develop, to expand; to display, to expound, to elucidate, to lay open,
to explain; to clear up, to unravel; (arch.) to trace upon a plan. _— le
plan d’un ouvrage_; to explain the plan of a work. _— un système_; to
expound a system.
_se_ =développer=, _v.r._, to expand; to unfold itself, to display
itself, to be unfolded _or_ displayed; to be cleared up, to be unraveled;
to extend itself, to spread out, to stretch out _or_ forth, to be
stretched out. _Les bourgeons commencent à se —_; the buds are beginning
to expand. _Cet enfant se développe_; that child is growing. _La raison
se développe_; reason is asserting itself.
=devenir= (dĕ-vnir), _v.n._, to become, to grow, to get, to turn; to
become of, to come to. _— homme de bien_; to become a good man. _Ces
fruits deviennent rouges en mûrissant_; those fruits turn red when
ripening. _Cela commence à — fatigant_; that begins to grow tiresome. _—
à rien_; to come to nothing. _Que deviendrai-je?_ what will become of
me? _Qu’est devenu votre frère?_ what has become of your brother? _Je
ne sais ce qu’il est devenu_; I don’t know what has become of him. _Que
voulez-vous —?_ what profession do you intend to follow, what do you
intend to be? _Je ne sais plus que —_; I don’t know which way to turn.
_Faire — fou_; to drive one mad.
=déventer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to take the wind out (of sails).
=dévergondage=, _n.m._, open profligacy; shamelessness; barefaced
impudence; dissoluteness.
=dévergondé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, rake; harlot; brazen-faced, lewd,
shameless, impudent.
=dévergonder=, _v.a._, to render shameless, licentious; to render
dissolute.
_se_ =dévergonder=, _v.r._, to become shamelessly dissolute and
licentious; to lose all feeling of shame; to run riot.
=déverguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to unbend the sails.
=déverrouillement=, _n.m._, unbolting.
*=déverrouiller=, _v.a._, to unbolt.
=devers=, _prep._, ☉towards, about, near. _Par —_; in one’s possession;
(jur.) before. _Il vient de — ces pays-là_; he comes from somewhere about
those parts. _Il a les papiers par — lui_; he is possessed of the papers.
_Par — la loi_; in the eyes of the law.
=dévers=, =-e=, _adj._, (arts) bending, jutting out, leaning. _Ce mur est
—_; that wall juts out.
=dévers=, _n.m._, (tech.) inclination.
=déversement=, _n.m._, inclination, bending, warping; pouring, flowing;
discharge, overflow.
=déverser=, _v.n._, to bend, to lean, to jut out, to warp; (com.) to
throw upon the market.
=déverser=, _v.a._, to bend, to incline; to throw, to cast; to divert (of
water). _— une pièce de bois_; to bend a piece of wood. _— le mépris_; to
throw contempt (upon any one).
_se_ =déverser=, _v.r._, to incline, to lean, to bend, to warp; to fall
into, to empty (of rivers, canals, etc.).
=déversoir=, _n.m._, weir; dam (of a river).
=dévêtement=, _n.m._, stripping.
=dévêtir=, _v.a._, to undress, to strip of clothes; (jur.) to divest.
_se_ =dévêtir=, _v.r._, to take off one’s clothes, to undress, to strip,
to leave off part of one’s clothes; to give up, to divest oneself. _Se —
d’un héritage_; to give up an inheritance.
=dévêtissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, (jur.) giving up, divestiture.
=déviation=, _n.f._, deviation, curvature.
=dévidage=, _n.m._, winding, reeling off.
=dévider=, _v.a._, to wind (into skeins).
=dévideu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, winder, reeler.
=dévidoir=, _n.m._, reel, skein-winder.
=dévier=, _v.n._, to swerve; to deviate; to glance off.
_se_ =dévier=, _v.r._, to deviate, to swerve. _— de son chemin_; to
deviate from one’s road.
=devin=, _n.m._, =-eresse=, _n.f._, diviner, augur, soothsayer. _Serpent
—_; boa-constrictor.
=deviner=, _v.a._, to divine, to foretell, to predict; to guess, to guess
at. _Devinez ce que j’ai fait_; guess what I have done. _Cela se devine_;
it is easily imaginable; you can see it at a glance. _— une énigme_; to
guess an enigma. _En devinant_; at a guess.
_se_ =deviner=, _v.r._, to understand each other.
=devinette=, _n.f._, puzzle, poser, riddle.
=devineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, guesser.
=dévirer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to heave back.
☉=devis=, _n.m._, talk, chat.
=devis=, _n.m._, (com.) estimate, specification. _Donner un —_; to give
in an estimate.
=dévisager=, _v.a._, to disfigure, to scratch the face of; (pop.) to
stare out of countenance, to look up and down.
_se_ =dévisager=, _v.r._, to disfigure one another; to scratch each
other’s faces; (pop.) to stare each other out of countenance, to look
each other up and down.
=devise=, _n.f._, device, emblem; motto, posy. _La — d’une bague_; the
posy of a ring.
=deviser=, _v.n._, (fam.) to chat, to talk.
=dévissage=, =dévissement=, _n.m._, unscrewing.
=dévisser=, _v.a._, to unscrew.
_se_ =dévisser=, _v.r._, to become unscrewed.
=dévoiement= (dé-voa-mān), _n.m._, looseness, relaxation; (arch.)
inclination, slope.
=dévoilement= (-voal-mān), _n.m._, unveiling, disclosing, unraveling.
=dévoiler=, _v.a._, to unveil; to discover, to uncover; to unravel; to
absolve from vows.
_se_ =dévoiler=, _v.r._, to betray one’s self, to be unveiled, to be
disclosed, to be revealed.
=dévoîment=, _n.m._ _V._ =dévoiement=.
=devoir=, _n.m._, duty; task, exercise. _pl._, lessons. _S’acquitter
de son —_; to perform one’s duty. _Être à son —_; to be at one’s post.
_Rentrer dans son —_; to return to one’s duty. _— pascal_; Easter
communion. _—s seigneuriaux_; manorial fees. _Se faire un — de_; to make
a point of. _Se mettre en — de faire une chose_; to set about doing a
thing, to prepare to do. _J’irai vous rendre mes —s_; I shall go and pay
my respects to you. _Les derniers —s_; funeral rites.
=devoir=, _v.a._, to owe, to be in debt; to be bound to; to have to;
must. _— une somme d’argent à quelqu’un_; to owe a sum of money to any
one. _Il doit au tiers et au quart_; he owes money right and left. _Qui
a terme ne doit rien_; no one need pay before a debt is due. _Fais ce
que dois, advienne que pourra_; do your duty, come what may. _Dussé-je_;
were I to, though I should. _Il doit partir dans peu de jours_; he is to
set out in a few days. _Je dois parler sur ce sujet_; I am to speak on
that subject. _Je lui dois tous mes maux_; I owe all my misfortunes to
him. _Il ne devrait pas abandonner ses parents_; he ought not to forsake
his parents. _Vous auriez dû vous conduire autrement_; you should have
behaved otherwise. _Nous devons obéir aux lois_; we must obey the laws.
_La campagne doit être belle maintenant_; the country must be beautiful
now. _Il devait partir ce matin_; he was to have set out this morning.
_Tous les hommes doivent mourir_; all men must die. _Il a dû_, or _avait
dû_, _quitter Londres ce matin_; he must have, _or_ was to have, left
London this morning.
_se_ =devoir=, _v.r._, to owe one’s self; to owe it to one’s self. _Se
— à sa patrie_, _à sa famille_; to owe one’s self to one’s country, to
one’s family. _On se doit d’être honorable_; a man owes it to himself to
be honorable. _Cela ne se doit pas_; that is not right; that must, _or_
should, not be done.
=dévole=, _n.f._, having no trick (at cards).
=dévoler=, _v.n._, to lose all the tricks.
=dévolu=, =-e=, _adj._, devolved upon, vested in, fallen to, escheated.
_Terre —e à la couronne_; an escheat.
=dévolu=, _n.m._, (ecc.) devolution, lapse of right; claim, choice. _Un
bénéfice tombé en —_; a benefice fallen into lapse of right. _Une dame
jeta un — sur lui_; a lady cast a spell over him. _J’ai jeté mon — sur
cela_; I have fixed my choice upon that.
=dévolution=, _n.f._, (jur.) devolution; escheat.
=dévonien=, =-ne=, _adj._, (geol.) devonian.
=dévorant=, =-e=, _adj._, devouring; ravenous; consuming; wasting.
_Estomac_, _appétit_, _—_; ravenous hunger, ravenous appetite. _Un mal
—_; a wasting disease. _Soif —e_; burning thirst. _Climat —_; wasting
climate.
=dévorateur=, _n.m._, devourer, destroyer.
=dévorer=, _v.a._, to devour, to eat up; to prey upon, to destroy, to
suppress, to squander, to consume; to gaze at eagerly; to pore over; to
swallow, to conquer, to master; to pocket. _La faim le dévore_; he is
almost dying of hunger. _Il a dévoré tout son bien_; he has squandered
away all his fortune. _Il est dévoré d’ambition_; he is consumed with
ambition. _— sa douleur_; to stifle one’s sorrow. _— un affront_; to
brook _or_ pocket an affront. _— les livres_; to pore over, to read,
books greedily. _— quelqu’un des yeux_; to gaze at eagerly, to stare at,
to gloat over.
=dévoreu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, devourer, glutton. _— de livres_;
book-worm.
=dévot=, =-e=, _adj._, devout, godly, pious, holy; saintly. _Avoir l’air
—_; to have a sanctified look.
=dévot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, devout person; (b.s.) devotee, saint,
bigot. _Ne vous y fiez pas, c’est un faux —_; put no trust in him, he is
a bigot.
=dévotement= (dé-vot-mān), _adv._, devoutly, piously.
=dévotieu-x=, =-se= (-ci-), _adj._, devout.
=dévotion=, _n.f._, devotion, piety, religion; godliness; disposal,
service, command; devoutness; devotedness. _Faire ses —s_; to perform
one’s devotions; to receive the sacrament. _Tout ce qu’il a est à ma —_;
all he has is at my disposal. _Il n’est de — que de jeune prêtre_; new
brooms sweep clean.
=dévouement= (dé-voo-mān), _n.m._, devotion, devotedness; self-sacrifice;
attachment; zeal.
=dévouer=, _v.a._, to devote; to dedicate; to consecrate; to consign. _Il
lui est entièrement dévoué_; he is entirely devoted to him. _— quelqu’un
au mépris_; to consign any one to contempt. _Votre bien_, _votre tout
dévoué_; yours most truly _or_ sincerely.
_se_ =dévouer=, _v.r._, to devote one’s self, to dedicate one’s self. _Se
— à la patrie_; to sacrifice one’s self to one’s country.
=dévoyé=, _n._ _adj._, misled; stray sheep; wanderer from the fold.
=dévoyer=, _v.a._, to mislead, to lead astray; (arch.) to place
obliquely; to cause a looseness (in the bowels).
_se_ =dévoyer=, _v.r._, ☉to lose one’s way; (arch.) to be placed
obliquely; (rel.) to go astray.
=dextérité=, _n.f._, dexterity, adroitness, cleverness, skill.
=dextre=, _adj._, right-handed; (her.) dexter.
☉=dextre=, _n.f._, the right hand.
☉=dextrement=, _adv._, dexterously.
=dextrine=, _n.f._, (chem.) dextrine.
=dey=, _n.m._, dey.
=dia!= _int._, hoi (to make horses turn to the left). _Il n’entend ni à
— ni à hurhau_; there is no making him hear reason. _L’un tire à — et
l’autre à hurhau_; they pull different ways.
=diabase=, _n.m._, (min.) green-stone.
=diabète=, _n.m._, (med.) diabetes.
=diabétique=, _adj._, diabetic.
=diable= (diâbl), _n.m._, devil; hell; wayward child; deuce; truck, drag.
_Un ragoût à la —_; a wretchedly bad dish. _Les —s sont déchaînés_; hell
has broken loose. _Va au —_; go to the devil. _Un bon —_; a good-natured
fellow. _Un méchant —_; a mischievous dog. _Un pauvre —_; a poor wretch.
_Le — s’en mêle_; the devil is in it. _Le — t’emporte_; the devil take
you. _Quel — d’homme est-ce là?_ what devil of a fellow is this? _C’est
là le —_; there’s the rub. _C’est une — d’affaire_; it is a confounded
business. _Cela ne vaut pas le —_; that is not worth a straw, a rap. _Il
a le — au corps_; the devil is in him. _Brûler une chandelle au —_; to
hold a candle to the devil. _Faire le — contre quelqu’un_; to play the
devil with any one. _Faire le — à quatre_; to play the devil; to play all
sorts of tricks. _Tirer le — par la queue_; to be hard up. _Il n’est pas
si — qu’il est noir_; the devil is not so black as he is painted. _Au —!_
the devil take it. _Allé au —_; gone to the devil. _Au — vert_; a devil
of a way. _C’est le — à confesser_; it is terribly hard to do. _Loger
le — dans sa bourse_; to be penniless. _La beauté du —_; youth and
freshness. _Le — bat sa femme et marie sa fille_; it rains and shines at
the same time. _— de mer_; sea-cormorant, sea-devil.
=diable!= _int._, the devil, the deuce, confound it! hang it! _Comment
—!_ how the devil! _Que — avez-vous?_ what the devil is the matter with
you? _À quoi — s’amuse-t-il?_ what the deuce is he about? _De quoi — se
mêle-t-il?_ why the deuce does he meddle?
=diablement=, _adv._, devilishly, devilish.
=diablerie=, _n.f._, witchcraft; jugglery; devilry (of children); piece
of devilry. _Il y a quelque — là-dessous_; there is some jugglery in all
that.
=diablesse=, _n.f._, shrew, vixen; she-devil. _Une bonne —_; a
good-natured creature. _Une pauvre —_; a poor wretch.
=diablotin=, _n.m._, imp, little devil; troublesome imp; chocolate
lozenge; (nav.) mizzen-top, stay-sail.
=diabolique=, _adj._, diabolical, devilish.
=diaboliquement= (-lik-mān), _adv._, diabolically, devilishly.
=diachylon=, _or_ =diachylum=, _n.m._, diachylon, diachylum.
=diaco=, _n.m._, deacon _or_ chaplain in the order of Malta.
=diacode=, _n.m._, diacodium.
=diacommatique=, _n.f._, (mus.) the raising of a note to lead to a
transition.
=diaconal=, =-e=, _adj._, diaconal.
=diaconat=, _n.m._, diaconate, deaconry, deacon’s orders.
=diaconesse=, _n.f._, deaconess.
=diaconie=, _n.f._, deaconry, almonry.
=diacoustique=, _n.f._, diacoustics.
=diacre=, _n.m._, deacon.
=diadelphie=, _n.f._, (bot.) diadelphia.
=diadelphique=, _adj._, (bot.) diadelphian.
=diadème=, _n.m._, diadem, crown.
=diaggot=, _n.m._, birch-oil.
=diagnostic=, _n.m._, (med.) diagnostic.
=diagnostique=, _adj._, (med.) diagnostics.
=diagnostiquer=, _v.a._, to diagnose.
=diagonal=, =-e=, _adj._, diagonal.
=diagonale=, _n.f._, (geom.) diagonal.
=diagonalement= (-nal-mān), _adv._, diagonally.
=diagramme=, _n.m._, (geom.) diagram.
=diagraphe=, _n.m._, diagraph.
=dialecte=, _n.m._, dialect.
=dialecticien= (-in), _n.m._, dialectician.
=dialectique=, _n.f._, dialectics, logic.
=dialectique=, _adj._, dialectic, dialectical.
=dialectiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, dialectically.
=dialogique=, _adj._, dialogistic, dialogistical.
=dialogisme=, _n.m._, dialogism.
=dialogiste=, _n.m._, writer of dialogues, dialogist.
=dialogue= (-log), _n.m._, dialogue.
=dialoguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to make several persons speak in character;
(mus.) to make two or more voices, or two or more instruments, reply to
each other; to put in the form of a dialogue.
=dialoguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, to compose dialogues; to speak, to talk; to
converse familiarly with, to chat with, to carry on a dialogue.
=dialogueur=, _n.m._, dialogue-writer, dialogist.
=diamant=, _n.m._, diamond; (nav.) crown, throat (of anchors); (horl.)
jewel. _— taillé_; cut diamond. _— brut_; rough diamond. _— de nature_;
diamond unfit for the wheel. _—s de la couronne_; crown jewels. _— de
première eau_; diamond of the first water. _Monter un —_; to set a
diamond. _— de vitrier_; glazier’s diamond.
=diamantaire=, _adj._, of diamond brilliancy.
=diamantaire=, _n.m._, diamond-cutter.
=diamanter=, _v.a._, to set with diamonds; to render sparkling; to
tinsel, to frost.
=diamantifère=, _adj._, diamondiferous.
=diamétral=, =-e=, _adj._, diametrical.
