=primo=, _adv._, firstly, first, in the first place.

=primogéniture=, _n.f._, primogeniture.

=primordial=, =-e=, _adj._, primordial.

=primordialement= (-al-mān), _adv._, primordially.

=primulacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) primulaceæ.

=prince=, _n.m._, prince. _— royal_; crown prince. _Être bon —_; (fam.)

to be a good fellow (easy-going, good-natured). _Vivre en —_; to live

like a prince. _Dîner de —_; princely dinner.

=princeps= (-sèps), _adj. invariable_, (print.) earliest, first, original

(edition).

=princerie= (prin-srî), _n.f._, (local) deanery.

=princesse=, _n.f._, princess. _Oui, ma —_; (fam.) yes, my charmer.

=princi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, princely, like a prince.

=princier=, _n.m._, primicerius, first dignitary. _V._ =primicier=.

=principal=, =-e=, _adj._, principal, chief, main; leading, capital,

senior, superior; (astron.) primary.

=principal=, _n.m._, principal, chief thing, principal point, chief

point, material point; principal, capital (money); principal,

head-master; (jur.) principal cause of action. _Pour vous, le — est que

vous ayez soin de votre santé_; the main thing for you is to take care

of your health. _Payer le — et l’intérêt_; to pay both principal and

interest.

=principalat=, _n.m._, head-mastership, principalship.

=principalement= (-pal-mān), _adv._, principally, chiefly.

☉=principalité=, _n.f._ _V._ =principalat=.

=principat=, _n.m._, princedom.

=principauté=, _n.f._, principality, princedom.

=principe=, _n.m._, beginning, source, outset, origin, motive, cause,

principle. _pl._, principles, rudiments. _Dès le —_; from the very

origin. _Etablir_, _poser_, _un —_; to establish, to lay down, a

principle. _Partir d’un —_; to start from a principle. _Homme sans

—s_; unprincipled man. _L’amour-propre est le — de presque toutes nos

actions_; self-love is the motive of almost all our actions.

=principion=, =principule=, _n.m._, petty prince, princelet.

=printani-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, spring, spring-like, vernal; youthful;

early. _Fleurs —ères_; spring-flowers; cowslips. _Etoffes —ères_; spring

materials, _or_ stuffs; spring goods. _Potage —_; spring-soup (with early

vegetables).

=printemps= (-tān), _n.m._, spring, spring-time; prime, bloom. _Le — de

la vie_; the morning of life. _Dans le — de sa vie_; in the prime of

one’s days. _Au — de ses jours_; in the bloom of one’s youth.

_à_ =priori=, _adv._, à priori (_i.e._ from what precedes).

=priorité=, _n.f._, priority.

=pris=, =-e=, _part._, taken, caught, seized, congealed, curdled, frozen,

frozen over; stuffed up (of the nose). _Homme bien — dans sa taille_;

well-set man. _Cet homme est — de vin_; that man is the worse for liquor.

_La rivière a — dans la nuit_; the river was frozen over in the night. _—

dans les glaces_; ice-bound.

=prisable=, _adj._, estimable, valuable.

=prise=, _n.f._, taking, capture; prize; hold, handle, purchase; quarrel;

dose; pinch. _pl._, fighting, close quarters. _La — d’une ville_; the

taking of a town. _— de possession_; taking possession. _— de possession

d’un bénéfice_; induction to a living. _— d’habit_; (c.rel.) taking the

habit, _or_ the veil. _Décret de — de corps_; writ of arrest. _Part

de —_; prize-money. _Amariner une —_; to man a prize. _Être de bonne

—_; to be a lawful prize. _Lâcher —_; to let go one’s hold. _Donner —

à la critique_; to lay one’s self open to criticism, to expose one’s

self to criticism, to afford matter for criticism. _Donner — sur soi à

son ennemi_; to give one’s enemy a hold over one. _— de tabac_; pinch

of snuff. _En venir aux —s_; to grapple with one another, to come to

blows. _Les deux chiens sont aux —s_; the two dogs are fighting. _Être

aux —s avec la mauvaise fortune_; to be struggling with, _or_ against,

adversity. _Être aux —s avec la mort_; to be on the point of death,

_or_ at death’s door; to be in great danger. _Mettre aux —s_; to set

(together) by the ears.

=prisée=, _n.f._, estimate, appraisement, valuation. _Faire la — de_; to

make an estimate of.

=priser=, _v.a._, to prize, to rate, to value, to set a high price on, to

appraise, to estimate; to esteem, to have an esteem for.

_se_ =priser=, _v.r._, to be valued, to be esteemed; to set a high value

on one’s self.

=priser=, _v.a._ and _n._, to take snuff.

=priseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, snuff-taker.

=priseur=, _adj._, who appraises. _Commissaire —_; appraiser, auctioneer.

_Expert — assermenté_; sworn appraiser.

=prismatique=, _adj._, prismatic.

=prisme=, _n.m._, prism.

=prismoïde=, _n.m._ and _adj._, prismoid; prismoidal.

=prison=, _n.f._, prison, gaol, jail; imprisonment, confinement.

_S’échapper de —_; to break out of prison. _— d’état_; state prison.

_Être dans la — de saint Crépin_; to wear shoes which pinch. _Envoyer en

—_; to send to prison.

=prisonni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, prisoner. _— d’état_;

state-prisoner.

=privati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) privative; (jur.) in severalty.

=privation=, _n.f._, privation, deprivation, want, need, bereavement,

loss; hardship. _Vivre de —s_; to lead a life of privation. _Être dans la

—_; to be in want. _La — de la vue_; the loss of sight.

=privativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, exclusively.

=privauté=, _n.f._, extreme familiarity, liberty. _Prendre des —s_; to

take liberties.

=privé=, =-e=, _part._, deprived. _Corps — de vie_; lifeless body. _Homme

— de sa raison_; man deprived of his reason.

=privé=, =-e=, _adj._, private; tame (animal); privy, intimate, free.

_Vie —e_; private life. _De son autorité —e_; of one’s own authority.

☉=privément=, _adv._, familiarly, intimately.

=priver=, _v.a._, to deprive, to debar; to bereave; to tame (animal). _—

quelqu’un de ses biens_; to deprive any one of his property. _Je ne veux

pas vous — de cela_; I won’t rob you of that.

_se_ =priver=, _v.r._, to deprive, _or_ debar, one’s self; to stint, _or_

deny, one’s self; to abstain (from).

=privilège=, _n.m._, privilege, exemption, immunity; grant, favor; (jur.)

preference; (thea.) license; franchise, prerogative, right. _Accorder un

— à_; to grant a privilege to; to license (printers). _Priver de ses —s_;

to deprive any one of his privileges; to disfranchise. _Atteinte portée

aux —s_; breach of privilege. _Les —s de la noblesse_; the privileges of

the nobility.

=privilégié=, =-e=, _adj._, privileged, exempt; (thea.) licensed;

(jur.) entitled to preference (of creditors); (of shares) preference,

preferential. _Lieu —_; privileged place. _C’est un être —_; he is a

privileged, _or_ favored, being.

=privilégié=, _n.m._, privileged person.

=privilégier=, _v.a._, to grant a privilege, to privilege, to license.

=prix=, _n.m._, price, cost, value, worth, terms; return, premium;

estimation; reward; prize. _— fait_; settled price. _Mettre un — à_; to

set a price upon. _— excessif_; extravagant price. _Juste —_; moderate

price. _— de fabrique_; manufacturer’s price. _Une chose de —_; a thing

of great value. _Hors de —_; extravagantly dear. _De —_; precious,

valuable. _Une chose qui n’a point de —_; a thing that is invaluable,

beyond all price. _Vendre à tout —_; to sell at any price, at any cost.

_Mettre la tête d’un homme à —_; to set a price upon a man’s head. _—

fixe_; (com.) net price, no abatement. _À tout — or à quelque — que ce

soit_; cost what it will. _La vertu trouve son — en elle-même_; virtue is

its own reward. _Remporter le —_; to carry off the prize. _Au — de_; at

the cost of, in comparison with. _À vil —_; under price, dirt-cheap. _—

courant_; (com.) current price, market price. _— coûtant_; cost price.

_À — d’argent_; for money. _N’avoir pas de —_; to be invaluable, _or_

priceless; also, to be valueless.

=probabilisme=, _n.m._, probabilism.

=probabilité=, _n.f._, probability, likelihood.

=probable=, _adj._, probable, likely, credible. _Cela est bien peu —_;

that is anything but probable.

=probablement=, _adv._, probably, likely.

=probante=, _adj.f._, probatory (of documents); convincing, conclusive

(arguments). _En forme —_; in an authentic form. _Raison —_; convincing

reason.

=probation=, _n.f._, probation.

=probatique=, _adj._, only used in _piscine —_ (the reservoir near

the Temple in which Hebrew Priests washed the animals that were to be

sacrificed).

☉=probatoire=, _adj._, probatory.

=probe=, _adj._, honest, upright; of probity. _Homme —_; man of probity.

=probité=, _n.f._, probity, honesty, integrity, uprightness. _—

éprouvée_; tried probity.

=problématique=, _adj._, problematical.

=problématiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, problematically.

=problème=, _n.m._, problem, question. _Poser un —_; to state a problem.

_Résoudre un —_; to solve a problem. _C’est un —_; it is a question.

=proboscide=, _n.f._, (natural hist., her.) proboscis.

=proboscidiens=, _n.m.pl._, (zoöl.) proboscidians, proboscideæ.

=procédé=, _n.m._, behavior, proceeding, way of acting; dealing, conduct;

(billiards) cue-tip; process, operation. _pl._, delicate, gentlemanly

manners, fair dealings. _Je n’aime pas ces —s_; I don’t like that way

of acting, I dislike those manners. _Manquer aux —s_; to behave in an

unhandsome manner. _C’est un homme à —s_; he is a gentlemanly man, _or_ a

man of fair dealings. _— chimique_; chemical process.

=procéder=, _v.n._, to proceed, to go on; to come from; to arise (from),

to originate (in); to behave, to conduct one’s self; (jur.) to proceed.

_— criminellement contre quelqu’un_; to proceed (criminally) against any

one. _Cela procède bien_; that is going on very well.

=procédure=, _n.f._, (jur.) proceedings; practice, procedure, process.

=procès=, _n.m._, lawsuit, suit, action, trial, process. _Être en —_; to

be at law. _Intenter un —_, _faire un —_, _à quelqu’un_; to bring an

action against any one, to institute proceedings against any one. _Gagner

son —_; to gain one’s suit, _or_ case. _Perdre son —_; to lose one’s case.

_Faire le — à quelqu’un_; to try any one, to bring any one to trial; to

call any one to account, to find fault with, to censure. _Sans autre

forme de —_; without more ado, without further formality.

=processi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, litigious.

=procession=, _n.f._, procession.

=processionnal=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) processional.

=processionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, processional.

=processionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, in procession.

=procès-verbal=, _n.m._, (_—-verbaux_) (authentic written minute, _or_

report, of an official act _or_ proceeding); proceedings, official

report, information against; (parl.) journal, minute of proceedings.

=prochain=, =-e=, _adj._, near, nearest, next, approaching, near at hand,

nigh, approximate, proximate; (com.) proximo. _Village —_; neighboring

village. _Le mois —_; next month. _La semaine —e_; next week. _Son

départ est —_; his departure is nigh at hand, _or_ imminent. _Fin —e_;

approaching end. _Fin —_; (com.) at the end of next month.

=prochain=, _n.m._, neighbor, fellow-creature.

=prochainement= (-shé-n-mān), _adv._, in a short time, shortly, soon.

=prochaineté=, _n.f._, nearness, proximity.

=proche=, _adj._, near, next, near at hand, neighboring, nigh,

approaching. _La ville la plus —_; the nearest town. _— parent_; near

relation.

=proche=, _prep._, near, nigh.

=proche=, _adv._, near, nigh. _De — en —_; from place to place;

gradually, one after another. _Le choléra s’étendit rapidement de — en

—_; the cholera spread rapidly from place to place.

=proches=, _n.m.pl._, near relations, near relatives; relations,

relatives, kinsmen, kin, kindred.

=prochronisme=, _n.m._, prochronism.

=procidence=, _n.f._, (med.) prolapsus.

=proclamateur=, _n.m._, proclaimer, proclaiming.

=proclamation=, _n.f._, proclamation.

=proclamer=, _v.a._, to proclaim, to cry out, to give out, to announce,

to trumpet forth; to publish, to declare.

=proclitique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) unaccented word; unaccented.

=proclive=, _adj._, inclined.

=proclivité=, _n.f._, proclivity.

=procombant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) procumbent.

=proconsul=, _n.m._, (Roman hist.) proconsul.

=proconsulaire=, _adj._, (Roman hist.) proconsular.

=proconsulat=, _n.m._, (Roman hist.) proconsulship.

=procréateur=, _adj._, procreative, procreating.

=procréation=, _n.f._, procreation.

=procréer=, _v.a._, to procreate, to beget.

=procurateur=, _n.m._, procurator, proxy.

=procuratie= (-ci), _n.f._, procuracy (at Venice); procurator’s palace.

=procuration=, _n.f._, procuration, power of attorney, letter of

attorney, warrant of attorney; proxy (deed).

=procuratrice=, _n.f._ _V._ =procureur=.

=procurer=, _v.a._, to procure, to obtain, to help to, to get. _— une

charge à quelqu’un_; to procure, to obtain, to get, a post for any one.

_se_ =procurer=, _v.r._, to procure, to obtain, to get for one’s self;

to be procured, to be obtained, to be procurable. _Se — de l’argent_; to

obtain money. _Ce poisson se procure très-difficilement_; this sort of

fish is hard to get.

=procur-eur=, _n.m._, =-atrice=, _n.f._, proxy. _Agir par —_; to act by

proxy.

=procureur=, _n.m._, ☉solicitor, attorney, procurator. ☉_— fiscal_;

(feudalism) lord’s attorney; purveyor (of monastic orders). _— général_;

Attorney General. _— du roi_, _— impérial_, _— de la république_; public

prosecutor.

=procureuse=, _n.f._, procuress; bawd.

=prodigalement= (-gal-mān), _adv._, prodigally, extravagantly, lavishly,

profusely.

=prodigalité=, _n.f._, prodigality, profusion, extravagance, lavishness.

=prodige=, _n.m._, prodigy, wonder, marvel.

=prodigieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, prodigiously, wonderfully,

wondrously, marvelously; stupendously.

=prodigieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, prodigious, wondrous, wonderful, marvelous;

vast, stupendous.

=prodigue=, _adj._, prodigal, profuse, lavish, wasteful. _L’enfant —_;

the prodigal son.

=prodigue=, _n.m.f._, prodigal, spendthrift, squanderer.

=prodiguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to lavish, to waste, to squander away, to be

prodigal of, to be lavish of, to throw away. _— sa vie_; to expose one’s

life.

_se_ =prodiguer=, _v.r._, to be lavished, to be thrown away; to expose

one’s self.

=prodrome=, _n.m._, introduction, preface; (med.) premonitory symptoms.

=product-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, productive, producing.

=producteur=, _n.m._, (polit. econ.) producer.

=productibilité=, _n.f._, producibleness.

=productible=, _adj._, producible.

=producti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, productive.

=production=, _n.f._, act of producing, production; (jur.) exhibition (of

deeds); (jur.) deeds exhibited; (anat.) process, growth.

=productivement=, _adv._, productively.

=productivité=, _n.f._, productiveness.

=produire= (produisant, produit), _v.a._, to produce, to bring forth; to

bear, to yield, to be worth; to be productive of, to be the cause of;

to breed, to generate, to show, to exhibit, to adduce; to make known.

_— des titres_; to show title-deeds. _— des témoins_; to bring forward

witnesses. _Cette charge produit dix mille francs par an_; this office,

_or_ post, is worth four hundred a year. _La guerre produit de grands

maux_; war is productive of, _or_ begets, great evils. _— un jeune homme

dans le monde_; to introduce a young man into society; to bring out, _or_

make known, a young man.

_se_ =produire=, _v.r._, to introduce one’s self, to put one’s self

forward, to make one’s way; to be produced, _or_ brought forth; to occur,

to happen, to manifest itself.

=produire=, _v.n._, (jur.) to deliver particulars, to show title-deeds.

=produit=, _n.m._, produce, product, yield; production, exhibit; (arith.,

geom.) product, proceeds. _Il vit du — de sa terre_; he lives on the

produce of his land. _—s agricoles_; agricultural produce. _— chimique_;

chemical product. _— net_; (com.) net proceeds.

=proême=, _n.m._, proem, preface, prelude, introduction.

=proéminence=, _n.f._, prominence, protuberance, projection.

=proéminent=, =-e=, _adj._, prominent, protuberant.

=profanateur=, _n.m._, profaner.

=profanation=, _n.f._, profanation.

=profane=, _adj._, profane, secular, unworthy.

=profane=, _n.m.f._, profane person, unlearned person; outsider, black

sheep; the vulgar herd.

=profaner=, _v.a._, to profane, to defile, to pollute; to desecrate.

_C’est — le talent que de faire cela_; it is a profanation of talent to

do that.

=proférer=, _v.a._, to utter, to speak; to pronounce. _Se —_; to be

uttered.

=prof-ès=, =-esse=, _n._ and _adj._, professed friar; professed nun;

professed.

