=allégoriser= (al-lé-), _v.a._, to allegorize.
=allégoriseur= (al-lé-), _n.m._, allegorizer.
=allégoriste= (al-lé-), _n.m._, allegorist.
=allègre= (al-lègr), _adj._, brisk, nimble, sprightly, jolly, cheerful.
=allègrement=, _adv._, briskly, joyfully, merrily, joyously.
=allégresse=, _n.f._, mirth, cheerfulness, gladness, joy, gaiety,
sprightliness, alacrity, glee, joyfulness. _Cris d’—_; shouts of
gladness; huzzas.
=allégretto= (al-lé-grèt-to), _adv._ and _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) allegretto.
=allégro= (al-lé-), _adv._ and _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) allegro.
=alléguer= (al-lé-ghé), _v.a._, to allege; to quote, to bring in, to
cite, to plead, to produce, to advance, to urge.
=alléluia=, _n.m._, hallelujah; (bot.) wood-sorrel.
=allemand=, =-e= (-mān, -mānd), _adj._, German. _Une querelle d’—_; a
groundless quarrel.
=allemand=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, German.
=allemande=, _n.f._, allemande, a dance.
=aller=, _n.m._, going, course of time, run; (nav.) outward voyage. _— et
retour_; voyage out and in. _Billet d’— et retour_; return ticket. _Au
long —_; in the long run. _Avoir l’— pour le venir_; to lose one’s time
and trouble. _Au pis —_; at the worst. _C’est votre pis —_; it’s your
last shift.
=aller= (allant, allé), _v.n._, to go, to be going; to move, to be in
motion or movement; to depart, to repair, to resort; to reach, to come,
to lead, to end; to do; to be; to go forward, to go on; to succeed; to
amount; to act; to proceed; to go about; to tend, to aim; to arrive; to
lay; to stake; to play; to go to the water-closet; to work; to chance; to
fit, to become, to be matched; to sail. _— au marché_; to go to market.
_Allez en paix_; depart in peace. _Allez au diable_; go to the devil. _—
croissant_; to go on increasing. _La carte va à dix francs_; the bill
amounts to ten francs. _Faire —_; to make go, to set going. _— à pied_;
to go on foot. _— à cheval_; to go on horseback, to ride. _— en voiture_;
to ride in a carriage, to drive. _— au pas_; at a walking pace. _— au
trot_; to trot. _— au galop_; to gallop. _— au petit galop_; to canter.
_— son train_; to keep on, to take one’s own course. _— bon train_;
to go on at a good round pace, to get on well. _— à tâtons_; to grope
along. _— au devant de quelqu’un_, _à la rencontre de quelqu’un_; to go
and meet any one. _— çà et là_; to ramble, roam about. _Ne faire qu’—
et venir_; to do nothing but run backwards and forwards. _Je ne ferai
qu’— et venir_; I will not stay; I shall be back again directly. _Ma
montre ne va pas_; my watch does not go. _Va vite_; go quickly. _Allant
à_; (nav.) bound for. _Cela vous va_; that suits you. _Allons donc_;
come now; nonsense! _Allez_, _va_; be gone; be off. _Ils vont venir_;
they will come presently. _— se promener_; to go for a walk. _Allez
vous promener_; go about your business. _La rivière va serpentant_; the
river winds about. _— aux informations_, _aux renseignements_; to make
inquiries. _— aux voix_; to put to the vote. _— aux provisions_; to go
marketing. _Ce vase va au feu_; this jug stands the fire. _— de pair_;
to be equal. _— de pair à compagnon avec quelqu’un_; to be cheek by
jowl with any one. _Ce chemin va à l’église_; this way leads to church.
_La montagne va jusqu’aux nues_; the mountain reaches to the clouds. _—
de mal en pis_; to go from bad to worse. _Comment va la santé?_ how is
your health? _Comment cela va-t-il?_ how are you? _Sa santé va de mieux
en mieux_; his health is better and better. _Comment allez-vous?_ how
do you do? _Tout va bien_; all is well. _Cet homme ira loin_; that man
will distinguish himself. _Le feu ne va pas bien_; the fire does not
burn well. _Nos affaires vont mal_; our affairs are in a bad way. _Le
commerce ne va plus_; trade is at a standstill. _Cela ne va pas mal_;
things are in a fair way. _Votre habit vous va mal_; your coat doesn’t
fit you. _Ces deux couleurs-là vont bien ensemble_; those two colors are
well matched. _Il y va de bonne foi_; he acts sincerely. _Y — rondement_;
to act frankly, openly. _Tous mes désirs vont là_; all my wishes tend
that way. _C’est un adroit qui va à ses fins_; he is a cunning fellow,
he pushes his point. _— à la gloire_; to aim at glory. _Est-ce ainsi que
vous y allez?_ is this your way? _Tudieu! comme vous y allez_; egad! you
go on at a fine rate. _De combien allez-vous?_ how much do you stake?
_Va pour du vin!_ (fam.) well, let us have some wine. _Allons, mes amis,
courage_; come, my friends, cheer up, take courage. _Allez, n’avez-vous
point de honte?_ fie, are you not ashamed? _Allez, je veux m’employer
pour vous_; take heart, I’ll interest myself on your behalf. _Voyez où
j’en serais, si elle allait croire cela_; see what a plight I should
be in, if she should chance to believe that. _— toujours_; to keep on,
(b.s.) to rattle on, blunder on. _Allez toujours_; go it. _Se laisser
aller_; to yield, to give way, to abandon one’s self to a thing. _Se
laisser — à la tentation_; to yield to temptation. _Se laisser — à la
douleur_; to give one’s self up to grief. _Laisser —_; to release, to
let go. _Quand il devrait y — de tout mon bien_; though my whole fortune
were at stake. _Songez qu’il y va de votre honneur_; reflect that your
honor is at stake. _Il y allait de la vie_; it was a question of life or
death. _Quand il y irait de ma vie_; although my life were at stake. _Il
en va_, _il en ira_; it is, it will be. _Il en va de cette affaire-là
comme de l’autre_; it is with that affair as with the other. _Où va le
navire?_ (nav.) where are you bound to? _— son chemin_; to pursue one’s
course. _Il ira son chemin_; he will make his way. _Faire en — tout le
monde_; to drive everybody away. _Faire en — des taches_; to take out
stains. _Tous chemins vont à Rome_; more ways than one lead to Heaven.
_Cela va tout seul_; there is no difficulty in the thing, _or_ it is all
plain sailing. _Cela ne va pas_; it’s no go, I am not well. _Cela va sans
dire_; that goes without saying; of course. _Cela ira_; that will do; we
shall succeed. _Cela n’ira pas loin_; that will not last long. _Cela
n’ira pas plus loin_; it shall go no further. _N’y pas — de main morte_;
to go at it tooth and nail. _N’y pas — par quatre chemins_; not to beat
about the bush. _Qui va là?_ who goes there?
_s’en_ =aller=, _v.r._, to go away, to set out, to go out, to march off,
to depart, to take oneself off; to run, to scamper away; to retire; to
run out, to boil over, to dwindle away; to evaporate; to die, to wear
out; to sneak off. _Va-t’en_; _allez-vous-en_; go away; be off with
you! _Il faut que tout le monde s’en aille_; everybody must go away.
_Allons-nous-en_; let us go. _Ils s’en vont_; they are going away. _Mon
habit s’en va_; my coat is wearing out. _Il s’en va_; he is dying. _Je
m’en fus_; I went away. _Je m’en vais vous dire_; I’ll tell you what.
_Tout s’en est allé en fumée_; all came to nothing.
=alleu=, _n.m._, allodium. _Franc-—_ (_—s-—s_); a freehold.
=alliacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) alliaceous.
=alliage=, _n.m._, alloyage, alloy, mixture, union; (arith.) alligation.
_Sans —_; pure, without alloy, type-metal.
=alliaire=, _n.f._, hedge-garlic.
=alliance=, _n.f._, alliance, marriage, match; confederacy; union;
blending; wedding-ring; covenant.
=allié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, ally; relation (by marriage).
=allié=, =-e=, _part._, allied, related (by marriage); akin, kindred.
_Les rois alliés_; the confederate kings.
=allier=, _v.a._, to mix; to combine, to unite; to match, to marry; to
join, to unite, to ally, to reconcile. _— l’or avec l’argent_; to alloy
gold with silver.
_s’_=allier=, _v.r._, to be incorporated or mixed; to match, to enter
into an alliance; to unite; to suit; to combine (of metals).
=allier=, _n.m._, partridge-net.
☉=alliez=, _n.m._, (bot.) tare. _V._ =ivraie=.
=alligator=, _n.m._, the American crocodile, alligator.
=allitération= (al-li-), _n.f._, alliteration.
=allobroge= (al-lo-), _n.m._, clown, lout, boor.
=allocation= (al-lo-), _n.f._, allocation, allowance; (mil. admin.)
entry, item, supply.
=allocution= (al-lo-), _n.f._, allocution, address, speech, harangue.
=allodial=, =-e= (al-lo-), _adj._, allodial. _Terres —es_; freehold
lands, freeholds.
=allodialité= (al-lo-), _n.f._, free-tenure.
=allonge=, _n.f._, a piece of stuff to eke out anything; leaf (of a
table); rider (of a bill); (nav.) futtock.
=allongé=, =-e=, _part._, lengthened, elongated, outstretched.
=allongement= (-mān), _n.m._, lengthening, stretching out, elongation,
delaying.
=allonger=, _v.a._, to lengthen, to elongate, to piece, to eke out; to
stretch out; to wire-draw; to delay, to protract; (fenc.) to allonge, to
fetch, to deal, to strike (a blow).
_s’_=allonger=, _v.r._, to stretch out, to lengthen, to grow longer, to
stretch, to lie at full length.
=allouable=, _adj._, allowable, permissible.
=allouer=, _v.a._, to allow, to grant, to fix.
=alluchon=, _n.m._, cog, catch, tooth (of a wheel).
=allumer=, _v.a._, to light, to kindle, to set in a flame or on fire, to
inflame, to incite, excite, stir up. _— le feu_; to kindle the fire. _—
une chandelle_; to light a candle. _— la guerre_; to kindle war.
_s’_=allumer=, _v.r._, to be lighted, to light, to kindle, to catch or
take fire, to be inflamed, to blaze; to brighten up, to sparkle, to
glare; to flare up, to break out. _Ce bois a bien de la peine à s’—_;
this wood won’t kindle.
=allumette=, _n.f._, match; fusee; spill. _— chimique_; lucifer-match. _—
en copeau_; spill, pipe-light.
=allumeur=, _n.m._, lighter, lamp-lighter; (at auctions) puffer.
=allure=, _n.f._, gait, pace, way of walking; conduct, behavior,
demeanor, carriage, way of proceeding; turn; (nav.) trim, appearance (of
a vessel); _pl._, intrigues. _Je le connais à son —_; I know him by his
gait. _Je connais les —s de cet homme_; I know that man’s way of dealing.
=allusion= (al-lu-), _n.f._, allusion, hint, innuendo. _Faire — à quelque
chose_; to allude to something. _Faire une — peu voilée_; to give a broad
hint.
=alluvial=, =-e=, _adj._, alluvious.
=alluvien=, =-ne=, (-in, -è-n), _adj._ _V._ =alluvial=.
=alluvion= (al-lu-), _n.f._, alluvion. _D’—_; alluvial.
=almageste=, _n.m._, almagest.
=almanach= (-nā), _n.m._, almanac, calendar. _— du commerce_; commercial
directory. _— d’adresse_ or _des adresses_; post office directory.
=aloès= (-èss), _n.m._, aloe; aloes.
=aloétique=, _adj._, aloetical.
=aloi=, _n.m._, alloy, standard; quality (of persons). _Argent de bon —_;
good money. _Homme de bas —_; man of mean birth. _Sans —_; without alloy.
_Noblesse de bon —_; true blue-blood.
☉=aloïque=, _adj._, aloetic.
=alonge=, &c. _V._ =allonge=, &c.
=alopécie=, _n.f._, (med.) alopecy, fox-evil.
=alors=, _adv._, then, at that time, in that case, in such a case. _D’—_;
of that time. _— même que_; even when. _— comme —_; we shall know what to
do, all in good time.
=alose=, _n.f._, (ich.) shad, alose.
=alosier=, _n.f._, =alosière=, _n.f._, shad-net.
=alouchier=, _n.m._, (bot.) white beam tree.
=alouette=, _n.f._, (orni.) lark. _— huppée_; tufted lark. _— des
champs_; sky-lark. _— lulu_; wood-lark. _Il attend que les —s lui tombent
toutes rôties dans le bec_; he expects a fortune to drop into his mouth.
_Pied d’—_; (bot.) lark’s-heel, larkspur.
=alourdir=, _v.a._, to make dull, heavy, stupid. _Je suis tout alourdi_;
my head is quite heavy.
_s’_=alourdir=, _v.r._, to grow dull, heavy.
=alourdissement=, _n.m._, heaviness, dullness.
=aloyage=, _n.m._, alloyage, mixture, pewterer’s alloy.
=aloyau=, _n.m._, sirloin or ribs of beef.
=aloyer=, _v.a._, to alloy gold and silver.
=alpaca=, _n.m._, alpaca, llama.
=alpaga=, _n.m._, alpaca (stuff).
=alpestre=, _adj._, alpine.
=alpha=, _n.m._, beginning, alpha.
=alphabet=, _n.m._, alphabet.
=alphabétique=, _adj._, alphabetical. _Par ordre —_; alphabetically.
_Répertoire —_; alphabetical index.
=alphabétiquement= (-mān), _adv._, alphabetically.
=alpin=, =-e=, _adj._, alpine.
=alpiniste=, _n.m._, Alpine climber.
=alpiou=, _n.m._ _Faire un —_; to stake double.
=alpiste=, _n.m._, (bot.) canary-grass, phalaris.
=alsacien=, _n.m._, =alsacienne=, _n.f._, Alsatian, inhabitant of Alsace.
_— Lorrain_, native of Alsace-Lorraine, now Elsass-Lothringen.
=alsine=, _n.f._ _V._ =morgeline=.
=altaïque=, _adj._, altaic, altaian.
=altavelle=, _n.f._, (pisc.) sting-ray, fire-flaire.
=alte=, _n.f._ _V._ =halte=.
=altérable=, _adj._, corruptible, alterable, adulterable.
=altérable=, _n.s._, (med.) alterative.
=altérant=, _n.m._, (med.) alterative.
=altérant=, =-e=, _adj._, that causes thirst; (med.) alterative.
=altérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) alterative.
=altération=, _n.f._, deterioration, corruption; adulteration, debasing;
weakening, impairing, alteration, misrepresentation; excessive thirst.
_L’— de sa voix_; the faltering of his voice. _Tous les excès causent de
l’— dans la santé_; all excesses impair health.
=altercas=, _n.m._ _V._ =altercation=.
=altercation=, _n.f._, altercation, contest, wrangle, dispute.
=altéré=, =-e=, _part._, altered, adulterated; thirsty, dry. _— de
gloire_; greedy of glory. _— de sang_; bloodthirsty, craving for blood.
=alter ego=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) alter ego. _C’est mon —_; he is my other,
second, self.
=altérer=, _v.a._, to alter, to change, to impair; to adulterate, to
weaken; to mis-state, to distort, to pervert; to debase; to cause
thirst; to disturb, to trouble; to discompose. _Le soleil altère les
couleurs_; the sun makes colors fade. _— la viande_; to taint meat. _— le
caractère_; to spoil the temper. _— l’amitié_; to weaken friendship. _—
la monnaie_; to debase coin. _Cette sauce aux anchois m’a fort altéré_;
that anchovy sauce has made me very dry, thirsty.
_s’_=altérer=, _v.r._, to be impaired or altered, to degenerate; to
taint, to spoil, to falter, to tremble (of the voice). _Le vin s’altère à
l’air_; wine spoils when exposed to the air. _Sa santé commence à s’—_;
his health is beginning to be impaired.
=altérer=, _v.n._, to excite thirst, make thirsty.
=alternance=, _n.f._, alternation, succession.
=alternat=, _n.m._, alternateness; alternacy, rotation of crops.
=alternati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, alternate, alternative.
=alternative=, _n.f._, alternative, choice, option. _Je vous donne l’—_;
I give you your choice.
=alternativement= (-mān), _adv._, alternately, by turns.
=alterne=, _adj._, alternate, reciprocal.
=alterné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) alternate (quarters).
=alterner=, _v.n._, to alternate, to succeed each other alternately, to
take in turns, to fill by turns, to produce a rotation of crops.
=alterquer=, _v.n._, to altercate, to dispute.
=altesse=, _n.f._, highness. _Son — royale_; his, her, royal highness.
=althæa=, _n.m._, (bot.) marsh-mallow.
=alti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, haughty, proud, arrogant, lordly, lofty,
elate, stately. _Mine altière_; haughty look.
=altimètre=, _n.m._, altimeter. _V._ =hypsomètre=.
=altitude=, _n.f._, altitude.
=alto=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) tenor violin, alto.
=altruisme=, _n.m._, altruism, altruist.
=altruist=, =-e=, _adj._, altruistic.
