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,
f.
voice;
d'une -- rauque
, hoarsely.
vol
,
m.
theft.
vol
,
m.
flight, flock;
à -- d'oiseau
, bird's-eye view.
volaille
,
f.
fowl, poultry.
volant
,
m.
shuttlecock, pump handle.
volcan
,
m.
volcano.
voler
,
v.
to teal, rob.
voler
,
v.
to fly.
volet
,
m.
shutter.
voleur, -euse
,
m., f.
thief, robber.
volontaire
,
adj.
voluntary.
volontairement
,
adv.
voluntarily.
volonté
,
f.
will, wish.
volontiers
,
adv.
willingly.
voltiger
,
v.
to hover, flutter, flit.
volumineux, -euse
,
adj.
voluminous, bulky.
volupté
,
f.
pleasure, delight.
voluptueux, -euse
,
adj.
voluptuons.
voracement
,
adv.
voraciously, ravenously.
vos
,
see
votre
.
Vosges (les)
,
m. pl.
the Vosges (chain of mountains in
north-eastern France and
south-western Germany. parallel with the upper
Rhine; pronounced:
voge
).
vote
,
m.
vote.
voter
,
v.
to vote.
votre (vos
,
pl.), poss. adj. pr.
your.
vôtre
,
poss. adj. pr.
(usually with the article), yours.
vouer
,
v.
to devote, consecrate, dedicate.
vouloir
,
v.
to wish, will, be willing, require, decree, start,
expert;
-- bien
, be willing, be willing
to, accept;
-- bien
de
; be willing to accept;
-- dire
, mean;
en -- à
, have a
grudge against, be
angry with;
que voulez-vous?
, what do you wish?,
what do you expect?;
veuillez
, be good
enough to.
vous
,
conj. and disj. pr.
you, to you.
vous-même (s)
,
pr.
you, yourself, yourselves.
voûte
,
f.
vault, arch.
voûter
,
v.
to vault.
voyage
,
m.
voyage, journey, trip, traveling, travels.
voyager
,
v.
to travel.
voyageur
,
m.
traveler.
vrai, -e
,
adj.
true, real;
bien --
, really;
dire --
, to
speak the truth.
vraiment
,
adv.
truly, really.
vraisemblance
,
f.
likelihood, probability (
s
pronounced as in
sembler
).
vue
,
f.
view, sight;
perdre de --
, to lose sight of.
vulgaire
,
adj.
vulgar, low, common.
vulnérable
,
adj.
vulnerable.
W
w
, this letter does not belong to the French alphabet, it occurs
only in foreign words.
wachtman
,
m.
watchman (German).
wagon
,
m.
railway-car;
-- à minerai
, ore or mining car.
Walewska
,
see
Gallitzin.
Wilfrid
, Wilfrid.
Y
y
,
adv. and conj. pr.
there, to or at or in it, to or at or in
them, about it, to him, etc., here.
ya
,
adv.
yes (German).
yatagan
,
m.
yataghan (long Turkish dagger).
yeux
,
see
oeil
.
Ypsilanti (Alexandre)
, Alexander Ypsilanti (or Hypsilanti), a Greek
who became an officer in
the Russian army; in 1820 he became the head of
the Greek Hetreria, a secret society
founded in Odessa for the purpose
of liberating Greece from the Turks, and in 1821 he led an
insurrection
against the Turks in the Danube provinces and inaugurated the Greek war
for
independence; after a number of mistakes (
cf. the déroute de
Skouliani
) and humiliating
defeats, and after having been dismissed
from the Russian army, he died in poverty
(1792-1828).
Z
Zaatcha
, Algerian oasis near Biskra (captured by the French in 1849).
Zâhn
, proper name (
Zahn
= tooth, in German).
zebeks (zebecks or zebecs)
,
m. pl.
there is a Turkish word
(
zebek; or zebeik
;) with an
obscene meaning, probably Gautier found
this unknown word and thought that it meant
"attendant," it should be so
translated. There is a similar word in Turkish (
zibek or zeibek
, with
a different
k
), which means "vagabond" or "people living in the
mountains."
Zette
(abbreviation of
Suzette
), Susie.
Zidore
, abbreviation of
Isidore
.
Zimmer
, proper name (
cf. Zimmer
, room, in German).
zingueur
, m. zinc-worker.