=diamétralement= (-tral-mān), _adv._, diametrically. _Sentiments —
opposés_; sentiments diametrically opposed to each other.
=diamètre=, _n.m._, diameter. _Demi-diamètre_; semi-diameter.
=diandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) diandria.
=diandrique=, _adj._, (bot.) having two stamens.
=diane=, _n.f._, (nav.) morning-gun; (milit.) reveille, the beat of drum
at day-break.
=diantre=, _n.m._, the deuce. _Au — soit l’imbécile!_ the deuce take the
fool!
=diantre=, _int._, the deuce! the dickens!
=diantrement=, _adv._, deucedly; confoundedly.
=diapalme=, _n.m._, (pharm.) a kind of ointment.
=diapason=, _n.m._, (mus.) pitch, diapason; tuning-fork.
=diapédèse=, _n.m._, (med.) diapedesis.
=diaphane=, _adj._, diaphanous, transparent, translucent.
=diaphanéité=, _n.f._, diaphaneity, transparency.
=diaphorèse=, _n.f._, (med.) diaphoresis.
=diaphorétique=, _adj._, (med.) diaphoretic.
=diaphragmatique=, _adj._, (anat.) diaphragmatic.
=diaphragme=, _n.m._, diaphragm, midriff; partition with an opening
through it; body (of a building).
=diaphragmite=, _n.f._, (med.) diaphragmatitis.
=diaphtore=, _n.f._, (med.) corruption of the aliments in the stomach;
corruption of the fœtus in the womb.
=diapré=, =-e=, _adj._, diapered, variegated, diversified. _Un nez —_; a
nose covered with red pimples.
=diapré=, _n.m._, diaper-work.
=diaprer=, _v.a._, to variegate, to diaper.
_se_ =diaprer=, _v.r._, to become diapered, to become variegated.
=diaprun=, _n.m._, (pharm.) lenitive electuary, confection of senna.
=diaprure=, _n.f._, variegation.
=diarrhée=, _n.f._, (med.) diarrhœa.
=diarthrose=, _n.f._, (anat.) diarthrosis.
=diascordium= (-om), _n.m._, (pharm.) diascordium.
=diastase=, _n.f._, (surg.) diastasis.
=diastole=, _n.f._, (physiology) diastole.
=diastrophie=, _n.f._, (surg.) the displacing of the muscles, with or
without luxation.
=diastyle=, _n.m._, (arch.) diastyle.
=diatessaron=, _n.m._, (mus.) diatessaron.
=diathèse=, _n.f._, (med.) diathesis.
=diatonique=, _adj._, (mus.) diatonic.
=diatoniquement=, _adv._, in a diatonic scale, diatonically.
=diatragacanthe=, _n.m._, (pharm.) tragacanth powder.
=diatribe=, _n.f._, sharp criticism, dissertation, castigation, diatribe.
=dicacité=, _n.f._, waggery, causticity.
=dichorée= (-ko-), _n.m._, (Latin, Grec. poet.) dichoreus, dichoree.
=dichotome= (-ko-), _adj._, (bot.) dichotomous.
=dichotomie= (-ko-), _n.f._, (astron.) dichotomy.
=dicotylédone=, _n.f._, (bot.) dicotyledon.
=dicotylédone=, _adj._, (bot.) dicotyledonous.
=dictame=, _n.m._, (bot.) dittany; (fig.) balm, remedy. _— blanc_;
fraxinella, bastard dittany. _— faux_; bastard dittany. _Origan —_, _— de
Crète_; dittany of Crete; Cretan marum.
=dictamen= (-mèn), _n.m._, dictate, suggestion, consciousness.
=dictateur=, _n.m._, dictator.
=dictatorial=, =-e=, _adj._, dictatorial.
=dictature=, _n.f._, dictatorship.
=dictée=, _n.f._, act of dictating, dictation. _Ecrire sous la —_; to
write from dictation.
=dicter=, _v.a._, to dictate, to indite; to prompt; to suggest; to
prescribe.
=diction=, _n.f._, diction, elocution, phraseology style; delivery.
=dictionnaire=, _n.m._, dictionary. _— vivant_; walking dictionary. _À
coups de —_; by constant reference to the dictionary; labored. _— de
prononciation_; pronouncing dictionary. _— de mots obscurs_; glossary.
_— de géographie_; geographical dictionary, gazetteer. _— de marine_;
dictionary of naval terms.
=dicton=, _n.m._, saying, common saying, byword, saw, proverb; (l.u.)
sarcasm.
=dictum= (-tom), _n.m._, (jur.) purview of an act _or_ decree.
=didactique=, _adj._, didactic.
=didactique=, _n.m._, didactic order; didactic language.
=didactique=, _n.f._, didactic art.
=didactiquement=, _adv._, didactically.
=didactyle=, _adj._, didactylous.
=dideau=, _n.m._, crossing-net.
=didelphe=, _n.m._, _adj._, (zoöl.) didelphys; didelphic.
=didyme=, _adj._, (bot.) didymous.
=didynamie=, _n.f._, (bot.) didynamia.
=dièdre=, _adj._, (geom.) dihedral.
=diel=, _n.m._, a kind of French fuller’s earth.
=diérèse=, _n.f._, (gram.) diæresis.
=dièse=, _n.m._, (mus.) diesis, sharp.
=diésé=, =-e=, _adj._, (mus.) marked with a diesis, sharp.
=diéser=, _v.a._, (mus.) to mark a note to be played sharp; to play a
note sharp.
=diète=, _n.f._, diet, regimen; diet (an assembly of the states of
Germany). _Faire —_; to diet one’s self, to live moderately.
=diététique=, _adj._, (med.) dietetical.
=diététique=, _n.f._, (med.) dietetics.
=diététiste=, _n.m._, (med.) dietetist.
=diétine=, _n.f._, local diet; cantonal convention, dietine.
=dieu=, _n.m._, God. _— tout-puissant_; Almighty God. _Le — des armées_;
the Lord of Hosts. _Le bon —_; God Almighty; the host. _Croire en —_;
to believe in God. _Porter le bon — à un malade_; to carry the host to
a sick person. _La Fête-Dieu_; Corpus Christi-day. _Un homme de —_; a
godly man. _Un Hôtel-Dieu_; (_—s-—_) a hospital. _— vous bénisse_; God
bless you. _S’il plaît à —_, _avec l’aide de —_, _— aidant_; God willing,
God helping. _— le veuille_, _plût à —_; God grant it, would to God. _—
m’en garde_, _— m’en préserve_, _à — ne plaise_; God forbid. _— merci_,
_grâces à —_; thank God. _Bon —!_ _mon —!_ good God! good heavens! dear
me! goodness me! _Jurer ses grands dieux_; to swear by all that is
sacred. _Au nom de —_; in God’s name. _Pour l’amour de —_; for God’s
sake, out of charity, for charity’s sake. _Les dieux du paganisme_; the
heathen gods. _—!_ _grand —!_ good God!
=dieudonné=, _n.m._, heaven-sent, heaven-born. _À la grâce de —_; In
God’s name! As the Lord directs.
=diffamant=, =-e=, _adj._, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
=diffamat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, defamer, detractor, slanderer,
libeler, calumniator.
=diffamation=, _n.f._, defamation, aspersion, calumny, slandering,
libeling, traducing. _— verbale_; (jur.) slander.
=diffamatoire=, _adj._, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
=diffamer=, _v.a._, to defame, to slander, to traduce.
=différemment= (di-fé-ra-mān), _adv._, differently.
=différence=, _n.f._, odds; difference, disagreement; diversity,
disproportion, contrast, disparity. _— marquée_; material difference.
_— notable_; wide difference. _— du tirant d’eau_; (nav.) difference in
the draught of water. _— en moins_; difference against. _— en plus_;
difference in favor of. _Avec cette — que_; except that. _A la — de_;
contrary to.
=différencier=, _v.a._, to make a difference, to distinguish; (math.) to
differentiate.
=différend=, _n.m._, difference, quarrel, dispute; difference (of value).
_Avoir un — avec quelqu’un_; to be at variance with any one. _Partager le
—_; to split the difference.
=différent=, =-e=, _adj._, different, dissimilar, unlike, various,
divers, distinct, sundry, opposite, contrary. _— l’un de l’autre_;
unlike. _À des degrés —s_; in different degrees.
=différentiel=, =-le=, _adj._, (math.) differential. _Calcul —_;
differential calculus.
=différentielle=, _n.f._, (math.) differential.
=différentier=, _v.a._, (math.) to differentiate.
=différer=, _v.a._, to defer, to delay, to put off, to postpone, to
adjourn. _Ce qui est différé n’est pas perdu_; what is put off is not
lost.
=différer=, _v.n._, to defer, to put off, to delay.
_se_ =différer=, _v.r._, to be put off, delayed.
=différer=, _v.n._, to differ, to be unlike, to be different; to disagree.
=difficile=, _adj._, difficult, hard, trying; nice; particular; willful,
skittish (of horses). _Un homme —_; a man hard to please. _Temps —s_;
hard times. _De — accès_; hard to get at. _Il est — sur les aliments_;
he is fastidious as regards his meals. _Faire le —_; to be difficult to
please, to be squeamish.
=difficilement= (-sil-mān), _adv._, with difficulty, with much ado, with
great pains, not easily.
=difficulté=, _n.f._, difficulty; objection; obstacle, hindrance,
impediment; cross, rub; misunderstanding, quarrel. _Cela ne souffre
point de —_; that admits of no difficulty. _— de respirer_; shortness of
breath. _Faire des —s_; to raise objections. _Faire — de quelque chose_;
to scruple about anything. _Trancher la —_; to decide peremptorily.
_Avoir des —s_; to have crosses. _Il y a entre eux quelque —_; there is
some tiff between them. _Sans —_; undoubtedly, without doubt.
=difficultueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, squeamish, fidgety, never satisfied;
hard to please.
=diffluence=, _n.f._, diffluence.
=diffluent=, =-e=, _adj._, diffluent.
=diffluer=, _v.n._, to spread diffusely.
=difforme=, _adj._, deformed, ill-favored, misshapen, ugly.
=difformer=, _v.a._, to deform, to deface (coins).
=difformité=, _n.f._, deformity, ugliness.
=diffraction=, _n.f._, (opt.) diffraction.
=diffus=, =-e=, _adj._, diffuse, prolix, wordy, verbose, long-winded.
=diffusément=, _adv._, diffusely, verbosely, wordily.
=diffusion=, _n.f._, diffusion; diffusiveness; prolixity, vagueness,
wordiness, verbosity. _— de style_; prolixity of style.
=digastrique=, _adj._, (anat.) digastric.
=digérer=, _v.a._, to digest; to examine, to discuss, to scan, to set
in order; to bear, to brook, to stomach, to put up with, to suffer. _—
de la viande_; to digest meat. _Non digéré_; undigested. _Bien —_; to
thoroughly master. _Il ne peut — cet affront_; he cannot brook _or_
swallow that affront.
=digérer=, _v.n._, (chem.) to digest.
=digeste=, _n.m._, digest.
=digesteur=, _n.m._, (chem.) digester.
=digesti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, digestive.
=digestif=, _n.m._, (med.) digestive.
=digestion= (-tion), _n.f._, digestion. _Cela aide à la —_; that aids
digestion. _Cette entreprise est de dure —_; this is a laborious
enterprise.
=digital=, =-e=, _adj._, digital.
=digitale=, _n.f._, (bot.) foxglove, digitalis.
=digitaline=, _n.f._, (chem.) digitaline.
=digité=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) digitated, finger-like, fingered.
=digitigrade=, _n.m._, (mam.) digitigrade.
=diglyphe=, _n.m._, (arch.) diglyph.
*=digne=, _adj._, deserving, worthy; dignified. _Un — homme_; a worthy
man. _Un — magistrat_; an upright magistrate. _— de foi_; deserving of
credit. _Cela est — de lui_; that’s just like him. _Il était — d’un
meilleur sort_; he deserved a better fate.
*=dignement=, _adv._, worthily, deservedly, justly, according to one’s
deserts; handsomely, properly, suitably, with dignity. _Il s’acquitte —
de sa charge_; he performs the duties of his office in a worthy manner.
=dignifier=, _v.a._, to dignify, to elevate, to enhance.
*=dignitaire=, _n.m._, dignitary.
*=dignité=, _n.f._, dignity; stateliness, power. _Il soutient la — de son
rang_; he maintains the dignity of his station. _Être constitué en —_; to
be raised to power. _Parvenir aux —s_; to attain to honors. _Faire de la
—_; to assume an air of (offended) dignity.
=digon=, _n.m._, pole, flag-yard; gaff.
=digresser=, _v.n._, to depart from the main subject, to digress.
=digressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, digressive.
=digression=, _n.f._, digression. _Faire des —s_; to wander away from
one’s subject.
=digressivement=, _adv._, digressively.
=digue= (dig), _n.f._, dike, dam, mound, embankment, bank; bound,
obstacle; bulwark, security.
=diguement= (dig-mān), _n.m._, embankment, causeway (ports).
=diguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to dam, to dike, to embark; to spur.
=digyne=, _adj._, (bot.) digynous (having two pistils).
=digynie=, _n.f._, (bot.) digynia.
=dilacération=, _n.f._, tearing _or_ rending, dilaceration, laceration.
=dilacérer=, _v.a._, to dilacerate, to lacerate, to tear off _or_ to
pieces.
☉=dilaniat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, dilaniating, lacerating, rending.
=dilapidat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dilapidator, squanderer.
=dilapidat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, wasteful, extravagant.
=dilapidation=, _n.f._, dilapidation, waste, embezzlement.
=dilapider=, _v.a._, to dilapidate, to waste, to squander; to embezzle.
=dilatabilité=, _n.f._, (phys.) dilatability.
=dilatable=, _adj._, (phys.) dilatable, expansible.
=dilatant=, _n.m._, (surg.) dilating body, agent, instrument.
=dilatateur=, _n.m._, (surg.) dilator. _adj._, dilating.
=dilatation=, _n.f._, dilatation, expansion, distension; (surg.)
enlargement, stretching. _La — d’une plaie_; the dilatation of a sore.
=dilatatoire=, _n.m._ _V._ =dilatateur=.
=dilater=, _v.a._, to dilate, to enlarge, to widen; to distend, to
expand. _La joie dilate le cœur_; joy gladdens the heart.
_se_ =dilater=, _v.r._, to dilate, to be dilated; to be distended.
=dilatoire=, _adj._, dilatory.
=dilection=, _n.f._, love, charity (episcopal).
=dilemme= (di-lem), _n.m._, dilemma.
=dilettante= (di-let-tan-t), _n.m.f._, (_dilettanti_) dilettante.
=dilettantisme= (-lèt-tan-), _n.m._, dilettantism.
=diligemment= (-ja-mān), _adv._, diligently, speedily, promptly,
expeditiously.
=diligence=, _n.f._, diligence, speed, despatch; stage-coach, summary of
a lecture; (jur.) suit, proceedings; vigilance, care. _Bureau des —s_;
coach-office. _Aller en —_; to go with speed; to go by coach. _User de
—_; to use despatch. _À la — d’un tel_; (jur.) at the suit of such a one.
_Voyager par la — d’Adam_; to go on shanks’ mare.
=diligent=, =-e=, _adj._, diligent, quick; sedulous, assiduous, mindful,
active, watchful.
=diligenter=, _v.a._, to hasten, to forward, to urge on, to be quick.
_se_ =diligenter=, _v.r._, to make haste, to use diligence, to be quick.
=diligenter=, _v.n._, to hasten, to be quick.
=dilogie=, _n.f._, duo-drama (_i.e._, in two parts).
=diluer=, _v.a._, to dilute.
=dilution=, _n.f._, dilution.
=diluvien=, =-ne= (-in, -ène), _adj._, diluvian.
=diluvium= (-viome), _n.m._, (geol.) diluvium.
=dîmable=, _adj._, tithable.
=dimanche=, _n.m._, Sunday, Sabbath, the Lord’s-day. _Le — de Pâques_;
Easter Sunday. _Le — des Rameaux_; Palm-Sunday. _Le — gras_; Shrove
Sunday. _Tel qui rit vendredi — pleurera_; laugh to-day and cry
to-morrow, _i.e._, laughter is akin to tears. (_Racine._)
=dîme=, _n.f._, tithe.
=dîmée=, _n.f._, tithing.
=dimension=, _n.f._, dimension.
=dîmer=, _v.a._, to tithe, to levy tithes. _— dans un champ_; to tithe a
field. _— au pressoir_; to tithe wine in the press.
=dîmer=, _v.n._, to have a right to tithe.
=dîmeur=, _n.m._, tithe-gatherer.
=diminuer=, _v.a._, to diminish, to lessen, to shorten, to reduce, to
retrench, to curtail, to impair, to abate, to slacken.
=diminuer=, _v.n._, to diminish, to lessen, to decrease, to abate, to
fall, to go down (in price).
=diminuti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, diminutive.
