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aigrissement: souring
aigrisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of aigrir
aigu: sharp, pointy; acute, keen, discerning; sharp, loud and high-pitched; acute; front
aiguade: watering (provisioning of water)
aiguail: (regional) dew resting on foliage
aigue-marine: aquamarine
aigue-marine: aquamarine
aiguillage: points; switch; turnout; shunting; switching
aiguillat: dogfish
aiguille: needle; needle (of a compass); hand (of a watch); spire (of a church); point, switch
aiguille d'Adam: synonym of yucca filamenteux (“Adam's needle and thread”) (Yucca filamentosa)
aiguille des heures: hour hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours)
aiguille des minutes: minute hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes)
aiguille des secondes: second hand (on a clock or watch, the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed)
aiguille à tricoter: knitting needle
aiguiller: to direct (towards); to change / switch points (railway)
aiguilletage: lacing up; tying together
aiguilleter: to lace up; to tie or knot together (with string, ribbon etc)
aiguillette: ribbon; tie; cord; needle; needlefish
aiguillette baronne: tri-tip
aiguilleté: beribboned
aiguilleur: signalman; signaller; air traffic controller
aiguilleur du ciel: air traffic controller, ATC
aiguillon: goad; stinger, sting (of a bee); a goad, a stimulant
aiguillonnement: prodding
aiguillonner: to prod
aiguillot: pintle (a rudder’s pin which pivots in a gudgeon)
aiguisage: sharpening, honing, whetting
aiguise-crayon: pencil sharpener
aiguisement: sharpening, honing, whetting
aiguiser: to sharpen (of a point, to make sharper); to hone (e.g. a skill); to whet
aiguiseur: sharpener
aiguisoir: sharpener (tool); pencil sharpener; whetstone
aiguisé: sharpened
aiguière: ewer
aigument: harshly; abrasively
ail: garlic
ail des ours: ramsons (Allium ursinum L.)
ail sauvage: ramsons (Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives)
ailante: tree of heaven
aile: wing (of a bird or other flying animal; of poultry; of an aircraft; of a building; of an army; in football and rugby; in politics); fender, wing (of an automobile); side, wing, ala; sail (of a windmill); blade (of a propeller)
aileron: fin (of some fish); flipper (of penguins and other animals); aileron; spoiler (of an automobile)
aileron avant: front wing
ailette: small wing
ailier: winger; small forward; wingman
ailler: to add garlic (to)
ailleurs: elsewhere; somewhere else
ailurophile: ailurophile
ailurophile: ailurophile
ailurophobie: ailurophobia (fear of cats)
ailé: winged (having wings); winglike
aimable: likeable, amiable
aimable comme une porte de prison: very unpleasant, like a bear with a sore head
aimablement: friendly (in a friendly manner)
aimant: loving, affectionate
aimant: magnet
aimantaire: magnetic
aimantation: magnetization
aimanter: to magnetize (cause to be magnetic)
aimantin: fridge magnet