Mots commençant par W — 625 entrées

Les 625 mots du dictionnaire qui commencent par la lettre W, 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.

• w9 sensThe twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.
• W3 sensThe twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.
• W.3 sensWednesday.
• wa3 sensA traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.
• Wa2 sensAn ethnic group in Myanmar and China.
• wacko3 sensAmusingly eccentric or irrational.
• wacky1 sensZany; eccentric.
• wad11 sensAn amorphous, compact mass.
• wade7 sensTo walk through water or something that impedes progress.
• Wade8 sensA topographic surname from Old English.
• waffle14 sensA flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
• wage7 sensAn amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per…
• wager6 sensA bet; a stake; a pledge.
• Wager1 sensA surname.
• wages1 sensone's total income for a time period
• Wagner7 sensA surname from German.
• wagon9 sensA heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
• Wagon1 sensA bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the…
• wah5 sensA cry of fright, distress, etc. (especially of an infant or young child)
• Wah1 sensA surname.
• wai2 sensA Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.
• wail9 sensTo cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
• Wail1 sensA locality in the Rural City of Horsham, western Victoria, Australia.
• wailing1 sensA loud drawn out scream or howl.
• waist6 sensThe part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
• wait14 sensTo delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
• Wait1 sensA surname.
• waiter7 sensA male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
• Waiters1 sensA surname.
• waiting3 sensThe act of staying or remaining in expectation.
• waitress2 sensA female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
• waits1 sensA group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around Christmas.
• Waits1 sensAn English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Waite.
• wake18 sens(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
• Wake1 sensA surname.
• wakes1 sensA community holiday, particularly in northern England.
• waking2 sensOccurring during wakefulness.
• Walden14 sensA surname.
• waldo1 sensSynonym of telefactor.
• Waldo2 sensA male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
• Wales14 sensOne of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
• walk38 sensTo move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least…
• Walk1 sensA surname.
• WalK1 sensA particular histidine kinase
• walker11 sensThe agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.
• Walker18 sensA northern English surname originating as an occupation from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.
• walkie-talkie2 sensA portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair.
• walking5 sensIncarnate as a human; living.
• Walks1 sensA nickname of the surname Walker.
• wall31 sensA rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
• Wall13 sensA surname.
• Wallace21 sensA Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, notably of the Scottish patriot William Wallace.
• wallet6 sensA small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
• wallpaper9 sensDecorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
• walls1 sensThe vagina.
• Walls5 sensA surname.
• wally3 sensA fool.
• Wally2 sensA diminutive of the male given names of Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, and Wallace.
• walnut5 sensA hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
• Walnut12 sensA number of places in the United States: A city in Los Angeles County, California.
• walrus6 sensA large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
• Walsh5 sensAn Irish surname from English.
• walt3 sensTo roll; tumble
• Walt2 sensA diminutive of the male given name Walter.
• Walter4 sensA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• Walters4 sensA surname transferred from the given name.
• Walton30 sensA surname.
• waltz7 sensA ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
• Waltz4 sensA surname.
• wan5 sensPale, sickly-looking.
• Wan1 sensA surname.
• wand8 sensA hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
• Wand1 sensA surname.
• Wanda2 sensA female given name from Polish.
• wander7 sensTo move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
• Wander1 sensA surname.
• wanderer3 sensOne who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
• Wanderer1 senssomeone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.
• wandering7 sensWhich wanders; travelling from place to place.
• wang3 sensTo batter; to clobber; to conk.
• Wang4 sensA surname from Chinese.
• wank7 sensTo masturbate.
• Wank1 sensA surname.
• wanker8 sensSomeone who wanks; masturbates.
• wanna2 sensRepresents a contracted pronunciation of want to.
• wannabe2 sensSomeone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.
• want18 sensTo wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
• Want1 sensA personification of want.
• wanted2 sensWished for; desired; sought.
• wanting6 sensThat wants or desires.
• war13 sensOrganized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving…
• War4 sensPreceded by the: designating a particularly notable war. World War II.
• ward21 sensProtection, defence. The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
• Ward18 sensAn English surname originating as an occupation for a guard or watchman.
• warden6 sensA chief administrative officer of a prison.
• Warden2 sensA surname originating as an occupation for a warden.
• wardrobe17 sensA governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
• warehouse5 sensA facility for storing large amounts of merchandise or products.
• warfare3 sensThe waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
• warhead3 sensThe part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive…
• warlock2 sensA male magic-user; a male equivalent of a witch; a wizard.
• warlord1 sensA military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak.