=diminutif=, _n.m._, diminutive.
=diminution=, _n.f._, diminution; abridgment, curtailing, reduction,
abatement; diminishing, lessening. _— de dépenses_; curtailment of
expenses; tapering (of columns).
=dimissoire=, _n.m._, (ecc.) dimissory letter.
=dimissorial=, =-e=, _adj._, (ecc.) dimissory.
=dinanderie= (di-nan-drî), _n.f._, brass wares.
=dinandier=, _n.m._, brazier.
=dinatoire=, _adj._, relating to dinner. _Déjeuner —_; lunch-dinner.
=dinde=, _n.f._, turkey-hen.
=dindon=, _n.m._, turkey-cock; (person) goose. _C’est un franc —_; he is
a thorough goose.
=dindonneau=, _n.m._, young turkey; poult.
=dindonni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, turkey-keeper.
=dîné=, _or_ =dîner=, _n.m._, dinner, dinner-party. _L’heure du —_;
dinner-time.
☉=dînée=, _n.f._, dinner (at an inn) or on the road.
=dîner=, _v.n._, to dine, to be at dinner. _Prier quelqu’un de —_; to ask
anyone to stay to dinner. _Prier à —_; to invite to dine. _— par cœur_;
to go dinnerless. _— de_; to dine off. _Son assiette dîne pour lui_;
though he dines out, still he pays.
=dînette=, _n.f._, treat, feast, doll’s dinner. _Faire la —_; to play at
dinners.
=dîneur=, _n.m._, diner; eater.
=dinosaurien=, _n.m._, (foss.) dinosaurian.
=dinothérium= (-té-ri-ome), _n.m._, (_—s_) (foss.) dinotherium.
=diocésain=, =-e=, _adj._, diocesan.
=diocésain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, inhabitant of a diocese.
=diocèse=, _n.m._, diocese.
=diœcie= (di-é-sî), _n.f._, (bot.) diœcia.
=dioïque=, _adj._, (bot.) diœcian.
=dionée=, _n.f._, (bot.) dionæa, catch-fly plant.
=dionysiaque=, _adj._, (antiq.) concerning Bacchus, of Bacchus.
=dionysiaques= _or_ =dionysies=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) Dionysia.
=dioptrique=, _n.f._, (opt.) dioptrics.
=dioptrique=, _adj._, dioptrical.
=diorama=, _n.m._, diorama.
=diorite=, _n.m._, (geol.) green-stone.
=diphtongue= (-tong), _n.f._, diphthong.
=diploé=, _n.m._, (anat.) diploe.
=diplomate=, _n.m._, diplomatist.
=diplomate=, _adj._, diplomatic.
=diplomatie=, _n.f._, diplomacy.
=diplomatique=, _n.f._, diplomatics.
=diplomatique=, _adj._, diplomatic.
=diplomatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, diplomatically.
=diplomatiste=, _n.m._, diplomatist.
=diplôme=, _n.m._, diploma.
=diplopie=, _n.f._, double vision, diplopia.
=dipode=, _adj._, having two feet or two fins.
=diptère=, _adj._, (arch., ent.) dipteral.
=diptère=, _n.m._, dipteral insect. _pl._, diptera.
=diptyque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) diptych.
=dire= (disant, dit), _v.a._, to tell, to say, to speak, to state, to
write, to relate; to think; to believe; to express; to name, to decree.
_— d’avance_; to say beforehand. _— entre les dents_; to mutter between
one’s teeth. _Dites votre avis_; give your opinion. _Dis-je_; said I. _On
dit_; it is said. _On le dit parti_; he is said to have left. _— du bien
ou du mal de quelqu’un_; to speak well or ill of anyone. _— des injures à
quelqu’un_; to call any one names. _— des duretés_; to say harsh things.
_— quelque chose à l’oreille_; to whisper anything. _Si le cœur vous en
dit_; if you feel so minded. _Le cœur vous en dit-il?_ are you agreeable
_or_ game? _Pour tout —_; in a word. _Pour mieux —_; or rather. _Soit dit
entre nous_; between ourselves. _Cela va sans —_; that is understood,
that goes without saying, of course, that is a matter of course.
_C’est-à-dire_; that is to say. _Pour ainsi —_; so to speak. _Ce n’est
pas à — que_; it does not follow that. _Est-ce à — que?_ does it follow
that? _Que veut — cela?_ _qu’est-ce que cela veut —?_ what is the meaning
of that? _— la messe_; to say mass. _Je ne sais que — de tout cela_; I do
not know what to think of all that. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to make any
one say; to send word to anyone. _Tout est dit_; all is over; there’s
an end of it. _Cela ne dit rien_; that is nothing to the point. _Cela
soit dit en passant_; but that by the way. _C’est tout —_; I needn’t say
more! _Cela vous plaît à —_; you are pleased to say so. _Quand je vous
le disais_; or _je vous le disais bien_; or _je vous l’avais bien dit_;
didn’t I tell you so! or, what did I tell you. _Trouver à —_; to find
amiss, to find fault.
_se_ =dire=, _v.r._, to call oneself, to style oneself, to give oneself
out as; to be called; to be said.
=dire=, _n.m._, what one says, saying, words, statement; (jur.)
allegation. _Le — du défendeur_; the statement of the defendant. _Au —
de tout le monde_; according to what everybody says; by all accounts.
_Le bien-dire_; elegance of speech. _Se fier pour quelque chose au — des
autres_ or _d’autrui_; to take anything upon trust.
=direct= (di-rèkt), =-e=, _adj._, direct, straight, immediate; direct,
assessed (of taxes). _En ligne —e_; in a straight line. _—_; (rail.)
express, through. _Par train —_; by express, through train.
=directe=, _n.f._, (feudal jur.) lordship.
=directement=, _adv._, directly, straightforwardly; point-blank, home.
_Aller — à son but_; to go straight to one’s goal. _— contraire_; quite
contrary. _— en face_; just opposite.
=direct-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, director, manager, superintendent,
overseer, conductor; directress, conductress; warden, master, principal.
_— de la monnaie_; master of the mint. _— général des postes_; postmaster
general.
=direction=, _n.f._, direction, management, directorship; director’s
house or office; (math.) bearing; (mining) stretch; bearing. _Avoir la
—_; to preside. _— de créanciers_; meeting of creditors. _Biens en —_;
goods placed under the control of assignees.
=directoire=, _n.m._, directory, rubric; guide; the supreme executive
council of France in 1795.
=directorat=, _n.m._, directorship, directorate.
=directorial=, =-e=, _adj._, directorial.
=dirigeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, directing, leading, acting.
=diriger=, _v.a._, to direct; to guide, to conduct, to manage; to steer,
to govern; (of troops) to forward, send off, despatch. _— des poursuites
contre_; to take proceedings against.
_se_ =diriger=, _v.r._, to direct one’s steps, to go towards; to make
for; to take pattern from; to direct, to govern, one’s self; (nav.) to
stand in.
=dirimant=, =-e=, _adj._, (canon law) invalidating. _Empêchement —_; an
impediment that invalidates a marriage.
=dirimer=, _v.a._, to invalidate, to annul.
=discale=, _n.f._, (com.) tret, tare, shrinkage.
=discaler=, _v.n._, (com.) to tare, to diminish.
=discernement=, _n.m._, distinction; discernment, judgment,
discrimination. _Age de —_; years of discretion.
=discerner=, _v.a._, to discern, to distinguish, to know, to
discriminate. _— le vrai du faux_; to distinguish truth from untruth.
=disciple=, _n.m._, disciple, pupil, scholar, follower.
=disciplinable=, _adj._, disciplinable, governable, tractable.
=discipline=, _n.f._, discipline, education, training; castigation,
scourge. _Donner la —_; to chastise.
=discipliner=, _v.a._, to discipline; to chastise, to scourge.
_se_ =discipliner=, _v.r._, to be formed to discipline; to scourge one’s
self.
=discobole=, _n.m._, (antiq.) discobolus.
=discoïde=, _adj._, (conch.) discoidal, discoid.
=discontinu=, =-e=, _adj._, discontinuous.
=discontinuation=, _n.f._, discontinuance, discontinuation.
=discontinuer=, _v.a._, to discontinue, to interrupt, to leave off, to
suspend, to give over.
=discontinuer=, _v.n._, to discontinue, to cease, to leave off.
=discontinuité=, _n.f._, discontinuity, discontinuance, discontinuation.
=disconvenable=, _adj._, unsuitable, improper.
=disconvenablement=, _adv._, improperly, unsuitably.
=disconvenance=, _n.f._, incongruity, discrepancy, disagreement,
unsuitableness; dissimilarity, dissimilitude; disproportion, difference,
inequality.
=disconvenir=, _v.n._, to deny, to disown; not to suit, to disagree with.
_Il ne disconvient pas du fait_; he does not deny the fact.
=discord=, _n.m._, discord, dissension.
=discord=, _adj.m._, (mus.) out of tune, jarring, discordant.
=discordance=, _n.f._, discordancy, disagreement, discrepancy; (mus.)
inconsonancy; dissonance.
=discordant=, =-e=, _adj._, discordant, jarring, dissonant, harsh, out
of tune; untunable, tuneless, unmusical; disagreeing, inharmonious,
incongruous.
=discorde=, _n.f._, discord, disagreement, variance, disunion,
dissension, strife. _Pomme de —_; bone of contention.
=discorder=, _v.n._, (mus.) to be out of tune, to be discordant,
inconsonant; to jar.
=discoureu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, talker; babbler, chatterer,
twaddler. _Quel ennuyeux —!_ what a chattering bore!
=discourir=, _v.n._, to discourse, to descant on, to reason about.
=discours=, _n.m._, discourse; speech, oration, address; subject. _Les
parties du —_; the parts of speech. _— oratoire_; set speech. _— en
l’air_; idle talk. _C’est un bon —_; it is a good speech. _Faire un —_;
to make a speech, to deliver an address, an oration. _Tenir des —_; to
say things.
=discourtois=, =-e=, _adj._, discourteous, unmannerly; uncivil.
=discourtoisement=, _adv._, discourteously.
=discourtoisie=, _n.f._, discourtesy, unmannerliness, incivility.
=discrédit=, _n.m._, discredit, disrepute, disgrace.
=discréditer=, _v.a._, to discredit; to bring into discredit, into
disrepute; to bring discredit on.
=discr-et=, =-ète=, _adj._, discreet, considerate, cautious, prudent;
wary, circumspect; reserved, secret, close; shy.
=discrètement=, _adv._, discreetly, cautiously, circumspectly, warily,
prudently, reservedly.
=discrétion=, _n.f._, circumspection, prudence; discretion, reserve,
wariness; reservedness, discreetness. _L’âge de —_; years of discretion.
_Agir_, _parler avec —_; to act _or_ speak warily. _Vivre à —_; (milit.)
to have free quarters. _Se rendre à —_; to surrender at discretion.
_Avoir du pain à —_; to have bread ad libitum.
=discrétionnaire=, _adj._, discretionary.
=discrétoire=, _n.m._, council-room; council.
=disculpation=, _n.f._, exculpation.
=disculper=, _v.a._, to exculpate, to vindicate, to clear, to exonerate.
=discursi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, discursive.
☉=discussi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) discutient.
=discussion=, _n.f._, discussion, debate; altercation, strife, wrangling,
dispute; (jur.) seizure and sale (of the property of a debtor). _— de
biens_; (jur.) distraint, execution. _Sans division ni —_; jointly and
severally.
=discutable=, _adj._, debatable, disputable, contestable.
=discuter=, _v.a._, to discuss, to debate, to argue; to examine, to
canvass, to inquire into; to scan, to sift, to search into. _— un point
de droit_; to discuss an article of law. _— les biens d’un débiteur_; to
distrain the goods of a debtor.
=disert=, =-e=, _adj._, copious, fluent, eloquent.
=disertement=, _adv._, copiously, profusely, fluently, fully.
=disette=, _n.f._, scarcity, dearth, want; poverty, penury.
☉=disetteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, needy, necessitous.
=diseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, teller, speaker, talker. _— de bonne
aventure_; fortune-teller. _— de bons mots_; jester. _— de nouvelles_;
newsmonger. _— de riens_; idle talker. _Un beau —_; a fine talker.
=disgrâce=, _n.f._, disgrace, disfavor; misfortune, affliction; reverse,
downfall.
=disgracié=, =-e=, _part._, out of favor. _— de la nature_; deformed,
disfigured, ill-favored.
=disgracier=, _v.a._, to disgrace, to put out of favor.
=disgracieusement=, _adv._, awkwardly, ungracefully, unhandsomely.
=disgracieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ungraceful, uncomely, uncouth, ungracious;
disagreeable; unpleasant, awkward.
=disgrégation=, _n.f._, (opt.) disgregation; separation, _V._
=désagrégation=.
=disjoindre=, _v.a._, to disjoin, to disunite.
_se_ =disjoindre=, _v.r._, to come apart _or_ asunder.
=disjoncti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) disjunctive.
=disjonction=, _n.f._, disjunction, separation; (jur.) severance.
=disjonctive=, _n.f._, (gram.) disjunctive.
=dislocation=, _n.f._, dislocation, dismemberment, luxation. _Il y a —_;
the bone is out of joint. _La — d’une armée_; the breaking up of an army.
=disloquer=, _v.a._, to dislocate, to dismember, to disjoint, to put out
of joint; to take to pieces (machine); (milit.) to break up (an army).
=dispache=, _n.f._, (insur.) assessment.
=dispacheur=, _n.m._, nautical assessor.
=disparaître=, _v.n._, to vanish; to vanish out of sight; to get out of
the way; to elope; to abscond; to disappear.
=disparate=, _n.f._, incongruity, dissimilarity.
=disparate=, _adj._, incongruous, dissimilar, disparate; unlike,
ill-matched.
=disparité=, _n.f._, disparity, dissimilarity.
=disparition=, _n.f._, disappearance.
=dispendieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, expensive; costly.
=dispensaire=, _n.m._, (med.) pharmacopœia; dispensary.
=dispensat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dispenser.
=dispensation=, _n.f._, dispensation, distribution.
=dispense=, _n.f._, dispensation, exemption, permission, license.
=dispenser=, _v.a._, to exempt; to dispense with; to dispense, to bestow.
_Dispensez-moi de faire cela_; excuse me from doing that. _Le soleil
dispense à tous sa lumière_; the sun bestows _or_ sheds his light upon
all.
_se_ =dispenser=, _v.r._, to dispense with; to exempt _or_ excuse oneself
from; to spare oneself; to be distributed.
=disperser=, _v.a._, to disperse; to scatter, to dispel, to break up.
_se_ =disperser=, _v.r._, to disperse; to be dispersed, to spread about,
to be scattered, to dispel.
=dispersion=, _n.f._, dispersion, dispersing, scattering, breaking up.
=dispondée=, _n.m._, (poet.) dispondee.
=disponibilité=, _n.f._, (jur.) power of disposal (of property); (milit.)
state of being unattached. _Être en —_; (milit.) to be unattached. _Fonds
en —_; disposable funds.
=disponible=, _adj._, free, disposable, available, unoccupied,
disengaged, vacant. _n.m._, goods in bond.
=dispos=, _adj.m._, active, nimble, cheerful, well, hearty.
=disposé=, =-e=, _part._, disposed, inclined; ready; prepared; apt,
liable. _Un homme bien — pour quelqu’un_; a man well disposed towards any
one. _Mal —_; ill-disposed.
=disposer=, _v.a._, to dispose, to order, to lay out; to prepare, to make
ready, to fit; to incline, to prevail upon; to have at command.
_se_ =disposer=, _v.r._, to dispose oneself, to be disposed; to get
ready, to prepare; to array oneself; to be about to.
=disposer=, _v.n._, to dispose of; to prescribe, to ordain, to order,
to make over; (com.) to draw a bill. _Vous pouvez — de moi_; you may
draw upon me. _L’homme propose et Dieu dispose_; man proposes and God
disposes. _Disposez de moi_; make what use you like of me.
☉=dispositi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, preparatory.
=dispositif=, _n.m._, (jur.) purview, terms (of an act, decree, etc.).
_Le — d’un arrét_; the purview _or_ terms of a decree.
=disposition=, _n.f._, disposition, arrangement; order; provision;
disposal; service; tendency; inclination, aptness; humor; mind,
resolution; habit. _Les —s d’une loi_; the provisions of a law. _—
testamentaire_; (jur.) will, bequest, devise. _Il a des gens à sa —_; he
has people at his disposal. _Il a de très bonnes —s pour vous_; he is
very well disposed towards you. _Être en bonne —_; to enjoy good health;
to be very fit. _Cela est à votre —_; that is at your service.
=disproportion=, _n.f._, disproportion.
=disproportionné=, =-e=, _adj._, disproportionate.
=disproportionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, disproportional.
=disproportionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, disproportionally.
=disputable=, _adj._, disputable, controvertible, contestable, debatable;
doubtful.
*=disputailler=, _v.n._, to wrangle about trifles.
