French verbs beginning with E

766 verbs with English meanings. Select a verb to see its conjugation.

ectomiserremove an organ surgically
effacererase; delete; wipe away
effanercut off plant tops; remove foliage; partially defoliate
effarerto alarm; to shake up; to scare (transitive)
effaroucherto scare off, frighten away (an animal) (transitive); to frighten, alarm (someone) (figurative, transitive); to shock (transitive)
effectuerto effect; to work out (a calculation); to carry out (an experiment); to execute (an operation)
effeuillerto thin out (the leaves of a tree, bush etc.); to pick or pull the leaves or petals from (transitive); to lose its leaves, shed its leaves (reflexive); to strip (perform a striptease)
effilerto thin, taper (transitive); to fray (transitive)
effilocherto fray (transitive)
efflanquerto make lean
effleurerto stroke gently, to touch lightly; to brush over, to brush past; to skim over (a subject) (figurative)
effleurirto effloresce
effluverto emit vapors
effondrerto collapse (reflexive, transitive)
effrangerfringe edges; fray
effrayerfrighten; scare; alarm
effriterto break up, crumble (transitive); to crumble
efféminerto feminize; to weaken
emballerto pack up; to wrap up; to parcel (transitive); to thrill, to turn on (informal); to race (reflexive); to bolt (reflexive)
embarbouillerto soil; to confuse
embarderto swerve (intransitive)
embarquerto board (a vehicle); to embark (to set off on a journey); To embark (upon)
embarrasserembarrass (transitive); clutter; block (up) (transitive)
embarrerto bar; to block; to lever
embastillerto imprison in Bastille; to imprison
embattrefit an iron tyre around a wheel; reshape a metal tool with a hammer
embaucherto hire, to employ
embaumerto embalm; to fill with fragrance
embecquerfeed a bird by placing food in its beak
embellirto improve, make more attractive; to embellish
emberlificoterto entangle (informal); to muddle up (informal)
emblaverto sow wheat
emblématisersymbolize
embobelinerto wrap briefly; to seduce by flattery
embobinerto wind up, reel up (transitive); to wrap up (transitive); reel in (informal, transitive)
emboliserobstruct a blood vessel; overload or clog a system (figurative)
embosserto emboss; to moor a vessel with cables from both the prow and the stern
emboucherto place one's lips against the mouthpiece of a wind instrument; to place the bit in a horse's mouth; to tell off, to antagonize (informal); to argue (informal, reflexive)
embouerto mud (make muddy)
embouquerto sail through a canal, strait or similar narrow passage
embourrerstuff; patch; penetrate
embouteillerto bottle, to bottle up, to put into bottles; to back up
emboutirto emboss; to crash into
emboîterto embed, encapsulate; to fit, fit together; to box, to place in a box
embrancherto join or link up; to connect
embraserto set fire to; to inflame, impassion (figurative)
embrasserkiss; embrace; encompass
embrayerto engage (to mesh or interlock); to engage, set in motion; to begin, engage (to draw into conversation) (informal)
embreverjoin
embrigaderto recruit; to rope in (transitive)
embringuerto rope in or drag in (informal)
embrocherto put on a spit; to skewer
embrouillerto entangle; to make mistakes, get confused (while performing a complex task) (figurative, reflexive); to bamboozle, to confuse (informal); to get in a fight (slang)
embrumerto envelop in mist; to become shrouded in fog; to darken, grow gloomy
embuercover with condensation; obscure; veil with tears
embusquerto ambush
embéguinerto have a crush on someone; to be infatuated (figurative); to wear a bonnet (rare)
embêterbother; annoy; worry; pick on (informal)
emmagasinerto store (in a shop, in a store); to store up, to stock up
emmailloterto wrap, to bind, to swaddle; to coddle, to pamper, to mollycoddle
emmancherto fit, to attach (especially to a shaft or a handle) (transitive); to help someone into (transitive); to get going, start up, set about, commence (transitive); to sodomise, buttfuck (transitive, vulgar)
emmarquiserto bestow the title of marquis (jokingly)
emmenertake someone along; take someone away
emmerderannoy; bother; bore (vulgar)
emmiellerto cover with honey; sweeten with honey; annoy (slang)
emmitouflerto wrap (something) up warmly, to swaddle (transitive)
emmouscaillerto annoy; to defecate on; to complicate one's life
emmurerto immure (transitive)
emménagerto move in (to a new home)
emmêlerto tangle (to become mixed together or intertwined)
empaillerto stuff (to preserve a dead animal by filling its skin) (transitive)
empalerto impale (transitive)
empanacherto decorate with plumes (transitive)
empannerto gybe
empaqueterto package (put into a package); to put away, put behind bars (imprison) (slang); to wrap up (cover with many clothes)
emparadiserto transport to heaven; to render heavenly; to fill with celestial bliss
emparerto seize, get hold of; to take over
empaumerto grasp
empennerto fletch (to attach feathers to an arrow) (transitive); to cover with feathers (as in a bird) (dated, transitive)
emperlerto impearl (decorate with pearls)
empeserto starch
empesterto infect with a pest or with a contagious disease (transitive); to cause to stink, to cause to reek (of) (transitive); to stink, reek of (intransitive)
emphatiseremphasize
empierrerto metal (a road) (transitive)
empiffrerto stuff oneself, to binge
empilerto pile up
empirerto worsen (intransitive)
empiéterto encroach, impinge (intransitive)
emplirto fill (figurative, reflexive)
employerto use (a physical thing) (transitive); to use (an abstract) (transitive); to be used; to employ (a person) (transitive)
emplumerto feather
emplâtrerto apply a plaster on (transitive); to penetrate (sexually); to pocket (money); to fight (reflexive, slang)
empocherto pocket (to put something in a pocket) (transitive); to pocket, to rake in, to earn (informal, transitive)
empoignerto grab; grasp (to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something))
empoisonnerto poison, to kill by poisoning (transitive)
