A GENERAL FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. (continued 22)

mettre, v.n., to set, to put. — en mer; to put to sea.

meublant, -e, adj., serving to furnish; fit for furniture. Meubles —s; movables, house-hold goods.

meuble, n.m., piece of furniture; utensil. pl., furniture, household goods, belongings. — de famille; heirloom. — à demeure fixe; fixture. Se mettre dans ses —s; to furnish apartments of one’s own, to set up a house.

meuble, adj., movable; personal. Biens —s et immeubles; personal property. Terre —; light mellow land.

meublé, -e, part., furnished. Être bien —; to have one’s house, one’s rooms, well furnished. Avoir la bouche bien —e; to have a fine set of teeth.

meubler, v.a., to furnish, to stock, to store. — sa mémoire; to store one’s memory. — une maison; to furnish a house. — une ferme; to stock a farm.

se meubler, v.r., to get furniture of one’s own.

meubler, v.n., to look well, to be ornamental.

meuglement, n.m. V. beuglement.

meugler, v.n. V. beugler.

meulard, n.m., large millstone; grindstone.

meule, n.f., millstone; grindstone; burr; base (of a deer’s head); (agri.) cock, stack, rick; (ich.) sun-fish. — inférieure, — gisante; nether millstone, bedder. — supérieure; upper millstone, runner. Pierre à —s; burrstone. — de fromage; round flat cheese.

meulerie, n.f., millstone or grindstone yard.

meulier, n.m., millstone or grindstone maker.

meulière, n.f. and adj., millstone, burrstone, millstone-quarry. Pierre —; millstone.

meulon, n.m., stubble-stack or rick; cock (of hay); haulm-stack; shock or stock (of corn).

meunerie (meû-n-rî), n.f., miller’s trade; flour mill.

meunier, n.m., miller; (ich.) chub. Se faire d’évêque —; (fig.) to come down in the world.

meunière, n.f., miller’s wife; (orni.) long-tailed titmouse.

meurt de faim, n.m., (—) half-starved wretch.

meurt de soif, n.m.f., drunkard.

meurtre, n.m., murder, manslaughter, homicide; sin, great shame, great pity. Crier au —; to cry murder; to complain bitterly. Au —! murder!

meurtri, -e, part., bruised, black and blue, contused. Il est tout — de coups; he is covered with bruises.

meurtri-er, -ère, n. and adj., assassin, murderer; murderess; murdering, murderous, deadly; bloody; killing, homicidal.

meurtrière, n.f., (fort.) loophole.

meurtrir, v.a., to bruise, to contuse, to make black and blue; (fig.) to supple (leather); to soften (colors).

meurtrissure, n.f., bruise, contusion.

meute, n.f., pack (of hounds). Chef de —; whipper-in, leader of the band.

☉mévendre, v.a., to undersell.

mévente, n.f., ☉underselling; (com.) not selling, lack of sale.

mézair, n.m. V. mésair.

mézéréon, n.m., (bot.) mezereon.

mezzanine, n.f., (arch.) mezzanine.

mezzo-termine, n.m., (—) medium, middle course; mean.

mezzotinto, n.m., (—) mezzotint.

mgr., (ab. of Monseigneur) my lord.

mi, invariable particle, mid, middle, half. Joined to the names of the months, or to the word carême, it forms with them feminine compound nouns which require the article; la mi-carême; Mid-Lent; la mi-août; the middle of August. It may also be joined to the nouns corps, jambe, chemin, mur, côte, terme, sucre, when the compound words thus formed require the preposition à and do not admit of the article: à mi-côte; half-way up the hill. À —-chemin; half-way. À —-mât; half-mast high. À —-jambe; half-way up the leg; past the knees. A mi-corps; up to the waist. V. mi-parti.

mi, n.m., (mus.) E, mi.

miasmatique, adj., miasmatic, malarious.

miasme, n.m., miasma, miasm, noxious exhalation.

miaulement (miôl-mān), n.m., mewing.

miauler, v.n., to mew.

mica, n.m., (min.) mica, glimmer, glist, Muscovy glass.

micacé, -e, adj., micaceous.

micaschiste, n.m., (min.) mica-schist, mica-slate.

miche, n.f., round loaf; small loaf, hunch, lump.

michel, n.m., Michael. La Saint —, (n.f.) Michaelmas. — Morin; Jack of all trades.

micmac, n.m., secret practice, underhand trick or dealing, intrigue; jobbery, foul-play.

micocoulier, n.m., (bot.) nettle-tree.

microcosme, n.m., microcosm.

micrographie, n.f., micrography.

micromètre, n.m., (astron.) micrometer.

microscope, n.m., microscope; magnifying-glass. Voir tout avec un —; to exaggerate everything.

microscopique, adj., microscopic, microscopical.

microzoaire, n.m., (zoöl.) microscopic animalcule, infusory.

miction, micturition, n.f., (med.) micturition.

midi, n.m., noon, noonday, noontide, mid-day, twelve o’clock (in the day); meridian; south; southern aspect, southern railway. À —; at noon, at twelve o’clock. Le — de la vie; the meridian of life. À l’heure de —; at the hour of twelve. Sur le coup de —; on the stroke of twelve. — est sonné; it has struck twelve. Chercher — à quatorze heures; to look for knots in a bulrush, to create difficulties where there are none. — vrai; true meridian. — moyen; mean meridian. Les régions du —; the regions of the south.

mie, n.f., crum, crumb; (very little bit).

mie, adv., (l.u.) not, not a jot, not at all, not in the least.

mie, n.f., (ab. of amie) dear, sweet, love; nurse. Ma —; my darling, my sweet, sweetheart, my love. Il appelle sa —; he is calling his nurse.

miel, n.m., honey. Mouche à —; honey-bee. Rayon de —; honey-comb. Ruche à —; bee-hive. ☉— aérien; manna. On prend plus de mouches avec du — qu’avec du vinaigre; fair means go farther than foul. La lune de —; the honey-moon.

miélaison, n.f., honey-time.

miellat, n.m., (bot.) honey-dew.

miellé, -e, adj., honey-colored; honeyed, sweet, bland; covered with honey.

mielleusement (-eûz-mān), adv., sweetly, blandly, honey-like.

mielleu-x, -se, adj., honeyed, fair-spoken; sweet, bland; mawkish. Paroles —ses; honeyed words.

mien, -ne (mi-in, mi-è-n), adj., (l.u.) mine. Un — frère; a brother of mine. Le —, la —ne, les —s, les —nes, (pron.) mine, my own. Je ne demande que le —; I only ask for my own. Les —s; my friends, my relations. Faire des miennes; to play tricks, pranks, or follies. [Used as adjective in the singular only, and always with the indefinite article un, une.]

miette, n.f., crumb, bit, particle, morsel. Ramasser les —s; to pick up the crumbs. Mettre en —s; to crumble.

mieux, adv., better; rather, best, more, more correctly, more properly, more comfortable. J’aimerais —; I had rather. En —; for the better. De — en —; better and better. Je me porte le — du monde; I am as well as can be. Le — que je pourrai; as well as I can. Il a fait du — qu’il a pu; he has done his best. À qui — —; in emulation of one another, in eager rivalry. C’est on ne peut —; it cannot be better or cannot be improved upon. Disons —; or rather, to speak more correctly. Vous feriez —; you had better. Valoir —; to be better, to be worth more. Faute de —; for want of something better. Avoir — que cela; to have much better or dearer than that. Tant —; so much the better. Je ne demande pas —; nothing would give me greater pleasure.

mieux, n.m., better; best, best thing, best plan; improvement. Le — est l’ennemi du bien; let well alone. Il y a du — dans son état; he is better. Faire de son —, faire du — qu’on peut; to do one’s best, to do the best one can. Au —; at best; for the best. Pour le —; for the best.

mieux, adj., better. Il n’y a rien de —; there is nothing better.

mieux-disant, -e, adj., better or best spoken; more or most eloquent.

mieux-être, n.m., better or best condition; improvement in one’s condition; increase of comfort.

mieux-faisant, -e, adj., best-acting, most kind, most generous; (hist.) the (best) horse in a tournament.

mièvre, adj., (fam.) arch, roguish; quaint, affected style of writing.

mièvrerie or mièvreté, n.f., (fam.) roguishness, archness; piece of roguery, prank; affectedness, quaintness in writing.

*mignard, -e, adj., delicate, pretty; mincing. Manières —es; mincing manners.

*mignardement, adv., delicately, daintily, mincingly.

*mignarder, v.a., to cocker, to fondle, to cuddle, to indulge. — un enfant; to cocker a child. — son style; to be over nice in writing. Se —; to take great care of one’s self.

*mignardise, n.f., delicacy, delicateness; mincing over nicety; fondling, cockering, cuddling; (bot.) feathered pink.

*mignon, -ne, adj., delicate, pretty, neat, tiny. Bouche —ne; pretty, small mouth. Pied —; neat foot. Argent —; spare money, pocket-money.

*mignon, n.m., darling, pet, favorite; minion.

*mignonne, n.f., darling, fondling, favorite; a kind of pear; (print.) emerald, minion.

*mignonnement, adv., delicately, finely, nicely.

*mignonnette, n.f., mignonette (sort of lace); ground pepper; (bot.) feathered pink.

☉*mignoter, v.a., (fam.) to fondle; to cocker; to cuddle.

☉*se mignoter, v.r., (fam.) to cocker one’s self, to nurse one’s self.

☉*mignotise, n.f., (fam.) blandishment, endearment; caress.

migraine, n.f., sick- or nervous-headache.

migrat-eur, -rice, adj., migrating, migratory.

migration, n.f., migration.

migratoire, adj., migratory.

mijaurée, n.f., (fam.) affected, finical woman; humbug.

mijoter, v.a., (cook.) to cause to simmer; (fam.) to fondle, to cocker; (fig.) to contrive, to plot, to brew.

se mijoter, v.r., (fam.) to cocker one’s self, to nurse one’s self; (cook.) to boil gently, to simmer.

mikado, n.m., (—s) Mikado.

mil, adj., one thousand. [Used for the first thousand in dates of the Christian era only.] L’an — huit cent cinquante; the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

mil, n.m., (bot.) millet.

milady (-lè-), n.f. (miladies), my lady.

milan, n.m., (orni.) kite.

milandre, n.m., (ich.) tope.

milaneau, n.m., young kite.

milésiaque, adj., Milesian.

miliaire, n.f. and adj., (med., anat.) miliaria; miliary. Fièvre —; miliaria, miliary fever.

miliasse, n.f., hominy, hasty-pudding.

milice, n.f., militia; soldiery, soldiers; ☉war, warfare. Soldat de la —; militiaman. Tirer pour la —; to ballot for the militia.

milicien (-si-in), n.m., militiaman.

milieu, n.m., middle, midst, heart, center; expedient, medium, mean, way, expedient, second course; sphere, society, company. Au — de la foule; in the midst of the crowd. Au beau —; in the very middle. Au — des hommes; among men. L’air est le — dans lequel nous vivons; the air is the medium in which we live. Il faut savoir garder le juste —; we must know how to observe the golden mean. — de salon; center ottoman.

milieu, adj., middle. [Only used in the expression le point —; the middle point.]

militaire, n.m. and adj., military man, soldier, military, soldiery; soldierly, soldierlike, warlike, military. L’art, la discipline, —; military art, discipline.

militairement (-tèr-mān), adv., militarily.

militant, -e, adj., (theol.) militant. L’église —e; the church militant.

militer, v.n., to militate, to make (for or against). Cette raison milite pour moi; that reason militates in my favor.

mille, n.m. and adj., thousand, a thousand, one thousand. Les — et une nuits; the thousand and one nights. On a dit cela — et — fois; that has been said thousands of times. Le premier —; the first thousand. L’an —; the year one thousand.

mille, n.m., mile (= 1,608 mètres).

*mille-feuille, n.f., (—) (bot.) milfoil, yarrow.

mille-fleurs, n.f., (—) all-flower. Eau de —; extract of all flowers; (med.) cow-water (taken as a remedy). Huile de —; oil of cow-dung. Rossolis de —; all-flower cordial.

millénaire (mil-lé-), adj., millenary.

millénaire, n.m., millennium; millenarian.

millénarisme, n.m., millenarianism.

☉millepède, n.m. V. mille-pieds.

mille-pertuis, n.m., (—) (bot.) St.-John’s-wort.

mille-pieds, n.m., (—) (ent.) milliped.

millépore, n.m., millepore.

millésime (mil-lé-zi-m), n.m., date, year (of a medal, coin, monument).

