Mots commençant par D — 1 178 entrées

Les 1 178 mots du dictionnaire qui commencent par la lettre D, dans l'ordre alphabétique, chacun avec sa première définition. Les accents ne changent pas le classement : une initiale accentuée se range sous sa lettre de base.

• depression8 sensA state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders…
• Depression1 sensSynonym of Great Depression.
• deprive3 sensUsed with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
• deprived1 sensSubject to deprivation; poor.
• depth15 sensthe vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
• depths4 sensThe deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
• deputy8 sensOne appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
• der2 sensDisdainful indication that something is obvious.
• Der2 sensA surname.
• deranged3 sensDisturbed or upset, especially mentally.
• derby5 sensAny of several annual horse races.
• Derby20 sensA city and unitary authority in Derbyshire, East Midlands, England; formerly the county town (OS grid ref SK3536).
• Derek2 sensA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• derived3 sensOf, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.
• derrick5 sensA device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
• Derrick2 sensA male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek.
• des1 sensDesflurane.
• Des1 sensShort form of the male given name Desmond.
• descend25 sensSenses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position. To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a…
• descendant9 sensDescending; going down.
• descending5 sensMoving or sloping downwards.
• descent7 sensAn instance of descending; act of coming down.
• describe5 sensTo represent in words.
• description6 sensA sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or…
• desert7 sensA barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
• deserted2 sensAbandoned, without people.
• deserter3 sensA person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently…
• deserve4 sensTo be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
• deserved1 sensFair; merited.
• deserving3 sensWorthy of reward or praise; meritorious.
• design12 sensA specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
• designated1 sensHaving a specified designation or purpose.
• designed2 sensCreated according to a design.
• designer4 sensA person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
• designing2 sensartful; scheming
• desirable3 sensWorthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.
• desire10 sensTo want; to wish for earnestly.
• desired1 senswished-for, longed-for
• desk7 sensA table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often…
• desmond1 sensA lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.
• Desmond2 sensA surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó Deasmhumhnaigh, meaning "a man from South Munster".
• desolate9 sensDeserted and devoid of inhabitants.
• despair6 sensTo cause to despair.
• desperate8 sensIn dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
• desperately2 sensIn a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
• desperation3 sensThe act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
• despicable2 sensFit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
• despise2 sensTo regard with contempt or scorn.
• despised1 sensHated; viewed with scorn.
• despite5 sensIn spite of, notwithstanding.
• dessert2 sensThe last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
• destination4 sensThe place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
• destined1 sensConfined to a predetermined fate or destiny; certain.
• destiny4 sensThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
• Destiny2 sensAn unincorporated community in Osceola County, Florida, United States.
• destroy10 sensTo damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
• destroyed2 sensDamaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.
• destroyer4 sensThat which destroys something.
• destruction3 sensThe act of destroying.
• destructive3 sensCausing destruction; damaging.
• detached4 sensNot physically attached; separated from something to which it could connect.
• detachment8 sensThe action of detaching; separation.
• detail12 sensA part small enough to escape casual notice.
• detailed1 sensCharacterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.
• Detailed1 sensThe 41st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
• detain5 sensTo keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
• detained2 sensDelayed or held back; kept from proceeding.
• detect4 sensTo discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
• detected1 sensHaving been noticed.
• detecting1 sensAn act of detection.
• detection3 sensThe act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
• detective3 sensA police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
• detector3 sensA device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
• detention4 sensThe act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.
• Detention1 sensA locality in Circular Head Council, north western Tasmania, Australia.
• determination10 sensThe act of determining, or the state of being determined. The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight,…
• determine8 sensTo set the boundaries or limits of.
• determined1 sensDecided; resolute, possessing much determination; dogged.
• detest2 sensTo dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
• detonate4 sensTo explode, blow up
• detonation3 sensAn explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that…
• detonator4 sensA device used to detonate an explosive device etc.
• detour4 sensA diversion or deviation from one's original route.
• Detour1 sensAn unincorporated community in Maryland, Carroll County, United States.
• Detroit2 sensThe largest city and former capital of Michigan, United States, a major port on the Detroit River, known as the traditional automotive center of the…
• deuce16 sensA card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
• dev2 sensA monster, dragon, serpent, or giant.
• Dev4 sensA male given name from Hindi.
• devastated2 sensRuined, ravaged.
• devastating1 sensCausing devastation.
• devastation2 sensThe act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
• develop10 sensTo change with a specific direction, progress.
• developed6 senswealthy and industrialized; not third-world.
• developer6 sensA person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
• developing3 sensIn the process of development.
• development11 sensThe process of developing; growth, directed change.
