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eaux-et-forêts waters and forests, forestry service
ébéniste cabinetmaker, furniture maker
échevin alderman, municipal magistrate
école school
écrire to write
écrit written, document
écrivain scribe, writer
église church
elle she, her
elles they (f.)
émigrant(e) emigrant
émigré(e) emigrant
empêchement prevention
employé(e) clerk
en in
enceinte pregnant
encore again
endroit place
enfant baby, child
enfant exposé foundling
enfant trouvé foundling
enflement swelling
ensemble together
entend intends, hears
enterré(e) buried
enterrement burial, interment
entre between, among
environ about, approximately
épicier grocer, spice merchant
épousailles wedding
épouse bride, wife
époux bridegroom, husband
Espagnol(e) Spanish
est is, east
et and
étaient were
était was
étant (estant) being
état state
état civil civil registration
été been, summer
étranger foreign, foreigner, strange
être to be
[un être] [a being]
évéché diocese
évêque bishop
exécuté performed
expédié(s) sent
extérieur outside
extrait extract

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