*millet, n.m., (bot.) millet grass, millet.

milliaire, n.m. and adj., milestone; miliary. Borne —, pierre —; milestone. — doré; (milliarum aureum) the milestone set up by Augustus in the Forum.

milliard, n.m., one thousand millions.

milliasse, n.f., (fam.) thousands, swarms (vast number).

millième, n.m. and adj., thousandth.

millier, n.m., thousand, thousand-weight. — de fer; thousand-weight of iron. Un — d’arbres; a thousand trees. Des — d’arbres; thousands of trees. On en trouve par —s; they are to be found in thousands.

milligramme, n.m., milligram (French weight; ·0154 grain).

millilitre, n.m., milliliter (French measure; ·06103 cubic inch).

millimètre, n.m., millimeter (French measure; ·03937 inch).

million, n.m., million.

millionième, n.m. and adj., millionth.

millionnaire, n.m.f. and adj., millionaire; person extremely rich; worth millions. C’est un —, il est —; he is a millionaire, he is worth millions.

millouin or milouin, n.m., (orni.) pochard, canvas-back duck.

milord (-lor), n.m., (milords) lord, my lord; your lordship (French); cab, phaeton (private); (pop.) rich man. C’est un —; he is a nabob.

milréis (-is), n.m., milreis (Portuguese coin).

mime, n.m. and adj., (antiq.) mime; mimer; mimic; mimical.

mimer, v.a., to mimic.

mimi, n.m.f., darling, puss, pet, sweetheart.

mimique, n.f. and adj., art of imitating, mimicry; mimic, mimical.

mimosa, n.f., (bot.) mimosa (the sensitive-plant). [In botanical language this and all other names of plants ending in a are masculine.]

mimule, n.m., (bot.) monkey-flower.

minable, adj., (fam.) pitiful, wretched-looking; seedy, shabby.

minage, n.m., (feudalism) toll-dues, corn-duty.

minaret, n.m., minaret; (mining) shaft.

minauder, v.n., to mince, to simper, to smirk, to be lackadaisical.

minauderie (mi-nô-drî), n.f., affected, lackadaisical manners; lackadaisicalness, simpering, smirking.

minaudi-er, -ère, adj. and n., affected, lackadaisical; affected, lackadaisical person.

mince, adj., thin, slender, puny, shallow, poor, slight, scanty; trivial, vulgar. Esprit —; shallow wit. C’est un homme bien —; he is but a shallow man. Taille —; slim or slender waist. Il est d’un —; he is as shallow as you like, or as they make them.

mine, n.f., look, aspect, mien, appearance; show; air, figure, style. Il a la — trompeuse; he has a deceitful look. — fière; proud look. Il ne faut pas juger des gens à la —; people should not be judged by their looks. Homme de bonne —; good-looking man. De mauvaise —; ill-looking. Avoir bonne —; to look well. Avoir mauvaise —; to look ill. Il a la — d’être riche; he looks like a rich man. J’ai bien la — de payer vos folies; it seems as if I shall have to pay for your follies. Faire — d’être fâché; to pretend to be angry. Faire bonne — à quelqu’un; to greet any one pleasantly. Faire mauvaise — à; to receive coldly, to look daggers at. Faire bonne — à mauvais jeu; to put a good face on matters. Faire la — à quelqu’un; to pout at any one. Faire la —; to look displeased. Payer de —; to be all outside show.

mine, n.f., mine; ore; source, store; plot, secret; mine (French measure, 78 liters); (Grec. antiq.) mina. — d’or; gold-mine. — de charbon de terre; coal-pit. Le puits de la —; the shaft of the mine. — de plomb; lead-mine; plumbago, black-lead pencil. — d’argent cornée; soft silver-ore. — d’argent rouge; silver-ore (mixed with arsenic and sulphur). — à bocarder; ore rough from the mine. — élevée; upright mine. — profonde; mine with downward lodes. — sèche; hard ore. —s vives; rich mines. Faire jouer une —; (milit.) to spring a mine. Eventer la —; (milit.) to discover and destroy the enemy’s mine; (fig.) to discover the plot; to baffle any one’s designs.

miner, v.a., to mine, to undermine, to sap; to hollow, to waste, to wear away; to consume, to waste by slow degrees, to impair, to prey upon. — un bastion; (milit.) to mine a bastion. L’eau mine la pierre; water wears away stone. Cette maladie le mine; that disease is wearing him away. Se —; to become undermined.

mineral, n.m., ore. — lavé; buddled ore. Extraire le —; to dig out ore. — brut; raw ore.

minéral, n.m., mineral.

minéral, -e, adj., mineral.

minéralisateur, n.m., (chem., min.) mineralizer.

minéralisat-eur, -rice, adj., (chem., min.) mineralizing.

minéralisation, n.f., (chem., min.) mineralization.

minéraliser, v.a., (chem., min.) to mineralize.

minéralogie, n.f., mineralogy.

minéralogique, adj., mineralogical, mineralogic.

minéralogiste, n.m., mineralogist.

☉minéralogue (-log), n.m. V. minéralogiste.

minerve, n.f., (myth.) Minerva; (fam.) head, brain, brains, reason. Tirer quelque chose de sa —; (fam.) to draw, to get, anything from one’s head, from one’s brains. Arbre de —; (poet.) olive-tree. Oiseau de —; (poet.) the owl.

minet, n.m., -te, n.f., puss, kitten.

mineur, n.m., miner, underminer, pitman.

mineur, -e, adj., minor, under age; minor, less, lesser; (mus.) minor. Frère —; Minorite, Franciscan.

mineur, n.m., -e, n.f., minor; (jur.) infant.

mineur, n.m., (mus.) minor mode; (in convents) minor.

mineure, n.f., (log.) minor.

miniature, n.f., miniature. Portrait en —; miniature-portrait. Peintre en —; miniature-painter.

miniaturiste, n.m.f., miniature-painter.

mini-er, -ère, adj., pertaining to mines.

minière, n.f., ore; pit.

à minimâ, adv. Appel à —; (jur.) appeal by the crown when a sentence is too lenient.

minime, adj., very small, very slender, very trifling, trifling, inconsiderable.

minime, n.m., Minim (monk).

☉minime, n.f., (mus.) minim.

minimum (-mom), n.m., (—s) (math.) (minima), minimum, lowest.

ministère, n.m., ministry, agency; services; administration, department, functions; minister’s office; ministration. Le — public; public authorities; magistrates. Cela n’est pas de mon —; that does not belong to my office. Le — des affaires étrangères, de l’intérieur, de la guerre; the foreign, the home, the war, office.

ministériel, -le, adj., ministerial.

ministériellement (-rièl-mān), adv., ministerially.

ministre, n.m., minister; clergyman, rector, vicar; servant. Le premier —; the prime minister, the premier. — d’état; minister of state. — du commerce; president of the board of trade. Les —s de l’autel; the priests. — de la Marine; first Lord of the Admiralty. — de l’Intérieur; the Home Minister. — des Affaires Etrangères; the Foreign Minister.

minium (-om), n.m., (n.p.) (min.) minium, red lead.

minois, n.m., pretty face, looks, air, appearance.

minon, n.m., puss; kitten.

minoratif, n.m., (med.) laxative, gentle aperient.

minorati-f, -ve, adj., laxative.

minorité, n.f., minority, nonage; (jur.) infancy.

minot, n.m., ☉minot (French measure, 39 liters); (nav.) bumkin.

minotaure, n.m., (myth.) minotaur.

minoterie, n.f., flour export trade; flour mill, flour store.

minotier, n.m., miller, flour dealer; flour-exporter.

minuit, n.m., midnight, twelve o’clock at night. En plein —; at the dead of night, in the middle of the night.

minuscule, adj., (of letters) small, very small.

minuscule, n.f., (print.) small letter.

minute, n.f., minute (of time); moment, instant; small hand (writing); first draught, rough draught, minute, copy; draught; (astron., arch., geom.) minute. Homme à la —; punctual man. Vous êtes toujours à la —; you are always punctual. Faire la — de; to make a rough draught of; to take the minutes of. Sablier de —; minute-glass. —! stop a bit!

minuter, v.a., to draw up, to make a rough draught; to minute down; (l.u.) to design, to intend, to purpose.

minuterie (mi-nu-trî), n.f., (horl.) minute wheel-work; minute-wheels; minutes marked on a dial.

minutie (-ci), n.f., trifle, minutiæ.

minutieusement (-ci-eûz-mān), adv., minutely.

minutieu-x, -se, adj., minute; circumstantial.

mioche, n.m.f., (fam.) brat, urchin.

mi-parti, -e, adj., bipartite, divided into two equal but different parts; half and half. Les avis ont été —s; the votes were equally divided.

miquelet (mi-klè), n.m., soldier; Spanish bandit.

☉miquelot (mi-klô), n.m., begging-pilgrim. Faire le —; to put on a sanctified, a sanctimonious, air.

mirabelle, n.f., (bot.) mirabelle (plum).

miracle, n.m., miracle, wonder. À —; miraculously, extremely well, wonderfully well. Faiseur de —s; miracle-monger. Crier —; to cry out wonderful! Crier au —; to declare a thing a miracle. Opérer des —s; to work miracles. C’est un — de beauté; she or it is wonderfully beautiful. C’est un — de vous voir; it is a wonder to see you. Le beau —! not so wonderful after all; or why, is that all!

miraculeusement (-leûz-mān), adv., miraculously, wonderfully.

miraculeu-x, -se, adj., miraculous, wonderful, marvelous.

mirage, n.m., mirage; looming; (fig.) shadow, outline, delusion.

mirauder, v.a. V. mirer.

mire, n.f., (artil.) aim; (of firearms) sight, foresight. Prendre sa —; to take aim. Point de —; aim, point aimed at; object, end, in view.

miré, adj., (hunt.) with tusks curved inwards (of boars).

mirer, v.a., to aim, to take aim, to aim at, to have in view; to look at; to examine; to candle (eggs). — une place; to aim at a situation. — des œufs; to try eggs (by holding them up to the light).

se mirer, v.r., to look at one’s self in a glass; to admire one’s self; (of things) to be reflected. Se — dans ses plumes; to take pride in one’s beauty and dress.

mirer, v.n., (nav.) to loom, to appear indistinctly; (of precious stones) to have but few angles, few facets; to take aim.

mirette, n.f., (bot.) Venus’s looking-glass. V. miroir.

mirifique, adj., wonderful, marvelous; admirable, splendid.

mirliflore, n.m., exquisite, fop, dandy, coxcomb, spark, beau.

mirlirot, n.m., corruption of mélilot, q.v.

mirliton, n.m., reed-pipe; bag-wig; tol-de-rol-lol.

mirmidon or myrmidon, n.m., (hist.) Myrmidon; shrimp, pygmy (pers.).

mirobolant, -e, adj., prodigious, wonderful, stupendous.

miroder, v.a. V. mirauder and mirer.

miroir, n.m., mirror, looking-glass, glass; (opt.) mirror, speculum. Etamer un —; to foliate a looking-glass. — ardent; burning-mirror. Des œufs au —; fried eggs. — de Vénus; (bot.) Venus’s looking-glass.

miroitant, -e, adj., reflecting (like a mirror), glistening, glittering, shimmering.

miroité, -e, adj., shot, shiny, glittering, glistening; shimmered; reflected; (of horses) dapple-bay.

miroitement, n.m., reflection of the light by polished surfaces; flashing, shine, glittering, brilliancy, radiance.

miroiter, v.n., to reflect light, to flash, to shine, to glisten, to glitter, to shimmer; to radiate. v.a., to reflect, to mirror.

miroiterie (mi-roa-trî), n.f., looking-glass trade or business, mirror-trade.

miroiterie, n.f., mirror trade; looking-glass manufactory.

miroitier (-tié), n.m., looking-glass maker.

miroton, n.m., (cook.) miroton, beef collope (with onions); (of fruits) stewed.

mise, part. adj., put; dressed, clad, attired.

misaine, n.f., (nav.) foresail. Mât de —; foremast. Voile de —; foresail.

misanthrope, n.m., misanthrope, misanthropist, man-hater, hater of mankind.

misanthropie, n.f., misanthropy.

misanthropique, adj., misanthropic; misanthropical.

miscellanées, n.m.pl., miscellanea, miscellany.

mischna, n.f. (n.p.), mischna, mishna.

miscibilité, n.f., miscibility.

miscible, adj., miscible; mixable.

mise, n.f., laying, placing; dress, manner of dressing; deposit, investment, outlay, disbursement; stake; bidding (at auctions); capital, share of capital; (l.u.) circulation (of coin). — à l’eau; launch (of a ship). — hors; (com.) outlay. Cet homme est de —; that man is presentable. Cette raison n’est pas de —; that reason will not pass or will not hold water. Cette étoffe n’est pas de —; that stuff is not worn, is not in fashion, not fashionable. Avoir une — simple; to dress plainly. Sa — était de cinq francs; he had staked five francs. — en possession; taking possession. — en accusation; impeachment, indictment. — en arrestation; arrest, apprehension. — à exécution; carrying out. — en jugement; trial. — en musique; setting to music. — en perce; tapping (of a cask). — à prix; upset price. — en prévention; (jur.) commitment. — en pot; potting. — en justice; bringing into court. — à terre; setting or putting down. — en terre; burial, interment. — en vigueur; putting into force. — en liberté; enlargement, release, discharge. — en scène; (thea.) getting up of a dramatic piece. — en vente; putting up for sale. — en œuvre; working up (of anything); preparation; employing, using, setting. — en pages; (print.) clicking, making-up. — en train; setting to work, starting; (print.) making ready. — en vigueur; enforcement, putting into force. De —; acceptable, admissible.

miser, v.n., (local ex.) to bid (at auctions).

misérable, adj., miserable, wretched; wicked; sorry, worthless.

misérable, n.m.f., wretch, miserable wretch, miscreant. C’est un —; he is a villain, a miscreant. C’est une —; she is a wretch. Les —s; the wretched, the outcasts.

misérablement, adv., miserably, wretchedly; worthlessly, wickedly.

misère, n.f., misery, wretchedness, distress, want; trouble, plague, grievous thing, helplessness; trifle, trifling thing. Il est mort de faim et de —; he died of starvation and want. Prendre le collier de —; to make one’s self a drudge. La — des membres; the helplessness of the limbs.

miséréré, n.m., (med.) iliac passion; (c.rel.) miserere (51st psalm).

miséricorde, n.f., mercy, tenderness, mercifulness; pardon, quarter, grace, forgiveness, pitifulness; small seat. Crier —; to cry for mercy. Il ne mérite point de —; he deserves no mercy. Faire —; to show mercy. À tout péché —; all offenses should be forgiven. —! il va se tuer; mercy upon me! he will kill himself.

miséricordieusement (-eûz-mān), adv., mercifully, compassionately.

miséricordieu-x, -se, adj., merciful, compassionate, forgiving, pitiful.

miss, n.f., (—) miss, young lady.

missel, n.m., missal; mass-book, prayer-book.

mission, n.f., mission. Envoyer en —; to send on a mission. Remplir une —; to perform a mission.

missionnaire, n.m., missionary.

missive, n.f. and adj., missive.

mistigri, n.m., pam, loo (card game).

mistral or maëstral, n.m., (local ex.) north-west wind (in southern France).

mistress, n.f., (n.p.) Mrs.

mitaine, n.f., mitten; (fig.) caution.

mite, n.f., (ent.) mite; maggot; moth; tick.

mité, -e, adj., moth-eaten, mity.

☉mithridate, n.m., (pharm.) mithridate. Vendeur de —; quack; braggadocio.

mitigation, n.f., mitigation.

mitigé, -e, part., mitigated. Peine —e; modified penalty.

mitiger, v.a., to mitigate, to soften, to make less severe, to modify, to temper, to allay, to assuage, to abate; to qualify.

miton, n.m., woman’s long mitten.

mitonnage, n.m., simmering.

mitonner, v.n., to lie soaking or stewing; to soak, to stew, to simmer.

mitonner, v.a., to cocker, to fondle, to cuddle. — quelqu’un; to humor any one. — une affaire; to prepare an affair gradually. Il aime qu’on le mitonne; he likes to be cockered.

se mitonner, v.r., to nurse one’s self, to cocker one’s self; (cook.) to simmer.

mitoyen, -ne (mi-toa-yin, -iè-n), adj., middle; intermediate; midway; joint property. Mur —; party-wall. Cloison —ne; partition wall between two rooms.

mitoyenneté (-toa-ie-n-té), n.f., joint property; claims of two neighbors to a wall, hedge, or ditch; party-right.

