Chapter M (5)

=niais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, ninny, simpleton; silly, simple, foolish. _Il a l’air —_; he has a silly look.

=niaisement= (nièz-mān), _adv._, sillily, foolishly.

=niaiser=, _v.n._, to stand trifling, to play the fool, to fiddle-faddle.

=niaiserie= (-èz-rî), _n.f._, silliness, foolishness, simplicity; silly thing, trifle, foolery, nonsense.

=niche=, _n.f._, niche, nook, corner; recess, alcove, retreat; kennel; trick, prank. _Faire une — à_; to play a trick upon.

=nichée=, _n.f._, nest (of young birds); brood; crew, gang, set. _Une — de souris_; a brood of mice.

=nicher=, _v.a._, to nestle, to build; to lodge. _Qui vous a niché là?_ who put you there?

_se_ =nicher=, _v.r._, to nestle, to nestle one’s self; to hide one’s self; to put one’s self. _Où la vertu va-t-elle se —?_ who could expect to find virtue there?

=nicher=, _v.n._, to nestle, to build a nest.

=nichet=, _n.m._, nest-egg.

=nichoir=, _n.m._, breeding-cage.

=nickel=, _n.m._, (metal.) nickel.

=nicodème=, _n.m._, noodle, booby, nincompoop. _C’est un grand —_; he is a great noodle.

=nicotiane= (-ci-), _n.f._, (bot.) nicotiana.

=nicotine=, _n.f._, nicotine.

=nictation=, _n.f._, nictation, nictitation.

=nicter=, _v.n._, (vet.) to nictate.

=nictitation=, _n.f._ _V._ =nictation=.

=nid=, _n.m._, nest; berth, post. _Petit à petit l’oiseau fait son —_; little strokes fell great oaks. _Trouver la pie au —_; to find what one is looking for. _Un — à rats_; a hovel, a mere hole. _— d’oiseau_; bird’s nest. _À chaque oiseau son — est beau_; home is home, be it never so homely. _On n’a plus trouvé que le —_; they found the birds flown.

=nidification=, _n.f._, nidification, nest-building.

=nidoreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, nidorous.

=nièce=, _n.f._, niece. _Petite-—_, (_—s-—s_) grand-niece. _— à la mode de Bretagne_; cousin, once removed.

=nielle=, _n.f._, smut, blight; (bot.) rose-campion, corn-cockle, fennel-flower.

=nielle=, _n.m._, niello, inlaid enamel-work.

=nieller=, _v.a._, (agri.) to smut, to blast, to blight; to inlay with enamel-work.

_se_ =nieller=, _v.r._, to become smutty, blighted.

=nielleur=, _n.m._, (gold.) enameler of niello.

=niellure=, _n.f._, (gold.) niello-work.

=nier=, _v.a._, to deny, to gainsay, to disown, to deny the existence of; (jur.) to traverse. _Il nie que cela soit_; he denies that it is so.

_se_ =nier=, _v.r._, to be denied.

=nigaud=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, booby, simpleton, silly fellow; silly, foolish. _Un grand —_; a great booby.

=nigaud=, _n.m._, (orni.) booby, gannet.

=nigauder=, _v.n._, to play the fool, to trifle.

=nigauderie= (-gô-drî), _n.f._, silliness, tomfoolery; foolish trick.

=nigelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) fennel-flower.

=nihilisme=, _n.m._, nihilism.

=nihiliste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, nihilist, nihilistic.

=nilgaut=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) nylghau (kind of antelope).

*=nille=, _n.f._, tendril (of a vine).

=nilomètre=, _n.m._, nilometer.

=nimbe=, _n.m._, (paint.) nimbus, halo.

=nipper=, _v.a._, to fit out, to rig out.

_se_ =nipper=, _v.r._, to rig one’s self out. _Il s’est bien nippé_; he has rigged himself out very well; he is quite a toff.

=nippes=, _n.f.pl._, clothes, apparel; togs, toggery; things; furniture. [Mostly used in the plural.]

=nique=, _n.f._, (fam., l.u.) sign of mockery or contempt. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to mock any one, to make fun of. _Faire la — à la fortune_; to despise riches.

=nitée=, _n.f._ _V._ =nichée=.

=nitouche=, _n.f._, demure hypocrite. _Sainte —_; demure-looking person. _Faire la sainte —_; to look as if butter would not melt in one’s mouth.

=nitrate=, _n.m._, nitrate.

=nitre=, _n.m._, niter.

=nitreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, nitrous.

=nitrière=, _n.f._, niter-bed.

=nitrification=, _n.f._, nitrification.

_se_ =nitrifier=, _v.r._, to nitrify.

=nitrique=, _adj._, nitric.

=nitrite=, _n.m._, nitrite.

=nitrogène=, _n.m._ and _adj._, nitrogen; nitrogenous.

=nitroglycérine=, _n.f._, (chem.) nitroglycerine.

=nitro-muriatique=, _adj._, nitro-muriatic.

=nitrosité=, _n.f._, nitrosity, nitrous quality (of).

=nivéal=, =-e=, _adj._, growing in the snow; snowy.

=niveau=, _n.m._, level. _— d’eau_; water-level. _— à bulle d’air_; spirit-level. _— à perpendicule_; plumb-level. _Au — de_; on a level with, even with. _— des eaux_; water-mark. _Mettre de —_; to level, to make even.

=niveler= (ni-vlé), _v.a._, to make even, to take the level of, to level.

=nivellette=, _n.f._, level-indicator.

=niveleur= (ni-vleur), _n.m._, leveler.

=nivellement= (-vèl-mān), _n.m._, leveling.

=nivéole=, _n.f._, (bot.) snow-flake, snow-drop.

=nivereau=, _n.m._, _or_ =niverolle=, _n.f._, snow-bird.

☉=nivet=, _n.m._, (pop.) gratuity, tip, douceur.

=nivôse=, _n.m._, Nivôse, fourth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from December 21st or 22d to January 19th or 20th.

=nobiliaire=, _n.m._, nobiliary.

=nobiliaire=, _adj._, of the nobility, aristocratic.

=nobilissime=, _adj._, most noble.

=noble=, _adj._, noble, great, high, elevated. _Être de — sang_; to be of noble blood. _Il a l’air —_; he has a noble look.

=noble=, _n.m._, noble, nobleman.

=noblement=, _adv._, nobly, honorably, handsomely. _Vivre —_; to live like a noble.

=noblesse=, _n.f._, nobility, rank; nobleness, loftiness. _La haute —_; the higher nobility. _La petite —_; the petty nobility. _— de cœur_; nobleness of heart. _— de style_; loftiness of style.

=noce=, _n.f._, wedding, wedding-party; jollification, drinking-bout. _pl._, marriage, nuptials, wedding. _Habit de —s_; wedding suit. _Tant qu’à des —s_; (prov. pop.) plentifully, as much as you like. _N’être pas à la —_; not to be enjoying one’s self. _Gâteau de —_; bride-cake. _Faire la —_; to go on the spree, on the loose. _Je n’ai jamais été à pareilles —s_; I never had such a time of it.

=nocer=, _v.n._, to go on the spree, on the loose.

=noceu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, gay dog; gay woman.

=nocher=, _n.m._, (poet.) pilot. _Caron, le pâle —_; Charon, the grim ferryman. _Mon — face à face_; my pilot face to face (Tennyson).

=nocial=, _n.m._, wedding dress.

=noctambule=, _n.m.f._, noctambulist, sleep-walker.

=noctambulisme=, _n.m._, noctambulism, sleep-walking.

=nocturne=, _adj._, nocturnal, nightly, night, of night.

=nocturne=, _n.m._, (rel.) nocturn; (mus.) nocturne.

=nocturnement=, _adv._, (l.u.) by night, nocturnally.

☉=nocuité=, _n.f._, noxiousness, culpability.

=nodosité=, _n.f._, nodosity; (surg.) node.

=nodule=, _n.m._, nodule.

=nodus=, _n.m._, (surg.) node.

=noël=, _n.m._, Christmas; Yule-tide; Christmas carol. _Les fêtes de —_; the Christmas holidays. _À la fête de —_, _à la —_; at Christmas. _Noël! noël!_ Hurrah! hurrah!

=nœud= (neu), _n.m._, knot; stress, difficulty, intricacy, knotty point; rub; tie, bond, band, bow; knuckle; knob; node (med., bot., astron., lit.). _— serré_; hard knot. _— coulant_; noose, slip knot. _Un — de diamants_; a cluster of diamonds. _— d’amour_; love-knot. _Bois plein de —s_; wood full of knots. _Voilà le — de l’affaire_; there lies the kernel of the matter; there’s the rub. _Resserrer les —s de l’amitié_; to tighten the bonds of friendship. _Le — de la gorge_; Adam’s apple. _— d’une pièce de théâtre_; the knot or plot of a play. _—s d’une planète_; nodes of a planet. _— de bouline_; (nav.) bowline-knot. _— de bois_; (nav.) timber-hitch. _Nous filons douze —s par heure_; we are making twelve knots an hour. _Le — gordien_; the Gordian knot.

=noguet=, _n.m._, large, flat wicker basket.

=noie-chien=, _n.m._, shooting-boat.

