Part 110

=nocturnement=, _adv._, (l.u.) by night, nocturnally.

☉=nocuité=, _n.f._, noxiousness, culpability.

=nodosité=, _n.f._, nodosity; (surg.) node.

=nodule=, _n.m._, nodule.

=nodus=, _n.m._, (surg.) node.

=noël=, _n.m._, Christmas; Yule-tide; Christmas carol. _Les fêtes de —_; the Christmas holidays. _À la fête de —_, _à la —_; at Christmas. _Noël! noël!_ Hurrah! hurrah!

=nœud= (neu), _n.m._, knot; stress, difficulty, intricacy, knotty point; rub; tie, bond, band, bow; knuckle; knob; node (med., bot., astron., lit.). _— serré_; hard knot. _— coulant_; noose, slip knot. _Un — de diamants_; a cluster of diamonds. _— d’amour_; love-knot. _Bois plein de —s_; wood full of knots. _Voilà le — de l’affaire_; there lies the kernel of the matter; there’s the rub. _Resserrer les —s de l’amitié_; to tighten the bonds of friendship. _Le — de la gorge_; Adam’s apple. _— d’une pièce de théâtre_; the knot or plot of a play. _—s d’une planète_; nodes of a planet. _— de bouline_; (nav.) bowline-knot. _— de bois_; (nav.) timber-hitch. _Nous filons douze —s par heure_; we are making twelve knots an hour. _Le — gordien_; the Gordian knot.

=noguet=, _n.m._, large, flat wicker basket.

=noie-chien=, _n.m._, shooting-boat.

=noir=, =-e=, _adj._, black; swarthy; foul, dirty; dark, gloomy; black and blue; dismal, dull, gloomy; base, wicked, foul, heinous; brown (of bread). _— comme jais_; black as jet. _Des yeux —s_; black eyes. _Blé —_; buckwheat. _Bêtes —es_; black game. _Une chambre —e_; a dark room. _Un temps —_; gloomy weather. _Il a une humeur —e_; he has a fit of the blues. _Des idées —es_; gloomy ideas. _Un — attentat_; a foul crime. _Bête —e_; pet aversion. _Rendre —_; to blacken. _— comme dans un four_; dark as pitch.

=noir=, _n.m._, black; negro; (agri.) brown-rust. _— de fumée_; lampblack. _— animal_; charcoal. _— d’ivoire_; ivory-black. _Teindre en —_; to dye black. _Porter le —_; to be in mourning. _En —_; in black. _Broyer du —_; to have the blues.

=noirâtre=, _adj._, blackish.

=noiraud=, =-e=, _adj._, dark, swarthy-looking.

=noirceur=, _n.f._, blackness; darkness; black spot; heinousness, baseness, atrocity, foulness, treacherous action, foul thing. _La —de son crime_; the heinousness of his crime. _La — de son âme_; the baseness of his soul.

=noircir=, _v.a._, to black, to blacken, to make black, to stain, to smut; to sully, to traduce, to asperse, to defame. _Le soleil noircit le teint_; the sun tans the complexion. _— la réputation de quelqu’un_; to sully any one’s character.

_se_ =noircir=, _v.r._, to blacken, to grow black or dark; to get or turn black; to disgrace one’s self. _Se — la barbe_; to blacken one’s beard. _Cela s’est noirci à la fumée_; that has turned black in the smoke. _Le temps se noircit_; the weather is beginning to get cloudy.

=noircir=, _v.n._, to blacken, to grow black.

=noircissure=, _n.f._, smudge, black spot.

=noire=, _n.f._, (mus.) crotchet.

=noise=, _n.f._, quarrel, squabble, brawl. _Chercher — à quelqu’un_; to pick a quarrel with any one. _Avoir — avec_; to have a quarrel with.

=noisetier= (noaz-tié), _n.m._, nut-tree, hazel-tree.

=noisette=, _n.f._, nut, hazel-nut.

