Weird Word

1 : Brackish  : = saumâtre

Brackish water, also sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment having more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) with fresh water together.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackish_water 

wikipedia 


2 : limbo : = limbes

(In some Christian beliefs) the supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants, and of the just who died before Christ's coming.

https://www.google.com/search?q=limbo+definition&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA921CA921&oq=limbo+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j35i39j0i20i263i512j46i512j0i512j46i512j0i512l2j46i512j0i512.4523j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 

google definition 


3 : welts (on skin): zébrures sur la peau

a raised, red area of skin caused by being hit or by cuts healing

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fr/dictionnaire/anglais/welt

 cambridge dictionnary 


4 : dimness = obscurité

the state of being poorly illuminated

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/dimness#:~:text=the%20quality%20of%20being%20indistinct,a%20lack%20of%20visual%20brightness

vocabulary.com


5 : antebellum - ante bellum = avant guerre

existing before a war

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antebellum 

merriam-webster


6 : braced (himself) = s'est préparé

to get ready (as for an attack)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brace

merriam-webster 


7: homely (place) = endroit chaleureux

being something familiar with which a person is comfortable and at ease

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homely

merriam-webster


8 : bigotry = bigoterie 

 obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigotry

merriam-webster 


9 : denim = jean

a firm durable twilled usually cotton fabric woven with colored warp and white filling threads

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denim

merriam-webster


10 : incongruously = déniant de façon incongrue

lacking congruity

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incongruous

merriam-webster


11 : sicklelike = en forme de faucille

resembling or suggesting a sickle 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicklelike

merriam-webster 


12 : dengue (fever) = la fièvre de la dengue

 an acute infectious disease caused by a flavivirus (species Dengue virus of the genus Flavivirus), transmitted by aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dengue

merriam-webster


13 : prerogative = prérogative

an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prerogative

merriam-webster


14 : swellings = gonflements

 an abnormal bodily protuberance or localized enlargement

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swellings

merriam-webster


15 : diopulmonary = diopulmonaire

no definition


16 : laudanum = laudanum

any of various formerly used preparations of opium

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laudanum

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