Chapter V (2)

=vilain=, =-e= (-līn, -lè-n), _adj._, ugly, vile, villainous, pitiful, miserable, unhandsome; shabby, worthless, nasty, filthy, slovenly, wicked; sordid, wretched, infamous, scandalous. _Il m’a joué un — tour_; he has played me a nasty trick. _— temps_; bad weather. _Il fait —_; it is nasty weather. _C’est un — monsieur_; he is a nasty fellow, an ugly customer.

=vilain= (-līn), _n.m._, =-e= (-lè-n), _n.f._, (fam.) naughty boy, naughty girl.

=vilainement= (-lè-n-mān), _adv._, uglily; basely, nastily, shamefully, scandalously, unworthily, villainously, wretchedly, naughtily, sordidly, improperly, deplorably.

=vilayet=, _n.m._, vilayet, large Turkish province.

=vilebrequin= (vil-brĕ-kin), _n.m._, center-bit, wimble.

=vilement= (vil-mān), _adv._, vilely, basely, meanly, abjectly, contemptibly.

=vilenie= (vil-nî), _n.f._, filth, nastiness, foulness, dirt; sordid avarice, niggardliness; trash, unwholesome food; mean, base, vile action, _pl._, offensive words; filthiness, obscenity.

=vileté= (vil-té) _or_ =vilité=, _n.f._, cheapness, low price; unimportance, baseness, meanness.

=vilipendement=, _n.m._, vilification.

=vilipender=, _v.a._, to vilify, to despise, to cry down; to undervalue.

=vilité=, _n.f._ _V._ =vileté=.

=villa=, _n.f._, villa.

=villace=, _n.f._, (fam., l.u.) large, straggling, thinly-peopled city.

=village=, _n.m._, village. _Des gens de —_; country-folk. _Il est bien de son —_; he knows nothing of what is going on in the world.

=villageois= (-joâ), _n.m._, =-e= (-joaz), _n.f._, villager, rustic, cottager. _adj._ rustic, country.

=villanelle=, _n.f._, pastoral poetry; a dancing tune.

=ville=, _n.f._, town, city. _— de commerce_; commercial town. _— maritime_; sea-port town. _— de bains_ or _d’eaux_; watering-place. _— de guerre_; fortress. _Robe_, or _toilette_, _de —_; walking-dress. _Habit de —_; (of officers) plain clothes, mufti. _Costume de —_; morning-coat, frock coat. _Corps de —_; corporation, town-council. _Être en —_; to be out (not at home). _Il est allé dîner en —_; he has gone out to dinner, he is dining out. _Être à la —_; to be in town.

=villégiature=, _n.f._, sojourn in the country. _En —_; staying in the country.

=villette=, _n.f._, (fam.) small town, townlet.

=villeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) villous, villose.

=villifère=, _adj._, villiferous.

=villiforme=, _adj._, villiform.

=villosité=, _n.f._, (bot.) villosity.

=vimaire=, _n.f._, damage caused (to forests) by storms.

=vin=, _n.m._, wine, vinosity, strength. _— mousseux_; sparkling wine. _— non mousseux_; still wine. _Du — éventé_; dead wine. _— de Bordeaux_; claret. _Du — paillet_; pale wine. _— du Rhin_; Rhenish wine. _— de deux feuilles_; wine two years old. _— qui a beaucoup de corps_; full-bodied wine. _— ordinaire_; dinner wine. _— pur_; neat wine (without water). _— coupé_; diluted wine. _— de la comète_; vintage wine. _— brûlé_, _— chaud_; mulled wine, negus. _Marchand de —_, or _négociant en —s_; wine-merchant. _Un doigt de —_; a drop of wine. _Tremper son —_; to dilute one’s wine. _Il est en pointe de —_; he has had a drop too much. _Être pris de —_; to be the worse for liquor. _Être entre deux —s_; to be half-seas over. _Cuver son —_; to sleep one’s self sober. _Un sac à —_; a drunken sot. _Il a le — mauvais_; he is quarrelsome in his cups. _Il a le — bon_; he is merry in his cups. _À bon — point d’enseigne_; good wine needs no bush. _Du — à faire danser les chèvres_; wine not fit to drink. _Le — entré, la raison sort_; (prov.) when ale is in, wit is out. _Mouiller trop son —_; to drown the miller.

=vinage=, _n.m._, putting alcohol into wine.

=vinaigre=, _n.m._, vinegar.

=vinaigré=, =-e=, _adj._, seasoned with vinegar.

=vinaigrer=, _v.a._, to season with vinegar.

=vinaigrerie=, _n.f._, vinegar manufactory.

=vinaigrette=, _n.f._, vinegar sauce; meat seasoned with vinegar; Bath chair, hand-chair.

=vinaigrier=, _n.m._, vinegar merchant; vinegar cruet; (bot.) sumac tree.

=vinaire=, _adj._, for wine. _Vaisseaux —s_; wine-vessels, wine-casks.

=vinasse=, _n.f._, very weak wine.

=vindas= (-dâs), _n.m._, (tech.) windlass.

=vindicati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, vindictive, revengeful.

=vindicte=, _n.f._, (jur.) prosecution (of crime). _La — publique_; prosecution (by the public prosecutor). _À la — publique_; held up to public reprobation.

=vinée=, _n.f._, crop of wine, vintage.

=viner=, _v.a._, to put alcohol into wine.

=vinetier= (vi-n-tié) _or_ =vinettier= (-nè-tié), _n.m._, barberry-tree.

=vineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vinous; winy, wine-colored.

=vingt= (vīn), _n.m._ and _adj._, twenty, score; twentieth. _Quatre-vingts hommes_; eighty men. _Quatre-vingt-six bœufs_; eighty-six oxen. [_Vingt_ takes an _s_ when preceded and multiplied by another number, but remains invariable when it is followed by another number.]

=vingtaine= (vin-tè-n), _n.f._, a score, about twenty.

=vingt et un=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) vingt-et-un (card game).

=vingtième= (vin-ti-èm), _n.m._ and _adj._, twentieth.

=vinicole=, _adj._, wine-growing, wine-producing.

=vinification=, _n.f._, wine-making.

=viol=, _n.m._, rape, violation; indecent assault.

=violacé=, =-e=, _adj._, violaceous; (med.) purple.

=violacées= _or_ =violariées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) violaceæ.

=violat=, _adj._, of violets.

=violat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, violator, infringer, breaker, transgressor. _adj._, violating, transgressing, infringing.

=violation=, _n.f._, violation, transgression, breach, infringement.

=violâtre=, _adj._, inclining to a violet color, purplish.

=viole=, _n.f._, (mus.) tenor-violin; viol.

=violement= (viol-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) violation; (old) infringement, infraction; rape.

=violemment= (-la-mān), _adv._, violently, with violence.

