Chapter D (11)

=fait=, _n.m._, fact, act, deed, doing; case; matter, business; event, occurrence; point, point in question; what suits; share. _C’est un — bien constaté_; it is a well-known fact. _Par le — seul_; by the mere fact. _Par le seul —_; by the simple fact, ipso facto. _Prendre quelqu’un sur le —_; to catch any one in the very act. _Prendre — et cause pour quelqu’un_; to take any one’s part, to side with any one. _Voies de —_; violence, assault. _Pour venir au —_; to come to the point. _Au —_; in fact, in point of fact. _Être au — de_; to be acquainted with; to be aware of. _Il est au — de cette affaire_; he is well acquainted with that affair. _C’est un — à part_; that is another matter. _De —_; indeed, certainly. _Il est de — que_; it is a fact that, _or_ it is notorious that. _Les hauts —s d’un guerrier_; the exploits of a warrior. _Voilà mon —_; that is just what I want. _Mettre en —_; to lay down as a fact. _Être sûr de son —_; to be sure of anything, to be sure of what one states. _C’est votre —_; that just suits you. _Dire à quelqu’un son —_; to tell any one what you think of him. _Au — et au prendre_; at a scratch or pinch, when it comes to the scratch. _—s et dits_; doings and sayings. _En venir au — et au prendre_; to come to the scratch. _Se mettre au — de_; to acquaint one’s self with. _Trouver le — de quelqu’un_; to find what any one wants. _Donner son — à quelqu’un_; to pay any one out. _Mettre quelqu’un au —_; to acquaint any one with the point in question. _Tout à —_; entirely, completely, quite. _Si —_; yes, yes indeed, _or_ yes, though. _Vous n’y êtes pas allé. Si —_; you did not go there. Yes, I did; yes, indeed I did. _— à part_; exceptional case.

=fait=, =-e=, _part._, made, done, shaped; organized; fit, qualified; calculated, intended, settled, ended, over; accustomed to, grown, full grown, grown up. _Ce qui est —, est —_; what is done, cannot be undone. _Un homme —_; a grown-up man. _De compte —_; upon computation. _Comme le voilà —!_ how ill he looks! _Tenez cela pour —_; consider it done. _Cela vaut —_; that is as good as done. _C’est — de lui_; he is undone. _C’en est — de_; it is all over _or_ up with. _Ce qui est — n’est pas à faire_; what is done is done. _Aussitôt dit, aussitôt —_; no sooner said than done. _Tout —_; ready made, cut and dry. _C’est bien —_; it serves him, her, you, them, right. _Est-ce —?_ have you done? is it done? _C’est un grand pas de —_; it is a great step forward. _C’est comme un — exprès_; it seems done on purpose. _Cela est — pour moi_, _cela semble — pour moi_; _cela n’est — que pour moi_; such things happen to me alone, such is my luck. _Travailler à prix —_; to work by the piece.

=faîtage=, _n.m._, ridge-piece; roofing.

=faîte=, _n.m._, top, summit, pinnacle; zenith; height; ridge, coping (of building). _Le — des grandeurs_; the pinnacle of greatness. _— de cheminée_; chimney-top.

=fait exprès=, _n.m._, thing done on purpose _or_ intentionally.

=faîtière= (-tièr), _adj._, of the ridge. _Tuile —_; ridge-tile, pantile. _Lucarnes —s_; sky-lights.

=faîtière=, _n.f._, ridge-tile, pantile.

=faix= (fê), _n.m._, weight, burden, load. _Plier sous le —_; to sink under the weight _or_ burden.

=fakir=, _n.m._, fakir (Mahommedan friar).

=falaise=, _n.f._, cliff. _Les blanches —s d’Albion_; the white cliffs of England.

=falaiser=, _v.n._, to dash against the cliffs (of waves).

=falbala=, _n.m._, furbelow, flounce; finery.

=falcade=, _n.f._, (man.) falcade.

=falciforme=, _adj._, (bot.) falcate, falcated.

=fale=, _n.f._, crop (of a bird).

=fallacieusement= (fal-la-sieuz-mān), _adv._, fallaciously, falsely.

=fallacieu-x=, =-se= (fal-la-), _adj._, fallacious, false.

=falloir=, _v.imp._, must, should, ought; to be necessary, requisite; to be obliged; to need, to stand in need of, to want. _Ce qu’il faut_; what is wanted or necessary. _Il faut le faire_; it must be done. _Il faut que je fasse cela_; I must do that. _Il faut que j’y aille_; I must go there. _Il fallait venir plus tôt_; you ought to have come sooner. _Il faudra le satisfaire_; you will have to satisfy him. _Il aurait fallu s’y prendre ainsi_; you should have gone to work in this way. _Faut-il le demander?_ need you ask? _Il fallait voir comme il était content_; you should have seen how pleased he was. _Je ne sais ce qu’il lui faut_; I do not know what he wants. _Il me le faut_; I must have it. _Il me faut de l’argent_; I must have some money. _J’en ai plus qu’il ne m’en faut_; I have more than I want. _Combien vous en faut-il?_ how much do you want? _Que lui faut-il pour sa peine?_ how much must he have for his trouble? _Faites cela comme il faut_; do that properly, well. _Il fait ce qu’il faut_; he does what is requisite. _Des gens comme il faut_; well-bred people. _Un homme comme il faut_; a gentlemanly man. _C’est l’homme qu’il faut_; he is the very man for the place _or_ for the work. _Il se vante de ne pas me craindre, il faudra voir!_ he boasts that he does not fear me, but wait a bit! _Il me menace d’un procès, c’est ce qu’il faudra voir!_ he threatens me with an action, but we shall see about it!

_s’en_ =falloir=, _v.r._, to be wanting; to be far; to fall short; to be near, to be on the point. _Il s’en fallut de peu que je ne fusse écrasé_; I was near being run over. _Peu s’en est fallu que je ne mourusse_; I was near dying _or_ within an ace of dying. _Il s’en faut de beaucoup que la somme y soit_; the sum is far from being complete. _Il s’en faut de beaucoup que l’un ait autant de mérite que l’autre_; the one is far from possessing as much merit as the other. _Il s’en faut de beaucoup_; very far from it. _Vous croyez m’avoir tout payé; mais il s’en faut de beaucoup_; you imagine you have squared with me; but you are a long way out. _Il s’en faut de peu qu’il ne soit aussi grand que son frère_; he is nearly as tall as his brother. _Tant s’en faut que_; so far from, far from it. _Tant s’en faut qu’il consente qu’au contraire il fera tout pour l’empêcher_; he is so far from consenting that he will, on the contrary, do all he can to prevent it. _Tant s’en faut qu’au contraire_; (fam., jest.) on the contrary, quite the reverse. [When _s’en falloir_ is preceded by a negative, or accompanied by a word having a negative sense, as _peu_, _guère_, _presque_, _rien_, or if the phrase implies doubt, or has an interrogative meaning, the dependent clause is accompanied by the negation _ne_; but when _s’en falloir_ is neither preceded by a negative, nor accompanied by any of the above words, the dependent clause does not take the negative particle.]

=falot=, _n.m._, lantern, torch; fire-pot, cresset.

=falot=, =-e=, _adj._, comical, droll, laughable, funny, queer.

=falotement=, _adv._, comically, amusingly, ludicrously, grotesquely.

=falourde=, _n.f._, bundle of fire-wood; (orni.) sea-swallow.

=falquer=, _v.n._, (man.) to make falcades.

=falques=, _n.f.pl._, (man.) falcade; (nav.) wash-board; weather-board.

=falsifiable=, _adj._, falsifiable; adulterable.

=falsificateur=, _n.m._, falsifier; debaser.

=falsification=, _n.f._, falsification, adulteration, debasement.

=falsifié=, =-e=, _adj._, adulterated, falsified.

=falsifier=, _v.a._, to falsify, to alter (texts); to adulterate, to debase. _— les métaux_; to adulterate metals. _— de la monnaie_; to debase coin.

=falun=, _n.m._, falun, shell-marl.

=faluner=, _v.a._, to manure with shell-marl.

=falunière=, _n.f._, falun pit, shell-marl pit.

=famé=, =-e=, _adj._, famed. _Bien —_; of good repute. _Homme mal —_; man of ill-repute.

=famélique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, starveling; starving, famishing. _Auteur —_; starving author. _Il a bien l’air d’un —_; he looks like a poor starving wretch.

=fameu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, famous, famed, celebrated, renowned, notorious, first-rate, capital; (iron.) precious. _— imbécile_; precious fool. _— voleur_; notorious thief.

=familiariser=, _v.a._, to accustom to, to familiarize.

_se_ =familiariser= (avec), _v.r._, to familiarize one’s self with; to make one’s self familiar with, to grow familiar; to accustom one’s self to; to grow tame.

=familiarité=, _n.f._, familiarity, familiar terms; intimacy. _pl._, liberties. _Vivre sur le pied de la plus grande —_; to be on the most familiar terms.