=noir=, =-e=, _adj._, black; swarthy; foul, dirty; dark, gloomy; black and blue; dismal, dull, gloomy; base, wicked, foul, heinous; brown (of bread). _— comme jais_; black as jet. _Des yeux —s_; black eyes. _Blé —_; buckwheat. _Bêtes —es_; black game. _Une chambre —e_; a dark room. _Un temps —_; gloomy weather. _Il a une humeur —e_; he has a fit of the blues. _Des idées —es_; gloomy ideas. _Un — attentat_; a foul crime. _Bête —e_; pet aversion. _Rendre —_; to blacken. _— comme dans un four_; dark as pitch.

=noir=, _n.m._, black; negro; (agri.) brown-rust. _— de fumée_; lampblack. _— animal_; charcoal. _— d’ivoire_; ivory-black. _Teindre en —_; to dye black. _Porter le —_; to be in mourning. _En —_; in black. _Broyer du —_; to have the blues.

=noirâtre=, _adj._, blackish.

=noiraud=, =-e=, _adj._, dark, swarthy-looking.

=noirceur=, _n.f._, blackness; darkness; black spot; heinousness, baseness, atrocity, foulness, treacherous action, foul thing. _La —de son crime_; the heinousness of his crime. _La — de son âme_; the baseness of his soul.

=noircir=, _v.a._, to black, to blacken, to make black, to stain, to smut; to sully, to traduce, to asperse, to defame. _Le soleil noircit le teint_; the sun tans the complexion. _— la réputation de quelqu’un_; to sully any one’s character.

_se_ =noircir=, _v.r._, to blacken, to grow black or dark; to get or turn black; to disgrace one’s self. _Se — la barbe_; to blacken one’s beard. _Cela s’est noirci à la fumée_; that has turned black in the smoke. _Le temps se noircit_; the weather is beginning to get cloudy.

=noircir=, _v.n._, to blacken, to grow black.

=noircissure=, _n.f._, smudge, black spot.

=noire=, _n.f._, (mus.) crotchet.

=noise=, _n.f._, quarrel, squabble, brawl. _Chercher — à quelqu’un_; to pick a quarrel with any one. _Avoir — avec_; to have a quarrel with.

=noisetier= (noaz-tié), _n.m._, nut-tree, hazel-tree.

=noisette=, _n.f._, nut, hazel-nut.

=noix= (noa), _n.f._, walnut, nut; kernel; (of meat) pope’s eye; tumbler (of fire-arms); plug (of cocks); grinding-wheel (of coffee-mills). _— de galle_; gall-nut. _Coquille de —_; walnut-shell. _La — du genou_; the knee-cap. _— d’acajou_; cachew-nut. _— muscade_; nutmeg. _— vomique_; nux vomica. _Brou de —_; walnut husk. _— de terre_, _terre-—_ (_—_); earth-nut, pig-nut.

=noli me tangere= (-mé-tan-jé-ré), _n.m._ (_—_), (bot.) noli me tangere, touch me not.

=nolis= _or_ =nolisement=, _n.m._, freight, chartering.

=noliser=, _v.a._, to freight, to charter.

=nom= (non), _n.m._, name; fame, celebrity; (gram.) noun, title, style. _Un — propre_, _un — de baptême_; a proper, a christian, name. _Je ne le connais que de —_; I only know him by name. _— de guerre_; assumed name; alias; nickname. _Il nomme les choses par leur —_; he calls a spade a spade. _Au — de_; in the name of. _De —_; in name. _Avoir —_; to be called. _— social_ or _raison sociale_; name of the firm, style. _Décliner son —_; to give in one’s name. _Changer de —_; to change one’s name. _— collectif_; collective noun. _— substantif_, _— adjectif_; noun substantive, noun adjective. _— d’une pipe_, _— d’un tonnerre_, _— d’un petit bon homme!_ By Jingo! By George!

=nomade=, _n.m._ and _adj._, nomad; nomadic, wandering, migratory. _Peuples —s_; nomadic tribes.

=nomancie=, _n.f._, nomancy.

=nomarque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) nomarch.

=nombrable=, _adj._, (l.u.) countable, numerable.

=nombrant=, _adj._, (math.) abstract.

=nombre=, _n.m._, number; numbers; quantity; variety; quorum; harmony. _Mettre au — de_; to number among. _— compétent_; quorum (of members). _Surpasser en —_; to outnumber. _— pair_; even number. _— impair_; odd number. _— premier_; primary number. _Être du —_, _au — des savants_; to be one of the learned. _Vous n’êtes pas du —_; you are not one of them. _Dans le —_; among the number. _Il y a du — dans ces vers_; there is harmony in these verses. _— abstrait_, _— nombrant_; abstract number. _— concret_, _— nombré_; concrete number. _— d’or_ (astron.); golden number. _N’être pas en —_ (of assemblies); not to form a quorum. _Tout fait —_; every little helps.

=nombré=, =-e=, _part._, (math.) concrete; numbered.

=nombrer=, _v.a._, to number, to compute, to sum up, to reckon.

=nombreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, numerous; harmonious, full. _Style —_; harmonious style.

=nombril= (non-bri), _n.m._, (anat.) navel, umbilic; (bot.) hilum, eye.

=nome=, _n.m._, (antiq.) nome.

=nomenclateur=, _n.m._, nomenclator.

=nomenclature=, _n.m._, nomenclature.

=nominal=, _-e_, _adj._, nominal. _Appel —_; show of hands; call over.

=nominalement=, _adv._, nominally.

=nominalisme=, _n.m._, (philos.) nominalism.

=nominaliste=, _n.m._, (nominaux) (philos.) Nominalist.

=nominataire=, _n.m._, (ecc.) nominee, presentee.

=nominateur=, _n.m._, (ecc.) nominator, presenter, patron.

=nominatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) nominative.

=nominati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, of names.

=nomination=, _n.f._, nomination, appointment; election, advowson; gift. _Être dans la — de_; to be in the gift of.

=nominativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, by name.

=nommé=, =-e=, _part._, named, said, appointed; designate; a certain. _Le — Jacques_; one James by name _or_ the said James. _À jour —_; on the appointed day. _À point —_; in the nick of time. _Un — Charles_; a certain Charles by name.

=nommément=, _adv._, namely; particularly, especially.

=nommer=, _v.a._, to name, to call, to give a name; to nominate, to appoint, to elect, to mention. _— quelqu’un son héritier_; to institute any one one’s heir.

_se_ =nommer=, _v.r._, to state one’s name; to be called. _Comment se nomme-t-il?_ what is his name?

=nomothète=, _n.m._, (antiq.) nomothete.

=non=, _adv._, no, not. _— pas, s’il vous plaît_; not so, if you please. _Vous ne l’aimez pas, ni moi — plus_; you do not like it, nor I either. _Je crois que —_; I think not. _Je dis que —_; I say no. _—-da_; no indeed, certainly not.

=non-acceptation=, _n.f._, non-acceptance.

=non-activité=, _n.f._, (n.p.) (milit.) being unattached (of officers), non-effective.

=nonagénaire=, _adj._, of ninety, ninety years of age. _n.m.f._, nonagenarian.

=nonagésime=, _adj._, nonagesimal.

=nonagone=, _n.m._, nonagon.

=nonandre=, _adj._, (bot.) having nine stamens.

☉=nonante=, _adj._, ninety.

☉=nonantième=, _adj._, ninetieth.

=nonce=, _n.m._, nuncio.

=nonchalamment= (-la-mān), _adv._, carelessly, indolently, heedlessly.

=nonchalance=, _n.f._, carelessness, heedlessness, remissness, nonchalance.

=nonchalant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, careless, listless person; careless, heedless, listless, remiss.

=nonchaloir=, _n.m._, nonchalance, heedlessness.

=nonciature=, _n.f._, nunciature, nuncio’s residence.

=non-conformiste=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) nonconformist.

=non-conformité=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) nonconformity.

=none=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) none; (antiq.) ninth hour (3 o’clock p.m.).

=nones=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) nones.

=non-être=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (philos.) non-entity, non-existence.

=nonidi=, _n.m._, nonidi (ninth day of the decade of the calendar of the first French republic).

=non-intervention=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (pol.) non-intervention.

=nonius= (-ûs), _n.m._, (math.) nonius, sliding rule.

=non-jouissance=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) non-enjoyment, non-use.

=non-lieu=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (jur.) no cause, no ground, to prosecute. _Ordonnance de —_; release, discharge. _Rendre une ordonnance de —_; to throw out a bill (of indictment).

=non-moi=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (philos.) the non ego, the external world.

=nonnain=, _n.f._, (jest.) nun; (pigeon) jacobin.

=nonnat=, _n.m._, sand-eel, sand-smelt.

=nonne=, _n.f._, nun; (pigeon) bald-head.

=nonnerie= (no-n-rî), _n.f._, (jest.) nunnery.

=nonnette=, _n.f._, (jest.) young nun, nun; sort of gingerbread; (orni.) osprey. _— cendrée_; marsh-tit.

=nonobstant=, _prep._, notwithstanding, in spite of.

=nonobstant que=, _conj._, notwithstanding, although.

=non-ouvré=, =-e=, _adj._, (of raw materials) unwrought.

=non-pair=, _adj._, not even, odd (of numbers).

*=nonpareil=, =-le=, _adj._, nonpareil, matchless, unparalleled.

*=nonpareille=, _n.f._, nonpareil; narrow ribbon; nonpareil, nonesuch (apple, small sugar-plum); (print.) nonpareil.