=violence=, _n.f._, violence; (jur.) force, stress. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to offer violence to any one.

=violent=, =-e=, _adj._, violent; strong (of suspicion); (fig.) too bad. _C’est par trop —_; it is really too bad. _Douleur —e_; violent pain. _Mort —e_; violent death.

=violenter=, _v.a._, to force, to offer violence to; to compel, to constrain; to ill-use.

=violer=, _v.a._, to violate, to ravish; to break, to infringe, to transgress. _— sa foi_; to break one’s faith. _— le droit des gens_; to break the law of nations.

=violet=, _n.m._, violet-color.

=violet=, =-e=, _adj._, violet-colored.

=violette=, _n.f._, (bot.) violet. _— tricolore_; heart’s-ease, pansy. _— de la chandeleur_; snow-drop. _— marine_; Canterbury-bell.

=violeur=, _n.m._, violator, ravisher.

=violier=, _n.m._, wall-flower, gilly-flower. _— des jardins_; stock.

=violiste=, _n.m._, violist.

=violon=, _n.m._, violin, fiddle; violinist, violin-player, fiddler; cell, round-house, lock-up (prison). _Mettre quelqu’un au —_; to put any one in quod. _Il a payé les —s_; he paid the piper. _Jouer du —_; to play on the violin.

=violoncelle=, _n.m._, violoncello.

=violoncelliste=, _n.m._, violoncellist.

=violoniste=, _n.m.f._, violinist.

=viorne=, _n.f._, (bot.) viburnum.

=vipère=, _n.f._, viper, adder.

=vipereau=, _n.m._, young viper.

=vipérin=, =-e= (-rīn, -ri-n), _adj._, viperine.

=vipérine= (-ri-n), _n.f._, (bot.) viper’s-bugloss.

=virago=, _n.f._, virago, catamaran.

=virée=, _n.f._, veering.

=virelai=, _n.m._, virelay (ancient French poem on two rhymes).

=virement= (vir-mān), _n.m._, turning; (nav.) veering, tacking about; (fin.) clearing. _— d’eau_; (nav.) turn of the tide.

=virer=, _v.n._ and _a._, to turn, to turn about; (nav.) to tack; to heave. _— de bord_; (nav.) to tack about, to put about; (fig.) to change sides, to turn round, to rat. _Vire!_ ’bout ship!

=vireur=, _n.m._, turning-gear; (phot.) toning.

=vireu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, poisonous, noxious, fetid, nauseous.

=virevau= _or_ =vireveau= (vir-vô), _n.m._, (nav.) winch.

=virevaude=, _n.f._ _V._ =vire-vire=.

=virevent= (vir-vān), _n.m._, (orni.) kingfisher.

=vire vire=, _n.f._, (_—_) (nav.) whirlpool.

=virevolte=, _n.f._, (man.) volt right and left, quick turning.

☉=virevousse= _or_ =virevouste=, _n.f._, bustle; (fig.) prevarication, shuffling, shifting.

=virginal=, =-e=, _adj._, virginal, maidenly.

=virginalement=, _adv._, maidenly, in a maiden-like manner.

=virginité=, _n.f._, virginity, maidenhead.

=virgouleuse=, _n.f._, a sort of winter pear.

=virgule=, _n.f._, (gram.) comma; (horl.) hook escapement. _Point et —_; semicolon.

=viril=, =-e=, _adj._, male, virile, manly. _Age —_; manhood, man’s estate.

=virilement= (-ril-mān), _adv._, manfully, manly, like a man.

=virilité=, _n.f._, virility, manhood, man’s estate, vigor, force.

=virole=, _n.f._, ferrule.

=virolé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) virole.

=viroler=, _v.a._, to ferrule, to hoop.

=virtualité=, _n.f._, virtuality, potentiality.

=virtuel=, =-le=, _adj._, virtual, potential.

=virtuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, virtually, potentially.

=virtuose=, _n.m.f._, virtuoso.

=virulence=, _n.f._, virulence, virulency.

=virulent=, =-e=, _adj._, virulent.

=virus= (-rus), _n.m._, virus.

=vis= (vis), _n.f._, screw. _Escalier à —_; winding, corkscrew staircase.

=visa=, _n.m._, (_—_) visa, signature, indorsement (on passports).

=visage=, _n.m._, face, visage; countenance, aspect, look, air. _— pâle_; pale face. _À deux —s_; double-faced. _À — découvert_; openly, bare-facedly. _Avoir bon —_; to look well. _Faire bon_, or _mauvais_, _— à quelqu’un_; to look pleasantly, _or_ unpleasantly, at any one; to give any one a good, _or_ bad, reception. _Se composer le —_; to compose one’s countenance. _Changer de —_; to change countenance; to turn pale; to have one’s face at command. _Trouver — de bois_; to find the door shut, to find nobody there.

=vis-à-vis=, _adv._, opposite, in juxtaposition.

=vis-à-vis= (vi-za-vî), _n.m._, (_—_) vis-a-vis (in dancing); vis-a-vis (carriage); opposite neighbor (at table).

=vis-à-vis=, _prep._, opposite, over against, over the way; towards, relatively. _— de l’église_; opposite the church.

=viscéral=, =-e= (vis-sé-), _adj._, visceral.

=viscère= (vis-sèr), _n.f._, (anat.) viscus. _pl._, viscera, vital organs.

=viscosité=, _n.f._, viscosity, viscidity, viscousness; clamminess.

=visée=, _n.f._, aim; end; design, plan, scheme.

=viser=, _v.n._, to aim, to take aim; to aspire (to), to endeavor. _Il visait à ce but_; that was his goal.

=viser=, _v.a._, to aim, to aim (at), to take aim (at); to drive (at); to countersign, to indorse (passports). _Faire — un passeport_; to get a passport countersigned, _or_ indorsed.

=viseur=, _n.m._, aimer.

=vishnou= (vis-noo), _n.m._, Vishnu (name of one of the Hindoo deities).

=visibilité=, _n.f._, visibility, visibleness, obviousness.

=visible=, _adj._, visible, evident, manifest, obvious.

=visiblement=, _adv._, visibly, evidently, manifestly, obviously.

=visière=, _n.f._, visor (of a helmet); foresight (of fire-arms); shade (for the eyes); peak (of caps, etc.); (fam.) eyesight. _Rompre en — à quelqu’un_; to break one’s lance in the visor of one’s adversary; (fig.) to attack any one to his face; to break off with, to fall out with. _Elle lui a donné dans la —_; he was smitten with her.

=visigoth= (-gô), _n.m._, Visigoth; barbarian, Goth.

=vision=, _n.f._, vision, sight, phantom, chimera, fancy.

=visionnaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, a visionary, a dreamer; visionary, fanciful.

=visir=, _n.m._ _V._ =vizir=.

=visirat=, _n.m._ _V._ =vizirat=.

