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discours indirect: reported speech, indirect speech
discours indirect libre: free indirect speech
discours rapporté: reported speech
discourtois: discourteous
discourtoisement: discourteously
discourtoisie: discourtesy
discoïdal: discoidal
discoïde: discoid
discret: discreet; discrete
discriminant: discriminant
discriminateur: discriminatory
discriminateur: discriminator
discrimination: discrimination, distinction
discrimination positive: reverse discrimination, affirmative action
discriminatoire: discriminatory
discriminer: to discriminate (to differentiate); to discriminate (to treat people based on prejudice)
discrètement: discreetly, discretely
discrédit: disrepute
discréditation: discreditation
discréditer: to discredit
discrépance: discrepancy
discrétion: discretion
discrétionnaire: discretionary
discrétionnairement: discretionarily
discrétisation: discretization
discrétiser: to discretize / discretise
discrétisé: discretized / discretised
discrétos: discreetly
disculpation: exoneration
disculper: to exonerate
discursif: discursive
discursivement: discursively
discussion: debate, argument (a civil exchange of contradictory points of view); argument, (verbal) fight, row (a vivid, uncivil exchange of emotional points of view); conversation, discussion (an exchange of words neither contradictory nor conflictual)
discutable: debatable, arguable, questionable; questionable, doubtful, dubious
discutablement: disputably; debatably; arguably
discutailler: to quibble
discutant: discussant; a participant in a formal or academic discussion
discuter: to argue, to debate; to discuss; to chat
discuter du sexe des anges: to count angels on pinheads
discuteur: arguer (someone inclined toward debate)
discuteur: argumentative (unlikely to accept something without prior debate)
discuteuse: arguer
disert: eloquent, forthcoming; talkative
disertement: eloquently; talkatively
disette: scarcity, shortage, dearth; food shortage, famine; an old variety of beet
disetteux: needy person; poor person
diseur: teller; monologist; elocutionist
diseuse de bonne aventure: fortune-teller (one who predicts the future)
disgracier: to disgrace, to put out of favour
disgracieusement: displeasingly; ungainly
disgracieux: lacking refinement, displeasing, unsightly, ungainly
disgracié: disgraced
disgrâce: disgrace
disgréger: "(opt.) (l.u.) to scatter, to separate, to disperse"
disharmonie: disharmony
disjoindre: to separate; to come apart, separate
disjoint: disjoint, unattached
disjoncter: to fuse, break
disjoncteur: circuit breaker
disjonctif: disjunctive