=famili-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, familiar, free, intimate, unconstrained, homely; tame.

=famili-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, familiar. _C’est un des —s du prince_; he is one of the prince’s favorite companions.

=familièrement= (-mān), _adv._, familiarly.

*=famille=, _n.f._, family, kindred, kin; race, tribe, parentage. _Être chargé de —_; to have a large family. _Il a un air de —_; there is a family likeness about him. _Affaires de —_; domestic concerns. _Chef de —_; head of a family. _En —_; at home. _Fils de —_; gentleman’s son.

=famine=, _n.f._, famine, dearth. _Crier — sur un tas de blé_; to plead poverty though rolling in riches. _Prendre par la —_; to starve out, to reduce by famine.

=fanage=, _n.m._, (agri.) tossing, tedding of hay; haymaker’s pay; leaves of a plant.

=fanaison=, _n.f._ _V._ =fenaison=.

=fanal=, _n.m._, lantern of a ship; signal-light, watch-light, beacon.

=fanariote=, _n.m.f._ _V._ =phanariote=.

=fanatique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, fanatic, bigot, enthusiast; fanatical, bigoted.

=fanatiser=, _v.a._, to fanaticize.

=fanatisme=, _n.m._, fanaticism, bigotry.

=fanchon=, _n.m._, kerchief (for the head).

=fandango=, _n.m._, fandango (Spanish dance).

=fane=, _n.f._, leaf-top; envelope (of a flower). _—s_, _pl._, fallen leaves; dead leaves.

=fané=, =-e=, _adj._, faded, withered.

=faner=, _v.a._, to toss, to ted hay; to make fade, to tarnish.

_se_ =faner=, _v.r._, to fade, to fade away, to droop, to wither, to tarnish. _Cette femme commence à se —_; that woman begins to fall off.

=faneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, haymaker.

=faneuse=, _n.f._, hay-making machine.

=fanfan=, _n.m.f._, darling, duck, ducky (child).

=fanfare=, _n.f._, flourish, flourish of trumpets, brass-band. _Sonner une —_; to strike up a flourish.

=fanfaron=, _adj.m._, blustering, swaggering, bragging, boasting.

=fanfaron=, _n.m._, blusterer; swaggerer; boaster, braggart. _Faire le —_; to play the braggart.

=fanfaronnade=, _n.f._, blustering, bragging, boasting.

=fanfaronnerie= (-ro-n-rî), _n.f._, blustering, swaggering, bragging, boasting.

=fanfreluche=, _n.f._, bauble, gewgaw, tinsel.

=fange=, _n.f._, mire, mud, dirt; vileness; degradation; debasement.

=fangeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, miry, muddy, dirty.

=fanion=, _n.m._, (milit.). _V._ =fanon=.

=fanon=, _n.m._, dewlap (of oxen); fetlock (of horses); fin (of whales); (c.rel.) pendant (of a bishop’s miter); (milit.) pennon.

=fanons=, _n.m.pl._, (surg.) bandages.

=fantaisie=, _n.f._, imagination; fancy; whim, caprice, crotchet, odd fancy; conceit; liking; (mus.) fantasia. _Il a eu la — d’aller voyager_; he has taken it into his head to travel. _Vivre à sa —_; to live as one likes. _Cela est-il à votre —?_ is that to your liking? _Il lui prit — d’aller le voir_; she suddenly made up her mind to pay him a visit. _Par —_; out of pure whim. _Objets de —_; fancy articles. _Avoir une —_; to fancy. _Avoir des —s_; to be fanciful.

=fantaisiste=, _n.m.f._, whimsical painter _or_ writer; humorist.

=fantasmagorie=, _n.f._, phantasmagoria, dissolving view.

=fantasmagorique=, _adj._, phantasmagorical.

=fantasmagoriquement=, _adv._, phantasmagorically.

=fantasque=, _adj._, fantastic, fantastical, fanciful, whimsical, queer; strange, odd.

=fantasquement=, _adv._, (l.u.) fantastically, fancifully, whimsically, oddly.

=fantassin=, _n.m._, foot-soldier.

=fantastique=, _adj._, fantastic, fantastical, fanciful, chimerical.

=fantastiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, fantastically.

=fantoccini= (fān-tot-shee-nee), _n.m.pl._, fantoccini (puppets).

=fantoche=, _n.m._, puppet. _adj._, odd, queer.

=fantôme=, _n.m._, phantom, specter, ghost.

=fanum= (fa-nom), _n.m._, (_—_) (antiq.) fane.

=faon= (fān), _n.m._, doe, fawn.

=faonner= (fa-né), _v.n._, to fawn (as a deer).

=faquin=, _n.m._, scoundrel, mean rascal, puppy.

=faquinerie= (fa-ki-n-rî), _n.f._, rascally action, rascally meanness; scoundrelism.

=faquir=, _n.m._ _V._ =fakir=.

=farandole=, _n.f._, farandole (Provençal dance).

=faraud=, _n.m._, a vulgar fop; snob, swell.

=farce=, _n.f._, (cook.) stuffing, forced meat; farce (thea.); drollery; tomfoolery; practical joke; waggish trick, prank. _Tirez le rideau, la — est jouée_; let down the curtain, the farce is ended. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to play any one a trick. _Faire ses —s_; to sow one’s wild oats.

=farceur=, _n.m._, farce player; droll person; dog (pers.), rogue, practical joker; humbug. _Faire le —_; to play the fool.

=farci=, =-e=, _adj._, _part._, stuffed; crammed, filled with.

=farcin=, _n.m._, (vet.) farcin, farcy.

=farcineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, affected with farcy.

=farcir=, _v.a._, to stuff, to cram, to fill.

_se_ =farcir=, _v.r._, to stuff, to cram, to be filled.

=farcissure=, _n.f._, (cook.) stuffing.

=fard=, _n.m._, paint, rouge; varnish; disguise, dissimulation. _Parlez-moi sans —_; speak to me without disguise. _Se mettre du — à la figure_; to paint, to rouge one’s face. _Sans —_; plainly, frankly.

=fardage=, _n.m._, (nav.) dunnage.

=fardé=, =-e=, _part._, painted.

=fardeau=, _n.m._, burden, load, weight; mash (for brewing); mass (mining). _Imposer un — à quelqu’un_; to put a burden upon any one. _S’imposer un —_; to take a burden upon one’s self.

=farder=, _v.a._, to paint (the face); (fig.) to varnish, to gloss over.

_se_ =farder=, _v.r._, to paint one’s face, to paint.

=farder=, _v.n._, to sink, to give way; (nav.) to swell out (of sails). _Ce mur commence à —_; this wall is beginning to sink.

=fardier=, _n.m._, truck, trolley; dray (for stones).

=farfadet=, _n.m._, goblin, elf; (fig.) trifler.

*=farfouiller=, _v.a._ and _n._, to rummage.

=faribole=, _n.f._, idle story, trifle.

=farinacé=, =-e=, _adj._, farinaceous.

=farine=, _n.f._, flour, meal; farina. _Fleur de —_; flour. _Folle —_; mill-dust. _Marchand de —_; flour-dealer. _Gens de même —_; birds of a feather. _Donner dans la —_; (paint.) to paint in a wishy-washy manner. _D’un sac à charbon il ne saurait sortir de blanche —_; (prov.) what can you expect from a pig but a grunt? _or_ you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

=fariner=, _v.a._, to flour, to meal.

=farinet=, _n.m._, one-faced die.

=farineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, white with flour; mealy, farinaceous.

=farinier=, _n.m._, flour-dealer.

=farinière=, _n.f._, meal-tub, flour-bin.

=farlouse=, _n.f._, (orni.) titlark, titling.

=far-niente=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) far-niente, doing nothing, pleasant idleness, repose.

=faro=, _n.m._, faro (Belgian beer).

=farouch= _or_ =farouche=, _n.m._, (agri.) clover, clover grass.

=farouche=, _adj._, wild; fierce; sullen; unsociable; shy. _Regard —_; fierce look. _Cette femme est bien —_; that woman is very shy.

=farrago=, _n.m._, farrago.

=fasce=, _n.f._, (her.) fesse.

=fascé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) fessy.

=fascia=, _n.m._, (anat.) fascia.

=fasciculaire=, _adj._, (bot.) fascicular.

=fascicule=, _n.m._, (bot.) fascicle, small bundle (of plants, herbs); part (number of a work).

=fasciculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) fasciculate, fasciculated.

=fascié=, =-e=, _adj._, fasciated.

=fascinage=, _n.m._, (fort.) fascine work; the making of fascines.

=fascinat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, fascinating.

=fascination=, _n.f._, fascination.

=fascine=, _n.f._, (fort.) fascine; fagot, hurdle, bavin.

=fasciner=, _v.a._, to fascinate.

=faséole=, _n.f._, phasel, kidney-bean.