=non-payement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) non-payment.

=non plus ultra=, _n.m._ _V._ =nec plus ultra=.

=non-prix=, _n.m._, (_—_) (com.) undervalue.

=non-résidence=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) non-residence.

=non-sens=, _n.m._, (_—_) nonsense.

=nonuple=, _adj._, ninefold.

=nonupler=, _v.a._, to increase nine times.

=non-usage=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) disuse.

=non-valeur=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) unproductiveness; (com.) bad debt, worthless bill.

=non-vente=, _n.f._, no sale.

☉=non-vue=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (nav.) misty weather, fog.

=nopal=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (bot.) nopal; cochineal-fig.

=nord=, _n.m._, North; north-wind; Nord (department of France). _—-est_, north-east; north-east wind. _—-ouest_; north-west; north-west wind. _Au —_ or _vers le —_; northwards. _Faire le —_; to sail northwards. _Chemin de fer du —_; Great Northern (railway) of France.

=nord=, _adj._ _Pôle —_; North pole.

=noria=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (mec.) noria, Persian-wheel; chain-pump.

=normal=, =-e=, _adj._, normal. _Ecole —e_; normal school. _Etat —_; healthy state, normal condition.

=normale=, _n.f._, (geom.) normal, perpendicular.

=normalien=, _n.m._, normal-school student.

=normand=, _-e_, _adj._, Norman; equivocal (of answers); feigned (reconciliation). _Réponse —e_; ambiguous answer.

=normand=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Norman. _Répondre en —_; to give an evasive answer. _C’est un fin —_; he is a crafty fellow. _C’est répondre en —_; that is giving an evasive answer, that is shuffling.

=normander=, _v.a._, (agri.) to clean (corn).

=nos=, _adj.m.f.pl._, our.

=nosographie=, _n.f._, nosography.

=nosologie=, _n.f._, nosology.

=nosologiste=, _n.m._, nosologist.

=nosseigneurs=, _n.m.pl._, my lords; their lordships.

=nostalgie=, _n.f._, nostalgia, home-sickness.

=nostoc=, _n.m._, (bot.) nostoch.

=nota=, _n.m._, (_—_) observation, note, remark, marginal note. _— bene_; note carefully.

=notabilité=, _n.f._, (com.) respectability; notability; principal person.

=notable=, _adj._, notable, remarkable, considerable, of influence. _Faits —s_; remarkable doings; remarkable facts.

=notable=, _n.m._, principal; (hist. of France) notable; leading man; man of note, notability.

=notablement=, _adv._, notably, considerably, principally.

=notaire=, _n.m._, notary, solicitor, attorney. _— public_; notary public. _C’est comme si le — y avait passé_; it is as good as a bond.

=notamment= (no-ta-mān), _adv._, specially, especially, particularly, namely.

=notarial=, =-e=, _adj._, notarial.

=notariat=, _n.m._, profession of a notary; notary’s business.

=notarié=, =-e=, _adj._, notarial.

=notation=, _n.f._, notation.

=note=, _n.f._, note, mark, remark, brand; bill; account; minute, memorandum. _— infamante_; brand of infamy. _Chanter sur une autre —_; to change one’s tune. _Chanter la —_; to sol-fa. _Bien attaquer la —_; to make a note tell. _— sensible_; leading note.

=noter=, _v.a._, to note, to note down; to mark, to brand; to observe, to notice, to take notice; (mus.) to note, to prick. _Notez bien cela_; take good note of that. _Notez bien!_ mark you! _Mal noté_; (pers.) ill-famed, of bad reputation. _Cela est à —_; that is worth noting down, worth remembering.

☉=noteur=, _n.m._, music copier.

=notice=, _n.f._, notice, note; account; sketch; review.

=notification=, _n.f._, notification.

=notifier=, _v.a._, to notify, to give notice of, to make known.

=notion=, _n.f._, notion, idea, knowledge. _pl._, elements, rudiments. _Selon la — que j’en ai_; according to my notion of it.

=notoire=, _adj._, notorious, well-known, plain.

=notoirement= (no-toar-mān), _adv._, notoriously, clearly.

=notoriété=, _n.f._, notoriety, evidence; reputation.

=notre=, _adj.m.f._ (_nos_), our. _— maison_; our house. _— père_; our father. _Nos frères et nos sœurs_; our brothers and sisters. _Nos père et mère_; our father and mother.

=nôtre= (=le=), _possessive pron._ _m.f._ (_nôtres_), ours. _C’est votre ami et le —_; it is your friend and ours. _Le —_; our own, ours. _Les —s_; our people, our relations, our friends. _Celui-là est-il des —s?_ is that man one of our people? _Ne serez-vous pas des —s?_ won’t you make one of us, _or_ join our party? _Voilà leur maison, celle-ci est la —_; that is their house, this one is ours.

=notre-dame=, _n.f._, our Lady; festival in honor of our Lady; Notre-Dame (church).

=noue=, _n.f._, gutter-lead; pantile; pasture ground; cod-sound.

=noué=, =-e=, _part._, knotted, tied, rickety. _Enfant —_; rickety child; (of fruits) set. _Une pièce de théâtre bien —e_; dramatic piece, with a skillfully drawn plot.

=nouement= (noo-mān), _n.m._, knotting, tying.

=nouer=, _v.a._, to tie, to knot, to join; to get up, to concoct; to twist; to clasp, to form; (nav.) to hitch.

_se_ =nouer=, _v.r._, to attach, to fasten one’s self; to grow rickety; (of fruits) to set.

=nouer=, _v.n._, (hort.) to set (of fruit).

=nouet=, _n.m._, little bag.

=noueur=, _n.m._, tier, binder.

=noueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, knotty, gnarled, knotted, full of knots, nodose.

=nougat=, _n.m._, almond-cake.

=nouilles= _or_ =noules=, _n.f.pl._, ribbon vermicelli.

=noulet=, _n.m._, gutter; rafter (of a roof).

=noumène=, _n.m._, (in Kant’s philos.) noumenon.

=nourrain=, _n.m._, fry (fish). _V._ =alevin=.

=nourri=, =-e=, _part._, nourished, fed; rich, full, copious; (of fire) well sustained, brisk. _Feu bien —_; very brisk fire. _Une couleur —e_; (paint.) color thickly laid on. _Blé_, _grain_, _bien —_; well-filled corn. _Style —_; copious style.

=nourrice=, _n.f._, nurse; wet-nurse. _Mère —_; foster-mother. _Mettre un enfant en —_; to put a child out to nurse. _Elle dit qu’elle a vingt ans; et les mois de —_; she says she is twenty; and the rest!

=nourricier=, _n.m._, foster-father, fosterer.

=nourrici-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, nutritive, nutritious. _Père —_; foster-father. _Mère —ère_; foster-mother.

=nourrir=, _v.a._, to nourish, to nurture; to feed, to keep, to maintain, to sustain; to suckle, to nurse, to foster, to harbor, to entertain; to supply; to bring up, to rear, to keep alive; to cherish. _Le bois nourrit le feu_; wood feeds the fire. _La Sicile nourrissait Rome_; Sicily supplied Rome with provisions. _L’étude nourrit l’esprit_; study strengthens the understanding. _L’espérance nourrit l’amour_; hope keeps love alive.

_se_ =nourrir=, _v.r._, to feed, to live upon, to support one’s self upon; to live, to feed upon, to feast on, to delight in. _Se bien nourrir_; to live well.

=nourrissage=, _n.m._, feeding (of cattle).

=nourrissant=, =-e=, _adj._, nutritive, nourishing.

=nourrisseur=, _n.m._, cow-keeper, cattle-feeder; breeder.

=nourrisseur=, _adj._, (tech.) feeding.

=nourrisson=, _n.m._, foster-child, nurse-child, nursling, suckling.

=nourriture=, _n.f._, nourishment, food, diet, board, maintenance, living, livelihood; nurture. _Son travail lui procure la —_; his labor brings him in a livelihood. _Faire des —s_; to breed cattle, fowls, etc.

=nous=, _personal pron._, we, us; to us; each other. _— disons_; we say. _Il — aime_; he loves us. _Vous — parlez_; you speak to us. _—-mêmes_; ourselves. _— autres_; we _or_ the like of us! _— — aimons_; we love each other. _C’est à — à_; it is our turn to. _C’est à — de_; it is our duty to.

=nouure=, _n.f._, rickets; (hort.) knotting, setting.

=nouveau=, =nouvel=, _adj.m._, =nouvelle=, _f._, new, recent, novel, fresh, further; new-fangled, modern, new-fashioned; inexperienced, green. _Le nouvel an_; the new year. _De —le date_; recently. _De —le mode_; new-fashioned. _Recommencer sur nouveaux frais_; to begin anew, _or_ all over again. _Un homme —_; an upstart. _Un habit —_; a coat of a new fashion. _Un nouvel habit_; a fresh _or_ another coat. _— venu_; newly-come. _Un — venu_; a new-comer; _des nouveaux venus_; new-comers; _une nouvelle venue_; new-comer (female); _des nouvelles venues_; new-comers (females). _— débarqué_; (fig.) person just come up from the country. [Nouvel is used for the _masculine_ before a vowel or an _h_ mute.]

=nouveau=, _n.m._, new, something new. _À —_; on new account. _De —_; anew; again. _Qu’y a-t-il de —?_ what is the news?