=visitandine=, _n.f._, Visitandine (nun).

=visitation=, _n.f._, visitation. _L’ordre de la —_; the Order of the Visitation.

=visite=, _n.f._, visit; call; visiting; visitation; examination, inspection, search. _Aller en —_; to go visiting. _En —_; visiting, on a visit; as a visitor. _Faire —_, _rendre —_, _à quelqu’un_; to make a call upon any one, to pay any one a visit. _Rendre sa — à quelqu’un_; to return any one his, _or_ her, call. _Faire la — des caves_; to search the cellars. _Droit de —_; right of search. _Faire la — des bagages_; to examine baggage.

=visiter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to visit; to make a visit, a visitation; to search, to examine, to inspect, to look. _— un vaisseau_; to search a ship.

=visiteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, visitor; searcher.

=vison=, _n.m._, American marten.

=vison-visu=, _adv._, opposite one another.

=visorium= (-om), _n.m._, (print.) copy-holder, catch, jigger.

=visqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, viscous, slimy, clammy, sticky.

=vissage=, _n.m._, screwing.

=visser=, _v.a._, to screw; to screw on; to screw up; to screw down.

_se_ =visser=, _v.r._, to screw; to screw on; to screw up; to screw down; to be screwed.

=visserie=, _n.f._, screws.

=visu= (=de=), _adv._, with one’s own eyes.

=visuel=, =-le=, _adj._, visual.

=vital=, =-e=, _adj._, vital, essential.

=vitalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, vitally; essentially.

=vitalisme=, _n.m._, doctrine of the _vitalists_.

=vitaliste=, _n.m._, vitalist.

=vitalité=, _n.f._, vitality.

=vitchoura=, _n.m._, (_—s_) fur greatcoat.

=vite=, _adj._, swift, quick, fleet, speedy, rapid. _Pouls —_; quick pulse. _— comme le vent_; as fleet as the wind.

=vite=, _adv._, quick, quickly, fast, speedily; rapidly; expeditiously. _Allez —_; go quickly. _Aller — en besogne_; to be quick at work; (fig.) not to mince matters. _—!_ quick! _—! —!_ quick! make haste! look sharp. _Au plus —_; as fast as possible; that instant, that very moment. _Faire —_; to be quick, to make haste, to expedite matters. _Allons! plus — que ça_; come! hurry up! look sharp about it!

=vitelotte= (vi-tlot), _n.f._, kidney potato.

=vitement= (vil-mān), _adv._, quickly, speedily.

=vitesse=, _n.f._, swiftness, speed, celerity, quickness, rapidity. _À la — de_; at a speed of, at the rate of. _Gagner quelqu’un de —_; to outstrip, to outrun, any one. _À grande —_; at full speed. _À toute —_; at full speed. _Train de grande —_; (railways) express, express train. _Train de petite —_; goods train, slow train.

=vitex=, _n.m._, (bot.) vitex, chaste-tree.

=viticole=, _adj._, relating, pertaining to vine culture, wine-growing.

=viticulture=, _n.f._, vine-culture; viticulture.

=vitonnière=, _n.f._, (nav.) timber-hole.

=vitrage=, _n.m._, glazing; glass windows; glass partition.

=vitrail=, _n.m._, stained glass window, church-window.

=vitre=, _n.f._, window-glass _or_ pane; pane of glass; window. _Carreau de —_; pane of glass. _Casser les —s_; to break the windows; (fig.) to speak boldly, to speak out one’s mind, not to mince matters.

=vitré=, =-e=, _adj._, glazed; (of doors) glass; (anat.) vitreous. _Porte —e_; glass door.

=vitrer=, _v.a._, to furnish with glass windows, to glaze.

=vitrerie=, _n.f._, glaziery, glazier’s work.

=vitrescibilité=, _n.f._, vitrescence.

=vitrescible=, _adj._, vitrescible.

=vitreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, vitreous, glassy.

=vitri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, glazier; glazier’s wife.

=vitrifiable=, _adj._, vitrifiable.

=vitrification=, _n.f._, vitrification.

=vitrifier=, _v.a._, to vitrify.

_se_ =vitrifier=, _v.r._, to vitrify.

=vitrine=, _n.f._, shop-window; show-case; glass case (in museums, etc.).

=vitriol=, _n.m._, vitriol.

=vitriolé=, =-e=, _adj._, vitriolated.

=vitriolique=, _adj._, vitriolic.

=vitriolisation=, _n.f._, vitriolation.

=vitupérer=, _v.a._, to vituperate, to reprimand.

=vivable=, _adj._, (fam.) sociable, pleasant to live with.

=vivace=, _adj._, long-lived, perennial; inveterate, deep-rooted. _Plantes —s_; perennial plants, perennials.

=vivacité=, _n.f._, vivacity, vivaciousness, liveliness, sprightliness, briskness; spirit, life, animation; ardor, vividness, brightness.

=vivandi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, sutler, canteen-man _or_ woman.

=vivant=, =-e=, _adj._, living, alive; quick, animate, animated. _Langue —e_; living language. _Rue —e_; lively street.

=vivant=, _n.m._, person living, person alive; determined character; life, lifetime. _De son —_; in his lifetime. _Du — de son frère_; when his brother was alive. _Un bon —_; a jolly, _or_ boon, companion; a high liver.

=vivat= (-vat), _int._, hurrah! huzza! _Pousser des —_; to cheer to the echo.

=vivat= (-vat), _n.m._, (_—s_) hurra, huzza. _Crier —_; to cheer, to hurra.

=vive=, _n.f._, (ich.) viver, weever.

☉=vive-la-joie=, _n.m._, (_—_) jolly, boon companion.

=vivelle=, _n.f._, darn, darning; gusset.

=vivement= (viv-mān), _adv._, quickly, briskly, sharply, smartly, vigorously, eagerly, keenly, deeply; angrily; poignantly; acutely; spiritedly; with animation.

=viveur=, _n.m._, high liver, free liver, fast man, man about town.

=vivier=, _n.m._, fish-pond.

=vivifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, vivifying, quickening, strengthening, recuperating, refreshing; invigorating, life-giving.

=vivification=, _n.f._, vivification, vivifying; revival.

=vivifier=, _v.a._, to vivify, to quicken; to give life to, to enliven, to animate, to refresh, to revive.

=vivifique=, _adj._, (l.u.) vivifying, life-giving. _V._ =vivifiant=.

=vivipare=, _adj._, viviparous.

=vivisecter=, _v.a._, to vivisect.

=vivisecteur=, _n.m._, vivisector.

=vivisection=, _n.f._, vivisection.

=vivoter=, _v.n._, to live poorly; to live from hand to mouth, to make shift to live, to rub along; to keep body and soul together.

