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empreinte digitale
noun, feminine
fingerprint
empreinte écologique
noun, feminine
ecological footprint
empressement
noun, masculine
attentiveness; eagerness, alacrity
to hasten; to mass, to gather
emprise
noun, feminine
expropriation; domination, control, influence
emprisonnement
noun, masculine
imprisonment
to imprison
to bugger, to fuck up the ass
emprunt
noun, masculine
loan; loan, borrowing
emprunt savant
noun, masculine
learned borrowing
to borrow (~ à (“from”)); to take, to follow
emprunteur
noun, masculine
borrower
emprunté
adjective
awkward, stilted, gawky
emprésurage
noun, masculine
renneting (adding rennet during cheesemaking)
to stink out
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of empuantir
empuse
noun, feminine
Any praying mantis of genus Empusa; empusa
empyreumatic
empyreume
noun, feminine
empyreuma
empyrée
noun, masculine
the empyrean, highest part of the sky, that the ancients considered as the stay of the deities.
empyème
noun, masculine
empyema
to coat, enrobe; to thicken; to puff up; to nourish; to fill out, to get fat
to glue (attach with glue); to get oneself into; to hit, to collide; to get drunk
empégué
adjective
drunk
to bugger, to fuck up the ass
empêchement
noun, masculine
impediment, hold-up, hitch
to stop; to prevent; to hinder; to refrain
empêcheur
noun, masculine
troublemaker
spoilsport, killjoy
to ensnare, to entangle, to bog down
empêtré
adjective
entangled; bogged down
en
preposition
in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes); to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes); by (used to indicate means); as; at (used to describe an ability)
en
pronoun
Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.); Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
in abundance, abundantly, aplenty
en ami
adverb
as a friend
en amont
adverb
upstream, uphill (higher up than, on a river or a hill); before, ahead of, prior to
to all appearances, ostensibly, seemingly, on the surface, on the face of it
to appeal from the present judgment to.
backward; behind
meanwhile, in the meantime
en attendant que
conjunction
while
en attente
adjective
pending; on hold
under no circumstances, on no account
under no circumstances, on no account
under no circumstances, on no account; by no means
en aval
adverb
downstream, downhill (lower than, on a river or a hill)
en avance
adjective
early, ahead of time, in advance
ahead of one's time
en avant
adverb
forward (towards the front)
en avant
interjection
forward! let's go!
off we go! let's go!
en avant toute
interjection
forward ho! let's go! off we go!
en avant, marche
interjection
forward, march! forward ho! off we go! let's go!
To have it in for
to be fed up, to have had enough, to have had it
to have guts, to be gutsy
to be very sad, to have something weighing on one's heart; to have cardiac issues
to have a heavy heart, to be sad at heart, to have something weighing on one's heart, to be heavy-hearted
to have had it up to here (with); to have had enough (of), to be fed up (with)
to be certain, to be sure of it