Heath's French and English dictionary
Part 130
=proverbial=, =-e=, _adj._, proverbial.
=proverbialement= (-al-mān), _adv._, proverbially.
=providence=, _n.f._, Providence (of God).
=providentiel=, =-le=, _adj._, providential.
*=provignement=, _n.m._, layering of vines; (of words) pruning (Ronsard).
*=provigner=, _v.a._, to layer vines.
*=provigner=, _v.n._, (agri.) to increase; ☉to multiply, to increase.
=provin=, _n.m._, layer (of a vine).
=province=, _n.f._, province, shire, county. _Les gens de —_; country people. _En —_; in the country, in the provinces. _Il a encore l’air de —_; he has still a countrified air.
=provincial=, _n.m._, provincial, country person; superior of a monastic fraternity.
=provincial=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, provincial, country, country-like. _Manières —es_; country manners.
=provincialat=, _n.m._, provincialship (of convents).
=provincialisme=, _n.m._, (gram.) provincialism.
=proviseur=, _n.m._, head-master, principal of a (government) college.
=provision=, _n.f._, provision, stock, store, supply; (fam.) hoard; (com.) stock on hand; provisional maintenance. _Par —_; provisionally, in the mean time. _Faire ses —s_; to provide one’s self with necessaries. _Faire sa — de bois_, _de charbon_; to take in, to lay in, one’s stock of wood, of coal, of fuel. _—s de bouche_; provisions. _—s de guerre_; ammunition. _Aller à la —_; to go marketing. _Faire — de_; to get in a supply of. _Faire la — d’une lettre de change_; (com.) to provide for a bill of exchange.
=provisionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, provisional.
=provisionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, provisionally.
=provisoire=, _n.m._, provisional state.
=provisoire=, _adj._, provisional, temporary.
=provisoirement= (-zoar-mān), _adv._, provisionally, temporarily; in the mean time.
=provisorat=, _n.m._, head-mastership, principalship.
=provocant=, _adj._, provoking, provocative; exciting, defiant, instigating.
=provocat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, provoker; instigator, abettor, aggressor; provoking, instigating, abetting. _Agent —_; hired plotter, hireling.
=provocation=, _n.f._, provocation, instigation. _— en duel_; challenge to fight.
=provoquer=, _v.a._, to provoke, to incense, to call forth, to promote; to instigate; to challenge. _— des applaudissements_; to call forth applause. _— en duel_; to challenge. _— au sommeil_; to invite to sleep.
=proxénète=, _n.m._, (com.) ☉broker; pimp, pander; go-between.
=proximité=, _n.f._, proximity, nearness, near relationship. _Le théâtre est à sa —_; the theater is in his neighborhood. _Il y a — de sang entre vous et moi_; you and I are nearly related by the ties of blood. _À — de_; within a short distance of, in the neighborhood of.
=proyer=, _n.m._, (orni.) common bunting.
=prrr!= _int._, not I! not a bit of it! don’t you wish you may get it! whistle for it!
=prude=, _n.f._ and _adj._, prude; prudish.
=prudemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, prudently, discreetly, wisely, cautiously.
=prudence=, _n.f._, prudence; discretion.
=prudent=, =-e=, _adj._, prudent, cautions, discreet.
=pruderie= (pru-drî), _n.f._, prudery.
☉=prud’homie=, _n.f._, uprightness, integrity, probity; (com.) trade-arbitration.
=prud’homme=, _n.m._, skillful _or_ able person (in an art or trade); expert; ☉upright, honest man. _Conseil des —s_; council of experts.
=pruine=, _n.f._, bloom (of fruits).
=pruiné=, _adj._, covered with bloom (of fruits).
=prune=, _n.f._, plum. _— de Brignoles_; prunello. _— de Monsieur_; Orleans plum. _— sauvage_; skeg. _— de mirabelle_; mirabelle plum. _— de reine-Claude_; greengage. _— de Damas_; damson. _Couleur —_; violet color. _Ce n’est pas pour des —s_; (fig.) it is not for nothing.
=pruneau=, _n.m._, prune, dried plum; French plum.