=professer=, _v.a._, to profess, to make a profession of; to exercise, to

practice, to teach, to be a professor of, to lecture on. _— le plus grand

respect pour quelqu’un_; to profess the greatest respect for any one. _—

une science_; to teach a science. _— un métier_; to practise a trade, to

exercise a calling.

=professer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to be a professor, to be a lecturer; to

lecture, to teach.

=professeur=, _n.m._, professor; teacher; lecturer; practicer (of an art

or calling). _Chaire de —_; professorship. _— en droit_; professor of law.

=profession=, _n.f._, profession, declaration; profession (occupation),

calling; trade, business. _Il fait — de bel esprit_; he sets up for

a wit. _De quelle — est-il?_ what is his profession? _Dévot de —_;

professed bigot.

=professionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, professional.

_ex_ =professo=, _adv._, ex professo; thoroughly; in a professional

manner.

=professoral=, =-e=, _adj._, professorial.

=professorat=, _n.m._, professorship, lectureship; teaching.

=profil=, _n.m._, profile, side face; side-view; section, outline;

(drawing) section. _Un visage de —_; a face in profile.

=profiler=, _v.a._, to profile; to represent in profile, to show in

profile. _Se —_; to appear in profile; to stand out.

=profit=, _n.m._, profit, gain, emolument, benefit, utility; improvement,

progress; use. _Au — de_; for the benefit of, for the use of, in support

of, in aid of. _— net_; clear profit. _Il ne m’en revient aucun —_; I

get nothing by it. _Mettre tout à —_; to turn everything to the best

advantage; to turn everything to account. _Faire son — de_; to make a

profit by; to make the best of, to avail one’s self of. _Tirer du — de_;

to profit by. _—s éventuels_; perquisites.

=profitable=, _adj._, profitable; advantageous.

=profiter=, _v.n._, to profit, to gain; to benefit, to avail one’s self;

to improve. _— sur des marchandises_; to profit by goods. _Faire — son

argent_; to lay out one’s money advantageously. _— des bons avis_; to

profit by good advice. _— de l’occasion_; to avail one’s self of, to

improve, the opportunity. _Les biens mal acquis ne profitent point_; ill

gotten goods never go far, _or_ never serve. _— en sagesse_; to improve

in wisdom. _C’est un terrain où rien ne profite_; it is a soil where

nothing thrives.

=profond=, =-e=, _adj._, deep, profound; wide, vast, extensive; sound;

downright, consummate; heavy (of sighs); dark (of the night). _Un

— sommeil_; a sound sleep. _—e révérence_; low bow, low courtesy.

_Science —e_; profound learning. _Puits —_; deep well. _Un savant —_; a

profound scholar. _Un — penseur_; a profound thinker. _Un — scélérat_; a

consummate villain. _Nuit —e_; dark night, pitch dark.

=profond=, _n.m._, depth, abyss.

=profondément=, _adv._, deep, deeply, profoundly, widely, greatly,

soundly, fast. _Saluer —_; to bow low. _Dormir —_; to sleep soundly.

=profondeur=, _n.f._, depth; profoundness, profundity; penetration;

extent.

=profus=, =-e=, _adj._, profuse.

=profusément=, _adv._, profusely.

=profusion=, _n.f._, profusion, profuseness. _Donner avec —_; to give

profusely, lavishly. _À —_; in profusion.

☉=progéniture=, _n.f._, (jest.) progeny, offspring.

=prognathe=, _adj._, (ethnology) prognathous.

=prognathisme=, _n.m._, (ethnology) the being prognathous.

=prognostic=, _n.m._ _V._ =pronostic=.

=prognostique=, _adj._, (med.) prognostic.

=programme=, _n.m._, programme, bill, list, syllabus. _— de spectacle_;

play-bill.

=progrès=, _n.m._, progress; course, advancement, improvement,

proficiency, furtherance, rise. _— d’une maladie_; progress of a disease.

_Il a fait de grands —s_; he has greatly improved, he has made great

progress.

=progresser=, _v.n._, to progress, to improve.

=progressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, progressive.

=progression=, _n.f._, progression.

=progressiste=, _n.m._, progressist, liberal, radical.

=progressivement= (-siv-mān), _adv._, progressively, by degrees.

=prohiber=, _v.a._, to forbid, to interdict, to prohibit.

=prohibiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, prohibitive, prohibitory.

=prohibition=, _n.f._, prohibition, interdiction.

=prohibitionniste=, _n.m._, (com.) prohibitionist.

=proie=, _n.f._, prey, prize, booty. _Oiseaux de —_; birds of prey. _Être

en — à la douleur_; to be a prey to grief. _Être ardent à la —_; to be

eager after booty. _Partager la —_; to divide the spoil. _Être en — à ses

valets_; to be pilfered by one’s own servants.

=projectile=, _n.m._ and _adj._, projectile.

=projection=, _n.f._, projection.

=projecture=, _n.f._, (arch.) projecture, projection.

=projet=, _n.m._, project, scheme, design, plan, contemplation, idea,

first sketch; rough draft. _Former_, or _concevoir_, _un —_; to form,

_or_ to contrive, a scheme. _Homme à —s_; schemer.

=projeter= (proj-té), _v.a._, to project, to plan, to contrive, to

scheme; to contemplate, to intend; to project, to throw out, to cast

forward; to project, to delineate. _— d’aller à la campagne_; to

contemplate going into the country. _La terre projette son ombre_; the

earth throws forward its shadow.

_se_ =projeter=, _v.r._, to project, to jut out, to shoot out, to be

prominent, to stand out.

=projeter=, _v.n._, to form projects.

=projeteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, projector, person full of projects;

schemer.

=prolapsus=, _n.m._, (med.) prolapsus, prolapse. _— de la luette_;

prolapse of the uvula.

=prolégomènes=, _n.m.pl._, prolegomena (prefatory matter).

=prolepse=, _n.f._, (rhet.) prolepsis.

=proleptique=, _adj._, (med.) proleptic, proleptical.

=prolétaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, proletary; proletarian.

=prolétariat=, _n.m._, proletariat, pauperism.

=prolifère=, _adj._, (bot.) proliferous.

=prolifique=, _adj._, prolific.

=prolixe=, _adj._, prolix, tedious, diffuse, verbose.

=prolixement=, _adv._, prolixly, diffusely.

=prolixité=, _n.f._, prolixity, diffuseness.

=prologue= (-log), _n.m._, prologue.

=prolongation=, _n.f._, prolongation, protraction, delay.

=prolonge=, _n.f._, (artil.) binding rope, lashing; (artil.) small

ammunition-wagon.

=prolongement= (-lonj-mān), _n.m._, prolongation, continuation, extension.

=prolonger=, _v.a._, to prolong, to lengthen, to continue, to extend, to

protract, to lengthen out, to draw out; (geom.) to produce; (nav.) to

bring alongside; to sail along. _— un trève_; to prolong a truce. _— un

quai_; to prolong a quay. _— le temps_; to spin out the time. _— le terme

d’un payement_; to extend the time for payment.

_se_ =prolonger=, _v.r._, to be prolonged; to extend, to be continued.

_Les débats se sont prolongés fort avant dans la nuit_; the debate was

continued far into the night.

=promenade= (pro-mnad), _n.f._, walking, walk; airing; walk, promenade

(place); ambulatory, drive, excursion, pleasure-trip. _— à pied_; walk.

_— à cheval_; ride (on horseback). _— en voiture_; drive, airing. _— en

bateau_; row, sail. _Faire une —_; to take a walk, to go for a walk.

_Faire une — en voiture_; to take a drive, to go for a drive. _La — est

belle aujourd’hui_; it is beautiful weather for a walk. _C’était une

vraie —_; it was a real pleasure-trip.

_se_ =promener= (pro-mné), _v.r._, to walk, to take a walk, to go for a

walk, to promenade; to wander, to ramble. _Se — à cheval_; to ride, to

take a ride, to go out riding. _Se — en voiture_; to take a drive, to

drive out. _Se — sur l’eau_; to go on the water; to go for a row; to go

for a sail. _Du haut de Montmartre la vue se promène sur toute la ville

de Paris_; from the top of Montmartre the eye wanders over all the city

of Paris. _Envoyer quelqu’un se —_; to send any one packing, _or_ about

his business. _Qu’il aille se —_; let him go to Bath. _Allez vous —_; go

about your business. _En se promenant_; slowly; leisurely.

=promener=, _v.a._, to take out for a walk, to take out walking; to take,

to take out, for an airing, for a drive; to take, to take out, for a

ride; to take out (animal); to turn (one’s eyes, looks); to run one’s

eyes over; to scan, to survey; to lead about, to take about. _— sa vue

sur une assemblée_; to survey an assembly. _— quelqu’un_; to bandy any

one about.

=promeneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, walker, pedestrian; rider, person

taking a ride; person taking a drive; (fig.) humbug.

=promenoir=, _n.m._, walk, place for walking; covered walk _or_ gallery.

=promesse=, _n.f._, promise, word; promissory note, note of hand. _Tenir

sa —_; to keep one’s promise. _Satisfaire à sa —_; to be as good as one’s

word. _Vendre avec — de garantir_; to warrant the quality of one’s goods.

=promettant=, _n.m._, (jur.) promisor, obligor.

=prometteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, promiser.

=promettre=, _v.a._, to promise, to forebode. _Il m’a promis de venir_;

he promised me that he would come. _— et tenir sont deux_; it is one

thing to promise, another to perform. _Voilà un temps qui promet un

orage_; this weather forebodes a storm.

_se_ =promettre=, _v.r._, to promise one’s self; to purpose, to resolve,

to intend; to expect, to hope, to promise each other; to be promised.

=promettre=, _v.n._, to promise, to be promising, to bid fair. _Ce jeune

homme promet beaucoup_; that is a very promising young man.

=prominence=, _n.f._, prominence.

=prominent=, =-e=, _adj._, prominent.

=prominer=, _v.n._, to rise above; to be prominent.

=promis=, =-e=, _part._, promised, intended, engaged. _La terre —e_; the

promised land. _Chose —e, chose due_; promises should be kept. _Un —_,

_n._, an intended, a lover.

=promiscuité=, _n.f._, promiscuousness.

=promission=, _n.f._, (Bib.) promise. _La terre de —_; the land of

promise.

=promontoire=, _n.m._, (geog.) promontory, headland.

=promoteur=, _n.m._, promoter. _adj._, promoting, inducing.

=promotion=, _n.f._, promotion, preferment.

=promouvoir=, _v.a._, to promote, to prefer, to raise, to advance.

=prompt=, =-e= (prōn, prōnt), _adj._, prompt, quick, active, ready;

sudden, speedy, swift; hasty, passionate. _—e réponse_; quick answer.

_Il a la repartie —e_; he is quick at repartee. _Il est — à servir ses

amis_; he is ever ready to serve his friends. _Avoir l’esprit —_; to have

a quick understanding, to be very sharp.

=promptement= (prōn-tmān), _adv._, promptly, quickly, readily, suddenly,

speedily, swiftly; hastily, passionately.

=promptitude= (prōn-ti-tud), _n.f._, promptitude, speed, speediness;

quickness, readiness, suddenness, swiftness; hastiness, passion.

=promulgation=, _n.f._, promulgation.

=promulguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to promulgate. _Se —_; to be promulgated.

=pronaos=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arch., antiq.) pronaos.

=pronateur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (anat.) pronator.

=pronation=, _n.f._, (anat.) pronation.

=prône=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) sermon (after or before mass); lecture, rebuke,

sermon.

=prôner=, _v.a._, to cry up, to extol, to preach up, to commend, to

praise, to set forth; to preach to, to lecture, to sermonize; (l.u.) to

preach.

=prôner=, _v.n._, to lecture, to remonstrate.

=prôneur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) preacher.

=prôneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, puffer, trumpeter; lecturer, preacher,

rebuker.

=pronom= (-non), _n.m._, (gram.) pronoun.

=pronominal=, =-e=, _adj._, pronominal.

=pronominalement= (-nal-mān), _adv._, (gram.) pronominally.

=prononçable=, _adj._, pronounceable.

=prononcé=, _n.m._, (jur.) judgment delivered, sentence, decree.

=prononcé=, =-e=, _adj._, pronounced, decided, decisive, marked; (paint.,

sculpt.) prominent. _Les muscles en sont bien —s_; the muscles are very

prominent. _Caractère —_; decided character. _Goût —_; decided taste.

_Fortement —_; strongly marked.

=prononcer=, _v.a._, to pronounce, to articulate, to utter, to say, to

speak, to give utterance to; to give; to deliver; to make; to declare;

(jur.) to find, to give in; (paint.) to delineate strongly, to bring out,

to give prominence to. _— un discours_; to deliver a discourse, to make a

speech. _— une sentence_; (jur.) to pass sentence.

_se_ =prononcer=, _v.r._, to pronounce one’s self, to declare one’s

self, to speak out, to express one’s sentiments; to show one’s self, to

manifest one’s self; to be pronounced; to be marked; to become evident.

=prononcer=, _v.n._, to pronounce; to declare one’s sentiment, to decide

with authority.

=prononciation=, _n.f._, pronunciation; utterance, delivering,

delivery. _— d’une sentence_; passing sentence. _— nette_, _distincte_;

clear, distinct pronunciation. _— vicieuse_, _locale_; vicious, local

pronunciation. _Il a la — belle_; he has a fine utterance, _or_ delivery.

=pronostic=, _n.m._, prognostic, prognostication; (med.) prognostic,

prognosis.

=pronostiquer=, _v.a._, to prognosticate.

=pronostiqueur=, _n.m._, prognosticator.

=propagande=, _n.f._, propaganda.

=propagandiste=, _n.m._, propagandist.

=propagateur=, _n.m._, propagator, spreader. _adj._, propagating,

spreading.

=propagation=, _n.f._, propagation, spread, spreading, diffusion. _La —

d’une maladie_; the spread of a disease. _La — des connaissances_; the

diffusion of knowledge.

=propager=, _v.a._, to propagate, to spread, to spread abroad, to diffuse.

_se_ =propager=, _v.r._, to be propagated, to be diffused, to be spread

abroad; to propagate, to spread.

=propension=, _n.f._, propensity, tendency, inclination, bent,

disposition.

=prophète=, _n.m._, prophet, seer. _Personne n’est — dans son pays_; no

man is a prophet in his own country.

=prophétesse=, _n.f._, prophetess.

=prophétie= (-cî), _n.f._, prophecy, prophesying.

=prophétique=, _adj._, prophetic, prophetical.

=prophétiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, prophetically.

=prophétiser=, _v.a._, to prophesy, to foretell.

=prophylactique=, _adj._, (med.) prophylactical, prophylactic.

=prophylactique= _or_ =prophylaxie=, _n.f._, (med.) the science of

prophylactic medicine.

=propice=, _adj._, propitious, favorable, kind. _Le ciel soit — à ses

vœux_; heaven favor his wishes. _Rendre —_; to render propitious, to

propitiate.

=propitiation=, _n.f._, propitiation.

=propitiatoire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, propitiatory, mercy-seat;

propitiatory.

=propitier=, _v.a._, to propitiate.

=propolis= (-lis), _n.f._, propolis.

=proportion=, _n.f._, proportion, relation, ratio, due share;

suitableness. _— gardée_; in proportion. _À —_; proportionable,

proportional, proportionably, proportionately, proportionally. _A de —_;

in proportion to.

=proportionnalité=, _n.f._, proportionality, proportionateness.

=proportionné=, =-e=, _adj._, proportioned; suited.

=proportionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, proportional.

=proportionnelle=, _n.f._, (math.) proportional.

=proportionnellement=, (-nèl-mān), _adv._, proportionably,

proportionately.

=proportionnément=, _adv._, proportionally, proportionately, in

proportion to.

=proportionner=, _v.a._, to proportion, to adjust, to fit, to

accommodate, to adapt, _or_ to adjust; to suit. _— sa dépense à son

revenu_; to suit one’s expenditure to one’s revenue, to cut one’s cloth

according to one’s measure.

_se_ =proportionner=, _v.r._, to be proportioned; to proportion one’s

self, to suit one’s self.

=propos=, _n.m._, discourse, talk, words; purpose, resolution, design.

_pl._, idle remarks, tittle-tattle, talk. _Changeons de —_; let us talk

of something else. _— de table_; table-talk. _— interrompu_; desultory

talk. _Je me moque des —_; what do I care for people’s tattle! _Jeter

des — d’accommodement_; to hint at reconciliation. _À —_, _adj._,

seasonable, proper, fit, to the purpose. _À —_, _adv._, seasonably,

opportunely, pertinently, by the way, talking of that, now I come to

think of it. _Venir fort à —_; to come in the nick of time. _Elle fait

chaque chose à —_; she does everything at the proper time. _Mal à —_;

ill-timed, unseasonable, unseasonably. _Hors de —_; unseasonably; not to

the purpose, impertinent, impertinently. _À —, j’ai oublié de vous dire

l’autre jour_; now I think of it, I forgot to tell you the other day. _Il

s’est fâché à — de rien_; he got angry for nothing at all. _Il est venu

me quereller à — de bottes_; he came to quarrel with me for no earthly

reason. _À quel —?_ what about? _À — de quoi?_ for what reason? why? _À

tout —_; at every turn, ever and anon. _À — de_; with respect to. _À —_,

_n._, fitness, expediency, appositeness, pertinence; design. _L’à — fait

le mérite_; seasonableness gives everything its price. _De — delibéré_;

of set purpose. _Juger à —_; to think proper. _Il est à — de_; it is

expedient to.

