Chapter M (4)

=moquable=, _adj._, laughable, ridiculous.

=moque=, _n.f._, (local) mug; (nav.) dead-eye, dead-block. _— à un trou_; heart. _— de civadière de trélingage_; sprit-sail sheet-block.

_se_ =moquer=, _v.r._, to mock, to jeer, to deride, to make game of, to make fun of, to make a fool of, to ridicule, to laugh at; to set at defiance, to disregard; to jest; to scoff at. _On s’est moqué de lui_; they laughed at him. _Se faire — de soi_; to get laughed at. _Je m’en moque_; what do I care. _Je ne m’en moque pas mal_; I don’t care a straw. _Vous vous moquez, je pense_; you are in jest, I suppose.

=moquerie= (mo-krî), _n.f._, mockery, scoff, scorn, jeer, derision, jest.

=moquette=, _n.f._, Wilton carpet; velvet pile; decoy-bird.

=moqueu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, mocking, sneering, scornful, jeering, deriding.

=moqueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, derider, mocker, scoffer, quiz, wag. _— d’Amérique_; mocking-bird.

*=morailles=, _n.f.pl._, horse-twitchers.

*=moraillon=, _n.m._, hasp, clasp.

=moraine=, _n.f._, (geol.) moraine.

=moral=, =-e=, _adj._, moral, mental.

=moral=, _n.m._, mental faculties, mind; spirit, morale, spirits (of troops, etc.). _Il faut vous remonter le —_; you must cheer up _or_ shake off your depression of spirits.

=morale=, _n.f._, ethics; morals, moral philosophy, morality; rebuke, lecture. _Il faut lui faire une bonne —_; you must give him a good lecture. _Faire de la —_; to moralize, to lecture.

=moralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, morally.

=moralisation=, _n.f._, moralization.

=moraliser=, _v.n._, to moralize.

=moraliseur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) moralizer.

=moraliste=, _n.m._, moralist, moralizer.

=moralité=, _n.f._, morality, morals; moral reflection; moral sense _or_ responsibility.

=moraves=, _adj._, Moravian brethren. _V._ =hernutes=.

=morbide=, _adj._, (paint., sculpt.) soft, delicate; (med.) morbid.

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

=morbifique=, _adj._, morbific.

=morbleu!= _int._, zounds!

=morce=, _n.f._, curb-stone, binding-stone.

=morceau=, _n.m._, bit, piece, morsel, fragment, snack, mouthful. _— délicat_ or _bon —_; tit-bit. _Aimer les bons —x_; to love good things. _Il a ses —x taillés_; he has just enough to live on _or_ he must not go beyond his orders. _Manger un —_; to eat a morsel, a mouthful. _— d’ensemble_; (mus.) concerted piece. _Mettre en —x_; to tear to pieces.

=morceler=, _v.a._, to parcel, to parcel out, to partition, to cut up; to mangle.

_se_ =morceler=, _v.r._, to be parceled out.

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

=mordache=, _n.f._, rice-chops, tongs; gag.

=mordacité=, _n.f._, mordacity, corrosiveness; virulency, bitterness, sarcasm, causticity.

=mordant=, =-e=, _adj._, biting; cutting, sarcastic, keen, sharp; poignant. _Style —_; sarcastic, cutting style.

=mordant=, _n.m._, (dy. gilding) mordant; sarcasm, keenness, point.

=mordicant=, =-e=, _adj._, mordant, corrosive; biting, acrid, pungent.

=mordicus= (-kus), _adv._, tenaciously, stoutly, doggedly.

☉=mordienne= (-di-èn), _n.f._, only used in the phrase _À la grosse —_; unceremoniously, bluntly.

=mordieu=, _int._, zounds! s’death!

*=mordiller=, _v.a._, to nibble, to bite at, to gnaw.

=mordoré=, =-e=, _adj._, reddish brown.

=mordorure=, _n.f._, reddish brown (color).

=mordre=, _v.a._, to bite, to nibble; to corrode, to gnaw; to carp at, to find fault with. _— la poussière_; to bite the dust. _Chien qui aboie ne mord pas_; barking dogs do not bite.

_se_ =mordre=, _v.r._, to bite one’s self. _Se — la langue_, _les lèvres_; to bite one’s tongue, one’s lip; (fig.) to repent, to be annoyed. _S’en — les doigts_; to repent of anything.

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

=mordu=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) premorse (ending abruptly, as if bitten off).

=more=, _n.m._, Moor; blackamoor.

☉=moreau=, _adj._, extremely black. _Cheval —_; jet-black horse.

=morelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) nightshade.

=morène=, _n.f._, (bot.) frogbit.

=moresque=, _adj._, Moorish, moresque.

=moresque=, _n.f._, morris-dance; (paint.) moresque.

=moret= _or_ =mouret=, _n.m._, (bot.) whortleberry.

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

=morfondre=, _v.a._, to chill.

_se_ =morfondre=, _v.r._, to catch cold, to be chilled; to wait in vain, to dance attendance; (vet.) to morfounder. _La pâte se morfond_; the dough is losing its heat. _Il s’y est morfondu_; he wasted much time over it.

=morfondu=, =-e=, _adj._, chilled, frozen; disappointed, downcast; kept waiting.

=morfondure=, _n.f._, (vet.) morfoundering; (old) cold, chill, catarrh.

=morganatique=, _adj._, morganatic; left-handed (of marriages).

=morgeline=, _n.f._, (bot.) chickweed.

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

☉=morguer= (ghé), _v.a._, to dare, to brave, to defy, to beard.

=moribond=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, moribund, dying, in a dying state; person in a dying state.

=moricaud=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, blackamoor; blackish; nigger.

=morigéner=, _v.a._, to school, to reprimand; to form the morals of, to educate.

*=morille=, _n.f._, (bot.) moril (mushroom).

*=morillon=, _n.m._, black grape; (orni.) tufted duck; rough emerald.

=morio=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) Camberwell beauty, white-edged butterfly.

=morion=, _n.m._, morion.

=morne=, _n.m._, hill, hillock (West Indies).

=morne=, _adj._, dull, gloomy, mournful, dejected, depressed; dreary, dismal, dull.

=morné=, =-e=, _adj._, blunted (of arms).

=mornifle=, _n.f._, slap in the face.

=morose=, _adj._, morose, sullen, sour, surly, peevish.

=morosité=, _n.f._, moroseness, sullenness, surliness.

=morphée=, _n.m._, Morpheus. _Être dans les bras de —_; (fig.) to be asleep. _Les pavots de —_; sleep.

=morphine=, _n.f._, morphia.

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

=mors=, _n.m._, bit (of a bridle); curb, check, restraint. _Les chevaux prirent le — aux dents_; the horses ran away. _Prendre le — aux dents_; to take fright; to run headlong into pleasure; to fly into a passion; to buckle to, to work in good earnest.

=morse=, _n.m._, morse, sea-horse, walrus.

=morsure=, _n.f._, bite, biting; sting.

=mort=, _n.f._, death, decease; (hunt.) mort. _Avoir la — sur les lèvres_; to look like death. _Avoir la — dans l’âme_; to be sick at heart, to be in despair; to be intensely grieved. _Être à l’article de la —_; to be at the point of death, at death’s door. _Mourir de sa belle —_; to die a natural death. _Mourir de — violente_; to die a violent death. _Mettre à —_; to put to death, to slay, to kill. _Il a la — entre les dents_; he has one foot in the grave. _À —_; mortally, to the death. _Les affres de la —_; the terrors of death. _À la vie, à la —_; forever; in life and death. _La peine de —_; capital punishment.

=mort=, =-e=, _part._, dead, defunct; lifeless, insensible; dormant; stagnant; still, inanimate. _Un enfant —-né_ (_—-—s_); a still-born child. _Une fille —-née_ (_—-—s_); a still-born girl. _Le feu est —_; the fire is out. _Argent —_; money lying dead, idle. _Couleur —e_; faint color. _—e-saison_, (_—s-—s_) slack season. _—e-eau_; neap tide. _Tête —e_; (chem.) _caput mortuum_. _Il n’y a pas de main —e_; he strikes hard (_i.e._ like a blacksmith). _—e la bête, — le venin_; dead men do not bite. _Mort-bois_; _V._ =bois=. _Morte-eau_; _eau morte_; _V._ =eau=. _Morte-paye_; _V._ =paye=. _Œuvres —es_; (nav.) upper works.

=mort=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, dead person, deceased; dead body, corpse. _Enterrer les —s_; to bury the dead. _Le jour des —s_; All Souls’-day. _Faire le —_; to pretend to be dead. _Faire un —_ or _faire une partie du —_; (at cards) to play dummy whist. _Prendre le —_; to take dummy.

=mortadelle=, _n.f._, (Italian) sausage.

*=mortaillable=, _adj._, (feudalism) in bondage.

=mortaisage=, _n.m._, mortising.