*=disputaillerie=, _n.f._, wrangling, squabbling, bickering.
*=disputailleur=, _n.m._, caviler, wrangler.
=disputant=, _n.m._, disputant.
=dispute=, _n.f._, discussion, disputation, dispute, contest, wrangle,
wrangling.
=disputer=, _v.n._, to discuss; to argue, to dispute; to contend, to
contest, to wrangle. _— contre quelqu’un_; to dispute with any one. _Le
— à_; to vie with. _— sur un point de droit_; to discuss a point of law.
_De quoi dispute-t-on?_ what is the matter under discussion? _— de_; to
contend for.
=disputer=, _v.a._, to contend for, to dispute, to call in question; to
fight for. _Il lui dispute le pas_; he contends with him for precedence.
_— le passage à quelqu’un_; to oppose any one’s passage.
_se_ =disputer=, _v.r._, to dispute; to contend for; to wrangle.
=disputeu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, wrangler, disputant; disputatious,
quarrelsome.
=disqualifier=, _v.a._, to disqualify.
=disque=, _n.m._, disc, quoit; (bot.) discus.
=disquisition=, _n.f._, disquisition.
=disruption=, _n.f._, disruption.
=dissecteur=, _n.m._, dissector.
=dissection=, _n.f._, dissection. _— des nerfs_; neurotomy.
=dissemblable=, _adj._, dissimilar, unlike, different.
=dissemblablement=, _adv._, dissimilarly.
=dissemblance=, _n.f._, dissimilitude, dissimilarity, difference.
=dissembler=, _v.n._, to differ, to be unlike.
=dissémination=, _n.f._, dissemination; (bot.) semination; scattering (of
seeds).
=disséminer=, _v.a._, to disseminate, to scatter.
=dissension=, _n.f._, dissension, discord, disunion; strife, feud.
=dissentiment=, _n.m._, dissent, disagreement.
=dissentir=, _v.n._, to dissent.
=disséquer=, _v.a._, (surg.) to dissect; to analyze.
=disséqueur=, _n.m._, (iron.) dissector. _V._ =dissecteur=.
=dissertat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dissertator.
=dissertati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, dissertative, disquisitive.
=dissertation=, _n.f._, dissertation, treatise (in schools); composition,
essay.
=disserter=, _v.n._, to dissert. _— sur un point d’histoire_; to
expatiate on a point of history.
=dissidence=, _n.f._, scission, dissidence, difference of opinion,
dissent.
=dissident=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dissident, dissenter; dissentient,
dissident, dissenting.
=dissimilaire=, _adj._, dissimilar, different, unlike.
=dissimilitude=, _n.f._, dissimilitude, difference, unlikeness.
=dissimulat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dissembler, hypocrite.
=dissimulation=, _n.f._, dissimulation, dissembling; double-dealing.
_User de —_; to dissemble. _— de naissance_; concealment of birth.
=dissimulé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dissembler; dissembling,
double-faced, artful. _Homme profondément —_; man extremely double-faced.
_Caractère —_; artful disposition.
=dissimuler=, _v.a._, to dissemble, to conceal, to hide; to play the
hypocrite; to feign to take no notice of; to pretend not to do. _— sa
haine_; to dissemble one’s hatred. _— une injure_; to take no notice of
an insult.
_se_ =dissimuler=, _v.r._, to conceal; to be concealed _or_ suppressed
_or_ hid.
=dissimuler=, _v.n._, to dissemble. _Il dissimula qu’il s’en fût aperçu_;
he pretended not to have perceived it.
=dissipat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, squanderer, spendthrift,
prodigal, waster; lavish, wasteful, extravagant.
=dissipation=, _n.f._, dissipation, wasting; waste; recreation,
relaxation, diversion. _Vivre dans la —_; to lead a dissipated life.
=dissiper=, _v.a._, to dissipate, to scatter, to dispel, to disperse; to
consume, to waste, to squander _or_ fritter away, to spend; to recreate,
to divert, to relax. _— les factions_; to quell factions. _— son bien_;
to squander away one’s wealth.
_se_ =dissiper=, _v.r._, to divert, recreate, _or_ relax one’s self; to
be dispersed, dispelled, _or_ dissipated; to vanish, to pass away; to
clear off.
=dissolu=, =-e=, _adj._, dissolute, profligate, lewd, loose, licentious.
=dissolubilité=, _n.f._, dissolubility.
=dissoluble=, _adj._, dissoluble, dissolvable.
=dissolument=, _adv._, dissolutely, loosely, lewdly, licentiously,
riotously.
☉=dissoluti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ _V._ =dissolvant=.
=dissolution=, _n.f._, dissolution; solution; dissoluteness, looseness of
manners, licentiousness, lewdness; riot. _— des simples_; dissolution of
herbs. _La — d’un mariage_; the annulling of a marriage. _— de société_;
dissolution of partnership.
=dissolvant=, _n.m._, dissolvent, resolvent, solvent. _L’eau est un grand
—_; water is a powerful dissolvent.
=dissolvant=, =-e=, _adj._, dissolvent, resolvent, solvent.
=dissonance=, _n.f._, (mus.) dissonance, discord.
=dissonant=, =-e=, _adj._, dissonant, discordant, jarring.
=dissoner=, _v.n._, (mus.) to make discord, to jar, to be discordant _or_
dissonant.
=dissoudre= (dissolvant, dissous), _v.a._, to dissolve; to break, to
break up. _— un mariage_; to annul a marriage.
_se_ =dissoudre=, _v.r._, to dissolve, to be dissolved, to melt; to break
up.
=dissou-s=, =-te=, _part._, dissolved, broken up.
=dissuader=, _v.a._, to dissuade, to advise to the contrary.
=dissuasi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, dissuasive.
=dissuasion=, _n.f._, dissuasion.
=dissyllabe=, _adj._, (gram.) dissyllabic.
=dissyllabe=, _n.m._, (gram.) dissyllable.
=dissyllabique=, _adj._, dissyllabic.
=distance=, _n.f._, distance. _Tenir à —_; to keep at a distance. _Garder
sa —_; to keep one’s distance.
=distancé=, =-e=, _part._, distanced.
=distancer=, _v.a._, to distance, to outdo.
=distant=, =-e=, _adj._, distant, remote, far off.
=distendre=, _v.a._, (med.) to distend.
_se_ =distendre=, _v.r._, (med.) to be distended.
=distension=, _n.f._, (med.) distension, tension.
=distillable=, _adj._, distillable.
=distillateur=, _n.m._, distiller.
=distillation=, _n.f._, distillation.
=distillatoire=, _adj._, distillatory.
=distiller=, _v.a._, to distill; to discharge, to vent. _— deux fois_; to
rectify. _— son esprit sur quelque chose_; to puzzle one’s brains over a
thing. _— son venin sur quelqu’un_; to vent one’s spite upon any one.
=distiller=, _v.n._, to drop, to distill, to drizzle, to trickle; to be
discharged, to be vented.
=distillerie= (-til-rî), _n.f._, distillery, still-house.
=distinct= (-tinct), =-e=, _adj._, distinct, different; separate; plain;
clear.
=distinctement=, _adv._, distinctly, clearly, plainly.
=distincti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, distinctive, distinguishing,
characteristic. _Caractère —_, _marque —ve_; characteristic.
=distinction=, _n.f._, distinction, division; difference; eminence,
superiority. _Sans —_; promiscuously, indiscriminately. _Faire — de l’ami
et de l’ennemi_; to distinguish between a friend and a foe. _Un homme de
—_; a man of refinement. _Défaut de —_; want of distinction. _Par —_;
for distinction, for distinction’s sake.
=distingué=, =-e=, _adj._, distinguished, eminent, conspicuous;
gentlemanly; ladylike; genteel. _Naissance —e_; high birth.
=distinguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to discern, to distinguish; to make a
distinction, to discriminate; to make eminent, to single out, to honor;
to take notice of, to treat with marks of distinction.
_se_ =distinguer=, _v.r._, to distinguish _or_ signalize one’s self,
to make oneself eminent; to be distinguished _or_ conspicuous, to gain
distinction. _Il se distingue par ses talents_; he is conspicuous for his
talents.
=distique=, _n.m._, distich, couplet.
=distique=, _adj._, (bot.) having flowers _or_ leaves in double and
opposite rows.
=distordre=, _v.a._, (med.) to distort, to sprain. _Se —_, _v.r._, to
become distorted.
=distors=, =-e=, _adj._, distorted.
=distorsion=, _n.f._, distortion, sprain.
=distraction=, _n.f._, separation, subtraction; abstraction, absence
of mind, wandering, heedlessness, inattention; recreation, diversion,
relief. _— de dépens_; (jur.) awarding of expenses. _À t-on fait — des
dépens_; have costs been allowed? _Il est sujet à des —s_; he is subject
to fits of absence of mind. _Par —_; inadvertently; by way of amusement.
=distraire=, _v.a._, to separate, to subtract; to call off, to take off,
to divert from, to distract, to disturb; to divert; to entertain; to turn
from; to deprive. _La moindre chose le distrait_; the least thing diverts
his attention. _— des études_; to disturb from study.
_se_ =distraire=, _v.r._, to divert one’s attention; to be disturbed; to
divert oneself, to amuse oneself, to take some relaxation.
=distrait=, =-e=, _adj._, absent-minded; heedless, wandering; distracted,
vacant. _Un homme —_; an absent-minded man. _Air —_, _regards —s_; absent
air, vacant looks.
=distrait=, _n.m._, absent-minded man.
=distrayant=, =-e=, _adj._, diverting, pleasing, entertaining.
=distribuable=, _adj._, distributable.
=distribuer=, _v.a._, to distribute, to divide, to deal out, to portion
out, to serve out; to dispose, lay out, arrange; (print.) to distribute;
(theat.) to cast, to allot. _— des aumônes_; to distribute alms. _— un
appartement_; to lay out a suite of rooms.
=distributaire=, _n.m.f._, recipient, receiver, sharer.
=distribut-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, distributer, bestower,
dispenser. _— des vivres_; (nav.) purser’s steward, purser’s mate.
=distributi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, distributive.
=distribution=, _n.f._, distribution; division; laying out, disposition;
delivery (of letters by post); (print.) distribution; (theat.) cast.
_Ordre de —_; roll of creditors (for dividends). _La — de cet appartement
est commode_; this suite of rooms is conveniently laid out.
=distributivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, distributively.
=district= (-trik), _n.m._, district; (fig.) province, jurisdiction.
=dit=, _n.m._, maxim; saying; ☉fable, tale. _Les —s et faits des
anciens_; the acts and sayings of the ancients. _Avoir son — et son
dédit_; to be able to say and unsay.
=dit=, =-e=, _part._, said, spoken; surnamed, alias, called. _Ce qui fut
— fut fait_; he made his words good. _Aussitôt —, aussitôt fait_; no
sooner said than done. _Susdit_; above-mentioned. _Autrement —_; in other
words. _Cela —_; thereupon. _Se le tenir pour —_; to take it for granted.
=dithyrambe=, _n.m._, dithyramb; dithyrambic, dithyrambus.
=dithyrambique=, _adj._, dithyrambic.
=dito=, _adv._, (com.) Do (ditto).
=diton=, _n.m._, (mus.) ditone.
=ditriglyphe=, _n.m._, (arch.) ditriglyph.
=diurétique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) diuretic.
=diurnal=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) diurnal, daily prayer-book.
=diurne=, _adj._, (astron., med., ent.) diurnal, daily.
=diurne=, _n.m._, (ent.) diurnal insect. _—s_; diurna.
=divagant=, _adj._, wandering, rambling.
=divagat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, desultory, rambling speaker;
desultory, rambling.
=divagation=, _n.f._, divagation; wandering, rambling, disconnected,
straying; (jur.) straying (of animals). _Se perdre dans les —s_; to lose
sight of the question.
=divaguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, to be incoherent (either in writing or
speaking), to ramble, to stray, to wander, to rave; to digress, to wander
from the question; to go astray; to stray (of cattle).
=divan=, _n.m._, divan, sofa.
=divarication=, _n.f._, (med.) divarication.
=divariqué=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) straggling.
☉=dive=, _adj._, divine. _n.f._, goddess, diva.
=divergence=, _n.f._, divergence, divergency; difference of opinion.
=divergent=, =-e=, _adj._, divergent; different; (bot.) spreading.
=diverger=, _v.n._, to diverge; to branch off; to spread.
=divers=, =-e=, _adj._, diverse, various, different, multifarious,
miscellaneous; divers, sundry, several.
=divers=, _n.m.pl._, (com.) sundries.
=diversement=, _adv._, diversely, variously, differently.
=diversifier=, _v.a._, to diversify, to variegate, to vary. _—
l’entretien_; to give variety to the conversation.
_se_ =diversifier=, _v.r._, to be varied, diversified.
=diversion=, _n.f._, diversion.
=diversité=, _n.f._, diversity, variety, difference.
=divertir=, _v.a._, to divert; to embezzle, to convert to one’s own use,
to make away with, to convey away; to amuse, to recreate, to delight,
to exhilarate. _— des fonds_; to misapply funds. _Deniers divertis_;
embezzled money.
_se_ =divertir=, _v.r._, to amuse oneself, to make merry, to divert _or_
recreate oneself; to be diverted _or_ amused, to be merry; to make sport
with. _Divertissez-vous bien_; enjoy yourself.
=divertissant=, =-e=, _adj._, diverting, entertaining, amusing.
=divertissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, diversion, pastime, relaxation;
amusement; entertainment; purloining, embezzlement. _Une comédie avec des
—s_; a farcical comedy. _— de deniers_; embezzling of money.
=dividende=, _n.m._, dividend. _— arriéré_; unclaimed dividend. _Faire un
—_; (com.) to declare a dividend.
=divin=, =-e=, _adj._, divine; godlike; heavenly; admirable, exquisite.
_L’office —_; divine service. _Ouvrage —_; most admirable work. _Beauté
—e_; heavenly beauty.
=divinat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, diviner. _adj._, prophetic,
divining, foreseeing.
=divination=, _n.f._, divination. _— par le feu_; pyromancy.
=divinatoire=, _adj._, divinatory; divining.
=divinement= (di-vi-n-mān), _adv._, divinely, admirably, exquisitely.
=diviniser=, _v.a._, to deify; to laud to the skies.
=divinité=, _n.f._, Divinity, Godhead, deity. _Adorer la —_; to worship
the Divinity. _C’est une — que cette femme_; that woman is an angel.
=divis=, _n.m._, (l.u.) division, share. _Posséder par —_; to possess a
portion of.
=divise=, _n.f._, (her.) narrow band.
=diviser=, _v.a._, to divide; to parcel out; to part, to portion out; to
disunite, to set at variance. _— le tout en ses parties_; to divide the
whole into its parts.
_se_ =diviser=, _v.r._, to divide; to be divided; to be split into parts;
to be disunited; to be at variance.
=diviseur=, _n.m._, (arith.) divisor; divider.
=diviseur=, _adj.m._, divisive, dividing.
=divisibilité=, _n.f._, divisibility.
=divisible=, _adj._, divisible.
=division=, _n.f._, division; partition; dividing; (math., print., rhet.,
milit., parliament) division; (nav.) squadron. _Être en —_; to be at
variance.
=divisionnaire=, _adj._, divisional; divisionary, of a division.
=divorce=, _n.m._, divorce; variance. _Faire — avec sa femme_; to divorce
one’s wife. _Faire —_; to renounce. _Ils sont dans un continuel —_; they
are always at variance.
=divorcer=, _v.n._, to be divorced. _Elle a divorcé d’avec lui_; she has
been divorced from him.
=divulgation=, _n.f._, divulgence; revelation; publishing.
=divulguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to divulge, to blaze abroad, to reveal, to
publish _or_ make public.
=dix=, _adj._, ten, tenth. _Innocent —_; Innocent the tenth.
=dix=, _n.m._, ten; tenth.
=dix-huit=, _adj._, eighteen, eighteenth.
=dix-huit=, _n.m._, eighteen, eighteenth.
=dix-huitième=, _adj._, eighteenth.
=dixième= (-zièm), _adj._, tenth. _Le — jour_; the tenth day. _La —
fois_; the tenth time.
=dixième=, _n.m._, tenth.
=dixième=, _n.f._, (mus.) tenth.
=dixièmement= (di-zièm-mān), _adv._, tenthly.
=dixme=, _n.f._ _V._ =dîme=.
=dix-neuf=, _adj._, nineteen, nineteenth.
=dix-neuf=, _n.m._, nineteen, nineteenth.
=dix-neuvième=, _adj._, nineteenth.
=dix-neuvième=, _n.m._, nineteenth.
=dix-sept=, _adj._, seventeen, seventeenth.
=dix-sept=, _n.m._, seventeen, seventeenth.
=dix-septième=, _adj._, seventeenth.
=dix-septième=, _n.m._, seventeenth.
=dizain=, _n.m._, decastich; (c.rel.) rosary consisting of ten beads; ten
packs (of cards); set of ten.
