=séquestration=, _n.f._, sequestration.

=séquestre=, _n.m._, sequestration; sequestrator; deposit, depository.

_Mettre en —_; to sequester.

=séquestré=, =-e=, _adj._, sequestered, solitary, lonely, retired.

=séquestrer=, _v.a._, to sequester; to put away.

_se_ =séquestrer=, _v.r._, to sequester one’s self.

=séquin=, _n.m._, sequin (gold coin).

*=sérail=, _n.m._, seraglio.

=séran=, _n.m._, hatchel, flax comb.

=sérançage=, _n.m._, hatcheling.

=sérancer=, _v.a._, to hatchel, to dress (flax).

=séranceur=, _n.m._, hatcheler, flax _or_ hemp-dresser.

=sérançoir=, _n.m._, hatchel, flax-comb.

=sérancolin=, _n.m._, Serancolin marble.

=séraphin=, _n.m._, seraph.

=séraphique=, _adj._, seraphic.

=sérasquier=, _n.m._, seraskier, pacha (commanding the troops of a

province).

=serbocal=, _n.m._, small glass cylinder.

=serein=, _n.m._, night-dew, evening-damp.

=serein= (sĕ-rīn), =-e=, (sĕ-rè-n), _adj._, serene, placid, calm; happy.

=sérénade=, _n.f._, serenade. _Donner une — à_; to serenade.

=sérénissime=, _adj._, most serene (title).

=sérénité=, _n.f._, serenity, calmness; placidness; equanimity. _Avec —_;

serenely, calmly.

=séreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) serous, watery.

=ser-f= (sèrf), =-ve= (sèrv), _n._ and _adj._, serf; in bondage, of

serfs.

=serfouette= (sèr-), _n.f._, hoe.

=serfouir= (sèr-), _v.a._, to hoe.

=serfouissage= (sèr-), _n.m._, (gard.) hoeing.

=serge= (sèrj), _n.f._, serge.

=sergent= (sèr-), _n.m._, sergeant; (joiner’s tool) cramp. _— d’armes_;

sergeant-at-arms. _— de ville_; policeman, constable.

☉=sergenter= (sèr-), _v.a._, to dun; to plague, to bore.

☉=sergenterie= (sèr-jan-tri), _n.f._, sergeantship.

=serger= _or_ =sergier= (sèr-), _n.m._, serge-weaver.

=sergerie= (sèr-), _n.f._, serge-manufactory, serge-trade.

=séricicole=, _adj._, silk-producing.

=sériciculteur=, _n.m._, silk-grower.

=sériciculture=, _n.f._, silk culture, silk husbandry.

=série=, _n.f._, series.

=sérieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, seriously, gravely, in earnest; for

good; coolly, coldly.

=sérieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, serious, grave, staid; earnest, real, true,

solid, substantial; said, _or_ meant, in earnest. _Mine —se_; serious

look.

=sérieux=, _n.m._, seriousness, importance, gravity, earnestness;

(thea.) serious business, serious side, serious part. _Garder son —_;

to preserve one’s gravity, to keep one’s countenance. _Prendre son —_;

to grow serious, to begin to look grave. _Au —_; in earnest, seriously.

_Reprendre son —_; to recover one’s gravity.

=serin= (sĕ-rīn), _n.m._, =-e= (sĕ-ri-n), _n.f._, canary, canary-bird;

(fig.) muff, flat, fool.

=serinage=, _n.m._, cramming, grinding (of pupils).

=seriner= (sĕ-), _v.a._, to teach with the bird-organ. _— un oiseau_; to

teach a bird with the bird-organ; (fig.) to coach, to cram.

=serinette= (sĕ-), _n.f._, bird-organ; singer of no power.

=seringa= (sĕ-), _n.m._, (bot.) syringa.

=seringue= (sĕ-rīngh), _n.f._, syringe, squirt.

=seringuer= (sĕ-rīn-ghé), _v.a._, to syringe, to squirt, to inject, to

flash. _— un vaisseau_; (nav.) to rake a ship.

=serment= (sèr-), _n.m._, oath, promise, solemn declaration. _pl._,

swearing. _Faux —_; false oath. _Prêter —_; to take an oath, to be sworn.

_Rompre son —_, _manquer à son —_; to break one’s oath. _Sous la foi du

—_; upon oath. _Faire prêter — à_; to swear in any one, to put any one on

his oath.

☉=sermente=, =-e= (sèr-), _adj._ _V._ =assermenté=.

=sermon= (sèr-), _n.m._, sermon; lecture, admonition.

=sermonnaire= (sèr-), _n.m._ and _adj._, collection of sermons; author of

sermons; adapted to sermons.

=sermonner= (sèr-), _v.a._, (b.s.) to sermonize, to preach, to lecture.

=sermonneur= (sèr-), _n.m._, (b.s.) sermonizer, preacher, lecturer.

=sérosité=, _n.f._, serosity, wateriness.

=serpe= (sèrp), _n.f._, bill, bill-hook, hedge-bill, pruning-bill. _C’est

fait à la —_; it is done in a bungling way.

=serpent= (sèr-), _n.m._, serpent, snake, adder; (mus.) serpent, serpent

player. _— à sonnettes_; rattlesnake. _Œil-de-—_, (_—s-—_) (jewel)

serpent’s-eye. _Langue-de-—_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) serpent’s-tongue.

=serpentaire= (sèr-), _n.f._, (bot.) serpentaria, snake-root;

dragon’s-wort.

=serpentaire= (sèr-), _n.m._, (astron.) Serpentarius; (orni.)

serpent-eater.

=serpente= (sèr-), _n.f._, silver-paper, tissue-paper.

=serpenteau= (sèr-), _n.m._, young serpent; (firework) serpent, squib.

=serpenter= (sèr-), _v.n._, to meander, to wind, to twine.

=serpentin=, =-e= (sèr-), _adj._, serpentine (of marble; of a horse’s

tongue).

=serpentin= (sèr-), _n.m._, winding-pipe, worm (of a still).

=serpentine= (sèr-), _n.f._, serpentine-stone; serpentine-marble; (bot.)

ophioxylon, snake-wood.

=serpette= (sèr-), _n.f._, pruning-knife, garden-knife.

=serpigineu-x=, =-se= (sèr-), _adj._, (med.) serpiginous.

*=serpillère= (ser-), _n.f._, packing-cloth; (coarse) apron, canvas.

=serpolet= (sèr-), _n.m._, (bot.) wild thyme.

=serrage=, _n.m._, tightening, pressing.

=serraté=, =-e=, _adj._, serrate, serrated.

=serratiforme=, _adj._, saw-shaped.

=serratule= (sèr-ra-), _n.f._, (bot.) serratula, saw-wort.

=serre= (sèr-), _n.f._, greenhouse; conservatory; talon, claw (of birds);

pressure, squeeze (of fruit); grasp, grip, clutch, hand. _— chaude_;

hot-house. _— à raisin_; vinery. _— à ananas_; pinery. _Avoir la —

bonne_; to have a strong grasp, grip, _or_ hand.

=serré=, =-e= (sè-ré), _part._, close, serried, compact, tight, fast;

crowded; close-fisted, covetous; (bot.) serrate, serrated; small (of

writing); concise, terse (of style). _Un nœud —_; a tight knot. _Drap

bien —_; close-woven cloth. _Avoir le cœur —_; to be oppressed with grief.

=serré= (sè-ré), _adv._, very much; hard (of freezing); impudently (of

lying). _Jouer —_; to play prudently.

=serre-bosse= (sèr-), _n.f._, (_—_) (nav.) shank-painter.

=serre-étoupe= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—_) stuffing-box.

=serre-file= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) bringer up, last man;

(nav.) sternmost vessel.

=serre-frein= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (rail.) brake-man.

=serrement= (sèr-mān), _n.m._, pressing, clasping; squeeze, squeezing. _—

de cœur_; anguish of heart; pang. _— de main_; hand-squeeze.

=serrément= (sè-ré-), _adv._, niggardly, closely.

=serre-nez= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—_) (man.) twitch.

=serre-nœud= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) ligature-tightener.

=serre-papiers= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—_) paper-holder, set of pigeon-holes

for papers.

=serrer= (sè-ré), _v.a._, to press, to press closely; to tighten, to

squeeze, to grasp, to grip, to wring; to crowd, to condense, to put close

together; to press, to push hard; to tie (a knot); (print.) to lock, to

lock up; to oppress (the heart); (milit.) to close (the ranks); to clinch

(one’s fist, one’s teeth); to put away; to clasp, to draw close, to hug

(the coast). _— la main à quelqu’un_; to shake any one by the hand, to

shake hands with any one. _— un nœud_; to tighten a knot. _— le bouton à

quelqu’un_; to urge any one on. _— les pouces à quelqu’un_; to force any

one to do a thing; to bring pressure to bear upon. _Cela serre le cœur_;

it is a heart-rending sight. _— les rangs_; (milit.) to close the ranks.

_Serrez les rangs!_ close up! _— son écriture_; to write close. _— les

dents_; to clench one’s teeth. _— le poing_; to clench one’s fist. _—

la forme_; (print.) to lock up the form. _— la muraille_; to pass close

to, _or_ to skirt, the wall. _— de près_; to press hard. _— les voiles_;

to take in the sails. _— le vent_; to haul close to the wind; to work

to windward. _Serrez vos livres_; put your books away. _— les blés_; to

house the corn. _— des vêtements_; to put away clothes. _— la bride_; to

pull in the bridle; to pull up.

_se_ =serrer= (sè-ré), _v.r._, to press each other close; to sit close,

to lie close; to stand close; to crowd; to tighten one’s self; to pinch,

_or_ stint, one’s self.

=serre-tête= (sèr-), _n.m._, (_—_) head-band; night-cap; bathing-cap.

=serrette= (sè-rèt) _or_ =sarrette=, _n.f._, (bot.) serratula, saw-wort.

=serron= (sè-), _n.m._, seroon.

=serrure= (sè-rur), _n.f._, lock. _— de sûreté_; safety lock. _Crocheter

une —_; to pick a lock.

=serrurerie= (sè-rur-rî), _n.f._, locksmith’s trade, locksmith’s work.

=serrurier= (sè-), _n.m._, locksmith.

=sertir= (sèr-), _v.a._, to set a stone (in a bezel).

=sertissure= (sèr-), _n.f._, setting (in a bezel).

=sérum= (-rom), _n.m._, serum.

=servage= (sèr-), _n.m._, servitude, bondage, serfdom.

=serval= (sèr-), _n.m._, (mam.) tiger-cat.

=servant= (sèr-), _adj._, serving, in waiting; lay (brother).

=servant= (sèr-), _n.m._, (artil.) gunner, artillery-man.

=servante= (sèr-), _n.f._, servant-maid, maid-servant; servant-girl;

dumb-waiter, dinner-wagon; (print.) frisket-stand.

=serve=, _n.f._, female serf.

=serveur=, _n.m._, bowler (at cricket).

=serviable= (sèr-), _adj._, serviceable, willing to do a service,

obliging.

=service= (sèr-), _n.m._, service; duty, attendance; office, function;

divine service; set (collection); course (of dishes at meals). _Se mettre

en —_; (of servants) to go into service. _Être au — de_; to be in the

service of. _Au —_; in the army, in the service. _Qu’y a-t-il pour votre

—?_ what can I do for you? _Il a trente ans de —_; he has served thirty

years. _Être de —_; to be on duty. _Hors de —_; out of use, unfit for

use. _Faire le —_; to perform the duty, _or_ work, of; to do duty, _or_

officiate, at; (of coaches) to ply between. _Se mettre en —_; to go into

service.

=serviette= (sèr-), _n.f._, napkin, towel. _Rond de —_; napkin ring. _—

de dessert_; doily. _— de toilette_; bedroom towel.

=servile= (sèr-), _adj._, servile, menial; slavish, cringing; mean.

=servilement= (sèr-vil-mān), _adv._, servilely, slavishly, meanly.

=servilité= (sèr-), _n.f._, servility, servileness, slavishness,

meanness, cringing.

=servir= (sèr-), (servant, servi), _v.a._, to serve, to wait on, to

attend; to serve up; to help to, to be serviceable, to be of service; to

assist; to be of use; to help; (fin.) to pay (interest); to supply (with

goods); (c.rel.) to assist the priest (at mass). _— à table_; to wait at

table. _Madame est servie_; dinner is served _or_ is ready. _Pour vous

—_; at your service; with your leave.

_se_ =servir= (sèr-), _v.r._, to serve one’s self, to be served, to be

served up (of dishes). _Se — de_; to use, to employ, to make use of; to

avail one’s self of. _Servez-vous_; help yourself.

=servir= (sèr-), _v.n._, to serve, to be of use, to serve up, to bring in

dinner _or_ supper; to be employed, to be conducive. _On a servi_; dinner

is on the table. _— sur mer_, _sur terre_; to serve in the navy, in the

army. _— de_; to serve as, to do the office of. _Cela ne sert à rien_;

that is of no use. _Cela sert à plusieurs choses_; that is used for

several purposes. _À quoi sert-il de?_ of what use is it to? _Il ne sert

à rien de_; it is of no use to. _Il ne sert à rien de s’emporter_; it is

of no use flying into a passion. _Cela sert de pain_; that does instead

of bread. _Il m’a servi de père_; he has been as a father to me. _Cela ne

sert de rien_; that is of no avail. _Se faire —_; to be waited upon.

=serviteur= (sèr-), _n.m._, servant, man-servant. _— de l’Etat_; servant

of the State. _Votre —!_ your servant; I beg to be excused; excuse me.

=servitude= (sèr-), _n.f._, servitude, slavery.

=ses= (sè), _adj.pl._, his, her, its, one’s. _V._ =son=.

=sésame=, _n.m._, (bot.) sesame, sesamum. _— ouvre-toi!_ open, sesame!

=sésamoïde=, _adj.m._, (anat.) sesamoid.

=séséli=, _n.m._, (bot.) seseli.

=sesquialtère= (sès-kui-), _adj._, (math.) sesquilateral.

=sessile= (sès-sil), _adj._, sessile.

=session= (sè-), _n.f._, session, sitting; term (of law courts _or_

universities).

=sesterce= (sès-), _n.m._, (Rom, antiq.) sesterce.

=sétacé=, =-e=, _adj._, setaceous, bristle-shaped.

=séthim= (-tim), _n.m._, (bot.) shittim.

☉=setier= (sĕ-tié), _n.m._, an obsolete measure, pint.

=sétifère=, _adj._, bristle-bearing, setiferous.

=sétiforme=, _adj._, bristle-shaped.

=sétigère=, _adj._, (bot.) setigerous, bristly.

=séton=, _n.m._, seton.

*=seuil=, _n.m._, threshold (of a door); sill.

=seul=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, one; alone, by one’s self; single; mere,

only, sole. _Tout —_; all alone. _Un — homme_; one man, a single man, one

man only. _Un homme —_; a lonely man, a man by himself.

=seulement= (seul-mān), _adv._, only, but, solely, merely. _Un mot —_;

but one word.

=seulet=, =-te=, _adj._, (l.u.) alone, by one’s self, all alone.

=sève=, _n.f._, sap; pith; vigor, strength. _Cet arbre est en —_; the sap

of that tree is rising.

=sévère=, _adj._, severe, stern, harsh, hard, rigid, strict; austere;

noble and regular, correct, pure. _Un juge —_; a stern judge.

=sévèrement= (-vèr-mān), _adv._, severely, harshly; sternly; strictly;

purely, correctly.

=sévérité=, _n.f._, severity, rigidness, strictness, sternness;

austerity; purity, correctness. _User de — envers quelqu’un_; to use any

one unkindly.

=séveu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) sappy; (fig.) pithy, vigorous, strong.

=sévices=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) cruelty, assault.

=sévir=, _v.n._, (=contre=) to use with rigor, to be severe; to deal

rigorously with; to rage (of war, etc.).

=sevrage= (sĕ-), _n.m._, weaning.

=sevrer= (sĕ-), _v.a._, to wean, to deprive (of).

=sèvres=, _n.m._, Sèvres porcelain.

=sevreuse= (sĕ-), _n.f._, dry nurse.

=sexagénaire= (sèg-za-), _n.m.f._, and _adj._, sexagenarian.

