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=officiellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, officially.

=officier=, _v.n._, to officiate; to play one’s part; to do one’s duty at table, to eat heartily.

=officier=, _n.m._, officer; butler, steward. _— de marine_; naval officer. _— général_; general officer, (nav.) flag-officer. _— d’état-major_; staff-officer. _— supérieur_; field-officer. _— de compagnie_; regimental officer. _— de justice_; law-officer. _— de port_; harbor-master. _— de santé_; medical officer; surgeon. _Sous-—_; non-commissioned officer. _—s de la bouche_; king’s cooks. _—s du gobelet_; king’s butlers.

=officieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, officiously, obligingly.

=officieuseté=, _n.f._, officiousness.

=officieu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, busy-body; officious, obliging.

=officinal=, =-e=, _adj._, (pharm.) officinal.

=officine=, _n.f._, an apothecary’s laboratory.

=offrande=, _n.f._, offering, present.

=offrant=, _adj.m._, bidding. _Au plus — et dernier enchérisseur_; to the highest and last bidder.

=offrant=, _n.m._, bidder.

=offre=, _n.f._, offer, tender, proposal.

=offrir= (offrant, offert), _v.a._, to offer, to propose, to tender; to present; to afford, to give, to yield; to bid. _— un présent_; to offer a present.

_s’_=offrir=, _v.r._, to offer, to propose one’s self; to offer. _Si l’occasion s’offre_; if occasion offers.

=offuscation=, _n.f._, (astron.) obfuscation (of the sun’s rays).

=offusquer=, _v.a._, to obscure, to darken, to eclipse, to cloud; to dazzle, to blind; to offend. _Le soleil m’offusque les yeux_; the sun dazzles my eyes. _Cet artiste a un rival qui l’offusque_; that artist has a rival who stands in his light.

_s’_=offusquer=, _v.r._, to become darkened; (fig.) to take offense.

=ogival=, =-e=, _adj._, (arch.) pointed.

=ogive=, _n.f._, ogive, pointed arch. _En —_; ogival, pointed.

*=ognon=, _n.m._ _V._ =oignon=.

*=ognonnet=, _n.m._ _V._ =oignonnet=.

*=ognonnière=, _n.f._ _V._ =oignonnière=.

=ogre=, _n.m._, ogre. _Il mange comme un —_; he eats like a wolf.

=ogresse=, _n.f._, ogress.

=oh!= _int._, O! ho!

=oïdium=, _n.m._, (n.p.) (agri.) oidium, vine-mildew.

=oie=, _n.f._, (orni.) goose; simpleton, ninny. _Plume d’—_; goose-quill. _— de mer_; merganser. _Contes de ma mère l’—_; tales of Mother Goose, fairy tales. _Jeu de l’—_; game of goose. _Patte d’—_; goose-foot; (fig.) crow’s foot, cross- (of roads).

*=oignon=, _n.m._, onion; bulb, bulbous root; bunion; turnip (watch). _Regretter les —s d’Egypte_; to sigh for _or_ hanker after the flesh-pots of Egypt. _Chapelet d’—s_; ropeway of onions. _Un — de tulipe_; a tulip bulb. _Être en rang d’—_; to be all in a row, in a file. _Se mettre en rang d’—_; to take one’s place in a row.

*=oignonet=, _n.m._, ognonet (summer pear).

*=oignonière=, _n.f._, onion-bed.

=oïl=, _adv._, (old French) yes. _Langue d’—_; language spoken north of the Loire.

☉*=oille= (o-ye), _n.f._, (cook.) olio.

=oindre= (oignant, oint), _v.a._, to anoint. _Oignez vilain, il vous poindra, poignez vilain, il vous oindra_ (_i.e._ if not oppressed, the churls will become oppressors).

=oing= (oin), _n.m._, hog’s-grease, cart-grease. _Vieux —_; cart-grease, axle-grease.

=oint=, _n.m._, anointed. _L’— du Seigneur_; the Lord’s anointed.