=fashion=, _n.f._, fashion; fashionable world.

=fashionable=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, fashionable; beau, belle; swell.

=fasier=, _v.n._, (nav.) (of sails) to shiver. _Mettre à —_; (nav.) to spill.

=faste=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) pomp, ostentation, display, vain show, pageantry.

=fastes=, _n.m.pl._, fasti, annals; records.

=fastidieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, tediously, irksomely.

=fastidieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, irksome, tedious, wearisome, tiresome, dull.

=fastigié=, =-e=, _adj._, fastigiate, fastigiated.

=fastueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, magnificently, ostentatiously, pompously, splendidly, gorgeously.

=fastueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ostentatious, pompous, gorgeous, showy; sumptuous; stately.

=fat= (fat), _n._ and _adj._ _m._, fop, coxcomb; foppish. _En —_; foppishly. _C’est un —_; he is a coxcomb.

=fatal=, =-e=, _adj._, fatal; inevitable. _Terme —_; (jur.) expiration of a delay. _Ces remèdes ont été —s au malade_; those remedies proved fatal to the patient.

=fatalement= (fa-tal-mān), _adv._, fatally; inevitably.

=fatalisme=, _n.m._, fatalism.

=fataliste=, _n.m.f._, fatalist.

=fatalité=, _n.f._, fatality.

=fatidique=, _adj._, fatidical.

=fatigant=, =-e=, _adj._, fatiguing, toilsome, irksome, wearisome, tiresome, tedious.

=fatigue=, _n.f._, fatigue, toil, hardship, weariness. _Excéder de —_; to wear out with fatigue, to tire out. _Un homme de —_; a man capable of resisting fatigue. _Supporter la —_; to stand fatigue. _Rompre à la —_; to accustom to fatigue. _Tomber de —_; to be worn out with fatigue.

=fatigué=, =-e=, _part._, fatigued, jaded; (paint.) overworked. _Des chevaux —s_; jaded horses.

=fatiguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to fatigue, to tire, to weary, to harass, to tease; (paint.) to overwork. _La lecture fatigue la vue_; reading fatigues the sight. _— un champ_; to impoverish a field. _— une salade_; to mix a salad.

_se_ =fatiguer=, _v.r._, to fatigue one’s self; to tire one’s self out; to be jaded; to tire.

=fatiguer=, _v.n._, to tire; to be fatiguing; (nav.) to work. _— à l’ancre_; (nav.) to ride hard. _Ne pas — à l’ancre_; (nav.) to ride easy. _Ne pas — à cheval_; (man.) to ride easy.

=fatras=, _n.m._, rubbish, trash, stuff, medley, litter, confusion; balderdash.

=fatrassier=, _n.m._, untidy person.

=fatuité=, _n.f._, fatuity, self-conceit, foppishness. _Quelle —!_ what a piece of impertinence!

=faubert=, _n.m._, (nav.) swab, mop.

=fauberter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to swab, to mop.

=fauberteur=, _n.m._, (nav.) swabber.

=faubourg= (fô-boor), _n.m._, outskirt, suburb, slums. _Le — Saint-Germain ne l’entendait pas ainsi_; the old French aristocracy did not see it in that light.

=faubourien=, =-ne= (-iin, -è-n), _adj._, suburban; low.

=faubourien=, _n.m._, dweller in a suburb.

=fauchage=, _n.m._, mowing.

=fauchaison=, _n.f._, mowing-time.

=fauchard=, _n.m._, sickle.

=fauche=, _n.f._, mowing; mowing-time.

=fauchée=, _n.f._, day’s mowing.

=faucher=, _v.a._, to reap, to mow, to cut down.

=faucher=, _v.n._, (man.) to throw the fore-legs sideways in walking (of a horse).

=fauchet=, _n.m._, hay-rake.

=fauchette=, _n.f._, (gard.) small hedge-knife, border-shears.

=faucheur=, _n.m._, mower, reaper; field-spider.

=faucheur= _or_ =faucheux=, _n.m._, field-spider.

*=faucille=, _n.f._, sickle, reaping-hook.

=faucillon=, _n.m._, bill-hook.

=faucon=, _n.m._, (orni.) falcon; hawk.

=fauconneau=, _n.m._, ☉(artil.) falconet; (orni.) young hawk.

=fauconnerie= (fô-co-n-rî), _n.f._, falconry, hawking.

=fauconnier=, _n.m._, falconer. _Monter à cheval en —_; to mount a horse on the off-side.

=fauconnière=, _n.f._, hawking-pouch, saddle-bag.

=faufiler=, _v.a._, to tack, to baste (needlework).

_se_ =faufiler=, _v.r._, to insinuate one’s self, to ingratiate one’s self; to intrude one’s self; to curry favor with. _Il se faufile partout_; he intrudes himself everywhere.

=faulx=, _n.f._ _V._ =faux=.

=faune=, _n.m._, (myth.) faun.

=faune=, _n.f._, (zoöl.) fauna.

=faussaire=, _n.m.f._, forger. _Poursuivre comme —_; to prosecute for forgery.

=faussement= (fôs-mān), _adv._, falsely, erroneously, wrongfully, untruly.

=fausser=, _v.a._, to bend; to warp; to strain; to falsify; to pervert; to violate, to break; (mus.) to put out of tune; to strain (a lock, a key). _— une cuirasse_; to indent a cuirass. _— sa parole_; to violate one’s word. _— compagnie à quelqu’un_; to give any one the slip.

_se_ =fausser=, _v.r._, to bend; to be warped _or_ perverted.

=fausset=, _n.m._, spigot, peg; (mus.) falsetto. _Chanter en —_; to sing in falsetto. _Trou de —_; vent-hole.

=fausseté= (fôs-té), _n.f._, falsity, falseness, falsehood, duplicity, insincerity, deceitfulness, treachery.

=faute=, _n.f._, fault, mistake, error; want, scarcity, dearth. _A — de_; (jur.) in default of. _Faire une —_; to make a mistake. _Ne pas se faire — de_; not to be sparing of; to deny one’s self nothing. _Relever une —_; to point out a mistake. _Surprendre quelqu’un en —_; to find any one at fault. _À qui la —?_ whose fault is it? _— de_; for want of. _— d’orthographe_; wrong spelling. _— d’inattention_; slip. _— d’impression_; misprint. _Ne vous en faites pas —_; do not spare it. _Il est mort — de secours_; he died for want of help. _Sans —_; without fail. _— de mieux_; for want of something better. _Rien ne vous fera —_; you will want for nothing.

*=fauteuil=, _n.m._, arm-chair; chair (speaker’s, president’s seat); academic chair (of the French Academy). _— à la Voltaire_; reclining arm-chair. _Occuper le —_; to fill the chair.

=faut-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, abettor, favorer, fomentor. _Être — de_; to abet. _Les —s d’un crime_; the abettors of a crime.

=fauti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, faulty; at fault; defective, incorrect.

=fauve=, _adj._, fawn-colored, tawny. _Bêtes —s_; fallow-deer, stag, etc.; wild beasts.

=fauve=, _n.m.sing._, (hunt.) deer, fallow-deer. _Chasser le —_; to hunt wild animals.

=fauveau=, _n.m._, fawn-colored ox.

=fauvette=, _n.f._, (orni.) warbler. _Petite —_; garden-warbler, redwing. _— babillarde_; white-throat. _— à tête noire_; blackcap.

=faux= (fô), _n.f._, scythe; (anat.) falx.

=fau-x=, =-sse=, _adj._, false, untrue, erroneous, wrong; spurious; unsound; base, counterfeit; artificial, imitation; fictitious, mock, sham, pretended; insincere, double, treacherous, deceitful; (mus.) out of tune; forged. _Acte —_; (jur.) forgery. _— témoin_; false witness. _Chose —sse_; untruth. _—sse doctrine_; erroneous doctrine. _—sse monnaie_; counterfeit money. _— brave_; braggadocio, swaggerer. _—sse démarche_; wrong step. _Voix —sse_; voice out of tune. _— brillant_; tinsel. _—sse équerre_; bevel. _—sse fenêtre_; blank or sham window. _— comme un jeton_; false as Judas. _Faire — bond_; not to keep an engagement. _Faire —sse route_; to take the wrong road; to be on the wrong track. _Faire un — pas_; to stumble; (fig.) to make a slip.

=faux=, _n.m._, falsehood, forgery; false. _Discerner le vrai d’avec le —_; to discern truth from falsehood. _Crime de —_; crime of forgery. _Un —_; a forgery. _Commettre un —_; to commit a forgery. _Poursuivre pour —_; to prosecute for forgery. _Arguer de —_; to accuse, to tax, as false. _S’inscrire en — contre une chose_; to deny the truth of an assertion.