=alude=, _n.f._, colored sheep-skin, basil.
=aludel=, _n.m._, (chem.) aludel, earthen subliming pot.
=alumelle=, _n.f._, long and thin knife or sword-blade; (nav.)
handspike-hole; sheathing.
=alumine=, _n.f._, alumina.
=aluminé=, =-e=, _adj._, alumish.
=aluminer=, _v.a._, to mix with alum.
=alumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, aluminous.
=aluminière=. _V._ =alunière=.
=aluminium=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), aluminum, aluminium.
=alun=, _n.m._, alum.
=alunage=, _n.m._, (dye.) steeping in alum.
=alunation=, _n.f._, (chem.) alum-making.
=aluner=, _v.a._, to steep in alum-water.
=alunière=, _n.f._, alum-pit, alum works.
=alvéolaire=, _adj._, alveolar.
=alvéole=, _n.m._, alveolus, cell (in a honey-comb), socket (of a tooth).
=alvin=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) alvine.
=alysson=, _n.m._, =alysse=, _n.f._, madwort, gold-dust.
=amabilité=, _n.f._, loveliness; kindness; amiableness, amiability.
=amadis=, _n.m._, tight sleeve.
=amadou=, _n.m._, German tinder; touch-wood, match-wood; pyrotechnical
sponge.
=amadouer=, _v.a._, to coax, to wheedle, to cajole, to flatter, to gain
over.
=amadoueur=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, tinder-maker; (fig.) coaxer, wheedler.
=amadouvier=, _n.m._, agaric, touch-wood.
=amaigrir=, _v.a._, to make lean, meagre, or thin, to emaciate, to
reduce, to lessen; (arch.) to thin. _C’est cela qui l’amaigrit_; it is
that which makes him grow thin.
=amaigrir=, _v.n._, to fall away, to grow lean or thin; (arch.) to shrink.
_s’_=amaigrir=, _v.r._, to grow thin, to fall away.
=amaigrissement= (-gris-mān), _n.m._, emaciation; wasting away, falling
away, growing thin, leanness.
=amalgamation=, _n.f._, amalgamation.
=amalgame=, _n.m._, amalgam; medley, mixture, amalgamation.
=amalgamer=, _v.a._, to amalgamate, to combine, to blend.
_s’_=amalgamer=, _v.r._, to amalgamate; to blend together.
=amande=, _n.f._, almond, kernel; nucleus. _— amère_, _douce_; bitter,
sweet, almond. _—s lissées_; sugar-plums. _—s à la praline_; burnt
almonds. _— d’amazone_; Brazil-nut. _Huile d’—s douces_; oil of sweet
almonds. _— de terre_; rush-nut.
=amandé=, _n.m._, amygdalate; milk of almonds.
=amandier=, _n.m._, almond-tree.
=amant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, lover, wooer, suitor; sweetheart,
mistress; votary, spark, gallant, paramour. _— de cœur_; favorite,
preferred lover.
=amarante=, _n.f._, amaranth, purple flower-gentle, cock’s-comb, prince’s
feather.
=amarante=, _adj._, amaranthine, amaranth-colored.
=amareilleur=, _n.m._, oyster-bed keeper.
=amarinage=, _n.m._, manning (a prize).
=amariner=, _v.a._, to man (a prize); to inure to sea.
=amarrage=, _n.m._, (nav.) anchorage; mooring, lashing, seizure. _Ligne
d’—_; lasher.
=amarre=, _n.f._, (nav.) cable, rope, hawser. _— de fond_; ground tackle.
=amarrer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to moor, to belay, to make fast, to lash, to
tie, to seize.
=amaryllis= (-ril-lis), _n.f._, amaryllis, lily-asphodel.
=amas=, _n.m._, mass, heap, pile, collection, hoard, store, accumulation,
cluster; congeries. _Un — de peuple_; a great mob. _— de sable_; heap of
sand.
=amasser=, _v.a._, to heap up, to hoard up, to lay up, to treasure up, to
gather up, to get together, to accumulate, to rake together; to assemble,
to congregate, to put together, to cluster. _— de l’argent_; to hoard up
money.
_s’_=amasser=, _v.r._, to gather, to get together, to accumulate, to be
collected, to crowd, to assemble.
=amassette=, _n.f._, a small palette-knife.
=amatelotage= (-mat-lo-), _n.m._, (nav.) messmating.
=amateloter= (-mat-lo-), _v.a._, (nav.) to class (the crew).
=amateur=, _n.m._, lover, admirer; amateur, virtuoso. _— des beaux-arts_;
lover of the fine arts. _— de la nouveauté_; fond of novelty.
=amati=, _n.m._, an Amati violin.
=amatir=, _v.a._, (gold) to deaden; (coin.) to blanch the planchets.
=amaurose=, _n.f._, (med.) amaurosis.
=amazone=, _n.f._, amazon, lady on horseback. _Habit d’—_; riding-habit.
=ambages=, _n.f.pl._, ambages, idle circumlocution.
=ambassade=, _n.f._, embassy, embassade; ambassador’s house.
=ambassadeur=, _n.m._, ambassador; messenger, envoy.
=ambassadrice=, _n.f._, ambassadress.
=ambe=, _n.m._, series of two numbers.
=ambesas= (anb-zâs), _n.m._, ambs-ace, two aces.
=ambi=, _n.m._, (surg.) ambe, ambi.
=ambiant=, =-e=, _adj._, ambient, surrounding.
=ambidextérité=, _n.f._, double dealing; ambidexterity.
=ambidextre=, _adj._, ambidextrous, ambidexter.
=ambigu=, _n.m._, collation (with everything served up together); (fig.)
medley, olio, compound.
=ambigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, ambiguous, equivocal.
=ambiguïté=, _n.f._, ambiguity. _Parler sans —_; to speak plainly.
=ambigument=, _adv._, ambiguously.
=ambitieusement= (-mān), _adv._, ambitiously.
=ambitieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ambitious, aspiring.
=ambition=, _n.f._, ambition.
=ambitionner=, _v.a._, to desire earnestly, to be ambitions of, to aspire
to, to seek after.
=amble=, _n.m._, amble, canter. _Aller l’—_; to amble. _Être franc d’—_;
to amble freely. _Ce cheval a l’— doux_; that horse has an easy amble.
=ambler=, _v.n._, to amble, to canter.
=amblyope=, _n.m.f._, weak-sighted person; _n.m._, (pisc.) blind-fish.
=ambon=, _n.m._, ambo, rood-loft.
=ambre=, _n.m._, amber. _— gris_; ambergris. _Il est fin comme l’—_; he
is a shrewd fellow.
=ambré=, =-e=, _adj._, amber-colored.
=ambrer=, _v.a._, to perfume with amber.
=ambrette=, _n.f._, amber-seed, musk-seed.
=ambroisie=, _n.f._, ambrosia. _D’—_; ambrosial, fragrant, delicious.
=ambrosien=, =-ne= (-in, -ène), _adj._, pertaining to St. Ambrose;
Ambrosian.
=ambulance=, _n.f._, field-hospital, ambulance. _Chirurgien d’—_;
field-surgeon. _En —_; (of vendors) itinerant.
=ambulant=, =-e=, _adj._, ambulatory, ambulant; itinerant, strolling.
_Marchand —_; itinerant dealer. _Comédiens —s_; strolling players.
_Erésipèle —_; flying erysipelas. _Mener une vie —e_; to stroll about, to
be upon the tramp.
=ambulatoire=, _adj._, ambulatory, movable, itinerant.
=âme=, _n.f._, soul; mind; genius; conscience; essence; ghost, spirit;
feeling, sentiment; person, people; motto; bore (of a gun); small wood
(in faggots); (of bellows) clapper; (sculp.) a rough figure of clay; the
model made use of to form a mold; (mus.) sounding-post. _Les facultés
de l’—_; the faculties of the mind. _Grandeur d’—_; magnanimity. _Du
fond de l’—_; from the depths of the soul. _Dieu veuille avoir son —_;
God rest his soul. _Avoir la mort dans l’—_; to be grieved to death.
_Il n’y a pas — qui vive ici_; there is not a living creature here. _Je
le veux de toute mon —_; I wish it with all my soul. _Les bonnes —_;
(iron.) good-natured souls. _Sans —_; spiritless. _La vérité est l’—
de l’histoire_; truth is the life of history. _La bonne foi est l’—
du commerce_; honesty is the very soul of trade. _Il n’y a point d’—
dans sa déclamation_; his delivery is spiritless. _Il est l’— damnée du
ministre_; he is the minister’s tool. _Rendre l’—_; to give up the ghost.
_Il a l’— bourrelée_; his conscience wracks him. _Cet homme n’a point
d’—_; that man has no soul. _Il n’y a pas d’— dans ce tableau_; there is
no life in this picture.
=amélioration=, _n.f._, amelioration, improvement, mending. _Susceptible
d’—_; improvable.
=améliorer=, _v.a._, to ameliorate, to improve, to meliorate, to better,
to cultivate, to mend.
_s’_=améliorer=, _v.r._, to mend, to improve.
=amen= (amè-n), _n.m._, amen.
=aménagement= (-naj-mān), _n.m._, management of a forest, arrangement,
fitting up; disposition (of a house).
=aménager=, _v.a._, to regulate the felling, replanting, and preserving
of a wood or forest, to dispose, arrange, lay out. _— un arbre_; to cut
up a tree.
=amendable=, _adj._, improvable, mendable.
=amende=, _n.f._, fine, penalty, forfeit, compensation, reparation.
_Mettre_ or _condamner à l’—_; to fine. _Faire — honorable_; to make
amends, to apologize.
=amendé=, =-e=, _part._, amended, mended, reclaimed.
=amendement= (-mān), _n.m._, amendment, mending, bettering, improvement.
_— d’une terre_; improvement, manuring of a piece of ground. _La loi a
passé sans —_; the bill passed without amendment.
=amender=, _v.a._, to amend, to better, to correct, to improve, to
manure.
=amender=, _v.n._, to grow better, to improve.
_s’_=amender=, _v.r._, to amend, to grow better, to reform; to mend.
=amener=, _v.a._, to bring; to bring in, to bring up, to bring over,
to bring about, to bring round, to bring on; to lead; to fetch, to
introduce; to prevail upon, to induce; to throw (of dice); (nav.) to haul
down, lower, strike. _Je l’ai amené où je voulais_; I brought him to do
what I wanted. _Il a amené cette affaire à bien_; he has ended the matter
satisfactorily. _— des maladies_; to bring on diseases. _— des modes_;
to bring in fashions. _— quelqu’un à faire une chose_; to induce any one
to do a thing. _— son pavillon_; to lower, to strike one’s flag. _Cette
remarque est bien amenée_; _i.e._ cleverly introduced, well to the point.
_N’amenez jamais la conversation sur la politique_; never introduce
politics into conversation.
=aménité=, _n.f._, amenity, pleasantness, grace.
=amentacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) amentaceous plants.
=amenuiser=, _v.a._, to make thin, to make smaller; to lessen.
=am-er= (amè-r), =-ère=, _adj._, bitter, sad, painful, grievous; harsh,
biting, galling, briny. _Principe —_; (chem.) bitter principle. _Rendre
—_; to embitter. _Cela est d’un goût —_; that has a bitter taste. _Avoir
la bouche amère_; to have a bitter taste in the mouth. _Des plaintes
amères_; bitter complaints. _Une raillerie amère_; cutting raillery.
=amer= (amè-r), _n.m._, bitterness, gall (of some animals and fish).
_—s_; (med.) bitters; (nav.) seamarks, landmarks.
=amèrement= (-mān), _adv._, bitterly, grievously.
=américain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, American.
=américain=, =-e=, _adj._, American.
=américaine=, _n.f._, (print.) script.
=amertume=, _n.f._, bitterness, acerbity; grief, sorrow; gall, venom.
=améthyste=, _n.f._, amethyst.
=améthyste=, _n.m._, humming-bird.
=améthystin=, =-e=, _adj._, amethystine.
=ameublement=, _n.m._, furniture, household goods, set of furniture.
=ameublir=, _v.a._, (agri.) to make lighter, to mellow; (law) to make
movable.
=ameublissement= (-mān), _n.m._, (agri.) dressing, mellowing; (law) lien
upon land.
=ameulonner=, _v.a._, to stack hay, corn, &c.
=ameuter=, _v.a._, to train dogs to hunt together; to stir up, gather,
rouse, excite.
_s’_=ameuter=, _v.r._, to gather in a mob, to crowd, to riot; to mutiny,
to rebel.
=ami=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, friend. _Bon —_, _véritable —_; good, true
friend. _— de table_; table companion. _Bonne —e_; sweetheart. _C’est un
de mes vieux —s_; he is an old pal, chum of mine. _Traiter quelqu’un en
—_; to use one like a friend. _Être — de_; to be the companion of, to be
partial to. _Les bons comptes font les bons —s_; short reckonings make
long friends. _M’—e_ (for _mon amie_); my dear, my love, darling. _Mon
—!_ my dear! _Chambre d’—_; spare room. _Ami de cour_; false friend. _—
en voie_; a friend at court.
=ami=, =-e=, _adj._, friendly; kind, fond of; (paint.) friendly,
favorite, propitious. _— lecteur_, kind reader.
=amiable=, _adj._, amiable, kind, friendly, courteous, amicable.
_à l’_=amiable=, _adv._, amicably, by private contract (of sales).
_Terminer un différend à l’—_; to settle a quarrel amicably. _Vente à
l’—_; sale by private contract.
=amiablement=, _adv._, amicably, in a friendly manner.
=amiante=, _n.m._, amianthus, mountain-flax, earth-flax.
=amical=, =-e=, _adj._, amicable, friendly, kind.
=amicalement= (-mān), _adv._, amicably, kindly, in a friendly manner.
=amict= (a-mi), _n.m._, amice.
=amidon=, _n.m._, starch; fecula.
=amidonner=, _v.a._, to starch.
=amidonnerie= (-do-n-rî), _n.f._, starch manufactory, starch-works.
=amidonnier=, _n.m._, starch-maker.
☉=amigdale=, _n.f._ _V._ =amygdale=.
=amincir=, _v.a._, to make thinner, smaller; to lessen, to edge off, to
attenuate.
_s’_=amincir=, _v.r._, to become thinner, to make one’s self thin.
=amincissement= (-mān), _n.m._, thinning, thinness.
=amiral=, _n.m._, admiral. _Vaisseau —_; flag-ship; (conch.) admiral.
_Grand —_; high-admiral. _Vice —_; vice-admiral. _Contre —_; rear-admiral.
=amiralat=, _n.m._, admiralship.
=amirale=, _n.f._, admiral’s wife.
=amirauté=, _n.f._, admiralship; admiralty.
=amitié=, _n.f._, friendship, amity; affection, good-will; favor,
kindness; pleasure; interest; _pl._, kind regards, compliments,
attentions. _Se lier d’— avec_; to become intimate with. _Être sur un
pied d’— avec_; to be on friendly terms with. _Faites-moi l’— de lui
en parler_; do me the kindness to mention it to him. _Par —_; out of
friendship. _Prendre quelqu’un en —_; to take a liking to any one. _L’—
des couleurs_; the perfect blending of colors. _Il m’a fait des —s_; he
showed me much attention. _Faites-lui mes —s_; remember me kindly to him.
_Mes —s à tout le monde_; love to all.
=amman=, _n.m._, amman, a judge who has cognizance of civil causes, in
Switzerland.
=ammi=, _n.m._, (bot.) bishop’s-wort.
=ammon=, _n.m._, ammonite. _Corne d’—_, _n.f._, sermon-stone.
=ammonia-c=, =-que=, _adj._, ammoniac. _Sel —_; sal ammoniac. _Gomme
—que_; gum ammoniac. _Gaz —_; ammoniacal gas.
=ammoniacal=, _adj._, ammoniacal.
=ammoniaque=, _n.m.f._, ammonia.
=ammonite=, _n.f._, (foss.) serpent-stone.
=amnios=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (anat.) amnion, amnios.
=amnistie= (am-nis-tî), _n.f._, amnesty, pardon.
=amnistié= (am-nis-tîé), _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person pardoned by amnesty.
=amnistier= (am-nis-tié), _v.a._, to pardon by amnesty.
=amodiataire=, _n.m._, lessor (of a farm).
=amodiateur=, _n.m._, tenant of land, lessee, farmer.
=amodiation=, _n.f._, leasing, letting out to farm.
=amodier=, _v.a._, to farm out an estate; to rent an estate.
=amoindrir=, _v.a._, to lessen, to decrease, diminish.
=amoindrir=, _v.n._, to lessen, to grow less, to decrease.
_s’_=amoindrir=, _v.r._, to lessen, to grow less.
=amoindrissement= (-mān), _n.m._, lessening, decrease, abating,
diminution.
=amollir=, _v.a._, to mollify, to soften, to mellow; to enervate, to
effeminate, to unman.
_s’_=amollir=, _v.r._, to soften, to grow tender, to grow soft; to grow
effeminate or weak.
=amollissant=, =-e=, _adj._, enervating, effeminating, softening.
=amollissement= (-mān), _n.m._, softening, flagging, enervation,
abatement.