*mitraillade, n.f., discharge, fire of grape-shot.

*mitraille, n.f., ☉old iron, scrap-iron, scrap-metal; grapeshot; case-shot, canister-shot, canister; small change, coppers; (nav.) langrage, langrel-shot. Charge à —; case-shot.

mitrailler, v.a. and n., to fire grapeshot, to riddle with grapeshot.

mitrailleuse, n.f., (artil.) mitrailleuse, machine gun; Gatling gun.

mitre, n.f., miter; chimney-pot (shaped like a miter).

mitré, -e, adj., mitered.

mitron, n.m., journeyman baker; paper cap.

mitte, n.f., cesspool exhalation; stench; eye-sore from ditto.

mixte, adj., mixed; mixt; (bot.) common (of buds).

mixte, n.m., mixed body, compound.

*mixtiligne, adj., (geom.) mixtilineal, mixtilinear.

mixtion (miks-ti-on), n.f., (pharm.) mixture.

mixtionner (miks-tio-né), v.a., to mix, to mingle.

mixture, n.f., (pharm.) mixture.

mlle. ab. of Mademoiselle.

mm. ab. of Messieurs.

mme. ab. of Madame.

mnémonique, adj., mnemonic, mnemonical.

mnémonique or mnémotechnie, n.f., mnemonics, mnemotechny.

mobile, adj., movable; changeable, unsteady, variable; quick, lively, mobile.

mobile, n.m., mover, spring, motive power; a soldier of the militia. Premier —; prime mover; primum mobile; ringleader. L’intérêt est le plus grand — des hommes; interest is the prime mover in human actions.

mobile, n.f., militia.

mobiliaire, adj., movable, personal.

mobili-er, -ère, adj., movable; personal, of personal property. Succession —ère; inheritance of personal property.

mobilier, n.m., ☉movables; furniture.

mobilisable, adj., (milit.) that can be mobilized.

mobilisation, n.f., act of making movable; conversion into movables; (milit.) mobilization.

mobiliser, v.a., to convert into movables; (milit.) to draft for active service, to mobilize.

mobilité, n.f., mobility, variableness, inconstancy, unsteadiness, unfixedness, instability, fickleness. — de caractère; versatility of disposition.

mocassin, n.m., moccasin (shoe).

modale, n.f. and adj., (log.) modal.

modalité, n.f., (log.) modality.

mode, n.f., mode, fashion, vogue; way, custom, manner. pl., millinery. C’est la dernière —; it is the newest fashion. Un habit à la —; a fashionable coat. Se mettre à la —; to dress in the fashion. Être à la —; to be in fashion. Du bœuf à la —; a-la-mode beef. Marchande de —s; milliner. Tante à la — de Bretagne; father or mother’s first cousin; cousin once removed. Nièce à la — de Bretagne; daughter of first cousin.

mode, n.m., (gram., log., mus.) mode, way, manner, mood.

modelage (mo-dlaj), n.m., modeling.

modelé (mo-dlé), n.m., (sculp.) model (imitation). adj., modeled.

modèle, n.m., model, copy, pattern, sample, design. — d’écriture; copy-slip. Conformez-vous au —; keep to the pattern. Faire le métier de —; to serve as a model. — parfait; perfect model, paragon.

modeler (mo-dlé), v.a., to model, to form, to shape, to mold.

se modeler, v.r., to take for one’s pattern, to take pattern by or upon. Il se modèle sur son frère; he takes pattern by his brother.

modeler, v.a., to model.

modeleur (mo-dleur), n.m., modeler.

modénature, n.f., (arch.) proportion, profile and sweep of a cornice molding.

modérat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., moderator, moderatrix.

modération, n.f., moderation; abatement, diminution; mitigation.

modéré, -e, adj., moderate, reasonable, temperate.

modérément, adv., moderately, in moderation.

modérer, v.a., to moderate, to abate; to restrain, to restrict; to lessen, to reduce. — ses passions; to curb one’s passions. — le zèle de quelqu’un; to restrain any one’s zeal.

se modérer, v.r., to moderate, to moderate one’s self, to keep one’s temper; to restrain one’s self. Le temps s’est modéré; the weather has become calmer.

moderne, adj., modern. À la —; in the modern style.

moderne, n.m., modern, modern style.

moderner, v.a., (arch., l.u.) to modernize.

moderniser, v.a., to modernize.

moderniste, n.m., modernist.

modeste, adj., modest, unassuming, unpretending, quiet, simple, plain, moderate, poor.

modestement, adv., modestly, quietly, simply, plainly.

modestie, n.f., modesty, coyness, simplicity, plainness; moderation.

modicité, n.f., smallness, lowness, moderateness, reasonableness.

modificati-f, -ve, adj., modifying.

modificatif, n.m., (gram.) modifying word.

modification, n.f., modification.

modifier, v.a., to modify, to change, to alter.

se modifier, v.r., to become modified.

*modillon, n.m., (arch.) modillion.

modique, adj., moderate, small.

modiquement (-dik-mān), adv., moderately.

modiste, n.m.f., man-milliner; milliner.

modulat-eur, -rice, n. and adj., modulating; modulator.

modulation, n.f., modulation.

module, n.m., (arch.) module; (alg.) modulus; diameter (of medals).

moduler, v.a. and n., to modulate.

moelle, n.f., marrow, pith; (of the land) fat; medulla. Os à —; marrow-bone. — d’arbre; pith of a tree. — épinière; spinal marrow.

moelleusement, adv., softly, easily, with softness; (paint.) with mellowness.

moelleux, n.m., (paint.) mellowness; softness.

moelleu-x, -se, adj., full of marrow, marrowy; pithy; soft; mellow. Voix —se; mellow voice. Vin —; mellow vine (full of body and flavor). Discours —; pithy discourse.

moellon, n.m., ashlar; rough-stone, ragstone. — brut; rubble, sandstone (for grinding mirrors). Maçonnerie de —; ashlar-work.

mœurs, n.f.pl., manners, morals, morality; habits, inclinations, ways; customs. Avoir des —; to be a man of morals. N’avoir pas de —; to be immoral, dissolute. Un homme sans —; an unprincipled man. Les — des animaux; the habits of animals.

mofette or moufette, n.f., (l.u.) fire-damp (mines); ☉(chem.) any poisonous gas; (mam.) mephitic weasel. — atmosphérique; azote, azotic gas.

mogol, n.m., Mogul.

mohair, n.m., mohair, stuff.

mohican, n.m., Mohican.

moi, personal pron., I, me, to me. —! trahir le meilleur de mes amis! what! I betray my best friend! C’est —; it is I. Venez à —; come to me. Quant à —; as for me. —-même; myself. À —! help! help! here! here! Parlez-—; speak to me. Donnez-le-—; give it me. De vous à —; between you and me; from you to me.

moi, n.m., self, ego.

moïdore, n.m., moidore (Portuguese coin).

moignet, n.m., long-tailed tit.

*moignon, n.m., stump (of limbs, tree).

*moinaille, n.f., (b.s.) monkish crew.

moindre, adj., less, least, shorter, lower, inferior. Le —; least, shortest, smallest, lowest; meanest, slightest. La — chose; the least thing. Je n’en ai pas le — souvenir; I have not the least recollection of it.

moindrement, adv., (old) less, least. Le — du monde; in the slightest degree. Pas le — du monde; not in the least bit.

moine, n.m., monk, friar; warming-pan, bed-warmer; (print.) friar. — lai; lay-monk. Gras comme un —; as fat as a pig. L’habit ne fait pas le —; it is not the cowl that makes the friar.

moineau, n.m., sparrow. adj., (of horses) cropped. — franc; house-sparrow. Tirer sa poudre aux —x; to waste one’s powder and shot.

moinerie (moa-n-rî), n.f., monkhood, monks.

moinesse, n.f., (jest.) nun.

*moinillon, n.m., petty monk or friar.

moinotin, n.m., (ornith.) coal-tit.

moins, adv., less, under, wanting, to; minus. Parlez —; speak less. En — de; in less than. De — en —; less and less, fewer and fewer. Rien —; much less. Du —; at least, at any rate, at all events, at the very least. C’est — que rien; it is next to nothing. Ni plus ni —; neither more nor less. Il ne s’agit de rien — que de sa vie; nothing less than his life is at stake. Il n’est rien — que sage; he is anything but prudent. Il n’y a rien de — vrai que cette nouvelle; no news can be further from the truth than this. Il est une heure — un quart; it wants a quarter to one. A —; for less. Vous ne l’aurez pas à —; you shall not have it for less. À — de; for less than; unless. À — que; unless. —-value, (—-—s) inferior value.

moins, n.m., least, less; (alg.) minus. C’est le — que vous puissiez faire; it is the least you can do. Pas le — du monde; not in the least. Au —; at least. Pour le —; at least, at the least. Tout au —; at the very least. C’est pour ce soir, au moins! it is for to-night, mind!

moirage, n.m., (manu.) watering (stuffs), mottling.

moire, n.f., (manu.) watering; moire antique; watered silk.

moiré, -e, adj., (manu.) waved, watered, mottled. n.m., watering. — de soie; watered silk. — de laine; moreen.

moirer, v.a., (manu.) to water (stuffs), to mottle, to wave. Se —; to be watered.

mois, n.m., month; monthly allowance; month’s pay. Au —; by the month. Au — de; in the month of. Par —; monthly, so much a month.

moise, n.f., (carp.) couple, brace, binding piece.

moiser, v.a., (carp.) to bridge over, to bind, to couple.

moisi, n.m., moldiness, mustiness.

moisi, -e, part., moldy, musty.

moisir, v.a., to mold, to make moldy, to make musty.

se moisir, v.r., to grow moldy, to grow musty.

moisir, v.n., to grow moldy, musty.

moisissure, n.f., moldiness, mustiness.

moissine, n.f., a bundle of vine-branches with the grapes hanging to them.

moisson, n.f., harvest; harvest-time; (poet.) year. Fête de la —; harvest home. Faire la —; to cut the corn, to gather in the harvest.

moissonner, v.a., to reap, to cut down, to crop, to mow. — un champ; to reap a field. Se —; to be reaped.

moissonneu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., reaper, harvestman, harvest-woman.

moissonneuse, n.f., (agri.) reaping machine.

moite, adj., moist, damp, clammy.

moiteur, n.f., moisture, dampness.

moitié (-tié), n.f., moiety, half; (fam.) better half, wife. C’est trop cher de —; it is too dear by half. Je l’ai laissé à — chemin; I left him half way. Être, or se mettre, de — avec quelqu’un; to go halves with any one.

moitié, de moitié, à moitié, adv., half, by half.

moka, n.m., mocha. Du café —; mocha coffee.

mol, adj.m. V. mou.

molaire, n.f. and adj., molar-tooth, mill-tooth, jaw-tooth; molar.

môle, n.m., mole, jetty-head; pier.

môle, n.f., (med.) mole.

moléculaire, adj., molecular.

molécule, n.f., molecule, particle.

molène, n.f., (bot.) mullen, mullein.

molestation, n.f., molestation, annoyance.

molester, v.a., to molest, to trouble, to vex, to annoy.

molette, n.f., rowel (of a spur); (vet.) wind-gall; muller (for colors); (of hair) feather; (rope-making) whirl; (hort.) turf-knife, turfing-iron.

molinisme, n.m., molinism.

moliniste, n.m., molinist.

molinosisme, n.m., quietism, Molinos’ system.

mollah, n.m. (—s), mollah.

mollasse, adj., flabby, flimsy, sodden.

molle, n.f., (ich.) sun-fish.

molle, adj.f. V. mou.

mollement (mol-mān), adv., softly, slackly; feebly; indolently, effeminately. Vivre —; to lead an effeminate life.

mollesse, n.f., softness, laxity, slackness, tameness, weakness, indolence; effeminacy. Vivre dans la —; to live in effeminacy.

mollet, -te, adj., soft; light (of bread). Des œufs —s; soft-boiled eggs. Lit —; soft bed. Pain —; light bread.

mollet, n.m., calf (of the leg).

molletière, n.f., legging.

molleton (mol-ton), n.m., swan-skin.

mollification, n.f., mollification, softening.

mollifier, v.a., to mollify, to soften. Se —; to become soft.

mollir, v.n., to soften, to grow soft; to mellow (of fruit); to slacken, to flag, to abate, to faint, to yield, to give way. Le vent mollit; the wind is going down. v.a., (nav.) to ease.

mollusque, n.m., mollusk.

molosse, n.m., American bat; watch-dog; (ants) molossus.

moly, n.m., wild garlic.

molybdène, n.m., (min.) molybden, molybdena.

môme, n.m., brat, urchin.

moment, n.m., moment, instant; proper time; occasion, point, interval; (mec.) momentum. Attendez un —; stop a moment. Il a des —s de bonté; he has fits of kindness. Voici le — de se décider; now is the time for decision. Un —, j’ai à vous parler; one moment, I want to speak to you. Au — de; on the point of, just as. Au — où, au — que; the instant that, just as. Du — que; as soon as, since; the moment that. Du — que vous le voulez; since you will have it so. Je l’attends d’un — à l’autre; I expect him every moment. Dans le —; in a moment, in a minute. En ce —; at this moment. À tout —, à tous —s; every instant, at every turn. Par —s; at times, at intervals.

momentané, -e, adj., momentary.

momentanément, adv., momentarily, for the moment, temporarily, for the time being.

momerie (mô-mrî), n.f., mummery.

momie (mô-), n.f., mummy; dark thin person; old fogy.

momification, n.f., mummification.

momifier, v.a., to mummify. Se —; to become mummified; to get very thin.

mon, possessive adj. m., ma, f., mes, pl.m.f., my. Mon père, ma mère et mes enfants; my father, mother, and children. Mon âme; my soul. Mon unique ressource; my only resource. Mon bon et digne ami; my good and worthy friend. [Mon is used instead of ma (in the feminine) before a vowel or silent h.]

monacal, -e, adj., monachal, monkish.

monacalement (-kal-mān), adv., like a monk.

monachisme (-shism), n.m., monachism.

monade, n.f., monad.

monadelphie, n.f., (bot.) monadelphia.

monandrie, n.f., (bot.) monandria.

monarchie (-shi), n.f., monarchy.

monarchique (-shik), adj., monarchical, monarchic.

monarchiquement (-shik-mān), adv., monarchically.

monarchiser (-shi-zé), v.a., to monarchize.

monarchiste (-shist), n.m., monarchist.

