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to trigger, to spark, to set off; to set off (a device); to take off the latch; to be under way, to start happening
déclencheur
noun, masculine
trigger, spark; release mechanism; shutter release; trigger
déclencheur
adjective
triggering
déclic
noun, masculine
click; aha moment, epiphany
"to accustom to a foreign climate"
déclin
noun, masculine
decline
déclinable
adjective
declinable
déclinaison
noun, feminine
declension (inflection of a noun, pronoun or adjective); declination; variation, variant
déclinant
adjective
declining
déclinateur
noun, masculine
declinator
déclinatoire
adjective
declinatory
déclinatoire
noun, masculine
declinatory plea, exception
to weaken, to sicken, to go downhill; to enumerate; to decline; to develop a range from a product; to be available (in a variety of forms, models, etc.)
décliniste
noun, masculine/feminine
declinist
décliné
adjective
declined
déclive
noun, feminine
slope
déclive
adjective
declivous, sloping; dependent
to tilt; to decline, decrease
déclivité
noun, feminine
slope, incline, declivity
to decompartmentalize
to open, reopen (open something which was closed); to uncover
to unnail
"to withdraw from a convent"
décléricalisation
noun, feminine
declericalisation
to declericalize
déco
noun, feminine
clipping of décoration; clipping of déconnexion
to uncheck; to deselect; to shoot (with a bow); to throw, send (a gesture, object etc.); to smack; lash (hit suddenly); to lash out (at)
décoction
noun, feminine
decoction
décodage
noun, masculine
decoding
to decode
décodeur
noun, masculine
decoder
décoffrage
noun, masculine
stripping
décohérence
noun, feminine
decoherence
to decohere
décohésion
noun, feminine
decohesion
décoiffant
adjective
mind-blowing
to mess up someone's hair; to knock someone's hat off; to take one's breath away (be mindblowing)
décoiffé
adjective
messed-up; dishevelled
to unjam, loosen; to loosen up
décollage
noun, masculine
takeoff, lift-off (e.g. of an aircraft from a surface into the air)
décollation
noun, feminine
beheading
décollement
noun, masculine
detachment, unsticking
to take off (i.e. a plane); to leave; unstick; to come undone, come unstuck
to behead, to decapitate
décolletage
noun, masculine
neckline, décolletage; undercutting; topping
to reveal the neck or neckline
décolleté
adjective
low-cut (dress, etc.); decapitated
décolleté
noun, masculine
cleavage; low neckline
décolonisation
noun, feminine
decolonization
to decolonize
décolorant
adjective
bleaching
décoloration
noun, feminine
discolouration; fading
to discolour, fade; to bleach
décolorisation
noun, feminine
the removal of the colour from something; decolorisation or bleaching
décoloré
adjective
bleaching, decolorant
to calm down
décombant
adjective
decumbent
décombre
noun, masculine
rubble, ruins (of a building)
to clear away rubbish, to clear rubbish from
décombres
noun, masculine
rubble, ruins (of a building)