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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

bridon
noun, masculine
snaffle
bridé
noun, masculine
chink, slant, slope (a person of East Asian descent)
bridé
adjective
having an epicanthus (typical of but not limited to East Asians)
brie
noun, masculine
brie
briefing
noun, masculine
briefing (presentation of information or instruction)
brigade
noun, feminine
brigade; brigade, team of workers
brigadier
noun, masculine
brigadier (military); Military rank equivalent to corporal; crossing guard
brigadier-chef
noun, masculine
Military rank in some Francophone countries that replaces caporal-chef (chief corporal/master corporal) in the cavalry
brigand
adjective
mischievous
brigand
noun, masculine
thief
brigandage
noun, masculine
robbery or other violent crime carried out by a group; bribery, extortion
brigandine
noun, feminine
brigandine
brigantin
noun, masculine
brig (two-masted vessel)
brigantine
noun, feminine
trapeze-shaped type of sail
brightisme
noun, masculine
Bright's disease
to crave, to have one's eyes on
brillable
adjective
Shinable, that can be shone
brilliantly, superbly; shiningly
brillance
noun, feminine
shininess; brightness
brillant
adjective
shining; shiny
brillantine
noun, feminine
brilliantine (hair pomade)
to brilliantine (to apply brilliantine to the hair)
very bright
to shine, to sparkle
to dazzle, to glitter, to sparkle, to shine brightly
to be conspicuous by one's absence
brimade
noun, feminine
a hazing, some test which seniors impose on newbies in (para) military units, school, etc. by way of initiation; a punishment which an educator imposes on a child, consisting in some privation; a measure or treatment which is pointlessly hurtful
brimbalement
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of bringuebalement
brimborion
noun, masculine
knick-knack
brimer
verb
to bully; to mistreat
brimeur
noun, masculine
bully (person who bullies)
brin
noun, masculine
blade (of grass); sprig, twig; wisp, strand (of hair, fibre etc.); ounce, bit, hint
brinde
noun, feminine
toast (a salutation while drinking alcohol)
brindezingue
adjective
loopy; nuts; bonkers; cuckoo
brindgème
noun, feminine
eggplant, aubergine
brindille
noun, feminine
twig, sprig
bringelle
noun, feminine
eggplant
bringeure
noun, feminine
black hair stripe characteristic of a brindled bovine coat
bringeüre
noun, feminine
post-1990 spelling of bringeure
bringue
noun, feminine
binge, booze-up (drunken celebration)
bringue
noun, feminine
lanky woman; piece
to sound, ring, chime, ding; to ring, sound, chime; to rattle; to rattle along, rattle about (move, making a rattling or jolting sound)
bringé
adjective
brindled
brinquebalant
adjective
rattling; rickety
brio
noun, masculine
brilliance, panache; con brio
brioche
noun, feminine
brioche (a type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin); gaffe, blunder; paunch, belly
briochin
noun, masculine
synonym of brugnon (“nectarine”)
briochin
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France
brioché
adjective
brioche style
brione
noun, feminine
bryony
brionine
noun, feminine
bryonin
brioso
adverb
in a lively style
brique
noun, feminine
brick (hardened block used for building); carton box (food packaging); doorstop (thick, massive book, large book); ten thousand French francs (one million old francs, ~1524 euros)
brique crue
noun, feminine
mudbrick
to scrub, polish
briquet
noun, masculine
firestriker; cigarette lighter, lighter; beagle; firesteel; frizzen
briquetage
noun, masculine
brickwork; a pattern of lines on plaster, etc., to imitate brickwork; briquetage
to brick up
briqueterie
noun, feminine
brickyard
briquetier
noun, masculine
brickworker