=nouveau-né=, _n.m._ (_—-—s_), =nouveau-née=, _n.f._ (_—-—s_), new-born child.

=nouveauté=, _n.f._, newness, novelty; change, innovation. _pl._, fancy articles. _Magasin de —s_; linen-draper’s shop. _C’est une — que de vous voir_; it is quite a change to see you. _Marchand de —s_; linen-draper. _Haute —_; latest fashion.

=nouvelle=, _n.f._, news, tidings, intelligence, account; novelette; tale, story. _Quelles sont les —s?_ what is the news? _Débiter des —s_; to spread news. _—s de basse cour_; idle rumors. _Envoyer savoir des —s de quelqu’un_; to send to know how any one is. _Mandez-moi de vos —_; let me hear from you. _Ne faites rien que vous n’ayez de mes —_; do nothing till you hear from me. _Vous aurez de mes —s_; you shall hear from me. _J’en sais des —_; I know something about it. _Point de —s, bonnes —s_; no news is good news. _Recevoir des —s de_; to hear from. _Avez-vous de ses —?_ have you heard from him _or_ her? _Vous m’en direz des —_; you’ll be astonished, delighted, highly pleased with it.

=nouvellement= (noo-vèl-mān), _adv._, newly, lately, recently.

=nouvelleté= (-vèl-té), _n.f._, (jur.) dispossession, trespass.

=nouvelliste=, _n.m._, newsmonger; novelist.

=novale=, _n.f._, land newly broken up. _pl._, tithes on new land.

=novat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, innovator; innovating.

=novation=, _n.f._, (jur.) substitution, change.

=novelles=, _n.f.pl._, (Roman law) Justinian’s constitutions.

=novembre=, _n.m._, November.

=novice=, _adj._, novice, inexperienced, raw, green, new. _Une main —_; an inexperienced hand.

=novice=, _n.m.f._, novice, probationer; (nav.) apprentice. _Il est encore — dans son métier_; he is yet but a novice in his trade.

=noviciat=, _n.m._, novitiate, novices’ quarters, probationership.

☉=novissimé=, _adv._, (fam.) very lately.

=noyade= (noa-yad), _n.f._, drowning. _Les noyades_; (Fr. Hist.) judicial drowning.

=noyale= _or_ =noyalle= (noa-yal), _n.f._, sailcloth, canvas.

=noyau= (noa-yô), _n.m._, stone (of fruit); nucleus; core (of statues, of casts); (metal.) core; noyau (cordial). _— de pêche_; stone of a peach. _Fruits à —_; stone-fruit.

=noyé=, =-e= (noa-yé), _part._ and _n._, drowned, drowning; a drowned person.

=noyer= (noa-yé), _n.m._, walnut-tree.

=noyer= (noa-yé), _v.a._, to drown; to put under water, to swamp, to ruin, to overwhelm; to deluge; (paint.) to mix, to blend, to confuse (colors); (tech.) to countersink, to let in.

_se_ =noyer= (noa-yé), _v.r._, to be _or_ get drowned, to drown one’s self; to be plunged (in), to go to ruin. _Se — dans le sang_; to wallow, to welter in blood. _C’est un homme qui se noie_; his affairs are going to the bad, _or_ he is on the down-grade.

=noyon= (no-yon; noa-yon; né-yon), _n.m._, scratch, mark (at bowls).

=noyure= (no-yur; noa-yur), _n.f._, countersink (for nails, screws).

=nu=, =-e=, _adj._, naked, bare, uncovered; plain, open, without disguise, unadorned; destitute. _Il avait la tête —e_, _il était nu-tête_; he was bareheaded. _Aller nu-pieds_; to go barefoot _or_ barefooted. _Un va-nu-pieds_; a poor destitute wretch. _Observer quelque chose à l’œil —_; to observe anything with the naked eye. _C’est la vérité toute —e_; it is the naked truth. _—e propriété_; (jur.) property without the usufruct of it, reversionary interest. _— propriétaire_; (jur.) owner without the usufruct of his property. _— comme un ver_; stark-naked.

=nu=, _n.m._, (paint.) nude, nudity; bare (of a wall). _pl._, (Bibl.) naked. _À —_; naked, bare, open; next the skin. _Monter un cheval à —_; to ride a horse barebacked. _Mettre à —_; to lay bare _or_ open; to strip.

=nuage=, _n.m._, cloud; mist; (fig.) darkness; gloom, shadow, sadness, dejection; dissension, jar, unpleasantness. _Le ciel est couvert de —s_; the sky is covered with clouds. _Un — de poussière_; a cloud of dust.

=nuageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cloudy, clouded. _Un ciel —_; a cloudy sky.

=nuaison=, _n.f._, (nav.) continuance of a steady set breeze.

=nuance=, _n.f._, shade, hue, tint, cast; difference, distinction; gradation, degree.

=nuancer=, _v.a._, to shade, to variegate, to tint, to blend. _— des couleurs_; to shade colors. _Se —_; _v.r._, to be variegated, or shaded.

=nubécule=, _n.f._, (med.) nubecula.

=nubile=, _adj._, marriageable, nubile.

=nubilité=, _n.f._, nubility, marriageable age.

=nudité=, _n.f._, nudity, nakedness.

=nue=, _n.f._, cloud. _pl._, skies. _Elever jusqu’aux —s_; to extol to the skies. _Se perdre dans les —s_; to lose one’s self in the clouds. _Sauter aux —_; to jump to the ceiling; to go wild with joy. _Tomber des —s_; to fall from the clouds, (fig.) to be amazed.

=nuée=, _n.f._, cloud; storm; swarm, host, multitude, flock, shower, flight. _Une — de barbares_; a swarm of barbarians. _Une — de traits_; a shower of darts.

=nuement=. _V._ =nûment=.

=nuer=, _v.a._ _V._ =nuancer=.

=nuire= (nuisant, nui), _v.n._, to hurt, to prejudice, to do hurt, to harm, to stand in the way of, to annoy, to wrong; to spoil, to hinder, to be prejudicial to. _Il cherche à me —_; he seeks to do me harm. _Le froid nuit à la santé_; cold is hurtful to health. _Ne pas —_; not to harm; not to hurt; to be harmless; to be of use; to help, to assist.

_se_ =nuire=, _v.r._, to hurt, to injure, one’s self; to hurt, to injure, each other.

=nuisible=, _adj._, hurtful, detrimental, prejudicial, injurious, noxious.

=nuit=, _n.f._, night, night-time; darkness. _Bonnet de —_; night-cap. _À la — tombante_; or _à la tombée de la —_; at nightfall, at dusk. _Passer la —_; to spend the night, to sit up all night. _— close_; nightfall. _— blanche_; sleepless night. _— noire_; pitch-dark. _L’astre des —s_; the orb of night. _Il fait —_; it is night, dark. _Il se fait —_; night is coming on. _La — de l’ignorance_; the darkness of ignorance. _De —_; by night, in the night-time, nightly. _Effet de —_; (paint.) night piece. _Faites une bonne —_; sleep well. _La — porte conseil_; seek advice of your pillow; sleep upon it.

=nuitamment= (-ta-mān), _adv._, by night, in the night, nightly.

=nuitée=, _n.f._, night’s lodging; night’s work; whole night.

=nul=, =-le=, _pron._, no one, not any, nobody, not one. _— n’ose en approcher_; nobody dares come near him, or it.

=nul=, =-le=, _adj._, no, not any; void, of no force, null, invalid. _—le part_; nowhere. _Sans — égard_; without any regard. _Rendre —_; to nullify. _C’est un homme —_; he is a mere cipher.

=nulle=, _n.f._, null; (cryptography) graphic sign that is meaningless, superfluous.

=nullement= (nul-mān), _adv._, not at all, by no means.

=nullifier= (nul-li-fié), _v.a._, to nullify.

=nullité= (nul-li-té), _n.f._, nullity, incapacity; (jur.) flaw. _La — d’un acte_; the nullity of a deed. _Cet homme est d’une parfaite —_; that man is a perfect cipher.

=numéraire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, metallic currency, specie, cash; legal (of coin). _Valeur —_; legal value, legal tender.

=numéral=, =-e=, _adj._, numeral.

=numérateur=, _n.m._, (arith.) numerator.

=numération=, _n.f._, (arith.) numeration.

=numérique=, _adj._, numerical.

=numériquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, numerically.

=numéro=, _n.m._, number; (com.) size; sort, kind, quality. _Donnez-moi le — de sa maison_; give me the number of his house. _Voyez le — cinq_; see number five. _Il entend le —_; (pop.) he understands his business.

=numérotage=, _n.m._, numbering.

=numéroter=, _v.a._, to number.

=numismate=, _n.m._, numismatist.

=numismatique=, _adj._, numismatic.

=numismatique=, _n.f._, numismatics.

=numismatographie=, _n.f._, numismatography.

=nummulaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) moneywort.

=nummulite=, _n.f._, nummulite.

=nuncupatif=, _adj.m._, nuncupatory, nuncupative. _Testament —_; nuncupative will.

=nuptial=, =-e=, _adj._, nuptial, bridal.

=nuque=, _n.f._, nape (of the neck); poll (of horses).

=nutation=, _n.f._, (astron., bot.) nutation.

=nutriti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, nutritive, nutritions, nourishing.