empoissercover with sticky substance
empoissonnerto stock with fish; to populate with fish
emportertake away; carry off; win (l’emporter)
empoterto pot (a plant) (transitive); to load liquid or gas into a tanker (road vehicle) (transitive)
empourprerto make purple, to color purple, empurple; to blush (reflexive)
empoussiérerto cover with dust (transitive)
empreindreto imprint (transitive); to influence (transitive); to imbue (with) (transitive); to become imbued (with) (reflexive)
emprisonnerto imprison
emprunterborrow; take a road or route
empuantirto stink out (transitive)
empâterto coat, enrobe (transitive); to thicken (transitive); to puff up (transitive); to nourish (figurative)
empêcherprevent; stop someone from doing something
empêtrerto ensnare, to entangle, to bog down
enamourerto fall in love (reflexive)
encabanerto put silkworms into trellises in wood or iron used to fence for parks containing cattle, for properties, for shelter for plants, and for support for the storage and drying of fruit; to put into prison
encadrerto frame (transitive); to surround, outline (transitive); to supervise, overlook (transitive); to create a framework or rules for, to regulate (transitive)
encagerto cage, encage
encagoulerto put on a balaclava
encaisserto collect, to cash; to let in, concede; to take (slang); to stand, to tolerate (slang)
encanaillerto socialise with the riffraff (reflexive)
encapsulerto encapsulate (transitive); to cache (transitive)
encapuchonnerto hood (cover with a hood); to lead into a monastic life
encaquerto put into barrels containing herrings
encarterto put in, insert (an insert to a publication)
encartonnerto put into cartons
encasernerto lodge in barracks (transitive)
encastrerto embed (transitive); to fit in, slot in etc (transitive)
encaustiquerto polish, wax (transitive)
encaverto put in a cellar, store in a cellar
enceindreto surround
encenserto cense, to incense (transitive); to acclaim, to sing the praises of (figurative, transitive)
encerclercircle (draw a circle round) (transitive); ring round, circle round (transitive); surround, encircle (transitive)
enchanterto enchant (transitive)
enchatonnerto attach a jewel on the collet of a ring
enchausserto put footwear (on someone) (transitive); to shoe (a horse) (transitive); to put on footwear (reflexive); to have a certain shoe size (intransitive)
enchaînerto chain, to shackle; to subjugate, to enslave (figurative); to put together (in a sequence), to concatenate
enchemiserto put into a folder (transitive)
enchevêtrerto tangle up (transitive); to entangle, to involve, to implicate (transitive); to become tangled (reflexive); to get tangled up, to get mixed up (reflexive)
enchâsserto enshrine, to put in a display cabinet (transitive); to lavish (transitive); to set (place inside a case) (transitive); to put or fix in a chassis (transitive)
enchérirto make more expensive (transitive); to bid; to make a bid (at auction etc.) (transitive); to go up (in price), become more expensive (intransitive)
enclaverto shut in, to enclave
enclencherto set off, start up, put in motion
encloreto enclose; to fortify
enclouerto nail in, put a nail in
encocherto notch, put a notch in; to nock (an arrow)
encoderto encode
encollerto glue
encombrerto block off, to clutter, to clutter up, to congest (transitive); to encumber, to burden (transitive); to jam (e.g. a switchboard) (transitive)
encorderto rope up, connect with a rope (transitive)
encornerto horn, to ram with the horns (transitive); to cuckold (archaic, informal, transitive)
encouragerto encourage (transitive); to motivate oneself (reflexive); to encourage each other; to promote (transitive)
encourirto incur (to expose oneself to something inconvenient) (transitive); to run [the risk], to bring upon (something unfavourable) (transitive)
encrasserto dirty, to foul (transitive); to get dirty, get filthy (reflexive)
encrerto ink (to apply ink to) (transitive)
encroûterto encrust, crust over; to crust over, form a crust (reflexive); to get into a rut (reflexive)
encrypterencrypt
enculerto bugger, to sodomize (have anal sex) (slang, vulgar); to fuck (have sex) (slang, vulgar); to fuck, to con (defraud) (slang, vulgar); to beat up (slang, vulgar)
encuverto put into a vat or a tank
encéphaliserto assimilate mentally
endenterto provide with teeth
endetterto indebt; to put someone or something into debt (transitive); to get into debt (reflexive)
endeuillerto take on an air of mourning, cause to mourn (transitive)
endiablerto possess (by a devil)
endiguerto curb, contain
endivisionnerto form into divisions
endoctrinerto indoctrinate; to teach; to instruct
endolorirto make painful
endommagerto damage (to cause damage to something)
endormirput to sleep; lull; fall asleep (s’endormir)
endosserto carry on one's back; to assume responsibility, to shoulder; to endorse; to take on (e.g. a role) (transitive)
enduireto plaster; to coat, cover; to smear, anoint (to smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance)
endurcirto harden (make harder) (transitive); to harden, inure (transitive)
endurerto endure, to bear (transitive)
endêverTo be furious, to rage (regional)
enfanterto bear [a child], bring into the world (literary, transitive); to give birth (transitive); to bear (transitive); to produce, reel off (transitive)
enfarinerto flour (cover with flour)
enfaîterto hang roof tiles, to install a tiled roof (transitive)
enfermerlock in; lock up; imprison; enclose
enferrerto pierce with the end of a sword or a bayonet or the like
enfiellerto fill with rage
enfilerto thread (a needle); to string, to sling (put on a string or sling); to put on (clothes); to hump, to screw (vulgar)
enfiévrerto stir up, rouse
enflammerto set fire to, to set on fire; to inflame, to fuel (e.g. a debate, hatred); to catch fire (reflexive)
enflerto inflate (transitive); to fill (transitive); to build up (an emotion) (transitive); to swell up (intransitive)