=amome=, _n.m._, amomum. _— à grappes_; cardamom-tree.
=amonceler=, _v.a._, to heap up, to lay in a heap, to fill up, to pile
up, to drift.
_s’_=amonceler=, _v.r._, to gather; to be filled up; to accumulate, to
drift. _Les nuages s’amoncellent_; the clouds are gathering.
=amoncellement= (-sel-mān), _n.m._, heaping up, accumulation.
=amont=, _adv._, up the river, up stream; above the town. _Vent d’—_;
(nav.) easterly wind. _Aller en —_; to go up. _En — du pont_; above
bridge.
=amorce=, _n.f._, bait; priming; (percussion) cap; tinder, train;
allurement, attraction, enticement, decoy, charm, electro-plating bath.
_Douce —_, _dangereuse —_; sweet, dangerous attraction. _Trompeuses —s_;
deceitful allurements. _Sans brûler une —_; without firing a shot.
=amorcer=, _v.a._, to bait; to prime, to cap (small arms); to allure, to
entice, to decoy, to draw in. _— un hameçon_; to bait a hook. _— une arme
à feu_; to prime a gun.
=amorçoir=, _n.m._, wimble, auger. _V._ =ébauchoir=.
=amoroso=, _adv._, (mus.) amoroso.
=amorphe=, _adj._, amorphous.
=amorphie=, _n.f._, amorphy.
=amortir=, _v.a._, to deaden, allay, moderate; to weaken; to break (a
fall); (fin.) to sink; to redeem (land, stock); to pay off; to cool
(passions); (jur.) to amortize; (paint.) to flatten; to buy up. _— un
coup_, _le bruit_; to deaden a blow, the sound. _— une pension_; to redeem
a pension. _— des dettes_; to pay off debts. _— la fièvre_; to reduce the
fever.
=amortir=, _v.n._, (nav.) to be neaped, to be dry.
_s’_=amortir=, _v.r._, to be broken, deadened; to slacken; to be paid
off; to be bought up; to grow weak.
=amortissable=, _adj._, (fin.) redeemable.
=amortissement= (-mān), _n.m._, redeeming, buying up; liquidation;
sinking; deadening, abatement, redemption; amortization; (arch.) the
uppermost part of a building, top, pediment, finishing; (nav.) lying
aground. _Caisse d’—_; sinking-fund office. _Fonds d’—_; sinking-fund
(capital).
=amour=, _n.m._, love, lovingness, passion, flame. _L’Amour_; (myth.)
Eros; Cupid. _Beau comme l’Amour_; a very Adonis. _Lacs d’—_; love-knot.
_Avec —_; lovingly, carefully. _Se marier par —_; to marry for love.
_Mourir d’—_; to be lovesick. _Avoir de l’— pour_; to be in love
with. _En —_; (of animais) in heat. _Filer le parfait —_; to play the
sentimental lover. _Faire l’—_; to court, to make love to. _Pour l’—
de Dieu_; for God’s sake. _Je voudrais pour l’— de vous que cela fût_;
I wish it were so for your sake. _C’est un vrai remède d’—_; she is a
perfect fright. _La terre est en —_; the land is ripe for vegetation.
_Cette montre est un véritable —_; that is a love of a watch. _Quel —
d’enfant!_ what a love of a child! _— propre_, self-love, self-respect,
conceit, vanity.
=amours=, _n.f.pl._, one’s love, flame, amours; delight. _Ses premières
—_; his first love. _Les —_; (myth.) the Loves. _De folles —_; foolish
love. _Les tableaux sont ses —_; pictures are his delight. _Froides
mains, chaudes —_; cold hand, warm heart.
=amouraché=, =-e=, _part._, (fam.) smitten, in love with.
=amouracher=, _v.a._, to make fall in love.
_s’_=amouracher=, _v.a._, (fam.) to become enamored of, smitten with.
=amourette=, _n.f._, intrigue; love, love-affair; amour; (bot.)
quaking-grass. _—s de veau_; calf’s marrow.
=amoureusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, amorously, lovingly; tenderly, softly.
=amoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, in love, enamored, amorous; loving. _Il est —
de cette femme_; he is in love with that woman. _Regards —_; looks full
of love. _Devenir —_; to fall in love. _Être — des onze mille vierges_;
to be a universal lover, a man-flirt.
=amoureu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lover, wooer, sweetheart, spark;
(thea.) actor, actress, who performs lovers’ parts.
=amovibilité=, _n.f._, revocableness, removability, liability to removal.
=amovible=, _adj._, removable, revocable, at pleasure. _Emploi —_;
revocable appointment, office held during pleasure.
=amphibie=, _n.m._, amphibian; time-server, double-dealer; (pers.) jack
of all trades; man of two different trades.
=amphibie=, _adj._, amphibious.
=amphibologie=, _n.f._, amphibology.
=amphibologique=, _adj._, amphibological, ambiguous.
=amphibologiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, amphibologically, ambiguously.
=amphibraque=, _n.m._, (poet.) amphibrach.
=amphictyonide=, _adj._ _Ville —_; a town having the right of sending a
deputy to the Amphictyonic council.
=amphictyonique=, _adj._, Amphictyonic.
=amphictyons= (-ti-ōn), _n.m.pl._, Amphictyons.
=amphigouri=, _n.m._, ludicrous poem, burlesque, or speech; rigmarole,
gibberish.
=amphigourique=, _adj._, ludicrous, nonsensical, burlesque.
=amphigouriquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, nonsensically.
=amphimacre=, _n.m._, (poet.) amphimacer.
=amphisciens= (-si-in), _n.m._, (geog.) amphiscians.
=amphithéâtral=, =-e=, _adj._, amphitheatrical.
=amphithéâtre=, _n.m._, amphitheatre; first gallery; dissecting-room,
lecture-room. _En —_; in the form of an amphitheatre.
=amphitryon=, _n.m._, (myth.) Amphitryon; host, entertainer.
=amphore=, _n.f._, amphora, pitcher, jug.
=ample=, _adj._, ample, full; large, vast, spacious, roomy, wide, broad;
copious, diffuse.
=amplement=, _adv._, amply, fully; largely, plentifully, broadly,
extensively, diffusively.
=ampleur=, _n.f._, amplitude, largeness, wideness. _Il n’a pas assez
d’—_; it is too scanty, not full enough.
=ampliati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (of the Pope’s briefs and bulls) additional,
enlarging on.
=ampliation=, _n.f._, the duplicate (of a receipt). _Pour —_; a true copy
(jurisp.). _Lettres d’—_; letters of ampliation.
☉=amplier=, _v.a._, (jur.) to prolong, to put off, to defer.
=amplificateur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) amplifier.
=amplification=, _n.f._, amplification.
=amplifier=, _v.a._, to amplify, to enlarge, to enrich, to enlarge upon;
to expatiate upon.
=amplitude=, _n.f._, (astron., geol.) amplitude.
=ampoule=, _n.f._, blister on the hands or feet; (med., bot.) ampulla.
_La sainte —_; the holy phial (for holy oil). _Faire venir des —s_; to
blister.
=ampoulé=, =-e=, _adj._, blistered; tumid, high-flown, swelling,
bombastic, turgid. _Un style —_, _des vers —s_; high-flown style,
bombastic verses.
=ampouler=, _v.a._, (metal.) to blister.
=ampouler=, _v.n._, to blister.
=ampoulette=, _n.f._, (nav.) clock; glass.
=amputation=, _n.f._, amputation. _Faire une —_; to perform an amputation.
=amputé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, one who has had a limb amputated.
=amputer=, _v.a._, to amputate, to cut off.
=amulette=, _n.f._, amulet, charm.
=amure=, _n.f._, (nav.) tack of a sail. _Première — de misaine_;
fore-tack. _Grande —_; main-tack.
=amurer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to haul or bring aboard the tack of a sail.
_Amure la grande voile!_ aboard the main tack!
=amusable=, _adj._, capable of being amused, amusable.
=amusant=, =-e=, _adj._, amusing, diverting, entertaining.
=amusement= (-mān), _n.m._, amusement, pastime, entertainment, sport,
diversion; sham, trick, mere put off; fooling, trifling. _Pas tant d’—_;
less trifling.
=amuser=, _v.a._, to amuse, to divert, to entertain, to recreate, to
solace, to beguile; to put one off with fair words and promises; to
trifle with; to stop, to detain; to deceive. _Ne m’amusez pas_; don’t
detain me. _— le tapis_; to talk the time away, to be long in coming to
the point. _— l’ennemi_; to deceive the enemy.
_s’_=amuser=, _v.r._, to amuse one’s self, to busy one’s self; to
disport, to sport, to tarry, to stay, to trifle, to stand trifling. _S’—
de quelqu’un_; to trifle with any one. _Ne vous amusez pas en chemin_;
don’t loiter on the way. _S’— à des bagatelles_; to care for nothing but
trifles. _S’— à la moutarde_; to stand at trifles.
=amusette=, _n.f._, amusement, trifling, child’s play.
=amuseur=, _n.m._, entertainer, deceiver.
=amusoire=, _n.f._, something amusing, toy, trifle.
=amygdale=, _n.f._, (anat.) almond, tonsil.
=amygdaloïde=, _n.f._, amygdaloid.
=amylacé=, =-e=, _adj._, amylaceous, resembling starch.
=an=, _n.m._, year, twelvemonth. _Le jour de l’—_; New Year’s day. _L’—
bissextile_; leap year. _Bon —, mal —_; one year with another. _Au bout
d’un —_; twelve months after that. _L’— de notre Seigneur_; the, in the,
year of our Lord. _L’— du monde_; the, in the, year of the world. _Il y
a un —_; a year ago. _Nouvel —_; New Year. _L’— passé_; last year. _Tous
les —s_; every year, yearly. _Tous les deux —s_; every other year. _Elle
a quinze —s_; she is fifteen. _Une fois_, _deux fois_, _l’—_; once, twice,
a year. _Bon jour, bon —_; a happy New Year to you. _Bout de l’—_,
_service du bout de l’—_; service, commemoration. _Je m’en moque comme
de l’— quarante_; I don’t care two straws about it.
=ana=, _n.m._, (_—_) termination, denoting a collection of sayings, ana;
(phar.) ana, āā or ā.
=anabaptisme= (-ba-tism), _n.m._, anabaptism.
=anabaptiste= (-ba-tist), _n.m._, anabaptist.
=anacarde=, _n.m._, anacardium, cashew-nut.
=anacardier=, _n.m._, anacardium, cashew-tree.
=anachorète= (-ko-), _n.m._, anachoret, anchorite, hermit.
=anachronisme= (-kro-), _n.m._, anachronism.
=anacoluthe=, _n.f._, (gram.) anacoluthon.
=anacréontique=, _adj._, anacreontic.
=anagallis=. _V._ =mouron=.
=anagnoste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) a slave who, among the Romans, read during
the meals.
=anagogique=, _adj._, (theol.) anagogical, mystical.
=anagrammatique=, _adj._, anagrammatical.
=anagrammatiser=, _v.a._, to anagrammatize.
=anagrammatiste=, _n.m._, anagrammatist.
=anagramme=, _n.f._, anagram.
=anagyris= (-rîs), _n.m._, bean-trefoil.
=analectes=, _n.m.pl._, (phil.) analects.
=analemme=, _n.m._, (astron.) analemma.
=analeptique=, _adj._, (med.) analeptic.
=analeptique=, _n.m._, (med.) analeptic.
=analogie=, _n.f._, analogy.
=analogique=, _adj._, analogous, analogical.
=analogiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, analogically.
=analogisme=, _n.m._, analogism.
=analogue= (-log), _adj._, analogous.
=analyse=, _n.f._, analysis; outline; parsing. _Faire l’— de l’eau_; to
analyze water. _Faire l’— d’un passage_; (gram.) to parse a passage. _En
dernière —_; to conclude, to sum up; the upshot of it is.
=analyser=, _v.a._, to analyze. _— une fleur_; to dissect a flower.
=analyste=, _n.m._, analyzer, analyst.
=analytique=, _adj._, analytical.
=analytique=, _n.f._, analytics.
=analytiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, analytically.
=anamorphose=, _n.f._, (persp.) anamorphosis.
=ananas= (-nâ), _n.m._, pineapple. _Champ d’—_; pinery. _Fraise —_;
pine-strawberry.
=anapeste=, _n.m._, (poet.) anapæst.
=anapestique=, _adj._, anapæstic.
=anaphore=, _n.f._, (rhet.) anaphora.
=anaphrodisiaque=, _adj._, (pharm.) antaphrodisiac, anti-aphrodisiac.
=anaphrodite=, _adj._, (med.) impotent, anaphrodite.
=anarchie=, _n.f._, anarchy.
=anarchique=, _adj._, anarchical.
=anarchiser=, _v.a._, to throw into anarchy.
=anarchiste=, _n.m.f._, anarchist.
=anarrhique=, _n.m._, wolf-fish. _— loup_; ravenous wolf-fish.
=anasarque=, _n.f._, anasarca, dropsy of the skin.
=anastomose=, _n.f._, (anat.) anastomosis.
_s’_=anastomoser=, _v.r._, to anastomose.
=anastrophe=, _n.f._, (gram.) anastrophe.
=anathématiser=, _v.a._, to anathematize.
=anathème=, _n.m._, anathema; reprobation, curse. _Frapper d’—_; to
anathematize. _— maranatha_; anathema, maranatha.
=anathème=, _adj._, anathematized.
=anatife=, _n.m._, barnacle.
=anatocisme=, _n.m._, anatocism (compound interest).
=anatomie=, _n.f._, anatomy, dissection; subject (body under dissection);
methodical analysis (of a book). _— comparée_; comparative anatomy.
=anatomique=, _adj._, anatomical.
=anatomiquement= (-mān), _adv._, anatomically.
=anatomiser=, _v.a._, to anatomize. _— un livre_; to dissect a book.
=anatomiste=, _n.m._, anatomist.
=ancêtre=, _n.m.f._, ancestor, ancestress.
=ancêtres=, _n.m.pl._, ancestors, forefathers. _De ses —_; ancestral.
=anche=, _n.f._, reed (of a hautboy or other wind instrument); meal-spout
(of a mill). _— d’orgue_; reed-stop of an organ.
=anché=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) curved.
=anchilops= (-ki-), _n.m._, (med.) anchilops.
=anchois=, _n.m._, anchovy. _Beurre_ or _pâte d’—_; anchovy paste.
=anchoité=, =-e=, _adj._, pickled like anchovies.
=ancien=, =-ne= (-si-in, -si-è-n), _adj._, ancient, old; senior; of old
times, of ancient standing; former, late, ex. _Une — ne coutume_; an old
custom. _L’— et le Nouveau Testament_; the Old and New Testament.
=ancien=, _n.m._, senior; ancient; elder; old codger. _Les ouvrages des
—s_; the works of the ancients. _Les —s d’une église_; the elders. _L’—_;
Old Nick.
=anciennement= (-è-n-mān), _adv._, anciently, formerly; of yore, of old;
in former times.
=ancienneté= (-è-n-té), _n.f._, ancientness, primitiveness; seniority,
age, antiquity. _De toute —_; from the earliest times.
=ancile=, _n.m._, (antiq.) sacred buckler.
=ancolie=, _n.f._, (bot.) columbine.
=anconé=, _n.m._, (anat.) ancon.
=ancrage=, _n.m._, anchor-ground; anchorage. _Droits d’—_; anchorage dues.
=ancre=, _n.f._, anchor; (arch.) brace, an _s_. _L’— de flot_; the flood
anchor. _L’— de jusant_; the ebb anchor. _L’— de large_; the sea anchor.
_Maîtresse —_; the sheet anchor. _— de rechange_; spare anchor. _La
seconde —_; the best bower anchor. _L’— d’affourche_; the small bower
anchor. _L’— de touée_; the stream anchor. _— de miséricorde_, _de salut_;
sheet anchor. _— surjalée_; foul anchor. _Chasser sur ses —s_; to drag
one’s anchors. _Empenneler une —_; to back an anchor. _Caponner l’—_; to
cat the anchor. _Traverser l’—_; to fish the anchor. _Gouverner sur son
—_; to steer the ship to her anchor. _Être à l’—_; to ride at anchor.
_Fatiguer à l’—_; to ride hard. _Ne pas fatiguer à l’—_; to ride easy.
_Jeter l’—_; to cast anchor. _Brider l’—_; to shoe the anchor. _Lever
l’—_; to weigh anchor. _Mettre l’— à poste_; to stow the anchor. _Jeter
sa dernière —_; (fig.) to make a last effort. _C’est notre — de salut_;
it is our last resource.
☉=ancrer=, _v.n._, to anchor, to come to an anchor. _V._ =mouiller=.
_s’_=ancrer=, _v.r._, to settle one’s self, to get a footing in a place,
to take deep root in.
=ancrure=, _n.f._, small fold made in cloth while shearing it, crease;
(arch.) iron prop.
=andabate=, _n.m._, (antiq.) gladiator who fought blindfolded.
=andain=, _n.m._, (agr.) swath; wind-row.
=andanté=, _adv._, (mus.) andante.
=andante=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) an air to be played or sung andante.
☉=andelle=, _n.f._, beech-wood.