=noix= (noa), _n.f._, walnut, nut; kernel; (of meat) pope’s eye; tumbler (of fire-arms); plug (of cocks); grinding-wheel (of coffee-mills). _— de galle_; gall-nut. _Coquille de —_; walnut-shell. _La — du genou_; the knee-cap. _— d’acajou_; cachew-nut. _— muscade_; nutmeg. _— vomique_; nux vomica. _Brou de —_; walnut husk. _— de terre_, _terre-—_ (_—_); earth-nut, pig-nut.

=noli me tangere= (-mé-tan-jé-ré), _n.m._ (_—_), (bot.) noli me tangere, touch me not.

=nolis= _or_ =nolisement=, _n.m._, freight, chartering.

=noliser=, _v.a._, to freight, to charter.

=nom= (non), _n.m._, name; fame, celebrity; (gram.) noun, title, style. _Un — propre_, _un — de baptême_; a proper, a christian, name. _Je ne le connais que de —_; I only know him by name. _— de guerre_; assumed name; alias; nickname. _Il nomme les choses par leur —_; he calls a spade a spade. _Au — de_; in the name of. _De —_; in name. _Avoir —_; to be called. _— social_ or _raison sociale_; name of the firm, style. _Décliner son —_; to give in one’s name. _Changer de —_; to change one’s name. _— collectif_; collective noun. _— substantif_, _— adjectif_; noun substantive, noun adjective. _— d’une pipe_, _— d’un tonnerre_, _— d’un petit bon homme!_ By Jingo! By George!

=nomade=, _n.m._ and _adj._, nomad; nomadic, wandering, migratory. _Peuples —s_; nomadic tribes.

=nomancie=, _n.f._, nomancy.

=nomarque=, _n.m._, (antiq.) nomarch.

=nombrable=, _adj._, (l.u.) countable, numerable.

=nombrant=, _adj._, (math.) abstract.

=nombre=, _n.m._, number; numbers; quantity; variety; quorum; harmony. _Mettre au — de_; to number among. _— compétent_; quorum (of members). _Surpasser en —_; to outnumber. _— pair_; even number. _— impair_; odd number. _— premier_; primary number. _Être du —_, _au — des savants_; to be one of the learned. _Vous n’êtes pas du —_; you are not one of them. _Dans le —_; among the number. _Il y a du — dans ces vers_; there is harmony in these verses. _— abstrait_, _— nombrant_; abstract number. _— concret_, _— nombré_; concrete number. _— d’or_ (astron.); golden number. _N’être pas en —_ (of assemblies); not to form a quorum. _Tout fait —_; every little helps.

=nombré=, =-e=, _part._, (math.) concrete; numbered.

=nombrer=, _v.a._, to number, to compute, to sum up, to reckon.

=nombreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, numerous; harmonious, full. _Style —_; harmonious style.

=nombril= (non-bri), _n.m._, (anat.) navel, umbilic; (bot.) hilum, eye.

=nome=, _n.m._, (antiq.) nome.

=nomenclateur=, _n.m._, nomenclator.

=nomenclature=, _n.m._, nomenclature.

=nominal=, _-e_, _adj._, nominal. _Appel —_; show of hands; call over.

=nominalement=, _adv._, nominally.

=nominalisme=, _n.m._, (philos.) nominalism.

=nominaliste=, _n.m._, (nominaux) (philos.) Nominalist.

=nominataire=, _n.m._, (ecc.) nominee, presentee.

=nominateur=, _n.m._, (ecc.) nominator, presenter, patron.

=nominatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) nominative.

=nominati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, of names.

=nomination=, _n.f._, nomination, appointment; election, advowson; gift. _Être dans la — de_; to be in the gift of.

=nominativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, by name.

=nommé=, =-e=, _part._, named, said, appointed; designate; a certain. _Le — Jacques_; one James by name _or_ the said James. _À jour —_; on the appointed day. _À point —_; in the nick of time. _Un — Charles_; a certain Charles by name.

=nommément=, _adv._, namely; particularly, especially.

=nommer=, _v.a._, to name, to call, to give a name; to nominate, to appoint, to elect, to mention. _— quelqu’un son héritier_; to institute any one one’s heir.

_se_ =nommer=, _v.r._, to state one’s name; to be called. _Comment se nomme-t-il?_ what is his name?

