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98,912 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Amsterdam
proper noun
Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Amédée
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Amadeus
Amélie
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Amelia
Américain
noun, masculine
American (someone born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America); Anglo; English speaker not of French descent
Amérique
proper noun
America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas); America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, États-Unis d'Amérique)
Central America (a continental region in North America, consisting of the countries lying between Mexico and South America)
North America (the continent forming the northern part of the Americas)
Amérique du Sud
proper noun
South America (the continent forming the southern part of the Americas)
Amérique latine
proper noun
Latin America (a continental region consisting of those parts of the Americas located south of the United States where Spanish or Portuguese is predominantly spoken; sometimes including areas speaking French or French-based creoles)
Anacardiacées
proper noun
Anacardiaceae
Anansi
proper noun
Anansi (trickster spider in West African and Caribbean folklore)
Anasazi
noun, masculine/feminine
Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan person
Anastase
proper noun
a male given name from Ancient Greek, feminine equivalent Anastasie
Anastasie
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Anastasia
Anatole
proper noun
a male given name from Ancient Greek
Anatolie
proper noun
Anatolia
Anavlochos
proper noun
Anavlochos (a mountain range in Crete, Grece)
Anaxagore
proper noun
Anaxagoras
Anaxarque
proper noun
Anaxarchus
Anaximandre
proper noun
Anaximander
Anaximène
proper noun
the pre-Socratic philosopher Anaximenes of Miletus
Anaël
proper noun
a unisex given name
Anaëlle
proper noun
a female given name
Anaïs
proper noun
a female given name
Anchorage
proper noun
Anchorage (the largest city in Alaska, United States)
Ancien Régime
proper noun
Ancien Régime
Ancien Testament
proper noun
Old Testament
Ancien des jours
proper noun
Ancient of Days
Ancyre
proper noun
Ancyra (the capital city of Galatia)
Ancône
proper noun
Ancona (a province of Marche, Italy); Ancona (a port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy)
Ancônitain
noun, masculine
Anconitan (native or inhabitant of Ancona) (usually male)
Andahuaylas
proper noun
Andahuaylas (a city in Apurímac, Peru)
Andalou
noun, masculine
Andalusian (native or inhabitant of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain) (usually male)
Andalousie
proper noun
Andalusia (a historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain, the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain)
Andes
proper noun
synonym of cordillère des Andes (“Andes”)
Andie
proper noun
a diminutive of the unisex given names André or Andrea, from Ancient Greek
Andocide
proper noun
Andocides
Andorran
noun, masculine
Andorran
Andorre
proper noun
Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)
Andorra la Vella (the capital city of Andorra)
Andoy
proper noun
Andoy: a village in Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium
Andrea
proper noun
a female given name
Andreassian
proper noun
a surname from Armenian
Andreescu
proper noun
a surname from Romanian
Andretti
proper noun
a surname, Andretti, from Italian
Andretti
noun, masculine
Ellipsis of Mario Andretti (“(a) a street racer; (b) a U.S. racecar pilot outside of the U.S.”).
Andrettis
proper noun
Andrettis; plural of Andretti
Andrettis
noun, feminine
Andrettis; plural of Andretti; ellipsis of Mario Andrettis
Andrin
proper noun
a surname, Andrin
Andrinople
proper noun
Adrianople
Andromède
proper noun
Andromeda (mythical daughter of Cepheus); Andromeda
Androphages
noun, masculine
Androphagi (an ancient nation of anthropophagi (cannibals) north of Scythia, recorded by Herodotus)
Andros
proper noun
Andros (island and regional unit of the Cyclades, in the South Aegean autonomous region, Greece); Andros (town and capital of the Andros regional unit, in the South Aegean autonomous region, Greece)
Androuet
proper noun
a surname
André
proper noun
Andrew. (biblical character); a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew; a surname originating as a patronymic
André-Marie
proper noun
a male given name
Andréan
proper noun
a male given name; a female given name
Andréana
proper noun
a female given name
Andréane
proper noun
a female given name
Andréanne
proper noun
a female given name