=proposable=, _adj._, that can be proposed, proposable.

=proposant=, _n.m._, (French protestant) student in divinity.

=proposant=, _adj.m._, (c.rel.) proposing.

=proposer=, _v.a._, to propose, to offer, to propound, to move, to make

a motion; to designate, to set up, to state, to move. _— un sujet à

traiter_; to propose a subject for writing upon. _— une question_; to

propound a question. _— quelqu’un pour exemple_; to set up anybody as a

pattern.

_se_ =proposer=, _v.r._, to propose one’s self, to offer one’s self; to

be proposed, to be offered; to propose, to purpose, to intend, to have in

view.

=proposer=, _v.n._, to propose. _L’homme propose et Dieu dispose_; man

proposes and God disposes.

=proposeur=, _n.m._, proposer, propounder.

=proposition=, _n.f._, proposition; motion; proposal, offer. _Pain de —_;

show-bread _or_ shew-bread. _Faire des —s à quelqu’un_; to make proposals

to any one.

=propre=, _adj._, own; very, same, self-same, very same; adapted,

appropriate, calculated, fit, fitted; qualified, proper, suitable; clean;

neat, tidy; nice; accurate, right, correct. _C’est son — fils_; it is his

own son. _En main —_; in one’s own hands. _Amour-—_, (_—s-—s_) self-love,

conceit. _Nom —_; proper name. _Ce sont ses —s paroles_; they are his

very words. _Termes —s_; proper, _or_ correct, expressions. _Il est — à

tout_; he is fit for anything. _Le mot —_; the proper _or_ right word.

_Il est toujours fort —_; he is always very neat. _Avoir une écriture —_;

to write a neat hand.

=propre=, _n.m._, characteristic, attribute; peculiar quality, property,

part; (gram.) proper sense, literal sense; (jur.) real estate, real

property; (c.rel.) particular prayers. _Le — des oiseaux est de voler_;

it is in the nature of birds to fly. _Avoir en —_; to own. _N’avoir rien

en —_; to have no property. _Posséder en —_; to possess in one’s own

right. _Le — et le figuré_; the literal and figurative sense. _Prendre un

mot au —_; to use a word in its literal sense. _C’est du —!_ what a dirty

action! what a nasty thing!

=proprement=, _adv._, properly, correctly, rightly; literally; cleanly;

neatly, tidily. _— dit_; properly called, properly so called. _À —

parler_; properly speaking. _S’habiller —_; to dress neatly.

=propret=, =-te=, _adj._, spruce, neat, tidy, natty.

=propreté=, _n.f._, cleanness, cleanliness; spruceness, neatness,

niceness.

=propréteur=, _n.m._, (Roman hist.) propretor.

=propriétaire=, _n.m.f._, owner; proprietor; proprietress; landlord;

landlady; freeholder, esquire, man of independent means. _Nu —_; (jur.)

owner without the usufruct of his property.

=propriété=, _n.f._, property; ownership; estate; peculiar quality,

essential faculty; propriety, correctness (of words, terms). _pl._,

lands, estates. _— littéraire_; copyright. _Nue —_; (jur.) property

without the usufruct of it, reversionary interest. _Doter quelqu’un d’une

—_; to settle an estate upon any one. _Violer la —_; to trespass.

=propulser=, _v.a._, to propel.

=propulseur=, _n.m._, (tech.) propeller. _— à hélice_; screw-propeller.

=propulsion=, _n.f._, propulsion.

=propylée=, _n.m.pl._, (arch.) propylæum.

=prorata=, _n.m._, proportion. _Au — de_; pro rata, in proportion.

=prorogati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, prorogative.

=prorogation=, _n.f._, prolongation; adjournment; prorogation (of

parliament).

=proroger=, _v.a._, to prolong time, to protract, to adjourn, to delay;

to prorogue (parliament).

=prosaïque=, _adj._, prosaic, prosy; dull, tedious, matter of fact.

=prosaïquement=, _adv._, prosaically, dully, unpoetically, tediously,

coldly.

=prosaïser=, _v.n._, to write prose, to vulgarize.

=prosaïsme=, _n.m._, prosaism; (fig.) prosiness, dullness, monotony,

vulgarity. _Le — de la vie_; the monotony of life.

=prosateur=, _n.m._, prose-writer, prosaist.

=proscénium= (-sé-ni-om), _n.m._, (antiq.) proscenium.

=proscripteur=, _n.m._, proscriber, banisher.

=proscription=, _n.f._, proscription, outlawry.

=proscrire=, _v.a._, (proscrivant, proscrit), to proscribe, to outlaw; to

expel, to banish; to taboo. _Se —_; to be proscribed, to proscribe each

other.

=proscrit=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, proscribed person, exile, outlaw,

refugee, outcast. _Figure de —_; disagreeable face, displeasing face.

=prose=, _n.f._, prose; (c.rel.) prose. _Mettre en —_; to turn into prose.

=prosecteur=, _n.m._, (anat.) prosector.

=prosélyte=, _n.m.f._, proselyte.

=prosélytisme=, _n.m._, proselytism.

=prosodie=, _n.f._, (gram.) prosody.

=prosodique=, _adj._, prosodial, prosodical.

=prosopopée=, _n.f._, (rhet.) prosopopœia.

=prospectus= (-tus), _n.m._, prospectus; hand-bill.

=prospère=, _adj._, prosperous, thriving; propitious, favorable.

=prospérer=, _v.n._, to prosper, to be prosperous, to be successful, to

thrive, to speed.

=prospérité=, _n.f._, prosperity, success, well-being. _Quel visage de

—!_ what a happy, cheerful face! how well you look!

=prostate=, _n.f._, (anat.) prostate, prostate gland.

=prostatique=, _adj._, (anat.) prostatic.

=prosternation=, _n.f._, prostration, obeisance.

=prosternement=, _n.m._, prostration.

=prosterner=, _v.a._, to prostrate.

_se_ =prosterner=, _v.r._, to prostrate one’s self, to fall down, to bow

one’s head; to bow low.

=prosthèse=, _n.f._, (gram.) prosthesis; (surg. l.u.) prosthesis. _V._

=prothèse=.

=prostituée=, _n.f._, prostitute.

=prostituer=, _v.a._, to prostitute.

_se_ =prostituer=, _v.r._, to prostitute one’s self.

=prostitution=, _n.f._, prostitution.

=prostration=, _n.f._, prostration.

=prostyle=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (arch.) prostyle.

=protagoniste=, _n.m._, (theat.) principal character, protagonist.

=protase=, _n.f._, protasis.

=protatique=, _adj._, protatic.

=prote=, _n.m._, (print.) overseer; (iron.) reader.

=protect-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, protector, protectress, patron,

patroness, patronizer, fosterer; protective, patronizing, fostering.

_Société —rice des animaux_; society for the prevention of cruelty to

animals.

=protection=, _n.f._, protection, defense; support, patronage, influence,

favor, countenance; (nav.) shelter, cover.

=protectionniste=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (com.) protectionist.

=protectorat=, _n.m._, protectorate, protectorship.

=protée=, _n.m._, Proteus.

=protégé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, favorite, dependant; protégé; protégée.

=protéger=, _v.a._, to protect, to defend, to shield, to shelter; to

patronize, to countenance, to favor. _— contre le mal_; to shield from

harm.

=protestant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Protestant.

=protestantisme=, _n.m._, Protestantism.

=protestation=, _n.f._, protestation, protest. _— d’amitié_; profession

of friendship. _Faire insérer une — dans le procès-verbal_; to enter a

protest.

=protester=, _v.a._, to protest; to vow. _Je vous le proteste sur mon

honneur_; I swear to you on my honor. _— une lettre de change_; to

protest a bill of exchange. _Se —_; to be protested.

=protester=, _v.n._, to protest. _— de nullité_; to protest against the

validity of a deed.

=protêt=, _n.m._, (com.) protest. _— faute de payement_; protest for

non-payment. _Faire signifier un —_; to give notice of a protest.

=prothèse=, _n.f._, (surg.) prothesis. _— dentaire_; setting of

artificial teeth.

=proto=, a prefix from Gr. πρῶτος.

=protocarbure=, _n.m._, (chem.) carburet.

=protochlorure=, _n.m._, (chem.) protochloride.

=protocole=, _n.m._, protocol; formulary, preamble.

=protonotaire=, _n.m._, protonotary.

=prototype=, _n.m._, prototype, model.

=protoxyde=, _n.m._, (chem.) protoxide.

=protubérance=, _n.f._, (anat.) protuberance.

=protubérant=, _adj._, protuberant.

=protuteur=, _n.m._, (jur.) person acting as guardian.

☉=prou=, _adv._, enough, much. _Ni peu ni —_; neither little nor much.

_Peu ou —_; little or much.

=proue=, _n.f._, (nav. and poetic) prow, stem.

=prouesse=, _n.f._, prowess, valor; performance; (iron.) feat of valor.

=prouvable=, _adj._, provable.

=prouver=, _v.a._, to prove, to show; to make good, to substantiate; to

be a proof of, to give proof of, to verify.

=provéditeur=, _n.m._, (Ital.) proveditore.

=provenance= (pro-vnāns), _n.f._, (com.) production, origin, source,

growth; produce, goods. _En —_; proceeding, coming (from).

=provenant=, =-e= (pro-vnan, -t), _adj._, proceeding, accruing, arising.

=provençal=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Provençal.

=provende=, _n.f._, (l.u.) provision; (agri.) provender, provisions,

victuals.

=provenir= (pro-vnir), _v.n._, to spring, to accrue, to issue, to

proceed, to result (from); to come, to arise (from).

=proverbe=, _n.m._, proverb, saying. _Devenir —_, _passer en —_; to

become a proverb, to become proverbial.

=proverbial=, =-e=, _adj._, proverbial.

=proverbialement= (-al-mān), _adv._, proverbially.

=providence=, _n.f._, Providence (of God).

=providentiel=, =-le=, _adj._, providential.

*=provignement=, _n.m._, layering of vines; (of words) pruning (Ronsard).

*=provigner=, _v.a._, to layer vines.

*=provigner=, _v.n._, (agri.) to increase; ☉to multiply, to increase.

=provin=, _n.m._, layer (of a vine).

=province=, _n.f._, province, shire, county. _Les gens de —_; country

people. _En —_; in the country, in the provinces. _Il a encore l’air de

—_; he has still a countrified air.

=provincial=, _n.m._, provincial, country person; superior of a monastic

fraternity.

=provincial=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, provincial, country, country-like.

_Manières —es_; country manners.

=provincialat=, _n.m._, provincialship (of convents).

=provincialisme=, _n.m._, (gram.) provincialism.

=proviseur=, _n.m._, head-master, principal of a (government) college.

=provision=, _n.f._, provision, stock, store, supply; (fam.) hoard;

(com.) stock on hand; provisional maintenance. _Par —_; provisionally, in

the mean time. _Faire ses —s_; to provide one’s self with necessaries.

_Faire sa — de bois_, _de charbon_; to take in, to lay in, one’s stock

of wood, of coal, of fuel. _—s de bouche_; provisions. _—s de guerre_;

ammunition. _Aller à la —_; to go marketing. _Faire — de_; to get in a

supply of. _Faire la — d’une lettre de change_; (com.) to provide for a

bill of exchange.

=provisionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, provisional.

=provisionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, provisionally.

=provisoire=, _n.m._, provisional state.

=provisoire=, _adj._, provisional, temporary.

=provisoirement= (-zoar-mān), _adv._, provisionally, temporarily; in the

mean time.

=provisorat=, _n.m._, head-mastership, principalship.

=provocant=, _adj._, provoking, provocative; exciting, defiant,

instigating.

=provocat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, provoker; instigator, abettor,

aggressor; provoking, instigating, abetting. _Agent —_; hired plotter,

hireling.

=provocation=, _n.f._, provocation, instigation. _— en duel_; challenge

to fight.

=provoquer=, _v.a._, to provoke, to incense, to call forth, to promote;

to instigate; to challenge. _— des applaudissements_; to call forth

applause. _— en duel_; to challenge. _— au sommeil_; to invite to sleep.

=proxénète=, _n.m._, (com.) ☉broker; pimp, pander; go-between.

=proximité=, _n.f._, proximity, nearness, near relationship. _Le théâtre

est à sa —_; the theater is in his neighborhood. _Il y a — de sang entre

vous et moi_; you and I are nearly related by the ties of blood. _À —

de_; within a short distance of, in the neighborhood of.

=proyer=, _n.m._, (orni.) common bunting.

=prrr!= _int._, not I! not a bit of it! don’t you wish you may get it!

whistle for it!

=prude=, _n.f._ and _adj._, prude; prudish.

=prudemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, prudently, discreetly, wisely, cautiously.

=prudence=, _n.f._, prudence; discretion.

=prudent=, =-e=, _adj._, prudent, cautions, discreet.

=pruderie= (pru-drî), _n.f._, prudery.

☉=prud’homie=, _n.f._, uprightness, integrity, probity; (com.)

trade-arbitration.

=prud’homme=, _n.m._, skillful _or_ able person (in an art or trade);

expert; ☉upright, honest man. _Conseil des —s_; council of experts.

=pruine=, _n.f._, bloom (of fruits).

=pruiné=, _adj._, covered with bloom (of fruits).

=prune=, _n.f._, plum. _— de Brignoles_; prunello. _— de Monsieur_;

Orleans plum. _— sauvage_; skeg. _— de mirabelle_; mirabelle plum. _—

de reine-Claude_; greengage. _— de Damas_; damson. _Couleur —_; violet

color. _Ce n’est pas pour des —s_; (fig.) it is not for nothing.

=pruneau=, _n.m._, prune, dried plum; French plum.

=prunelaie= (pru-n-lè), _n.f._, plum-orchard.

=prunelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) sloe, bullace; (woolen stuff) prunella,

prunello; (anat.) pupil, apple (of the eye), eye-ball. _Jouer de la —_;

to cast sheep’s eyes, to ogle, to leer.

=prunellier=, _n.m._, (bot.) sloe-tree, bullace-tree.

=prunier=, _n.m._, (bot.) plum-tree.

=prurigineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) pruriginous.

=prurit=, _n.m._, (med.) prurience, pruriency, pruritus, itching.

=prusse=, _n.f._ _Pour le roi de —_; to no purpose, in vain, for nothing.

=prussiate=, _n.m._, (chem.) prussiate.

=prussien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Prussian.

=prussique=, _adj._, (chem.) prussic. _Acide —_; prussic acid.

=prytane=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) prytanis. _pl._, prytanes.

=prytanée=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) prytaneum.

=p.s.=, initial letters of _postscriptum_, P.S., postscript.

=psalmiste=, _n.m._, psalmist.

=psalmodie=, _n.f._, psalmody; sing-song.

=psalmodier=, _v.n._ and _a._, to recite, to chant, psalms; to read, to

recite in a sing-song manner.

=psaltérion=, _n.m._, (mus.) psaltery.

=psammite=, _n.m._, (min.) psammite, graywacke or greywacke.

=psaume=, _n.m._, psalm.

=psautier= (-tié), _n.m._, psalter, psalm-book; (c.rel.) chaplet of 150

beads; nun’s veil.

=pseudo=, a prefix from Gr. ψεῦδος.

=pseudonyme=, _adj._, pseudonymous; under an assumed name. _n.m._,

pseudonym, nom de plume; alias.

=psora= _or_ =psore=, _n.f._, (med.) psora, itch.

=psorique=, _adj._, (med.) psoric, itchy.

=psyché=, _n.f._, (myth.) Psyche; Psyche-glass, cheval-glass.

=psychique=, _adj._, psychical.

=psychologie= (-ko-), _n.f._, psychology.

=psychologique= (-ko-), _adj._, psychologic, psychological.

=psychologiste= _or_ =psychologue= (-ko-), _n.m._, psychologist.

=psylle=, _n.m._, snake-charmer.

=ptérodactyle=, _n.m._, (foss.) pterodactyl.

=ptyalisme=, _n.m._, (med.) ptyalism.

=puamment= (pu-a-mān), _adv._, stinkingly; grossly, impudently; (fig.,

fam.) impudently, in a barefaced manner.

=puant=, _-e_, _adj._, stinking; impudent, barefaced. _Devenir —_; to

begin to stink. _Mensonge —_; impudent lie. _— menteur_; impudent liar.

=puant=, _n.m._, (pop.) stinkard.

=puanteur=, _n.f._, stink, stench, offensive smell.

=pubère=, _adj._, pubescent, of puberty.

=puberté=, _n.f._, puberty.

=pubescence=, _n.f._, (bot.) pubescence, down.

=pubescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) pubescent, downy.

=pubien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) pubic.

=pubis=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) of pubis; pubic. _Os —_; os pubis,

pubic bone, share-bone; pubes.

=publi-c=, =-que=, _adj._, public; notorious. _Rendre —_; to make public,

to publish; (of women) on the town, loose, fast. _La chose —que_; the

common weal. _La partie —que_; the crown, the public prosecutor.

=public=, _n.m._, public. _En —_; publicly.

=publicain=, _n.m._, (Rom. antiq.) publican; (fig.) extortioner.

=publicateur=, _n.m._, (jur.) publisher.

=publication=, _n.f._, publication; publishing, proclamation.

=publiciste=, _n.m._, publicist.

=publicité=, _n.f._, publicity, notoriety; advertising, advertisements.