=nomothète=, _n.m._, (antiq.) nomothete.

=non=, _adv._, no, not. _— pas, s’il vous plaît_; not so, if you please. _Vous ne l’aimez pas, ni moi — plus_; you do not like it, nor I either. _Je crois que —_; I think not. _Je dis que —_; I say no. _—-da_; no indeed, certainly not.

=non-acceptation=, _n.f._, non-acceptance.

=non-activité=, _n.f._, (n.p.) (milit.) being unattached (of officers), non-effective.

=nonagénaire=, _adj._, of ninety, ninety years of age. _n.m.f._, nonagenarian.

=nonagésime=, _adj._, nonagesimal.

=nonagone=, _n.m._, nonagon.

=nonandre=, _adj._, (bot.) having nine stamens.

☉=nonante=, _adj._, ninety.

☉=nonantième=, _adj._, ninetieth.

=nonce=, _n.m._, nuncio.

=nonchalamment= (-la-mān), _adv._, carelessly, indolently, heedlessly.

=nonchalance=, _n.f._, carelessness, heedlessness, remissness, nonchalance.

=nonchalant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, careless, listless person; careless, heedless, listless, remiss.

=nonchaloir=, _n.m._, nonchalance, heedlessness.

=nonciature=, _n.f._, nunciature, nuncio’s residence.

=non-conformiste=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) nonconformist.

=non-conformité=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) nonconformity.

=none=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) none; (antiq.) ninth hour (3 o’clock p.m.).

=nones=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) nones.

=non-être=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (philos.) non-entity, non-existence.

=nonidi=, _n.m._, nonidi (ninth day of the decade of the calendar of the first French republic).

=non-intervention=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (pol.) non-intervention.

=nonius= (-ûs), _n.m._, (math.) nonius, sliding rule.

=non-jouissance=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) non-enjoyment, non-use.

=non-lieu=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (jur.) no cause, no ground, to prosecute. _Ordonnance de —_; release, discharge. _Rendre une ordonnance de —_; to throw out a bill (of indictment).

=non-moi=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (philos.) the non ego, the external world.

=nonnain=, _n.f._, (jest.) nun; (pigeon) jacobin.

=nonnat=, _n.m._, sand-eel, sand-smelt.

=nonne=, _n.f._, nun; (pigeon) bald-head.

=nonnerie= (no-n-rî), _n.f._, (jest.) nunnery.

=nonnette=, _n.f._, (jest.) young nun, nun; sort of gingerbread; (orni.) osprey. _— cendrée_; marsh-tit.

=nonobstant=, _prep._, notwithstanding, in spite of.

=nonobstant que=, _conj._, notwithstanding, although.

=non-ouvré=, =-e=, _adj._, (of raw materials) unwrought.

=non-pair=, _adj._, not even, odd (of numbers).

*=nonpareil=, =-le=, _adj._, nonpareil, matchless, unparalleled.

*=nonpareille=, _n.f._, nonpareil; narrow ribbon; nonpareil, nonesuch (apple, small sugar-plum); (print.) nonpareil.

=non-payement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) non-payment.

=non plus ultra=, _n.m._ _V._ =nec plus ultra=.

=non-prix=, _n.m._, (_—_) (com.) undervalue.

=non-résidence=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) non-residence.

=non-sens=, _n.m._, (_—_) nonsense.

=nonuple=, _adj._, ninefold.

=nonupler=, _v.a._, to increase nine times.

=non-usage=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) disuse.

=non-valeur=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) unproductiveness; (com.) bad debt, worthless bill.

=non-vente=, _n.f._, no sale.

☉=non-vue=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (nav.) misty weather, fog.

=nopal=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (bot.) nopal; cochineal-fig.

=nord=, _n.m._, North; north-wind; Nord (department of France). _—-est_, north-east; north-east wind. _—-ouest_; north-west; north-west wind. _Au —_ or _vers le —_; northwards. _Faire le —_; to sail northwards. _Chemin de fer du —_; Great Northern (railway) of France.