=nutrition=, _n.f._, nutrition.

=nyctage du Pérou=, _n.f._, (bot.) marvel of Peru, mirabilis.

=nyctalope=, _n.m.f._, nyctalops.

=nyctalopie=, _n.f._, nyctalopia, nyctalopy.

=nymphe=, _n.f._, nymph; (ent.) nymph, grub. _pl._, (anat.) nymphæ.

=nymphéa=, _n.m._, (bot.) nenuphar, white water-lily.

=nymphéacées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) nymphæaceæ.

=nymphée=, _n.f._ or _m._, (antiq.) nymphæum.

=nymphomanie=, _n.f._, nymphomania.

=nyssa=, _n.m._, tupelo, sour-gum-tree.

O

=o=, _n.m._, the fifteenth letter of the alphabet, o.

=o.= (ab. of Ouest), W., West.

=o!= _int._, O! oh! _Les — de Noël_; Christmas anthems.

=oasis= (o-a-zîs), _n.f._, oasis.

=obclavé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) obovate.

=obconique=, _adj._, (bot.) obconic, obconical.

=obcordé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) obcordate.

=obédience=, _n.f._, (theol.) permission to leave one convent for another; functions (in a convent); jurisdiction (of the pope); (Bibl.) obedience.

=obédiencier=, _n.m._, priest doing duty in another’s benefice, obedienciary.

=obédientiel=, =-le= (-ci-èl), _adj._, (ecc.) pertaining, relating to obedience; (Bibl.) obediential.

=obéir=, _v.n._, to obey, to comply with, to be obedient; to bend, to yield, to give way, to submit. _Pour — à_; in obedience to. _Il faut lui —_; he must be obeyed. _Se faire —_; to make one’s self obeyed.

=obéissance=, _n.f._, obedience, allegiance; dominion (of princes). _Prêter — à un prince_; to yield dominion to a prince. _Être sous l’— de père et mère_; to be under the legal authority of parents. _Être d’une grande —_; to be very obedient.

=obéissant=, =-e=, _adj._, obedient, docile, dutiful, submissive; pliant, obsequious.

=obélisque=, _n.m._, obelisk.

=obérer=, _v.a._, to encumber, to run into debt. _C’est un homme fort obéré_; he is greatly in debt.

_s’_=obérer=, _v.r._, to involve one’s self in debt, to become involved.

=obèse=, _adj._, obese, corpulent.

=obésité=, _n.f._, obesity, corpulence.

=obier=, _n.m._, guelder-rose.

=obit= (o-bit), _n.m._, (c.rel.) obit.

=obituaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (c.rel.) obituary.

=objecter=, _v.a._, to object, to raise as an objection (to), to reproach (with); to allege (against); to demur (to). _Vous m’objecterez que c’est bien connu_; you will say to me that it is a well-known thing.

=objecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, objective.

=objectif=, _n.m._, (opt.) object-glass; (philos., milit.) object, objective; aim, end.

=objection=, _n.f._, objection. _Aller au-devant d’une —_; to meet an objection. _Je ne vois pas d’objection à ce que cela se fasse_; I see no objection to its being done.

=objectivement=, _adv._, objectively.

=objectivité=, _n.f._, objectivity.

=objet=, _n.m._, object, subject, matter, business; aim, end, view, drift, purport; article. _pl._, goods. _Un — de risée_; a laughing-stock. _Être l’— de la conversation_; to be the subject of conversation. _Il n’a pour — que son intérêt_; his only aim is self-interest. _Il vend toutes sortes d’—s_; he deals in all sorts of articles. _—s de première nécessité_; articles of indispensable use.

=objurgation=, _n.f._, objurgation.

=objurgatoire=, _adj._, objurgatory.

=oblat=, _n.m._, ☉lay monk.

=oblation=, _n.f._, oblation, offering.

=obligataire=, _n.m._, (com., fin.) bond-holder, debenture-holder.

=obligation=, _n.f._, obligation; (com., fin., jur.) bond, debenture, preference share. _Remplir ses —s_; to fulfill one’s obligations. _Vous êtes dans l’— de lui répondre_; you are bound to answer him. _Être dans l’— de_; to be under an obligation to. _Porteur d’—_; (com.) bond-holder, debenture holder.

=obligatoire=, _adj._, obligatory, incumbent.

=obligatoirement= (-tôar-mān), _adv._, obligatorily, compulsorily.

=obligé=, _n.m._, indentures (of apprenticeship).

=obligé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) obligor, debtor.

=obligé=, =-e=, _part._, obliged, compelled, bound; necessary, usual. _Je suis — de sortir_; I am obliged to go out.

=obligeamment= (-ja-mān), _adv._, obligingly.

=obligeance= (-jans), _n.f._, kindness, obligingness.

=obligeant=, =-e=, _adj._, obliging, kind.

=obliger=, _v.a._, to oblige, to bind; to compel, to induce; to gratify. _Votre devoir vous y oblige_; you are bound in duty to do it. _— un apprenti_; to bind an apprentice.

_s’_=obliger=, _v.r._, to bind one’s self.

=obliger=, _v.n._, to impose obligations; to oblige, to favor.

=oblique=, _adj._, oblique, slanting; (fig.) indirect, unfair. _Pont —_; oblique-bridge, skew-bridge.

=obliquement= (o-blik-mān), _adv._, obliquely, crookedly, indirectly, unfairly, aslant.

=obliquer=, _v.n._, to walk in an oblique direction, to slant, to swerve, to turn (to).

=obliquité=, _n.f._, obliquity; obliqueness; slant; unfairness.

=oblitération=, _n.f._, obliteration.

=oblitérer=, _v.a._, to obliterate.

_s’_=oblitérer=, _v.r._, to become obliterated; (l.u.) to fall into disuse, to disappear.

=oblong=, =-ue=, _adj._, oblong.

=obole=, _n.f._, obole; (fig.) groat, farthing, stiver; mite, particle. _N’avoir pas une —_; not to be worth a stiver.

=obombrer=, _v.a._, (Bibl.) to overshadow.

=obreptice=, _adj._, obreptitious.

=obrepticement= (-tis-mān), _adv._, by concealing the truth, obreptitiously.

=obreption=, _n.f._, concealment of the truth, reticence, obreption.

=obscène=, _adj._, obscene.

=obscénité=, _n.f._, obscenity, obsceneness.

=obscur=, =-e=, _adj._, obscure, dark, black, gloomy, sombre; (fig.) mean, humble, mysterious. _Il fait —_; it is dark. _Naissance —e_; mean birth. _Couleur —e_; dark color. _Clair-—_, (_—s-—s_) (paint.) light and shade.

=obscurantisme=, _n.m._, obscurantism.

=obscurantiste=, _n.m._, anti-educationist.

=obscurcir=, _v.a._, to obscure, to darken, to dim, to sully, to tarnish, to throw into the shade. _— la vue_; to dim the sight.

_s’_=obscurcir=, _v.r._, to become obscure, dark; to grow dim. _Le soleil s’obscurcit_; the sun is hidden. _Le ciel s’obscurcit_; the sky is overcast. _Son esprit s’obscurcit_; his intellect _or_ mind is becoming clouded.

=obscurcissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, obscuration, darkness, dimness.

=obscurément=, _adv._, obscurely, confusedly, dimly.

=obscurité=, _n.f._, obscurity, gloom, darkness; (fig.) humbleness, meanness, mysteriousness. _À travers l’— de la nuit_; through the darkness of the night.

=obsécration=, _n.f._, (rhet.) obsecration.

=obséder=, _v.a._, to beset; to importune, to possess (of evil spirits); to torment, to haunt.

=obsèques= (ob-sèk-), _n.f.pl._, obsequies, funeral.

=obséquieusement=, _adv._, obsequiously.

=obséquieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, obsequious.

=obséquiosité=, _n.f._, obsequiousness.

=observable=, _adj._, observable.

=observance=, _n.f._, observance.

=observantin=, _n.m._, Observant Franciscan.

=observat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, observer; observant, observing, spy, looker-on. _Un esprit —_; an observing mind.

=observation=, _n.f._, observance; observation, remark, hint; (fig.) fulfillment, accomplishment. _Être en —_; to be on the look-out.

=observatoire=, _n.m._, observatory.

=observer=, _v.a._, to observe, to mind, to notice; to point out (to); to watch, to keep a watch over; to practice, to fulfill, to perform. _— les lois_; to observe the laws. _Lui avez-vous fait — que?_ did you point out to him that? _Faire —_; to remind, to call a person’s attention to.

_s’_=observer=, _v.r._, to be circumspect, to be cautious, to look about one’s self; to eye one another; to be on one’s guard; to keep a check upon one’s self.

=obsesseur=, _adj._, besetting.

=obsession=, _n.f._, besetting, obsession; being possessed of.

=obsidiane= _or_ =obsidienne=, _n.f._, (min.) obsidian (volcanic glass).

=obsidional=, =-e=, _adj._, obsidional. _Couronne —e_; obsidional crown.

=obstacle=, _n.m._, obstacle, bar, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, check, drawback. _Lever un —_; to remove an impediment. _Rencontrer un —_; to meet with an obstacle. _Faire naître un —_; to raise an obstacle.

=obstétrical=, =-e=, _adj._, obstetric, obstetrical.

=obstétrique=, _n.f._, obstetrics.

