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soulaud
noun, masculine
drunkard; boozer; lush
soulaude
noun, feminine
drunkard; lush
souler
verb
to get (someone) drunk, to inebriate; to fill up as if with food; to confuse or extenuate with an unending flow of something; to intoxicate or overexcite; to get drunk, to inebriate oneself
soulerie
noun, feminine
post-1990 spelling of soûlerie
souleur
noun, feminine
pang of anxiety; fright, start
soulevant
adjective
rousing
to raise, to lift up, to pick up; to stir up (emotions), to rouse (interest); to revolt, to rise up (against)
soulevé de terre
noun, masculine
deadlift (weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position)
soulier
noun, masculine
shoe, boot (protective covering for the foot)
soulignement
noun, masculine
underlining
to underscore, to underline (draw a line under); to highlight, to emphasize (put emphasis on)
to have the habit of, to be used to
soulte
noun, feminine
a payment made to balance an account
soulèvement
noun, masculine
the act of raising, the act of lifting up; revolt, uprising
soumbala
noun, masculine
sumbala
to submit
souminateur
noun, masculine
A person who claims the submissive role in a BDSM relationship but is perceived to control the dynamic entirely for their own benefit
soumis
adjective
controlled; tamed; submissive
soumis
noun, masculine
submitter; masochist, bottom, submissive, sub
soumission
noun, feminine
submission (act of submitting); submission (something which is submitted); submission
to tender, bid (for)
soundanais
noun, masculine
Sundanese (language)
soupape
noun, feminine
valve; outlet, overflow
soupape de sécurité
noun, feminine
safety valve, pressure valve
soupe
noun, feminine
soup
soupe au lait
adjective
quick-tempered; huffy, thin-skinned
soupe populaire
noun, feminine
soup kitchen (place set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster)
soupe primordiale
noun, feminine
primordial soup
soupente
noun, feminine
loft, attic
souper
verb
to dine
souper
noun, masculine
dinner (the main evening meal); a light meal eaten at night, after the main evening meal
to heft, feel the weight of; to weigh up (options etc.)
soupeur
noun, masculine
diner (person who dines); person who eats bread soaked in urine from public toilets, to gratify a sexual fetish
soupion
noun, masculine
baby octopus (when cooked as food)
soupir
noun, masculine
sigh; quarter note rest
soupirail
noun, masculine
spiracle; ground-level external window for a basement
soupirant
noun, masculine
suitor, wooer
to sigh; to yearn, to long for
soupière
noun, feminine
tureen (broad deep serving dish for soup or stew)
souple
adjective
supple; yielding; flexible
supplely; yieldingly
souplesse
noun, feminine
suppleness
soupçon
noun, masculine
suspicion; mistrust; a hint, a tad, a little bit (of something)
soupçonnable
adjective
suspicious (worthy of suspicion)
to suspect (have a suspicion)
suspiciously
soupçonneux
adjective
suspicious (tending to suspect)
to heave (pull hard on a rope, oars, etc.)
sourate
noun, feminine
sura
source
noun, feminine
source, spring (of water); source, origin (of anything)
source chaude
noun, feminine
hot spring
source primaire
noun, feminine
primary source (original work, especially one by a notable author whose work is now the subject of commentaries); primary source (historical object, especially a written document, that was created at or near the time of the events studied)
source secondaire
noun, feminine
secondary source (written commentary which discusses previously produced original work of another author); secondary source (study of past events or a past author written from the perspective of a later period of time; a document that draws on one or more historical primary sources and interprets or analyses them)
to source (provide a source for); to emerge, to spring
sourcier
noun, masculine
dowser, water diviner
sourcil
noun, masculine
eyebrow
sourcilier
adjective
eyebrow
to frown
fussily
sourcilleux
adjective
fussy, finicky; beetle-browed