enfoncerto push in, to press in, to drive in (transitive); to break open, to break down (transitive); to defeat, to thrash (transitive); to sink down (intransitive)
enfouirto bury, to inter (something in the ground) (transitive); to bury (figurative, transitive)
enfourcherto get on, mount
enfournerto put in the oven
enfreindreto infringe
enfumerto smoke, smoke out (transitive); to smoke up (transitive)
enfutaillerto cask
enfûterto put into a keg; cask or barrel
engagerhire; commit; involve; begin; pledge
engainerto sheathe
engazonnerto turf (transitive)
engendrerto generate, spawn, beget (transitive)
engerberto bind in sheaves; to arrange weapons and equipment in prescribed order
engloberto include, to encompass
engloutirto gulp (transitive); to swallow up (transitive)
engluerto birdlime; to get bogged down (reflexive)
engoberto cover with engobe
engoncerto encumber; to constrain
engorgerto clog, clog up, congest
engouffrerto engulf, swallow up (transitive); to gobble up; to eat up (transitive); to rush, dive into
engourdirto numb, make numb (transitive); to dull, deaden, blunt (transitive); to go numb, go to sleep (reflexive)
engraisserto fatten (transitive)
engrangerto store; to rake in; to collect, gather in; to gain (experience, points)
engraverto ground (transitive)
engrenerto fill with grain; to set in motion; to start; to begin; to engage or mesh (come into gear with) (transitive); to be caught on a slippery slope (intransitive)
engrosserto impregnate, to knock up (transitive)
engrumelerto make lumpy
engueulerto give (someone) a roasting, to tell someone off, to chew out, to give shit (informal, transitive); to argue, to have a row (informal)
enguirlanderto festoon, hang with garlands; to tell off, tick off (informal, transitive)
enhardirto embolden
enharnacherto harness a horse; to caparison
enherberto cover with grass (rare); to poison (archaic)
enivrerto intoxicate, make drunk or get (someone) drunk, either physically or figuratively (transitive); to get drunk; to become intoxicated (reflexive)
enjamberto straddle; to step over, to stride; to make an enjambment; to ignore
enjavelerto put in sheaves
enjoindreto order; to enjoin (someone à faire something) (transitive)
enjoliverto embellish, prettify
enjouerto aim a rifle; to render playful, put some playfulness into (something) (dated, transitive)
enjuguerto yoke (transitive)
enjuiverto subject (someone) to Jewish influences (transitive)
enjôlerto bewitch, to entice (transitive)
enkikinerto annoy; to pester (slang, transitive)
enkysterto encyst (becoming surrounded by a cyst) (reflexive)
enlacerto wrap around, to embrace; to wrap around each other, to intertwine (reflexive)
enlaidirto uglify (transitive)
enleverremove; take off; take away; abduct
enliasserto bundle together (usually paper)
enlierto join bricks (to erect a wall) (transitive)
enliserto get (a ship or vehicle) stuck in mud, sand etc (transitive); to get stuck in mud, sand etc (reflexive); to get bogged down (figurative, reflexive); to sink deeper (into a hole of e.g. lies) (figurative, reflexive)
enluminerto brighten, make brighter, brighten up (make more colorful) (transitive); to illuminate (a manuscript, etc.) (transitive); to light up, embrighten (archaic, transitive)
enneigerto cover in snow
ennoblirto ennoble (transitive)
ennuagerto cloud over (become cloudy)
ennuyerbore; bother; worry; be bored (s’ennuyer)
enorgueillirto make [someone] proud (transitive); to boast, to pride oneself on (reflexive)
enquiquinerto annoy; to pester (slang, transitive)
enquêterinvestigate; carry out a survey
enracinerto root (transitive); to cause to take root (transitive); to take root (reflexive); to settle down (reflexive)
enragerto enrage, anger, infuriate; to inflame, arouse; to have rabies (obsolete)
enrayerto slow down, brake; to curb, check; to jam, to block (a weapon)
enregistrerrecord; register; save a file; check in
enrhumerto affect with a cold, to give someone a cold (illness) (transitive)
enrichirto enrich
enroberto coat
enrocherto encrust; to riprap, to rock
enrouerto make hoarse (transitive)
enroulerto wind, curl (around); to hide (to remove from display); to make out with, to score with, to get off with (to kiss someone) (informal)
enrubannerto ribbon, beribbon (transitive)
enrégimenterto enlist (transitive)
enrênerto harness (a horse) (transitive)
enrôlerto enroll, enlist
ensablerto silt up (transitive); to strand (on a sandbank or beach) (transitive)
ensacherto bag (put into a bag or bags)
ensaisinerto vest with a seisin (transitive)
ensanglanterto cover with shed blood
ensauvagerto make wild (transitive)
enseignerteach; instruct
ensemencerto sow, seed (transitive)
enserrerto clasp, to hold on tightly around (something)
ensevelirto bury, to entomb (transitive); to cover with earth (transitive); to bury (hide something) (figurative, transitive); to bury oneself, hide away
ensilerto store in a silo (transitive)
ensoleillerto fill with light, to brighten, to illuminate
ensorcelerto ensorcell: to enchant; to cast a spell; to captivate; to enchant (figurative)
ensoutanerto ordain (archaic)
ensuivreto follow, to come next (reflexive); to ensue, to result, to come as a result (reflexive); to follow (to come after) (archaic, literary)
entablerto have the hips move before the shoulders (reflexive)
entacherto taint; to blemish; to besmirch; to mar (figurative); to stain/harm someone's reputation (figurative)
entaillerto snick, to cut into, to gash (wood, stone, metal, etc.) (transitive)
entamerto cut into (something); to remove a small piece of something; to lead (play the first card); to eat into (savings etc.); to undermine (credibility) (figurative)
entartrerto scale, fur up
entasserto pile (objects), to hoard (money etc.); to pile up (reflexive)
entendrehear; mean; intend
enterto graft; to implant
enterrerbury; abandon a plan; outlive
enthousiasmerto enthuse; to be enthusiastic about (reflexive)
entoilerto canvas (cover with canvas)