=obstination=, _n.f._, obstinacy, pertinacity, stubbornness, willfulness.

=obstiné=, =-e=, _adj._, obstinate; self-willed; stubborn; determined.

=obstinément=, _adv._, obstinately, stubbornly, willfully.

=obstiner=, _v.a._, to make obstinate.

_s’_=obstiner=, _v.r._, to be obstinate, to be obstinately resolved (upon), to insist (on), to persist (in). _S’— à une chose_; to persist in a thing. _Il s’obstine dans son opinion_; he clings to his opinion.

=obstructi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, obstructive, obstruent.

=obstruction=, _n.f._, obstruction, stoppage.

=obstrué=, =-e=, _adj._, obstructed, stopped.

=obstruer=, _v.a._, to obstruct, to stop up; to block up, to bar. _S’—_; to become obstructed, knocked up.

=obtempérer=, _v.n._, (jur.) to obey; to submit (to), to comply (with), to fall in (with). _— à un ordre_; to obey an order.

=obtenir=, _v.a._, to obtain, to procure, to get, to gain. _— satisfaction d’un outrage_; to obtain satisfaction for an insult. _Faire —_; to get, to procure for (anybody).

_s’_=obtenir=, _v.r._, to be obtained or obtainable.

=obtention=, _n.f._, obtaining, obtainment, getting; (jur.) purchase.

=obturateur=, _n.m._, (anat.) obturator; lid, cover.

=obturat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (anat.) obturator; obturating; covering, stopping; pubic (artery).

=obturation=, _n.f._, (surg.) covering, stopping.

=obtus=, =-e=, _adj._, obtuse, dull, blunt. _Angle —_; obtuse angle. _Esprit —_; dull, heavy mind.

=obtusangle=, _adj._, obtuse-angular.

=obtusangulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) obtuse-angled.

=obus= (o-buz), _n.m._, (artil.) shell.

=obusier=, _n.m._, (artil.) howitzer.

=obvenir=, _v.n._, (jur.) to escheat.

=obvention=, _n.f._, (ecc.) obvention.

=obvers= _or_ =obverse=, _n.m._, obverse.

=obvier=, _v.n._, to obviate, to prevent, to hinder. _— à un inconvénient_; to prevent an inconvenience.

=oc=, _adv._, (in Old Provençal) yes. _Langue d’—_; langue d’oc (the language south of the Loire).

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

=occase=, _adj._, (astron.) occasive (_i.e._ westerly).

=occasion=, _n.f._, opportunity, occasion; cause, reason, behalf, sake; bargain, job-lot, second-hand. _Il faut attendre l’—_; one must bide one’s time. _Profiter d’une —_; to take advantage of, to improve, an opportunity. _En toute —_; on all occasions. _Dans l’—_; as occasion offers, when occasion serves. _Par —_; occasionally; accidentally. _Je vous l’enverrai par —_; I shall send it you by private hand. _À votre —_; for your sake. _D’—_; accidentally; second-hand. _Marchandise d’—_; second-hand goods, job-lot.

=occasionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, occasional.

=occasionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, occasionally.

=occasionner=, _v.a._, to occasion, to bring on, to cause, to produce.

=occident=, _n.m._, West. _D’—_; western.

=occidental=, =-e=, _adj._, occidental, western, westerly. _Les Indes —es_; the West Indies.

=occidentaux=, _n.m.pl._, natives, inhabitants, of the western countries.

=occipital=, =-e=, _adj._, occipital.

=occiput= (-put), _n.m._, occiput.

☉=occire=, _v.a._, to slay, to kill, to do for.

☉=occis=, _part._, killed, slain, done for.

☉=occiseur=, _n.m._, murderer, killer, slayer.

☉=occision=, _n.f._, killing; slaughter.

=occlusion=, _n.f._, (med.) closing, shutting up.

=occultation=, _n.f._, (astron.) occultation.

=occulte=, _adj._, occult, hidden, secret.

=occupant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, occupant, possessor; occupier; occupying, engrossing, taking up; (jur.) concerned (as attorney).

=occupation=, _n.f._, occupation, business, employment, work. _Donner de l’— à quelqu’un_; to cut out work for any one.

=occupé=, =-e=, _adj._, busy, occupied, engaged.

=occuper=, _v.a._, to occupy, to employ; to take up, to fill; to inhabit. _— une maison_; to occupy a house. _— la place de quelqu’un_; to be in any one’s place. _Il faut — les jeunes gens_; youth must have occupation.

_s’_=occuper= =à= (habitual) _or_ =de= (particular), _v.r._, to occupy one’s self; to be busy, to apply one’s self, to attend to, to trouble one’s self about. _S’— à lire_; to be busy reading. _Je m’occupe de votre affaire_; I am looking after _or_ attending to your business.

=occuper=, _v.n._, (jur.) to be concerned as attorney, to appear; to plead.

=occurrence= (o-kur-rans), _n.f._, occurrence, emergency.

=occurrent=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) occurring, occurrent.

=océan=, _n.m._, ocean; the high seas.

=océanide=, _n.f._, (myth.) Oceanide, nymph of the Sea, daughter of the Ocean.

=océanique=, _adj._, oceanic.

=ocelle=, _n.m._, ocellus.

=ocellé=, =-e=, _adj._, ocellated.

=ochlocratie= (o-klo-cra-ci), _n.f._, ochlocracy.

☉=ochre=, _n.f._ _V._ =ocre=.

=ocre=, _n.f._, ochre.

=ocreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ochry, ochreous.

=octaèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) octahedron.

=octaédrique=, _adj._, (geom.) octahedral.

=octandre=, _adj._, (bot.) octandrian, octandrous.

=octandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) octandria.

=octant=, _n.m._, octant; quadrant.

☉=octante=, _adj._, eighty, fourscore.

☉=octantième= (-tièm), _adj._, eightieth.

=octarchie= (-shi), _n.f._, octarchy.

=octave=, _n.f._, octave; eight.

=octavin=, _n.m._, octave-flute.

=octavo=, _adv._, eighthly. _V._ =in-octavo=.

=octavon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, octoroon, mustee, person one-eighth black.

=octidi=, _n.m._, octidi, eighth day of the decade in the calendar of the first French republic.

=octil=, _adj.m._, (astron.) octile.

=octobre=, _n.m._, October.

=octogénaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, octogenary, octogenarian.

=octogone=, _n.m._ and _adj._, octagon; octagonal.

=octostyle=, _adj._, octostyle.

=octroi=, _n.m._, grant; concession; town-dues, toll, duty; octroi, toll-house _or_ office.

=octroyer=, _v.a._, to grant, to concede.

=octuple=, _adj._, eightfold, octuple.

=octupler=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to increase eightfold.

=oculaire=, _adj._, ocular. _Témoin —_; eye-witness. _Verre —_; eye-glass.

=oculaire=, _n.m._, (opt.) eye-glass, eye-piece, eye-end.

=oculairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, ocularly.

=oculiste=, _n.m._, oculist.

=odalisque=, _n.f._, odalisk, odalisque.

=ode=, _n.f._, ode.

=odelette=, _n.f._, (poet.) odelet.

=odéon= _or_ =odéum=, _n.m._, Odéon (name of a theatre in Paris).

=odeur=, _n.f._, odor, smell, scent, fragrancy, perfume. _N’être pas en — de sainteté auprès de quelqu’un_; not to be in the good graces of any one. _En — de sainteté_; in the Lord; in favor.

=odieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, odiously, hatefully.

=odieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, odious, hateful, loathsome, invidious. _Se rendre —_; to make one’s self odious.

=odieux=, _n.m._, odium, hatefulness, invidiousness. _L’— de la chose_; the hateful part of the business.

=odomètre=, _n.m._, odometer, pedometer. _V._ =pédomètre=.

=odontalgie=, _n.f._, odontalgia, toothache, odontalgy.

=ondontalgique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, odontalgic.

=odontoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) odontoid.

=odontologie=, _n.f._, (anat.) odontology.

=odorant=, =-e=, _adj._, odoriferous, fragrant, sweet-smelling.

=odorat=, _n.m._, smell; smelling; sense of smell.

=odoriférant=, =-e=, _adj._, odoriferous, fragrant, sweet-scented _or_ smelling.

=odyssée=, _n.f._, Odyssey.

=œcuménicité=, _n.f._, œcumenicity.

=œcuménique=, _adj._, œcumenical.

=œcuméniquement=, _adv._, œcumenically.

=œdémateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, œdematous.

=œdème=, _n.m._, (med.) œdema.

=œdipe=, _n.m._, riddle-solver.

=œgagre= (égagr), _n.m._, wild goat.

