=irréfragablement= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irrefragably, undeniably,
irrefutably.
=irréfutable= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irrefutable.
=irréfuté=, _adj._, unrefuted, not disproved.
=irrégularité= (ir-ré-), _n.f._, irregularity.
=irréguli-er=, =-ère= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irregular; (math.) scalene.
=irrégulièrement= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irregularly.
=irréligieusement= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irreligiously, profanely.
=irréligieu-x=, =-se= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irreligious.
=irréligion= (ir-ré-), _n.f._, irreligion.
=irrémédiable= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irremediable, not to be remedied,
helpless, irretrievable.
=irrémédiablement= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irremediably; irrecoverably,
irretrievably.
=irrémissible= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irremissible, unpardonable.
=irrémissiblement= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irremissibly, unpardonably.
=irréparable= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irreparable, irretrievable, irrecoverable.
=irréparablement= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irreparably, irretrievably,
irrecoverably.
=irrépréhensible= (ir-ré), _adj._, irreprehensible, irreproachable,
irreprovable.
=irrépréhensiblement= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irreprehensibly, irreproachably,
irreprovably.
=irrépressible=, _adj._, irrepressible.
=irréprochable= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irreproachable, irreprovable,
unexceptionable.
=irréprochablement= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irreproachably, irreprovably,
unexceptionably.
=irrésistibilité= (ir-ré-), _n.f._, irresistibility.
=irrésistible= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irresistible.
=irrésistiblement= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irresistibly.
=irrésolu=, =-e= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irresolute, wavering, undetermined;
unsolved.
=irrésoluble= (ir-ré-), _adj._, irresolvable.
=irrésolument= (ir-ré-), _adv._, irresolutely.
=irrésolution= (ir-ré-), _n.f._, irresolution, indecision.
=irrespectueusement=, _adv._, disrespectfully.
=irrespectueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, disrespectful.
=irrespirable=, _adj._, irrespirable, unbreathable.
=irresponsabilité=, _n.f._, irresponsibility.
=irresponsable=, _adj._, irresponsible.
=irrévéremment= (ir-ré-vé-ra-mān), _adv._, irreverently.
=irrévérence=, _n.f._, irreverence, disrespect.
=irrévérencieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, irreverent; disrespectful.
=irrévérent=, =-e=, _adj._, irreverent.
=irrévocabilité= (ir-ré-), _n.f._, irrevocableness.
=irrévocable=, _adj._, irrevocable.
=irrévocablement=, _adv._, irrevocably.
=irrévoqué=, _adj._, unrevoked; unrepealed.
=irrigable=, _adj._, that can be irrigated.
=irrigateur=, _n.m._, watering-engine; garden-engine.
=irrigation= (ir-ri-), _n.f._, irrigation.
=irriguer=, _v.a._, to irrigate, to water.
=irritabilité= (ir-ri-), _n.m._, irritability.
=irritable=, _adj._, irritable.
=irritant=, =-e=, _adj._, irritating, provoking; (med.) irritant; (jur.)
vital.
=irritant=, _n.m._, (med.) irritant.
=irritation=, _n.f._, irritation; exasperation, vexation.
=irrité=, =-e=, _part._, irritated, exasperated, excited; angry. _Une mer
—e_; an angry sea.
=irriter= (ir-ri-té), _v.a._, to irritate, to incense, to anger, to
exasperate; to provoke, to excite, to enrage. _Vous irritez sa colère_;
you provoke his anger. _Il est irrité contre vous_; he is incensed
against you.
_s’_=irriter=, _v.r._, to be irritated; to be angry, provoked,
exasperated, incensed.
=irroration= (ir-ro-), _n.f._, irroration.
=irruption= (ir-rup-), _n.f._, irruption; inroad; overflow, bursting in.
_Faire —_ (_dans_); to invade, to make an irruption into; to break in or
out.
=isabelle=, _adj._, dun- _or_ cream-colored (of horses); dove-colored (of
birds).
=isabelle=, _n.m._, Isabel; dun (horse); dove-color (birds).
=isard=, _n.m._, (mam.) izard (name given in the Pyrenees to the antelope
chamois).
=ischion= (-ki-), _n.m._, (anat.) ischium.
=ischurétique= (-ku-), _adj._, (med.) ischuretic.
=ischurie= (-ku-), _n.f._, (med.) ischury, ischuria.
=isiaque=, _adj._, pertaining, relating, to Isis.
=isinglass=, _n.m._ _V._ =ichtyocolle= and =colle de poisson=.
=islam=, _n.m._, islam, religion of Mahomet.
=islamisme=, _n.m._, islamism.
=islandais=, =-e=, _n.m.f._, _adj._, Icelander.
=isocèle=, _adj._, (geom.) isosceles.
=isochromatique= (-kro-), _adj._, isochromatic.
=isochrone= (izo-krô-n), _adj._, isochronal, isochronous.
=isochronisme=, _n.m._, isochronism.
=isolant=, =-e=, _adj._, (phys.) insulating. _Corps —_; insulating body.
=isolateur=, _n.m._, insulator.
=isolation=, _n.f._, isolation, insulation.
=isolé=, =-e=, _adj._, _part._, isolated, lonely, solitary; detached,
insulated, apart, not contiguous. _Lieu —_; lonely place _or_ spot.
=isolement= (i-zol-mān), _n.m._, loneliness, isolation, solitude. _Vivre
dans l’—_; to live a retired life.
=isolément=, _adv._, separately.
=isoler=, _v.a._, to isolate, to insulate, to detach, to separate.
_s’_=isoler=, _v.r._, to be isolated, insulated, to shun society.
=isoloir=, _n.m._, (phys.) insulator.
=isomère=, _adj._, (min. chem.) isomeric.
=isotherme=, _adj._, isothermal.
=israélite= (iz-), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Israelite; Israelitic,
Israelitish, Jewish. _Un bon —_; a plain, simple man.
=issu=, =-e=, _adj._, born, descended, _or_ sprung from.
=issue=, _n.f._, issue, egress, outlet; end, event; loophole, escape,
refuse grain; offal (of animals). _À l’— de_; on leaving, after.
=isthme=, _n.m._, isthmus.
=isthmiques=, _adj.m.pl._, (antiq.) Isthmian. _Jeux —_; Isthmian games.
=ita est=, _adv._, (Lat.) so it is.
=itague= (i-tag), _n.f._, (nav.) runner-tie.
=italianiser=, _v.a._, to Italianize.
=italianisme=, _n.m._, Italianism.
=italien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Italian.
=italien=, _n.m._, Italian language.
=italique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, italics; italic.
=item= (i-tem), _adv._, also; moreover, ditto.
=item=, _n.m._, (_—_) item.
=itérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, iterative, repeated.
=itération=, _n.f._, iteration, repetition.
=itérativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, repeatedly.
=ithos=, _n.m._, (old) ethics.
=itinéraire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, itinerary, route, walk, round; guide,
guide-book. _Colonne —_; way-post.
=itou=, _adv._, (fam.) also, too, likewise.
=iule=, _n.m._, (ent.) julus; catkin. _V._ =jule=.
=ive= _or_ =ivette=, _n.f._, (bot.) iva.
=ivoire=, _n.m._, ivory; (fig.) whiteness. _D’—_; ivory. _— des dents_;
bone of the teeth.
=ivoirier=, _n.m._, ivory-turner.
=ivraie=, _n.f._, darnel, tare, tares; rye-grass. _Séparer l’— d’avec le
bon grain_; to separate the tares from the wheat.
=ivre=, _adj._, drunk, inebriated, intoxicated. _A moitié —_; half-tipsy,
half-seas-over. _— mort_; dead drunk. _— de joie_; beside one’s self with
joy. _— de sang_; drunk with blood, thirsting for blood.
=ivresse=, _n.f._, drunkenness, inebriety, inebriation, intoxication;
frenzy, rapture, enthusiasm.
*=ivrogne=, _n.m._ and _adj._, drunkard; drunken, tipsy, given to drink.
*=ivrogner=, _v.n._, (pop.) to fuddle, to carouse, to booze, to guzzle,
to get drunk.
*=ivrognerie=, _n.f._, inebriation, drunkenness, intoxication.
*=ivrognesse=, _n.f._, (pop.) drunkard, drunken woman.
=ixia=, _n.f._, (bot.) ixia.
=ixion=, _n.m._, (astron.) Ixion.
=ixode=, _n.m._, (zoöl.). _V._ =tique=.
=izard=, _n.m._ _V._ =isard=.
J
=j=, _n.m._, the tenth letter of the alphabet, j.
☉=jà=, _adv._, already.
=jable=, _n.m._, cross-groove (cooper’s work).
=jabler=, _v.a._, to cross-groove (cooper’s work).
=jabot=, _n.m._, frill (of a shirt); crop, maw (of a bird). _Faire —_; to
give one’s self airs. _Se remplir le —_; to have a blow-out.
=jabotage=, _n.m._, jabbering.
=jaboter=, _v.n._, to prattle, to chatter.
=jaboteu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, chatterer, jabberer.
=jabotière=, _n.f._, frilling.
=jacasse=, _n.f._, (pop.) chatterer, prater, talkative female.
=jacasser=, _v.n._, to chatter (of the magpie); (fig.) to prate, to
jabber.
=jacée=, _n.f._, (bot.) knapweed. _— des blés_; corn-flower.
=jacent=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) in abeyance.
=jachère=, _n.f._, fallow, fallow-ground. _Terre en —_; fallow-land.
_Être en —_; to be fallow.
=jachéré=, =-e=, _part._, fallowed.
=jachérer=, _v.a._, to fallow.
=jacinthe= _or_ =hyacinthe=, _n.f._, (bot., min.) hyacinth.
=jacobée=, _n.f._, (bot.) ragwort.
=jacobin=, _n.m._, jacobin friar, monk; Jacobin (ultra radical of the
French revolution).
=jacobinisme=, _n.m._, Jacobinism.
=jacobite=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Jacobite.
=jaconas=, _n.m._, jaconet.
=jacot=, _n.m._ _V._ =jacquot=.
=jacquart=, _n.m._ _Métier à la —_; Jacquart loom.
=jacquerie=, _n.f._, jacquerie; rising of peasants.
=jacques=, _n.m._, James. _— bonhomme_; peasant, Hodge (nickname for
French peasants as a class).
=jacquot= _or_ =jacot=, _n.m._, gray parrot, poll; pug (monkey).
=jactance=, _n.f._, boasting, bragging, boast. _Plein de —_; boastful.
☉_se_ =jacter=, _v.r._, to swagger, to brag.
=jaculatoire=, _adj._, ejaculatory, spouting.
=jade=, _n.m._, (min.) jade, ax-stone.
=jadelle=, =judelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) coot.
=jadis= (jâ-dîs), _adv._, of old, in days of yore, formerly. _Au temps
—_; in days of old.
=jaguar=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) jaguar.
=jaïet=, _n.m._ _V._ =jais=.
*=jaillir=, _v.n._, to spout, to spout out, to gush, to gush out, to
spurt out; to spring, to burst out. _Faire —_; to throw up.
*=jaillissant=, =-e=, _adj._, spouting, gushing; springing, bursting.
*=jaillissement=, _n.m._, spouting out, gushing out, spirting, shooting,
flashing.
=jais=, _n.m._, jet.
=jalage=, _n.m._, (feudalism) duty on wine.
=jalap= (ja-lap), _n.m._, jalap.
=jale=, _n.f._, large bowl, tureen.
☉=jalet=, _n.m._, pebble-stone, pebble. _Arc à —_; stone-bow.
=jalon=, _n.m._, leveling-staff; surveying-staff; offset-staff; landmark;
mark; indication.
=jalonnement=, _n.m._, (land surveying) staking out; marking out.
=jalonner=, _v.n._, to stake out; to place landmarks; to mark out,
indicate.
=jalonneur=, _n.m._, (milit.) marker.
=jalousement=, _adv._, jealously.
=jalouser=, _v.a._, to be jealous of, to envy.
_se_ =jalouser=, _v.r._, to be jealous of each other.
=jalousie=, _n.f._, jealousy; fear, uneasiness, umbrage; blind, Venetian
blind; (bot.) three-colored amaranth, sweet William. _Par —_; out of
jealousy. _Donner de la — à quelqu’un_; to make any one jealous.
=jalou-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, jealous person; jealous; desirous,
anxious; inclining on one side (of a carriage, of a ship). _— d’acquérir
de la gloire_; desirous of acquiring glory. _— de plaire_; anxious to
please. _Faire des —_; to excite jealousy.
=jamais=, _adv._, never, ever. _Je ne la vois —_; I never see her. _Si
— je deviens riche_; if ever I grow rich. _À —_, _pour —_; for ever. _À
tout —_; for ever and ever. _— de la vie_; never, never, I tell you.
=jamais=, _n.m._, time without end. _Au grand —_; for ever and ever, to
all eternity.
=jambage=, _n.m._, jamb (of a door); hanger, down-stroke (in writing).
=jambe=, _n.f._, leg; shank; (of a glass) stem. _— arquée_; bow-leg.
_Courir à toutes —s_; to run at the top of one’s speed. _— en deça_, _—
en delà_; astride. _— de force_; principal rafter. _—s de quinze ans_;
young legs. _Avoir des —s de quinze ans_; to be as nimble as ever.
_Prendre ses —s à son cou_; to take to one’s heels. _Être haut en —_; to
be long-legged. _Cela ne lui rend pas la — mieux faite_; he is no better
off for it. _Jouer des —s_; to take to flight, to make off. _Je le ferai
par-dessous la —_; I will do it with the greatest ease. _Avoir les —s en
manche de veste_; to be bow-legged.
=jambé=, =-e=, _adj._, legged. _Bien —_; well made about the legs. _Mal
—_; badly made about the legs.
=jambette=, _n.f._, small pocket-knife; (carp.) jamb.
=jambi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (anat.) of the leg. _n.f._, legging,
leg-guard.
=jambon=, _n.m._, ham.
=jambonneau=, _n.m._, small ham, knuckle.
=jan=, _n.m._, (tric-trac) jan, table. _— de retour_; outer table.
=janissaire=, _n.m._, janissary.
=jansénisme=, _n.m._, Jansenism.
=janséniste=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Jansenist.
=jante=, _n.f._, felly, rim (of a wheel), felloe.
=janvier=, _n.m._, January.
=japon=, _n.m._, Japan-ware.
=japonais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Japanese.
=japonais=, _n.m._, Japanese language.
=japonner=, _v.a._, to hard-bake (porcelain).
=jappement= (ja-pmān), _n.m._, yelping.
=japper=, _v.n._, to yelp.
☉=jaque=, _n.f._, coat. _— de mailles_; coat of mail.
=jaquemart=, _n.m._, jack of the clock-house.
=jaquette=, _n.f._, jacket; tunic, short petticoats (for boys).
=jaquier=, _n.m._, breadfruit-tree.
=jarde=, _n.f._ _V._ =jardon=.
=jardin=, _n.m._, garden; (nav.) quarter-gallery. _— d’agrément_;
pleasure _or_ flower garden. _— potager_; kitchen-garden. _— fruitier_;
fruit-garden. _— des plantes_; botanical, zoölogical gardens. _—
anglais_; ornamental garden, grounds.
=jardinage=, _n.m._, gardening; garden-ground; garden-stuff.
=jardiner=, _v.n._, to garden.
=jardinet=, _n.m._, small garden.
=jardineuse=, _adj.f._, (of emeralds) spotty.
=jardinier=, _n.m._, gardener. _—-fleuriste_; (_—s-—s_) florist. _—
maraîcher_; kitchen-gardener.
=jardini-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of the garden. _Plantes —ères_;
garden-plants.
=jardinière=, _n.f._, gardener’s wife; garden-woman; low ruffle;
flower-stand; kind of vegetable soup.
=jardon=, _n.m._, _or_ =jarde=, _n.f._, (vet.) curb.
=jargon=, _n.m._, jargon, gibberish, lingo; cant; (min.) jargoon, jargon,
gray _or_ brown zircon.
=jargonner=, _v.a.n._, to talk jargon, to talk twaddle _or_ gibberish.
☉=jarni!= _int._, by Heaven! zounds.
=jarousse= _or_ =jarrosse=, _n.f._, (bot.) vetch.
=jarre=, _n.f._, jar, jug, can.
=jarret=, _n.m._, ham, hough, hock; (arch.) projection. _— de veau_;
knuckle of veal. _— de bœuf_; shin of beef. _Couper les —s à un cheval_;
to hamstring a horse; (fig.) leg, legs. _Coupe-—_, (_—-—s_) ruffian,
bully. _Être ferme sur ses —s_; to keep one’s countenance, to stand
unmoved. _Avoir du —_; to be a good walker, a good dancer. _Tendre le —_;
(fig.) to strut.