=dizaine=, _n.f._, some ten. _Il y avait une — de personnes_; there were
ten or twelve people.
=dizeau=, _n.m._, shock of wheat (consisting of ten sheaves); ten trusses
of hay.
☉=dizenier= _or_ =dizainier=, _n.m._, tithing-man.
=djinn=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (Arabian myth.) imp, evil spirit, demon. _Les
—s_; swarm of demons.
=d.m.= (ab. for Docteur Médecin), M.D.
=do=, _n.m._, (mus.) C; do, ut.
=docile=, _adj._, docile, tractable, submissive, yielding, manageable.
=docilement= (do-sil-mān), _adv._, with docility, submissively.
=docilité=, _n.f._, docility, tractableness, manageableness; obedience.
=docimasie= _or_ =docimastique=, _n.f._, (metal.) docimacy.
=docimastique=, _adj._, docimastic.
=dock=, _n.m._, dock; bonded warehouse.
=docte=, _adj._, erudite, learned.
=doctement=, _adv._, learnedly, in a learned manner; pedantically.
=docteur=, _n.m._, doctor. _— en théologie_, _en droit_, _en médecine_;
doctor of divinity, of laws, of medicine.
=doctissime=, _adj._, most learned.
=doctoral=, =-e=, _adj._, doctoral.
=doctoralement=, _adv._, doctorally.
=doctorat=, _n.m._, doctorate, doctor’s degree.
=doctorerie= (-tor-rî), _n.f._, examination for the degree of D.D.
=doctoresse=, _n.f._, (jest.) doctoress.
=doctrinaire=, _n.m._, lay brother; doctrinaire. _adj._, lay, stiff,
formal, pedantic.
=doctrinairement=, _adv._, stiffly, formally, systematically.
=doctrinal=, =-e=, _adj._, doctrinal.
=doctrine=, _n.f._, doctrine.
=document=, _n.m._, document, title, title-deed, charter, certificate.
=dodécaèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) dodecahedron.
=dodécagone=, _n.m._, (geom.) dodecagon.
=dodécagone=, _adj._, twelve-angled.
=dodécastyle=, _adj._, dodecastyle.
=dodelinement=, _n.m._, rocking, swinging; dandling, fondling.
=dodinage=, _n.m._, shaking up, stirring (of wine).
=dodiner= _or_ =dodeliner=, _v.a._, to rock; to swing, to fondle, to
dandle.
=dodiner=, _v.n._, (horl., l.u.) to oscillate, to vibrate.
_se_ =dodiner=, _v.r._, to nurse oneself, to coddle oneself.
=dodo=, _n.m._, (fam.) by-by, lullaby; sleep, bed. _Aller à —_; to go to
bed, to go to sleep.
=dodo=, _n.m._, (pop.) (orni.) dodo. _V._ =dronte=.
=dodu=, =-e=, _adj._, plump.
=dogaresse=, _n.f._, the wife of a doge.
=dogat=, _n.m._, dogate.
=doge=, _n.m._, doge.
=dogmatique=, _adj._, dogmatic.
=dogmatique=, _n.f._, dogmatics.
=dogmatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, dogmatically.
=dogmatiser=, _v.n._, to dogmatize.
=dogmatiseur=, _n.m._, dogmatizer.
=dogmatiste=, _n.m._, dogmatist.
=dogme=, _n.m._, dogma, tenet, doctrine.
=dogre=, _n.m._, Dutch dogger, dogger-boat.
=dogue= (dog), _n.m._, mastiff, house-dog; bull-dog.
=doguin=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, (-ghin, -ghi-n), pug-dog, pug.
=doigt= (doa), _n.m._, finger; toe; hand; digit. _Les cinq —s de la
main_; the five fingers of the hand. _Un — du pied_; a toe. _Donner sur
les —s_; to give a rap on the knuckles. _Être à deux —s de sa ruine_;
to be upon the brink of ruin. _Savoir quelque chose sur le bout du —_;
to have a thing at one’s fingers’ ends. _Mon petit — me l’a dit_; a
little bird told me so. _Se mordre les —s de quelque chose_; to repent
of a thing. _Il est à deux —s de la mort_; he is at death’s door. _J’en
mettrais le — au feu_; I would lay my life upon it. _Être servi au — et
à l’œil_; to be served at a nod. _On le montre au —_; he is pointed at.
_Vous avez mis le — dessus_; you have hit the nail on the head. _Un — de
vin_; a toothful of wine. _S’en lécher les —s_; to lick one’s lips; to
gloat over anything. _Il lui obéit au — et à l’œil_; he is at his beck
and call. _Y mettre les quatre —s et le pouce_; to eat greedily; to do a
thing clumsily. _Être comme les deux —s de la main_; to be hand and glove
together; to be inseparable.
=doigter= (doa-té), _v.a.n._, (mus.) to finger.
=doigter=, _n.m._, (mus.) fingering.
=doigtier= (doa-tié), _n.m._, finger-stall, thumb-stall, thimble.
=doit=, _n.m._, (com.) Dr. (debtor). _— et avoir_; Dr. and Cr.
=doitée=, _n.f._, bit of thread.
=dol=, _n.m._, (jur.) deceit, fraud.
=dolabelle=, _n.f._, small hatchet.
=dolabre=, _n.f._, dowel-ax.
=dolage=, _n.m._, adzing, planing.
=dolce= (dol-cé), _adv._, (mus.) dolce.
=doléance=, _n.f._, complaint, lamentation; grievance. _Faire_, _conter_,
_ses —s_; to tell one’s griefs, to pour out one’s troubles.
=dolemment= (do-la-mān), _adv._, mournfully, wofully, dolefully.
=dolent=, =-e=, _adj._, doleful, woful, piteous, mournful; whining.
=doler=, _v.a._, to smooth with the adz; to plane; to pare.
=doliman=, _n.m._, dolman.
=dollar=, _n.m._, dollar.
=dolman=, _n.m._, shell-jacket; hussar’s pelisse.
=dolmen=, _n.m._, (_—s_) dolmen, cromlech.
=doloir=, _n.m._, paring-knife, parer.
=doloire=, _n.f._, adz; chip-ax.
=dolomie= _or_ =dolomite=, _n.f._, (min.) dolomite.
=dom=, _n.m._, dom; don. _V._ =don=.
=domaine=, _n.m._, domain; estate, demesne, possession, property;
department, province, compass, sphere. _Le — de la couronne_; the
crown-lands. _Cela n’est point de mon —_; that is not in my province.
_Tomber dans le — du public_; to become public property.
=domanial=, =-e=, _adj._, demesnial, domanial.
=domanialiser=, _v.a._, to annex to, to include in (a domain).
=dôme=, _n.m._, (arch.) dome, cupola; principal church, canopy; round
top. _— de verdure_; verdant arch.
=domerie=, _n.f._, an abbey.
=domestication=, _n.f._, domestication.
=domesticité=, _n.f._, domesticity, the being in service; domestic
servants; domesticated state.
=domestique=, _adj._, domestic, homely, home-bred; menial; tame;
domesticated.
=domestique=, _n.m._, servant, domestic; servants, domestics (of a
house); household; home. _Il a changé tout son —_; he has changed all his
servants. _Il aime son —_; he is fond of his home. _— de place_; guide.
_— à_, or _pour tout faire_; general servant.
=domestique=, _n.f._, woman-servant, maid-servant, servant. _— pour tout
faire_; maid, servant, of all-work.
=domestiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, servant-like, menially.
=domestiquer=, _v.a._, to domesticate, to tame. _Se —_; to become
domesticated.
=domicile=, _n.m._, domicile, abode, residence. _— politique_; political
residence. _— civil_; ordinary residence, dwelling. _À —_; at one’s own
house, _or_ at people’s houses, at home. _— légal_; settlement, legal
settlement. _De l’eau à —_; water brought to the house. _Elire —_, or
_faire élection de —_; to choose one’s residence; to settle down.
=domiciliaire=, _adj._, domiciliary. _Faire une visite — chez quelqu’un_;
to search anyone’s house.
=domicilié=, =-e=, _adj._, resident, domiciled. _Il est —_; he is
settled, he has taken a house.
_se_ =domicilier=, _v.r._, to settle down, to dwell in a place.
=dominance=, _n.f._, preponderance, dominance, rule.
=dominant=, =-e=, _adj._, dominant, predominant, reigning, prevalent.
_Passion —e_; ruling passion. _Goût —_; reigning taste. _La religion —e_;
the established religion.
=dominante=, _n.f._, (mus.) dominant. _Dans le mode d’ut, sol est la
—, et fa la sous-dominante_; in the key of C, G is the dominant, F the
subdominant.
=dominat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, dominator, ruler, tyrant;
ruling, governing, dominant, domineering, arrogant.
=domination=, _n.f._, domination; dominion, rule, sway.
=dominer=, _v.n._, to rule, to bear rule _or_ sway, to have the
mastery; to dominate, to preponderate, to prevail; to domineer, to
lord it; to rise above; to command a view of, to look over, to tower
above; to command; to predominate. _Il faut que la raison domine sur
les passions_; reason must prevail over the passions. _Sa tête domine
au-dessus de la foule_; his head rises above the crowd. _Cette tour
domine sur tous les environs_; that tower overlooks all the surrounding
country.
=dominer=, _v.a._, to rule, to govern, to sway, to prevail over, to
domineer over; to rise above, to command a view of; to command, to keep
in subjection. _La citadelle domine la ville_; the citadel commands the
town.
=dominicain=, _n.m._, Dominican, Dominican friar.
=dominicain=, =-e=, _adj._, Dominican.
=dominicaine=, _n.f._, Dominican nun.
=dominical=, =-e=, _adj._, dominical. _Lettre —e_; dominical letter.
_L’oraison —e_; the Lord’s prayer.
=dominicale=, _n.f._, Sunday sermon.
=domino=, _n.m._, domino. _En —_; in a domino. _Jouer aux —s_; to play at
dominoes. _Faire —_; to play out, to win.
=dominoterie=, _n.f._, stained papers.
=dominotier= (-tié), _n.m._, paper-stainer; dealer in stained papers.
=dommage=, _n.m._, damage, injury, hurt, detriment, loss; harm. _Cela me
porte —_; that is a loss to me. _Faire du —_; to do harm. _C’est —_; it
is a pity. _—s et intérêts_, _—s-intérêts_; (jur.) damages.
=dommageable= (-jabl), _adj._, hurtful, prejudicial, injurious.
=domptable= (don-tabl), _adj._, tameable; governable, manageable.
=dompter= (don-té), _v.a._, to subdue, to subjugate, to quell, to tame.
_— ses passions_; to overcome one’s passions. _— des animaux_; to tame
animals. _— un cheval_; to break in a horse.
_se_ =dompter=, _v.r._, to quell, to overcome one’s passions.
=dompteur= (don-teur), _n.m._, subduer; tamer; breaker in; vanquisher.
=dompte-venin=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) swallow-wort.
=don=, _n.m._, gift, donation, present, endowment; knack, talent. _Les —s
du ciel_; the gifts of heaven. _—s de la nature_; natural endowments. _—
gratuit_; free gift. _Le — de la parole_; the gift of speech. _Il a le —
de plaire_; he has the knack of pleasing.
=don=, _n.m._, don.
=dona=, _n.f._, (_—s_) dona, donna.
=donataire=, _n.m.f._, donee.
=donat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, donor, giver.
=donation=, _n.f._, donation, free gift; deed of gift. _—s de la
couronne_; grants of the crown. _Faire — de ses biens_; to make over
one’s property by deed of gift.
=donatisme=, _n.m._, Donatism.
=donatiste=, _n.m._, Donatist.
=donc=, _conj._, therefore; accordingly, hence; then, consequently; eh,
of course, to be sure. _Répondez —_; answer, I tell you. _Qu’ai-je —
fait?_ whatever have I done?
=dondon=, _n.f._, (fam., b.s.) plump, jolly, fresh-colored woman _or_
girl.
=donjon=, _n.m._, keep, turret, castle-keep; dungeon; pavilion.
=donjonné=, =-e=, _adj._, turreted.
=donnant=, =-e=, _adj._, generous. _Il n’est pas —_; he is not generous.
_— donnant_; give and take, tit for tat.
=donne=, _n.f._, deal (at cards).
=donné=, =-e=, _part._, given.
=donnée=, _n.f.sing._, données, _n.f.pl._, datum, data, principles, facts
admitted _or_ known; notion, idea, information; (math.) known quantity,
datum; theme of a play, a poem, etc.
=donner=, _v.a._, to give, to bestow, to present with, to make a present
of; to give away; to cause; to grant, to confer upon; to ascribe; to
deal (at cards); to wish (good day, etc.); to devote; (com.) to sell,
to let have. _— en échange_; to give in exchange. _— tort à quelqu’un_;
to blame any one. _— sa fille en mariage_; to give one’s daughter in
marriage. _Qui donne tôt, donne deux fois_; he gives twice who gives in a
trice. _— la vie_; to grant, to spare life. _— le bonjour à quelqu’un_;
to wish any one good day. _— un soufflet à quelqu’un_; to box any one’s
ears. _— rendez-vous_; to appoint a place of meeting. _— quittance_; to
give a receipt. _— le branle à une affaire_; to set an affair going. _—
le ton_; to set the fashion. _— la chasse_; to pursue. _— sa parole_; to
give one’s word. _— du chagrin_; to vex. _— de la peine_; to trouble. _—
les mains à une chose_; to give one’s consent to a thing. _— de l’altesse
a quelqu’un_; to “style” or “dub” any one highness. _— une baie_; to
humbug. _— sa voix_, _son suffrage_; to give one’s vote, one’s suffrage.
_— gain de cause_; to decide in favor of. _Donnez des sièges_; bring
chairs. _Il en donne à tout le monde_; he makes a fool of everybody.
_Je donne beaucoup au hasard_; I attribute a good deal to chance.
_Donner à boire_; to give to drink. _Donnez-nous à manger_; give us
something to eat. _— à penser_, _à réfléchir_; to set thinking, to give
food for reflection. _C’est à vous à —_; it is your turn to deal. _En
— à quelqu’un_; to beat, to maul, any one; to cheat any one, to take
any one in.
_se_ =donner=, _v.r._, to give one’s self; to procure; to take place
(of battles); to get; to abandon, to attach, one’s self; to give one’s
self out as. _Se — à quelqu’un_; to abandon, to devote, one’s self to
any one. _Se — la peine de_; to take the trouble to. _Se — des airs_; to
give one’s self airs. _Se — de la tête contre les murs_; to run one’s
head against a stone wall. _S’en — à cœur joie_; to indulge one’s self to
one’s heart’s content; to take one’s fill of anything.
=donner=, _v.n._, to give, to give away; to addict one’s self; to give
one’s self up; to get into the head (of liquor); to hit, to strike;
(milit.) to charge, to be engaged, to attack (of troops); to deal; to
yield, to bear, to produce; to look out; to look into, to overlook.
_— contre un banc de table_; to strike on a sand-bank. _Mes fenêtres
donnent sur la rue_; my windows look out into the street. _— à penser à
quelqu’un_; to set any one thinking. _— à parler_; to furnish matter for
talk. _— dedans_; to fall into a snare. _— dans une embuscade_; to fall
into an ambuscade. _— dans le piège_, or _dans le panneau_; to fall into
the snare. _Le soleil donne dans ma chambre_; the sun shines into my
room. _Ce vin donne dans la tête_; that wine gets up into one’s head. _Le
régiment a donné_; the regiment is in action, is under fire.
=donneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, giver, donor. _Il n’est pas —_; he is
not fond of giving; he is close-fisted. _— d’eau bénite de cour_; man of
promises only.
=don quichotte=, _n.m._, (_— —s_) Don Quixote, madcap; lanky fellow.
=don quichottisme=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) quixotism.
=dont=, _pron._, whose, whereof, of which, of whom, for whom, etc. _Dieu
— nous admirons les œuvres_; God whose works we admire. _Ce — il s’agit_;
the business in hand. _L’affaire — je vous ai parlé_; the business I
spoke to you about.
=donte=, _n.f._, body (of a lute).
=donzelle=, _n.f._, damsel, wench.
=dorade=, _n.f._, (astron., ich.) dorado, swordfish.
=doradille=, _n.f._ _V._ =cétérac=.
=doré=, =-e=, _part._, gilt, gilt over, gilded, golden. _Langue —e_;
silver tongue; winning, deceitful tongue. _— sur tranche_; gilt-edged
_or_ with gilt edges.
=dorée=, _n.f._, (ich.) doree, John-Dory; slice of bread and jam.
=dorénavant=, _adv._, henceforth, hereafter, for the future, from this
time forward.
=dorer=, _v.a._, to gild, to gild over. _— un pâté_; to glaze a pie with
the yolk of eggs. _— la pilule_; to gild the pill.
_se_ =dorer=, _v.r._, to gild; to assume a golden hue _or_ tinge.
=doreu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gilder.