entonnerto intone; to chant; to vocalise (transitive); to barrel (to put or to pack in a barrel or barrels)
entortillerto wrap around, to twist around, to envelop (transitive); to win over, to persuade especially with tricks (figurative); to muddle up (one's explanation) (figurative); to get tangled up, to get entangled
entourerto surround
entrapercevoirto glimpse; to catch a glimpse (of) (transitive)
entraverto hinder; to impede; to fetter; to shackle; to understand (dated, slang)
entraînertrain; coach; lead to; carry along
entre-déchirerto tear each other to bits (reflexive)
entrebailleropen slightly
entrebâillerto half-open; to leave ajar (transitive)
entrechoquerto knock together, clink together (reflexive, transitive); to contradict (each other), clash
entrecouperto interrupt; to intersperse; to scatter with (transitive); to intersect, to cross one another
entrecroiserto criss-cross, intersect (reflexive)
entredéchirerto tear apart; to tear one another apart
entrelacerto interlock; to interweave
entrelarderto place pieces of bacon into meat; (obsolete) to interlard (transitive); to furnish something all over by interweaving, or interspersing, often as to embellish: to adorn, to interlard (figurative, transitive); to insert, spray, bestrew something in various parts (figurative, transitive)
entremêlerto interlock; to interweave
entreposerto store goods in a warehouse
entreprendreto undertake
entrerenter; go in; bring in
entretaillerto knock knees, to have one's legs hit each other when one walks
entretenirto maintain, to look after (transitive); to support (e.g. a family) (transitive); to fuel, to keep something going (figurative, transitive); to have a discussion (with someone) (reflexive)
entretoiserto brace, to put a brace/crosspiece between (two beams)
entrevoirto make out, see vaguely; to glimpse; to foresee, anticipate; to catch sight of, see briefly
entrouvrirto half-open; to leave ajar (transitive)
entuberto shaft, to fuck over, dupe, swindle, fool (transitive, vulgar)
enténébrerto envelop in darkness; darken
entérinerto ratify, to confirm, to consent
entêterto be obstinate about, to persist in (reflexive); to go to someone's head (reflexive)
entôlerto cover with sheet metal (transitive); to rip off (slang, transitive)
envahirto invade; to stretch, to overgrow, to fill; to come over (someone) or wash over (someone), as a feeling
envaserto silt up
envelopperto wrap someone or something, to cover; to envelop
envenimerto envenom (transitive); to aggravate, inflame (figurative, transitive)
enverguerto attach sails to yards; to deploy a trawl
enviderto wind (thread) around a spindle or bobbin
envierto envy (intransitive)
environnerto surround, to encircle (transitive)
envisagerto envisage; to contemplate; to face (dated)
envoyersend; dispatch
envoûterto cast a spell, bewitch, charm, hex; to fascinate, captivate, entrance
ergoterto quibble; to argue; to contest (figurative); to prune a tree or plant (transitive); to scratch with the dewclaw (spur)
errerto wander, to wander about (intransitive)
esbignerto steal (transitive); to steal away (reflexive)
esbrouferto show off; to make a show
escaladerto escalade (attack (e.g. a castle) by using ladders etc. to climb to the top); to climb, to go rock climbing
escamoterto conjure away, to make disappear (transitive); to snatch, to nick (transitive); to evade, dodge; to skip (a word, question, etc.) (transitive); to retract (landing gear) (transitive)
escarmoucherto skirmish
escarrifiercause necrotic eschar formation
escherto bait a hook
esclavagiserenslave
escompterto discount because of a payment by anticipation; to anticipate, to be in the hope of
escorterto escort; to accompany
escrimerto apply oneself, to exert oneself (reflexive); to fence, to do fencing (sport) (dated)
escroquerto swindle
espacerto space out, to allow gaps or intervals between (transitive)
espagnoliserto render Spanish
espionnerto spy (to act as a spy)
espérerhope; hope for
esquicherto squeeze
esquinterto damage, ruin, or wear out, especially through use or misuse
esquisserto sketch; to draft, outline
esquiverto dodge (a blow), duck (transitive); to evade, elude (transitive); to sidestep, to strafe (transitive); to slip away (reflexive)
essaimerto swarm; to swarm (to go in a massive group) (figurative)
essangerto prewash; to scour
essarterto clear forest land of trees, bushes, etc.; to assart
essayertry; try on
essentialiserto consider from an essentialist perspective; to reduce a person or entity to a single dimension
essorerto dry out, to hang out to dry (e.g. washing), to spin-dry; wring, wring out
essorillercut off ears; shave very short; break ears
essoucherto uproot tree stumps from land (to render it cultivatable) (dated)
essoufflerto knock the wind out of, leave breathless (transitive); to become breathless (reflexive); to run out of steam, to tail off (figurative, reflexive)
essuyerto wipe, to wipe down; to soak up (figurative)
estamperto emboss; to stamp (mark by pressing quickly and heavily)
estampillerto stamp (mark with a stamp)
esterto appear (rare); to be (archaic)
esthétiserto make aesthetic; to give an aesthetic side to
estimerto estimate, to calculate roughly (transitive); to esteem, to hold in high regard (transitive); to give some thought to, to consider (transitive)
estiverto estivate
estomaquerto flabbergast, stupefy (reflexive, transitive)
estomperto blur (transitive); to blur (with a stump), to make indistinct, to dim (transitive); to become blurred (reflexive); to die down, to fade away (reflexive)
estoquerto impale
estourbirto stun or knock out (informal, transitive)
estrapaderTo strappado
estrapasserexhaust a horse through overlong exercise
estropiercripple, maim (transitive); (informal, particularly of pronunciation of unfamiliar languages and the like) to mangle; to distort, to deform, to twist (transitive)
estérifierto esterify (transitive)
ethniciserto give an ethnic character to; to interpret through ethnic belonging