=jarreté=, =-e= (jar-té), _adj._, close-hammed, close-hocked;
knock-kneed, gartered; (arch.) protuberant, projecting.
=jarretelle=, _n.f._, stocking suspender.
=jarreter=, _v.a._, to garter. _Se —_; to put garters on, to garter one’s
self.
=jarretière= (jar-tièr), _n.f._, garter. _L’ordre de la —_; the Order of
the Garter. _Ne pas aller à la — à quelqu’un_; not to come up to any one
(by a long way).
=jars= (jâr), _n.m._, (orni.) gander. _Il entend le —_; he is no fool; he
knows what’s what; he is up to snuff.
=jas=, _n.m._, (nav.) stock, anchor-stock.
=jaser=, _v.n._, to prate, to chatter, to gabble, to chat, to babble, to
blab, to tattle. _— comme une pie_, _comme une pie borgne_; to chatter
like a magpie.
=jaserie= (jâ-zrî), _n.f._, prating, chattering; prate, chatter; twaddle.
=jaseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, prater, chatterer; chatterbox; (orni.)
chatterer. _Grand —_; (orni.) Bohemian chatterer, waxwing.
=jasmin=, _n.m._, (bot.) jasmine, jessamine.
=jaspe=, _n.m._, (min.) jasper.
=jaspé=, =-e=, _part._, jasperated, jasper-like; marbled, veined; (of
binding) sprinkled.
=jasper=, _v.a._, to marble; (binding) to sprinkle.
=jaspure=, _n.f._, marbling; sprinkling.
=jatte=, _n.f._, bowl, platter; (nav.) manger. _Cul-de-jatte_; cripple
(sitting in a bowl).
=jattée=, _n.f._, bowlful, platterful.
=jauge= (jôj) _n.f._, gauge; gauging-rod; (nav.) tonnage, burden. _—
d’eau_; water-gauge; (hort.) trench.
=jaugeage= (jô-jaj), _n.m._, gauging.
=jauger=, _v.a._, to gauge, to measure (the capacity of); to take the
gauge of; (nav.) to draw (so many feet of water).
=jaugeur=, _n.m._, gauger.
=jaunâtre=, _adj._, yellowish.
=jaune=, _adj._, yellow. _— comme un coing_; as yellow as a guinea.
=jaune=, _n.m._, yellow. _— d’œuf_; yolk of an egg.
=jaunet=, _n.m._, buttercup; bachelor’s buttons; (pop.) yellow-boy, gold
coin.
=jaunir=, _v.a._, to make yellow, to dye yellow; (arts) to yellow.
=jaunir=, _v.n._, to grow yellow, to turn yellow.
=jaunissage=, _n.m._, (arts) yellowing.
=jaunissant=, =-e=, _adj._, turning yellow, yellowing; ripening.
=jaunisse=, _n.f._, jaundice; (vet.) yellows.
=javart=, _n.m._, (vet.) quittor.
=javeau=, _n.m._, sand-bank.
=javelage=, _n.m._, drying (of corn in the fields).
=javeler= (ja-vlé), _v.a._, to lay in loose sheaves.
=javeleur= (ja-vleur), _n.m._, harvestman; binder (into loose sheaves).
=javeline= (ja-vli-n), _n.f._, javelin.
=javelle=, _n.f._, small sheaf; small bundle (of corn left to dry). _Eau
de —_; bleaching liquid.
=javelot= (ja-vlo), _n.m._, javelin.
=je=, _pron._, I. _— dis_; I say. _Parlé-—?_ do I speak?
=jean= (jan), _n.m._, John, Johnny, fool. _La Saint-—_; midsummer. _—
farine_; merry andrew. _— foutre_; blackguard.
=jeannette= (ja-nèt), _n.f._, spinning-jenny.
=jectisses=, _adj.f.pl._ _Terres —_; made earth, loose soil; rubbish.
_Pierres —_; (mas.) stones small enough to be placed by hand.
=jéhovah=, _n.m._, Jehovah.
=jéjunum=, _n.m._, (anat.) jejunum.
=jenny=, _n.f._, jenny (cotton-frame).
=jérémiade=, _n.f._, jeremiad.
=jérose=, _n.f._, (bot.) rose of Jericho.
=jésuite=, _n.m._, jesuit. _— de_, or _en_, _robe courte_; lay jesuit.
=jésuitique=, _adj._, jesuitic, jesuitical.
=jésuitisme=, _n.m._, jesuitism.
=jésus=, _n.m._, long royal, super royal (paper).
=jet= (jè), _n.m._, casting, cast; throwing, throw; shoot, sprout;
casting (metal.); (agri.) tiller; jet, gush, spirt (of water); new swarm
(of bees). _Le — d’un filet_; the casting of a net. _Un — de pierre_;
a stone’s throw. _— de lumière_; ray of light. _Le — d’une draperie_;
(paint.) the folds _or_ lay of a drapery. _— d’eau_; waterspout,
fountain. _— d’abeilles_; swarm of young bees. _D’un seul —_; at one
stroke, born of a single effort. _Faire le —_; (com., nav.) to throw
(goods) overboard. _— de marchandises_; (nav., com., jur.) jetsam,
jettison.
=jeté=, _n.m._, jeté (dancing).
=jeté=, =-e=, _part._, cast, thrown. _Le dé_, _le sort_, _en est —_; the
die is cast, the thing is resolved upon, the step has been taken.
=jetée=, _n.f._, jetty, pier, mole. _— de port_; jetty-head, pier-head.
=jeter=, _v.a._, to throw, to cast, to fling, to hurl; to throw down,
to cast down, to fling down; to hurl down; to mold; to lay, to shoot,
to shoot out, to shoot forth, to send forth; to disembogue, to empty;
to discharge, to suppurate. _— l’ancre_; to cast anchor. _— un soupir_;
to heave a sigh. _— les fondements d’une maison_, _d’une fortune_; to
lay the foundation of a house, of a fortune. _— de profondes racines_;
to take deep root. _— les yeux sur quelqu’un_; to cast one’s eyes on
any one. _— à la mer_; (nav.) to throw overboard, to jettison. _— bas_;
(dy.) to take out of the copper. _— une draperie_; to dispose the drapery
(paint.). _— ses cartes_; to play one’s cards. _Ce cheval jette sa
gourme_; that horse has the glanders. _— de l’huile sur le feu_; to add
fuel to the flame. _— son argent par les fenêtres_; to play ducks and
drakes with one’s money.
_se_ =jeter=, _v.r._, to throw one’s self, to cast one’s self, to fling
one’s self; to fall on, to fall upon (attack); to shoot; to strike out,
to launch out; to be thrown down, to be thrown away; to disembogue, to
fall, to empty one’s self (of rivers). _Se — sur l’ennemi_; to rush upon
the enemy. _Se — au cou de quelqu’un_; to fall on any one’s neck. _Se — à
corps perdu_; to rush headlong into.
=jeton=, _n.m._, counter, token, brass farthing.
=jeu=, _n.m._, play; sport; fun; game; gaming, gambling; acting (of
actors); stake; (of organs) stop; (nav.) set; (nav.) suit; (mec.) length
of stroke; (tech.) play. _— d’enfant_; child’s play. _— de cartes_; card
game; pack of cards. _Bonheur au —_; good luck at play. _— de hasard_;
game of chance. _De bon_ or _de franc —_; by fair play. _Couper —_;
to leave off playing, to go off with one’s winnings. _Tenir le — de
quelqu’un_; to play for any one. _— de bourse_; stock jobbing. _J’ai beau
—_; I have a good hand. _Il a le — serré_; he plays a sure game. _Avoir
beau —_; to have a good chance. _Cacher son —_; to cover one’s designs.
_Jouer bien son —_; to play one’s cards well. _Faire bonne mine à mauvais
—_; to put a good face upon matters. _Bon —, bon argent_; in good
earnest. _Le — ne vaut pas la chandelle_; it is not worth the trouble, it
is not worth powder and shot. _Se piquer au —_; to persist in playing.
_Mettre au —_; to stake. _Jouer gros —_; to play high. _Jouer petit —_;
to play low. _Ils sont à deux de —_; they are upon even terms; two can
play at that game. _Un — de quilles_; a set of nine-pins. _— d’échecs_;
set of chess-men. _Ne me mettez pas au —_; do not mix me in it. _Cela
passe le —_; that is beyond a joke. _Être à deux de —_; to be even or
quits; to be a match for each other. _À beau — beau retour_; one good
turn deserves another. _Donner beau à —_; to play into a person’s hands.
_— de mains — de vilains_; rough play often ends in tears. _Cela n’est
pas du —_; that was not in the bargain; that is not fair. _Je sais son
—_; I know his way. _— de voiles_; complete set of sails. _— d’avirons_;
set of oars. _Avoir du —_; (tech.) to have too much play. _— de mots_;
pun; quibble, play upon words. _— d’esprit_; piece of wit, witticism. _—x
floraux_; floral games. _— qui trop dure ne vaut rien_; too much of a
good thing is bad.
=jeudi=, _n.m._, Thursday. _Le — gras_; Shrove Thursday. _La semaine
des trois —s_; when two Sundays come together (_i.e._, never). _— Saint_;
Maundy-Thursday.
_à_ =jeûn=, _adv._, fasting, on an empty stomach. _Je suis encore à —_;
I have not yet breakfasted. _J’ai pris cela à —_; I took it on an empty
stomach.
=jeune=, _adj._, young; younger, junior; youthful, recent, new; early,
green. _— homme_; young man, lad, youngster. _—s gens_; young men; young
people. _— personne_; young girl, young lady. _— premier_, _— première_;
(thea.) actor, actress, who takes lovers’ parts. _Qui — n’apprend, rien
ne saura_; an old dog will learn no tricks.
=jeûne=, _n.m._, fasting; fast, abstinence.
=jeunement= (jeu-n-mān), _adv._, (hunt.) just. _Cerf de dix cors —_; stag
just turned ten years.
=jeûner=, _v.n._, to fast.
=jeunesse=, _n.f._, youth, youthful days; youthfulness; young people;
(pop.) lad, lass. _Avoir un air de —_; to have a youthful look. _J’ai
rencontré une — fort jolie_; (pop.) I met a very pretty girl. _Si —
savait, si vieillesse pouvait_; if things were to be done twice, all
would be wise. _Il faut que — se passe_; boys will be boys.
=jeunet=, =-te=, _adj._, very young.
=jeûneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, faster.
*=joaillerie=, _n.f._, jeweler’s trade or business; jewelery, jewels.
*=joailli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, jeweler.
=jobard=, _n.m._, ninny, simpleton, fool.
=jobarder=, _v.a._, to gull, to fool, to be fooled.
=jobarderie=, _n.f._, silliness, foolery.
=jobet=, _n.m._, (metal.) iron wire of a mold.
=joc=, _n.m._, stop, standstill (used in speaking of mills). _Mettre le
moulin à —_; to stop the mill.
=jockey=, _n.m._, (_—s_) jockey.
=jocko=, _n.m._, (mam.) pongo, black-orang.
=jocrisse=, _n.m._, cotquean; dolt, dupe, simpleton, ninny. _Jouer les
—s_; to play silly servants’ parts.
=joie=, _n.f._, joy, joyfulness; gladness; glee, mirth; exultation,
delight. _Être ravi_, _comblé_, _de —_; to be overjoyed, to be
transported with joy. _Ne pas se sentir de —_; to be beside one’s self
with joy, to be unable to contain one’s self for joy. _Faire la — de
quelqu’un_, _être la — de quelqu’un_; to make any one’s delight. _Pleurer
de —_; to weep for joy. _Feu de —_; bonfire.
*=joignant=, _prep._, next to, contiguous to, adjoining.
*=joignant=, =-e=, _adj._, adjoining, next to, adjacent, contiguous.
=joindre= (joignant, joint), _v.a._, to join, to adjoin, to put together,
to unite, to combine, to fix together, to connect; to add; to annex, to
join with; to overtake; to come up to; (arch.) to fay. _— les mains_; to
clasp the hands.
_se_ =joindre=, _v.r._, to join, to unite, to be joined, to be united,
to be combined; to be adjoining, to be adjacent, to be contiguous; to be
added, to consort, to meet.
=joindre=, _v.n._, to join, to meet. _Ces planches ne joignent pas_;
these planks do not join.
=joint=, _n.m._, joint; seam, junction. _— articulé_; knuckle joint.
_Trouver le —_; to hit upon the best _or_ right way.
=joint=, =-e=, _part._, joined, united, added; jointed. _Prier quelqu’un
à mains —es_; to beg very hard. _Vous trouverez ci-— copie de sa lettre_;
you will find herewith a copy of his letter. _À pieds —s_; close-legged.
=jointé=, =-e=, _adj._, jointed. _Cheval long —_; long-jointed horse.
=jointée=, _n.f._, double handful.
=jointi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (arch.) joined, closed.
=jointoiement= (-toa-mān), _n.m._, grouting, pointing (of walls).
=jointoyer=, _v.a._, to grout, to point.
=jointure=, _n.f._, joint, jointing, articulation.
=joli=, =-e=, _adj._, pretty, pleasing, neat, genteel; fine, good; nice,
comfortable. _Il est dans un — état_; he is in a nice state, in a pretty
mess.
=joli=, _n.m._, a pretty thing; what is pretty. _Le — de la chose c’est
que_; the best of the thing was that.
=joliet=, =-te=, _adj._, rather pretty.
=joliment=, _adv._, prettily, pleasingly; (b.s.) finely; extremely,
excessively; (fam.) much, many.
=jolite=, _n.f._, violet-stone.
=jonc= (jon), _n.m._, rush; Malacca-cane; keeper (ring). _— marin_;
sea-rush. _— odorant_; camel’s-hay.
=jonchaie=, _n.f._, bed _or_ plantation of rushes.
=jonché=, =-e=, _part._, strewed, heaped.
=jonchée=, _n.f._, strewing, sprinkling (of flowers); scatterer about. _—
de crème_; cream-cheese.
=joncher=, _v.a._, to strew, to heap, to scatter.
=jonchets=, _n.m.pl._, spilikins (game).
=jonciforme=, _adj._, rush-shaped, rush-like.
=jonction=, _n.f._, junction, joining, meeting.
=jongler=, _v.n._, to juggle.
=jonglerie=, _n.f._, juggling, hocus-pocus. _V._ =escamotage=.
=jongleur=, _n.m._, juggler; (fig.) deceiver, trickster, cheat.
=jonque=, _n.f._, junk (Chinese vessel).
*=jonquille=, _n.f._, (bot.) jonquil.
=jordonner=, _v.n._, to command, to dictate (loudly) (found in V. Hugo).
=joseph=, _n.m._ _— papier_; silver-paper, tissue-paper.
=jouable=, _adj._, playable.
=jouail=, _n.m._ _V._ =jas=.
*=jouailler=, _v.n._, to play for amusement.
=joubarbe=, _n.f._, (bot.) sengreen; house-leek.
=joue=, _n.f._, cheek. _Coucher_, _mettre_, _en —_; to aim at, to take
aim at. _En —!_ (milit.) present!
=joué=, =-e=, _part._, played; mocked, made game of. _On m’a —_; I have
been made game of, a fool of. _Pièce touchée, pièce —e_; (at draughts,
etc.) if you touch your piece, you must move it.
=jouée=, _n.f._, (arch.) reveal.
=jouer=, _v.a._, to play; to stake; to move; to perform, to act; to
feign, to imitate; to make game of, to deceive. _— une partie_; to play
a game. _Ne — que l’honneur_; to play for love. _— quelque chose_; to
play for something. _— quelqu’un_; to make a fool of any one. _— un tour
à quelqu’un_; to play any one a trick. _— une comédie_; to act a comedy.
_— un rôle_; to play a part. _— la comédie_; to act a sham part. _— un
air sur le violon_; to play a tune on the violin. _Ce papier joue le
velours_; this paper looks like velvet.
_se_ =jouer=, _v.r._, to sport, to play, to make game of, to baffle;
to make light of. _Se — de quelqu’un_; to make a fool of any one. _La
fortune se joue des hommes_; fortune makes sport of mankind. _Se — à
quelqu’un_; to meddle with any one who is more than one’s match.
=jouer=, _v.n._, to play, to sport; to trifle; to run the risk; to
explode (mine); to speculate (on the funds); to work, to work loose
(mec.). _— aux cartes_; to play at cards. _À qui à —?_ whose turn is
it to play? _C’est à moi à —_; it is my turn to play. _— au volant_; to
play at shuttle-cock. _— à jeu sûr_; to play without risk. _— au plus
sûr_; to play a safe game. _— au plus fin_; to vie in cunning with. _— à
quitte ou double_; to play double or quits. _— de son reste_; to stake
one’s all. _— de malheur_; to be unfortunate, to have a run of ill-luck.
_— de bonheur_; to be lucky. _Il joue à se faire tuer_; he ventures his
life. _— du violon_; to play upon the violin. _Faire —_; to set going.
