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1,021 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

j'sais pas quoi: something (literally, “I don't know what”)
j't'ai cassé: emphasising a successfully delivered insult; gotcha, zing
jabisen: shamisen
jablinois: of Jablines
jabot: stomach; bird’s crop; shirt-frill, jabot; bosom, breast
jabotage: jabbering
jaboter: to jabber
jaboteur: jabberer
jaboteur: African thrush (Turdus pelios)
jabotière: chiffon frill; swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
jabreillaud: of Jabreilles-les-Bordes
jabrunais: of Jabrun
jacaltec: Jacaltec (a Mayan language)
jacaltèque: Jacaltec (a Mayan language)
jacamar: jacamar
jacaranda: jacaranda (Jacaranda); synonym of jacaranda à feuilles de mimosa (Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don)
jacaranda à feuilles de mimosa: Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don
jacarique: jacaric
jacassage: chatter, chattering
jacassant: jabbering
jacassement: chatter, chattering
jacasser: to caw; to chatter, to gossip, to jabber
jacasserie: chatter
jacasseur: talker; chatterer; gossip
jacent: underlying
jachimovite: jachymovite
jachère: fallow; fallow land (especially when left uncultivated on purpose)
jachérer: to plough fallow land
jacinthe: hyacinth
jacinthe du Cap: (Galtonia candicans)
jaciste: a member of the Jeunesse agricole catholique
jack-strap: jockstrap
jacker: to jack up
jackpot: jackpot (all senses)
jacksonesque: Jacksonesque
jacksonien: Jacksonian
jacky: a person who pimps (excessively customizes)
jacobien: Jacobean; of Saint-Jacques-d’Aliermont
jacobin: Jacobin
jacobin: Jacobin
jacobiniser: to jacobinize
jacobinisme: Jacobinism
jacobite: Jacobite
jacobée: ragwort (Jacobaea); synonym of séneçon jacobée (“common ragwort”) (Jacobaea vulgaris)
jaconas: jaconet
jacoumard: of Jacou
jacquaire: relative to Santiago, but especially to Santiago de Compostela and the pilgrimage to that place
jacquard: jaquard (all senses)
jacque: alternative spelling of jaque (jackfruit)
jacquemard: of Taninges
jacquerette: earthnut (Lathyrus tuberosus)
jacquerie: commoners' revolt, jacquerie
jacques: a stupid person; a jemmy or crowbar
jacquet: a game resembling backgammon
jacqueter: to chat
jacquez: a vine variety used mostly as a rootstock
jacquier: jackfruit (plant)
jacquolandin: of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande
jacquot: a name given to any chattering bird such as parrots, magpies and jays
jacquère: a grape variety from Savoie