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3,325 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

en vrai: in real life; actually, in reality, in fact; to be honest, to tell the truth
en vrai de vrai: actually, in reality, in fact, to be perfectly honest
en vue: in sight; on the horizon, in sight, in the offing; high-profile, prominent, in fashion, fashionable
en vue de: in order to, with the aim of
en vérité: in truth, in reality, in practice, in actuality, actually, really
en échange: in return, in exchange
en écraser: to sleep deeply
en état d'alerte: in a state of alert, on alert
en état d'arrestation: under arrest
en état d'ivresse: under the influence, intoxicated, drunk
en état de marche: in working order, functional, working
en être: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see en, être.; to have arrived at something; to be somewhere; to be in a certain situation; to stand somewhere; to be game, to be in; to be part of the LGBTQ community
en être de sa poche: to have to pay out of one's own pocket
en être pour ses frais: to get nothing for one's trouble, to get little for one's efforts
en-avant: knock-on
en-but: in-goal
en-cas: snack
en-tête: header, heading, letterhead; header
enamourer: to fall in love
encabaner: to put silkworms into trellises in wood or iron used to fence for parks containing cattle, for properties, for shelter for plants, and for support for the storage and drying of fruit; to put into prison
encablure: cable (length), cable length
encadrant: framing; supervising
encadrant: supervisor
encadrement: framing (of a picture); supervision, monitoring, overlooking, watchful eye; training, managerial or supervisory staff; frame; framework
encadrer: to frame; to surround, outline; to supervise, overlook; to create a framework or rules for, to regulate
encadreur: framer
encagement: caging; incarceration
encager: to cage, encage
encagouler: to put on a balaclava
encagoulé: wearing a balaclava
encaissable: cashable
encaissage: cashing
encaissement: receipt, collection, cashing; steepness (of a valley side)
encaisser: to collect, to cash; to let in, concede; to take; to stand, to tolerate
encaisseur: collector
encaissé: steep-sided
encalminer: to becalm
encalminé: becalmed
encan: auction
encanaillement: mixing with the riffraff
encanailler: to socialise with the riffraff
encapsulation: encapsulation
encapsuler: to encapsulate; to cache
encapuchonner: to hood (cover with a hood); to lead into a monastic life
encaquer: to put into barrels containing herrings
encart: insert (publicity)
encarter: to put in, insert (an insert to a publication)
encarteuse: inserter
encartonner: to put into cartons
encartoucher: to prepare a cartouche of firearms (by putting powders)
encas: alternative spelling of en-cas (1990 reform spelling)
encaserner: to lodge in barracks
encastage: encastage
encaster: to put a pottery in front of a stove in a saggar
encasteur: a person who puts a pottery in front of a stove in a little house
encastrable: built-in (or designed to be built in)
encastrement: embedding; building in
encastrer: to embed; to fit in, slot in etc.
encaustiquage: polishing, waxing
encaustiquer: to polish, wax