=sexagésimal= (sèg-za-), _adj._, (math.) sexagesimal.

=sexagésime= (sèg-za-), _n.f._, Sexagesima.

=sexangulaire= (sèk-sān-), _adj._, sexangular.

=sex-digitaire= (sèks-), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, (_—-—s_) six-fingered

person; six-fingered.

=sex-digital=, =-e= (sèks-), _adj._, six-fingered; six-toed.

=sexe= (sèks), _n.m._, sex; fair sex; womankind. _Le beau —_; the fair

sex.

=sexennal=, =-e= (sèk-sè-n-nal), _adj._, sexennial.

=sextant= (sèks-), _n.m._, sextant.

=sexte= (sèkst), _n.f._, (c.rel.) sixth canonical hour; sixth; the sixth

book of Pope Boniface VIII.’s Decretals.

=sextidi= (sèks-), _n.m._, sextidi, sixth day of the decade of the

calendar of the first French republic.

=sextil=, =-e= (sèks-), _adj._ _Aspect —_; (astrol.) sextile.

=sextillion= (sèks-), _n.m._, (arith.) one thousand trillions.

=sexto=, _adv._, sixthly, in the sixth place.

=sextule= (sèks-), _n.m._, apothecaries’ weight, about 65 grains.

=sextuor= (sèks-), _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) sextet.

=sextuple= (sèks-), _n.m._ and _adj._, sextuple, sixfold.

=sextupler= (sèks-), _v.a._, to increase sixfold.

=sexualité= (sèk-sua-), _n.f._, sexuality.

=sexuel=, =-le= (sèk-su-èl), _adj._, sexual.

=sgraffite=, _n.m._ _V._ =graffite=.

=shako= (sha-), _n.m._, (milit.) shako.

=shall=, _n.m._ _V._ =châle=.

=sheling=, _n.m._ _V._ =schelling=.

=shérif= (shérif), _n.m._, sheriff.

=si=, _conj._, if; whether; ☉nevertheless. _— vous le faites_; if you do

it. _— je l’avais vu_; had I seen it. _S’il vient_; if he comes. _S’ils

veulent_; if they like. _— bien que_; so that. _— ce n’est que_; unless,

except. _— ... que_, however.

=si=, _adv._, so, so much; however; yes. _N’allez pas — vite_; do not

go so fast. _— petit qu’il soit_; however small he is, small as he is.

_Je dis que —_; I say yes. _Je gage que —_; I bet that it is so. _— fait

vraiment_; yes indeed, oh yes; excuse me. _Vous ne l’avez pas vu. —,

je l’ai vu_; you have not seen it. Yes, I have. _Il n’y a pas de — qui

fasse_; there is no excuse for it. _Avec un — on mettrait Paris dans

une bouteille_; if wishes were horses, beggars would ride, _or_ such

suppositions are idle. _Oh! que —_; oh! yes, I would; isn’t he, though!

=si=, _n.m._, (mus.) B, si.

=sialagogue=, _n.m._, (med.) sialogogue.

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

=siamois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Siamese.

=siamoise=, _n.f._, Siam cotton.

=sibarite=, _n.m._ _V._ =sybarite=.

=sibilant=, =-e=, _adj._, hissing, sibilant.

=sibylle=, _n.f._, sibyl.

=sibyllin=, _adj._, sibylline.

=sic=, _adv._, (Lat.) sic, thus.

=sicaire=, _n.m._, hired assassin.

=siccati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, siccative.

=siccatif=, _n.m._, siccative, dessicative, drying.

=siccité= (sik-si-), _n.f._, siccity, dryness.

=sicilien=, =-ne= (-in, -èn), _n._ and _adj._, Sicilian.

=sicilique=, _n.m._, apothecaries’ weight, about 97¾ grains.

=sicle=, _n.m._, shekel.

=sicomore=, _n.f._ _V._ =sycomore=.

=sidéral=, =-e=, _adj._, sideral, sidereal.

=sidéritis=, _n.m._ _V._ =crapaudine=.

=sidéroxylon=, _n.m._, iron wood.

=siècle=, _n.m._, century, hundred years; age, time; world; period. _Les

mœurs de notre —_; the manners of our age. _Il y a un — qu’on ne vous a

vu_; we have not seen you for an age. _A tous les —s_, _aux —s des —s_,

_dans tous les —s des —s_; for ever and ever, in all times, in all ages.

=siège=, _n.m._, seat, coach-box; bench (of a court of justice);

bishopric, see; dickey (of a carriage); (milit.) siege; offices. _En

état de —_; in a state of siege; under martial law. _Equipage de —_;

siege-train. _Pièce de —_; siege gun. _Mettre le — devant_; to lay siege

to. _Le — d’un cocher_; a coachman’s box. _Le saint-—_; the holy see. _Le

— d’une société_; the office of any society. _Lever le —_; to raise the

siege.

=siéger=, _v.n._, to hold one’s see (of bishops); to sit (of assemblies

or courts); to be seated (fig.); to lie, to reside (of a thing).

=sien=, =-ne= (si-īn, si-è-n), _pron._, his, hers, its; one’s own. _Mon

père et le sien_; my father and his, hers. _Ma sœur et la sienne_; my

sister and his, hers.

=sien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, one’s own property; his own, her own,

one’s own. _Chacun le — n’est pas trop_; let each have his own and all is

fair. _Faire des —nes_; to play pranks. _Les —s_; one’s people, relations

and friends. _À chacun le —_; to each his own.

=sienne= (=terre de=), _n.f._, sienna earth, sienna.

=sieste=, _n.f._, siesta, afternoon nap. _Faire la —_; to take one’s

afternoon’s nap.

=sieur=, _n.m._, (jur.) mister, Mr., the said.

=sifflable=, _adj._, that deserves to be hissed.

=sifflage=, _n.m._, wheezing (of lungs).

=sifflant=, =-e=, _adj._, hissing, whistling; sibilant; wheezing.

=sifflement=, _n.m._, whistling, whistle; hissing, hiss; whiz, whizzing

(of the wind, an arrow, etc.); wheezing.

=siffler=, _v.n._, to whistle, to hiss, to whiz; to wheeze.

=siffler=, _v.a._, to whistle; to hiss at; to sing (of birds); to prompt.

_— quelqu’un_; to prompt any one. _— une pièce_; to hiss a piece. _— un

acteur_; to hiss an actor.

=sifflerie=, _n.m._, hissing.

=sifflet=, _n.m._, whistle, catcall; windpipe; (nav.) boatswain’s call.

_Un coup de —_; a whistle, a signal. _Couper le — à quelqu’un_; (triv.)

to cut any one’s throat; to shut up, or silence, any one.

=siffleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, whistler, hisser, singer.

=siffleur=, _n.m._, (orni.) wood-wren; piping bull-finch.

=siffleu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, whistling, piping (of birds); that wheezes

(of horses). _n.m._, _un —_; (of horses) a roarer.

=sigillé=, =-e= (-jil-lé), _adj._, sigillated. _Terre —e_; bole.

=sigisbée=, _n.m._, cicisbeo, lover.

=sigisbéisme=, _n.m._, cicisbeism.

=sigmoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) sigmoid, sigmoidal.

*=signal=, _n.m._, signal; word.

*=signalé=, =-e=, _adj._, signalized; signal; remarkable, conspicuous.

*=signalement=, _n.m._, description (of a man).

*=signaler=, _v.a._, to give the description of; to point out, to

mention, to notice; to mark out; to give a signal, to signalize.

_se_ =signaler=, _v.r._, to signalize, _or_ distinguish, one’s self.

=signaliste=, _n.m.f._, signalman.

*=signataire=, _n.m.f._, signer, subscriber. _adj._ signatory.

*=signature=, _n.f._, signature, sign, sign-manual; signing.

*=signe=, _n.m._, sign, mark; beck, nod; indication, token, badge; omen;

mark (on the skin). _Faire —_; to make signs, to beckon. _Faire — de la

main_; to beckon with the hand. _— de la tête_; nod. _Faire le — de la

croix_; to cross one’s self.

*=signer=, _v.a._, to sign, to subscribe.

*_se_ =signer=, _v.r._, to cross one’s self; to make the sign of the

cross.

=signer=, _v.n._, to sign, to subscribe one’s self.

=signet= (sī-nè), _n.m._, small sign; tassel, mark (for books).

☉*=signifiance=, _n.f._, significance, token, testimony, sign, mark.

*=signifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, (theol.) significant, significative,

expressive.

*=significati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, significative, significant.

*=signification=, _n.f._, signification; meaning, sense, acceptation;

(jur.) legal notice.

*=significativement=, _adv._, with force, significantly.

*=signifier=, _v.a._, to signify, to mean, to notify, to declare, to

announce, to intimate; (jur.) to serve. _Que signifie ce mot?_ what

is the meaning of this word? _Faire —_; to give notice of. _Je lui ai

signifié d’avoir à s’y trouver_; I gave him notice to be sure and be

there.

*_se_ =signifier=, _v.r._, (jur.) to be served.

=sikh=, _n.m._, _adj._, Sikh (East Indian).

=sil=, _n.m._, yellow ocher (of the ancients).

=silence=, _n.m._, silence, stillness; secrecy, omission, pause; (mus.)

rest. _Faire —_; to keep silence, to be silent. _Rompre le —_; to break

the silence. _Imposer —_; to silence. _Passer sous —_; to pass over

in silence, not to mention. _Réduire au —_; to silence. _Garder_, or

_observer_, _le —_; to keep silence, _or_ remain silent. _En —_; silently,

without noise, gently. _Dans le —_; in secret, secretly.

=silencieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, silently.

=silencieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, silent, still.

=silène=, _n.m._, (myth.) Silenus; Satyr.

=silène=, _n.f._, (bot.) catch-fly.

=silex= (-lèks), _n.m._, silex, flint.

=silhouette= _or_ =silouette=, _n.f._, silhouette, outline; profile.

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

=silice=, _n.f._, (chem.) silica, flint.

=siliceu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, silicious.

=silicique=, _adj._, (chem.) silicic.

=silicium=, _n.m._, (chem.) silicon, silicium.

=silicule=, _n.f._, (bot.) silicle, silicula, seed-pouch.

=siliculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) siliculous, siliculose.

=silique=, _n.f._, (bot.) siliqua, silique, two-valved pod.

=siliqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) siliquous, siliquose.

*=sillage=, _n.m._, (nav.) track, wake; steerage-way, sea-way.

=sillée=, _n.f._, (agri.) trench.

*=siller=, _v.n._, (l.u.) (nav.) to run ahead, to make headway.

*=siller=, _v.a._, to close the eyes (of a hawk).

*=sillet=, _n.m._, nut (of stringed instruments).

*=sillomètre=, _n.m._, (nav.) sillometer, log.

*=sillon=, _n.m._, (agri.) furrow, ridge; trench, drill; track, trail (of

light); wake (of ships); (anat.) groove; wrinkle; (poet.) _pl._, fields,

plains.

*=sillonner=, _v.a._, to furrow, to plow, to ridge, to cut; to streak, to

flash through, to glint; (anat.) to groove.

=silo=, _n.m._, pit (for preserving grain).

=silouette=, _n.f._ _V._ =silhouette=.

=silphium= (-fiom), _n.m._, (_n.p._) silphium, laser.

=silure=, _n.m._, (ich.) silurus, silure.

=silurien=, =-ne= (ri-īn, -è-n), _adj._, (geol.) silurian.

=silves=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =sylves=.

=simagrée=, _n.f._, grimace, pretense, show, affected way. _pl._,

affectation, grimaces, fuss.

=simaise=, _n.f._ _V._ =cimaise=.

=simarouba=, _n.m._, (bot.) simaruba.

=simarre=, _n.f._, (of priests) cassock; woman’s long gown; justice’s

robe.

=simbleau=, _n.m._, (carp.) radius-line.

=similaire=, _adj._, similar.

=similarité=, _n.f._, similarity, likeness.

=similitude=, _n.f._, similitude, similarity; comparison; (rhet.) simile.

=similivoire=, _n.m._, imitation ivory.

=similor=, _n.m._, pinchbeck.

=simoniaque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, simoniac; simoniacal.

=simonie=, _n.f._, simony.

=simoun= (-moon), _n.m._, simoom.

=simple=, _adj._, simple, single; only, only one, but one, bare, mere;

common, private (of soldiers); plain, unadorned, simple-minded; silly.

_Des souliers à — semelle_; single-soled shoes. _Un — soldat_; a common

soldier, a private. _Un homme —_; an unpretending man. _C’est tout —_;

(fam.) it is quite natural; it’s a matter of course; why, of course; why

not.

=simple=, _n.m._, simple, medicinal plant; (mus.) simple air.

=simplement=, _adv._, simply, only, solely, merely, singly; plainly,

without any ornament; artlessly; sillily. _Tout —_; merely, that’s all.

☉=simplesse=, _n.f._, simplicity, simpleness.

=simplicité=, _n.f._, simplicity, simpleness, artlessness, plainness;

silliness.

=simplification=, _n.f._, simplification.

=simplifier=, _v.a._, to simplify.

=simulacre=, _n.m._, image, idol; phantom; shadow; appearance, feint,

sham. _Un — de combat_; a sham fight.

=simulation=, _n.f._, (jur.) feigning, feint, simulation.

=simulé=, =-e=, _adj._, fictitious, feigned, false, pretended,

counterfeit, sham.

=simuler=, _v.a._, to feign, to sham. _— une attaque_; to make a false

attack.

=simultané=, =-e=, _adj._, simultaneous.

=simultanéité=, _n.f._, simultaneousness.

=simultanément=, _adv._, simultaneously.

=sinapisé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) infused with mustard.

=sinapisme=, _n.m._, sinapism, mustard-plaster.

=sincère=, _adj._, sincere, true, open-hearted, honest.

=sincèrement= (-sèr-mān), _adv._, sincerely, truly, plainly, ingenuously,

honestly.

=sincérité=, _n.f._, sincerity, sincereness, open-heartedness, honesty.

=sincipital=, =-e=, _adj._, sincipital.

=sinciput= (-put), _n.m._, sinciput.

=sindon=, _n.m._, Christ’s shroud; (surg.) pledget.

=sinécure=, _n.f._, sinecure.

=sinécuriste=, _n.m._, sinecurist.

=sine quâ non=, _adj.inv._, sine quâ non, indispensable.

=singe=, _n.m._, ape, monkey, baboon; monkey (of pile-drivers); windlass;

pantograph (copying-machine). _Payer en monnaie de —_; to jeer at a man

instead of paying him, _or_ to pay with promises.

=singe=, _adj._, (l.u.) apish.

=singer=, _v.a._, to ape, to mimic.

=singerie= (sin-jrî), _n.f._, apish trick, antic, grimace, trick; mimicry.

=singe-ur=, =-resse=, _adj._, that apes, apish.

=singeur=, _n.m._, ape (imitator).

=singulariser=, _v.a._, to singularize, to render singular, odd.

_se_ =singulariser=, _v.r._, to render one’s self singular, odd; to

affect singularity.

=singularité=, _n.f._, singularity; peculiarity; oddness.

=singuli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, singular; peculiar; odd; single (combat).

_Combat —_; single combat.

=singulier=, _n.m._, (gram.) singular.

=singulièrement= (-lièr-mān), _adv._, singularly, peculiarly, in a

singular manner, oddly.

=sinistre=, _adj._, sinister, inauspicious; lurid, forbidding; dismal.

_Présage —_; sinister foreboding. _Augure —_; unlucky omen.

=sinistre=, _n.m._, accident, disaster; casualty, loss, damage.

=sinistrement=, _adv._, sinisterly, inauspiciously, dismally.

=sinologue= (-log), _n.m._, sinologist, Chinese scholar.

=sinombre=, _adj._, (of a lamp) shadowless.

=sinon=, _conj._, otherwise, else, or else; except, save, if not, unless.

=sinon que=, _conj._, save that; except.

=sinople=, _n.m._, (her.) sinople, vert; (min.) a variety of quartz.

=sinué=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) sinuate.

=sinueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sinuous, winding, meandering.

=sinuosité=, _n.f._, sinuosity, winding, meandering.

=sinus= (-nus), _n.m._, (math.) sine; (anat.) sinus.

