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f.
execution.
exemple
,
m.
example, parallel, copy;
par --
, indeed, really, for example.
exempt, -e
,
adj.
exempt, free (
p
not pronounced).
exercer
,
v.
to exercise, practice, train;
s'--
, practice, be
trained, be exercised, drill, be
produced.
exercice
,
m.
exercise, drill.
exhaler
,
v.
to exhale, give vent to, heave.
exiger
,
v.
to exact, demand.
exil
,
m.
exile.
exiler
,
v.
to exile.
existence
,
f.
existence.
exister
,
v.
to exist.
expédition
,
f.
expedition.
expérience
,
f.
experience, experiment.
expier
,
v.
to expiate, atone for.
expirer
,
v.
to expire, die, die away.
explication
,
f.
explanation.
expliquer
,
v.
to explain;
s'--
, explain oneself, be
explained, give an explanation.
exploiter
,
v.
to exploit.
explorer
,
v.
to explore.
explosion
,
f.
explosion.
exposer
,
v.
to expose.
exposition
,
f.
exposition;
Exposition de 89
, Paris Exposition
of 1889.
exprès, expresse
,
adj. and adv.
express, on purpose;
par un fait
--
, on purpose, by a
prearrangement.
expressément
,
adv.
expressly.
expressif, -ive
,
adj.
expressive.
expression
,
f.
expression.
exprimer
,
v.
to express.
ex-prince
,
m.
ex-prince.
expulser
,
v.
to expel, drive out.
exquis, -e
,
adj.
exquisite.
extase
,
f.
ecstasy.
extatique
,
adj.
ecstatic.
exténuer
,
v.
to extenuate, weaken, exhaust.
extérieur, -e
,
adj.
and m. exterior, outer, outside.
exterminer
,
v.
to exterminate.
extraordinaire
,
adj.
extraordinary.
extravagance
,
f.
extravagance, excess, wild idea.
extravagant, -e
,
adj.
extravagant, wild, unreasonable.
extrême
,
adj.
extreme.
extrêmement
,
adv.
extremely.
extrémité
,
f.
extremity, tip.
F
f...
, abbreviation for
foutu
.
fabliau
,
m.
fabliau (humorous medieval tale).
fabricant
,
m.
manufacturer.
fabrique
,
f.
factory, manufacture, make;
marque de --
,
trade-mark.
fabriquer
,
v.
to manufacture, make.
fabuleux, -euse
,
adj.
fabulous.
face
,
f.
face, front;
en --
, opposite, in presence of,
openly, squarely;
en -- de
, opposite,
changer de --
, to change
appearance.
facétie
,
f.
facetiousness, joke (
t
pronounced as
c
).
fâcher
,
v.
to anger;
se --
, get angry;
fâché, -e
, adj.
angry, sorry.
fâcheux, -euse
,
adj.
grievous, vexatious.
facile
,
adj.
easy.
facilement
,
adv.
easily.
facilité
,
f.
facility, ease, fluency.
façon
,
f.
fashion, manner, way, composition;
de -- à
, so as
to;
d'une -- continue
,
continuously.
fagot
,
m.
fagot.
faible
,
adj. and s.
feeble, weak, faint, weak person.
faiblement
,
adv.
feebly, weakly, faintly.
faiblesse
,
f.
feebleness, weakness, swoon.
Faidherbe (Louis)
, distinguished general of Franco-Prussian war
(1818-1889).
faignant
, popular for
faitnéant
.
faigniant
, dialectic for
fainéant
.
faillir
,
v.
to rail, err, corne near;
-- à l'honneur
, act
dishonorably.
faillite
,
f.
bankruptcy;
faire --
, to fail.
faim
,
f.
hunger.
fainéant, -e
,
adj. and s.
idle, lazy fellow, do-nothing, sluggard.
faire
,
v.
to do, make, form, build, perform, cause, act, heave,
utter, let, mark, play the part of,
bring it about (that), be (weather),
take (a step, a nap), commit (an act), have (a dream,
supper, anything
clone), pay (court, compliment, attention), pass over or cover
(distance),
serve (time), give (pleasure, trouble, light, pain), say
(when quoting), ask (a question), play (a
game), attach (importance),
cut (teeth), compose (verses), carry on (trade);
se --
, be done, be
made, be produced, grow, become, be;
se -- à
, become accustomed to,
adapt oneself to;
-- danser
, invite to dance, play for a dance for;
me -- envie
, make me envious;
-- entrer
, show
in, take in;
--
voir
, show;
que --?
, what is (was, etc.) to be done?;
ne -- que
,
only (with a verb);
n'avoir que -- de
, have no reason to, have nothing
to do with;
-- venir
, send for;
-- tête à
,
stand out against, face;
il n'a
rien à-- ici
, it is out of place here;
rien n'y fit
, nothing worked;
être fait à
, be adapted to;
les noces furent faites
, the wedding
took place.
faisceau
,
m.
bundle, sheaf; remettre les armes en faisceaux, to
stack arms again.
faiseur, -euse
,
m., f.
maker, dressmaker.
fait
,
m.
fact, deed; allons
au --
, let us come to the
point;
haut fait
, exploit.
faîte
,
m.
top, ridge (of a roof).
falaise
,
f.
cliff.
falbala
,
m.
furbelow, flounce.
falloir
,
v.
to be necessary, need, must, should, have to;
tant
s'en faut
, by a good deal.
fameux, -euse
,
adj.
famous, great, precious (familiar).
familiariser
,
v.
to familiarize, accustom.
familier, -ère
,
adj
familiar.
famille
,
f.
family.
faner
,
v.
to fade, wither.
fantaisie
,
f.
fancy, whim.
fantasmagorie
,
f.
phantasmagoria (fantastic series of illusive
or terrifying figures).
fantasque
,
adj.
fantastic, fanciful, whimsical.
fantastique
,
adj.
fantastic, supernatural, incredible.
fantastiquement
,
adv.
fantastically.
faquir
,
m.
fakir (Mohammedan monk).
farceur
,
m.
joker.
fardeau
,
m.
burden.
farine
,
f.
flour.
farouche
,
adj.
wild, unsociable, shy, skittish.
fasciner
,
v.
to fascinate.
fat
,
m.
fop, coxcomb (
t
pronounced).
fatal, -e
,
adj.
fatal.
fatalité
,
f.
fatality, mischance.
fatigant, -e
,
adj.
tiring.
fatigue
,
f.
fatigue, weariness, hard work.
fatiguer
,
v.
to weary, tire, exhaust, wear out, lash (of the
wind).
faubourg
,
m.
outskirt, suburb, faubourg (quarter between
center and town limit);
le Faubourg
, the Faubourg Saint Germain
(Parisian quarter of the old aristocracy).
faubourien, -ne
,
m., f.
inhabitant of a faubourg (where
laborers,workmen, etc., live), plebeian.
faulx
, obsolescent spelling of
faux
,
f.
faute
,
f.
fault, error;
-- de
, for lack of;
-- de
mieux
, for lack of anything better;