Mots commençant par E — 669 entrées

Les 669 mots du dictionnaire qui commencent par la lettre E, 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.

• Elton16 sensA male given name from Old English.
• elusive3 sensEvading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
• Elvira2 sensA female given name from Spanish, in quiet use since the 19th century.
• Elvis4 sensA male given name.
• em6 sensThe name of the Latin script letter M/m.
• Em1 sensA diminutive of the female given names Emily, Emma, or Emmeline.
• email8 sensA system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the…
• embark5 sensTo go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
• embarrass4 sensTo disrupt someone's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely.
• Embarrass5 sensA river or settlement in the United States: A river in Minnesota, a tributary of the Saint Louis River.
• embarrassed2 sensHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort.
• embarrassing2 sensThe action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.
• embarrassment7 sensA state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
• embassy5 sensThe function or duty of an ambassador.
• embedded3 sensPart of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.
• embrace12 sensTo clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
• embracing2 sensThe act by which something is embraced (in various senses).
• embryo6 sensIn the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
• emerald8 sensAny of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
• Emerald4 sensA town in Queensland, Australia.
• emerge3 sensTo come into view.
• emergency5 sensA situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
• Emergency2 sensWorld War II as experienced in Ireland.
• emerging2 sensBecoming prominent; emergent; rising.
• Emerson9 sensA surname originating as a patronymic.
• emery3 sensAn impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
• Emery12 sensA surname transferred from the given name.
• Emil1 sensA male given name from Latin.
• Emile1 sensA male given name from Latin of Latin origin, an anglicized spelling of French Émile.
• Emilia2 sensA female given name from Latin, a rare Latinized variant of Emily.
• Emily1 sensA female given name from Latin.
• eminence6 sensSomeone of high rank, reputation or social status.
• Eminence4 sensAn unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
• eminent3 sensNoteworthy, remarkable, great.
• emir2 sensA prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
• emissary4 sensAn agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
• emma1 sensM in RAF phonetic alphabet
• Emma1 sensA female given name from the Germanic languages.
• emmet2 sensA tourist.
• Emmet9 sensA surname.
• Emmett9 sensA surname transferred from the given name.
• Emmy2 sensA diminutive of Emily, Emma, Emmeline or Amelia, also used as a female given name.
• emotion3 sensA person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory…
• emotional8 sensOf or relating to the emotions.
• emotionally2 sensIn an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
• empathy4 sensIdentification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
• emperor9 sensThe male monarch or ruler of an empire.
• Emperor1 sensThe title of an emperor.
• emphasis5 sensSpecial weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
• empire5 sensA political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories,…
• Empire18 sensFollowing or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
• employ7 sensTo retain (someone) as an employee.
• employed2 sensIn a job; working.
• employee1 sensA person who provides labor to a company or another person.
• employer1 sensA person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
• employment6 sensThe occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
• empress6 sensThe female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
• Empress2 sensThe title of an empress.
• emptiness3 sensThe state or feeling of being empty; an emotion that combines hollowness, numbness, disconnection and a lack of meaning in life, resulting in…
• Emptiness1 sensA Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Equuleus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.
• empty15 sensDevoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
• en6 sensThe name of the Latin script letter N/n.
• EN1 sensThe Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's best-known work on ethics.
• enable7 sensTo make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
• enabled2 sensBeing capable for use or action; not disabled.
• enchanted3 sensCharmed, delighted, enraptured.
• enchanting2 sensHaving the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
• enclosed3 sensContained; held within a container.
• encore6 sensA brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
• encounter11 sensTo meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
• encourage3 sensTo mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
• encouraged1 sensHaving been given hope or encouragement.
• encouragement4 sensThe act of encouraging
• encouraging3 sensGiving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.
• encrypted1 sensBeing in code; having been encrypted.
• encryption2 sensThe process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
• end17 sensThe terminal point of something in space or time.
• End1 sensA key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line.
• endanger2 sensTo put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
• endangered1 sensin danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going…
• endeavor5 sensA sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
• ended1 sensHaving (a specified kind or number of) ends.
• ending3 sensA termination or conclusion.
• endless4 sensHaving no end.
• endlessly1 sensIn an endless manner; continuously without limit.
• endorse5 sensTo express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
• endorsement6 sensThe act or quality of endorsing
• ends2 sensThe area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
• endurance3 sensThe measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
• endure6 sensTo continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
• enduring2 sensLong-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.
• enemy6 sensSomeone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
• energetic5 sensPossessing or pertaining to energy.
• energy7 sensThe impetus behind all motion and all activity.
• enforce12 sensTo keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
• enforcement3 sensThe act of enforcing; compulsion.
• engage13 sensTo interact socially. To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
• engaged9 sensHaving agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
• engagement8 sensAn appointment, especially to speak or perform.