=siphilis=, _n.f._ _V._ =syphilis=.

=siphilitique=, _adj._ _V._ =syphilitique=.

=siphon=, _n.m._, siphon; water-spout (at sea).

=sire=, _n.m._, sire (title of kings and emperors); ☉sir (lord); (in

fables) squire. _Un pauvre —_; a poor wretch, wight.

=sirène=, _n.f._, siren, mermaid, sea-maid.

=sirius= (-us), _n.m._, (astron.) Sirius.

=siroco= _or_ ☉=siroc=, _n.m._, Sirocco.

=sirop=, _n.m._, syrup.

=siroter=, _v.a._, to sip. _V._ =déguster=.

=siroter=, _v.n._, to tipple.

=siroteur=, _n.m._, tippler.

=sirsacas=, _n.m._, Indian cotton-cloth.

=sirtes=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =syrtes=.

=sirupeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, syrupy.

=sirvente=, _n.m._, sirvente (war song).

=sis=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) seated, situate, situated.

=sison=, _n.m._, honeywort.

=sistelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) nut-hatch.

=sistre=, _n.m._, (antiq.) sistrum (Egyptian timbrel).

=sisymbre=, _n.m._, (bot.) sisymbrium.

=sisyphe=, _n.m._, Sisyphus, _Le rocher de —_; (fig.) long, profitless,

and hard work.

=site=, _n.m._, site, landscape, scenery.

=sitôt=, _adv._, so soon, as soon. _De —_; for some time to come.

=sitôt que=, _conj._, as soon as.

=situation=, _n.f._, situation, site; state of affairs; position;

predicament; (nav.) bearing of coasts; (com.) statement (of accounts).

_En —_; in a conspicuous situation; in one’s proper place _or_ character.

=situé=, =-e=, _adj._, situate, situated, lying.

=situer=, _v.a._, to place, to seat.

=six=, _n.m._ and _adj._, six, sixth; sixth day. [For the pronunciation

of this word, _V._ =dix=.]

☉=sixain=, _n.m._ _V._ =sizain=.

=sixième= (si-zièm), _n.m._ and _adj._, sixth; sixth day (of a period);

sixth form boy (in England); second form boy (in France); sixth class (at

school).

=sixième= (si-zièm), _n.f._, six cards of the same suit (cards; piquet);

sixth form (in England); second form (in France); highest class (in

America).

=sixièmement= (si-zièm-mān), _adv._, sixthly.

=sixte= (sikst), _n.f._, (mus.) sixth. _Le Pape — Quint_; Pope Sixtus the

fifth.

=sizain=, _n.m._, stanza of six lines; six packs of cards.

=sizette=, _n.f._, sizette (card game).

=slave=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Slav; Sclavonian, Sclavonic.

=sloop= _or_ =sloupe= (sloop), _n.m._, (nav.) sloop.

=smalah=, _n.f._ (_n.p._), smala (Arab chief’s camp).

=smalt=, _n.m._, smalt, blue glass.

=smérinthe=, _n.m._, (ent.) hawk-moth.

*=smille=, _n.f._, (mas.) scapple-ax.

*=smiller=, _v.a._, (mas.) to scapple.

=sobre=, _adj._, sober, sparing, temperate, abstemious.

=sobrement=, _adv._, soberly, moderately, temperately, sparingly,

abstemiously.

=sobriété=, _n.f._, sobriety, soberness, temperance, moderation,

abstemiousness.

=sobriquet=, _n.m._, nickname. _Donner un — à_; to nickname.

=soc=, _n.m._, plowshare.

=sociabilité=, _n.f._, sociability, sociableness, good fellowship,

intercourse.

=sociable=, _adj._, sociable, social.

=sociablement=, _adv._, sociably, socially.

=social=, =-e=, _adj._, social; (com.) (name of) firm. _Sous la raison

—e_; under the style, name (of).

=socialement= (-sial-mān), _adv._, socially, in a social manner.

=socialisme=, _n.m._, socialism.

=socialiste=, _n.m.f._, socialist.

=sociétaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, associate, partner, shareholder;

member of a society, of a company; foundation member.

=société=, _n.f._, society, community; company, partnership, club, class;

social life. _— de commerce_; trading company. _— anonyme_; joint-stock

company. _— en commandite_; limited liability company. _Faire une — avec

quelqu’un_; to enter into partnership with any one. _Être en —_; (at

cards) to be partners. _Talents de —_; accomplishments. _Règle de —_;

(arith.) fellowship, rule of fellowship.

=socinianisme=, _n.m._, Socinianism.

=socinien=, =-ne= (ni-īn, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Socinian.

=socle=, _n.m._, (arch.) socle, pedestal, stand, base, plinth, socket. _—

continu_; basement.

=socque=, _n.m._, clog, galoche, patten, overshoe.

=socratique=, _adj._, socratic.

=sodium= (-om), _n.m._, (chem.) sodium.

=sodomie=, _n.f._, sodomy.

=sodomite=, _n.m._, sodomite.

=sœur= (seur), _n.f._, sister; nun. _—s germaines_; sister of the whole

blood. _—s consanguines_; sisters on the father’s side. _—s utérines_;

sisters on the mother’s side. _—s jumelles_; twin sisters. _— de lait_;

foster-sister. _Demi—_; step-sister. _Belle-—_; sister in law. _Les neuf

—s_; the Muses, the sacred Nine. _— laie_, _— converse_; lay-sister.

_Communauté de —s_; sisterhood.

=sœurette=, _n.f._, little sister, dear little sister.

=sofa=, _n.m._, sofa, ottoman.

=soffite=, _n.m._, (arch.) soffit.

=sofi= _or_ =soufi=, _n.m._, (_—s_) sofi, dervis, dervise.

=sofi= _or_ =sophi=, _n.m._, Sofi, Sophi (a title of the King of Persia).

=soi=, _pron._, one’s self, self, itself. _Penser à —_; to think of one’s

self. _Être à —_; to be one’s own master.

=soi-disant=, _adj._, self-styled, would-be, pretended, so-called,

supposed.

=soie=, _n.f._, silk; hair (of a few species of dogs); bristle (of

hogs); tongue (of knives, swords); (vet.) _V._ =seime=. _— de bourre_;

floss-silk. _— crue_, _— grège_; raw silk. _— plate_; floss-silk. _Des

jours filés d’or et de —_; halcyon days. _Peau de —_; Japanese silk.

=soierie= (soa-rî), _n.f._, silk, silk-trade; silk-manufactory. _pl._,

silks, silk goods. _Marchand de —_; silk-mercer. _Maison de —_;

silk-house.

=soif=, _n.f._, thirst. _Avoir —_; to be thirsty, to thirst after. _Avoir

grand’ —_; to be very thirsty. _Mourir de —_; to be almost dying with

thirst. _Etancher sa —_; to quench one’s thirst. _— des richesses_;

thirst for riches, greed. _Garder une poire pour la —_; to lay up

something for a rainy day.

=soigné=, =-e=, _adj._, carefully done; highly finished, elaborate;

nicely got up; sound, sharp.

*=soigner=, _v.a._, to take care of, to look after, to attend, to attend

to, to mind, to nurse. _— un malade_; to nurse a sick person.

*_se_ =soigner=, _v.r._, to take care of one’s self, to nurse one’s self.

*=soigneusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, carefully.

*=soigneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, careful, regardful, solicitous; mindful.

=soi-même=, _pron._, one’s self; itself.

=soi-mouvant=, _adj._, (philos.) self-moving.

=soin=, _n.m._, care, attendance on. _pl._, attentions, solicitude;

pains, trouble. _Avoir — de quelque chose_; to take care of anything.

_Je vous en laisse le —_; I leave it to your care. _Rendre des —s à

quelqu’un_; to be attentive to any one. _Petits —s_; little, _or_ minute,

attentions. _Être aux petite —s avec quelqu’un_; to be all attention to

any one. _Manque de —_; carelessness. _Avec —_; carefully.

=soir=, _n.m._, evening, night. _Du matin au —_; from morning till, _or_

to, night. _Bon —_; good evening. _Hier —_, _hier au —_; last evening,

last night. _Ce —_; this evening, to-night. _Sur le —_; towards evening;

at night-fall. _Le — de la vie_; the declining years.

=soirée=, _n.f._, evening (duration of the evening); evening party.

_Aller en —_; to go out to a party, to go to an evening party. _Passer la

—_; to spend the evening. _Dans la —_; during the evening.

=soit=, _adv._, be it so, let it be so, well and good, I grant it. _Hé

bien, —_; well, be it so. _Ainsi —-il_; so be it. _— dit_; be it said.

=soit=, _conj._, either, whether, or. _— l’un, — l’autre_; either one or

the other. _— que_; (with a verb) whether.

=soixantaine= (soa-sān-tĕ-n), _n.f._, about, _or_ some, sixty; some sixty

years of age.

=soixante= (soa-sānt), _n.m._ and _adj._, sixty. _—-dix_; seventy.

_—-douze_; seventy-two.

=soixanter= (soa-sān-té), _v.n._, to reckon sixty (piquet).

=soixantième= (soa-sān-tièm), _n.m._ and _adj._, sixtieth.

=sol=, _n.m._, soil; ground; ground-plot; (mus.) G, sol; coin. ☉_V._

=sou=.

=solaire=, _adj._, solar. _Cadran —_; sun-dial.

=solandre=, _n.f._, (vet.) solanders, sallenders.

=solanées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) solanaceæ.

=solanum= (-nom), _n.m._, (bot.) solanum.

=solbatu=, =-e=, _adj._, (of horses) surbated.

=solbature=, _n.f._, (vet.) quitter, quitter-bone.

=soldanelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) soldanel; convolvulus soldanella.

=soldat=, _n.m._, soldier. _pl._, soldiery, rank and file. _— de la

milice_; militiaman. _Simple —_; private soldier. _— du train_; army

service corps man. _Se faire —_; to enlist.

=soldatesque=, _n.f._ and _adj._, soldier-like, soldierly, soldiery.

=solde=, _n.f._, (milit.) pay. _Demi-—_; half-pay.

=solde=, _n.m._, (com.) seulement; clearance sale, clearance, balance.

_Pour — de tout compte_; in full of all demands.

=solder=, _v.a._, to pay, to settle, to discharge; to keep in pay;

to liquidate; to sell off, to clear off. _— un compte_; to settle an

account. _— des troupes_; to pay troops.

=sole=, _n.f._, sole (of animals); (agri.) brake; (ich.) sole; (arch.)

sleeper. _— battue_; (vet.) quitter, quitter-bone.

=soléaire=, _adj._, (anat.) solear.

=solécisme=, _n.m._, solecism.

*=soleil=, _n.m._, sun; sunshine; star; sunflower; (c.rel.) monstrance;

sun-fish; (print.) squabble; (fireworks) catherine wheel. _— couchant_;

sun-set. _Se chauffer au —_; to bask in the sun. _Le — luit pour tout

le monde_; the sun shines upon all alike. _Il fait du —_; the sun is

shining. _Coup de —_; sunstroke. _Le — se couche_; the sun is setting, is

going down. _Il fait un beau —_; it is beautiful sunshine. _Au —_; in the

sun. _Au grand —_; at midday; in bright sunshine.

=soleillé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =ensoleillé=.

=solen= (-lè-n), _n.m._, (conch., surg.) solen.

=solénite=, _n.f._, (fos.) solenite.

=solennel=, =-le= (so-la-nèl), _adj._, solemn, awful.

=solennellement= (-la-nel-mān), _adv._, solemnly.

=solennisation= (-la-ni-) _n.f._, solemnization.

=solenniser= (-la-ni), _v.a._, to solemnize.

=solennité= (-la-ni-), _n.f._, solemnity, solemnness, solemn occasion.

=solfatare=, _n.f._, (geol.) solfatara.

=solfège=, _n.m._, (mus.) solfeggio.

=solfier=, _v.a._, (mus.) to sol-fa.

=solidaire=, _adj._, conjointly liable; jointly and separately liable;

solidary; conjointly answerable.

=solidairement= (-dèr-mān), _adv._, conjointly; jointly and severally.

=solidarité=, _n.f._, solidarity, joint liability; joint and separate

liability, joint interest, fellowship, brotherhood.

=solide=, _adj._, solid, strong, firm; steadfast, stable, fast,

substantial, sound, real; solvent. _Un jugement —_; a sound judgment.

=solide=, _n.m._, solid; solid body; solid figure; reality. _Viser au —_;

to have an eye to the main chance.

=solidement= (-lid-mān), _adv._, solidly, substantially; firmly; soundly.

=solidification=, _n.f._, solidification.

=solidifier=, _v.a._, to solidify, to concrete.

_se_ =solidifier=, _v.r._, to solidify, to become solid; to acquire

solidity.

=solidité=, _n.f._, solidity, strength; steadfastness, stability,

firmness, soundness.

=soliloque=, _n.m._, soliloquy.

=soliloquer=, _v.n._, to soliloquize.

=solin=, _n.m._, (arch.) space between two joists _or_ rafters.

=solipède=, _n.m._ and _adj._, soliped; solipedous.

=soliste=, _n.m._, solo singer, solo player, soloist.

=solitaire=, _adj._, solitary, lonely, desert, single.

=solitaire=, _n.m._, hermit, recluse, solitary individual; brilliant

(diamond).

=solitairement= (-tèr-mān), _adv._, solitarily.

=solitude=, _n.f._, solitude, loneliness, wilderness, desert.

=solive=, _n.f._, joist, rafter.

=soliveau=, _n.m._, small joist.

☉=sollicitable=, _adj._, that may be solicited.

=sollicitation= (sol-li-), _n.f._, solicitation; entreaty; application;

instigation; canvassing.

=solliciter= (sol-li-), _v.a._, to solicit; to apply for; to incite, to

urge; to entreat, to incite; to induce; to canvass.

=solliciter=, _v.a._, to solicit, to petition.

=solliciteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se= (sol-li-), _n.f._, solicitor, solicitress,

petitioner, canvasser.

=sollicitude= (sol-li-), _n.f._, solicitude, care, anxiety. _Avoir de la

— pour_; to be solicitous (for), anxious (about).

=solo=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) solo.

=solstice=, _n.m._, solstice. _— d’été_; summer solstice.

=solsticial=, =-e=, _adj._, solstitial.

=solubilité=, _n.f._, solubility.

=soluble=, _adj._, solvable; soluble, dissolvable.

=solution=, _n.f._, solution; break; dissolution; (math.) solution;

resolution; (jur.) discharge.

=solvabilité=, _n.f._, solvency.

=solvable=, _adj._, solvent.

=somatologie=, _n.f._, somatology.

=sombrage=, _n.m._, (agri.) first dressing.

=sombre=, _adj._, dark, somber, dull, dim, dingy, lurid; gloomy;

overcast; melancholy, sad, sullen. _Temps —_; gloomy weather. _Lumière

—_; dull, _or_ dim, light. _Couleurs —s_; somber colors.

=sombrer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to founder, to go down; (agri.) to give a first

dressing to.

=sombrero=, _n.m._, sombrero, broad-brimmed hat.

=sommaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, summary, compendium, abridgment, abstract;

summary, compendious.

=sommairement= (-mèr-mān), _adv._, summarily, briefly, succinctly.

=sommation=, _n.f._, summons, notice; (jur.) process, summons; (math.)

summation. _Signifier une — à quelqu’un_; to serve a summons on any one.

_Faire les trois —s_; to read the Riot Act.

=somme=, _n.f._, burden; sum (quantity); amount; (math.) sum; (lit.)

summary, compendium. _Bête de —_; beast of burden. _— totale_; sum-total.

_— toute_, _en —_; finally, in short. _Une — de_; a stated sum.

=somme=, _n.m._, nap (sleep). _Faire un —_; to have a nap, to have forty

winks. _Ne faire qu’un —_; never to wake all night, to sleep the night

through.

*=sommeil=, _n.m._, sleep. _Avoir —_; to be sleepy. _J’ai bien —_; I am

very sleepy. _Profond —_; deep sleep. _Cela porte au —_; that induces

sleep. _— agité_; restless sleep. _Dormir d’un profond —_; to sleep

soundly. _Accablé de —_; dreadfully sleepy. _Tomber de —_, _n’en pouvoir

plus de —_; to be overcome with sleep. _Il n’en peut plus de —_; he is

quite worn out for want of sleep. _Le — me gagne_; I am getting sleepy.