*=andouille=, _n.f._, (of pigs) chitterlings; twist (of tobacco). _Cela
s’en est allé en brouet d’—_; it all ended in smoke.
*=andouiller=, _n.m._, antler. _Les premiers —s_; the brow-antlers. _Sur
—s_; sur-antlers.
*=andouillette=, _n.f._, forced-meat ball, small sausage.
=androgyne=, _n.m._, androgynous, hermaphrodite.
=androgyne=, _adj._, androgynal, androgynous.
=androïde=, _n.m._, android, automaton.
=andromède=, _n.f._, (astron.) Andromeda.
=andropogon=, _n.m._, (bot.) camel’s hay.
=âne=, _n.m._, ass, jackass, donkey; blockhead, ignorant fool, idiot;
vice (instrument). _Fait en dos d’—_; (arch.) made with a shelving
ridge; hog’s-back. _Coq-à-l’—_; cock-and-bull story. _Promenade à —_;
donkey-ride. _Pont aux —s_; asses’ bridge. _C’est le pont aux —s_; every
fool knows that. _À laver la tête d’un —, on perd sa lessive_; there is
no washing a blackamoor white. _Faute d’un point, Martin perdit son —_;
a miss is as good as a mile. _Il ne sera jamais qu’un —_; he will be an
ass as long as he lives. _Conte de peau d’—_; fairy tale. _On ne saurait
faire boire un — qui n’a pas soif_; you may take a horse to water, but
you can’t make him drink. _Têtu comme un —_; as stubborn as a mule.
_Sérieux comme un — qu’on étrille_; as grave as a judge. _Tête d’—_;
ass’s head. _Bonnet d’—_; fool’s cap; (ich.) bull-head, miller’s-thumb,
cottus.
=anéantir=, _v.a._, to annihilate, to put out of existence, to destroy;
to reduce to nothing, to prostrate, to thunderstrike, to dumfound.
_s’_=anéantir=, _v.r._, to be annihilated or destroyed, to come to
nothing; to cease to be, to humble oneself.
=anéantissement= (-mān), _n.m._, annihilation, annihilating; abjection,
humiliation; prostration, depression; destruction, destroying, ruin,
overthrow.
=anecdote=, _n.f._, anecdote.
=anecdotier= (-tié), _n.m._, anecdote-teller, monger.
=anecdotique=, _adj._, anecdotical. _Recueil —_; collection of anecdotes.
=ânée=, _n.f._, load of an ass.
=anémie=, _n.f._, (med.) anæmia.
=anémique=, _adj._, suffering from anæmia.
=anémographie=, _n.f._, anemography.
=anémomètre=, _n.m._, anemometer.
=anémone=, _n.f._, anemone, wind-flower.
=anémoscope=, _n.m._, anemoscope, weather-cock.
=ânerie=, _n.f._, gross ignorance; stupidity; gross blunder.
=ânesse=, _n.f._, she-ass. _Lait d’—_; ass’s milk.
=anesthésie=, _n.f._, (med.) anæsthesia.
=anesthésique=, _adj._, anæsthetic.
=aneth=, _n.m._, (bot.) dill.
=anévrismal=, =-e=, _adj._, aneurismal.
=anévrisme=, _n.m._, aneurism.
=anfractueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, anfractuous, rugged, cragged, craggy.
=anfractuosité=, _n.f._, anfractuosity, winding, sinuosity, cavity.
☉=angar=, _n.m._ _V._ =hangar=.
=ange=, _n.m._, a spirit, angel; (artil.) chain-shot, cross-bar shot;
angel-shot; (ich.) angel-fish, skate, squatina. _— déchu_; fallen angel.
_— tutélaire_; guardian angel. _Rire aux —s_; to have a laughing fit.
_Être aux —s_; to be in a transport of joy, in raptures. _— bouffi_; a
chubby child. _Lit d’—_; tent bed.
=angélique=, _adj._, angelical, angelic.
=angélique=, _n.f._, angelica.
=angéliquement= (-lik-mān), _adv._, angelically.
=angelot= (anj-lo), _n.m._, angelot cheese.
=angélus= (ān-), _n.m._, (_n.p._) (c.rel.) Angelus. _Sonner l’—_; to toll
the angelus.
=angine=, _n.f._, (med.) angina, quinsy, sore throat. _— couenneuse_;
diphtheria.
=angineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) attended with angina.
=angiographie=, _n.f._, angiography.
=angiologie=, _n.f._, angiology.
=angiosperme=, _adj._, (bot.) angiospermous.
=angiospermie=, _n.f._, (bot.) angiosperm.
=angiotomie=, _n.f._, angiotomy.
=anglais=, =-e=, _adj._, English; British. _Être poursuivi par des —_; to
be pestered by creditors.
=anglais=, _n.m._, English, Englishman.
=anglaise=, _n.f._, English girl, woman; upholsterer’s thread or silk
lace. _Elle porte des —s_; she wears long, drooping curls.
=anglaiser=, _v.a._, to nick a horse’s tail.
=angle=, _n.m._, angle, corner, turning. _— aigu_; acute angle. _—
droit_; right angle. _— rectiligne_; rectilinear angle. _— rentrant_,
_saillant_; re-entrant, salient angle. _À —s saillants_; sharp-cornered.
_À — droit_; rectangular. _— facial_; (anat.) facial angle.
=anglet=, _n.m._, (arch.) indenture, channel.
=angleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) imbedded in angular cavities. _Une noix
—se_; a walnut difficult to pick out of its shell.
=anglican=, =-e=, _adj._, Anglican, English. _L’Eglise —e_; the Church of
England.
=anglican=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Anglican; member of the Church of
England.
=angliciser=, _v.a._, to anglicize.
_s’_=angliciser=, _v.r._, to become anglicized, English.
=anglicisme=, _n.m._, anglicism.
=anglomane=, _n._ and _adj._, anglomaniac.
=anglomanie=, _n.f._, anglomania.
=angoisse=, _n.f._, anguish, pang; great distress, affliction,
tribulation. _Les —s de la mort_; the pangs of death. _Poire d’—_;
choke-pear, gag. _Avaler des poires d’—_; to go through hardships, to eat
humble pie.
☉=angola=. _V._ =angora=.
=angon=, _n.m._, (antiq.) javelin; (fishing) shellfish hook.
=angora=, _n.m._, Angora-cat.
=angora=, _adj._, of Angora.
=angousse=, _n.f._, (bot.) hell-weed, dodder.
=anguichure= (-ghi-shur), _n.f._, huntsman’s horn-belt.
*=anguillade= (-ghi-), _n.f._, lash; (with a whip) lashing, cut;
eel-skin, &c.
*=anguille= (-ghi-), _n.f._, eel; fly the garter (boy’s game);
bilge-ways, launching-ways (square bed of timber placed under a vessel’s
bilge to support her while launching). _— de mer_; conger. _— plat-bec_;
grig. _Ecorcher l’— par la queue_; to begin a thing at the wrong end.
_Il y a quelque — sous roche_; there is a snake in the grass, there is
something in the wind.
=angulaire=, _adj._, angular, cornered. _Pierre —_; corner-stone.
=angulé=, =-e=, _adj._, angular, angulated.
=anguleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, angulous; (bot.) angular.
=angusticlave=, _n.m._, (antiq.) angusticlave.
=anhydre=, _adj._, (chem.) anhydrous.
=anicroche=, _n.f._, obstacle; impediment, slight difficulty; screw loose.
=anielles=, _n.f.pl._, ram-stones.
=âni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, ass-driver.
=anil=, _n.m._, (bot.) anil. _V._ =indigo=.
=aniline=, _n.f._, aniline.
=anille=, _n.f._ _V._ =annille=.
=animadversion=, _n.f._, animadversion, reproof, reprimand, blame.
=animal=, _n.m._, animal, beast; brute, ass, booby, sot, dolt. _Un
ennuyeux —_; a bore. _Un vilain —_; a nasty fellow.
=animal=, =-e=, _adj._, animal; sensual, carnal (in scriptural language).
_Règne —_; the animal kingdom.
=animalcule=, _n.m._, animalcule.
=animalisation=, _n.f._, animalization.
_s’_=animaliser=, _v.r._, to become animalized.
=animalité=, _n.f._, animal life.
=animation=, _n.f._, animation, bustle, life, excitement, irritation.
=animé=, =-e=, _part._, animated, incensed; enlivened, spirited, gay,
sprightly.
=animé=, _n.f._, a resin, anime.
☉=animelles=, _n.f.pl._, (cook.) lamb’s-fry.
=animer=, _v.a._, to animate, to give life; to quicken; to hearten, to
stir up, to excite, to urge on, to embolden, to rouse; to provoke, to
exasperate. _— la conversation_; to enliven the conversation. _— le
teint_; to heighten, to give a glow to, the complexion. _— les yeux_,
_les regards_; to give fire to the eyes, to give animation to the looks.
_— d’ardeur_; to fill with ardor. _— au combat_; to excite to combat.
_s’_=animer=, _v.r._, to become animated, to spring into life; to be
encouraged, to take courage, to cheer up; to chafe, to take fire, to grow
warm, to be angry. _La dispute s’anime_; the dispute waxes hot.
=animosité=, _n.f._, animosity; ill-will, spite, rancor, spleen, animus.
_Il a de l’—_, _il est porté d’—_, _contre moi_; he has, he is actuated
by, a spite against me.
=anis=, _n.m._, anise; aniseed. _— de Verdun_; candied aniseed. _— de la
Chine_ or _étoilé_; Indian anise. _Graine d’—_; aniseed.
=aniser=, _v.a._, to flavor with aniseed, to mix with aniseed.
=anisette=, _n.f._, aniseed cordial.
=ankylose=, _n.f._, (med.) anchylosis, stiffness in the joints.
=ankyloser=, _v.a._, to produce anchylosis. _S’—_, _v.r._, to become
anchylosed, stiff, cramped.
=annal=, =-e= (a-n-nal), _adj._, (jur.) that lasts but one year.
=annales= (a-n-nal), _n.f.pl._, annals, public records.
=annaliste= (a-n-na-), _n.m._, annalist.
=annate=, _n.f._, annats, first year’s income of a living; firstfruits.
=anneau=, _n.m._, ring; link (of a chain); bow (of a key); ringlet (of
hair); (nav.) mooring-ring. _L’— de Saturne_; (astron.) Saturn’s ring.
_L’— pécheur_; the Pope’s seal.
=année=, _n.f._, year, twelvemonth. _— bissextile_; leap-year. _L’— qui
vient_, _l’— prochaine_; next year. _D’— en —_; from year to year. _—
lunaire_, _solaire_; lunar, solar year. _Une bonne —_; a plentiful year,
a happy new year. _Ses belles —s_; the prime of life. _Cette terre
vaut tant_, _— commune_, _moyenne_; that land yields so much one year
with another. _Une — dans l’autre_; one year with another. _Payer à l’—_;
to pay by the year. _Plein d’—s_; full of years. _Cette —_; this year.
=annelé=, =-e=, _adj._, ring-streaked, having rings; in ringlets;
annulated.
=anneler=, _v.a._, to curl the hair (locks or ringlets). _— une cavale_;
to ring a mare.
=annelet=, _n.m._, ringlet, a small ring; (arch.) annulet.
=annélides=, _n.m.pl._, (zoöl.) annelides.
=annelure=, _n.f._, crisping of the hair.
=annexation=, _n.f._, annexation.
=annexe= (a-n-nèks), _n.f._, annex; appendant; schedule; rider; chapel of
ease. _— d’une terre_; dependence of an estate.
=annexer= (a-n-nek-sé), _v.a._, to annex, to add to. _S’—_, _v.r._, to be
annexed.
=annexion= (a-n-nek-sion), _n.f._, annexment, annexation.
=annihilation= (a-n-ni-), _n.f._, annihilation.
=annihiler= (a-n-ni-), _v.a._, to annihilate, to destroy.
=annille=, _n.f._, (her.) anille, fer de moline, millrind; (tech.)
cramping-iron.
=anniversaire=, _adj._, anniversary.
=anniversaire=, _n.m._, anniversary. _— de sa naissance_; birthday.
=annomination=, _n.f._, annomination.
_loi_ =annonaire=, _adj._, (antiq.) a Roman law to prevent the price of
provisions from rising.
=annonce=, _n.f._, announcement, publication, notification, indication,
sign, mark; advertisement; banns of matrimony. _Faiseur d’—s_; puffer.
_Faire insérer une —_; to advertise. _— de spectacle_; play-bill.
=annoncer=, _v.a._, to announce, to tell, to declare, to inform, to
proclaim, to bespeak, to advertise; to usher in; to publish, to give out,
to preach, to set forth; to foretell, to forebode; to augur, to show, to
promise. _Faites vous —_; send in your name. _Cela ne nous annonce rien
de bon_; that bodes us no good.
_s’_=annoncer=, _v.r._, to present one’s self; to manifest itself; to
make itself known. _S’— bien_; to be promising. _S’— mal_; not to be
promising, to begin badly.
=annonceur=, _n.m._, the actor who gives out the next play, announcer.
=annonciade=, _n.f._, annunciade (name of several military and religious
orders).
=annonciation=, _n.f._, Annunciation; Lady-day (March 25).
=annotateur=, _n.m._, annotator, editor (of a book).
=annotation=, _n.f._, annotation, editing; inventory of goods attached or
distrained.
=annoter= (a-n-no-), _v.a._, to make an inventory of goods attached or
distrained; to annotate; to edit.
=annuaire= (a-n-nu-èr), _n.m._, annual, almanac. _— de la marine_;
nautical almanac.
=annuel=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) a mass celebrated every day for a year, for a
deceased person.
=annuel=, =-le= (a-n-nu-èl), _adj._, annual, yearly.
=annuellement= (a-n-nu-èl-mān), _adv._, annually, yearly.
=annuité= (a-n-nu-), _n.f._, annuity.
=annulable= (a-n-nu-), _adj._, defeasible; reversible.
=annulaire= (a-n-nu-), _adj._, annulary. _Le doigt —_; the ring finger.
=annulation=, _n.f._, annulling, canceling, repeal, abolition; (jur.)
abatement.
=annuler=, _v.a._, to annul, to make void, to repeal, to rescind, to
cancel, to abolish, to set aside, to quash.
=anobli=, =-e=, _part._, newly raised to the peerage.
=anobli=, _n.m._, newly-created nobleman.
=anoblir=, _v.a._, to raise to the peerage.
=anoblissement= (-mān), _n.m._, ennoblement. _Patente d’—_; patent of
nobility.
=anodin=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) anodyne, paregoric, soothing, assuaging.
_Remèdes —s_; anodynes.
=anodonte=, _adj._, toothless.
=anomal=, =-e=, _adj._, anomalous.
=anomalie=, _n.f._, anomaly.
=anomalistique=, _adj._, (astron.) anomalistical. _Année —_;
anomalistical, periodical, year.
=anomie=, _n.f._, (conch.) anomia, bowl-shell, beaked-cockle.
=ânon=, _n.m._, ass’s foal, young ass.
=ânonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, stuttering, stammering; foaling.
=ânonner=, _v.a.n._, to falter, to stutter, blunder through a lesson, to
stammer, to foal.
=anonymat=, _n.m._, the quality of being anonymous; anonymity.
=anonyme=, _adj._, anonymous, nameless; joint-stock.
=anonyme=, _n.m.f._, anonymous person. _Garder l’—_; to remain anonymous.
_Sous l’—_; anonymously.
=anorexie=, _n.f._, (med.) anorexy.
=anormal=, _adj._, abnormal, irregular.
=anse=, _n.f._, handle (of a pot, basket, &c.); creek, little bay, cove.
_Qui a des —s_; ansated. _Faire danser l’— du panier_; (of a servant), to
make a market penny. _L’— du panier vaut beaucoup à cette cuisinière_;
that cook makes a good deal by her perquisites. _Faire le pot à deux —s_;
to set one’s arms a-kimbo. _Faire le panier à deux —s_; to walk with a
lady on each arm.
=anse=. _V._ =hanse=.
=anséatique=, _adj._ _V._ =hanséatique=.
=ansérine=, _n.f._, (bot.) goose-foot.
=anspect=, _n.m._, (nav.) handspike.
=antagonisme=, _n.m._, antagonism.
=antagoniste=, _n.m._, antagonist, adversary; opponent; competitor,
rival; (anat.) antagonist.
=antagoniste=, _adj._, antagonist, opponent.
☉=antan=, _n.m._, last year. _Les neiges d’—_; the snows of yester-year.
=antanaclase=, _n.f._, antanaclasis.
=antarctique=, _adj._, antarctic.
=antarès= (-èss), _n.m._, (astron.) Antares.
=ante=, _n.f._, (antiq. arch.) anta, pilaster, ante.
=antécédemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, antecedently, previously, before.
=antécédent=, _n.m._, antecedent; precedent; _pl._, previous conduct.
_Avoir de bons —s_; to be known for a person of previous good character.
=antécédent=, _adj._, antecedent, preceding, foregoing, previous.
☉=antécesseur=, _n.m._, a professer of civil law.
=antéchrist= (-kri), _n.m._, antichrist.