• engaging3 sensTending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
• engine15 sensA large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
• engineer15 sensA soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering works.
• engineered1 sensProduced by engineering; designed and manufactured according to an engineering methodology.
• engineering4 sensThe application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
• England6 sensThe largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927.
• english2 sensSpinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
• English26 sensOf or pertaining to England.
• Englishman4 sensA native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
• engraved2 sensMade by engraving.
• enhance5 sensTo augment or make something greater.
• enhanced3 sensIn a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.
• enid1 sensAny snail in the family Enidae.
• Enid3 sensA female given name from Welsh of obscure meaning.
• enigma9 sensSomething or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
• Enigma1 sensA German device used during World War II to encode strategic messages.
• enjoy4 sensTo receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
• enjoyable1 sensPleasant, capable of giving pleasure.
• enjoyment4 sensThe condition of enjoying anything.
• enlighten2 sensTo supply with light.
• enlightened5 sensEducated or informed.
• enlightenment2 sensAn act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
• Enlightenment2 sensA 17th- and 18th-century European intellectual and cultural movement emphasizing rationalism. The period during which it flourished is called the Age…
• enlist5 sensTo enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
• enlisted2 sensBelonging to the military, but not as a commissioned officer.
• enmity2 sensThe quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition.
• enormous3 sensExtremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
• enormously2 sensExtremely, greatly: to an enormous degree.
• enough8 sensSufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.
• enraged2 sensAngered, made furious, made full of rage.
• Enrico1 sensA surname from Italian.
• ensemble8 sensA group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole. A coordinated set of clothing: a set of garments selected to accompany one another.
• ensign9 sensA badge of office, rank, or power.
• Ensign5 sensA surname.
• ensure2 sensTo make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
• enter17 sensTo go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
• Enter2 sensThe "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
• entering2 sensaction of the verb to enter
• enterprise7 sensA company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
• Enterprise22 sensA number of places in the United States: A city in Coffee County, Alabama.
• entertain9 sensTo amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
• entertained1 sensEnjoying to having enjoyed entertainments; amused.
• entertainer3 sensA person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, actor, presenter, dancer, musician, magician, comedian, etc.
• entertaining2 sensVery amusing; that entertains.
• entertainment6 sensAn activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates…
• enthusiasm3 sensAn intensity of feeling; an excited interest or eagerness.
• enthusiastic2 sensWith zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
• entire11 sensWhole; complete.
• entirely2 sensTo the full or entire extent.
• entitled3 sensHaving a title.
• entity6 sensThat which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
• Entity3 sensThe central intelligence agency of the Holy See, which conducts foreign intelligence for the Vatican City and Catholic Church.
• entourage3 sensA retinue of attendants, associates or followers.
• entrance11 sensThe action of entering, or going in.
• entrepreneur4 sensA person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
• entrust1 sensTo trust to the care of.
• entry14 sensThe act of entering.
• envelope12 sensA paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.
• envious4 sensFeeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
• environment7 sensThe surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
• environmental3 sensPertaining to the environment.
• envoy4 sensA diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
• envy14 sensResentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
• Enzo1 sensA male given name from Italian.
• epi2 sensA syringe or autoinjector filled with epinephrine, most frequently used for the treatment of acute allergic reactions to avoid or treat the onset of…
• Epi2 sensAn island of volcanic origin in the province of Shefa, Vanuatu.
• epic7 sensAn extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional…
• Epic1 sensPertaining to a dialect characteristic of epic poems, especially Epic Greek.
• epidemic6 sensA widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.
• epiphany2 sensAn illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
• Epiphany6 sensA manifestation of the divinity of Jesus Christ, especially to the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12), but also at his baptism and the Wedding at Cana.
• episode2 sensA discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
• equal14 sensThe same in one or more respects.
• equality3 sensThe fact of being equal.
• equally3 sensIn an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly
• equals1 sensThe symbol =
• equation3 sensThe act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).
• equator4 sensAn imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
• Equator1 sensEarth’s equator.
• equipment3 sensThe act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
• equipped1 sensHaving the equipment, resources, and skills one needs; prepared.
• equity9 sensFairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
• equivalent10 sensSimilar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
• er4 sensSaid when hesitating in speech.
• Er1 sensA surname.
• era3 sensA time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
• eradicate3 sensTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
• erase8 sensTo remove (markings or information).
• erased1 sensHaving the appearance of being forcibly torn off, with parts left jagged or uneven, as distinguished from couped.
• ere4 sensA contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions.
• Ere1 sensA language spoken on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
• erect17 sensUpright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
• erection6 sensThe act of building or putting up or together of something.
• eric1 sensA fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
• Eric1 sensA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• erica1 sensAny of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants
• Erica2 sensA female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.
• Erich1 sensA surname from German.
• Erik1 sensA male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric.
• Erika1 sensA female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.
• Erin8 sensIreland.