_Avoir le — léger_; to be a light sleeper.

*=sommeiller=, _v.n._, to slumber, to doze.

=sommeli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, butler, cellarman.

=sommellerie= (so-mèl-rî), _n.f._, butler’s place; pantry, buttery.

=sommer=, _v.a._, to summon, to call upon, to charge, to challenge;

(math.) to sum up, to cast up. _— quelqu’un de sa parole_; to call upon

any one to fulfill his promise. _— une place de se rendre_; (milit.) to

summon a fortress to surrender.

=sommet=, _n.m._, top, apex, summit; pinnacle; acme, zenith; crown, top

(of the head); (bot.) vertex; (arch.) crown; (geom.) apex, vertex.

=sommier=, _n.m._, pack-horse; hair-mattress; wind-chest (of an organ);

wrest plank, sound-board (of pianos); (arch.) breastsummer; summer;

register-book; (print.) winter. _— élastique_; spring mattress.

=sommité= (som-mi-), _n.f._, summit, top, apex; head, eminent man;

principal, _or_ chief, point. _Une des —s_; (fig.) one of the

distinguished men.

=somnambule= (som-nān-), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, somnambulist.

=somnambulisme=, _n.m._, somnambulism.

=somnifère= (som-ni-), _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) narcotic; somniferous.

=somnolence= (som-no-), _n.f._, somnolence, somnolency.

=somnolent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) somnolent, sleepy, drowsy.

=somptuaire=, _adj._, sumptuary.

=somptueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, sumptuously, splendidly.

=somptueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sumptuous, gorgeous, splendid.

=somptuosité=, _n.f._, sumptuousness, splendor.

=son=, _n.m._, bran; (phys.) sound; freckle. _Tache de —_; freckle. _—

aigu_; shrill sound. _— de cloches_; ringing of bells. _— du tambour_;

beat of the drum, sound of the drum.

=son=, =sa=, =ses=, _adj._, his, her, its, one’s. _Son frère, sa sœur

et ses enfants_; his brother, sister, and children. _Son âme_; his,

her, soul. [_Son_ is used for the _fem._ instead of _sa_ when the word

following begins with a vowel or a silent _h_.]

=sonate=, _n.f._, (mus.) sonata.

=sondage=, _n.m._, sounding; (mining) boring.

=sonde=, _n.f._, plummet, fathom-line; (nav.) sounding-line,

sounding-lead; (surg.) probe; (manu.) proof-stick; (mining) bore. _pl._,

(nav.) soundings. _Jeter la —_; (nav.) to heave the lead, to sound.

_Plomb de —_; sounding lead.

=sonder=, _v.a._, to sound, to fathom; to ullage, to taste; to

scrutinize, to examine thoroughly, to investigate, to explore; to probe,

to search. _— le terrain_; (mining) to bore; (fig.) to see how matters

stand. _— le gué_; to sound the ford; (fig.) to reconnoiter; to see

how matters stand. _— la côte_; to ascertain the depth, _or_ to take

soundings (along the coast). _— une plaie_; to probe a wound. _— un

fromage_; to pierce a cheese. _— quelqu’un_; to sound, to pump, any one.

=sonder=, _v.n._, (nav.) to heave the lead, to sound, to take soundings.

=sondeur=, _n.m._, (nav.) leadsman; (min.) borer.

=songe=, _n.m._, dream, dreaming. _Faire un —_; to have a dream. _Voir

en —_; to see in a dream, to dream. _Mal d’autres n’est que —_; other

people’s woes do not affect us much.

=songe-creux=, _n.m._, (_—_) dreamer, visionary.

☉=songe-malice=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) mischief-maker.

=songer=, _v.n._, to dream, to muse; to think, to reflect, to mean; to

intend, to devise, to purpose, to propose, to consider, to cast about

(for); to aim (at). _— profondément_; to think deeply. _— à quelque

chose_; to think of anything (suddenly). _Songez à ce que vous faites_;

mind what you are about. _Sans y —_; unawares, unthinkingly. _Il songe a

se marier_; he is thinking of marrying, _or_ he contemplates marriage.

_Songez-y_, _songez-y bien_; mind what you are about; beware. _Maintenant

que j’y songe_; now that I think of it; now that I remember.

=songer=, _v.a._, to dream (in one’s sleep); to dream, to imagine, to

think of. _— une comédie_; to think of a comedy, to imagine a comedy. _Ne

— que bals, que fêtes_; to think of nothing but balls, parties.

=songerie=, _n.f._, dreaming, musing, idle dream.

=songeur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (l.u.) dreamer; thoughtful, dreamy.

☉=sonica=, _adv._, in the nick of time, just in time. _On allait partir

sans lui, il est arrivé —_; they were going to set out without him, when

he arrived just in the nick of time. _Il a gagné —_; (basset) he has won

just in the nick of time.

*=sonnaille=, _n.f._, bell (attached to the neck of cattle).

*=sonnailler=, _v.n._, (fam.) to ring often; to keep ringing.

*=sonnailler=, _n.m._, bell-wether (of sheep).

=sonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, sounding, that has a clear sound; sonorous.

_Espèces —es_; hard cash, money down, ready money. _À sept heures —es_;

just as the clock was striking seven.

=sonner=, _v.n._, to sound, to emit a sound; to chink, to ring; to strike

(of clocks); to toll; to ring the bell. _Faites — cet écu_; ring that

crown-piece. _— de la trompette_; to sound the trumpet. _— du cor_; to

blow the French horn. _Voilà midi qui sonne_; the clock is striking

twelve, it is striking twelve. _On sonne_; there is a ring at the door,

_or_ the bell is ringing.

=sonner=, _v.a._, to sound, to ring; to toll; to strike (of watches,

clocks); to wind (of instruments); (milit.) to sound. _— les cloches_; to

ring the bells. _— le dîner_; to ring for dinner. _— ses gens_; to ring

for the servants. _— le boute-selle_; (milit.) to sound to horse. _Ne —

mot_; not to say a word, not to let the least hint drop. _— la messe_; to

ring the bells for mass. _Il a vingt ans bien sonnés_; he is well over

twenty. _Il est trois heures sonnées_; the clock has struck three, _or_

it is past three o’clock.

=sonnerie= (so-n-rî), _n.f._, ring of bells; bells; (horl.) striking

part, clock-work; airs, flourishes; (milit.) sound of the trumpet.

_Pendule à —_; striking clock.

=sonnet=, _n.m._, sonnet.

=sonnette=, _n.f._, little bell; house-bell, hand-bell, rattle; (tech.)

pile-driver; engraver’s mallet. _Cordon de —_; bell-pull. _Agiter la —_,

_tirer la —_; to ring, to ring the bell, to pull the bell.

=sonneur=, _n.m._, bell-ringer, blower.

=sonnez= (-né), _n.m._, two sixes (backgammon).

=sonomètre=, _n.m._, sonometer.

=sonore=, _adj._, sonorous, clear, deep-toned. _Voix —_; sonorous voice.

=sonorité=, _n.f._, sonorousness.

=sopeur=, _n.f._, =sopor=, _n.m._, (med.) deep, comatose sleep.

=sopha=, _n.m._ _V._ =sofa=.

=sophi=, _n.m._ _V._ =sofi=.

=sophisme=, _n.m._, sophism, fallacy. _pl._, sophistry.

=sophiste=, _n.m._, sophist.

=sophistication=, _n.f._, sophistication; adulteration.

=sophistique=, _adj._, sophistic, sophistical. _n.f._, sophistry.

=sophistiquer=, _v.a._, to sophisticate, to adulterate.

=sophistiquer=, _v.n._, to subtilize.

=sophistiquerie= (-ti-krî), _n.f._, sophistry, sophistication,

adulteration.

=sophistiqueur=, _n.m._, subtilizer, sophisticator, adulterator.

=sophore=, _n.m._, (bot.) sophora.

=soporati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, soporiferous, soporific.

=soporeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) soporous.

=soporifère= _or_ =soporifique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, soporific;

soporiferous.

=soprano=, _n.m._, (mus.) soprano, treble (voice).

=sor=. _V._ =saure=.

=sorbe=, _n.f._, (bot.) sorb.

=sorbet=, _n.m._, sherbet.

=sorbétière=, _n.f._, ice-pail.

=sorbier=, _n.m._, (bot.) sorb. _— domestique_; service, service-tree.

_— sauvage_, _— des oiseaux_; quick-beam, quick-beam tree, roan-tree,

mountain ash, quicken, quicken-tree.

=sorboniste=, _n.m._, Sorbonist.

=sorbonne=, _n.f._, Sorbonne (seat of the university of Paris).

=sorcellerie= (-sèl-rî), _n.f._, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery,

enchantment.

=sorcier=, _n.m._, sorcerer, wizard; conjurer, magician, enchanter. _Il

n’est pas grand —_; he is no conjurer.

=sorcière=, _n.f._, sorceress, witch, enchantress. _Vieille —_; old hag.

_Sabbat des —s_; witches’ Sabbath.

=sordide=, _adj._, sordid, dirty, filthy, mean, covetous, niggardly. _—

avarice_; base avarice.

=sordidement= (-did-mān), _adv._, sordidly, meanly, niggardly, stingily.

=sordidité=, _n.f._, sordidness, meanness.

=soret=. _V._ =sauret=.

=sorgho=, _n.m._, (bot.) sorghum, sorgo.

=sorite=, _n.m._, (log.) sorites.

=sorne=, _n.f._, scum, slag, dross.

=sornette=, _n.f._, idle talk, idle story, small talk, stuff. _Conter des

—s_; to talk nonsense, _or_ to say sweet nothings to.

=sororal=, =-e=, _or_ =sororial=, =-e=, _adj._, of a sister, sisterly, of

sisters.

=sort=, _n.m._, fate, destiny, lot; fortune; position, condition;

existence; spell, charm. _Le — des armes_; the fate of arms, the

chances of war. _Au —_; by lot. _Tirage au —_; drawing by lots. _Tirer

au —_; to cast lots, to draw lots. _Tomber au —_; to draw a bad number

(at conscriptions). _Le — en est jeté_; the die is cast. _Jeter un —

à quelqu’un_; to throw a spell over any one. _Jeter un — sur quelque

chose_; to throw a spell over anything. _Être son —_; to be one’s lot,

to fall to one’s lot. _Faire un — à quelqu’un_; to procure any one an

existence; to provide for any one.

=sortable=, _adj._, suitable.

=sortablement=, _adv._, suitably.

=sortant=, _n.m._, person going out; person leaving office, a dignity, a

place. _Les entrants et les —s_; the incomers and outgoers.

=sortant=, =-e=, _adj._, outgoing, leaving office; drawn, coming out (of

numbers in lotteries).

=sorte=, _n.f._, sort, kind, species; manner, way. _Parler de la bonne

— à quelqu’un_; to rate any one soundly; (fam.) to give it him. _En

aucune —_; in no wise. _De telle —_; to such a degree, in such a way. _De

quelque — que ce soit_; in any way whatever. _De la —_; thus, so, in that

manner, in that way. _De — que_, _en — que_; so that. _De toute —_, _de

toutes —s_; of every kind, of all kinds. _Faire en — que_; to manage so

that; to see that; to contrive that.

=sorteu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, much out, fond of going out. _C’est un grand

—_; he is always out, always gadding about.

=sortie= (-tî), _n.f._, going out, coming out, departure, leaving;

egress, outlet, issue, exit, way out, escape; holiday; outburst,

attack, abuse; tirade; (customs) exportation; (thea.) exit; (milit.)

sally, sortie; low cards (at cards). _À la — du dîner_; on leaving the

dinner-table, _or_ at the end of the dinner. _Droit de —_; export duty.

_— de bal_; opera cloak. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to blow any one up.

_Faire une —_; (milit.) to make a sally. _Faire une — contre_; to launch

out against. _Jour de —_; holiday. _Fausse —_; (thea.) wrong exit.

=sortilège=, _n.m._, sorcery, witchcraft, spell.

=sortir= (sortant, sorti), _v.n._ (_irregular_), to go out, to go forth,

to come, to come out, to come forth, to emerge, to proceed, to issue;

to get out, to come off; to rise; to depart, to swerve, to deviate; to

proceed; to result; to ensue; to wander (from a subject); to start (of

the eyes); to spring up, to come up; to peep out, to shoot out (milit.);

to sally forth, to sally out; to steam out (of ships); (thea.) to exit,

to make one’s exit; to spring, to be born; to run off (locomotives);

(paint.) to project, to stand out; to be in relief. _— de la chambre_; to

go out of the room. _Il est sorti_; he has gone out. _Il vient de —_; _il

ne fait que de —_; he has just gone out. _Il est sorti ce matin_; he went

out this morning. _Il ne fait qu’entrer et —_; he does nothing but go in

and out. _La rivière est sortie de son lit_; the river has overflowed

its banks. _Faire — un homme de prison_; to get a man out of prison.

_— du port_; to leave, to steam out of, the harbor. _— de maladie_; to

(just) recover from illness. _— de table_; to rise from table. _— de son

devoir_; to deviate from one’s duty. _— des bornes de la bienséance_; to

overstep the rules of decency. _— de l’enfance_; to be no longer a child.

_— de cadence_; (mus.) to be out of time. _Les yeux lui sortent de la

tête_; his eyes are starting out of his head. _Faire —_; to make go out;

to drive out; to call forth; to elicit, to bring to light.

=sortir=, _v.a._ (_irregular_), to get out, to bring out, to take out,

to carry out; to extricate. _Sortez ce cheval_; bring out that horse. _—

des fleurs_; to put flowers out in the open air. _— un enfant_; to take a

child out.

=sortir=, _v.a._ (_regular_), (jur.) to obtain, to have.

=sortir=, _n.m._, going out, leaving, quitting, coming out, rising. _Au —

du lit_; on getting out of bed. _Au — de sa lecture_; (Ste. Beuve) when

we close his book.

=sosie=, _n.m._, second self, counterpart, twin, like.

=sot=, =-te=, _n._ and _adj._, fool, blockhead; stupid, silly, foolish,

senseless, sheepish. _— animal_; (triv.) foolish creature. _Le voilà bien

—_; he looks rather sheepish now. _Il est resté —_; he looked somewhat

foolish. _À —te demande point de réponse_; a silly question needs no

answer _or_ answer a fool according to his folly. _C’est un — en trois

lettres_; he is a downright fool. _Quelque — le ferait_; one would be a

fool to do that.

=sotie=, _n.f._, sotie (kind of 14th century play in which political

satire predominated).

=sot-l’y-laisse=, _n.m._, (_—_) pope’s nose (of poultry).

=sotnia=, _n.f._, sotnia (company of Russian horse).

=sottement= (sot-mān), _adv._, sillily, foolishly, senselessly.

=sottise=, _n.f._, silliness, folly; silly thing, foolish trick,

nonsense, foolishness; indecency; insult. _pl._, abuse, abusive language.

_Dire des —s à quelqu’un_; to abuse any one, to call any one names.

=sottisier=, _n.m._, (fam.) collection of indecent tales _or_ songs;

ribald person.

=sou=, _n.m._, sou, copper; cent. _Gros —_; penny-piece, copper. _Petit

—_; cent, small copper. _N’avoir pas le —_, _n’avoir pas un —_; to be

penniless, not to be worth a farthing, not to be worth a groat. _Sans

le —_; penniless. _Une affaire de deux —s_; a two-cent business, _or_

trumpery affair. _Comme quatre —s_; (fam.) wretchedly, shabbily, paltrily.

=soubarbe=, _n.f._ _V._ =sous-barbe=.

=soubassement= (-bâs-mān), _n.m._, dado, bed-valance; (arch.) basement,

sub-basement. _— d’une colonne_; (arch.) pattern of a column.

=soubise=, _n.f._, onion-sauce.

=soubresaut=, _n.m._, sudden leap _or_ start; jolt; plunge (of a horse);

(med.) subsultus.

=soubresauter=, _v.n._, to start, to jump, to jolt, to plunge.

=soubrette=, _n.f._, (thea.) waiting-woman, abigail, lady’s maid.

=soubreveste=, _n.f._, sleeveless upper coat.

