distress
regular verbLouisiana Creole:péné, shagriné
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distrust
nounLouisiana Creole:méfyans
Synonyms:mistrust; fear
Antonyms:confidence; trust
Louisiana Creole:mefyans
disturb
regular verbLouisiana Creole:embarasé; embété; shakayé; déranjé; trakasé; jéné
Synonyms:trouble; cause trouble; annoy; bother
Antonyms:bless
“Li viní a lamézon dan laprémidi-la jish pou embété nouzòt.”
— He came to the house in the afternoon just to distrub us.
“Ça jèn pa mò.”
— That doesn't bother me.
“Yé embèt ti shyin-çála toujou apré louvraj.”
— They disturb the dog always after work.
disturbances
NounLouisiana Creole:uproar, racket; those who make such noisy sasakwa
ditch
nounLouisiana Creole:fosé; kanal
Synonyms:creek, stream
Antonyms:mound; hill; mountain
“fouyé fosé”
— dig ditches
“dégou; drin; ré; travèr”
— drainage ditch
“koulé, koup”
— small ditch
dive
regular verbLouisiana Creole:kalé en/dan; plonjé dan
Synonyms:enter; go in; plunge
Antonyms:exit; jump out
“Alon plonjé dan lapisinn.”
— Let's go dive into the pool.
“Li kalé enba dilo.”
— She dove under the water.
diver
nounLouisiana Creole:plonjèr
Synonyms:swimmer
“Li çé plonjèr. Çé ça li fé dan lavi.”
— He is a diver. That's what he does for a living.
diversity
NounLouisiana Creole:diværsité
divide
regular verbLouisiana Creole:divizé; pattajé; séparé
“partajé”
— divide into shares
“séparé/divizé”
— divide up
divorce
regular verbLouisiana Creole:divorsé, divors, divòs
Synonyms:separate, separation
Antonyms:marry, marriage, union
“Mo kwa yé va divorsé.”
— I believe that they're going to get a divorce.
“Zòt divòrs lunn é lòt?!”
— You're divorcing one another?!
divorced
adjectiveLouisiana Creole:divòsé; divorsé
Synonyms:separated
Antonyms:married
“Yé divorsé?”
— Are they divorced?
dizziness
adjectiveLouisiana Creole:tourdismen; tourmen latèt, tourmentèt; tourmentis
Synonyms:clarity
Antonyms:fuzziness
“Mo gin tourmen latèt, lá.”
— I've dizziness, right now.
Louisiana Creole:tourdisman
dizzy
adjectiveLouisiana Creole:sou, tourdi, tourmenté, tourmante
“Ç'apé renn mò sou.”
— That's making me dizzy!
“Mo un ti brin tourdi, lá.”
— I'm a little dizzy, there.