monarque, n.m., monarch, lord.

monastère, n.m., monastery, convent.

monastique, adj., monastic, monastical.

monaut, adj.m., one-eared (of animals).

monbin, n.m., (bot.) hog-plum.

monceau, n.m., heap, pile; drift, mass; lot.

mondain, -e, n. and adj., worldling; worldly, worldly-minded; mundane; earthly.

mondainement (-dè-n-mān), adv., mundanely, in a worldly way.

mondanité, n.f., worldliness, worldly vanities.

monde, n.m., world, universe; mankind, men; people; company, society, set; servants, retinue, attendants; customers. Faire le tour du —; to go round the world. L’autre —; the next world. Dans l’autre —; hereafter. Il n’est plus du —; he is dead. L’an du —; in the year of the world. Il voit beaucoup de —; he sees a great deal of company. Peu de —, pas grand —; few people, not many people. Avoir du —; to have company, visitors; to entertain. Connaître son —; to know whom one has to deal with. Le mieux du —; the best in the world. Pour tout au —; for all the world; for anything. Le beau —; people of fashion, the fashionable world. Le petit —; little people. Ainsi va le —; such is the world. Tout votre — est-il arrivé? has all your party arrived? Venir au —; to come into the world. C’est vieux comme le —; it is as old as the hills. Il y a un — fou; there is a great crush. Se moquer du —; to make fun of people. C’est le bout du —; it is the utmost you will get. Tout le — et son père; all the world and his wife. Savoir son —; to know how to behave.

monde, adj., (rel.) clean.

mondé, -e, part., cleansed. De l’orge —; hulled or husked barley.

monder, v.a., to cleanse; to hull, to husk (barley).

mondificati-f, -ve, adj., (med.) cleansing.

mondifier, v.a., (med.) to cleanse, to wash.

mondor, n.m., man made of money, rolling in money.

mondrain, n.m., sand-hill, sand-mound.

monétaire, adj., monetary.

monétisation, n.f., making and stamping of money, minting, monetization.

monétiser, v.a., to give currency to paper-money, to monetize.

mongol, -e, adj., mongolian, mogul.

moniteur, n.m., monitor, adviser, prefect (at school); Gazette.

monition, n.f., (ecc.) monition.

monitoire, n.m., adj., (ecc.) monitory.

monitor, n.m., (nav.) monitor.

monitorial, -e, adj., (ecc.) monitory.

monnaie, n.f., coin, money; change; mint; coinage; currency. Hôtel de la —; the mint. Fausse —; counterfeit coin. Battre —; to coin money; to raise money. Papier —; paper money. — de compte; nominal money. — courante; current money, currency. — faible; light money. — légale; legal tender. — de singe; sham coin; soft sawder, blarney. Petite —; small change. Donnez-moi la — d’un franc; give me change for a franc. Payer en — de singe; to laugh at one’s creditors, instead of paying them. Rappeler la —; to call in money. Donner, or rendre, à quelqu’un la — de sa pièce; to pay any one back in his own coin.

monnayage, n.m., coining, minting. Droit de —; mintage.

monnayer, v.a., to coin, to mint, to stamp.

monnayeur, n.m., coiner, minter. Faux —; coiner of base money; forger.

mono, a prefix from Gr. μόνος.

monocéros, n.m., monoceros, unicorn, narwhal.

monochrome, n.m. and adj., monochrome.

monocle, n.m., (single) eye-glass.

monocorde, n.m., monochord.

monocotylédone, n.f. and adj., (bot.) monocotyledon, endogen; monocotyle, monocotyledonous, endogenous.

monodie, n.f., monody.

monœcie (-nè-sî), n.f., (bot.) monœcia.

monogame, n.m.f. and adj., monogamist; monogamous.

monogamie, n.f., monogamy.

monogrammatique, adj., monogrammatic, monogrammic.

monogramme, n.m., monogram.

monographie, n.f., monography.

monoïque, adj., (bot.) monœcious, monœcian.

monolithe, n.m. and adj., monolith; monolithic, monolithal.

monologue (-log), n.m., monologue; soliloquy.

monomane, n.m.f. and adj., monomaniac; monomaniacal.

monomanie, n.f., monomania.

monôme, n.m., (alg.) monomial.

monomètre, n.m., monometer.

monopétale, adj., (bot.) monopetalous.

monophylle, adj., (bot.) monophyllous.

monopole, n.m., monopoly.

monopoleur, n.m., monopolist.

monopolisa-teur, -trice, n. and adj., monopolizing; monopolizer.

monopolisation, n.f., monopolization.

monopoliser, v.a., to monopolize.

monoptère, adj., (arch.) monopteral.

monorime, adj., (poet.) with but one rhyme, being a monorhyme.

monosépale, adj., (bot.) monosepalous.

monosperme, adj., (bot.) monospermous.

monostique, n.m., monostich.

monosyllabe, n.m. and adj., (gram.) monosyllable; monosyllabic.

monosyllabique, adj., monosyllabic.

monothéisme, n.m., monotheism.

monothéiste, n.m. and adj., monotheist; monotheistic.

monotone, adj., monotonous.

monotonie, n.f., monotony, sameness.

monotriglyphe, n.m., (arch.) monotriglyph.

mons., n.m., ab. of Monsieur, sir; master so and so (used in contempt).

*monseigneur, n.m. (messeigneurs, nosseigneurs), my lord; your Grace; sir; your Royal or Imperial Highness; (in thieves’ slang) jemmy, crowbar.

monseigneuriser, v.a., (jest.) to style my lord; to break open, to jemmy.

monsieur (meu-sieu), n.m., sir, gentleman; this gentleman, the gentleman; the king of France’s eldest brother. — A.; Mr. A. Non, —; no, sir. — dit; the gentleman says; this gentleman says; Mr. (so-and-so) says. Ce —; that gentleman; (ironically) that man, that fellow. — le Président; Mr. President. — le maire; Mr. Mayor. Faire le —; to play the fine gentleman. C’est un vilain —; he is a nasty fellow. — veut-il déjeuner? would you like breakfast, sir? — votre père; your father.

monstre, n.m., monster.

monstrueusement (-eûz-mān), adv., monstrously, prodigiously.

monstrueu-x, -se, adj., monstrous, prodigious.

monstruosité, n.f., monstrosity, anomaly.

mont, n.m., mount, mountain. Le — Etna; mount Etna. Aller par —s et par vaux; to go up hill and down dale. —-de-piété (—s-—); mont-de-piété, pawn-shop, lombard-house. Commissionnaire au —-de-piété; pawnbroker. Mettre au —-de-piété; to pawn. —s et merveilles; wonderful things, wonderful tales, wonders.

montage, n.m., carrying up; taking up; (arts) mounting, setting, putting together.

*montagnard, -e, adj., mountain, highland.

*montagnard, n.m., -e, n.f., mountaineer, highlander; democrat of the Convention and of the National Assembly of France, 1793.

*montagne, n.f., mountain; party of the democrats in the Convention and in the National Assembly of France, 1793. Chaîne de —s; range, ridge, of mountains. Pays de —s; mountainous, hilly country. La — a enfanté une souris; the mountain has brought forth a mouse.

*montagneu-x, -se, adj., mountainous, hilly.

montanisme, n.m., montanism.

montaniste, n.m., montanist.

montant, n.m., (of a ladder, etc.) upright; amount, sum total; coming in or rising tide; ☉next for promotion; (carp.) upright, door-post; high flavor, pungency; energy, smartness.

montant, -e, adj., ascending, rising; flowing, coming in; high-necked (of dresses); (milit.) relieving. Un chemin —; a hilly road. La marée —e; the flowing tide. Une robe —e; a high-necked dress. La garde —e; (milit.) the relieving guard. En —; upward, up-hill. Aller en —; to rise; to go up hill.

monte, n.f., (of animals) serving, covering season.

montée, n.f., stair, staircase, pair of stairs; flight; acclivity, ascent; rise, slope; (arch.) height.

monter, v.n., to go up, to come up, to get up, to ascend, to mount, to ride; to rise; to boil up (of liquids); to come in; to grow up, to shoot, to increase; to amount. — et descendre; to go up and down. — sur un arbre; to climb up a tree. — à sa chambre; to go up to one’s room. — à cheval; to ride. — en chaire; to mount the pulpit. Montez! come up! up with you! — sur le Parnasse; to turn poet. La marée monte; the tide is coming in.

monter, v.a., to mount, to carry up, to lift up; to make up; to raise, to prepare; to wind up; to equip, to furnish, to stock; to mount, to ride; to put together; to furnish, to supply. — une montre; to wind up a watch. — un diamant; to set a diamond. — sa lyre; to tune one’s lyre. — le gouvernail; to hang the rudder. — un vaisseau; to have the command of a vessel. — un canot; to man a boat. — la garde; to mount guard. — un cheval; to mount a horse; to train a horse. Faire —; to send up, to store up; to take up, to bring up.

se monter, v.r., to amount; to rise; to be or to get excited; to supply one’s self, to take in a stock, a supply (of).

monteur, n.m., setter, mounter (of jewels).

montfaucon, n.m., (near Paris) the gibbet, the gallows.

montgolfière, n.f., fire-balloon.

monticule, n.m., hillock, knoll.

montie (-tî), n.f., (bot.). V. mouron.

mont-joie, n.f., (—s-—) title of the first king at arms in France; ancient war-cry of the French.

☉mont-joie, n.f., (—s-—) cairn.

montoir, n.m., mounting, riding; horse-block; near side. Côté du —; near side. Côté hors —; off-side. Difficile, doux au —; difficult, easy to mount or ride.

montrable, adj., showable, presentable.

montre, n.f., watch; sample; show, pattern, parade; show-case, show-window, exhibition. — à réveil; alarum-watch. — marine; chronometer. — à répétition; repeating-watch, repeater. — à double boîte; double-cased watch. — à savonnette; hunting-watch. — détraquée; watch out of order. Boîte de —; watch-case. Il est une heure à ma —; it is one o’clock by my watch. Faire — de son esprit; to show off one’s wit. En —; prominently; (com.) in the window. Affiche de —; show-card.

montrer, v.a., to show, to exhibit, to point out; to teach; to set forth, to intimate. — une chose au doigt; to point out a thing. — la porte à quelqu’un; to show any one the door. — quelqu’un du doigt; to point one’s finger at any one. Se faire — du doigt; to get pointed at. Cela montre la corde; that is threadbare.

se montrer, v.r., to show one’s self; to appear; to prove one’s self to be; to look; to turn out.

montreur, n.m., shower, showman.

montueu-x, -se, adj., hilly, mountainous.

monture, n.f., animal for riding; nag; mounting, setting (of gems); head-stall (of a bridle). — d’un fusil; stock of a gun. — d’éperon; spur leather. Qui veut aller loin ménage sa —; (prov.) he who wishes to live long, avoids excess.

monument, n.m., monument; tomb; memorial.

monumental, -e, adj., monumental.

moquable, adj., laughable, ridiculous.

moque, n.f., (local) mug; (nav.) dead-eye, dead-block. — à un trou; heart. — de civadière de trélingage; sprit-sail sheet-block.

se moquer, v.r., to mock, to jeer, to deride, to make game of, to make fun of, to make a fool of, to ridicule, to laugh at; to set at defiance, to disregard; to jest; to scoff at. On s’est moqué de lui; they laughed at him. Se faire — de soi; to get laughed at. Je m’en moque; what do I care. Je ne m’en moque pas mal; I don’t care a straw. Vous vous moquez, je pense; you are in jest, I suppose.

moquerie (mo-krî), n.f., mockery, scoff, scorn, jeer, derision, jest.

moquette, n.f., Wilton carpet; velvet pile; decoy-bird.

moqueu-r, -se, adj., mocking, sneering, scornful, jeering, deriding.

moqueu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., derider, mocker, scoffer, quiz, wag. — d’Amérique; mocking-bird.

*morailles, n.f.pl., horse-twitchers.

*moraillon, n.m., hasp, clasp.

moraine, n.f., (geol.) moraine.

moral, -e, adj., moral, mental.

moral, n.m., mental faculties, mind; spirit, morale, spirits (of troops, etc.). Il faut vous remonter le —; you must cheer up or shake off your depression of spirits.

morale, n.f., ethics; morals, moral philosophy, morality; rebuke, lecture. Il faut lui faire une bonne —; you must give him a good lecture. Faire de la —; to moralize, to lecture.

moralement (-ral-mān), adv., morally.

moralisation, n.f., moralization.

moraliser, v.n., to moralize.

moraliseur, n.m., (b.s.) moralizer.

moraliste, n.m., moralist, moralizer.

moralité, n.f., morality, morals; moral reflection; moral sense or responsibility.

moraves, adj., Moravian brethren. V. hernutes.

morbide, adj., (paint., sculpt.) soft, delicate; (med.) morbid.

morbidesse, n.f., (paint.) morbidezza; suppleness, ease, elegance of attitude, manners, gait; softness, delicacy.

morbifique, adj., morbific.

morbleu! int., zounds!

morce, n.f., curb-stone, binding-stone.

morceau, n.m., bit, piece, morsel, fragment, snack, mouthful. — délicat or bon —; tit-bit. Aimer les bons —x; to love good things. Il a ses —x taillés; he has just enough to live on or he must not go beyond his orders. Manger un —; to eat a morsel, a mouthful. — d’ensemble; (mus.) concerted piece. Mettre en —x; to tear to pieces.

morceler, v.a., to parcel, to parcel out, to partition, to cut up; to mangle.

se morceler, v.r., to be parceled out.

morcellement (-sèl-man), n.m., dividing into parcels, parceling out, partition, subdivision.

mordache, n.f., rice-chops, tongs; gag.

mordacité, n.f., mordacity, corrosiveness; virulency, bitterness, sarcasm, causticity.

mordant, -e, adj., biting; cutting, sarcastic, keen, sharp; poignant. Style —; sarcastic, cutting style.

mordant, n.m., (dy. gilding) mordant; sarcasm, keenness, point.

mordicant, -e, adj., mordant, corrosive; biting, acrid, pungent.

mordicus (-kus), adv., tenaciously, stoutly, doggedly.

☉mordienne (-di-èn), n.f., only used in the phrase À la grosse —; unceremoniously, bluntly.

mordieu, int., zounds! s’death!