=oiseau=, _n.m._, bird; creature (pers.); (mas.) fellow, chap, bird, fish, hod. _— de proie_; bird of prey. _Tirer aux —x_; to go out fowling. _— moqueur_; mocking-bird. _Chasse aux —x_; bird-shooting. _Plan à vue d’—_; bird’s-eye view. _Il est comme l’—_ sur la branche; he is unsettled; he is always on the move. _La belle cage ne nourrit pas l’—_; a fine cage does not fill a bird’s belly. _Petit à petit l’— fait son nid_; little strokes fell great oaks. _Il a battu les buissons, un autre a pris l’—_; he did the work, another stole the profits. _À tout — son nid est beau_; home is home, be it ever so homely. _À vol d’—_; as the crow flies, in a straight line. _— mouche_, (_—x —s_) humming-bird. _— trompette_; (orni.) trumpeter. _—x de passage_; birds of passage. _—x de basse-cour_; fowls, poultry. _—x voyageurs_; migratory birds.

=oiseler= (oa-zlé), _v.a._, (hawking) to train a bird.

=oiseler=, _v.n._, to catch birds.

=oiselet=, _n.m._, little bird.

=oiseleur= (oa-zleur), _n.m._, bird-catcher.

=oiselier=, _n.m._, bird-seller, dealer in birds.

=oisellerie= (oa-zèl-rî), _n.f._, bird-catching; bird-trade.

=oiseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, indolent, idle, useless, trifling. _Mener une vie —se_; to live in idleness. _Paroles —ses_; idle words.

=oisi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, idle, unoccupied; uninvested, lying dead (of money).

=oisif=, _n.m._, idler.

*=oisillon=, _n.m._, young bird, fledgling.

=oisivement= (oa-ziv-mān), _adv._, idly.

=oisiveté= (oa-ziv-té), _n.f._, idleness, indolence, ease; sloth. _Croupir dans l’—_; to be steeped, _or_ to wallow, in indolence.

=oison=, _n.m._, gosling; ninny, simpleton.

=oléagineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, oleaginous, oily.

=oléandre=, _n.m._, (bot.) oleander, rose-bay.

=oléifère=, _adj._, oil-bearing, oleiferous.

=oléine=, _n.f._, (chem.) oleine.

=oléique=, _adj._, (chem.) oleic.

=oléracé=, =-e=, _adj._, oleraceous.

=olfacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, olfactory.

=oliban=, _n.m._, (pharm.) olibanum.

=olibrius= (-ûs), _n.m._, conceited, obtrusive person.

=oliette=, _n.f._ _V._ =œillette=.

=oligarchie=, _n.f._, oligarchy.

=oligarchique=, _adj._, oligarchical.

=oligarque=, _n.m._, partisan of an oligarchy.

=oligiste=, _adj._, (min.) oligist.

=olim=, _n.m._, (_—_) statute-book.

=olinde=, _n.f._, sword-blade.

=olivaie=, _n.f._, olive-grove.

=olivaire=, _adj._, olivary.

=olivaison=, _n.f._, olive season, crop of olives.

=olivâtre=, _adj._, olivaceous, olive-green.

=olive=, _n.f._, (bot.) olive; (arch.) olive-molding. _Branche_, _rameau_, _d’—_; olive branch.

=olivète=, _n.f._ (bot.). _V._ =œillette=.

=olivettes=, _n.f.pl._, sort of dance after the olives are gathered.

=olivier=, _n.m._, olive-tree, olive, olive wood.

=ollaire=, _adj.f._, soft (of stones easy to cut). _Pierre —_; potstone.

=olla podrida=, _n.f._, (_—_) olio; olla podrida, hotch-potch.

=ollure=, _n.f._, tanner’s leather apron.

=olographe=, _adj._, holographic, holographical. _Testament —_; will written in the testator’s own hand. _V._ =holographe=.

=olographe=, _n.m._, holograph.

=olonier=, _n.m._, (bot.) strawberry-tree; cane-apple.

=olympe=, _n.m._, Olympus.

=olympiade=, _n.f._, Olympiad.

=olympien= (-pi-in), =-ne= (-pi-è-n), _adj._, Olympian.

=olympique=, _adj._, Olympic.

=ombelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) umbel, cluster of blossoms.

=ombellé=, =-e= (on-bèl-lé), _adj._, (bot.) umbellar, umbellated, umbellate.

=ombellifère= (-bèl-li-), _n.f._ and _adj._, (bot.) umbelliferous plant; umbelliferous.

