diététique, n.f., (med.) dietetics.
diététiste, n.m., (med.) dietetist.
diétine, n.f., local diet; cantonal convention, dietine.
dieu, n.m., God. — tout-puissant; Almighty God. Le — des armées; the Lord of Hosts. Le bon —; God Almighty; the host. Croire en —; to believe in God. Porter le bon — à un malade; to carry the host to a sick person. La Fête-Dieu; Corpus Christi-day. Un homme de —; a godly man. Un Hôtel-Dieu; (—s-—) a hospital. — vous bénisse; God bless you. S’il plaît à —, avec l’aide de —, — aidant; God willing, God helping. — le veuille, plût à —; God grant it, would to God. — m’en garde, — m’en préserve, à — ne plaise; God forbid. — merci, grâces à —; thank God. Bon —! mon —! good God! good heavens! dear me! goodness me! Jurer ses grands dieux; to swear by all that is sacred. Au nom de —; in God’s name. Pour l’amour de —; for God’s sake, out of charity, for charity’s sake. Les dieux du paganisme; the heathen gods. —! grand —! good God!
dieudonné, n.m., heaven-sent, heaven-born. À la grâce de —; In God’s name! As the Lord directs.
diffamant, -e, adj., defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
diffamat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., defamer, detractor, slanderer, libeler, calumniator.
diffamation, n.f., defamation, aspersion, calumny, slandering, libeling, traducing. — verbale; (jur.) slander.
diffamatoire, adj., defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
diffamer, v.a., to defame, to slander, to traduce.