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au vu de: in view of, in light of, considering that, seeing that; in full view of (someone)
au vu et au su de: in front of, in the full knowledge of
au-dedans: inside, within
au-dehors: outside
au-delà: beyond
au-delà: the afterlife
au-dessous: beneath, below
au-dessus: above
au-dessus de: above
au-dessus de tout soupçon: above suspicion, beyond suspicion
au-dessus du lot: superior to the others
au-devant: in front (of)
au-deçà: beneath; below
aubade: aubade (song; poem); aubade (love song)
aubain: a foreigner who was not naturalised, and who had few rights; a foreigner or alien
aubain: white
aubaine: a variety of wheat
aubaine: aubaine (automatic succession of foreigners' goods); godsend, boon, windfall; bargain, steal
aube: alb
aube: paddle, blade; vane (of windmill); small plank
aube: dawn, sunrise, daybreak; beginning
auberge: hostel; prison
auberge de jeunesse: youth hostel (inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people)
auberge espagnole: potlatch, potluck (shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought); hodgepodge; melting pot; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see auberge, espagnole.
aubergine: eggplant; aubergine; a French female traffic warden (from the colour of their uniforms; more recently pervenche)
aubergiste: innkeeper, landlord
aubette: a small house or lodge; guardhouse, sentry-box; bus shelter
aubier: sapwood, alburnum
aubin: canter (horse gait)
aubois: of Aube
aubryiste: Aubryist
aubryiste: Aubryist
aubryste: Aubryist
aubryste: Aubryist
auburnien: of Auburn; Auburn system
aubère: of a light bay colour
aubère: a horse of light bay colour
aubépine: hawthorn (type of shrub)
auctorial: auctorial
aucuba: aucuba
aucun: none, no-one
aucun rapport avec la choucroute: what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
aucunement: at all
audace: audacity, boldness; audacity, impudence
audacieusement: boldly, audaciously
audacieux: bold, audacious (courageous, daring)
audibilité: audibility
audible: audible
audience: audience, viewer; hearing
audiencier: a bailiff in certain French courts
audimat: ratings (TV)
audimutité: a form of mutism in which the sense of hearing is still present
audio: audio
audio-description: audio description; alternative form of audiodescription
audioconférence: audioconference
audiodescription: audio description; synonym of vidéodescription
audiofréquence: audio frequency
audiogramme: audiogram
audiographe: audiograph
audiologiste: audiologist