=soubuse=, _n.f._, (orni.) hen harrier.

=souche=, _n.f._, stump, stock, stub, stem (of trees); block; blockhead;

head, founder (genealogy); chimney-neck, chimney-shaft, chimney-stalk;

(bot.) subterranean stock; counterfoil (of passports, etc.); voucher,

counterfoil (of checks, receipts, etc.); tally. _C’est une vraie —_; he

is a regular blockhead. _Faire —_; to be the first of a branch, to found

a family. _— de cheminée_; chimney-stock. _— d’enclume_; anvil-block.

=souchet=, _n.m._, (bot.) galingale; (mas.) ragstone; (orni.) shoveler,

shoveler-duck.

=souchetage= (soosh-taj), _n.m._, counting stumps (of felled timber).

=soucheteur= (soosh-teur), _n.m._, surveyor of stocks, stubs, in a forest.

=souci=, _n.m._, anxious care, anxiety; (bot.) marigold; (orni.)

golden-crested wren. _Sans —_; free from care. _Avoir —_; to take care.

_Avoir des —s_; to have cares. _Être dévoré de —_; to be careworn. _C’est

le moindre_, or _le cadet_, _de mes —s_; I don’t care a rap about it, _or_

it doesn’t trouble me in the least. _— d’eau_, _— des marais_; (bot.)

marsh-marigold. _— des champs_; (bot.) wild marigold; cow-marigold. _—

figue_; (bot.) fig-marigold.

_se_ =soucier=, _v.r._, to care, to mind, to be concerned, to concern

one’s self, to be anxious, to be uneasy; to like, to want. _Il ne s’en

soucie guère_; he cares little for, _or_ about, it. _Il ne se soucie de

rien_; he cares for nothing. _Je ne m’en soucie plus_; I have no further

wish for it. _S’en — comme de l’an quarante_; not to care a rush, _or_ a

rap.

=soucieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, anxious, full of care, careworn, pensive,

thoughtful.

=soucoupe=, _n.f._, saucer; salver.

=soudable=, _adj._, that can be soldered.

=soudage=, _n.m._, soldering, welding.

=soudain=, =-e=, _adj._, sudden, unexpected, unlooked-for.

=soudain=, _adv._, suddenly, on a sudden, all of a sudden.

=soudainement= (-dè-n-mān), _adv._, suddenly, on a sudden, all of a

sudden.

=soudaineté= (-dè-n-té), _n.f._, suddenness, unexpectedness.

=soudan=, _n.m._, (_—s_) sultan.

=soudard= _or_ =soudart=, _n.m._, (fam.) trooper, veteran soldier.

=soude=, _n.f._, (min.) soda; (bot.) glasswort.

=souder=, _v.a._, to solder, to weld; (fig.) to unite, to join.

_se_ =souder=, _v.r._, to be soldered _or_ welded; to unite, to

consolidate.

=soudiviser=, _v.a._ _V._ =subdiviser=.

=soudoir=, _n.m._, soldering-iron.

=soudoyer=, _v.a._, to hire, to pay troops; to keep in pay.

=soudrille=, _n.m._, (fam.) lewd, thievish soldier.

=soudure=, _n.f._, solder; soldering, welding.

=soufflage=, _n.m._, glass-blowing; blowing; (nav.) sheathing.

=soufflant=, =-e=, _adj._, blowing.

=souffle=, _n.m._, breath, breathing; puff (of wind); (fig.) inspiration,

influence, breath.

=soufflement=, _n.m._, blowing.

=souffler=, _v.n._, to blow; to breathe, to pant, to puff; to swell; to

complain; to seek the philosopher’s stone. _— aux oreilles de quelqu’un_;

to whisper in any one’s ear. _— dans ses doigts_; to blow upon one’s

fingers. _Il n’oserait —_; he dares not complain.

=souffler=, _v.a._, to blow, to blow out; to breathe, to breathe out; to

inflate; to whisper; to huff (at draughts); (nav.) to sheathe; to prompt.

_— le feu_; to blow the fire. _— le chaud et le froid_; to blow hot and

cold. _— un comédien_; to prompt a player. _— l’orgue_; to blow an organ.

_— à quelqu’un un emploi_; to rob any one of a situation (by forestalling

him). _— un vaisseau_; to sheath a ship. _— les canons_; (artil.) to

scale the guns. _Ne pas — mot_; not to say a word, _or_ not to open one’s

mouth.

_se_ =souffler=, _v.r._, to be blown.

=soufflerie=, _n.f._, bellows (of an organ); blast-apparatus; ☉alchemy.

=soufflet=, _n.m._, bellows, pair of bellows; head _or_ hood (of a

carnage); box on the ear, slap in the face; affront, mortification;

humiliation. _Donner un — à Vaugelas_; to murder the Queen’s English.

=souffletade=, _n.f._, (l.u.) slapping (in the face).

=souffleter=, _v.a._, to slap in the face, to box the ears of; (fig.) to

strike, to insult, to buffet.

☉=souffleteur=, _n.m._, striker, slapper.

=souffletier=, _n.m._, bellows-maker.

=souffleur=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) a species of dolphin. _Les —s_; cetaceans.

=souffleu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, blower, organ-blower; panter;

(thea.) prompter; glass-blower; alchemist; panting (of horses). _—

d’orgue_; organ-blower. _Cheval —_; panting horse; roarer.

=soufflure=, _n.f._, (metal.) flaw; seedy glass.

=souffrable=, _adj._, (l.u.) sufferable, tolerable.

=souffrance=, _n.f._, suffering, pain, suspense, sufferance; endurance;

(jur.) sufferance, toleration. _En —_; suspended; (com.) standing over;

(of bills) dishonored. _Jour de —_; borrowed light.

=souffrant=, =-e=, _adj._, suffering, in pain; patient; enduring; unwell,

poorly, ailing.

=souffre-douleur=, _n.m._, (_—_) drudge; fag; butt, laughing-stock.

=souffreteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, miserable, unwell, poorly, sickly, weakly,

puny.

=souffrir= (souffrant, souffert), _v.a._, to suffer, to bear, to endure,

to abide; to undergo, to sustain, to stand; to tolerate; to permit, to

let, to allow, to put up with; to admit of. _— la douleur_; to endure

pain. _— la fatigue_; to bear fatigue. _— un assaut_; to stand an

assault. _— un affront_; to put up with an affront. _Je ne saurais — cet

homme-là_; I cannot endure that man. _Il souffre tout à ses enfants_; he

is too indulgent to his children. _Pourquoi souffrez-vous cela?_ why do

you put up with that? _Cela ne souffre point de retardement_; that admits

of no delay. _Faire —_; to pain, to grieve, to torture.

=souffrir=, _v.n._, to suffer, to suffer pain, to be in pain; to be

pained; to be a sufferer; to be injured. _— de la tête_; to feel a pain

in one’s head. _Se —_; to endure each other; to be tolerated; to be

suffered (of things).

=soufi=, _n.m._ _V._ =sofi=.

=soufrage=, _n.m._, sulphuring; smoking with brimstone.

=soufre=, _n.m._, sulphur, brimstone. _Fleur de —_; flour of brimstone.

=soufrer=, _v.a._, to dip in brimstone, to sulphur.

=soufrière=, _n.f._, sulphur-mine.

=soufroir=, _n.m._, sulphuring-stove.

=sougarde=, _n.f._ _V._ =sous-garde=.

=sougorge=, _n.f._ _V._ =sous-gorge=.

=souhait=, _n.m._, wish, desire. _À —_; to one’s heart’s content,

according to one’s desire, as one would have it. _Avoir tout à —_; to

have everything to one’s liking. _À vos —s_; (fam.) God bless you! (after

sneezing).

=souhaitable=, _adj._, desirable, to be wished for.

=souhaiter=, _v.a._, to wish, to wish for, to long for. _Je vous souhaite

le bonjour_; I wish you good morning. _Il serait à — que, etc._; it is

desirable that, etc. _Que souhaitez-vous?_ what do you wish for? _Je vous

en souhaite_, _je t’en souhaite_; I wish you may get it. _— la bonne

année à quelqu’un_; to wish any one a happy New Year.

_se_ =souhaiter=, _v.r._, to wish one’s self, _or_ each other.

=souï=, _n.m._, soy (sauce).

*=souille=, _n.f._, (hunt.) wallowing place (of wild boars); bed

(impression made by the bottom of a ship on the mud).

*=souiller=, _v.a._, to soil, to dirty, to stain, to blemish, to sully,

to defile, to pollute, to contaminate.

_se_ =souiller=, _v.r._, to soil, to get dirty; to sully, to tarnish.

*=souillon=, _n.m.f._, scullion; sloven, slut, slattern, trollop.

*=souillure=, _n.f._, dirt, spot of dirt; spot, stain; blot, impurity;

contamination, pollution, defilement.

=soûl=, =-e= (soo, -l), _adj._, glutted; surfeited, drunk, tipsy; cloyed,

satiated, heartily sick of. _— comme une grive_; as drunk as a lord. _Il

est — de musique_; he is surfeited with music. _A merle — cerises sont

amères_; plenty makes dainty. _Tout son —_; to one’s heart’s content.

=soûl= (soo), _n.m._, one’s fill, one’s bellyful. _Boire et manger son

—_; to eat and drink one’s fill.

=soulageant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, easing; comforting; relieving.

=soulagement= (-la-jmān), _n.m._, relief, ease, comfort, alleviation,

assuagement; solace, help. _Cela me donne du —_; that relieves me. _C’est

un — à ses peines_; it is an alleviation of his troubles.

=soulager=, _v.a._, to relieve, to ease, to lighten; to alleviate, to

allay, to assist, to comfort; to assist, to help.

_se_ =soulager=, _v.r._, to relieve one’s self, _or_ each other.

=soûlaison=, _n.m._, (fam.) drunkenness; drinking bout, boozing.

=soûlard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (pop.) drunkard.

☉=soûlaud=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (pop.) drunkard.

=soûler=, _v.a._, to fill, to glut, to satiate, to surfeit; to

intoxicate, to make drunk.

_se_ =soûler=, _v.r._, to glut one’s self, to satiate one’s self; to get

intoxicated; to riot, to get drunk.

=souleur=, _n.f._, (fam.) fright, shock.

=soulèvement= (-lèv-mān), _n.m._, heaving, rising (of the stomach);

swelling, upheaving (of the waves); insurrection, revolt; indignation.

=soulever= (sool-vé), _v.a._, to raise; to lift, to heave up, to take up;

to lift up; to excite, to stir up; to urge to insurrection; to excite to

action; to raise the indignation of; to make indignant; to moot, _or_

raise (question).

_se_ =soulever= (sool-), _v.r._, to raise one’s self, to rise; to swell;

to be urged to action; to be urged to indignation, to be indignant; to

rise to revolt, to rise in insurrection, in arms.

=soulever= (sool-), _v.n._, to rise, turn (of the stomach). _Le cœur me

soulève à la pensée de_; my stomach rises at the thought of.

=soulier=, _n.m._, shoe. _—s ferrés_; hobnailed shoes. _Être dans ses

petits —s_; to be in an awkward situation, to be uneasy in one’s mind; to

be on pins and needles.

=soulier-botte=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) Blucher boot.

*=soulignement=, _n.m._, underlining.

*=souligner=, _v.a._, to underline.

☉=souloir=, _v.n._, to be wont, to use.

=soulte= _or_ =soute=, _n.f._, (jur. com.) balance; premium, settlement.

=soumettre=, _v.a._, to subdue, to submit, to bring under subjection,

to subject; to overcome; to subjugate; to subordinate, to refer. _— un

pays_; to subdue a country.

_se_ =soumettre=, _v.r._, to submit, to yield, to be submissive, to give

way; to succumb, to assent (to); to comply (with). _Il faut se — ou se

démettre_; one must knuckle under or clear out, submit or resign.

=soumission=, _n.f._, submission, submissiveness, subjection,

compliance, obedience, mark of respect; tender for a contract; contract;

deed of contract; (jur.) bond; subscription. _—s cachetées_; sealed

tenders.

=soumissionnaire=, _n.m.f._, tendering party.

=soumissionner=, _v.a._, to make a tender for _or_ to tender for.

=soupape=, _n.f._, plug, valve. _— dormante_; fixed valve. _— à clapet_;

clack-valve. _— à gorge_; throttle valve. _— de sûreté_; safety-valve. _À

—_; with a valve.

=soupatoire=, _adj._, (fam.) of supper, serving as a supper. _Dîner —_;

dinner-supper.

=soupçon=, _n.m._, suspicion; surmise, conjecture, taste, smack, dash,

jot, bit, trifle; touch. _Un — d’ail_; just a taste of garlic. _Un —,

s’il vous plaît_; the smallest of pieces, please!

=soupçonnable=, _adj._, suspectable, liable to be suspected.

=soupçonner=, _v.a._, to suspect, to surmise.

_se_ =soupçonner=, _v.r._, to suspect one another; to be suspected.

=soupçonneu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, suspecter.

=soupçonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, suspicious.

=soupe=, _n.f._, soup, slice of bread for soup, sippet, sop; (fam.)

dinner. _— à perroquet_; bread steeped in wine. _— au lait_;

milk-porridge. _Ivre comme une —_; as drunk as a lord, _or_ as tight as

a drum. _Trempé comme une —_; drenched _or_ wet to the skin. _Tremper

la —_; to soak the bread in the soup. _Tailler la —_; to cut bread for

the soup. _— grasse_; meat soup. _— maigre_; vegetable soup. _S’emporter

comme une — au lait_; to be of a very hasty temper; to fly into a passion

(without any warning). _Manger la — avec quelqu’un_; (fam.) to come and

dine with any one _or_ to come and have pot-luck with any one.

=soupente=, _n.f._, loft, garret; brace (of a coach); strap (of a horse).

=souper=, _v.n._, to sup, to take supper. _À —_; to sup; one’s supper.

=souper= _or_ =soupé=, _n.m._, supper.

=soupeser=, _v.a._, to weigh, to lift, to try the weight of.

=soupette=, _n.f._, thin slice of bread, sippet.

=soupeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, supper, eater; gay man _or_ woman.

=soupied=, _n.m._ _V._ =sous-pied=.

=soupière=, _n.f._, tureen, soup-tureen.

=soupir=, _n.m._, sigh, breath; breathing; gasp; (fig.) wish, longing;

(mus.) crotchet-rest. _pl._, sighing. _Pousser des —s_; to heave sighs.

_Rendre le dernier —_; to breathe one’s last.

*=soupirail=, _n.m._, air-hole, vent-hole.

=soupirant=, _n.m._, wooer, lover.

=soupirer=, _v.n._, to sigh; to gasp; to long. _— de douleur_; to sigh

for grief. _— après une chose_; to long for a thing.

=soupirer=, _v.a._, to breathe, to breathe forth, to sigh.

=soupireur=, _n.m._, (fam.) sigher.

=souple=, _adj._, supple, pliant, flexible, yielding, tractable, docile,

compliant. _Un esprit —_; a compliant temper.

=souplement=, _adv._, pliantly, flexibly, compliantly.

=souplesse=, _n.f._, suppleness, pliancy, flexibility, facility,

compliance, versatility. _La — de l’osier_; the flexibility of the osier.

_Tours de —_; cunning tricks. _Sa voix a de la —_; there is a marked

flexibility in his voice.

*=souquenille=, _n.f._, smock-frock; gabardine.

=source=, _n.f._, source, spring, fountain, fountain-head; well-spring,

rise. _— d’eau_; spring. _Eau de —_; spring water. _Prendre sa —_; to

take its rise (of a river). _Avoir sa — dans_; (fig.) to have its rise

in, to proceed from. _Couler de —_; to flow naturally; to come from the

heart.

=sourcier=, _n.m._, bletonist, spring-finder.

=sourcil=, (-ci), _n.m._, eye-brow, brow. _Froncer le —_; to knit one’s

brow.

=sourcili-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (anat.) superciliary.

*=sourciller=, _v.n._, to knit one’s brows; to frown; to wince, to

flinch; (of water) to spring, to gush out. _Sans —_; without moving a

muscle _or_ without wincing.

*=sourcilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, haughty, proud; supercilious,

cloud-topped, towering, steep; uneasy; melancholy. _Montagnes —ses_;

lofty mountains.