=prunelaie= (pru-n-lè), _n.f._, plum-orchard.
=prunelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) sloe, bullace; (woolen stuff) prunella, prunello; (anat.) pupil, apple (of the eye), eye-ball. _Jouer de la —_; to cast sheep’s eyes, to ogle, to leer.
=prunellier=, _n.m._, (bot.) sloe-tree, bullace-tree.
=prunier=, _n.m._, (bot.) plum-tree.
=prurigineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) pruriginous.
=prurit=, _n.m._, (med.) prurience, pruriency, pruritus, itching.
=prusse=, _n.f._ _Pour le roi de —_; to no purpose, in vain, for nothing.
=prussiate=, _n.m._, (chem.) prussiate.
=prussien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Prussian.
=prussique=, _adj._, (chem.) prussic. _Acide —_; prussic acid.
=prytane=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) prytanis. _pl._, prytanes.
=prytanée=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) prytaneum.
=p.s.=, initial letters of _postscriptum_, P.S., postscript.
=psalmiste=, _n.m._, psalmist.
=psalmodie=, _n.f._, psalmody; sing-song.
=psalmodier=, _v.n._ and _a._, to recite, to chant, psalms; to read, to recite in a sing-song manner.
=psaltérion=, _n.m._, (mus.) psaltery.
=psammite=, _n.m._, (min.) psammite, graywacke or greywacke.
=psaume=, _n.m._, psalm.
=psautier= (-tié), _n.m._, psalter, psalm-book; (c.rel.) chaplet of 150 beads; nun’s veil.
=pseudo=, a prefix from Gr. ψεῦδος.
=pseudonyme=, _adj._, pseudonymous; under an assumed name. _n.m._, pseudonym, nom de plume; alias.
=psora= _or_ =psore=, _n.f._, (med.) psora, itch.
=psorique=, _adj._, (med.) psoric, itchy.
=psyché=, _n.f._, (myth.) Psyche; Psyche-glass, cheval-glass.
=psychique=, _adj._, psychical.
=psychologie= (-ko-), _n.f._, psychology.
=psychologique= (-ko-), _adj._, psychologic, psychological.
=psychologiste= _or_ =psychologue= (-ko-), _n.m._, psychologist.
=psylle=, _n.m._, snake-charmer.
=ptérodactyle=, _n.m._, (foss.) pterodactyl.
=ptyalisme=, _n.m._, (med.) ptyalism.
=puamment= (pu-a-mān), _adv._, stinkingly; grossly, impudently; (fig., fam.) impudently, in a barefaced manner.
=puant=, _-e_, _adj._, stinking; impudent, barefaced. _Devenir —_; to begin to stink. _Mensonge —_; impudent lie. _— menteur_; impudent liar.
=puant=, _n.m._, (pop.) stinkard.
=puanteur=, _n.f._, stink, stench, offensive smell.
=pubère=, _adj._, pubescent, of puberty.
=puberté=, _n.f._, puberty.
=pubescence=, _n.f._, (bot.) pubescence, down.
=pubescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) pubescent, downy.
=pubien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) pubic.
=pubis=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (anat.) of pubis; pubic. _Os —_; os pubis, pubic bone, share-bone; pubes.
=publi-c=, =-que=, _adj._, public; notorious. _Rendre —_; to make public, to publish; (of women) on the town, loose, fast. _La chose —que_; the common weal. _La partie —que_; the crown, the public prosecutor.
=public=, _n.m._, public. _En —_; publicly.
=publicain=, _n.m._, (Rom. antiq.) publican; (fig.) extortioner.
=publicateur=, _n.m._, (jur.) publisher.
=publication=, _n.f._, publication; publishing, proclamation.
=publiciste=, _n.m._, publicist.
=publicité=, _n.f._, publicity, notoriety; advertising, advertisements.
=publier=, _v.a._, to publish, to make public, to proclaim, to celebrate, to trumpet forth, to bring out, to issue. _— quelque chose sur les toits_; to proclaim anything from the house-tops, to trumpet forth anything. _— une ordonnance_; to issue an ordonnance.
=publiquement= (-blik-mān), _adv._, publicly, in public.
