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

ZAC: initialism of zone d'aménagement concerté
ZAD: acronym of zone à défendre (“zone to defend”)
ZEAN: acronym of Zone Exempte d'Armes Nucléaires (“Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone”)
ZEC: acronym of zone d'exploitation contrôlée (“controlled harvesting zone”)
ZEE: initialism of zone économique exclusive (“EEZ”)
ZI: initialism of zone industrielle (“industrial estate”)
ZNIEFF: acronym of zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (“SCI; SSSI”)
Zabou: a diminutive of the female given name Isabelle; a female given name from Arabic
Zabulon: Zebulun
Zacharie: Zacharias; Zachariah; Zechariah (biblical character); a male given name
Zacharien: resident or native of Saint-Zacharie in Var
Zacharois: native or inhabitant of the municipality of Saint-Zacharie, Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada (usually male)
Zachée: Zacchaeus
Zacynthe: Zakynthos (an island of Greece, on the Ionian Sea; the third-largest Ionian island)
Zacynthien: Zacynthian
Zaessinguois: resident or native of Zaessingue
Zaghawa: Zaghawa (people)
Zaghouan: a town in Tunisia.
Zagreb: Zagreb (the capital and largest city of Croatia)
Zahliote: Zahliot
Zalanais: resident or native of Zalana
Zambie: Zambia (a country in Southern Africa)
Zambien: Zambian
Zambèze: Zambezi (river)
Zangi: Zangi
Zaporijia: Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro); Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine); Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia); Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)
Zaporojié: synonym of Zaporijia (“Zaporozhye”)
Zapotèque: Zapotec
Zarabe: an Indian muslim resident in Réunion
Zaventemien: a native or resident of Zaventem in Belgium
Zazie: a diminutive of the female given name Isabelle
Zaïre: Zaire (former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997)
Zaïrois: resident or native of Zaire
Zebak: Zebak (the capital city of the Zebak District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)
Zegerscappel: a village in Nord department, Hauts-de-France
Zegerscappelois: resident or native of Zegerscappel
Zehnacker: Zehnacker (a village and commune of Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)
Zehnackerois: resident or native of Zehnacker
Zeinheim: Zeinheim (a village and commune of Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)
Zeinheimois: resident or native of Zeinheim
Zellenberg: a village and commune of Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France
Zellenbergeois: resident or native of Zellenberg
Zellwiller: a village and commune of Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France
Zellwillerois: resident or native of Zellwiller
Zemfira: a transliteration of the Russian female given name Земфи́ра (Zemfíra)
Zemmour: a surname
Zermezeele: a village in Nord department, Hauts-de-France
Zermezeelois: resident or native of Zermezeele
Zetland: The Shetland Islands
Zetting: a village in Moselle department, Grand Est
Zettingeois: resident or native of Zetting
Zeus: Zeus (god)
Zicavais: resident or native of Zicavo
Zicavo: Zicavo (a village and commune of Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France)
Zidane: a surname; Footballer Zinédine Zidane
Zigliara: a village and commune of Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France
Zigliarais: resident or native of Zigliara
Zignérais: resident or native of La Séguinière
Ziguinchor: a region of Senegal; A city in (and the capital of) the above region of Senegal; the largest populated place in the Casamance area of the country.
Zilia: a village in Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France