=vivre= (vivant, vécu), _v.n._, to live, to be living, to be alive; to exist, to subsist, to be maintained, to board, to take one’s meals at; to behave. _Il vit mal_; he lives badly. _Il vit mal avec son frère_; he is on bad terms with his brother. _Il vit aux dépens d’autrui_; he lives at other people’s expense. _Bien —_; to live a good life. _— bien_; to live well (to have abundance of everything). _Il fait cher — à Londres_; living is dear in London. _Faire —_; to feed, to keep alive, to maintain. _— de son travail_; to live by one’s labor. _— d’industrie_, _— d’invention_; (b.s.) to live by one’s wits. _— d’espérance_; to live in hopes. _Il faut que tout le monde vive_; everybody must live. _— dans les sapes_; (Saint-Simon) to be mixed up in underhand intrigues. _— en prince_; to live like a prince. _Savoir —_; to be a person of good manners, of good breeding. _Il ne sait pas —_; he has no manners. _Apprendre à —_; to learn, _or_ to teach, manners. _Vive le roi!_ long live the king! _Vive!_ hurrah for! _Ne pas trouver âme qui vive_; not to find a soul at home. _Qui vivra verra_; he who lives longest will see most. _Il fait bon — ici_; this is a good place to live in. _Vivent les ministres!_ long live the ministers!

=vivre=, _n.m._, living, board, food. _pl._, provisions, victuals. _Couper les —s à quelqu’un_; to cut off any one’s supplies. _Agents des —s_; (nav.) agent-victualer. _Bureau des —s_; victualing-office.

=vivres-pain=, _n.m.pl._, (n.s.) (milit., nav.) bread-store.

=vivres-viande=, _n.m.pl._, (n.s.) (milit., nav.) meat-store.

=vivrier=, _n.m._, victualer.

=vizir=, _n.m._, vizier.

=vizirat= _or_ =viziriat=, _n.m._, vizierate, viziership.

=vocable=, _n.m._, vocable, word, term, name.

=vocabulaire=, _n.m._, vocabulary.

=vocabuliste=, _n.m._, (l.u.) author of a vocabulary.

=vocal=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (ecc.) vocal (voter).

=vocal=, =-e=, _adj._, vocal.

=vocalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) vocally, orally.

=vocalisation=, _n.f._, vocalization.

=vocalise=, _n.f._, piece of music for exercising the voice.

=vocaliser=, _v.n._, (mus.) to vocalize.

=vocatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) vocative, vocative case.

=vocation=, _n.f._, vocation, calling, call; inclination; destination, talent. _Suivre sa —_; to follow one’s vocation, one’s bent.

=vociférat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, clamorer, brawler, _adj._, clamoring, brawling, roaring.

=vociférations=, _n.f.pl._, vociferations.

=vociférer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to vociferate, to cry out, to roar.

=vœu=, _n.m._, vow; votive offering; vote, suffrage; prayer, wish, will, desire, _pl._, vows (religious ceremony). _Faire — de jeûner_; to make a vow of abstinence. _Faire des —x pour quelqu’un_; to offer up prayers for any one, to wish any one success. _Être au comble de ses —x_; to have reached the summit of one’s happiness.

=vogue= (vog), _n.f._, (nav.) rowing, sailing, going; (fig.) vogue, fashion, credit, repute, reputation. _Avoir de la —_; to be in vogue, in fashion. _Mettre en —_; to bring into vogue, into fashion. _Succès de —_; temporary success.

=vogue-avant=, _n.m._, bow-oarsman, bow.

=voguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to impel a boat (by rowing); to ride, to sail; to row (l.u.). _V._ =ramer=, =nager=. _Vogue la galère!_ come what may!

☉=vogueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, rower; cork-bladder.

=voici=, _prep._, see here, behold, here is, here are, here come, this is, these are. _— mon livre, voilà le vôtre_; here is my book, there is yours. _En — bien d’une autre_; this is still more singular. _Me —, le voilà_; here I am, there he is, here he comes. _Monsieur que —_; this gentleman. _Le — qui vient_; here he comes. _Nous y —_; here we are. _— venir votre frère_; here comes your brother. _— venir le printemps_; spring is coming, is at hand, is near.

=voie=, _n.f._, way, road, track; path, organ, medium, channel; course, breadth (between the wheels of carriages); (hunt.) track (of deer, boars); conveyance, means of conveyance; load (of wood, stone, sand); means; (nav.) leak; (railways) gauge, permanent way, four-foot way; (chem.) process. _Il est toujours par — et par chemin_; he is always rambling about, always on the move. _La — lactée_; the Milky Way. _— d’eau_; two pailfuls of water; (nav.) leak. _Faire une — d’eau_; (nav.) to spring a leak. _Boucher une — d’eau_; to stop a leak. _—s de fait_; (jur.) assault, blows. _En venir aux —s de fait_; to come to blows. _— ferrée_; railway, railroad. _Les affaires sont en — de hausse_; things are looking up. _Être sur la —_; to be on the track, on the scent. _Être en — de_; to be in a fair way (of). _— de garage_, _— d’évitement_; (railways) siding, shunting-line.

=voilà=, _prep._, see there, behold, that is, those are, there is, there are. _— l’homme_; that is the man. _Le —_; there he is. _Ah! vous —_; oh! there you are. _— qui va bien_; that is getting on well now, that’s all right now, that’s capital. _Le — qui arrive_; there he comes. _— qu’on m’appelle_; I am called, some one is calling me. _Comme la — triste!_ how sad she is! _Comme vous — fait!_ what a strange figure you cut! what a plight you are in! _— ce que c’est_; that is what it is. _— tout_; that is all. _En — assez_; that is enough. _En —-t-il!_ what a lot there is! _En — pour!_ that will do for. _— comme vous êtes_; that is just like you. _— comme je suis_; you must take me as I am, I’m that sort of man. _Ne —-t-il pas que ..._; why, I declare it is ... _or_ lo! and behold! it is ... _Comme le — sale!_ see how dirty he is. _— près d’un an_; it is now nearly a year. _— une heure qu’il parle_; he has been speaking for an hour. _Ne —-t-il pas qu’il pleut_; well! I declare, it is raining.

=voile=, _n.m._, vail; cover, mask, disguise; cloak, color, show, pretense. _Avoir un — devant les yeux_; to have a mist before one’s eyes.

=voile=, _n.f._, (nav.) sail; (fig.) sail, ship. _La — de misaine_; the foresail. _La — d’artimon_; the mizzen. _— de fortune_; lug sail. _Faire force de —s_; to crowd all sail. _Aller à —s et à rames_; to go with sails and oars. _Déployer les —s_; to unfurl the sails. _À pleines —s_ or _à toutes —s_; (nav.) with full sail, all sails set; at full speed; (fig.) willingly, heartily. _Faire —_; to sail. _Caler la —_; to strike sail. _Mettre à la —_; to set sail. _À la —_; under sail, sailing.