=antédiluvien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n-), _adj._, antediluvian.
=antéfixe=, _n.f._, (antiq. arch.) antefix.
=antenne= (-tè-n), _n.f._, (nav.) lateen sail-yard, yard-arm; (ent.)
_pl._, horns, feelers.
=antépénultième=, _adj._, antepenultimate.
=antépénultième=, _n.f._, antepenult.
=antérieur=, =-e=, _adj._, anterior, going before, antecedent, prior,
previous; former; frontal. _La partie —e de la tête_; the forepart of the
head.
=antérieurement= (-mān), _adv._, previously, before.
=antériorité=, _n.f._, anteriority, priority, precedence.
=antes=, _n.f.pl._, (arch.) antæ, pilasters.
=anthelminthique=, _adj._, (med.) anthelmintic.
=anthère=, _n.f._, (bot.) anther, tip.
=anthologie=, _n.f._, anthology.
=anthracite=, _n.m._, anthracite; coal-stone, glance-coal, blind-coal.
=anthrax= (-traks), _n.m._, (med.) anthrax, carbuncle.
=anthropographie=, _n.f._, anthropography.
=anthropologie=, _n.f._, anthropology.
=anthropologique=, _adj._, anthropological.
=anthropomorphe=, _adj._, anthropomorphous.
=anthropomorphisme=, _n.m._, anthropomorphism.
=anthropomorphite=, _n.m._, anthropomorphite.
=anthropophage=, _adj._, anthropophagous.
=anthropophage=, _n.m.f._, anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater.
=anthropophagie=, _n.f._, anthropophagy, cannibalism.
=anthyllide=, _n.f._, (bot.) kidney-vetch, Jupiter’s beard.
=anti= (prefix from Greek ἀντὶ), anti, against, opposite, contrary;
(prefix from Latin _ante_) before.
=antiapoplectique=, _adj._, antapoplectic, antiapoplectic.
=antibiblique=, _adj._, unscriptural.
=antibilieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, antibilious.
=antichambre=, _n.f._, antechamber, anteroom, lobby, hall. _Propos d’—_;
servant’s gossip. _Faire —_; to dance attendance.
=antichrèse= (-krèz), _n.f._, (jur.) pledge; mortgage.
=antichrétien=, =-ne= (-ti-in, -ti-è-n-), _adj._, antichristian.
=antichristianisme=, _n.m._, antichristianity, antichristianism.
=anticipation=, _n.f._, anticipation, forestalling; encroachment,
invasion. _Par —_; anticipatory, beforehand.
=anticipé=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, anticipated. _Joie —e_; foretaste of
joy. _Connaissance —e_; foreknowledge. _Une vieillesse —e_; a premature
old age.
=anticiper=, _v.a._, to anticipate, to take up beforehand or before the
time, to forestall. _— sur les droits de quelqu’un_; to encroach upon
another’s rights. _— sur ses revenus_; to spend one’s income beforehand,
_or_ to draw upon.
=anticœur=, _n.m._, anticor (inflammation in a horse’s throat).
=antidartreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) antiherpetic.
=antidate=, _n.f._, antedate, antedating.
=antidater=, _v.a._, to antedate.
=antidotaire=, _n.m._, antidotarium (a book containing a collection of
antidotes).
=antidote=, _n.m._, antidote, counter-poison.
=antienne= (-ti-è-n), _n.f._, anthem. _Annoncer une mauvaise —_; to bring
bad news. _Chanter toujours la même —_; to harp upon the same string.
_Pousser l’— à quelqu’un_; to state one’s wishes, one’s opinion; to give
a broad hint.
=antiépileptique=, _adj._, antiepileptic.
=antiépiscopal=, =-e=, _adj._, antiepiscopal.
=antiévangélique=, _adj._, antievangelical.
=antifébrile=, _n.m._, antifebrile.
=antigorium= (-riom), _n.m._, coarse enamel, glazing.
=antigoutteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) antarthritic.
=antilaiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n.m._, antilactic, lactifuge.
=antilogie=, _n.f._, antilogy.
=antiloïmique=, _adj._, (med.) antiloimic.
=antilope=, _n.f._, antelope, gazelle.
=antimoine=, _n.m._, antimony.
=antimonarchique=, _adj._, antimonarchical.
=antimonial=, =-e=, _adj._, antimonial.
=antimonial=, _n.m._, antimonial.
=antimonié=, =-e=, _adj._, antimonial.
=antinational=, =-e=, _adj._, antinational.
=antinomie=, _n.f._, antinomy, contradiction.
=antipape=, _n.m._, antipope.
=antiparalytique=, _n.m._, antiparalytic.
=antipathie=, _n.f._, antipathy, repugnance.
=antipathique=, _adj._, antipathetical, repugnant.
=antipéristaltique=, _adj._, antiperistaltic.
=antipéristase=, _n.f._, antiperistasis.
=antipestilentiel=, =-le=, _adj._, antipestilential.
=antiphilosophique=, _adj._, antiphilosophical.
☉=antiphilogistique=, _adj._, antiphilogistic.
=antiphone=, _n.m._, antiphon.
=antiphonier= _or_ =antiphonaire=, _n.m._, antiphonary.
=antiphrase=, _n.f._, antiphrasis, irony.
☉=antipodal=, =-e=, _adj._, antipodal, antipodean.
=antipode=, _n.m._, antipode.
=antipsorique=, _adj._, antipsoric (against the itch).
=antipsorique=, _n.m._, antipsoric.
=antiptose=, _n.f._, (gram.) antiptosis.
=antiputride=, _adj._, antiseptic.
*=antiquaille=, _n.f._, old piece of antiquity; old stuff; old rubbish;
an old coquette. _Ce n’est qu’une —_; she is but an antiquated coquette.
=antiquaire=, _n.m._, antiquary.
=antique=, _adj._, antique, ancient, old.
=antique=, _n.f._, antique, antiquities, ancient works, of art. _À l’—_,
_adv._, in the old style. _Dessiner d’après —_; to draw from antique
models.
=antiquer=, _v.a._, (book-bind.) to adorn the edges of books with little
figures, &c.
=antiquité=, _n.f._, antiquity, ancientness, old times; piece of
antiquity. _Les héros de l’—_; the heroes of former ages. _De toute —_,
_adv._, from the remotest times.
=antiscien= (-si-īn), _n.m._, (geog.) antiscian.
=antiscorbutique=, _adj._ and _n.m._, antiscorbutic.
=antiseptique=, _n.m._, (med.) antiseptic.
=antisocial=, =-e=, _adj._, anti-social.
=antispase=, _n.f._, (med.) antispasis.
=antispasmodique=, _n.m._, antispasmodic.
=antispaste=, _n.m._, antispast.
=antispastique=, _adj._, antispastic.
=antistrophe=, _n.f._, antistrophe.
=antisyphilitique=, _adj._, antisyphilitic.
=antithèse=, _n.f._, antithesis.
=antithétique=, _adj._, antithetic.
=antitrinitaire=, _n.m._, antitrinitarian, unitarian.
☉=antitype=, _n.m._, antitype, symbol.
=antivénérien=, =-ne=, (-in, -è-n), _adj._, antivenereal.
=antoiser=, _v.a._, to heap up, to manure, to make a dunghill.
=antonomase=, _n.f._, antonomasia.
=antre=, _n.m._, cave, den, natural grotto, cavern, lair.
=anuer=, _v.a._, to aim, to take aim at.
_s’_=anuiter=, _v.r._, to be benighted, to stay till it is night, or too
late (on the road).
=anus=, _n.m._, (anat., bot.) anus, fundament.
=anvole=, _n.m._, slow-worm, blind-worm.
=anxiété= (ank-si-), _n.f._, anxiety, sorrow, anguish, uneasiness.
=anxieu-x=, =-se= (ank-si-), _adj._, anxious, uneasy, restless.
=anxieusement=, _adv._, anxiously.
=aoriste= (-o-rist), _n.m._, (gram.) aorist.
=aorte=, _n.f._, (anat.) aorta.
=aortique=, _adj._, aortal.
=août= (oû), _n.m._, August. _La mi-août_; the middle of August. _Faire
l’—_; to harvest, to get in the corn.
=aoûté=, =-e=, _adj._, ripened by the heat of August.
_s’_=aoûter= (a-ou-té), _v.r._, to ripen (in August).
=aoûteron= (ou-tron), _n.m._, (l.u.) reaper, harvester.
=a.p.=, (com.) abbreviation of the words _à protester_; to be protested.
=apagogie=, _n.f._, apagogy.
=apaisement=, _n.m._, appeasement, lull, abatement.
=apaiser=, _v.a._, to appease, to soothe, to pacify, to calm, to quiet,
to alleviate; to assuage, to allay, to quench, to mitigate, to lull. _—
un enfant qui crie_; to quiet a crying child. _— une révolte_; to put
down a rebellion. _— les flots_; to calm the waves.
_s’_=apaiser=, _v.r._, to be appeased, stilled, assuaged, &c.; to allay
one’s passion, to grow quiet, calm; to abate, subside. _Sa colère s’est
apaisée_; his anger is appeased. _L’orage s’est apaisé_; the storm has
subsided. _Le vent s’est apaisé_; the wind has abated.
=apalachine=, _n.f._, (bot.) emetic holly.
=apalanche=, _n.f._, (bot.) winter-berry.
=apanage=, _n.m._, appanage; lot. _Les infirmités sont l’— de la nature
humaine_; infirmities are the lot of human nature.
=apanager=, _v.a._, to settle an appanage upon any one, to endow.
=apanagiste=, _adj._, having an appanage.
=apanagiste=, _n.m._, one who has an appanage.
=apanthropie=, _n.f._, apanthropy.
=à part=. _V._ =part=.
=aparté=, _n.m._, words spoken aside; separate group in an assembly. _En
—_, _adv._, aside.
=apathie=, _n.f._, apathy, indolence, listlessness.
=apathique=, _adj._, apathetic, listless.
=apepsie=, _n.f._, (med.) bad digestion, apepsy.
=apercevable=, _adj._, perceivable, perceptible.
=apercevance=, _n.f._, perception.
=apercevoir=, _v.a._, to perceive, to discover, to discern, to descry, to
notice; to remark, to observe.
_s’_=apercevoir=, _v.r._, to perceive, to remark; to see, to be aware of;
to find out, to discover; to take notice, to be visible. _Ne pas s’—_; to
overlook, not to notice.
=aperçu=, _n.m._, sketch, rapid view, glance, survey, sketch, vista;
idea, hint; estimate at first sight, rough estimate. _En —_, _adv._,
summarily. _Par —_, _adv._, at a rough guess.
=apériti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, aperient, opening, appetizing. — _n.m._,
appetizer, bitters.
=apétale=, _adj._, (bot.) apetalous.
=apetissement=, &c. _V._ =rapetissement=, &c.
=apetisser=. _V._ =rapetisser=.
=à peu près=, _n.m._, approximation, approach, approaching.
=aphélie=, _n.m._, (astron.) aphelion.
=aphérèse=, _n.f._, (gram.) apheresis.
=aphone=, _adj._, suffering from aphonia, voiceless.
=aphonie=, _n.f._, aphony, loss of speech.
=aphorisme=, _n.m._, aphorism.
=aphoristique=, _adj._, aphoristic.
=aphrodisiaque=, _adj._, aphrodisiacal.
=aphrodisiasme=, _n.m._, (med.) aphrodisia.
=aphrodite=, _n.m._, aphrodita, sea-mouse.
=aphte=, _n.m._, vesicle in the mouth; _pl._, thrush, aphthæ.
=aphylle=, _adj._, (bot.) aphyllous, leafless.
=api=, _n.m._, small red apple. _Avoir un visage de pomme d’—_; (prov.)
to have cheeks like rosy apples.
=à pic=, _adv._, perpendicularly; (nav.) apeak. _L’ancre est —_; the
anchor is apeak. _Virer —_; to heave short.
=apicole=, _adj._, apicultural.
=apiculteur=, _n.m._, bee-master.
=apiculture=, _n.f._, bee-culture, bee-keeping.
=apiquer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to top, to peak (a yard).
=apitoyer=, _v.a._, to move one to pity, to soften.
_s’_=apitoyer=, _v.r._, to be moved to pity. _Elle s’est apitoyée sur
votre sort_; she pitied, bewailed your fate.
=aplani=, =-e=, _adj._, level, flat, smooth, even.
=aplanir=, _v.a._, to smooth, to level, to make even, smooth, to
unrumple; to plane; to make easy, to remove, to clear up. _— le chemin_;
to level the road. _— les difficultés_; to clear up difficulties.
_s’_=aplanir=, _v.r._, to grow easy, smooth, flat, &c.
=aplanissement= (-mān), _n.m._, smoothing, leveling, making even;
smoothness, evenness.
=aplatir=, _v.a._, to flatten, to make, strike flat, to flat, to silence,
to shut up, to floor, to beat hollow.
_s’_=aplatir=, _v.r._, to become flat, to be flattened, to crouch, to
cringe.
=aplatissement= (-mān), _n.m._, flattening, making flat, flatness;
depression; silencing.
=aplatisseur=, _n.m._, (tech.) flatter.
=aplatissoire=, _n.f._, flatting rollers (tool).
=aplet=, _n.m._, herring-net, drift-net.
=aplomb=, _n.m._, equilibrium, perpendicularity, plumb; assurance,
self-command, self-possession, steadiness, coolness. _Ce mur tient bien
son —_; this wall keeps plumb very well.
_d’_=aplomb=, _adv._, perpendicularly, plumb. _Cette ligne tombe d’—_;
that line falls plumb. _Être d’—_; to stand plumb, upright. _Être hors
d’—_; to be out of the perpendicular.
=aplysie=, _n.f._, sea-hare.
=apocalypse=, _n.f._, Apocalypse, revelation; obscure thing. _C’est un
vrai style d’—_; it is a perfectly obscure style. _Cheval d’—_; (prov.
and pop.) sorry jade.
=apocalyptique=, _adj._, apocalyptical.
=apoco=, _n.m._, fool, ninny, nobody.
=apocope=, _n.f._, (gram.) apocope, elision, suppression of a letter (as
in _Grand’mère_).
=apocrisiaire=, _n.m._, nuncio, apocrisiary.
=apocryphe=, _adj._, apocryphal, doubtful.
=apocyn=, _n.m._, (bot.) apocynum, apocynom. _— gobe-mouches_; dog-bane.
=apode=, _adj._, apodal, having no feet, footless.
=apode=, _n.m._, apode.
=apodictique=, _adj._, apodictical, evident.
=apogée=, _n.m._, apogee, acme, height, zenith.
=apogée=, _adj._, at its apogee. _La lune est —_; the moon is at her
apogee.
=apographe=, _n.m._, apograph, transcript, copy.
=apologétique=, _adj._, by way of apology, apologetical, exculpatory.
=apologétique=, _n.m._, Tertullian’s treatise in defense of the early
Christians; _n.f._, apologetics.
=apologie=, _n.f._, apology, vindication, excuse, justification. _Faire
son —_; to apologize for.
=apologiste=, _n.m._, apologist.
=apologue= (-log), _n.m._, apologue.
=aponévrose=, _n.f._, (anat.) aponeurosis.
=aponévrotique=, _adj._, (anat.) aponeurotic.
=apophlegmatique=, _adj._, _n.m._, (med.) apophlegmatic.
=apophtegme=, _n.m._, apophthegm, apothegm.
=apophyge=, _n.f._, (arch.) apophyge, scape, the spring of a column.
=apophyse=, _n.f._, (anat.) process (of a bone), apophysis.
=apoplectique=, _adj._, apoplectical; apoplectic.
=apoplectique=, _n.m._, apoplectic.
=apoplexie=, _n.f._, apoplexy. _— foudroyante_; instantaneously fatal
apoplexy. _— congestive_; serous apoplexy. _Attaque d’—_; apoplectic
stroke. _Être attaqué_, _frappé_, _d’—_; to be struck down with apoplexy.
_Tomber en —_; to fall down in a fit of apoplexy.
=apostasie=, _n.f._, apostasy.
=apostasier=, _v.n._, to apostatize.
=apostat=, _adj._, apostate.
=apostat=, _n.m._, apostate.
☉=apostème=, _n.m._, aposteme. _V._ =apostume=.
=aposter=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to secrete, to place in ambush, to station, to
set to watch, to place in readiness (witnesses, assassins).
=à posteriori=, _adv._, a posteriori.
☉*=apostillateur=, _n.m._, (jur.), annotator, commentator.
*=apostille=, _n.f._, marginal note, postscript, footnote; recommendatory
note (to urge or back a petition).
*=apostiller=, _v.a._, to write notes; to add a postscript to; to write a
recommendation on a petition. _Il a apostillé ma pétition_; he has backed
my petition with his recommendation.
=apostolat=, _n.m._, apostleship.
=apostolique=, _adj._, apostolic; papal; apostolical. _Nonce —_; the
pope’s nuncio.
=apostoliquement= (-mān), _adv._, apostolically.
=apostrophe=, _n.f._, apostrophe; address; reproach, insult, attack.
=apostropher=, _v.a._, to apostrophize, to address, to fall foul of, to
fly at.