*mordiller, v.a., to nibble, to bite at, to gnaw.

mordoré, -e, adj., reddish brown.

mordorure, n.f., reddish brown (color).

mordre, v.a., to bite, to nibble; to corrode, to gnaw; to carp at, to find fault with. — la poussière; to bite the dust. Chien qui aboie ne mord pas; barking dogs do not bite.

se mordre, v.r., to bite one’s self. Se — la langue, les lèvres; to bite one’s tongue, one’s lip; (fig.) to repent, to be annoyed. S’en — les doigts; to repent of anything.

mordre, v.n., to bite, to nibble; to eat away; to hold fast, to take effect, to take to, to like; to get on with, to come at; to criticize; to censure; (print.) to cover. Je n’ai jamais pu — au Latin; I was never able to take to Latin. Il ne saurait y —; it is beyond his reach; he will never attain to it. — à l’hameçon; to take, to snap at, or swallow, the bait.

mordu, -e, adj., (bot.) premorse (ending abruptly, as if bitten off).

more, n.m., Moor; blackamoor.

☉moreau, adj., extremely black. Cheval —; jet-black horse.

morelle, n.f., (bot.) nightshade.

morène, n.f., (bot.) frogbit.

moresque, adj., Moorish, moresque.

moresque, n.f., morris-dance; (paint.) moresque.

moret or mouret, n.m., (bot.) whortleberry.

morfil, n.m., wire edge (of knives, of razors); elephant’s tusks, (unwrought) ivory.

morfondre, v.a., to chill.

se morfondre, v.r., to catch cold, to be chilled; to wait in vain, to dance attendance; (vet.) to morfounder. La pâte se morfond; the dough is losing its heat. Il s’y est morfondu; he wasted much time over it.

morfondu, -e, adj., chilled, frozen; disappointed, downcast; kept waiting.

morfondure, n.f., (vet.) morfoundering; (old) cold, chill, catarrh.

morganatique, adj., morganatic; left-handed (of marriages).

morgeline, n.f., (bot.) chickweed.

morgue (morg.), n.f., haughty look, haughtiness; arrogance, self-sufficiency, conceit; inspection room (of a prison); morgue, dead-house.

☉morguer (ghé), v.a., to dare, to brave, to defy, to beard.

moribond, -e, adj. and n., moribund, dying, in a dying state; person in a dying state.

moricaud, -e, n. and adj., blackamoor; blackish; nigger.

morigéner, v.a., to school, to reprimand; to form the morals of, to educate.

*morille, n.f., (bot.) moril (mushroom).

*morillon, n.m., black grape; (orni.) tufted duck; rough emerald.

morio, n.m., (zoöl.) Camberwell beauty, white-edged butterfly.

morion, n.m., morion.

morne, n.m., hill, hillock (West Indies).

morne, adj., dull, gloomy, mournful, dejected, depressed; dreary, dismal, dull.

morné, -e, adj., blunted (of arms).

mornifle, n.f., slap in the face.

morose, adj., morose, sullen, sour, surly, peevish.

morosité, n.f., moroseness, sullenness, surliness.

morphée, n.m., Morpheus. Être dans les bras de —; (fig.) to be asleep. Les pavots de —; sleep.

morphine, n.f., morphia.

morpion, n.m., (l.ex.) crab-louse; (pers. pop.) vermin, dirty fellow.

mors, n.m., bit (of a bridle); curb, check, restraint. Les chevaux prirent le — aux dents; the horses ran away. Prendre le — aux dents; to take fright; to run headlong into pleasure; to fly into a passion; to buckle to, to work in good earnest.

morse, n.m., morse, sea-horse, walrus.

morsure, n.f., bite, biting; sting.

mort, n.f., death, decease; (hunt.) mort. Avoir la — sur les lèvres; to look like death. Avoir la — dans l’âme; to be sick at heart, to be in despair; to be intensely grieved. Être à l’article de la —; to be at the point of death, at death’s door. Mourir de sa belle —; to die a natural death. Mourir de — violente; to die a violent death. Mettre à —; to put to death, to slay, to kill. Il a la — entre les dents; he has one foot in the grave. À —; mortally, to the death. Les affres de la —; the terrors of death. À la vie, à la —; forever; in life and death. La peine de —; capital punishment.

mort, -e, part., dead, defunct; lifeless, insensible; dormant; stagnant; still, inanimate. Un enfant —-né (—-—s); a still-born child. Une fille —-née (—-—s); a still-born girl. Le feu est —; the fire is out. Argent —; money lying dead, idle. Couleur —e; faint color. —e-saison, (—s-—s) slack season. —e-eau; neap tide. Tête —e; (chem.) caput mortuum. Il n’y a pas de main —e; he strikes hard (i.e. like a blacksmith). —e la bête, — le venin; dead men do not bite. Mort-bois; V. bois. Morte-eau; eau morte; V. eau. Morte-paye; V. paye. Œuvres —es; (nav.) upper works.

mort, n.m., -e, n.f., dead person, deceased; dead body, corpse. Enterrer les —s; to bury the dead. Le jour des —s; All Souls’-day. Faire le —; to pretend to be dead. Faire un — or faire une partie du —; (at cards) to play dummy whist. Prendre le —; to take dummy.

mortadelle, n.f., (Italian) sausage.

*mortaillable, adj., (feudalism) in bondage.

mortaisage, n.m., mortising.

mortaise, n.f., mortise.

mortaiser, v.r., to mortise.

mortalité, n.f., mortality.

mortel, -le, adj., mortal, deadly; grievous, extreme, excessive; long, tedious.

mortel, n.m., -le, n.f., mortal.

mortellement (-tèl-mān), adv., mortally, deadly, grievously, dreadfully.

mortellerie, n.f., stone-breaking.

mortellier, n.m., stone-breaker.

mortier (-tié), n.m., (artil., mas.) mortar; mortier (cap of the president of a court of justice); mortar (vessel). Président à —; chief justice.

mortifère, adj., mortiferous, deadly.

mortifiant, -e, adj., mortifying, humiliating.

mortification, n.f., mortification, humiliation.

mortifier, v.a., to mortify, to vex, to humiliate, to humble, to subdue. — de la viande; to make meat tender.

se mortifier, v.r., to mortify one’s self; to grow tender (of meat).

mort-ivre, adj. V. ivre mort.

mortuaire, adj., mortuary. Drap —; pall. Registre —; death register. Extrait —; certificate of death. Droit —; burial fee.

morue, n.f., cod, codfish.

morve, n.f., snot, mucus; (vet.) glanders.

morveau, n.m., (l.ex.) thick mucus.

morveu-x, -se, adj., snotty; (vet.) glandered. Cheval —; horse that has the glanders. Qui se sent —se mouche; (prov.) if the cap fits, wear it.

morveu-x, n.m., -se, n.f., (in contempt) child, brat, urchin; despicable, mean fellow. Petit — va! you little scamp, you!

morvolant, n.m., silk mixed with floss.

mosaïque, adj., Mosaic, of, from Moses.

mosaïque, n.f., mosaic, mosaic-work, tessellated pavement.

mosaïste, n.m., mosaist, worker in mosaics.

mosarabe, n.m. V. mozarabe.

moscouade, n.f., muscovado (unrefined sugar).

mosquée, n.f., mosque.

mot, n.m., word; expression; saying, sentence; motto; note, line, memorandum; answer (to a riddle); cue, hint, intimation; (mil.) parole, watchword. À bon entendeur, demi-— suffit; a word to the wise is sufficient. — usité, — inusité; word in use, obsolete word. — à double entente; ambiguous word, bearing a double interpretation. Jeu de —s; play upon words. — forgé; coined word. Gros —s; high words. — d’ordre; watch-word, pass-word. — de passe; pass-word. Trancher le —; to speak out, to speak one’s mind, not to mince matters. Tenir le —; to take the bet. Ne dire —, ne pas souffler —; not to utter, not to breathe, a word. Qui ne dit — consent; silence gives consent. Donner le — à quelqu’un; to give any one the word, the cue. Bon —; witticism. — pour rire; jest, joke. Il lui a dit un — à l’oreille; he whispered a word in his ear. Prendre quelqu’un au —; to take any one at his word. Ils se sont donné le —; they understand one another, they have passed the word round. — à —, — pour —; word for word. En un —; in a word, in short. À ces —s; at those words, so saying. Avoir le — pour rire; to be ready with a joke; to be full of fun. Au bas —; at the least. Entendre à demi —; to take a hint. C’est mon dernier —; it is the last concession I can make; I will take nothing less. Savoir le fin —; to understand the upshot of anything. Si c’est là le fin —; if that is the upshot of, or the last word. Je vous enverrai un —; I shall send you word, or a reminder. Envoyez-moi un —; let me know or send me a line.

motacille, n.f., wag-tail.

*motelle, n.f., (ich.) burbot, rockling.

motet, n.m., (mus.) motet.

moteur, n.m., mover, author; motive power, propeller, contriver; (anat.) motor.

mot-eur, -rice, adj., motive, propelling, driving.

motif, n.m., motive, incentive, incitement; ground, cause; (mus.) subject; (paint.) design, pattern. Pour quel —? on what ground? on what score? Faire valoir les —s; (jur.) to show cause.

motion, n.f., motion. Faire appuyer, faire adopter, une —; to make, to support, to carry, a motion.

motiver, v.a., to allege, to assign, as a motive; to be the cause of, to justify, to bring about; to lead to. Se —, v.r., to be founded or justified.

motte, n.f., clod; ball of earth; turf (fuel); lump, roll (of butter).

se motter, v.r., (hunt.) to lurk behind a clod.

motteux, n.m., (orni.) fallow-finch; wheatear.

motu proprio, adv., on one’s own impulse, spontaneously, of one’s own accord.

motus! (-tûs), int., mum! silence! not a word!

mou, mol, adj.m., molle, f., soft, mellow; weak; slack, feeble, nerveless, flabby; inactive; sluggish; tame, effeminate, careless, luxurious. Cire molle; soft wax. Poires molles; mellow pears. Style mou; nerveless style. Mer molle; (nav.) slack water. [Mol is used in the masc. before a vowel or h mute.]

mou, n.m., soft; slack (of a rope); lights (of animals).

mouchage, n.m., snuffing (of candles).

mouchard, n.m., or mouche, (l.u.) n.f., spy, police-spy, informer.

moucharder, v.a., to inform, to spy, to spy upon.

mouche, n.f., fly; patch (on the face); beauty-spot; button (of a foil); (astron.) musca; (of a target) bull’s-eye; (nav.) fen-boat; loo (at cards). Prendre la —; to take offense easily, to be touchy. Gober les —s; to stand gaping. Faire d’une — un éléphant; to make a mountain of a molehill. Quelle — vous a piqué? why, what’s the matter with you? what ails you? what whim have you got into your head? Des pieds de —s; scrawl (writing). —s volantes; (med.) motes in the eyes. Faire des pieds de —s; to write an illegible scrawl. C’est une fine —; he, she is a sly dog. Chiures de —s; fly-blows. —-guêpe, (—s-—s) (ent.) wasp-fly. — bleue; blue-bottle. — à feu; fire-fly. — abeille; drone. — à miel; honey-bee. On prend plus de —s avec du miel qu’avec du vinaigre; more is done by kindness than by harshness.

moucher, v.a., to wipe the nose of; to snuff; ☉(fam.) to spy, to dog. Mouchez cet enfant; wipe that child’s nose. — une chandelle; to snuff a candle.

se moucher, v.r., to blow one’s nose. Mouchez-vous; blow your nose. Ne pas se — du pied or du coude; to be up to snuff; to be no fool; to do things in grand style.

moucher, v.n., to clear one’s nose.

moucherolle, n.m., (orni.) fly-catcher.

moucheron, n.m., gnat, midge, very small fly; snuff (of a candle).

mouchet, n.m., (orni.) bog-rush.

moucheté, -e, adj., spotted, speckled, flecked. Cheval —; dappled, spotted horse. Fleuret —; capped foil.

moucheter, v.a., to spot, to speckle, to fleck; to cap (of foils).

mouchettes, n.f.pl., snuffers.

moucheture, n.f., spot, speck, speckle; (surg.) scarification; spottedness, speckledness.

moucheur, n.m., candle-snuffer; nose-blower.

mouchoir, n.m., handkerchief. — de cou; neckerchief. — de poche; pocket handkerchief. Jeter le —; to throw the handkerchief (game). Elle a réfusé le —; (fig.) she would have nothing to say to him.

mouchure, n.f., snuff (of a candle).

mouçon, n.f. V. mousson.

moudre (moulant, moulu), v.a., to grind, to mill, to crush. — du blé; to grind corn. — de coups; to beat soundly. J’ai le corps tout moulu; I am bruised all over. Il viendra — à notre moulin; he will want us some day.

moue, n.f., pout, pouting; wry face, grimace. Faire la — à quelqu’un; to make a wry face at any one. Faire la —; to pout.

mouée, n.f., (hunt.) reward, hound’s fee.

mouette, n.f., (orni.) gull, sea-mew.

moufette, n.f. V. mofette.

mouflard, n.m., -e, n.f., (pop.) bloated face.

moufle, n.f., (mec.) tackle; tackle-block; fingerless glove, mitten.

mouflé, -e, adj., used only in poulie —e; single pulley connected with others in a tackle-block.

moufle, n.m., (chem.) muffle.

mouflon, n.m., (zoöl.) moufflon, wild sheep.

mouillade, n.f., wetting.

*mouillage, n.m., anchorage, roadstead, soaking, wetting, watering. Être au —; to be at anchor; to lie or ride at anchor. Droits de —; harbor dues; keelage.

*mouillé, -e, part., wet, watery; (of the letter l) liquid; (of ships) moored, anchored. Poule —e; milksop (pers.).

*mouille-bouche, n.f., (— or —-—s) a kind of pear.

*mouiller, v.a., to wet, to moisten, to steep; to moor (a ship). — l’ancre; (nav.) to let go the anchor.

*mouiller, v.n., (nav.) to anchor, to cast anchor.

*mouillette, n.f., sippet (to eat with boiled eggs).

*mouilloir, n.m., water-can (in which women dip their fingers when they spin).