=sourd=, =-e=, _adj._, deaf; dull, hollow, muffled (of sound);

insensible, dead; (math.) ☉surd; secret, underhand; rumbling. _Voix —e_;

hollow voice. _— comme un pot_; as deaf as a post. _Il court un bruit —_;

it is whispered about. _Lanterne —e_; dark lantern. _Lime —e_; dead file.

_Douleur —e_; dull pain. _Menées —es_; underhand dealings. _Faire la —e

oreille_; to turn a deaf ear.

=sourd=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, deaf person; (zoöl.) salamander (local

ex.). _Frapper comme un —_; to strike hard. _Faire le —_; to sham

deafness. _Il n’est pire — que celui qui ne veut pas entendre_; none so

deaf as those who won’t hear. _— et muet_; deaf and dumb.

=sourdaud=, _n.m._, person hard of hearing.

=sourdeline=, _n.f._, Italian bag-pipe.

=sourdement=, _adv._, indistinctly; with a hollow voice; dully,

rumblingly; (of sound) with a dull rumbling noise; secretly; in an

underhand manner. _Brûler —_; to smoulder.

=sourdine=, _n.f._, sordet, sordine (of a trumpet); damper (piano). _À la

—_; secretly, on the sly.

=sourd-muet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_), =sourde-muette=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) deaf

and dumb person.

=sourdon=, _n.m._, (conch.) cockle.

=sourdre=, _v.n._, to spring, to issue, to gush out, to arise, to well;

(nav.) (of a cloud) to rise.

=souriant=, _adj._, smiling.

=souriceau=, _n.m._, little mouse.

=souricier=, _n.m._, mouser.

=souricière=, _n.f._, mouse-trap.

=souriquois=, =-e=, _adj._, (jest.) of mice. _La gent —e_; the mouse

tribe, the murine race.

=sourire=, _v.n._, to smile; to countenance; to be agreeable, to delight,

to please (of a thing); to favor; to tempt, to suit. _— à quelqu’un_; to

smile upon any one.

=sourire= _or_ =souris=, _n.m._, smile. _— moqueur_; a sneer, scornful

smile.

=souris=, _n.f._, mouse; mouse-color; venison-bit, knuckle (of a leg of

mutton); (milit.) saucisse, saucisson (to fire a mine); (vet.) nasal

cartilage (of the horse). _Pas de —_; (fort.) flight of steps leading to

the moat. _Chauve-—_, (_—s-—_) bat. _— qui n’a qu’un trou est bientôt

prise_; it is well to have more than one string to one’s bow; _on

entendrait trotter une —_; you could hear a pin drop.

=souris=, _adj. invariable_, mouse-colored. _Cheval —_; mouse-colored

horse.

=sournois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dissembler, artful person, sly fox,

sly boots; dissembled, artful, cunning, sly, deep, crafty.

=sournoisement=, _adv._, slyly, cunningly, on the sly.

=sournoiserie=, _n.f._, slyness, artfulness, cunning, sly trick.

=sous=, _prep._, under, beneath; upon; with; in; by; sub; deputy. _— le

lit_; under the bed. _— terre_; underground. _Affirmer — serment_; to

swear upon oath. _— silence_; in silence. _— la main_; close at hand.

_— presse_; in the press. _— peu de jours_; in a few days. _— peu de

temps_; in a short time. _Regarder quelqu’un — le nez_; to stare any one

in the face. _—-gouverneur_, (_—-—s_) deputy-governor. _— secrétaire_;

under-secretary. _— voile_; (nav.) under sail. _— le vent_; to leeward.

=sous-affermer=, _v.a._, to underlet; to take an under-lease.

=sous-agent=, _n.m.f._, (_—-—s_) under-agent.

=sous-aide=, _n.m.f._, (_—-—s_) under-assistant; assistant surgeon.

=sous-amendement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) additional amendment; amendment to an

amendment.

=sous-amender=, _v.a._, to make an additional amendment.

=sous-arbrisseau=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) (bot.) suffrutex; undershrub.

=sous-aumônier=, _n.m._, sub-almoner; assistant chaplain.

=sous-axillaire=, _adj._, (bot.) sub-axillary.

*=sous-bail=, _n.m._, (_—-baux_) under-lease.

=sous-baill-eur=, =-eresse=, _n.m.f._, under-lessor.

=sous-barbe=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) under jaw (of horses). _— de beaupré_;

(nav.) bob-stay.

=sous-bibliothécaire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-librarian.

=sous-bois=, _n.m._, underwood, undergrowth.

=sous-bras=, _n.m._, dress preserver.

=sous-brigadier=, _n.m._, lance-corporal.

=sous-carbonate=, _n.m._, sub-carbonate.

=sous-chantre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-chanter, succentor.

=sous-chef=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) chief-assistant, second head-clerk.

=sous-chevron=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (carp.) under-rafter.

=sous-clavi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (anat.) sub-clavian.

=sous-clerc=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-clerk.

=sous-comité=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-committee.

=sous-commis=, _n.m._, under-clerk, junior-clerk.

=sous-commissaire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) under-commissary.

=sous-contrefort=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) stiffener (of boots, shoes).

=sous-costal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) sub-costal.

=sous-couche=, _n.f._, underlayer, substratum.

=souscripteur=, _n.m._, subscriber; (com.) underwriter.

=souscription=, _n.f._, subscription; signature; contribution.

=souscrire=, _v.a.n._, to subscribe, to sign; (fig.) to consent, to agree

to; to approve, to indorse. _— un contrat_; to subscribe a contract.

=souscrivant=, _n.m._, underwriter.

=sous-cutané=, =-e=, _adj._, subcutaneous.

=sous-délégué=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-delegate.

=sous-déléguer=, _v.a._, to subdelegate.

=sous-diaconat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) subdeaconry.

=sous-diacre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) subdeacon.

=sous-direct-eur=, =-rice=, _n.m.f._, sub-manager, sub-manageress.

=sous-diviser=, _v.a._ _V._ =subdiviser=.

=sous-division=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) subdivision.

=sous-dominante=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (mus.) sub-dominant.

=sous-double=, _adj._, (math.) subduple.

=sous-doublé=, =-e=, _adj._, (math.) sub-duplicate.

=sous-doyen=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-dean.

=sous-doyenné=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-deanery, sub-deanship.

=sous-économe=, _n.m._, sub-treasurer.

=sous-entendre=, _v.a._, not to express fully, to understand, to hint, to

imply.

_se_ =sous-entendre=, _v.r._, to be understood. _Cela se sous-entend_;

that is understood.

=sous-entendu=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) thing understood. _adj._, understood.

=sous-entente=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) mental reservation.

=sous-entrepreneur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-contractor (of public works).

=sous-espèce=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sub-species.

=sous-faîte=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (carp.) under-ridge-board.

=sous-ferme=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) under-lease.

=sous-fermer=, _v.a._, to underlet; to take an under-lease.

=sous-fermi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) under-lessee.

=sous-fondation=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) subpavement.

=sous-fréter=, _v.a._, to underlet, to under-freight (ships).

=sous-garantie=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) counter-bond.

=sous-garde=, _n.f._, (_—_) trigger-guard.

=sous-genre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) subgenus.

=sous-gorge=, _n.f._, (_—_) throat-band (of a bridle).

=sous-gouverneur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) deputy-governor.

=sous-greffier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) deputy-registrar.

=sous-instructeur=, _n.m._, (mil.) fugleman.

=sous-intendance=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) deputy-commissaryship; under

commissary’s office.

=sous-intendant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) deputy-commissary,

sub-commissary.

=sous-jacent=, _adj._, subjacent.

=sous-jupe=, _n.f._, underskirt.

=sous-lieutenance=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (artil.) sub-lieutenancy; (milit.)

ensigncy; (nav.) second-lieutenancy.

=sous-lieutenant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (artil.) sub-lieutenant; (milit.)

ensign; (nav.) second-lieutenant.

=sous-locataire=, _n.m.f._, (_—-—s_) under-tenant.

=sous-location=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) under-letting, under-tenancy.

=sous-louer=, _v.a._, to underlet; to under-hire.

=sous-maître=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) usher, under-master, assistant (at a

school).

=sous-maîtresse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) assistant-teacher; governess.

=sous-marin=, =-e=, _adj._, submarine; submersed; underset (of currents).

=sous-maxillaire=, _adj._, (anat.) sub-maxillary.

=sous-multiple=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arith.) sub-multiple.

=sous-noix=, _n.f._, round (of beef).

=sous-normale=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (geom.) sub-normal; sub-perpendicular.

=sous-occipital=, =-e=, _adj._, sub-occipital.

_en_ =sous-œuvre=, _adv._, (arch.) underpinning. _Reprendre un mur en —_;

to underpin a wall.

=sous-officier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) non-commissioned officer.

=sous-orbiculaire=, _adj._, suborbicular.

=sous-ordre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) subordinate. _En —_; subordinately.

=sous-perpendiculaire=, _n.f._ _V._ =sous-normale=.

=sous-pied=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) strap (of trousers).

=sous-précepteur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) assistant tutor.

=sous-préfecture=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sub-prefecture.

=sous-préfet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-prefect, under-sheriff.

=sous-prieur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-prior.

=sous-prieure=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sub-prioress.

=sous-principal=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) vice-principal.

=sous-sacristain=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-sexton, under-sacristan.

=sous-secrétaire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-secretary.

=sous-secrétariat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) under-secretaryship.

=sous-seing=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) private deed.

=sous-sel=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (chem.) sub-salt.

*=soussigné=, =-e=, _part._, undersigned, underwritten. _Nous —s

certifions_; we, the undersigned, certify.

=sous-sol=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (agri.) sub-soil, sub-stratum; basement.

=sous-tangente=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (geom.) subtangent.

=sous-tendante=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (geom.) sub-tense chord.

=sous-tendre=, _v.a._, (geom.) to subtend.

=sous-titre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (print.) sub-heading, second title.

=soustraction=, _n.f._, (arith., jur.) subtraction; taking away.

=soustraire= (soustrayant, soustrait), _v.a._, to take away, to remove;

to withdraw; to shelter, to screen; (arith.) to subtract.

_se_ =soustraire=, _v.r._, to escape, to avoid; to flee; to exempt one’s

self; to withdraw; to be subtracted. _Se — au châtiment_; to avoid

punishment. _Se — à la tyrannie_; to flee from tyranny. _Se — à la

justice_; to fly from justice, to abscond.

=sous-traitant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-contractor.

=sous-traité=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) sub-contract.

=sous-traiter=, _v.a._, to sub-contract.

=sous-triple=, _adj._, (math.) sub-triple.

=sous-triple=, =-e=, _adj._, (math.) sub-triplicate. _En raison —e_; in a

sub-triplicate ratio.

=soustylaire=, _n.f._, substyle (of a dial).

=sous-variété=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sub-variety.

=sous-ventrière=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) belly-band.

=soutache=, _n.f._, braid (of a hussar’s shako).

=soutacher=, _v.a._, to braid (needlework).

=soutane=, _n.f._, cassock; (fig.) cloth; priests.

=soutanelle=, _n.f._, short cassock.

=soute=, _n.f._, (nav.) store-room. _— aux poudres_; (nav.)

powder-magazine, powder-room. _V._ =soulte=. _— à charbon_; coal-bunker;

coal-chute. _— au pain_; bread-room; bread-pan.

=soutenable= (soo-tnabl), _adj._, sustainable, maintainable; supportable,

tenable.

=soutenance=, _n.f._, the sustaining of a thesis.

=soutenant= (soo-tnān), _n.m._, sustainer, mooter (student); respondent.

=soutènement= (-tè-n-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) support, prop; (jur.) written

explanation. _Mur de —_; breast-wall.

=souteneur= (soo-tneur), _n.m._, bully; pimp.

=soutenir= (soo-tnir), _v.a._, to support, to sustain, to bear, to

bear up; to hold, to hold up; to keep up, to uphold; to assert, to

maintain; to uphold, to affirm, to back, to stand by; to countenance,

to favor; to prop, to prop up; to strengthen; to afford (an expense);

to endure, to bear up against. _— une famille_; to support a family. _—

la conversation_; to keep up the conversation. _— son rang_; to uphold,

_or_ keep up, one’s rank. _— le combat_; to maintain the fight. _— la

lumière_; to bear the light. _Il ne peut — la raillerie_; he cannot stand

joking. _Le vin vous soutient_; wine strengthens one. _— une thèse_; to

sustain a thesis. _— un siège_; to sustain a siege.

_se_ =soutenir=, _v.r._, to support one’s self; to sustain one’s self; to

stand up, to keep one’s self up; to bear up; to hold out; to succeed; to

continue, to get on, not to flag. _Elle se soutient bien_; she holds out

very well. _Son style ne se soutient pas_; his style is not sustained.

_Se — contre_; to resist, to withstand.

=soutenu=, =-e=, _adj._, supported, sustained; continued; unremitting,

unceasing, constant; high, lofty, elevated. _Discours bien —_;

well-sustained discourse. _Style —_; lofty style.

=souterrain=, =-e=, _adj._, subterraneous, subterranean. _Voies —es_;

underhand practices.

=souterrain=, _n.m._, cavern, vault; tunnel; underground.

=souterrainement=, _adv._, underground; (fig.) in an underhanded manner,

secretly.

=soutien= (-ti-in), _n.m._, stay, prop, support, staff; maintenance;

sustenance; stiffening; supporter, upholder, vindicator, sustainer.

=soutirage=, _n.m._, racking, drawing off (of wine).

=soutirer=, _v.a._, to rack, to draw off (liquors); to get out of, to

worm out of, to screw out of (to obtain).

=soutre=, _n.m._, writing pad.

☉=souvenance= (soo-vnans), _n.f._, remembrance, recollection. _Avoir —_;

to remember.

=souvenez-vous-de-moi=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) marsh scorpion-grass;

forget-me-not.

=souvenir= (soo-vnir), _n.m._, remembrance, recollection, memory,

reminder; keepsake; memorandum-book; letter-rack. _Rappeler une chose au

— de quelqu’un_; to remind any one of a thing. _Rappelez-moi à son —_;

remember me to him.

_se_ =souvenir=, _v.r._, to remember; to call to mind, to recollect; to

bear in mind. _Se — du temps passé_; to remember past times. _Je m’en

souviendrai_; I shall remember it. _Il me souvient_; I remember. _Il m’en

souvient_; I remember it. _T’en souvient-il?_ do you remember? _Autant

que je puis m’en —_; to the best of my recollection. _S’il m’en souvient

bien_; if I recollect rightly.

=souvent=, _adv._, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times. _Peu —_;

rarely.

☉=souventefois= (-vant-foa), _adv._, oftentimes.

=souverain=, =-e= (soo-vrin, -vrè-n), _n._ and _adj._, sovereign;

supreme, superlative, highest, extreme, most excellent, infallible;

final, without appeal. _Au — degré_; to a sovereign degree.

=souverain=, _n.m._, sovereign (coin).

=souverainement= (soo-vrè-n-mān), _adv._, extremely, in the extreme;

finally; sovereignly, supremely, superlatively.

=souveraineté= (souv-rè-n-té), _n.f._, sovereignty, supremacy, dominion;

dominions.

=soy=, _n.m._ _V._ =souï=.

=soyeu-x=, _-se_, _adj._, silky, silken.

=spacieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, spaciously.

=spacieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, spacious, wide, roomy, large.

=spadassin=, _n.m._, (b.s.) fighter, bully, hired assassin.

*=spadille=, _n.m._, spadilla (at ombre).

=spahi=, _n.m._, spahi (Algerian horse soldier).

=spalme=, _n.m._, (nav.) paying-stuff. _V._ =courée= _or_ =courai=.

=spalmer=, _v.a._, to grave, to pitch, to pay (a ship). _V._ =espalmer=.

=spalt=, _n.m._, (min.) spalt.

=sparadrap= (-dra-p), _n.m._, (pharm.) cerecloth.

=spare=, _n.m._, (ich.) gilt-head.

=spargoule= _or_ =spargoute=, _n.f._ _V._ =spergule=.

=spartan= _or_ =sparton=, _n.m._, (nav.) rope made of esparto.

=sparte=, _n.f._, (bot.) esparto; mat-weed.