=faux=, _adv._, erroneously, falsely, wrongfully; (mus.) out of tune. _Il chante —_; he sings out of tune. _À —_; falsely, unjustly. _Être accusé à —_; to be accused unjustly. _Porter à —_; (arch.) to be out of perpendicular, not to be upright. _Cette poutre porte à —_; that post is out of the perpendicular.

=faux-fuyant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) by-place; subterfuge, evasion, creep-hole.

=favelotte=, _n.f._, horse-bean.

=faveur=, _n.f._, favor, boon; interest; vogue; grace; ribbon. _À la — de_; by favor of, under cover of. _En — de_; in behalf of, in favor of. _Être en —_; to be in favor, in vogue. _Prendre —_; to get _or_ come into favor, into vogue. _Mettre en —_; to bring into favor, into vogue.

=favonette=, _n.f._, everlasting pea.

=favorable=, _adj._, favorable, propitious; fair. _Le ciel vous soit —!_ heaven befriend you!

=favorablement=, _adv._, favorably, propitiously.

=favori=, =-te=, _n._ and _adj._, favorite.

=favori=, _n.m._, whisker.

=favoriser=, _v.a._, to favor, to befriend, to countenance; to aid, to assist; to endow; to protect; to promote, to further, to facilitate.

=favoritisme=, _n.m._, favoritism.

=fayard= (fa-iar), _n.m._, (bot.) (pop.) beech.

=fayence=, etc. _V._ =faïence=, etc.

☉=féage=, _n.m._, feoffment.

☉=féal=, =-e=, _adj._, trusty, faithful.

☉=féal=, _n.m._, trusty, faithful friend. _À nos amis et féaux_; to our trusty and well-beloved friends.

☉=féauté=, _n.f._, fealty.

=fébricitant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, (med.) feverish; fever-patient.

=fébrifuge=, _n.m._ and _adj._, antifebrile.

=fébrile=, _adj._, febrile, feverish.

=fécal=, =-e=, _adj._, fecal. _Matière —_; feces, excrement.

=fèces=, _n.f.pl._, (pharm.) sediment; (med.) feces.

=fécial=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (Rom. antiq.) fecial.

=fécond=, =-e=, _adj._, fecund, fruitful, prolific; copious, abundant, fertile, rich, teeming, voluminous. _Mine —e_; rich mine. _Avoir l’esprit —_; to have a fertile imagination. _Être — en_; to teem with.

=fécondant=, =-e=, _adj._, fertilizing, genial.

=fécondation=, _n.f._, fecundation, impregnation; fructification; fertilization.

=féconder=, _v.a._, to fecundate, to impregnate; to make fruitful, to fertilize.

=fécondité=, _n.f._, fecundity, fruitfulness, fertility.

=fécule=, _n.f._, fecula.

=féculence=, _n.f._, feculency.

=féculent=, =-e=, _adj._, feculent.

=féculerie=, _n.f._, manufactory of fecula.

=fédéral=, =-e=, _adj._, federal.

=fédéraliser=, _v.a._, (neologism) to make federate. _Se —_, _v.r._, to federalize.

=fédéralisme=, _n.m._, federalism.

=fédéraliste=, _n.m._, federalist.

=fédérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, federate, federative. _Alliance —ve_; federative alliance.

=fédération=, _n.f._, federation, alliance.

=fédéré=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, federate, ally.

_se_ =fédérer=, _v.r._, to federate; to combine; to band together; to take united action.

=fée=, _n.f._, fairy; fay. _Comme une —_; fairy-like. _C’est la — Carabosse_; she’s an old hag.

=féerie=, _n.f._, fairy scene, enchantment; fairy-land.

=féerique=, _adj._, fairy-like; enchanting, wonderful, marvelous, magical.

=feindre= (feignant, feint), _v.a._, to feign, to dissemble, to disguise, to pretend, to imagine, to sham. _— une maladie_; to sham illness.

=feindre=, _v.n._, to feign, to sham. _Il possède l’art de —_; he is an adept in the art of dissembling.

=feint=, =-e=, _part._, feigned, make-believe, pretended, sham. _Amitié —e_; pretended friendship.

=feinte=, _n.f._, feint; pretense, dissimulation; artifice; invention; (mus.) accidental; (print.) friar; (pisc.) shad. _User de —_; to dissemble. _Il fit une —_; (fenc.) he made a feint. _Sans —_; frankly.

=feintier=, _n.m._, shad-net.

☉=feintise=, _n.f._, feint, pretense, sham.

=feld-maréchal=, _n.m._, field-marshal.

=feldspath=, _n.m._, (min.) feldspar, feldspath.

=feldspathique=, _adj._, (min.) feldspathic.

=fêlé=, =-e=, _part._, cracked (of glass); (pers.) crack-brained; delicate (of the chest). _C’est un cerveau —_; he is a hare-brained fellow. _Les pots —s sont ceux qui durent le plus_; threatened men live longest.

=fêler=, _v.a._, to crack (glass).

_se_ =fêler=, _v.r._, to crack _or_ get cracked (of glass).

=félicitation=, _n.f._, felicitation, congratulation. _Lettre de —_; letter of congratulation.

=félicité=, _n.f._, felicity, bliss, happiness.

=féliciter=, _v.a._, to congratulate, to felicitate, to wish joy.

_se_ =féliciter=, _v.r._, to congratulate one’s self, to be pleased _or_ satisfied.

=félin=, =-e=, _adj._, feline.

=fellah=, _n.m._, (_—s_) fellah (Egyptian peasant).

=félon=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, (l.u.) traitor; felon; felonious.

=félonie=, _n.f._, (feudalism) felony, disloyalty, treason.

=felouque=, _n.f._, (nav.) felucca (boat).

=fêlure=, _n.f._, crack, chink, fissure.

=femelle=, _n.f._ and _adj._, female; she, hen. [Applied _only_ to animals except in a bad sense.] (pers.) loose woman, creature.

=féminin=, =-e=, _adj._, feminine, female, womanish, woman-like, effeminate. _Genre —_; feminine gender. _Sexe —e_; female sex.

=féminin=, _n.m._, (gram.) feminine.

=féminiser=, _v.a._, (gram.) to make feminine, to render effeminate.

=femme= (famme), _n.f._, woman; wife, married woman, attendant; lady. _Une — auteur_; an authoress. _Mari et —_; man and wife. _Une — sage_; a well-conducted woman. _Une sage-—_; a midwife. _— de chambre_; waiting-woman, lady’s maid. _— de charge_; housekeeper. _— de journée_, _— de ménage_; char-woman. _— en puissance de mari_ or _— couverte_; (jur.) feme-covert. _Avoir —_; to have a wife. _Avoir — et enfants_; to have a wife and children. _Prendre —_; to take a wife. _Bonne —_; good, obliging woman; old woman; simple, superstitious woman.

=femmelette= (fa-mlèt), _n.f._, silly, weak woman; effeminate man.

=fémoral=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) femoral.

=fémur=, _n.m._, (anat.) femur, thigh-bone; (vet.) hurl-bone. _Tête du —_; head _or_ apophysis of the femur.

=fenaison=, _n.f._, hay-time, hay-harvest; hay-making.

=fendage=, _n.m._, splitting, cleaving.

=fendant=, _n.m._, hector, bully. _Faire le —_; to play the bully.

=fenderie= (fan-drî), _n.f._, slitting (of iron into rods); slitting-mill.

=fendeur=, _n.m._, cleaver, slitter, splitter. _— de roues_; wheel-cutter.

*_se_ fendiller, _v.r._, to slit; to chink; to crack.

=fendoir=, _n.m._, cleaver; chopper.

=fendre=, _v.a._, to cleave, to split, to rive, to crack, to cut open, to rend, to rip; to break; to burst. _— du bois_; to cleave wood. _Un navire qui fend l’eau_; a ship that plows the sea. _— les airs_; to cleave the air. _— la presse_; to break through the crowd.

_se_ =fendre=, _v.r._, to cleave, to burst asunder, to split, to slit; to chap, to chink, to rive, to gape; (fenc.) to lunge.

=fendre=, _v.n._, to be ready to split; to break, to burst. _La tête me fend_; my head is ready to split.

=fendu=, =-e=, _part._, cleft, split, cloven. _Bien —_; long-legged. _Des yeux bien —s_; large, well-shaped eyes.

=fêne=, _n.f._ _V._ =faîne=.

=fenestré=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =fenêtré=.

=fenêtrage=, _n.m._, fenestration, windows, lights.

=fenêtre=, _n.f._, window, casement; (anat.) aperture. _— à châssis_; sash-window. _— en baie_, _en saillie_; bay, bow, window; (Gothic arch.) oriel-window, oriel. _— à coulisse_, _en guillotine_; sash-window. _— en éventail_; fan-light. _— en ogive_; (arch.) Gothic window. _Condamner une —_; to block up a window. _Fausse —_; sham _or_ blind window. _Regarder par la —_; to look out of the window. _Jeter par la —_; to throw out of the window, to be a spendthrift, to squander one’s money.