☉=apostume=, _n.m._, (med.) aposteme, apostema, abscess.
☉=apostumer=, _v.n._, (med.) to apostemate.
=apothéose=, _n.f._, apotheosis, deification.
=apothicaire=, _n.m._, (l.u.), apothecary. _Faire de son corps une
boutique d’—_; to be always physicking one’s self. _Un mémoire d’—_; an
exorbitant bill.
=apothicairerie= (-kèr-rî), _n.f._ (l.u.), pharmacy; apothecary’s shop;
dispensary.
=apothicairesse=, _n.f._, (in nunneries) dispenser.
=apôtre=, _n.m._, apostle; hypocrite. _Faire le bon —_; to play the
saint; to put on a sanctified look.
=apozème=, _n.m._, (med.) apozem, decoction.
=apparaître=, _v.n._, to come, to be in sight, to appear suddenly.
(jurisp.) _S’il apparaît à la cour_; if the court thinks so. _Faire — de
son pouvoir_; to produce proofs of one’s power.
=apparat=, _n.m._, pomp, state, show; ostentation, affectation, parade;
index, vocabulary, syllabus. _Un discours d’—_; a set speech.
=apparaux=, _n.m.pl._, (nav.) the sails, the rigging, the tackle, yards,
guns, &c., of a ship.
*=appareil=, _n.m._, formal preparation, pomp, show, display, solemnity,
magnificence; train, equipage, attendance; apparatus; (surg.) dressing
(of wounds); (arch.) dressing; (nav.) gear. _— de guerre_; warlike
preparations. _Mettre le premier —_; to give a wound its first dressing.
_Lever l’—_; to take off the dressing. _Une assise de haut —_; a layer of
large stones; (phot.) camera; _— instantané_, snapshot camera.
*=appareillage=, _n.m._, (nav.) act of getting under sail, under way.
*=appareillement=, _n.m._, yoking, pairing, matching. _L’— des bœufs_;
the yoking of oxen.
*=appareiller=, _v.a._, to match; (arch.) to dress.
*_s’_=appareiller=, _v.r._, to join one’s self to; to pair.
*=appareiller=, _v.n._, (nav.) to weigh anchor, to get under way.
*=appareilleur=, _n.m._, (mas.) dresser, trimmer (of stones); draughtsman.
*=appareilleuse=, _n.f._, procuress.
=apparemment= (-ra-mān), _adv._, apparently.
=apparence=, _n.f._, appearance, outside show, seeming; likelihood,
probability; sign, semblance. _En —_; seemingly, apparently, outwardly.
_Pour les —s_; for show. _Avoir une belle —_; to look well. _Selon toute
—_; in all probability; to all appearances. _Sauver les —s_; to save
appearances.
=apparent=, =-e=, _adj._, apparent, plain, obvious, manifest, evident;
remarkable, chief, eminent, considerable.
=apparenté=, =-e=, _adj._, related, descended, connected. _Il est bien
—_; he is well descended. _Il est mal —_; he is of mean descent.
=apparenter=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to ally, to connect by marriage.
_s’_=apparenter=, _v.r._, to ally one’s self (by marriage).
=appariement=, _or_ =apparîment=, _n.m._, pairing, matching; coupling,
mating.
=apparier=, _v.a._, to pair, to sort, to match; to match horses, gloves.
_s’_=apparier=, _v.r._, to couple, to pair.
=appariteur=, _n.m._, apparitor, assistant, bedel (in universities);
beadle.
=apparition=, _n.f._, apparition, appearance, appearing. _— d’anges_; a
vision of angels.
=apparoir=, _v.n._, to appear, to be evident. _Comme il appert_; as it
appears.
=appartement=, _n.m._, apartments, suite of rooms, lodgings, flat. _Pièce
d’un —_; room, apartment.
=appartenance=, _n.f._, appurtenance.
=appartenant=, =-e=, _adj._, belonging, appertaining.
=appartenir=, _v.n._, to belong, to appertain; to relate, to concern; to
behove, to be incident, to be related, to be given to.
_s’_=appartenir=, _v.r._, to be master of one’s own actions, to be free.
_il_ =appartient= (-ti-in), _v.imp._, it becomes; it is meet, fit; it is
the duty, business of. _Ainsi qu’il appartiendra_; as they shall see fit.
_À tous ceux qu’il appartiendra_; to all whom it may concern.
=appas=, _n.m.pl._, charms, attractions; allurements.
=appât=, _n.m._, bait; allurement, enticement. _C’est trop vieux poisson
pour mordre à l’—_; he is too old a bird to be caught with chaff.
=appâter=, _v.a._, to bait, to allure; to feed (an infant or an invalid).
=appaumé=, _adj._, (her.) apaumé.
=appauvrir=, _v.a._, to impoverish; to make poor, to beggar.
_s’_=appauvrir=, _v.r._, to grow poor, to become impoverished, to be
beggared.
=appauvrissement= (-mān), _n.m._, impoverishment.
=appeau=, _n.m._, bird-call; decoy-bird; (horol.) quarter-bell, half-bell.
=appel=, _n.m._, appeal, appealing; calling over; levy (recruiting); call
(on shareholders); roll-call, muster; ruffle (of a drum); (jur.) call.
_Acte d’—_; writ of appeal. _— nominal_; (parliament) call of the House.
_Officier d’—_; muster-master. _Interjeter —_; to lodge an appeal. _Faire
l’—_; to call over the names, the muster-roll. _Manquer à l’—_; to be
absent from roll-call. _Passer l’—_; to pass muster. _Répondre à l’—_;
to answer to one’s name. _Battre l’—_; to call to arms. _Faire un — de
fonds_; to call in one’s funds.
=appelant=, =-e= (-lān, -t), _n.m.f._, (jur.) appellant; (ornith.)
decoy-bird.
=appelé=, =-e=, _part._, called. _Beaucoup d’—s et peu d’élus_; many are
called, but few are chosen.
=appeler=, _v.a._, to call, to name, to appeal; to chuck (of cocks); to
term; to call over; to give a call, to call to; to invoke; to send for;
to invite; to summon; to call for, to call on (cause); to challenge.
_Comment appelez-vous cela?_ what do you call that? _— et rappeler_;
to call over and over, again and again. _— en duel_; to call out. _—
un médecin_; to call in a physician. _Faire —_; to send for. _— les
choses par leur nom_; to call a spade a spade. _Voilà ce que j’appelle
pleuvoir_; that is rain with a vengeance.
=appeler=, _v.n._, to appeal, to chuck (of cocks); to caterwaul (of
cats). _En —_; (jur.) to appeal. _J’en appelle à votre honneur_; I appeal
to your honor.
_s’_=appeler=, _v.r._, to be called, to call, to style one’s self.
_Comment s’appelle cet homme-là?_ what is that man’s name? _Je
m’appelle_; my name is.
=appellatif= (-pèl-la-), _adj._, (gram.) appellative.
=appellation= (-pèl-la-), _n.f._, appealing, calling, naming, appellation.
=appendice= (-pin-), _n.m._, appendix, appendage, addition; process
(natural sciences).
=appendre=, _v.a._, to hang up.
=appentis=, _n.m._, shed, penthouse.
_il_ =appert=, _v.imp._ _V._ =apparoir=.
☉=appertement=, _adv._, openly.
=appesantir=, _v.a._, to make heavy, to weigh down; to impair, to dull,
to make dull.
_s’_=appesantir=, _v.r._, to grow heavy and dull, to be weighed down, to
lie heavy; to dwell upon, expatiate on.
=appesantissement= (-mān), _n.m._, heaviness, dulness.
=appétence= (ap-pé-), _n.f._, appetence, appetency.
=appéter=, _v.a._, to desire, to crave for, to covet.
=appétibilité=, _n.f._, appetibility, desire.
=appétible=, _adj._, appetible, desirable.
=appétissant=, =-e=, _adj._, relishing, appetizing, tempting; delicious,
desirable.
=appétit=, _n.m._, appetite, relish, desire, longing; inclination, taste;
stomach. _De bon —_; heartily. _— de cheval_; ravenous appetite. _Bon —!_
I wish you a good appetite. _Avoir de l’—_; to have an appetite. _Être
sans —_; to have no appetite. _L’— vient en mangeant_; the more one has,
the more one wishes to have. _Il n’est chère que d’—_; hunger is the
best sauce. _Rester sur son —_; to check one’s appetite, inclination. _—
de femme grosse_; depraved appetite, longing. _Pain dérobé réveille —_;
stolen joys are sweet.
=appétiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, appetitive.
=appétition=, _n.f._, appetition, desire for.
=applaudir=, _v.n.a._, to applaud, to clap, to clap the hands, to cheer;
to praise, to commend, to approve. _— un acteur_; to applaud an actor.
_Je vous applaudis de vous être conduit si prudemment_; I commend you
for having acted so prudently. _Applaudi de tout le monde_; applauded by
everybody.
_s’_=applaudir=, _v.r._, to applaud one’s self for, to glory in (a
thing); to congratulate one’s self (on), to rejoice (in or at). _Il
s’applaudit lui-même_; he admires himself.
=applaudissement= (-mān), _n.m._, applause, public praise, commendation;
plaudits, cheering. _Salve d’—s_; round of applause, of cheering.
=applaudisseur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) applauder.
=applicable=, _adj._, applicable, apposite, relevant, suitable.
=application=, _n.f._, application, employment (of a sum of money);
attention, care, diligence, sedulousness; (gold.) charging; appliqué
lace. _Avec —_; sedulously. _Sans — déterminée_; unappropriated. _D’—_;
practical, feasible. _— d’Angleterre_; Honiton lace. _Bras d’—_; bracket.
=applique=, _n.f._, (gold.) charging.
=appliqué=, =-e=, _adj._, intent, sedulous, studious, diligent, attentive.
=appliquer=, _v.a._, to apply, to stick; to award (judgment); to employ
(money); to put, to set, to affix, to bring close; to adapt, to fit;
to apply to, to appropriate; to bestow on, to hit, to strike. _— des
ventouses_; to cup. _— mal à propos_; to misapply.
_s’_=appliquer=, _v.r._, to apply a thing to one’s self, to take it for
one’s self; to apply one’s self, to fall to, to set to, to take to, to
labor at, to make it one’s study; to stick to.
=appoint=, _n.m._, change, odd money, premium; appoint. _Net —_; appoint.
_Par net —_; per appoint. _Faire l’—_; to pay the difference. _D’—_; odd.
=appointements= (-mān), _n.m.pl._, salary, stipend.
=appointer=, _v.a._, to put, to give a salary to; to punish (in the
army); to sew strips of cloth, to stitch (as a mattress, cloth); (juris.)
to refer, have a referee. _Commis appointé_; salaried clerk.
=appointer=, _v.a._, to point, sharpen to a point.
☉=appointeur=, _n.m._, (juris.) referee.
=appontement=, _n.m._, temporary wooden bridge; (nav.) gang-way, ladder.
=apport=, _n.m._, material brought, quantity brought, documents
deposited; personal property; share; contribution.
=apporter=, _v.a._, to bring; to bring forward; to cause, to bring to
bear upon, to procure, to occasion; to use, to cite, to quote, to allege;
to adduce, to produce. _— des difficultés_; to raise difficulties. _— de
la précaution_; to use precaution. _— de bonnes raisons_; to adduce good
reasons. _— des soins à_; to bestow care upon.
=apportionner=, _v.a._, to apportion.
=apposer=, _v.a._, to set, to put, to insert, to affix.
=apposition=, _n.f._, setting, putting, inserting; affixing; accretion;
(gram.) apposition. _Faire l’— des scellés_; to affix the seals.
=appréciable=, _adj._, appreciable, perceptible.
=appréciat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, valuer, appraiser, rater.
=appréciati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, denoting the value of. _Etat_, _devis —_;
estimate.
=appréciation=, _n.f._, appreciation, apprizement, rating, valuation,
estimation.
=apprécier=, _v.a._, to value, to rate, to estimate, to judge; to
appreciate, to esteem.
=appréhender=, _v.a._, to apprehend, to be apprehensive of, to fear; to
arrest, to take up. _— au corps_; to arrest.
=appréhensible=, _adj._, apprehensible.
=appréhensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, timid.
=appréhension=, _n.f._, apprehension; fear, dread. _Avoir des —s_; to be
under apprehension.
=apprendre=, _v.a._, to learn, to be informed of; to hear of; to teach;
to train; to tell, to inform of, to advise, to let know. _— par cœur_;
to learn by heart. _— des nouvelles_; to hear news. _Je l’ai appris de
bonne part_; I have it from good authority. _Il m’a appris l’algèbre_;
he taught me algebra. _Faire — un métier à un enfant_; to put a child to
a trade. _Je lui apprendrai qui je suis_; I will let him know who I am.
_Les malheurs s’apprennent vite_; ill news flies fast.
=apprenti=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, apprentice; novice, tyro. _Obliger un
—_; to bind an apprentice.
=apprenti=, =-e=, _adj._, apprenticed, articled.
=apprentissage=, _n.m._, apprenticeship, trial, experiment. _Être en
—_; to be an apprentice. _Faire son —_; to serve one’s apprenticeship.
_Mettre en —_; to apprentice, to article. _Brevet d’—_; apprentice’s
indentures. _Sortir d’—_; to finish one’s time.
=apprêt=, _n.m._, preparation, preparative; cooking, (manu.) dressing;
painting on glass; stiffness, affectation. _Faire de grands —s_; to make
great preparations. _Sans —_; unstudied (of style).
=apprêtage=, _n.m._, (manu.) dressing; finishing.
=apprêté=, =-e=, _part._, prepared, dressed; studied. _Des manières
apprêtées_; affected manners.
=apprêter=, _v.a._, to prepare, to get ready; to cook; (manu.) to dress;
to afford matter for. _— un chapeau_; to dress a hat. _— à dîner_; to
prepare dinner. _— à rire_; to afford matter for laughter.
_s’_=apprêter=, _v.r._, to prepare one’s self, to make one’s self ready,
to dress; to be in course of preparation, to be brewing.
☉=apprêteur=, _n.m._, painter upon glass.
=apprêteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (manu.) dresser.
=appris=, =-e=, _part._, learned, taught. _Bien —_; well-bred. _Mal —_;
ill-bred. _Un mal —_; an ill-bred or an unmannerly fellow.
=apprivoisement= (-voaz-mān), _n.m._, taming.
=apprivoiser=, _v.a._, to tame (animals); to make sociable, tractable,
(persons); (hunt.) to reclaim.
_s’_=apprivoiser=, _v.r._, to be tamed, to grow tame (of animals); to
become sociable, to lose one’s shyness (of persons).
=approbat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, approver, applauder.
=approbat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, approving, commending.
=approbati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, approving. _Geste —_; nod of approbation.
=approbation=, _n.f._, approbation, consent; approval. _Incliner la tête
en signe d’—_; to nod assent, approval.
=approbativement= (-mān), _adv._, approvingly, with approbation.
=approchant=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) something like; like, bordering upon,
approximate; near allied, near akin.
=approchant=, _prep._, (l.u., fam.) near, about. _Il a reçu dix mille
francs —_; he received about ten thousand francs.
=approche=, _n.f._, approach, access; coming, advance; (print.) space,
closing up. _Lunette d’—_; spy-glass. _Greffe en —_; graft by approach.
=approcher=, _v.a._, to bring, put, or draw near; to bring, put, or draw
close; to have access (to any one). _Approchez la table du feu_; draw the
table near the fire.
=approcher=, _v.n._, to approach, to draw nigh or near, to come near, to
be easy of access; to be something like. _Il me fit — de lui_; he made
me come near him. _— du but_; to come near the mark. _Ceci n’en approche
pas_; this does not come near it.
_s’_=approcher=, _v.r._, to approach, to draw near, to come near, to
advance. _Approchez-vous du feu_; draw near the fire.
=approfondi=, =-e=, _adj._, deep, profound; thorough, reasoned out.
=approfondir=, _v.a._, to deepen, to make deeper; to examine thoroughly;
to search, dive into, to fathom. _— une question_; to sift, to fathom a
question.
=approfondissement=, _n.m._, deepening, sinking lower; fathoming.
=appropriation=, _n.f._, appropriation, assimilation; (jur.) conversion.
=approprier=, _v.a._, to appropriate, to accommodate, to adapt, to fit,
to suit; to clean, to make neat, to tidy. _— une chambre_; to make a
room tidy. _— son langage aux circonstances_; to adapt one’s language to
circumstances.
_s’_=approprier=, _v.r._, to appropriate a thing to one’s self, to
convert to one’s own use.
=approuver=, _v.a._, to approve, to approve of, to sanction, to consent
to; to ratify, to authorize; to pass (accounts).
=approvisionnement= (-zio-n-mān), _n.m._, victualing; supply of
provisions, stock. _Vaisseau d’—_; (nav.) victualing ship.
=approvisionner=, _v.a._, to supply with necessaries; to victual, to
cater for, to stock.
_s’_=approvisionner=, _v.r._, to supply one’s self; to lay in, take in
supplies.
=approvisionneur=, _n.m._, victualer, provider, caterer, purveyor.
=approximati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, approximative.
