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acception: meaning, sense (of a word), acceptation
accesseur: accessor
accessibilité: accessibility
accessible: accessible, attainable, obtainable, available; affordable; approachable
accession: accession (to throne); accession
accessit: ≈ merit certificate
accessoire: accessory; prop
accessoire: accessory (having a supplementary function)
accessoirement: accessorily
accessoirisation: accessorization
accessoiriser: to accessorize (with)
accessoiriste: property master
accessoirisé: accessorized (with)
acciaccatura: acciaccatura
accident: accident
accident de décompression: caisson disease, decompression sickness
accident de la route: traffic collision, road accident
accident de parcours: mishap, setback
accident de travail: work accident, work-related accident, workplace accident, occupational accident, industrial accident
accident vasculaire cérébral: cerebrovascular accident, stroke
accidentable: damageable
accidentalité: accidentality; accident frequency (especially the statistics of road accidents at specific locations)
accidentel: accidental (happening by chance)
accidentellement: accidentally (unexpectedly, unintentionally)
accidenter: to damage; to hurt (in an accident)
accidentogène: hazardous; accident-prone
accidentologie: accidentology
accidentologue: accidentologist
accidenté: eventful (story); uneven (terrain); damaged or injured (in an accident).
accipitrin: accipitrine
accise: excise, excise tax
accisien: excise
accisien: exciseman
accisme: accismus
acclamatif: acclamative
acclamation: acclamation
acclamer: to acclaim, applaud (to shout applause)
acclimatable: acclimatable
acclimatation: acclimatization
acclimatement: acclimatization
acclimater: to acclimatize (get used to a new climate)
acclimaté: acclimatized
accointance: companionship, relationship; amorous relations
accointer: to get to know, acquaint oneself with
accoiser: to calm down, to quiet down
accolade: curly bracket (brace); accolade (knights); embrace
accolement: apposition
accoler: to place side by side; to bracket together
accolé: bracketed; accolé
accombant: accumbant
accommodant: accommodating; conciliatory
accommodat: acquired characteristics
accommodateur: accommodatory
accommodation: accommodation
accommodement: settlement, arrangement
accommoder: to accommodate
accompagnateur: accompanier; co-(something); accompanist
accompagnement: accompaniment; side dish
accompagner: to accompany, to escort
accompli: achieved, accomplished, perfect; finished, done