_Ils jouent bien au billard_; they are good at billiards. _— des talons_;
to take to one’s heels. _— des gobelets_; to juggle. _Ne — que pour
l’honneur_; to play for love.
=jouet=, _n.m._, plaything, toy; laughing-stock; jest; sport. _Être le —
de la fortune_; to be the sport of fortune.
=joueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, player; gamester, gambler. _Mauvais —
de violon_; cat-gut scraper. _Beau —_; good-natured player. _Mauvais —_;
bad-tempered player. _— à la baisse_; (exchange language) bear. _— à la
hausse_; (exchange language) bull.
=joufflu=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, chubby, chubby-cheeked person.
=joug= (joog), _n.m._, yoke; bondage, slavery. _Mettre les bœufs au —_;
to yoke the oxen. _S’affranchir du —_, or _secouer le —_; to shake off
the yoke. _Briser le —_; to throw off the yoke. _Atteler au —_; to yoke.
=jouière= _or_ =jouillère=, _n.f._, side-wall (of a lock).
=jouir=, _v.n._, to enjoy, to revel in, to possess, to be in possession
of. _— de l’embarras de quelqu’un_; to revel in any one’s embarrassment.
_Les animaux jouissent de la faculté de_; animals possess the faculty
of. _Il est si occupé qu’on n’en peut — un instant_; he is so busy that
one cannot have a minute’s conversation with him. _Faire —_; to give
pleasure, to please, to delight; to put in possession of. _Cela ne vous
fait pas —_; that’s anything but pleasant.
=jouissance=, _n.f._, enjoyment, gratification, satisfaction; fruition,
possession; (fin.) interest payable; use (of a garden, house).
=jouissant=, =-e=, _adj._, enjoying, in full possession of.
=joujou=, _n.m._, plaything, toy. _Faire —_; to play.
=jour=, _n.m._, day, daytime, daylight, light; gap, opening; facility,
means. _À court —_; short-dated (of bills). _À long —_; long-dated. _A
chaque — suffit sa peine_; sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
_À la pointe du —_; at break of day. _—s caniculaires_; dog-days. _Le
— et la nuit_; day and night. _Il commence à faire —_; it begins to be
light. _Petit —_; morning twilight. _Il fait —_; it is daylight. _Grand
—_; broad daylight. _Le — baisse_; dusk is coming on. _À la chute du —_;
at nightfall. _Demi-—_; twilight, half light. _Il est — chez lui_; he is
up and about. _En plein —_; in broad daylight. _Brûler le —_; to shut out
the daylight. _Donner le — à_; to give birth to. _Voir le —_; to see the
light; to come to light. _Mettre au —_; to bring to light. _Se faire —_;
to make one’s way. _Tôt ou tard la vérité se fait —_; sooner or later
truth will out. _Tous les —s_; every day. _De nos —s_; in our time, at
present. _Un — ou l’autre_; some day or other. _Du — que_; since the day
when. _Quinze —s_; a fortnight. _Un — de fête_; a holiday. _— de l’an_;
new-year’s day. _— ouvrier_, _ouvrable_; working-day. _— gras_; flesh-day.
_— maigre_; fish-day. _Les —s gras_; shrove-tide. _Donner_, _souhaiter_,
_le bon — à quelqu’un_; to wish any one good morning, to pay one’s
respects to any one. _Être de —_; to be on duty. _Être à —_; to be up to
time, up to date. _Il donne tant par —_; he gives so much a day. _Il me
remet de — en —_; he puts me off from day to day. _Je l’attends de —
en —_; I expect him every day. _Mourir plein de —s_; to die full of years.
_Vivre au — la journée_, _vivre au — le —_; to live from hand to mouth.
_Bon —, bonne œuvre_; the better the day, the better the deed. _À chaque
— suffit sa peine_; sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. _Ce n’est
pas tous les —s fête_; Christmas comes but once a year. _Faire du — la
nuit_; to turn day into night. _C’est le — et la nuit_; they are as
different as chalk and cheese. _Le goût du —_; the reigning fashion.
_Être dans son bon —_; (paint.) to be in a good light; (fig.) to be on
one’s good behavior. _Se mettre à tous les —s_; to make one’s self cheap.
_L’auteur de vos jours_; the author of your being. _Si je vois — à cela_;
if I can see through it. _À —_; open, in open work. _Broderie à —_;
embroidery in open-work. _Mettre à —_; to bring up to date. _Prendre —_;
to fix a day, to make an appointment. _Donner du —_; to give light; to
let light in. _— pour —_; to the very day. _— de réception_; at-home day.
=journal=, _n.m._, journal, diary; newspaper; (com.) day-book. _—
nautique_; (nav.) log-book. _Tenir un —_; to keep a diary.
=journali-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, daily; diurnal; uncertain, inconstant,
fickle, capricious, changeable, not the same every day. _Cette femme est
très —e_; this woman varies a great deal (in beauty).
=journalier=, _n.m._, journeyman, day-laborer.
=journalisme=, _n.m._, journalism.
=journaliste=, _n.m._, _adj._, journalist, journalistic.
=journée=, _n.f._, day; day’s work; day’s wages; day’s journey; battle,
revolution, insurrection. _Toute la —_; all day long. _Travailler à
la —_; to work by the day. _Homme de —_; day-laborer. _Femme de —_;
charwoman. _À grandes —s_; by forced marches; by long stages. _À petites
—s_; by short stages. _La — fut rude_; the battle was stubbornly fought.
_Les —s de Juillet_, or _les trois —s_; the July insurrection, 1830
(27th, 28th, 29th July, 1830).
=journellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, daily, every day.
=joute=, _n.f._, joust, just, tilt, lists; match, debate. _— de coqs_;
cock-fight.
=jouter=, _v.n._, to joust, to tilt; to wrestle, to struggle; to argue,
to dispute.
=jouteur=, _n.m._, tilter; wrestler; antagonist, adversary.
=jouvence=, _n.f._, (l.u.) youth. _Fontaine de Jouvence_; fountain of
youth.
=jouvenceau=, _n.m._, (jest.) lad, stripling, young fellow.
=jouvencelle=, _n.f._, (jest.) lass, young girl, damsel.
=jovial=, =-e=, _adj._, jovial, jocund, joyous, merry.
=jovialement= (jo-vial-mān), _adv._, jovially, joyously, boisterously.
=jovialité=, _n.f._, mirth, merriment, boisterous mirth.
=joyau=, _n.m._, jewel. _—x de la couronne_; crown-jewels.
=joyeusement= (joa-yeûz-mān), _adv._, cheerfully, joyfully, merrily.
=joyeuseté= (joa-yeûz-té), _n.f._, joyfulness, merriment, joke, jest.
=joyeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, joyful, merry, cheerful, mirthful; gladsome.
=jube=, _n.f._, mane (of a lion or horse).
=jubé=, _n.m._, (in churches) rood-loft _or_ screen. _Venir à —_; to come
to terms, to yield; to knuckle under.
=jubée=, _n.f._, (bot.) jubœa, coquito (palm).
=jubilaire=, _adj._, of jubilee; (pers.) of fifty years’ standing.
=jubilant=, =-e=, _adj._, jubilant, delighted.
=jubilation=, _n.f._, jubilation, festivity, rejoicing.
=jubilé=, _n.m._, jubilee; golden wedding. _Faire —_; (at play) to mix up
the cards (so that there be neither winners nor losers).
=jubilé=, _adj._, of fifty years’ standing.
=jubiler=, _v.n._, to make merry, to exult.
=jubis=, _n.m._, raisins.
=juc=, _n.m._, roost, perch. _V._ =juchoir=.
=juché=, =-e=, _part._, perched, roosted, roosting. _Cheval —_; (man.)
boulet (horse). _V._ =boulet= and =bouleté=.
=jucher=, _v.n._, to roost, to perch.
_se_ =jucher=, _v.r._, to roost, to perch, to perch one’s self up.
=juchoir=, _n.m._, roosting-place; perch.
=judaïque=, _adj._, Judaical, Jewish.
=judaïquement= (-ik-mān), _adv._, Judaically.
=judaïsant=, _adj._, judaizing.
=judaïser=, _v.n._, to judaize.
=judaïsme=, _n.m._, Judaism.
=judas=, _n.m._, Judas (treacherous person); peep-hole. _Baiser de —_;
treacherous kiss. _Poil de —_; carroty, sandy hair. _Marques de —_;
freckles. _Point de —_; number 13.
=judasserie=, _n.f._, trickery, perfidy.
=judelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) coot.
=judicature=, _n.f._, judicature, magistracy.
=judiciaire=, _adj._, judiciary, judicial, legal, forensic.
=judiciaire=, _n.f._, judgment; sagacity; discretion.
=judiciairement= (-èr-mān), _adv._, judicially, legally, by authority of
justice.
=judicieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, judiciously, considerately,
discreetly.
=judicieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, judicious, wise, discreet.
=juge=, _n.m._, judge; justice. _— de paix_; justice of the peace. _— du
camp_; stickler. _— d’instruction_; police magistrate. _Se constituer en
— de_; to constitute one’s self a judge of. _De fou — briève sentence_;
(proverb) a fool’s bolt is soon shot.
=jugé=, =-e=, _part._, judged. _Bien —_; well judged. _Au —_, or _au
juger_; at a guess.
=jugeable= (ju-jabl), _adj._, amenable to a tribunal, to be tried.
=jugement= (juj-mān), _n.m._, judgment, opinion, view; trial, sentence.
_— par défaut_; judgment by default. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to put
any one on his trial, to bring any one up for trial. _Rendre un —_; to
deliver judgment. _Rendre un — contre_; to sentence. _Prononcer un —_;
to give judgment, to pass sentence. _Subir un —_; to be under sentence.
_Passer en —_; to be brought up for trial. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to
indict any one. _Je me rends à votre —_; I bow to your judgment.
=juger=, _v.a._, to judge; to conjecture, to think, to believe, to
imagine; to try; to bring to trial; to sentence. _— à propos_; to think
proper.
_se_ =juger=, _v.r._, to judge one’s self; to deem, to think, one’s self;
(jur.) to be tried, to be heard. _Vous en jugez-vous capable?_ do you
think yourself equal to it? _Cette affaire se jugera demain_; (jur.) this
case will be heard, will come on, tomorrow.
=juger=, _v.n._, to judge; to pass sentence; to give judgment; to
deem, to think. _— sur l’étiquette du sac_; to judge by the label; by
appearances. _À en — par_; judging by. _Au —_; at a guess. _— d’autrui
par soi-même_; to judge of others by one’s self.
=juger=, _n.m._, judging, judgment; guessing, guess.
=jugeu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, judger, judge of things.
=jugulaire=, _adj._, (anat.) jugular.
=jugulaire=, _n.f._, (anat.) jugular vein; chin-strap.
=juguler=, _v.a._, to strangle; to torment; to cheat out of; to ruin; to
dun.
=jui-f=, =-ve=, _n._ and _adj._, Jew; Jewess; Jewish. _Le — errant_; the
wandering Jew.
*=juillet=, _n.m._, July.
=juin=, _n.m._, June.
=juiverie= (jui-vrî), _n.f._, jewry (Jews’ ward); set of Jews; Jew’s
bargain _or_ trick.
=jujube=, _n.m._, jujube. _Pâte de —_; jujube lozenges.
=jujubier=, _n.m._, jujube-tree.
=jule=, _n.m._, (ent.) iulus (coin); (bot.) catkin.
=julep= (ju-lèp), _n.m._, julep.
=julien=, =-ne= (-li-in, -è-n), _adj._, Julian.
=julienne=, _n.f._, (bot.) rocket; (cook.) vegetable soup.
=jumart=, _n.m._, jumart.
=jume-au=, =-lle=, _n._ and _adj._, twin; (anat.) twin muscles;
twin-born; twin; double (fruit). _Des cerises —lles_; double-cherries.
_Frères —aux_; twin brothers.
=jumelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) bar-gemel.
=jumeler=, _v.a._, to strengthen with cheeks, to clamp, to join; to match
(things). _— un mât_; (nav.) to fish _or_ clamp a mast.
=jumelle=, _n.f._, twin. _—s de théâtre_; opera-glass. _—s de campagne_;
field-glass; race-glass; (carp.) cheeks, side-beams; (her.) gemel; (nav.)
fish clamp (of masts and yards). _—s de rechange_; (nav.) spare clamps.
=jument=, _n.f._, mare.
=jungle=, _n.f._, jungle.
=junon=, _n.f._, (astron.) Juno.
=junte=, _n.f._, junta (Spanish council).
=jupe=, _n.f._, petticoat; skirt, kilt (of a gown). _— trotteur_; walking
skirt.
=jupiter= (-tèr), _n.m._, (astron.) Jupiter.
=jupon=, _n.m._, short petticoat. _— de dessus_; upper-skirt. _— de
dessous_; under-petticoat.
=jurande=, _n.f._, wardenship (of a company); wardens.
=jurassique=, _adj._, (geol.) Jurassic.
=juratoire=, _adj._, by oath.
=juré=, =-e=, _adj._, sworn.
=juré=, _n.m._, juror, juryman; member of a board of examination.
_Récuser un —_; to challenge a juror. _Messieurs les —s_; gentlemen of
the jury.
=jurement= (jur-mān), _n.m._, oath; swearing. _Proférer un —_; to utter
an oath.
=jurer=, _v.a._, to swear, to swear by, to vow; to take an oath of; to
blaspheme; to protest, to vow, to promise.
_se_ =jurer=, _v.r._, to swear to one another. _Nous nous jurâmes une
éternelle amitié_; we swore eternal friendship to each other.
=jurer=, _v.n._, to swear, to blaspheme; to contrast; to jar; to
clash; not to match (of colors); to squeak _or_ screech (of musical
instruments); to jar, to clash (of sound). _Il ne faut — de rien_; we
must pin our faith to nothing; we never can tell. _Il jure comme un
charretier_, or _grenadier_, or _païen_, or _crocheteur_; he swears like
a trooper.
=jureur=, _n.m._, swearer.
=juridiction=, _n.f._, jurisdiction; tribunal; department, province. _Ce
n’est pas de sa —_; it is not in his province.
=juridictionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, jurisdictional.
=juridique=, _adj._, legal, juridical, judicial.
=juridiquement= (-dik-mān), _adv._, juridically, judicially.
=jurisconsulte=, _n.m._, jurisconsult, lawyer.
=jurisprudence=, _n.f._, jurisprudence.
=juriste=, _n.m._, jurist.
=juron=, _n.m._, oath. _Gros —_; tremendous oath. _Lâcher un —_; to rap
out an oath.
=jury=, _n.m._, jury; board of examiners, committee. _— mi-parti
étranger_; party-jury. _Banc du —_; jury-box. _Chef du —_; foreman of the
jury. _Former un tableau_, _une liste_, _du —_; to impanel a jury. _Juger
par le —_; to try by jury. _Récuser un —_; to challenge a jury. _— de
jugement_; petty jury. _— d’accusation_; grand jury.
=jus=, _n.m._, juice; gravy; liquor. _Plein de —_; juicy.
=jusant=, _n.m._, (nav.) ebb, ebb-tide.
=jusée=, _n.f._, tan-liquor, tanning infusion.
=jusque=, =jusques= (in poet. and st.e.), _prep._, to, even, as far as,
till, until; down to; up to; the very. _Depuis Paris jusqu’à Londres_;
from Paris to London. _Jusqu’au ciel_; to the skies. _Depuis le premier
jusqu’au dernier_; from the first to the last. _Jusqu’à demain_; till
to-morrow. _Jusqu’à quand?_ or _Jusques à quand?_ how long? till when?
_Jusqu’à présent_; till now. _Jusqu’où?_ how far? _Jusqu’ici_; as far
as here; till now; down to here. _—-là_; up to that time; up to that
point; as far as there. _Jusqu’à ce que_; until. _Jusqu’à ce que cela
soit fait_; till it be done. _Il a vendu jusqu’à sa chemise_; he has
sold the very shirt off his back. _Il n’est pas jusqu’aux enfants qui ne
l’adorent_; the very children adore him.
=jusquiame=, _n.f._, henbane.
=jussion=, _n.f._, royal command, order.
☉=justaucorps= (-kor), _n.m._, jerkin, jacket, vest.
=juste=, _adj._, just, equitable, legitimate, lawful, appropriate;
apposite; right; upright, righteous; true, apt, fit, proper, exact;
tight. _— Dieu!_ _— ciel!_ good God! just heaven! _Un homme —_; a
righteous man. _Vos souliers sont trop —s_; your shoes are too tight.
_Ma montre est —_; my watch is right. _Au plus — prix_; at the lowest
figure.
=juste=, _n.m._, upright man, virtuous man; what is just. _La science du
—_; the knowledge of what is just.
=juste=, _adv._, just, exactly, accurately, precisely; (mus.) true.