*=œil= (eu-ye), _n.m._, (_yeux_) eye, look; bud; luster, gloss; (bot.) ox-eye, daisy; hole (in bread, cheese); (print.) face; bubble (of soup); luster (of precious stones); eye (of a needle). _Clin d’—_; twinkle. _En un clin d’—_; in the twinkling of an eye. _Un beau coup d’—_; a fine prospect _or_ view _or_ spectacle. _Le premier coup d’—_; the first glance _or_ sight of. _D’un coup d’—_; at a glance. _Avoir mal aux yeux_; to have sore eyes. _Regarder quelqu’un du coin de l’—_; to glance at, to ogle, to leer. _Regarder quelqu’un entre les deux yeux_; to look any one full in the face. _Entre quatre yeux_; in private, between ourselves. _Ouvrir de grands yeux_; to stare, to stare with one’s eyes wide open. _Avoir l’— à quelque chose_; to have an eye upon anything, to mind, to attend to. _Avoir l’— sur_; to watch any one, to see to anything. _Suivre de l’—_; to follow with the eye, to watch. _Le soleil me donne dans les yeux_; the sun dazzles my eyes. _La lumière me tire les yeux_; the light hurts my eyes. _Cela lui blesse les yeux_; that is an eyesore to him. _À vue d’—_; visibly. _Donner dans l’— à quelqu’un_; to take any one’s fancy. _Avoir le compas dans l’—_; to have a good eye for distances. _Avoir le coup d’—_; to have a carpenter’s eye. _Faire les yeux doux_; to look lovingly (at), to cast loving glances (at). _Dévorer quelqu’un des yeux_; to look any one through and through. _S’en battre l’—_; not to care a rap about. _Couver des yeux_; to look lovingly (on). _Dévorer une chose des yeux_; to look upon a thing with greedy eyes. _Cela saute aux yeux_; it is obvious; it is as clear as noonday. _Avoir un bandeau sur les yeux_; to be blindfolded. _Pour vos beaux yeux_; for your pretty face _or_ for nothing. _Je lui ai poché l’—_; I gave him a black eye. _Il a de bons yeux_; he is sharp-sighted. _Il n’a des yeux que pour elle_; he sees nothing but her. _Fermer les yeux sur quelque chose_; to connive at, to wink at anything. _Se mettre le doigt dans l’—_; to delude _or_ flatter one’s self. _N’avoir pas froid aux yeux_; not to funk; not to stick at trifles; not to be afraid of one’s shadow. _Mais! votre chapeau vous crève les yeux_; why, your hat is staring you in the face. _Avoir les yeux battus_; to have a tired look about the eyes. _Avoir les yeux cernés_; to have dark circles round the eyes. _Des yeux à fleur de tête_; goggle-eyes. _Voir de bon —_; to look favorably (on). _Voir de mauvais —_; to look unfavorably (on).

=œil-de-bœuf=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) bull’s eye; round or oval window; ☉a waiting-room in the royal palace at Versailles.

=œil-de-chat=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (min.) cat’s-eye.

=œil-de-perdrix=, _n.m._, (_yeux-—_) soft corn (on the foot).

=œil-de-serpent=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (min.) serpentine-stone.

=œil-d’or=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (ich.) gold-finny.

*=œillade=, _n.f._, glance, ogle, sheep’s eye. _Jeter des —s_; to cast glances (at), to ogle.

=œillère=, _adj.f._, of the eye. _Dent —_; canine tooth.

*=œillère=, _n.f._, eye-flap, blinker (of a horse); canine tooth.

*=œillet=, _n.m._, (bot.) carnation, pink; (nav.) eye; eyelet; eyelet-hole. _— de poète_; sweet william.

*=œilleton=, _n.m._, (hort.) offset; layer.

*=œillette=, _n.f._, field-poppy.

=œnanthe=, _n.f._, (bot.) watery drop-wort.

=œnologie=, _n.f._, wine-making.

=œnomancie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) œnomancy (divination by wine).

=œnomètre=, _n.m._, œnometer (to ascertain the strength of wine).

=œnophile=, _n.m._, œnophilist. _Société —_; wine company.

=œnophore=, _n.m._, (antiq.) wine vessel, goblet.

=œsophage=, _n.m._, œsophagus, gullet.

=œsophagien=, =-ne= (-in, -é-n), _adj._, pertaining to the œsophagus.

=œstre=, _n.m._, (ent.) œstrus, gad-fly.

=œuf= (euf), _n.m._, (_œufs_) (eû) egg. _pl._, roe (of a fish). _—s pochés_; poached eggs. _—s à la coque_; boiled eggs. _—s brouillés_; buttered eggs. _— couvi_; addled egg. _— frais_; new-laid egg. _—s sur le plat_, _—s au miroir_; fried eggs. _Plein comme un —_; as full as an egg. _Il tondrait sur un —_; he would skin a flint. _Mettre tous ses —s dans un panier_; to risk all in one enterprise. _Donner un — pour avoir un bœuf_, to give a sprat to catch a herring. _Faire d’un — un bœuf_; to make mountains out of mole-hills.

=œuvé=, =-e=, _adj._, hard-roed (of fish).

=œuvre=, _n.f._, work, piece of work; works (of an author); production, performance; deed, act; bezel, setting (of a stone); church-wardens’ pew; fabric (fund appropriated for the repairs of a church). _— de piété_, _— de charité_; act of piety, of charity. _—s pies_; pious works. _Une — de génie_; a work of genius. _La fin couronne l’—_; all’s well that ends well. _À l’ — on connaît l’ouvrier_; the workman is known by his work. _À bon jour, bonne —_; the better the day, the better the deed. _Maître des hautes —s_; hangman. _Maître des basses —s_; nightman. _Mettre en —_; to make use of, to work up, to bring to bear; to set (jewelry). _Mettre tout en —_; to leave no stone unturned. _—s inédites_; unpublished works. _—s posthumes_; posthumous works. _—s mêlées_; miscellaneous works, miscellanea.

=œuvre=, _n.m._, work; (arch.) clear; works of musicians and engravers; performance; (metal.) argentiferous lead. _Gros —_; outer wall. _Travailler au grand —_; to seek the philosopher’s stone. _Dans —_; (arch.) apart, inside; clear, in the clear. _Hors d’—_; (arch.) from out to out. _Sous —_; (mas.) underpinning. _À pied d’—_; at hand, in the neighborhood, near.

=œuvrer=, _v.a._, to work.

=offensant=, =-e=, _adj._, offensive, obnoxious, abusive.

=offense=, _n.f._, offense, affront, insult, injury, wrong; (jur.) contempt, transgression, trespass. _Demander réparation d’une —_; to demand satisfaction for an offense. _Pardonner les —s_; to forgive offenses. _Expier une —_; to atone for an offense.

=offensé=, _n.m._, offended party.

=offenser=, _v.a._, to offend, to give offense; to hurt, to injure, to insult, to abuse, to shock; to be offensive to, to offend against. _Le coup lui a offensé le cerveau_; the blow hurt his brain. _— la délicatesse_; to offend against delicacy.

_s’_=offenser=, _v.r._, to be offended, to take exception (to), to take offense (at).

=offenseur=, _n.m._, offender.

=offensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, offensive (attack).

=offensive=, _n.f._, offensive.

=offensivement= (-siv-mān), _adv._, offensively.

=offerte=, _n.f._, or offertoire, _n.m._, (c.rel.) offertory.

=office=, _n.m._, office; duty; employment, functions; service, turn; worship. _D’—_; officially, ex-officio. _Avocat nommé d’—_; counsel appointed by the judge. _Faire quelque chose d’—_; to do a thing of one’s own accord. _C’est un — d’ami que vous lui avez rendu_; it is a friendly turn you have done him. _Rendre un mauvais — à quelqu’un_; to do any one an ill-turn. _L’— divin_; divine service, church-time. _Livre d’—_; prayer-book. _Exercer un —_; to hold an office. _Le saint-—_; the holy-office, the Inquisition.

=office=, _n.f._, servants’ hall, pantry, larder, steward’s room. _pl._, dependencies of the kitchen.

=official=, _n.m._, (ecc.) official.

=officialité=, _n.f._, officiality.

=officiant=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, officiating priest, officiating clergyman; officiating.

=officiante=, _n.f._, officiating nun.

=officiel=, =-le=, _adj._, official.

=officiellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, officially.

=officier=, _v.n._, to officiate; to play one’s part; to do one’s duty at table, to eat heartily.

=officier=, _n.m._, officer; butler, steward. _— de marine_; naval officer. _— général_; general officer, (nav.) flag-officer. _— d’état-major_; staff-officer. _— supérieur_; field-officer. _— de compagnie_; regimental officer. _— de justice_; law-officer. _— de port_; harbor-master. _— de santé_; medical officer; surgeon. _Sous-—_; non-commissioned officer. _—s de la bouche_; king’s cooks. _—s du gobelet_; king’s butlers.

=officieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, officiously, obligingly.

=officieuseté=, _n.f._, officiousness.

=officieu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, busy-body; officious, obliging.

=officinal=, =-e=, _adj._, (pharm.) officinal.

=officine=, _n.f._, an apothecary’s laboratory.

=offrande=, _n.f._, offering, present.

=offrant=, _adj.m._, bidding. _Au plus — et dernier enchérisseur_; to the highest and last bidder.

=offrant=, _n.m._, bidder.

=offre=, _n.f._, offer, tender, proposal.

=offrir= (offrant, offert), _v.a._, to offer, to propose, to tender; to present; to afford, to give, to yield; to bid. _— un présent_; to offer a present.

_s’_=offrir=, _v.r._, to offer, to propose one’s self; to offer. _Si l’occasion s’offre_; if occasion offers.

=offuscation=, _n.f._, (astron.) obfuscation (of the sun’s rays).

=offusquer=, _v.a._, to obscure, to darken, to eclipse, to cloud; to dazzle, to blind; to offend. _Le soleil m’offusque les yeux_; the sun dazzles my eyes. _Cet artiste a un rival qui l’offusque_; that artist has a rival who stands in his light.