=mortaise=, _n.f._, mortise.

=mortaiser=, _v.r._, to mortise.

=mortalité=, _n.f._, mortality.

=mortel=, =-le=, _adj._, mortal, deadly; grievous, extreme, excessive; long, tedious.

=mortel=, _n.m._, =-le=, _n.f._, mortal.

=mortellement= (-tèl-mān), _adv._, mortally, deadly, grievously, dreadfully.

=mortellerie=, _n.f._, stone-breaking.

=mortellier=, _n.m._, stone-breaker.

=mortier= (-tié), _n.m._, (artil., mas.) mortar; mortier (cap of the president of a court of justice); mortar (vessel). _Président à —_; chief justice.

=mortifère=, _adj._, mortiferous, deadly.

=mortifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, mortifying, humiliating.

=mortification=, _n.f._, mortification, humiliation.

=mortifier=, _v.a._, to mortify, to vex, to humiliate, to humble, to subdue. _— de la viande_; to make meat tender.

_se_ =mortifier=, _v.r._, to mortify one’s self; to grow tender (of meat).

=mort-ivre=, _adj._ _V._ =ivre mort=.

=mortuaire=, _adj._, mortuary. _Drap —_; pall. _Registre —_; death register. _Extrait —_; certificate of death. _Droit —_; burial fee.

=morue=, _n.f._, cod, codfish.

=morve=, _n.f._, snot, mucus; (vet.) glanders.

=morveau=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) thick mucus.

=morveu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, snotty; (vet.) glandered. _Cheval —_; horse that has the glanders. _Qui se sent —se mouche_; (prov.) if the cap fits, wear it.

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

=morvolant=, _n.m._, silk mixed with floss.

=mosaïque=, _adj._, Mosaic, of, from Moses.

=mosaïque=, _n.f._, mosaic, mosaic-work, tessellated pavement.

=mosaïste=, _n.m._, mosaist, worker in mosaics.

=mosarabe=, _n.m._ _V._ =mozarabe=.

=moscouade=, _n.f._, muscovado (unrefined sugar).

=mosquée=, _n.f._, mosque.

=mot=, _n.m._, word; expression; saying, sentence; motto; note, line, memorandum; answer (to a riddle); cue, hint, intimation; (mil.) parole, watchword. _À bon entendeur, demi-— suffit_; a word to the wise is sufficient. _— usité_, _— inusité_; word in use, obsolete word. _— à double entente_; ambiguous word, bearing a double interpretation. _Jeu de —s_; play upon words. _— forgé_; coined word. _Gros —s_; high words. _— d’ordre_; watch-word, pass-word. _— de passe_; pass-word. _Trancher le —_; to speak out, to speak one’s mind, not to mince matters. _Tenir le —_; to take the bet. _Ne dire —_, _ne pas souffler —_; not to utter, not to breathe, a word. _Qui ne dit — consent_; silence gives consent. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to give any one the word, the cue. _Bon —_; witticism. _— pour rire_; jest, joke. _Il lui a dit un — à l’oreille_; he whispered a word in his ear. _Prendre quelqu’un au —_; to take any one at his word. _Ils se sont donné le —_; they understand one another, they have passed the word round. _— à —_, _— pour —_; word for word. _En un —_; in a word, in short. _À ces —s_; at those words, so saying. _Avoir le — pour rire_; to be ready with a joke; to be full of fun. _Au bas —_; at the least. _Entendre à demi —_; to take a hint. _C’est mon dernier —_; it is the last concession I can make; I will take nothing less. _Savoir le fin —_; to understand the upshot of anything. _Si c’est là le fin —_; if that is the upshot of, _or_ the last word. _Je vous enverrai un —_; I shall send you word, _or_ a reminder. _Envoyez-moi un —_; let me know _or_ send me a line.

=motacille=, _n.f._, wag-tail.

*=motelle=, _n.f._, (ich.) burbot, rockling.

=motet=, _n.m._, (mus.) motet.

=moteur=, _n.m._, mover, author; motive power, propeller, contriver; (anat.) motor.

=mot-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, motive, propelling, driving.

=motif=, _n.m._, motive, incentive, incitement; ground, cause; (mus.) subject; (paint.) design, pattern. _Pour quel —?_ on what ground? on what score? _Faire valoir les —s_; (jur.) to show cause.

=motion=, _n.f._, motion. _Faire appuyer_, _faire adopter_, _une —_; to make, to support, to carry, a motion.

=motiver=, _v.a._, to allege, to assign, as a motive; to be the cause of, to justify, to bring about; to lead to. _Se —_, _v.r._, to be founded _or_ justified.

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

_se_ =motter=, _v.r._, (hunt.) to lurk behind a clod.

=motteux=, _n.m._, (orni.) fallow-finch; wheatear.

=motu proprio=, _adv._, on one’s own impulse, spontaneously, of one’s own accord.

=motus!= (-tûs), _int._, mum! silence! not a word!

=mou=, =mol=, _adj.m._, =molle=, _f._, soft, mellow; weak; slack, feeble, nerveless, flabby; inactive; sluggish; tame, effeminate, careless, luxurious. _Cire molle_; soft wax. _Poires molles_; mellow pears. _Style mou_; nerveless style. _Mer molle_; (nav.) slack water. [_Mol_ is used in the masc. before a vowel or _h_ mute.]

=mou=, _n.m._, soft; slack (of a rope); lights (of animals).

=mouchage=, _n.m._, snuffing (of candles).

=mouchard=, _n.m._, _or_ =mouche=, (l.u.) _n.f._, spy, police-spy, informer.

=moucharder=, _v.a._, to inform, to spy, to spy upon.

=mouche=, _n.f._, fly; patch (on the face); beauty-spot; button (of a foil); (astron.) musca; (of a target) bull’s-eye; (nav.) fen-boat; loo (at cards). _Prendre la —_; to take offense easily, to be touchy. _Gober les —s_; to stand gaping. _Faire d’une — un éléphant_; to make a mountain of a molehill. _Quelle — vous a piqué?_ why, what’s the matter with you? what ails you? what whim have you got into your head? _Des pieds de —s_; scrawl (writing). _—s volantes_; (med.) motes in the eyes. _Faire des pieds de —s_; to write an illegible scrawl. _C’est une fine —_; he, she is a sly dog. _Chiures de —s_; fly-blows. _—-guêpe_, (_—s-—s_) (ent.) wasp-fly. _— bleue_; blue-bottle. _— à feu_; fire-fly. _— abeille_; drone. _— à miel_; honey-bee. _On prend plus de —s avec du miel qu’avec du vinaigre_; more is done by kindness than by harshness.

=moucher=, _v.a._, to wipe the nose of; to snuff; ☉(fam.) to spy, to dog. _Mouchez cet enfant_; wipe that child’s nose. _— une chandelle_; to snuff a candle.

_se_ =moucher=, _v.r._, to blow one’s nose. _Mouchez-vous_; blow your nose. _Ne pas se — du pied_ or _du coude_; to be up to snuff; to be no fool; to do things in grand style.

=moucher=, _v.n._, to clear one’s nose.

=moucherolle=, _n.m._, (orni.) fly-catcher.

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

=mouchet=, _n.m._, (orni.) bog-rush.

=moucheté=, =-e=, _adj._, spotted, speckled, flecked. _Cheval —_; dappled, spotted horse. _Fleuret —_; capped foil.

=moucheter=, _v.a._, to spot, to speckle, to fleck; to cap (of foils).

=mouchettes=, _n.f.pl._, snuffers.

=moucheture=, _n.f._, spot, speck, speckle; (surg.) scarification; spottedness, speckledness.

=moucheur=, _n.m._, candle-snuffer; nose-blower.

=mouchoir=, _n.m._, handkerchief. _— de cou_; neckerchief. _— de poche_; pocket handkerchief. _Jeter le —_; to throw the handkerchief (game). _Elle a réfusé le —_; (fig.) she would have nothing to say to him.

=mouchure=, _n.f._, snuff (of a candle).

=mouçon=, _n.f._ _V._ =mousson=.

=moudre= (moulant, moulu), _v.a._, to grind, to mill, to crush. _— du blé_; to grind corn. _— de coups_; to beat soundly. _J’ai le corps tout moulu_; I am bruised all over. _Il viendra — à notre moulin_; he will want us some day.

=moue=, _n.f._, pout, pouting; wry face, grimace. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to make a wry face at any one. _Faire la —_; to pout.

=mouée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) reward, hound’s fee.

=mouette=, _n.f._, (orni.) gull, sea-mew.

=moufette=, _n.f._ _V._ =mofette=.

=mouflard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (pop.) bloated face.

=moufle=, _n.f._, (mec.) tackle; tackle-block; fingerless glove, mitten.

=mouflé=, =-e=, _adj._, used only in _poulie —e_; single pulley connected with others in a tackle-block.