*mouillure, n.f., wetting, watering, sprinkling.

moujik, n.m., (—s) moujik, Russian peasant.

moulage, n.m., molding; grinding, milling; mill-work, machinery of a mill, mill-stone spindle; ☉measuring (of wood).

moulard, n.m., moularde, n.f., grindstone-dust.

moule, n.m., matrix, mold, cast; netting, pin. — à beurre; butter-print. Faire un —; to take a cast. Jeter en —; to cast in a mold. Cela ne se jette pas en —; (prov.) that cannot be done easily. Fait au —; (fig.) beautifully shaped.

moule, n.f., (conch.) mussel.

moulé, -e, part., adj., molded; cast; printed, shaped, formed. Lettre —e; printed letter. Chandelle —e; molded candle.

moulé, n.m., (pop.) print, printed letters, type.

mouler, v.a., to cast, to mold, to shape, to form, to print.

se mouler, v.r., to mold one’s self. — sur un autre; to take another for one’s model.

mouleur, n.m., molder.

moulin, n.m., mill. — à blé; corn-mill. — à vent; wind-mill. — à bras; hand-mill. — à eau; water-mill. — à vapeur; steam-mill. — à café; coffee-mill. C’est un — à paroles; she is a chatterbox. Faire venir l’eau au —; to bring grist to the mill. Jeter son bonnet par dessus les —s; to throw off all restraint, to be regardless of consequences.

moulinage, n.m., (manu.) grinding, milling; silk-throwing.

mouliner, v.a., to eat away wood (of worms); to throw (silk).

moulinet, n.m., small windlass, capstan; small mill. Faire le — avec une épée; to twirl a sword about.

moulineur or moulinier, n.m., silk-thrower.

☉moult (moo), adv., much, very much.

moulu, -e, part., ground; bruised.

moulure, n.f., (arch.) molding.

mourant, -e, n. and adj., dying person; dying, expiring; fading, going down gradually.

mouret, n.m. V. moret.

mourine, n.f., (ich.) eagle-ray.

mourir (mourant, mort), v.n., to die, to depart this life; to perish, to drop off, to go off, to expire, to stop; to go out (of fire); to be out (at play). Être mort au monde; to be dead to the world. — de faim; to die of starvation; to starve. — de soif; to be dying with thirst. — de froid; to perish from cold. — d’envie; to long for. — de chagrin; to die of a broken heart. Il la fera — de chagrin; he will break her heart. — de rire; to die with laughter. C’est un meurt de faim; he is a pauper, a starveling.

se mourir, v.r., to be dying; to be dying out (of fire). Cet homme se meurt; this man is dying. [Only used in present and imperfect indicative.]

mouron, n.m., (bot.) pimpernel; chickweed; (ent.) eft.

mourre, n.f., (game) mora; Buck-buck, how many fingers do I hold up?

mousquet, n.m., musket, match-lock.

☉mousquetade, n.f., musket-shot, volley of musketry.

☉mousquetaire, n.m., musketeer.

mousqueterie (-kè-trî), n.f., musketry, volley of musketry.

mousqueton, n.m., musketoon, carbine; pendant (of a watch-chain).

mousse, n.f., moss; froth, foam; lather, effervescence. Pierre qui roule n’amasse pas de —; a rolling stone gathers no moss.

mousse, n.m., cabin-boy, ship-boy.

☉mousse, adj., blunt, dull (of tools).

mousseline (moos-li-n), n.f., muslin.

mousser, v.n., to froth, to foam, to effervesce, to lather. Faire —; to froth; to puff.

mousseron (moos-ron), n.m., mushroom.

mousseu-x, -se, adj., foaming, frothy; (of wine) sparkling. Rose —se; moss-rose.

moussoir, n.m., chocolate-stick.

mousson, n.f., monsoon.

moussu, -e, adj., mossy, moss-grown.

moustache, n.f., moustache, mustachio; whisker (of animals). Relever sa —; to twirl up one’s moustache. Brûler la — à quelqu’un; to fire a pistol in any one’s face. Donner sur la — à quelqu’un; to hit any one in the face. Vieille —; veteran; old gray-beard.

moustiquaire, n.f., musquito-net.

moustique, n.m., musquito.

moût, n.m., must (wine not fermented); wort.

moutard, n.m., (pop.) brat, youngster.

moutarde, n.f., mustard. Graine de —; mustard-seed. S’amuser à la —; to trifle one’s time away. Il m’a fait monter la — au nez; he made me lose my temper. C’est de la — après dîner; it is a day after the fair.

moutardier, n.m., mustard-pot; mustard-maker; (orni.) black-martin, swift.

☉moutier, n.m., convent, monastery.

mouton, n.m., sheep; mutton; sheep-leather; rammer; beetle, monkey (rammer); (pers.) lamb, ninny, decoy, prison-spy. pl., (of the sea) white horses, white-crested waves. Un troupeau de —s; a flock of sheep. Revenons à nos —s; let us return to our subject.

☉*moutonnaille, n.f., flock of sheep.

moutonné, -e, adj., fleecy, curled; (of the sea) white with foam.

moutonner, v.a. and n., to make woolly, fleecy; to curl to frizzle; (nav.) to foam; (of a crowd) to rear their heads; to worm anything out of any one; to spy upon, to denounce.

moutonneu-x, -se, adj., woolly; foamy, rough (of waves).

moutonni-er, -ère, adj., fleecy, woolly; sheep-like, silly.

mouture, n.f., grinding; charge for grinding; meslin of wheat, rye, and barley. Tirer d’un sac deux —s; to get a double profit on anything.

mouvance, n.f., (feudalism) tenure.

mouvant, -e, adj., moving, shifting, unstable; (jur.) depending on; (her.) issuant; animated, busy. Sable —; quicksand.

mouvement (moov-mān), n.m., movement, motion, progress, advance, march; move, manœuvre; fluctuation; (mus.) time; (paint.) animation, life, bustle, stir; spirit; impulse, emotion, disturbance, commotion; (horl.) works; animation, sparkle (of style); bursts (of eloquence). Se donner du —; to bestir one’s self. — naturel; natural impulse. Faire une chose de son propre —; to do a thing of one’s own accord. Se mettre en —; to stir, to start; (mil.) to move forward, to advance.

mouver, v.a., (gard.) to loosen, to stir.

mouvoir (mouvant, mu), v.a., to move, to stir; to prompt, to stir up, to actuate; to excite.

se mouvoir, v.r., to move, to stir, to be moved. Faire se —; to set in motion.

moxa, n.m., (surg.) moxa.

moye (moa), n.f., soft part (of stone).

moyen (moa-yin) n.m., means, way, manner; medium; power, possibility; (jur.) plea; (log.) mean; (math.) middle term. pl., means, resources; pecuniary circumstances; abilities, talents; parts. Il n’y a pas — de faire cela; that is not to be done. Je n’en ai pas le —; I have not the ability to do it; I can’t afford it. Le — de lui parler? how can one manage to speak to him? Contribuer chacun selon ses —s; to contribute each according to his means. Il a beaucoup de —s; he is very clever; he has plenty of brains. Voies et —s; ways and means. Au — de; by means of, with the help of. Trouver —; to find means, to contrive, to manage. Faire valoir ses —s; to make the most of one’s talents.

moyen, -ne (moa-yin, -yè-n), adj., mean, middle, middle-sized, average. Le — âge; the Middle Ages. Terme —, chiffre —; average, mean, on an average.

moyennant (moa-iè-nān), prep., by means of, with the help of; in consideration of, in return for.

moyennant que, conj., provided that, on condition that.

moyenne, n.f., average; (math.) mean, medium; (writ.) round hand. — approximative; rough average. Sur une — de; at an average of. En —; on an average; (of writing) in round hand.

☉moyennement (moa-iè-n-mān), adv., moderately, indifferently.

☉moyenner, v.a., to mediate, to procure, to bring about.

moyer, v.a., to saw (freestone).

moyette, n.f., (agri.) shock, stook.

moyeu, n.m., nave (of a wheel); preserved plum; ☉yolk of an egg.

mozarabe, n.m., Muzarab.

mozarabe, or mozarabique adj., muzarabic.

mr. (ab. of Monsieur), Mr., Mister.

m’sieu, n.m. (pop. for Monsieur), sir, mister.

ms., msc., (ab. of Manuscrit), ms., manuscript.

mss. (ab. of Manuscrits,) mss., manuscripts.

muabilité, n.f. V. mutabilité.

muable, adj., mutable, changeable.

muance, n.f., (mus.) changing a note. En —; (of the voice) breaking.

mucate, n.m., mucic acid combined.

à muche-pot, adv. V. musse-pot (à).

mucilage, n.m., mucilage.

mucilagineu-x, -se, adj., mucilaginous.

mucosité, n.f., mucus, phlegm.

mucus (-kus), n.m., mucus.

mue, n.f., molting; molting season; cast-skin, slough; mew, coop (cage). Être en —; to be molting; to break (of the voice).

muer, v.n., to molt, to cast its skin, to cast horns; to mew; (of the voice) to break, to change. Ce chien mue; that dog is shedding its coat. Sa voix mue; his voice is breaking.

muet, -te, adj., dumb, mute, speechless; taciturn, secret; (of maps) in outline; (of evidence) presumptive, circumstantial; silent (of letters). Il est sourd-—, sourd et —; he is deaf and dumb. La frayeur le rendit —; terror struck him dumb. Scène —te; dumb show.

muet, n.m., -te, n.f., dumb man, dumb woman.

muette, n.f., mew, mews; hunting-lodge.

muezin, n.m., (—s) muezzin.

mufle, n.m., snout, muzzle (of animals); face, phiz, mug (of persons). — de veau; (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout. Quel —! what a face!

mufleau, n.m., (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout.

muflier, n.m., (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout.

mufti or muphti, n.m., (—s) mufti.

muge, n.m., (ich.) mullet, gray mullet.

mugir, v.n., to bellow, to low; to roar, to groan; to sough (of the wind).

mugissant, -e, adj., bellowing, roaring.

mugissement (-jis-mān), n.m., bellowing, lowing; roaring; soughing (of the wind).

☉mugot, n.m. V. magot.

muguet, (-ghè) n.m., (bot.) lily of the valley, May-lily; (med.) thrush; ☉(fam.) beau, fop. — des bois; woodruff.

mugueter (mug-té), v.a., (fam., l.u.) to play the gallant, to flirt.

☉muid, n.m., hogshead (measure).

mulasse, n.f., young mule.

mulâtre, adj., mulatto.

mulâtr-e, n.m., -esse, n.f., mulatto.

☉mulcter, v.a., (jur.) to fine, to punish; to vex, to ill-treat.

mule, n.f., slipper; she-mule. pl., chilblains in the heels, kibes; (vet.) chaps. La — du pape; the pope’s slipper. Baiser la — du pape; to kiss the pope’s toe. Ferrer la —; to get the market-penny (of servants).

mulet, n.m., he-mule; (bot., orni.) mule; working-bee; (ich.) mullet. Garder le —; to be kept waiting, to dance attendance.

muletier (mul-tié), n.m., muleteer.

mulle, n.m., (ich.) surmullet.

☉mulle, n.f. V. caillette.

mulle, adj., (com.) of inferior quality (of madder).

mulot, n.m., field-mouse.

multangulaire, adj., (bot.) multangular.

multangulé, -e, adj., multangular.

multi, a prefix from Latin multus.

multicapsulaire, adj., (bot.) multicapsular.

multicolore, adj., of many colors, many-colored.

multifide, adj., (bot.) multifid.

multiflore, adj., (bot.) multiflorous, many-flowered.

multiforme, adj., multiform.

multilatère, adj., multilateral, many-sided.

multiloculaire, adj., (bot.) muitilocular.

multinôme, n.m., (l.u.) (alg.) multinominal. V. polynôme.

multipare, adj., multiparous.

multipartite, adj., (bot.) multipartite.

multipède, adj., multiped.

multiple, n.m. and adj., (arith.) multiple.

multipliable, adj., multipliable.

multipliant, adj., multiplying. n.m., multiplying-glass.

multiplicande, n.m., (arith.) multiplicand.

multiplicateur, n.m., (arith.) multiplier.

multiplication, n.f., multiplication. Table de —; multiplication table.

multiplicité, n.f., multiplicity.

multiplié, -e, adj., multifarious, multiplied, manifold, repeated, frequent.

multiplier, v.a., to multiply.

se multiplier, v.r., to multiply; to be repeated, to be everywhere.

multiplier, v.n., to multiply.

multitude, n.f., multitude.

multivalve, n.f. and adj., multivalve; multi-valvular.

muni, -e, part., supplied, furnished, provided (with); possessed (of); fortified.

municipal, -e, adj., municipal.

municipal, n.m., municipal officer; municipal guard. Conseiller —; member of the town council. Musique —e; town-band.

municipalité, n.f., municipality.

munificence, n.f., munificence, bounty.

munir, v.a., to provide (with), to supply, to furnish (with); to arm, to fortify, to secure.

se munir, v.r., to provide one’s self, to be provided, to be supplied, to be furnished (with).

munition, n.f., ammunition. pl., military stores, provisions. —s de bouche; provisions. —s de guerre; ammunition.

munitionnaire, n.m., (milit.) contractor; commissary of stores.

muphti, n.m. V. mufti.

muqueu-x, -se, adj., mucous.

mur, n.m., wall. — mitoyen; partition wall. — de clôture; inclosure-wall. — d’appui; wall breast-high, parapet wall. — blanc; dead wall. Mettre quelqu’un au pied du —; to nonplus any one, to drive into a corner.

mûr, -e, adj., ripe, mature, matured; worn out, shabby (of clothes). L’âge —; mature age. Du vin —; wine fit for drinking.

murage, n.m., walling.

*muraille, n.f., thick, high wall; rampart.

*muraillement, n.m., (mas.) walling.

mural, -e, adj., mural.

mûre, n.f., (bot.) mulberry. — sauvage, — de ronce, — de haie; blackberry.

mûrement (mûr-mān), adv., maturely. J’y ai — réfléchi; I have deeply reflected upon it.

murène, n.f., (ich.) muræna.

murer, v.a., to wall; to wall up; to brick up; to immure; to screen, to veil.

murex (-rèks), n.m., (conch.) murex.

muriate, n.m., (chem.) muriate.

muriatique, adj., (chem.) muriatic. Acide —; muriatic acid.

mûrier, n.m., mulberry-tree.

mûrir, v.n., to ripen, to grow ripe, to mature.

mûrir, v.a., to ripen, to mature, to bring to perfection or completeness. Se —; to ripen.

murmurant, -e, adj., murmuring, babbling, purling; muttering, grumbling.

murmurateur, n. and adj. m., murmurer, grumbler; discontented, murmuring, grumbling person.

murmure, n.m., murmur; murmuring, grumbling, muttering; whispering; prattling; babbling; purl (of a brook); soughing (of the wind).

murmurer, v.n., to murmur, to grumble, to mutter; to whisper; to gurgle, to prattle, to purl, to babble, to sough.

murmurer, v.a., to mutter, to whisper. Que murmurez-vous là? what are you muttering there?

se murmurer, v.r., to be whispered, to be whispered about.

muron, n.m., blackberry; wild raspberry.

murrhin, -e, adj., murrhine.

musagète, adj., (myth.) chief of the Muses (of Apollo).