=dorien= (-in), _n._ and _adj._ _m._, Dorian; Doric.
=dorine=, _n.f._, (bot.) golden saxifrage.
=dorique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Doric.
=doris=, _n.f._, (conch.) doris (a sort of mollusk).
=dorloter=, _v.a._, to cocker, to fondle, to pamper; to coddle, to pet,
to make much of.
_se_ =dorloter=, _v.r._, to coddle one’s self; to indulge one’s self.
=dormant=, =-e=, _adj._, sleeping, dormant, stagnant; (com.) dull;
unemployed (of money). _Eau —e_; stagnant water. _Manœuvre —e_; (nav.)
standing part of a tackle. _Châssis —_; fixed sash.
=dormant=, _n.m._, (tech., carp.) dormant, dormer, sleeper, post, fixed
frame; epergne.
=dormeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (pers.) sleeper; sluggard.
=dormeuse=, _n.f._, easy traveling carriage; lounging chair.
*=dormille=, _n.f._, (ich.) loach.
=dormir= (dormant, dormi), _v.n._, to sleep, to be asleep; to be supine;
to be still; to be dormant (of money); to be stagnant (of water); to do
nothing. _— d’un bon sommeil_, _d’un bon somme_; to sleep soundly. _— trop
longtemps_; to oversleep one’s self. _— la grasse matinée_; to lie late
in bed. _— tout debout_; not to be able to keep one’s eyes open. _Qui
dort, dîne_; sleeping is as good as eating. _Il dort comme une marmotte_
or _comme un sabot_; he sleeps like a top. _Il n’y a point de pire eau
que l’eau qui dort_; still waters run deep. _— sur les deux oreilles_; to
sleep soundly. _Qui a renommée de se lever matin peut — jusqu’à midi_; a
good reputation covers a multitude of sins. _Ce sont des contes à — de
bout_; they are old wives’ tales (_i.e._, tedious, nonsensical).
=dormir=, _n.m._, sleep.
=dormiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, soporific, somniferous. _Une potion —ve_; a
sleeping draught.
=dormitif=, _n.m._, dormitive. _L’opium est un dangereux —_; opium is a
dangerous sleeping-draught.
=doronic=, _n.m._, (bot.) doronicum, leopard’s-bane.
=dorsal=, =-e=, _adj._, dorsal.
=dorsténie=, _n.f._, (bot.) dorstenia, contrayerva.
=dortoir=, _n.m._, dormitory.
=dorure=, _n.f._, gilding; glazing (of pastry).
=dos=, _n.m._, back, rear, top, ridge. _Sur le —_; upon the back,
pickaback. _— courbé_, _voûté_; bent back. _L’épine du —_; the spine,
backbone. _— d’une montagne_; ridge of a mountain. _Avoir quelqu’un sur
le —_; to be saddled with somebody. _Tourner le —_; to take to flight.
_Tourner le — à quelqu’un_; to turn one’s back on _or_ to forsake any
one. _Avoir bon —_; to have a strong back. _Faire le gros —_; to set up
its back (of a cat); to give one’s self airs. _— d’âne_; shelving ridge.
_En — d’âne_; with a shelving ridge. _Le juge les renvoya — à —_; the
judge non-suited them both. _En avoir plein le —_; to be sick and tired
of anything. _Se mettre le juge à —_; to make an enemy of the judge, _or_
to set the judge against one.
=dosable=, _adj._, measurable.
=dosage=, _n.m._, (chem., pharm.) dosing, proportioning; quantitative
analysis.
=dose=, _n.f._, dose; quantity, portion.
=doser=, _v.a._, to dose, to proportion.
=dossier=, _n.m._, back (of a seat); brief (of a barrister); bundle of
papers. _— d’un lit_; headboard of a bed, back-board (of a boat).
=dossière=, _n.f._, back-band, ridge-band (of harness); back-plate (of a
cuirass).
=dot= (dot), _n.f._, marriage portion; dowry. _La — d’une religieuse_;
what a nun pays for being admitted into a nunnery. _Coureur de —s_;
fortune-hunter.
=dotal=, =-e=, _adj._, dotal, concerning dowry.
=dotation=, _n.f._, endowment, dotation.
=doter=, _v.a._, to endow, to give a portion, to give a dowry. _— une
église_; to endow a church.
=douaire=, _n.m._, jointure, dower, marriage-settlement. _Il lui a
assigné dix mille livres de —_; he has settled ten thousand francs upon
her.
=douairi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, dowager.
=douairière=, _n.f._, dowager; jointress.
=douane=, _n.f._, custom-house, custom-duty, duty. _Préposé à la —_;
custom-house officer. _Conseil des —s_; board of customs. _Droit de —_;
customs duty.
=douaner=, _v.a._, to clear goods at the custom-house; to pass through
the custom-house.
=douanier=, _n.m._, custom-house officer; tide-waiter.
=douani-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, relating to the custom-house, of customs.
=doublage=, _n.m._, lining, plating; (nav.) sheathing. _— de cuivre_;
copper-sheathing; (print.) double.
=double=, _adj._, double, duplicate; twofold, twice as much, twice as
many; strong (of quality); double, deceitful, arrant; downright, regular.
_Partie —_; (com.) double entry. _C’est un — coquin_; he is a downright,
arrant scoundrel.
=double=, _n.m._, double; duplicate, replica; counterpart (of a deed),
double-faced; (theat.) substitute, understudy; an old French coin worth
two deniers; (mus.) a turn. _Plus du —_; more than the double. _Mettre
une chose en —_; to double a thing. _Jouer quitte ou —_; to play double
or quits. _Parier — contre simple_; to bet two to one.
=double=, _adv._, double. _Voir —_; to see double.
=doublé=, _n.m._, (billiards) doublet.
=doubleau=, _n.m._, (carp.) binding joist. _V._ =arc-doubleau=.
_à_ =double emploi=, _adv._, for a double purpose.
=doublement=, _n.m._, doubling.
=doublement=, _adv._, doubly, in a double manner.
=doubler=, _v.a._, to double; to line (clothes); (arch.) to fur; (milit.,
nav., print., theat.) to double; to sheathe (a ship). _— le pas_; to go
faster.
=doublet=, _n.m._, (billiards, jewelry, trictrac) doublet; (linguistics)
doublets.
=doublette=, _n.f._, coupler (of organs).
=doubleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, doubler.
=doublon=, _n.m._, doubloon, Spanish pistole; (print.) double.
=doublure=, _n.f._, lining; (theat.) substitute, understudy.
=douce-amère=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) woody nightshade, bitter-sweet.
=douceâtre=, _adj._, sweetish.
=doucement= (doos-mān), _adv._, slowly, leisurely; gently, softly,
tenderly, quietly; blandly; peaceably, calmly, smoothly, placidly;
mildly; melodiously; meekly; patiently; comfortably; indifferently, not
very well, so so. _Aller tout —_; to be so so.
=doucerette=, _n.f._, bland-looking creature.
=doucereu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sweetish, mawkish; mealy-mouthed.
=doucet=, =-te=, _adj._, demure, mild, affected. _Faire le —_; to look
demure.
=doucette=, _n.f._, (bot.) corn salad, lamb’s lettuce, Venus’s
looking-glass.
=doucettement= (-sèt-mān), _adv._, (pop.) gently, softly, only so so. _Il
va tout —_; he’s only so so.
=douceur=, _n.f._, sweetness; fragrance; softness; mildness; kindness,
good-nature; melodiousness, harmony; mellowness; calmness; smoothness;
peacefulness; meekness, gentleness; sweet thing; delight, pleasure,
comfort; douceur. _Employer la —_; to use gentle means. _Prendre
quelqu’un par la —_; to treat anyone with kindness. _Goûter les —s de la
vie_; to taste the comforts of life. _Les —s de la société_; the delights
of society. _Plus fait — que violence_; kindness does more than harshness.
=douche=, _n.f._, douche, shower-bath.
=doucher=, _v.a._, to give a douche, a shower-bath.
=doucine=, _n.f._, (arch.) doucine; (carp.) molding-plane.
=doucir=, _v.a._, to polish (looking-glasses).
=doucissage=, _n.m._, polishing.
=douelle=, _n.f._, (arch.) archivolt, curve; stave (of a cask).
=douer=, _v.a._, to endow, to bestow upon, to favor.
*=douille=, _n.f._, socket, hose, pipe; case _or_ shell (of cartridges).
*=douillet=, =-te=, _n._ and _adj._, effeminate, delicate person; soft,
downy; nice; tender; effeminate; delicate. _C’est un —_; he loves to
indulge himself.
*=douillette=, _n.f._, wadded dress, wadded great coat.
*=douillettement= (doo-lèt-mān), _adv._, softly, tenderly, delicately,
effeminately.
=douleur=, _n.f._, pain; ache; soreness; anguish, pang, grief, sorrow,
affliction; woe. _— aiguë_; acute pain.
☉_se_ =douloir=, _v.r._, to grieve, to wail, to lament.
=douloureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, grievously.
=douloureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, painful, tender, smarting, sore; grievous,
afflicting, sorrowful; sad. _Cri —_; mournful cry.
=doupion=, _n.m._, double cocoon; coarse, raw silk.
=doute=, _n.m._, doubt; scruple, fear, dubiousness; apprehension,
misgiving, distrust. _Mettre en —_; to call in question. _Faire naître
des —s_; to give rise to misgivings. _Jeter des —s dans l’esprit_;
to fill the mind with distrust. _Sans —_; without doubt, no doubt,
doubtless, unquestionably, to be sure. _Sans — que_; no doubt that. _Cela
ne fait aucun —_; there is no doubt about it.
=douter=, _v.a._, to doubt, to question, to hesitate, to suspect, to
scruple. _Il doute de tout_; he doubts everything. _Je doute que cela
soit_; I doubt whether it be so. _Je doute qu’il veuille le faire_; I
doubt whether he will do it. _Je ne doute pas qu’il ne le fasse_; I do
not doubt but that he will do it. _Ne — de rien_; to be over confident,
credulous.
_se_ =douter=, _v.r._, to suspect, to surmise, to conjecture; to
distrust, to mistrust, to fear. _Je m’en doutais bien_; I thought as
much. _Je me doutais qu’il viendrait_; I suspected he would come.
_Pouvais-je me — qu’il dût venir sitôt?_ could I imagine that he was to
come so soon? _Ne se — de rien_; to suspect nothing; to be unconscious of
what is going on.
=douteur= (doo-), _n.m._, doubter.
=douteusement= (doo-teûz-mān), _adv._, doubtfully.
=douteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, doubtful, dubious, ambiguous, questionable.
_D’une manière —se_; doubtfully. _Il est — qu’il le fasse_; it is
doubtful whether he will do it.
=douvain=, _n.m._, stave-wood.
=douve=, _n.f._, stave; trench, moat; salt-marsh; (bot.) spearwort.
=dou-x=, =-ce=, _adj._, sweet; soft, smooth; easy; gentle, mild;
fragrant, agreeable, comfortable, charming, pleasant; harmonious;
peaceful, calm; unfermented; fresh (of water); mellow. _Eau —ce_; fresh
water, soft water. _Poisson d’eau —ce_; fresh-water fish. _Senteur
—ce_; sweet smell. _Une taille douce_; a copper-plate. _Un billet —_; a
love-letter. _Faire les yeux —_; to cast amorous glances. _Il fait bien
—_; the weather is very mild. _—ce rêverie_; sweet musing. _Mener une vie
—ce_; to lead an easy, agreeable life. _Un — sourire_; a gracious smile.
_Il est — comme un agneau_; he is as gentle as a lamb.
=doux=, _adv._, gently; submissively. _Filer —_; to knuckle under; to eat
humble pie. _Tout —_; softly, gently.
=douzaine=, _n.f._, dozen. _Une demi —_; half a dozen. _À la —_, _Par —_;
by the dozen. _C’est un poète à la —_; he is a sorry poet, a rhyming hack.
=douze=, _adj._, twelve, twelfth. _Les — signes du zodiaque_; the twelve
signs of the zodiac. _Charles —_; Charles the twelfth. _C’est le —
aujourd’hui_; to-day is the twelfth.
=douze=, _n.m._, twelve, twelfth. _Le — du mois_; the twelfth instant.
_Un in-—_; a duodecimo.
=douzième=, _n.m._ and _adj._, twelfth.
=douzièmement=, _adv._, twelfthly, in the twelfth place.
*=douzil=, _n.m._, spigot, peg.
=doxologie=, _n.f._, doxology.
=doyen=, _n.m._, dean; senior, oldest member.
=doyenné= (doa-ié-né), _n.m._, deanship, deanery; dean’s-pear.
=drachme= (drakm), _n.f._, drachma; dram.
=dracocéphale=, _n.m._, (bot.) dragon’s-head.
=draconien=, =-ne= (-in, è-n), _adj._, draconian.
=draconte=, _n.m._, (bot.) dragon’s-wort.
=dragage=, _n.m._, dragging (of a river).
=dragée=, _n.f._, comfit, sugar-plum, sugar-almond; small shot. _—s
lissées_; plain sugar-plums. _Grosse —_; buck-shot. _Avaler la —_; to
swallow the pill. _Tenir la — haute à quelqu’un_; to keep in suspense; to
make a person pay dearly for.
=drageoir= (dra-jo-ar), _n.m._, comfit-dish.
=drageon= (-jon), _n.m._, (bot.) shoot, sucker.
=drageonner= (-jo-né), _v.n._, to put forth shoots _or_ suckers.
=dragme=. _V._ =drachme=.
=dragoman=. _V._ =drogman=.
=dragon=, _n.m._, dragon; vixen; (astron., erpetology) Draco. _— ailé_;
flying dragon. _Sa femme est un vrai —_; his wife is a regular termagant
_or_ virago. _— de vertu_; great prude.
=dragon=, _n.m._, dragoon.
=dragonnade=, _n.f._, dragonnade.
=dragonne=, _n.f._, sword-knot; violent woman. _À la —_; cavalierly,
unceremoniously; with a high hand.
=dragonner=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to dragoon; to worry.
_se_ =dragonner=, _v.r._, (l.u.) to worry oneself.
=dragonnier=, _n.m._, dragon-tree.
=draguage= (-gaj), _n.m._ _V._ =dragage=.
=drague= (drag), _n.f._, dredge, dredger; dredging-machine, dredge-net;
grains (of malt).
=draguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to drag, to dredge. _— une ancre_; to sweep the
bottom for a lost anchor.
=draguette= (-ghèt), _n.f._, small dredge _or_ drag-net.
=dragueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, dredger.
=drain=, _n.m._, drain, draining-pipe.
=drainage=, _n.m._, drainage.
=draine=, _n.f._, (orni.) missel, missel-thrush.
=drainer=, _v.a._, to drain.
=dramatique=, _adj._, dramatic.
=dramatique=, _n.m._, drama, dramatic style.
=dramatiser=, _v.a._, to dramatize.
=dramatiste=, _n.m.f._, (l.u.) dramatist.
=dramaturge=, _n.m.f._, dramatist. [Often used ironically.]
=drame=, _n.m._, drama.
=drap= (dra), _n.m._, cloth, sheet, pall. _— fin_; superfine cloth,
broadcloth. _Gros —_; coarse cloth. _Être dans de beaux —s_; to be in a
fine mess or pickle. _— mortuaire_; pall. _Tailler en plein —_; to have
abundance of means at command. _Il voudrait avoir le — et l’argent_; he
would like to have his cake and eat it.
=drapé=, =-e=, _part._, covered, clothed; hung with black; (bot.) thick,
close; woolen. _— à l’antique_; clothed after the antique.
=drapeau=, _n.m._, flag, standard, ensign, streamer, colors; rag. _Se
ranger sous les —x de_; to serve under, to espouse the cause of. _Sous
les —x_; serving in the army.
=draper=, _v.a._, to cover with cloth; to hang (a carriage) with black;
to arrange, to ornament with drapery; (paint., sculpt.) to give drapery
to; (fig.) to censure, to reflect on.
_se_ =draper=, _v.r._, to wrap one’s self up; (fig.) to make a show of;
to parade; to assume an air of importance.
=draperie= (drap-rî), _n.f._, drapery, woolen cloths; cloth-trade,
cloth-making.
=drapi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, draper, woolen-draper, clothier.
=drapière=, _n.f._, packing-pin _or_ skewer.
=drastique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) drastic.
=drave=, _n.f._, (bot.) whitlow-grass.
=drawback=, _n.m._, (_—s_) drawback.
=drayage=, _n.m._, fleshing (of hides).
=drayer=, _v.a._, to flesh (hides).
=drayoire=, _n.f._, fleshing-knife.
=drayure=, _n.f._, fleshings (of hides).
=drêche=, _n.f._, malt; malt-grains. _Four à —_; malt-kiln. _Faiseur de
—_; maltster.
=drelin=, _n.m._, (_onomatopœia_) tinkling, jingling.
=dressage=, _n.m._, training (of horses).
