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

Daigle
proper noun
a surname transferred from the nickname, mostly common in Quebec.
Daigneault
proper noun
a surname
Daillencourt
proper noun
a surname
Dakar
proper noun
Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)
Dakarois
noun, masculine
resident or native of Dakar
Daladier
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Dalencourt
proper noun
a surname
Dalhousie
proper noun
a town in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada
Dalila
proper noun
Delilah (mistress of Samson); a female given name, equivalent to English Delilah
Dallago
proper noun
a surname, Dallago, from Italian
Dallaire
proper noun
Dallaire: a surname, mostly found in Quebec
Dalmatie
proper noun
Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea); Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)
Damas
proper noun
Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Damascène
noun, masculine/feminine
Damascene (person)
Damascène
proper noun
Damascena (a historical region of Syria)
Dame Nature
noun, feminine
Mother Nature
Damien
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Damian
Damoclès
proper noun
Damocles
a commune of Marne department, France
Danault
proper noun
a surname, Danault
Danaïde
noun, feminine
Danaid
Dancourt
proper noun
a surname
Dandjinou
proper noun
Dandjinou: a surname
Danemark
proper noun
Denmark (a country in Northern Europe)
Dang
proper noun
a surname from Vietnamese
Danglars
proper noun
a male given name
Daniel
proper noun
Daniel (biblical book and prophet); a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel
Danielle
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Daniel
Danien
proper noun
Danian period
Danièle
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Daniel
Danois
noun, masculine
Dane (resident or native of Denmark)
Danton
proper noun
a surname
Dantou
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Danube
proper noun
Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea)
Danylo
proper noun
a male given name from Ukrainian
Danzig
proper noun
Danzig, Gdańsk
Danzigois
noun, masculine
Danziger, Danzigian (native or inhabitant of Danzig) (usually male)
Daoust
proper noun
a surname, Daoust, equivalent to English August or Austin
Daphné
proper noun
a female given name
Daquin
proper noun
a patronymic surname
Dardanelles
proper noun
Dardanelles
Dardanie
proper noun
Dardania (a region inhabited by the Dardani in classical antiquity)
Darfour
proper noun
Darfur
Darmesteter
proper noun
a surname
Darnaudguilhem
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Darnauguilhem
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Darracq
proper noun
a surname
Darrigrand
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Daudet
proper noun
a surname, Daudet
Dauphin
proper noun
Delphinus
Dauphin
proper noun
Dauphin (a city in Manitoba, Canada); Dauphin (a commune of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France); Dauphin (a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States)
Dauphinois
noun, masculine
Dauphinois (native or inhabitant of Dauphiné) (usually male)
Dauphiné
proper noun
Dauphiné (a former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble)
Dauzat
proper noun
a surname, Dauzat, from Occitan
David
proper noun
David; a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David; a surname originating as a patronymic
Davis
proper noun
a surname from English
Davy
proper noun
a surname derived from David; a male given name of modern usage
Dax
proper noun
Dax (a commune of Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
DcamC
proper noun
CADPAT (“Canadian disruption pattern”): abbreviation of dessin de camouflage canadien
De Entremont
proper noun
De Entremont: a surname, variant of Entremont