Part 132

=quote-part=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) quota, portion, share, contribution.

=quotidien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, daily, quotidian. _Notre pain —_; our daily bread; (fig.) our daily custom, our daily round.

=quotidiennement=, _adv._, daily.

=quotient=, _n.m._, (arith.) quotient.

=quotité=, _n.f._, quota, portion, share.

R

=r= (èr), _n.f._, (re), _n.m._, the eighteenth letter of the alphabet, r.

=rabâchage=, _n.m._, tautology; tiresome repetition; rigmarole.

=rabâcher=, _v.n._ and _a._, (fam.) to make tiresome repetitions, to repeat the same thing over and over again.

=rabâcherie= (-bâ-shrî), _n.f._, eternal repetition.

=rabâcheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, eternal repeater; twaddler.

=rabais=, _n.m._, abatement, reduction, diminution; reduced price, allowance, fall; lowest tender. _Vendre_, _donner_, _au —_; to sell at reduced prices. _Être au —_; to have fallen in price. _Il les a pris au —_; he has taken them by contract. _Vente au —_; selling off, sale.

=rabaissement= (-bès-mān), _n.m._, fall, depreciation, diminution in value; (fig.) humiliation, contempt.

=rabaisser=, _v.a._, to lower; to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to depreciate, to humble; to disparage; to bring down, to put down. _— sa voix_; to lower one’s voice. _— les monnaies_; to depreciate the coin. _— les taxes_; to lower the taxes. _— l’orgueil de quelqu’un_; to humble any one’s pride.

=raban=, _n.m._, (nav.) rope-band, gasket, knittle.

=rabanner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to fit a sail with rope-bands and earings.

=rabat=, _n.m._, band (for the neck), bands; end of the roof (of a tennis-court); beating about (for game).

=rabat-joie=, _n.m._, (_—_) damper, wet blanket, mar-joy, spoil-sport. _C’est un —_; he is a regular wet blanket, _or_ spoil-sport.

=rabattage=, _n.m._, cutting down, pressing down.

=rabattre=, _v.a._, to bring down, to lower, to beat down, to pull _or_ cut down, to turn _or_ press down, to lay; to abate, to diminish, to deduct; to humble; to revoke. Le vent rabat la fumée; the wind beats down the smoke. _— un coup_; to ward off a blow. _Il n’en veut rien —_; he won’t abate an inch of it, he won’t come down a peg. _— l’orgueil de quelqu’un_; to bring down _or_ lower any one’s pride. _— le gibier_; to beat up the game. _En —_; to take off; (fig.) to come down a peg or two. _— le caquet à quelqu’un_; to take any one down a peg.

_se_ =rabattre=, _v.r._, to beat down; to turn off, to change one’s road; to fall back upon, to come down, to lower one’s pretensions; to limit one’s self.

=rabattre=, _v.n._, to turn under; to turn off; to change (one’s) direction or route.

=rabattue=, _n.f._, (nav.) drift-rail.

=rabbaniste=, _n.m._ _V._ =rabbiniste=.

=rabbi= _or_ =rabbin=, _n.m._, rabbi, rabbin. _Grand —_; chief rabbi.

=rabbinage=, _n.m._, rabbinism.

=rabbinique=, _adj._, rabbinical.

=rabbinisme=, _n.m._, rabbinism.

=rabbiniste= _or_ =rabbaniste=, _n.m._, rabbinist.

=rabdologie=, _n.f._, rhabdology.

=rabdomancie= _or_ ☉=rabdomance=, _n.f._, rhabdomancy.

=rabes=, _n.f.pl._, hard roe (of cod).

=rabêtir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to stupefy; to make dull, _or_ stupid; to grow dull, _or_ stupid.

=rabette=, _n.f._, rape; rape-seed.

=rabiole=, _n.f._ _V._ =rave=.

=rabique= _or_ =rabeique=, _adj._, (med.) hydrophobic; of rabies, rabid.

=râble=, _n.m._, back of a hare, _or_ rabbit; (tech.) rake, poker, stirrer; (b.s.) back (of a person).

=râbler=, _v.a._, to rake, to poke, to scrape.

=râblu=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-backed (of a hare, _or_ rabbit); (pers.) broad-backed, strong-backed; (fig.) hardy, vigorous.

=râblure=, _n.f._, (nav.) rabbet, channel. _— de la quille_; rabbet of the keel.