_Chanter —_; to sing true, in time, in tune. _Il raisonne —_; he reasons
closely. _Au —_; exactly, precisely, just. _Comme de —_; rightly enough,
of course, naturally. _Tout —_; only just enough.
=justement=, _adv._, justly, honestly, precisely, exactly, reasonably.
=justesse=, _n.f._, justness, accuracy, exactness; appropriateness,
precision, propriety, sense. _Avec —_; with precision; accurately,
appropriately.
=justice=, _n.f._, justice; righteousness; probity, integrity;
jurisdiction; fairness; impartiality, reason; courts of justice;
execution; gibbet, gallows. _Faire — à_; to do justice to. _Rendre — à_;
to do justice to. _Rendre la —_; to administer justice. _Se faire — à
soi-même_; to take the law into one’s own hands. _Cour de —_; court of
law, of judicature. _Appeler_, _citer_, _traduire_, _poursuivre quelqu’un
en —_; to sue at law, to proceed against. _Déni de —_; refusal of
justice. _La — de paix_; court of the justice of the peace. _Que — soit
faite_; let execution be done. _Faire — de_; to punish, to expose, to be
avenged on; to refute, _or_ confute; to do away with; to sweep away. _Se
faire rendre —_; to obtain justice.
=justiciable=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, person amenable to a tribunal;
amenable. _Devenir le — de_; to come under the jurisdiction of.
=justicier=, _v.a._, to punish corporally; to execute; to lash.
=justicier=, _n.m._, justiciary; judge; lover of justice.
=justifiable=, _adj._, justifiable; warrantable.
=justifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, justifying.
=justifiablement=, _adv._, warrantably, justifiably.
=justificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, justificative, documentary. _Pièce —ve_;
proof, voucher, documentary evidence.
=justification=, _n.f._, justification, vindication, proof; (print.)
justification, length of line.
=justifier=, _v.a._, to justify, to vindicate, to prove, to make good;
(print.) to justify; to clear.
_se_ =justifier=, _v.r._, to justify, to clear, to vindicate, one’s self.
=justifier=, _v.n._, (print.) to justify.
=jute=, _n.m._, jute.
=juteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, juicy.
=juvénile=, _adj._, juvenile, youthful.
=juvénilement= (-nil-mān), _adv._, boyishly, childishly, in a juvenile
manner.
=juvénilité=, _n.f._, youth, youthfulness.
=juxtaposer=, _v.a._, to place side by side.
_se_ =juxtaposer=, _v.r._, to be in juxtaposition.
=juxtaposition= (juks-ta), _n.f._, juxtaposition.
K
=k=, _n.m._, the eleventh letter of the alphabet, k.
=kabak=, _n.m._, public-house (in Russia).
=kahouanne=, _n.f._, loggerhead turtle.
=kaïmac=, _n.m._, (_—s_) sherbet.
=kaiserlick=, _n.m._, imperial, Austrian.
=kakatoès=, _n.m._, (orni.) cockatoo. _V._ =cacatois=.
=kaléidoscope=, _n.m._, kaleidoscope.
☉=kalendes=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =calendes=, kalends.
=kali=, _n.m._, (bot.) kali.
=kamichi= (-shi), _n.m._, (orni.) horned-screamer.
=kan=, _n.m._, khan.
=kandjar= _or_ =kangiar=, _n.m._, (_—s_) dagger.
=kanguroo= _or_ =kangourou= (-goo-roo), _n.m._, (mam.) kangaroo.
=kantisme=, _n.m._, Kantism.
=kantiste=, _n.m._, Kantist.
=kaolin=, _n.m._, porcelain clay; china-clay.
=karabé=, _n.m._ _V._ =carabé=.
=karat=, _n.m._ _V._ =carat=.
=karata=, _n.m._, (bot.) a variety of aloe.
=kari=, _n.m._, a kind of spice.
=katakoua=, _n.m._ _V._ =kakatoès=.
=keepsake=, _n.m._, keepsake.
=képi=, _n.m._, military cap; cap.
=kermès= (-mès), _n.m._, (ent.) kermes; (chem.) kermes-mineral.
=kermesse=, _n.f._, a country fair (in the Netherlands).
=kérosène=, _n.m._, kerosene.
=ketch=, _n.m._, (nav.) ketch, lugger.
=khédive=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Khedive, viceroy of Egypt.
=kilo=, _n.m._, (ab. of _kilogramme_) kilo.
=kilogramme=, _n.m._, kilogram (2·2055 lbs. avoirdupois).
=kilolitre=, _n.m._, kilolitre (220·09668 gallons).
=kilomètre=, _n.m._, kilometer (1093·6389 yards).
=kilométrique=, _adj._, kilometric.
=kilostère=, _n.m._, kilostere (1000 stères).
=king=, _n.m._, king (sacred book of the Chinese).
=kinine=, _n.f._ _V._ =quinine=.
=kino=, _n.m._, (pharm.) kino.
=kiosque=, _n.m._, kiosk, news-stall.
=kirsch-wasser=, _n.m._, kirschwasser.
=klephte=, _n.m._ _V._ =clephte=.
=knout= (knoot), _n.m._, knout.
=knouter=, _v.a._, to knout.
=kola=, _n.m._, kola (bean).
=kolao=, _n.m._, high mandarin (in China).
=kopeck=, _n.m._, (_—s_) kopeck (Russian coin worth about half a penny).
=koran=, _n.m._, Koran. _V._ =coran=.
=kouan=, _n.m._, (bot.) cochineal, cochineal-fig.
=kremlin= (krèm-lin), _n.m._, Kremlin (the palace of the czars at Moscow).
=kreutzer= (-zèr), _n.m._, kreutzer (German coin).
=kurtchis=, _n.m.pl._, a Persian cavalry corps.
=kymrique=, _adj._ _V._ =cymrique=.
=kynancie=, _n.f._, (med.). _V._ =cynancie=.
=kyrielle=, _n.f._, litany; (fig.) string (long list of words); long
tedious story.
=kyste=, _n.m._, (med.) cyst, cystis.
=kystique=, _adj._, (med.) cystic.
=kystotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) _V._ =cystotome=.
=kystotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.). _V._ =cystotomie=.
L
=l=, _n.m.f._, the twelfth letter of the alphabet, l.
=l’=, _art._, (contraction of _le_ and _la_) the. _V._ =le=.
=l’=, _pron._, (contraction of _le_ and _la_) him, her, it.
=la=, _art.f._, the. _V._ =le=.
=la=, _pron._, her, it. _V._ =le=.
=là=, _adv._, there, thither, then (of time). _—-bas_; down there.
_—-haut_; above, up there. _Cà et —_; here and there, up and down, all
about. _—-dessus_; on there; upon that; thereupon. _Mettez le livre
—-dessus_; put the book on there. _—-dessus, il me dit_; upon that, _or_
thereupon, he said to me. _—-dessous_; under there. _— dedans_; within.
_De —_; thence, from thence; from that time, from that cause. _Il n’est
pas —_; he is not there, he is away. _Par —_; that way. _Jusque-—_; till
then, till that time; as far as there. _Ce n’est pas — que je vise_; that
is not the thing I am aiming at. _Celui-là_, _celle-là_; that. _Ceux-là_,
_celles-là_; those. _— même_; in that very place. _D’ici —_; by that
time, in the interval. _C’est —_; it is _or_ was there; there is, such
is; that’s the place. _Ce sont —_; such are, those are. _— où_; where,
there where.
=là là=, _int._, now then! there! there now!
=là là=, _adv._, so so, indifferently.
=la=, _n.m._, (mus.) la; A. _Prendre le —_; to tune one’s instrument.
=labarum= (-rom), _n.m._, labarum (standard).
=labbe=, _n.f._, (orni.) skua gull.
=labeur=, _n.m._, labor, work, toil; (print.) book-work. _Terres en —_;
lands under cultivation.
=labial=, =-e=, _adj._, labial. _Offres —es_; (jur.) offer to pay without
showing the money.
=labiale=, _n.f._, (gram.) labial.
=labié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) labiate, labiated.
=labiée=, _n.f._, labiated plant.
=labile=, _adj._, labile, bad; slippery, failing; (bot.) deciduous.
_Mémoire —_; failing memory.
=laboratoire=, _n.m._, laboratory.
=laborieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, laboriously, painfully.
=laborieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, laborious, industrious, hard-working,
assiduous, toilsome, painful.
=labour=, _n.m._, plowing, tillage, dressing. _Terres de —_; plowed
lands. _Donner un — à une terre_; to till, to dress, a piece of ground.
_Donner un — à une vigne_; to dress a vine. _Bœufs de —_; yoke-oxen.
_Mettre en —_; to plow.
=labourable=, _adj._, arable.
=labourage=, _n.m._, tillage, husbandry; plowing, tilling.
=labourer=, _v.a._, to plow, to till; to dig, to turn up; to rip up; to
rip open; to toil through.
=labourer=, _v.n._, to plow, to till; to drudge; to toil and moil; (nav.)
to come home, to drag (of anchors); (of ships) to graze the bottom; (of
horses) to stumble.
=laboureur=, _n.m._, husbandman, plowman, tiller.
=labre=, _n.m._, rock-fish.
=labyrinthe=, _n.m._, labyrinth, maze.
=labyrinthique=, _adj._, labyrinthic.
=lac=, _n.m._, lake; (of rupees) lac.
=laçage=, =lacement=, _n.m._, lacing.
=lacé=, _n.m._, braid, beading.
=lacer=, _v.a._, to lace; (nav.) to attach; to line (of dogs).
_se_ =lacer=, _v.r._, to lace one’s self.
=lacérable=, _adj._, lacerable, tearable.
=lacération=, _n.f._, laceration.
=lacéré=, =-e=, _part._, (bot.) lacerate, lacerated.
=lacérer=, _v.a._, to lacerate, to tear; (jur.) to tear up, to destroy.
=laceret=, _n.m._, small auger.
=lacerne=, _n.f._, (antiq.) lacerna, a kind of cloak worn by the Romans.
=laceron=, _n.m._, (bot.) sow-thistle. _V._ =laiteron=.
=lacet=, _n.m._, lace; springe; braid; bow-string (to strangle); zigzags,
windings, turnings of mountain-roads. _pl._, toils. _Ferrer un —_; to tag
a lace. _Mouvement de —_; (rail.) oscillation.
=lâche=, _adj._, loose, slack, lax; slothful, sluggish; faint-hearted;
mean-spirited, dastardly; cowardly, base, mean, shameful. _Ce nœud est
trop —_; this knot is too loose.
=lâche=, _n.m._, coward, craven, dastard.
=lâché=, =-e=, _part._, slackened, loose, loosened.
=lâchement= (lâsh-mān), _adv._, sluggishly, slothfully; loosely, slackly;
dastardly, cowardly, basely.
=lâcher=, _v.a._, to slacken, to relax, to loose, to make loose, to
loosen; to let go, to let slip, to cast off, to throw off; to let out,
to unbind; to let loose, to release; to utter, to blurt out; to fire, to
discharge; to turn on. _— la bride à un cheval_; to loosen the reins of
a horse. _— pied_, _— le pied_; to retreat, to turn tail; to waver, to
be irresolute. _— sa proie_; to let go one’s prey. _— un prisonnier_; to
release a prisoner. _— prise_; to let go one’s hold. _— une arme à feu_;
to fire off a gun. _— un soufflet à quelqu’un_; to give any one a box on
the ear. _— une parole_, _— un mot_; to let out a word. _— le mot_, _la
parole_; to speak the word. _— une bordée_; (nav.) to fire a broadside.
_se_ =lâcher=, _v.r._, to slacken, to grow loose; to become loose, to
slip; to go off; to let one’s tongue run riot, to let out. _Se — d’un
cran_; to give the slip.
=lâcher=, _v.n._, to slacken, to grow slack, to become slack, to grow
loose, to become loose; to slip, to go off. _Si le fusil vient à —_; if
the gun happens to go off.
=lâcheté= (lâsh-té), _n.f._, cowardice, dastardliness, baseness; base
action; meanness, act of cowardice.
=lâcheur=, _n.m._, raftsman, wood-floater; (fig.) shabby, mean, cowardly
fellow.
=lacinié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) laciniate, laciniated, jagged.
=laciniure=, _n.f._, (bot.) jag.
=lacis=, _n.m._, net-work; (anat.) plexus.
=lack=, _n.m._, (_—s_) lac, lack. _Un — de roupies_; a lac of rupees
(_i.e._, 100,000).
=laconique=, _adj._, laconic, laconical.
=laconiquement= (-nik-mān), _adv._, laconically; briefly, concisely.
=laconisme=, _n.m._, laconism, laconicism.
=lacrymal=, =-e=, _adj._, lachrymal. _Sac —_; (anat.) lachrymal bag.
=lacrymatoire=, _n.m._, (Roman antiq.) lachrymatory.
=lacrymatoire=, _adj._, (Roman antiq.) lachrymary.
=lacs= (lâ), _n.m._, string, rope, tape, bow-string; gin, springe; (fig.)
noose, toils. _— d’amour_; love-knot.
=lactate=, _n.m._, (chem.) lactate.
=lactation=, _n.f._, lactation.
=lacté=, =-e=, _adj._, lacteal, milky, lacteous. _La voie —e_; (astron.)
the Milky-Way.
=lactescence=, _n.f._, lactescence.
=lactescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lactescent.
=lactifère=, _adj._, lactiferous.
=lactique=, _adj._, (chem.) lactic.
=lactomètre=, _n.m._, lactometer. _V._ =galactomètre=.
=lactucarium=, _n.m._, (pharm.) lettuce-opium.
=lacune=, _n.f._, gap, deficiency, break, omission, hiatus; interruption,
blank; desideratum; (bot.) air-cell, lacuna.
=lacustre=, _adj._, lacustral, lacustrine.
=ladanum=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) ladanum, gum-resin.
=ladite=, _adj.f._, the same, the said.
=ladre=, _adj._, leprous; measly (of pigs); insensible, unfeeling; mean,
sordid, stingy, scurvy, scaly; niggardly; churlish. _Lièvre —_; fen-hare.
=ladre=, _n.m._, =-sse=, _n.f._, leper; sordid person; scurvy person,
shabby person, niggard, curmudgeon. _Maison de —s_; lazar-house. _Un vrai
—_; a regular curmudgeon. _— vert_; sordid fellow, stingy churl.
=ladrerie=, _n.f._, leprosy; measles; sordid avarice, stinginess,
sordidness, scurviness, scaliness; lazar-house.
=lady= (lè-di), _n.f._, (_English_) lady.
=lagon=, _n.f._, lagoon.
=lagope=, _n.m._, (bot.) hare-foot.
=lagopède=, _n.m._, (orni.) ptarmigan.
=lagostome=, _n.m._, (anat.) hare-lip.
=lagune=, _n.f._, lagune, lagoon.
=lai=, =-e=, _adj._, lay.
=lai=, _n.m._, layman; lay (small poem); lay, complaint, lament.
=laïc=. _V._ =laïque=.
=laiche=, _n.f._, (bot.) sedge.
=laid=, =-e=, _adj._, ugly, ill-favored, ill-looking; plain; unseemly,
unhandsome, unbecoming. _— comme le péché_; as ugly as sin. _Ce que vous
dites là est bien —_; what you say is very unseemly _or_ improper.
=laid=, _n.m._, (the) ugly; ugly part, ugliness; ugly side; naughty boy.
=laide=, _n.f._, plain girl; naughty girl.
=laidement=, _adv._, uglily.
=laideron= (lè-dron), _n.f._, ugly girl, ugly woman; ugly creature.
=laideur=, _n.f._, ugliness, uncomeliness; plainness; deformity;
unseemliness.
=laie=, _n.f._, wild sow; path (in a forest); (mech.) stone-cutter’s
hammer.
=lainage=, _n.m._, woolen stuff, woolen goods; fleece; teasling.
=laine=, _n.f._, wool; worsted. _— à broder_; Berlin wool. _— d’agneau_;
lamb’s-wool. _Flocon de —_; flock of wool. _Bêtes à —_; wool-bearing
animals. _Se laisser manger la — sur le dos_; to let one’s self be
fleeced; to put up with everything. _De —_; woolen. _Manger la — sur le
dos à quelqu’un_; to fleece, to cheat, any one.
=lainer=, _v.a._, to tease, to teasel (wool).
=lainerie= (lè-n-rî), _n.f._, woolen goods; woolens; place for shearing
sheep; woolen-trade; wool-market; teaseling-shop.
=laineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, teaseler. _f._, gig (machine for
teaseling wool).
=laineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, woolly, fleecy; (bot.) downy, woolly; lanate,
lanated.
=laini-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of wool, woolen.
=lainier=, _n.m._, wool-stapler; wool-comber, wool-sorter.
=laïque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, layman; lay, laic, laical. _Les —s_; the
laity.
