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désignation: designation; indication; connotation
désigner: to designate; to indicate (symbol, abbreviation, etc.); to connote (to signify beyond principal meaning)
désilage: removal from a silo
désiler: to remove from a silo
désillusion: disillusion, disenchantment
désillusionner: to disillusion, disenchant, to burst someone's bubble
désillusionné: disenchanting
désimbloquer: to unblock (a mobile phone that has a locked SIM card)
désincarcérer: to extricate
désincarner: to disembody or disincarnate
désincarné: disembodied
désincorporer: to disincorporate, to separate, to disunite
désincrustation: descaling
désindustrialisation: deindustrialization
désindustrialiser: to deindustrialize
désinence: ending, desinence, inflectional suffix
désinfatuer: to disabuse, to undeceive, to dispel the infatuation of; to cease being infatuated
désinfectant: disinfectant, sanitizer
désinfectant: disinfectant
désinfecter: to disinfect, to sanitize
désinfecteur: disinfector
désinfection: disinfection
désinformation: disinformation, misinformation
désinformer: to misinform, disinform
désinhibant: disinhibiting, disinhibitive
désinhiber: to disinhibit
désinhibition: disinhibition
désinscrire: to unsubscribe
désinsectisation: the removal of insects (from a place)
désinsectiser: debug (to remove insects from somewhere)
désinstallation: uninstallation
désinstaller: to uninstall
désinstalleur: uninstaller
désintox: detox, rehab
désintoxication: detoxification; detoxification, detox, rehab
désintoxiquer: to detoxify (for drugs or alcohol)
désintégration: disintegration
désintégrer: to disintegrate
désintégré: disintegrated
désintéressement: disinterest, disinterestedness, unselfishness, detachment; buying out (an associate), paying off (a creditor)
désintéresser: give money to (somebody) as a compensation for something; to lose interest (in), stop being interested in
désintéressé: altruistic, selfless, disinterested; disinterested, impartial
désintérêt: disinterest
désinvestir: to divest
désinvestisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of désinvestir
désinviter: to recall an invitation
désinvolte: overly casual or familiar; cavalier; nonchalant, flippant
désinvolture: casual manner, casualness, flippancy, nonchalance
désioniser: to deionize
désionisé: deionized
désir: desire
désirabilité: desirability; desirableness
désirable: desirable
désirer: to desire, want
désireux: desirous
désistement: withdrawal; cancellation
désister: to cancel, to withdraw
déso: soz; sorry
désobligeamment: disparagingly
désobligeant: derogatory, disparaging