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dépolluant
adjective
depolluting
to depollute
dépollution
noun, feminine
cleanup of pollution
dépollué
adjective
depolluted
dépolymérisation
noun, feminine
depolymerization
to depolymerize
to render unpopular; to become unpopular
dépopulation
noun, feminine
depopulation
déportation
noun, feminine
deportation; internment (in a concentration camp)
déportement
noun, masculine
a bad way of life; swerve
to deport (expel from a country); to send to a concentration camp; to put off course, carry off course; to swerve; to sway, waver
déposable
adjective
deposable
déposant
noun, masculine
depositor; person who makes a deposition
dépose
noun, feminine
The action of removing something such as old windows, pipes, or a carpet.; The action of letting somebody out of a car while the driver stays inside, e.g. la dépose d'un élève à l'école
dépose-minute
noun, masculine
kiss and ride
to put down (set down), lay down; to deposit (one material onto another); to drop off (someone); to deposit (money); to depose (to remove (a leader) from (high) office)
to file for bankruptcy, to declare bankruptcy, to go into administration, to go into liquidation
to lay down one's arms, to lay down one's weapons; to give up, to surrender
dépositaire
noun, masculine/feminine
depositary, trustee
déposition
noun, feminine
deposition, statement, testimony
dépossession
noun, feminine
dispossession
to dispossess
to drive from a post, to dislodge
déposé
adjective
registered, recorded
to unpot
dépotoir
noun, masculine
dumping ground, tip, landfill
to unpowder; to unpowder one's hair
dépouille
noun, feminine
skin, hide; body; remains; booty, plunder
dépouillement
noun, masculine
stripping; skinning (removal of skin from an animal); loss; shedding (of leaves from a tree); stripping; reduction; cutting; snipping; whittling down (removal, at least in part, e.g. of text); act of getting rid; robbing, stealing; pinching; destitution (state of being without)
to skin (an animal); to rob, despoil, rip off; to count (votes); to go through (mail); to peruse, examine in detail; to strip, denude (of clothes, possessions etc.); to divest oneself of
to take off the old self, to abandon one's old way of life and begin a new life
dépouilles opimes
noun, feminine
spolia opima
dépouilleur
noun, masculine
stripper (someone who strips e.g. a carcass); checker, scrutinizer; vote counter (someone who counts votes in an election)
to unequip
dépourvu
adjective
without, lacking in, devoid of
dépourvu
noun, masculine
surprise
dépoussiérage
noun, masculine
the act of dusting, vacuum-cleaning; the act of updating, making current
to dust; to do the dusting; to update, to make current
dépoussiéreur
noun, masculine
deduster
to depoetize
dépravation
noun, feminine
depravity
to corrupt, pervert, deprave
dépravé
adjective
corrupted, perverted, depraved
to abandon (especially a person)
to thin out (plants)
dépresseur
noun, masculine
depressant
dépressif
adjective
depressive
dépression
noun, feminine
depression (area that is lower than its surroundings); depression (area of low atmospheric pressure); depression (state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future); depression (period of major economic contraction)
dépression hivernale
noun, feminine
seasonal affective disorder (depression associated with lack of natural light in winter)
postpartum depression
postpartum depression
depression, low pressure
dépressurisation
noun, feminine
depressurization
depressurize
to disinvite
déprimant
adjective
depressing, demoralizing; sad, cheerless
to depress, to deject; to be depressed, to be dejected
déprimé
adjective
depressed, dejected
dépris
adjective
abandoned
déprise
noun, feminine
abandonment