English words from French
- DarrigrandA surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
- dartarsA kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
- dartreAny herpetic or other chronic skin disease.
- dartrousRelating to, or suffering from, tetter (any of various pustular skin conditions); herpetic.
- DashnawA surname from French.
- DaubentonA surname
- daughter of joyA female prostitute.
- DauphinéA former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.
- DauphinoisOf, from or relating to the Dauphiné
- dauphinoiseA dish of sliced potatoes baked in milk, cream and cheese.
- dauradesea bream
- DauzatA surname from French.
- davreuxiteA monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
- de-reversal, undoing
- death of the authorA technique of literary analysis that disregards authorial intent, focusing only on the text.
- debarkTo unload goods from an aircraft or ship.
- debarrassTo disembarrass, disentangle, or free from.
- debaucheeSomebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.
- debeigeA kind of woollen or mixed-fabric (e.g. wool and cotton) cloth.
- debiteuseA ceramic die used in the Fourcault process, made to float on the molten glass and having a slot through which the glass is shaped.
- déblaiThe cavity from which the earth for a fortification's parapets, etc. (remblai), has been taken.
- DeBordeA surname from French.
- debouchA narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
- deboucheTo enter into battle.
- débouchéAn exit or outlet.
- debouchureThe outward opening of a river, creek, valley, or strait.
- debrideTo remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like).
- de BrienneA surname from French.
- de BroglieA surname from French.
- DebrosseA surname from French.
- de BryanA surname from French. Archaic form of Bryan.
- debuscopeA form of kaleidoscope.
- débutantA male who débuts.
- débutanteA female who débuts.
- deca-Ten.
- décadiThe tenth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar, superseding Sunday as a day of rest.
- decagramAn SI unit of mass equal to 10¹ grams. Symbol: dag
- decalageThe difference in angle of incidence between the main wing and horizontal stabilizer, or between the canard and main wing, of an airplane.
- decalcifyTo deprive of calcareous matter.
- decalcomaniaThe process of transferring decorative designs onto surfaces using decals.
- decalcomaniedecalcomania
- decalitreTen litres. Symbol: daL
- decametreAn SI unit of length equal to 10¹ metres. Symbol: dam
- decanalPertaining to a dean or deanery.
- decantationThe act of decanting the supernatant liquid from a solid sediment.
- decateSynonym of decatize (“steam fabric”).
- decatizeTo steam something (typically a fabric) with the intention of uncurling it, giving it a lustre, or fixing a finish on it.
- DecelleA surname from French.
- DecellesA surname from French.
- decernTo decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive.
- deciareA measure of area, equivalent to one tenth of an are, or ten square metres.
- decigramAn SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻¹ grams. Symbol: dg
- decigrammeUK spelling of decigram.
- decilitreAn SI unit of fluid equal to 10⁻¹ liters. Symbol: dl.
- decimal candleA photometric standard formerly used in France, having the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard candle.
- decimeSynonym of tithing (a division of the hundreds of medieval England)
- decimetreAn SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹ metres. Symbol: dm
- decisoryAble to decide or determine.
- decistereOne tenth of a stere or cubic metre.
- déclasséDegraded from one's social class.
- décollageThe opposite of collage: the process of cutting, tearing, etc. an original image to produce a new work.
- décollementA gliding plane between two rock masses; a basal detachment fault.
- décolletageA low neckline on a woman's dress, especially one that reveals or emphasizes her cleavage.
- décolletéHaving a low neckline that reveals the cleavage.
- decolorantA substance that removes colour, or bleaches.
- decrownTo deprive of a crown; to discrown.
- DedieuA surname from French.
- de EntremontA surname from French, variant of Entremont
- deessA goddess.
- de facto partnerOne of the spouse-like partners in a de facto union.
- de facto unionA non-solemnized marriage-like relationship, in which the partners enjoy some of the rights and obligations of marriage, similar in some ways to a common-law marriage.
- defailTo fail, or cause to fail.
- defailanceFailure; miscarriage.
- defailmentFailure.
- defrockTo divest of a frock.
- dégagéunconstrained; easy; free
- degarnishTo strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
- DegazonA surname from French.
- degenerescencedegeneration
- DeGraceA surname from French.
- de grasPurified wool fat (lanolin).
- degrasA semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. It was formerly used as a dressing for hides.
- de GrasseA surname from French.
- degringoladeA rapid decline or deterioration; a tumble.
- degrowthA negative growth (i.e. a reduction) of an economy or a population.
- degustTo taste carefully to fully appreciate something; to savour
- de haut en basWith condescension; superciliously. Also used attributively.
- déjà vuThe subjective, unexpected feeling of having experienced something before, especially when that is not the case.
- DejerineA surname from French.
- déjeunéA lunch.
- déjeunerThe French midday meal.
- de jourContemporary or most recent; en vogue; trendy.
- de la MareA surname of Norman origin.
- DelashmitA surname from French.
- DeLashmuttA surname from French.
- DelauderA surname from French.
- DelauterA surname from French.
- DelcampA surname from French.
- de LessepsA surname from French.
- DelfourA surname from French.