=approximation=, _n.f._, approximation, rough guess. _Détermination par
—_; (math.) approximation.
=approximativement= (-mān) _adv._, approximatively.
☉=approximer=, _v.a._, to approximate.
=appui=, _n.m._, prop, stay, support, rest; help, protection; buttress,
rail, hand-rail, sill (of windows); rail (of stairs); (man.) appui;
(mec.) fulcrum. _À hauteur d’—_; breast-high. _Point d’—_; point of
support, prop, fulcrum, base. _A l’— de_; in support of, in confirmation
of. _Sans —_; unsupported, friendless. _Il est l’— des malheureux_; he
is the support of the unfortunate. _Ce cheval a l’— bon_; that horse is
soft-mouthed. _Aller à l’— de_; to support (a proposal).
=appui-main=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) painter’s maul-stick, hand-rest.
=appui-queue=, _n.m._, rest (at billiards), jigger.
=appuyer=, _v.a._, to prop up, to stay, to support, to second; to hold
up, to sustain; to set upon; to lean upon; to ground, to found; to
back, to stand by; to favor, to countenance; to protect; to enforce, to
strengthen. _— une maison contre un coteau_; to build a house against
a hill. _— le coude sur la table_; to lean one’s elbow upon the table.
_Son droit est appuyé sur de bons titres_; his claim is founded on just
grounds. _Il m’a promis d’— mon placet_; he has promised to back my
petition. _— les chiens_; to urge on the hounds.
=appuyer=, _v.n._, to bear upon, to lean; to rest; to lay a stress on; to
dwell upon; to insist upon, to urge. _— sur un mot_; to lay a stress on a
word. _— sur un passage_; to dwell upon a passage. _— sur la droite_, _la
gauche_, or _à droite_, _à gauche_; to bear to the right, the left. _Ce
cheval appuie sur le mors_; that horse hangs on the bit.
_s’_=appuyer=, _v.r._, to lean, to lean upon; to lie, to rest, to recline
upon; to confide in, to rely upon, to depend upon, to trust to; to lay a
stress on, to dwell upon. _Appuyez-vous sur moi_; lean upon me. _— sur un
roseau_; (fig.) to trust to a broken reed.
=âpre=, _adj._, rough, harsh; tart, sharp; hard, rugged, uneven; biting,
cutting, bitter; severe; crabbed, peevish; violent, greedy, eager.
_Chemin — et raboteux_; rough, rugged way. _— au gain_; greedy of gain.
_— au jeu_; eager for play (a born gambler). _— à se venger_; eager for
revenge. _— à la curée_; eager for prey (of animals); greedy of gain (of
persons).
=aprèle=, _n.f._, (bot.) horse-tail.
=âprement=, _adv._, harshly, sharply, roughly, rigorously; severely;
peevishly, crabbedly; gruffly; violently, eagerly, greedily.
=après=, _prep._, after, next to; about; next. _Sa maison vient — la
vôtre_; his house is next to yours. _Il est toujours — moi_; he is always
after me, always teasing, persecuting, scolding me. _Être — quelque
chose_; to be in pursuit of something. _On est —_; it is being done.
_Soupirer — quelque chose_; to long for anything. _Ne pas attendre —
quelqu’un_; not to need, to be able to do without any one. _— lui, il
faut tirer l’échelle_; no one can come after him. _— coup_; too late.
_Crier — quelqu’un_; to scold anybody. _Tout le monde crie — lui_;
everybody cries out against him. _Ci —_; hereafter, in the sequel. _—
quoi_; after which. _D’—_; after, from, according to, following. _Peindre
d’— nature_; to paint from nature. _— tout_; after all. _Jeter le manche
— la cognée_; to throw the helve after the hatchet (or to give up in
despair).
=après=, _adv._, afterwards, after; go on; what next, what then? _Vous
arrivâtes malade; —?_ you say you were ill after you arrived; and what
then?
=après que=, _conj._, after, when. _— — vous aurez fait_; after you have
done. _— — je l’eus vu_; when I had seen him.
=après-demain=, _adv._, the day after to-morrow.
☉=après-dînée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) =après-dîné=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after
dinner, afternoon.
=après-dîner=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) after dinner, afternoon.
=après-midi=, _n.m.f._, (_—_) afternoon.
☉=après-soupée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) après-soupé, n.m., (_—-—s_) between
supper and bedtime; evening.
=après-souper=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) between supper and bedtime, evening.
=âpreté=, _n.f._, harshness, tartness, sharpness; roughness, ruggedness;
acrimony, asperity; violence, fierceness, severity; eagerness;
greediness. _— à l’argent_; lust of gold.
=à priori=. _V._ =priori=.
=à propos=, _adj._, _adv._; =à-propos=, _n.m._ _V._ =propos=.
=apside=, _n.f._, (apsides, apses) (astron.) apsis.
=apte=, _adj._, apt, fit, proper, qualified.
=aptère=, _n.m._, apter.
=aptère=, _adj._, apteral, apterous.
=aptitude=, _n.f._, aptitude, aptness, qualification, disposition;
readiness, inclination, taste.
=apurement= (-mān), _n.m._, auditing, closing (of accounts).
=apurer=, _v.a._, to audit (accounts).
=apyre=, _adj._, apyrous, incombustible, fire-proof.
=apyrexie=, _n.f._, (med.) apyrexy.
=aquarelle= (-koua-), _n.f._, painting in water-colors, aquarelle,
water-color drawing.
=aquarelliste=, _n.m._, painter in water-colors.
=aquarium=, _n.m._, (_—s_) aquarium.
=aqua-tinta= (_—_), or aquatinte (-koua-), (_—s_) _n.f._, aquatinta,
aquatint.
=aquatique= (-koua-), _adj._, aquatic, watery.
=aqueduc=, _n.m._, water-pipe, aqueduct, conduit, duct. _Petit —_;
culvert.
=aqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, aqueous, watery, waterish.
=aquilin=, _adj._, aquiline, curving, hooked, prominent, Roman.
=aquilon=, _n.m._, north-wind, northerly wind, cold blast, storm, tempest.
☉=aquilonaire=, _adj._, northern, boreal.
=aquosité= (-kouo-), _n.f._, aqueousness, wateriness.
=ara=, _n.m._, (orni.) macaw.
=arabe=, _n.m._, Arabian (person); miser, screw, dun, usurer; Arabic
(language).
=arabe=, _adj._, Arabic, Arabian.
=arabesque=, _adj._, arabesque.
=arabesque=, _n.f._, arabesque.
=arabique=, _adj._, Arabian, Arabic.
=arable=, _adj._, arable, tillable.
=arachide=, _n.f._, earth-nut.
=arachnide= (-rak-), _n.m._, arachnidan.
=arachnoïde= (-rak-no-id), _n.f._, (anat.) arachnoid, arachnoid membrane.
=arachnoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) arachnoid; cobwebbed.
=arack= _or_ =rack=, _n.m._, a spirituous liquor; arrack.
=araignée=, _n.f._, spider; (mining) araignee, arraign; (nav.) crow-foot.
_Toile d’—_; cobweb, spider-work. _— de mer_; crab. _Pattes d’—_;
spider’s legs, scrawling handwriting. _Oter les —s_; to sweep the cobwebs
away. _J’en ai horreur comme d’une —_; (fam.) I hate it as I do sin.
_Avoir une — dans le plafond_; to have a bee in one’s bonnet.
=araméen=, =-ne=, _adj._, aramean.
=aramer=, _v.a._, to stretch cloth upon tenters, to tenter.
=aranéeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cobwebbed.
=arase=, _n.f._ _Pierres d’—_; leveling course (mas.).
=arasement= (-mān), _n.m._, leveling, making even.
=araser=, _v.a._, to level (a wall, a building, &c.); to make even.
=arases=, _n.f.pl._, leveling course (mas.).
=aratoire=, _adj._, aratory, farming. _Instruments —s_; implements of
husbandry.
=arbalète=, _n.f._, arbalist, cross-bow, dormouse-trap. _— à jalet_; a
stone-bow. _Attelage en —_; unicorn team.
☉=arbalèter=, _v.a._, (arch.) to stay, to bear or shore up with pieces of
timber.
=arbalétrier=, _n.m._, cross-bowman, archer. _—s_; principal rafters
(carp.); (orni.) swift (_Cypselus apus_).
=arbitrage=, _n.m._, arbitrage, arbitration, arbitrament, umpirage.
=arbitraire=, _adj._, arbitrary, optional, despotic, discretional.
=arbitrairement= (-mān), _adv._, arbitrarily, despotically.
=arbitral=, =-e=, _adj._, by arbitration.
=arbitralement= (-mān), _adv._, by arbitration.
=arbitrateur=, _n.m._, arbitrator, arbiter.
=arbitration=, _n.f._, decision, award.
=arbitre=, _n.m._, will; arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee; master,
sovereign disposer. _Libre_, _franc —_; free will. _Tiers —_; umpire.
=arbitrer=, _v.a._, to arbitrate, to decree, to regulate, to award, to
judge, to settle.
=arbois=, _n.m._, laburnum.
=arboré=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) arboreous; (of flags) hoisted.
=arborer=, _v.a._, to put up, to hoist; to set up for, to proclaim. _— un
pavillon_; to hoist a flag.
=arborescence=, _n.f._, arborescence.
=arboriculteur=, _n.m._, arboriculturist.
=arboriculture=, _n.f._, arboriculture.
=arborisation=, _n.f._, arborization.
=arborisé=, =-e=, _adj._, arborized. _Pierres —es_; arborized stones.
=arbouse=, _n.f._, arbute-berry, wilding.
=arbousier=, _n.m._, arbute, strawberry-tree.
=arbre=, _n.m._, tree; beam; piece of timber; (tech.) arbor, cylinder,
shaft, spindle; (nav.) mast (in the Mediterranean). _Jeune —_; sapling.
_— fruitier_; fruit-tree. _— en espalier_; wall-tree. _— sur pied_;
standing tree. _— en buisson_; bush. _— de haute futaie_; forest-tree.
_— de plein vent_; standard. _— nain_; dwarf-tree. _Grand —_; shaft.
_— de couche_; horizontal shaft. _— moteur_; main shaft. _— vertical_;
upright shaft. _— de diane_, or _philosophique_ (chem.); arbor dianæ. _—
vert_; evergreen. _— chablis_; tree blown down. _Arbre généalogique_;
genealogical tree. _— à cire_; myrica. _— de mestre_; main-mast. _— de
trinquet_; foremast. _Se tenir au gros de l’—_; to adhere to what is
ancient. _Tel —, tel fruit_; a tree is known by its fruits. _Faire l’—
fourchu_; to walk on one’s two hands, with one’s legs in the air. _L’—
ne tombe pas du premier coup_; (prov.) Rome was not built in a day.
_Entre l’— et l’écorce il ne faut pas mettre le doigt_; leave family jars
severely alone. _— de transmission_; connecting shaft.
=arbrisseau=, _n.m._, tree; young tree; small tree; underwood; shrub.
=arbuste=, _n.m._, shrub; bush.
=arc= (ark), _n.m._, bow, long-bow; (arch.) arch; (geom.) arc, arch;
(astron.) arc; (nav.) cambering. _Tirer de l’—_; to draw the bow. _Corde
de l’—_; bow-string. _À portée d’—_; within bowshot. _Avoir plusieurs
cordes à son —_; to have more than one string to one’s bow. _— en plein
cintre_; semi-circular arch. _— de biais_; sloping arch. _— en décharge_;
arch of discharge. _—-doubleau_ (_—s-—x_); massive rib, chief arch of a
vault. _— de triomphe_; triumphal arch. _— diurne_; (astron.) diurnal
arc. _Bander_, _détendre_, _l’—_; to bend, to unbend, the bow. (fig.)
_Débander l’— ne guérit pas la plaie_; to cease to do mischief does not
undo the harm done.
=arc-boutant= (ar-boo-tān), _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) arc-boutant, abutment,
arched buttress; prop, shore, supporter; stretcher; ringleader,
supporter, chief man in any business; (nav.) sparboom. _—s d’un train de
carrosse_; rods that serve to keep the mainbraces of a coach in place. _—
de misaine_; foresail boom. _Grand —_ (nav.); mainsail boom.
=arc-bouter=, _v.a._, to prop, to support, to buttress.
=arcade=, _n.f._, arcade; (anat.) arch, vault.
=arcane=, _n.m._, (chem.) arcanum, secret, mystery.
=arcanson=, _n.m._, colophony, black resin, rosin.
=arcasse=, _n.f._, (nav.) buttock of a ship, stern-frame.
=arc-doubleau=, _n.m._, groin (of vaults).
=arceau=, _n.m._, arch, archway, vault; (nav.) drift-sail.
=arc-en-ciel= (ark-an-si-èl), _n.m._, (_—s-—_) rainbow, iris.
=archaïque=, _adj._, archaical.
=archaïsme= (-ka-ism), _n.m._, archaism. (obsolete word.)
=archal=, _n.m._ _Fil d’—_; iron wire.
=archange= (-kanj), _n.m._, archangel.
=arche=, _n.f._, arch; ark. _L’— sainte_, _l’— du Seigneur_; the ark
of the Lord. _L’— de Noé_; Noah’s ark. _L’— d’alliance_; the ark of
the covenant. _C’est l’— du Seigneur_; it is forbidden ground. _Pont à
plusieurs —s_; bridge of several arches. _Être hors de l’—_; to be out of
the pale of the church. _Cour des arches_; Arches-Court.
=archée=, _n.f._, principle of life, archeus.
=archelet=, _n.m._, drill-bow, hoop (of a net).
=archéologie= (-ké-), _n.f._, archæology.
=archéologique= (-ké-), _adj._, archæological.
=archéologue= (ar-ké-o-log), _n.m._, archæologist.
=archer=, _n.m._, archer, bowman; ☉policeman, constable.
=archet=, _n.m._, bow, fiddle-stick; upper part of a cradle; turner’s
poll or bow; drill-bow; bow-hand (mus.).
=archétype= (-ké-), _n.m._, archetype.
=archétype= (-ké-), _adj._, archetypal.
=archevêché=, _n.m._, archbishopric, cathedral town; the archbishop’s
residence.
=archevêque=, _n.m._, archbishop.
=archi=, prefix from Gr. ἂρχειν, arch.
=archichancelier=, _n.m._, archchancellor.
=archidiaconat=, _n.m._, archdeaconry.
=archidiaconé=, _n.m._, archdeaconry.
=archidiacre=, _n.m._, archdeacon.
=archiduc=, _n.m._, archduke.
=archiduché=, _n.m._, archdukedom, archduchy.
=archiduchesse=, _n.f._, archduchess.
=archiépiscopal=, =-e= (-ki-), _adj._, archiepiscopal.
=archiépiscopal= (-ki-), _n.m._, archiepiscopacy.
=archifo-u=, =-lle=, _adj._, stark-mad.
=archiluth=, _n.m._, archlute.
=archimandritat=, _n.m._, the living of an archimandrite; abbey.
=archimandrite=, _n.m._, archimandrite.
=archinoble=, _adj._, (iron.) most noble.
=archipel=, _n.m._, archipelago.
=archipompe=, _or_ =arche-de-pompe=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (nav.) well,
well-pump.
=archipresbytéral=, _adj._, appertaining to an archpresbyter.
=archipresbytérat=, _n.m._, archpresbytery.
=archiprêtre=, _n.m._, archpriest, archpresbyter.
=archiprêtré=, _n.m._, archpresbytery.
=architecte=, _n.m._, architect; master-builder. _— paysagiste_,
landscape-gardener.
=architectonique=, _adj._, architectonic.
=architectonique=, _n.f._, architectonics.
=architectonographe=, _n.m._, architectonographer.
=architectonographie=, _n.f._, architectonography.
=architectural=, =-e=, _adj._, architectural.
=architecture=, _n.f._, architecture.
=architrave=, _n.f._, (arch.) architrave.
=architriclin=, _n.m._, (antiq.) steward; (fam. and jest.) head-man,
host, entertainer.
=archives=, _n.f.pl._, archives, records; record-office, muniment house.
=archiviste=, _n.m._, archivist, keeper of the records, registrar.
=archivolte=, _n.f._, (arch.) archivolt.
=archontat= (-kon-ta), _n.m._, archonship.
=archonte= (-kont), _n.m._, archon.
=archure=, _n.f._, mill-stone hoop.
=arçon=, _n.m._, saddle-bow; bow (tool). _Perdre_ or _vider les —s_;
to be thrown from one’s horse; (fig.) to hesitate, lose one’s presence
of mind. _Être ferme dans les —s_; to have a firm seat; to be true to
one’s principles. _Se remettre dans les —s_; to recover one’s stirrups.
_Pistolets d’—_; horse-pistols.
=arçonnage=, _n.m._, bowing; (agric.) layering.
☉=arctier= (-tié), _n.m._, bow-maker. _— fléchier_; bow and arrow maker.
=arctique=, _adj._, arctic, north.
=arcturus=, _n.m._, (astron.) Arcturus.
=ardélion=, _n.m._, (l.u.) a busybody, meddler.
=ardemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, ardently, intensely, eagerly,
passionately, vehemently, spiritedly, fervently, hotly.
