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to blow, to come to grief (to fail suddenly and spectacularly)
exploseur
noun, masculine
exploder
explosible
adjective
explosive
explosif
adjective
explosive (with the capability to, or likely to, explode, literally or figuratively)
explosif
noun, masculine
explosive (an explosive substance or device)
explosion
noun, feminine
explosion
explosion cambrienne
noun, feminine
Cambrian explosion
explosively
explosivité
noun, feminine
explosivity
explétif
adjective
expletive; useless, unnecessary, superfluous
expletively
expo
noun, feminine
an expo, an exhibition
expographie
noun, feminine
expography
exponentiation
noun, feminine
exponentiation (process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply)
exponentiel
adjective
exponential
exponentielle
noun, feminine
exponential function
exponentially
export
noun, masculine
export
exportable
adjective
exportable
exportateur
adjective
export
exportateur
noun, masculine
exporter
exportation
noun, feminine
exportation, export
to export
exposant
noun, masculine
exhibitor; exponent; superscript
to expose; to exhibit; to explain, make known
exposition
noun, feminine
exposition; exhibition; exposure
World Exposition, world's fair, universal exhibition
exposé
adjective
exposed
exposé
noun, masculine
presentation
express
adjective
express, rapid
express
noun, masculine
express train or service; espresso
expressif
adjective
expressive
expression
noun, feminine
expression
expression-valise
noun, feminine
portmanteau of idioms, idiom blend; malaphor; catch-all term, catch-all phrase
expressionnisme
noun, masculine
expressionism
Abstract Expressionism
expressionniste
noun, masculine/feminine
expressionist
expressionist
expressively
expressivité
noun, feminine
expressiveness, expressivity
expresso
noun, masculine
espresso
expressly
exprimable
adjective
expressible
to express; to express oneself
expromission
noun, feminine
expromission
expropriateur
noun, masculine
expropriator
expropriation
noun, feminine
expropriation, confiscation, seizure; eminent domain, compulsory purchase
to expropriate
exprès
adverb
on purpose, intentionally, deliberately
exprès
noun, masculine
a messenger carrying letters for personal delivery; a messenger (in general)
exprès
adjective
express; express (post), special delivery
to expel; to send off
expulsif
adjective
expulsive
expulsion
noun, feminine
expulsion, eviction; sending-off, red card, dismissal
expurgation
noun, feminine
expurgation
expurgatoire
adjective
expurgatory
to expurgate
expédient
noun, masculine
expedient
to post, to send, to ship; to expedite; to deal with quickly, to get rid of
expéditeur
noun, masculine
sender, transmitter