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6,580 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

M'sieur
noun, masculine
syncopic form of Monsieur, chiefly used by children
M'tsangamouji
proper noun
a city in Mayotte department, France
M.
noun, feminine
abbreviation of Monsieur
M. et Mme
noun, masculine
Mr. and Mrs. (a title used for a married couple before the surname or before the name of the husband)
M16
noun, masculine
M-16 (assault rifle)
M6
proper noun
initialism of Métropole Télévision 6, the sixth French television channel
MA
preposition
abbreviation of meilleur avant (“best before”): BB
MAIF
proper noun
acronym of Mutuelle assurance des instituteurs de France, a French mutual insurance company.
MAO
noun, feminine
initialism of monoamine oxydase; monoamine oxidase
MDN
noun, masculine
abbreviation of ministère de la défense nationale; abbreviation of ministre de la défense nationale
MDR
interjection
alternative letter-case form of mdr
MEQ
noun, masculine
initialism of Ministre d'Éducation du Québec
MHNM
proper noun
initialism of Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
MINUSTAH
proper noun
acronym of Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti (United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti)
MLF
proper noun
initialism of mouvement de libération des femmes
MN
proper noun
abbreviation of Marine Nationale (“National Navy”), the French Navy
MNAM
proper noun
initialism of Musée national d'Art moderne (“National Museum of Modern Art”)
MNS
noun, masculine
lifeguard
MOF
proper noun
initialism of Meilleur Ouvrier de France
MPO
proper noun
abbreviation of micropolykystose ovarienne (syndrome de Stein-Leventhal (“polycystic ovary syndrome”))
MPR
noun, feminine
initialism of médecine physique et de réadaptation
MPR
proper noun
initialism of Mouvement populaire de la Révolution (“Popular Movement of the Revolution”), a political party of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1967 to 1997.
MRC
noun, feminine
initialism of maladie rénale chronique (“chronic kidney disease; kidney failure”): CKD; initialism of municipalité régionale de comté (regional county municipality): RCM
MRC
proper noun
initialism of Montpellier rugby club; initialism of Mouvement républicain et citoyen (“Citizen and Republican Movement”); initialism of Marine royale du Canada (“Royal Canadian Navy”)
MRU
noun, masculine
constant velocity motion, uniform linear motion
MRUA
noun, masculine
constant acceleration motion, uniformly accelerated motion
MSF
proper noun
initialism of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
MST
noun, feminine
STD (sexually transmitted disease)
MTBE
noun, masculine
initialism of méthyl tert-butyl éther; MTBE
MTC
proper noun
MTC — Montreal Tramways Company – the transit company of the island of Montreal; it was nationalized and replaced by the CTM in 1950, it was formed in 1911 by the merger of several previous companies
MUPI
noun, masculine
outdoor information panel used for advertising or public information
MUR
proper noun
initialism of Mouvements unis de la Résistance (“Unified Resistance Movements”)
Maasa'u
proper noun
Màasaw (Hopi god)
Maastricht
proper noun
Maastricht; a city in Limburg, Netherlands
Maastrichtien
proper noun
Maastrichtian
Maastrichtien
noun, masculine
Maastrichtian (resident or native of Maastricht)
Mabillard
proper noun
a surname, Mabillard
MacBook
noun, masculine
MacBook
MacDo
noun, masculine
McDonald's, Mickey D's, Macca's; fast food
MacKinnon
proper noun
a surname, MacKinnon, from Scottish Gaelic
Macaire
proper noun
a male given name
Macamic
proper noun
a city in Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Macao
proper noun
Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)
Macary
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Macaye
proper noun
Macaye (a village and commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Maccabée
noun, masculine/feminine
Maccabee
Macheret
proper noun
a surname
Machhad
proper noun
Mashhad
Machin
proper noun
what's-his-face (a general word used to designate a person whom one does not know how to name more precisely, in particular whose name has been forgotten)
Macintosh
proper noun
Macintosh
Mackendy
proper noun
a male given name from Haitian Creole
Macquaire
proper noun
a surname
Macrobe
proper noun
Macrobius
Macron
proper noun
a surname, Macron
Macronie
proper noun
France under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron
Macronie
noun, feminine
Macron's associates or inner circle; Macron's supporters
Macédoine
proper noun
Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia); Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeastern Europe); Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans); Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece); Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)
North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe)
Macédonien
noun, masculine
Macedonian (resident or native of Macedonia)
Madagascar
proper noun
Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)