
atélique: atelic
atélophobie: atelophobia
aténolol: atenolol
atérien: Aterian
atérien: Aterian
au bas mot: at least, at the very least, at the lowest estimate
au beau fixe: excellent, consistently good, stable, set fair, favorable
au beau milieu de: slap bang in the middle of, smack bang in the middle of, right in the middle of
au berceau: in (its) infancy, at an early stage
au besoin: if need be
au bord de: by, beside, next to, on the side of, on the edge of; on the verge of, on the brink of
au boulot: get to work! let's get to work!
au bout de: at the end of; (of time) after
au bout du compte: all things considered, after all, in the end
au bout du fil: on (receiving end of) the phone
au bout du rouleau: exhausted, on one's last legs, at the end of one's tether; broke, ruined
au cas où: just in case
au cas où: in case (+ conditional or subjunctive)
au cas par cas: on a case-by-case basis, individually
au chant du coq: at cockcrow, at the crack of dawn (early in the morning)
au choix: as one wants, as one prefers
au chômage: unemployed
au coin: on the naughty step, in the corner (of a student)
au complet: in its entirety, all together, out in force
au compte de: for, on behalf of
au compte-goutte: in dribs and drabs
au compte-gouttes: in dribs and drabs
au contraire: on the contrary, quite the contrary, quite the opposite; au contraire
au courant: up to date, abreast; aware, informed, in the loop
au cours de: during, throughout, in the course of
au dedans: dated spelling of au-dedans (“inside”)
au dehors: dated spelling of au-dehors (“outside”)
au demeurant: moreover; for that matter, as it happens
au diable: to hell with
au diable-vauvert: far away
au dire de: according to
au dodo: to bed! off to bed! sleepy time!
au doigt et à l'œil: slavishly, strictly