=puce=, _n.f._, (ent.) flea. _Herbe aux —s_; flea-bane, fleawort. _— d’eau_; water-beetle. _— de mer_; psyllus marinus. _— de terre_; earth-puceron. _Avoir la — à l’oreille_; to have a flea in one’s ear, to be uneasy, anxious. _Mettre à quelqu’un la — à l’oreille_; to give any one cause for uneasiness.
=puce=, _adj._, puce, puce-colored.
=puceau=, _n.m._, chaste youth; (iron.) spoony, simpleton.
=pucelage= (pu-slaj), _n.m._, (l.ex.) maidenhead, virginity; (mol.) cowry; (bot.) periwinkle.
=pucelle=, _n.f._, (fam.) maid, maiden, virgin; (ich.) shad. _La — d’Orléans_; the maid of Orleans (Joan of Arc).
=puceron= (pu-sron), _n.m._, (ent.) plant-louse; green-fly.
=puddlage=, _n.m._, (metal.) puddling.
=puddler= (-dlé), _v.a._, (metal.) to puddle.
=puddleur=, _n.m._, (metal.) puddler.
=pudeur=, _n.f._, bashfulness, shame; modesty, decency; discretion, reserve. _— virginale_; virgin bashfulness.
=pudibond=, =-e=, _adj._, bashful, modest.
=pudicité=, _n.f._, modesty, pudicity, chastity.
=pudique=, _adj._, chaste, modest, bashful.
=pudiquement= (-dik-mān), _adv._, chastely, purely.
=puer=, _v.n._ and _a._, to stink, to have an offensive smell; to smell of; to stink of; to be full of conceit. _Il pue le vin_; he stinks, _or_ smells, very strong of wine.
=puéril=, =-e=, _adj._, juvenile, boyish; puerile, childish.
=puérilement= (-ril-mān), _adv._, puerilely, childishly.
=puérilité=, _n.f._, puerility, childishness.
=puerpéral=, =-e=, _adj._, puerperal.
=puff= (puf, peuf), _n.m._, exaggerated statement, puff. _Faire le —_; to puff.
=puffin=, _n.m._, (orni.) puffin.
=pugilat=, _n.m._, pugilism, boxing.
=pugiliste=, _n.m._, pugilist, boxer.
=puine=, _n.m._, (forestry) wood of little value. _V._ _mort-bois_ under =bois=.
=puîné=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, younger brother; younger sister; younger.
=puis=, _adv._, then, afterwards, after that, next, besides. _Et —_; and besides, and then. _Et —?_ what then? what next? well?
=puisage=, _n.m._, drawing water, drawing up.
=puisard=, _n.m._, cesspool; sink; dip-well; (mining) sump, water-sump.
=puisatier=, _n.m._, well-sinker.
=puiser=, _v.a._, to draw, to fetch up, to take, to borrow; to imbibe; to let in. _— de l’eau à la rivière_; to draw water out of the river. _— à la source_; to go to the fountain-head. _— des opinions_; to imbibe opinions.
=puiser=, _v.n._, to draw, to borrow, to take; (nav.) to make water. _C’est un auteur qui puise partout_; he is an author who borrows from all quarters.
=puisque=, _conj._, since, seeing, seeing that, inasmuch as.
=puissamment= (-sa-mān), _adv._, powerfully, forcibly, potently; extremely, very. _Il est — riche_; he is exceedingly rich.
=puissance=, _n.f._, power; dominion, sway, empire; ability, force; faculty; influence; influential man; virtue, quality, property; (mining) thickness (of layers or lodes); (mec.) power; horse-power. _Toute-—_, (_n.p._) omnipotence, almighty power. _Haute —_; high-mightiness (title). _Cette femme est en — de mari_; that woman is under the control of her husband. _Soumettre à sa —_; to bring under one’s dominion. _Traiter de — à —_; to treat on equal terms. _— motrice_; moving power. _Les grandes —s_; the great powers.
=puissant=, =-e=, _adj._, powerful, potent, mighty; forcible, strong, lusty, stout, corpulent; wealthy, rich. _— prince_; mighty prince. _Famille —e_; influential family. _Le Tout-—_, (_n.p._) the Almighty. _Il est tout-— auprès de lui_; he can get him to do anything.
