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

usinage: machining
usine: factory; mill; works
usine à gaz: gasworks; Rube Goldberg machine, Heath Robinson machine (a complicated contraption which produces a simple or useless product)
usiner: to machine; to manufacture (using machinery)
usinier: factory, plant
usiter: to use, to make use of sth; to employ sth
usité: in use; current; still used
usnée: old man's beard (Usnea)
ustensile: utensil
usucaper: to usucapt
usucapion: usucapion
usuel: usual, everyday
usuellement: usually, commonly
usufructuaire: usufructuary
usufruit: usufruct
usufruitier: usufructuary
usufruitier: usufructuary
usuraire: usurious
usurairement: usuriously
usure: usury
usure: wear and tear, wear
usurier: acquisitive, avaricious
usurier: usurer, moneylender; loan shark
usurpateur: usurper (one who usurps)
usurpateur: usurping
usurpation: usurpation (wrongful seizure); that which is usurped
usurpation d'identité: identity theft (the fraudulent appropriation and use of a living individual's name or other personal information to gain illegitimate access to their finances or other resources)
usurpatoire: usurpatory
usurper: to usurp
usé: worn-out, deteriorated
usé jusqu'à la corde: threadbare, worn-out
ut: ut (do), the note 'C'
utile: useful
utilement: usefully (in a useful manner)
utilisable: usable (capable of being used)
utilisateur: user
utilisateur final: end user
utilisation: purpose, use, utilisation
utiliser: to use, to utilize
utilisé: used, in use
utilitaire: utilitarian; useful, usable
utilitaire: ellipsis of véhicule utilitaire: utility vehicle, UV
utilitarisme: utilitarianism (the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people")
utilitariste: utilitarian
utilitariste: utilitarian
utilité: usefulness, use; use, purpose; bit part; bit player
utilité publique: public interest, common good
utopie: utopia, imaginary society in perfect harmony; utopia, unattainable ideal
utopien: utopian
utopique: utopian
utopiquement: utopianly
utopisme: utopianism
utopiste: utopian
utopiste: utopian
utrecht: a type of fabric used for upholstering
utriculaire: bagpiper
utriculaire: bladderwort
utricule: utricle
utérin: uterus; uterine; uterine (born of the same mother but of a different father)
utéroscopie: uteroscopy