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envahir: to invade; to stretch, to overgrow, to fill; to come over (someone) or wash over (someone), as a feeling
envahissable: invadable
envahissant: invasive, pervasive
envahissement: invasion; encroachment
envahisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of envahir
envahisseur: invader (one who invades)
envasement: silting up
envaser: to silt up
enveloppant: enveloping
enveloppe: envelope (wrapper for mailing); envelope (of a family of curves); envelope (an enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane)
enveloppement: enveloping, wrapping
envelopper: to wrap someone or something, to cover; to envelop
enveloppé: wrapped past participle of envelopper
envenimation: envenomation
envenimement: poisoning; worsening
envenimer: to envenom; to aggravate, inflame
envergure: wingspan; scale; magnitude
envers: reverse; inverse; back; wrong side; other side
envers: in relation to, toward; toward
envers du décor: (figuratively) what's behind the scenes
envers et contre tous: despite all opposition; against all opposition
envers et contre tout: despite all opposition; against all opposition; through thick and thin
envi: only used in à l'envi
enviable: enviable
enviander: to feed meat; to bugger, to fuck up the ass; to screw over, to fuck up (to dupe, to swindle)
envie: desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy; birthmark; hangnail
envier: to envy
envieusement: enviously; jealously
envieux: envious
environ: about, close to, around
environ: a surrounding area
environnant: surrounding
environnement: environment; nature
environnemental: environmental
environnementalement: environmentally
environnementalisme: environmentalism, ecologism
environnementaliste: environmentalist
environner: to surround, to encircle
environs: neighborhood (close proximity, particularly in reference to home)
environé: obsolete spelling of environné
envisageable: foreseeable; conceivable
envisager: to envisage; to contemplate; to face
envoi: dispatch, sending (act of sending); shipping; dispatch; package (something that is sent or dispatches); envoi
envoiler: to warp or become bent
envol: takeoff (of plane, bird etc.); soar
envoler: to take off, to take flight; to blow away; to fly (of time); to vanish, disappear, walk (to be stolen)
envolée: flight; a group of objects in flight or being blown by the wind; surge, rise
envoutement: post-1990 spelling of envoûtement
envouter: post-1990 spelling of envoûter
envoye: slowworm (anguis fragilis)
envoye: c'mon
envoyer: to send; to gulp down with relish
envoyer ad patres: to kill
envoyer au bain: synonym of envoyer promener
envoyer balader: to send someone packing
envoyer bouler: to send someone packing
envoyer chier: to send someone packing, to tell someone to fuck off
envoyer des fleurs: to say nice things to, to compliment
envoyer du lourd: to rock, to rule, to be sick, to be wicked, to be awesome
envoyer du pâté: to kick ass, to kick butt, to rock, to rule (to be awesome)