=lais=, _n.m._, standard-tree; standard; alluvion; accretion.
=laisse=, _n.f._, string; leash; slip; (hawking) lune. _— de lévriers_;
leash of greyhounds. _Mener quelqu’un en —_; to hold any one in
leading-strings, to lead any one by the nose. _En —_; in leash, leashed.
=laissées=, _n.f.pl._, dung (of bears, wild boars).
=laisser=, _v.a._, to leave, to quit, to desert, to abandon; to part
with; to leave, to bequeath; to suffer, to permit, to let, to allow; to
let alone; to omit; to leave off; to leave out; to give up. _— tout à
l’abandon_; to leave everything in disorder. _— tout aller_; to neglect
everything. _— tout traîner_; to let everything lie about in disorder, to
keep nothing in its proper place. _— la vie à quelqu’un_; to spare any
one’s life. _— quelqu’un en paix_, _en repos_; to let any one alone, to
let any one be. _— là quelqu’un_; to leave any one in the lurch, to give
up any one. _— là quelque chose_; to leave off, to discontinue, to give
up, any thing. _— quelqu’un pour ce qu’il est_; to take no notice of, not
to mind, a person. _Il y a à prendre et à — dans ces choses_; you must
pick and choose among all these things. _Avoir le prendre ou le —_; to
have the choice. _À prendre ou à laisser_; to be taken or left alone;
take it or leave it. _— une chose à un certain prix_; to dispose of a
thing for a certain price. _On n’a qu’à le — faire_; he only needs being
let alone. Laissez donc! stuff, nonsense! _Laissez-moi donc tranquille!_
do leave me alone! stuff and nonsense! _Laissez-moi faire_; leave it _or_
him _or_ her to me. _— aller_; to let go. _— sortir_; to let out. _Cela
ne laisse pas que d’être vrai_; it is true, nevertheless. _— à désirer_;
room for improvement.
_se_ =laisser=, _v.r._, to allow one’s self, to suffer one’s self. _Se
— conduire_; to let one’s self be led. _Se — aller à ses passions_; to
give one’s self up to one’s passions. _Se — tomber_; to let one’s self
fall. _Se — mourir_; to die. _Se — aller à la tentation_; to give one’s
self up to temptation. _Se — aller à la douleur_; to abandon one’s self
to grief. _Se — lire_; to be readable, pleasant to read. _Se — manger_,
_se — boire_; to be palatable. _Se — faire_; to offer no resistance. _Se
— dire_; to allow one’s self to be told. _Se — prendre_; to allow one’s
self to be taken _or_ to allow something to be taken from one.
=laisser-aller=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) ease, freedom, unrestraint, negligence;
indulgence, indolence; unconstraint.
=laisser-courre=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (hunt.) starting-place (where the dogs
are loosed).
=laisser-faire=, =laissez faire=, _n.m._, non-intervention,
non-interference.
=laissez-passer=, =laisser-passer=, _n.m._, (_—_) permit, leave,
permission, permit for transit.
=lait=, _n.m._, milk, milk-duct; white, glair (of eggs). _Fièvre de —_;
milk-fever. _Frère de —_; foster-brother. _Sœur de —_; foster-sister.
_Cochon de —_; sucking-pig. _Petit-—_, (_n.p._), _— clair_; whey. _—
coupé_; milk and water. _— de beurre_; buttermilk. _— de poule_; mulled
egg, egg-flip. _— écrémé_; skim-milk. _Gros —_; curd. _Être au —_; to be
made with milk; to be restricted to milk diet. _Vache à —_; dairy-cow,
milch cow. _Bouillir du — à quelqu’un_; to please, to pamper, any one. _—
de chaux_; whitewash. _Riz au —_; rice milk.
=laitage=, _n.m._, milk food. _Régime de —_; milk diet.
=laitance= _or_ =laite=, _n.f._, (ich.) milt, melt, soft roe; lime-wash,
whitewash.
=laité=, =-e=, _adj._, soft-roed.
=laitée=, _n.f._, litter (of a bitch). _V._ =portée=.
=laiterie= (lè-trî), _n.f._, dairy; dairy-room; dairy-farm, milk-farm.
=laiteron= (lè-tron), _n.m._, (bot.) sow-thistle; hare’s-lettuce.
=laiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lacteous, milky.
=laitier= (-tié), _n.m._, (metal.) dross; slag, clinkers. _— des
volcans_; fragments of lava.
=laitier= (-tié), _n.m._, milkman.
=laitière=, _n.f._, milkwoman, milkmaid, dairy-maid; milch cow; woman
with a great deal of milk. _Cette vache est une bonne —_; this cow gives
a great deal of milk.
=laitière=, _adj._, milch, yielding milk (of cows). _Vache —_; milch cow.
=laiton=, _n.m._, latten, brass. _Fil de —_; brass wire.
=laitue=, _n.f._, (bot.) lettuce. _— pommée_; cabbage-lettuce. _—
romaine_; cos-lettuce. _— de mer_; oyster-green.
=laize=, _n.f._, width (of cloth, etc.).
=lakiste=, _n.m._, _adj._, lakist, lake-poet. _—s_; lakists, lake school.
=là là=, _adv._ _V._ =là=.
=là là!= _int._ _V._ =là=.
=lama=, _n.m._, Lama (of the Tartars).
=lama= _or_ =llama=, _n.m._, (mam.) lama (goat).
=lamanage=, _n.m._, harbor-pilotage.
=lamaneur=, _n.m._, harbor-pilot.
=lamantin=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) _V._ =lamentin=.
=lambdoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) lambdoidal.
=lambeau=, _n.m._, rag, tatter; shred, strip, fragment, scrap; remains
(of flesh); bit. _Mettre en —x_; to tear into rags.
=lambel=, _n.m._, (her.) label.
=lambin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, loiterer, dawdler; slowcoach, slow,
dawdling.
=lambiner=, _v.n._, to linger, to loiter, to dawdle, to trifle, to
dilly-dally.
=lambourde=, _n.f._, (carp.) joist; (mas.) soft stone.
=lambourder=, _v.a._, to joist.
=lambrequins=, _n.m.pl._, (her.) mantling; (arch.) scallop; valance,
hanging fringe.
=lambris=, _n.m._, paneling; wainscot; ceiling; dado, canopy; (poet.
st.e.) mansion, palace; sumptuous decoration of a mansion. _— feint_;
imitation paneling.
=lambrissage=, _n.m._, wainscoting, paneling.
=lambrisser=, _v.a._, to panel; to wainscot.
=lambruche= _or_ =lambrusque=, _n.f._, (bot.) wild vine, fox grape.
=lame=, _n.f._, plate, sheet (metal.); (anat.) lamina; blade; sword,
swordsman; (nav.) billow, surge, wave; (pers.) hussy, jade, blade; (bot.)
gill; wire (of gold, of silver). _Fine —_; sly hussy (of a woman). _Entre
deux —s_; in the trough of the sea. _Emporté par une —_; washed away. _—
de fond_; ground-swell. _La — use le fourreau_; the steel wears away the
scabbard; the mind wears out the body. _Bonne —_; good swordsman.
=lamé=, =-e=, _adj._, laminated.
=lamelle=, _n.f._, lamella.
=lamellé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =lamelleux=.
=lamelleu-x=, =-se= (la-mèl-leû), _adj._, lamellated, lamellar; scaly.
=lamentable=, _adj._, lamentable, woeful; mournful, rueful, sad,
distressing.
=lamentablement=, _adv._, lamentably, mournfully, woefully, ruefully.
=lamentation=, _n.f._, lamentation, bewailing, wailing; lament, whining.
=lamenter=, _v.a._, to lament, to bewail, to bemoan, to mourn, to mourn
over.
_se_ =lamenter=, _v.r._, to lament, to mourn, to moan, to bewail, to
whine.
=lamenter=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to lament.
=lamentin=, _n.m._, lamantin, sea-cow, sea-maid, mermaid, manatee.
=lamie=, _n.f._, (antiq., ent.) lamia; (ich.) white shark.
=lamier=, _n.m._, foil-maker; (bot.) dead-nettle; archangel.
=laminage=, _n.m._, (metal.) flattening (of gold); rolling.
=laminer=, _v.a._, (metal.) to flatten (of gold); to roll.
=laminerie=, _n.f._, (metal.) rolling-mills. _V._ =laminoir=.
=lamineur=, _n.m._, (metal.) flattener, roller.
=lamineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ _V._ =cellulaire=.
=laminoir=, _n.m._, (metal.) flattening-mill, rolling-mill.
=lampadaire=, _n.m._, lamp-post, sconce; (antiq.) torch-bearer.
=lampadiste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) lampadist.
=lampadophore=, _n.m._, (antiq.) torch-bearer.
=lampas= (-pâss), _n.m._, (vet.) lampas (horse disease); silk damask,
figured silk. _S’humecter le —_; to wet one’s whistle (pop.).
=lampassé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) langued.
=lampe=, _n.f._, lamp, light. _— d’Argand_; Argand lamp. _— d’argent_;
silver lamp. _— de sûreté_, _— de Davy_; safety-lamp. _— à esprit de
vin_; spirit-lamp. _Dessous de —_; lamp-stand. _Arranger une —_; to trim
a lamp. _Sentir la —_; to smell of the lamp, of the midnight oil. _Culs
de —s_; (print.) tail-pieces.
=lampée=, _n.f._, (pop.) tumblerful, bumper.
=lamper=, _v.a._ and _n._, (pop.) to toss off (drink); (of the sea) to
phosphoresce, to be phosphorescent.
=lamperon= (lanp-ron), _n.m._, wick-holder.
=lampette=, _n.f._, (bot.) corn-cockle.
=lampion=, _n.m._, grease-pot, illumination-lamp; church-lamp; (pop.)
three-cornered hat, cocked hat.
=lampiste=, _n.m._, lamp-maker; lamp-lighter.
=lampisterie=, _n.f._, lamp-room.
*=lamprillon=, _n.m._ _V._ =lamproyon=.
=lamproie=, _n.f._, lamprey.
=lamproyon=, _n.m._, young lamprey.
=lampsane=, _n.f._, (bot.) nipple-wort.
=lampyre=, _n.m._, lampyris, glow-worm.
=lançage= _or_ =lancement=, _n.m._, darting, throwing; (nav.) launch,
launching.
=lance=, _n.f._, lance, spear; staff; flagstaff; nozzle (of a fire-hose).
_Rompre une — pour quelqu’un_; to take up the cudgels for any one.
_Baisser la —_; to strike one’s flag, to give in.
=lancéolaire=, _adj._, (bot.) lanceolate, lanceolated, lance-shaped (of
leaves).
=lancéolé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lanceolate.
=lancer=, _v.a._, to dart, to fling, to hurl, to throw, to cast, to
launch; to shoot, to shoot forth; to issue (a warrant). _— un javelot_;
to dart a javelin. _— une pierre_; to fling a stone. _— un regard de
colère_; to dart an angry look. _— des regards_; to cast looks. _— une
flèche_; to shoot an arrow. _— un cheval_; to push on a horse. _— un
vaisseau_; to launch a ship. _— un arrêt_; to issue a warrant _or_ fiat.
_se_ =lancer=, _v.r._, to dart, to spring; to rush, to make a rush;
to launch; to start; to fly; (fig.) to make a start. _Se — dans les
affaires_; to launch out (into business).
=lancer=, _v.n._, (of a ship) to yaw, to sheer.
=lancette=, _n.f._, (surg.) lancet. _Donner un coup de —_; to lance.
=lanceur=, _n.m._, pushing fellow. _— d’affaires_; company promoter,
speculator.
=lanceuse=, _n.f._, procuress, go-between.
=lancier=, _n.m._, (milit.) lancer.
=lancière=, _n.f._, waste-gate (of a mill-dam).
=lancinant=, =-e=, _adj._, shooting (of pain).
=lançoir=, _n.m._, mill-gate (of water-mills).
=landamman=, _n.m._, landamman (Swiss magistrate).
=landau=, _n.m._, (landaus), landau.
=lande=, _n.f._, waste land, moor, heath, common.
=landgrave=, _n.m._, landgrave.
=landgraviat=, _n.m._, landgraviate.
=landgravine=, _n.f._, landgravine.
=landier=, _n.m._, kitchen fire-dog, andiron.
=landière=, _n.f._, booth, stall (erected on commons).
=landwehr=, _n.f._, (_—s_) landwehr.
=laneret= (la-n-rè), _n.m._, (orni.) lanneret, shrike.
=langage=, _n.m._, language, tongue, speech, diction; talk, words, style,
expression. _Changer de —_; to change one’s tone. _Ils tiennent tous le
même —_; they all say the same thing.
=lange=, _n.m._, swaddling-cloth. _pl._, swaddling-clothes, swaddling
bands.
=langoureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, languishingly.
=langoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pining, languishing, melancholy. _n.m._,
languishing lover.
=langouste=, _n.f._, spiny lobster, crawfish.
=langue= (lāng), _n.f._, tongue; language; neck, tongue, strip (of land).
_Une mauvaise —_; a slanderous tongue. _C’est une mauvaise —_; he, she,
is a tale-bearer. _Tirer la —_; to put out one’s tongue; (fig.) to be in
distress. _Avoir la — liée_; to be tongue-tied. _Avoir la — bien pendue_;
to have the gift of the gab. _Avoir la — grasse_; to speak thick. _Avoir
la — trop longue_; not to be able to hold one’s tongue. _Avoir un mot sur
le bout de la —_; to have a word on the tip of one’s tongue. _La — lui a
fourché_; his, her, tongue tripped. _Prendre —_; to obtain intelligence
of what is going on, to make inquiries. _Coup de —_; backbiting, sarcasm.
_Donner des coups de — à_; to slander, to cast reflections on. _Jeter sa
— aux chiens_; to give up guessing. _Votre énigme est trop difficile, je
jette ma — aux chiens_; your riddle is too difficult, I give it up. _Beau
parler n’écorche point la —_; civility costs nothing. _— vivante_; living
language. _— morte_; dead language. _— vulgaire_; vulgar tongue. _Maître
de —s_; teacher of languages. _Quelle —!_ what a tongue he, she has! _Sa
— va toujours_; his or her tongue never stops. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_;
to give any one his cue.
=langue-de-serpent=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) serpent’s-tongue, adder’s
tongue; (geol.) serpent’s-tongue, petrified fish teeth.
=languette= (-ghèt), _n.f._, tongue, strip, valve; partition (thing
shaped like a tongue); key (of musical instruments); index (of a balance).
=langueur= (-gheur), _n.f._, languidness, languor, weakness, weariness.
_pl._, debility. _Maladie de —_; lingering illness; decline.
=langueyer= (-ghé-ié), _v.a._, to examine the tongue of a hog. _— des
valets_; (fig.) to pump servants (so as to get at their masters’ secrets).
=langueyeur= (-ghè-ieur), _n.m._, examiner of hogs’ tongues.
=languier= (-ghiè), _n.m._, smoked hog’s tongue.
=languir= (-ghir), _v.n._, to languish, to linger, to pine, to pine away,
to droop, to be sickly, to fade; to flag. _— de misère_; to languish in
misery. _— d’amour_; to pine away for love. _La conversation languit_;
the conversation flags. _Ne nous faites pas —_; don’t keep us waiting; or
out with it.
=languissamment= (-ghi-sa-mān), _adv._, languishingly, droopingly,
lingeringly.
=languissant=, =-e=, _adj._, languid, languishing, lingering, pining,
drooping, sickly, fading; (com.) dull.
=lanice=, _adj._, of wool. _Bourre —_; flock of wool.
=lanier=, _n.m._, (orni.) lanner, lanneret, shrike.
=lanière=, _n.f._, thong, lash.
=lanifère=, _adj._, lanigerous, laniferous.
=lanigère=, _adj._ _V._ =lanifère=.
=laniste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) lanista.
=lansquenet= (lans-kĕ-nè), _n.m._, lansquenet (card game); German foot
soldier.
=lantanier=, _n.m._, (bot.) lantana.
=lanter=, _v.a._, to emboss, to chase (copper ware).
=lanterne=, _n.f._, lantern; (arch.) lantern, lantern-tower,
lantern-light; spy-place; (mec.) lantern-wheel; trundle; assay-balance;
glass-case. _pl._, fooleries; idle stories, nonsense. _— sourde_;
dark-lantern. _— magique_; magic-lantern. _Il veut faire croire que des
vessies sont des —s_; he would have one believe that the moon is made
of green cheese. _Mettre à la —_; to hang up at the lamp-post, to lynch
(French revolution). _À la —!_ to the lamp-post with him, her, them!
lynch him!
=lanterner=, _v.n._, to dally, to trifle, to shuffle, to trifle away
one’s time; to be irresolute.
=lanterner=, _v.a._, to trifle with, to make a fool of; to put off; to
bore.