euphoriserto make euphoric; to evoke euphoria
euphémiserto euphemize
européaniserto Europeanize
européiserto make European
eutrophiserto render eutrophic
exacerberto exacerbate, to worsen
exagérerto exaggerate; to go too far
exalterto elate, thrill (transitive); to be elated (reflexive)
examinerexamine; inspect; consider
exaspérerto exasperate (to frustrate)
exaucerto fulfil the wish of a prayer (transitive)
excaverto excavate
excellerto excel
excentrerto offset
excepterto exclude (not to count, to make an exception for) (transitive)
exciperto plea
exciserto excise
exciterto excite (to stir the emotions of)
exclureto exclude; to leave out
excommunierto excommunicate
excorierto excoriate
excréterto excrete
excursionnerto trip (take a trip) (dated)
excuserexcuse; forgive
excéderto exceed (in quantity) (transitive); to annoy, to anger (someone) (transitive)
exemplifierto exemplify
exempterto exempt
exercerto instruct, to command; to exercise; to practise, to do
exfiltrerto exfiltrate
exfolierto exfoliate, strip of leaves (transitive); to exfoliate (reflexive)
exhalerto exhale; to give off (e.g. an odor); to let out, let slip (e.g. a secret); to let out (e.g. of an instrument, to emit a sound)
exhausserto raise up, erect (a building) (transitive)
exhiberto exhibit; to show, show round, show off; to show off, flaunt, strut one's stuff (reflexive)
exhorterto exhort
exhumerto exhume
exhéréderto disinherit (transitive)
exigerto demand, require
exilerto exile, to banish (transitive); to go into exile (reflexive)
existentialiserexistentialize
existerexist; be real
exonderto unflood
exonérerto exonerate
exorciserto exorcise
expatrierto expatriate, deport (transitive); to emigrate (reflexive)
expectorerto expectorate
expertiserto appraise, value (transitive)
expierto expiate, to make amends for, atone for (transitive)
expirerto breathe out (transitive); to draw one's last breath, to pass away (intransitive); to expire, to run out (intransitive)
expliciterto clarify
expliquerexplain; account for
exploiterto exploit (transitive); to operate (transitive)
explorerto explore
exploserexplode; burst; increase suddenly
exporterto export
exposerto expose; to exhibit; to explain, make known
exprimerto express (transitive); to express oneself (reflexive)
exproprierto expropriate (transitive)
expulserto expel; to send off (transitive)
expurgerto expurgate
expédierto post, to send, to ship; to expedite; to deal with quickly, to get rid of
expérimenterto experiment (intransitive); to experience (transitive)
exsuderto exude
exterminerto exterminate
externaliserto outsource (transitive)
extirperto uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground); to remove, take out (e.g. an organ); to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic) (figurative); to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.)
extorquerto extort
extraderto extradite
extraireextract (to draw out); mine
extrapolerto extrapolate
extrapéritoniserto remove an organ or section from the peritoneum (med)
extraterritorialisergrant extraterritorial status
extravaguerto go, wander, extravagate
extravaserto extravasate
extravertirto exteriorize
extrémiserradicalize; perform last rites
exténuerto extenuate, weaken, exhaust
extérioriserto exteriorize; to show, express, display
exulcérerto exulcerate, chafe
exulterto exult, rejoice
exécrerto loathe
exécuterto execute; to carry out; to execute (to kill as punishment); to comply (reflexive); to perform (contract)
s’eczématiserbecome eczematous
s’efforcerto make efforts towards, to try hard to, to endeavour (reflexive)
s’embourberto get stuck in the mud (reflexive); to get bogged down (figurative, reflexive)
s’embourgeoiserto become bourgeois; to gentrify
s’empresserto hasten; to mass, to gather (literary, reflexive)
s’encastelermake a horse lame through contraction of the hoof
s’encoublerto trip, stumble; to trip over something (reflexive)
s’endimancherto dress up in one's Sunday best; to dress someone to look on their Sunday best (transitive)
s’enfuirrun away; flee; escape (s’enfuir)
s’engouerto become passionate or infatuated (figurative, intransitive, reflexive); to block the gullet when swallowing; to choke (obsolete)
s’enquérirto inquire (about = de)
s’enticherto become infatuated, besotted (de (“with”))
s’entraiderto help one another (reflexive)
s’entre-détruiredestroy each other
s’entre-dévorerto devour each other (reflexive)
s’entre-tuerto kill each other (reflexive)
s’entrebattreto fight each other
s’entregloserto interpret each other
s’entremettreto mediate (dated, reflexive)
s’envoilerto warp or become bent
s’envolerto take off, to take flight (reflexive); to blow away (reflexive); to fly (of time) (reflexive); to vanish, disappear, walk (to be stolen) (informal, reflexive)
s’esbaudirto make merry
s’esclafferto burst out in laughter
s’exclamerto exclaim, shout out
s’extasierto be in ecstasy (reflexive); to rave (reflexive)
s’ébattreto frolic (reflexive); to frolic away (rare, transitive)
s’écrierto exclaim; to yell, scream
s’écroulerto collapse
s’égosillerto shout oneself hoarse (reflexive)
s’énamourerto fall in love (reflexive)
s’époumonerto scream one's heart out; yell/wail/sing one's head off; bust one's lungs; shout at the top of one's lungs (reflexive)
s’époumonnershout at the top of one’s voice (s’époumonner, old spelling of s’époumoner)
s’éprendreto become enamoured with, fall in love with (literary, reflexive); to burn (obsolete, reflexive)
s’évaderto escape (from a building, situation etc.) (reflexive)
s’évertuerto strive
ébahirto astonish, to astound
ébarberto trim; to shave (remove excess)
ébaucherto sketch, rough out (a plan, picture); to draft (a piece of writing) (transitive); to start up (a conversation, friendship etc.) (transitive); to form, take shape (reflexive); to open up, start up (reflexive)
ébaudirto amuse, entertain, lighten up (obsolete)
éberluerto astonish, to wow
ébiselerto make a conical hole; to cut at an angle