=puits= (puî), _n.m._, well, hole for water; pit, shaft; well-hole (of staircases); (nav.) well-room. _— commun_; public well. _— à pompe_; pump-well. _— à roue_; _— à poulie_; draw-well. _— artésien_; artesian well. _— perdu_; drain-well, blind-well. _— de mine_; shaft of a mine. _— d’aérage_; air-shaft. _— d’abondance_; (fig.) an inexhaustible mine. _C’est un — de science_; he is extremely learned; he is a walking dictionary, a living encyclopædia. _La vérité est au fond d’un —_; truth lies at the bottom of a well (_i.e._, has to be sought out).
=pullulation=, _n.f._, rapid increase, swarming.
=pulluler= (pul-lu-), _v.n._, to increase, to multiply, to pullulate, to swarm.
=pulmonaire=, _adj._, (anat., med.) pulmonary. _Phthisie —_; pulmonary disease, consumption.
=pulmonaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) pulmonaria, pulmonary. _Grande —_; lungwort; sage of Jerusalem, Jerusalem cowslip. _— des Français_; golden lungwort. _— de chêne_; liverwort.
=pulmonie=, _n.f._ _V._ =pneumonie=.
=pulmonique=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, consumptive.
=pulpation=, _n.f._, (pharm.) reducing to pulp, pulpation.
=pulpe=, _n.f._, pulp; pap. _— cérébrale_; (anat.) cerebral substance.
=pulper=, _v.a._, (pharm.) to reduce to pulp.
=pulpeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) pulpous, pulpy.
=pulsati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) pulsative, pulsatory.
*=pulsatille=, _n.f._, (bot.) pasque-flower, pulsatilla.
=pulsation=, _n.f._, beating of the pulse, pulsation; (phys.) pulse.
=pulvérat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, (zoöl.) pulverulent.
=pulvérescence=, _n.f._, pulverulence.
=pulvérescent=, =-e=, _adj._, pulverulent.
=pulvérin=, _n.m._, priming powder; priming powder-horn; mist, spray (from waterfalls).
=pulvérisable=, _adj._, pulverizable.
=pulvérisateur=, _n.m._, pulverizer. _adj._, pulverizing.
=pulvérisation=, _n.f._, pulverization.
=pulvériser=, _v.a._, to reduce to powder, to grind to dust, to pulverize; to annihilate; to reduce to atoms.
=pulvérulent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) pulverulent; easy to reduce into powder.
=puma=, _n.m._, puma, cougar (American lion).
=pumicin=, _n.m._, palm-oil.
=punais=, =-e=, _adj._, affected with ozæna.
=punaise=, _n.f._, bug; (ent.) bug; B-flat. _Couvain de —s_; nest of bugs.
=punaisie=, _n.f._, ozæna.
=punch= (ponsh), _n.m._, punch (beverage). _Offrir un — a quelqu’un_; to entertain any one.
=punique=, _adj._, punic.
=punir=, _v.a._, to punish, to chastise, to avenge. _Puni de mort_; punished with death.
=punissable=, _adj._, punishable.
=punisseur=, _n.m._ and _adj._, avenger, punisher; avenging, punishing.
=punition=, _n.f._, punishment. _Par —_; as a punishment.
=pupillaire= (-pil-lèr), _adj._, pupillary.
=pupillarité= (-pil-la-), _n.f._, (jur., l.u.) nonage, minority.
=pupille=, _n.m.f._, ward, pupil (under a guardian).
=pupille=, _n.f._, pupil, apple of the eye.
=pupitre=, _n.m._, desk, writing-desk; reading-desk.