*musaraigne, n.f., (mam.) shrew-mouse.

musard, -e, n. and adj., loiterer, dawdler; loitering, dawdling.

musarder, v.n., to loiter, to dawdle.

musarderie, n.f., loitering, trifling; dawdling.

musc or porte-musc, n.m., (—) (mam.) musk, musk-deer.

musc, n.m., musk (scent).

muscade, n.f., nutmeg; juggler’s ball. Noix —; nutmeg.

muscadet, n.m., muscadet (wine).

muscadier, n.m., nutmeg-tree.

muscadin, n.m., musk-lozenge; ☉beau, dandy, fop, spark.

muscat, n.m. and adj., muscatel, muscadine, muscadel (a kind of grapes, of wine, of pears).

muscatelline, n.f., (bot.) adoxa, moschatel.

muscle, n.m., muscle.

musclé, -e, adj., strongly marked (of the muscles).

musculaire, adj., muscular.

musculature, n.f., (sculpt., paint.) muscularity, muscling.

musculeu-x, -se, adj., muscular, brawny, musculous.

muse, n.f., Muse.

muse, n.f., (hunt.) rutting-time.

museau, n.m., muzzle, snout, nose, face.

musée, n.m., museum. — de tableaux; picture-gallery.

museler (mu-zlé), v.a., to muzzle, to silence, to gag.

muselière, n.f., muzzle.

musellement, n.m., muzzling; (fig.) gagging, silencing.

muser, v.n., to loiter, to trifle, to moon, to dawdle; (hunt.) to begin to rut. Qui refuse muse; you may lose by refusing.

muserolle (muz-rol), n.f., nose-band, musrole.

musette, n.f., bagpipe; tune for ditto; nose-bag (for horses).

muséum (-om), n.m., (—s) museum.

musical, -e, adj., musical.

musicalement (-kal-mān), adv., musically.

musicien, n.m., -ne, n.f., (-in, -è-n), musician.

musico, n.m., (—s) (in the Netherlands) a low music hall; gaff; pot-house.

musicomane, n.m., (l.u.) person extremely fond of music. V. mélomane.

musicomanie, n.f., (l.u.) passion for music. V. mélomanie.

musi-f or mussi-f, -ve, adj., (chem.) mosaic. Or —; mosaic-gold, ormolu.

musique, n.f., music; band, musicians. Mettre des vers en —; to set verses to music. Être réglé comme un papier de —; to be as regular as clockwork. Nous ferons de la —; we shall have some music. La — du régiment; the regimental band.

musiquer, v.n., to strum (on the piano).

musoir, n.m., pier-head, jetty-head.

musqué, -e, adj., musked, perfumed; studied, unnatural; odd, strange.

musquer, v.a., to perfume with musk, to musk, to scent.

se musquer, v.r., to scent one’s self with musk.

à musse-pot, adv., in concealment, secretly. V. à muche-pot.

☉se musser, v.r., to hide one’s self; to lurk in a corner.

mussulman, -e, n. and adj., Mussulman; Mahometan, Mohammedan.

mustelle, n.f., (ich.) whistle-fish.

☉musurgie, n.f., (mus.) musurgy.

mutabilité, n.f., mutability, changeableness.

mutation, n.f., mutation, change.

muter, v.a., to sulphur (wine-casks).

mutilat-eur, -rice, n. and adj., mutilator; mutilating.

mutilation, n.f., mutilation; maiming; mangling, garbling.

mutiler, v.a., to mutilate; to maim; to disfigure, to garble.

mutin, -e, adj., obstinate, stubborn, unruly, fractious; riotous, seditious, rebellious.

mutin, n.m., -e, n.f., obstinate person; refractory child; mutineer, rioter.

mutiné, -e, part., mutinous, riotous. Peuple —; riotous people. Les flots —s; the raging waves.

se mutiner, v.r., to mutiny, to be refractory, unruly. Cet enfant se mutine; that child is getting unruly.

mutinerie (-ti-n-rî), n.f., mutiny, riot, sedition; unruliness.

mutisme, n.m., dumbness, speechlessness.

mutualité, n.f., mutuality.

mutuel, -le, adj., mutual, reciprocal. Société de secours —s; benefit or friendly society.

mutuellement (-èl-mān), adv., mutually, reciprocally.

mutule, n.f., (arch.) mutule.

myélite, n.f., (med.) inflammation of the spinal marrow.

myographie, n.f., myography.

myologie, n.f., myology.

myope, n.m.f. and adj., myope, short-sighted person; short-sighted.

myope, n.m., (ent.) conops.

myopie, n.f., myopia, myopy, short-sightedness.

myose, n.f., (med.) myosis.

myosotis, n.m., (bot.) myositis, forget-me-not, scorpion-grass.

myosure, n.f., (bot.) mouse-tail.

myotomie, n.f., myotomy.

myriade, n.f., myriad.

myriagramme, n.m., myriagramme (22·0485 lbs. avoirdupois).

myriamètre, n.m., myriametre (6·2138 miles).

myriapode, n.m., (ent.) myriapod.

myrmidon, n.m. V. mirmidon.

myrobolan, n.m., (bot.) myrobalan.

myrobolan, -te, adj. V. mirobolant.

myrobolanier, n.m., myrobalan-tree.

myrrhe, n.f., myrrh.

myrrhis (mir-ris), n.m., (bot.) myrrhis.

myrte, n.m., myrtle.

myrtiforme, adj., myrtiform.

myrtille, n.f., (bot.) bilberry.

mystagogue (-gog), n.m., (antiq.) mystagogue.

mystère, n.m., mystery, secret, secrecy; fuss, ado; importance. Sans autre —; without further ado. Approfondir un —; to probe a mystery. Mettre du — à; to make a mystery of.

mystérieusement (-eûz-mān), adv., mysteriously.

mystérieu-x, -se, adj., mysterious.

mysticisme, n.m., mysticism.

mysticité, n.f., mysticism.

mystificateur, n.m., hoaxer, mystifier. adj., mystifying, hoaxing.

mystification, n.f., hoaxing, hoax, mystification.

mystifier, v.a., to hoax, to mystify.

mystique, adj., mystical, mystic.

mystique, n.m.f., (pers.) mystic.

mystique, n.f., (philos.) the study of spirituality.

mystiquement (-tik-mān), adv., mystically.

mythe, n.m., myth, fable, fiction.

mythique, adj., mythic, mythical.

mythologie, n.f., mythology.

mythologique, adj., mythological, fabulous.

mythologiste or mythologue, n.m., mythologist.

myure, adj., (med.) sinking (of the pulse).

N

n (èn), n.f. (ne), n.m., the fourteenth letter of the alphabet, n.

n’ (contraction of Ne), not.

nabab, n.m., nabob.

nababie, n.f., nabobship.

nable, n.m., (nav.) scuttle-hole; plug-stopper.

nabot, n.m., -e, n.f., (jest.) shrimp, manikin; (pers.) dwarf.

nacarat, n.m., nacarat.

nacarat, adj. invariable, nacarat.

nacelle, n.f., wherry, small boat, skiff; (of balloon) car; (arch.) scotia, casement.

nacre, n.f., mother-of-pearl.

nacré, -e, adj., nacreous, pearly.

nadir, n.m., (astron.) nadir.

naevus, n.m., birth-mark, mole.

naffe, n.m., orange-flower. Only used in Eau de —; orange-flower water.

nage, n.f., swimming; rowing, sculling, paddling; (fig.) profuse perspiration, sweat. A la —; swimming, by swimming. Passer la rivière à la —; to swim across the river or to row over. Se jeter à la —; to leap into the water. Être tout en —; to be in a bath of perspiration. Donner la —; to pull the stroke oar, to give the stroke.

nagée, n.f., (l.u.) stroke in swimming or rowing.

nagement (na-jmān), n.m., swimming, rowing.

nageoire, n.f., fin (of a fish); cork, bladder, float for swimming; board floating in a pail (to keep the water steady).

nageoter, v.n., to swim a little, to swim about.

nager, v.n., to swim; to float; to roll; to welter; (nav.) to row, to paddle, to scull, to pull. Il nage comme un poisson; he swims like a fish. — dans l’opulence; to be rolling in riches. — entre deux eaux; to swim under water; (fig.) to be a trimmer. — dans son sang; to be weltering in one’s blood. — à culer; (nav.) to back, to back water.

nageu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., swimmer; (nav.) rower, oarsman.

naguère or naguères (na-ghèr), adv., lately, but lately, but now, not long ago.

naïade, n.f., (myth.) naiad, water-nymph.

naï-f, -ve, adj., naïve, native, artless, ingenuous; plain, unaffected, natural; candid; simple. Grâce —ve; native grace. Réponse —ve; ingenuous answer.

naïf, n.m., (lit., paint.) nature without art.

nain (nin), -e (nè-n), n. and adj., dwarf; dwarfish. — jaune; Pope Joan (card game). Arbres —s; dwarf trees. Œuf —; addled egg.

naïre, n.m., Indian chief (Malabar).

naissain, n.m., oyster-spat.

naissance, n.f., birth; nativity; descent, extraction; beginning, dawn, rise. Le lieu de sa —; one’s birth-place. Jour de —, anniversaire de la —; birth-day. Être de haute —; to be high-born. Prendre — de; to be born; to originate in. Donner — à; to give rise to. La — de la poésie; the dawn of poetry.

naissant, -e, adj., newly-born; dawning; budding, rising; infant, in its infancy; beginning, growing, nascent. Une fortune —e; a rising fortune.

naître (naissant, né), v.n., to be born, to come into the world; to originate, to arise; to rise, to dawn, to spring up. Il est né poète; he was born a poet. Cela peut faire — des soupçons; that may give rise to suspicion. Faire —; to call into existence; to create, to produce, to excite, to suggest. Je l’ai vu —; I knew him as a child.

naïvement (-iv-mān), adv., ingenuously, plainly, candidly, naïvely, artlessly.

naïveté (-iv-té), n.f., native simplicity, ingenuousness, artlessness; simple thing; naïveté.

nanan, n.m., sweetmeats, goody (childish).

nankin, n.m., nankeen.

nanti, -e, part., stocked, furnished with, holding as security. Être — de; to hold as a pledge.

nantir, v.a., to give as a pledge, to secure.

se nantir, v.r., to hold as a pledge; to provide one’s self (with); to take possession (of); to feather one’s nest.

nantissement (-tis-mān), n.m., security, pledge, lien.

napée, n.f., (myth.) wood-nymph, mountain-nymph.

napel, n.m., (bot.) monk’s-hood.

naphte, n.m., naphtha.

napiforme, adj., (bot.) napiform, turnip-shaped.

napoléon, n.m., napoleon (French gold coin, worth $3.86).

napolitain, -e, n. and adj., Neapolitan.

nappe, n.f., cloth, table-cloth, cover; (hunt.) dead animal’s skin; clap-net. — d’eau; sheet of water. Eclair en —; sheet-lightning.

napperon (na-pron), n.m., napkin, slip (small table-cloth).

narcisse, n.m., (bot.) daffodil, narcissus. C’est un —; he is enamored of his person.

narcotine, n.f., narcotine.

narcotique, n.m. and adj., narcotic.

narcotisme, n.m., (med.) narcotism.

nard, n.m., (bot., pharm.) nard; (bot.) spikenard.

nargue (narg), n.f., pshaw, pish, scorn, disdain, slight, sneer. Dire — de; to snap one’s finger at. — de l’amour; a fig for, a plague on, love. Faire — à; to snap one’s fingers at.

narguer (-ghé), v.a., to defy, to set at defiance; to beard.

narguilé, n.m., narghileh (Turkish, Persian pipe).

narine, n.f., nostril.

narquois, -e, n. and adj., sharper, swindler; banterer, chaffer, quiz; cunning, sly, chaffing, bantering. Parler —; to talk slang.

narquoisement, adv., cunningly, slyly, sneeringly, banteringly.

narrat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., (nar-ra-), narrator, relater.

narrati-f, -ve (nar-ra-), adj., narrative, narratory.

narration (nar-ra-), n.f., narration, narrative.

narré (nar-ré), n.m., narrative, narration, recital, account, story.

narrer (nar-ré), v.a., to narrate, to relate, to tell.

narthex, n.m., (arch.) narthex vestibule.

narval, n.m., (mam.) narwhal, sea-unicorn.

nasal, -e, adj., nasal. Son —; nasal sound.

nasale, n.f., (gram.) nasal.

nasalement, adv., (gram.) with a nasal sound.

nasaliser, v.a., to render nasal, to nasalize.

nasalité, n.f., (gram.) nasal sound.

nasard, n.m., organ-stop (to imitate the human voice).

nasarde, n.f., fillip, rap on the nose.

nasarder, v.a., to fillip, to rap on the nose; to jeer, to banter; to defy, to make game of.

naseau, n.m., nostril (of animals). Un fendeur de —x; a swaggerer, a braggart.

nasi, n.m., President of the Sanhedrim.

*nasillant, -e, adj., speaking through the nose.

*nasillard, -e, n. and adj., snuffler, person who speaks through his nose; snuffling, nasal.

*nasillement, n.m., speaking through the nose, snuffling; twang.

*nasiller, v.n., to speak through the nose, to snuffle.

nasilleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., snuffler.