=sparterie=, _n.f._, manufacture of esparto; esparto articles.

=spartiate=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Spartan.

=sparton=, _n.m._ _V._ =spartan=.

=spasme=, _n.m._, spasm.

=spasmodique=, _adj._, spasmodic.

=spasmologie=, _n.f._, spasmology.

=spath= (spat), _n.m._, (min.) spar. _— perlé_; pearl spar. _— fluor_;

fluor-spar.

=spathacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) spathaceous.

=spathe=, _n.f._, (bot.) spatha, spathe.

=spathique=, _adj._, (min.) sparry, spathic.

=spatule=, _n.f._, spatula; (orni.) spoon-bill.

=spécial=, =-e=, _adj._, special, especial, peculiar, particular;

professional (of a person). _Les hommes spéciaux_; professional men.

=spécialement= (-al-mān), _adv._, especially, peculiarly, particularly.

=spécialisation=, _n.f._, specialization.

=spécialiser=, _v.n._, to specialize.

=spécialiste=, _n.m._, (med.) specialist. _Médecin —_; specialist.

=spécialité=, _n.f._, peculiarity, specialty; line, _or_ department, of

business; special study.

=spécieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, speciously, plausibly.

=spécieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, specious, plausible.

=spécificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, specificative.

=spécification=, _n.f._, specification.

=spécifier=, _v.a._, to specify.

=spécifique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, specific.

=spécifiquement= (-fik-mān), _adv._, specifically.

=spécimen= (-mè-n), _n.m._, (_—s_) specimen.

=spéciosité=, _n.f._, speciousness.

=spectacle=, _n.m._, play, spectacle, scene, sight, public view, show;

play-house, performance; theater. _Salle de —_; play-house, theater.

_Être en —_; to be exposed to public view. _Se donner en —_; to attract

attention; to make one’s self conspicuous. _Programme_, or _affiche_, _de

—_; play-bill. _Servir de —_; to be a butt for public laughter. _Jour de

—_; play-night. _Aller au —_; to go to the play, _or_ theater.

=spectat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, spectator, looker-on,

by-stander. _pl._, (thea.) spectators, audience. _adj._, looking on.

=spectral=, _adj._, (opt.) spectral; pertaining to the spectrum.

=spectre=, _n.m._, specter, phantom, ghost; (phys.) spectrum.

=spéculaire=, _adj._, (min.) specular, transparent. ☉_Science —_; the

science of mirror-making.

=spéculat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, speculator, investor.

=spéculati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, speculative.

=spéculatif=, _n.m._, speculative man, speculative mind.

=spéculation=, _n.f._, speculation.

=spéculativement=, _adv._, in a speculative manner.

=spéculer=, _v.n._, to speculate.

=speculum= (spé-cu-lom), _n.m._, (_—_) (surg.) speculum.

☉=spée=, _n.f._ _V._ =cépée=.

=spencer= (spin-sèr), _n.m._, (_—s_) spencer (garment).

=spergule=, _n.f._, (bot.) spurrey.

=spermaceti= (-céti), _n.m._, (_n.p._) spermaceti, sperm.

=spermatique=, _adj._, spermatic.

=spermatocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) spermatocele.

=spermatologie=, _n.f._, (med.) spermatology.

=sperme=, _n.m._, sperm, seed. _— de baleine_, _blanc de baleine_;

spermaceti.

=spermophile=, _n.m._, ground squirrel.

=sphacèle=, _n.m._, (med.) sphacelus.

=sphacélé=, =-e=, _adj._, sphacelated.

=sphénoïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, sphenoidal.

=sphénoïde=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) sphenoid, sphenoidal.

=sphère=, _n.f._, (geom.) sphere, globe; circle, orb, orbit. _Sortir de

sa —_; to go out of one’s sphere. _Etude de la —_; use of the globes.

=sphéricité=, _n.f._, sphericity.

=sphérique=, _adj._, spherical, globose. _Triangle —_; curvilinear

triangle.

=sphériquement=, _adv._, spherically.

=sphériste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) one who taught ball playing.

=sphéristère=, _n.m._, (antiq.) ball playing ground.

=sphéristique=, _n.f._, (antiq.) the art of ball playing.

=sphéroïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, spheroidal.

=sphéroïde=, _n.m._, (geom.) spheroid.

=sphéromètre=, _n.m._, spherometer.

=sphincter= (-tèr), _n.m._, (anat.) sphincter.

=sphinx= (sfīnks), _n.m._, sphinx; (ent.) sphinx, hawk-moth.

=sphragistique=, _n.f._, sphragistics.

=spic=, _n.m._, (bot.) spike, lavender.

=spica=, _n.m._, (surg.) spica-bandage, spica.

=spicanard=, _n.m._, (bot.) spikenard.

=spiccato=, _adv._, (mus.) spiccato.

=spiciforme=, _adj._, spike-shaped.

=spicule=, _n.m._, (bot.) spicule, spikelet.

=spigélie=, _n.f._, (bot.) worm-grass.

=spina-bifida=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (med.) rickets.

=spinal=, =-e=, _adj._, spinal.

=spina-ventosa=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (med.) spina-ventosa.

=spinelle=, _n.m._, spinel, spinelle.

=spinifère=, _n.m._, spiniferous.

=spiniforme=, _adj._, spiniform.

=spinosisme=, _n.m._, Spinozism.

=spinosiste=, _n.m._, Spinozist.

=spiral=, =-e=, _adj._, spiral.

=spiral=, _n.m._, (horl.) spiral spring; hair-spring, balance spring.

=spirale=, _n.f._, (geom.) spiral; spire; (conch.) turban. _En —_;

spirally, winding round. _Aller en —_; to wind (up _or_ round).

☉=spiralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, in a spiral form, spirally.

=spiration=, _n.f._, (theol.) spiration.

=spire=, _n.f._, (ancient arch.) spire; (geom.) helix, revolution of the

helix.

=spirée=, _n.f._, (bot.) spiræa (genus). _— ulmaire_, or

_reine-des-prés_; meadow-sweet, queen of the meadow. _— filipendule_;

dropwort.

=spirite=, _n.m.f._, spirit-rapper, spiritist.

=spiritisme=, _n.m._, spiritism, spiritualism.

=spiritualisation=, _n.f._, (chem.) spiritualization.

=spiritualiser=, _v.a._, to spiritualize.

=spiritualisme=, _n.m._, spiritualism.

=spiritualiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, spiritualist.

=spiritualité=, _n.f._, spirituality.

=spirituel=, _n.m._, spirituality (not temporality); (rel.) spiritual man.

=spirituel=, =-le=, _adj._, spiritual (incorporeal); mental,

intellectual; witty, shrewd, ingenious; sprightly, lively, intelligent.

_Un homme fort —_; a very witty man. _Une réponse —le_; a witty answer.

=spirituellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, spiritually, in spirit, ingeniously,

wittily, cleverly, shrewdly.

=spiritueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, spirituous.

=spiritueux=, _n.m._, spirit, spirits. _pl._, spirituous liquors.

=splanchnique=, _adj._, (anat.) splanchnic.

=splanchnologie= (splān-kno-), _n.f._, (anat.) splanchnology.

=spleen= (spli-n), _n.m._, spleen, melancholy.

=splénalgie=, _n.f._, spleenalgy.

=splendeur=, _n.f._, splendor, brightness, luster; brilliancy,

magnificence, pomp.

=splendide=, _adj._, splendid, sumptuous, magnificent.

=splendidement= (-did-mān), _adv._, splendidly, sumptuously,

magnificently.

=splénétique=, _adj._, _n.m.f._, splenetic.

=splénique=, _adj._, (anat.) splenic.

=spoliat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, spoiler, despoiler, spoliator.

_adv._, despoiling, of spoliation.

=spoliation=, _n.f._, spoliation.

=spolier=, _v.a._, to spoliate, to despoil, to plunder, to rob.

=spondaïque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, spondaic.

=spondée=, _n.m._, spondee.

=spondyle=, _n.m._, (anat.) spondyl, spondyle; (conch.) spondylus.

=spondylite=, _n.f._, (med.) inflammation of the vertebræ.

=spongieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, spongy.

=spongiosité=, _n.f._, sponginess.

=spongite=, _n.f._, (min.) spongite.

=spontané=, =-e=, _adj._, spontaneous; voluntary.

=spontanéité=, _n.f._, spontaneity, spontaneousness.

=spontanément=, _adv._, spontaneously, of one’s own accord, voluntarily.

=sponton=, _n.m._ _V._ =esponton=.

=sporadique=, _adj._, (med.) sporadic.

=spore=, _n.f._, (bot.) spore, sporule.

=sport=, _n.m._, (_—s_) sport.

=sportsman=, _n.m._, sportsman.

=sportule=, _n.f._, dole, bribe, alms.

=sporule=, _n.f._, (bot.) sporule, spore.

=spouliner=, _v.a._, to spool (thread).

=spumeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, spumous, foamy, frothy.

=spumosité=, _n.f._, frothiness.

=sputation=, _n.f._, (med.) sputation, expectoration.

=squale= (skooal), _n.m._, (ich.) dog-fish, shark.

=squammeu-x=, =-se= (skooa-), _adj._, squamous, scaly, squamose.

=square= (skooêr), _n.m._, (_—s_) square (public place).

=squelette=, _n.m._, skeleton; carcass, frame (of a ship). _C’est un —_,

_c’est un vrai —_; (pers.) he, she, is a living skeleton.

*=squille=, _n.f._, squill (crustaceous animal).

=squinancie=. _V._ =esquinancie=.

=squine=, _n.f._, (bot.) China-root.

=squirre= _or_ =squirrhe= (skir), _n.m._, (med.) scirrhus, glandular

tumor.

=squirreu-x=, =-se=, _or_ =squirrheu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, scirrhous.

=s.s.=, initial letters of _Sa Sainteté_, His Holiness, title of the Pope.

=s.s.=, =p.p.=, abbreviations of _Saints Pères_; Holy Fathers.

=st!= _int._, here, come here! hi! hoy! I say!

=stabat mater=, _n.m._, (_—_) (c.rel.) Stabat Mater.

=stabilité=, _n.f._, stability, consistence, firmness, solidity;

durability, steadfastness. _Manquer de —_; to lack stability.

=stable=, _adj._, stable, solid, firm, durable, lasting, permanent;

steadfast.

=stade=, _n.m._, (antiq.) stadium (185 m.); furlong (Eng. measure);

stade; (med.) stage, period.

=stage=, _n.m._, term of probation, residence; (rail.) luggage-van.

_Faire son —_; to keep one’s terms (as a probationer).

=stagiaire=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, licentiate in law going through his

stage. _Avocat —_; licentiate in law (not admitted to the bar) _or_

probationer. _adj._, attending terms, going through his course.

=stagirite=, _n.m._, stagyrite.

=stagnant=, =-e=, _adj._, stagnant, standing still.

=stagnation=, _n.f._, stagnation, stagnancy.

*=stagnon=, _n.m._ _V._ =estagnon=.

=stalactite=, _n.f._, (min.) stalactite.

=stalagmite=, _n.f._, (min.) stalagmite.

=stalle=, _n.f._, stall (for horses).

=stamenais=, _n.m.pl._, (nav.) lower futtocks.

=staminé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) staminate, stamened.

=staminifère=, _adj._, (bot.) staminiferous.

=staminiforme=, _adj._, staminiform.

=stance=, _n.f._, stanza.

=stangue= (stān-g), _n.f._, (her.) shank of an anchor.

=stannifère=, _adj._, stanniferous, tinny. _Terrain —_; tin-ground.

_Veine —_; tin-floor.

=staphisaigre=, _n.f._, (bot.) stavesacre, licebane, lousewort.

=staphylin=, _n.m._, (ent.) staphylinus.

=staphylôme=, _n.m._, (med.) staphyloma, staphylosis.

=staroste=, _n.m._, starost (Polish noble).

=starostie= (-tî), _n.f._, starosty (fief).

=stase=, _n.f._, (med.) arrest, stagnation (of the blood).

=stathouder= (-dèr), _n.m._, stadtholder.

=stathoudérat=, _n.m._, stadtholdership, stadtholderate.

=statice=, _n.f._, (bot.) sea-lavender.

=station=, _n.f._, action of standing; manner of standing; stay; station

(short stay); stoppage; stand (of public coaches); (railway) station;

halt; stoppage. _Il n’y a point de voitures à la —_; there are no cabs on

the stand. _Chef de —_; (rail.) station-master.

=stationnaire=, _adj._, stationary.

=stationnaire=, _n.m._, (nav.) guard-ship, police-ship.

=stationnal=, _adj._, stational (of churches).

=stationnement= (-sio-n-mān), _n.m._, stationing, stoppage; standing (of

cabs).

=stationner=, _v.n._, to stop, to stand (of cabs).

=statique=, _n.f._, statics.

=statisticien= (-si-in), _n.m._, statistician.

=statistique=, _n.f._, statistics, returns.

=statuaire=, _n.m._, (pers.) statuary.

=statuaire=, _adj._, statuary.

=statuaire=, _n.f._, statuary (art).

=statue=, _n.f._, statue, figure; (Bibl.) pillar.

=statuer=, _v.a._, to decree, to resolve, to ordain, to enact. _v.n._, to

make laws.

=statuette=, _n.f._, small statue, statuette.

=statu quo=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) statu quo. _In —_; in statu quo.

=stature=, _n.f._, stature, height.

=statut=, _n.m._, statute, decree; by-law, written law; article (of

association).

=statutaire=, _adj._, statutory, conformable to statute.

=steamer= (sti-meur), _n.m._, (_—s_) steamer.

=stéarine=, _n.f._, (chem.) stearine.

=stéarique=, _adj._, (chem.) stearic.

=stéatite=, _n.f._, (min.) steatite.

=stéatocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) steatocele.

=stéatôme=, _n.m._, (med.) steatoma.

=steeple-chase=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) steeple-chase.

=stèle=, _n.f._, (arch.) stela; (of a sun-dial) pedestal.

=stellaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) stitchwort.

=stellaire=, _adj._, (astron.) stellar, stellary, starry.

=stelliforme=, _adj._, stelliform, in the shape of a star.

=stellion=, _n.m._, star-lizard.

=stellionat=, _n.m._, (jur.) stellionate.

=stellionataire=, _n.m._, (jur.) person guilty of stellionate.

=sténographe=, _n.m._, stenographer, short-hand writer; reporter. _— des

chambres_; parliamentary reporter.

=sténographie=, _n.f._, stenography, shorthand.

=sténographier=, _v.a._, to write in short-hand, to take down in

short-hand, to report.

=sténographique=, _adj._, stenographical.

=sténographiquement=, _adv._, stenographically.

=stentor=, _n.m._, Stentor. _D’une voix de —_; in a stentorian voice.

=steppe=, _n.m._ or _f._, steppe.

=stercoraire=, _adj._, stercoraceous, stercorary.

=stère=, _n.m._, (French measure) stere, cubic meter (35.3174 cubic feet).

=stéréobate=, _n.m._, (arch.) stereobate.

=stéréographie=, _n.f._, stereography.

=stéréographique=, _adj._, stereographic, stereographical.

=stéréométrie=, _n.f._, (geom.) stereometry.

=stéréoscope=, _n.m._, stereoscope.

=stéréotomie=, _n.f._, (geom.) stereotomy.

=stéréotypage=, _n.m._, stereotyping.

=stéréotype=, _adj._, stereotype.

=stéréotyper=, _v.a._, to stereotype.

=stéréotypeur=, _n.m._, stereotyper.

=stéréotypie=, _n.f._, stereotypy; stereotype printing; stereotype

printing-office.

=stérile=, _adj._, sterile, barren, unfruitful; (fig.) fruitless, vain;

farrow (of cows). _Année —_; year of dearth. _Ouvrage —_; dry work.

_Gloire —_; empty glory. _Vache —_; farrow cow.

=stérilement=, _adv._, barrenly, unfruitfully.

=stériliser=, _v.a._, to make, to render, sterile; to sterilize.

=stérilité=, _n.f._, sterility, barrenness, unfruitfulness; (fig.)

dearth, scarcity. _— de nouvelles_; scarcity, _or_ dearth, of news.