éblouirto dazzle (figurative, transitive)
éborgnerto cause to lose an eye, take someone's eye out, have someone's eye out, gouge out an eye
ébouillanterto scald (to burn with hot fluid)
éboulerto crumble or crumple; to collapse
ébourgeonnerto remove superfluous buds from; debud
ébourifferto ruffle, mess up (someone's hair)
ébourrerto remove hair from an animal skin
ébouterto hew off the point (of something)
ébrancherto debranch (to remove the branches of a tree) (transitive)
ébranlerto shake, rattle (transitive); to weaken (health), disturb, unhinge (spirits) (transitive); to move off, set off (of vehicle) (reflexive)
ébraserto widen; to splay
ébrouerto snort (reflexive); to flap its wings (reflexive)
ébruiterto divulge, disclose, spread, let the word out, make public
ébrécherto chip; to dent
éburnifiergive an ivory-like texture or appearance to
écacherto flatten
écaillerto scale (a fish); to shuck (an oyster); to chip (paintwork); (of paint, varnish etc.) to chip, flake (off) (reflexive)
écalerto peel, to pare (nuts, shell, egg etc)
écarquillerto open wide, to goggle
écartelerto draw and quarter (to execute by pulling the victim's limbs in different directions; to pull a body apart by the four limbs) (transitive); to divide a shield into four parts
écarterto separate, move apart; to spread, open (fingers, legs etc); to draw (curtains); to dismiss, rule out, turn down
échafauderto put up scaffolding (intransitive); to devise, develop (a plan, theory) (transitive)
échalasserto furnish with stakes
échancrerto scallop (cut in the shape of a crescent) (transitive)
échangerexchange; swap; share views
échantillonnerto sample, take a sample (transitive)
échapperescape; elude; slip someone’s mind; slip out (s’échapper)
échardonnerremove thistles from fields; remove plant debris from wool
écharnerflesh a hide; remove remaining flesh from a skin
écharperto cut to pieces; to tear to pieces (transitive)
échauderto scald (transitive)
échaufferto overheat; to excite, incite (imagination etc.); to warm up (reflexive); to inflame (dated)
échelonnerto position (people, objects, etc.) at intervals (transitive); to space (something) out (transitive); to spread, stagger (payments, etc.) (transitive)
échenillerto clear vegetation of caterpillars; to rid of anything harmful, useless, or uglifying (figurative)
échevelerto ruffle; to agitate; to become unruly
échinerto break someone's back; to wear out, to tire; to break one's back (figurative, reflexive); to tire oneself out (reflexive)
échographierto obtain an image by ultrasound
échoirto befall, to happen by chance (intransitive); to become payable, to be due (intransitive)
écholocaliserlocate objects using reflected sound; echolocate
échopperto engrave; to censor; to strip
échouerfail; fall through; run aground
écimerto pollard, to prune a tree's top to improve the growth of its lower parts
éclabousserto splatter, to splash; to taint, to embroil, to fill with scandal (figurative); to shatter, to burst
éclaircirto brighten (up) (transitive); to thin (down); to clear up, solve, clarify (mystery, problem etc.)
éclairerto light up; to brighten; to shed light on; to enlighten (figurative); to scout
éclaterburst; shatter; break out; have a great time (s’éclater, informal)
éclipserto eclipse; to eclipse, to overshadow, to surpass (figurative); to slip away, to escape (reflexive)
éclisserto split (transitive)
écloperto cripple (rare)
écloreto hatch (for an egg); to bloom (for a flower); to hatch (to start, to begin existence) (figurative)
écluserto pass through a lock; to drink; to booze (informal)
écobuerclear land by burning vegetation and turf
écoeurerto nauseate (transitive); to disgust (transitive); to annoy
écologiserto green (make more ecologically-friendly)
éconduireto dismiss, to get rid of (someone); to refuse, to reject
économiserto economise (to conserve money)
écoperto bail out (transitive); to get, to be on the receiving end of (informal, intransitive)
écorcerto debark, to strip the bark from a tree
écorcherto skin (to remove the skin off); to graze (one's body) (reflexive); to mispronounce, butcher
écornerto remove the horns of; dehorn; to chip or dent (figurative); to dog-ear
écorniflerto cadge (transitive); to importune (transitive)
écosserto shell (e.g. a nut)
écoulerto sell off, to shift (transitive); to flow (reflexive); to disband, to scatter (reflexive); to pass, to elapse (reflexive)
écourterto shorten, curtail (make shorter e.g. by cutting); to shorten (become shorter) (reflexive); to dock, clip (cut the tail of e.g. a dog); to cut short, curtail (shorten the time of something)
écouterlisten to; pay attention to
écrabouillerto squash, crush (informal, transitive)
écrasercrush; squash; run over; mash
écrirewrite
écrivaillerto write much, quickly, and poorly
écrivasserwrite much without caring for form
écrouerto lock up, to imprison (transitive)
écrouirto harden metal by cold working; to densify and strengthen material via extrusion
écroûterpeel off crust; lightly till
écrémerto skim (milk)
écrêterto trim the crest; to notch the peak; to clip the top
écuissersplit a tree trunk lengthways
éculerto damage or remove the bottom of something; particularly the sole of a shoe
écumerto foam, foam up, froth, froth up (intransitive); to lather (as of a horse) (intransitive); to unfoam, remove foam from (transitive); to take the scum off (transitive)
écussonnergraft a bud onto a plant; remove scales from asparagus
édenterto remove teeth
édicterto promulgate or enact (transitive)
édifierto construct, erect, edify
éditerto publish; to edit (be the editor of); edit (to change a text, or a document)
éditorialiserto editorialize
édulcorerto sweeten (medicine) (transitive); to tone down, to sanitize, to bowdlerize (transitive)
éduquerto educate (transitive)
édéniserto transform into Eden
éfaufilerto pull threads from fabric
égaillerto disperse, scatter
égalerto equal (transitive); to equate to
égaliserto equalize, equalise; to even, to even out
