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baptisme
noun, masculine
baptism
baptistaire
adjective
baptismal
baptistaire
noun, masculine
baptismal certificate (or entry in a baptismal register)
baptiste
noun, masculine/feminine
baptist; Baptist
baptistère
noun, masculine
baptistry
baptistère
adjective
baptismal (of a register or certificate)
baptême
noun, masculine
baptism; christening; hazing
baptême
interjection
a mild curse word
baptême du feu
noun, masculine
baptism of fire
baquet
noun, masculine
tub; pot; washtub, washbasin; pail (of water); paintpot; bucket seat (of sports car)
to bale (remove water in buckets etc); to water (a garden, using buckets etc)
bar
noun, masculine
bar (establishment); bar (counter)
bar
noun, masculine
bass (fish)
bar commun
noun, masculine
European seabass
bar européen
noun, masculine
European seabass
bar laitier
noun, masculine
ice cream parlour
bar-tabac
noun, masculine
a bar (or cafe) that has a licence to sell tobacco
bara
noun, masculine
work, labour
bara
verb
to work, to labour
baraban
noun, masculine
dandelion
baragouin
noun, masculine
gibberish (unintelligible speech or writing)
baragouinage
noun, masculine
gibbering; gibberish
to gibber, jabber, garble, muddle one's words; to speak (a language) badly
baragouineur
noun, masculine
gibberer
baraka
noun, feminine
barakah; benediction; chance, fate
baraki
noun, masculine
a poorly educated individual, usually a dirty one with poor clothing tastes; a chav; showman (fairground worker); gypsy (caravan dweller)
baraque
noun, feminine
shack, hut; stall, stand; pad, crib (house); musclehead, muscleman, man built like a brick shithouse, bulky man (large and muscular man)
baraque à frites
noun, feminine
a chip stall, a French fry stand (a small establishment selling French fries that must be eaten on the hoof)
baraquement
noun, masculine
barracking (of troops); barracks
to billet (troops)
baraqué
adjective
buff, yoked, beefy (hefty, well-built)
baraterie
noun, feminine
embezzlement by the captain of a watercraft
barathon
noun, masculine
pub crawl
baratin
noun, masculine
small talk; bullshit
to chat up, sweet-talk (engage in small talk in order to seduce or convince); to bullshit
baratineur
adjective
smooth-talking, fast-talking
baratineur
noun, masculine
sweet-talker, smooth talker, silver-tongued devil
barattage
noun, masculine
churning
baratte
noun, feminine
churn
to churn (agitate rapidly)
barbacane
noun, feminine
barbican; buttress
barbadien
adjective
of Barbados; Barbadian
barbajuan
noun, masculine
an appetizer originating from Monaco: a fritter stuffed with Swiss chard and ricotta
barbant
adjective
boring
barbaque
noun, feminine
meat
barbare
adjective
barbarian (uncivilized); horrible, awful (e.g., a type of music that one dislikes or a word or name that does not sound euphonious or is difficult to pronounce); Berber
barbarically
barbaresque
adjective
Barbary
barbaresque
noun, masculine
Barbary pirate
barbarie
noun, feminine
barbarity, savagery
barbarisme
noun, masculine
barbarism
barbarouffement
noun, masculine
the cry of a manatee or dugong
to give out a call
barbe
noun, feminine
beard; longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals; barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish); barb (feather); barb (hair or bristle)
barbe
adjective
Barbary
barbe
noun, masculine
Barbary horse
barbe de trois jours
noun, feminine
stubble (short, coarse hair on the face); designer stubble (fashionable short growth of male facial hair)
barbe à papa
noun, feminine
fairy floss (Australia), cotton candy (US, Canada), candy floss (UK)
barbeau
noun, masculine
barbel (fish); cornflower (plant)
barbec
noun, masculine
clipping of barbecue