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=jouir=, _v.n._, to enjoy, to revel in, to possess, to be in possession of. _— de l’embarras de quelqu’un_; to revel in any one’s embarrassment. _Les animaux jouissent de la faculté de_; animals possess the faculty of. _Il est si occupé qu’on n’en peut — un instant_; he is so busy that one cannot have a minute’s conversation with him. _Faire —_; to give pleasure, to please, to delight; to put in possession of. _Cela ne vous fait pas —_; that’s anything but pleasant.

=jouissance=, _n.f._, enjoyment, gratification, satisfaction; fruition, possession; (fin.) interest payable; use (of a garden, house).

=jouissant=, =-e=, _adj._, enjoying, in full possession of.

=joujou=, _n.m._, plaything, toy. _Faire —_; to play.

=jour=, _n.m._, day, daytime, daylight, light; gap, opening; facility, means. _À court —_; short-dated (of bills). _À long —_; long-dated. _A chaque — suffit sa peine_; sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. _À la pointe du —_; at break of day. _—s caniculaires_; dog-days. _Le — et la nuit_; day and night. _Il commence à faire —_; it begins to be light. _Petit —_; morning twilight. _Il fait —_; it is daylight. _Grand —_; broad daylight. _Le — baisse_; dusk is coming on. _À la chute du —_; at nightfall. _Demi-—_; twilight, half light. _Il est — chez lui_; he is up and about. _En plein —_; in broad daylight. _Brûler le —_; to shut out the daylight. _Donner le — à_; to give birth to. _Voir le —_; to see the light; to come to light. _Mettre au —_; to bring to light. _Se faire —_; to make one’s way. _Tôt ou tard la vérité se fait —_; sooner or later truth will out. _Tous les —s_; every day. _De nos —s_; in our time, at present. _Un — ou l’autre_; some day or other. _Du — que_; since the day when. _Quinze —s_; a fortnight. _Un — de fête_; a holiday. _— de l’an_; new-year’s day. _— ouvrier_, _ouvrable_; working-day. _— gras_; flesh-day. _— maigre_; fish-day. _Les —s gras_; shrove-tide. _Donner_, _souhaiter_, _le bon — à quelqu’un_; to wish any one good morning, to pay one’s respects to any one. _Être de —_; to be on duty. _Être à —_; to be up to time, up to date. _Il donne tant par —_; he gives so much a day. _Il me remet de — en —_; he puts me off from day to day. _Je l’attends de — en —_; I expect him every day. _Mourir plein de —s_; to die full of years. _Vivre au — la journée_, _vivre au — le —_; to live from hand to mouth. _Bon —, bonne œuvre_; the better the day, the better the deed. _À chaque — suffit sa peine_; sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. _Ce n’est pas tous les —s fête_; Christmas comes but once a year. _Faire du — la nuit_; to turn day into night. _C’est le — et la nuit_; they are as different as chalk and cheese. _Le goût du —_; the reigning fashion. _Être dans son bon —_; (paint.) to be in a good light; (fig.) to be on one’s good behavior. _Se mettre à tous les —s_; to make one’s self cheap. _L’auteur de vos jours_; the author of your being. _Si je vois — à cela_; if I can see through it. _À —_; open, in open work. _Broderie à —_; embroidery in open-work. _Mettre à —_; to bring up to date. _Prendre —_; to fix a day, to make an appointment. _Donner du —_; to give light; to let light in. _— pour —_; to the very day. _— de réception_; at-home day.

=journal=, _n.m._, journal, diary; newspaper; (com.) day-book. _— nautique_; (nav.) log-book. _Tenir un —_; to keep a diary.

=journali-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, daily; diurnal; uncertain, inconstant, fickle, capricious, changeable, not the same every day. _Cette femme est très —e_; this woman varies a great deal (in beauty).

=journalier=, _n.m._, journeyman, day-laborer.

=journalisme=, _n.m._, journalism.

=journaliste=, _n.m._, _adj._, journalist, journalistic.

=journée=, _n.f._, day; day’s work; day’s wages; day’s journey; battle, revolution, insurrection. _Toute la —_; all day long. _Travailler à la —_; to work by the day. _Homme de —_; day-laborer. _Femme de —_; charwoman. _À grandes —s_; by forced marches; by long stages. _À petites —s_; by short stages. _La — fut rude_; the battle was stubbornly fought. _Les —s de Juillet_, or _les trois —s_; the July insurrection, 1830 (27th, 28th, 29th July, 1830).

=journellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, daily, every day.

=joute=, _n.f._, joust, just, tilt, lists; match, debate. _— de coqs_; cock-fight.

=jouter=, _v.n._, to joust, to tilt; to wrestle, to struggle; to argue, to dispute.

=jouteur=, _n.m._, tilter; wrestler; antagonist, adversary.

=jouvence=, _n.f._, (l.u.) youth. _Fontaine de Jouvence_; fountain of youth.

=jouvenceau=, _n.m._, (jest.) lad, stripling, young fellow.

=jouvencelle=, _n.f._, (jest.) lass, young girl, damsel.

=jovial=, =-e=, _adj._, jovial, jocund, joyous, merry.

=jovialement= (jo-vial-mān), _adv._, jovially, joyously, boisterously.

=jovialité=, _n.f._, mirth, merriment, boisterous mirth.

=joyau=, _n.m._, jewel. _—x de la couronne_; crown-jewels.

=joyeusement= (joa-yeûz-mān), _adv._, cheerfully, joyfully, merrily.

=joyeuseté= (joa-yeûz-té), _n.f._, joyfulness, merriment, joke, jest.

=joyeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, joyful, merry, cheerful, mirthful; gladsome.

=jube=, _n.f._, mane (of a lion or horse).

=jubé=, _n.m._, (in churches) rood-loft _or_ screen. _Venir à —_; to come to terms, to yield; to knuckle under.

=jubée=, _n.f._, (bot.) jubœa, coquito (palm).

=jubilaire=, _adj._, of jubilee; (pers.) of fifty years’ standing.

=jubilant=, =-e=, _adj._, jubilant, delighted.

=jubilation=, _n.f._, jubilation, festivity, rejoicing.

=jubilé=, _n.m._, jubilee; golden wedding. _Faire —_; (at play) to mix up the cards (so that there be neither winners nor losers).

=jubilé=, _adj._, of fifty years’ standing.

=jubiler=, _v.n._, to make merry, to exult.

=jubis=, _n.m._, raisins.

=juc=, _n.m._, roost, perch. _V._ =juchoir=.

=juché=, =-e=, _part._, perched, roosted, roosting. _Cheval —_; (man.) boulet (horse). _V._ =boulet= and =bouleté=.

=jucher=, _v.n._, to roost, to perch.

_se_ =jucher=, _v.r._, to roost, to perch, to perch one’s self up.

=juchoir=, _n.m._, roosting-place; perch.

=judaïque=, _adj._, Judaical, Jewish.

=judaïquement= (-ik-mān), _adv._, Judaically.

=judaïsant=, _adj._, judaizing.

=judaïser=, _v.n._, to judaize.

=judaïsme=, _n.m._, Judaism.

=judas=, _n.m._, Judas (treacherous person); peep-hole. _Baiser de —_; treacherous kiss. _Poil de —_; carroty, sandy hair. _Marques de —_; freckles. _Point de —_; number 13.

=judasserie=, _n.f._, trickery, perfidy.

=judelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) coot.

=judicature=, _n.f._, judicature, magistracy.

=judiciaire=, _adj._, judiciary, judicial, legal, forensic.

=judiciaire=, _n.f._, judgment; sagacity; discretion.

=judiciairement= (-èr-mān), _adv._, judicially, legally, by authority of justice.

=judicieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, judiciously, considerately, discreetly.

=judicieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, judicious, wise, discreet.

=juge=, _n.m._, judge; justice. _— de paix_; justice of the peace. _— du camp_; stickler. _— d’instruction_; police magistrate. _Se constituer en — de_; to constitute one’s self a judge of. _De fou — briève sentence_; (proverb) a fool’s bolt is soon shot.

=jugé=, =-e=, _part._, judged. _Bien —_; well judged. _Au —_, or _au juger_; at a guess.

=jugeable= (ju-jabl), _adj._, amenable to a tribunal, to be tried.

=jugement= (juj-mān), _n.m._, judgment, opinion, view; trial, sentence. _— par défaut_; judgment by default. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to put any one on his trial, to bring any one up for trial. _Rendre un —_; to deliver judgment. _Rendre un — contre_; to sentence. _Prononcer un —_; to give judgment, to pass sentence. _Subir un —_; to be under sentence. _Passer en —_; to be brought up for trial. _Mettre quelqu’un en —_; to indict any one. _Je me rends à votre —_; I bow to your judgment.