égarerto misplace (transitive); to mislead, misinform (transitive); to lead astray (transitive); to get lost, go astray, to lose one's way; to wander (reflexive)
égayerto entertain (transitive); to brighten up (make appear more jolly) (transitive); to have fun, to enjoy oneself (reflexive)
églomiserdecorate glass from the reverse side with metal leaf
égorgerto slit the throat of; to rip out the throat of (transitive)
égoutterto drain (to remove the liquid from something)
égrainerto shell, pod (maize, peas, wheat etc.); to gin (cotton); to ripple (flax); to drop off the stalk or bunch (reflexive)
égrapperto pluck berries from the cluster
égratignerto graze, scratch; to offend (figurative)
égravillonnerremove excess soil from the roots of a tree being transplanted
égrenerto shell, pod (maize, peas, wheat etc.); to gin (cotton); to ripple (flax); to drop off the stalk or bunch (reflexive)
égriserto rub; to polish by friction; to abrade
égrugerto crush; to pulverize; to shatter
égueulerto deform the edge or opening
égyptianiserto Egyptianize
éjaculerto ejaculate
éjecterto eject (transitive)
élaborerto draw up, write up, make up, whip up, put together; to process farther, to produce, to develop, to metabolize; to elaborate, to work out
élaguerto prune (trim a tree or shrub)
élancerto dash forward, to throw oneself at (reflexive); to soar up (reflexive)
élargirto enlarge, to make larger
élaïdiserproduce trans fatty acids
électrifierto electrify
électriserto electrify (charge with electricity)
électrocuterto electrocute (transitive)
électrolyserto electrolyze (transitive)
électroniserto digitize; to enrich with electrons
électropolymériserelectrolytically polymerize
éleverraise; bring up; breed; increase
éliderto elide
élimerwear fabric out by friction; weaken a falcon by purging (falconry)
éliminereliminate; remove; rule out
élinguerto lash
élireto elect; to take up (residence)
éloignermove away; keep away; distance
élongerto stretch out; to lengthen
éluciderclarify, elucidate; solve, resolve
élucubrerto elucubrate (compose at night) (literary, transitive); to dream up (informal, transitive)
éluderto elude (avoid, with cunning)
élégantiserto make elegant
émacierto make someone emaciated, to emaciate someone (transitive); to become emaciated (reflexive)
émaillerto enamel; to mar, spoil, blemish (figurative)
émanciperto emancipate
émanerto emanate, to come (from); to radiate
émargerto initial (a document); to sign, sign in; to annotate, make marginal notes in; to draw one's salary
émasculerto emasculate (to deprive a male of the organs of reproduction) (transitive); to emasculate (to make weak, to deprive one of one's strength, to strip of one's original strength) (figurative, literary, transitive)
émergerto arrive at the top; to move upwards; emerge (to come into view); to wake up (informal)
émeriserwork with emery; abrade or polish with emery
émerveillerto fascinate, amaze (strike with admiration and marvel); to marvel (at)
émettreto emit (transitive); to state, to express (transitive); to issue (transitive)
émietterto crumble (make into crumbs); to eat away (at) (figurative); to crumble; to whittle away (reflexive)
émigrerto emigrate; to migrate
émincerto cut (meat etc) into thin slices (transitive)
émonderto prune (a tree etc.); to proofread (figurative); to blanch (to peel almonds, tomatoes etc. with heat)
émorfilerremove burrs
émotionnerto move
émotterto break up clods of earth
émoudreto sharpen on a grindstone
émousserto dull, blunt (to render blunt; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp); to dull (a feeling) (figurative)
émoustillerto exhilarate; to titillate
émouvoirto move emotionally; to touch
émulsifierto emulsify (rare)
émulsionnerto emulsify
éméchercut or clean a wick
émétiserto administer an emetic; to add an emetic
énerverannoy; get on someone’s nerves; get worked up (s’énerver)
énolisertransform into an enol
énoncerto enounce, lay out, declare (transitive); to explain (obsolete, reflexive)
énouerto remove the knots from, to unknot
énucléerto enucleate
énumérerto enumerate; count out; go through one by one
éoliserto change under the action of wind
épaissirto thicken, get/make thicker
épamprerto remove excess shoots and leaves from a vine
épancherto erupt, spit out, spurt out (transitive); to pour out (sound) (transitive); to give off (odour) (transitive); to reflect (visual effect) (transitive)
épandreto discharge, pour (archaic)
épannelerroughly hew a block of stone
épanouirto blossom; to bloom; to flower (reflexive); to reveal its qualities (reflexive); to thrive, flourish (figurative, reflexive)
épargnerto save (time, money etc.); to save, spare (someone from something)
éparpillerto scatter
épaterto amaze, to stagger (figurative, transitive); to deprive something of a paw or foot, or to damage/break its paw or foot so that it loses its support or normal function (dated, transitive); to flatten (dated, transitive); to knock down; to cause to sprawl on the ground (dated, transitive)
épaulerto give a hand, to help out (transitive)
épelerto spell
éperdreto lose one's way (literary, obsolete, reflexive)
éperonnerto spur (hit a horse with a spur) (transitive); to spur on (transitive); to ram (to use a ram to hit another ship) (transitive)
épeurerto frighten
épicerto spice, to add spice to
épierto spy on, keep an eye on, watch (transitive); to ear (intransitive); to watch for (dated, transitive)
épierrerto clear land of stones; to remove stones from ore
épigénisertransform a mineral by replacement (geology)
épilerto epilate
épiloguerto make long comments, often superfluous, sometimes malevolent; to blather on (intransitive); to criticize (someone or something) minutely and, often, pettily; to nitpick (dated, transitive)
épincelerto remove knots and impurities from fabric
épincerto chip; to trim
épinceterto sharpen; to prune; to clean
épinerto protect with spikes or spines (transitive)
épinglerto pin (fasten/attach with a pin); to catch (figurative)
