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débatteur
noun, masculine
debater
to negotiate; to discuss, debate; to struggle
débauchage
noun, masculine
poaching; laying off (of staff)
débauche
noun, feminine
debauchery; dissipation
to debauch; to lure away, to entice to desert or abandon one's duty, post, etc.; to headhunt (someone else's employee); to make redundant, to lay off
débaucheur
noun, masculine
debaucher; seducer
to hurl, to spew (to vomit); to disgust
débet
noun, masculine
debit
débile
noun, masculine/feminine
retard
débile
adjective
weak; dumb, stupid, retarded
débile mental
noun, masculine
person with mental retardation; retard
stupidly; despicably; lamentably
débilitant
adjective
debilitating
débilitation
noun, feminine
debilitation, weakening
to debilitate
débilité
noun, feminine
debility, retardation; silliness, stupidity
débillardement
noun, masculine
cutting diagonally
to cut diagonally
débilos
adjective
dumb, idiotic
to denigrate, run down
débineur
noun, masculine
denigrator
débismuthage
noun, masculine
debismuthization
débit
noun, masculine
flow, rate of flow; output; debit; shop; discharge
débit de boissons
noun, masculine
watering hole, bar
débit de tabac
noun, masculine
tobacconist's (shop that sells tobacco products)
débit sanguin
noun, masculine
blood flow
débitable
adjective
debitable
débitage
noun, masculine
chopping up (wood etc)
débitant
noun, masculine
retailer, seller
to debit
to sell continuously; to turn out, produce (continuously); to recite, deliver; to reel off, rattle off; (singing) to sing quickly and in a lively manner
débiteur
noun, masculine
debtor (person or firm that owes money)
débitmètre
noun, masculine
debitmeter
to debituminize
to debituminize
déblai
noun, masculine
clearing and levelling (of land); excavation
déblaiement
noun, masculine
clearing, clearing away
to rant about; to drivel, blather
to clear, to clear away
to clear the way, to clear the ground
déblocage
noun, masculine
unblocking (action of unblocking something)
to unblock; to unlock (release, make available); to be out of one's mind
to unwind (to wind off), to unspool
débogage
noun, masculine
debugging; action of debugging
to debug
débogueur
noun, masculine
debugger
déboire
noun, masculine
unpleasant aftertaste, bad taste; bad experience
déboisage
noun, masculine
The removal of wood; deforestation
déboisement
noun, masculine
deforestation
to deforest
post-1990 spelling of déboîter
to unbung, uncork; to pour out (one's heart); to pour out, flood out; to become unbunged; to lose liquid quickly
débonnaire
adjective
kind; gentle, good; weak-willed; soft
good-naturedly
débonnaireté
noun, feminine
good nature
débordant
adjective
overflowing, unbounded; exuberant; outflanking
débordement
noun, masculine
flooding; overflowing, overflow; overshooting (of weapon); passing (act of hitting the ball past a player who is at net)
to overflow (exceed the brim), to spill over; to overshoot (shoot too far); to outflank
débordé
adjective
overworked, snowed under
to remove the boots of