=ombellule= (on-bèl-lul), _n.f._, (bot.) umbellet, umbellule.

=ombilic=, _n.m._, (anat.) umbilic, umbilicus, navel; (bot.) hilum, umbilicus.

=ombilical=, =-e=, _adj._, umbilic, umbilical. _Cordon —_; umbilical cord, navel.

=ombiliqué=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) umbilicate, umbilicated.

=ombrage=, _n.m._, shade, umbrage, suspicion, distrust. _Faire —_; to overshadow. _Les —s verts_; shade of green foliage. _Donner de l’— à_; to give umbrage to. _Tout lui porte —_; he takes umbrage at everything.

=ombrager=, _v.a._, to shade; to cover; to hide, to conceal.

=ombrageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, skittish (of horses); suspicious, distrustful.

=ombre=, _n.f._, shade; shadow; spirit; background; gloom; pretense. _S’endormir à l’— d’un arbre_; to sleep under the shade of a tree. _Se mettre à l’—_; to get into the shade. _L’— suit le corps_; the shadow follows the body. _Couvrir d’—_; to shade. _Les —s de la nuit_; the shades of night. _Avoir peur de son —_; to be afraid of one’s own shadow. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to eclipse any one, to throw any one into the shade, to give umbrage to any one. _Mettre à l’—_; to put into the shade; to shade; (pop.) to give his quietus to any one. _—s chinoises_; dissolving views. _Couvert d’—_; shady.

=ombre=, _n.m._, (ich.) umbra; ombre (card game). _— de rivière_; red charr, grayling.

_terre d’_=ombre=, _n.f._, black-ochre, umber.

=ombré=, =-e=, _part._, tinted, shaded.

=ombrelle=, _n.f._, parasol.

=ombrer=, _v.a._, (drawing, paint.) to tint, to shade.

=ombreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, shady, cool.

=ombromètre=, _n.m._, ombrometer, rain-gauge.

=oméga=, _n.m._, omega.

=omelette= (o-mlèt), _n.f._, omelet.

=omettre=, _v.a._, to omit, to leave out, to pass over, to leave undone.

=omission=, _n.f._, omission. _Sauf erreur ou —_; errors excepted.

=omnibus=, _n.m._, omnibus; (pers.) general servant, maid of all work.

=omnipotence=, _n.f._, omnipotence.

=omnipotent=, _adj._, omnipotent.

=omniprésence=, _n.f._, omnipresence, ubiquity.

=omniprésent=, =-e=, _adj._, ubiquitous, omnipresent.

=omniscience=, _n.f._, omniscience.

=omnium= (-om), _n.m._, (fin.) omnium; (turf) consolation stakes.

=omnivore=, _adj._, omnivorous.

=omoplate=, _n.f._, omoplate, scapula, shoulder-blade.

=omphalode=, _n.m._, (bot.) omphalode.

=on=, _pron._, one, they, we, you, people, men, it, somebody. _— croirait_; one would think. _— dit_; they say; it is said. _— s’imagine_; people think. _— croit_; it is thought. _— me la dit_; I was told so. _Que dira-t-on?_ what will people say? _Se moquer du qu’en dira-t-on_; not to care what people say. _Croire sur un — dit_, _sur des — dit_; to believe upon hearsay. _Si l’on me croit_; if I am believed.

=onagre=, _n.m._, (mam., antiq.) onager; (bot.) œnothera.

=onanisme=, _n.m._, onanism.

☉=onc=, =onques=, _adv._, never.

=once=, _n.f._, (weight) ounce; (mam.) ounce.

=oncial=, _n.m._, (l.u.). _V._ =onciale=.

=onciale=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, uncial.

=oncle=, _n.m._, uncle; (pop.) money-lender, usurer. _— à la mode de Bretagne_; father _or_ mother’s cousin german.

=onction=, _n.f._, unction; anointing; grace, impressiveness. _L’extrême —_; (c.rel.) extreme unction, last sacrament.

=onctueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, impressively, unctuously.

=onctueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, unctuous, oily; impressive, moving. _Une terre —se_; fat earth. _Un sermon —_; an impressive _or_ moving sermon.

=onctuosité=, _n.f._, unctuousness, oiliness.