=publier=, _v.a._, to publish, to make public, to proclaim, to celebrate,

to trumpet forth, to bring out, to issue. _— quelque chose sur les

toits_; to proclaim anything from the house-tops, to trumpet forth

anything. _— une ordonnance_; to issue an ordonnance.

=publiquement= (-blik-mān), _adv._, publicly, in public.

=puce=, _n.f._, (ent.) flea. _Herbe aux —s_; flea-bane, fleawort.

_— d’eau_; water-beetle. _— de mer_; psyllus marinus. _— de terre_;

earth-puceron. _Avoir la — à l’oreille_; to have a flea in one’s ear, to

be uneasy, anxious. _Mettre à quelqu’un la — à l’oreille_; to give any

one cause for uneasiness.

=puce=, _adj._, puce, puce-colored.

=puceau=, _n.m._, chaste youth; (iron.) spoony, simpleton.

=pucelage= (pu-slaj), _n.m._, (l.ex.) maidenhead, virginity; (mol.)

cowry; (bot.) periwinkle.

=pucelle=, _n.f._, (fam.) maid, maiden, virgin; (ich.) shad. _La —

d’Orléans_; the maid of Orleans (Joan of Arc).

=puceron= (pu-sron), _n.m._, (ent.) plant-louse; green-fly.

=puddlage=, _n.m._, (metal.) puddling.

=puddler= (-dlé), _v.a._, (metal.) to puddle.

=puddleur=, _n.m._, (metal.) puddler.

=pudeur=, _n.f._, bashfulness, shame; modesty, decency; discretion,

reserve. _— virginale_; virgin bashfulness.

=pudibond=, =-e=, _adj._, bashful, modest.

=pudicité=, _n.f._, modesty, pudicity, chastity.

=pudique=, _adj._, chaste, modest, bashful.

=pudiquement= (-dik-mān), _adv._, chastely, purely.

=puer=, _v.n._ and _a._, to stink, to have an offensive smell; to smell

of; to stink of; to be full of conceit. _Il pue le vin_; he stinks, _or_

smells, very strong of wine.

=puéril=, =-e=, _adj._, juvenile, boyish; puerile, childish.

=puérilement= (-ril-mān), _adv._, puerilely, childishly.

=puérilité=, _n.f._, puerility, childishness.

=puerpéral=, =-e=, _adj._, puerperal.

=puff= (puf, peuf), _n.m._, exaggerated statement, puff. _Faire le —_; to

puff.

=puffin=, _n.m._, (orni.) puffin.

=pugilat=, _n.m._, pugilism, boxing.

=pugiliste=, _n.m._, pugilist, boxer.

=puine=, _n.m._, (forestry) wood of little value. _V._ _mort-bois_ under

=bois=.

=puîné=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, younger brother; younger sister; younger.

=puis=, _adv._, then, afterwards, after that, next, besides. _Et —_; and

besides, and then. _Et —?_ what then? what next? well?

=puisage=, _n.m._, drawing water, drawing up.

=puisard=, _n.m._, cesspool; sink; dip-well; (mining) sump, water-sump.

=puisatier=, _n.m._, well-sinker.

=puiser=, _v.a._, to draw, to fetch up, to take, to borrow; to imbibe;

to let in. _— de l’eau à la rivière_; to draw water out of the river. _—

à la source_; to go to the fountain-head. _— des opinions_; to imbibe

opinions.

=puiser=, _v.n._, to draw, to borrow, to take; (nav.) to make water.

_C’est un auteur qui puise partout_; he is an author who borrows from all

quarters.

=puisque=, _conj._, since, seeing, seeing that, inasmuch as.

=puissamment= (-sa-mān), _adv._, powerfully, forcibly, potently;

extremely, very. _Il est — riche_; he is exceedingly rich.

=puissance=, _n.f._, power; dominion, sway, empire; ability, force;

faculty; influence; influential man; virtue, quality, property; (mining)

thickness (of layers or lodes); (mec.) power; horse-power. _Toute-—_,

(_n.p._) omnipotence, almighty power. _Haute —_; high-mightiness (title).

_Cette femme est en — de mari_; that woman is under the control of her

husband. _Soumettre à sa —_; to bring under one’s dominion. _Traiter de

— à —_; to treat on equal terms. _— motrice_; moving power. _Les grandes

—s_; the great powers.

=puissant=, =-e=, _adj._, powerful, potent, mighty; forcible, strong,

lusty, stout, corpulent; wealthy, rich. _— prince_; mighty prince.

_Famille —e_; influential family. _Le Tout-—_, (_n.p._) the Almighty. _Il

est tout-— auprès de lui_; he can get him to do anything.

=puits= (puî), _n.m._, well, hole for water; pit, shaft; well-hole (of

staircases); (nav.) well-room. _— commun_; public well. _— à pompe_;

pump-well. _— à roue_; _— à poulie_; draw-well. _— artésien_; artesian

well. _— perdu_; drain-well, blind-well. _— de mine_; shaft of a mine.

_— d’aérage_; air-shaft. _— d’abondance_; (fig.) an inexhaustible mine.

_C’est un — de science_; he is extremely learned; he is a walking

dictionary, a living encyclopædia. _La vérité est au fond d’un —_; truth

lies at the bottom of a well (_i.e._, has to be sought out).

=pullulation=, _n.f._, rapid increase, swarming.

=pulluler= (pul-lu-), _v.n._, to increase, to multiply, to pullulate, to

swarm.

=pulmonaire=, _adj._, (anat., med.) pulmonary. _Phthisie —_; pulmonary

disease, consumption.

=pulmonaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) pulmonaria, pulmonary. _Grande —_; lungwort;

sage of Jerusalem, Jerusalem cowslip. _— des Français_; golden lungwort.

_— de chêne_; liverwort.

=pulmonie=, _n.f._ _V._ =pneumonie=.

=pulmonique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, consumptive.

=pulpation=, _n.f._, (pharm.) reducing to pulp, pulpation.

=pulpe=, _n.f._, pulp; pap. _— cérébrale_; (anat.) cerebral substance.

=pulper=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to reduce to pulp.

=pulpeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) pulpous, pulpy.

=pulsati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) pulsative, pulsatory.

*=pulsatille=, _n.f._, (bot.) pasque-flower, pulsatilla.

=pulsation=, _n.f._, beating of the pulse, pulsation; (phys.) pulse.

=pulvérat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, (zoöl.) pulverulent.

=pulvérescence=, _n.f._, pulverulence.

=pulvérescent=, =-e=, _adj._, pulverulent.

=pulvérin=, _n.m._, priming powder; priming powder-horn; mist, spray

(from waterfalls).

=pulvérisable=, _adj._, pulverizable.

=pulvérisateur=, _n.m._, pulverizer. _adj._, pulverizing.

=pulvérisation=, _n.f._, pulverization.

=pulvériser=, _v.a._, to reduce to powder, to grind to dust, to

pulverize; to annihilate; to reduce to atoms.

=pulvérulent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) pulverulent; easy to reduce into

powder.

=puma=, _n.m._, puma, cougar (American lion).

=pumicin=, _n.m._, palm-oil.

=punais=, =-e=, _adj._, affected with ozæna.

=punaise=, _n.f._, bug; (ent.) bug; B-flat. _Couvain de —s_; nest of bugs.

=punaisie=, _n.f._, ozæna.

=punch= (ponsh), _n.m._, punch (beverage). _Offrir un — a quelqu’un_; to

entertain any one.

=punique=, _adj._, punic.

=punir=, _v.a._, to punish, to chastise, to avenge. _Puni de mort_;

punished with death.

=punissable=, _adj._, punishable.

=punisseur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, avenger, punisher; avenging, punishing.

=punition=, _n.f._, punishment. _Par —_; as a punishment.

=pupillaire= (-pil-lèr), _adj._, pupillary.

=pupillarité= (-pil-la-), _n.f._, (jur., l.u.) nonage, minority.

=pupille=, _n.m.f._, ward, pupil (under a guardian).

=pupille=, _n.f._, pupil, apple of the eye.

=pupitre=, _n.m._, desk, writing-desk; reading-desk.

=pur=, =-e=, _adj._, pure, genuine, unadulterated; unspotted, innocent,

chaste, spotless; clean, clear, unmingled, unalloyed; mere, sheer,

downright, neat (of liquor). _Une lumière —e_; a clear light. _Un ciel

—_; a clear, cloudless sky. _Être en état de —e nature_; to be stark

naked. _Du vin —_; wine without water, pure wine. Obligation _—e et

simple_; unconditional, unqualified, absolute obligation. _C’est la —e

vérité_; it is the plain, unvarnished truth. _Par —e bonté_; out of sheer

kindness. _— e sottise_; downright nonsense. _Ce fruit est du poison tout

—_; that fruit is downright poison. _Félicité —e_; unalloyed happiness.

_Une réputation —e_; an untarnished reputation. _Une gloire —e_;

unsullied glory. _Un trait —_, _un dessin —_; (drawing) a clean stroke, a

clean drawing. _À — et à plein_; unreservedly, entirely. _En —e perte_;

in vain, to no purpose.

=pureau=, _n.m._, part uncovered (of slates, tiles).

=purée=, _n.f._, thick soup; pea-soup; mashed potatoes.

=purement= (pur-mān), _adv._, purely, genuinely, merely, only;

innocently. _— et simplement_; unconditionally; merely.

=pureté= (pur-té), _n.f._, pureness, purity, gentleness, innocence;

chastity.

=purgati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, purgative, purging.

=purgatif=, _n.m._, purgative.

=purgation=, _n.f._, purgative, purge.

=purgatoire=, _n.m._, purgatory.

=purge=, _n.f._, ☉purge, cleansing. _— d’hypothèques_; (jur.) paying off

of a mortgage.

=purger=, _v.a._, to purge, to purge away; to cleanse, to purify, to

clear, to refine. _— un malade_; to purge a sick person. _— son bien de

dettes_; to clear one’s estate of mortgages.

_se_ =purger=, _v.r._, to purge one’s self, to purify one’s self.

=purifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, purifying, cleansing.

=purificateur=, _n.m._, purificator.

=purification=, _n.f._, purification.

=purificatoire=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) purificatory.

=purifier=, _v.a._, to purify, to cleanse; to refine; to try (metal). _—

le langage_; to refine the language.

_se_ =purifier=, _v.r._, to purify one’s self, to purify, to refine.

=puriforme=, _adj._, (med.) puriform.

=purin=, _n.m._, (agri.) liquid manure.

=purisme=, _n.m._, purism.

=puriste=, _n.m._, purist.

=puritain=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Puritan.

=puritanisme=, _n.m._, Puritanism.

=purpurin=, =-e=, _adj._, purplish.

=purpurine=, _n.f._, purple, bronze.

=purulence=, _n.f._, purulence, purulency.

=purulent=, =-e=, _adj._, purulent.

=pus=, _n.m._, (med.) pus, matter.

=pusillanime= (-zil-la-), _adj._, pusillanimous, faint-hearted,

chicken-hearted, cowardly.

=pusillanimité= (-zil-la-), _n.f._, pusillanimity, faint-heartedness,

cowardice.

=pustule=, _n.f._, pustule, pimple, blotch, blain; (bot.) blister.

=pustulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) blistered.

=pustuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pustulous.

=putain=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) street-walker, prostitute, strumpet.

=putasserie=, _n.f._, whoredom; whoring, wenching.

=putassier=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) one who frequents prostitutes, whoremonger.

=putati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, putative, reputed, supposed.

=putativement=, _adv._, reputedly, putatively.

=putois=, _n.m._, polecat.

=putréfaction=, _n.m._, putrefaction.

=putréfait=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) putrefied.

=putréfié=, =-e=, _part._, putrefied.

=putréfier=, _v.a._, to putrefy.

_se_ =putréfier=, _v.r._, to putrefy.

=putrescible=, _adj._, putrefiable.

=putride=, _adj._, (med.) putrid.

=putridité=, _n.f._, putridity.

=pygargue=, _n.m._, erne, sea-eagle.

=pygmée=, _n.m._, pygmy, dwarf.

=pylône=, _n.m._, (antiq., arch.) porch (of Egyptian temples).

=pylore=, _n.m._, (anat.) pylorus.

=pyloride=, _n.f._, bivalve shell.

=pylorique=, _adj._, (anat.) pyloric.

=pyracanthe=, _n.f._, (bot.) pyracanth.

=pyrale=, _n.f._, (ent.) pyralis.

=pyramidal=, =-e=, _adj._, pyramidal, pyramidic, pyramidical.

=pyramidalement= (-dal-mān), _adv._, pyramidally, pyramidically.

=pyramide=, _n.f._, pyramid.

=pyramider=, _v.n._, to rise like a pyramid; to tower, to taper.

=pyrée=, _n.m._, fire-altar.

=pyrèthre=, _n.m._, (bot.) Spanish camomile, feverfew.

=pyrétologie=, _n.m._, pyretology.

=pyriforme=, _adj._ _V._ =piriforme=.

=pyrique=, _adj._, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical.

=pyrite=, _n.f._, (min.) pyrites.

=pyriteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (min.) pyritic, pyritical.

=pyrolâtrie=, _n.f._, the worship of fire, pyrolatry.

*=pyroligneux=, _adj._, pyrolignous.

=pyrologie=, _n.f._, pyrology.

=pyromancie=, _n.f._, pyromancy.

=pyromètre=, _n.m._, pyrometer.

=pyrophore=, _n.m._, pyrophorus.

=pyroscaphe=, _n.m._, (nav.) steamer, steamboat.

=pyrosis=, _n.f._, (med.) pyrosis, water brash.

=pyrotechnie= (-tèk-), _n.f._, pyrotechnics, pyrotechny.

=pyrotechnique= (-tèk-), _adj._, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical.

=pyroxène=, _n.m._, (min.) pyroxene.

=pyrrhique=, _adj._, Pyrrhic.

=pyrrhique=, _n.m._, (poet.) Pyrrhic.

=pyrrhique=, _n.f._, (antiq.) Pyrrhic (dance).

=pyrrhonien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Pyrrhonist, Pyrrhonean;

Pyrrhonic.

=pyrrhonisme=, _n.m._, Pyrrhonism.

=pythagoricien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Pythagorean;

Pythagoric, Pythagorical.

=pythagorique=, _adj._, Pythagoric, Pythagorical.

=pythagorisme=, _n.m._, Pythagorism.

=pythie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) the Pythia (priestess of Apollo).

=pythien= (-tiin), _adj._, Pythian.

=pythique=, _adj._, Pythian.

=pythiques=, _n.f.pl._, Pindarus’ odes.

=python=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) python, rock-snake.

=pythonisse=, _n.f._, (antiq.) pythoness; witch.

Q

=q=, _n.m._, the seventeenth letter of the alphabet, q.

=qu’=, contraction of Que.

=quacre=, _n.m._ _V._ =quaker=.

=quadernes= (kooa-dèrn), _n.m.pl._, two fours (backgammon).

=quadragénaire= (kooa-), _n._ and _adj._, person forty years old; of

forty years of age; of forty.

=quadragésimal=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, quadragesimal.

=quadragésime= (kooa-), _n.f._, Quadragesima (Sunday).

=quadrangle= (kooa-), _n.m._, quadrangle.

=quadrangulaire= (kooa-), _adj._, quadrangular, four-cornered.

=quadrangulé=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, quadrangular.

☉=quadrat=, _adj._, (astrolog.) quadrate. _— aspect_; quartile. _V._

=quadrature=.

=quadrat=, _n.m._, (print.) quadrat. _V._ =cadrat=.

=quadrateur=, _n.m._, squarer of the circle.

=quadratin=, _n.m._, (print.) M quadrat. _Demi-—_; (print.) N quadrat.

_V._ =cadratin=.

=quadratique= (kooa-), _adj._, quadratic.

=quadratoriste=, _n.m._, fresco-painter.

=quadratrice= (kooa-), _n.f._, (geom.) quadratrix.

=quadrature= (kooa-), _n.f._, (astron., geom.) quadrature; (astrolog.)

quartile; (paint.) fresco-painting.

=quadrature=, _n.f._, (horl.) movement, dial-work. _V._ =cadrature=.

=quadriailé=, _adj._, four-winged.

=quadricapsulaire= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadricapsular.

=quadricorne= (kooa-), _adj._, quadricornous.

=quadridenté=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadridentate.

=quadriennal=. _V._ =quatriennal=.

=quadrifide= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadrifid, four-cleft.

=quadrige= (kooa-), _n.m._, (antiq.) quadriga.

=quadrijumeaux= (kooa-), _adj.m.pl._, (anat.) quadrigemina. _Tubercules

—_; corpora quadrigemina.

=quadrilatéral=, _adj._, quadrilateral.

=quadrilatère= (kooa-), _n.m._, (geom.) quadrilateral.

*=quadrillage=, _n.m._, pavement of square stones, flags.

*=quadrille=, _n.f._, troop of horse (in a tournament).

=quadrille=, _n.m._, (card game, mus., dancing) quadrille; check, square,

lozenge.

=quadrillé=, _adj._, (of cloths) checkered, plaid; (of paper) ruled both

ways, in squares.

=quadrillion= (kooa-), _n.m._, a thousand billions.

=quadrilobé=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadrilobate.

=quadriloculaire= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadrilocular.

=quadrinôme= (kooa-), _n.m._, (alg.) quadrinomial.

