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

autostop: post-1990 spelling of auto-stop
autostoppeur: hitchhiker
autostrade: motorway
autostéréoscopique: autostereoscopic
autosuffisance: self-sufficiency
autosuffisant: self-sufficient
autosuggestion: autosuggestion
autothermique: autothermic
autotomie: autotomy
autotomiser: to autotomize
autotracté: self-propelled
autotrophe: autotrophic
autotrophie: autotrophy
autotrophique: autotrophic
autotélique: autotelic (all senses)
autour: goshawk
autour: around
autour: around, about
autour des palombes: northern goshawk (Astur gentilis)
autovaccin: autovaccine
autovaccination: autovaccination
autoérotique: autoerotic (masturbatory)
autre: other; another; used to express the equivalence or resemblance between two or more things; second
autre: another
autre chose: something else (some other thing)
autre paire de manches: another kettle of fish, a horse of a different color (something else that promises to be much more difficult)
autre part: somewhere else
autre pays, autre coutume: when in Rome, do as the Romans do
autre pays, autres mœurs: when in Rome, do as the Romans do
autrefois: previously; formerly (at a past time), erstwhile
autrement: differently, in another way or manner
autrement: otherwise, or else
autrement dit: in other words (a phrase indicating that the following thought is a reiteration of the previous one)
autres temps, autres mœurs: other days, other ways; customs change with the times
autrichien: of Austria; Austrian
autruche: ostrich
autruchon: young ostrich
autrui: others; other people; someone else
autécologie: autecology
auvent: awning, canopy (over entrance); carport
auvergnat: a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in Auvergne
auvergnat: Auvergnese (of, from or relating to Auvergne, a cultural region, part of the administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
auvergner: to acquire a fake tan
aux abois: cornered; extremely alarmed, usually from being cornered or at wits' end
aux abonnés absents: unavailable or impossible to get in touch with
aux abords de: near, close to
aux aguets: ready, attentive, alert; on the alert
aux alentours de: at approximately; near; around
aux armes: to arms!
aux aurores: at cockcrow, at the crack of dawn (early in the morning)
aux commandes: at the helm, in the driver's seat
aux côtés de: next to, beside, alongside
aux dernières nouvelles: last I heard, the last I heard
aux dires de: alternative spelling of au dire de
aux dépens de: at the expense of (someone)
aux grands maux les grands remèdes: desperate times call for desperate measures
aux grands maux, les grands remèdes: alternative spelling of aux grands maux les grands remèdes
aux normes: conform to standards, up to standard, in order
aux ordres de: at someone's disposal, at someone's beck and call
aux petits oignons: with the utmost attention, with the utmost care, extremely well