=nord=, _adj._ _Pôle —_; North pole.

=noria=, _n.f._, (_—s_) (mec.) noria, Persian-wheel; chain-pump.

=normal=, =-e=, _adj._, normal. _Ecole —e_; normal school. _Etat —_; healthy state, normal condition.

=normale=, _n.f._, (geom.) normal, perpendicular.

=normalien=, _n.m._, normal-school student.

=normand=, _-e_, _adj._, Norman; equivocal (of answers); feigned (reconciliation). _Réponse —e_; ambiguous answer.

=normand=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Norman. _Répondre en —_; to give an evasive answer. _C’est un fin —_; he is a crafty fellow. _C’est répondre en —_; that is giving an evasive answer, that is shuffling.

=normander=, _v.a._, (agri.) to clean (corn).

=nos=, _adj.m.f.pl._, our.

=nosographie=, _n.f._, nosography.

=nosologie=, _n.f._, nosology.

=nosologiste=, _n.m._, nosologist.

=nosseigneurs=, _n.m.pl._, my lords; their lordships.

=nostalgie=, _n.f._, nostalgia, home-sickness.

=nostoc=, _n.m._, (bot.) nostoch.

=nota=, _n.m._, (_—_) observation, note, remark, marginal note. _— bene_; note carefully.

=notabilité=, _n.f._, (com.) respectability; notability; principal person.

=notable=, _adj._, notable, remarkable, considerable, of influence. _Faits —s_; remarkable doings; remarkable facts.

=notable=, _n.m._, principal; (hist. of France) notable; leading man; man of note, notability.

=notablement=, _adv._, notably, considerably, principally.

=notaire=, _n.m._, notary, solicitor, attorney. _— public_; notary public. _C’est comme si le — y avait passé_; it is as good as a bond.

=notamment= (no-ta-mān), _adv._, specially, especially, particularly, namely.

=notarial=, =-e=, _adj._, notarial.

=notariat=, _n.m._, profession of a notary; notary’s business.

=notarié=, =-e=, _adj._, notarial.

=notation=, _n.f._, notation.

=note=, _n.f._, note, mark, remark, brand; bill; account; minute, memorandum. _— infamante_; brand of infamy. _Chanter sur une autre —_; to change one’s tune. _Chanter la —_; to sol-fa. _Bien attaquer la —_; to make a note tell. _— sensible_; leading note.

=noter=, _v.a._, to note, to note down; to mark, to brand; to observe, to notice, to take notice; (mus.) to note, to prick. _Notez bien cela_; take good note of that. _Notez bien!_ mark you! _Mal noté_; (pers.) ill-famed, of bad reputation. _Cela est à —_; that is worth noting down, worth remembering.

☉=noteur=, _n.m._, music copier.

=notice=, _n.f._, notice, note; account; sketch; review.

=notification=, _n.f._, notification.

=notifier=, _v.a._, to notify, to give notice of, to make known.

=notion=, _n.f._, notion, idea, knowledge. _pl._, elements, rudiments. _Selon la — que j’en ai_; according to my notion of it.

=notoire=, _adj._, notorious, well-known, plain.

=notoirement= (no-toar-mān), _adv._, notoriously, clearly.

=notoriété=, _n.f._, notoriety, evidence; reputation.

=notre=, _adj.m.f._ (_nos_), our. _— maison_; our house. _— père_; our father. _Nos frères et nos sœurs_; our brothers and sisters. _Nos père et mère_; our father and mother.

=nôtre= (=le=), _possessive pron._ _m.f._ (_nôtres_), ours. _C’est votre ami et le —_; it is your friend and ours. _Le —_; our own, ours. _Les —s_; our people, our relations, our friends. _Celui-là est-il des —s?_ is that man one of our people? _Ne serez-vous pas des —s?_ won’t you make one of us, _or_ join our party? _Voilà leur maison, celle-ci est la —_; that is their house, this one is ours.

=notre-dame=, _n.f._, our Lady; festival in honor of our Lady; Notre-Dame (church).

=noue=, _n.f._, gutter-lead; pantile; pasture ground; cod-sound.