=dresse=, _n.f._, underlay (of shoes).
=dresser=, _v.a._, to erect, to straighten, to make straight; to raise,
to set up; to hold upright; to spread; to lay (a snare); to pitch (camp);
to trim (a boat); to lay out, to arrange; to make out (accounts); to draw
up (a report); to prick up (the ears); to train (animals). _— la tête_;
to raise the head. _Cheval qui dresse les oreilles_; a horse that pricks
up his ears. _— des statues_; to erect statues. _— un lit_; to put up a
bed. _— une tente_; to pitch, to set up, a tent. _— un buffet_; to lay
out a sideboard. _— un piège_; to lay a trap. _— un plan_; to draw up a
plan. _— des arbres_; to dress trees. _— un cheval_; to train a horse. _—
quelqu’un_; to form anyone. _Dresse la chaloupe!_ trim the boat! _— la
barre du gouvernail_; to right the helm.
_se_ =dresser=, _v.r._, to stand on end (of the hair); to stand erect; to
rear; to form oneself; to be trained.
=dresser=, _v.n._, to stand on end. _Les cheveux lui dressèrent sur la
tête_; his hair stood on end.
=dressoir=, _n.m._, dresser; sideboard.
*=drille=, _n.m._, ☉soldier; fellow. _Un bon —_; a jolly fellow. _Un
pauvre —_; a poor wretch.
*=drilles=, _n.f.pl._, rags; oakum (for paper).
=drisse=, _n.f._, (nav.) halyard; yard-rope; gear.
=drogman=, _n.m._, dragoman.
=drogue= (drog), _n.f._, drug; rubbish; stuff; drogue (a card game).
_N’être que de la —_; to be nothing but trash, rubbish.
=droguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to drug, to physic, to doctor.
_se_ =droguer=, _v.r._, to physic, or doctor, oneself.
=droguer=, _v.n._, to play at drogue; (pop.) to dance attendance.
=droguerie= (dro-grî), _n.f._, drugs, drug-trade.
=droguet= (-ghè), _n.m._, drugget.
=droguetier= (-ghĕ-tié), _n.m._, drugget-weaver.
=droguier= (-ghié), _n.m._, medicine-chest.
=droguiste= (-ghist), _n.m.f._, druggist.
=droit=, =-e=, _adj._, straight, right, plumb; direct; upright, erect;
just, righteous; stand-up (collars). _Ligne —e_; straight line. _En —e
ligne_; in a straight line. _Remettre quelqu’un dans le — chemin_; to
put any one in the right way again. _Tenir la tête —e_; to hold one’s
head upright, erect. _Il est — comme un cierge_; he is as straight as an
arrow. _Le côté —_; the right-hand side. _Un col —_; a stand-up collar.
=droit=, _n.m._, right; equity; law; authority; claim, title; fee;
due (tax); duty, custom-duty. _Les —s de l’hospitalité_; the rights
of hospitality. _Jouir de ses —s_; to enjoy one’s rights. _Faire — à
chacun_; to do every one justice. _Le — des gens_; the law of nations.
_Renoncer à ses —s_; to give up one’s right. _Faire — à la demande de
quelqu’un_; to accede to any one’s request. _Faire son —_; to study for
the law. _— d’aînesse_; birthright, primogenitureship. _— de péage_;
toll. _À bon —_; with good reason. _Donner — à_; to entitle. _Y avoir —_;
to have a right to.
=droit=, _adv._, straight, straight on, directly; honestly, uprightly. _À
tort ou à —_; right or wrong. _À qui de —_; whom it may concern. _Allez
tout —_; go straight on. _Aller — au but_; to go straight to the mark. _—
comme ça_; (nav.) right on.
=droite=, _n.f._, right hand, right; right side; right-hand side. _À —_;
on the right. _Prendre la —_; to turn to the right. _Tourner à —_; to
turn to the right.
=droitement= (droat-mān), _adv._, uprightly, sincerely; rightly,
straightforwardly, judiciously.
=droiti-er=, =-ère= (-tié, -tiè-r), _adj._, right-handed.
=droiture=, _n.f._, uprightness, integrity, equity, honesty, rectitude.
_En —_; directly, in a direct manner.
=drolatique=, _adj._, amusing, laughable, pleasant, comical, facetious;
broad, licentious.
=drôle=, _adj._, droll, jocose, ludicrous; comical, strange, funny,
curious, odd, queer. _Un — de corps_; a queer fellow, an odd fish.
=drôle=, _n.m._, rogue; rascal, blackguard; scoundrel; sharp fellow.
=drôlement= (drôl-mān), _adv._, comically, facetiously, jocosely.
=drôlerie= (drôl-rî), _n.f._, drollery, droll thing.
=drôlesse=, _n.f._, wench, jade; hussy.
=dromadaire=, _n.m._, dromedary.
=drome=, _n.f._, float, raft.
=dronte=, _n.m._, (orni.) dodo.
=drosère=, _n.f._, (bot.) sundew.
=drosse=, _n.f._, (nav.) truss, rope.
=drosser=, _v.n._, to drive or drift ashore; to drift.
=drouine=, _n.f._, tinker’s sack.
=drouineur= _or_ =drouinier=, _n.m._, tinker.
=droussage=, _n.m._, carding and oiling (wool).
=drousser=, _v.a._, to card and oil (wool).
=droussette=, _n.f._, large card for wool.
=drousseur=, _n.m._, carder, wool-comber.
=dru=, =-e=, _adj._, fledged (of birds); brisk, lively, smart;
close-planted, thick-set.
=dru=, _adv._, thick, thickly, fast, hard. _Les balles tombaient — comme
grêle_ or _comme mouches_; the bullets fell as thick as hail.
=druide=, _n.m._, druid.
=druidesse=, _n.f._, druidess.
=druidique=, _adj._, druidical.
=druidisme=, _n.m._, druidism.
=drupacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) drupaceous.
=drupe=, _n.m._, (bot.) drupe.
=dryade=, _n.f._, Dryad; (bot.) dryas.
=du=, _art.m._, (contraction of _de le_) of the, from the, by the; some,
any.
=dû=, _n.m._, due, what is owed, what is owing; duty. _À chacun son —_;
give the devil his due.
=dû=, =due=, _part._ (of devoir), due, owed. _J’aurais — faire cela_; I
ought to have done that.
=dualisme=, _n.m._, dualism.
=dualiste=, _n.m.f._, dualist, manichean.
=dualité=, _n.f._, duality.
=dubitati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, dubitative.
=dubitation=, _n.f._, dubitation, doubt.
=duc=, _n.m._, duke; (orni.) horn-owl. _Grand-—_, (_—s-—s_) grand-duke;
great horn-owl.
=ducal=, =-e=, _adj._, ducal. _Grand-—_, (_—-ducaux_) grand-ducal.
=ducat=, _n.m._, ducat.
=ducaton=, _n.m._, ducatoon.
=duché=, _n.m._, dukedom, duchy.
=duchesse=, _n.f._, duchess; a kind of sofa; a kind of pear. _Lit à la
—_; four-post bedstead.
=ducroire=, _n.m._, (com.) del credere.
=ductile=, _adj._, ductile.
=ductilité=, _n.f._, ductility.
=dudit=, _adj.m._, of _or_ from the said.
*=duègne=, _n.f._, duenna.
=duel=, _n.m._, duel; struggle; (gram.) dual number. _Appeler en —_; to
challenge.
=duelliste=, _n.m._, duelist.
☉=duire=, _v.n._, to suit, to fit.
=duite=, _n.f._, wool of cloth, weft, woof.
=dulcification=, _n.f._, dulcification.
=dulcifier=, _v.a._, to dulcify.
=dulcinée=, _n.f._, dulcinea, sweetheart.
=dulie=, _n.f._, dulia (worship of saints).
=dûment=, _adv._, duly.
=dune=, _n.f._, down; sand-drift, sand-hill.
=dunette=, _n.f._, (nav.) poop.
=dunkerque=, _n.m._, whatnot, cabinet.
=duo=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) duo, duet, duetto.
=duodécimal=, =-e=, _adj._, duodecimal.
=duodénal=, =-e=, _adj._, duodenal.
=duodénum= (-nom), _n.m._, (anat.) duodenum.
=duodi=, _n.m._, duodi (second day of the decade in the calendar of the
first French Republic).
=dupe=, _n.f._, dupe; gull.
=duper=, _v.a._, to dupe, to deceive, to gull, to take in.
=duperie= (du-prî), _n.f._, dupery, trickery; trick, take-in, sell.
=dupeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, cheat, trickster.
=duplicata=, _n.m._, (_—_) duplicate.
=duplication=, _n.f._, duplication.
=duplicature=, _n.f._, (anat.) duplicature.
=duplicité=, _n.f._, duplicity; double-dealing, deceit.
☉=duplique=, _n.f._, (jur.) rejoinder, rebutter.
☉=dupliquer=, _v.n._, (jur.) to rejoin, to put in a rejoinder.
=duquel=, _pron._, of which, from which. _V._ =lequel= and =dont=.
=dur=, =-e=, _adj._, hard; tough; obdurate, harsh, merciless, unkind,
unfeeling, hard-hearted. _Il a les traits —s_; his features are hard.
_Le regard —_; a harsh look. _Des vers —s_; harsh verses. _Un esprit
—_; a dull understanding. _Marchandise —e à la vente_; goods of slow
sale. _Avoir l’oreille —e_; to be dull of hearing. _Le temps est —_; the
weather is severe. _Tableau —_; stiff painting; harsh painting.
=dur=, _adv._, hardly; firmly. _Il entend —_; he is hard of hearing.
=durabilité=, _n.f._, durableness.
=durable=, _adj._, durable, lasting, solid.
=durablement=, _adv._, durably, lastingly.
=duracine=, _n.f._, sort of peach; duracine.
=durant=, _prep._, during. _— sa vie_, _sa vie —e_ or _durant_ (Littré);
during his lifetime.
=dur-bec=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) hawfinch.
=durcir=, _v.a._, to harden, to make hard, to make tough; to indurate.
_se_ =durcir=, _v.r._, to harden, to indurate, to grow hard.
=durcir=, _v.n._, to harden, to become hard; to stiffen; to indurate.
=durcissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, hardening, stiffening; induration.
=dure=, _n.f._, bare ground; bare floor, bare board. _Coucher sur la —_;
to sleep on the ground, on the bare floor.
=durée=, _n.f._, duration, continuance. _Être de longue —e_; to be
durable.
=durement= (dur-mān), _adv._, hard; hardly, harshly, sharply, roughly,
rigorously.
=dure-mère=, _n.f._, (n.p.) (anat.) dura mater.
=durer=, _v.n._, to last, to continue; to remain; to endure; to stand, to
subsist. _Une étoffe qui dure_; a stuff that wears well. _Le temps lui
dure_; time hangs heavy upon him. _Ne pouvoir — en place_; to be unable
to sit still. _Faire vie qui dure_; to take care of one’s money, to think
of the morrow. _Ne pouvoir — dans sa peau_; to be ready to jump out of
one’s skin.
=duret=, =-te=, _adj._, (l.u.) somewhat hard, rather tough, toughish.
=dureté= (dur-té), _n.f._, hardness, toughness; harshness, austerity,
unkindness; stiffness. _La — du fer_; the hardness of iron. _Avoir une —
d’oreille_; to be hard of hearing. _La — de son regard_; the sternness of
his look. _— de cœur_; hard-heartedness.
=duretés=, _n.f.pl._, harsh, offensive words.
*=durillon=, _n.m._, callosity, hard skin; corn.
☉=durillonner=, _v.n._, to become hard.
_se_ =durillonner=, _v.r._, to become covered with warts, callosities.
=duriuscule=, _adj._, (jest.) somewhat hard, tough, hardish.
=duumvir= (du-om-), _n.m._, duumvir.
=duumvirat=, _n.m._, duumvirate.
=duvet=, _n.m._, down; wool, nap.
=duveté=, =-e= (duv-té), _adj._, (of birds) downy.
=duveteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (of fruit) downy.
=dynamètre=, _n.m._, dynameter.
=dynamique=, _n.f._, dynamics.
=dynamique=, _adj._, dynamical.
=dynamisme=, _n.m._, name given to the doctrine of Newton.
=dynamite=, _n.f._, dynamite.
=dynamomètre=, _n.m._, dynamometer.
=dynaste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) kinglet.
=dynastie=, _n.f._, dynasty.
=dynastique=, _adj._, dynastic.
=dyscole=, _adj._, (l.u.) who departs from an established opinion;
difficult to live with.
=dyscrasie=, _n.f._, (med.) dyscrasy.
=dysenterie= (dis-sant-ri), _n.f._, dysentery.
=dysentérique=, _adj._, dysenteric.
=dysopie=, _n.f._, (med.) dysopsy, dysopsia.
=dysorexie=, _n.f._, dysorexy.
=dyspepsie=, _n.f._, dyspepsia.
=dysphagie=, _n.f._, dysphagia.
=dysphonie=, _n.f._, dysphony.
=dysphorie=, _n.f._, dysphoria.
=dyspnée=, _n.f._, dyspnœa.
=dysurie=, _n.f._, dysury.
=dytique=, _n.m._, (ornith.) diver; water-beetle.
E
=e=, _n.m._, the fifth letter of the alphabet, e.
=e=, abbreviation of _Eminence_, _Excellence_.
=eau=, _n.f._, water; rain, stream, river, pond, flood; perspiration;
tea (of herbs); liquid; wash. _pl._, (nav.) track, wake; luster, gloss;
watering-place. _— bénite_; holy water. _— douce_; fresh water, soft
water. _— dure_; hard water. _— de mer_; sea-water. _— saumâtre_;
brackish water. _— mère_; mother-water (chem.). _— de source_;
spring-water. _— courante_; running water. _— morte_; still water. _—
panée_; toast and water. _Morte-—_, (_n.p._) neap-tide. _—-forte_,
(_n.p._) aqua fortis. _Grandes —x_; high flood (of rivers). _Grandes
—x de Versailles_; fountains in full play. _Cure d’—x_; water cure.
_Hautes —x_; high water. _— bénite de cour_; empty promises, blarney,
soft sawder. _— dormante_; stagnant water. _Aller aux —x_; to go to a
watering-place. _Porter de l’— à la mer_; to carry coals to Newcastle.
_Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’—_; they are as like as two
peas. _Il n’est pire — que celle qui dort_; still waters run deep.
_Cela s’en est allé en — de boudin_; that came to nothing at all. _Aller
à l’—_; to take the water (of a dog). _Un jet d’—_; a water-spout,
fountain. _Une pièce d’—_, _une nappe d’—_; a sheet of water; an
artificial lake. _—x jaillissantes_; gushing waters. _Passer l’—_; to
cross the water. _Au bord de l’—_; at the water’s edge. _Nager entre deux
—x_; to swim under water; to waver between two parties. _À fleur d’—_;
on a level with the water. _Faire venir l’— au moulin_; to bring grist
to the mill. _Mettre de l’— dans son vin_; to come down a peg or two.
_Pêcher en — trouble_; to fish in troubled water. _Cela fait venir l’— à
la bouche_; that makes one’s mouth water. _Lancer un navire à l’—_; to
launch a ship. _Faire de l’—_; (nav.) to water, to take in fresh water.
_Faire une voie d’—_; to spring a leak. _—-de-vie_, (_—x-—_) brandy. _—
de rose_; rose-water. _— d’arquebusade_; arquebusade water. _Il tombe de
l’—_; it is raining. _Il est tout en —_; he is in a bath of perspiration.
_Suer sang et —_; to toil and moil. _Donner — à un drap_; to give a gloss
to a piece of cloth. _Maître des —x et forêts_; ranger of the woods and
forests. _—x-fortes_; etchings, collection of etchings. _L’— va toujours
au moulin_; money begets money. _Tout va à vau l’—_; all is going to
wreck and ruin. _Les —x sont basses chez lui_; he is hard up. _Une goutte
d’— suffit pour faire déborder un vase plein_; the last straw breaks the
camel’s back. _D’ici là il passera bien de l’— sous le pont_; it will be
a long time before that happens.
=ébahi=, =-e=, _adj._, wondering, aghast, dumfounded.
_s’_=ébahir=, _v.r._, to wonder at, to be amazed, to be aghast.
=ébahissement= (-is-mān), _n.m._, wonderment, amazement, astonishment.
=ébarbage=, _n.m._, (arts) paring, paring away; (engr.) edging off;
scraping.
=ébarber=, _v.a._, to pare, to strip (quills); (engr.) to edge off, to
scrape; to edge a dish off.
=ébarboir=, _n.m._, (arts) parer, scraper.
=ébat=, _n.m._, (fam.) diversion, pastime, sport, gambol, frolic.
_Prendre ses —s_; to disport oneself.
=ébattement= (é-bat-mān), _n.m._, balancing (of a vehicle); (jest.)
diversion, pastime, sport, gambol.
_s’_=ébattre=, _v.r._, to sport, to take one’s pleasure, to gambol, to
frolic.