=pur=, =-e=, _adj._, pure, genuine, unadulterated; unspotted, innocent, chaste, spotless; clean, clear, unmingled, unalloyed; mere, sheer, downright, neat (of liquor). _Une lumière —e_; a clear light. _Un ciel —_; a clear, cloudless sky. _Être en état de —e nature_; to be stark naked. _Du vin —_; wine without water, pure wine. Obligation _—e et simple_; unconditional, unqualified, absolute obligation. _C’est la —e vérité_; it is the plain, unvarnished truth. _Par —e bonté_; out of sheer kindness. _— e sottise_; downright nonsense. _Ce fruit est du poison tout —_; that fruit is downright poison. _Félicité —e_; unalloyed happiness. _Une réputation —e_; an untarnished reputation. _Une gloire —e_; unsullied glory. _Un trait —_, _un dessin —_; (drawing) a clean stroke, a clean drawing. _À — et à plein_; unreservedly, entirely. _En —e perte_; in vain, to no purpose.
=pureau=, _n.m._, part uncovered (of slates, tiles).
=purée=, _n.f._, thick soup; pea-soup; mashed potatoes.
=purement= (pur-mān), _adv._, purely, genuinely, merely, only; innocently. _— et simplement_; unconditionally; merely.
=pureté= (pur-té), _n.f._, pureness, purity, gentleness, innocence; chastity.
=purgati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, purgative, purging.
=purgatif=, _n.m._, purgative.
=purgation=, _n.f._, purgative, purge.
=purgatoire=, _n.m._, purgatory.
=purge=, _n.f._, ☉purge, cleansing. _— d’hypothèques_; (jur.) paying off of a mortgage.
=purger=, _v.a._, to purge, to purge away; to cleanse, to purify, to clear, to refine. _— un malade_; to purge a sick person. _— son bien de dettes_; to clear one’s estate of mortgages.
_se_ =purger=, _v.r._, to purge one’s self, to purify one’s self.
=purifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, purifying, cleansing.
=purificateur=, _n.m._, purificator.
=purification=, _n.f._, purification.
=purificatoire=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) purificatory.
=purifier=, _v.a._, to purify, to cleanse; to refine; to try (metal). _— le langage_; to refine the language.
_se_ =purifier=, _v.r._, to purify one’s self, to purify, to refine.
=puriforme=, _adj._, (med.) puriform.
=purin=, _n.m._, (agri.) liquid manure.
=purisme=, _n.m._, purism.
=puriste=, _n.m._, purist.
=puritain=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Puritan.
=puritanisme=, _n.m._, Puritanism.
=purpurin=, =-e=, _adj._, purplish.
=purpurine=, _n.f._, purple, bronze.
=purulence=, _n.f._, purulence, purulency.
=purulent=, =-e=, _adj._, purulent.
=pus=, _n.m._, (med.) pus, matter.
=pusillanime= (-zil-la-), _adj._, pusillanimous, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, cowardly.
=pusillanimité= (-zil-la-), _n.f._, pusillanimity, faint-heartedness, cowardice.
=pustule=, _n.f._, pustule, pimple, blotch, blain; (bot.) blister.
=pustulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) blistered.
=pustuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pustulous.
=putain=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) street-walker, prostitute, strumpet.
=putasserie=, _n.f._, whoredom; whoring, wenching.
=putassier=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) one who frequents prostitutes, whoremonger.
=putati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, putative, reputed, supposed.
=putativement=, _adv._, reputedly, putatively.
=putois=, _n.m._, polecat.
=putréfaction=, _n.m._, putrefaction.
=putréfait=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) putrefied.
=putréfié=, =-e=, _part._, putrefied.
=putréfier=, _v.a._, to putrefy.
_se_ =putréfier=, _v.r._, to putrefy.
=putrescible=, _adj._, putrefiable.
=putride=, _adj._, (med.) putrid.
=putridité=, _n.f._, putridity.
=pygargue=, _n.m._, erne, sea-eagle.
=pygmée=, _n.m._, pygmy, dwarf.
=pylône=, _n.m._, (antiq., arch.) porch (of Egyptian temples).
=pylore=, _n.m._, (anat.) pylorus.
=pyloride=, _n.f._, bivalve shell.
=pylorique=, _adj._, (anat.) pyloric.
=pyracanthe=, _n.f._, (bot.) pyracanth.
=pyrale=, _n.f._, (ent.) pyralis.
=pyramidal=, =-e=, _adj._, pyramidal, pyramidic, pyramidical.