=fenêtré=, =-e=, _adj._, windowed; fenestrated.

*=fenil=, _n.m._, hayloft.

*=fenouil=, _n.m._, fennel; fennel-seed. _— puant_; anet. _— de mer_; sea-samphire. _— de porc_; sulphur-wort, hog’s-fennel.

*=fenouillet=, _n.m._, (bot.) fennel-apple.

*=fenouillette=, _n.f._, fennel-apple; fennel-water.

=fente=, _n.f._, slit, chink, cleft, chap, flaw; gap, cranny, crevice; (min.) rent; cleavage; (nav.) spring; (dress) placket hole.

=fenton=, _n.m._, iron-cramp, iron-tie.

=fenugrec=, _n.m._, (bot.) fenugreek.

=féodal=, =-e=, _adj._, feudal.

=féodalement=, _adv._, feudally.

=féodalité=, _n.f._, feudality, feudalism.

=fer= (fèr), _n.m._, iron; head, point; sword, brand, steel; tag; (nav.) spindle (of vanes). _pl._, iron-work; irons, chains, fetters. _— battu_; wrought-iron. _— fondu_; cast-iron. _— impur_; iron-ore. _— doux_; soft iron. _— aigre_; brittle iron. _— laminé_; rolled iron. _— oligiste_, _spéculaire_; (min.) iron-glance. _— rouverin_; red-scar iron. _— de carillon_; bar-iron. _Le — d’une pique_; the head of a pike. _— de lacet_, _— d’aiguillette_; tag of a lace. _Le — et le feu_; fire and sword. _— en barres_; bar-iron. _— à cheval_; horse-shoe; (fort.) horse-shoe; (man.) horse-shoe bat. _— à marquer_; marking-iron. _— dur_; hard iron. _— à cheval cramponné_, _— à cheval relevé_; horse-shoe with calkins. _— de fenderie_; slit iron. _— de fonte_; cast iron. _— à glace_; frost shoe. _— de lance_; (arch.) stanchion. _— à repasser_; iron, box-iron, flat-iron. _— à souder_; soldering-iron. _Bande_, _pièce_, _de —_; (tech.) strap. _Bois de —_; iron-wood. _Fil de —_; wire, iron-wire. _Fonte de —_; cast iron. _Limaille de —_; iron dust, iron filings. _Marchand de —_; dealer in iron, ironmonger. _Mine de —_; (min.) iron-ore. _Minerai de —_; iron-ore; iron-stone. _Ouvrage en —_; iron-work. _Scorie de —_; iron-dross. _Usine de —_; iron-works. _À tête de —_; strong-headed, resolute, determined. _— d’arc-boutant_; (nav.) goose-neck of a boom. _— de gaffe_; (nav.) boat-hook. _— à calfat_, _— de calfat_; calker’s iron, calking-iron. _Petits —s_; punches (book-bind.). _Avoir toujours quelque — qui cloche_; to have always some screw loose. _Il y a quelque — qui cloche_; there’s a hitch somewhere. _Battre le —_; to fence, to tilt. _Battre le — pendant qu’il est chaud_; to strike the iron while it is hot, to make hay while the sun shines. _Être aux —s_, _être dans les —s_; to be fettered, bound, to be in chains; to be in prison, in captivity. _Être condamné à cinq ans de —s_; (milit.) to be condemned to five years’ imprisonment. _Employer le — et le feu_; to use the knife and cautery; to employ violent means. _Être un corps de —_; to be made of iron. _Mettre les —s au feu_; to put the irons into the fire, to fall to work. _Porter le — et la flamme dans_; to ravage with fire and sword. _Tomber les quatre —s en l’air_; to fall upon one’s back, to be struck all of a heap. _Ne tenir ni à — ni à clou_; to be badly fastened, badly arranged. _Cela ne vaut pas les quatre —s d’un chien_; that is not worth a fig, a straw, a rap. _Cet enfant userait du —_; that child would wear out nails. _Être sur le —_; (nav.) to be at anchor. _Notre navire était depuis trois jours sur le —_; our ship had been lying at anchor for three days.

=fer= (cheptel de), _n.m._ _V._ =cheptel=.

=fer-blanc=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) tin, tin-plate, latten.

=ferblanterie=, _n.f._, tin-ware.

=ferblantier= (-tié), _n.m._, tinman.

=fer-chaud=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (med.) cardialgia, heartburn, pyrosis.

=féret=, _n.m._, (min.) hematite.

=férial=, =-e=, _adj._, (ecc.) ferial (of the days).

=férie=, _n.f._, day of rest, holiday; (antiq.) (_pl._) feriæ; (ecc.) feria.

=férié=, =-e=, _adj._, of holidays. _Jour —_; holiday, general holiday.

☉=férir=, _v.a._, to strike. _Sans coup —_; without striking a blow [only _now_ used in this expression].

=ferlage=, _n.m._, (nav.) furling.

=ferler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to furl.

=fermage=, _n.m._, rent (of a farm); farming, leasing; rent; (jur.) rent-charge. _Refus de payer le —_; denial of rent.

=fermant=, =-e=, _adj._, closing (with lock and key).

=ferme=, _n.f._, farm, farm-house, homestead; farming; letting out on lease. _— école_; agricultural college; (carp.) trussed girder; main couple; truss; (carp.) rib (of centerings, roofs); (thea.) set-piece. _— triangulaire_; (carp.) truss. _Emplacement de —_; farmstead. _Régisseur de —_; farm-bailiff. _Maîtresses —s_; (carp.) principal rafters bearing on the girders. _—s de remplage_; (carp.) middle rafters. _Prendre à —_; to farm. _Donner_, _bailler_, _à —_; to let, to farm, to farm out. _Monter une —_; to stock a farm. _Bail à —_; lease of ground.

=ferme=, _adj._, firm, steady, fast; fixed, steadfast; strong, stout; stiff; unshaken, constant, resolute. _Être — à cheval_; to sit firm in the saddle. _D’un ton —_; in a decided tone. _Avoir le poignet —_; to have a strong wrist.

=ferme=, _adv._, firmly, fast, hard. _Frapper —_; to strike hard. _Tenir —_; to hold fast.

=ferme!= _int._, cheer up! courage! go it!

=fermement=, _adv._, firmly, steadily, fixedly, steadfastly, strongly, stoutly.

=ferment=, _n.m._, ferment; leaven; yeast.

=fermentable=, _adj._, fermentable.

=fermentati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, fermentative.

=fermentation=, _n.f._, fermentation, working; (fig.) ferment.

=fermenter=, _v.a._, to ferment, to rise, to work. _La pâte fermente_; the dough is rising.

=fermentescible=, _adj._, fermentable.

=fermer=, _v.a._, to shut, to shut up, to fasten, to close, to close up; to encompass; to inclose. _— la porte au nez de quelqu’un_; to shut the door in any one’s face. _— la porte à clef_; to lock the door. _— la porte à double tour_; to double-lock the door. _— la porte au verrou_; to bolt the door. _— un robinet_; to stop a cock. _— la marche_; to bring up the rear. _— de haies_; to hedge in. _— de palissades_; to rail in, fence in. _— de murs_; to wall in. _— les yeux sur quelque chose_; to wink at anything. _— les yeux à la lumière_; to shut one’s eyes to the truth. _— l’oreille aux médisances_; to ignore slander. _— la bouche à quelqu’un_; to stop any one’s mouth. _— boutique_; to shut up shop. _— les yeux à_ or _de quelqu’un_; to close the eyes of any one (in death). _— l’écurie quand les chevaux sont partis_; (prov.) to shut the stable when the steed is out.

_se_ =fermer=, _v.r._, to shut, to shut up, to close, to be closed, to be inclosed, to be encompassed. _Cette plaie se fermera bientôt_; that wound will soon close up.

=fermer=, _v.n._, to shut, to be shut.

=fermeté=, _n.f._, firmness; constancy, steadiness, stability; vigor, resolution.

=fermeture=, _n.f._, closing, shutting; (carp., locksmith) fastening. _À la — des chambres_; at the end of the session (parliament).

=fermeur=, _n.m._, (anat.) closer.

=fermier=, _n.m._, husbandman, farmer; tenant. _— général_; farmer-general (of revenues). _— à bail_; tenant-farmer.

=fermière=, _n.f._, farmer’s wife.

=fermoir=, _n.m._, clasp, snap.

=fermure=, _n.f._ _V._ =fermeture= (nav.).

=féroce=, _adj._, ferocious, fierce, savage. _Bête —_; wild beast.

=férocement=, _adv._, ferociously.

=férocité=, _n.f._, ferocity, fierceness.

*=ferraille=, _n.f._, old iron, scrap iron.

*=ferrailler=, _v.n._, to forge, to hammer; to dabble in fencing; to fence badly; (b.s.) to fight (with swords); to wrangle.

*=ferrailleur=, _n.m._, dealer in old iron; fighter (with a sword); wrangler.

