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2,133 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

opéra-comique: opéra comique
opéra-féerie: fairy opera
opérable: operable
opérande: operand (quantity to which an operator is applied)
opérant: operant
opérateur: operator (someone who operates); operator
opératif: operative
opération: operation (method by which a device performs its function); operation (medical operation)
opération d'exploitation: day-to-day operation; operating activities
opération du Saint-Esprit: divine intervention, miracle
opération militaire spéciale: special military operation (military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine)
opérationnel: operational (all meanings)
opérationnellement: operationally
opérationnisme: operationism
opératique: operatic
opératiquement: operatically
opératoire: operative; surgical
opératoirement: operatively; surgically
opéraïsme: workerism
opéraïste: workerist
opéraïste: workerist
opérer: to operate (on); to take place
opérette: operetta, light opera
oque: an oka: any of various units of mass formerly used in Turkey, Greece, and Egypt, all being approximately 1+¹⁄₄ kilograms (2+³⁄₄ pounds)
or: yet, however, now, that said, as it happens (introduces the second term in a syllogism)
or: now, presently
or: gold; or (yellow in heraldry)
or blanc: white gold (alloy of gold and another precious metal)
or massif: solid gold
or mussif: mosaic gold
or noir: black gold, petroleum
oracle: oracle
oraculaire: oracular
orage: thunderstorm; storm, upset; turmoil, tumult; a device on an organ, which produces a "thunder" effect, usually by playing a large cluster chord on the pedalboard
orageusement: stormily
orageux: stormy (weather); stormy, tumultuous (a situation)
oraison: oration; orison, meditative prayer
oral: oral
oral: an oral exam, a viva, a viva voce
oralement: orally
oralisation: oralization/oralisation
oraliser: to oralize/oralise
oralité: orality, the spoken word
oranais: of Oran; Oranese
orang-outan: orangutan (arboreal anthropoid ape)
orang-outang: orangutan
orange: orange (orange-coloured)
orange: orange (fruit)
orange: orange (colour)
orange amère: bitter orange
orange sanguine: blood orange (Citrus sinensis)
orangeade: orangeade
orangeat: orangeat
oranger: orange tree
oranger: to make orange in color
orangeraie: orange tree orchard, orangery (garden or plantation where orange trees are grown)
orangerie: orangery
orangette: orangette (confection)
orangiste: Orangeism
orangiste: Orangeman