=lanternerie=, _n.f._, irresolution; trifling; dallying; shuffling;
nonsense.
=lanterni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, trifler, babbler; (l.u.)
lantern-maker, lamplighter.
=lantiponnage=, _n.m._, nonsense, stuff, rigmarole, twaddle.
=lantiponner=, _v.a.n._, to talk nonsense; to talk stuff and nonsense to;
to bother any one.
=lanturelu= _or_ =lanturlu=, _adv._, stuff! fudge! fiddle-sticks! _Il lui
a répondu —_; stuff and nonsense! he said to him.
=lanugineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lanuginous, downy.
=lapement=, _n.m._, lapping.
=laper=, _v.a.n._, to lap, to lick up.
=lapereau= (la-prô), _n.m._, young rabbit.
=lapidaire=, _n.m._, lapidary.
=lapidation=, _n.f._, lapidation, stoning.
=lapider=, _v.a._, to lapidate, to stone to death, to pelt with stones;
(fig.) to tear to pieces.
=lapidification=, _n.f._, lapidification.
=lapidifier=, _v.a._, to lapidify.
_se_ =lapidifier=, _v.r._, to lapidify, to become lapidified.
=lapidifique=, _adj._, lapidific.
=lapin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, rabbit, buck-rabbit; doe-rabbit. _Monter
en —_; to ride beside the driver, _or_ on the box. _— de clapier_; tame
rabbit. _— de garenne_; wild rabbit.
=lapis= _or_ =lapis lazuli= (-pis), _n.m._, (_—_) lapis lazuli.
=lapon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Laplander.
=laps= (laps), _n.m._, lapse (of time).
=laps=, =-e=, _adj._, lapsed, fallen. _— et relaps_; fallen back into
heresy.
=lapsus=, _n.m._, slip (of the tongue). _— calami_; slip of the pen. _—
linguæ_; slip of the tongue.
=laquais= (la-kê), _n.m._, lackey, footman, flunkey.
=laque=, _n.f._, lac, lake. _Gomme —_; gum-lac. _— en bâtons_; stick-lac.
_— en grain_; seed-lac.
=laque=, _n.m._, lacker. _Vernis —_; japan.
=laquelle=, _pron._ _f._, which, who, that.
=laquer=, _v.a._, to lacquer, to varnish, to japan.
=laquet=, _n.m._, lakelet, little lake.
=laqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, of the nature of lac; lake-colored.
=larcin=, _n.m._, larceny; theft, pilfering; robbery; plagiarism. _Faire
un —_; to commit a theft. _Faire un doux —_; to steal a kiss.
=lard= (lâr), _n.m._, bacon, pork, pig’s fat. _Flèche de —_; flitch of
bacon. _Tranche de —_; rasher of bacon. _Il fait du —_; he grows fat (by
sleeping).
=larder=, _v.a._, to lard, to stick; to interlard; to run through,
to pierce. _— un discours de citations_; to interlard a speech with
quotations. _— de coups d’épée_; to run through with a sword. _— de la
viande_; to lard meat.
=lardoire=, _n.f._, larding-needle _or_ pin.
=lardon=, _n.m._, thin slice of bacon; joke, cut, jest, jibe.
=lare= (lâr), _n.m._, (myth.) Lar, household god. _pl._, (fig.) fireside,
hearth.
=large=, _adj._, broad, wide, large; great, grand; extensive, liberal,
ample, generous, easy; lax, loose.
=large=, _n.m._, breadth, width; (nav.) offing, open sea. _Porter au
—_; (nav.) to bear off from the land. _Au —!_ keep off! _Gagner le —_;
_courir au —_; _prendre le —_; to stand out to sea, to put out to sea.
_Pousser au —_; to put off, to push off; to sheer off. _Cette rue a
soixante pieds de —_; this street is sixty feet wide. _Au —_; spaciously,
abroad, comfortably, at one’s ease, well off; (_int._) keep off! _Être au
—_; to be abroad, to be at one’s ease. _Être logé au —_; to have a great
deal of room. _Au long et au —_; in length and width, far and wide. _De
long en —_; to and fro; backwards and forwards; up and down.
=large=, _adv._, wide; grandly; largely. _Ce cheval va trop —_; that
horse goes too wide.
=largement=, _adv._, largely, abundantly, amply, fully, plentifully,
grandly, liberally.
=largesse=, _n.f._, largess, liberality, bounty, munificence, gratuity,
fee. _Faire des —s_; to be liberal. _Pièces de —_; largess money; dole.
=largeur=, _n.f._, breadth, width; wideness, broadness.
=larghetto= (-ghèt-tô), _adv._, (mus.) larghetto.
=largo=, _adv._, (mus.) largo.
=largue= (larg), _n.m._, (l.u.) (nav.) offing, open sea.
=largue=, _adj._, (nav.) slack, large; flowing. _Ecoutes —s_; (nav.)
flowing sheets. _Vent —_; leading wind, side wind, wind on the quarter.
_Porter_ or _courir —_; (nav.) to sail large.
=larguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (nav.) to cast off; to let run (ropes); to let
out (reefs).
=larigot=, _n.m._, ☉flute, flageolet. _Boire à tire-—_; to drink hard.
=larix= (la-riks), _n.m._ _V._ =mélèze=.
=larmaire=, _adj._, (bot.) tear-shaped.
=larme=, _n.f._, tear; drop. _Pleurer à chaudes —s_; to shed bitter
tears; to weep bitterly. _Verser des —s_; to shed tears. _Fondre en —s_;
to melt into tears. _À chaudes —s_; bitterly. _Avoir le don des —s_; to
have tears at command.
=larmier=, _n.m._, (arch.) larmier, corona, drip-stone; coping; eye-vein
(of the horse).
=larmières=, _n.f.pl._, _or_ =larmiers=, _n.m.pl._, tear-pit (of the
stag).
=larmoiement= (-moa-mān), _n.m._, watering of the eyes.
=larmoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, weeping, in tears, lachrymose, whining,
whimpering; (fig.) pathetic, tragic.
=larmoyer=, _v.n._, to cry, to shed tears, to whine, to whimper; to water
(of the eyes).
=larmoyeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, weeper, whimperer, whiner.
=larron=, _n.m._, thief; (print.) bite; (book-bind.) leaf folded in and
not cut. _S’entendre comme —s en foire_; to be as thick as thieves.
_L’occasion fait le —_; opportunity makes the thief.
=larronneau=, _n.m._, little thief; pilferer.
=larronnesse=, _n.f._, a female thief.
=larve=, _n.f._, (ent.) larva, grub, worm, caterpillar.
=larves=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) ghosts, specters, hobgoblins.
=laryngé=, =-e=, _adj._, laryngean.
=laryngien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, laryngean.
=laryngite=, _n.f._, (med.) laryngitis.
=laryngotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) laryngotomy.
=larynx= (la-rinks), _n.m._, (anat.) larynx.
=las!= (lâ) _int._, alas!
=las=, =-se=, _adj._, tired, weary, fatigued. _— de travailler_; tired of
working. _Un — d’aller_; a lazy fellow. _Faire quelque chose de guerre
—se_; to do a thing for the sake of peace and quiet.
=lascar=, _n.m._, lascar (East Indian sailor).
=lasci-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, lascivious, lewd, lustful, wanton, lecherous.
=lascivement= (las-siv-mān), _adv._, lasciviously, lewdly, wantonly,
lecherously.
=lasciveté= (las-siv-tè), _n.f._, lasciviousness, lewdness, lust,
lustfulness.
=laser= (-zèr), _n.m._, (bot.) laserwort.
=lassant=, =-e=, _adj._, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing, tedious.
=lasser=, _v.a._, to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to wear out; to catch
with a lasso; to lasso.
=lasser=, _v.n._, to be tiring, wearying.
_se_ =lasser=, _v.r._, to tire, to grow tired, to be fatigued, to be
wearied.
=lassitude=, _n.f._, lassitude, weariness.
=last= _or_ =laste=, _n.m._, (com., nav.) last (two tons weight, 4,000
kil.).
=lasting= (-tīngh), _n.m._, lasting (stuff).
=latanier=, _n.m._, fan-palm, latania.
=latent=, =-e=, _adj._, latent, hid, concealed, secret.
=latéral=, =-e=, _adj._, lateral, side.
=latéralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, laterally; sideways.
_a_ =latere=. _V._ =légat=.
=lathyrus=, _n.m._, (bot.) lathyrus.
=laticlave=, _n.m._, (antiq.) laticlave.
=latin=, =-e=, _adj._, Latin; (nav.) lateen. _Voile —e_; lateen sail. _La
langue —e_; the Latin language.
=latin=, _n.m._, Latin. _Il est au bout de son —_; he is at his wit’s
end. _Du — de cuisine_; dog Latin. _Y perdre son —_; not to be able to
make it out.
=latiniser=, _v.a._, to latinize.
=latinisme=, _n.m._, latinism.
=latiniste=, _n.m._, latinist.
=latinité=, _n.f._, latinity. _La basse —_; low Latin.
=latitude=, _n.f._, latitude; extent; room, space, margin; (fig.) freedom
of action; climate.
=latitudinaire=, _adj._, latitudinarian.
=latomie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) latomia.
=latrie=, _n.f._, latria.
=latrine=, _n.f._, privy, water-closet.
=latte=, _n.f._, lath.
=latter=, _v.a._, to lath.
=lattis=, _n.m._, lathing, lath-work.
=laudanisé=, =-e=, _adj._, containing laudanum.
=laudanum=, _n.m._, laudanum.
=laudati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, laudatory.
=laudes= (lôd), _n.f.pl._, (c.rel.) lauds.
=lauréat=, _adj._, laureate. _n.m._, prizeman.
=lauréole=, _n.f._, (bot.) spurge-laurel.
=laurier=, _n.m._, laurel, bay-tree; (fig.) glory, honor. _—-rose_;
oleander, rose-bay. _— tin_; wild laurel. _Couronné de —s_; crowned with
laurels, glory.
=laurose=, _n.m._, (bot.) oleander, rose-bay.
=lavable=, _adj._, washable.
=lavabo= (-bô), _n.m._, wash-stand.
=lavage=, _n.m._, washing; slops; wash; diluting, dilution. _En —_;
diluted.
=lavanche= _or_ =lavange=, _n.f._ _V._ =avalanche=.
=lavande=, _n.f._, (bot.) lavender. _— commune_, _— officinale_; common
lavender.
=lavanderie=, _n.f._, (old) laundry, wash-house.
=lavandier=, _n.m._, yeoman of the laundry.
=lavandière=, _n.f._, (l.u.) laundress, washer-woman; (orni.) wagtail;
(local) barge, boat.
=lavanèse=, _n.f._, (bot.) goat’s-rue.
=lavaret=, _n.m._, (ich.) gwiniad, fresh-water herring.
=lavasse=, _n.f._, sudden shower of rain (l.u.); sloppy sauce; wash,
wish-wash.
=lave=, _n.f._, lava.
=lavé=, =-e=, _part._, washed, pale, faint. _Couleur —e_; (paint.) light
color. _Cheval bai —_; light bay horse.
=lavement= (la-vmān), _n.m._, (c.rel.) washing; (med.) injection, clyster.
=laver=, _v.a._, to wash, to wash off, to cleanse; to wash up; to lave,
to bathe; to absolve, to declare innocent. _— la tête à quelqu’un_; to
blow any one up; to rate any one soundly.
_se_ =laver=, _v.r._, to wash, to wash one’s self. _Se — les mains_; to
wash one’s hands. _Se — d’un crime_; to clear one’s self of a crime. _Je
m’en lave les mains_; I will have nothing to do with it, I wash my hands
of the business.
=lavette=, _n.f._, dish-cloth, dish-clout.
=laveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, washer, scourer. _—se de vaisselle_;
scullion, scullery-maid. _— de mines_; buddler. _— de cendres_;
metal-refiner.
=lavis=, _n.m._, wash, coloring, tinting. _Dessin fait au —_; washed
drawing; (engr.) aquatint.
=lavoir=, _n.m._, washing-place, wash-house; scullery; (metal.) buddle;
rubbing-board.
=lavure=, _n.f._, dish-water, hogwash; (gold.) washing. _pl._,
goldsmith’s sweepings. _— de vaisselle_; dish-water; (fig.) weak,
tasteless broth.
=laxati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, laxative, opening.
=laxatif=, _n.m._, (pharm.) laxative.
=laxité=, _n.m._, (med.) laxity, looseness.
=layer=, _v.a._, to cut a path through a forest.
=layetier= (-tié), _n.m._, box-maker, packing-case maker.
=layette=, _n.f._, (old) baby-linen; drawer, box.
=layetterie= (lè-iè-trî), _n.f._, box-trade; baby-linen trade.
=layeur=, _n.m._, forest-surveyor.
=layou=, _n.m._, tail-board (of a van); (hunt.) straight path.
=lazaret=, _n.m._, lazaretto, lazar-house.
=lazariste=, _n.m._, Lazarite, Lazarist (monk).
=lazarone=, _n.m._, (_lazaroni_) lazarone.
=lazuli=. _V._ =lapis=.
=lazulite=, _n.m._, (min.) lazulite, azure-stone.
=lazzi=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—s_) piece of buffoonery, jest, joke, pun.
=le=, _art.m._, =la=, _f._, =les=, _pl.m.f._, the. _La nuit_; in the,
during the night. _Le coquin!_ what a scoundrel!
=le=, _pron._ _m._, =la=, _f._, =les=, _pl.m.f._, him, her, it, them; so.
_Je les vois_; I see them. _Je le vois_; I see him, it. _Il l’aime_; he
loves him, it. _Je l’aime_; I love her. _Donnez-le-moi_; give it me. _La
voici_; here she is. _Je suis enrhumée, mes femmes le sont aussi_; I have
got a cold, so have my maids.
=lé=, _n.m._, breadth (of linen); tow-path.
=lèche=, _n.f._, thin slice. _— cul_; toady, lick-spittle.
=léché=, =-e=, _part._, licked. _Tableau —_; (paint.) labored picture.
_à_ =lèche-doigts=, _adv._, (l.u.) in small quantities, niggardly,
meanly, sparingly, just enough to taste.
=lèchefrite= (lèsh-frit), _n.f._, dripping-pan.
=lécher=, _v.a._, to lick, to lick up; (paint.) to labor, to polish, to
elaborate, to overdo.
_se_ =lécher=, _v.r._, to lick one’s self. _S’en — les doigts_; to lick
one’s chops over it.
=lécheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gormandizer; sponger.
=leçon=, _n.f._, lesson; lecture; reading. _Vraie —_; true reading (of a
text). _—s publiques_; public lectures. _Il a pris des —s d’un tel_; he
took lessons from such a one. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to give any one
his cue, to lecture any one, to coach up any one.
=lect-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, reader, (old) lecturer, professor.
_— bénévole_; gentle reader.
=lecture=, _n.f._, reading; perusal. _Il a beaucoup de —_; he is
well-read. _Savant par la —_; well-read. _Cabinet de —_; reading-room,
circulating library; newsroom.
=légal=, =-e=, _adj._, legal, lawful, legitimate.
=légalement= (-gal-mān), _adv._, legally, lawfully, legitimately.
=légalisation=, _n.f._, (jur.) legalization, authentication.
=légaliser=, _v.a._, (jur.) to authenticate, to legalize, to render legal.
=légalité=, _n.f._, legality, lawfulness.
=légat=, _n.m._, legate. _— à latere_; legate à latere.
=légataire=, _n.m.f._, (jur.) legatee. _— universel_ or _— à titre
universel_; sole _or_ residuary legatee.
=légation=, _n.f._, legateship, legation.
=légatoire=, _adj._, legatory.
=lége=, _adj._, (nav.) light.
=légendaire=, _n.m._, legendary.
=légende=, _n.f._, legend; inscription, motto, story; legend (of medals).
=lég-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, light; buoyant, easy; fleet, fast; nimble,
active; fickle, unsteady, light-headed; feeble, faint, frivolous,
trifling, slight, inconsiderate, giddy, thoughtless. _À la —e_;
thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, carelessly. _Vin —_; light wine. _Être —
à la course_; to be fleet of foot. _Cavalerie —e_; light-horse. _Avoir
la tête —e_; to be hare-brained, light-headed. _Une faute —e_; a small
fault. _Être vêtu à la —e_; to be lightly dressed.
=légèrement= (lé-jèr-mān), _adv._, lightly, slightly; nimbly, swiftly,
cursorily, thoughtlessly.
=légèreté= (lé-jèr-té), _n.f._, lightness, nimbleness, swiftness,
fickleness, unsteadiness; instability; levity, frivolity, airiness,
inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness; slight fault. _La — d’un cerf_; the
fleetness of a stag.
=légiférer=, _v.n._, to legislate.