=onde=, _n.f._, wave, billow, surge; watering. _L’— amère_; the briny main. _Passer l’— noire_; to cross the Stygian lake. _Les —s d’un bois veiné_; the waves of a piece of veined wood.

=ondé=, =-e=, _adj._, undulated, watered, curled, grained.

=ondée=, _n.f._, shower. _Une forte —_; a sharp, tremendous shower; a downpour.

=ondin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, water-sprite, Undine.

=ondoiement= (-doa-mān), _n.m._, undulation, swaying motion, private baptism.

=ondoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, undulating, waving, flowing. _Fumée —e_; waving smoke. _Vagues —es_; waving, surging, swaying billows.

=ondoyer=, _v.n._, to undulate, to rise in billows, to wave; to surge.

=ondoyer=, _v.a._, to baptize privately.

=ondulant=, _adj._, undulating, waving, flowing.

=ondulation=, _n.f._, undulation; waving.

=ondulatoire=, _adj._, undulatory.

=ondulé=, _adj._, undulate, undulated.

=onduler=, _v.n._, to undulate, to wave, to curl.

=onduleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, undulating, flowing, waving.

=onéraire=, _adj._, (jur.) acting, accountable.

=onéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, burdensome, onerous, heavy.

=ongle=, _n.m._, nail (of fingers, claws); claw; hoof. _Couper_, _ronger_, _ses —s_; to cut, to gnaw, one’s nails. _Coup d’—s_; scratch. _Jusqu’au bout des —s_; to one’s fingers’ ends _or_ tips; every inch. _Rogner les —s à quelqu’un_; to clip any one’s wings. _Sur l’—_; perfectly. _Avoir bec et —s_; to be armed; to defend one’s self tooth and nail.

=onglée=, _n.f._, numbness of the fingers (from cold).

=onglet=, _n.m._, finger-case; (bot.) aiglet; (engr.) graver; (print.) single leaf cancel. _Assemblage à —_; miter (joinery).

=onglette=, _n.f._, (engr.) flat graver.

=onglon=, _n.m._, hoof (of ruminants); nail (of tortoises).

=onguent= (on-gan), _n.m._, ointment, salve. _Dans les petites boîtes, les bons —s_; small parcels hold fine wares.

=onguiculé=, =-e= (-gu-i-), _adj._, unguiculate, unguiculated.

=onguiforme= (-gu-i-) _adj._, unguiform.

=ongulé=, =-e=, _adj._, hoofed, ungulate.

=onirocritie= (-cri-ci) _or_ =onirocritique=, _n.f._, interpretation of dreams, oneiroscopy.

=oniromance= _or_ =oniromancie=, _n.f._, oneiromancy.

=onocrotale=, _n.m._, (orni.) pelican.

=onomatopée=, _n.f._, (gram.) onomatopœia.

=ontologie=, _n.f._, ontology.

=ontologique=, _adj._, ontological.

=ontologiste=, _n.m._, ontologist.

=onyx= (o-niks), _n.m._ and _adj._, onyx.

=onzaine=, _n.f._, about eleven, eleven or so; an eleven (at cricket).

=onze=, _n.m._ and _adj._, eleven, eleventh. [_Onze_, _onzième_, _onzaine_, do not admit of being preceded by _l’_, say, therefore, _le onze_, _du onze_, _au onzième_, _la onzaine_]. _Le — du mois_; the eleventh of the month.

=onzième=, _n.m._ and _adj._, eleventh.

=onzième=, _n.f._, (mus.) eleventh.

=onzièmement= (on-zièm-mān), _adv._, eleventhly, in the eleventh place.

=oolithe=, _n.m._, oolite.

=oolithique=, _adj._, oolitic.

=opacité=, _n.f._, opaqueness, opacity, darkness.

=opale=, _n.f._, opal.

=opalescence=, _n.f._, opalescence.

=opalin=, =-e=, _adj._, opaline.

_s’_=opaliser=, _v.r._, to opalize, to become opalized.

=opaque=, _adj._, opaque.

=opéra=, _n.m._, opera, opera-house. _C’est un vrai —_; it is a perfect imbroglio.

=opérant=, _-e_, _adj._, operating.

=opérat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, operator; mountebank, quack.

=opérati-f=, _-ve_, operative.