=quadriparti=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadripartite.

=quadripartition= (kooa-), _n.f._, (l.u.) quadripartition.

=quadriphylle= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadriphyllous.

=quadrirème= (kooa-), _n.m._, quadrireme.

=quadrisyllabe= (kooa-dri-sil-lab), _n.m._, quadrisyllable.

=quadrivalve= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadrivalve, quadrivalvular.

=quadrumane= (kooa-), _n.m._ and _adj._, (mam.) quadruman; quadrumanous.

=quadrupède= (kooa-), _n.m._ and _adj._, quadruped; four-footed;

quadruped.

=quadruple= (kooa-), _n.m._ and _adj._, quadruple, fourfold; (Spanish

coin) doubloon.

=quadruple=, _n.f._, Spanish gold coin worth 85 francs, about $16.50.

=quadrupler= (kooa-), _v.a._, to quadruple, to quadruplicate; to increase

fourfold.

=quadrupler=, _v.n._, to be quadrupled; to increase fourfold.

=quai=, _n.m._, quay, wharf. _Droit de —_; wharfage.

=quaiage=, _n.m._ _V._ =quayage=.

=quaiche=, _n.f._, (nav.) ketch.

=quaker= _or_ =quacre= (kooa-kr), _n.m._, quaker.

=quakeresse= (kooa-kres), _n.f._, quakeress.

=quakérisme= (kooa-), _n.m._, quakerism.

=qualifiable=, _adj._, that can be called, named, styled, described,

termed.

=qualificateur=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) qualificator.

=qualificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) qualifying.

=qualificatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) qualificative.

=qualification=, _n.f._, title, name; character, nature, qualification.

=qualifié=, =-e=, _part._, qualified, called, named. _Vol —_; robbery

with aggravated circumstances.

=qualifier=, _v.a._, to qualify, to call; to entitle, to style, to name.

_— quelqu’un de fourbe_; to call any one a knave.

_se_ =qualifier=, _v.r._, to call one’s self, to style one’s self.

=qualité=, _n.f._, quality; property; qualification, accomplishment;

title, rank. _Il n’a pas les —s requises pour ce poste_; he is not

qualified to fill that position. _En — de_; in the capacity of, in the

character of, as. _Avoir — pour_; to be qualified to. _Avoir de la —_; to

be of good quality.

=quand=, _adv._, when, whenever, what time, what period; while, whilst.

_Depuis —?_ since when? _Depuis — est-il arrivé?_ since when has he

arrived, _or_ how long has he been here? _Jusqu’à —?_ or _jusques à —?_

how long? till when?

=quand=, _conj._, though, although. _— même_; though, although, even if.

_— même elle voudrait_; even if she were willing. _— même_; in spite of

everything; through thick and thin; at any price. _— bien même_; even

though. _— je le disais!_ didn’t I tell you so! what did I say! _Je le

ferai — même_; I shall do it just the same, or in spite of you, etc.

=quant à=, _adv._, with regard to, as to, as for, concerning, respecting.

_— à cela_; as for that. _Se mettre sur son —-à-soi_, _sur son —-à-moi_;

to stand on one’s dignity. _Tenir_, or _se tenir sur_, _son —-à-soi_, or

_son —-à-moi_; to assume a proud and reserved air.

=quantes=, _adj.f.pl._, only employed in the two phrases: _Toutes fois et

—_, _toutes et — fois que_; whenever, as often as, (com.) on demand.

=quantième=, _n.m._, day (of the month). _Quel est le — du mois?_ what

day of the month is it?

=quantitati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, quantitative.

=quantité=, _n.f._, quantity; variety; deal, number, multitude,

abundance, plenty, lot.

=quantum= (koo-an-tom), _n.m._, (_—s_) quantum.

=quarantaine=, _n.f._, about forty; age of forty; quarantine. _Faire la

—_; to perform quarantine. _Lever la —_; to admit to pratique. _Purger sa

—_; to clear one’s quarantine. _Mettre en —_; to put into coventry.

=quarante=, _n.m._ and _adj._, forty. _Les —_; the members of the French

Academy, the forty immortals. _Remettre à l’an —_; to put off till

doomsday. _Je m’en moque comme de l’an —_; I don’t care two straws about

it.

=quarantie= (-tî), _n.f._, tribunal of the forty (at Venice).

=quarantième= (-tièm), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, fortieth.

=quarderonner=, _v.a._, (arch.) to round off.

=quarre=, =quarré=, =quarreau=, =quarrément=, =quarrer=, =quarrure=. _V._

=carre=, =carré=, etc.

=quart= (kar), _n.m._, quarter, fourth; point (of the compass); quart

(measure); (nav.) watch. _Un — d’heure_; a quarter of an hour. _Médire

du tiers et du —_; to speak ill of everybody. _— de cercle_; quadrant.

_Officier de —_; (nav.) officer of the watch. _Faire son —_; to do one’s

watch. _— de nuit_; night-watch. _Faire bon —_; to keep a good lookout.

_Le premier —_; the starboard-watch. _Bon —!_ (nav.) all’s well! _— de

vent_; point of the compass. _Le — d’heure de Rabelais_; the moment of

payment; the crucial moment. _Les trois —s du temps_; generally, most

frequently.

=quart=, =-e=, _adj._, fourth; (med.) quartan. _Fièvre —e_; quartan ague,

quartan.

=quartaine=, _adj.f._, (pop.) quartan. _Fièvre —_; quartan ague.

=quartan=, _n.m._, (hunt.) fourth year (of wild boars).

=quartanier=, _n.m._, wild boar four years old.

=quartation=, _n.f._, (metal.) quartation.

=quartaut=, _n.m._, octave (cask).

=quarte=, _n.f._, (mus.) fourth; (fenc.) quarte; (piquet) quart; ☉half

gallon.

=quartenier=, _n.m._, local police officer.

=quarteron=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, quadroon, quateron.

=quarteron=, _n.m._, the fourth part of a pound, _or_ of a hundred.

_Demi-—_; the eighth part of a pound, _or_ of a hundred.

=quartidi= (koo-ar-), _n.m._, Quartidi (fourth day of the decade in the

calendar of the first French republic).

=quartier= (-tié), _n.m._, quarter, fourth part; piece, part; block;

quarter (of a town, of the moon); ward; district; neighborhood; flap (of

a saddle); gammon (of bacon); block (of stone); (arch., her., milit.,

vet.) quarter; descent; study, form (in schools). _pl._, quarters. _Un

— de lard_; half a flitch of bacon. _— de soulier_; quarter of a shoe.

_— général_; (milit.) headquarters. _Elève du troisième —_; pupil of the

third form. _De —_; (milit.) on duty. _Demander —_; to beg for quarter,

for mercy. _Il ne donne point de — à ses débiteurs_; he is eternally

dunning his debtors. _On n’y fait — à personne_; they spare nobody there.

=quartier-maître=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (milit., nav.) quartermaster,

second-class petty officer.

=quarto=. _V._ =in-quarto=.

=quarto= (kooar-to), _adv._, fourthly, in the fourth place.

=quartz= (kooar-tz), _n.m._, (min.) quartz.

=quartzeu-x=, =-se= (kooa-), _adj._, (min.) quartzose, quartzy.

=quasi=, _n.m._, (cook.) thick end of a loin of veal; chump, chump end.

=quasi=, _adv._, (fam.) almost, nearly; quasi.

=quasi-contrat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) quasi contract, implied contract.

=quasi-délit=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) injury caused involuntarily.

=quasiment=, _adv._, almost, nearly, as you would say.

=quasimodo=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) Quasimodo, hunchback (in V. Hugo’s _Notre

Dame_). _Dimanche de la —_; Low Sunday.

=quassia= (kooa-), _n.f._, (pharm.) quassia.

=quassier= (kooa-sié), _n.m._, (bot.) stavewood, quassia.

=quater=, _n.m._, C (numeration of houses). _V._ =ter=.

=quaternaire= (kooa-), _adj._, quaternary.

=quaterne=, _n.m._, quaternary; four winning numbers (_V._ =quine=).

=quaterné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) quaternate.

=quatorze=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fourteen, fourteenth.

=quatorzième=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, fourteenth, fourteenth day.

=quatorzièmement=, _adv._, fourteenthly.

=quatrain=, _n.m._, quatrain.

=quatre=, _adj._, four, fourth. _Un de ces — matins_; one of these

fine days. _Marcher à — pattes_; to go upon all fours. _Être tiré à —

épingles_; to look as if one had just come out of a bandbox. _— à —_;

four to four, four abreast; four steps at a time, in great haste, at a

furious rate; (in games) four all.

=quatre=, _n.m._, four; fourth. _Se mettre en — pour quelqu’un_; to go

through fire for any one. _Crier comme —_; to cry out lustily. _Faire le

diable à —_; to kick up a terrible shindy; to exert one’s self to the

utmost. _On le tenait à —_; it needed four men to hold him. _Je me tenais

à — pour ne pas ..._; it was as much as I could do not to ... _Travailler

comme —_; to work like a nigger.

=quatre-temps=, _n.m.pl._, Ember-days.

=quatre-vingtième=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, eightieth.

=quatre-vingts=, _adj._, eighty. _— millions_; eighty millions. _Ils

étaient —_; there were eighty of them. _Quatre-vingt-un_; eighty-one.

_Quatre-vingt-dix_; ninety. _Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf_; ninety-nine.

[_Quatre-vingts_ takes no _s_ when it precedes another number. It

likewise takes no _s_ when used in dates of the Christian era: _L’an mil

sept cent quatre-vingt_; the year 1780.]

=quatrième=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fourth; fourth floor; pupil of the fourth

class.

=quatrième=, _n.f._ and _adj._, fourth; fourth class (in schools);

(piquet) quart.

=quatrièmement=, _adv._, fourthly.

=quatriennal=, =-e= (-è-n-nal), _adj._, quadrennial.

=quatrillion= (kooa-), _n.m._ _V._ =quadrillion=.

=quatuor= (kooa-), _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) quartet, quartette.

=quayage=, _n.m._, wharfage, keyage.

=que=, _relative pron._, whom, that, which, what. _Qu’est-ce — c’est?_

what is it? _— dites-vous?_ what do you say? _— dit-on de nouveau?_ what

news have you to tell us? _Il ne sait — faire_; he does not know what to

do. _L’homme — vous voyez_; the man whom you see.

=que=, _conj._, that; how; how much, how many; if; as, when; unless,

without; till, until; yet; lest, for fear that; in order that, for;

before; since; so; than; let; because; why; only, nothing but. _J’avoue

— cela est surprenant_; I confess that this is very surprising. _Afin

—_; that, in order that. _De sorte —_; so that. _S’il le souhaite, et —

vous le vouliez_; if he desires it, and you also wish it. _Je ne serai

point content — je ne le sache_; I shall never rest content until I know

it. _Attendez qu’il vienne_; wait till he comes. _Il me verrait périr,

qu’il n’en serait pas touché_; even if he were to see me perish, he would

not be in the least concerned. _Approchez, — je vous embrasse_; draw

near, (in order) that I may kiss you. _N’approchez pas de ce chien, de

peur qu’il ne vous morde_; do not go near that dog, lest he should bite

you. _Il n’y a qu’une heure qu’il est parti_; he left but an hour ago.

_On le régala — rien n’y manquait_; they treated him in such a way that

nothing was wanting. _À peine eut-il achevé de parler qu’il expira_; he

had hardly done speaking, when he expired. _Le mari est plus raisonnable

— la femme_; the husband is more reasonable than the wife. _Plutôt — de

le faire_; rather than do it. _Tout savant qu’il est, il a bien peu de

jugement_; learned as he is, he has very little judgment. _C’est à la

cour qu’on apprend à flatter_; it is at court one learns to flatter.

_Qu’il parle_; let him speak. _Je vous assure — cela est ainsi_; I assure

you that it is so. _Je doute — cela soit ainsi_; I doubt whether it is

so. _C’est une passion dangereuse — le jeu_; gambling is a dangerous

passion. _C’est être sage — de vivre ainsi_; it is acting like a wise

man to live so. _C’est en vain — je me fatigue_; it is in vain that

I toil and moil. _C’est — je ne savais pas — vous y étiez_; the fact

is I did not know that you were there. _Il y a dix ans — je l’aime_;

I have loved her these last ten years. _Je ne suis pas si fou — de le

croire_; I am not such a fool as to believe it. _Il est tout autre —

vous ne disiez_; he is quite different from what you said. _— Dieu vous

bénisse_; God bless you. _— j’agisse contre ma conscience!_ ask me to

act against my conscience! _— vous aimez à parler!_ how fond you are of

talking! _Qu’elle est grande!_ how tall she is! _Qu’il y a de sots dans

le monde!_ what a lot of fools there are in the world! _Le malheureux

qu’il est!_ wretch that he is! _— ne parlez-vous?_ why do you not speak?

_— ne fait-il pas pour s’enrichir?_ what does he not do to grow rich? _—

ne puis-je vous rendre service!_ would to God that I could serve you! _—

n’ai-je le temps!_ oh, that I had the time! _Je ne sors point — je ne

m’enrhume_; I never go out without catching cold. _Je n’ai — faire de_;

I have no business with, I have nothing to do with; I have no need of.

_Je n’ai — faire de vous dire_; I need not tell you. _Il ne fait — boire

et manger_; he does nothing but eat and drink. _Nous ne faisons — de

commencer_; we are only just beginning. _Je dis — oui_; I say yes. _Il

croit — non_; he thinks not. _Je gage — si_; I bet you it is so. _Allez,

sot — vous êtes_; go, blockhead that you are. _Le moyen — je souffre

cela?_ how can I bear that? _Ce n’est pas trop — cela_; that’s not too

much. _Ce — c’est que la vie!_ what a strange thing life is! _La belle

chose — d’être riche!_ how nice it is to be rich!

=quel=, =-le=, _adj._, what. _— homme est-ce?_ what sort of a man is he?

_—le heure est-il?_ what o’clock is it? _—le pitié!_ what a pity! _le

taille!_ what a figure! _—le que soit votre intention_; whatever your

intention may be. _— qu’il soit_; whatever he be, whoever he be, whatever

it is. _Tel —_; indifferent, so so.

=quelconque=, _adj._, whatever, any; any whatsoever. _D’une manière —_;

in any way whatever, anyhow. _Une raison —_; any reason whatever.

☉=quellement= (kèl-mān), _adv._ _Tellement —_; indifferently, so so.

=quelque=, _adj._, some, any, a few, odd; whatever, whatsoever.

_Adressez-vous à — autre_; apply to somebody else. _— jour_; some day

or other. _Il y a —s années_; some years ago. _J’ai —s amis dans cette

ville_; I have a few friends in this town. _— part_; somewhere. _— peu

d’argent_; some little money. _—s efforts que vous fassiez_; whatever

efforts you make. _En — lieu qu’il soit_; wherever he is. _En — temps que

ce soit_; at any time.

=quelque=, _adv._, however, howsoever; some, about. _— riches qu’ils

soient_; however rich they may be. _— centaines de livres_; a few hundred

pounds. _— cent francs_; about a hundred francs.

=quelquefois=, _adv._, sometimes.

=quelques-uns=, _n.m.pl._, =-unes=, _n.f.pl._, some, some people; any; a

few.

=quelqu’un=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, somebody, some one; anybody, any one.

=quémander=, _v.n._, to beg, to beg for, to go a-begging, to solicit.

=quémanderie=, _n.f._, begging, solicitation.

=quémandeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, importunate beggar.

=qu’en-dira-t-on=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) public talk, tittle-tattle. _Se

moquer du —_; to ignore what people say.

=quenelle=, _n.f._, (cook.) forcemeat ball.

=quenotte=, _n.f._, (fam.) tooth (of young children).

*=quenouille=, _n.f._, distaff; bed-post; tree cut in the form of a

distaff. _— de lit_; bedpost. _A —s_; four-post. _En —_; like a distaff.

_Tomber en —_; to fall to the female line. _Coiffer une —_; to cover a

distaff.

*=quenouillée=, _n.f._, distaff-ful.

*=quenouillette=, _n.f._, a small distaff; (bot.) distaff-thistle. _—s de

la poupe_; (nav.) stern-timbers.

=quérable=, _adj._, (jur.) demandable (of a debt).

=quercitron=, _n.m._, (bot.) quercitron.

=querelle=, _n.f._, quarrel, quarreling, row, brawl, broil, wrangling.

_— d’Allemand_; groundless quarrel. _Faire une — à_; to quarrel with.

_Chercher — à_; to pick a quarrel with. _Vider une —_; to settle a

quarrel. _Susciter une — à_; to raise a quarrel. _Ne pas épouser une —_;

not to take up any one’s quarrel.

=quereller=, _v.a._, to quarrel with, to pick a quarrel with, to scold.

_se_ =quereller=, _v.r._, to quarrel, to wrangle, to have words.

=quereller=, _v.n._, to quarrel, to wrangle.

=querelleu-r=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._, quarrelsome; quarreler, wrangler.

☉=quérir=, _v.a._, to fetch. [Only employed in the infinitive with

_aller_, _envoyer_, _venir_.] _Aller —_; to go and fetch. _Envoyer —_; to

send for.

=questeur= (kuès-), _n.m._, questor.

=question= (kès-tion), _n.f._, question, interrogation; query, rack,

torture; point, issue; (jur.) issue; question (torture). _Faire une —_;

to ask a question. _De quoi est-il —?_ what’s the matter? _Résoudre une

—_; to solve a question. _Sortir de la —_; to wander from the question.

