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s'--
, advance;
poste
avancé
, outpost;
avancée
,
f.
spur (of a mountain).
avant
,
prep., adv. and m.
before, forward part, bow;
-- de
,
before;
en --
, forward, in front;
en -- de
, before;
--
que
,
conj.
before.
avantage
,
m.
advantage.
avant-bras
,
m.
forearm.
avant-garde
,
f.
vanguard, advance-guard.
avant-hier
,
adv.
the day before yesterday.
avant-poste
,
m.
outpost.
avant-veille
,
f.
second day before, two days before.
avare
,
adj. and s.
avaricious, miserly, miser.
avarie
,
f.
damage;
avatar
,
m.
incarnation, metamorphosis.
avec
,
prep.
with (following noun should often be translated
adverbially:
-- expression
,
expressively, etc.).
Aveline
, name of a forest near Rethel (mentioned by de Maupassant).
avenir
,
m.
future.
aventure
,
f.
adventure;
à l'--
, at hazard.
aventurer (s')
,
v.
to risk oneself, venture.
avenue
,
f.
avenue, driveway.
averse
,
f.
shower.
aversion
,
f.
aversion.
avertir
,
v.
to warn, give notice, inform, acquaint.
avertissement
,
m.
warning, notification.
aveu
,
m.
avowal, confession.
aveugle
,
adj.
blind.
aveuglement
,
m.
blindness.
aveuglément
,
adv.
blindly.
aveugler
,
v.
to blind.
avide
,
adj.
greedy, voracious, eager.
avidité
,
f.
avidity, eagerness.
Avignon
, city on the Rhone, 75 miles north of Marseilles
(department of Vaucluse).
aviron
,
m.
oar.
avis
,
m.
opinion, notice.
aviser
,
v.
to apprise, advise, see about, notice, espy, think
(of);
s'--
, take into one's head.
aviver
,
v.
to brighten, enliven;
s'--
, become brighter.
avocat
,
m.
lawyer, attorney, barrister.
avoine
,
f.
oats.
avoir
,
v.
to have, receive, be (age), take (care);
-- faim,
peur, soif, froid
, be hungry, afraid,
thirsty, cold;
il y a
,
there is, there are, ago, for (of time);
qu'avez-vous?, qu'as-tu?
,
what
is the matter with you?;
qu'est-ce qu'il y a?, qu'y a-t-il?
,
what is the matter?, what can I do?;
-- soin
, take cale;
-- pitié
de
, feel pity for, be sorry for;
-- beau
(with infinitive), in
vain;
c'est
ce que nous avons de mieux à faire
ce que nous avons de mieux à faire
, it is the best we
can do;
-- à
, have reason to;
et
n'eût-elle été rien de tout cela
n'eût-elle été rien de tout cela
, and had she not been at all so;
m.
property (when
eu
occurs in the forms of this verb, it is pronounced:
u
).
avoué
,
m.
attorney, solicitor, lawyer (who does not plead, in
this case avocat is used).
avouer
,
v.
to acknowledge, confess.
avril
,
m.
April.
axiome
,
m.
axiom, adage, saying.
Ayesha
, popular Arabic name, because of Ayesha the favorite wife of
Mohammed.
azur, -e
,
adj. and m.
azure, sky-blue.
B
b...
, abbreviation of bougre.
Babet
, Bessie.
babiller
,
v.
to prattle, chatter.
babouche
,
f.
Turkish slipper.
badaud
,
m.
idler, gaper, booby.
bagage
,
m.
baggage, luggage (also in
pl.
).
bagarre
,
f.
scuffie, fray, hubbub.
bagatelle
,
f.
mere trifle.
Bagdad
, city of Asiatic Turkey on the Tigris.
bah
,
interj.
ah!, pshaw!
bahut
,
m.
chest.
bai, -e
,
adj. and m.
bay, bay horse.
baigner
,
v.
to bathe;
se --
, bathe.
baignoire
,
f.
bath-tub.
bailler
,
v.
to give.
bâiller
,
v.
to yawn.
bailli
,
m.
bailiff.
bain
,
m.
bath;
bains de mer
, sea bathing;
bains froids
,
cold baths, floating bath-bouses
(on a river).
baïonnette
,
f.
bayonet.
baiser
,
v.
to kiss;
m.
kiss.
baisse
,
f.
rail, recline, decline.
baisser
,
v.
to lower, drop;
se --
, stoop, bow down, be lowered.
bal
,
m.
ball (dance).
balafre
,
f.
gash, slash, scar.
balance
,
f.
scale, scales (also in
pl.
).
balancer
,
v.
to balance, swing;
se --
, swing, rock;
balancé, -e
, balanced, swinging.
balancier
,
m.
pendulum.
balayer
,
v.
to sweep.
balbutier
,
v.
to stammer (
t
pronounced as
c
).
balcon
,
m.
balcony.
baleine
,
f.
whale.
ballade
,
f.
ballad.
balle
,
f.
ball, bullet.
ballon
,
m.
balloon;
le -- d'Alsace
, a mountain with rounded
summit on the western border
of Alsace.
ballot
,
m.
bale.
ballotter
,
v.
to toss about.
Baltique
,
f.
Baltic.
balustrade
,
f.
balustrade.
banal, -e
,
adj.
hackneyed, commonplace.
banc
,
m.
bench, scat.
bande
,
f.
band, strip, stripe, Bock.
bander
,
v.
to bandage, bind up.
bandit
,
m.
bandit, ruffian.
bank-note
,
f.
bank-note.
banlieue
,
f.
outskirts, suburbs.
banque
,
f.
bank.
banqueroute
,
f.
bankruptcy;
faire --
, to go into bankruptcy;
faire -- à
, cheat.
banquette
,
f.
bench (upholstered).
banquier
,
m.
banker.
baptême
,
m.
baptism, christening;
nom de --
, Christian name
(
p
not pronounced).
baptiser
,
v.
to baptize, christen (
p
not pronounced).
baraque
,
f.
booth, shack.
barbe
,
f.
beard.
barbiche
,
f.
small beard on the chin, imperial.
bardeau
,
m.
shingle, thin board (over the rafters).
Bariatynski (Prince Alexander)
, Prussian field-marshal with
distinguished service
in the Caucasus and in the Crimean war (1815-1879).
baril
,
m.
barrel.
barioler
,
v.
to variegate, color diversely.
baron, -ne
,
m., f.
baron, baroness.
barque
,
f.
bark, small boat.
barre
,
f.
bar, tiller, rudder, helm;
jouer aux barres
, to play
at prisoners' base.
barrette
, beretta, cardinal's cap, scullion's cap.
barricader
,