=voilé=, =-e=, _adj._, (nav.) provided with sails, rigged; (fig.) veiled, dull, dim, soft, gentle. _Peu —_; broad (of hints or language).

=voiler=, _v.a._, to veil, to cover; to cloak, to color, to blind, to disguise, to conceal, to muffle.

_se_ =voiler=, _v.r._, to wear a veil; to be veiled, concealed, covered, muffled.

=voilerie= (voal-rî), _n.f._, (nav.) sail-loft; sail-making.

=voilier=, _n.m._, sail-maker; sailer (ship). _Un bon —_; a fast sailer (ship).

=voilure=, _n.f._, set of sails; trim of the sails.

=voir= (voyant, vu), _v.a._, to see; to look at, to behold, to observe, to view; to witness; to inspect, to superintend; to overlook; to keep company with; to be on visiting terms with, to frequent the society of. _Je l’ai vu de mes propres yeux_; I have seen it with my own eyes. _Il veut tout — par lui-même_; he insists on seeing everything with his own eyes, _or_ for himself. _Que vois-je?_ what do I see? _— quelque chose en songe_; to see anything in a dream. _— le jour_; to be born, to see the light of day. _Faire —_; to show, to let see. _On n’a jamais rien vu de pareil_; the like was never seen before. _Vit-on jamais rien d’égal?_ was anything like it ever seen? _Voyez ce tableau_; look at that picture. _Faire — du pays à quelqu’un_; to lead any one a dance. _— tout en beau_; to see the bright side of anything. _Il ne voit personne_; he sees no company. _Se faire —_; to appear, to show one’s self. _Je vous vois venir_; I see what you are driving at.

_se_ =voir=, _v.r._, to see one’s self; to see one another; to visit one another; to be, _or_ to find, one’s self. _Ils ne se voient point_; they do not visit one another, they are not on visiting terms.

=voir=, _v.n._, to see; to have one’s sight; to superintend; to inspect, to look, to look out. _Je vois bien quelle est son intention_; I see plainly what he is driving at. _Je ne vois point à quoi cela peut servir_; I don’t see what purpose that can serve. _Je lui ferai bien — à qui il s’adresse_; I’ll show him what sort of a person he has to deal with. _— clair_; to see clearly. _Y — trouble_; to see dimly. _Au vu et au su de tout le monde_; openly, before every one. _Ceci est à —_; it remains to be seen. _— de loin_; to be far-sighted. _N’y — goutte_; not to see a bit, not to see a wink, not to see in the least. _Voyons!_ let us see! come! now then! _Ma maison voit sur un jardin_; my house looks out into a garden.

=voire=, _adv._, even; ☉indeed, truly. _— même_; nay even.

=voirie=, _n.f._, commission of public ways or highways; common sewer, carrion, offal.

=voisin=, =-e=, _adj._, neighboring, bordering, adjacent, next; next door. _La maison —e_; the next house. _Être — de sa ruine_; (fig.) to be on the verge of ruin.

=voisin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, neighbor. _Être —s_; to be next-door neighbors.

=voisinage=, _n.m._, neighborhood; vicinity; proximity, nearness; neighbors; (jur.) venue, visne.

=voisiner=, _v.n._, to visit one’s neighbors; to go a neighboring.

=voiturage=, _n.m._, conveying, transporting, carriage of goods (in cars, carts, vans, etc.).

=voiture=, _n.f._, carriage; coach; conveyance, vehicle; fare; load. _— publique_; stage-coach. _— à deux chevaux_; coach, or carriage, and pair. _— de maître_; private carriage. _— d’arrosement_; watering cart. _— à bagages_; luggage van. _Station de —_; cab-rank. _— de louage_; hired carriage. _— de place_; cab, hackney-carriage. _— de remise_; fly, hired carriage. _Bureau de la —_; coach-office. _Place de —s_; cab-stand. _Descendre de —_; to alight from a carriage. _Se promener en —_, _aller en —_; to ride in a carriage, to drive.

=voiturer=, _v.a._, to carry, to convey, to transport, to cart.

=voiturier=, _n.m._, carrier; wagoner; driver. _V._ =roulier=.

=voiturin=, _n.m._, driver (owner of a carriage usually lent on hire); the carriage so hired.

=voix=, _n.f._, voice, tone, sound; vote, suffrage; opinion, judgment; singer. _— grêle_; faint voice. _— de tête_; falsetto, head-note. _Faire la petite —_; to speak small. _— aiguë_; shrill voice. _De vive —_; by word of mouth, orally. _À — basse_; in a low voice, in an undertone, in a whisper. _À haute —_; in a loud voice, loudly, audibly. _Aller aux —_; to put to the vote, to divide. _Donner sa —_; to give one’s vote. _Mettre aux —_; to put to the vote. _Aux —!_ vote! divide! _À l’unanimité des —_; without a dissentient voice. _D’une seule_, or _d’une commune_, _—_; with one voice, unanimously.

=vol=, _n.m._, robbery, theft, robbing, extortion, fleecing; larceny; stolen goods. _— de nuit avec effraction_; burglary. _— de grand chemin_; highway robbery. _On l’a trouvé saisi du —_; they found the stolen goods upon him.

=vol=, _n.m._, flying; flight, soaring; flock; cast (of hawks). _Prendre un — trop haut_; to soar too high. _Prendre son —_; to soar, to take one’s flight, _or_ its flight. _À — d’oiseau_; as the crow flies. _Au —_; flying, on the wing.

=volable=, _adj._, liable to be stolen.

=volage=, _adj._, fickle, volatile, inconstant, unsteady, flighty. _La jeunesse est —_; youth is inconstant, flighty.

*=volaille=, _n.f._, poultry, fowl. _Marchand de —_; poulterer.

*=volailler=, _n.m._, poulterer; poultry-yard.

=volant=, =-e=, _adj._, flying, loose, floating, volatile; movable, portable (of paper), loose; (nav.) traveling; (paint.) floating (of drapery). _Assiettes —es_; extras, extra dishes.

=volant=, _n.m._, shuttle-cock; flounce (of a dress); fly-wheel (of machinery); sail (of a windmill). _Jouer au —_; to play at battle-door and shuttle-cock.

=volatil=, =-e=, _adj._, volatile; airy, light.

=volatile=, _n.m.f._, and _adj._, winged animal; winged.

=volatilisation=, _n.f._, volatilization.

=volatiliser=, _v.a._, to volatilize.

_se_ =volatiliser=, _v.r._, to volatilize, to become volatilized.

=volatilité=, _n.f._, volatility, volatileness.

*=volatille=, _n.f._, (fam.) small birds for the table.

=vol-au-vent=, _n.m._, (_—_) (cook.) vol-au-vent, puff-paste.

=volcan=, _n.m._, volcano.

