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accéder: to reach (a place); to obtain, to achieve, to reach (a goal); to grant (permission); to access (information)
accélérateur: accelerative
accélérateur: accelerator, gas pedal; accelerator
accélérateur de particules: particle accelerator (device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation)
accélération: acceleration
accélérer: to accelerate
accélérographe: accelerometer; accelerograph
accéléromètre: accelerometer
accéléré: time-lapse
ace: ace
acellulaire: acellular
acentré: acentric; uncentralized
acerbe: acerb (bitter to the taste); harsh
acerbité: acerbity
acescence: acescence
acescent: souring
achalandage: clientele, patronage, business; foot traffic (of an area); ridership (of a means of transport); goodwill
achalander: to supply with clientele
achalandeur: pimp
achalandé: busy (of a shop etc)
achalasie: achalasia
achaler: to annoy, harass, badger
achard: achar, (Indian) pickle
acharisme: Ash'arism
acharnement: relentlessness, doggedness; persecution, harassment
acharnement thérapeutique: Providing medical care to keep patients alive when there is no hope that it will benefit or cure them
acharner: to incite; to sic; to hound, to fiercely attack; to slave away, to persevere; to attach oneself excessively
acharné: fierce; relentless
achat: buy, purchase
achat-vente: buying and selling
ache: celery (plant)
ache: aitch, The name of the Latin script letter H/h.
acheiropoïète: acheiropoietic
acheminement: delivery, transporting
acheminer: to transport; send (off); to head (towards); head for; make one's way (to)
achepter: obsolete spelling of acheter
achetable: buyable
acheter: to purchase; buy
acheter chat en poche: to purchase without seeing the object in question; to buy on trust; to be sold a pig in a poke
acheteur: buyer, purchaser (person who makes purchases)
acheuléen: Acheulean
achever: to finish, to complete; to finish off (someone who is already incapacitated); to finish
achevé d'imprimer: a colophon, printer notice at the end or beginning of a publication, not actually part of the author's manuscript but concerning the physical edition
achigan: bass (fish)
achilletalonesque: of Achille Talon
achilletalonnesque: of Achille Talon
achillée: yarrow (any of several pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea)
achillée millefeuille: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
achiléen: Achillean
achocha: Cyclanthera pedata, the caigua.
acholi: Acholi (people, language)
acholi: Acholi
achondroplasie: achondroplasia (a genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism)
achondroplasique: achondroplastic (of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia)
achoppement: stumble; trip
achopper: to stumble (on a stone); to hit a snag, find oneself up against something, to make a mistake, fail; to hit a snag, to make a mistake
achour: ushr, a tax paid to a sultan (especially in Morocco); an Algerian government tax (in French colonial times)
achromat: achromat
achromaticité: achromaticity
achromatique: achromatic