=noué=, =-e=, _part._, knotted, tied, rickety. _Enfant —_; rickety child; (of fruits) set. _Une pièce de théâtre bien —e_; dramatic piece, with a skillfully drawn plot.

=nouement= (noo-mān), _n.m._, knotting, tying.

=nouer=, _v.a._, to tie, to knot, to join; to get up, to concoct; to twist; to clasp, to form; (nav.) to hitch.

_se_ =nouer=, _v.r._, to attach, to fasten one’s self; to grow rickety; (of fruits) to set.

=nouer=, _v.n._, (hort.) to set (of fruit).

=nouet=, _n.m._, little bag.

=noueur=, _n.m._, tier, binder.

=noueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, knotty, gnarled, knotted, full of knots, nodose.

=nougat=, _n.m._, almond-cake.

=nouilles= _or_ =noules=, _n.f.pl._, ribbon vermicelli.

=noulet=, _n.m._, gutter; rafter (of a roof).

=noumène=, _n.m._, (in Kant’s philos.) noumenon.

=nourrain=, _n.m._, fry (fish). _V._ =alevin=.

=nourri=, =-e=, _part._, nourished, fed; rich, full, copious; (of fire) well sustained, brisk. _Feu bien —_; very brisk fire. _Une couleur —e_; (paint.) color thickly laid on. _Blé_, _grain_, _bien —_; well-filled corn. _Style —_; copious style.

=nourrice=, _n.f._, nurse; wet-nurse. _Mère —_; foster-mother. _Mettre un enfant en —_; to put a child out to nurse. _Elle dit qu’elle a vingt ans; et les mois de —_; she says she is twenty; and the rest!

=nourricier=, _n.m._, foster-father, fosterer.

=nourrici-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, nutritive, nutritious. _Père —_; foster-father. _Mère —ère_; foster-mother.

=nourrir=, _v.a._, to nourish, to nurture; to feed, to keep, to maintain, to sustain; to suckle, to nurse, to foster, to harbor, to entertain; to supply; to bring up, to rear, to keep alive; to cherish. _Le bois nourrit le feu_; wood feeds the fire. _La Sicile nourrissait Rome_; Sicily supplied Rome with provisions. _L’étude nourrit l’esprit_; study strengthens the understanding. _L’espérance nourrit l’amour_; hope keeps love alive.

_se_ =nourrir=, _v.r._, to feed, to live upon, to support one’s self upon; to live, to feed upon, to feast on, to delight in. _Se bien nourrir_; to live well.

=nourrissage=, _n.m._, feeding (of cattle).

=nourrissant=, =-e=, _adj._, nutritive, nourishing.

=nourrisseur=, _n.m._, cow-keeper, cattle-feeder; breeder.

=nourrisseur=, _adj._, (tech.) feeding.

=nourrisson=, _n.m._, foster-child, nurse-child, nursling, suckling.

=nourriture=, _n.f._, nourishment, food, diet, board, maintenance, living, livelihood; nurture. _Son travail lui procure la —_; his labor brings him in a livelihood. _Faire des —s_; to breed cattle, fowls, etc.

=nous=, _personal pron._, we, us; to us; each other. _— disons_; we say. _Il — aime_; he loves us. _Vous — parlez_; you speak to us. _—-mêmes_; ourselves. _— autres_; we _or_ the like of us! _— — aimons_; we love each other. _C’est à — à_; it is our turn to. _C’est à — de_; it is our duty to.

=nouure=, _n.f._, rickets; (hort.) knotting, setting.

=nouveau=, =nouvel=, _adj.m._, =nouvelle=, _f._, new, recent, novel, fresh, further; new-fangled, modern, new-fashioned; inexperienced, green. _Le nouvel an_; the new year. _De —le date_; recently. _De —le mode_; new-fashioned. _Recommencer sur nouveaux frais_; to begin anew, _or_ all over again. _Un homme —_; an upstart. _Un habit —_; a coat of a new fashion. _Un nouvel habit_; a fresh _or_ another coat. _— venu_; newly-come. _Un — venu_; a new-comer; _des nouveaux venus_; new-comers; _une nouvelle venue_; new-comer (female); _des nouvelles venues_; new-comers (females). _— débarqué_; (fig.) person just come up from the country. [Nouvel is used for the _masculine_ before a vowel or an _h_ mute.]

