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to walk; to canvass
démarcheur
noun, masculine
door-to-door salesman; canvasser
to unmarry; to be unmarried
démarketing
noun, masculine
demarketing
démarquage
noun, masculine
marking down; plagiarism
démarque
noun, feminine
markdown (reduction in price in order to stimulate sales)
to remove a mark or label from; to remove a bookmark from; take out a bookmark; to reduce or mark down (a price); to get free from a marker (someone who is marking); to lose all the points that have been scored
démarqué
adjective
reduced, marked down (in price)
démarrage
noun, masculine
startup, starting up; departure; starter
démarrage en côte
noun, masculine
hill start
to start, to get started, to start up (especially a vehicle); to start up, to turn on (a computer); to start, to get started, to start up; to drive off, to pull away; to start up, to turn on, to begin to operate
démarreur
noun, masculine
starter motor
to remove a mask, to unmask; to expose, to uncover (e.g. a secret)
dématérialisation
noun, feminine
dematerialization
to dematerialize
démembrement
noun, masculine
dismemberment
to dismember; to diminish; to make smaller
démence
noun, feminine
dementia
to convulse, thrash about; to struggle
dément
noun, masculine
One who suffers from dementia, who is insane
dément
adjective
demented, insane, lunatic; Which is beyond reason, unbelievable
démenti
noun, masculine
denial (claim that a rumour or other statement is not true)
démentiel
noun, masculine
insane
to contradict, gainsay (someone); to deny, refute (rumors etc.); to belie (appearances)
to manage, to get by; to figure something out
démersal
adjective
demersal
démesure
noun, feminine
outrageousness, excessiveness
démesuré
adjective
vaulting, huge
disproportionately, excessively; exorbitantly
to dismiss, discharge (from a post); to nonsuit (dismiss on the grounds of a lawsuit being brought without cause); to dislocate (a bone); to relinquish, leave (a position or post)
to remove the furniture from (a room etc.); to unfurnish
démilitarisation
noun, feminine
demilitarization
to demilitarize
déminage
noun, masculine
demining, mine clearance, mine-clearing, minesweeping
to demine, to remove mines from
démineur
noun, masculine
minesweeper; deminer (bomb disposal expert)
démineur éditorial
noun, masculine
sensitivity reader
synonym of diminuer
déminéralisation
noun, feminine
demineralization
to demineralize
demineralized
démission
noun, feminine
resignation; abdication (of responsibilities, etc.)
resigning, outgoing
démissionnaire
noun, masculine/feminine
resigner (someone who resigns)
to resign; to dismiss, make resign
démiurge
noun, masculine
demiurge
démiurgique
adjective
demiurgic
demiurgically
démo
noun, masculine
demo
démobilisateur
noun, masculine
demobilizer
démobilisation
noun, feminine
demobilization
to demobilise
démocrate
adjective
democratic
démocrate
noun, masculine/feminine
democrat
Christian Democratic
démocratie
noun, feminine
democracy
démocratie directe
noun, feminine
direct democracy
démocratie indirecte
noun, feminine
indirect democracy, representative democracy
participatory democracy (political system)
representative democracy