=moufle=, _n.m._, (chem.) muffle.

=mouflon=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) moufflon, wild sheep.

=mouillade=, _n.f._, wetting.

*=mouillage=, _n.m._, anchorage, roadstead, soaking, wetting, watering. _Être au —_; to be at anchor; to lie _or_ ride at anchor. _Droits de —_; harbor dues; keelage.

*=mouillé=, =-e=, _part._, wet, watery; (of the letter l) liquid; (of ships) moored, anchored. _Poule —e_; milksop (pers.).

*=mouille-bouche=, _n.f._, (_—_ or _—-—s_) a kind of pear.

*=mouiller=, _v.a._, to wet, to moisten, to steep; to moor (a ship). _— l’ancre_; (nav.) to let go the anchor.

*=mouiller=, _v.n._, (nav.) to anchor, to cast anchor.

*=mouillette=, _n.f._, sippet (to eat with boiled eggs).

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

*=mouillure=, _n.f._, wetting, watering, sprinkling.

=moujik=, _n.m._, (_—s_) moujik, Russian peasant.

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

=moulard=, _n.m._, moularde, _n.f._, grindstone-dust.

=moule=, _n.m._, matrix, mold, cast; netting, pin. _— à beurre_; butter-print. _Faire un —_; to take a cast. _Jeter en —_; to cast in a mold. _Cela ne se jette pas en —_; (prov.) that cannot be done easily. _Fait au —_; (fig.) beautifully shaped.

=moule=, _n.f._, (conch.) mussel.

=moulé=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, molded; cast; printed, shaped, formed. _Lettre —e_; printed letter. _Chandelle —e_; molded candle.

=moulé=, _n.m._, (pop.) print, printed letters, type.

=mouler=, _v.a._, to cast, to mold, to shape, to form, to print.

_se_ =mouler=, _v.r._, to mold one’s self. _— sur un autre_; to take another for one’s model.

=mouleur=, _n.m._, molder.

=moulin=, _n.m._, mill. _— à blé_; corn-mill. _— à vent_; wind-mill. _— à bras_; hand-mill. _— à eau_; water-mill. _— à vapeur_; steam-mill. _— à café_; coffee-mill. _C’est un — à paroles_; she is a chatterbox. _Faire venir l’eau au —_; to bring grist to the mill. _Jeter son bonnet par dessus les —s_; to throw off all restraint, to be regardless of consequences.

=moulinage=, _n.m._, (manu.) grinding, milling; silk-throwing.

=mouliner=, _v.a._, to eat away wood (of worms); to throw (silk).

=moulinet=, _n.m._, small windlass, capstan; small mill. _Faire le — avec une épée_; to twirl a sword about.

=moulineur= _or_ =moulinier=, _n.m._, silk-thrower.

☉=moult= (moo), _adv._, much, very much.

=moulu=, =-e=, _part._, ground; bruised.

=moulure=, _n.f._, (arch.) molding.

=mourant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dying person; dying, expiring; fading, going down gradually.

=mouret=, _n.m._ _V._ =moret=.

=mourine=, _n.f._, (ich.) eagle-ray.

=mourir= (mourant, mort), _v.n._, to die, to depart this life; to perish, to drop off, to go off, to expire, to stop; to go out (of fire); to be out (at play). _Être mort au monde_; to be dead to the world. _— de faim_; to die of starvation; to starve. _— de soif_; to be dying with thirst. _— de froid_; to perish from cold. _— d’envie_; to long for. _— de chagrin_; to die of a broken heart. _Il la fera — de chagrin_; he will break her heart. _— de rire_; to die with laughter. _C’est un meurt de faim_; he is a pauper, a starveling.

_se_ =mourir=, _v.r._, to be dying; to be dying out (of fire). _Cet homme se meurt_; this man is dying. [Only used in present and imperfect indicative.]

=mouron=, _n.m._, (bot.) pimpernel; chickweed; (ent.) eft.

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

=mousquet=, _n.m._, musket, match-lock.

☉=mousquetade=, _n.f._, musket-shot, volley of musketry.

☉=mousquetaire=, _n.m._, musketeer.

=mousqueterie= (-kè-trî), _n.f._, musketry, volley of musketry.

=mousqueton=, _n.m._, musketoon, carbine; pendant (of a watch-chain).

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

=mousse=, _n.m._, cabin-boy, ship-boy.

☉=mousse=, _adj._, blunt, dull (of tools).

=mousseline= (moos-li-n), _n.f._, muslin.

=mousser=, _v.n._, to froth, to foam, to effervesce, to lather. _Faire —_; to froth; to puff.

=mousseron= (moos-ron), _n.m._, mushroom.

=mousseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, foaming, frothy; (of wine) sparkling. _Rose —se_; moss-rose.

=moussoir=, _n.m._, chocolate-stick.

=mousson=, _n.f._, monsoon.

=moussu=, =-e=, _adj._, mossy, moss-grown.

=moustache=, _n.f._, moustache, mustachio; whisker (of animals). _Relever sa —_; to twirl up one’s moustache. _Brûler la — à quelqu’un_; to fire a pistol in any one’s face. _Donner sur la — à quelqu’un_; to hit any one in the face. _Vieille —_; veteran; old gray-beard.

=moustiquaire=, _n.f._, musquito-net.

=moustique=, _n.m._, musquito.

=moût=, _n.m._, must (wine not fermented); wort.

=moutard=, _n.m._, (pop.) brat, youngster.

=moutarde=, _n.f._, mustard. _Graine de —_; mustard-seed. _S’amuser à la —_; to trifle one’s time away. _Il m’a fait monter la — au nez_; he made me lose my temper. _C’est de la — après dîner_; it is a day after the fair.

=moutardier=, _n.m._, mustard-pot; mustard-maker; (orni.) black-martin, swift.

☉=moutier=, _n.m._, convent, monastery.

=mouton=, _n.m._, sheep; mutton; sheep-leather; rammer; beetle, monkey (rammer); (pers.) lamb, ninny, decoy, prison-spy. _pl._, (of the sea) white horses, white-crested waves. _Un troupeau de —s_; a flock of sheep. _Revenons à nos —s_; let us return to our subject.

☉*=moutonnaille=, _n.f._, flock of sheep.

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

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

=moutonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, woolly; foamy, rough (of waves).

=moutonni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, fleecy, woolly; sheep-like, silly.

=mouture=, _n.f._, grinding; charge for grinding; meslin of wheat, rye, and barley. _Tirer d’un sac deux —s_; to get a double profit on anything.

=mouvance=, _n.f._, (feudalism) tenure.

=mouvant=, =-e=, _adj._, moving, shifting, unstable; (jur.) depending on; (her.) issuant; animated, busy. _Sable —_; quicksand.

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

=mouver=, _v.a._, (gard.) to loosen, to stir.

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

_se_ =mouvoir=, _v.r._, to move, to stir, to be moved. _Faire se —_; to set in motion.

=moxa=, _n.m._, (surg.) moxa.

=moye= (moa), _n.f._, soft part (of stone).

=moyen= (moa-yin) _n.m._, means, way, manner; medium; power, possibility; (jur.) plea; (log.) mean; (math.) middle term. _pl._, means, resources; pecuniary circumstances; abilities, talents; parts. _Il n’y a pas — de faire cela_; that is not to be done. _Je n’en ai pas le —_; I have not the ability to do it; I can’t afford it. _Le — de lui parler?_ how can one manage to speak to him? _Contribuer chacun selon ses —s_; to contribute each according to his means. _Il a beaucoup de —s_; he is very clever; he has plenty of brains. _Voies et —s_; ways and means. _Au — de_; by means of, with the help of. _Trouver —_; to find means, to contrive, to manage. _Faire valoir ses —s_; to make the most of one’s talents.

=moyen=, =-ne= (moa-yin, -yè-n), _adj._, mean, middle, middle-sized, average. _Le — âge_; the Middle Ages. _Terme —_, _chiffre —_; average, mean, on an average.

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

=moyennant que=, _conj._, provided that, on condition that.

=moyenne=, _n.f._, average; (math.) mean, medium; (writ.) round hand. _— approximative_; rough average. _Sur une — de_; at an average of. _En —_; on an average; (of writing) in round hand.

☉=moyennement= (moa-iè-n-mān), _adv._, moderately, indifferently.

☉=moyenner=, _v.a._, to mediate, to procure, to bring about.

=moyer=, _v.a._, to saw (freestone).

=moyette=, _n.f._, (agri.) shock, stook.

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

=mozarabe=, _n.m._, Muzarab.

=mozarabe=, _or_ =mozarabique= _adj._, muzarabic.

=mr.= (ab. of _Monsieur_), Mr., Mister.

=m’sieu=, _n.m._ (pop. for _Monsieur_), sir, mister.

=ms.=, =msc.=, (ab. of _Manuscrit_), ms., manuscript.