=nouveau=, _n.m._, new, something new. _À —_; on new account. _De —_; anew; again. _Qu’y a-t-il de —?_ what is the news?

=nouveau-né=, _n.m._ (_—-—s_), =nouveau-née=, _n.f._ (_—-—s_), new-born child.

=nouveauté=, _n.f._, newness, novelty; change, innovation. _pl._, fancy articles. _Magasin de —s_; linen-draper’s shop. _C’est une — que de vous voir_; it is quite a change to see you. _Marchand de —s_; linen-draper. _Haute —_; latest fashion.

=nouvelle=, _n.f._, news, tidings, intelligence, account; novelette; tale, story. _Quelles sont les —s?_ what is the news? _Débiter des —s_; to spread news. _—s de basse cour_; idle rumors. _Envoyer savoir des —s de quelqu’un_; to send to know how any one is. _Mandez-moi de vos —_; let me hear from you. _Ne faites rien que vous n’ayez de mes —_; do nothing till you hear from me. _Vous aurez de mes —s_; you shall hear from me. _J’en sais des —_; I know something about it. _Point de —s, bonnes —s_; no news is good news. _Recevoir des —s de_; to hear from. _Avez-vous de ses —?_ have you heard from him _or_ her? _Vous m’en direz des —_; you’ll be astonished, delighted, highly pleased with it.

=nouvellement= (noo-vèl-mān), _adv._, newly, lately, recently.

=nouvelleté= (-vèl-té), _n.f._, (jur.) dispossession, trespass.

=nouvelliste=, _n.m._, newsmonger; novelist.

=novale=, _n.f._, land newly broken up. _pl._, tithes on new land.

=novat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, innovator; innovating.

=novation=, _n.f._, (jur.) substitution, change.

=novelles=, _n.f.pl._, (Roman law) Justinian’s constitutions.

=novembre=, _n.m._, November.

=novice=, _adj._, novice, inexperienced, raw, green, new. _Une main —_; an inexperienced hand.

=novice=, _n.m.f._, novice, probationer; (nav.) apprentice. _Il est encore — dans son métier_; he is yet but a novice in his trade.

=noviciat=, _n.m._, novitiate, novices’ quarters, probationership.

☉=novissimé=, _adv._, (fam.) very lately.

=noyade= (noa-yad), _n.f._, drowning. _Les noyades_; (Fr. Hist.) judicial drowning.

=noyale= _or_ =noyalle= (noa-yal), _n.f._, sailcloth, canvas.

=noyau= (noa-yô), _n.m._, stone (of fruit); nucleus; core (of statues, of casts); (metal.) core; noyau (cordial). _— de pêche_; stone of a peach. _Fruits à —_; stone-fruit.

=noyé=, =-e= (noa-yé), _part._ and _n._, drowned, drowning; a drowned person.

=noyer= (noa-yé), _n.m._, walnut-tree.

=noyer= (noa-yé), _v.a._, to drown; to put under water, to swamp, to ruin, to overwhelm; to deluge; (paint.) to mix, to blend, to confuse (colors); (tech.) to countersink, to let in.

_se_ =noyer= (noa-yé), _v.r._, to be _or_ get drowned, to drown one’s self; to be plunged (in), to go to ruin. _Se — dans le sang_; to wallow, to welter in blood. _C’est un homme qui se noie_; his affairs are going to the bad, _or_ he is on the down-grade.

=noyon= (no-yon; noa-yon; né-yon), _n.m._, scratch, mark (at bowls).

=noyure= (no-yur; noa-yur), _n.f._, countersink (for nails, screws).