=opération=, _n.f._, operation, working, performance; (fin.) transaction. _Subir une —_; to undergo an operation. _Terminer une —_; to close a transaction.

=opératoire=, _adj._, operative. _Médecine —_; surgery.

=operculaire=, _adj._, (bot.) operculate, operculated.

=opercule=, _n.m._, operculum, cover.

=operculé=, =-e=, _adj._, opercular, operculated.

=opérer=, _v.a._, to operate, to effect, to bring about, to perform, to work, to act; to manage, to contrive. _Se faire —_; to undergo an operation.

=opérer=, _v.n._, to work, to operate.

_s’_=opérer=, _v.r._, to take place, to come about, to be brought about.

=opérette=, _n.f._, operetta.

=opes=, _n.m.pl._, (arch.) opes; (mas.) scaffold-holes, putlog holes.

=ophicléide=, _n.m._, ophicleide.

=ophidien=, _-ne_ (-di-in, -è-n), _adj._, ophidian.

=ophidiens= (-di-in), _n.m.pl._, ophidians.

=ophioglosse=, _n.m._, (bot.) ophioglossum. _V._ =langue-de-serpent=.

=ophiologie=, _n.f._, ophiology.

=ophiologiste=, _n.m._, ophiologist.

=ophite=, _n.m._, (min.) ophite.

=ophtalmie=, _n.f._, ophthalmia, ophthalmy.

=ophtalmique=, _adj._, ophthalmic.

=ophtalmographie=, _n.f._, ophthalmography.

=ophtalmologie=, _n.f._, ophthalmology.

=ophtalmoscope=, _n.m._, ophthalmoscope.

=opiacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) containing opium.

=opiat=, _n.m._, opiate.

=opilati-f=, _-ve_, _adj._, (med.) obstruent.

=opilation=, _n.f._, (med.) obstruction.

=opiler=, _v.a._, (med.) to obstruct.

=opimes=, _adj.f.pl._, opima. _Dépouilles —_; opima spolia.

=opinant=, _n.m._, speaker, adviser, voter. _adj._, speaking, advising.

=opiner=, _v.n._, to opine, to speak, to give one’s opinion, to be of opinion; to advise, to conclude. _Les juges opinèrent à la mort_; the judges decided for death. _— du bonnet_; to vote blindly; to concur entirely; to nod assent.

=opineur=, _n.m._, opiner.

=opiniâtre=, _adj._, stubborn, obstinate, headstrong, self-willed. _Le combat fut —_; the fight was a stubborn one. _Un mal —_; an obstinate, unyielding disease.

=opiniâtre=, _n.m.f._, stubborn person. _Je hais les —s_; I hate stubborn people.

=opiniâtrément=, _adv._, obstinately, stubbornly.

☉=opiniâtrer=, _v.a._, to contradict, to tease; to maintain a thing obstinately, to render obstinate.

_s’_=opiniâtrer=, _v.r._, to be obstinate; to insist upon doing. _Ils s’y sont opiniâtrés_; they obstinately persisted in it.

=opiniâtreté=, _n.f._, obstinacy, stubbornness, self-will. _Il suit son entreprise avec —_; he pursues his scheme with pertinacity.

=opinion=, _n.f._, opinion, vote, public opinion. _Chacun motiva son —_; every one gave his reasons for his opinion. _Les —s sont partagées_; opinions are divided. _Résumer les —s_; to sum up the opinions. _Aller aux —s_; to put it to the vote. _Recueillir les —s_; to collect the votes. _C’est une affaire d’—_; it is a mere matter of opinion. _Il a bonne — de lui-même_; he has a great opinion of himself.

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

=opisthographe=, _adj._, (paleography) written on both sides.

=opium= (o-piom), _n.m._, opium.

=opobalsamum= (-sa-mom), _n.m._, (pharm.) opobalsam, balm of Gilead.

=opodeldoch=, _n.m._, opodeldoc.

=opossum= (-som), _n.m._, (mam.) opossum.

=opportun=, =-e=, _adj._, opportune, convenient, seasonable, timely, well-timed, expedient.

=opportunément=, _adv._, opportunely, seasonably.

=opportunité=, _n.f._, opportuneness, seasonableness, expediency; opportunity.