• warm21 sensOf a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
• warmed2 sensAt a higher temperature.
• warmer3 sensSomething that warms (something else) by providing some small amount of heat, such as a hot water bottle or a soup.
• warming2 sensA small rise in temperature.
• warmth4 sensA moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
• warn7 sensTo make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.
• Warn1 sensA surname.
• warner1 sensOne who warns.
• Warner11 sensA surname. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" +…
• warning3 sensAn instance of warning someone.
• Warning1 sensA surname.
• warp26 sensThe state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally: The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out…
• warped2 sensDistorted by warping; twisted out of shape
• warrant15 sensAuthorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
• warren6 sensA system of burrows in which rabbits or other animals live.
• Warren42 sensA surname from Old French.
• warrior3 sensA person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
• Warrior1 sensA surname.
• warsaw3 sensAny of several species of grouper, subfamily Epinephelinae
• Warsaw8 sensThe capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.
• warship2 sensAny ship built or armed for naval combat.
• Warship1 sensA British Rail Class 41 locomotive, dating from the late 1950s.
• wartime1 sensA period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
• Warwick22 sensA town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).
• wary4 sensCautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
• was1 sensUsed in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
• Was1 sensA surname.
• wash40 sensTo clean with water.
• Wash2 sensA bay with multiple estuaries of great ecological importance in eastern England, dividing Lincolnshire from Norfolk.
• washer6 sensSomething that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
• Washer1 sensA surname.
• washing8 sensThe action of the verb to wash.
• washington1 sensSynonym of agawan base (a team game)
• Washington52 sensA state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Olympia. Largest city: Seattle.
• washroom2 sensA room intended to wash the face and hands.
• wasp5 sensAny of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
• waste29 sensExcess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
• wasted6 sensNot profitably used.
• wasteland4 sensA place with no remaining resources; a desert.
• wasting3 sensCausing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
• watch21 sensA portable or wearable timepiece.
• watched2 sensWearing a watch.
• watches1 sensThe species Sarracenia flava (so-called because its leaves look similar to a clock face).
• watching1 sensThe act of one who watches.
• watchman1 sensA man set to watch: a man who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night; (loosely) any such person of any…
• Watchman1 sensA surname.
• water28 sensAn inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found…
• Water4 sensA hamlet in Manaton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7580).
• waterfall11 sensA flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
• Waterfall7 sensA barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
• waterfront2 sensThe land alongside a body of water.
• watering2 sensAn act of watering, that is, pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.
• Waterloo43 sensA village in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; the site of a major military battle in 1815.
• watermelon6 sensA plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
• waters1 sensAmniotic fluid (see note at water (“amniotic fluid”)).
• Waters3 sensA surname originating as a patronymic.
• Watkins7 sensA surname transferred from the given name.
• Watson18 sensA northern English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
• Watts4 sensA surname transferred from the given name.
• wave23 sensTo move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
• WAVE1 sensA members of the WAVES; a member of the US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve).
• waved3 sensHaving a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
• Waves1 sensA census-designated place and unincorporated community in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
• waving2 sensThe motion of something that waves.
• wax21 sensBeeswax.
• Wax1 sensA surname.
• way22 sensTo do with a place or places. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
• Way5 sensChristianity.
• Wayne7 sensA surname originating as an occupation.
• ways1 sensA distance.
• wayward4 sensGiven to a wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.
• we16 sensTwo or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s). Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.)
• weak25 sensLacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
• weaken2 sensTo make weaker or less strong.
• weakened1 sensReduced; made less strong.
• weaker1 sensSaid of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter.
• weakly2 sensFrail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.
• weakness3 sensThe condition of being weak.
• wealth3 sensRiches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
• wealthy4 sensPossessing financial wealth; rich.
• Wealthy1 sensA certain cultivar of American apple from Minnesota.
• weapon7 sensAn instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
• weaponry1 sensWeapons collectively
• wear19 sensTo have on: To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
• Wear1 sensA river in the counties of County Durham and Tyne and Wear, north east England. The cities of Durham and Sunderland are situated upon its grand banks.
• wearing7 sensIntended to be worn.
• Wearing1 sensA surname.
• weary5 sensHaving the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
• Weary1 sensA surname.
• weasel8 sensAny of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light…
• weather15 sensThe short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind,…
• weave9 sensTo form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
• weaver6 sensA person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
• Weaver8 sensA surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
• weaving4 sensThe process of making woven material on a loom.
• Weaving1 sensA surname.
• web29 sensThe silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
• Web1 sensThe World Wide Web.