• developments1 sensA group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
• devi1 sensA goddess in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
• Devi3 sensShakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism. She is the female counterpart without whom the male…
• device12 sensAny piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
• devil25 sensThe chief devil; Satan.
• Devil1 sensThe chief devil; Satan.
• Devin3 sensA surname from Irish. An Anglicisation of Irish Ó Damháin (“(descendant of a person named) Fawn”).
• devious2 sensCunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.
• Devlin1 sensA surname from Irish.
• devon1 sensA type of processed meat sausage.
• Devon17 sensA county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
• devote4 sensto give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
• devoted4 sensVowed; dedicated; consecrated.
• devotion4 sensThe act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being devoted (to something).
• devour5 sensTo eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
• devout5 sensDevoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.
• dew7 sensAny moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
• Dew2 sensA surname.
• dewey1 sensA charge of DUI.
• Dewey16 sensA surname from Old French.
• dex5 sensAn order or factor of ten.
• dexter2 sensRight; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)
• Dexter6 sensA surname originating as an occupation for a female dyer.
• dharma5 sensThe natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
• di1 sensA meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
• dI1 sensdwarf irregular galaxy
• Di2 sensA diminutive of the female given names Diana or Diane.
• diabetes3 sensDiabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or…
• diabetic4 sensOf or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
• diablo2 sensThe or a devil.
• Diablo3 sensA sports car made by the Italian manufacturer Lamborghini.
• diabolical4 sensOf or concerning the devil: devilish, satanic.
• diagnosis4 sensThe process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.
• diagnostic8 sensOf, or relating to diagnosis.
• diagram6 sensA plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show the function or operation of something, or to show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
• dial12 sensA graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
• Dial1 sensA surname.
• dialect6 sensA lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if…
• dialing4 sensThe act by which a number is dialed.
• dialogue7 sensA conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
• dialysis4 sensA method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
• diameter4 sensAny straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the center of the circle; a chord that passes through the…
• diamond18 sensA glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
• Diamond14 sensA female given name from English of modern usage, from the name of the gem.
• diamonds2 sensOne of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦.
• Diana6 sensThe daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an…
• Diane1 sensA female given name from Latin, popular in the middle of the 20th century
• diaper9 sensAn absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet…
• Diaper1 sensA surname.
• diaphragm10 sensIn mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the…
• diarrhea2 sensA gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.
• diary4 sensA daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
• Diaz2 sensA city in Arkansas.
• dibs6 sensThe right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
• dice6 sensGaming with one or more dice.
• Dice1 sensA surname.
• dick10 sensThe penis.
• Dick2 sensA diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.
• dickens3 sensThe devil.
• Dickens2 sensA surname originating as a patronymic, notably borne by Charles Dickens, English novelist.
• dickhead3 sensThe glans penis.
• Dickie2 sensA diminutive of the male given name Dick, a short form of the male given name Richard.
• Dicks1 sensA surname transferred from the given name derived from Dick.
• dicky18 sensA louse.
• Dicky1 sensA diminutive of the male given name Richard.
• dictate4 sensAn order or command.
• dictator3 sensAn authoritarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
• dictatorship4 sensA type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
• dictionary9 sensA reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses,…
• Dictionary1 sensNickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.
• didi1 sensA respectful term of address to any familiar older female.
• Didi2 sensA female given name.
• die34 sensTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
• diego1 sensA Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.
• Diego1 sensA male given name from Spanish Diego.
• Diem1 sensA surname.
• Dies2 sensOne of the Protogenoi, the Protogenos personification of day. She is the daughter of fellow Protogenoi, Nox/Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness), and…
• diesel7 sensA fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat…
• diet13 sensThe food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
• Dietrich1 sensA surname from German.
• differ4 sensNot to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
• difference12 sensThe quality of being different.
• different6 sensNot the same; exhibiting a difference.
• differently1 sensIn a different way.
• difficult4 sensHard, not easy, requiring much effort.
• difficulties1 sensa series of frustrations
• difficulty6 sensThe state of being difficult, or hard to do.
• dig22 sensTo move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the…
• dIG1 sensdwarf irregular galaxy
• digest15 sensTo distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
• digestive4 sensOf, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
• digger8 sensA large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
• Digger4 sensA soldier from Australia or New Zealand.
• digging4 sensThe action performed by a person or thing that digs.
• digital7 sensHaving to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
• digits1 sensSynonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.
• dignified1 sensHaving an attitude or bearing that connotes respectability and poise.
• dignity6 sensThe state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
• digs2 sensLodgings; place of accommodation.
• dilated2 sensHaving undergone dilation; enlarged.
• dildo7 sensA device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.
• Dildo1 sensA small town on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• dilemma4 sensA circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
• diligence5 sensSteady application; industry; careful work involving long-term effort.