=légion=, _n.f._, legion. _— d’honneur_; Legion of Honor (a French order
of knighthood, civil and military). _— de parents_; host of relations.
=légionnaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, legionary; knight of the Legion of
Honor.
=législat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._ and _n._, legislating, law-giving,
regulating; legislator; legislatrix; law-giver, law-maker.
=législati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, legislative.
=législation=, _n.f._, legislation.
=législature=, _n.f._, legislature.
=légiste=, _n.m._, legist, civilian.
=légitimaire=, _adj._, (jur.) secured by law.
=légitimation=, _n.f._, legitimation; legalization; recognition.
=légitime=, _adj._, just, lawful, legitimate, rightful, justifiable.
_Part —_; legal share. _Enfant —_; child born in wedlock.
=légitime=, _n.f._, (jur.) lawful portion of a child.
=légitimement= (-tim-mān), _adv._, legitimately, lawfully, justly,
rightfully, fairly, justifiably.
=légitimer=, _v.a._, to legitimate; to justify; to legalize; to
recognize. _L’ivresse ne légitime aucune mauvaise action_; drunkenness
does not justify any bad action.
=légitimiste=, _n.m.f._, legitimist.
=légitimité=, _n.f._, legitimacy, lawfulness, rightfulness, fairness,
justifiableness.
=legs= (lê), _n.m._, legacy, bequest, gift by will.
=léguer= (lé-ghé), _v.a._, to leave, to leave by will, to devise, to
bequeath. _Se —_; to be bequeathed.
=légume=, _n.m._, vegetable, pot-herb; pulse; legume, legumen.
=légumi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of vegetables. _n.m._, vegetable-dish,
vegetable-garden.
=légumineuses=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) leguminous plants.
=légumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, leguminous.
=légumineux=, _n.m.pl._, vegetables.
=lemme= (lèm), _n.m._, (geom.) lemma.
=lemne=, _n.f._, (bot.) lemna, duckweed.
=lémures=, _n.m.pl._, (Roman antiq.) lemures.
=lémuriens= (-in), _n.m.pl._, (mam.) lemuridæ.
=lémuries=, _n.f.pl._, (Roman antiq.) lemuria.
=lendemain= (lān-dmin), _n.m._, morrow, next day, day after, following
day. _Le — de ses noces_; the day after one’s marriage. _Penser au —_; to
think of the morrow.
=lendore=, _n.m.f._, dawdle, humdrum, dawdling person.
=lénifier=, _v.a._, (med.) to lenify.
=léniti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) lenitive.
=lénitif=, _n.m._, (med.) lenitive, emollient.
=lent=, =-e=, _adj._, slow, tardy; remiss; lingering, slack, dull. _— à
parler_; slow of speech. _— à payer_; slack in one’s payments. _Fièvre
—e_; slow fever, low fever.
=lente=, _n.f._, (ent.) nit.
=lentement= (lān-tmān), _adv._, slowly, tardily, remissly; sluggishly.
=lenteur=, _n.f._, slowness, tardiness, remissness.
=lenticulaire= _or_ =lenticulé=, =-e=, _adj._, lenticular, lentiform.
=lenticule=, _n.f._, (bot.) duckweed.
=lentiforme=, _adj._, lentiform, lenticular.
=lentigineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) lentiginous; freckled, freckly.
=lentigo=, _n.m._, (med.) lentigo; freckles.
*=lentille=, _n.f._, (bot.) lentil; freckle; lens; pendulum-bob. _Visage
couvert de —s_; face freckled all over.
*=lentilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.u.) freckled.
=lentisque=, _n.m._, (bot.) lentisk, mastic-tree.
=léonin=, =-e=, _adj._, leonine.
=léonure= _or_ =léonurus=, _n.m._, (bot.) motherwort.
=léopard=, _n.m._, leopard.
=lépas=, _n.m._, (conch.) limpet, patella.
=lépidoptère=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (ent.) lepidopter, lepidoptera;
lepidopterous.
=lépisme=, _n.m._, (ent.) book-worm, mite.
=lèpre=, _n.f._, leprosy.
=lépreu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, leper; leprous.
=léproserie= (lé-prô-zrî), _n.f._, lazar-house.
=lepte=, _n.m._, (ent.) leptus. _— automnal_; wheal-worm.
=lequel=, _pron._ _m._, =laquelle=, _f._, =lesquels=, _pl.m._,
=lesquelles=, _pl.f._, who, whom, that, which; (interrogatively) which
one, which. _Lequel_, _laquelle_, _vous plaît davantage?_ which pleases
you best? _Lequel_, _laquelle_, _préférez-vous?_ which one do you prefer?
=lérot= _or_ =liron=, _n.m._, (mam.) garden-dormouse.
=les=, _definite art._ and _pers. pr. pl._, the; them. _V._ =le=.
=lèse=, _adj._, high-treason. [Only used in connection with some other
word.]
=lèse-faculté=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (jest.) disregard of a physician’s
advice.
=lèse-humanité=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) high-treason against humanity.
=lèse-majesté=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) high-treason; (jur.) leze-majesty.
=lèse-nation=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) high-treason against the nation.
=léser=, _v.a._, to wrong, to injure, to hurt, to aggrieve.
=lésine=, _n.f._, niggardliness; stinginess.
=lésiner=, _v.n._, to be niggardly, parsimonious, stingy, mean; to
higgle, to haggle.
=lésinerie= (lé-zi-n-rî), _n.f._, stinginess, meanness, niggardliness;
stingy act.
=lésineu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, niggardly, stingy, mean, parsimonious.
=lésion=, _n.f._, wrong, in jury; (surg.) lesion, hurt; loss (at play).
=lesse=, _n.f._ _V._ =laisse=.
=lessive=, _n.f._, lye-washing, wash; washing; linen washed; (chem.)
lixivium. _Donner sa — à laver_; to give one’s dirty linen to be washed.
_Faire la — du gascon_; (prov.) to turn one’s shirt _or_ neckerchief when
it is dirty. _À laver la tête d’un More, on perd sa —_; it is useless
trying to wash a blackamoor white; _or_, do what you will, you’ll never
change him. _Faire une —_, _une forte_, _une furieuse_, _—_; to sustain a
loss, a heavy loss (at play).
=lessiver=, _v.a._, to wash (in lye); (chem.) to lixiviate. _Se faire —_;
(fig.) to get beaten; to lose heavily (at play).
=lessiveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lye-washer.
=lessiveuse=, _n.f._, lye-washing machine; laundress.
=lest= (lèst), _n.m._, (nav.) ballast.
=lestage=, _n.m._, (nav.) ballasting.
=leste=, _adj._, brisk, nimble, active; clever; unceremonious,
unscrupulous; indecorous; improper, free.
=lesté=, =-e=, _adj._, ballasted; (fig.) with well-lined stomach.
=lestement=, _adv._, briskly, cleverly; freely; indecorously; improperly.
=lester=, _v.a._, (nav.) to ballast.
_se_ =lester=, _v.r._, to take in ballast; to line one’s stomach, to lay
in a stock of provisions. _Je me suis bien lesté avant de me mettre en
route_; I made a square meal before setting out.
=lesteur=, _n.m._, lighter, ballast-lighter; (pers.) ballast-heaver.
=léthargie=, _n.f._, lethargy.
=léthargique=, _adj._, lethargic, lethargical.
=léthé=, _n.m._, (myth.) Lethe.
=léthifère=, _adj._, lethiferous.
=lettre=, _n.f._, letter, note, bill; (print.) letter, type. _pl._,
literature, letters. _Prendre une chose à la —_, _au pied de la —_;
to take a thing literally, in a literal sense, to the letter. _Rendre
à la —_; to render word for word, literally. _En toutes —s_; at full
length, plainly, unmistakeably. _— de change_; bill of exchange. _— de
crédit_; letter of credit; credentials. _—s patentes_; letters patent.
_— de cachet_; (French hist.) lettres-de-cachet, arbitrary warrant. _—s
de marque_; letters of mark. _— de mer_; (nav.) pass. _— de voiture_;
way-bill. _— affranchie_; paid letter. _— recommandée_ or _chargée_;
registered letter. _— refusée_, _— morte_, _— au rebut_, _— tombée
en rebut_; dead letter. _Boîte aux —s_; letter-box. _Expédition des
—s_; dispatch of letters. _Jeter_, _mettre_, _une — à la poste_; to post
a letter. _Ce sont —s closes_; that is a secret. _Un homme de —s_; a man
of letters. _Les belles-—s_; polite literature. _Gravure avant la —_;
proof engraving.
=lettré=, =-e=, _adj._, lettered, literate, literary. _n.m._, scholar.
_Les —s_; the literate, literati.
=lettrine=, _n.f._, (print.) heading, reference.
=leu=, _n.m._, old French for _loup_, wolf; still in use in the
expression: _à la queue leu leu_; one after the other, in a file.
=leucorrhée=, _n.f._, (med.) leucorrhœa, whites.
=leur=, _personal pron._, to them, them. _Je le — donne_; I give it to
them. _Je — ai dit cela_; I told them that. _Donnez-le-—_; give it to
them.
=leur=, _possessive adj._, their. _Le —_, _la —_, _les —s_; _possess.
pron._, theirs. _J’aime mieux ma maison que la —_; I like my house better
than theirs. _Je ne veux rien du —_; I want nothing of theirs.
=leurre=, _n.m._, lure; decoy; bait; snare, trap. _Se laisser prendre à
un —_; to be caught in a snare, to swallow a bait.
=leurrer=, _v.a._, to lure; to entice, to decoy.
_se_ =leurrer=, _v.r._, to be ensnared, entrapped; to delude one’s self.
_Ces oiseaux ne se leurrent pas facilement_; these birds are not to be
easily trapped.
=levage=, _n.m._, raising, lifting.
=levain=, _n.m._, leaven, barm, yeast; remains; germ. _Pain sans —_;
unleavened bread.
=levant=, _n.m._ and _adj._, East, Levant. _Du — au couchant_; from east
to west; rising, orient.
=levantin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Levantine.
=levantine=, _n.f._, levantine (silk cloth).
=lève=, _n.f._, mallet, bat (at mall).
=levé=, _n.m._, (mus.) rise (of foot, of hand).
=levé=, =-e=, _part._, lifted up, raised; up, risen (out of bed). _Votre
maître est-il —?_ is your master up?
=levée=, _n.f._, gathering, crop (fruits, etc.); levying; raising;
(post-office) collection; embankment; causeway, dike; breaking up,
removal, rising, recess; swell (of the sea); trick (at cards); (nav.)
stanch-sheets. _Faire des —s de soldats_; to raise soldiers. _— de
terre_; embankment.
=lève-gazon=, _n.m._, turfing-iron, turf-cutter.
=lever=, _v.a._, to lift, to lift up, to heave, to raise up, to pull up;
(hunt.) to start, to flush; to take up, to hold; to remove, to take away;
to take out; to gather, to collect; to raise, to levy; to survey, to make
a survey. _— les oreilles_; to prick up one’s ears. _— les épaules_; to
shrug one’s shoulders. _— la main sur quelqu’un_; to lift up one’s hand
against any one. _— le camp_; to break up the camp. _— quelqu’un_; to
help any one up. _— le masque_; to throw off the mask. _— un plan_; to
draw, to take a plan; to survey, to make a survey. _— une assemblée_; to
dissolve a meeting. _À qui se lève matin, Dieu prête la main_; it is the
early bird catches the worm.
_se_ =lever=, _v.r._, to rise, to get up; to stand up; to break up; to
start up; to make a stand; (of the sea) to heave. _Il se lève de bon
matin_; he rises early. _Se — précipitamment_; to start up.
=lever=, _v.n._, to come up, to be up (of plants); to spring up, to rise.
_Faire — un lièvre_; to start a hare.
=lever=, _n.m._, rising; levee; surveying. _Au — du soleil_; at sunrise.
_— des plans_; land-surveying. _— de rideau_; curtain raiser.
=lever-dieu=, _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) elevation of the host.
=léviathan=, _n.m._, leviathan.
=levier=, _n.m._, lever; hand-spike; (horl.) arm; crowbar. _La force du
—_; the power of the lever. _Le point d’appui d’un —_; the fulcrum of a
lever.
=levis=, _adj._, for drawing up. _Pont-—_; draw-bridge.
=lévite=, _n.m._, Levite.
=lévite=, _n.f._, (l.u.) frock-coat.
=lévitique=, _n.m._, Leviticus.
=levrauder=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to harass, to pester, to badger.
=levraut=, _n.m._, leveret, young hare.
=lèvre=, _n.f._, lip. _Je l’ai sur le bord des —s_; I have it on the tip
of my tongue. _Il a le cœur sur les —s_; his heart is on his lips.
=levretté=, =-e=, _adj._, greyhound-like.
=levrette=, _n.f._, greyhound; harrier-bitch.
=levretter=, _v.a._, to course (hares).
=lévrier=, _n.m._, greyhound, harrier.
=levron=, _n.m._, young greyhound, young harrier.
=levure=, _n.f._, yeast, barm.
=lexicographe=, _n.m._, lexicographer.
=lexicographie=, _n.f._, lexicography.
=lexicographique=, _adj._, lexicographical.
=lexicologie=, _n.f._, lexicology.
=lexique=, _n.m._, lexicon, dictionary.
=lez=, _prep._, near, by.
=lézard=, _n.m._, lizard.
=lézarde=, _n.f._, crevice, crack, chink.
=lézardé=, =-e=, _adj._, cracked (of walls).
=lézardelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) lizard-tail, female lizard.
=lézarder=, _v.a._, to crack (of walls).
_se_ =lézarder=, _v.r._, to crack, to become cracked.
=liais=, _n.m._, lias, building limestone.
=liaison=, _n.f._, joining, conjunction; connection, intimacy; up-stroke
(of writing); (mus.) slur, binding-note. _Rompre une —_; to break off a
connection.
=liaisonner=, _v.a._, (mas.) to bind (stones).
=liane=, _n.f._, (bot.) bind-weed, creeper.
=liant=, =-e=, _adj._, supple, flexible, pliant; forming connections
easily; affable, mild; sociable, attractive. _n.m._, suppleness,
pliability, pliancy; affability, sociability, gentleness.
=liard=, _n.m._, liard ($0·0025); half a farthing; (fig.) farthing,
stiver, rap, picayune. _Il n’a pas un rouge —_; he hasn’t a brass
farthing.
=liarder=, _v.n._, to contribute in small sums; to pay by farthings; to
haggle.
=lias=, _n.m._, (geol.) Lias.
=liasique= _or_ =liassique=, _adj._, (geol.) Liassic.
=liasse=, _n.f._, bundle, file (of papers).
=libage=, _n.m._, (mas.) ashlar. _V._ =moellon=.
=libation=, _n.f._, libation, potation. _Faire des —s_; to offer up
libations.
=libelle=, _n.m._, libel, lampoon.
=libellé=, =-e=, _adj._, drawn up, specified. _n.m._, wording; contents.
=libeller= (li-bèl-lé), _v.a._, (jur.) to draw up; to word; to specify
the object of.
=libelliste=, _n.m._, libeler.
=libellule=, _n.f._, (ent.) libellula, dragon-fly.
=liber= (li-bèr), _n.m._, (bot.) liber.
=libéral=, =-e=, _adj._, liberal, generous, bounteous, free-hearted,
open-handed.
=libéral=, _n.m._, liberal, liberalist.
=libéralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, liberally, bountifully, largely,
generously, bounteously.
=libéralisme=, _n.m._, liberalism.
=libéralité=, _n.f._, liberality; generosity, open-handedness, bounty.
=libérat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, deliverer, liberator, rescuer.
=libérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, freedom-giving, liberating.
=libération=, _n.f._, deliverance, rescue, discharge, riddance.
=libéré=, =-e=, _part._, liberated, discharged; (com.) paid up (of
shares). _Forçat —_; returned convict; ticket-of-leave man.
=libérer=, _v.a._, to discharge, to liberate, to free.
_se_ =libérer=, _v.r._, to be liberated, to be discharged; to pay off
one’s debts; (com.) to be paid up (of shares).
=liberté=, _n.f._, liberty, freedom, facility, ease; license, franchise.
_On a rendu la — aux prisonniers_; the prisoners were restored to
liberty. _Mettre en —_; to set at liberty. _En —_; freely.
=liberticide=, _adj._, liberticide.
=libertin=, =-e=, _adj._, libertine, licentious, wanton, dissolute, idle.
=libertin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, libertine, rake; idler; ☉free-thinker.
=libertinage=, _n.m._, libertinism, debauchery; wildness, wantonness;
☉irreligion. _Vivre dans le —_; to lead a dissolute life.
=libertiner=, _v.n._, to be a libertine, to lead a dissolute life, to be
rakish; to be idle (of children).
_se_ =libertiner=, _v.r._, to be a libertine; to play the idler (of
children).
=libidineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, libidinous.