_Si c’est une — à faire_; if it is a fair question. _Il est — de_; it is

in contemplation to (_i.e._ intended to). _Après cela il fut — de moi_;

then my affair came up. _Mettre en —_; to question; to call in question,

to doubt. _Mettre à la —_; to put to the rack, to torture.

=questionnaire= (kès-tio-nèr), _n.m._, examination questions; book of

questions; torturer, tormentor.

=questionner= (kès-tio-né), _v.a._, to question, to interrogate; to ask

questions.

=questionneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, questioner, querist. _adj._,

inquisitive.

=questure= (kuès-), _n.f._, questorship; questors’ office.

=quête=, _n.f._, quest, search, collection, offertory, gathering; (hunt.)

beating about; (nav.) rake. _Se mettre en — de_; to go in quest of.

=quêter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to go in quest, _or_ search, of; to gather

_or_ collect; to beg, _or_ ask, for; to make a collection; to canvass;

(hunt.) to search.

=quêteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, collector, gatherer, mendicant (friar).

=queue= (keû), _n.f._, tail; stalk, stem; (l.u.) hone; hogshead;

end, extremity; rear; (of documents) label; billiard-cue; handle (of

a frying-pan, of mills); train (of robes, gowns); file, string (of

persons). _—-d’aronde_, (_—s-—_) (carp.) dovetail. _—-de-chat cirrus_;

curl-cloud; mare’s tail. _— écourtée_; bobtail. _—-de-cheval_, (_—s-—_)

(bot.) horse-tail. _—-de lion_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) lion’s-tail; motherwort.

_—-de-pourceau_; (bot.) hog’s-fennel. _Demi-—_, (_—s-—_) half a hogshead.

_La — d’un paon_; a peacock’s train. _La — d’une robe_; the train of a

gown. _— de moulin_; mill-handle. _— de poêle_; handle of a frying-pan.

_La — de l’armée_; the rear of the army. _Avoir les ennemis en —_; to

have the enemy at one’s heels. _Il est à la —_; he is behind, at the

bottom of the class. _Faire —_; to stand in a line. _Faire la — à_; to

take in, to deceive. _On fait — au théâtre_; there is a crowd at the

doors. _À —-d’aronde_; (carp.) dovetailed. _À la — leu leu_, _V._ =leu=.

_Faire fausse —_; to miscue (billiards).

=queussi-queumi=, _adv._, neither more nor less, neither better nor

worse, just the same.

=queuter=, _v.n._, to strike two balls at once, _or_ together; to make a

foul stroke.

=queux= _or_ =queue= (keû), _n.f._, hone, whetstone.

☉=queux=, _n.m._, cook. _Grand —_, _maître —_; head cook; restaurateur.

=qui=, _relative pron._, who, whoever, whom, whomsoever, which, that;

what; some. _L’homme — pense_; the man who thinks. _Les chevaux —

tirent_; the horses that draw. _De — parle-t-il?_ whom is he speaking

of? _À — est ce livre?_ whose book is this? _Dites-moi —_; tell me who.

_Je ne sais pas —_; I don’t know who. _C’est à — l’aura_; it is to who

will have it. _C’était à —_; they vied with one another as to who. _— pis

est_; what is worse. _— plus est_; what is more. _Je sais — vous voulez

dire_; I know whom you mean. _— est là?_ who’s there? _— d’entre vous

oserait?_ which of you would dare? _Ils étaient dispersés — çà, — là_;

they were dispersed some one way, some another. _— que ce soit_, _— que

ce puisse être_; whoever, whosoever it be. _Je n’ai vu — que ce soit_; I

saw nobody, not a soul. _Il ne se défiait de — que ce fût_; he mistrusted

nobody. _— que ce soit, il s’en repentira_; let him be who he will, he

shall rue it. _À — est-ce à?_ whose turn is it to? _À — est?_ whose is?

_or_ to whom is? _À — le tour?_ whose turn is it? _Pour — connaît_; to

any one who knows. _— s’excuse, s’accuse_; a guilty conscience needs no

accuser.

=quia= (kui-a), _adv._, (l.u.) naught. _Être à —_; to be at a loss, to be

at a stand, to be nonplused. _Mettre à —_; to nonplus, to silence.

=quibus= (kui-bus), _n.m._, (pop.) property, wealth, needful cash, tin.

_Avoir du —_; to be flush of money.

=quiconque= (ki-kōnk), pron., whoever, whosoever; whomsoever, whichever.

=quida-m= (ki-dān), _n.m._, =-ne= (ki-da-n), _n.f._, (jur.) quidam; a

certain individual; a certain person, one, some fellow.

=quiddité= (kuid-di-té), _n.f._, quiddity.

=quiescence=, _n.f._, quiescence.

=quiescent=, =-e= (kui-), _adj._, quiescent.

=quiétisme=, _n.m._, quietism (the doctrine of).

=quiétiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, quietist.

=quiétude=, _n.f._, quietude.

*=quignon=, _n.m._, (fam.) hunch (large piece).

☉*=quillage=, _n.m._, keelage. _V._ =ancrage=.

*=quille=, _n.f._, skittle, nine-pin; (nav.) keel. _Jeu de —s_; game of

skittles, set of skittles; skittle-ground _or_ alley. _Donner à quelqu’un

son sac et ses —s_; to send any one packing. _Recevoir quelqu’un comme un

chien dans un jeu de —s_; to receive any one like a dog. _Trousser ses

—s_; to cut one’s sticks.

*=quiller=, _v.n._, to throw for partners, _or_ for first play (at

skittles).

*=quillette=, _n.f._, osier cutting.

*=quillier=, _n.m._, skittle-ground.

*=quilloir=, _n.m._, (nav.) reel-stick.

*=quillon=, _n.m._, cross-bar (of a sword).

=quina=, _n.m._ _V._ =quinquina=.

=quinaire=, _n.m._, (antiq.) quinarius.

=quinaire= (kui-), _adj._, (math.) quinary.

☉=quinaud=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =penaud=.

*=quincaille=, _n.f._, ironmongery, hardware; (fig.) trash, gimcrack.

*=quincaillerie=, _n.f._, ironmongery, hardware.

*=quincaillier=, _n.m._, ironmonger, hardwareman.

=quinconce=, _n.m._, quincunx.

=quindécagone= (kuin-), _n.m._, (geom.) quindecagon.

=quindécemvir= (kuin-dé-sèm-vir), _n.m._, quindecemvir.

=quindécemvirat=, _n.m._, quindecemvirate.

=quine=, _n.m._, two fives (trictrac); five winning numbers (in a

lottery). _Avoir la —_; to be in for (anything). _Gagner la —_; to win

the big prize.

=quinine=, _n.f._, quinine.

=quinola=, _n.m._, knave of hearts (reversi).

=quinquagénaire= (kuin-koua-), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, person fifty years

old; fifty years old.

=quinquagésime= (kuin-koua-), _n.f._, Quinquagesima.

☉=quinque= (kuin-kué), _n.m._, (mus.) quintet.

=quinquédenté=, =-e= (kuin-kué-), _adj._, (bot.) quinquedentate.

=quinquennal=, =-e= (kuin-kuèn-nal), _adj._, quinquennial.

☉=quinquennium=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) a five years’ course of philosophy and

theology.

=quinquenove=, _n.m._, a game at dice.

=quinquerce= (kuin-kuèrs), _n.m._, (antiq.) quinquertium.

=quinquérème= (kuin-kué-), _n.f._, (nav.) quinquereme.

=quinquet=, _n.m._, Argand lamp; lamp, common oil lamp.

=quinquina=, _n.m._, quinquina; Peruvian bark; (bot.) cinchona; tonic

wine, appetizer.

=quint=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (l.u.) fifth. _Charles-—_; Charles the Fifth.

_Sixte-—_; Sixtus the Fifth.

=quintaine=, _n.f._, (man.) quintain.

=quintal=, _n.m._, quintal, hundred-weight.

=quintan=, _n.m._, (man.) quintain (to tilt at).

=quintane=, _adj._, quintan, of five days (of fevers).

=quinte=, _n.f._, (mus.) fifth; quint (piquet); fit (of coughing); freak,

whim; (fenc.) quinte; tenor violin; (man.) dead stop.

=quinte=, _adj.f._, of five days (of fevers). _Fièvre —_; a five-day

fever. _V._ =quintane=.

*=quintefeuille=, _n.f._, (bot.) cinque-foil.

=quintessence=, _n.f._, quintessence; marrow; (fig.) pith; essential

part.

=quintessencier=, _v.a._, to draw the quintessence out of; to refine, to

be critical; to subtilize.

=quintette= (kuin-tèt), _n.m._, (mus.) quintet, quintette.

=quinteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fanciful, whimsical; crotchety; making dead

stops, jibbing (of a horse).

=quintidi= (kuin-), _n.m._, Quintidi (fifth day of the decade in the

calendar of the first French republic).

=quintillion=, _n.m._, trillion.

=quintuple= (kuin-), _n.m._ and _adj._, quintuple, fivefold.

=quintupler= (kuin-), _v.a._, to quintuple, to increase fivefold.

=quinzain=, _n.m._, fifteen each (at tennis).

=quinzaine=, _n.f._, about fifteen; fortnight.

=quinze=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fifteen; fifteenth. _— jours_; fortnight.

_D’aujourd’hui en —_; this day fortnight. _Il y a eu hier — jours_;

yesterday fortnight. _Il y a eu Dimanche — jours_; last Sunday fortnight.

_De Lundi en —_; next Monday fortnight. _Les —-vingts_; Quinze-Vingts,

hospital in Paris (for three hundred blind men). _Un —-vingts_; an inmate

of Quinze-Vingts.

=quinzième=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fifteenth; fifteenth day; (mus.)

fifteenth.

=quinzièmement=, _adv._, fifteenthly, in the fifteenth place.

=quiproquo=, _n.m._, (_—s_) quid pro quo, mistake, blunder.

=quittance=, _n.f._, receipt, discharge. _— pour solde de compte_;

receipt in full.

=quittancer=, _v.a._, to receipt.

=quitte=, _adj._, discharged (from debt); quit, quits, clear; free, rid.

_Jouer à — ou double_; to play double or quits. _Tenir —_; to release,

to disengage. _Je suis — d’un grand embarras_; I am rid of a great deal

of trouble. _Je vous tiens — de votre parole_; I release you from your

word. _Vous n’en serez pas — à si bon marché_; you shall not come off

so cheaply. _Il en fut — pour la peur_; he got off with a good fright.

_J’irai — à être grondé_; I shall go, even if I get scolded. _Être —

envers quelqu’un_; to owe no one anything; to be even with any one.

=quittement=, _adv._, (jur.) entirely, without debt or incumbrance.

=quitter=, _v.a._, to quit, to leave, to part with; to leave off, to take

off; to lay aside, to desist from; to give up, to give over; to depart

(life). _Je vous quitte pour un instant_; I leave you for a moment. _—

père et mère_; to leave father and mother. _— ses habits_; to take off

one’s clothes. _— une charge_; to give up a post. _J’aime mieux — que

disputer_; I would rather give up than wrangle (over it). _Il a quitté le

service_; he has left the service. _— le commerce_; to give up business.

_— la chasse_; to give up hunting. _— la partie_; to give up the game.

_Qui quitte la partie la perd_; who leaves off the game, loses. _Ne pas —

des yeux_; not to take one’s eyes off.

=quitus= (kui-tus), _n.m._, (_—_) (fin.) discharge.

=qui va là?= _or_ =qui-va-là=, _n.m._, who goes there? _Avoir réponse à

—_; to be stopped by no difficulty; to have an answer always ready.

=qui vive?= _or_ =qui-vive=, _n.m._, (milit.) challenge-word; who goes

there? _Être sur le —_; to keep a good look-out; to be on the qui vive,

_or_ on the alert.

=quoailler=, _v.n._, (of a horse) to swish its tail.

=quoi=, _pron._, which, what. _— que vous disiez_; whatever you may say,

in short, to speak plainly; of course, to be sure. _Dites-moi en — je

puis vous servir_; tell me in what way I can serve you. _C’est en — vous

vous trompez_; you are mistaken in that. _À — passez-vous le temps?_ how

do you spend your time? _À — bon tant de façons?_ why so much ceremony?

_À propos de —?_ on what occasion? with respect to what? _Avoir de —_;

(pop.) to be rich. _Il n’y a pas de —_; it is not worth mentioning; don’t

mention it! _— qu’il en soit_; be that as it may. _Nous avons de — le

faire_; we have the means to do it. _Avoir de —_; to have sufficient. _Il

n’y a pas de — pleurer_; it is not worth crying about. _Il n’y a pas de —

rire_; it is no laughing matter. _Le je ne sais —_; the “indescribable”

something.

=quoi!= _int._, what! how! _—, vous avez fait cela?_ what! have you done

that? _— donc, vous osez me résister en face!_ how then! dare you resist

me openly?

=quoi-que=, _conj._, whatever.

=quoique=, _conj._, although, though. _Quoiqu’il soit pauvre_; although

he is poor.

=quolibet=, _n.m._, quibble, pun, sorry joke.

=quote-part=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) quota, portion, share, contribution.

=quotidien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, daily, quotidian. _Notre pain —_;

our daily bread; (fig.) our daily custom, our daily round.

=quotidiennement=, _adv._, daily.

=quotient=, _n.m._, (arith.) quotient.

=quotité=, _n.f._, quota, portion, share.

R

=r= (èr), _n.f._, (re), _n.m._, the eighteenth letter of the alphabet, r.

=rabâchage=, _n.m._, tautology; tiresome repetition; rigmarole.

=rabâcher=, _v.n._ and _a._, (fam.) to make tiresome repetitions, to

repeat the same thing over and over again.

=rabâcherie= (-bâ-shrî), _n.f._, eternal repetition.

=rabâcheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, eternal repeater; twaddler.

=rabais=, _n.m._, abatement, reduction, diminution; reduced price,

allowance, fall; lowest tender. _Vendre_, _donner_, _au —_; to sell at

reduced prices. _Être au —_; to have fallen in price. _Il les a pris au

—_; he has taken them by contract. _Vente au —_; selling off, sale.

=rabaissement= (-bès-mān), _n.m._, fall, depreciation, diminution in

value; (fig.) humiliation, contempt.

=rabaisser=, _v.a._, to lower; to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to

depreciate, to humble; to disparage; to bring down, to put down. _— sa

voix_; to lower one’s voice. _— les monnaies_; to depreciate the coin. _—

les taxes_; to lower the taxes. _— l’orgueil de quelqu’un_; to humble any

one’s pride.

=raban=, _n.m._, (nav.) rope-band, gasket, knittle.

=rabanner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to fit a sail with rope-bands and earings.

=rabat=, _n.m._, band (for the neck), bands; end of the roof (of a

tennis-court); beating about (for game).

=rabat-joie=, _n.m._, (_—_) damper, wet blanket, mar-joy, spoil-sport.

_C’est un —_; he is a regular wet blanket, _or_ spoil-sport.

=rabattage=, _n.m._, cutting down, pressing down.

=rabattre=, _v.a._, to bring down, to lower, to beat down, to pull _or_

cut down, to turn _or_ press down, to lay; to abate, to diminish, to

deduct; to humble; to revoke. Le vent rabat la fumée; the wind beats

down the smoke. _— un coup_; to ward off a blow. _Il n’en veut rien —_;

he won’t abate an inch of it, he won’t come down a peg. _— l’orgueil de

quelqu’un_; to bring down _or_ lower any one’s pride. _— le gibier_; to

beat up the game. _En —_; to take off; (fig.) to come down a peg or two.

_— le caquet à quelqu’un_; to take any one down a peg.

_se_ =rabattre=, _v.r._, to beat down; to turn off, to change one’s road;

to fall back upon, to come down, to lower one’s pretensions; to limit

one’s self.

=rabattre=, _v.n._, to turn under; to turn off; to change (one’s)

direction or route.

=rabattue=, _n.f._, (nav.) drift-rail.

=rabbaniste=, _n.m._ _V._ =rabbiniste=.

=rabbi= _or_ =rabbin=, _n.m._, rabbi, rabbin. _Grand —_; chief rabbi.

=rabbinage=, _n.m._, rabbinism.

=rabbinique=, _adj._, rabbinical.

=rabbinisme=, _n.m._, rabbinism.

=rabbiniste= _or_ =rabbaniste=, _n.m._, rabbinist.

=rabdologie=, _n.f._, rhabdology.

=rabdomancie= _or_ ☉=rabdomance=, _n.f._, rhabdomancy.

=rabes=, _n.f.pl._, hard roe (of cod).

=rabêtir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to stupefy; to make dull, _or_ stupid; to

grow dull, _or_ stupid.

=rabette=, _n.f._, rape; rape-seed.

=rabiole=, _n.f._ _V._ =rave=.

=rabique= _or_ =rabeique=, _adj._, (med.) hydrophobic; of rabies, rabid.

=râble=, _n.m._, back of a hare, _or_ rabbit; (tech.) rake, poker,

stirrer; (b.s.) back (of a person).

=râbler=, _v.a._, to rake, to poke, to scrape.

=râblu=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-backed (of a hare, _or_ rabbit); (pers.)

broad-backed, strong-backed; (fig.) hardy, vigorous.