=sterling=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, _invariable_, sterling. _Monnaie —_;

sterling. _Livre —_; pound sterling.

=sterne=, _n.m._, (orni.) tern, black tern.

=sternum= (-nom), _n.m._, (_—_) (anat.) sternum, breast-bone.

=sternutatoire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, sternutatory.

=stertoreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) stertorous.

=stéthoscope=, _n.m._, (med.) stethoscope.

=stibié=, =-e=, _adj._, (pharm.) stibial, antimonial.

=stigmate=, _n.m._, scar, stigma, brand, mark of infamy; mark, spot,

trace, stain; (ent.) spiracle; (bot.) stigma. _pl._, (theol.) stigmata.

_— flétrissant_; mark of infamy, stigma of infamy. _Porter les —s de la

petite vérole_; to be pock-marked.

=stigmatiser=, _v.a._, to brand (with a hot iron); to stigmatize, to

brand.

=stil de grain=, _n.m._, (paint.) yellow lake.

=stillation=, _n.f._, (phys.) dripping, dropping.

=stimulant=, =-e=, _adj._, stimulating, stimulant.

=stimulant=, _n.m._, stimulant, stimulus.

=stimulat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, stimulating.

=stimulation=, _n.f._, stimulation.

=stimuler=, _v.a._, to stimulate, to excite, to rouse, to spur on, to

urge forward.

=stimulus=, _n.m._, (med.) stimulus.

=stipe=, _n.f._, (bot.) feather-grass, stipa; ☉a tax on leases.

=stipe=, _n.m._, (bot.) stipe; caudex.

=stipelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) stipel.

=stipendiaire=, _adj._, stipendiary, hired.

=stipendié=, _n.m._, stipendiary, hireling.

=stipendier=, _v.a._, to hire, to keep in pay.

=stipulacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) stipulaceous.

=stipulant=, =-e=, _adj._, (jur.) stipulating.

=stipulation=, _n.f._, stipulation.

=stipule=, _n.f._, (bot.) stipula, stipule.

=stipuler=, _v.a._, to stipulate; (jur.) to covenant, to contract.

=stock=, _n.m._, (_—_) (com.) stock.

=stockfisch=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) stockfish.

=stoff=, _n.m._, stuff (cotton or woolen).

=stoïcien=, =-ne=, (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, stoic; stoical.

=stoïcisme=, _n.m._, stoicism, stoicalness.

=stoïcité=, _n.f._, stoicism.

=stoïque=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, stoic; stoical.

=stoïquement= (-ik-mān), _adv._, stoically.

=stokfiche=, _n.m._ _V._ =stockfisch=.

=stole=, _n.f._, (antiq.) stola.

=stomacal=, =-e=, _adj._, stomachic.

=stomachique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) stomachic; (anat.) of the

stomach.

=stomate=, _n.m._, (bot.) stomatum.

=stopper=, _v.a._ and _n._, to stop (a railway train, a steamboat, an

engine).

=stoppeur=, _n.m._, (nav.) stopper.

=storax= (-aks), _n.m._, (bot., pharm.) storax.

=store=, _n.m._, spring-roller blind, roller-blind; blind. _Lever les

—s_; to pull up the blinds. _Baisser les —s_; to let the blinds down, or

pull down the blinds.

=storthing=, _n.m._, Storthing (Norway legislative body).

=strabisme=, _n.m._, (med.) strabism; squinting.

=strabite=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, squint-eyed; squinting.

=stramonium=, _n.m._, (bot.) stramony, thorn-apple.

=strangulation=, _n.f._, strangulation.

☉=stranguler=, _v.a._ _V._ =étrangler=.

=strangurie=, _n.f._, (med.) strangury.

=strapasser=, _v.a._, ☉to drub, to bang, to thrash; (paint.) (l.u.) to

rough-sketch, to paint carelessly, to daub.

=strapasson=, _n.m._, dauber, rough-sketcher.

=strapassonner=, _v.a._, (paint.). _V._ =strapasser=.

=strapontin=, _n.m._, bracket seat (of carriages).

=stras= (strâs), _n.m._, strass, paste (of jewels).

=strasse=, _n.f._, floss-silk.

=stratagème=, _n.m._, stratagem.

=strate=, _n.f._, (geol.) stratum.

=stratégie=, _n.f._, strategy.

=stratégique=, _adj._, strategic, strategical.

=stratégiste=, _n.m._, strategist.

=stratification=, _n.f._, stratification.

=stratifier=, _v.a._, to stratify.

=stratocratie= (-ci), _n.f._, stratocracy.

=stratographie=, _n.f._, stratography.

=strélitz=, _n.m._, strelitz.

=strette=, _n.f._, (mus.) stretto (part of a fugue).

=stribord=, _n.m._ (nav.). _V._ =tribord=.

=strict= (strikt), =-e=, _adj._, strict, precise, rigid, severe, rigorous.

=strictement=, _adv._, strictly, precisely, rigidly, severely, rigorously.

=stricture=, _n.f._, (med.) (l.u.) stricture.

=strident=, =-e=, _adj._, strident, harsh, jarring, screeching, shrill.

_Voix —e_; shrill voice.

=strideur=, _n.f._, harshness, creaking (of sound).

=strié=, =-e=, _adj._, (min., arch., natural hist.) striate, striated,

channeled, streaked.

=strie=, _n.f._, (natural hist.) striæ; (arch.) fillet, fluting, streak.

=strier=, _v.n._, to streak.

=strige=, _n.f._, _or_ =stryge=, _n.m._, vampire, ghost.

=strigile=, _n.m._, (antiq.) strigil.

=strigueu-x=, =-se= (-gheû, -z), _adj._, (bot.) strigous, strigose.

=striures=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =strie=.

=strobile=, _n.m._, (bot.). _V._ =cône= (bot.).

=strophe=, _n.f._, strophe.

=structure=, _n.f._, structure, construction, form, make; (fig.)

arrangement, disposition.

=strumeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, strumous, scrofulous.

=strychnine= (strik-), _n.f._, (med.) strychnine, strychnia.

=strychnos= (stri-knôs), _n.m._, (bot.) strychnos.

=stryge=, _n.m._ _V._ =strige=.

=stuc=, _n.m._, stucco, stucco-work. _Enduire de —_; to stucco.

=stucateur=, _n.m._, stucco plasterer.

=studieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, studiously.

=studieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, studious.

=stupéfacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) stupefactive.

=stupéfaction=, _n.f._, (med.) stupefaction; stupefaction, great

astonishment.

=stupéfait=, =-e=, _adj._, stupefied, astonished; astounded, dumfounded,

thunderstruck.

=stupéfiant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) stupefactive, stupefying, dumfounding,

stunning.

=stupéfiant=, _n.m._, (med.) narcotic.

=stupéfier=, _v.a._, (med.) to stupefy; to stupefy, to astonish, to

astound, to amaze, to dumfound.

=stupeur=, _n.f._, (med.) stupor; stupor, astonishment, amazement.

=stupide=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, stupid person _or_ fellow, blockhead;

stupid, senseless, dull.

=stupidement= (-pid-mān), _adv._, stupidly, senselessly.

=stupidité=, _n.f._, stupidity, stupidness, dullness; stupid thing, piece

of stupidity.

=stupre=, _n.m._, stupration.

=stygmate=, _n.m._ _V._ =stigmate=.

=style=, _n.m._, style, tone, manner, strain; (fine arts) style;

(chronology) style; (bot.) style. _— décousu_; unconnected style. _—

badin_; jocular style. _— fleuri_; florid style. _— coulant_; fluent

style. _— soutenu_; elevated, lofty, style. _— de pratique_; law terms.

_— de cadran_; style, _or_ gnomon (of a dial). _Vieux —_; old style;

old-fashioned. _Voilà bien son —_; that is just his way, that’s just like

him.

=stylé=, =-e=, _adj._, trained, taught; clever; stylish, dashing.

=styler=, _v.a._, to train, to bring up, to use, to accustom, to form.

=stylet=, _n.m._, stiletto; (surg.) probe, stylet.

=styliforme=, _adj._, (bot.) styliform.

=stylite=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (rel. hist.) stylite.

=stylobate=, _n.m._, (arch.) stylobate.

=styloïde=, _adj._, (anat.) styloid.

=styptique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) styptic.

=styrax=, _n.m._, (bot., pharm.) storax.

=su=, _n.m._, knowledge. _Au — de_; to the knowledge of. _Au vu et au —

de tout le monde_; as everybody knows.

=su=, _part._ (of _savoir_), known.

=suage=, _n.m._, dampness, oozing; (nav.) paving-stuff.

=suaire=, _n.m._, winding-sheet, shroud.

=suant=, =-e=, _adj._, sweating, in a sweat; perspiring, dripping with

sweat.

=suave=, _adj._, sweet; agreeable, pleasant; fragrant, odoriferous; soft.

=suavement= (-av-mān), _adv._, sweetly, agreeably, pleasantly.

=suavité=, _n.f._, suavity; sweetness, fragrance, pleasantness,

agreeableness.

=subalterne=, _n.m._ and _adj._, subaltern, subordinate, inferior.

=subalternité=, _n.f._, subordination; inferior position.

=subdélégation=, _n.f._, subdelegation.

=subdélégué= (-ghé), _n.m._, subdelegate.

=subdéléguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to subdelegate.

=subdiviser=, _v.a._, to subdivide.

_se_ =subdiviser=, _v.r._, to subdivide, to be subdivided.

=subdivision=, _n.f._, subdivision.

=subéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) suberous, corky.

=subérique=, _adj._, suberic.

=subfossile=, _adj._, subfossil.

=subintrant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) subintrans, quotidian (beginning

before the other is over) (of attacks of fever).

=subir=, _v.a._, to undergo, to suffer, to submit, to sustain, to

support, to go through, to pass; to put up with. _— son sort_; to submit

to one’s fate. _— la question_; to undergo torture. _— un examen_; to

pass an examination, to undergo an examination. _— un interrogatoire_; to

be cross-examined. _Se —_; to put up with one another; to be suffered.

=subit=, =-e=, _adj._, sudden, unexpected.

=subitement= (-bit-mān), _adv._, suddenly, on a sudden, all of a sudden,

unexpectedly.

=subito=, _adv._, suddenly, on a sudden, all of a sudden.

=subjecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, subjective.

=subjectivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, subjectively.

=subjectivité=, _n.f._, (philos.) subjectivity.

=subjonctif=, _n.m._, (gram.) subjunctive.

=subjugation=, _n.f._, subjugation.

=subjuguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to subjugate, to subdue, to subject, to bring

under the dominion of, to bring under subjection, to master, to get the

better of, to overcome; to captivate.

=subjugueur=, _n.m._, subduer, subjugator.

=sublimable=, _adj._, (chem.) sublimable.

=sublimation=, _n.f._, (chem.) sublimation, subliming.

=sublimatoire=, _n.m._, (chem.) subliming pot.

=sublime=, _n.m._ and _adj._, sublime, sublimity.

=sublimé=, _n.m._, (chem.) sublimate.

=sublimement=, _adv._, sublimely.

=sublimer=, _v.a._, (chem.) to sublimate.

=sublimité=, _n.f._, sublimity.

=sublingual=, =-e= (-gooal), _adj._, (anat.) sublingual.

=sublunaire=, _adj._, sublunar, sublunary.

=submerger=, _v.a._, to submerge, to swamp, to sink, to drown; to

overwhelm.

=submersible=, _adj._, submergible; (bot.) submerse.

=submersion=, _n.f._, submersion.

=subodorer=, _v.a._, to scent at a distance.

=subordination=, _n.f._, subordination.

=subordonné=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, subordinate, inferior, dependent.

=subordonnément=, _adv._, subordinately.

=subordonner=, _v.a._, to subordinate.

☉=subornateur=, _n.m._ _V._ =suborneur=.

=subornation=, _n.f._, subornation, bribery, bribing; (jur.) embracery

(of juries).

=suborner=, _v.a._, to suborn, to bribe, to tamper with; (jur.) to

embrace, to attempt to corrupt (a jury).

=suborneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, suborner, briber; (jur.) embracer

(of juries).

=suborneu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, suborning, bribing.

=subrécargue= (-kar-g), _n.m._, (com., nav.) supercargo.

=subrécot=, _n.m._, after-reckoning, fresh demand.

=subreptice=, _adj._, surreptitious.

=subrepticement= (-tis-mān), _adv._, surreptitiously.

=subreption=, _n.f._, subreption.

=subrogation=, _n.f._, (jur.) subrogation.

=subrogatoire=, _adj._, subrogatory.

=subrogé=, =-e=, _adj._, surrogated. _— tuteur_; deputy-guardian (to

watch over trustees). _Evêque —_; suffragan bishop, surrogate.

=subroger=, _v.a._, (jur.) to surrogate. _Se —_; to be surrogated.

=subséquemment= (-ka-mān), _adv._, subsequently.

=subséquent=, =-e=, _adj._, subsequent.

=subside=, _n.m._, subsidy, aid. _pl._, supplies, supply (of the state).

=subsidiaire=, _adj._, subsidiary, auxiliary, collateral, additional.

=subsidiairement= (-dièr-mān), _adv._, further, also, likewise; in a

subsidiary manner, collaterally, additionally.

=subsistance=, _n.f._, subsistence, sustenance, maintenance, support,

allowance. _Tirer sa — de_; to get one’s living by.

=subsistant=, =-e=, _adj._, subsisting, subsistent, existing, extant,

being, living.

=subsister=, _v.n._, to subsist, to stand, to continue, to be extant, to

have existence; to be in force; to hold good; to exist, to live. _J’ai de

la peine à —_; I can hardly get a livelihood.

=substance=, _n.f._, substance. _En —_; summarily, in substance.

=substantiel=, =-le=, _adj._, substantial.

=substantiellement= (-sièl-mān), _adv._, (theol.) substantially.

=substantif=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) substantive.

=substantive=, _adj.f._, (dy.) substantive, substantial. _Couleur —_;

substantive color.

=substantivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, substantively.

=substituer=, _v.a._, to substitute, to change, to replace; (jur.) to

entail; (jur.) to appoint. _Propriété substituée_; entailed estate.

_se_ =substituer=, _v.r._, to substitute one’s self; to supersede, to

replace.

=substitut=, _n.m._, substitute, deputy, delegate, surrogate.

=substitution=, _n.f._, substitution; (jur.) entail; (jur.) estate in

tail.

=substratum= (-tom), _n.m._, (n.p.) (philos.) substratum.

=substruction=, _n.f._, (arch.) substructure.

=substructure=, _n.f._, substructure.

=subterfuge=, _n.m._, subterfuge, evasion, shift.

=subtil=, =-e=, _adj._, subtile, thin, fine; acute, keen, sharp, quick,

sagacious; ready, dexterous; cunning, smart, shrewd, artful, crafty.

=subtilement= (-til-mān), _adv._, subtly, artfully, slyly; finely,

cunningly, dexterously; acutely, sharply, smartly.

=subtilisation=, _n.f._, (chem.) subtilization.

=subtiliser=, _v.a._, to subtilize, to refine; (fam.) to cheat, to take

in, to deceive.

=subtiliser=, _v.n._, to subtilize.

=subtiliseu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, subtilizer; abstracter.

=subtilité=, _n.f._, subtlety; fineness, penetration, refinement,

acuteness; subtleness, expertness, adroitness, shrewdness, nicety of

discrimination; cunning, artfulness, craftiness. _La — des sens_; the

acuteness of the senses. _— d’esprit_; refinement of mind.

=subulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) subulate, awl-shaped.

=suburbain=, =-e= (-bīn, bè-n), _adj._, suburban.

=suburbicaire=, _adj._, (Roman antiq.) suburbicarian; (c.rel.) within the

diocese of Rome.

=subvenir=, _v.n._, to relieve, to help, to assist; to supply, to

provide, to afford. _— aux besoins de quelqu’un_; to provide for any

one’s wants. _Si je puis y —_; if I can afford it, _or_ find the ways and

means.

=subvention=, _n.f._, supply, subsidy, grant; aid, help, subvention.

=subventionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, subventional.

=subventionner=, _v.a._, to grant a relief (in public money), to

subsidize, to subvention; to endow, to assist, to aid.

=subversi-f=, =-ve= (-vèr-), _adj._, subversive.