=ébaubi=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam., jest.) amazed, astonished, dumfounded.
=ébauchage=, _n.m._, sketching.
=ébauche=, _n.f._, sketch, rough draught, drawing, outline.
=ébaucher=, _v.a._, to make the first draught, to draw an outline of, to
sketch, to rough-hew; to delineate; (mas.) to boast.
=ébaucheur=, _adj._, (tech.) roughing.
=ébauchoir=, _n.m._, (sculp.) boasting-tool; mortise chisel.
☉_s’_=ébaudir=, _v.r._, (jest.) to frolic, to frisk, to skip about.
☉=ébaudissement=, _n.m._, frolicking.
=ebbe= _or_ =èbe=, _n.m._, (nav.) ebb, reflux, low water.
=ébène=, _n.f._, ebony, ebony work. _Des cheveux d’—_; raven locks.
=ébéner=, _v.a._, to ebonize.
=ébénier=, _n.m._, ebony-tree. _Faux —_; laburnum.
=ébéniste=, _n.m._, cabinet-maker.
=ébénisterie=, _n.f._, cabinet-work.
☉=éberner=, _v.a._, _V._ =ébrener=.
=éblouir=, _v.a._, to dazzle; to fascinate. _Le soleil nous éblouit_; the
sun dazzles us. _S’—_; to be dazzled, fascinated.
=éblouissant=, =-e=, _adj._, dazzling, resplendent.
=éblouissement= (-is-mān), _n.m._, dazzling; (fig.) dizziness;
fascination, charm.
=éborgnage=, _n.m._, nipping off of buds.
*=éborgner=, _v.a._, to blind of one eye, to put out an eye; to nip the
buds off.
_s’_=éborgner=, _v.r._, to make oneself blind of one eye.
=ébouage=, _n.m._, scavenging.
=ébouer=, _v.a._, to scavenge.
=éboueur=, _n.m._, road-scraper, scavenger.
=ébouillanter=, _v.a._, to scald.
*=ébouillir=, _v.n._, to boil down, to boil away. _Cette sauce est trop
ébouillie_; that sauce has boiled away too much.
=éboulement= (é-bool-mān), _n.m._, falling in, falling down, landslip,
sinking. _— de terre_; landslip.
=ébouler=, _v.n._, to fall in, to fall down, to sink.
_s’_=ébouler=, _v.r._, to fall in, to fall down, to sink. _Ce rempart
s’éboule_; the rampart is falling in.
=éboulis=, _n.m._, rubbish, fallen ground.
=ébourgeonnement= (-jo-n-mān), _n.m._, (hort.) nipping of the buds,
disbudding.
=ébourgeonner= (-jo-né), _v.a._, (hort.) to nip off the buds.
=ébourgeonnoir=, _n.m._, nipping-knife.
=ébouriffé=, =-e=, _adj._, disordered, ruffled, in disorder; in a
flutter. _Elle arriva tout —e_; she came in with her hair all ruffled.
_Qu’avez-vous donc? vous voilà tout —_; what is the matter with you? you
are all of a flutter.
=ébousiner=, _v.a._, (mas.) to clean off.
=ébraisoir=, _n.m._, furnace-shovel.
=ébranché=, =-e=, _adj._, lopped, trimmed, pruned.
=ébranchement= (é-bransh-mān), _n.m._, (hort.) pruning, lopping, trimming.
=ébrancher=, _v.a._, (hort.) to prune, to lop, to trim.
=ébranlement= (é-branl-mān), _n.m._, shock, concussion, shaking;
perturbation, disturbance, trouble.
=ébranler=, _v.a._, to shake, to move; to disturb. _Les vents ont ébranlé
cette maison_; the winds have shaken that house. _— la résolution de
quelqu’un_; to shake any one’s resolution. _Sa fidélité ne fut jamais
ébranlée_; his fidelity was never shaken.
_s’_=ébranler=, _v.r._, to shake, to be shaken, to be disturbed;
(milit.) to move, to get under way, to be set in motion. _Quand les deux
armées s’ébranlèrent_; when the two armies moved forward. _La voiture
s’ébranla_; the coach got under way.
=ébrasement= (é-brâz-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) splaying.
=ébraser=, _v.a._, (arch.) to splay.
=ébrèchement=, _n.m._, notching.
=ébrécher=, _v.a._, to notch, to jag, to indent, to impair. _Ses folles
dépenses ont ébréché sa fortune_; his extravagant living has made a gap
in his fortune.
_s’_=ébrécher=, _v.r._, to be notched, to break off a piece (of one’s
tooth).
=ébrener=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to clean (a child).
=ébriété=, _n.f._, ebriety, inebriety.
☉*=ébrillade=, _n.f._, (man.) jerk (with the bridle).
=ébrouement=, _n.m._, sneezing, snorting.
=ébrouer=, _v.a._, (dy.) to wash; to shell or husk.
_s’_=ébrouer=, _v.r._, (man.) to snort; to sneeze.
=ébruiter=, _v.a._, to make known, to spread about.
_s’_=ébruiter=, _v.r._, to be made known, to be noised abroad.
=ébrun=, _n.m._, horned rye.
=ébuard=, _n.m._, wooden wedge.
=ébullition=, _n.f._, boiling, ebullition.
=écachement=, _n.m._, bruising, crushing.
=écacher=, _v.a._, to crush, to squash, to squeeze flat. _Nez écaché_;
flat nose.
*=écaille=, _n.f._, scale; shell; chipping (porcelain). _Des —s
d’huître_; oyster-shells. _Peigne d’—_; tortoise-shell comb.
=écaillé=, =-e=, _adj._, scaly.
*=écaill-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, oyster-man, oyster-woman.
*=écailler=, _v.a._, to scale.
_s’_=écailler=, _v.r._, to peel off, to scale, to scale off; to chip off.
*=écailleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, scaly, squamous.
=écale=, _n.f._, shell (of peas); hull, husk (of nuts). _— de noix_;
walnut-shell.
=écaler=, _v.a._, to shell (beans, peas); to hull, to husk (almonds,
nuts).
_s’_=écaler=, _v.r._, to shell, to be shelled.
*=écarbouiller=, _v.a._, (pop.) to crush, to squash.
=écarlate=, _n.f._ and _adj._, scarlet.
=écarlatine=. _V._ =scarlatine=.
*=écarquillement= (-mān), _n.m._, (fam.) opening wide, spreading out (of
one’s eyes, legs).
*=écarquiller=, _v.a._, (fam.) to open, to spread out, to open wide. _—
les jambes_; to spread out one’s legs. _— les yeux_; to open wide, to
strain one’s eyes.
=écart=, _n.m._, step aside, digression, swerving, error; mistake, fault,
deviation; (man.) strain; (at écarté) cards rejected. _Il fit un — pour
éviter le coup_; he stepped aside to avoid the blow. _Faire un —_; to
step aside. _Faire un — dans un discours_; to make a digression in a
speech. _Les —s de l’imagination_; the flights of the imagination. _Ce
cheval s’est donné un —_; that horse has strained itself. _Les —s de
la jeunesse_; the errors of youth. _Faire son —_; to discard. _A l’—_;
aside, apart, by one’s self, in solitude, in a lonely place. _Mettre à
l’—_; to put by, to lay aside. _Il le prit à l’—_; he took him aside. _Se
mettre_, _se tenir_, _à l’—_; to keep aloof, to stand aside. _Laisser à
l’—_; to leave aside, to shun, to omit.
=écarté=, _n.m._, écarté (cards).
=écarté=, _part._, remote, lonely, secluded.
=écartelé=, =-e=, _adj._, quartered, torn to pieces; (her.) quartered.
=écartèlement=, _n.m._, tearing to pieces, quartering.
=écarteler=, _v.a._, to quarter, to tear to pieces; (her.) to quarter.
=écartelure=, _n.f._, (her.) quartering.
=écartement=, _n.m._, putting aside; removal, scattering, spreading;
separation; (surg.) diastasis.
=écarter=, _v.a.n._, to set aside, to remove; to waive; to pass over; to
dispel; to widen; to divert; to keep from; to disperse, to scatter, to
avert; to discard. _— une mauvaise pensée_; to dismiss an evil thought.
_— un coup_; to ward off a blow.
_s’_=écarter=, _v.r._, to turn aside; to deviate; to err, to stray; to
ramble; to swerve; to remove, to make way. _S’— de son sujet_; to stray
from one’s subject. _S’— de son chemin_; to go out of one’s way. _S’— de
son devoir_; to swerve from one’s duty. _La foule s’écarta_; the crowd
made way.
*=écartillement=, _n.m._ _V._ =écarquillement=.
*=écartiller=, _v.a._ _V._ =écarquiller=.
=ecce homo= (èk-sé-), _n.m._, (_—_) ecce homo; (fig.) thin, pale person.
=ecchymose= (é-ki-), _n.f._, (med.) ecchymosis.
=ecchymosé= (é-ki-), _adj._, being in a state of ecchymosis, bruised.
=ecclésiaste=, _n.m._, Ecclesiastes.
=ecclésiastique=, _adj._, ecclesiastic, clerical.
=ecclésiastique=, _n.m._, clergyman, priest, ecclesiastic.
=ecclésiastiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, ecclesiastically.
=écervelé=, =-e=, _adj._, hare-brained, mad-brained, rash, giddy. _Une
tête —e_; a mad-cap.
=écervelé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, mad-cap; hare-brained person. _C’est un
—_; he is not to be relied upon.
=échafaud=, _n.m._, scaffold; (arch.) stage; stand, gallows. _— de
service_; temporary stage.
=échafaudage=, _n.m._, scaffolding, great preparations; display.
=échafauder=, _v.n._, to scaffold, to erect scaffolding; to pile up; to
shore up.
=échafauder=, _v.a._, to make great preparations for a work; ☉to pillory.
_s’_=échafauder=, _v.r._, to be piled up; to be shored up; (fig.) to
raise one’s self, to support one’s self, to find supporters.
=échalas=, _n.m._, prop for a vine; vine-stick; hop-pole. _C’est un —_;
he is as thin as a lath.
=échalassement=, _n.m._, (hort.) propping.
=échalasser=, _v.a._, to prop vines, etc.
=échalier=, _n.m._, fence, hurdle, stile.
=échalote=, _n.f._, shallot, eschalot.
=échampir=, _v.a._, (house paint) to set off. _V._ =réchampir=.
=échancré=, =-e=, _part._, hollowed out, indented; (bot.) emarginated;
sloped.
=échancrer=, _v.a._, to slope, to hollow out, to indent.
=échancrure=, _n.f._, hollowing, sloping, slope, indentation; cut,
opening.
=échange=, _n.m._, exchange, barter. _Un — de compliments_; an exchange
of compliments. _Libre —_; free-trade.
=échangeable= (-jabl), _adj._, exchangeable.
=échanger=, _v.a._, to exchange, to barter, to interchange. _— une
propriété contre une autre_; to exchange one property for another.
=échangiste= (=libre=), _n.m._, free-trader.
=échanson=, _n.m._, cup-bearer.
=échansonnerie= (-so-n-rî), _n.f._, cup-bearers of a prince; a king’s
wine-cellars.
*=échantillon=, _n.m._, sample, pattern, specimen; tally; (nav.)
scantling; (tech.) gauge.
*=échantillonnage=, _n.m._, sampling; gauging.
*=échantillonner=, _v.a._, to sample, to gauge.
=échanvrer=, _v.a._, to hatchel.
=échanvroir=, _n.m._, hackle.
=échappade=, _n.f._, (engr.) slip, escapade.
=échappatoire=, _n.f._, shift, subterfuge, creep-hole, put-off, evasion.
=échappé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, a person who has made his _or_ her
escape, a runaway; a horse of mongrel _or_ cross breed. _Un — de
galères_; an escaped convict. _Un — des petites-maisons_; a madman, a
crack-brained fellow.
=échappée=, _n.f._, prank; sally, snatch; (arch.) rounding off; space
for carriages to turn in. _Faire quelque chose par —s_; to do a thing by
snatches, by fits and starts. _— de vue_; vista. _— de lumière_; (paint.)
accidental light. _À l’—_; by stealth.
=échappement=, _n.m._, (horl.) escape, escapement. _— à recul_;
recoil-escapement. _— à repos_; dead-beat escapement. _— à ancre_; anchor
_or_ lever escapement. _— de la vapeur_; (mec.) puff.
=échapper=, _v.n._, to escape, to make one’s escape, to get away, to
get out of, to avoid, to shun, to fly, to break out. _Laisser —_; to
overlook, to pass over, to let pass. _Faire — un prisonnier_; to favor a
prisoner’s escape. _— au naufrage_; to escape shipwreck. _— du naufrage_;
to escape from the wreck. _Cela m’est échappé_; that has slipped my
memory. _Cela m’a échappé_; it escaped me (_i.e._ I did not know of it),
_or_ I said it inadvertently. _Laisser — l’occasion_; to let slip an
opportunity. _Laisser — un mot_; to drop a word. [When _échapper_ means
_to avoid_, _to be preserved_, it requires the preposition _à_: _On
échappe ~à~ l’orage_. When it means _to steal away_, _to leave a place_,
it requires the preposition _de_: _On échappe ~de~ prison_.]
=échapper=, _v.a._, to escape, to avoid; (man.) to put to the greatest
speed. _L’— belle_; to have a narrow escape. _— le danger_; to avoid
danger. _— la côte_; to escape stranding.
_s’_=échapper=, _v.r._, to get loose, to get away, to escape, to steal
away, to slip out; to vanish, to disappear; to forget one’s self. _Il
s’est échappé jusqu’à dire_; he forgot himself so far as to say.
=écharbot=, _n.m._, (bot.) water-chestnut, water-caltrop.
=écharde=, _n.f._, prick, prickle (of a thistle); splinter; (piscat.)
stickleback.
=échardonnage=, _n.m._, clearing of thistles.
=échardonner=, _v.a._, to clear of thistles.
=échardonnoir=, _n.m._, weed-hook.
=écharner=, _v.a._, to excarnate; to flesh.
=écharnoir=, _n.m._, fleshing-knife.
=écharnure=, _n.f._, scrapings or parings of hides.
=écharpe=, _n.f._, scarf; sash; arm-sling; (nav.) shell of a pulley _or_
block; (engineering) surface-table; water-table; (her.) scarp. _Changer
d’—_; to be a turncoat, to change sides, to rat. _Avoir le bras en —_;
to have one’s arm in a sling. _Le canon tire en —_; the cannon fires
slanting. _Coup d’épée en —_; slanting cut. _Avoir l’esprit en —_; to be
heedless, absent, inattentive. _En —_; over the shoulder.
=écharper=, _v.a._, to slash, to cut; to cut to pieces, to hack. _Il
lui a écharpé le visage_; he gave him a slash across the face. _— un
régiment_; to cut a regiment to pieces.
=échars=, =-e=, _adj._, (coins) light; below the legal standard. _Vents
—_; (nav.) shifting winds, light and variable winds.
=écharser=, _v.n._, (nav.) to veer, to shift about, to change often.
☉_v.a._, to lower the standard of coins.
=échasse=, _n.f._, (orni.) stilt-bird. _— à manteau noir_; long-legged
plover.
=échasse=, _n.f._, stilt; tressel, trussel (of stages); upher. _—
d’échafaud_; upher, scaffolding-pole. _Il est toujours monté sur des —s_;
he is always on stilts, in buckram.
=échassier=, _n.m._, (orni.) long-legged wading bird; _—s_, grallae.
=échauboulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) full of pimples.
=échauboulure=, _n.f._, (med.) pimple, blotch, rash, pustule.
=échaudage=, _n.m._, lime-wash; lime-washing.
=échaudé=, _n.m._, simnel, cracknel. _— au beurre_; simnel with butter.
=échaudé=, =-e=, _part._, scalded. _Chat — craint l’eau froide_; a burnt
child dreads the fire.
=échauder=, _v.a._, to scald.
_s’_=échauder=, _v.r._, to burn one’s self; to burn one’s fingers. _Il
s’y est échaudé_; he burnt his fingers in that business.
=échaudis=, _n.m._, (nav.) triangular shape.
=échaudoir=, _n.m._, scalding-house; scalding-tub.
=échauffaison=, _n.f._, (med.) overheating, eruption, rash.
=échauffant=, =-e=, _adj._, heating, binding.
=échauffe=, _n.f._, heap. _Mettre les peaux en —_; to heap the hides.
=échauffé=, _n.m._, odor (caused by excessive heat). _Sentir l’—_; to
have or exhale a hot smell.
=échauffée=, _n.f._, first operation of salt-makers in warming their oven.
=échauffement= (é-shôf-mān), _n.m._, heating; over-excitement.
=échauffer=, _v.a._, to warm, to beat, to overheat; to excite, to
inflame, to irritate, to anger; to vex. _Échauffez la chambre_; warm the
room. _Les épices échauffent le sang_; spices heat the blood. _Cela lui
échauffe la bile_; that provokes him.