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deontological, ethical
deontologically, ethically
dép
noun, masculine
clipping of dépanneur
dépalettisation
noun, feminine
depalletization, depalletizing, unpalletizing
dépannage
noun, masculine
troubleshooting, fixing, repairing
to fix, repair; to help out; to tide over
dépanneur
noun, masculine
troubleshooter, repairman; convenience store
dépanneuse
noun, feminine
breakdown lorry, tow truck
to unpack
to deparaffin
to deparasitize
déparasité
adjective
deparasitized
to unmatch, to spoil the pair of, to render incomplete
dépareillé
adjective
incomplete; odd
to spoil, put out of place (make something look more ugly)
"to take away one (of a pair); to separate (the male and female of certain animals)"
to speak nastily; to speak nonsense or gibberish; to stop talking
"to let the sheep out of a fold; to unpen"
départ
noun, masculine
departure, start
départ de feu
noun, masculine
start of fire, fire outbreak
to shift the balance between two parties of, or break the tie between, decide between; to divide, separate; to isolate, separate, determine; to distinguish, differentiate, or decide between; to find a winner, break a (or the) tie
département
noun, masculine
department; département
departmental
departmentally
départementalisation
noun, feminine
departmentalization
to departmentalize (to give department status to an overseas territory); to departmentalize (to assign to the departments a competence which previously fell to the State or another public authority)
to divest, dispose of; to distribute; to depart, to leave
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of départir
dépassement
noun, masculine
excess, exceeding; passing, overtaking; overrun; overflow
to exceed; to overtake, to go past; to surpass
to be beyond comprehension, to be mind-boggling, to be beyond belief, to beggar belief
to cross the line, to go too far, to overstep the mark, to go beyond the pale, to go off the reservation
to defuse, take the sting out of
dépassionné
adjective
dispassionate, unpassionate
dépassé
adjective
outdated
to extricate oneself from a situation, get oneself out of it, to muddle through
to remove the cobblestones from a road; to unpave, to depave
dépaysement
noun, masculine
exile; the feeling of not being at home, in a foreign or different place, whether a good or a bad feeling; change of scenery
to move somebody from their usual country or place; to disorient; to give a change of scenery; to change a habit
dépaysé
adjective
disorientated
to chop up, dismember; to take apart; to divide up (put into parts); to pick apart (examine in great detail); to tear apart (criticise severely)
dépeceur
noun, masculine
dismemberer; butcher
to mess up (someone's hair)
to depict, portray; to depaint (remove paint)
dépeint
adjective
depicted, portrayed
to shred
dépenaillé
adjective
ragged, tattered
dependently
dépendance
noun, feminine
dependence, reliance; addiction, dependency (a habit or practice); outbuilding; dependence
functional dependency
dépendant
adjective
dependent
dépendant
noun, masculine
dependent; one who is dependent
dépendeur
noun, masculine
unhanger
to depend (to be uncertain or contingent); to depend (to be contingent); to depend, to rely (for support); to belong to, to be part of; it's up to [with de ‘someone’, along with de (+ infinitive) or que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘to do something’] (often negated using ne ... que, which may not be translated)
to unhang; to remove from a gallows
dépens
noun, masculine
costs; expense
dépense
noun, feminine
expense; expenditure; spending
to spend (money)
capital expenditure, CAPEX
operating expense, OPEX