=juger=, _v.a._, to judge; to conjecture, to think, to believe, to imagine; to try; to bring to trial; to sentence. _— à propos_; to think proper.

_se_ =juger=, _v.r._, to judge one’s self; to deem, to think, one’s self; (jur.) to be tried, to be heard. _Vous en jugez-vous capable?_ do you think yourself equal to it? _Cette affaire se jugera demain_; (jur.) this case will be heard, will come on, tomorrow.

=juger=, _v.n._, to judge; to pass sentence; to give judgment; to deem, to think. _— sur l’étiquette du sac_; to judge by the label; by appearances. _À en — par_; judging by. _Au —_; at a guess. _— d’autrui par soi-même_; to judge of others by one’s self.

=juger=, _n.m._, judging, judgment; guessing, guess.

=jugeu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, judger, judge of things.

=jugulaire=, _adj._, (anat.) jugular.

=jugulaire=, _n.f._, (anat.) jugular vein; chin-strap.

=juguler=, _v.a._, to strangle; to torment; to cheat out of; to ruin; to dun.

=jui-f=, =-ve=, _n._ and _adj._, Jew; Jewess; Jewish. _Le — errant_; the wandering Jew.

*=juillet=, _n.m._, July.

=juin=, _n.m._, June.

=juiverie= (jui-vrî), _n.f._, jewry (Jews’ ward); set of Jews; Jew’s bargain _or_ trick.

=jujube=, _n.m._, jujube. _Pâte de —_; jujube lozenges.

=jujubier=, _n.m._, jujube-tree.

=jule=, _n.m._, (ent.) iulus (coin); (bot.) catkin.

=julep= (ju-lèp), _n.m._, julep.

=julien=, =-ne= (-li-in, -è-n), _adj._, Julian.

=julienne=, _n.f._, (bot.) rocket; (cook.) vegetable soup.

=jumart=, _n.m._, jumart.

=jume-au=, =-lle=, _n._ and _adj._, twin; (anat.) twin muscles; twin-born; twin; double (fruit). _Des cerises —lles_; double-cherries. _Frères —aux_; twin brothers.

=jumelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) bar-gemel.

=jumeler=, _v.a._, to strengthen with cheeks, to clamp, to join; to match (things). _— un mât_; (nav.) to fish _or_ clamp a mast.

=jumelle=, _n.f._, twin. _—s de théâtre_; opera-glass. _—s de campagne_; field-glass; race-glass; (carp.) cheeks, side-beams; (her.) gemel; (nav.) fish clamp (of masts and yards). _—s de rechange_; (nav.) spare clamps.

=jument=, _n.f._, mare.

=jungle=, _n.f._, jungle.

=junon=, _n.f._, (astron.) Juno.

=junte=, _n.f._, junta (Spanish council).

=jupe=, _n.f._, petticoat; skirt, kilt (of a gown). _— trotteur_; walking skirt.

=jupiter= (-tèr), _n.m._, (astron.) Jupiter.

=jupon=, _n.m._, short petticoat. _— de dessus_; upper-skirt. _— de dessous_; under-petticoat.

=jurande=, _n.f._, wardenship (of a company); wardens.

=jurassique=, _adj._, (geol.) Jurassic.

=juratoire=, _adj._, by oath.

=juré=, =-e=, _adj._, sworn.

=juré=, _n.m._, juror, juryman; member of a board of examination. _Récuser un —_; to challenge a juror. _Messieurs les —s_; gentlemen of the jury.

=jurement= (jur-mān), _n.m._, oath; swearing. _Proférer un —_; to utter an oath.

=jurer=, _v.a._, to swear, to swear by, to vow; to take an oath of; to blaspheme; to protest, to vow, to promise.

_se_ =jurer=, _v.r._, to swear to one another. _Nous nous jurâmes une éternelle amitié_; we swore eternal friendship to each other.

=jurer=, _v.n._, to swear, to blaspheme; to contrast; to jar; to clash; not to match (of colors); to squeak _or_ screech (of musical instruments); to jar, to clash (of sound). _Il ne faut — de rien_; we must pin our faith to nothing; we never can tell. _Il jure comme un charretier_, or _grenadier_, or _païen_, or _crocheteur_; he swears like a trooper.

=jureur=, _n.m._, swearer.

=juridiction=, _n.f._, jurisdiction; tribunal; department, province. _Ce n’est pas de sa —_; it is not in his province.

=juridictionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, jurisdictional.