épisserto splice; to join
épithélialiserto epithelialize (to cover with epithelial tissue) (transitive); to epithelialize (to cover itself with epithelial tissue) (reflexive)
épithétiserQualify with an epithet; characterize with an epithet
éplucherto peel (transitive); to scrutinise (figurative, transitive); to preen (reflexive)
épointerto blunt (transitive)
épongerto sponge (clean with a sponge); to absorb
épontillerto prop up; to brace
épouillerto delouse (transitive)
épousermarry someone; adopt a cause; follow the shape of
épousseterto dust
époustouflerto amaze, to stupefy, to flabbergast
épouvanterto terrify, horrify (transitive)
épreindreto squeeze out, draw out by pressing, to extract (archaic, rare)
éprouverto put to the test, test, try (transitive); to feel, experience (transitive); to experience, go through (transitive)
épucerto deflea (remove fleas from an animal)
épuiserto dry up (transitive); to squeeze out (transitive); to exhaust, to wear out (transitive)
épurerto purify (transitive); to expurgate (transitive); to get pure, become pure (reflexive); to refine
épépinerto deseed, to remove the pips from something
équarrirto square off (transitive); to quarter (cut an animal into four) (transitive)
équerrerto square off
équeuterto remove the stem from (a fruit); to stem, hull (a strawberry)
équilibrerto balance, make balanced, to equilibrize (transitive); to counterbalance (transitive)
équiperto supply; to equip
équivaloirto be equivalent (intransitive); to be equivalent, to be the same (rare, reflexive)
équivoquerto equivocate; to speak ambiguously
éradiquerto eradicate
éraflerto scratch, graze
éraillerto scratch, tear (transitive); to make (the voice) hoarse (transitive)
éreinterto wear out, to exhaust; to criticize strongly (figurative); to wear oneself out (reflexive)
érigerto erect (transitive)
éroderto erode
érotiserto eroticise/eroticize
éructerto belch or eructate (intransitive); to blurt out (figurative, transitive)
établerto stable (put in a stable)
établirto make out (a bill), to draw up (a document etc.); to establish, to set up (a business, government, camp, reputation etc.); to demonstrate, establish (a fact, responsibility); to set (a record)
étagerto layer, to set one above the other; to set in progressive installments
étalagerdisplay
étalerto spread, spread out (papers, objects, etc.; sur on or over) (transitive); to spread, smear (butter, etc.) (transitive); to spread, stagger (repayments) (transitive); to flaunt, show off (talents, money) (transitive)
étalinguerbend a cable onto an anchor; attach an anchor cable
étalonnerto calibrate
étamerto tin plate (metal, etc.) (transitive)
étamperto stamp; to punch; to beat
étancherto make watertight, to stop water from flowing (transitive); to quench (thirst) (transitive); to satiate, to quench, to assuage (figurative, transitive)
étanchéifierto waterproof (transitive)
étançonnerto prop up or shore up (transitive)
étarquerto haul up
étatifiergive a state or governmental character to
étatiserto nationalize (transitive)
étayerto prop up; to support; to support (especially of an abstract, e.g., an opinion, theory, claim, etc.) (figurative, literary)
éteindreswitch off; extinguish; put out
étendreto spread, to spread out, to lay out (reflexive, transitive); to stretch (the limbs) (transitive); to hang out (washing) (transitive); to extend, to enlarge, expand (reflexive, transitive)
éterniserto drag out, to prolong; to immortalize; to drag on (reflexive)
éternuerto sneeze (intransitive)
éthérifierto etherify
éthériserto etherize
étincelerto sparkle, twinkle; to spark (give off sparks) (archaic)
étiolerto etiolate (to render pale)
étiqueterlabel
étirerto stretch; to stretch (stretch one's muscles) (reflexive)
étofferto stuff (a pillow, food); to upholster; to fill out; to pad out; to flesh out (give something more substance)
étoilerto scatter or adorn with stars
étonnersurprise; astonish
étoufferto smother, to choke (reflexive); to stop, to inhibit, to prevent (figurative)
étouperto caulk (block using oakum or by extension another similar material)
étoupillerto equip artillery with priming charges
étourdirto daze, to stun; to tire, to wear out (informal)
étranglerto strangle; to choke (with laughter, etc.) (reflexive); to say in a voice strangled by emotion (reflexive)
étreindreto hug (embrace); to clutch, grip
étrennerto use/wear for the first time, to premiere; (of clothes) to break in; (figurative) to unveil, introduce (transitive); to be the guinea pig
étrillerto curry (a horse), to groom; to crush, to trounce; to critique, to reprimand (figurative)
étriperto gut, disembowel; to thrash (defeat convincingly)
étriquerto narrow
étronçonnerto cut off branches; debranch
étrécirto make narrow (archaic, transitive)
étrésillonnerbrace or support with struts
étudierstudy; examine; investigate
étuverto dry in a drying oven
étymologiserto etymologize
étêterto pollard, to trim the top of a tree; to cut off the top of any object
évacuerto evacuate (transitive)
évaluerto assess (transitive)
évangéliserto evangelise
évanouirto lose consciousness; to faint; to vanish or disappear without a trace, especially things
évaporerto evaporate; to vanish into thin air, to disappear
évaserto widen, open out or splay (transitive); to flare (transitive)
éveillerto stimulate; to kindle; to waken
éventerto fan (reflexive, transitive); to expose to the wind (transitive); to expose, to reveal (figurative, transitive); to go off, go stale, go flat (reflexive)
éventrerto gut, to disembowel; to rip apart, to tear open; to gore
éviderto hollow out, to scoop out
évincerto evict (expel); to depose; to knock out, eliminate, do away with, see off
éviscérerto eviscerate
éviteravoid; prevent; spare someone something
évoluerto evolve; to change, to develop; to play; to move (in a given area), to move about
évoquerto evoke (to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination); to mention
êtrebe; exist; be located