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

alphabet phonétique international: International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
alphabet radio: spelling alphabet
alphabète: literate
alphabétaire: synonym of alphabétique
alphabétique: alphabetical (in the order of the letters of the alphabet)
alphabétiquement: alphabetically
alphabétisable: alphabetizable
alphabétisation: elimination of illiteracy, the process of learning to write and to read (and to compute); alphabetization
alphabétiser: to teach to read and write; to eliminate illiteracy in (a country)
alphabétisme: literacy, the characteristic of knowing how to read, write, and speak; alphabetism
alphanumérique: alphanumeric
alphasyllabaire: alphasyllabary
alphasyllabaire: alphasyllabary
alphonse: a pimp
alphonsine: Alfonsine
alpicole: alpine (living in alpine regions)
alpiculteur: alpine farmer
alpiculture: alpine farming
alpigène: Alpine
alpin: of the Alps; Alpine
alpinisme: mountaineering; hiking
alpiniste: mountaineer, alpinist
alpinistique: alpinist
alpique: Alpine
alpiste: canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)
alsace: any of several wines produced in Alsace
alsacien: Alsatian (of, from or relating to Alsace, a geographic region, traditionally German-speaking, in the administrative region of Grand Est, France)
alsacien: Alsatian; dialect of German spoken in what is today France
alsatique: Relating to the history etc of Alsace
altaïque: Altaic
altercation: altercation
altermondialisation: alter-globalization
altermondialisme: alter-globalism
altermondialiste: alter-globalist
altermondialiste: alter-globalist
alternance: alternation
alternance consonantique: consonant alternation
alternance de code: code-switching
alternance vocalique: apophony, umlaut, ablaut, vowel alternation
alternant: alternating
alternat: alternation; the imposition of circulation alternée
alternateur: alternating
alternateur: alternator (an electric generator which produces alternating current)
alternatif: alternating; alternative (different)
alternative: alternative
alternativement: alternatively; in turn
alterner: to alternate
altesse: highness, Highness (title of respect)
althée: marshmallow (plant Althaea officinalis)
altier: haughty
altimètre: altimeter
altimétrie: altimetry
altimétrique: altimetric
altiport: mountain airfield
altise: flea beetle (of tribe Alticini)
altiste: violist (person who plays the viola); alto saxophonist (person who plays the alto saxophone)
altisurface: an airstrip at high altitude (especially in the Alps)
altitonnant: that thunders from above (as an epithet for a god)
altitude: altitude
altitudinaire: altitudinal