French Words: Ê
575 words · Page 4 of 12
Avoir les pieds dans les « starting blocks » (blocs de départ) avant le départ d’un sprint.
Être latent, sur le point de se répandre dans le public, ou être imminent, sur le point de se produire.
En parlant d'un mot, du nom d'une personne ou d'une idée, figurer dans toutes les conversations, être omniprésent dans le débat public.
Se dit d'une idée à laquelle tout le monde pense, généralement avec inquiétude.
À la forme interrogative, interrogation cinglante à l’encontre d’une personne considérée comme trop curieuse.
Demeurer impassible en toute situation. Dans une situation donnée, on emploiera plutôt rester de marbre.
Se retrouver exceptionnellement à l’extérieur : quitter sa maison pour une personne, être utilisé pour un objet.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French alphabetical index for the letter Ê contains 575 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 12 pages, and you are currently viewing page 4. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented French headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "Ê" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.