Chapter M (3)

=métal=, _n.m._, metal, ore. _— vierge_; native ore. _— blanc anglais_; Britannia metal. _— blanc d’Alger_; nickel silver, German silver. _— appliqué sur un autre_; charge. _— précieux_; precious metal.

=métalepse=, _n.f._, (rhet.) metalepsis.

=métallifère= (-tal-li-), _adj._, metalliferous.

=métallique= (-tal-lik), _adj._, metallic.

☉=métallique=, _n.f._ _V._ =métallurgie=.

=métallisation= (-tal-li-), _n.f._, (chem.) metallization.

=métalliser= (-tal-li-), _v.a._, (chem.) to metallize.

=métallographie= (-tal-lo-), _n.f._, metallography.

=métalloïde=, _n.m._, (chem.) metalloid.

=métallurgie= (-tal-lur-), _n.f._, metallurgy.

=métallurgique= (-tal-lur-), _adj._, metallurgic.

=métallurgiste= (-tal-lur-), _n.m._, metallurgist.

=métamorphique=, _adj._, metamorphic.

=métamorphisme=, _n.m._, metamorphism.

=métamorphose=, _n.f._, metamorphosis, transformation.

=métamorphoser=, _v.a._, to metamorphose, to transform.

_se_ =métamorphoser=, _v.r._, to metamorphose one’s self; to be, _or_ become, metamorphosed; to change, to alter; to become changed.

=métaphore=, _n.f._, (rhet.) metaphor.

=métaphorique=, _adj._, metaphorical.

=métaphoriquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, metaphorically.

=métaphrase=, _n.f._, metaphrase.

=métaphraste=, _n.m._, metaphrast.

=métaphysicien= (-in), _n.m._, metaphysician.

=métaphysique=, _n.f._, metaphysics.

=métaphysique=, _adj._, metaphysical.

=métaphysiquement= (-zik-mān), _adv._, metaphysically.

=métaphysiquer=, _v.n._, (fam.) to subtilize.

=métaplasme=, _n.m._, (gram.) metaplasm.

=métastase=, _n.f._, (med.) metastasis.

=métatarse=, _n.m._, (anat.) metatarsus.

=métathèse=, _n.f._, (gram.) metathesis.

=métayage=, _n.m._, leasing of farms (on condition of giving to the owner half the produce).

=métay-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, metayer, farmer; small farmer, dairy farmer; (_f._) farmer’s wife.

*=méteil=, _n.m._, meslin, maslin (mixture of wheat and rye). _Passe-—_; wheat-rye.

*=méteil=, _adj._, of wheat mixed with rye.

=métempsycose=, _n.f._, metempsychosis, transmigration of souls.

=métempsycosiste=, _n.m.f._, one who believes in metempsychosis.

=métemptose=, _n.f._, (astron.) metemptosis.

=météore=, _n.m._, meteor, fire-ball.

=météorique=, _adj._, meteoric.

=météorisation=, _n.f._, (vet.) wind, flatulence.

=météorisé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) flatulent, distended.

=météorolithe=, _n.m._, meteorite, aerolite.

=météorologie=, _n.f._, meteorology.

=météorologique=, _adj._, meteorological.

=méthode=, _n.f._, method, system; custom, way. _Cet homme a une étrange —_; that man has a strange way with him.

=méthodique=, _adj._, methodical, systematical.

=méthodiquement= (-dik-mān), _adv._, methodically, systematically.

=méthodisme=, _n.m._, methodism.

=méthodiste=, _n.m.f._, methodist.

=méticuleusement=, _adv._, fastidiously, minutely, nicely.

=méticuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, over-scrupulous, fastidious, nice.

=métier= (-tié), _n.m._, trade, handicraft, business, calling, craft, profession; loom, frame; framework. _— à bas_; stocking-frame. _— à tisser_; power frame. _— à broder_; tambour-frame. _— à la main_; hand-loom. _De son —_; by trade, by profession. _Homme de —_; mechanic, handicraftsman. _Avoir le cœur au —_; to have one’s heart in anything. _Il n’a pas le cœur au —_; his heart is not in it. _Le — des armes_; the profession of arms. _Il est du —_; he is in the same trade, he belongs to the same fraternity; he is of the craft. _C’est un tour de son —_; that’s a trick of his. _Jouer_, or _servir_, _un tour de son —_; to play a trick. _Chacun son —, et les vaches sont bien gardées_; every one to his trade. _Faire — de_; to make a trade of. _Faire au —_; to work on a frame. _Corps de —_; corporation, guild. _Sur le —_; (fig.) on the stocks.

=méti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ _V._ =métis=.

=métis= (-tîs), =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, creole, mongrel; of mongrel breed, half-bred, cross-bred; hybrid; mixed. _Toile —se_; union cloth. _Se tenir —_; (fig.) to trim one’s sails; to steer a middle course (Montaigne).