=volcanique=, _adj._, volcanic.

=volcanisé=, =-e=, _adj._, vulcanized.

=volcanite=, _n.m._, vulcanite.

=vole=, _n.f._, vole (at cards).

=volée=, _n.f._, flight (of birds); flock; covey, bevy, brood; rank; discharge (of one gun); volley (of guns); shower (of blows); peal (of bells); swing-tree, splinter-bar _or_ bar (of a coach); drubbing, thrashing. _Il a pris sa —_; he has taken wings. _Tirer à toute —_; to fire a random shot. _Sonner à toute —_; to ring a full peal. _À toute —_; (of bells) in full and furious swing. _Une — de coups de bâton_; a shower of blows. _Être de la première —_; to be of the first water, of high rank; tip-top, crack, swell. _Haute —_; high rank, high class, society, aristocracy. _Donner une — à quelqu’un_; to give any one a drubbing. _À la —_; flying, in the air; (fig.) at random, rashly, unthinkingly. _Entre bond et —_; at a lucky moment.

=voler=, _v.n._, to fly, to fly about, to take wings, to soar, to be upon the wing. _Le temps vole_; time flies. _— en éclats_; to fly into pieces. _Entendre — une mouche_; to hear a pin drop.

=voler=, _v.a._, (hawking) to chase; to fly at, to fly.

=voler=, _v.a._, to steal, to rob, to fleece; to plunder; to take away, to usurp. _— la bourse de quelqu’un_; to steal any one’s purse. _— de l’argent_; to steal money. _Ne l’avoir pas volé_; to have richly deserved it, to have well earned it; to have got one’s deserts.

=voler=, _v.n._, to steal, to rob. _— sur le grand chemin_; to rob on the highway.

☉=volereau= (vol-rô), _n.m._, petty thief, pilferer.

=volerie= (vol-rî), _n.f._, robbery; robbing, pilfering; (falconry) flying.

=volet=, _n.m._, shutter, window-shutter; pigeon-house; dove-cot; ledge (of a pigeon-house), sorting-board (for seeds); (bot.) water-lily; (nav.) boat-compass.

=voleter= (vol-té), _v.n._, to flutter, to hover, to flicker.

=volette=, _n.f._, small hurdle, fly-net (for a horse).

=voleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, thief, robber, stealer, extortioner, fleecer. _— de grand chemin_; highwayman, foot-pad. _Au —!_ stop thief! _Crier au —_; to cry out, stop thief! _Quand les —s se battent, les larcins se découvrent_; when thieves fall out, honest men get their own. _Être fait comme un —_; to be in tatters.

=volière=, _n.f._, aviary, pigeon-house, large bird-cage.

=volige=, _n.f._, (carp.) scantling, batten.

=volition=, _n.f._, volition.

=volontaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, obstinate, headstrong person; voluntary; intended, intentional; spontaneous; obstinate, willful, heady, headstrong.

=volontaire=, _n.m._, volunteer.

=volontairement= (-tèr-mān), _adv._, voluntarily, willingly, willfully, intentionally, spontaneously.

=volontariat=, _n.m._, (milit.) condition of the volunteer; volunteering.

=volonté=, _n.f._, will, mind, pleasure, intention, way. _pl._, whims, fancies, caprices. _La bonne — est réputée pour le fait_; the will is as good as the deed. _Tout plie sous sa —_; everything yields to his will. _Il aime à faire ses —s_; he likes to have his own way. _Dernières —s_; last will and testament. _Bonne —_; good-will, readiness, willingness. _Avoir de la bonne —_; to be willing. _Mauvaise —_; ill-will, unwillingness. _À —_; at pleasure, at will.

=volontiers= (-tié), _adv._, willingly, readily, gladly, with pleasure.

=volsque=, _n.m.f._, and _adj._, Volscian.

=voltaïque=, _adj._, voltaic. _Pile —_; voltaic pile.

=voltairien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, voltairian (a follower of Voltaire).

=voltaïsme=, _n.m._, voltaism.

=volte=, _n.f._, (fenc., man.) volt.

=volte-face=, _n.f._, (_—_) turning of the head, turning round. _—!_ face about! _Faire —_; (milit.) to face about; (fig.) to turn completely round, to rat.

=volter=, _v.n._, (fenc.) to make a volt.

=voltige=, _n.f._, slack-rope; dancing on the slack-rope; tumbling; (man.) vaulting.

=voltigeant=, =-e= (-jan,-t), _adj._, fluttering, hovering.

=voltigement= (-tij-mān), _n.m._, tumbling; hovering, flying, fluttering, flutter; vaulting on a slack-rope.

=voltiger=, _v.n._, to flutter, to fly about, to hover; to vault on a slack rope, _or_ on a horse; to tumble.

=voltigeur=, _n.m._, vaulter, voltigeur, tumbler, leaper; (milit.) footsoldier. _pl._, riflemen, light infantry.

=volubile=, _adj._, (bot.) volubile, volubilate, voluble.

=volubilis=, _n.m._, (bot.) convolvulus.

=volubilité=, _n.f._, volubility, rapidity, fluency. _— de langue_; volubility.

=voluble=, _adj._, (bot.) volubile, volubilate; voluble, fluent, quick (of speech).

=volume=, _n.m._, volume; bulk, size, mass; compass (of the voice).

=volumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, voluminous, bulky, large, considerable.

=volupté=, _n.f._, voluptuousness; pleasure, delight, luxury. _Il y a de la — à boire quand on a soif_; it is a luxury to drink when one is thirsty.

=voluptuaire=, _n.m._, _adj._, voluptuary; luxurious; (jur.) of expenses on ornamental repairs.

=voluptueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, voluptuously.

=voluptueu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, voluptuary, epicure; voluptuous, sensual.

=volute=, _n.f._, (arch.) volute, scroll; (conch.) voluta.

=voluté=, =-e=, _adj._, voluted, scrolled.

=voluter=, _v.a._, to wind silk thread; (arch.) to make volutes, to scroll.

=volva= _or_ =volve=, _n.f._, (bot.) volva, wrapper.

=volvé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) having a volva.

☉=volvulus= (-lus), _n.m._, (med.) ileus, (bot.) convolvulus.

=vomer= (vomèr), _n.m._, (anat.) os vomer.

=vomique=, _n.f._, (med.) vomica.

=vomique=, _adj._, vomic. _Noix —_; vomic-nut; nux vomica.

=vomiquier=, _n.m._, (bot.) strychnos nux vomica, nux vomica tree.

=vomir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to vomit, to bring up, to throw up; to belch out, to cast up, to vomit forth. _Avoir envie de —_; to feel sick. _Faire des efforts pour —_; to retch. _— de la flamme_; to belch out flame.

=vomissement= (-mis-mān), _n.m._, vomiting, sickness.

=vomiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, vomitive.