=ardent=, =-e=, _adj._, hot, burning, fiery, glowing; scorching; ardent,
vehement, violent; strenuous, spirited, mettlesome; zealous; hasty,
passionate; sanguine, fervent, earnest; greedy; red (of the hair); (nav.)
griping. _Charbon —_; burning-coal. _Chapelle —e_; mortuary chamber (for
lying in state). _Chambre —e_ (French history) ardent-chamber, criminal
court. _Verre —_; burning-glass.
=ardent=, _n.m._, ignis fatuus, will-o’-the-wisp.
☉=arder= _or_ =ardre=. _V._ =brûler=.
=ardeur=, _n.f._, ardor, heat, burning heat; ardency, warmth, fervency;
vividness, intensity; eagerness, fire, spirit, spiritedness, mettle,
fervor; earnestness, forwardness, strenuousness; passion. _Cheval plein
d’—_; high-mettled horse. _Avec —_; spiritedly.
*=ardillon=, _n.m._, tongue (of a buckle); barb (of a hook).
=ardoise=, _n.f._, slate; score, account. _Carrière d’—_; slate-quarry.
_Crayon d’—_; slate-pencil. _Couvreur en —_; slater. _Couvrir d’—_; to
slate.
=ardoisé=, =-e=, _adj._, slate-colored.
=ardoiser=, _v.a._, to slate.
=ardoisier=, _n.m._, owner of, workman in (a slate-quarry).
=ardoisi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, slaty.
=ardoisière=, _n.f._, slate-quarry.
☉=ardre=. _V._ =brûler=.
=ardu=, =-e=, _adj._, arduous, hard, difficult, steep.
=are=, _n.m._, are, 119·6046 square yards.
=arec=, _n.m._, (bot.) areca, nut.
=aréfaction=, _n.f._, arefaction.
=arénacé=, =-e=, _adj._, arenaceous.
=arénation=, _n.f._, arenation.
=arène=, _n.f._, sand; arena, lists, ring; cock-pit; battle-ground,
theatre, scene.
=aréneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sandy, arenous.
=aréole=, _n.f._, (anat., med.) areola.
=aréomètre=, _n.m._, areometer.
=aréométrie=, _n.f._, areometry.
=aréopage=, _n.m._, areopagus.
=aréopagite=, _n.m._, areopagite.
=aréostyle=, _n.m._, (arch.) areostyle.
=aréotectonique=, _n.f._, areotechtonics (military architecture).
☉=aréotique=, _n.m._, (med.) areotic.
=aréquier=, _n.m._, (bot.) cabbage palm.
=arête=, _n.f._, fish-bone; skeleton of a fish; (bot.) awn, beard,
prickle; (arch.) arris; (nav.) quoin; (geom.) corner, edge; (geog.)
ridge; (metal.) angle or edge, ridge; ridge (of a sword blade). _— de
poisson_; (arch.) herring-bone work. _À vive —_; (carp.) sharp-edged.
=arêtier= (-tié), _n.m._, (arch.) hip.
=arêtière=, _n.f._, layer of mortar used in slating.
=argala=, _n.m._, (orni.) hurgil.
=argali=, _n.m._, (mam.) argali (wild sheep).
=arganeau=, _n.m._, (nav.) ring-bolt, anchoring; convict-chain.
=argémone=, _n.f._, argemone (thorny Mexican poppy).
=argent=, _n.m._, silver; money, coin, cash; (her.) argent; pearl. _—
vierge_; virgin silver. _Lingot d’—_; silver bullion. _— en feuilles_,
_battu_; silver-leaf. _— vif_ (l.u.), _vif-argent_ (_n.p._); quicksilver.
_Vaisselle d’—_; plate, silver-plate. _— blanc_; silver money. _—
comptant_; ready money. _— monnayé_; coined money. _— d’Allemagne_;
German silver. _— doré_; silver-gilt. _— amati_; deadened silver. _— en
caisse_; cash in hand, money put by. _— dormant_; money lying idle. _—
mort_; money paying no interest. _— mignon_; pin-money. _Un — fou_; no
end of money. _Bourreau d’—_; spendthrift. _Pigne d’—_; pena silver. _À
pomme d’—_; silver-headed. _À tête d’—_; silver-eyed. _Au croissant d’—_;
(her.) argent-horned. _D’—_; silvery; (her.) argent. _En avoir pour son
—_; to have one’s money’s worth. _Avoir le temps et l’—_; to have all one
can wish for. _Être brouillé avec l’— comptant_; never to have any ready
money. _Être cousu d’—_, _avoir de l’— à gogo_; to be rolling in riches.
_Être court d’—_; to be short of money. _Jeter son — par la fenêtre_;
to throw one’s money away. _Homme d’—_; mercenary man. _Lâcher de l’—_;
to come down with one’s money. _Payer — sec_, _bas_, _— sur table_; to
pay money down, on the nail, ready money. _Manger son —_; to squander
one’s fortune away. _— comptant porte médecine_; money is a cure for all
sores. _Faire rentrer de l’—_; to call in money. _Rapporter de l’—_; to
bring in money. _Toucher de l’—_; to receive money. _Trouver de l’—_; to
raise money. _Y aller bon jeu_, _bon —_; to be in earnest, to act frankly.
_J’ai toujours l’— à la main_; I am always laying money out. _Payer —
comptant_; to pay ready money. _Placer de l’—_; to invest money. _Prendre
quelque chose pour — comptant_; to take anything for gospel. _Faire — de
tout_; to turn everything into money. _C’est de l’— en barre_; it is as
good as ready money, _or_ as the Bank of England. _— fait tout_; money
makes the mare go. _Point d’—, point de Suisse_; no pay, no piper; no
money, no Swiss; nothing, without paying.
=argentage=, _n.m._, silvering, silver plating.
=argenté=, _adj._, plated, silvered over; silvery, snowy.
=argenter=, _v.a._, to silver over, to plate, to do over with silver.
=argenterie= (-jan-trî), _n.f._, plate, silver-plate.
=argenteur=, _n.m._, plater, silverer.
=argenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (pop., l.u.) moneyed.
☉=argentier=, _n.m._, steward; treasurer; silversmith.
=argentifère=, _adj._, argentiferous.
=argentin=, =-e=, _adj._, silvery, argentine; silver-toned, ringing,
clear; (paint.) silvery.
=argentine=, _adj._, (geog.) Argentine.
=argentine=, _n.f._, argentine, silver-weed, wild tansy; (ich.) argentina.
=argenture=, _n.f._, silver-plating.
=argilacé=, =-e=, _adj._, clayey, argillaceous.
=argile=, _n.f._, clay, potter’s clay, argil. _— à porcelaine_;
China-clay.
=argileu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, clayey, clayish, argillous.
=argilière=, _n.f._, clay-pit.
=argilifère=, _adj._, argilliferous.
=argilolithe=, _n.m._, clay-stone.
=argo=, _n.m._, (astr.) Argo.
=argonaute=, _n.m._, argonaut; (conch.) argonauta; (moll.) nautilus.
=argonautes=, _n.m.pl._, Argonauts.
=argot=, _n.m._, cant, professional slang; slang; (gard.) the stub of a
branch, above an eye or bud, dead-wood.
=argoter=, _v.a._, to cut the stub of a tree above the eye.
=argotiser=, _v.n._, to talk slang.
=argousin=, _n.m._, convict-warder; bobby, peeler, catch-poll.
=argue= (arg), _n.f._, (tech.) draw-bench, draw-room (for wire-drawing).
=arguer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to accuse; to wire-draw, argue, infer, conclude.
=arguer=, _v.n._, to argue; to conclude, to infer; to urge.
=argument=, _n.m._, argument, reasoning; conjecture; evidence, proof,
reason; theme, subject. _— dans les règles_; argument in due form.
=argumentant=, _n.m._, arguer.
=argumentateur=, _n.m._, arguer, disputer.
=argumentation=, _n.f._, argumentation, arguing, reasoning.
=argumenter=, _v.n._, to argue, to quibble.
=argus=, _n.m._, (myth.) Argus; (ent., orn.) argus.
=argutie= (-ci), _n.f._, quibble, hair-splitting, cavil.
=argutieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, quibbling, caviling.
=arianisme=, _n.m._, arianism.
=aride=, _adj._, arid, dry, sterile. _Une terre —_; a barren ground.
=aridité=, _n.f._, aridity, dryness; barrenness, unfruitfulness.
=arien=, =-ne= (-in, -èn), _adj._, Arian.
=arien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Arian.
=ariette=, _n.f._, arietta.
☉=arigot=, _n.m._, a kind of fife. _V._ =larigot=.
*=arille=, _n.f._, (bot.) seed-coat, mace, aril.
=aristarque=, _n.m._, Aristarchus; hypercritic.
=aristocrate=, _adj._, aristocratic.
=aristocrate=, _n.m.f._, aristocrat.
=aristocratie=, _n.f._, aristocracy.
=aristocratique=, _adj._, aristocratic.
=aristocratiquement= (-mān), _adv._, aristocratically.
=aristoloche=, _n.f._, aristolochia, birth-wort, hard-wort.
=aristotélicien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Aristotelian.
=aristotélicien=, _n.m._, Aristotelian.
=aristotélisme=, _n.m._, Aristotelianism, Aristotelian philosophy.
=arithméticien= (-in), _n.m._, arithmetician.
=arithmétique=, _n.f._, arithmetic; accounts.
=arithmétique=, _adj._, arithmetical.
=arithmétiquement= (-mān), _adv._, arithmetically.
=arithmomancie=, _n.f._, arithmomancy.
=arizarum= (-rom), _n.m._, (bot.) friar’s cowl.
=arlequin=, _n.m._, harlequin, merry-andrew; (orni.) spotted red-shank.
_Habit d’—_; patchwork, medley.
=arlequinade=, _n.f._, harlequinade.
=arlequine=, _n.f._, harlequin’s dance.
*=armadille=, _n.f._, armadillo.
*=armadille=, _n.m._, (ent.) wood-louse.
=armand=, _n.m._, drench, spiced-mash (for sick horses).
=armateur=, _n.m._, owner of a privateer; ship-owner; captain of a
privateer.
=armature=, _n.f._, (arch., tech.) iron braces, stays, binding, cappings,
armature (dynamo).
=arme=, _n.f._, arm, weapon, arm (of the service); (bot.) weapon.
_—s_; (her.) arms, coat of arms, hatchment; troops, forces; warfare;
fencing. _—s blanches_; side-arms (the sabre, sword, bayonet). _— à
feu_; fire-arms. _—s fausses_, _à enquerre_; (her.) irregular arms.
_—s parlantes_; (her.) allusive heraldry. _Jaque d’—s_; coat of arms.
_A —s parlantes_; (her.) exemplary. _Assaut d’—s_; assault at arms. _—
de trait_; missile weapon. _Faisceau d’—s_; pile of arms. _Pas d’—s_;
passage of arms. _Une salle d’—s_; a fencing school; armory. _Un maître
d’—s_; a fencing-master. _Faire des —s_, _tirer des —s_; to fence.
_Avoir les —s belles_; to fence gracefully. _Né pour les —s_; born a
soldier. _Quitter les —s_; to leave the army. _Faire ses premières —s_;
to make one’s first campaign. _Un fait d’—s_; a warlike feat or exploit.
_Héraut d’—s_; herald at arms. _Homme d’—s_; man at arms. _Place d’—s_;
a fortress. _Port d’—s_; carrying arms; gun license. _En venir aux —s_;
to begin the war. _Porter les —s_; to serve as a soldier. _Aux —s!_ to
arms! _Prendre les —s_; to take up arms. _Rendre déposer les —s_; to
lay down one’s arms. _Faire passer par les —s_; to shoot, put to the
sword. _Suspension d’—s_; cessation of hostilities. _— au bras!_ (milit.)
stand at ease! _Haut les —s!_ lodge arms! _Portez —s!_ shoulder arms!
_Présentez —s!_ present arms! _— à terre!_ ground arms! _— à volonté!_
slope arms! _Par la force des —s_; by force of arms. _Prendre les —s
contre_; to take up arms against. _Sans —s_; unarmed. _Les —s sont
journalières_; (fam.) victory is fickle. _Passer l’— à gauche_; (fam.) to
be killed; to kick the bucket.
=armé=, =-e=, _part._, armed, equipped; (her.) armed, cocked, at full
cock. _— de toutes pièces_; armed from top to toe. _À main —e_; by force
of arms.
=armée=, _n.f._, army; forces, troops; fleet; host; bevy. _La grande —_;
Napoleon’s army. _— de mer et de terre_; sea and land forces. _Corps
d’—_; main body of troops, army corps. _— permanente_; standing army.
_Fournisseur de l’—_; army-contractor. _Entrer dans l’—_; to enter the
army.
=armeline=, _n.f._, ermine (skin).
=armement=, _n.m._, armament; arming, raising of forces; warlike
preparations; accoutrements.
=arménien=, =-ne=, (-in, -en), _adj._, Armenian.
=arménien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Armenian.
=arménienne=, _n.f._, Armenian stone.
=armer=, _v.a._, to arm, to furnish with arms; (artil.) to load, to
mount; to provoke; to rouse; to excite; to cock (a gun, &c.); to fortify;
to heel (cocks); (nav.) to equip, to fit out; (nav.) to man (a pump); to
strengthen, to bind; (phys.) to arm. _— une poutre de bandes de fer_; to
strengthen a beam with iron bands. _— un aimant_; to arm a loadstone. _—
les avirons_; (nav.) to ship the oars.
_s’_=armer=, _v.r._, to arm one’s self, to take up arms, to provide one’s
self with arms; to fortify, to protect, to secure one’s self against
a thing; to summon up. _S’— de la prière_; to fortify one’s self with
prayer. _S’— de tout son courage_; to summon up all one’s courage.
=armet=, _n.m._, (ant.) helmet, head-piece.
=armillaire= (-mil-lèr), _adj._, (astron.) armillary. _Sphère —_;
armillary sphere.
=armille=, _n.f._, (arch.) annulet; ring, circle.
=arminianisme=, _n.m._, Arminianism.
=arminien=, =-ne= (-in, -èn), _adj._, Arminian.
=armistice=, _n.m._, armistice, truce.
=armoire=, _n.f._, closet; cupboard; press. _— à glace_; wardrobe.
=armoiries=, _n.f.pl._, (her.) coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings,
hatchment. _— fausses_, _à enquerre_; irregular arms.
=armoise=, _n.f._, artemisia. _— commune_; mugwort.
=armoisin=, _n.m._, sarcenet.
=armon=, _n.m._, futchel (of a coach).
=armorial=, _n.m._, book of heraldry.
=armoricain=, _n.m._, Armorican (of Brittany).
=armorier=, _v.a._, to set, put, paint, a coat of arms, to blazon.
=armorique=, _n.f._, Armorica.
=armoriste=, _n.m._, armorist, heraldic engraver.
=armure=, _n.f._, armor, casing; (phys.) armor; (nav.) fish (of a mast,
yard). _— de tête_; headpiece. _— à l’épreuve_; armor-proof. _Revêtir son
—_; to buckle on one’s armor. _— de la clef_; (mus.) signature.
=armurerie=, _n.f._, gunsmithery, arm-manufactory; gun-trade, gun-making.
=armurier=, _n.m._, armorer, gunsmith.
=arnica=, _or_ =arnique=, _n.f._, (bot.) arnica.
=arnicine=, _n.f._, (chem.) extract of arnica.
=arnotto=, _n.m._, (bot.) arnotto. _V._ =roucou=.
=aromate=, _n.m._, aromatic.
=aromatique=, _adj._, aromatical, fragrant, spicy.
=aromatisation=, _n.f._, aromatization.
=aromatiser=, _v.a._, to aromatize.
=aromatite=, _n.f._, aromatite.
=arome=, _n.m._, flavor, aroma.
=aronde=, _n.f._, swallow, swallow-fish. _Queue d’—_; (carp.) dove-tail.
_Assembler en queue d’—_; to dove-tail.
☉=arondelle=, _n.f._, a kind of fishing-tackle. _— de mer_; any small
vessel; a brigantine, pinnace, &c.
☉*=arpailleur=, _n.m._, gold-searcher. _V._ =orpailleur=.
=arpège=, _n.m._, (mus.) arpeggio.
=arpéger=, _v.n._, (mus.) to perform arpeggios.
=arpent=, _n.m._, acre (French); about an acre and a half (English).
=arpentage=, _n.m._, land-measuring; survey.
=arpenter=, _v.a._, to survey, to measure lands; to walk at a great pace,
to stride along, pace up and down.
=arpenteur=, _n.m._, land-surveyor.
=arpenteuse=, _n.f._, (ent.) span worm.
=arqué=, =-e=, _part._, bent, crooked; arched, curved.
=arquebusade=, _n.f._, arquebusade.
=arquebuse=, _n.f._, arquebuse.
☉=arquebuser=, _v.a._, to shoot with an arquebuse.
=arquebuserie= (-buz-rî), _n.f._, the business of a gunsmith. _V._
=armurerie=.
=arquebusier=, _n.m._, arquebusier, musketeer; gunsmith.
=arquer=, _v.a.n._, to bend, to curve, to arch, to crook.