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to deconvolute
déconvolution
noun, feminine
deconvolution
décor
noun, masculine
decor, decoration; set, location; scenery, backdrop
décorateur
noun, masculine
decorator
décoratif
adjective
decorative
décoration
noun, feminine
decoration; decoration (honor, medal)
decoratively
to unrope (remove from a rope)
to decorate
to remove the horns of; to dehorn
décorticage
noun, masculine
shelling (removal of shell)
décortication
noun, feminine
decortication
to decorticate, to peel, to shell (remove a shell, an outer layer from); to dissect, to scrutinize, to analyse, to study; to be scrutinized
décortiqué
adjective
shelled; decorticated
décorum
noun, masculine
decorum
décosaquisation
noun, feminine
decossackization
décote
noun, feminine
discount; tax relief
to sleep away from home, to stay the night elsewhere; to stay out all night
to unsew, unstitch (remove the stitches from something that is sewn); to do battle
to follow from; to ensue
découpage
noun, masculine
cutting (action of to cut); decoupage; the division of a script into scenes, sequences, and shots
découpe
noun, feminine
cutting out, cutting; cutout, cut-out
to cut up, to chop up; to cut out (to remove by cutting); to zone, to divide up (into areas); to cast shadow (against a background), to silhouette
découplage
noun, masculine
decoupling
découplement
noun, masculine
uncoupling; decoupling
to uncouple, decouple; to set apart
découpure
noun, feminine
indentation; herald (moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix)
décourageant
adjective
discouraging; depressing
découragement
noun, masculine
discouragement
to discourage; to lose heart, lose faith
décours
noun, masculine
"decrease; wane (of the moon)"
décousu
adjective
unstitched; incoherent, disjointed
découvert
adjective
discovered; uncovered, unprotected, exposed
découvert
noun, masculine
overdraft
découverte
noun, feminine
discovery
découvreur
noun, masculine
discoverer
to discover; to show, to reveal; to leave uncovered, to expose; to leave unprotected, to expose
décrassage
noun, masculine
cleaning up; warm-down (after exercise)
to clean up, to scrub; to clean up (oneself)
décret
noun, masculine
decree (royal, ecclesiastical); statutory instrument
décreusage
noun, masculine
ungumming
to decry; to criticize, disparage, censure
to describe
décrispation
noun, feminine
easing of tension
to unclench
to fuck off; to go fuck oneself; to remove; to cast out; to mistreat; to destroy; to damage; to wreck
décrochable
adjective
unhookable; detachable
décrochage
noun, masculine
stall, loss of lift; the closing ceremony of an exhibition; the act of dropping out from school; the sudden loss of grip by a car's tyres; the segment of programming during which different regions receive localised programs and/or advertising; regional variation
décrochement
noun, masculine
setback; recess
to unhook, remove from a hook; to pick up, pick up the phone, start a telephone conversation; to stall; to pick up, get one's hands on; to withdraw (from drugs, alcohol, etc.)
to do the impossible
to hit the jackpot; to win the lottery
to uncross; to unfold
décroissance
noun, feminine
decrease, decline; degrowth
décroissant
adjective
descending; waning (of the moon)
décroissement
noun, masculine
waning (a gradual diminution)
décroisé
adjective
uncrossed; to the near post; down the line
post-1990 spelling of décroître
décrottage
noun, masculine
The removal of mud
to clean the mud off