=pyramidalement= (-dal-mān), _adv._, pyramidally, pyramidically.
=pyramide=, _n.f._, pyramid.
=pyramider=, _v.n._, to rise like a pyramid; to tower, to taper.
=pyrée=, _n.m._, fire-altar.
=pyrèthre=, _n.m._, (bot.) Spanish camomile, feverfew.
=pyrétologie=, _n.m._, pyretology.
=pyriforme=, _adj._ _V._ =piriforme=.
=pyrique=, _adj._, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical.
=pyrite=, _n.f._, (min.) pyrites.
=pyriteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (min.) pyritic, pyritical.
=pyrolâtrie=, _n.f._, the worship of fire, pyrolatry.
*=pyroligneux=, _adj._, pyrolignous.
=pyrologie=, _n.f._, pyrology.
=pyromancie=, _n.f._, pyromancy.
=pyromètre=, _n.m._, pyrometer.
=pyrophore=, _n.m._, pyrophorus.
=pyroscaphe=, _n.m._, (nav.) steamer, steamboat.
=pyrosis=, _n.f._, (med.) pyrosis, water brash.
=pyrotechnie= (-tèk-), _n.f._, pyrotechnics, pyrotechny.
=pyrotechnique= (-tèk-), _adj._, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical.
=pyroxène=, _n.m._, (min.) pyroxene.
=pyrrhique=, _adj._, Pyrrhic.
=pyrrhique=, _n.m._, (poet.) Pyrrhic.
=pyrrhique=, _n.f._, (antiq.) Pyrrhic (dance).
=pyrrhonien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Pyrrhonist, Pyrrhonean; Pyrrhonic.
=pyrrhonisme=, _n.m._, Pyrrhonism.
=pythagoricien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Pythagorean; Pythagoric, Pythagorical.
=pythagorique=, _adj._, Pythagoric, Pythagorical.
=pythagorisme=, _n.m._, Pythagorism.
=pythie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) the Pythia (priestess of Apollo).
=pythien= (-tiin), _adj._, Pythian.
=pythique=, _adj._, Pythian.
=pythiques=, _n.f.pl._, Pindarus’ odes.
=python=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) python, rock-snake.
=pythonisse=, _n.f._, (antiq.) pythoness; witch.
Q
=q=, _n.m._, the seventeenth letter of the alphabet, q.
=qu’=, contraction of Que.
=quacre=, _n.m._ _V._ =quaker=.
=quadernes= (kooa-dèrn), _n.m.pl._, two fours (backgammon).
=quadragénaire= (kooa-), _n._ and _adj._, person forty years old; of forty years of age; of forty.
=quadragésimal=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, quadragesimal.
=quadragésime= (kooa-), _n.f._, Quadragesima (Sunday).
=quadrangle= (kooa-), _n.m._, quadrangle.
=quadrangulaire= (kooa-), _adj._, quadrangular, four-cornered.
=quadrangulé=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, quadrangular.
☉=quadrat=, _adj._, (astrolog.) quadrate. _— aspect_; quartile. _V._ =quadrature=.
=quadrat=, _n.m._, (print.) quadrat. _V._ =cadrat=.
=quadrateur=, _n.m._, squarer of the circle.
=quadratin=, _n.m._, (print.) M quadrat. _Demi-—_; (print.) N quadrat. _V._ =cadratin=.
=quadratique= (kooa-), _adj._, quadratic.
=quadratoriste=, _n.m._, fresco-painter.
=quadratrice= (kooa-), _n.f._, (geom.) quadratrix.
=quadrature= (kooa-), _n.f._, (astron., geom.) quadrature; (astrolog.) quartile; (paint.) fresco-painting.
=quadrature=, _n.f._, (horl.) movement, dial-work. _V._ =cadrature=.
=quadriailé=, _adj._, four-winged.
=quadricapsulaire= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadricapsular.
=quadricorne= (kooa-), _adj._, quadricornous.
=quadridenté=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadridentate.
=quadriennal=. _V._ =quatriennal=.
=quadrifide= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadrifid, four-cleft.
=quadrige= (kooa-), _n.m._, (antiq.) quadriga.