=nu=, =-e=, _adj._, naked, bare, uncovered; plain, open, without disguise, unadorned; destitute. _Il avait la tête —e_, _il était nu-tête_; he was bareheaded. _Aller nu-pieds_; to go barefoot _or_ barefooted. _Un va-nu-pieds_; a poor destitute wretch. _Observer quelque chose à l’œil —_; to observe anything with the naked eye. _C’est la vérité toute —e_; it is the naked truth. _—e propriété_; (jur.) property without the usufruct of it, reversionary interest. _— propriétaire_; (jur.) owner without the usufruct of his property. _— comme un ver_; stark-naked.

=nu=, _n.m._, (paint.) nude, nudity; bare (of a wall). _pl._, (Bibl.) naked. _À —_; naked, bare, open; next the skin. _Monter un cheval à —_; to ride a horse barebacked. _Mettre à —_; to lay bare _or_ open; to strip.

=nuage=, _n.m._, cloud; mist; (fig.) darkness; gloom, shadow, sadness, dejection; dissension, jar, unpleasantness. _Le ciel est couvert de —s_; the sky is covered with clouds. _Un — de poussière_; a cloud of dust.

=nuageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cloudy, clouded. _Un ciel —_; a cloudy sky.

=nuaison=, _n.f._, (nav.) continuance of a steady set breeze.

=nuance=, _n.f._, shade, hue, tint, cast; difference, distinction; gradation, degree.

=nuancer=, _v.a._, to shade, to variegate, to tint, to blend. _— des couleurs_; to shade colors. _Se —_; _v.r._, to be variegated, or shaded.

=nubécule=, _n.f._, (med.) nubecula.

=nubile=, _adj._, marriageable, nubile.

=nubilité=, _n.f._, nubility, marriageable age.

=nudité=, _n.f._, nudity, nakedness.

=nue=, _n.f._, cloud. _pl._, skies. _Elever jusqu’aux —s_; to extol to the skies. _Se perdre dans les —s_; to lose one’s self in the clouds. _Sauter aux —_; to jump to the ceiling; to go wild with joy. _Tomber des —s_; to fall from the clouds, (fig.) to be amazed.

=nuée=, _n.f._, cloud; storm; swarm, host, multitude, flock, shower, flight. _Une — de barbares_; a swarm of barbarians. _Une — de traits_; a shower of darts.

=nuement=. _V._ =nûment=.

=nuer=, _v.a._ _V._ =nuancer=.

=nuire= (nuisant, nui), _v.n._, to hurt, to prejudice, to do hurt, to harm, to stand in the way of, to annoy, to wrong; to spoil, to hinder, to be prejudicial to. _Il cherche à me —_; he seeks to do me harm. _Le froid nuit à la santé_; cold is hurtful to health. _Ne pas —_; not to harm; not to hurt; to be harmless; to be of use; to help, to assist.

_se_ =nuire=, _v.r._, to hurt, to injure, one’s self; to hurt, to injure, each other.

=nuisible=, _adj._, hurtful, detrimental, prejudicial, injurious, noxious.

=nuit=, _n.f._, night, night-time; darkness. _Bonnet de —_; night-cap. _À la — tombante_; or _à la tombée de la —_; at nightfall, at dusk. _Passer la —_; to spend the night, to sit up all night. _— close_; nightfall. _— blanche_; sleepless night. _— noire_; pitch-dark. _L’astre des —s_; the orb of night. _Il fait —_; it is night, dark. _Il se fait —_; night is coming on. _La — de l’ignorance_; the darkness of ignorance. _De —_; by night, in the night-time, nightly. _Effet de —_; (paint.) night piece. _Faites une bonne —_; sleep well. _La — porte conseil_; seek advice of your pillow; sleep upon it.

=nuitamment= (-ta-mān), _adv._, by night, in the night, nightly.

=nuitée=, _n.f._, night’s lodging; night’s work; whole night.

=nul=, =-le=, _pron._, no one, not any, nobody, not one. _— n’ose en approcher_; nobody dares come near him, or it.

=nul=, =-le=, _adj._, no, not any; void, of no force, null, invalid. _—le part_; nowhere. _Sans — égard_; without any regard. _Rendre —_; to nullify. _C’est un homme —_; he is a mere cipher.

=nulle=, _n.f._, null; (cryptography) graphic sign that is meaningless, superfluous.