=juridique=, _adj._, legal, juridical, judicial.

=juridiquement= (-dik-mān), _adv._, juridically, judicially.

=jurisconsulte=, _n.m._, jurisconsult, lawyer.

=jurisprudence=, _n.f._, jurisprudence.

=juriste=, _n.m._, jurist.

=juron=, _n.m._, oath. _Gros —_; tremendous oath. _Lâcher un —_; to rap out an oath.

=jury=, _n.m._, jury; board of examiners, committee. _— mi-parti étranger_; party-jury. _Banc du —_; jury-box. _Chef du —_; foreman of the jury. _Former un tableau_, _une liste_, _du —_; to impanel a jury. _Juger par le —_; to try by jury. _Récuser un —_; to challenge a jury. _— de jugement_; petty jury. _— d’accusation_; grand jury.

=jus=, _n.m._, juice; gravy; liquor. _Plein de —_; juicy.

=jusant=, _n.m._, (nav.) ebb, ebb-tide.

=jusée=, _n.f._, tan-liquor, tanning infusion.

=jusque=, =jusques= (in poet. and st.e.), _prep._, to, even, as far as, till, until; down to; up to; the very. _Depuis Paris jusqu’à Londres_; from Paris to London. _Jusqu’au ciel_; to the skies. _Depuis le premier jusqu’au dernier_; from the first to the last. _Jusqu’à demain_; till to-morrow. _Jusqu’à quand?_ or _Jusques à quand?_ how long? till when? _Jusqu’à présent_; till now. _Jusqu’où?_ how far? _Jusqu’ici_; as far as here; till now; down to here. _—-là_; up to that time; up to that point; as far as there. _Jusqu’à ce que_; until. _Jusqu’à ce que cela soit fait_; till it be done. _Il a vendu jusqu’à sa chemise_; he has sold the very shirt off his back. _Il n’est pas jusqu’aux enfants qui ne l’adorent_; the very children adore him.

=jusquiame=, _n.f._, henbane.

=jussion=, _n.f._, royal command, order.

☉=justaucorps= (-kor), _n.m._, jerkin, jacket, vest.

=juste=, _adj._, just, equitable, legitimate, lawful, appropriate; apposite; right; upright, righteous; true, apt, fit, proper, exact; tight. _— Dieu!_ _— ciel!_ good God! just heaven! _Un homme —_; a righteous man. _Vos souliers sont trop —s_; your shoes are too tight. _Ma montre est —_; my watch is right. _Au plus — prix_; at the lowest figure.

=juste=, _n.m._, upright man, virtuous man; what is just. _La science du —_; the knowledge of what is just.

=juste=, _adv._, just, exactly, accurately, precisely; (mus.) true. _Chanter —_; to sing true, in time, in tune. _Il raisonne —_; he reasons closely. _Au —_; exactly, precisely, just. _Comme de —_; rightly enough, of course, naturally. _Tout —_; only just enough.

=justement=, _adv._, justly, honestly, precisely, exactly, reasonably.

=justesse=, _n.f._, justness, accuracy, exactness; appropriateness, precision, propriety, sense. _Avec —_; with precision; accurately, appropriately.

=justice=, _n.f._, justice; righteousness; probity, integrity; jurisdiction; fairness; impartiality, reason; courts of justice; execution; gibbet, gallows. _Faire — à_; to do justice to. _Rendre — à_; to do justice to. _Rendre la —_; to administer justice. _Se faire — à soi-même_; to take the law into one’s own hands. _Cour de —_; court of law, of judicature. _Appeler_, _citer_, _traduire_, _poursuivre quelqu’un en —_; to sue at law, to proceed against. _Déni de —_; refusal of justice. _La — de paix_; court of the justice of the peace. _Que — soit faite_; let execution be done. _Faire — de_; to punish, to expose, to be avenged on; to refute, _or_ confute; to do away with; to sweep away. _Se faire rendre —_; to obtain justice.

=justiciable=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, person amenable to a tribunal; amenable. _Devenir le — de_; to come under the jurisdiction of.

=justicier=, _v.a._, to punish corporally; to execute; to lash.

=justicier=, _n.m._, justiciary; judge; lover of justice.

=justifiable=, _adj._, justifiable; warrantable.

=justifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, justifying.

=justifiablement=, _adv._, warrantably, justifiably.

=justificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, justificative, documentary. _Pièce —ve_; proof, voucher, documentary evidence.