*nasillonner, v.n., to speak a little through the nose.

nasse, n.f., bow-net, weel, eel-pot. Il est dans la —; he is in a scrape.

nasselle, n.f., rush net.

natal, -e, adj., natal, native, vernacular. Lieu —; birth-place. Pays —; native country. Jour —; birthday.

natation, n.f., swimming.

natatoire, adj., swimming, natatory.

nati-f, -ve, adj., native, natural. Il est — de; he is a native of (towns). Or —; native gold.

natif, n.m., native.

nation, n.f., nation. La grande —; France (under Napoleon I.).

national, -e, adj., national, native. Assemblée —e; national assembly. Garde —e; national guard (corps). Garde —; national guard (man).

nationalement (-nal-mān), adv., nationally.

nationaliser, v.a., to nationalize.

se nationaliser, v.r., to become nationalized.

nationalité, n.f., nationality.

nationaux, n.m.pl., natives, native subjects; countrymen.

nativité, n.f., nativity, birth.

natron or natrum, n.m., (min.) natron.

natte, n.f., mat, matting, straw-mat; plait, twist (of hair, silk, &c.).

natter, v.a., to mat; to plait, to plat, to twist.

nattier, n.m., mat-maker; straw-plaiter.

in naturalibus, adv., (fam.) in a state of nakedness, stark naked.

naturalisation, n.f., naturalization.

naturaliser, v.a., to naturalize.

naturalisme, n.m., naturalism, naturalness.

naturaliste, n.m.f., naturalist. adj., naturalistic.

naturalité, n.f., citizenship, denizenship.

nature, n.f., nature; kind; habit, constitution, disposition, temper; life, life-size. Don de la —; gift of nature. L’habitude est une seconde —; habit is a second nature. La — humaine; human nature; mankind. Payer en —; to pay in kind. L’art perfectionne la —; nature is improved by art. Prendre la — pour modèle; to copy nature. Dessiner d’après —; to draw from nature, from life. De — à; calculated to. Contre —; unnatural. adj., pommes de terre —; plain boiled potatoes.

naturel, -le, adj., natural, native, inborn, innate, inherent, genial; artless, plain, home-bred. Enfant —; illegitimate child.

naturel, n.m., native; nature, naturalness; freedom from affectation, genuineness, simplicity; temper, constitution; feeling; life. Les —s d’un pays; the natives of a country. — fort et robuste; strong constitution. Un homme d’un mauvais —, d’un bon —; an ill-natured, a good-natured, man. Au —; naturally, to the life, life-size; (cook.) cooked plain.

naturellement (-rèl-mān), adv., naturally, by nature; genuinely, sincerely, candidly; plainly, freely, artlessly.

naufrage, n.m., shipwreck, wreck. Faire —; to be wrecked or shipwrecked.

naufragé, -e, n. and adj., castaway; wrecked, shipwrecked.

naufrager, v.n., to be shipwrecked, to suffer shipwreck.

naulage, n.m., freight, fare.

naumachie, n.f., naumachy (spectacle representing a sea-fight).

nauséabond, -e, adj., nauseous, loathsome, disgusting, sickening.

nausée, n.f., nausea, qualm, retching; loathing; disgust.

nautile, n.m., (mol.) nautilus; life-belt.

nautique, adj., nautical, nautic.

nautiquement, adv., nautically.

nautoni-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., (poet.) pilot, mariner.

naval, -e, adj., naval, sea, nautical. Combat —; sea-fight.

☉navée, n.f., boat-load.

navet, n.m., turnip; (hort.) root.

navetier (nav-tié), n.m., shuttle-maker.

navetière, n.f., turnip-field.

navette, n.f., (ecc.) incense-box; (bot.) rape, rape-seed; netting-needle, shuttle. Faire la —; to go to and fro; to wobble. Huile de —; rape oil. Point de —; lock-stitch.

naviculaire, adj., (anat., bot.) navicular.

navigabilité, n.f., navigableness, seaworthiness.

navigable, adj., navigable, seaworthy.

navigateur, n. and adj. m., navigator; seafaring.

navigation, n.f., navigation, voyage, sailing. — de plaisance; boating, yachting.

naviguer (-ghé), v.n., to navigate, to sail. — en pleine mer; to sail in the open sea.

naviguer (-ghé), v.a., to row, to sail (a boat).

☉*naville, n.f., small irrigation canal.

navire, n.m., vessel, ship. [Not applied to men-of-war.] Couler à fond un —; to sink a ship. Un — marchand; a merchantman.

navrant, -e, adj., heart-rending, heart-breaking, distressing.

navré, -e, part., broken-hearted, wrung, rent, distressed. Avoir le cœur —; to be broken-hearted.

navrer, v.a., to wound, to distress; to rend the heart. Cela me navre le cœur; that rends my heart.

nazaréen (-ré-in), n.m., -ne (-ré-è-n), n.f., Nazarite, Nazarene.

n.b., (ab. of Nota Bene) N.B., Nota Bene.

n.d., (ab. of Notre Dame) our Lady.

ne, adv., no, not. Je — veux pas; I will not. Cela — vaut rien; that is worth nothing. Il — cesse de gronder; he does not cease scolding, is always on the scold. Je n’ose lui parler; I dare not speak to him. Je — peux me taire; I cannot remain silent. Je — saurais vous dire; I cannot tell you. Vous — devez pas; you must not. Je crains que cela — soit; I fear that it is so. Je — doute pas que cela ne soit; I do not doubt it. A moins que cela — soit; unless that is so. Il — fait que dormir; he does nothing but sleep. — ... que; only, nothing but. Il n’a a fait que cela; he only did that. Il — le fera plus; he will not do it again. [Ne is contracted into n’ before a vowel or a silent h.]

né, -e, part., born. — de la mer; sea-born. Bien —; of good birth, well-disposed. Nouveau-—, m., (—-—s), nouveau-—e, f., (—-—s) newly-born. Mort-—, m., (—-—s), mort-—e, f., (—-—s) still-born. Je suis — à Londres; I was born in London. Premier —; first-born.

néanmoins, adv., nevertheless, however, for all that, notwithstanding.

néant, n.m., nothing, naught, nothingness, emptiness, nonentity. C’est un homme de —; he is a man of nothing. Mettre au —; to annul, to set at naught.

nébride, n.f., fawn-skin (worn at the feast of Bacchus).

nébuleuse, n.f., (astron.) nebula.

nébuleu-x, -se, adj., nebulous, cloudy, misty, hazy; obscure, gloomy.

nébulosité, n.f., nebulosity, obscurity, gloom.

nécessaire, adj., necessary, requisite, needful, unavoidable, indispensable.

nécessaire, n.m., necessaries, needful; dressing-case; work-box; canteen. Se refuser le —; to refuse one’s self the necessaries of life.

nécessairement (-sèr-mān), adv., necessarily; of course.

nécessitante, adj.f., absolute; (theol.) compulsory.

nécessité, n.f., necessity, exigence; need, want. — n’a point de loi; necessity knows no law. Faire de — vertu; to make a virtue of necessity. La — est la mère de l’invention; necessity is the mother of invention. Les —s de la nature; the wants of nature. De —; of necessity, necessarily.

nécessiter, v.a., to compel, to force; to necessitate; to oblige, to imply.

nécessiteu-x, -se, adj., necessitous, needy.

nécessiteux, n.m., pauper.

nec plus ultra, n.m., (n.p.) ne plus ultra.

nécrologe, n.m., obituary.

nécrologie, n.f., necrology, obituary.

nécrologique, adj., necrologic, necrological.

nécromance or nécromancie, n.f., necromancy.

nécromancien (-ci-in), n.m., -ne (-ci-è-n), n.f., necromancer.

nécromant, n.m., necromancer.

nécropole, n.f., necropolis.

nécrose, n.f., (med.) necrosis.

nectaire, n.m., (bot.) nectary, honey-cup.

nectar, n.m., nectar.

nef, n.f., nave (of a church); (poet.) ship. Moulin à —; mill built upon a boat.

néfaste, adj., (antiq.) (of solemn festivals) of rest; inauspicious, of evil omen, unlucky. Jour —; day of mourning.

nèfle, n.f., (bot.) medlar.

néflier, n.m., (bot.) medlar-tree.

négatif, n.m., (photograph), negative.

négati-f, -ve, adj., negative.

négation, n.f., negation, negative.

négative, n.f., negative, refusal.

négativement (-tiv-mān) adv., negatively.

négligé, -e, part., neglected, unnoticed, unheeded, unstudied; careless, slovenly. Style —; careless style. Extérieur —; slovenly exterior.

négligé, n.m., undress, negligee.

négligeable, adj., (math.) that can be neglected, trifling, unimportant. Quantité —; not important enough to be taken into account, or that can be set aside.

négligement (-gli-jmān), n.m., (arts) neglect.

négligemment (-ja-mān), adv., negligently, carelessly.

négligence, n.f., negligence, neglect; carelessness, oversight.

négligent, -e, adj. and n., negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless; negligent person.

négliger, v.a., to neglect, to omit, to overlook, to slight, to pass over, to disregard, to pass by.

se négliger, v.r., to neglect one’s self, to be negligent or careless. Il commence à —; he begins to be careless of his person.

négoce, n.m., trade, traffic, business. Faire un gros —; to carry on a large trade.

négociabilité, n.f., negotiability.

négociable, adj., negotiable, transferable.

négociant, n.m., merchant (wholesale).

négociat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., negotiator, transactor.

négociation, n.f., negotiation, transaction.

négocier, v.n., to negotiate, to trade.

négocier, v.a., to negotiate; to be in treaty for. — un mariage; to bring about a marriage.

se négocier, v.r., to be negotiating or negotiated (of a thing).

*négraille, n.f., negro-race.

nègre, n.m., negro, black. Travailler comme un —; to toil and moil; to work like a slave.

négrerie, n.f., negro-yard.

négresse, n.f., negress.

négrier, n. and adj. m., slave-ship, slaver; slave-dealer. Capitaine —; captain of a slave-ship. Bâtiment —; slave-ship. Marchand —; slave-dealer.

*négrillon, n.m., -ne, n.f., little negro, negro boy, negro girl.

négromancien, négromant, n.m. V. nécromancien, nécromant.

neige, n.f., snow; (bot.) guelder-rose. De gros flocons de —; large flakes of snow. Amas de —; snow-drift. Boule de —; snow-ball. Il est tombé de la —; there has been a fall of snow. D’une blancheur de —; as white as snow.

neiger, v.imp., to snow. Il neige; it snows.

neigeu-x, -se, adj., snowy. Temps —; snowy weather.

nélumbo, n.m., (bot.) nelumbium.

néméen (-in), adj.m., Nemean.

nénies, n.f.pl., (antiq.) funeral dirges.

nenni (na-ni), adv., (fam.) no, not at all. —-da; no, indeed; certainly not.

nénufar, n.m., nenuphar, water-lily, water-rose.

néo, a prefix from Gr. νέος.

néographe, n.m. and adj., neographer.

néographisme, n.m., new way of spelling.

néo-latin, adj., neo-latin (applied to the seven modern languages derived from Latin).

néologie, n.f., neology.

néologique, adj., neological.

néologisme, n.m., neologism.

néologiste, n.m., neologist.

néologue, n.m., (b.s.) neologist.

néophyte, n.m.f., neophyte.

néo-platonicien (-ci-in), -ne (-ci-è-n), n. and adj., (—-—s) Neoplatonist. Ecole —ne; the Neoplatonist school.

néo-platonisme, n.m. (n.p.), Neo-Platonism.

néotérique, adj., neoteric.

néphralgie, n.f., nephralgia.

néphrétique, n.m. and adj., (med.) nephritic (person affected with renal colic).

néphrétique, n.f., renal colic.

néphrite, n.f., nephritis.

népotisme, n.m., nepotism.

neptune, n.m., (astron., myth.) Neptune; (fig.) the sea; (tech.) nautical atlas.

neptunien, -ne, adj., (geol.) neptunian.

nérée, n.m., Nereus. L’empire de — (poet.) the sea.

néréide, n.f., (myth.) Nereid.

nerf (nèrf), n.m., nerve, sinew; fortitude, vigor, strength, stamina; (bookbind.) cord, slip of tape. Attaque de —s; fit, nervous attack, hysterics. [The f is mute in nerf, when used in the pl., and in nerf de bœuf.] L’argent est le — de la guerre; money is the sinews of war. Donner sur les —s; to make one feel nervous; to irritate one; to rack one’s nerves. Manquer de —; to be wanting in energy.

nerf-férure, n.f., (—s-—s) (vet.) overreach.

nérite, n.f., (conch.) nerite.

néroli, n.m., neroli.

nerprun, n.m., (bot.) buckthorn.

☉nervaison, n.f., (med.) nervous system.

☉nerval, -e, adj., acting upon the nerves, nervine.

nervé, -e, part., nerved, nervose; corded.

nerver, v.a., to cover with sinews. — un livre; (bookbind.) to cord a book.

nerveu-x, -se, adj., nervous; sinewy, brawny, muscular, wiry, vigorous. Être —; to be nervous. Bras —; sinewy arm.

nervin, n. and adj. m., nervine.

nervosité, n.f., nervousness; nervosity.

nervure, n.f., (arch.) nerve; (bot.) nerve (of a leaf); (bookbind.) slips of tape, cording; (ent.) nervure; (carp.) rib, fillet; (needlework) piping.

nestor, n.m., (—s) Nestor; oldest, senior.

nestorianisme, n.m., (ecc. hist.) Nestorianism.

nestorien, -ne (-in, -è-n), adj. and n., (ecc. hist.) Nestorian.

net, -te, adj., clean, neat, pure; clear, fair, empty; plain, distinct; easy, perspicuous; flat, frank, point-blank; (com.) net. Une chambre —te; a clean room. Un cheval sain et —; a horse warranted sound and free from any defect. Ce vin est —; that wine is clear. Une écriture —te; a fair hand. Avoir la voix —te; to have a clear voice. Je veux en avoir le cœur —; I will know the rights of it. Faire maison —te; to clear the house of servants. Une réponse —te; a plain answer. Son bien est —; his estate is clear. Une pensée —te; a clear thought. Il a l’esprit —; he has a clear understanding. Avoir les mains —tes; (fig.) to have clean hands; not to be mixed up in any shady enterprise. Prix —; trade price. Bénéfice —; clear profit.

net, n.m., fair copy. Mettre au —; to make a fair copy.

net, adv., clean, entirely; plainly, freely, flatly, point-blank, outright. Il me l’a refusé tout —; he flatly refused me or he refused me point-blank.

nettement (nèt-mān), adv., neatly; cleanly; clearly; distinctly, outright; frankly, plainly, flatly. Parlez-lui —; speak to him plainly, freely.

netteté (nèt-té), n.f., cleanness, cleanliness; neatness, clearness, distinctness, sharpness, purity, plainness, blamelessness. Voir avec —; to see with distinctness. — dans la voix; clearness of voice.

nettoiement (né-toa-mān), n.m., cleaning, cleansing, clearing; scouring, sweeping; brushing, wiping.

nettoyage, n.m. V. nettoiement.

nettoyer, v.a., to clean, to cleanse, to make clean, to scour, to wipe, to pick, to free, to clear, to rid (of), to sweep away, to sweep, to free (from); to drive off. — un habit; to clean a coat. — les biens d’une maison; to pay off the debts of a firm. — le tapis; to carry off the stakes; to sweep the board. — la tranchée; (milit.) to drive the besiegers from their trench. — une maison; (fig. fam.) to carry off the furniture.