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

ultra-secret: top-secret
ultra-sonique: ultrasonic
ultra-sonore: ultrasonic
ultra-transformé: ultra-processed
ultrabasique: ultrabasic, ultramafic
ultracalorique: Highly calorific
ultracentrifugation: ultracentrifugation
ultraconnecté: ultraconnected
ultraconservateur: ultraconservative
ultracourt: ultrashort
ultracélèbre: extremely famous
ultrafaible: ultraweak
ultrafiltration: ultrafiltration
ultrafin: ultrafine, ultrathin
ultrafroid: ultracold
ultragauche: ultraleft
ultragauche: ultraleft
ultragauchiste: ultraleftist
ultraléger: ultralight, microlight, lightweight
ultramafique: ultramafic
ultramarin: overseas; ultramarine (deep blue colour)
ultramicroscope: ultramicroscope
ultramicroscopie: ultramicroscopy
ultramicroscopique: ultramicroscopic
ultraminoritaire: submarginal
ultramoderne: ultramodern
ultramontain: ultramontane
ultramontanisme: ultramontanism
ultranationalisme: ultranationalism
ultranationaliste: ultranationalist
ultraorthodoxe: ultraorthodox
ultrapatriarcal: ultra-patriarchal
ultrapériphérique: outermost
ultrarelativiste: ultrarelativistic
ultraréaliste: ultrarealistic
ultrasensible: ultrasensitive
ultrason: ultrasound
ultrasonique: ultrasonic
ultrasonore: ultrasonic
ultratendre: ultrasoft; ellipsis of pneu ultratendre
ultratendre: ultrasoft; more tendre (“soft”) than tendre, less tendre than hypertendre (“hypersoft”); ultratender; more tendre (“tender”) than hypertendre (“hypertender”)
ultratoxique: extremely toxic
ultravide: high vacuum
ultraviolet: ultraviolet (light)
ultraviolet: ultraviolet
ultérieur: ulterior; following; later on
ultérieurement: eventually; later on
ululement: hoot (the cry of an owl)
ululer: to hoot (to make the cry of an owl)
ulve: sea lettuce
ulvospinelle: ulvospinel
umpiste: supporting the views of the UMP
un: one (the number or figure)
un: one, someone
un: one
un ange passe: used to indicate that one has noticed a long silence, especially a pause in a conversation
un contre un: one-on-one
un coup: used to soften an order; once, one time
un de ces jours: one of these days, some day soon, sometime
un de ces quatre: one of these days, some day soon, sometime