=opposable=, _adj._, opposable.

=opposant=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, opponent, adversary; opposing, opposite, adverse.

=opposé=, =-e=, _adj._, opposite, contrary; facing; disinclined. _Deux armées —es l’une à l’autre_; two armies opposed one to the other.

=opposé=, _n.m._, opposite, reverse, contrary. _Il est tout l’— de son père_; he is quite the opposite of his father.

=opposer=, _v.a._, to oppose; to put in opposition; (jur.) to place opposite; to compare; to plead, to urge. _— la force à la force_; to oppose force to force.

_s’_=opposer=, _v.r._, to be opposed, to set one’s self against, to resist, to stem, to object, to combat, to stand in the way (of). _S’— à quelque chose_; to be opposed to anything. _Vous vous y opposez_; you stand in the way.

=opposite=, _n.m._, (l.u.) opposite, contrary, reverse. _C’est tout l’— de l’autre_; it is quite the reverse of the other. _À l’—_; over, against, opposite. _À l’— du camp_; opposite the camp.

=opposition=, _n.f._, opposition, resistance; contrast, contradistinction; (jur.) attachment. _Former — à la publication des bans_; to forbid the bans. _Le parti de l’—_; the opposition (party). _— d’humeur_; difference of temper.

=oppresser=, _v.a._, to oppress, to depress, to deject. _L’excès de nourriture oppresse l’estomac_; excess of food oppresses the stomach. _Le chagrin l’oppresse_; grief depresses him.

=oppresseur=, _n.m._, oppressor. _adj.m._, oppressive.

=oppressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, oppressive.

=oppression=, _n.f._, oppression.

=oppressivement= (-siv-mān), _adv._, oppressively.

=opprimant=, =-e=, _adj._, oppressing.

=opprimé=, =-e=, _part._, oppressed.

=opprimer=, _v.a._, to oppress; to overwhelm, to crush. _Malheur à ceux qui oppriment!_ woe to the oppressors!

=opprobre=, _n.m._, opprobrium, shame, disgrace, reproach. _Être l’— de sa famille_; to be the disgrace of one’s family.

=optati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, optative.

=optatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) optative.

=opter=, _v.n._, to choose, to declare. _Il faut qu’il opte entre ces deux emplois_; he must choose between (for _or_ against) those two occupations.

=opticien= (-si-in), _n.m._, optician.

=optimé= (-mé), _adv._, bravo, capital, very well, perfectly well.

=optimisme=, _n.m._, optimism.

=optimiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, optimist; of optimists.

=option=, _n.f._, option, choice. _Avoir l’—_; to have the choice. _Je vous en laisse l’—_; I leave you the choice.

=optique=, _adj._, optic, optical. _Le nerf —_; the optic nerve. _Illusion —_; optical illusion.

=optique=, _n.f._, optics; perspective. _Les illusions de l’—_; the deceptions of optics. _L’— du théâtre_; stage illusion.

=opulemment= (-la-mān), _adv._, opulently.

=opulence=, _n.f._, opulence, wealth, affluence, riches. _Nager dans l’—_; to be possessed of great wealth; to be rolling in money.

=opulent=, =-e=, _adj._, opulent, wealthy, affluent.

=opuntia= (o-pon-sia), _n.f._, (bot.) opuntia, prickly pear.

=opuscule=, _n.m._, opuscule, pamphlet, tract.

=or=, _n.m._, gold; (her.) or. _— affiné_; refined gold. _— moulu_; ormolu. _Paillettes d’—_; gold spangles. _Vaisselle d’—_; gold plate. _— monnayé_; gold specie. _— vierge_; native gold. _Acheter quelque chose au poids de l’—_; to pay very dear for anything. _Être tout cousu d’—_; to be rolling in riches. _C’est de l’— en barre_; it is as good as ready money. _Il dit_ or _parle d’—_; he talks admirably. _Promettre des monts d’—_; to promise all manner of things. _Tout ce qui reluit n’est pas —_; all is not gold that glitters. _Le nombre d’—_; (astron.) the golden number. _L’âge d’—_; the golden age. _Des jours filés d’— et de soie_; happy days, halcyon days.

=or=, _conj._, but, now; well; pray. _— sus, commençons_; now, let us begin. _— çà_; now, well now.

