Word origins

• empennageThe tail assembly of an aircraft.
• employéDated spelling of employee.
• employéeA female employee.
• empressementAnimated cordiality; friendliness, enthusiasm.
• empty signifierA signifier—that is, a linguistic sign, a label or slogan—with no fixed and delimited meaning, which can therefore be interpreted in many ways and represent a range of different beliefs and aspirations.
• -enDenotes the past participle form when attached to a verb.
• enaluronCharged with birds.
• énarqueA graduate of the École nationale d'administration.
• en bancAs a group, particularly with respect to a legal decision rendered by all of the judges sitting on a court, rather than by a smaller panel of judges from that court.
• en blocAs a whole; all at once; all together.
• en brochetteOn a skewer.
• en brosseOf the hair: closely cropped so that the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush; in a crew cut.
• en cabochonIn the manner of a cabochon.
• encasseroleCooked as a casserole.
• encastageThe placing of pottery in a saggar so that it can be dried by fire.
• en clairIn the clear; without any encryption.
• encoignureA small armoire, commode, cabinet or cupboard made to fit a corner.
• encolureThe neck of a horse.
• encorbelmentCorbelling.
• encoubertOne of several species of armadillo of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, with five toes on both the fore and the hind feet.
• en coup de sabreOf a subtype of localised scleroderma, having a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
• en creuxIn intaglio; by sinking or hollowing out the design.
• en croixOf a step: performed in turn to the front, the side, the back, and the other side.
• encrustTo cover with a hard crust.
• enculadeSodomy, an act of anal sex.
• endimanchedDressed up in one's Sunday best.
• endocanalarRelating to the root canal
• endoctrineTo teach; to indoctrinate.
• endogeicBuilding complex lateral burrow systems in all layers of the soil.
• endolourRender dolorous; cause to be tormented by grief; aggrieve to profound sorrow.
• -eneForms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.
• en facefacing forward
• en famillewith one's family; as a family
• enfant de coeurA child who sings in a choir, typically quiet and well-behaved.
• enfantementThe act of giving birth.
• enfant terribleAn unconventional badly-behaved person who causes embarrassment or shock to others.
• en femmeChiefly of a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person: dressed in feminine clothing.
• enfiladeA line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
• enfileTo thread onto, or hang up on, a string or cord.
• enfiledHaving an object, such as the head of a man or animal, impaled on it.
• enfleurageThe process of extracting fragrance (essential oils) from flowers by using unscented wax or fat, then extracting with alcohol.
• en fluteWith some or all of her cannons removed.
• enformTo form; to fashion; to shape
• engagéSomeone serving under a contract of engagement.
• engageeA worker in the fur trade in North America; a voyageur.
• en garçonAs a bachelor, or as if one were a bachelor; without one's wife.
• en gardeUsed to warn one's opponent to take a defensive position prior to a fight.
• EngleeA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• English diseaseFootball (soccer) hooliganism.
• English hornA woodwind instrument similar to an oboe, but larger and pitched a fifth lower.
• engobeA non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture.
• engorgeTo devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
• engouementAn infatuation; an irrational liking for something.
• engrailTo make rough.
• enguichéHaving either a strap or a mouthpiece (or the interior of the mouth) which is of a specified tincture.
• enjambTo carry a sentence over to the next line without a pause.
• enjambmentA technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
• enlevéenhanced
• enlevementThe abduction of a woman or child.
• en masseIn a single body or group; as one, together.
• ennuyéAffected with ennui; bored.
• enounceTo say or pronounce; to enunciate.
• en pantouflesIn a casual, relaxed way or manner.
• en-papilloteA method of cooking, where the food is wrapped in a pouch made of culinary parchment paper, and then cooked in an oven.
• en passantOf a capture, performed by a pawn on an enemy pawn that has just passed over its attack zone.
• en piedfull-length
• en pleinBeing a simple bet on a single specific outcome, especially a number in roulette.
• en plein airin the open air, alfresco, outside, outdoors
• en pointeOn the tips of one's toes.
• en rapportIn agreement; harmonious.
• en routeOn the way.
• en secondes nocesIn a second marriage.
• ensileTo preserve (forage) in a silo.
• en suiteSo as to form a cohesively themed or matching set.
• entablemententablature
• enté en pointImpaled by (something in) a pointed 'pile' at the bottom of a shield, especially as a means of marshalling.
• entente cordialeA friendly relationship, especially one between parties who might otherwise be adversaries or, at least, wary of one another.
• enter-Between, in the process of, intermediate; inter-.
• entermisemediation
• enterotomeA kind of scissors used for opening the intestine, often in post-mortem examinations.
• entertakeTo entertain; to receive.
• en-tout-casA combination parasol-umbrella, that can protect from either sunshine or rain.
• entr'acteAn interval between two acts of a play or opera.
• entrechatA manoeuvre whereby the performer jumps up and strikes the heels together a number of times.
• entrecôteSometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.
• entréeA smaller dish served before the main course of a meal.
• entrelacA knitting technique used to create a textured diamond pattern, comprising interconnected squares on two different orientations.
• EntrelacsA municipality of Quebec. Former name: Wexford.
• entremetsA side dish (often of vegetables), or a small dish of savories served between courses.
• entrepasAn ambling gait between a walk and a trot.
• entrepôtA city, port, or other place where merchandise is sent for import, processing, distribution, and/or export, especially one where such merchandise is exempt from some customs duties; hence, a commercial centre.
• entrepreneuseA woman entrepreneur.
• entresolA mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.
• entryismA political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectable candidate.
• en ventre sa merein its mother's womb.
• en-vessieA method of cooking, where the food is contained within a bladder (usually the urinary bladder of a pig) and cooked in simmering or boiling water
• en vogueIn fashion. Fashionable.
• eolithicof or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths.
• épater le bourgeoisTo scandalize, provoke the middle class.
• epauleThe shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.