| A | B |
|---|
| abaisse-langue | tongue depressor (m) |
| abaissement | lowering (m) |
| abandon | abandon; abandonment; neglect (m) |
| abâtardissement | debasement; deterioration; degeneration (m) |
| abat-jour | lampshade; eyeshade; sun visor; skylight (m) |
| abats | giblets (mpl) |
| abattage | slaughtering [of animals]; felling [of trees]; demolition [of a building]; bag, bagging [of game] (m) |
| abattant | drop leaf (m) |
| abattement | dejection, despondency (m) |
| abatteur | slaughterer; woodcutter; felling [of trees]; clearing [of woods] (m) |
| abattoir | slaughterhouse (m) |
| abat-vent | chimney pot (m) |
| abbaye | abbey (f) |
| abbé | abbot; abbé, father (m) |
| abbesse | abbess (f) |
| abcès | abscess (m) |
| abdomen | abdomen (m) |
| abécédaire | spell checker (m) |
| abeille | bee (f) |
| abîme | abyss; depth (m) |
| ablatif | ablative (m) |
| aboiement | barking; yelp, cry, outcry (m) |
| abois | desperate straits (mpl) |
| abomination | abomination (f) |
| abondance | abundance, plenty; wealth; flow [of words] (f) |
| abonné(e) | subscriber (m/f) |
| abonnement | subscription (m) |
| abord | approach (m) |
| abords | outskirts, surroundings (m) |
| abordage | boarding [nautical]; collision [nautical] (m) |
| aborigène | native, aboriginal (m) |
| eau | water; wake [of ship] (f) |
| eau-de-vie | brandy; spirits (f) |
| eau-forte | aqua fortis; etching (f) |
| ébauche | rough sketch or draft; suspicion [of a smiler] (f) |
| ébène | ebony (f) |
| ébénier | ebony [tree] (f) |
| ébéniste | cabinetmaker (m) |
| ébénisterie | cabinetmaking (f) |
| éblouissement | dazzle; glare; dizziness (m) |
| éboueur | street cleaner, trash man; garbage collector (m) |
| ébranchage | pruning (m) |
| ébranlement | shaking; shock (m) |
| ébriété | inebriation (f) |
| ébullition | boiling; ebulience, ferment (f) |
| écaille | scale [of fish, snake] shell; tortoise shell (f) |
| écailler, écaillère | oyster opener (m/f) |
| écale | shell, husk, hull (f) |
| écarlate | scarlet (f) |
| écart | sswerve, side step; digression, flight [of migration]; difference, gap, spread; error [in range]; lapse [in good conduct]; discard [cards] (m) |
| écartèlement | quartering (m) |
| écartement | removal, separation; spreading; space between; spark gap; gauge [of rails] (m) |
| ecchymose | black-and-blue mark |
| ecclésiastique | ecclesiastic (m) |
| écervelé(e) | scatterbrain (m/f) |
| échafaud | scaffold (m) |
| échafaudage | scaffolding (m) |
| échalote | shallot (f) |
| échange | exchange (m) |
| échangeur | interchange (m) |
| échanson | cupbearer (m) |
| échantillon | sample (m) |
| échantillonnage | sampling; spot check (m) |
| échappatoire | loophole (f) |
| échappé(e) | escapee (m/f); escape; short period; glimpse; spurt (f) |
| échappement | escape, leak; exhaust; escapement [of watch] (m) |
| écharde | splinter (f) |
| écharpe | scarf; sash; sling (f) |
| ibérien(ne) | Iberian (m/f) |
| iceberg | iceberg (m) |
| ichtyologie | ichthyology (f) |