=râblure=, _n.f._, (nav.) rabbet, channel. _— de la quille_; rabbet of

the keel.

_se_ =rabonnir=, _v.r._, to improve.

=rabot=, _n.m._, plane; beater (to move lime); road-scraper. _Passer le —

sur_; to plane, to polish.

=rabotage=, _n.m._, (carp.) planing.

=raboter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to plane, to smooth with a plane; to polish.

=raboteur=, _n.m._, planer, molding-worker.

=raboteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, knotty, rough; rugged, cragged, craggy;

uneven, (fig.) harsh, jagged (of style). _Un chemin —_; an uneven road.

=rabougri=, =-e=, _part._, stunted. _Un petit homme —_; a small, stunted

fellow _or_ man.

=rabougrir=, _v.a._, to stunt.

_se_ =rabougrir=, _v.r._, to become, _or_ grow, stunted.

*=rabouillère=, _n.f._, rabbit’s nest, _or_ hole; (fig.) corner, spot (in

Rabelais).

=raboutir=, _v.a._, to piece, to join end to end, to join on.

=rabrouer=, _v.a._, to snub, to pull up short; to chide, to rebuke.

=rabroueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, snappish person, scold.

=racage=, _n.m._, (nav.) parrel. _Pommes de —_; trucks of a parrel.

_Bigots de —_; ribs of a parrel. _Bâtard de —_; parrel-rope. _Drosse de

—_; parrel-truss.

=racahout=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) racahout (a nutritious fecula).

*=racaille=, _n.f._, rabble, riffraff; rubbish, trash.

=racambeau=, _n.m._, (nav.) traveler, jib-iron.

=racastillage=, _n.m._, (nav.) repair of the upper works.

=racastiller=, _v.a._, to repair the upper works (of a vessel).

=raccommodage=, _n.m._, mending, repairing, darning.

=raccommodement= (-mod-mān), _n.m._, reconciliation, reconcilement.

=raccommoder=, _v.a._, to mend, to repair; to piece, to patch, to botch;

to adjust, to set right; to improve, to correct; to reconcile, to make

friends again; to darn. _Faire — quelque chose_; to have anything mended.

_On les a raccommodés_; they have been reconciled.

_se_ =raccommoder=, _v.r._, to be mended; (of persons) to be reconciled;

to make it up again. _Le mari et la femme se sont raccommodés_; the

husband and wife are friends again, _or_ have made it up again.

=raccommodeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mender, patcher.

=raccord=, _n.m._, joining, fitting, junction; union; piece, patch.

=raccordement=, _n.m._, (arch.) leveling; union, junction; mending,

patching.

=raccorder=, _v.a._, to join, to unite, to adjust, to connect, to level;

to piece, to patch; (of instruments) to tune again.

=raccourci=, =-e=, _part._, shortened, abbreviated; too short. _À bras

—s_; with might and main.

=raccourci=, _n.m._, epitome, abridgment, short cut; (paint.)

foreshortening. _En —_; abridged, briefly; (persp.) foreshortened; (fig.)

in miniature. _Prendre au —_; to take a short cut.

=raccourcir=, _v.a._, to shorten, to make shorter; to contract, to bend;

to curtail; to abbreviate, to abridge; (persp.) to foreshorten.

_se_ =raccourcir=, _v.r._, to shorten; to grow, _or_ become, shorter; to

contract one’s self; to shrink.

=raccourcir=, _v.n._, to shorten; to become shorter; to shrink, to

contract.

=raccourcissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, shortening, contraction,

curtailment, abridgment; shrinking; foreshortening.

=raccours=, _n.m._, shrinking.

=raccoutrement=, _n.m._, mending (of clothes).

=raccoutrer=, _v.a._, to mend, to sew up.

_se_ =raccoutumer=, _v.r._, to reaccustom one’s self (to), to get used

(to) again.

=raccroc= (ra-kro), _n.m._, chance, lucky hit; (at billiards) fluke.

_Coup de —_; lucky stroke, fluke.

=raccrocher=, _v.a._, to hook again; to hang up again; to recover, to get

again, to get hold of, to pick up. _Raccrochez ce tableau_; hang up this

picture again. _— son argent_; to recover one’s money. _Si je pouvais

— cela!_ if I could only bring that off! _Raccroché à Londres_; (of

persons) picked up in London.

_se_ =raccrocher=, _v.r._, to cling; to adhere; to retrieve one’s losses,

to recover one’s self; to catch, _or_ snatch, at. _Se — à une chose_; to

cling to anything.

=raccrocher=, _v.n._, to fluke. _Il ne fait que —_; he does nothing but

fluke.

=raccrocheuse=, _n.f._, (pop.) street-walker.

=race=, _n.f._, race; stock, breed; family, line, ancestry; (agri.)

variety. _Un cheval de —_; a thorough-bred horse. _Ce chien est de bonne

—_; this dog is of a good breed, is pure-bred. _Croiser les —s_; to cross

the breeds. _— de vipères_; generation of vipers. _La — future_; future

ages. _Les bons chiens chassent de —_; it runs in the blood. _Cette fille

chasse de —_; that girl is a flirt like her mother. _Faire —_; to breed.

=rachat=, _n.m._, repurchase, redemption, recovery, ransom. _Vendre à

faculté de —_; to sell with power of redemption. _— de bans_; (marriage)

license.

=rachetable= (rash-tabl), _adj._, redeemable.

=racheter= (rash-té), _v.a._, to buy back, to buy again, to repurchase;

to ransom, to buy off, to redeem; to compensate, to make up for; to

atone, to atone for. _— une rente_; to redeem an annuity. _— les

prisonniers_; to ransom the prisoners. _— ses vices par ses vertus_; to

atone for one’s vices by one’s virtues.

_se_ =racheter=, _v.r._, to redeem one’s self; to be compensated, to be

made up for.

=racheu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, knotty (of wood).

=rachever= (rash-vé), _v.a._, (pop.) to finish (anything begun).

=rachidien=, =-ne= (-in, -èn), _adj._, (anat.) spinal, vertebral.

=rachis= (ra-shis), _n.m._, (anat.) spinal, vertebral column, spine;

(bot.) stalk.

=rachitique=, _adj._, (med.) rickety; (bot.) blighted, stunted, knotty.

=rachitique=, _n.m.f._, rickety person, person suffering from rickets.

=rachitis= (-tis), _n.m._, rachitis; rickets.

=rachitisme=, _n.m._, rachitis; rickets; (agri.) white blight.

=racinage=, _n.m._, esculent roots, root-crops; (dy.) walnut dye (of

walnut peel).

=racinal=, _n.m._, (carp.) beam, sleeper; sole; sill.

=racine=, _n.f._, root; (fig.) beginning, principle, origin. _Fruits

pendants par les —s_; standing crops. _— carrée_; (arith.) square root.

_— cubique_; cube root. _Prendre —_; to take root.

=raciner=, _v.n._, to strike root.

=raciner=, _v.a._, to dye with roots, to root-figure.

=racinien=, =-ne=, _adj._, Racinian, of _or_ after Racine.

=rack=, _n.m._, arrack, rack (liquor). _V._ =arack=.

=râclage=, _n.m._, scraping, thinning.

=râcle=, _n.f._, (nav.) scraper (used to clean a ship’s side, deck, etc.).

=râcle-boyau=, _n.m._, (_—_) catgut-scraper, fiddler.

=râclée=, _n.f._, scraping; (pop.) beating, drubbing, whacking,

thrashing, hiding.

=râcler=, _v.a._, to scrape, to scrape off; to strike (a measure); to

strum, to thrum. _— le boyau_; to scrape the fiddle.

=râcleur=, _n.m._, catgut-scraper; strummer (on the piano, etc.).

=râcloir=, _n.m._, scraper, road-scraper.

=râcloire=, _n.f._, strike (of measures).

=râclon=, _n.m._, scraped-mud (for manure).

=râclure=, _n.f._, scrapings.

=racolage=, _n.m._, recruiting, enlisting, crimping, impressing.

=racoler=, _v.a._, to entice men to enlist, to crimp, to enlist; (fig.)

to pick up.

=racoleur=, _n.m._, crimp; recruiting sergeant.

=racontable=, _adj._, relatable.

=racontage= _or_ =racontar=, _n.m._, gossip, tittle-tattle, idle tales.

=raconter=, _v.a._, to relate, to tell, to narrate, to recount.

=raconteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, relater, story-teller, narrator.

=racornir=, _v.a._, to make as hard as horn; to make hard, to harden; to

dry up, to shrivel, to shrivel up.

_se_ =racornir=, _v.r._, to grow hard, to harden; to shrivel, to shrivel

up, to dry up.

=racornissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, hardening, shriveling, drying up.

=racquit=, _n.m._, winning back.

=racquitter=, _v.a._, to win back again; to indemnify, to recoup.

_se_ =racquitter=, _v.r._, to win back again; to retrieve one’s losses,

to recoup one’s self.

=rade=, _n.f._, (nav.) roads, roadstead. _— foraine_; open roadstead.

_Grande —_; outer roads. _Petite —_; inner roads. _Vaisseau en —_;

roadster. _Aller en —_; to go into the roads.

=radeau=, _n.m._, raft.

=rader=, _v.a._, (nav.) to anchor in a roadstead; to strike (a measure).

_— un vaisseau_; to anchor a ship in a roadstead.

=radeur=, _n.m._, salt-measurer.

=radiaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (zoöl.) radiary; radiated. _—s_; radiata.

=radial=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat., geom.) radial.

=radiance=, _n.f._, radiance, radiancy; luster.

=radiant=, =-e=, _adj._, radiant.

=radiation=, _n.f._, radiation, irradiation; obliteration, erasure,

crossing out, striking out.

=radical=, =-e=, _adj._, radical.

=radical=, _n.m._, radical; root.

=radicalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, radically.

=radicalisme=, _n.m._, radicalism.

=radicant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) radicant.

=radication=, _n.f._, radication.

=radicelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) radicle.

=radicule=, _n.f._, (bot.) radicle.

=radié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) radiant, radiated, stellated; (her.)

radiant.

=radier=, _n.m._, (arch.) inverted arch; floor (of a lock on a canal);

apron (of docks, of basins); radish-plate.

=radier=, _v.a._, to strike out, to cross out.

=radieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, radiant, beaming, shining, blazing.

=radiomètre=, _n.m._, (astron.) radiometer.

=radis=, _n.m._, radish.

=radius= (-us), _n.m._, (anat.) radius.

=radoire=, _n.f._, strike (of measures).

=radotage=, _n.m._, nonsense, idle talk, drivel; dotage.

=radoter=, _v.n._, to rave, to dote, to talk idly, to wander, to talk

drivel.

=radoterie= (ra-do-trî), _n.f._ _V._ =radotage=.

=radoteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, dotard, driveler. _Vieille —se_;

trifling old woman.

=radoub= (-doob), _n.m._, (nav.) repair, refitting of a ship, graving.

_Cale de —_; graving slip. _Forme de —_; graving dock. _Vaisseau en —_;

ship undergoing repairs. _Mettre au —_; to lay up (a vessel).

=radouber=, _v.a._, (nav.) to refit, to repair, to recalk.

_se_ =radouber=, _v.r._, (nav.) to be repaired.

=radoubeur=, _n.m._, (nav.) calker.

=radouci=, _part._ _adj._, softened, subdued.

=radoucir=, _v.a._, to soften, to make milder, to appease, to pacify, to

mitigate, to allay.

_se_ =radoucir=, _v.r._, to soften, to grow milder, to become milder, to

get milder; to grow soft, to become soft, to get soft; to subside, to be

appeased, to be pacified; to relent, to relax, to soften down. _Le temps

se radoucit_; it is getting milder _or_ better weather.

=radoucissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, softening, getting milder (of the

weather); mitigation, allaying, appeasement, improvement.

=rafale=, _n.f._, (nav.) squall.

=rafalé=, _adj._, caught in a squall; (pop. & fig.) hard up, up a tree.

=raffe=, _n.f._ _V._ =rafle=.

=raffermir=, _v.a._, to harden, to make firm; to fasten; to establish, to

confirm, to settle, to secure, to fortify, to strengthen. _Cet événement

raffermit son autorité_; that event strengthened his authority. _— le

courage de quelqu’un_; to give heart to any one.

_se_ =raffermir=, _v.r._, to grow stronger, to gather strength; to be

established, to become established, to consolidate; to be confirmed, to

become confirmed; to improve. _Sa santé se raffermit_; his health is

improving.

=raffermissement= (-mis-mān), _n.m._, hardening, strengthening;

confirmation, establishment, fastening, securing, consolidation,

improvement.

=raffinade=, _n.f._, best refined sugar.

=raffinage=, _n.m._, refining.

=raffiné=, _n.m._, fashionable rake.

=raffiné=, =-e=, _adj._, refined, delicate; keen, sharp, subtle, clever,

consummate.

=raffinement= (ra-fi-n-mān), _n.m._, refinement, affected nicety.

=raffiner=, _v.a._, to refine.

_se_ =raffiner=, _v.r._, to refine, to be refined, to become refined.

=raffiner=, _v.n._, to refine. _— sur le point d’honneur_; to be

over-nice upon the point of honor.

=raffinerie= (ra-fi-n-rî), _n.f._, refinery; sugar-refinery, refining.

=raffineur=, _n.m._, refiner. _— de sucre_; sugar-refiner, sugar-baker.

=raffoler=, _v.n._, to dote (upon), to be passionately fond (of), to be

distractedly in love (with). _Il raffole de cette femme_; he is madly in

love, _or_ infatuated, with that woman.

=raffolir=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to become mad, to go mad. _V._ =affoler=.

=rafistolage=, _n.m._, patching up, mending.

=rafistoler=, _v.a._, (fam.) to mend clothes, to patch up, to make new.

=rafle=, =raffe=, _or_ =râpe=, _n.f._, grape-stalk stripped of all its

fruit; (dice) pair-royal. _Faire —_; (fam.) to sweep off the stakes; to

sweep off everything, to make a clean sweep.

=rafler=, _v.a._, (fam.) to sweep away, to sweep off, to carry off.

☉=raflouer=, _v.a._, (nav.). _V._ =renflouer=.

=rafraîchir=, _v.a._, to cool; to refresh, to restore, to invigorate, to

repair, to recruit, to renew, to freshen, to freshen up, to renovate, to

rub up, to crop, to cut, to trim (cut the ends of); (milit.) to relieve;

to rest. _— du vin_; to cool wine. _— le sang_; to refresh the blood. _—

un tableau_; to clean up, or freshen up, a picture. _— une tapisserie_;

to restore a piece of tapestry. _— les cheveux_; to clip the hair. _— la

mémoire_; to refresh one’s memory. _— une muraille_; to repair a wall.

_— une place_; to supply a garrison with fresh men and provisions. _Ces

troupes sont fatiguées, il faut les mettre dans de bons quartiers pour

les —_; these troops are worn out, they must be sent into good quarters

to rest. _— la mémoire à quelqu’un_; to remind any one of a thing.

_se_ =rafraîchir=, _v.r._, to cool, to grow cool, to become cool; to

take refreshment, to refresh one’s self; to be refreshed; to recruit

one’s self; to recruit one’s strength, to rest one’s self. _Venez vous

rafraîchir_; come and take some refreshment. _Le vent se rafraîchit_; the

wind is freshening.

=rafraîchir=, _v.n._, to cool, to become cool; to be refreshing.

=rafraîchissant=, =-e=, _adj._, cooling, refreshing, refrigerative.

=rafraîchissant=, _n.m._, (med.) cooling medicine.

=rafraîchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, cooling; cooling effect. _pl._,

refreshments; provisions, supplies. _Faire les —s_; (nav.) to take in

fresh provisions.

=rafraîchisseur=, _adj._, cooling, refrigerative.

=rafraîchissoir=, _n.m._, cooler, refrigerator.

*=ragaillardir=, _v.a._, to make merry, to render merry, to render

cheerful, to enliven, to cheer, to cheer up, to give a fillip to.

=rage=, _n.f._, (med.) rage, fury, incensement; mania; rabies,

hydrophobia, canine madness, mania, inveterate habit. _Ecumer de —_;

to foam with rage. _Avoir la —_; to be mad (of animals). _— de dents_;

violent tooth-ache; (pop.) ravenous hunger. _Il a la — d’écrire_; he

has a mania for writing, he will write at any price. _Il l’aime à la

—_; he loves her to distraction. _Il a la — du jeu_; he has a passion

for gambling. _Faire —_; to be quite or all the rage; to cause great

disorder, great havoc; to do one’s utmost. _Dire — de quelqu’un_; to say

all imaginable harm of any one. _Quand on veut noyer son chien, on dit

qu’il a la —_; (prov.) give a dog a bad name and hang him.

=rager=, _v.n._, (fam.) to be in a passion; to sulk, to be angry, to fume.

=rageu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, ill-tempered person; spitfire.

=ragot=, _n.m._, (hunt.) solitary wild boar; (fig.) silly talk, twaddle.

=ragot=, =-e=, _adj._, dumpy, thick and short; thick set; squat (animal).

=ragoût=, _n.m._, (cook.) ragout; stew; hash. _Faire un —_; to make a

stew. _En —_; stewed.

=ragoûtant=, =-e=, _adj._, relishing, savory; inviting, tempting.

_Morceau —_; tit-bit. _Ce mets-là n’est guère —_; that dish is not very

tempting.

=ragoûter=, _v.a._, to restore the appetite; to quicken, to stimulate, to

stir up.

