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Léonais
noun, masculine
Leonese (person)
Léonard
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard
Léonce
proper noun
a male given name
Léone
proper noun
a female given name, a feminine form of Léon
Léonie
proper noun
a female given name, a feminine form of Léon
Léonor
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage
Léonora
proper noun
a female given name from Italian
Léonore
proper noun
a female given name
Léopold
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Leopold
Léopoldville
proper noun
Leopoldville (former name of Kinshasa: the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lépante
proper noun
Lepanto
Lépine
proper noun
a male given name; a surname originating as a patronymic
Lépine
proper noun
a surname originating as a patronymic
Léthé
proper noun
Lethe
Léticie
proper noun
IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /le.ti.si/
Léticie
noun, feminine
a female given name of historical usage
Létourneau
proper noun
Letourneau: a surname
Lévesque
proper noun
a surname, Levesque, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Bishop
Lévi
proper noun
Levi (third son of Jacob)
Lévis
proper noun
a city and regional county municipality of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
Lévite
proper noun
Levite
Lévitique
proper noun
Leviticus
Lévy
proper noun
a Jewish surname, Levy
Lévèque
proper noun
a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Bishop
Lévézou
proper noun
Lévézou (a plateau in Aveyron department, Occitania, France)
Lévêque
proper noun
a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Bishop
Lézard
proper noun
Lacerta (constellation)
Lézat-sur-Lèze
proper noun
a small town and commune of Ariège department, Occitania, France
Lœuilly
proper noun
Lœuilly
M'sieur
noun, masculine
syncopic form of Monsieur, chiefly used by children
M'tsangamouji
proper noun
a city in Mayotte department, France
M.
noun, feminine
abbreviation of Monsieur
M. et Mme
noun, masculine
Mr. and Mrs. (a title used for a married couple before the surname or before the name of the husband)
M16
noun, masculine
M-16 (assault rifle)
M6
proper noun
initialism of Métropole Télévision 6, the sixth French television channel
MA
preposition
abbreviation of meilleur avant (“best before”): BB
MAIF
proper noun
acronym of Mutuelle assurance des instituteurs de France, a French mutual insurance company.
MAO
noun, feminine
initialism of monoamine oxydase; monoamine oxidase
MDN
noun, masculine
abbreviation of ministère de la défense nationale; abbreviation of ministre de la défense nationale
MDR
interjection
alternative letter-case form of mdr
MEQ
noun, masculine
initialism of Ministre d'Éducation du Québec
MHNM
proper noun
initialism of Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
MINUSTAH
proper noun
acronym of Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti (United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti)
MLF
proper noun
initialism of mouvement de libération des femmes
MN
proper noun
abbreviation of Marine Nationale (“National Navy”), the French Navy
MNAM
proper noun
initialism of Musée national d'Art moderne (“National Museum of Modern Art”)
MNS
noun, masculine
lifeguard
MOF
proper noun
initialism of Meilleur Ouvrier de France
MPO
proper noun
abbreviation of micropolykystose ovarienne (syndrome de Stein-Leventhal (“polycystic ovary syndrome”))
MPR
noun, feminine
initialism of médecine physique et de réadaptation
MPR
proper noun
initialism of Mouvement populaire de la Révolution (“Popular Movement of the Revolution”), a political party of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1967 to 1997.
MRC
noun, feminine
initialism of maladie rénale chronique (“chronic kidney disease; kidney failure”): CKD; initialism of municipalité régionale de comté (regional county municipality): RCM
MRC
proper noun
initialism of Montpellier rugby club; initialism of Mouvement républicain et citoyen (“Citizen and Republican Movement”); initialism of Marine royale du Canada (“Royal Canadian Navy”)
MRU
noun, masculine
constant velocity motion, uniform linear motion
MRUA
noun, masculine
constant acceleration motion, uniformly accelerated motion
MSF
proper noun
initialism of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
MST
noun, feminine
STD (sexually transmitted disease)
MTBE
noun, masculine
initialism of méthyl tert-butyl éther; MTBE
MTC
proper noun
MTC — Montreal Tramways Company – the transit company of the island of Montreal; it was nationalized and replaced by the CTM in 1950, it was formed in 1911 by the merger of several previous companies
MUPI
noun, masculine
outdoor information panel used for advertising or public information