_ad_ =libitum=. _V._ =ad libitum=.
=libouret=, _n.m._, mackerel-fishing line.
=libraire=, _n.m._, bookseller. _— éditeur_; publisher, publisher and
bookseller.
=librairie=, _n.f._, book-trade, bookselling; bookseller’s shop, library,
publishing-house.
=libration=, _n.f._, (astron.) libration.
=libre=, _adj._, free; at liberty; unguarded, unconfined, outdoor; bold,
broad; rid, exempt; (of paper) unstamped; (of schools) free, private; (of
verse) irregular. _Il a tout son temps —_; all his time is his own. _— à
vous de sortir ou de rester_; stay or go, as you please. _Cette place est
—_; that seat is unoccupied. _Avoir le champ —_; to have free scope for
action.
=libre-échange=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) free-trade.
=libre-échangiste=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) free-trader.
=librement=, _adv._, freely, without restraint; boldly. _En user —_; to
make free with anything.
=librettiste=, _n.m._, (the author of the words of an opera), librettist.
=libretto=, _n.m._, (_—s_ or _libretti_) words of an opera, libretto.
=lice=, _n.f._, lists; field, arena, tilt-yard; barrier, fence;
(tapestry) warp; (mam.) bitch-hound. _Entrer dans la —_, _en —_; to enter
the lists. _Haute —_; high warp. _Basse —_; low warp.
=licence=, _n.f._, license, leave; permission; liberty, licentiousness;
licentiate’s degree.
=licencié=, _n.m._, licentiate, B. A.
=licenciement= (-sî-mān), _n.m._, (milit.) disbanding.
=licencier=, _v.a._, to disband (troops).
_se_ =licencier=, _v.r._, to grow licentious, to take liberties.
=licencieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, licentiously, lewdly, dissolutely.
=licencieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, licentious, dissolute.
=licet= (-sèt), _n.m._, (_—_) (l.u.) permission, leave, permit.
=lichen= (li-kè-n), _n.m._, (bot.) lichen, moss.
=licitation=, _n.f._, sale by auction of (real estate).
=licite=, _adj._, licit, lawful, allowable.
=licitement= (-sit-mān), _adv._, lawfully, licitly.
=liciter=, _v.a._, to sell by auction (real estate).
=licol=, _n.m._ _V._ =licou=.
=licorne=, _n.f._, unicorn. _— de mer_; narwhal.
=licou=, _n.m._, halter.
=licteur=, _n.m._, lictor.
=lie=, _n.f._, lees, dregs, grounds; (fig.) scum, refuse. _Boire jusqu’à
la —_; to drink to the dregs. _La — du peuple_; the scum of the people.
☉=lie=, _adj._, merry, gay. _Faire chère —_; to lead a merry life.
=lié=, =-e=, _part._, tied, bound, connected. _Une sauce bien —e_; a
thick sauce. _Partie —e_; rubber (at cards).
=liège=, _n.m._, cork; cork-tree. _Bouchon de —_; cork.
=liéger=, _v.a._, to cork (a net).
=liégeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, like cork, corky.
=lien= (li-in), _n.m._, band, rope, strap. _pl._, bonds, chains, irons.
_Briser_, _rompre_, _ses —s_; to break one’s bonds. _— conjugal_;
matrimonial bond.
=lienterie=, _n.f._, (med.) lientery.
=lientérique=, _adj._, lienteric.
=lier=, _v.a._, to bind, to bind down; to fasten, to tie, to tie down,
to tie up; to join; to thicken; to link, to connect, to enter into, to
engage in. _C’est un fou à —_; he ought to be put into a strait-jacket.
_— une sauce_; to thicken a sauce. _— des notes_; (mus.) to slur notes.
_— commerce avec quelqu’un_; to establish relations with any one.
_se_ =lier=, _v.r._, to bind; to tie; to thicken; to become acquainted
with; to become intimate with; to form a connection.
=lierre=, _n.m._, (bot.) ivy. _— terrestre_; ground-ivy. _— grimpant_;
tree-ivy.
=liesse=, _n.f._, mirth, gayety, merriment.
=lieu=, _n.m._, place, spot, ground; family; cause, reason, occasion.
_pl._, premises, water-closet. _En tout —_; everywhere. _En aucun —_;
nowhere. _En quelque — que ce soit_; anywhere. _Au — que_; instead of
which, whereas. _En son — et place_; in one’s place. _Se porter sur les
—x_; to go to the spot. _En premier —_; in the first place. _En dernier
—_; lastly, alternately. _S’allier en bon —_; to marry into a good
family. _— commun_; commonplace topic, commonplace subject. _Il n’y a pas
— de craindre_; there is no cause to fear. _Vous avez donné — à cela_;
you are the occasion of it. _Donner — à_; to give rise to. _Il m’a tenu
— de père_; he has been a father to me. _Avoir —_; to take place, to
happen. _—x d’aisances_; water-closet. _Être au — et place de quelqu’un_;
to represent any one. _Au — de_; in the place of, instead of, in lieu
of. _Au — que_; whereas, when on the contrary, while. _Y avoir —_; there
to be occasion or necessity. _Tenir — de_; to fill the place of; to do
instead of.
=lieue=, _n.f._, league (two and a half miles English).
=lieur=, _n.m._, binder, hay-trusser.
=lieutenance= (lieu-tnāns), _n.f._, lieutenancy.
=lieutenant=, _n.m._, lieutenant. _— en premier_, _en second_; first
lieutenant, second lieutenant. _Sous-—_, (_—-—s_) ensign, sub-lieutenant.
=lièvre=, _n.m._, hare. _Bec-de-—_, (_—s-—_) hare-lip. _Il ne faut pas
courir deux —s à la fois_; one must not have too many irons in the fire.
_C’est là que gît le —_; that’s the main point; there’s the rub. _Mémoire
de —_; bad, shocking memory.
=ligament=, _n.m._, (anat.) ligament.
=ligamenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ligamentous.
=ligature=, _n.f._, ligature.
=lige=, _adj._, liege. _Fief —_; vassalage.
*=lignage=, _n.m._, lineage.
*=lignager=, _n.m._, person of the same descent, kinsman.
*=ligne=, _n.f._, line; path, way, range; swath (of grass). _Être en
première —_; to hold the first rank. _Être hors de —_; to be out of the
line, beyond compare; out of the common. _— de charge_, _de flottaison_;
load water-mark, water-line. _Grande —_; (rail.) trunk line. _Il ne fait
pas ses —s droites_; he does not keep his lines straight. _À la —_; a new
line, a break. _— à pêcher_; fishing-line. _Pêcher à la —_; to angle.
_Troupe de —_; troops of the line. _En —!_ (mil.) fall in! _Venir en
première —_; to rank first.
*=lignée=, _n.f._, lineage, progeny, offspring, issue.
*=ligner=, _v.a._, (carp.) to draw lines on.
*=lignerolle=, _n.f._, (nav.) twine.
*=lignette=, _n.f._, net, twine.
*=ligneul=, _n.m._, shoemaker’s thread, wax-end.
=ligneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) ligneous, woody.
=lignite= (lig-nit), _n.m._, lignite, brown-coal.
=ligue= (lig), _n.f._, league; plot, confederacy.
=liguer= (lighé), _v.a._, to unite in a league.
_se_ =liguer=, _v.r._, to league, to combine, to band together.
=ligueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, leaguer.
=ligulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) ligulate; strap-shaped.
=lilas=, _n.m._, lilac.
=lilas=, _adj._, lilac-colored.
=liliacée=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, liliaceous plant; liliaceous.
=lilliputien=, =-ne=, _adj._, lilliputian.
=limace=, _n.f._, slug; (mec.) Archimedean screw, water-screw.
=limaçon=, _n.m._, snail; (anat.) cochlea. _Escalier en —_; winding
staircase, corkscrew stairs. _— de mer_; cockle.
*=limaille=, _n.f._, filings.
=limande=, _n.f._, (ich.) dab.
=limas=, _n.m._ _V._ =limace=.
=limbe=, _n.m._, limb, border, halo.
=limbes=, _n.m.pl._, (theol.) limbo, limbus.
=lime=, _n.f._, file; (bot.) sweet lemon. _Les dents d’une —_; the teeth
of a file. _— douce_; smooth file. _— sourde_; dead file.
=lime-bois=, _n.m._, wood-fretter.
=limer=, _v.a._, to file, to smooth, to finish off.
=limeur=, _n.m._, filer.
=limier=, _n.m._, bloodhound, police-spy, detective.
=liminaire=, _adj._, prefatory.
=limitati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, limiting.
=limitation=, _n.f._, limitation.
=limitativement=, _adv._, limitedly, with limitation.
=limite=, _n.f._, limit, landmark, boundary, bound, border, extremity,
confine.
=limité=, =-e=, _part._, limited.
=limiter=, _v.a._, to limit, to bound; to set bounds to; to circumscribe,
to confine; to stint.
=limitrophe=, _adj._, neighboring, bordering.
=limon=, _n.m._, slime, ooze; clay; mud; (bot.) lemon; shaft (of a
carriage); string-board, notch-board (of a staircase).
=limonade=, _n.f._, lemonade.
=limonadi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, maker, seller, of lemonade;
coffee-house keeper.
=limoneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, muddy, turbid; slimy.
=limonier=, _n.m._, shaft-horse; (bot.) lemon-tree.
=limonière=, _n.f._, wagon with two shafts.
=limousin=, _n.m._, bricklayer, mason (because most masons hail from _Le
Limousin_).
=limousinage=, _n.m._, rough-walling; ashlar-work.
=limousine=, _n.f._, coarse woolen cloak.
=limousiner=, _v.a._, to rough-wall.
=limpide=, _adj._, limpid, clear.
=limpidité=, _n.f._, limpidness, clearness.
=limure=, _n.f._, filing; filings, polish.
=lin=, _n.m._, flax. _Graine de —_; linseed. _Toile de —_; linen-cloth.
_— des prés_; cotton-grass.
=linacées=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =linées=.
=linaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) toad-flax.
=linceul=, _n.m._, winding-sheet, shroud.
=linçoir=, _n.m._, ceiling-joist.
=linéaire=, _adj._, linear.
=linéal=, =-e=, _adj._, lineal, in a direct line.
=linéament=, _n.m._, trace, lineament, feature, outline.
=linées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) plants of the flax kind.
=linette=, _n.f._, flax-seed.
=linge=, _n.m._, linen; cloth, rag. _— propre_; clean linen. _Changer de
—_; to change one’s linen. _— à barbe_; shaving-cloth.
=ling-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, linendraper.
=lingère=, _n.f._, keeper of a fancy linen-shop; seamstress, wardrobe
woman.
=lingerie= (lin-jrî), _n.f._, linen trade, linen-drapery; hosiery;
linen-room.
=lingot=, _n.m._, ingot, bullion; (hunt.) slug. _Or en —_; gold in
bullion.
=lingotière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, ingot-mold.
=lingual=, =-e= (-gooal), _n.f._ and _adj._, (anat., gram.) lingual.
=lingue= (līngh), _n.f._, (ich.) ling.
=linguet= (-ghè), _n.m._, (nav.) pawl (of a capstan).
=linguiforme= (-gooi-), _adj._, linguiform (like a tongue).
=linguiste= (-gooist), _n.m.f._, linguist.
=linguistique= (-gooistik), _n.f._, linguistics.
=lini-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of flax. _Industrie —ère_; linen-trade;
flax-spinning.
=linière=, _n.f._, flax field.
=liniment=, _n.m._, (pharm.) liniment.
=linon=, _n.m._, lawn (fine linen).
=linot=, _n.m._, (orni.) linnet; cock-linnet.
=linotte=, _n.f._, hen-linnet. _C’est une tête de —_; he is a
hare-brained sort of fellow. _Siffler la —_; (pop.) to drink hard; to be
in limbo, in quod.
=linteau=, _n.m._, (carp.) head-piece, lintel.
=lion=, _n.m._, (mam.) lion; (fig.) lord, dandy, beau; (astron.)
Leo. _Jeune —_; lion’s cub, whelp, young lion. _— marin_; sea-wolf.
_Dent-de-—_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) dandelion. _Coudre la peau du renard à celle
du —_; to combine cunning with strength. _C’est l’âne couvert de la peau
du —_; he is the ass with the lion’s skin. _C’est un —_; he is a dandy.
=lionceau=, _n.m._, (mam.) young lion, lion’s whelp, cub.
=lionne=, _n.f._, (mam.) lioness; fashionable woman; gay woman.
=lionné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) rampant.
=lipogrammatique=, _adj._, lipogrammatic.
=lipogrammatiste=, _n.m._, lipogrammatist, letter-dropper.
=lipogramme=, _n.m._, lipogram.
=lipome=, _n.m._, (med.) adipose wen.
=lipothymie=, _n.f._, (med.) lipothymy.
=lippe=, _n.f._, pouting-lip, thick lip. _Faire sa —_, _à —_, _faire une
grosse_, _une vilaine_, _—_; (fam.) to pout.
☉=lippée=, _n.f._, (fam.) mouthful; meal, feast. [In the latter sense
this word is only used with the adj. _franche_.] _Franche —_; hearty
meal, a good square meal (free of cost). _Chercheur de franches —s_;
sponger, parasite.
=lippitude=, _n.f._, (med.) lippitude, blearedness.
=lippu=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-lipped.
=liquation= (-cooa-), _n.f._, liquation, eliquation.
=liquéfaction=, _n.f._, liquefaction.
=liquéfiable=, _adj._, liquefiable.
=liquéfier=, _v.a._, to liquefy.
_se_ =liquéfier=, _v.r._, to liquefy, to become liquefied.
=liquet=, _n.m._, (hort.) small baking pear.
=liqueur=, _n.f._, liquid; liquor, spirits; liqueur, cordial, juice.
_Vin de —_; sweet wine. _—s fraîches_; refreshing drinks. _—s fortes_;
spirits, intoxicating drinks. _Marchand de —s spiritueuses_; dealer in
wines and spirits.
=liquidambar=, _n.m._, (bot.) liquid-amber.
=liquidateur=, _n.m._, liquidator.
=liquidation=, _n.f._, liquidation, settling; settlement; winding up.
=liquide=, _adj._, liquid, watery, flowing; clear; net (of money). _La
plaine —_; the ocean.
=liquide=, _n.m._, liquid, fluid; spirit, spirituous liquor.
=liquide=, _n.f._, (gram.) liquid.
=liquider=, _v.a._, to liquidate, to settle, to discharge; to wind up, to
sell off.
_se_ =liquider=, _v.r._, to liquidate, to be liquidated, to settle, to
discharge one’s debts.
=liquidité=, _n.f._, liquidity, fluidity.
=liquoreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, luscious, sweet.
=liquoriste=, _n.m._, dealer in liqueurs or spirits.
=lire= (lisant, lu), _v.a._, to read, to read of, to peruse, to study.
_Continuer de —_; to read on. _— tout bas_; to read to one’s self. _— à
haute voix_; to read aloud. _— dans la pensée de quelqu’un_; to read any
one’s thoughts.
=liron=, _n.m._ _V._ =loir= and =lérot=.
=lis= (lîs), _n.m._, (bot.) lily. _— asphodèle_; lily-daffodil; (fig.)
whiteness.
=liséré=, _n.m._, stripe; border, piping.
=lisérer=, _v.a._, to border with piping.
=liseron= (li-zron), _n.m._, (bot.) bind-weed.
=liset=, _n.m._, (bot.) _V._ =liseron=.
=liseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, reader.
=lisibilité=, _n.f._, legibility; readableness.
=lisible=, _adj._, legible, readable.
=lisiblement=, _adv._, legibly.
=lisière=, _n.f._, list (of cloth); strings, leading-strings; border,
skirt, edge, verge, outskirts. _— de toile_; selvage of linen-cloth. _—
d’un bois_; edge, verge, of a wood.
=lissage=, _n.m._, (tech.) smoothing, glossing; (nav.) railing, rails.
=lisse=, _adj._, smooth, sleek, glossy.
=lisse=, _n.f._, smoothness, gloss, hand-rail, hand-railing, barrier,
fence; (nav.) sheer-rails, drift-rails, rib-band; (tapestry). _V._
=lice=. _—s de porte-haubans_; sheer-rails. _—s de la rabattue_;
drift-rails. _—s de couronnement_; upper rails of the stern. _—s de
grande rabattue_; quarter-rails. _—s de l’éperon_; rails of the head.
_—s de bastingage_; rails of the nettings. _—s des couples_; rib-bands.
_— du fort_; extreme breadth line. _— des façons_; floor-rib-band. _—s
des œuvres mortes_; rib-bands of the upper-works. _—s de plat-bord_;
drift-rails. _— de vibord_; waist-rail. _—s de la herpe_; rails of the
head. _— d’hourdi_; wing-transom.
=lisser=, _v.a._, to smooth, to gloss, to polish.