Part 103

=mécaniquement= (-ni-kmān), _adv._, mechanically.

=mécaniser=, _v.a._, to use as a machine; (pop.) to tease, to plague. _— les hommes_; to use men as mere machines.

=mécanisme=, _n.m._, mechanism, machinery; structure; mechanical parts.

=mécène=, _n.m._, Mæcenas (a protector of science, art, and literature).

=méchamment= (mé-sha-mān), _adv._, wickedly, spitefully, maliciously, ill-naturedly.

=méchanceté= (mé-shans-té), _n.f._, wickedness, spitefulness, mischievousness; crossness, naughtiness, ill-nature; ill-natured thing, ill-natured remark, reflection, slander.

=méchant=, =-e=, _adj._, bad, wretched, worthless; wicked, dishonest; sorry, paltry; wicked, ill-natured, mischievous, malicious; wayward, naughty, unkind; (of a horse) vicious. _— homme_; wicked man. _Il a la mine —e_; he has an ill-natured look. _Un — poète_; a sorry, wretched poet.

=méchant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, wicked person; evil doer, reprobate; naughty child. _Faire le —_; to be fractious (of a child).

=mèche=, _n.f._, wick (of a lamp _or_ candle); tinder; match; screw, bit, auger; worm (of cork-screws, wimbles); (surg.) tent; center-bit; whip-lash, lock (of hair). _— anglaise_; center-bit. _Découvrir_, _éventer_, _la —_; (milit.) to discover the enemy’s match by means of a countermine; to find out the secret of a plot. _— de cheveux_; lock of hair. _Il n’y a pas —_; it’s no go; it can’t be done. _S’il y a —_; if it can be managed.

☉=méchef=, _n.m._, mischief, mischance; harm.

=mécher=, _v.a._, to fumigate with brimstone, to sulphur.

=mécompte= (mé-kont), _n.m._, miscalculation; mistake, error; disappointment, drawback. _Il a trouvé bien du —_; he has experienced great disappointment.

=mécompter=, _v.n._, to strike wrong (of clocks).

_se_ =mécompter= (mé-kon-tè), _v.r._, to miscalculate; to be disappointed; to be out in one’s reckoning. _Il s’est mécompté dans son raisonnement_; he is out in his reasoning.

=méconium= (-om) _n.m._, (med.) meconium.

=méconnaissable=, _adj._, not to be recognized; unrecognizable.

=méconnaissance=, _n.f._, unthankfulness, ungratefulness, ingratitude.

=méconnaissant=, =-e=, _adj._, thankless, ungrateful, unmindful.

=méconnaître=, _v.a._, not to know again, not to recognize; to disown, to disregard, not to know; to ignore, to slight, not to appreciate. _Il méconnaît ses parents_; he disowns his relations.

_se_ =méconnaître=, _v.r._, to forget one’s self.

=méconnu=, =-e=, _part._, unacknowledged; unrecognized; ignored, disowned, disregarded.

=mécontent=, =-e=, _adj._, dissatisfied, displeased, discontented. _Il est — de vous_; he is displeased with you. _Vous êtes — de tout_; you are discontented with everything.

=mécontent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, dissatisfied person; malcontent. _C’est un —_; he is a discontented man.

=mécontentement= (-tan-tmān), _n.m._, discontent, discontentedness, dissatisfaction, displeasure. _Donner du — à_; to displease.

=mécontenter=, _v.a._, to discontent, to dissatisfy, to displease.

=mécréance=, _n.f._, infidelity, unbelief, irreligion.

=mécréant=, _n.m._, unbeliever, infidel.

=mécroire=, _v.n._, to disbelieve.

=médaille=, _n.f._, medal; (arch.) medallion; (of porters) badge, ticket; license. _— d’honneur_; prize-medal. _Chaque — a son revers_; everything has its bright and its dark side. _Le revers de la —_; the dark side of the picture. _Tourner la —_; to turn the tables. _La — est renversée_; the tables are turned.