_se_ =ragoûter=, _v.r._, to recover one’s appetite.

=ragrafer=, _v.a._, to clasp again, to re-clasp, to hook again.

=ragrandir=, _v.a._, to enlarge again; to enlarge.

_se_ =ragrandir=, _v.r._, to be enlarged again; to become larger.

=ragréage=, _n.m._, (nav.) refitting.

=ragréer=, _v.a._, (arch.) to finish, to finish off, to give the

finishing touch to; to restore, to renovate, to do up; to repair; to pare

again (trees), to prune; (nav.) to rig anew, to refit. _— un ouvrage de

menuiserie_; to finish a piece of joiner’s work. _— une branche d’arbre_;

to prune a branch of a tree.

_se_ =ragréer=, _v.r._, (nav.) to be repaired; to obtain fresh rigging.

=ragrément=, _n.m._, finishing, finishing off; restoration, renovation,

doing up; pruning, reparing (of trees); (nav.) refitting.

=ragué= (ra-ghé), _adj._, (nav.) chafed, rubbed, galled.

_se_ =raguer=, _v.r._, (nav.) to chafe, to gall.

=raguet=, _n.m._, (pisc.) codling.

=raïa=, _n.m._, rajah, raja.

=raide=, _adj._, stiff, rigid; tight; inflexible, stern; tough; steep;

swift, rapid; (nav.) taught. _— de froid_; stiff with cold. _Peau —_;

tough skin. _Montagne —_; steep mountain. _— comme une barre de fer_; as

stiff as a poker. _Se tenir —_; to stand stiff. _Vol —_; rapid flight.

_Le cours de la rivière est —_; the current of the river is very swift.

_— comme balle_; in no time, in a jiffy.

=raide=, _adv._, quickly, swiftly; vigorously; tightly; toughly.

=raideur=, _n.f._, stiffness, rigidity; inflexibility; tightness;

toughness; steepness; swiftness, velocity.

*=raidillon=, _n.m._, ascent; hillock.

=raidir=, _v.a._, to stiffen, to render inflexible, to render rigid; to

tighten; to toughen; (nav.) to haul taught.

_se_ =raidir=, _v.r._, to stiffen; to become, to grow, to get stiff;

to become inflexible, to get inflexible; to bear up against (fig.), to

resist; to harden one’s self (against); to withstand; to bristle up; to

toughen.

=raidir=, _v.n._, to stiffen; to become, to grow, to get, stiff; to

tighten; to toughen.

=raie=, _n.f._, line, stroke; streak, stripe; (of hair) parting; (agri.)

furrow; (ich.) ray, skate. _À —s_; striped. _Faire sa —_; to part one’s

hair. _Étoffe à —s_; striped material. _— bouclée_; (ich.) thornback.

_— mobular_; angel-fish.

=raifort=, _n.m._, (bot.) radian, horse-radish.

=rail=, _n.m._, (railways) rail. _— mobile_; switch-rail, point. _—

ondulé_; fish-bellied rail. _— à ornière_; tram-rail. _Distance des —s

dans œuvre_; gauge of way.

*=railler=, _v.a._, to banter, to jeer, to rally, to joke, to jest.

_se_ =railler=, _v.r._, to jest, to joke, to mock, to make game of.

*=railler=, _v.n._, to jeer, to scoff; to joke, to jest, to laugh at. _—

de tout_; to jeer at everything. _Ne raillez pas davantage_; no more of

your jeering, jesting. _Je ne raille pas_; I am not joking.

*=raillerie=, _n.f._, raillery, bantering, jesting, jest, joke, banter,

jeer, mockery. _Tourner une chose en —_; to turn anything into a jest.

_Entendre la —_; to joke well, to be a good hand at a joke. _Entendre

—_; to take a joke, to take a jest. _C’est une — de croire que_; it

is ridiculous to think that. _— à part_, _sans —_; seriously, in good

earnest, without joking. _La — en est-elle?_ (fam.) is it a matter for

jest, or joking?

=railleu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, banterer, jeerer, joker, scoffer,

jester; bantering, jeering, joking, jesting, scoffing, fond of raillery.

_D’un air —_; sneeringly.

=railway=, _n.m._, railway.

=rain=, _n.m._, skirt (of a wood). _V._ =lisière=.

=rainceau=, _n.m._ _V._ =rinceau=.

=raine=, _n.f._, (local expr.) frog.

=rainette=, _n.f._, (erp.) tree-frog; (bot.) _V._ =reinette=.

=rainure=, _n.f._, groove; rabbet; furrow, slot-hole, quirk.

=raiponce=, _n.f._, (bot.) rampion, rampion bell-flower.

=raire= _or_ =réer=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to bell, to croon.

=rais=, _n.m._, spoke (of a wheel); ☉beam, ray (of light); (her.) beam.

_— de cœur_; (arch.) ogee.

=raisin=, _n.m._, grape, grapes. _Une grappe de —_; bunch of grapes. _Un

grain de —_; a grape. _Un pépin de —_; a grapestone. _— de Corinthe_;

(grocer’s) currants. _Des —s secs_; raisins. _— d’Amérique_; (bot.)

poke-weed. _— d’ours_; bear’s whortleberry. _— de renard_; (bot.)

herb-Paris, true-love. _Grand —_; royal (paper).

=raisiné=, _n.m._, pear, quince, and grape preserve.

=raisinier=, _n.m._, (bot.) grape-tree.

=raison=, _n.f._, reason, sense, judgment, rationality; satisfaction;

proof, ground, matter, argument; motive; rate; consideration; justice,

right, excuse, answer; (com.) firm; share; ratio; (jur.) claim.

_— sociale_; firm; name of a firm, style. _Sans —_; groundless,

groundlessly. _—s d’état_; state reasons. _—s de famille_; family

reasons. _Il n’a point de —_; he lacks sense, he is deficient in sense.

_Mariage de —_; prudent marriage, marriage for money. _Parler —_; to

talk sense, to talk sensibly. _Avoir —_; to be right. _Vous avez —_;

you are right. _Donner — à quelqu’un_; to decide in favor of any one,

to side with any one. _Plus que de —_; more than is reasonable, more

than one ought to. _Entendre —_; to listen to reason. _Mettre quelqu’un

à la —_; to bring any one to reason, to settle any one. _Comme de —_;

as it is fit, of course, naturally. _Être de —_; imaginary being,

creation of the brain. _Où force domine — n’a point lieu_; where force

holds sway, there’s no room for reason. _Tirer — d’une injure_; to

obtain satisfaction for an injury. _Se faire — soi-même_; to do one’s

self justice, to take the law into one’s own hands. _Faire — à_; to

pledge. _Faire — de_; to give satisfaction for. _Se faire une —_; to

be guided by reason. _Se rendre à la —_; to yield to reason. _Rendre

— de sa conduite_; to give an account of one’s conduct. _Ce n’est pas

une —_; that does not follow. _Ne pas entendre —_; not to listen to

reason. _Puissante —_; powerful argument. _— probable_; probable proof.

_Point tant de —s_; don’t argue so much! _Grande —_; great cause. _Bonne

—_; good grounds. _À plus forte —_; with greater reason _or_ force; a

fortiori. _— de plus_; all the more reason. _Pour — de quoi_; for which

cause, wherefore. _Pour — à moi connue_; for reasons best known to

myself. _À — de_, _en — de_; in proportion to; according to; at the rate

of. _En — de_; by reason of; in consideration of. _A telle fin que de —_;

in case of need; according to circumstances; at all events; in any case.

_Sous la — de_; (com.) under the style of. _Sa — est d’un tiers_; his

interest (in the concern) stands at one third. _Livre de —_; ledger.

=raisonnable=, _adj._, rational, reasonable, thinking, sensible;

conscionable, just, wise; proper, right; adequate; moderate; fair;

tolerable. _Pension —_; adequate pension. _Prix —_; moderate price. _Il

est d’une taille —_; he is moderately tall, _or_ very fairly tall.

=raisonnablement=, _adv._, reasonably, sensibly, agreeably to reason,

wisely, fairly, justly, rationally; moderately, pretty well; tolerably.

=raisonné=, =-e=, _adj._, rational, intelligent, supported by proof;

analytical, studied, methodical, classified.

=raisonnement= (rè-zo-n-mān), _n.m._, reasoning; argument, ratiocination,

answer. _Faire des —s à perte de vue_; to reason vaguely, to wander from

the point. _Point de —s_; no answers; none of your answers.

=raisonner=, _v.n._, to reason, to argue, to discourse; to answer; to

murmur; (nav.) to lie to, (in order to be searched). _— faux_ or _— à

faux_; to reason falsely. _Faire — un vaisseau_; (nav.) to compel a ship

to speak another. _V._ =arraisonner=.

=raisonner=, _v.a._, to reason, to apply one’s reason to; to examine, to

study, to consider; (nav.) to bring to and search.

_se_ =raisonner=, _v.r._, to reason with one’s self; (of things) to be

discussed, to be considered.

=raisonneu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, reasoner, arguer; logician;

impertinent answerer; impertinent, insolent; answering when reprimanded.

_Faire le —_; to argue, to answer, to grumble.

=rajah= _or_ =raja=, _n.m._, raja, rajah.

=rajeunir=, _v.a._, to make young; to make look younger, to give a young

look; to restore to youth; to revive, to renew, to modernize, to prune,

to lop (trees). _— des meubles_; to renew furniture.

_se_ =rajeunir=, _v.r._, to make one’s self look younger.

=rajeunir=, _v.n._, to grow young again, to be restored to youth; to look

young again.

=rajeunissant=, =-e=, _adj._, giving a youthful appearance to.

=rajeunissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, growing young again, making young

again; rejuvenescence, restoration to youth; renewal, renovation.

=rajouter=, _v.a._, to add again _or_ more.

=rajustement=, _n.m._, readjustment; putting _or_ setting in order,

repairing; (fig.) reconciliation.

=rajuster=, _v.a._, to readjust, to put to rights, to put _or_ set in

order again; to settle; to reconcile. _— un habit_; to arrange a coat.

_On les a rajustés_; they have been reconciled.

_se_ =rajuster=, _v.r._, to readjust one’s self, _or_ one’s dress; to

become reconciled.

=râlant=, =-e=, _adj._, in death’s throes; dying.

=râle=, _n.m._, (orni.) rail. _— de genêts_; land-rail.

=râle=, _n.m._, rattling in the throat. _— de la mort_; death-rattle.

=râlement= (râl-mān), _n.m._, rattling in the throat, death-rattle.

=ralentir=, _v.a._, to abate, to slacken; to lessen, to diminish, to

moderate, to mitigate. _— sa course_; to slacken one’s pace.

_se_ =ralentir=, _v.r._, to slacken; to abate, to relax, to diminish; to

grow remiss, to flag, to cool.

=ralentissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, slackening, relenting, abatement,

flagging, cooling.

=râler=, _v.n._, to have the death-rattle; to be in the throes of death.

=ralingue= (-lin-g), _n.f._, (nav.) bolt-rope (of a sail). _— de fond_;

foot-rope. _— de chute_; leech-rope. _— de têtière_; head-rope. _Mettre

une voile en —_; to let fly the sheets of a sail. _Mets en —!_ let the

sails shiver in the wind!

=ralinguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (nav.) to sew the bolt-ropes to. _— une

voile_; to sew the bolt-ropes to a sail.

=ralinguer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to let fly the sheets of a sail (loose to the

wind); to fly loose to the wind (of sails); to shiver.

=ralliement= (-li-mān), _n.m._, rallying, rally. _Mot de —_;

rallying-word or cry; countersign. _Signe de —_; rallying sign. _Point de

—_; rallying-place.

=rallier=, _v.a._, to rally, to join, to get near. _— le navire au vent_;

(nav.) to haul to the wind again; to bring the ship into the wind.

_se_ =rallier=, _v.r._, to rally, to join forces.

=rallonge=, _n.f._, lengthening piece. _— d’une table_; leaf of a table.

=rallongement= (ra-lonj-mān), _n.m._, lengthening.

=rallonger=, _v.a._, to make longer, to lengthen.

=rallumer=, _v.a._, to relight, to light again; to rekindle, to kindle

again, to light up anew, to revive.

_se_ =rallumer=, _v.r._, to light again; to burst, to break out again; to

rekindle.

=ramadan= _or_ =ramazan=, _n.m._, (Mahometan religion) Ramadan (feast of).

=ramadouer=, _v.a._ _V._ =amadouer=.

=ramage=, _n.m._, flowers (on stuffs); flowering; singing, chirping,

warbling (of birds); prattle, prattling; (of peas) sticking.

=ramagé=, =-e=, _adj._, flowered (of stuffs).

=ramager=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to warble (of birds).

=ramaigrir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to make lean, _or_ thin, again; to grow

thin again.

=ramaigrissement=, _n.m._, emaciation, leanness.

*=ramaillage=, _n.m._, scraping off the hair (of skins).

*=ramailler=, _v.a._, to scrape off the hair of skins (before they are

shamoyed).

=ramaire=, _adj._, (bot.) rameous.

=ramas=, _n.m._, collection, heap; set, troop, lot, omnium-gatherum,

scrapings, rakings, sweepings. _Un — de bandits_; (fam.) a set of robbers.

=ramasse=, _n.f._, sledge (used on mountains).

=ramassé=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-set; squat; huddled up, gathered up;

compact; (bot.) clustered. _Corps —_; thick-set body. _Taille —e_; squat

figure.

=ramasser=, _n.m._, (l.u.) picking up. _Cela ne vaut pas le —_; (prov.,

fam.) that is not worth picking up, _or_ (fig.) not worth troubling about.

=ramasser=, _v.a._, to collect, to gather, to get together, to rake

together; to assemble; to pick up, to take up; (pop.) to belabor; to draw

in (a mountain sledge). _— toutes ses forces_; to muster all one’s troops.

_se_ =ramasser=, _v.r._, to assemble, to gather together; to be

assembled; to roll itself up (animal); to pick one’s self up, to get up

again, to be huddled up; to gather up one’s limbs.

=ramasseur=, _n.m._, gatherer, collector; mountain sledge-driver.

=ramassis=, _n.m._ _V._ =ramas=.

=ramazan=, _n.m._ _V._ =ramadan=.

=rambour=, _n.m._, a kind of apple.

=rame=, _n.f._, oar; ream (of paper); (hort.) stick, prop; stick (for

peas); (manu.) tenter-frame. _Être_, or _tirer_, _à la —_; to tug at

the oar; to work hard. _Mettre un livre à la —_; to sell a book for

waste-paper. _À la —_; rowing. _Aller à la —_; to row.

=ramé=, =-e=, _adj._, branched (of peas), propped (of plants); bar,

double-head (of shot); (hunt.) (of a young stag) horned. _Balles —es_;

double shot. _Boulets —s_; bar-shot.

=rameau=, _n.m._, bough, branch (of a tree); branch, subdivision; (anat.)

branch. _Le dimanche_, _le jour_, _des —x_; Palm-Sunday.

=ramée=, _n.f._, green boughs, green arbor, branches with their leaves,

bower, cover.

=ramenable=, _adj._, reclaimable.

=ramendable=, _adj._, (tech.) mendable.

=ramendage=, _n.m._, (tech.) mending (gilt).

=ramender=, _v.a._, to lower the price of provisions (pop.); (agri.) to

manure again; to mend (gilding); to dye again.

=ramender=, _v.n._, (pop.) to fall in price (of provisions).

=ramener=, _v.a._, to bring again; to bring back; to throw again (dice);

to retrieve; to restore to health; to reclaim; (man.) to lower its head;

to recall; to pacify, to bring over. _— une vieille mode_; to revive an

old fashion. _— quelqu’un à son devoir_; to bring any one back to his

duty. _— à la maison_; to bring home.

_se_ =ramener=, _v.r._, (man.) to carry its head. _Se — bien_; to carry

its head well.

=ramequin= (ram-kīn), _n.m._, (cook.) ramekin, cheese-cake.

=ramer=, _v.n._, to row, to pull; (tech.) to tenter; to tug at the oar;

to work hard.

=ramer=, _v.a._, to stick peas; to prop plants.

_se_ =ramer=, _v.r._, to be propped.

=ramereau= (ra-mrô), _n.m._, young ringdove.

=ramette=, _n.f._, (print.) job-case, packet (of note paper).

=rameur=, _n.m._, rower, oarsman.

=rameu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, branching, branchy, ramous. _Tige —se_; branchy

stalk.

=ramier=, _n.m._, ringdove, wood-pigeon.

=ramière=, _n.f._, row, _or_ bower, of trees _or_ shrubs.

=ramification=, _n.f._, ramification, branch.

_se_ =ramifier=, _v.r._, to ramify, to separate into branches, to branch

out, to extend.

*=ramilles=, _n.f.pl._, twigs; chatwood.

=raminagrobis=, _n.m._, grimalkin.

=ramingue= (ra-mīn-gh), _adj._, (man.) restive; jibbing.

=ramoitir=, _v.a._, to moisten, to make damp.

_se_ =ramoitir=, _v.r._, to become damp.

=ramollir=, _v.a._, to soften, to make soft; (fig.) to enervate. _— les

cuirs_, to soak the hides.

_se_ =ramollir=, _v.r._, to soften, to grow soft; (fig.) to relent.

=ramollissant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) softening, emollient.

=ramollissant=, _n.m._, (med.) emollient.