=mss.= (ab. of _Manuscrits_,) mss., manuscripts.

=muabilité=, _n.f._ _V._ =mutabilité=.

=muable=, _adj._, mutable, changeable.

=muance=, _n.f._, (mus.) changing a note. _En —_; (of the voice) breaking.

=mucate=, _n.m._, mucic acid combined.

_à_ =muche-pot=, _adv._ _V._ =musse-pot= (à).

=mucilage=, _n.m._, mucilage.

=mucilagineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, mucilaginous.

=mucosité=, _n.f._, mucus, phlegm.

=mucus= (-kus), _n.m._, mucus.

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

=muer=, _v.n._, to molt, to cast its skin, to cast horns; to mew; (of the voice) to break, to change. _Ce chien mue_; that dog is shedding its coat. _Sa voix mue_; his voice is breaking.

=muet=, =-te=, _adj._, dumb, mute, speechless; taciturn, secret; (of maps) in outline; (of evidence) presumptive, circumstantial; silent (of letters). _Il est sourd-—_, _sourd et —_; he is deaf and dumb. _La frayeur le rendit —_; terror struck him dumb. _Scène —te_; dumb show.

=muet=, _n.m._, =-te=, _n.f._, dumb man, dumb woman.

=muette=, _n.f._, mew, mews; hunting-lodge.

=muezin=, _n.m._, (_—s_) muezzin.

=mufle=, _n.m._, snout, muzzle (of animals); face, phiz, mug (of persons). _— de veau_; (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout. _Quel —!_ what a face!

=mufleau=, _n.m._, (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout.

=muflier=, _n.m._, (bot.) snap-dragon, calf’s snout.

=mufti= _or_ =muphti=, _n.m._, (_—s_) mufti.

=muge=, _n.m._, (ich.) mullet, gray mullet.

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

=mugissant=, =-e=, _adj._, bellowing, roaring.

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

☉=mugot=, _n.m._ _V._ =magot=.

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

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

☉=muid=, _n.m._, hogshead (measure).

=mulasse=, _n.f._, young mule.

=mulâtre=, _adj._, mulatto.

=mulâtr-e=, _n.m._, =-esse=, _n.f._, mulatto.

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

=mule=, _n.f._, slipper; she-mule. _pl._, chilblains in the heels, kibes; (vet.) chaps. _La — du pape_; the pope’s slipper. _Baiser la — du pape_; to kiss the pope’s toe. _Ferrer la —_; to get the market-penny (of servants).

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

=muletier= (mul-tié), _n.m._, muleteer.

=mulle=, _n.m._, (ich.) surmullet.

☉=mulle=, _n.f._ _V._ =caillette=.

=mulle=, _adj._, (com.) of inferior quality (of madder).

=mulot=, _n.m._, field-mouse.

=multangulaire=, _adj._, (bot.) multangular.

=multangulé=, =-e=, _adj._, multangular.

=multi=, a prefix from Latin _multus_.

=multicapsulaire=, _adj._, (bot.) multicapsular.

=multicolore=, _adj._, of many colors, many-colored.

=multifide=, _adj._, (bot.) multifid.

=multiflore=, _adj._, (bot.) multiflorous, many-flowered.

=multiforme=, _adj._, multiform.

=multilatère=, _adj._, multilateral, many-sided.

=multiloculaire=, _adj._, (bot.) muitilocular.

=multinôme=, _n.m._, (l.u.) (alg.) multinominal. _V._ =polynôme=.

=multipare=, _adj._, multiparous.

=multipartite=, _adj._, (bot.) multipartite.

=multipède=, _adj._, multiped.

=multiple=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (arith.) multiple.

=multipliable=, _adj._, multipliable.

=multipliant=, _adj._, multiplying. _n.m._, multiplying-glass.

=multiplicande=, _n.m._, (arith.) multiplicand.

=multiplicateur=, _n.m._, (arith.) multiplier.

=multiplication=, _n.f._, multiplication. _Table de —_; multiplication table.

=multiplicité=, _n.f._, multiplicity.

=multiplié=, =-e=, _adj._, multifarious, multiplied, manifold, repeated, frequent.

=multiplier=, _v.a._, to multiply.

_se_ =multiplier=, _v.r._, to multiply; to be repeated, to be everywhere.

=multiplier=, _v.n._, to multiply.

=multitude=, _n.f._, multitude.

=multivalve=, _n.f._ and _adj._, multivalve; multi-valvular.

=muni=, =-e=, _part._, supplied, furnished, provided (with); possessed (of); fortified.

=municipal=, =-e=, _adj._, municipal.

=municipal=, _n.m._, municipal officer; municipal guard. _Conseiller —_; member of the town council. _Musique —e_; town-band.

=municipalité=, _n.f._, municipality.

=munificence=, _n.f._, munificence, bounty.

=munir=, _v.a._, to provide (with), to supply, to furnish (with); to arm, to fortify, to secure.

_se_ =munir=, _v.r._, to provide one’s self, to be provided, to be supplied, to be furnished (with).

=munition=, _n.f._, ammunition. _pl._, military stores, provisions. _—s de bouche_; provisions. _—s de guerre_; ammunition.

=munitionnaire=, _n.m._, (milit.) contractor; commissary of stores.

=muphti=, _n.m._ _V._ =mufti=.

=muqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, mucous.

=mur=, _n.m._, wall. _— mitoyen_; partition wall. _— de clôture_; inclosure-wall. _— d’appui_; wall breast-high, parapet wall. _— blanc_; dead wall. _Mettre quelqu’un au pied du —_; to nonplus any one, to drive into a corner.

=mûr=, =-e=, _adj._, ripe, mature, matured; worn out, shabby (of clothes). _L’âge —_; mature age. _Du vin —_; wine fit for drinking.

=murage=, _n.m._, walling.

*=muraille=, _n.f._, thick, high wall; rampart.

*=muraillement=, _n.m._, (mas.) walling.

=mural=, =-e=, _adj._, mural.

=mûre=, _n.f._, (bot.) mulberry. _— sauvage_, _— de ronce_, _— de haie_; blackberry.

=mûrement= (mûr-mān), _adv._, maturely. _J’y ai — réfléchi_; I have deeply reflected upon it.

=murène=, _n.f._, (ich.) muræna.

=murer=, _v.a._, to wall; to wall up; to brick up; to immure; to screen, to veil.

=murex= (-rèks), _n.m._, (conch.) murex.

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

=muriatique=, _adj._, (chem.) muriatic. _Acide —_; muriatic acid.

=mûrier=, _n.m._, mulberry-tree.

=mûrir=, _v.n._, to ripen, to grow ripe, to mature.

=mûrir=, _v.a._, to ripen, to mature, to bring to perfection _or_ completeness. _Se —_; to ripen.

=murmurant=, =-e=, _adj._, murmuring, babbling, purling; muttering, grumbling.

=murmurateur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, murmurer, grumbler; discontented, murmuring, grumbling person.

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

=murmurer=, _v.n._, to murmur, to grumble, to mutter; to whisper; to gurgle, to prattle, to purl, to babble, to sough.

=murmurer=, _v.a._, to mutter, to whisper. _Que murmurez-vous là?_ what are you muttering there?

_se_ =murmurer=, _v.r._, to be whispered, to be whispered about.

=muron=, _n.m._, blackberry; wild raspberry.

=murrhin=, =-e=, _adj._, murrhine.

=musagète=, _adj._, (myth.) chief of the Muses (of Apollo).

*=musaraigne=, _n.f._, (mam.) shrew-mouse.

=musard=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, loiterer, dawdler; loitering, dawdling.

=musarder=, _v.n._, to loiter, to dawdle.

=musarderie=, _n.f._, loitering, trifling; dawdling.

=musc= _or_ =porte-musc=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mam.) musk, musk-deer.

=musc=, _n.m._, musk (scent).

=muscade=, _n.f._, nutmeg; juggler’s ball. _Noix —_; nutmeg.

=muscadet=, _n.m._, muscadet (wine).

=muscadier=, _n.m._, nutmeg-tree.

=muscadin=, _n.m._, musk-lozenge; ☉beau, dandy, fop, spark.

=muscat=, _n.m._ and _adj._, muscatel, muscadine, muscadel (a kind of grapes, of wine, of pears).

=muscatelline=, _n.f._, (bot.) adoxa, moschatel.

=muscle=, _n.m._, muscle.

=musclé=, =-e=, _adj._, strongly marked (of the muscles).

=musculaire=, _adj._, muscular.

=musculature=, _n.f._, (sculpt., paint.) muscularity, muscling.

=musculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, muscular, brawny, musculous.

=muse=, _n.f._, Muse.

=muse=, _n.f._, (hunt.) rutting-time.

=museau=, _n.m._, muzzle, snout, nose, face.

=musée=, _n.m._, museum. _— de tableaux_; picture-gallery.