*=médaillé=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, with a medal as a reward; (of porters) licensed. _n._, medalist, prize-winner.

=médailleur=, _n.m._, die-sinker.

*=médaillier=, _n.m._, cabinet of medals.

*=médailliste=, _n.m.f._, medalist.

*=médaillon=, _n.m._, medallion; locket.

=médecin= (mé-dsin), _n.m._, physician, doctor. _Faire venir le —_; to send for the doctor. _Il est abandonné des —s_; the doctors have given him up. _Docteur médecin_; doctor of medicine. _Un — d’eau douce_; a water-gruel doctor. _— chirurgien_; general practitioner. _— empirique_; quack doctor. _Le temps est un grand —_; time cures all ills _or_ time is the great healer.

=médecine= (mé-dsi-n), _n.f._, medicine, physic. _Etudiant en —_; medical student. _— légale_; forensic medicine. _— noire_; black draught.

=médeciner= (mé-dsi-né), _v.a._, to physic, to doctor.

_se_ =médeciner=, _v.r._, to physic, to doctor one’s self.

=médial=, =-e=, _adj._, (gram.) medial.

=médian=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) mesial, middle.

=médianoche=, _n.m._, meat-supper (after midnight).

=médiante=, _n.f._, (mus.) mediant.

=médiastin=, _n.m._, (anat.) mediastine.

=médiat=, =-e=, _adj._, mediate.

=médiatement= (mé-dia-tmān), _adv._, mediately.

=médiat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, mediator, mediatrix. _adj._, mediatory.

=médiation=, _n.f._, mediation.

=médiatisation=, _n.f._, mediatization.

=médiatiser=, _v.a._, to mediatize.

=médical=, =-e=, _adj._, medical. _Matière —e_; materia medica.

=médicament=, _n.m._, medicament.

=médicamentaire=, _adj._, concerning medicines.

=médicamentation=, _n.f._, doctoring, physicking.

=médicamenter=, _v.a._, to physic, to doctor.

_se_ =médicamenter=, _v.r._, to physic, to doctor one’s self.

=médicamenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, medicamental.

=médication=, _n.f._, medication.

=médicinal=, =-e=, _adj._, medicinal.

=médimne=, _n.m._, (antiq.) medimnus.

=médiocre=, _adj._, mediocre, middling, ordinary, moderate, passable, indifferent.

=médiocre=, _n.m._, mediocrity.

=médiocrement=, _adv._, middlingly, indifferently, tolerably; poorly, hardly, barely.

=médiocrité=, _n.f._, mediocrity; moderate competence, moderate fortune, very ordinary performance.

=médique=, _adj._, Median.

=médionner=, _v.a._, to average; to take the average.

=médire=, _v.n._, to slander, to speak ill of, to backbite, to traduce. _— de son prochain_; to speak ill of one’s neighbor.

=médisance=, _n.f._, slander, scandal, backbiting; piece of slander.

=médisant=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, slanderous, scandalous; slanderer. _Il ne faut pas croire les —s_; slanderers are not to be believed.

=méditati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ and _n._, meditative; meditative person.

=méditation=, _n.f._, meditation, thought.

=méditer=, _v.a._, to meditate, to think over, to consider, to reflect; to contemplate, to plan. _— la ruine de quelqu’un_; to plot any one’s ruin.

=méditer=, _v.n._, to contemplate. _Passer sa vie à —_; to spend one’s life in meditation.

=méditerrané=, =-e=, _adj._, mediterranean, midland, inland. _La mer —e_; the Mediterranean Sea.

=méditerranéen=, =-ne=, _adj._, mediterranean.

=médium= (-om), _n.m._, (_—s_) medium; middle.

=médius=, _n.m._, middle-finger.

=médullaire= (mé-dul-ler), _adj._, medullary, medullar; (bot.) pithy.

=méduse=, _n.f._, (zoöl.) medusa, sea-nettle, jellyfish.

=meeting=, _n.m._, (_—s_) meeting.

=méfaire=, _v.n._, to do evil, to do harm, wrong.

=méfait=, _n.m._, misdeed; crime.

=méfiance=, _n.f._, mistrust, distrust, suspicion, caution. _La — est mère de la sûreté_; safe bind, safe find.

=méfiant=, =-e=, _adj._, mistrustful, distrustful, suspicious; cautious.

_se_ =méfier= (=de=), _v.r._, to mistrust, to distrust, to suspect; to beware, to mind; to be on one’s guard (against).

=mégalosaure= _or_ =mégalosaurus=, _n.m._, (foss.) megalosaurus.

=mégapode=, _n.m._, jungle-fowl.

=mégarde=, _n.f._, inadvertence. _Par —_; inadvertently.

=mégathérium=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (foss.) megatherium.

=mégère=, _n.f._, (myth.) Megæra; shrew, vixen, termagant.

=mégie=, _n.f._, tawing, leather-dressing.

=mégisser=, _v.a._, to taw.

=mégisserie= (mé-gi-srî), _n.f._, tawing, leather-dressing.

=mégissier=, _n.m._, tawer, leather-dresser.

*=meilleur=, =-e=, _adj._, better, preferable, more comfortable, best. _Le —_; the best.

*=meilleur=, _n.m._, best; best wine. _Le — du conte_ or _de l’histoire_; the best of the story. _Le — n’en vaut rien_; the bad is the best.

=meistre= _or_ =mestre=, _n.m._, (nav.) mast, main mast. _Mât de —_; main mast (of ships with lateen sails).

=méjuger=, _v.a._, to misjudge.

_se_ =méjuger=, _v.r._, to overreach one’s self.

=mélampyre=, _n.m._, (bot.) cow-wheat.

=mélancolie=, _n.f._, melancholy, sadness, melancholia. _Chasser la —_; to drive away the spleen. _Il n’engendre point la —_; he is a merry fellow.

=mélancolique=, _adj._, melancholy, dismal, gloomy; sad, dull; stern. _Séjour —_; dismal abode.

=mélancoliquement= (-lik-mān), _adv._, sadly, gloomily, sorrowfully, mournfully.

=mélange=, _n.m._, mixture, mingling, crossing; medley; mash (for brewing). _pl._, miscellaneous works, miscellanea. _Un bonheur sans —_; unalloyed happiness. _Sans —_; unmixed, unblended; (fig.) pure, unalloyed.

=mélanger=, _v.a._, to mix, to mingle, to blend; to cross; to mash, to intermix, to dash.

_se_ =mélanger=, _v.r._, to mix, to mingle, to blend, to temper; to be mashed.

=mélasse=, _n.f._, molasses, treacle.

=mêlé=, =-e=, _part._, mixed; miscellaneous; medley (of verses); irregular; (of rhymes) mixed.

=mêlée=, _n.f._, conflict; fray, fight, scramble, squabble; thick of the fight; altercation, dispute, clash.

=mêler=, _v.a._, to mingle, to mix, to mix up; to blend; to intersperse, to temper; to put in; to jumble; to bring in, to implicate, to involve; to shuffle (cards); to entangle. _— du fil_; to entangle thread. _— les cartes_; to shuffle the cards. _— une serrure_; to force a lock. _Il est mêlé dans une mauvaise affaire_; he is mixed up in a bad business.

_se_ =mêler=, _v.r._, to mingle, to be mingled, to be mixed; to tamper; to blend; to trouble one’s self about; to intermeddle; to interfere (with, in); to take upon one’s self, to presume; to take part in; to dabble in; to set one’s self to do; to engage in. _Se — dans la foule_; to mingle with the crowd. _Se — de_; to meddle with, to intermeddle. _Mêlez-vous de vos affaires_; mind your own business. _De quoi vous mêlez-vous?_ what business is that of yours? _Se — ensemble_; to commingle.

=mélèze=, _n.m._, (bot.) larch, larch-tree.

=mélianthe=, _n.m._, (bot.) honey-flower.

=mélilot=, _n.m._, (bot.) melilot, sweet-trefoil.

=méli-mélo=, _n.m._, (_—_) (fam.) medley, jumble.

=mélinet=, _n.m._, (bot.) honeywort.

=mélique=, _n.f._, _adj._, (bot.) melic grass. _Poésie —_; melic poetry.

=mélisse=, _n.f._, (bot.) balm-mint, garden-balm. _Eau de —_ or _eau des Carmes_; melissa water.

=mellifère=, _adj._, melliferous.

=mellifères=, _n.m.pl._, melliferous insects.

=mellification=, _n.f._, mellification.

=melliflu=, =-e=, _adj._, mellifluous, honeyed, sweet.

=meillifluité=, _n.f._, mellifluence.

=mellithe=, _n.f._, honey-stone, mellite.

=mélodie=, _n.f._, melody, melodiousness, sweetness, harmony.

=mélodieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, melodiously, musically, sweetly.

=mélodieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, melodious, musical, tuneful.

=mélodique=, _adj._, (mus.) melodious.

=mélodramatique=, _adj._, melodramatic.

=mélodramaturge=, _n.m._, melodramatist.

=mélodrame=, _n.m._, melodrama.

=mélomane=, _n.m._, melomaniac, person music-mad.

=mélomanie=, _n.f._, melomania.

=melon=, _n.m._, melon; (fig.) jockey-cap, hunting-cap; (of persons) simpleton, muff, flat. _— musqué_; musk-melon. _— d’eau_; watermelon.

=meloné=, =-e=, _adj._, melon-shaped.

=melongène= _or_ =mélongène=, _n.f._, mad-apple, egg-plant.

=melonnière=, _n.f._, melon-pit; melon-bed.

=mélopée=, _n.f._, (mus.) melopœia.

=méloplaste=, _n.m._, (mus.) sounding-board; meloplast.

=mémarchure=, _n.f._, sprain (in a horse’s leg).

=membrane=, _n.f._, (anat.) membrane, film; (orni.) web.

=membraneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, membranous, filmy.

=membre=, _n.m._, member; limb; (nav.) ribtimber.

=membré=, =-e=, _adj._, limbed. _Bien —_; having well-made and well-proportioned limbs.

=membru=, =-e=, _adj._, large-limbed, stout-limbed.

=membrure=, _n.f._, limbs, frame; cord (to measure fire-wood); ribs, timbers (of a ship); (carp.) split-board.

=même=, _adj._, same; self; very own. _Une seule et — origine_; one and the same origin. _C’est la — chose_; it is all one. _Moi-même_; myself. _Eux-—s_; themselves. _C’est la bonté —_; she is goodness itself. _La — chose_; the same thing. _La chose —_; the very thing.

=même=, _adv._, even, also, likewise. _Il lui a tout donné, — ses habits_; he has given him everything, even to his clothes. _Les plus sages — le font_; even the wisest do it. _Quand — il me l’aurait dit_; even though he had said it me. _À — de_; in a position to, able to. _Mettre à —_; to enable. _Boire à — la bouteille_; to drink out of the bottle itself. _Vous êtes à — de rendre service à cet homme_; you are in a position to do that man a service. _Il vous a mis à — de le faire_; he has enabled you to do it. _De —_; the same; so; like. _Faites de —_; do the same. _Tout de —_; all the same, in the same manner. _De — que_; in the same manner as, so as, as.

=même=, _n.m._, same, same thing. _Cela revient au —_; it comes to the same thing _or_ it is all the same. _Faire au —_; (at billiards) to pocket straight. _Faire_ or _refaire au —_; to take in, to cheat; to give like for like; to pay back in his own coin; to give (any one) as good as he brings.

=mêmement=, _adv._, also, even, likewise.

=mémento= (-min-), _n.m._, (_—s_) memento, reminder, hint.

=mémoire=, _n.f._, memory, recollection, remembrance; commemoration; fame. _Avoir une — de lièvre_; to have a very short memory. _— fidèle_; retentive memory. _Je n’en ai pas la moindre —_; I have not the slightest recollection of it. _De — d’homme on n’a vu telle chose_; such a thing has not been seen within the memory of man. _Des choses dignes de —_; things worthy of commemoration. _Remettre dans la —_, _conserver la — de_; to remind, to remember. _Rappeler quelque chose à la — de quelqu’un_; to bring anything to any one’s recollection, to remind any one of anything. _En — de_; in memory of. _Réhabiliter la — d’un défunt_; to restore the fair fame of any one. _À la — de_; in memory of. _Si j’ai bonne —_; if I remember rightly.

=mémoire=, _n.m._, memorial; memorandum; bill, account. _Dresser un —_; to draw up a memorial. _— acquitté_; bill receipted. _— d’apothicaire_; exorbitant bill.

=mémorable=, _adj._, memorable.

=mémorandum= (-dom), _n.m._, memorandum; memorandum-book; memorial.

=mémorati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (fam.) mindful; recollecting. _Être — de quelque chose_; to remember anything.

=mémorial=, _n.m._, memorial; (com.) waste-book.

=mémorialiste=, _n.m._, memorialist.

=menaçant=, =-e=, _adj._, menacing, threatening. D’une manière —e; threateningly.

=menace=, _n.f._, menace, threat. _— en l’air_; empty threat. _Paroles de —_; threatening words.

=menacer=, _v.a._, to threat, to threaten, to menace; to forebode, to portend; to impend. _— de la main_; to threaten to strike (any one). _L’air nous menace d’un orage_; the air presages a storm _or_ there is thunder in the air. _— ruine_, _— de tomber_; to totter, to be on the point of ruin, to decay, to threaten to fall.

=ménade=, _n.f._ _V._ =bacchante=.

=ménage=, _n.m._, housekeeping, household; housewifery, house; household goods; family; husbandry, economy, saving. _Toile de —_; home-spun linen. _Liqueurs de —_; home-made wines. _Tenir —_, _être en —_; to keep house, to be a house-keeper. _Entrer en —_; to begin housekeeping. _Rompre son —_; to leave off housekeeping. _Dépense de —_; household expenses. _— de garçon_; bachelor’s household. _Faire bon —_; to live well together. _Pain de —_; household bread. _Toile de —_; homespun cloth. _Femme de —_; charwoman. _Elle entend bien le —_; she is a good house-wife. _Vivre de —_; to live sparingly. _Faire le —_; to do the housework. _Mettre en —_; to settle any one.

=ménagement= (-na-jmān), _n.m._, regard, respect, consideration; circumspection, caution, discretion; management, conduct.

=ménager=, _v.a._, to husband, to manage, to spare, to be sparing, to save, to be saving; to take care of, to be careful of, to conduct carefully; to treat with caution, to treat gently, to treat kindly, to treat with respect, to humor, to bring about; to reserve; to procure; to contrive; to dispose, to arrange, to prepare; to help to. _— son bien_; to husband one’s fortune. _— quelqu’un_; to treat any one with respect, consideration. _Je n’ai rien à —_; I have no measures to keep. _Pour — notre faiblesse_; out of compassion for our weakness. _— les termes_; to weigh what one says. _— l’occasion_; to improve the opportunity. _— ses forces_; to spare one’s strength. _— ses amis_; to forbear being troublesome to one’s friends. _— son crédit_; to make the most of one’s credit. _Je lui ai ménagé une place_; I helped him to get a situation. _— ses ressources_; to husband one’s resources. _— une agréable surprise à_; to prepare, to procure, an agreeable surprise for. _— une étoffe_; to make the most of a stuff. _— un escalier dans un bâtiment_; to contrive a staircase in a house. _— la chèvre et le chou_; to hold with the hare and run with the hounds. _Qui vaut aller loin ménage sa monture_; he who wishes to live long avoids excess.