=ferrandinier=, _n.m._, silk-weaver.

=ferrant=, _adj._ _Maréchal —_; farrier; shoe-smith.

=ferré=, =-e=, _part._, shod; metaled; stoned; ferruginous; chalybeate (of water); skilled, versed in, thoroughly up in. _Chemin —_; metaled road. _Eau —e_; chalybeate water. _— à glace_; rough-shod; skilled in. _Voie —e_; railroad.

=ferrement= (fèr-mān), _n.m._, iron tool; ironing; putting the irons on (convicts). _pl._, iron-work, iron fitting.

=ferrer=, _v.a._, to bind, to hoop, with iron. _— une canne_; to put a ferrule on, to tip, a cane. _— un lacet_; to tag a lace. _— un cheval_; to shoe a horse. _— à glace_; to rough-shoe.

=ferret=, _n.m._, tag (of a lace). _Je ne voudrais pas en donner un — d’aiguillette_; I would not give a fig, a rush, for it.

=ferreur=, _n.m._, tagger (of laces).

=ferrière=, _n.f._, tool-bag (of farriers).

=ferrifère=, _adj._, ferriferous.

=ferron=, _n.m._, dealer in bar-iron.

=ferronnerie= (fé-ro-n-ri), _n.f._, iron-store; iron-foundry; ironmongery.

=ferronni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, ironmonger.

=ferronnière=, _n.f._, coronet; lady’s head-dress.

=ferrugineux=, _n.m._, (pharm.) iron, steel.

=ferrugineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ferruginous. _Eau —se_; chalybeate water.

=ferrure=, _n.f._, iron-work; iron binding; shoeing (animal); pelt, pelting (of boots).

=fertile=, _adj._, fertile, fruitful, teeming.

=fertilement= (-til-mān), _adv._, fertilely, abundantly, fruitfully, plenteously.

=fertilisable=, _adj._, that can be fertilized.

=fertilisant=, =-e=, _adj._, fertilizing.

=fertilisation=, _n.f._, fertilization.

=fertiliser=, _v.a._, to fertilize, to manure.

=fertilité=, _n.f._, fertility, fruitfulness.

=féru=, =-e=, _part._, smitten; stung to the quick.

=férule=, _n.f._, ferule, rod; stroke, cut; (bot.) ferula, giant-fennel.

=fervemment= (-va-mān), _adv._, fervently.

=fervent=, =-e=, _adj._, fervent.

=ferveur=, _n.f._, fervor, fervency.

=fescennin=, =-e=, _adj._, (antiq.) Fescennine.

=fesse=, _n.f._, buttock, breech, rump, bottom. _—s_; rump, bottom; (nav.) tuck.

=fesse-cahier=, _n.m._, (_—_ or _—-—s_) quill driver; literary hack.

=fessée=, _n.f._, whipping, flogging.

=fesse-mathieu=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) miser, old hunks, skinflint, close-fist, pinch-fist.

=fesser=, _v.a._, to whip; to flog, to spank. _— le cahier_; to drive the quill, to be a literary hack.

=fesseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, whipper, flogger.

=fessier=, _n.m._, breech, bottom; (anat.) gluteal.

=fessi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (anat.) gluteal.

=fessu=, =-e=, _adj._, (pop.) large-breeched.

=festin=, _n.m._, feast, banquet, entertainment. _Faire —_, _faire un —_; to feast, to banquet. _Salle de —_; banqueting hall. _Pour tout —_; as only fare.

=festiner=, _v.a._, (jest.) to feast, to entertain.

=festiner=, _v.n._, (jest.) to banquet, to feast, to make merry.

=festival=, _n.m._, festival (musical).

=feston=, _n.m._, festoon; scallop.

=festonner=, _v.a._, to festoon; to scallop.

=festoyer=, _v.a._, to entertain; to feast.

=fête=, _n.f._, holiday, festival; saint’s day; festivity; feast, merry-making. _— carillonnée_; high jinks; great holiday. _— patronale_; patron saint’s day. _Jour de sa —_; one’s saint’s day; one’s birthday. _Un jour de —_; a holiday. _—s mobiles_; moveable feasts. _— légale_; bank holiday. _Troubler la —_; to mar the pleasure (of the company). _Trouble —_; mar- _or_ kill-joy, wet blanket. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to make any one welcome. _Se faire de —_; to intermeddle. _Se faire une — de_, _se faire — de_; to look forward with pleasure to. _Payer sa —_; to keep one’s birthday _or_ saint’s day. _Ce n’est pas tous les jours —_; Christmas comes but once a year.

=fête-dieu=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) Corpus Christi.

=fêter=, _v.a._, to keep holiday, to keep, to celebrate, to observe, as a holiday; to entertain, to feast. _— quelqu’un_; to receive any one with open arms; to make any one very welcome. _C’est un saint qu’on ne fête pas_; he is a person without credit _or_ authority.

=fetfa=, _n.m._, fetwah (decision of a mufti).

=fétiche=, _n.m._, fetich.

=fétichisme=, _n.m._, feticism, fetichism.

=fétide=, _adj._, fetid, rank, offensive.

=fétidité=, _n.f._, fetidness, offensiveness.

=fêtoyer=, _v.a._ _V._ =festoyer=.

=fétu=, _n.m._, straw, wisp; (fig.) pin; rap. _Tirer au court —_; to draw lots, to draw cuts. _Cela ne vaut pas un —_; that is not worth a fig _or_ rap. _Un cogne-—_; a fussy person.

=fétu-en-cul=, _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =paille-en-queue=.

=fétus=, _n.m._ _V._ =fœtus=.

=feu=, _n.m._, fire, burning, conflagration, combustion; fire-place; chimney; set of fire-irons; family, household, house; light, signal-light, torch-light; brunt (of fire-arms); brilliancy, luster; heat, ardor, flame, passion; vivacity, spirit; animation, mettle; liveliness, sprightliness; (feudalism) hearth; (milit.) firing; (vet.) fire; (theat.) extra pay. _— follet_; ignis fatuus, Jack-o’-lantern, will-o’-the-wisp. _— grisou_; fire-damp. _— de joie_; bonfire. _Mettre le — à une chose_; to set a thing on fire. _Prendre l’air du —_; to warm one’s self. _Se tenir au coin du —_; to keep in the chimney-corner. _Mettre le pot au —_; to set the dinner going. _Couleur de —_; flame-color. _— grégeois_; Greek fire. _— Saint-Elme_; corposant, Castor and Pollux. _— Saint-Antoine_; St. Anthony’s fire. _Il n’a jamais vu le —_; he has never smelt gunpowder. _Mettre tout à — et à sang_; to put everything to fire and sword. _Brûler un homme à petit —_; to kill a man by inches. _C’est le — et l’eau_; they are as opposite as fire and water. _J’en mettrais ma main au —_; I would stake my life upon it. _Il n’y a point de — sans fumée_; there is no smoke without fire. _Se jeter dans le — pour éviter la fumée_; to jump from the frying-pan into the fire. _Il y a tant de —x dans ce village_; there are so many chimneys, so many families, in this village. _Garniture de —_; set of fire-irons. _N’avoir ni — ni lieu_; to have neither house nor home. _Le — dont il brûle_; the flame that consumes him. _Ce vin a trop de —_; that wine is too fiery. _Il prend — aisément_; he takes fire easily. _Il jette — et flamme_; he frets and fumes. _Il a jeté tout son —_; he has spent all his fire. _— bien nourri_, _— bien servi_; (milit.) galling, well-sustained fire. _— rasant_; (milit.) flank fire. _— coulant_; (milit.) running-fire. _Triste —_, _— triste_; dull fire. _— vif_; (milit.) brisk fire. _— d’artifice_; fireworks. _—x de Bengale_; blue-lights. _— de cheminée_; chimney on fire. _— d’enfer_; scorching, scathing fire. _Boîte à —_; coal-box (locomotive). _Bouche à —_; piece of ordnance. _Coffre à —_; (nav.) fire-chest. _Coup de —_; shot; shot-wound. _Fer à donner le —_, _fer à mettre le —_; cauterizing iron. _Lance à —_; match. _À l’épreuve du —_; fire-proof. _Sous le — de_; upon the spur of. _Activer le —_; to stir the fire. _Attiser le —_; to poke the fire. _Cesser le —_; (milit.) to leave off firing _or_ to cease fire. _Condamner au —_; to condemn to the stake. _Crier au —_; to cry fire! _Donner le — à_; (vet.) to sear. _Faire —_; (milit.) to fire. _Faire du —_; to make a fire. _Courir comme au —_; to run after eagerly. _Faire — qui dure_; to husband one’s property; to take care of one’s health. _Faux —_; flash in the pan. _Faire faux —_; to miss fire, to flash in the pan. _Faire long —_; to hang fire; to be protracted; to miscarry. _Faire — des quatre pieds_; to strain every nerve. _Jeter ses premiers —x_; to sow one’s wild oats. _Jeter de l’huile sur le —_; to add fuel to the flame. _Se jeter dans le — pour quelqu’un_, _se mettre au — pour quelqu’un_; to go through fire and water for any one. _Jouer avec le —_; to play with edged tools. _Mettre le — au four_; to heat the oven. _Mettre le — sous le ventre à quelqu’un_; to urge any one to do a thing. _Donner le — trop chaud_, _trop ardent_, _à la viande_; to roast meat before too fierce a fire. _Montrer une chose au —_; to dry anything by the fire; to warm anything through by the fire. _Soutenir le —_; (milit.) to stand fire. _Soutenir un —_; (milit.) to keep up a fire. _Ne voir que du — à quelque chose_; to be dazzled by anything, not to make it out. _Le — a pris à la maison_; the house has caught fire. _Le — lui sort par les yeux_; his eyes flash fire. Feu! (milit.) fire! _Il n’est — que de bois vert_; none are so active as the young. _Il ne faut pas jouer avec le —_; one should not play with edged tools.