_se_ =rabonnir=, _v.r._, to improve.

=rabot=, _n.m._, plane; beater (to move lime); road-scraper. _Passer le — sur_; to plane, to polish.

=rabotage=, _n.m._, (carp.) planing.

=raboter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to plane, to smooth with a plane; to polish.

=raboteur=, _n.m._, planer, molding-worker.

=raboteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, knotty, rough; rugged, cragged, craggy; uneven, (fig.) harsh, jagged (of style). _Un chemin —_; an uneven road.

=rabougri=, =-e=, _part._, stunted. _Un petit homme —_; a small, stunted fellow _or_ man.

=rabougrir=, _v.a._, to stunt.

_se_ =rabougrir=, _v.r._, to become, _or_ grow, stunted.

*=rabouillère=, _n.f._, rabbit’s nest, _or_ hole; (fig.) corner, spot (in Rabelais).

=raboutir=, _v.a._, to piece, to join end to end, to join on.

=rabrouer=, _v.a._, to snub, to pull up short; to chide, to rebuke.

=rabroueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, snappish person, scold.

=racage=, _n.m._, (nav.) parrel. _Pommes de —_; trucks of a parrel. _Bigots de —_; ribs of a parrel. _Bâtard de —_; parrel-rope. _Drosse de —_; parrel-truss.

=racahout=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) racahout (a nutritious fecula).

*=racaille=, _n.f._, rabble, riffraff; rubbish, trash.

=racambeau=, _n.m._, (nav.) traveler, jib-iron.

=racastillage=, _n.m._, (nav.) repair of the upper works.

=racastiller=, _v.a._, to repair the upper works (of a vessel).

=raccommodage=, _n.m._, mending, repairing, darning.

=raccommodement= (-mod-mān), _n.m._, reconciliation, reconcilement.

=raccommoder=, _v.a._, to mend, to repair; to piece, to patch, to botch; to adjust, to set right; to improve, to correct; to reconcile, to make friends again; to darn. _Faire — quelque chose_; to have anything mended. _On les a raccommodés_; they have been reconciled.

_se_ =raccommoder=, _v.r._, to be mended; (of persons) to be reconciled; to make it up again. _Le mari et la femme se sont raccommodés_; the husband and wife are friends again, _or_ have made it up again.

=raccommodeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, mender, patcher.

=raccord=, _n.m._, joining, fitting, junction; union; piece, patch.

=raccordement=, _n.m._, (arch.) leveling; union, junction; mending, patching.

=raccorder=, _v.a._, to join, to unite, to adjust, to connect, to level; to piece, to patch; (of instruments) to tune again.

=raccourci=, =-e=, _part._, shortened, abbreviated; too short. _À bras —s_; with might and main.

=raccourci=, _n.m._, epitome, abridgment, short cut; (paint.) foreshortening. _En —_; abridged, briefly; (persp.) foreshortened; (fig.) in miniature. _Prendre au —_; to take a short cut.

=raccourcir=, _v.a._, to shorten, to make shorter; to contract, to bend; to curtail; to abbreviate, to abridge; (persp.) to foreshorten.

_se_ =raccourcir=, _v.r._, to shorten; to grow, _or_ become, shorter; to contract one’s self; to shrink.

=raccourcir=, _v.n._, to shorten; to become shorter; to shrink, to contract.

=raccourcissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, shortening, contraction, curtailment, abridgment; shrinking; foreshortening.

=raccours=, _n.m._, shrinking.

=raccoutrement=, _n.m._, mending (of clothes).

=raccoutrer=, _v.a._, to mend, to sew up.

_se_ =raccoutumer=, _v.r._, to reaccustom one’s self (to), to get used (to) again.

=raccroc= (ra-kro), _n.m._, chance, lucky hit; (at billiards) fluke. _Coup de —_; lucky stroke, fluke.

=raccrocher=, _v.a._, to hook again; to hang up again; to recover, to get again, to get hold of, to pick up. _Raccrochez ce tableau_; hang up this picture again. _— son argent_; to recover one’s money. _Si je pouvais — cela!_ if I could only bring that off! _Raccroché à Londres_; (of persons) picked up in London.

_se_ =raccrocher=, _v.r._, to cling; to adhere; to retrieve one’s losses, to recover one’s self; to catch, _or_ snatch, at. _Se — à une chose_; to cling to anything.