=oracle=, _n.m._, oracle. _En —_; like an oracle.

=orage=, _n.m._, storm, tempest, thunderstorm; (fig.) tumult, disorder, calamity. _Nous aurons de l’—_; we shall have a storm, _or_ a thunderstorm. _Un — mêlé d’éclairs et de tonnerre_; a storm with thunder and lightning. _Chercher un abri contre l’—_; to seek shelter from the storm. _Le temps est à l’—_; the weather is stormy _or_ thundery. _Laisser passer l’—_; to let the storm blow over. _Les —s des passions_; the tempests of the passions.

=orageusement=, _adv._, tempestuously, turbulently, boisterously.

=orageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, stormy, tempestuous, thundery; agitated, restless. _Une mer —se_; a tempestuous sea. _Saison —se_; stormy season. _Mener une vie —se_; to lead an agitated life.

=oraison=, _n.f._, speech; oration; orison, prayer. _Une — funèbre_; a funeral oration. _Faire une —_; to say a prayer. _L’— dominicale_; the Lord’s prayer.

=oral=, _n.m._, vail (used by the pope, and formerly by women).

=oral=, =-e=, _adj._, oral, verbal, viva voce.

=oralement= (-al-mān), _adv._, orally; verbally.

=orange=, _n.f._, orange. _— douce_; sweet orange. _Ecorce d’—_; orange-peel. _Rouelle d’—_; slice of orange. _Fleur d’—_; orange flower.

=orangé=, =-e=, _adj._, orange-colored.

=orangé=, _n.m._, orange-color.

=orangeade= (-jad), _n.f._, orangeade.

=orangeat= (-ja), _n.m._, candied orange-peel.

=oranger=, _n.m._, orange-tree; orange-man.

=orangère=, _n.f._, orange-woman.

=orangerie= (o-ranj-rî), _n.f._, orange-house; orange-grove, orangery.

=orangiste=, _n.m._, orange-grower; orange-man.

=orang-outang=, _n.m._, orang-outang.

=orateur=, _n.m._, orator, speaker, spokesman. _— éloquent_, _véhément_; eloquent, vehement, orator.

=oratoire=, _adj._, oratorial, oratorical. _Débit —_; oratorical delivery. _Art —_; oratory, art of public speaking.

=oratoire=, _n.m._, private chapel; oratory; Oratory (religious order).

=oratoirement= (-toâr-mān), _adv._, oratorically.

=oratorien= (-in), _n.m._, Oratorian.

=oratorio=, _n.m._, (mus.) oratorio.

=orbe=, _n.m._, (astron.) orbit; orb. _pl._, folds, coils (of a serpent); (ich.) orbis, orb-fish.

=orbe=, _adj._, (surg.) contusing (of blows).

=orbiculaire=, _adj._, orbicular.

=orbiculairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, orbicularly.

=orbiculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) orbicular, orbiculate, orbiculated.

=orbitaire=, _adj._, (anat.) orbital.

=orbite=, _n.f._, (astron.) orbit; (anat.) orbit, socket. _L’— de l’œil_; the socket of the eye.

=orcanète=, _n.f._, (bot.) orchanet, alkanet, dyer’s-bugloss, dyer’s-gromwell.

=orchestral= (-kès-), _adj._, orchestral.

=orchestration= (-kès-), _n.f._, (mus.) scoring.

=orchestre= (-kès-) _n.m._, orchestra; band.

=orchestrer= (-kès-), _v.a._, (mus.) to score.

=orchidées= _or_ =orchide= _or_ =orchie= (-ki-), _n.f.pl._, (bot.) orchidaceæ, (bot.) orchid, orchis, fool-stone, bee-flower, gnat-flower.

=ordalie=, _n.f._, ordeal (old form of trial).

=ordinaire=, _adj._, ordinary, common, usual, customary. _Le cours — de la nature_; the usual course of nature. _Le train — de la vie_; the ordinary course of life.

=ordinaire=, _n.m._, ordinary; ordinary practice; daily fare; (milit.) mess, table, ordinary allowance (of wine). _pl._, menses. _C’est un homme au-dessus de l’—_; he is above the common run. _À l’—_; as usual. _D’—_, _pour l’—_; usually, ordinarily.