=museler= (mu-zlé), _v.a._, to muzzle, to silence, to gag.

=muselière=, _n.f._, muzzle.

=musellement=, _n.m._, muzzling; (fig.) gagging, silencing.

=muser=, _v.n._, to loiter, to trifle, to moon, to dawdle; (hunt.) to begin to rut. _Qui refuse muse_; you may lose by refusing.

=muserolle= (muz-rol), _n.f._, nose-band, musrole.

=musette=, _n.f._, bagpipe; tune for ditto; nose-bag (for horses).

=muséum= (-om), _n.m._, (_—s_) museum.

=musical=, =-e=, _adj._, musical.

=musicalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, musically.

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

=musico=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (in the Netherlands) a low music hall; gaff; pot-house.

=musicomane=, _n.m._, (l.u.) person extremely fond of music. _V._ =mélomane=.

=musicomanie=, _n.f._, (l.u.) passion for music. _V._ =mélomanie=.

=musi-f= _or_ =mussi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (chem.) mosaic. _Or —_; mosaic-gold, ormolu.

=musique=, _n.f._, music; band, musicians. _Mettre des vers en —_; to set verses to music. _Être réglé comme un papier de —_; to be as regular as clockwork. _Nous ferons de la —_; we shall have some music. _La — du régiment_; the regimental band.

=musiquer=, _v.n._, to strum (on the piano).

=musoir=, _n.m._, pier-head, jetty-head.

=musqué=, =-e=, _adj._, musked, perfumed; studied, unnatural; odd, strange.

=musquer=, _v.a._, to perfume with musk, to musk, to scent.

_se_ =musquer=, _v.r._, to scent one’s self with musk.

_à_ =musse-pot=, _adv._, in concealment, secretly. _V._ =à muche-pot=.

☉_se_ =musser=, _v.r._, to hide one’s self; to lurk in a corner.

=mussulman=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Mussulman; Mahometan, Mohammedan.

=mustelle=, _n.f._, (ich.) whistle-fish.

☉=musurgie=, _n.f._, (mus.) musurgy.

=mutabilité=, _n.f._, mutability, changeableness.

=mutation=, _n.f._, mutation, change.

=muter=, _v.a._, to sulphur (wine-casks).

=mutilat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, mutilator; mutilating.

=mutilation=, _n.f._, mutilation; maiming; mangling, garbling.

=mutiler=, _v.a._, to mutilate; to maim; to disfigure, to garble.

=mutin=, =-e=, _adj._, obstinate, stubborn, unruly, fractious; riotous, seditious, rebellious.

=mutin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, obstinate person; refractory child; mutineer, rioter.

=mutiné=, =-e=, _part._, mutinous, riotous. _Peuple —_; riotous people. _Les flots —s_; the raging waves.

_se_ =mutiner=, _v.r._, to mutiny, to be refractory, unruly. _Cet enfant se mutine_; that child is getting unruly.

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

=mutisme=, _n.m._, dumbness, speechlessness.

=mutualité=, _n.f._, mutuality.

=mutuel=, =-le=, _adj._, mutual, reciprocal. _Société de secours —s_; benefit _or_ friendly society.

=mutuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, mutually, reciprocally.

=mutule=, _n.f._, (arch.) mutule.

=myélite=, _n.f._, (med.) inflammation of the spinal marrow.

=myographie=, _n.f._, myography.

=myologie=, _n.f._, myology.

=myope=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, myope, short-sighted person; short-sighted.

=myope=, _n.m._, (ent.) conops.

=myopie=, _n.f._, myopia, myopy, short-sightedness.

=myose=, _n.f._, (med.) myosis.

=myosotis=, _n.m._, (bot.) myositis, forget-me-not, scorpion-grass.

=myosure=, _n.f._, (bot.) mouse-tail.

=myotomie=, _n.f._, myotomy.

=myriade=, _n.f._, myriad.

=myriagramme=, _n.m._, myriagramme (22·0485 lbs. avoirdupois).

=myriamètre=, _n.m._, myriametre (6·2138 miles).

=myriapode=, _n.m._, (ent.) myriapod.

=myrmidon=, _n.m._ _V._ =mirmidon=.

=myrobolan=, _n.m._, (bot.) myrobalan.

=myrobolan=, =-te=, _adj._ _V._ =mirobolant=.

=myrobolanier=, _n.m._, myrobalan-tree.

=myrrhe=, _n.f._, myrrh.

=myrrhis= (mir-ris), _n.m._, (bot.) myrrhis.

=myrte=, _n.m._, myrtle.

=myrtiforme=, _adj._, myrtiform.

=myrtille=, _n.f._, (bot.) bilberry.

=mystagogue= (-gog), _n.m._, (antiq.) mystagogue.

=mystère=, _n.m._, mystery, secret, secrecy; fuss, ado; importance. _Sans autre —_; without further ado. _Approfondir un —_; to probe a mystery. _Mettre du — à_; to make a mystery of.

=mystérieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, mysteriously.

=mystérieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, mysterious.

=mysticisme=, _n.m._, mysticism.

=mysticité=, _n.f._, mysticism.

=mystificateur=, _n.m._, hoaxer, mystifier. _adj._, mystifying, hoaxing.

=mystification=, _n.f._, hoaxing, hoax, mystification.

=mystifier=, _v.a._, to hoax, to mystify.

=mystique=, _adj._, mystical, mystic.

=mystique=, _n.m.f._, (pers.) mystic.

=mystique=, _n.f._, (philos.) the study of spirituality.

=mystiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, mystically.

=mythe=, _n.m._, myth, fable, fiction.

=mythique=, _adj._, mythic, mythical.

=mythologie=, _n.f._, mythology.

=mythologique=, _adj._, mythological, fabulous.

=mythologiste= _or_ =mythologue=, _n.m._, mythologist.

=myure=, _adj._, (med.) sinking (of the pulse).

N

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

=n’= (contraction of _Ne_), not.

=nabab=, _n.m._, nabob.

=nababie=, _n.f._, nabobship.

=nable=, _n.m._, (nav.) scuttle-hole; plug-stopper.

=nabot=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jest.) shrimp, manikin; (pers.) dwarf.

=nacarat=, _n.m._, nacarat.

=nacarat=, _adj. invariable_, nacarat.

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

=nacre=, _n.f._, mother-of-pearl.

=nacré=, =-e=, _adj._, nacreous, pearly.

=nadir=, _n.m._, (astron.) nadir.

=naevus=, _n.m._, birth-mark, mole.

=naffe=, _n.m._, orange-flower. Only used in _Eau de —_; orange-flower water.

=nage=, _n.f._, swimming; rowing, sculling, paddling; (fig.) profuse perspiration, sweat. _A la —_; swimming, by swimming. _Passer la rivière à la —_; to swim across the river _or_ to row over. _Se jeter à la —_; to leap into the water. _Être tout en —_; to be in a bath of perspiration. _Donner la —_; to pull the stroke oar, to give the stroke.

=nagée=, _n.f._, (l.u.) stroke in swimming _or_ rowing.

=nagement= (na-jmān), _n.m._, swimming, rowing.

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

=nageoter=, _v.n._, to swim a little, to swim about.

=nager=, _v.n._, to swim; to float; to roll; to welter; (nav.) to row, to paddle, to scull, to pull. _Il nage comme un poisson_; he swims like a fish. _— dans l’opulence_; to be rolling in riches. _— entre deux eaux_; to swim under water; (fig.) to be a trimmer. _— dans son sang_; to be weltering in one’s blood. _— à culer_; (nav.) to back, to back water.

=nageu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, swimmer; (nav.) rower, oarsman.

=naguère= _or_ =naguères= (na-ghèr), _adv._, lately, but lately, but now, not long ago.

=naïade=, _n.f._, (myth.) naiad, water-nymph.

=naï-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, naïve, native, artless, ingenuous; plain, unaffected, natural; candid; simple. _Grâce —ve_; native grace. _Réponse —ve_; ingenuous answer.

=naïf=, _n.m._, (lit., paint.) nature without art.

=nain= (nin), =-e= (nè-n), _n._ and _adj._, dwarf; dwarfish. _— jaune_; Pope Joan (card game). _Arbres —s_; dwarf trees. _Œuf —_; addled egg.

=naïre=, _n.m._, Indian chief (Malabar).

=naissain=, _n.m._, oyster-spat.

=naissance=, _n.f._, birth; nativity; descent, extraction; beginning, dawn, rise. _Le lieu de sa —_; one’s birth-place. _Jour de —_, _anniversaire de la —_; birth-day. _Être de haute —_; to be high-born. _Prendre — de_; to be born; to originate in. _Donner — à_; to give rise to. _La — de la poésie_; the dawn of poetry.

=naissant=, =-e=, _adj._, newly-born; dawning; budding, rising; infant, in its infancy; beginning, growing, nascent. _Une fortune —e_; a rising fortune.