=quadrijumeaux= (kooa-), _adj.m.pl._, (anat.) quadrigemina. _Tubercules —_; corpora quadrigemina.
=quadrilatéral=, _adj._, quadrilateral.
=quadrilatère= (kooa-), _n.m._, (geom.) quadrilateral.
*=quadrillage=, _n.m._, pavement of square stones, flags.
*=quadrille=, _n.f._, troop of horse (in a tournament).
=quadrille=, _n.m._, (card game, mus., dancing) quadrille; check, square, lozenge.
=quadrillé=, _adj._, (of cloths) checkered, plaid; (of paper) ruled both ways, in squares.
=quadrillion= (kooa-), _n.m._, a thousand billions.
=quadrilobé=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadrilobate.
=quadriloculaire= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadrilocular.
=quadrinôme= (kooa-), _n.m._, (alg.) quadrinomial.
=quadriparti=, =-e= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadripartite.
=quadripartition= (kooa-), _n.f._, (l.u.) quadripartition.
=quadriphylle= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadriphyllous.
=quadrirème= (kooa-), _n.m._, quadrireme.
=quadrisyllabe= (kooa-dri-sil-lab), _n.m._, quadrisyllable.
=quadrivalve= (kooa-), _adj._, (bot.) quadrivalve, quadrivalvular.
=quadrumane= (kooa-), _n.m._ and _adj._, (mam.) quadruman; quadrumanous.
=quadrupède= (kooa-), _n.m._ and _adj._, quadruped; four-footed; quadruped.
=quadruple= (kooa-), _n.m._ and _adj._, quadruple, fourfold; (Spanish coin) doubloon.
=quadruple=, _n.f._, Spanish gold coin worth 85 francs, about $16.50.
=quadrupler= (kooa-), _v.a._, to quadruple, to quadruplicate; to increase fourfold.
=quadrupler=, _v.n._, to be quadrupled; to increase fourfold.
=quai=, _n.m._, quay, wharf. _Droit de —_; wharfage.
=quaiage=, _n.m._ _V._ =quayage=.
=quaiche=, _n.f._, (nav.) ketch.
=quaker= _or_ =quacre= (kooa-kr), _n.m._, quaker.
=quakeresse= (kooa-kres), _n.f._, quakeress.
=quakérisme= (kooa-), _n.m._, quakerism.
=qualifiable=, _adj._, that can be called, named, styled, described, termed.
=qualificateur=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) qualificator.
=qualificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) qualifying.
=qualificatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) qualificative.
=qualification=, _n.f._, title, name; character, nature, qualification.
=qualifié=, =-e=, _part._, qualified, called, named. _Vol —_; robbery with aggravated circumstances.
=qualifier=, _v.a._, to qualify, to call; to entitle, to style, to name. _— quelqu’un de fourbe_; to call any one a knave.
_se_ =qualifier=, _v.r._, to call one’s self, to style one’s self.
=qualité=, _n.f._, quality; property; qualification, accomplishment; title, rank. _Il n’a pas les —s requises pour ce poste_; he is not qualified to fill that position. _En — de_; in the capacity of, in the character of, as. _Avoir — pour_; to be qualified to. _Avoir de la —_; to be of good quality.
=quand=, _adv._, when, whenever, what time, what period; while, whilst. _Depuis —?_ since when? _Depuis — est-il arrivé?_ since when has he arrived, _or_ how long has he been here? _Jusqu’à —?_ or _jusques à —?_ how long? till when?
=quand=, _conj._, though, although. _— même_; though, although, even if. _— même elle voudrait_; even if she were willing. _— même_; in spite of everything; through thick and thin; at any price. _— bien même_; even though. _— je le disais!_ didn’t I tell you so! what did I say! _Je le ferai — même_; I shall do it just the same, or in spite of you, etc.
=quant à=, _adv._, with regard to, as to, as for, concerning, respecting. _— à cela_; as for that. _Se mettre sur son —-à-soi_, _sur son —-à-moi_; to stand on one’s dignity. _Tenir_, or _se tenir sur_, _son —-à-soi_, or _son —-à-moi_; to assume a proud and reserved air.