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3,284 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

GA
noun, masculine
ATM (“automated/automatic teller machine”); abbreviation of guichet automatique
GAB
noun, feminine
initialism of guichet automatique bancaire (“automatic teller machine (ATM), cash machine, cashpoint”)
GAFAM
proper noun
GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft)
GAGA
proper noun
acronym of Géometrie Algébrique et Géométrie Analytique (a landmark paper by Jean-Pierre Serre)
GAP
noun, masculine
initialism of générateur automatique de programmes; RPG (programming language from IBM); abbreviation of glycéraldéhyde-3-phosphate; glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (chemical compound)
GDT
proper noun
Initialism of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing; initialism of Grand dictionnaire terminologique, a dictionary published by the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF, the Quebec Board of the French Language)
GES
noun, masculine
abbreviation of gaz à effet de serre (greenhouse gas)
GEU
noun, feminine
initialism of grossesse extra-utérine (“ectopic pregnancy”)
GG
noun, masculine
abbreviation of gouverneur-générale (“governor-general”)
GG
noun, feminine
abbreviation of gouverneure-générale (“female governor-general”)
GIEC
proper noun
acronym of Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat (“Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC”, literally “intergovernmental expert group on climate evolution”)
GIGN
proper noun
initialism of Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale
GN
noun, masculine
initialism of gaz naturel; initialism of groupe nominal
GNL
noun, masculine
initialism of gaz naturel liquéfié (“LNG — liquified natural gas”)
GOQ
proper noun
abbreviation of Grand-Officier de l'Ordre National de Québec (“Grandee of the National Order of Quebec”)
GP
noun, masculine
abbreviation of Grand Prix
GPA
noun, feminine
initialism of gestation pour autrui (“surrogacy”)
GPL
noun, masculine
initialism of gaz de pétrole liquéfié
GRC
proper noun
initialism of Gendarmerie Royale du Canada (“Royal Canadian Mounted Police”): RCMP
GRECE
proper noun
acronym of Groupement de Recherche et d'Études pour la Civilisation Européenne, a French ethnonationalist think tank
GSM
noun, masculine
a mobile phone
Gaas
proper noun
Gaas (a village in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France); a surname from Occitan
Gabaich
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Gabaigt
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Gabaix
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Gabarre
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Gabarret
proper noun
Gabarret (a village in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France); a surname from Occitan
Gabarrot
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Gabarrou
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Gabas
proper noun
French toponym encountered in Pyrénées-Atlantiques; a river of southwestern France; a French surname from Occitan
Gabon
proper noun
Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Gabonais
noun, masculine
resident or native of Gabon
Gabriel
proper noun
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabrielle, equivalent to English Gabriel
Gabrielle
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Gabriel
Gaby
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Gabrielle
Gaby
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Gabriel
Gabès
proper noun
a city in Gabès governorate, Tunisia
Gadames
proper noun
Ghadamis
Gadès
proper noun
Gades (ancient city, now Cadiz)
Gafam
proper noun
alternative letter-case form of GAFAM
Gaffiot
proper noun
a surname — famously held by; a surname — famously held by:; the 1934 Latin–French dictionary compiled by Félix Gaffiot (or any of its subsequent editions); the Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français
Gagaouzie
proper noun
Gagauzia (an autonomous territorial unit of Moldova)
Gagne
proper noun
a surname
Gagnon
proper noun
a surname, Gagnon of Québécois origin; Gagnon (a ghost town in Quebec, Canada)
Gagné
proper noun
a surname from Old French; a surname originating as a patronymic
Gaillacois
noun, masculine
resident or native of Gaillac
Gaillard
proper noun
Gaillard: a surname, often associated with the Huguenots
Gaillardoux
proper noun
A toponym in Saint-Lizier, Ariège
Gaillet
proper noun
a surname
Gajan
proper noun
Gajan (a village in Ariège department, Occitania, France); Gajan (a village in Gard department, Occitania, France); A toponym in Urau, Haute-Garonne; Gajan: a surname from Occitan
Gal
noun, masculine
abbreviation of général (when used as a title)
Galarneau
proper noun
a surname
Galates
proper noun
Galatians
Galatie
proper noun
Galatia (a historical region of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now central Turkey); Galatia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 25 BC to the late 7th century AD)
Galfingue
proper noun
a commune of Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France
Galice
proper noun
Galicia (a former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain)
Galicie
proper noun
Galicia (former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine)
Galicien
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of either Galicia in Spain or Galicia in Eastern Europe (usually male)
Galifron
proper noun
Galifron (a character in "The Story of Pretty Goldilocks")
Galilée
proper noun
Galilee (a mountainous geographic region in northern Israel)