=naître= (naissant, né), _v.n._, to be born, to come into the world; to originate, to arise; to rise, to dawn, to spring up. _Il est né poète_; he was born a poet. _Cela peut faire — des soupçons_; that may give rise to suspicion. _Faire —_; to call into existence; to create, to produce, to excite, to suggest. _Je l’ai vu —_; I knew him as a child.

=naïvement= (-iv-mān), _adv._, ingenuously, plainly, candidly, naïvely, artlessly.

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

=nanan=, _n.m._, sweetmeats, goody (childish).

=nankin=, _n.m._, nankeen.

=nanti=, =-e=, _part._, stocked, furnished with, holding as security. _Être — de_; to hold as a pledge.

=nantir=, _v.a._, to give as a pledge, to secure.

_se_ =nantir=, _v.r._, to hold as a pledge; to provide one’s self (with); to take possession (of); to feather one’s nest.

=nantissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, security, pledge, lien.

=napée=, _n.f._, (myth.) wood-nymph, mountain-nymph.

=napel=, _n.m._, (bot.) monk’s-hood.

=naphte=, _n.m._, naphtha.

=napiforme=, _adj._, (bot.) napiform, turnip-shaped.

=napoléon=, _n.m._, napoleon (French gold coin, worth $3.86).

=napolitain=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Neapolitan.

=nappe=, _n.f._, cloth, table-cloth, cover; (hunt.) dead animal’s skin; clap-net. _— d’eau_; sheet of water. _Eclair en —_; sheet-lightning.

=napperon= (na-pron), _n.m._, napkin, slip (small table-cloth).

=narcisse=, _n.m._, (bot.) daffodil, narcissus. _C’est un —_; he is enamored of his person.

=narcotine=, _n.f._, narcotine.

=narcotique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, narcotic.

=narcotisme=, _n.m._, (med.) narcotism.

=nard=, _n.m._, (bot., pharm.) nard; (bot.) spikenard.

=nargue= (narg), _n.f._, pshaw, pish, scorn, disdain, slight, sneer. _Dire — de_; to snap one’s finger at. _— de l’amour_; a fig for, a plague on, love. _Faire — à_; to snap one’s fingers at.

=narguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to defy, to set at defiance; to beard.

=narguilé=, _n.m._, narghileh (Turkish, Persian pipe).

=narine=, _n.f._, nostril.

=narquois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, sharper, swindler; banterer, chaffer, quiz; cunning, sly, chaffing, bantering. _Parler —_; to talk slang.

=narquoisement=, _adv._, cunningly, slyly, sneeringly, banteringly.

=narrat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (nar-ra-), narrator, relater.

=narrati-f=, =-ve= (nar-ra-), _adj._, narrative, narratory.

=narration= (nar-ra-), _n.f._, narration, narrative.

=narré= (nar-ré), _n.m._, narrative, narration, recital, account, story.

=narrer= (nar-ré), _v.a._, to narrate, to relate, to tell.

=narthex=, _n.m._, (arch.) narthex vestibule.

=narval=, _n.m._, (mam.) narwhal, sea-unicorn.

=nasal=, =-e=, _adj._, nasal. _Son —_; nasal sound.

=nasale=, _n.f._, (gram.) nasal.

=nasalement=, _adv._, (gram.) with a nasal sound.

=nasaliser=, _v.a._, to render nasal, to nasalize.

=nasalité=, _n.f._, (gram.) nasal sound.

=nasard=, _n.m._, organ-stop (to imitate the human voice).

=nasarde=, _n.f._, fillip, rap on the nose.

=nasarder=, _v.a._, to fillip, to rap on the nose; to jeer, to banter; to defy, to make game of.

=naseau=, _n.m._, nostril (of animals). _Un fendeur de —x_; a swaggerer, a braggart.

=nasi=, _n.m._, President of the Sanhedrim.

*=nasillant=, =-e=, _adj._, speaking through the nose.

*=nasillard=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, snuffler, person who speaks through his nose; snuffling, nasal.

*=nasillement=, _n.m._, speaking through the nose, snuffling; twang.

*=nasiller=, _v.n._, to speak through the nose, to snuffle.

=nasilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, snuffler.

*=nasillonner=, _v.n._, to speak a little through the nose.

=nasse=, _n.f._, bow-net, weel, eel-pot. _Il est dans la —_; he is in a scrape.

=nasselle=, _n.f._, rush net.

=natal=, =-e=, _adj._, natal, native, vernacular. _Lieu —_; birth-place. _Pays —_; native country. _Jour —_; birthday.

=natation=, _n.f._, swimming.

=natatoire=, _adj._, swimming, natatory.

=nati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, native, natural. _Il est — de_; he is a native of (towns). _Or —_; native gold.

=natif=, _n.m._, native.

=nation=, _n.f._, nation. _La grande —_; France (under Napoleon I.).

=national=, =-e=, _adj._, national, native. _Assemblée —e_; national assembly. _Garde —e_; national guard (corps). _Garde —_; national guard (man).

=nationalement= (-nal-mān), _adv._, nationally.

=nationaliser=, _v.a._, to nationalize.

_se_ =nationaliser=, _v.r._, to become nationalized.

=nationalité=, _n.f._, nationality.

=nationaux=, _n.m.pl._, natives, native subjects; countrymen.

=nativité=, _n.f._, nativity, birth.

=natron= _or_ =natrum=, _n.m._, (min.) natron.

=natte=, _n.f._, mat, matting, straw-mat; plait, twist (of hair, silk, &c.).

=natter=, _v.a._, to mat; to plait, to plat, to twist.

=nattier=, _n.m._, mat-maker; straw-plaiter.

_in_ =naturalibus=, _adv._, (fam.) in a state of nakedness, stark naked.

=naturalisation=, _n.f._, naturalization.

=naturaliser=, _v.a._, to naturalize.

=naturalisme=, _n.m._, naturalism, naturalness.

=naturaliste=, _n.m.f._, naturalist. _adj._, naturalistic.

=naturalité=, _n.f._, citizenship, denizenship.

=nature=, _n.f._, nature; kind; habit, constitution, disposition, temper; life, life-size. _Don de la —_; gift of nature. _L’habitude est une seconde —_; habit is a second nature. _La — humaine_; human nature; mankind. _Payer en —_; to pay in kind. _L’art perfectionne la —_; nature is improved by art. _Prendre la — pour modèle_; to copy nature. _Dessiner d’après —_; to draw from nature, from life. _De — à_; calculated to. _Contre —_; unnatural. _adj._, _pommes de terre —_; plain boiled potatoes.

=naturel=, =-le=, _adj._, natural, native, inborn, innate, inherent, genial; artless, plain, home-bred. _Enfant —_; illegitimate child.

=naturel=, _n.m._, native; nature, naturalness; freedom from affectation, genuineness, simplicity; temper, constitution; feeling; life. _Les —s d’un pays_; the natives of a country. _— fort et robuste_; strong constitution. _Un homme d’un mauvais —_, _d’un bon —_; an ill-natured, a good-natured, man. _Au —_; naturally, to the life, life-size; (cook.) cooked plain.

=naturellement= (-rèl-mān), _adv._, naturally, by nature; genuinely, sincerely, candidly; plainly, freely, artlessly.

=naufrage=, _n.m._, shipwreck, wreck. _Faire —_; to be wrecked _or_ shipwrecked.

=naufragé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, castaway; wrecked, shipwrecked.

=naufrager=, _v.n._, to be shipwrecked, to suffer shipwreck.

=naulage=, _n.m._, freight, fare.

=naumachie=, _n.f._, naumachy (spectacle representing a sea-fight).

=nauséabond=, =-e=, _adj._, nauseous, loathsome, disgusting, sickening.

=nausée=, _n.f._, nausea, qualm, retching; loathing; disgust.

=nautile=, _n.m._, (mol.) nautilus; life-belt.

=nautique=, _adj._, nautical, nautic.

=nautiquement=, _adv._, nautically.

=nautoni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (poet.) pilot, mariner.

=naval=, =-e=, _adj._, naval, sea, nautical. _Combat —_; sea-fight.

☉=navée=, _n.f._, boat-load.

=navet=, _n.m._, turnip; (hort.) root.

=navetier= (nav-tié), _n.m._, shuttle-maker.

=navetière=, _n.f._, turnip-field.

=navette=, _n.f._, (ecc.) incense-box; (bot.) rape, rape-seed; netting-needle, shuttle. _Faire la —_; to go to and fro; to wobble. _Huile de —_; rape oil. _Point de —_; lock-stitch.

=naviculaire=, _adj._, (anat., bot.) navicular.

=navigabilité=, _n.f._, navigableness, seaworthiness.

=navigable=, _adj._, navigable, seaworthy.

=navigateur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, navigator; seafaring.

=navigation=, _n.f._, navigation, voyage, sailing. _— de plaisance_; boating, yachting.

=naviguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, to navigate, to sail. _— en pleine mer_; to sail in the open sea.

=naviguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to row, to sail (a boat).

☉*=naville=, _n.f._, small irrigation canal.

=navire=, _n.m._, vessel, ship. [Not applied to men-of-war.] _Couler à fond un —_; to sink a ship. _Un — marchand_; a merchantman.

=navrant=, =-e=, _adj._, heart-rending, heart-breaking, distressing.

=navré=, =-e=, _part._, broken-hearted, wrung, rent, distressed. _Avoir le cœur —_; to be broken-hearted.

=navrer=, _v.a._, to wound, to distress; to rend the heart. _Cela me navre le cœur_; that rends my heart.

=nazaréen= (-ré-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (-ré-è-n), _n.f._, Nazarite, Nazarene.

=n.b.=, (ab. of _Nota Bene_) _N.B._, _Nota Bene_.

=n.d.=, (ab. of _Notre Dame_) our Lady.

=ne=, _adv._, no, not. _Je — veux pas_; I will not. _Cela — vaut rien_; that is worth nothing. _Il — cesse de gronder_; he does not cease scolding, is always on the scold. _Je n’ose lui parler_; I dare not speak to him. _Je — peux me taire_; I cannot remain silent. _Je — saurais vous dire_; I cannot tell you. _Vous — devez pas_; you must not. _Je crains que cela — soit_; I fear that it is so. _Je — doute pas que cela ne soit_; I do not doubt it. _A moins que cela — soit_; unless that is so. _Il — fait que dormir_; he does nothing but sleep. _— ... que_; only, nothing but. _Il n’a a fait que cela_; he only did that. _Il — le fera plus_; he will not do it again. [_Ne_ is contracted into _n’_ before a vowel or a silent _h_.]

=né=, =-e=, _part._, born. _— de la mer_; sea-born. _Bien —_; of good birth, well-disposed. _Nouveau-—_, _m._, (_—-—s_), _nouveau-—e_, _f._, (_—-—s_) newly-born. _Mort-—_, _m._, (_—-—s_), _mort-—e_, _f._, (_—-—s_) still-born. _Je suis — à Londres_; I was born in London. _Premier —_; first-born.

=néanmoins=, _adv._, nevertheless, however, for all that, notwithstanding.

=néant=, _n.m._, nothing, naught, nothingness, emptiness, nonentity. _C’est un homme de —_; he is a man of nothing. _Mettre au —_; to annul, to set at naught.

=nébride=, _n.f._, fawn-skin (worn at the feast of Bacchus).

=nébuleuse=, _n.f._, (astron.) nebula.

=nébuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, nebulous, cloudy, misty, hazy; obscure, gloomy.

=nébulosité=, _n.f._, nebulosity, obscurity, gloom.

=nécessaire=, _adj._, necessary, requisite, needful, unavoidable, indispensable.

=nécessaire=, _n.m._, necessaries, needful; dressing-case; work-box; canteen. _Se refuser le —_; to refuse one’s self the necessaries of life.

=nécessairement= (-sèr-mān), _adv._, necessarily; of course.

=nécessitante=, _adj.f._, absolute; (theol.) compulsory.

=nécessité=, _n.f._, necessity, exigence; need, want. _— n’a point de loi_; necessity knows no law. _Faire de — vertu_; to make a virtue of necessity. _La — est la mère de l’invention_; necessity is the mother of invention. _Les —s de la nature_; the wants of nature. _De —_; of necessity, necessarily.

=nécessiter=, _v.a._, to compel, to force; to necessitate; to oblige, to imply.

=nécessiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, necessitous, needy.

=nécessiteux=, _n.m._, pauper.

=nec plus ultra=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) ne plus ultra.

=nécrologe=, _n.m._, obituary.

=nécrologie=, _n.f._, necrology, obituary.

=nécrologique=, _adj._, necrologic, necrological.

=nécromance= _or_ =nécromancie=, _n.f._, necromancy.

=nécromancien= (-ci-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (-ci-è-n), _n.f._, necromancer.

=nécromant=, _n.m._, necromancer.

=nécropole=, _n.f._, necropolis.

=nécrose=, _n.f._, (med.) necrosis.

=nectaire=, _n.m._, (bot.) nectary, honey-cup.

=nectar=, _n.m._, nectar.

=nef=, _n.f._, nave (of a church); (poet.) ship. _Moulin à —_; mill built upon a boat.

=néfaste=, _adj._, (antiq.) (of solemn festivals) of rest; inauspicious, of evil omen, unlucky. _Jour —_; day of mourning.

=nèfle=, _n.f._, (bot.) medlar.

=néflier=, _n.m._, (bot.) medlar-tree.

=négatif=, _n.m._, (photograph), negative.

=négati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, negative.

=négation=, _n.f._, negation, negative.

=négative=, _n.f._, negative, refusal.

=négativement= (-tiv-mān) _adv._, negatively.

=négligé=, =-e=, _part._, neglected, unnoticed, unheeded, unstudied; careless, slovenly. _Style —_; careless style. _Extérieur —_; slovenly exterior.

=négligé=, _n.m._, undress, negligee.

=négligeable=, _adj._, (math.) that can be neglected, trifling, unimportant. _Quantité —_; not important enough to be taken into account, or that can be set aside.

=négligement= (-gli-jmān), _n.m._, (arts) neglect.

=négligemment= (-ja-mān), _adv._, negligently, carelessly.

=négligence=, _n.f._, negligence, neglect; carelessness, oversight.

=négligent=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless; negligent person.

=négliger=, _v.a._, to neglect, to omit, to overlook, to slight, to pass over, to disregard, to pass by.

_se_ =négliger=, _v.r._, to neglect one’s self, to be negligent or careless. _Il commence à —_; he begins to be careless of his person.

=négoce=, _n.m._, trade, traffic, business. _Faire un gros —_; to carry on a large trade.

=négociabilité=, _n.f._, negotiability.

=négociable=, _adj._, negotiable, transferable.

=négociant=, _n.m._, merchant (wholesale).

=négociat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, negotiator, transactor.

=négociation=, _n.f._, negotiation, transaction.

=négocier=, _v.n._, to negotiate, to trade.

=négocier=, _v.a._, to negotiate; to be in treaty for. _— un mariage_; to bring about a marriage.

_se_ =négocier=, _v.r._, to be negotiating _or_ negotiated (of a thing).

*=négraille=, _n.f._, negro-race.

=nègre=, _n.m._, negro, black. _Travailler comme un —_; to toil and moil; to work like a slave.

=négrerie=, _n.f._, negro-yard.

=négresse=, _n.f._, negress.

=négrier=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, slave-ship, slaver; slave-dealer. _Capitaine —_; captain of a slave-ship. _Bâtiment —_; slave-ship. _Marchand —_; slave-dealer.

*=négrillon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, little negro, negro boy, negro girl.

=négromancien=, =négromant=, _n.m._ _V._ =nécromancien=, =nécromant=.

=neige=, _n.f._, snow; (bot.) guelder-rose. _De gros flocons de —_; large flakes of snow. _Amas de —_; snow-drift. _Boule de —_; snow-ball. _Il est tombé de la —_; there has been a fall of snow. _D’une blancheur de —_; as white as snow.

=neiger=, _v.imp._, to snow. _Il neige_; it snows.

=neigeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, snowy. _Temps —_; snowy weather.

=nélumbo=, _n.m._, (bot.) nelumbium.

=néméen= (-in), _adj.m._, Nemean.

=nénies=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) funeral dirges.

=nenni= (na-ni), _adv._, (fam.) no, not at all. _—-da_; no, indeed; certainly not.

=nénufar=, _n.m._, nenuphar, water-lily, water-rose.

=néo=, a prefix from Gr. νέος.

=néographe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, neographer.

=néographisme=, _n.m._, new way of spelling.

=néo-latin=, _adj._, neo-latin (applied to the seven modern languages derived from Latin).

=néologie=, _n.f._, neology.

=néologique=, _adj._, neological.

=néologisme=, _n.m._, neologism.

=néologiste=, _n.m._, neologist.

=néologue=, _n.m._, (b.s.) neologist.

=néophyte=, _n.m.f._, neophyte.

=néo-platonicien= (-ci-in), =-ne= (-ci-è-n), _n._ and _adj._, (_—-—s_) Neoplatonist. _Ecole —ne_; the Neoplatonist school.

=néo-platonisme=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), Neo-Platonism.

=néotérique=, _adj._, neoteric.

=néphralgie=, _n.f._, nephralgia.

=néphrétique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) nephritic (person affected with renal colic).

=néphrétique=, _n.f._, renal colic.

=néphrite=, _n.f._, nephritis.

=népotisme=, _n.m._, nepotism.

=neptune=, _n.m._, (astron., myth.) Neptune; (fig.) the sea; (tech.) nautical atlas.