=feu=, =-e=, _adj._, late, the late deceased, defunct. _Le — roi_; the late king. _La —e reine_, _— la reine_; the late queen. _— les princes_, _les —s princes_; the late princes.

=feudataire=, _n.m.f._, _adj._, feudatory.

=feudiste=, _n.m._ and _adj._, feodist.

*=feuillage=, _n.m._, foliage, leaves, leafage; (bot.) frond; frondescence.

*=feuillaison=, _n.f._, (bot.) foliation.

*=feuillant=, _n.m._, feuillant, monk.

*=feuillantine=, _n.f._, feuillantine (nun); (cook.) a kind of puff-paste.

=feuillard=, _n.m._, hoop-wood.

*=feuille=, _n.f._, leaf; sheet (of paper, metal); paper, newspaper, journal; foil (of mirrors); way-bill (of public coaches, etc.); list; veneer (cabinet-making). _pl._, (arch.) foils; foliation; feathering. _L’aisselle d’une —_; the axil of a leaf. _Trembler comme la —_; to shake like an aspen-leaf. _Vin de deux —s_; wine two years old. _— de papier_; sheet of paper. _— volante_; loose sheet; flying sheet. _— de décharge_, _— de rebut_; (print.) waste-sheet. _— à plaquer_; veneer. _— morte_; sere leaf. _— hebdomadaire_; weekly paper. _— quotidienne_; daily newspaper. _— de route_; way-bill; (milit.) route of the road.

*=feuillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) leafy; (bot.) foliate.

*=feuillé=, _n.m._, (paint.) foliage, leafage.

*=feuillée=, _n.f._, bower, green arbor, foliage.

*=feuille-morte=, _n.m._, feuillemort.

*=feuille-morte=, _adj. invariable_, feuillemort (of a yellow brown color).

*=feuiller=, _v.n._, to come into leaf; (paint.) to paint the foliage of a picture.

*=feuilleret=, _n.m._, fillister, fillister-plane.

*=feuillet=, _n.m._, leaf (two pages of a book); (com.) folio; (mam.) fech; (min.) thin plate; (bot.) gill, gills. _— à poing_; hand-saw. _Tournez le —_; turn over the leaf. _— refait_; (print.) cancel. _Faire une corne à un —_; to turn down a leaf.

*=feuilletage= (feu-î-taj), _n.m._, puff-paste, flaky paste.

*=feuilleté=, =-e=, _part._, (min.) foliated. _Gâteau —_; flaky-puff; buttered-roll.

*=feuilleter= (feu-i-té), _v.a._, to turn over, to peruse, to run over; to thumb.

*_se_ =feuilleter=, _v.r._, (min.) to split into thin plates; to be thumbed (of books).

*=feuilletis=, _n.m._, the cutting edge (of diamonds).

*=feuilleton= (feu-i-ton), _n.m._, feuilleton (the bottom part of journals devoted to literary articles, critiques, etc.); fly-sheet; (parl.) list (of petitions).

*=feuilletoniste=, _n.m.f._, writer of feuilletons.

*=feuillette=, _n.f._, quarter-cask.

*=feuillu=, =-e=, _adj._, leafy; (bot.) folious.

*=feuillure=, _n.f._, (carp.) cheek (of a door), rabbet.

=feurre=, _n.m._, straw (for chair bottoms).

=feutier=, _n.m._, fire-attendant.

=feutrabilité=, _n.f._, felting quality.

=feutrage=, _n.m._, felting.

=feutre=, _n.m._, felt; hat; tile; (saddlery) packing.

=feutrer=, _v.a._, to felt; to pad; to pack.

=feutrier=, _n.m._, felt-maker.

=feutrière=, _n.f._, felt-cloth.

=fève=, _n.f._, bean; broad bean; berry; chrysalis (of silk-worms); (vet.) lampas. _—s de haricot_; kidney-beans. _—s de marais_; broad beans. _— de Tonka_; Tonquin bean. _Roi de la —_; twelfth-night king. _Rendre — pour pois_; to give tit for tat. _Donner un pois pour avoir une —_; to give a sprat to catch a herring. _Trouver la — au gâteau_; to hit the mark; to make a lucky discovery.

=féverole= (fèv-rol), _n.f._, horse-bean; dried kidney-bean; bean.

=févier=, _n.m._, (bot.) three-horned acacia, honey-locust, etc., genus gleditchia.

=février=, _n.m._, February.

=fez=, _n.m._, (_—_) fez (worn by Turks).

=fi!= _int._, fie! fie. _— donc_; fie! for shame. _Faire — d’une chose_; to turn up one’s nose at anything.

=fiacre=, _n.m._, hackney-coach; cab. _Place de —s_; cab-stand. _Cocher de —_; cabman.

*=fiançailles=, _n.f.pl._, betrothal, engagement.

=fiancé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, betrothed.

=fiancer=, _v.a._, to betroth, to affiance. _Se —_; to become engaged.

=fibre=, _n.f._, fiber, filament; (fig.) feeling.

=fibreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fibrous, fibrose; stringy.

*=fibrille=, _n.f._, (anat.) fibril.

*=fibrilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fibrillous.

=fibrine=, _n.f._, (chem.) fibrine.

=fic=, _n.m._, (med.) ficus; tumor.

=ficelé=, =-e=, _part._, tied, tied up; (pop.) dressed; dressed out. _Comme le voilà —!_ what a guy he looks!

=ficeler= (fi-slé), _v.a._, to bind, to tie, with string; to do up, to dress up. _— de fil de fer_; to wire.

=ficeleur=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, packer.

=ficelier=, _n.m._, reel, roller (for string).

=ficelle=, _n.f._, pack-thread, twine, string; dodge; stage-trick. _Montrer la —_; to betray the secret motive.

=fichant=, =-e=, _adj._, (fort.) darting. _Feu —_; darting, plunging fire; (fig.) annoying.

=fiche=, _n.f._, hook, peg, pin (for a hinge); fish (at cards). _— de consolation_; small compensation; sop.

=fiché=, =-e=, _part._, driven in; (her.) fitchee. _Aller se faire —_; to go and be hanged. _Envoyer faire —_; to send to the deuce.

=ficher=, _v.a._, (_past part._, fiché, fichu), to drive in, to thrust in, to fasten in; (mas.) to pin up; (pop.) to give in a rude manner; to throw aside. _— un clou_; to drive in a nail. (fam.) _— le_, or _son_, _camp_; to decamp, to run away; to be off. _Je vous en fiche!_ Is it though! Would you though!

_se_ =ficher=, _v.r._, (pop.) to throw one’s self down, on, etc.; to laugh at, to make game of.

=ficheron=, _n.m._, iron-pin.

=fichet=, _n.m._, ivory peg (to mark with).

=fichoir=, _n.m._, peg, clothes-peg.

=fichtre!= _int._, (pop.) the deuce! the devil; hang it! confound it!

=fichu=, _n.m._, neckerchief. _Corps de —_; habit-shirt.

=fichu=, =-e=, _part._, (pop.) pitiful; deuced; done for; thrown aside; dressed, got up. _Comme le voilà —!_ what a guy he looks!

=fichure=, _n.f._, harpoon.

=ficiforme=, _adj._, fig-shaped.

=ficoïde=, _n.f._, (bot.) ice-plant.

☉=fictice=, _adj._ _V._ =fictif=.

=ficti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, supposed, fictitious, imaginary.

=fiction=, _n.f._, fiction, figment, fabrication; fable.

=fictionnaire=, _adj._, fictitious, founded on fiction.

=fictivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, fictitiously.

=fidéicommis=, _n.m._, (jur.) trust.

=fidéicommissaire=, _n.m._, (jur.) trustee.

=fidéjusseur=, _n.m._, (jur.) surety; guarantor.

=fidéjussion=, _n.f._ _V._ =cautionnement=.

