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drapier: clothmaking
drastique: drastic; drastic, draconian, harsh
drastiquement: drastically
draveur: log-driver, river driver
dravidien: Dravidian (all meanings)
drawback: drawback (disadvantage); drawback (partial refund)
drayage: fleshing (of hides)
drayer: "to flesh (hides)"
drayoir: alternative spelling of drayoire
drayoire: fleshing knife (for hides)
dreadnought: dreadnought (battleship in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber)
drelin: brrr, whirr (a whirring sound, such as that of a machine)
drelin-drelin: ding dong (onomatopoeia for the sound of a doorbell)
dressable: trainable
dressage: training; dressage
dresser: to raise, to erect, to build; to raise, to lift, to elevate; to prepare; to draw up; to pitch (a tent); to set, to lay out
dresser l'oreille: synonym of tendre l'oreille
dresser le couvert: to set the table, to lay the table
dresseur: tamer; trainer, handler (for animals such as dogs)
dresseuse: tamer, female equivalent of dresseur
dressing: dressing room (small walk-in room off a bedroom); wardrobe
dressing-room: dressing room (small walk-in room off a bedroom)
dressoir: dresser (furniture)
dressé: standing, erect; erect
dret: exactly, precisely
dret: (slang) form of droit
drette: (North America) form of droit; direct
drette: directly
dreyfusard: supportive of or sympathetic to Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935) in the Dreyfus affair (1894–1906).
dreyfusard: Dreyfusard (supporter of Alfred Dreyfus)
dribble: dribble
dribbler: to dribble
dribbleur: dribbler
drigaille: bric-a-brac, knick-knacks, tchotchkes; rubbish, trash, garbage, junk; leftover part, remaining portion; worthless person (or animal), scoundrel, trash; low-class person, trash
drill: drill (tool)
drille: soldier; fellow
driller: to drill (to instruct, to train, to coach)
dring: brrr, whirr (a whirring sound, such as that of a machine)
dringueille: pocket money, allowance
drink: a reception or afterparty where alcohol is served
drisse: halyard
driver: driver
driver: to drive
driveur: alternative spelling of driver
drogman: dragoman
drogue: drug
drogue douce: soft drug, recreational drug
drogue dure: hard drug
droguer: to take drugs (intoxicating substances)
droguerie: drugstore (establishment selling medications)
droguet: drugget
droguiste: druggist
droit: right (on the right-hand side); straight (not bent or crooked); right (of an angle)
droit: right (entitlement); law (study of law); right angle
droit: straight, straight on; upright, straight, not bent or crooked
droit au but: straight to the point
droit au travail: right to work
droit aérien: aviation law
droit canon: canon law
droit chemin: right track, straight and narrow (path of honesty, virtuous path)