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5,797 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

D
noun, feminine
abbreviation of dame (“queen”): Q
D'Alembert
proper noun
a neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
D'Autray
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
D'Entremont
proper noun
D'Entremont: a surname, variant of Entremont
D.ieu
proper noun
G-d, a deliberately incomplete spelling of Dieu
D10
noun, feminine
d10
D12
noun, feminine
d12
D20
noun, feminine
d20
D4
noun, feminine
d4
D6
noun, feminine
d6
D8
noun, feminine
d8
DAB
noun, feminine
acronym of distributeur automatique de billets (“automatic teller machine (ATM), cash machine, cashpoint”)
DAE
noun, masculine
initialism of défibrillateur automatisé externe or défibrillateur automatique externe (“automated external defibrillator”): AED
DAF
proper noun
initialism of Dictionnaire de l'Académie française.
DAF
noun, masculine/feminine
initialism of directeur administratif et financier (“administrative and financial director”).
DALO
noun, masculine
acronym of droit au logement opposable: redeemable right to housing
DCA
noun, feminine
initialism of défense contre les aéronefs (“antiaircraft defence”)
DCD
verb
abbreviation of décéder.
DCD
adjective
abbreviation of décédé(e).
DDO
proper noun
initialism of Dollard-Des Ormeaux—a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada
DDT
noun, masculine
abbreviation of dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane
DEA
noun, masculine
initialism of diplôme d'études approfondies (a tertiary education degree higher than a master's, but lower than a doctorate); initialism of défibrillateur externe automatisé (“automated external defibrillator”): AED
DEA
noun, feminine
abbreviation of diethanolamine
DEET
noun, masculine
DEET (an insect repellant)
DELF
noun, feminine
acronym of diplôme d'étude de langue française, a French-language qualification
DEST
proper noun
Diplôme d'études supérieures techniques, a diploma formerly awarded in France
DEUG
noun, masculine
acronym of Diplôme d'études universitaires générales (“General Academic Studies Degree”)
DGSE
proper noun
initialism of Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure: a French intelligence agency
DGSI
proper noun
initialism of direction générale de la Sécurité intérieure (“General Directorate for Internal Security”)
DIF
noun, masculine
initialism of droit individuel à la formation
DIH
noun, masculine
initialism of droit international humanitaire (“international humanitarian law”): IHL
DIR
proper noun
abbreviation of Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
DIU
noun, feminine
initialism of dispositif intra-utérin (“IUD (intrauterine device)”)
DJ
noun, masculine/feminine
DJ, disc jockey
DLVV
adverb
initialism of dans la vraie vie (“in real life”)
DNA
proper noun
initialism of Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (“Latest News from Alsace, a French periodical”)
DOM
noun, masculine
acronym of département d'outre-mer (“overseas department”)
DRH
noun, masculine
initialism of directeur des ressources humaines (“HRM”)
DRH
noun, feminine
initialism of directrice des ressources humaines (“HRM”); initialism of direction des ressources humaines
DRHC
proper noun
initialism of Développement des ressources humaines Canada (“Human Resources Development Canada”): HRDC
DROM
noun, masculine
acronym of département et région d'outre-mer (“oversea department and region [of France]”)
DS
noun, feminine
initialism of directeur sportif; initialism of devoir surveillé
DSK
proper noun
initialism of Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
DST
proper noun
≈ MI5, CIA
DVC
noun, feminine
abbreviation of divers centre (“centrist”)
DVD
noun, masculine
DVD (optical disc)
DVD
noun, feminine
abbreviation of divers droite
DVG
noun, feminine
abbreviation of divers gauche
DZ
noun, feminine
Algerian people
Da Silva
proper noun
a surname from Portuguese
Dacquois
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of Dax (usually male)
Dadou
proper noun
a right tributary of the Agout in Occitania, France
Dadou
proper noun
a surname
Daech
proper noun
Daesh (ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State)
Daeninck
proper noun
a surname from Dutch
Daeninckx
proper noun
a surname from Dutch
Daghestan
proper noun
Dagestan (a republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Caucasus region)
Daghestanais
noun, masculine
Dagestani
Dagorn
proper noun
a French surname, Dagorn, from Breton
Dahoméen
noun, masculine
Dahomeyan