=fidèle=, _adj._, loyal, true, trusty, faithful, exact, accurate, safe, sure. _Traducteur —_; correct _or_ accurate translator. _Copie —_; exact copy. _Mémoire —_; retentive _or_ good memory.

=fidèle=, _n.m.f._, faithful friend. _pl._, (rel.) believers; worshipers; congregation.

=fidèlement= (fi-dèl-mān), _adv._, faithfully, truly, loyally, trustily; accurately, exactly.

=fidélité=, _n.f._, fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty, fealty; secrecy; exactness, accuracy; retentiveness (of the memory); (jur.) allegiance. _— éprouvée_; tried fidelity. _Prêter serment de —_; to take an oath of fidelity.

=fiduciaire=, _n.m._, (jur.) fiduciary. _Circulation —_; paper currency. _Monnaie —_; paper-money.

=fiduciaire=, _adj._, (jur.) in trust.

=fief= (fièf), _n.m._, fee, fief. _Franc —_; freehold.

=fieffé=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam., pop.) arrant, downright, regular. _Fripon —_; arrant knave.

=fieffer=, _v.a._, to enfeoff, to invest with a fee.

=fiel=, _n.m._, gall; hatred, bitterness, rancor, spleen. _Vésicule du —_; gall-bladder. _Amer comme —_; as bitter as gall. _Un homme plein de —_; a man full of malice. _Il a vomi tout son —_; he has vented all his spleen.

=fiente=, _n.f._, dung. _Appliquer un banc de —_; (manu.) to dung.

=fienter=, _v.a._, to dung.

=fier=, _v.a._, to trust, intrust.

_se_ =fier= (=à=), _v.r._, to trust to; to rely, to depend upon; to put one’s trust in. _Je me fie à vous_; I trust to you. _Je me fie sur vous_; I depend on you. _Fiez-vous-y_; (iron.) do not trust to that. _Bien fou qui s’y fie_; more fool he who relies upon it.

=fi-er= (fi-èr), =-ère=, _adj._, proud, high-spirited, haughty, stout, bold; (her.) fierce, extreme, remarkable; famous, fine, capital. _Il est — comme Artaban_; he is as proud as Lucifer. _J’ai fait un — déjeuner_ or _dîner_; I have had a capital breakfast, dinner; I have dined like a lord.

=fier-à-bras=, _n.m._, (_—_) bully, hector, braggart.

=fièrement= (fièr-mān), _adv._, proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, soundly, stoutly, boldly; (pop.) preciously, finely, famously.

=fierté=, _n.f._, pride, haughtiness, arrogance; boldness, dignity. _Rabaisser_, _rabattre_, _la — de quelqu’un_; to bring down, to humble, any one’s pride.

=fièvre=, _n.f._, fever, feverishness, ague, restlessness, excitement; heat. _pl._, (med.) ague. _— ardente_; burning fever. _— d’hôpital_; typhus fever; gaol fever. _— hectique_; hectic fever. _— intermittente_; intermittent fever, ague. _— lente_; low fever; hectic. _— de lait_; milk fever. _— tierce_; tertian fever. _— tremblante_; ague. _— de cheval_; violent fever. _Accès de —_; fit of fever; fit of the ague. _Trembler la —_; to shake with fever. _Sortir de —_; to recover from a fever. _Donner la —_; to put in a fever. _Tomber de — en chaud mal_; to fall from the frying-pan into the fire. _Que la — le serre!_ plague take him! plague on him! _Avoir la —_; to be feverish.

=fiévreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, feverish; liable to fever; full of fever; restless.

=fiévreux=, _n.m._, fever-patient. _Salle des —_; fever-ward.

=fiévrotte=, _n.f._, slight fever.

=fifre=, _n.m._, fife; fifer.

=fifrer=, _v.n._, to fife.

=figaro=, _n.m._, barber; go-between, knavish valet.

=figement= (fij-mān), _n.m._, congealing, congealment, coagulation, curdling.

=figer=, _v.a._, to congeal, to coagulate, to curdle, to curd.

_se_ =figer=, _v.r._, to congeal, to coagulate, to curdle, to curd.

=figue= (fig), _n.f._, (bot.) fig. _Moitié —, moitié raisin_; so so; not quite the thing; half well, half ill. _Faire la — à_; to despise, to treat with contumely; to brave, to defy.

=figuerie= (fi-grî), _n.f._, fig-ground.

=figuier= (fi-ghié), _n.m._, fig-tree; (orni.) fig-eater. _— d’Adam_, _— des banians_; (bot.) banian, banian-tree. _— d’Inde_; opuntia, Indian fig-tree.

☉=figuline=, _n.f._, pot, vase (of earthenware).

=figurabilité=, _n.f._, figurability.

=figurant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (theat.) figurant (dancer), supernumerary, super.

=figurati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, figurative, typical.

=figurative=, _n.f._, (Grec. gram.) characteristic.

=figurativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, figuratively.

=figure=, _n.f._, figure, form, shape; countenance, face, appearance, show; court-card, diagram; representation; symbol, type; (mus.) figured passage. _Faire —_; to make, to cut, a figure. _À la —_; to one’s face, in one’s teeth. _Être bien de —_; to be good-looking. _Être mal de —_; to be ill-looking.

=figuré=, _n.m._, (gram.) figurative sense.

=figuré=, =-e=, _part._, figured; figurative; (mus.) figured; (math.) figural. _Sens —_; figurative meaning.

=figurément=, _adv._, figuratively.

=figurer=, _v.a._, to figure, to represent, to typify.

_se_ =figurer=, _v.r._, to imagine, to fancy, to picture to one’s self. _Figurez-vous que_; would you believe that. _Se figure-t-il que...?_ does he imagine for a moment that...?

=figurer=, _v.n._, to look well, to match, to suit; to make, to cut, a figure; to flourish, to dance in figures; (theat.) to be a supernumerary.

=figurine=, _n.f._, (paint.) little figure, miniature figure; postage stamp.

=figuriste=, _n.m._, figurist.

=fil=, _n.m._, thread, wire; yarn; edge; grain; chain, string, series; crack, flaw (in marble, stone); stream, current (of water). _— de caret_; rope-yarn. _— retors_; twine. _— à voile_; sail-twine. _— d’emballage_; pack-thread. _— à plomb_; plumb-line, plumb-rule. _— de la bonne Vierge_; air-thread, gossamer. _— d’archal_, _— de fer_; iron wire. _— de laiton_; brass wire. _— d’Ecosse_; cotton. _Le — d’une épée_; the edge of a sword. _— d’Ariane_; Ariadne’s thread; clew. _Grillage en — métallique_; wire-work. _À — fin_; fine-grained (of wood). _A gros —_; coarse-grained. _Aller de — en aiguille_; to go from point to point; minutely. _Aller contre le —_; to go against the stream; to go against the grain. _Aller de droit —_; to go straightforwardly. _Avoir du — à retordre_; to have work cut out for one. _Donner du — à retordre à quelqu’un_; to give no end of trouble to any one, to annoy any one. _Donner le — à_; to whet, to sharpen, to put an edge on. _Faire un —_; to spin a yarn. _Mettre_, _passer_, _au fil de l’épée_; to put to the edge of the sword. _Oter le — de_; to take the edge off. _Suivre le — de l’eau_ or _du courant_; to go with the stream. _Ne tenir qu’à un —_; to hang upon a thread. _A toile ourdie Dieu envoie le —_; make a beginning; God will provide for the ending. _Finesses cousues de — blanc_; tricks easily found out.

=filage=, _n.m._, spinning; (bot.) cotton-rose; cud-weed.

=filagramme=. _V._ =filigrane=.

=filaire=, _n.f._, (ent.) filaria.

=filament=, _n.m._, filament, thread; fiber.

=filamenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, thready, stringy.

=filandière=, _n.f._, spinster, spinner. _Les sœurs —s_; the fates, the fatal sisters.

=filandres=, _n.f.pl._, gossamer, air-threads; strings (of leguminous plants).

=filandreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, stringy, thready.

=filant=, =-e=, _adj._, flowing, ropy; (of stars) shooting.

=filasse=, _n.f._, harl, tow (of flax, hemp).

=filassi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, flax-dresser.

=filateur=, _n.m._, mill-owner; spinner.

=filatrice=, _n.f._, (tech.) silk-winder (pers.).

=filature=, _n.f._, spinning; spinning-mill; rope-walk.

=file=, _n.f._, row, rank, file. _Ranger par —_; to draw up in file. _Chef de —_; front-rank man. _Par — à droite_, _à gauche_! right _or_ left wheel! _À la —_; one after another.

=filé=, _n.m._, thread (of gold or silver).

=filer=, _v.a._, to spin; to conduct, to carry on; to spin out; (nav.) to veer. _Machine à —_; spinning-machine. _— sa corde_; to go the way to the gallows. _— le parfait amour_; to be all love and sentiment.