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bézoard
noun, masculine
bezoar
bêchage
noun, masculine
digging
bêche
noun, feminine
spade
bêche-de-mer
noun, feminine
sea cucumber
to dig (with a spade); to badmouth, to slander
bêcheur
noun, masculine
digger (person who digs); badmouther; snob
bêcheur
adjective
badmouthing; snobbish
to upend (turn upside-down); to place head-to-toe, head-to-tail
bêchoir
noun, masculine
a large hoe
bêlement
noun, masculine
bleat, bleating
bêler
verb
to baa; to bleat (make cry of sheep)
bêta
adjective
stupid, idiotic
bêta
noun, masculine
beta (Greek letter)
bêta
adjective
beta
bêta-bloquant
noun, masculine
beta blocker
bêta-test
noun, masculine
beta test
stupidly, idiotically
bêtathérapie
noun, feminine
beta therapy (radiation therapy using beta particles)
bêtatron
noun, masculine
betatron
bête
noun, feminine
beast, animal; fool
bête
adjective
stupid; inept (not very bright and lacking in judgement); silly; avoidable (which could have been easily averted); grumpy (having a bad character or in a bad mood; showing great displeasure in interacting with people)
very simple, very plain; easy as pie
Very stupid; dumb as an ox; dumb as a doorknob
bête de foire
noun, feminine
freak show, circus freak, exhibit
bête de scène
noun, feminine
showman
bête de sexe
noun, feminine
sex machine, sex god (someone with considerable sexual prowess, sexual stamina, or libido)
bête de somme
noun, feminine
beast of burden (animal that carries or pulls heavy loads)
stupid, mindless
bête noire
noun, feminine
bête noire, pet hate, pet peeve
bête à Bon Dieu
noun, feminine
ladybug
bête à cornes
noun, feminine
Horned cattle (goats, oxen, cows).
Very stupid; dumb as a rock; dumb as a doorknob
bête-puante
noun, feminine
skunk
bêtement
adverb
stupidly, idiotically
bêtifiant
adjective
mindless
to act childishly; to be brutalized
bêtise
noun, feminine
foolishness; hooey; nonsense
to talk nonsense
bêtisier
noun, masculine
bloopers; a collection of farcical or comical stories or moments
adjective
alternative spelling of beau
bôme
noun, feminine
boom
bôrô
pronoun
the subject is content, satisfied, or the object is much, enough, a satisfactory or maximal amount; ellipsis of bôrô d'enjaillement (“a kind of game played by yobs consisting of jumping onto the decks of vehicles in running traffic (originally busses, later minibusses)”, literally “sack of enjoyment”)
bûche
noun, feminine
log
bûche de Noël
noun, feminine
a Yule log (log-shaped Christmas cake)
bûcher
noun, masculine
woodshed (enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood); pyre (funeral pile; combustible heap on which corpses are burned); stake (pile of wood on which a person condemned to death is burned); the flames of Hell
to hew; to slug away, to hit the books
bûcheron
noun, masculine
woodman, lumberjack, logger; woodcutter
bûchette
noun, feminine
stick (of wood); faggot
bûcheur
noun, masculine
swot, hard worker
bœuf
noun, masculine
ox; bullock, steer; beef; jam session; a police officer; a pig
bœuf bourguignon
noun, masculine
beef bourguignon
bœuf musqué
noun, masculine
musk ox (Ovibos moschatus)
bœuf-garou
noun, masculine
werecow
bœuferie
noun, feminine
blunder