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3,509 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

I.D.
noun, feminine
Citroën ID
IA
noun, feminine
initialism of intelligence artificielle (“artificial intelligence”); AI; initialism of insémination artificielle (“artificial insemination”); AI
IAG
noun, feminine
initialism of intelligence artificielle générative (“generative artificial intelligence”)
ICI
noun, feminine
initialism of industries, commerces et institutions (“industry, businesses and institutions”)
ICTV
proper noun
The ICTV, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
IDE
noun, feminine
initialism of investissement direct étranger (“foreign direct investment”): FDI
IDH
proper noun
initialism of indice de développement humain: HDI
IDS
proper noun
initialism of Initiative de défense stratégique (“Strategic Defense Initiative”): SDI
IFOP
proper noun
acronym of Institut français d'opinion publique (“French Institute of Public Opinion”)
IGN
proper noun
initialism of Institut Géographique National (the French national geographic institute, now called Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière)
IGP
noun, feminine
initialism of indication géographique protégée (“protected geographical indication, PGI”)
IMC
noun, feminine
initialism of infirmité motrice cérébrale
INCA
proper noun
acronym of Institut national canadien pour les aveugles (“Canadian National Institute for the Blind”): CNIB; acronym of Institut national du cancer (“National Cancer Institute”)
INRA
proper noun
acronym of Institut national de la recherche agronomique (“National Institute of Agricultural Research”), now INRAE
INRAE
proper noun
acronym of Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (“National Institute of Agricultural, Alimentary, and Environmental Research”)
INRIA
proper noun
alternative letter-case form of Inria
INSEE
proper noun
acronym of Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
IPC
adjective
Indicating a sport adapted for the disabled, typically prefixing the term.
IPE
proper noun
alternative spelling of I.-P.-E.
IPS
noun, feminine
initialism of image par seconde (“FPS”)
IQA
noun, masculine
abbreviation of indice de la qualité de l'air (air quality index)
IRAM
proper noun
abbreviation of Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (international research institute and first European center for millimetre-wave radio astronomy)
IRAP
proper noun
initialism of Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie
IRCAM
proper noun
acronym of Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique (“Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music”)
IRCC
proper noun
initialism of Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada (“Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada”): IRCC
IRCG
proper noun
acronym of Institut de recherche criminelle de la gendarmerie nationale
ISQ
proper noun
initialism of Institut de la statistique du Québec.
IVG
noun, feminine
initialism of interruption volontaire de grossesse, an induced abortion
Iachine
proper noun
a transliteration of the Russian surname Я́шин (Jášin), equivalent to Yashin
Iakoutsk
proper noun
Yakutsk (the capital city of Sakha, Russia)
Ianoukovitch
proper noun
a transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Янукович (Janukovyč): Yanukovych
Ibiza
proper noun
Ibiza
Ibo
proper noun
Ibo (people)
Ibrahim
proper noun
a male given name from Arabic
Ibère
noun, masculine/feminine
Iberian
Ibérie
proper noun
Iberia (a peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar)
Ibérien
noun, masculine
Iberian
Icare
proper noun
Icarus (a Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea)
Ichim
proper noun
Ishim (a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia); Ishim (a left tributary of the Irtush River flowing 1,520 miles through Kazakhstan and Russia and passing through Astana, capital of Kazakhstan)
Idaho
proper noun
Idaho (a state in the western United States)
Idoménée
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Idomeneus
Idumée
proper noun
Idumaea / Idumea
Idée
proper noun
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of historical usage, equivalent to English Idaeus
Iekaterinbourg
proper noun
Yekaterinburg (a city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia)
Ienisseï
proper noun
Yenisei (a river in Russia)
Ier
adjective
I (“the first”, used after names)
Ignace
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Ignatius
Ik
proper noun
Ik (ethnic group)
Ilia
proper noun
a transliteration of the Russian male given name Илья́ (Ilʹjá), equivalent to Ilya
Ilkhanat
proper noun
Ilkhanate
Ille
proper noun
Ille (a river in Brittany, France)
Ille
proper noun
former name of Ille-sur-Têt
Ille-et-Vilaine
proper noun
Ille-et-Vilaine (a department of Brittany, France)
Ille-sur-Têt
proper noun
Ille-sur-Têt (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania)
Illinois
noun, masculine
Illinois, Illinese (member of the Illinois Confederation)
Illinois
proper noun
Illinois (a state of the United States, named for the people)
Illous
proper noun
A toponym in Caumont, Ariège
Illouz
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Illyrie
proper noun
Illyria (a vaguely-defined geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately coincident with modern Albania); Illyria, Illyricum (a much larger former province of the Roman Empire, covering the whole of Dalmatia and Pannonia, existing from 27 BC to c. 70 AD and reconstituted in 293 AD by Diocletian)
Iltud
proper noun
a male given name from Breton, of historical usage