_s’_=offusquer=, _v.r._, to become darkened; (fig.) to take offense.

=ogival=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch.) pointed.

=ogive=, _n.f._, ogive, pointed arch. _En —_; ogival, pointed.

*=ognon=, _n.m._ _V._ =oignon=.

*=ognonnet=, _n.m._ _V._ =oignonnet=.

*=ognonnière=, _n.f._ _V._ =oignonnière=.

=ogre=, _n.m._, ogre. _Il mange comme un —_; he eats like a wolf.

=ogresse=, _n.f._, ogress.

=oh!= _int._, O! ho!

=oïdium=, _n.m._, (n.p.) (agri.) oidium, vine-mildew.

=oie=, _n.f._, (orni.) goose; simpleton, ninny. _Plume d’—_; goose-quill. _— de mer_; merganser. _Contes de ma mère l’—_; tales of Mother Goose, fairy tales. _Jeu de l’—_; game of goose. _Patte d’—_; goose-foot; (fig.) crow’s foot, cross- (of roads).

*=oignon=, _n.m._, onion; bulb, bulbous root; bunion; turnip (watch). _Regretter les —s d’Egypte_; to sigh for _or_ hanker after the flesh-pots of Egypt. _Chapelet d’—s_; ropeway of onions. _Un — de tulipe_; a tulip bulb. _Être en rang d’—_; to be all in a row, in a file. _Se mettre en rang d’—_; to take one’s place in a row.

*=oignonet=, _n.m._, ognonet (summer pear).

*=oignonière=, _n.f._, onion-bed.

=oïl=, _adv._, (old French) yes. _Langue d’—_; language spoken north of the Loire.

☉*=oille= (o-ye), _n.f._, (cook.) olio.

=oindre= (oignant, oint), _v.a._, to anoint. _Oignez vilain, il vous poindra, poignez vilain, il vous oindra_ (_i.e._ if not oppressed, the churls will become oppressors).

=oing= (oin), _n.m._, hog’s-grease, cart-grease. _Vieux —_; cart-grease, axle-grease.

=oint=, _n.m._, anointed. _L’— du Seigneur_; the Lord’s anointed.

=oiseau=, _n.m._, bird; creature (pers.); (mas.) fellow, chap, bird, fish, hod. _— de proie_; bird of prey. _Tirer aux —x_; to go out fowling. _— moqueur_; mocking-bird. _Chasse aux —x_; bird-shooting. _Plan à vue d’—_; bird’s-eye view. _Il est comme l’—_ sur la branche; he is unsettled; he is always on the move. _La belle cage ne nourrit pas l’—_; a fine cage does not fill a bird’s belly. _Petit à petit l’— fait son nid_; little strokes fell great oaks. _Il a battu les buissons, un autre a pris l’—_; he did the work, another stole the profits. _À tout — son nid est beau_; home is home, be it ever so homely. _À vol d’—_; as the crow flies, in a straight line. _— mouche_, (_—x —s_) humming-bird. _— trompette_; (orni.) trumpeter. _—x de passage_; birds of passage. _—x de basse-cour_; fowls, poultry. _—x voyageurs_; migratory birds.

=oiseler= (oa-zlé), _v.a._, (hawking) to train a bird.

=oiseler=, _v.n._, to catch birds.

=oiselet=, _n.m._, little bird.

=oiseleur= (oa-zleur), _n.m._, bird-catcher.

=oiselier=, _n.m._, bird-seller, dealer in birds.

=oisellerie= (oa-zèl-rî), _n.f._, bird-catching; bird-trade.

=oiseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, indolent, idle, useless, trifling. _Mener une vie —se_; to live in idleness. _Paroles —ses_; idle words.

=oisi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, idle, unoccupied; uninvested, lying dead (of money).

=oisif=, _n.m._, idler.

*=oisillon=, _n.m._, young bird, fledgling.

=oisivement= (oa-ziv-mān), _adv._, idly.

=oisiveté= (oa-ziv-té), _n.f._, idleness, indolence, ease; sloth. _Croupir dans l’—_; to be steeped, _or_ to wallow, in indolence.

=oison=, _n.m._, gosling; ninny, simpleton.

=oléagineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, oleaginous, oily.

=oléandre=, _n.m._, (bot.) oleander, rose-bay.

=oléifère=, _adj._, oil-bearing, oleiferous.

=oléine=, _n.f._, (chem.) oleine.

=oléique=, _adj._, (chem.) oleic.

=oléracé=, =-e=, _adj._, oleraceous.

=olfacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, olfactory.

=oliban=, _n.m._, (pharm.) olibanum.

=olibrius= (-ûs), _n.m._, conceited, obtrusive person.

=oliette=, _n.f._ _V._ =œillette=.

=oligarchie=, _n.f._, oligarchy.

=oligarchique=, _adj._, oligarchical.

=oligarque=, _n.m._, partisan of an oligarchy.

=oligiste=, _adj._, (min.) oligist.

=olim=, _n.m._, (_—_) statute-book.

=olinde=, _n.f._, sword-blade.

=olivaie=, _n.f._, olive-grove.

=olivaire=, _adj._, olivary.

=olivaison=, _n.f._, olive season, crop of olives.

=olivâtre=, _adj._, olivaceous, olive-green.

=olive=, _n.f._, (bot.) olive; (arch.) olive-molding. _Branche_, _rameau_, _d’—_; olive branch.

=olivète=, _n.f._ (bot.). _V._ =œillette=.

=olivettes=, _n.f.pl._, sort of dance after the olives are gathered.

=olivier=, _n.m._, olive-tree, olive, olive wood.

=ollaire=, _adj.f._, soft (of stones easy to cut). _Pierre —_; potstone.

=olla podrida=, _n.f._, (_—_) olio; olla podrida, hotch-potch.

=ollure=, _n.f._, tanner’s leather apron.

=olographe=, _adj._, holographic, holographical. _Testament —_; will written in the testator’s own hand. _V._ =holographe=.

=olographe=, _n.m._, holograph.

=olonier=, _n.m._, (bot.) strawberry-tree; cane-apple.

=olympe=, _n.m._, Olympus.

=olympiade=, _n.f._, Olympiad.

=olympien= (-pi-in), =-ne= (-pi-è-n), _adj._, Olympian.

=olympique=, _adj._, Olympic.

=ombelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) umbel, cluster of blossoms.

=ombellé=, =-e= (on-bèl-lé), _adj._, (bot.) umbellar, umbellated, umbellate.

=ombellifère= (-bèl-li-), _n.f._ and _adj._, (bot.) umbelliferous plant; umbelliferous.

=ombellule= (on-bèl-lul), _n.f._, (bot.) umbellet, umbellule.

=ombilic=, _n.m._, (anat.) umbilic, umbilicus, navel; (bot.) hilum, umbilicus.

=ombilical=, =-e=, _adj._, umbilic, umbilical. _Cordon —_; umbilical cord, navel.

=ombiliqué=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) umbilicate, umbilicated.

=ombrage=, _n.m._, shade, umbrage, suspicion, distrust. _Faire —_; to overshadow. _Les —s verts_; shade of green foliage. _Donner de l’— à_; to give umbrage to. _Tout lui porte —_; he takes umbrage at everything.

=ombrager=, _v.a._, to shade; to cover; to hide, to conceal.

=ombrageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, skittish (of horses); suspicious, distrustful.

=ombre=, _n.f._, shade; shadow; spirit; background; gloom; pretense. _S’endormir à l’— d’un arbre_; to sleep under the shade of a tree. _Se mettre à l’—_; to get into the shade. _L’— suit le corps_; the shadow follows the body. _Couvrir d’—_; to shade. _Les —s de la nuit_; the shades of night. _Avoir peur de son —_; to be afraid of one’s own shadow. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to eclipse any one, to throw any one into the shade, to give umbrage to any one. _Mettre à l’—_; to put into the shade; to shade; (pop.) to give his quietus to any one. _—s chinoises_; dissolving views. _Couvert d’—_; shady.

=ombre=, _n.m._, (ich.) umbra; ombre (card game). _— de rivière_; red charr, grayling.

_terre d’_=ombre=, _n.f._, black-ochre, umber.

=ombré=, =-e=, _part._, tinted, shaded.

=ombrelle=, _n.f._, parasol.

=ombrer=, _v.a._, (drawing, paint.) to tint, to shade.

=ombreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, shady, cool.

=ombromètre=, _n.m._, ombrometer, rain-gauge.

=oméga=, _n.m._, omega.

=omelette= (o-mlèt), _n.f._, omelet.

=omettre=, _v.a._, to omit, to leave out, to pass over, to leave undone.

=omission=, _n.f._, omission. _Sauf erreur ou —_; errors excepted.

=omnibus=, _n.m._, omnibus; (pers.) general servant, maid of all work.

=omnipotence=, _n.f._, omnipotence.

=omnipotent=, _adj._, omnipotent.

=omniprésence=, _n.f._, omnipresence, ubiquity.

=omniprésent=, =-e=, _adj._, ubiquitous, omnipresent.

=omniscience=, _n.f._, omniscience.

=omnium= (-om), _n.m._, (fin.) omnium; (turf) consolation stakes.

=omnivore=, _adj._, omnivorous.

=omoplate=, _n.f._, omoplate, scapula, shoulder-blade.

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