=justification=, _n.f._, justification, vindication, proof; (print.) justification, length of line.

=justifier=, _v.a._, to justify, to vindicate, to prove, to make good; (print.) to justify; to clear.

_se_ =justifier=, _v.r._, to justify, to clear, to vindicate, one’s self.

=justifier=, _v.n._, (print.) to justify.

=jute=, _n.m._, jute.

=juteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, juicy.

=juvénile=, _adj._, juvenile, youthful.

=juvénilement= (-nil-mān), _adv._, boyishly, childishly, in a juvenile manner.

=juvénilité=, _n.f._, youth, youthfulness.

=juxtaposer=, _v.a._, to place side by side.

_se_ =juxtaposer=, _v.r._, to be in juxtaposition.

=juxtaposition= (juks-ta), _n.f._, juxtaposition.

K

=k=, _n.m._, the eleventh letter of the alphabet, k.

=kabak=, _n.m._, public-house (in Russia).

=kahouanne=, _n.f._, loggerhead turtle.

=kaïmac=, _n.m._, (_—s_) sherbet.

=kaiserlick=, _n.m._, imperial, Austrian.

=kakatoès=, _n.m._, (orni.) cockatoo. _V._ =cacatois=.

=kaléidoscope=, _n.m._, kaleidoscope.

☉=kalendes=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =calendes=, kalends.

=kali=, _n.m._, (bot.) kali.

=kamichi= (-shi), _n.m._, (orni.) horned-screamer.

=kan=, _n.m._, khan.

=kandjar= _or_ =kangiar=, _n.m._, (_—s_) dagger.

=kanguroo= _or_ =kangourou= (-goo-roo), _n.m._, (mam.) kangaroo.

=kantisme=, _n.m._, Kantism.

=kantiste=, _n.m._, Kantist.

=kaolin=, _n.m._, porcelain clay; china-clay.

=karabé=, _n.m._ _V._ =carabé=.

=karat=, _n.m._ _V._ =carat=.

=karata=, _n.m._, (bot.) a variety of aloe.

=kari=, _n.m._, a kind of spice.

=katakoua=, _n.m._ _V._ =kakatoès=.

=keepsake=, _n.m._, keepsake.

=képi=, _n.m._, military cap; cap.

=kermès= (-mès), _n.m._, (ent.) kermes; (chem.) kermes-mineral.

=kermesse=, _n.f._, a country fair (in the Netherlands).

=kérosène=, _n.m._, kerosene.

=ketch=, _n.m._, (nav.) ketch, lugger.

=khédive=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Khedive, viceroy of Egypt.

=kilo=, _n.m._, (ab. of _kilogramme_) kilo.

=kilogramme=, _n.m._, kilogram (2·2055 lbs. avoirdupois).

=kilolitre=, _n.m._, kilolitre (220·09668 gallons).

=kilomètre=, _n.m._, kilometer (1093·6389 yards).

=kilométrique=, _adj._, kilometric.

=kilostère=, _n.m._, kilostere (1000 stères).

=king=, _n.m._, king (sacred book of the Chinese).

=kinine=, _n.f._ _V._ =quinine=.

=kino=, _n.m._, (pharm.) kino.

=kiosque=, _n.m._, kiosk, news-stall.

=kirsch-wasser=, _n.m._, kirschwasser.

=klephte=, _n.m._ _V._ =clephte=.

=knout= (knoot), _n.m._, knout.

=knouter=, _v.a._, to knout.

=kola=, _n.m._, kola (bean).

=kolao=, _n.m._, high mandarin (in China).

=kopeck=, _n.m._, (_—s_) kopeck (Russian coin worth about half a penny).

=koran=, _n.m._, Koran. _V._ =coran=.

=kouan=, _n.m._, (bot.) cochineal, cochineal-fig.

=kremlin= (krèm-lin), _n.m._, Kremlin (the palace of the czars at Moscow).

=kreutzer= (-zèr), _n.m._, kreutzer (German coin).

=kurtchis=, _n.m.pl._, a Persian cavalry corps.

=kymrique=, _adj._ _V._ =cymrique=.

=kynancie=, _n.f._, (med.). _V._ =cynancie=.

=kyrielle=, _n.f._, litany; (fig.) string (long list of words); long tedious story.

=kyste=, _n.m._, (med.) cyst, cystis.

=kystique=, _adj._, (med.) cystic.

=kystotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) _V._ =cystotome=.

=kystotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.). _V._ =cystotomie=.

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