examples:
déchéance
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
litanie
a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
concorde
the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)
guerre mondiale
a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
guerre mondiale
a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
mort
the personification of death
diable
evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris
lilliputien
a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
types:
attribut
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
rapport,
relation
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
communication
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
ensemble
(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
besoin,
motif,
motivation
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
état
the way something is with respect to its main attributes
forme
the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
temps
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
événement
something that happens at a given place and time
relation sociale
a relation between living organisms (especially between people)
chose
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
personnalité
the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
éthos
(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
chance
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
intervalle
a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
groupe
a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
message
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
langage,
langue
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
langue écrite
communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
contenu,
sujet
what a communication that is about something is about
signal,
signe
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
indication
something that serves to indicate or suggest
étalage
exhibiting openly in public view
style
a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
voix
the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
gens,
peuple
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
édition
all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
race
people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
sous-ensemble
a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
espace,
intervalle
(mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind
ensemble
(mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
solution
the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
population
a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
circuit
(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
système
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
propriété
the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
valeur
the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
système de mesure
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
volume
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
teneur en alcool
a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
causalité
the relation between causes and effects
rapport,
relation
a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
fondations
the basis on which something is grounded
connexion,
lien,
rapport,
relation
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
partie
something determined in relation to something that includes it
parenté
a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
réciprocité
a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
changement
a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
intersection
a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations
halogène
any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
jeu,
période de jeu
(in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds