Part 106

=miséricordieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, merciful, compassionate, forgiving, pitiful.

=miss=, _n.f._, (_—_) miss, young lady.

=missel=, _n.m._, missal; mass-book, prayer-book.

=mission=, _n.f._, mission. _Envoyer en —_; to send on a mission. _Remplir une —_; to perform a mission.

=missionnaire=, _n.m._, missionary.

=missive=, _n.f._ and _adj._, missive.

=mistigri=, _n.m._, pam, loo (card game).

=mistral= _or_ =maëstral=, _n.m._, (local ex.) north-west wind (in southern France).

=mistress=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) Mrs.

=mitaine=, _n.f._, mitten; (fig.) caution.

=mite=, _n.f._, (ent.) mite; maggot; moth; tick.

=mité=, =-e=, _adj._, moth-eaten, mity.

☉=mithridate=, _n.m._, (pharm.) mithridate. _Vendeur de —_; quack; braggadocio.

=mitigation=, _n.f._, mitigation.

=mitigé=, =-e=, _part._, mitigated. _Peine —e_; modified penalty.

=mitiger=, _v.a._, to mitigate, to soften, to make less severe, to modify, to temper, to allay, to assuage, to abate; to qualify.

=miton=, _n.m._, woman’s long mitten.

=mitonnage=, _n.m._, simmering.

=mitonner=, _v.n._, to lie soaking _or_ stewing; to soak, to stew, to simmer.

=mitonner=, _v.a._, to cocker, to fondle, to cuddle. _— quelqu’un_; to humor any one. _— une affaire_; to prepare an affair gradually. _Il aime qu’on le mitonne_; he likes to be cockered.

_se_ =mitonner=, _v.r._, to nurse one’s self, to cocker one’s self; (cook.) to simmer.

=mitoyen=, =-ne= (mi-toa-yin, -iè-n), _adj._, middle; intermediate; midway; joint property. _Mur —_; party-wall. _Cloison —ne_; partition wall between two rooms.

=mitoyenneté= (-toa-ie-n-té), _n.f._, joint property; claims of two neighbors to a wall, hedge, _or_ ditch; party-right.

*=mitraillade=, _n.f._, discharge, fire of grape-shot.

*=mitraille=, _n.f._, ☉old iron, scrap-iron, scrap-metal; grapeshot; case-shot, canister-shot, canister; small change, coppers; (nav.) langrage, langrel-shot. _Charge à —_; case-shot.

=mitrailler=, _v.a._ and _n._, to fire grapeshot, to riddle with grapeshot.

=mitrailleuse=, _n.f._, (artil.) mitrailleuse, machine gun; Gatling gun.

=mitre=, _n.f._, miter; chimney-pot (shaped like a miter).

=mitré=, =-e=, _adj._, mitered.

=mitron=, _n.m._, journeyman baker; paper cap.

=mitte=, _n.f._, cesspool exhalation; stench; eye-sore from ditto.

=mixte=, _adj._, mixed; mixt; (bot.) common (of buds).

=mixte=, _n.m._, mixed body, compound.

*=mixtiligne=, _adj._, (geom.) mixtilineal, mixtilinear.

=mixtion= (miks-ti-on), _n.f._, (pharm.) mixture.

=mixtionner= (miks-tio-né), _v.a._, to mix, to mingle.

=mixture=, _n.f._, (pharm.) mixture.

=mlle.= ab. of _Mademoiselle_.

=mm.= ab. of _Messieurs_.

=mme.= ab. of _Madame_.

=mnémonique=, _adj._, mnemonic, mnemonical.

=mnémonique= _or_ =mnémotechnie=, _n.f._, mnemonics, mnemotechny.

=mobile=, _adj._, movable; changeable, unsteady, variable; quick, lively, mobile.

=mobile=, _n.m._, mover, spring, motive power; a soldier of the militia. _Premier —_; prime mover; _primum mobile_; ringleader. _L’intérêt est le plus grand — des hommes_; interest is the prime mover in human actions.

=mobile=, _n.f._, militia.

=mobiliaire=, _adj._, movable, personal.

=mobili-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, movable; personal, of personal property. _Succession —ère_; inheritance of personal property.

=mobilier=, _n.m._, ☉movables; furniture.

=mobilisable=, _adj._, (milit.) that can be mobilized.

=mobilisation=, _n.f._, act of making movable; conversion into movables; (milit.) mobilization.

=mobiliser=, _v.a._, to convert into movables; (milit.) to draft for active service, to mobilize.

=mobilité=, _n.f._, mobility, variableness, inconstancy, unsteadiness, unfixedness, instability, fickleness. _— de caractère_; versatility of disposition.

=mocassin=, _n.m._, moccasin (shoe).

=modale=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (log.) modal.

=modalité=, _n.f._, (log.) modality.

=mode=, _n.f._, mode, fashion, vogue; way, custom, manner. _pl._, millinery. _C’est la dernière —_; it is the newest fashion. _Un habit à la —_; a fashionable coat. _Se mettre à la —_; to dress in the fashion. _Être à la —_; to be in fashion. _Du bœuf à la —_; a-la-mode beef. _Marchande de —s_; milliner. _Tante à la — de Bretagne_; father _or_ mother’s first cousin; cousin once removed. _Nièce à la — de Bretagne_; daughter of first cousin.

=mode=, _n.m._, (gram., log., mus.) mode, way, manner, mood.

=modelage= (mo-dlaj), _n.m._, modeling.

=modelé= (mo-dlé), _n.m._, (sculp.) model (imitation). _adj._, modeled.

=modèle=, _n.m._, model, copy, pattern, sample, design. _— d’écriture_; copy-slip. _Conformez-vous au —_; keep to the pattern. _Faire le métier de —_; to serve as a model. _— parfait_; perfect model, paragon.

=modeler= (mo-dlé), _v.a._, to model, to form, to shape, to mold.

_se_ =modeler=, _v.r._, to take for one’s pattern, to take pattern by _or_ upon. _Il se modèle sur son frère_; he takes pattern by his brother.

=modeler=, _v.a._, to model.

=modeleur= (mo-dleur), _n.m._, modeler.

=modénature=, _n.f._, (arch.) proportion, profile and sweep of a cornice molding.

=modérat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, moderator, moderatrix.

=modération=, _n.f._, moderation; abatement, diminution; mitigation.

=modéré=, =-e=, _adj._, moderate, reasonable, temperate.

=modérément=, _adv._, moderately, in moderation.

=modérer=, _v.a._, to moderate, to abate; to restrain, to restrict; to lessen, to reduce. _— ses passions_; to curb one’s passions. _— le zèle de quelqu’un_; to restrain any one’s zeal.

_se_ =modérer=, _v.r._, to moderate, to moderate one’s self, to keep one’s temper; to restrain one’s self. _Le temps s’est modéré_; the weather has become calmer.

=moderne=, _adj._, modern. _À la —_; in the modern style.

=moderne=, _n.m._, modern, modern style.

=moderner=, _v.a._, (arch., l.u.) to modernize.

=moderniser=, _v.a._, to modernize.

=moderniste=, _n.m._, modernist.

=modeste=, _adj._, modest, unassuming, unpretending, quiet, simple, plain, moderate, poor.

=modestement=, _adv._, modestly, quietly, simply, plainly.

=modestie=, _n.f._, modesty, coyness, simplicity, plainness; moderation.

=modicité=, _n.f._, smallness, lowness, moderateness, reasonableness.

=modificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, modifying.

=modificatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) modifying word.

=modification=, _n.f._, modification.

=modifier=, _v.a._, to modify, to change, to alter.

_se_ =modifier=, _v.r._, to become modified.

*=modillon=, _n.m._, (arch.) modillion.

=modique=, _adj._, moderate, small.

=modiquement= (-dik-mān), _adv._, moderately.

=modiste=, _n.m.f._, man-milliner; milliner.

=modulat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, modulating; modulator.

=modulation=, _n.f._, modulation.

=module=, _n.m._, (arch.) module; (alg.) modulus; diameter (of medals).

=moduler=, _v.a._ and _n._, to modulate.

=moelle=, _n.f._, marrow, pith; (of the land) fat; medulla. _Os à —_; marrow-bone. _— d’arbre_; pith of a tree. _— épinière_; spinal marrow.

=moelleusement=, _adv._, softly, easily, with softness; (paint.) with mellowness.

=moelleux=, _n.m._, (paint.) mellowness; softness.

=moelleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, full of marrow, marrowy; pithy; soft; mellow. _Voix —se_; mellow voice. _Vin —_; mellow vine (full of body and flavor). _Discours —_; pithy discourse.

=moellon=, _n.m._, ashlar; rough-stone, ragstone. _— brut_; rubble, sandstone (for grinding mirrors). _Maçonnerie de —_; ashlar-work.

=mœurs=, _n.f.pl._, manners, morals, morality; habits, inclinations, ways; customs. _Avoir des —_; to be a man of morals. _N’avoir pas de —_; to be immoral, dissolute. _Un homme sans —_; an unprincipled man. _Les — des animaux_; the habits of animals.

=mofette= _or_ =moufette=, _n.f._, (l.u.) fire-damp (mines); ☉(chem.) any poisonous gas; (mam.) mephitic weasel. _— atmosphérique_; azote, azotic gas.

=mogol=, _n.m._, Mogul.

=mohair=, _n.m._, mohair, stuff.

=mohican=, _n.m._, Mohican.

=moi=, _personal pron._, I, me, to me. _—! trahir le meilleur de mes amis!_ what! I betray my best friend! _C’est —_; it is I. _Venez à —_; come to me. _Quant à —_; as for me. _—-même_; myself. _À —!_ help! help! here! here! _Parlez-—_; speak to me. _Donnez-le-—_; give it me. _De vous à —_; between you and me; from you to me.

=moi=, _n.m._, self, ego.

=moïdore=, _n.m._, moidore (Portuguese coin).

=moignet=, _n.m._, long-tailed tit.

*=moignon=, _n.m._, stump (of limbs, tree).

*=moinaille=, _n.f._, (b.s.) monkish crew.

=moindre=, _adj._, less, least, shorter, lower, inferior. _Le —_; least, shortest, smallest, lowest; meanest, slightest. _La — chose_; the least thing. _Je n’en ai pas le — souvenir_; I have not the least recollection of it.

=moindrement=, _adv._, (old) less, least. _Le — du monde_; in the slightest degree. _Pas le — du monde_; not in the least bit.

=moine=, _n.m._, monk, friar; warming-pan, bed-warmer; (print.) friar. _— lai_; lay-monk. _Gras comme un —_; as fat as a pig. _L’habit ne fait pas le —_; it is not the cowl that makes the friar.

=moineau=, _n.m._, sparrow. _adj._, (of horses) cropped. _— franc_; house-sparrow. _Tirer sa poudre aux —x_; to waste one’s powder and shot.

=moinerie= (moa-n-rî), _n.f._, monkhood, monks.

=moinesse=, _n.f._, (jest.) nun.

*=moinillon=, _n.m._, petty monk _or_ friar.

=moinotin=, _n.m._, (ornith.) coal-tit.

=moins=, _adv._, less, under, wanting, to; minus. _Parlez —_; speak less. _En — de_; in less than. _De — en —_; less and less, fewer and fewer. _Rien —_; much less. _Du —_; at least, at any rate, at all events, at the very least. _C’est — que rien_; it is next to nothing. _Ni plus ni —_; neither more nor less. _Il ne s’agit de rien — que de sa vie_; nothing less than his life is at stake. _Il n’est rien — que sage_; he is anything but prudent. _Il n’y a rien de — vrai que cette nouvelle_; no news can be further from the truth than this. _Il est une heure — un quart_; it wants a quarter to one. _A —_; for less. _Vous ne l’aurez pas à —_; you shall not have it for less. _À — de_; for less than; unless. _À — que_; unless. _—-value_, (_—-—s_) inferior value.

=moins=, _n.m._, least, less; (alg.) minus. _C’est le — que vous puissiez faire_; it is the least you can do. _Pas le — du monde_; not in the least. _Au —_; at least. _Pour le —_; at least, at the least. _Tout au —_; at the very least. _C’est pour ce soir, au moins!_ it is for to-night, mind!

=moirage=, _n.m._, (manu.) watering (stuffs), mottling.

=moire=, _n.f._, (manu.) watering; moire antique; watered silk.

=moiré=, =-e=, _adj._, (manu.) waved, watered, mottled. _n.m._, watering. _— de soie_; watered silk. _— de laine_; moreen.

=moirer=, _v.a._, (manu.) to water (stuffs), to mottle, to wave. _Se —_; to be watered.

=mois=, _n.m._, month; monthly allowance; month’s pay. _Au —_; by the month. _Au — de_; in the month of. _Par —_; monthly, so much a month.

=moise=, _n.f._, (carp.) couple, brace, binding piece.

=moiser=, _v.a._, (carp.) to bridge over, to bind, to couple.

=moisi=, _n.m._, moldiness, mustiness.

=moisi=, =-e=, _part._, moldy, musty.

=moisir=, _v.a._, to mold, to make moldy, to make musty.

_se_ =moisir=, _v.r._, to grow moldy, to grow musty.

=moisir=, _v.n._, to grow moldy, musty.

=moisissure=, _n.f._, moldiness, mustiness.

=moissine=, _n.f._, a bundle of vine-branches with the grapes hanging to them.

=moisson=, _n.f._, harvest; harvest-time; (poet.) year. _Fête de la —_; harvest home. _Faire la —_; to cut the corn, to gather in the harvest.

=moissonner=, _v.a._, to reap, to cut down, to crop, to mow. _— un champ_; to reap a field. _Se —_; to be reaped.

=moissonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, reaper, harvestman, harvest-woman.

=moissonneuse=, _n.f._, (agri.) reaping machine.

=moite=, _adj._, moist, damp, clammy.

=moiteur=, _n.f._, moisture, dampness.

=moitié= (-tié), _n.f._, moiety, half; (fam.) better half, wife. _C’est trop cher de —_; it is too dear by half. _Je l’ai laissé à — chemin_; I left him half way. _Être_, or _se mettre_, _de — avec quelqu’un_; to go halves with any one.

=moitié=, =de moitié=, =à moitié=, _adv._, half, by half.

=moka=, _n.m._, mocha. _Du café —_; mocha coffee.

=mol=, _adj.m._ _V._ =mou=.

=molaire=, _n.f._ and _adj._, molar-tooth, mill-tooth, jaw-tooth; molar.

=môle=, _n.m._, mole, jetty-head; pier.

=môle=, _n.f._, (med.) mole.

=moléculaire=, _adj._, molecular.

=molécule=, _n.f._, molecule, particle.

=molène=, _n.f._, (bot.) mullen, mullein.

=molestation=, _n.f._, molestation, annoyance.

=molester=, _v.a._, to molest, to trouble, to vex, to annoy.

=molette=, _n.f._, rowel (of a spur); (vet.) wind-gall; muller (for colors); (of hair) feather; (rope-making) whirl; (hort.) turf-knife, turfing-iron.

=molinisme=, _n.m._, molinism.

=moliniste=, _n.m._, molinist.

=molinosisme=, _n.m._, quietism, Molinos’ system.

=mollah=, _n.m._ (_—s_), mollah.

=mollasse=, _adj._, flabby, flimsy, sodden.

=molle=, _n.f._, (ich.) sun-fish.

=molle=, _adj.f._ _V._ =mou=.

=mollement= (mol-mān), _adv._, softly, slackly; feebly; indolently, effeminately. _Vivre —_; to lead an effeminate life.

=mollesse=, _n.f._, softness, laxity, slackness, tameness, weakness, indolence; effeminacy. _Vivre dans la —_; to live in effeminacy.

=mollet=, =-te=, _adj._, soft; light (of bread). _Des œufs —s_; soft-boiled eggs. _Lit —_; soft bed. _Pain —_; light bread.

=mollet=, _n.m._, calf (of the leg).

=molletière=, _n.f._, legging.

=molleton= (mol-ton), _n.m._, swan-skin.

=mollification=, _n.f._, mollification, softening.

=mollifier=, _v.a._, to mollify, to soften. _Se —_; to become soft.

=mollir=, _v.n._, to soften, to grow soft; to mellow (of fruit); to slacken, to flag, to abate, to faint, to yield, to give way. _Le vent mollit_; the wind is going down. _v.a._, (nav.) to ease.

=mollusque=, _n.m._, mollusk.

=molosse=, _n.m._, American bat; watch-dog; (ants) molossus.

=moly=, _n.m._, wild garlic.

=molybdène=, _n.m._, (min.) molybden, molybdena.

=môme=, _n.m._, brat, urchin.

=moment=, _n.m._, moment, instant; proper time; occasion, point, interval; (mec.) momentum. _Attendez un —_; stop a moment. _Il a des —s de bonté_; he has fits of kindness. _Voici le — de se décider_; now is the time for decision. _Un —, j’ai à vous parler_; one moment, I want to speak to you. _Au — de_; on the point of, just as. _Au — où_, _au — que_; the instant that, just as. _Du — que_; as soon as, since; the moment that. _Du — que vous le voulez_; since you will have it so. _Je l’attends d’un — à l’autre_; I expect him every moment. _Dans le —_; in a moment, in a minute. _En ce —_; at this moment. _À tout —_, _à tous —s_; every instant, at every turn. _Par —s_; at times, at intervals.

=momentané=, =-e=, _adj._, momentary.

=momentanément=, _adv._, momentarily, for the moment, temporarily, for the time being.

=momerie= (mô-mrî), _n.f._, mummery.

=momie= (mô-), _n.f._, mummy; dark thin person; old fogy.

=momification=, _n.f._, mummification.

=momifier=, _v.a._, to mummify. _Se —_; to become mummified; to get very thin.

=mon=, _possessive adj._ _m._, =ma=, _f._, =mes=, _pl.m.f._, my. _Mon père, ma mère et mes enfants_; my father, mother, and children. _Mon âme_; my soul. _Mon unique ressource_; my only resource. _Mon bon et digne ami_; my good and worthy friend. [_Mon_ is used instead of _ma_ (in the feminine) before a vowel or silent _h_.]

=monacal=, =-e=, _adj._, monachal, monkish.

=monacalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, like a monk.

=monachisme= (-shism), _n.m._, monachism.

=monade=, _n.f._, monad.

=monadelphie=, _n.f._, (bot.) monadelphia.

=monandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) monandria.

=monarchie= (-shi), _n.f._, monarchy.

=monarchique= (-shik), _adj._, monarchical, monarchic.

=monarchiquement= (-shik-mān), _adv._, monarchically.

=monarchiser= (-shi-zé), _v.a._, to monarchize.

=monarchiste= (-shist), _n.m._, monarchist.

=monarque=, _n.m._, monarch, lord.

=monastère=, _n.m._, monastery, convent.

=monastique=, _adj._, monastic, monastical.

=monaut=, _adj.m._, one-eared (of animals).

=monbin=, _n.m._, (bot.) hog-plum.

=monceau=, _n.m._, heap, pile; drift, mass; lot.

=mondain=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, worldling; worldly, worldly-minded; mundane; earthly.

=mondainement= (-dè-n-mān), _adv._, mundanely, in a worldly way.

=mondanité=, _n.f._, worldliness, worldly vanities.

=monde=, _n.m._, world, universe; mankind, men; people; company, society, set; servants, retinue, attendants; customers. _Faire le tour du —_; to go round the world. _L’autre —_; the next world. _Dans l’autre —_; hereafter. _Il n’est plus du —_; he is dead. _L’an du —_; in the year of the world. _Il voit beaucoup de —_; he sees a great deal of company. _Peu de —_, _pas grand —_; few people, not many people. _Avoir du —_; to have company, visitors; to entertain. _Connaître son —_; to know whom one has to deal with. _Le mieux du —_; the best in the world. _Pour tout au —_; for all the world; for anything. _Le beau —_; people of fashion, the fashionable world. _Le petit —_; little people. _Ainsi va le —_; such is the world. _Tout votre — est-il arrivé?_ has all your party arrived? _Venir au —_; to come into the world. _C’est vieux comme le —_; it is as old as the hills. _Il y a un — fou_; there is a great crush. _Se moquer du —_; to make fun of people. _C’est le bout du —_; it is the utmost you will get. _Tout le — et son père_; all the world and his wife. _Savoir son —_; to know how to behave.

=monde=, _adj._, (rel.) clean.

=mondé=, =-e=, _part._, cleansed. _De l’orge —_; hulled _or_ husked barley.

=monder=, _v.a._, to cleanse; to hull, to husk (barley).

=mondificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) cleansing.

=mondifier=, _v.a._, (med.) to cleanse, to wash.

=mondor=, _n.m._, man made of money, rolling in money.

=mondrain=, _n.m._, sand-hill, sand-mound.

=monétaire=, _adj._, monetary.

=monétisation=, _n.f._, making and stamping of money, minting, monetization.

=monétiser=, _v.a._, to give currency to paper-money, to monetize.

=mongol=, =-e=, _adj._, mongolian, mogul.

=moniteur=, _n.m._, monitor, adviser, prefect (at school); Gazette.

=monition=, _n.f._, (ecc.) monition.

=monitoire=, _n.m._, _adj._, (ecc.) monitory.

=monitor=, _n.m._, (nav.) monitor.

=monitorial=, =-e=, _adj._, (ecc.) monitory.

=monnaie=, _n.f._, coin, money; change; mint; coinage; currency. _Hôtel de la —_; the mint. _Fausse —_; counterfeit coin. _Battre —_; to coin money; to raise money. _Papier —_; paper money. _— de compte_; nominal money. _— courante_; current money, currency. _— faible_; light money. _— légale_; legal tender. _— de singe_; sham coin; soft sawder, blarney. _Petite —_; small change. _Donnez-moi la — d’un franc_; give me change for a franc. _Payer en — de singe_; to laugh at one’s creditors, instead of paying them. _Rappeler la —_; to call in money. _Donner_, or _rendre_, _à quelqu’un la — de sa pièce_; to pay any one back in his own coin.

=monnayage=, _n.m._, coining, minting. _Droit de —_; mintage.

=monnayer=, _v.a._, to coin, to mint, to stamp.

=monnayeur=, _n.m._, coiner, minter. _Faux —_; coiner of base money; forger.

=mono=, a prefix from Gr. μόνος.

=monocéros=, _n.m._, monoceros, unicorn, narwhal.

=monochrome=, _n.m._ and _adj._, monochrome.

=monocle=, _n.m._, (single) eye-glass.

=monocorde=, _n.m._, monochord.

=monocotylédone=, _n.f._ and _adj._, (bot.) monocotyledon, endogen; monocotyle, monocotyledonous, endogenous.

=monodie=, _n.f._, monody.

=monœcie= (-nè-sî), _n.f._, (bot.) monœcia.

=monogame=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, monogamist; monogamous.

=monogamie=, _n.f._, monogamy.

=monogrammatique=, _adj._, monogrammatic, monogrammic.

=monogramme=, _n.m._, monogram.

=monographie=, _n.f._, monography.

=monoïque=, _adj._, (bot.) monœcious, monœcian.

=monolithe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, monolith; monolithic, monolithal.

=monologue= (-log), _n.m._, monologue; soliloquy.

=monomane=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, monomaniac; monomaniacal.

=monomanie=, _n.f._, monomania.

=monôme=, _n.m._, (alg.) monomial.

=monomètre=, _n.m._, monometer.

=monopétale=, _adj._, (bot.) monopetalous.

=monophylle=, _adj._, (bot.) monophyllous.

=monopole=, _n.m._, monopoly.

=monopoleur=, _n.m._, monopolist.

=monopolisa-teur=, =-trice=, _n._ and _adj._, monopolizing; monopolizer.

=monopolisation=, _n.f._, monopolization.

=monopoliser=, _v.a._, to monopolize.

=monoptère=, _adj._, (arch.) monopteral.

=monorime=, _adj._, (poet.) with but one rhyme, being a monorhyme.

=monosépale=, _adj._, (bot.) monosepalous.

=monosperme=, _adj._, (bot.) monospermous.

=monostique=, _n.m._, monostich.

=monosyllabe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (gram.) monosyllable; monosyllabic.

=monosyllabique=, _adj._, monosyllabic.

=monothéisme=, _n.m._, monotheism.

=monothéiste=, _n.m._ and _adj._, monotheist; monotheistic.

=monotone=, _adj._, monotonous.

=monotonie=, _n.f._, monotony, sameness.

=monotriglyphe=, _n.m._, (arch.) monotriglyph.

=mons.=, _n.m._, ab. of _Monsieur_, sir; master so and so (used in contempt).

*=monseigneur=, _n.m._ (_messeigneurs_, _nosseigneurs_), my lord; your Grace; sir; your Royal or Imperial Highness; (in thieves’ slang) jemmy, crowbar.

=monseigneuriser=, _v.a._, (jest.) to style my lord; to break open, to jemmy.

=monsieur= (meu-sieu), _n.m._, sir, gentleman; this gentleman, the gentleman; the king of France’s eldest brother. _— A._; Mr. A. _Non, —_; no, sir. _— dit_; the gentleman says; this gentleman says; Mr. (so-and-so) says. _Ce —_; that gentleman; (ironically) that man, that fellow. _— le Président_; Mr. President. _— le maire_; Mr. Mayor. _Faire le —_; to play the fine gentleman. _C’est un vilain —_; he is a nasty fellow. _— veut-il déjeuner?_ would you like breakfast, sir? _— votre père_; your father.

=monstre=, _n.m._, monster.

=monstrueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, monstrously, prodigiously.

=monstrueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, monstrous, prodigious.

=monstruosité=, _n.f._, monstrosity, anomaly.

=mont=, _n.m._, mount, mountain. _Le — Etna_; mount Etna. _Aller par —s et par vaux_; to go up hill and down dale. _—-de-piété_ (_—s-—_); mont-de-piété, pawn-shop, lombard-house. _Commissionnaire au —-de-piété_; pawnbroker. _Mettre au —-de-piété_; to pawn. _—s et merveilles_; wonderful things, wonderful tales, wonders.

=montage=, _n.m._, carrying up; taking up; (arts) mounting, setting, putting together.

*=montagnard=, =-e=, _adj._, mountain, highland.

*=montagnard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, mountaineer, highlander; democrat of the Convention and of the National Assembly of France, 1793.

*=montagne=, _n.f._, mountain; party of the democrats in the Convention and in the National Assembly of France, 1793. _Chaîne de —s_; range, ridge, of mountains. _Pays de —s_; mountainous, hilly country. _La — a enfanté une souris_; the mountain has brought forth a mouse.

*=montagneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, mountainous, hilly.

=montanisme=, _n.m._, montanism.

=montaniste=, _n.m._, montanist.

=montant=, _n.m._, (of a ladder, etc.) upright; amount, sum total; coming in _or_ rising tide; ☉next for promotion; (carp.) upright, door-post; high flavor, pungency; energy, smartness.

=montant=, =-e=, _adj._, ascending, rising; flowing, coming in; high-necked (of dresses); (milit.) relieving. _Un chemin —_; a hilly road. _La marée —e_; the flowing tide. _Une robe —e_; a high-necked dress. _La garde —e_; (milit.) the relieving guard. _En —_; upward, up-hill. _Aller en —_; to rise; to go up hill.

=monte=, _n.f._, (of animals) serving, covering season.

=montée=, _n.f._, stair, staircase, pair of stairs; flight; acclivity, ascent; rise, slope; (arch.) height.

=monter=, _v.n._, to go up, to come up, to get up, to ascend, to mount, to ride; to rise; to boil up (of liquids); to come in; to grow up, to shoot, to increase; to amount. _— et descendre_; to go up and down. _— sur un arbre_; to climb up a tree. _— à sa chambre_; to go up to one’s room. _— à cheval_; to ride. _— en chaire_; to mount the pulpit. _Montez!_ come up! up with you! _— sur le Parnasse_; to turn poet. _La marée monte_; the tide is coming in.