=vomitif=, _n.m._, vomit, emetic.

=vomitoire=, _n.m._, (med.) ☉emetic; (arch.) vomitory (large doors).

=vorace=, _adj._, voracious, ravenous.

=voracement= (-ras-mān), _adv._, voraciously, ravenously.

=voracité=, _n.f._, voracity, ravenousness.

=vos=, _possessive adj._ _pl._, your. _V._ =votre=.

=votant=, _n.m._, voter.

=votant=, =-e=, _adj._, voting, having a vote.

=votation=, _n.f._, voting.

=vote=, _n.m._, vote, voice, suffrage, poll, polling. _— à main levée_; show of hands. _— au scrutin_; ballot. _Adopté par un —_; carried. _Rejeté par un —_; lost, defeated.

=voter=, _v.n._, to vote.

=voter=, _v.a._, to vote. _— des remercîments à quelqu’un_; to pass a vote of thanks to any one.

=voti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, votive, votary.

=votre=, _possessive adj._ _m.f._, =vos=, _pl._, your. _— serviteur_; your servant. Vos parents; your relations.

_le_ =vôtre=, _possessive pron._ _m._, =la vôtre=, _f._, =les vôtres=, _pl.m.f._, yours. _Il a pris ses livres et les —s_; he has taken his books and yours.

_le_ =vôtre=, _n.m._, your own, yours. _pl._, your relations, friends, etc.; your pranks, tricks. _Je suis des —s_; I am one of your party. _Être des —s_; to be one of you, to belong to your body; to form one of your party. _Vous avez fait des —s_; you have played one of your pranks.

=vouer=, _v.a._, to vow, to devote, to dedicate, to consecrate, to doom.

_se_ =vouer=, _v.r._, to dedicate one’s self, to apply one’s self (to), to devote one’s self (to). _Ne pas savoir à quel saint se —_; not to know which way to turn.

=vouge=, _n.m._, boar-spear, bill-hook.

=vouloir= (voulant, voulu), _v.a._, to will, to be willing, to be inclined, to have a fancy, to be pleased, to intend, to wish, to require; to consent; to resolve, to determine; to want; to try, to attempt, to endeavor; to admit, to grant. _Je le veux ainsi_; I will have it so. _Il veut que vous obéissiez_; he will have you obey. _Je ne veux pas_; I won’t, I don’t mean to. _Que voulez-vous?_ what do you want? what can I do for you? what can you expect? what was to be done? _Il ne sait ce qu’il veut_; he does not know his own mind. _Dieu le veut_; God wills it. _Dieu le veuille!_ God grant it! _Ce que femme veut, Dieu le veut_; a woman must have her way. _— c’est pouvoir_; where there’s a will, there’s a way. _Il veut que cela soit_; he will have it so. _— du bien à quelqu’un_; to wish any one well. _Je vous veux du bien_; I am your well-wisher. _Se faire bien_, _mal_, _— de_; to win any one’s regard, to get disliked by. _S’en — de_; to be angry with one’s self for having. _— du mal à quel-qu’un_; to wish any one harm. _Vous l’avez voulu!_ it is your own fault; you would have it. _En — à quelqu’un_; to bear any one ill-will, to owe any one a grudge. _Elle m’en veut du mal_; she bears me a grudge for it. _Il en voulait à l’argent_; he was after the money. _Il nous demanda ce que nous lui voulions_; he asked us what we wanted of him. _À qui en veut-il?_ of whom, of what, does he complain? _En veux-tu, en voilà_; as much as ever you like, heaps and heaps of. _Il y en avait à bouche en veux-tu_; there was enough and to spare; heaps of it. _Savoir ce que parler veut dire_; to take the hint; to understand the (hidden) meaning. _Que veut dire cet homme?_ what does that man mean? _Que veut dire cela?_ what does that mean? _or_ what is the meaning of this? _Que veut dire ce mot?_ what is the meaning of this word? _Si vous le voulez, il le voudra aussi_; if you consent to it, he will do so too. _Oui, je le veux bien_; yes, I consent to it, I am willing. _Je veux que vous sachiez_; I wish you to know. _Veuillez me dire_; please, _or_ kindly, tell me. _Je le veux bien_; with pleasure! I have no objection. _Veuillez agréer_; be pleased to accept.

=vouloir=, _n.m._, will. _Bon —_; good-will. _Mauvais —_; ill-will.

=voulu=, =-e=, _adj._, _part._, wished, wanted, desired; requisite, required; due, casual, received, accepted.

=vous=, _personal pron._, you, ye. _— dites_; you say. _De — à moi_; between you and me.

=vousseau= _or_ =voussoir=, _n.m._, (arch.) wedge, archstone, vault-stone.

=voussure=, _n.f._, (arch.) curve, elevation of an arch, coving.

=voûte=, _n.f._, vault, arch, canopy. _pl._, (of a horse-shoe) hollow, vaulting. _— surbaissée_; surbased vault. _La clef de —_; the keystone. _— imparfaite_; diminished arch. _— oblique_; skew arch. _— d’arête_; groined vault. _— de décharge_; relieving vault. _— acoustique_; whispering dome _or_ gallery. _La — du ciel_; the canopy of heaven.

=voûter=, _v.a._, to vault, to arch. _— un fer à cheval_; to hollow a horseshoe.

_se_ =voûter=, _v.r._, to arch, to vault; (pers.) to be bent, to stoop, to grow round-shouldered.

=voyage=, _n.m._, voyage, journey, travel, trip. _pl._, travels. _— de long cours_; (nav.) long voyage, voyage in foreign parts. _— d’aller_; (nav.) outward voyage. _— de retour_; (nav.) return voyage. _Faire un —_; to travel, to take a journey. _Faire un petit —_; to go a short trip. _Bon —!_ pleasant journey to you! _Être en —_; to be traveling, to be abroad. _De —_; traveling. _En —_; traveling, journeying abroad.

=voyager=, _v.n._, to travel, to voyage, to journey. _— à pied_; to travel on foot. _— à cheval_; to travel on horseback.

=voyageu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, traveler; passenger. _Commis —_; (com.) commercial traveler, traveler. _Oiseau —_; migratory bird. _Pigeon —_; carrier pigeon.

=voyant=, =-e=, _adj._, gaudy, showy (of colors); person who can see, who is not blind.

=voyant=, _n.m._, (Bibl.) seer, prophet.

=voyelle=, _n.f._, (gram.) vowel.

=voyer=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, surveyor of roads, inspector of highways; relating, pertaining, to roads.

=voyou=, _n.m._, (pop.) young blackguard, cad.

=vrac=, =vrague=, _or_ =vraque=, _n.m._, (nav.) disorder. _En —_; pell-mell, unpacked, loose, in bulk. _Charger en —_; (nav.) to load with a loose cargo, _or_ cargo in bulk.

