orange |
1. n-f. orange (fruit) | |
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. - He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it. | |
2. n-m. orange (color) | |
3. adj. orange | |
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. - The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange. | |
douce |
1. adj. feminine singular of doux | |
doux |
1. adj. sweet | |
2. adj. soft | |
3. adj. mild | |
4. adj. gentle (gradual rather than steep) | |
une pente douce - a gentle slope | |
5. adj. (of water) fresh, not salty | |
6. adv. gently | |
amère |
1. adj. feminine singular of amer | |
amer |
1. adj. bitter | |
2. adj. sour | |
sanguine |
1. n-f. (tincture) a tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey, which is mûre in French) | |
2. adj. feminine singular of sanguin | |
sanguin |
1. adj. (relational) blood | |
cellule sanguine - blood cell | |
groupe sanguin - blood type | |
vaisseau sanguin - blood vessel | |
2. adj. blood red | |
orange sanguine - blood orange | |
géranium sanguin - | |
jaspe sanguin - | |
3. adj. (figuratively) hotheaded | |