=métissage=, _n.m._, cross-breeding.

=métisser=, _v.a._, to cross (animals).

=métonomasie=, _n.f._, metonomasy.

=métonymie=, _n.f._, (rhet.) metonymy.

=métope=, _n.f._, (arch.) metope.

=métoposcopie=, _n.f._, metoposcopy.

=métoposcopique=, _adj._, metoposcopical.

=mètre=, _n.m._, meter (1.093633 yards); (poet.) meter.

=métrer=, _v.a._, to measure (by the meter).

=métreur=, _n.m._, (arch.) measurer; appraiser, valuer.

=métrique=, _n.f._, scansion, versification.

=métrique=, _adj._, metrical.

=métrologie=, _n.f._, metrology.

=métromane=, _n.m.f._, metromaniac.

=métromanie=, _n.f._, metromania.

=métropole=, _n.f._, mother country, metropolis, capital, metropolitan see.

=métropolitain=, =-e=, _adj._, metropolitan. _Eglise —e_; mother-church.

=métropolitain=, _n.m._, metropolitan, bishop, archbishop; underground railway (in Paris).

=métrorrhagie=, _n.f._, (med.) metrorrhagia, uterine hemorrhage.

=mets= (mê), _n.m._, dish, food, viands.

=mettable=, _adj._, fit to be worn, wearable.

=metteur=, _n.m._, putter, layer. _— en œuvre_; setter, mounter (of jewels). _— en pages_; (print.) maker-up, clicker. _— en scène_; getter up (of plays); stage manager. _— au point_; carver.

=mettre= (mettant, mis), _v.a._, to put, to put out, to put in, to invest (money); to put on, to wear; to place, to lay, to set; to bring; to reduce, to carry; to employ; to contribute, to devote, to give; to stake, to bid. _— au jour_; to bring to light; to give birth to. _— à jour_; to bring up to date. _— en ordre_; to set in order. _— la charrue devant les bœufs_; to put the cart before the horse. _— des paroles en musique_; to set words to music. _— de la prose en vers_; to turn prose into verse. _— du fard_, _du rouge_; to paint one’s face. _— par écrit_; to put _or_ set down in writing. _— une chose au net_; to make a fair copy. _— un habit_; to put on a coat. _— le couvert_; to lay the cloth. _— un officier aux arrêts_; to put an officer under arrest. _— quelqu’un en état de_; to enable any one to. _— une chose en tête à quelqu’un_; to persuade any one to do a thing, to suggest the doing of anything. _— un livre au jour_; to publish a book. _— un vaisseau à l’eau_; to launch a ship. _— quelqu’un à la besace_; to reduce any one to beggary. _— un arrêt à exécution_; to execute a decree. _— bas_; to bring forth, to litter. _— quelqu’un dehors_; to turn any one out of doors. _— quelqu’un au fait_; to inform any one of a thing, of what is going on, of the state of matters. _— quelqu’un à l’amende_; to fine any one. _— quelqu’un à la raison_; to bring any one to reason. _— deux personnes mal ensemble_; to set two persons by the ears. _— une affaire en compromis_; to submit a thing to arbitration. _— quelqu’un en peine_; to make any one uneasy. _— quelqu’un en colère_; to put any one into a passion. _— quelqu’un au désespoir_; to drive any one to despair. _— ordre à ses affaires_; to put one’s affairs in order. _Il met son nez partout_; he thrusts his nose everywhere. _— en pages_; (print.) to make up, to click. _— du sien_; to contribute something; to invest some money; to make concessions; to meet half way; to give a helping hand. _Mettez cinq cents francs_; make it a hundred dollars.

_se_ =mettre=, _v.r._, to put _or_ place one’s self; to sit down; to stand, to lie down; to dress; to begin; to set about; to take to, to apply one’s self to, to get into; to spread, to break out. _Se — à table_; to sit down to table. _Se — à la fenêtre_; to place one’s self at the window. _Se — en danger_; to get into danger. _Se — en colère_; to get into a passion. _Se — sur son quant-à-soi_; to give one’s self airs. _Se — dans le commerce_; to turn tradesman; to take to trade. _Se — à son aise_; to take one’s ease. _Se — sur les rangs pour une charge_; to enter as a candidate for a place. _Se — en voyage_; to set out upon a journey. _Se — en route_, _en chemin_, _en marche_; to start, to go forward, to make a move. _Se — bien_; to dress well. _Se — mal avec quelqu’un_; to fall out with any one. _Se — en tête_; to take it into one’s head. _Se — bien avec_; to get on good terms with. _Se — mal avec_; to quarrel with, to fall out with. _La peste se mit dans l’armée_; the plague broke out in the army. _Il se met à tout_; he turns his hand to everything. _Se — à parler_; to begin to speak. _S’y —_; to set about it, to turn to, to buckle to.

=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.