=vrai=, =-e=, _adj._, true, real, right, genuine; proper; fit; regular, arrant; very. _Il est — que je l’ai dit_; it is true I said so. _Est-il — que vous l’ayez dit?_ is it true you said it? _Toujours est-il —_; it is nevertheless true. _Un — savant_; a thorough scholar. _Un — coquin_; an arrant knave. _Pas —!_ (fam.) isn’t it true! isn’t it a fact!

=vrai=, _n.m._, truth. _À dire —_, _à — dire_; to speak the truth. _Cela sort du —_; that is going from the truth, that is out of character. _Au —_; in truth, truly. _Le — n’est pas toujours vraisemblable_; truth is stranger than fiction.

=vrai=, _adv._, in truth, truly.

=vraiment=, _adv._, truly, indeed; verily, in truth, forsooth! _Oui, —_; yes, indeed.

=vraisemblable= (-san-), _n.m._ and _adj._, probability, likelihood; likely, probable.

=vraisemblablement= (-san-), _adv._, likely, probably.

=vraisemblance= (-san-), _n.f._, probability, likelihood.

=vraque=, _n.m._ _V._ =vrac=.

*=vrille=, _n.f._, gimlet; wimble, borer, piercer; (bot.) clasper, tendril.

=vrillé=, =-e=, _adj._, _part._, bored; spiral; curled; (bot.) claspered.

*=vriller=, _v.a._ and _n._, to bore, to make holes with a gimlet; (fig.) to ascend spirally (of fireworks).

*=vrillerie=, _n.f._, gimlet-making.

*=vrillier=, _n.m._, gimlet-maker.

*=vrillon=, _n.m._, small wimble.

=vu=, _prep._, seeing, considering. _— son âge_; considering his age.

=vu=, _n.m._, sight, examination, inspection; (jur.) introductory part. _Au — et au su de tout le monde_; in the sight of the whole world, with the knowledge of everybody; openly.

=vu que=, _conj._, seeing that, since.

=vue=, _n.f._, sight, eyesight; eyes; view, survey, inspection, prospect; light, window; design. _Il a perdu la —_; he has lost his sight. _Avoir la — bonne_; to have good eyes. _Avoir la — courte_; to be short-sighted. _Avoir la — basse_; to be near-sighted. _Jeter la — sur un objet_; to cast one’s eye upon an object. _Baisser la —_; to look down. _Donner dans la —_; to strike upon the eyes, to catch one’s eye. _À perte de —_; farther than the eye can reach; out of sight; at random; far-fetched. _Des compliments à perte de —_; long-winded compliments. _Perdre de — une chose_; to lose sight of a thing. _À —_; at sight. _À — de pays_; by guess. _Garder un prisonnier à —_; not to let a prisoner out of sight. _À — d’œil_; by the eye, visibly. _Avoir la — sur quelqu’un_; to keep a watch over any one. _Avoir des —s sur_; to have designs upon. _Connaître de —_; to know by sight. _À dix jours de —_; ten days after sight. _Une — de côté_; a side view. _Un plan à — d’oiseau_; a bird’s-eye view. _Cette maison a une belle —_; that house has a fine view. _Son appartement a — sur la rivière_; his apartment looks out upon the river. _Dans la — de_; with a view of. _Il a de grandes —s_; he aims at great things, he aims high. _Je l’ai fait dans cette —_; I did it with that end in view. _Avoir une chose en —_; to have a thing in one’s eye, in view.

=vulcain=, _n.m._, (myth.) Vulcan; (fig.) smith, blacksmith; (butterfly) red-admiral.

=vulcanien=, =-ne= (-ni-in, -ni-è-n), _adj._, (geol.) plutonian, vulcanian.

=vulcanisation=, _n.f._, vulcanization.

=vulcanisé=, =-e=, _adj._, vulcanized.

=vulcaniser=, _v.a._, to vulcanize.

=vulgaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, vulgar, common people; vulgar, common. _Le —_; the vulgar herd, the common run of people.

=vulgairement= (-ghèr-mān), _adv._, vulgarly, commonly, generally.

=vulgarisateur=, _n.m._, _adj._, vulgarizer (of knowledge); vulgarizing, popularizing.

=vulgarisation=, _n.f._, vulgarization, diffusing (of knowledge).

=vulgariser=, _v.a._, to vulgarize, to popularize.

_se_ =vulgariser=, _v.r._, to be, to become vulgarized, popularized.

=vulgarité=, _n.f._, vulgarity, commonness, triviality.

=vulgate=, _n.f._, vulgate (Latin Bible).

=vulgivague=, _adj._, prostituted. _Femme —_; prostitute.

=vulnérabilité=, _n.f._, vulnerableness.

=vulnérable=, _adj._, vulnerable.

=vulnérablement=, _adv._, vulnerably.

=vulnéraire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (pharm.) vulnerary.

=vulnéraire=, _n.f._, (bot.) kidney-vetch, wound-wort.

=vulnérant=, =-e=, _adj._, wounding.

=vulnération=, _n.f._, wounding, wounds.

=vulpin=, _n.m._, (bot.) foxtail (grass).

=vulpin=, =-e=, _adj._, vulpine, fox-like.

=vultueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) flushed (of the face).

=vulve=, _n.f._, (anat.) vulva.

W

=w= (double vé), _n.m._, (this letter does not belong to the French alphabet, and is used in foreign words only), w.

=wacke=, _n.m._, (min.) wacke.

=wagon= (va-gon), _n.m._, wagon, truck, van, railway carriage. _— écurie_; (rail.) horse-box. _— étable_; cattle-truck. _— frein_; brake-van. _— lit_; sleeping-car. _— poste_; mail carriage. _En —!_ take your seats! _— restaurant_; dining car. _— salon_; Pullman car.

=walhalla=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) Odin’s paradise.

=walkyrie=, _n.f._ (_—s_). _V._ =valkyrie=.

=wallon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Walloon.

=wallon=, _n.m._, Walloon (language).

=warrant=, _n.m._, warrant.

=warranter=, _v.a._, (com.) to warrant, to certify.

=watergang= _or_ =watregan=, _n.m._, small canal; ditch (in Flanders).

=wesleyen=, =-ne=, _adj._, Wesleyan.

=whig= (ooig), _n.m._, Whig.

=whiggisme=, _n.m._, Whiggism.

=whiskey= (ooiski), _n.m._, whisky (spirit).

=whist=, _n.m._, whist.

=wicléfisme=, _n.m._, Wicliffism.

=wicléfiste=, _n.m._, Wicliffite.

=wigwam=, _n.m._, wigwam.

=wisk=, _n.m._ _V._ =whist=.

=wiskey=, _n.m._ _V._ =whiskey=.

=wolfram= (vol-fram), _n.m._, (min.) wolfram.

=wombat=, _n.m._, (mam.) wombat.