_se_ =ménager=, _v.r._, to take care of one’s self; to spare one’s self; to behave with care, with caution, to conduct one’s self cautiously. _Se — avec quelqu’un_; to keep in, to keep on good terms, with any one. _Se — entre deux partis contraires_; to steer a successful course between two adverse parties, and remain friendly with both.

=ménager=, _v.n._, to save, to save up. _Il ménage pour ses enfants_; he is saving up for his children.

=ménag-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, thrifty, saving, sparing, provident, frugal.

=ménager=, _n.m._, economist; thrifty, saving, frugal, sparing man. _Être bon — du temps_; to husband one’s time well.

=ménagère=, _n.f._, economical housewife; thrifty, saving, frugal, sparing woman; housewife; housekeeper; (of things) cruet-frame, cruet-stand.

=ménagerie= (-na-jrî), _n.f._, menagerie.

=mendiant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, beggar, mendicant; beggar-woman; (c.rel.) mendicant-friar, mendicant. _Les quatre —s_; the four orders of mendicant friars; raisins, figs, almonds, and nuts (at dessert).

=mendicité=, _n.f._, beggary, mendicity; beggars; vagrancy. _La — est interdite_; begging is forbidden, _or_ no begging allowed.

=mendier=, _v.a._ and _n._, to beg; to beg for; (b.s.) to solicit meanly, to implore. _Il mendie son pain_; he begs his bread. _— sa vie_; to live by begging.

=mené=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, led. _— par sa femme_; henpecked.

=meneau=, _n.m._, (arch.) mullion.

=menée=, _n.f._, underhand dealing, secret practice, plot, conspiracy; track. _Suivre la —_; (hunt.) to follow the track.

=mener=, _v.a._, to carry, to conduct, to lead, to drive (a carriage), to bring; to direct, to head, to command, to guide, to sway, to influence; to introduce, to take, to take along with; to amuse; to lead about, to manage, to steer; to handle; to humbug, to bamboozle. _— les bêtes aux champs_; to drive the cattle to the fields. _— paître les vaches_; to take, to drive, cows to pasture. _— quelqu’un en prison_; to convey any one to jail. _— un enfant par la lisière_; to have a child in leading-strings. _— quelqu’un à la baguette_; to rule any one with a tight hand. _— tambour battant_; to carry it with a high hand over. _— un grand train_; to make a great show. _— le branle_; to take the lead. _Menez-moi chez le ministre_; introduce me to the minister. _— de front_; to have several things on hand. _— bien sa barque_; to manage one’s affairs well.

=mener=, _v.n._, to drive; to lead, to conduct, to go. _Ce chemin mène à la ville_; this road leads to the town. _Cela ne mène à rien_; that leads to nothing, that is of no use.

=ménestrel=, _n.m._, minstrel.

=ménétrier=, _n.m._, village fiddler.

=meneur=, _n.m._, driver; agent for wet-nurses; leading man, ringleader.

=meneuse=, _n.f._, female agent for wet-nurses, baby-farmer.

=menhir=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (archæology) druidical-stone; menhir (standing-stone).

=méniane=, _n.f._, (arch.) verandah, balcony (in Italy).

=ménianthe=, _n.m._, (bot.) bog-bean, marsh-trefoil.

=menin=, _n.m._, young nobleman attached to the person of the Dauphin, minion, favorite (French hist.).

=méninge=, _n.f._, (anat.) meninges.

=méningite=, _n.f._, (med.) meningitis.

=ménippée=, _adj._ and _n.f._, of satires in the style of those of the philosopher Menippus. _Satire —_, _la —_; a satire which appeared in 1593 against the party of the Ligue (French hist.).

=ménisperme=, _n.m._, (bot.) menispermum, moon-seed.

=ménisque=, _n.m._, (opt.) meniscus.

=ménologe=, _n.m._, menology.

=menotte=, _n.f._, (fam.) little hand (of a child). _pl._, handcuffs, manacles. _Mettre les —s à_; to handcuff.

=mense=, _n.f._, (of abbeys) income, revenue, stock; ☉table, board (food).

=mensole=, _n.f._, (archit.) keystone.

=mensonge=, _n.m._, lie, falsehood, untruth, story; error, illusion, vanity. _Débiter des —s_; to tell lies. _Tout petit —_, _— de rien_, _— de marchand_; white lie.

=mensong-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, lying, untrue, deceitful, false, counterfeit, illusory.

=mensongèrement=, _adv._, falsely, deceitfully, untruely; illusively.

=menstrue=, _n.m._, (chem.) menstruum.

=menstruel=, =-le=, _adj._, (med.) menstrual. _Flux —_; menses, catamenia.

=menstrues=, _n.f._, (physiology) menses, catamenia.

=mensuel=, =-le=, _adj._, monthly.

=mensuellement=, _adv._, monthly.

=mensurabilité=, _n.f._, mensurability.

=mensurable=, _adj._, mensurable.

=mental=, =-e=, _adj._, mental.

=mentalement= (-tal-mān), _adv._, mentally.

=menterie= (man-trî), _n.f._, story, fib, falsehood, untruth.

=menteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, lying, false, deceitful.

=menteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, liar, story-teller, fibber. _Un — de profession_; a confirmed liar.

=menthe=, _n.f._, (bot.) mint. _— aquatique_; water-mint. _— verte_; spearmint. _— poivrée_; peppermint.

=mention=, _n.f._, mention, mentioning, naming.

=mentionner=, _v.a._, to mention, to make mention of, to name.

=mentir= (mentant, menti), _v.n._, to lie, to tell a lie, a story, a falsehood, an untruth; to fib, to speak false. _Gardez-vous bien de —_; beware of lying. _Il en a menti_; he is a liar. _Il n’enrage pas pour —_; he does not stick at a lie. _Se — à soi-même_; to belie one’s self. _À beau — qui vient de loin_; (prov.) travelers tell fine tales _or_ lie with impunity. _Sans —_, _à ne point —_; to tell the truth, in fact, indeed, candidly, really.

=menton=, _n.m._, chin. _— en galoche_; turned-up chin. _— à double étage_; double chin. _— qui avance_; prominent chin. _Avoir deux —s_; to be double-chinned.

=mentonnet=, _n.m._, (mec.) ear, tipper; catch.

=mentonni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (anat.) of the chin.

=mentonnière=, _n.f._, chin-piece, chin-band, chin-strap; bandage for the chin.

=mentor= (min-), _n.m._, mentor, guide, tutor.

=menu=, =-e=, _adj._, small, slender, spare, thin, inconsiderable, petty, minor. _Le — peuple_; the common people, the lower classes. _— plomb_; small shot. _— gibier_; small game. _— bétail_; small cattle. _—s plaisirs_; pocket-money.

=menu=, _n.m._, minute detail, particulars. _Le — d’un repas_; the bill of fare. _Un paquet de —_; a bundle of small linen. _Par le —_; minutely, in detail.

=menu=, _adv._, small, fine; minutely; with quick and short steps. _Il pleuvait dru et —_; the rain fell fine and fast. _Marcher_, _trotter_, _dru et —_; to walk with short and quick steps.

*=menuaille=, _n.f._, small money; fry, small fish; trash.

=menuet=, _n.m._, minuet.

=menuiser=, _v.a._ and _n._, to do carpenter’s work.

=menuiserie= (-nui-zrî), _n.f._, joinery, joiner’s work; carpentry.

=menuisier=, _n.m._, joiner, carpenter and joiner. _— en bâtiments_; house-carpenter.

=menuisière=, _n.f._, carpenter’s wife.

=menuisière=, _adj.f._, (ent.) carpenter. _Abeille —_; carpenter-bee.

=ménure=, _n.f._, lyre-bird; lyre-pheasant.

=méphitique=, _adj._, mephitic.

=méphitisme=, _n.m._, mephitis, mephitism.

=méplat=, _n.m._, (paint.) flat, flat part, flattish curve.

=méplat=, =-e=, _adj._, (carp., paint.) flat, flatwise.