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to flee, flee from.
fuite
,
f.
flight.
fumée
,
f.
smoke.
fumer
,
v.
to smoke.
fumet
,
m.
savor, aroma.
fumier
,
m.
dung-heap, manure.
funèbre
,
adj.
funeral, mournful.
funérailles
,
f. pl.
funeral.
funeste
,
adj.
fatal, baneful, disastrous, gloomy.
furet
,
m.
ferret.
fureter
,
v.
to ferret, rummage, pry.
fureur
,
f.
fury.
furibond, -e
,
adj.
furious, raging.
furie
,
f.
fury;
en --
, raging.
furieux, -euse
,
adj. and s.
furious, mad, madman.
fuselê, -e
,
adj.
spindle-shaped, slender.
fusil
,
m.
gun.
fusillade
,
f.
fusillade, discharge of musketry.
fusiller
,
v.
to shoot.
futaille
,
f.
cask, barrel.
futaine
,
f.
fustian (cloth).
fûté, -e
,
adj.
cunning, sly, crafty, smart.
futur, -e
,
adj.
future.
fuyard
,
m.
fugitive, deserter.
G
gâcher
,
v.
to make a mess of, spoil.
gage
,
m.
pledge, security;
pl.
wages;
mettre en --
, to
pawn.
gager
,
v.
to wager.
gagner
,
v.
to gain, win, gain possession of, reach, earn.
gai, -e
,
adj.
gay, merry.
gaiement
,
adv.
gaily, merrily.
gaieté
,
f.
gaiety, jollity, glee, merriment.
gaillard, -e
,
adj. and s.
jolly, jovial, plucky, brave, jolly
fellow, lusty feliow, fellow.
gaillardet, -te
,
adj.
hearty (diminutive formed from
gaillard
in imitation of the Provençal
gaiardet
).
gaillardise
,
f.
jollity, broad joke.
Gaillon
, village in the department of Eure (Normandy), contains a
prison (see context).
gain
,
m.
gain, winnings.
gala
,
m.
gala, show, ceremony, full dress.
galant, -e
,
adj.
and s. gallant, courtly, graceful, elegant,
suitor, sweetheart.
galerie
,
f.
gallery, corridor.
galérien
,
m.
convict.
galerne
,
f.
west-north-west wind, west-north-west.
galette
,
f.
griddle-cake.
galine
,
see
coq
.
Gallitzin (Caroline -- de Genthod, née Comtesse Walewska
), probably
a sister of the
Pole, Alexander Walewski, a soldier, diplomat and
statesman in the French service
(1810-1868).
galon
,
m.
stripe.
galop
,
m.
gallop.
galoper
,
v.
to gallop, palpitate.
gambader
,
v.
to gambol, frisk.
gamin, -e
,
m., f.
gamin, brat.
gant
,
m.
glove.
garçon
,
m.
boy, bachelor, fellow, waiter, attendant.
garde
,
f.
guard, watch, nurse;
m.
guardian, guard, keeper;
n'avoir -- de
, to have no intention
to, take care not to, be far
from;
prendre --
, take care;
prendre -- à
, pay attention to;
la mer
est d'une fameuse --
est d'une fameuse --
, the sea guards its own well;
sur ses
gardes
, on his guard;
-- nationale
, national guard (militia);
-- national
, militia-man;
chien de --
, watchdog.
garder
,
v.
to guard, keep;
se -- de
, take care not to.
gardeur
,
m.
keeper, cowherd, cowherd's dog.
gardien, -ne
,
adj. and s.
guardian, guard, keeper.
gare
,
interj.
lookout!;
-- donc!
, come!, look out!
gargariser
,
v.
to gargle;
je m'en gargarise
, I am enjoying
it.
garnir
,
v.
to furnish, fit out, cover, adorn, fill, trim, be
scattered over;
se --
, be trimmed,
be filled.
garnison
,
f.
garrison.
garniture
,
f.
trimming.
garrotter
,
v.
to bind firmly.
gars
,
m.
young fellow, stripling, fellow, boy (pronounced:
gar
or ga
).
gaspiller
,
v.
to waste, squander.
gâteau
,
m.
cake.
gâter
,
v.
to spoil.
gauche
,
adj.
left, awkward;
f.
left band.
gaudriole
,
f.
broadjoke.
gaufrer
,
v.
to gaffer, plaît, flute.
gaulois, -e
,
adj.
Gallic.
gaz
,
m.
gas (
z
pronounced).
gaze
,
f.
gauze.
gazelle
,
f.
gazelle.
gazette
,
f.
newspaper.
gazon
,
m.
sward, grass.
géant, -e
,
adj. and s.
gigantic, giant.
gelée
,
f.
frost.
geler
,
v.
to freeze.
gémir
,
v.
to groan, moan.
gémissement
,
m.
groan, wail.
gendarme
,
m.
gendarme, military police officer.
gendarmerie
,
f.
military police.
gendre
,
m.
son-in-law.
gêne
,
f.
uneasiness, embarrassment, constraint, hesitation.
gêner
,
v.
to embarrass, trouble, be in the way of, inconvenience.
général, -e
,
adj. and m.
general.
génération
,
f.
generation.
générosité
,
f.
generosity.
génie
,
m.
genius, spirit.
genou
,
m.
knee.
genre
,
m.
kind, sort, form.
gens
,
m. pl.
(preceding adjective takes feminine form) people;
jeunes --
, young men, young people;
ses --
, his servants.
gentil, -le
,
adj.
nice.
gentilhomme
,
m.
nobleman, gentleman (
l
pronounced as
y
).
gerbe
,
f.
sheaf, cluster.
gerbier
,
m.
stack, mow.
germe
,
m.
germ.
germain, -e
,
adj.
german, first;
cousin issu de --
, first
cousin once removed.
Gertrude
, Gertrude.
gésir
,
v.
to lie.
geste
,
m.
gesture.
gesticuler
,
v.
to gesticulate.
ghazel
,
m.
gazel (Persian love poem).
giaour
,
m.
giaour (Turkish name for all non-Mohammedans).
gibet
,
m.
gibbet, gallows.
gibier
,
m.
game.
gigantesque
,
adj.
gigantic.
gilet
,
m.
waistcoat.
Giseh
, Gizeh (Egyptian city and province on the Nile).
gîte
,
m.
abode, shelter, resting-place.
glace
,
f.
ice, plate-glass, mirror.
glacer
,
v.
to ice, freeze, chill;
glacé, -e
, iced, icy, frozen.
glacial, -e