=neptunien=, =-ne=, _adj._, (geol.) neptunian.

=nérée=, _n.m._, Nereus. _L’empire de —_ (poet.) the sea.

=néréide=, _n.f._, (myth.) Nereid.

=nerf= (nèrf), _n.m._, nerve, sinew; fortitude, vigor, strength, stamina; (bookbind.) cord, slip of tape. _Attaque de —s_; fit, nervous attack, hysterics. [The _f_ is mute in _nerf_, when used in the _pl._, and in _nerf de bœuf_.] _L’argent est le — de la guerre_; money is the sinews of war. _Donner sur les —s_; to make one feel nervous; to irritate one; to rack one’s nerves. _Manquer de —_; to be wanting in energy.

=nerf-férure=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (vet.) overreach.

=nérite=, _n.f._, (conch.) nerite.

=néroli=, _n.m._, neroli.

=nerprun=, _n.m._, (bot.) buckthorn.

☉=nervaison=, _n.f._, (med.) nervous system.

☉=nerval=, =-e=, _adj._, acting upon the nerves, nervine.

=nervé=, =-e=, _part._, nerved, nervose; corded.

=nerver=, _v.a._, to cover with sinews. _— un livre_; (bookbind.) to cord a book.

=nerveu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, nervous; sinewy, brawny, muscular, wiry, vigorous. _Être —_; to be nervous. _Bras —_; sinewy arm.

=nervin=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, nervine.

=nervosité=, _n.f._, nervousness; nervosity.

=nervure=, _n.f._, (arch.) nerve; (bot.) nerve (of a leaf); (bookbind.) slips of tape, cording; (ent.) nervure; (carp.) rib, fillet; (needlework) piping.

=nestor=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Nestor; oldest, senior.

=nestorianisme=, _n.m._, (ecc. hist.) Nestorianism.

=nestorien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._ and _n._, (ecc. hist.) Nestorian.

=net=, =-te=, _adj._, clean, neat, pure; clear, fair, empty; plain, distinct; easy, perspicuous; flat, frank, point-blank; (com.) net. _Une chambre —te_; a clean room. _Un cheval sain et —_; a horse warranted sound and free from any defect. _Ce vin est —_; that wine is clear. _Une écriture —te_; a fair hand. _Avoir la voix —te_; to have a clear voice. _Je veux en avoir le cœur —_; I will know the rights of it. _Faire maison —te_; to clear the house of servants. _Une réponse —te_; a plain answer. _Son bien est —_; his estate is clear. _Une pensée —te_; a clear thought. _Il a l’esprit —_; he has a clear understanding. _Avoir les mains —tes_; (fig.) to have clean hands; not to be mixed up in any shady enterprise. _Prix —_; trade price. _Bénéfice —_; clear profit.

=net=, _n.m._, fair copy. _Mettre au —_; to make a fair copy.

=net=, _adv._, clean, entirely; plainly, freely, flatly, point-blank, outright. _Il me l’a refusé tout —_; he flatly refused me or he refused me point-blank.

=nettement= (nèt-mān), _adv._, neatly; cleanly; clearly; distinctly, outright; frankly, plainly, flatly. _Parlez-lui —_; speak to him plainly, freely.

=netteté= (nèt-té), _n.f._, cleanness, cleanliness; neatness, clearness, distinctness, sharpness, purity, plainness, blamelessness. _Voir avec —_; to see with distinctness. _— dans la voix_; clearness of voice.

=nettoiement= (né-toa-mān), _n.m._, cleaning, cleansing, clearing; scouring, sweeping; brushing, wiping.

=nettoyage=, _n.m._ _V._ =nettoiement=.

=nettoyer=, _v.a._, to clean, to cleanse, to make clean, to scour, to wipe, to pick, to free, to clear, to rid (of), to sweep away, to sweep, to free (from); to drive off. _— un habit_; to clean a coat. _— les biens d’une maison_; to pay off the debts of a firm. _— le tapis_; to carry off the stakes; to sweep the board. _— la tranchée_; (milit.) to drive the besiegers from their trench. _— une maison_; (fig. fam.) to carry off the furniture.

_se_ =nettoyer=, _v.r._, to clean one’s self, to be cleaned. _— les dents_; to clean one’s teeth.

=neuf=, _n._ and _adj._, nine, ninth. _Un — de cœur_; a nine of hearts. [Neuf is pronounced _neu_ when it precedes an _adj._ or a _n._ beginning with a consonant or _h_ aspirate; and _neuv_, if the _adj._ or _n._ begins with a vowel or a silent _h_.]

=neuf=, _n.m._, new; something new. _À —_; anew, again; like new. _De —_; new. _Habiller de —_; to dress in new clothes. _Donnez-nous du —_; give us something new. _Il y a du —_; something has happened.

=neu-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, new; raw, green, young, inexperienced. _Maison —ve_; new house. _Faire corps —_; to take a new lease of life. _Il est tout — dans ce métier_; he is quite new to the business. _Une pensée —ve_; a new thought. _Remettre à —_; to do up; to make as good as new or equal to new.

=neume=, _n.m._, (plain chant) the singing of notes without words on one vowel.

=neure=, _n.m._, Dutch herring-boat.

=neutralement= (-tral-mān), _adv._, (gram.) neutrally.

=neutralisant=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (chem.) neutralizing body; neutralizing.

=neutralisation=, _n.f._, neutralization.

=neutraliser=, _v.a._, to neutralize.

_se_ =neutraliser=, _v.r._, to counteract each other, to become neutralized.

=neutralité=, _n.f._, neutrality.

=neutre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, neuter; neutral. _Pavillon —_; neutral flag. _Nom —_; neuter noun. _Verbe —_; neuter or intransitive verb. _Sel —_; neutral salt.

=neuvaine=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) novena, neuvaine (nine days’ devotion).

=neuvième=, _n.m._ and _adj._, ninth. _Il est le —_, _elle est la —_, _de sa classe_; he, she, is the ninth in his, in her, class.

=neuvième=, _n.f._, (mus.) ninth.

=neuvièmement= (-vièm-mān), _adv._, ninthly.

=neveu=, _n.m._, nephew. _pl._, (poet.) posterity, descendants. _Petit-—_, (_—s-—x_) grandnephew. _— à la mode de Bretagne_; cousin once removed. _Nos —x_, _nos derniers —x_, _nos arrière-—x_; our posterity, our children’s children.

=névralgie=, _n.f._, neuralgia.

=névralgique=, _adj._, (med.) neuralgic.

=névritique=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (med.) neurotic.

=névrographie=, _n.f._, neurology.

=névrologie=, _n.f._, neurology.

=névroptère=, _adj._, neuropteral, neuropterous.

=névroptère=, _n.m._, neuropteran.

=névrose=, _n.f._, (med.) nervous affection, nervous disorder, neurose.

=névrotomie=, _n.f._, neurotomy.

=newtonianisme= (neu-), _n.m._, Newtonianism.

=newtonien=, =-ne= (neu-to-ni-in, -è-n), _adj._, Newtonian.

=newtonien=, _n.m._, Newtonian.

=nez= (né), _n.m._, nose; face; scent (of dogs). _— aquilin_; aquiline nose. _— retroussé_; turned-up nose. _— écrasé_, _épaté_; flat nose, pug nose. _Il s’est cassé le —_; he has broken his nose. _Donner sur le — à quelqu’un_; to strike any one on the nose. _Regarder quelqu’un sous le —_; to stare any one in the face. _Ne voir pas plus loin que son —_; to see no farther than one’s nose. _À vue de —_; by rule of thumb. _Avoir bon —_; to have a good nose. _Il saigne du —_; his nose is bleeding. _Au — de quelqu’un_; to a person’s face, under a person’s nose. _Rire au — de quelqu’un_; to laugh in any one’s face. _Fermer la porte au — à quelqu’un_; to shut the door in any one’s face. _— à —_; face to face. _Parler du —_; to speak through the nose. _Fourrer son — dans une affaire_; to thrust one’s nose into any business. _Mener quelqu’un par le —_; to lead any one by the nose. _Donner du — en terre_; to fall on one’s face; (fig.) to miscarry, to fail. _S’y casser le —_; to fail in anything. _Tirer les vers du — à quelqu’un_; to pump any one. _Jeter quelque chose au — de quelqu’un_; to cast a thing in any one’s teeth; to twit any one (with). _Il a bon —_; he is a sagacious man. _Il a un pied de —_; he looks foolish; he is sadly disappointed. _Faire un pied de — à_; to laugh at. _Qui coupe son — dégarnit son visage_; it is an ill bird that fouls his own nest. _Il lui en pend autant au —_; he may expect as much.

=ni=, _conj._, neither; nor; either; or. _Il n’est — bon — mauvais_; it is neither good nor bad. _— moi non plus_; nor I either.

=niable=, _adj._, deniable; (jur.) traversable.