=raccrocher=, _v.n._, to fluke. _Il ne fait que —_; he does nothing but fluke.

=raccrocheuse=, _n.f._, (pop.) street-walker.

=race=, _n.f._, race; stock, breed; family, line, ancestry; (agri.) variety. _Un cheval de —_; a thorough-bred horse. _Ce chien est de bonne —_; this dog is of a good breed, is pure-bred. _Croiser les —s_; to cross the breeds. _— de vipères_; generation of vipers. _La — future_; future ages. _Les bons chiens chassent de —_; it runs in the blood. _Cette fille chasse de —_; that girl is a flirt like her mother. _Faire —_; to breed.

=rachat=, _n.m._, repurchase, redemption, recovery, ransom. _Vendre à faculté de —_; to sell with power of redemption. _— de bans_; (marriage) license.

=rachetable= (rash-tabl), _adj._, redeemable.

=racheter= (rash-té), _v.a._, to buy back, to buy again, to repurchase; to ransom, to buy off, to redeem; to compensate, to make up for; to atone, to atone for. _— une rente_; to redeem an annuity. _— les prisonniers_; to ransom the prisoners. _— ses vices par ses vertus_; to atone for one’s vices by one’s virtues.

_se_ =racheter=, _v.r._, to redeem one’s self; to be compensated, to be made up for.

=racheu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, knotty (of wood).

=rachever= (rash-vé), _v.a._, (pop.) to finish (anything begun).

=rachidien=, =-ne= (-in, -èn), _adj._, (anat.) spinal, vertebral.

=rachis= (ra-shis), _n.m._, (anat.) spinal, vertebral column, spine; (bot.) stalk.

=rachitique=, _adj._, (med.) rickety; (bot.) blighted, stunted, knotty.

=rachitique=, _n.m.f._, rickety person, person suffering from rickets.

=rachitis= (-tis), _n.m._, rachitis; rickets.

=rachitisme=, _n.m._, rachitis; rickets; (agri.) white blight.

=racinage=, _n.m._, esculent roots, root-crops; (dy.) walnut dye (of walnut peel).

=racinal=, _n.m._, (carp.) beam, sleeper; sole; sill.

=racine=, _n.f._, root; (fig.) beginning, principle, origin. _Fruits pendants par les —s_; standing crops. _— carrée_; (arith.) square root. _— cubique_; cube root. _Prendre —_; to take root.

=raciner=, _v.n._, to strike root.

=raciner=, _v.a._, to dye with roots, to root-figure.

=racinien=, =-ne=, _adj._, Racinian, of _or_ after Racine.

=rack=, _n.m._, arrack, rack (liquor). _V._ =arack=.

=râclage=, _n.m._, scraping, thinning.

=râcle=, _n.f._, (nav.) scraper (used to clean a ship’s side, deck, etc.).

=râcle-boyau=, _n.m._, (_—_) catgut-scraper, fiddler.

=râclée=, _n.f._, scraping; (pop.) beating, drubbing, whacking, thrashing, hiding.

=râcler=, _v.a._, to scrape, to scrape off; to strike (a measure); to strum, to thrum. _— le boyau_; to scrape the fiddle.

=râcleur=, _n.m._, catgut-scraper; strummer (on the piano, etc.).

=râcloir=, _n.m._, scraper, road-scraper.

=râcloire=, _n.f._, strike (of measures).

=râclon=, _n.m._, scraped-mud (for manure).

=râclure=, _n.f._, scrapings.

=racolage=, _n.m._, recruiting, enlisting, crimping, impressing.

=racoler=, _v.a._, to entice men to enlist, to crimp, to enlist; (fig.) to pick up.

=racoleur=, _n.m._, crimp; recruiting sergeant.

=racontable=, _adj._, relatable.

=racontage= _or_ =racontar=, _n.m._, gossip, tittle-tattle, idle tales.

=raconter=, _v.a._, to relate, to tell, to narrate, to recount.

=raconteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, relater, story-teller, narrator.

=racornir=, _v.a._, to make as hard as horn; to make hard, to harden; to dry up, to shrivel, to shrivel up.

_se_ =racornir=, _v.r._, to grow hard, to harden; to shrivel, to shrivel up, to dry up.

=racornissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, hardening, shriveling, drying up.

=racquit=, _n.m._, winning back.

=racquitter=, _v.a._, to win back again; to indemnify, to recoup.

_se_ =racquitter=, _v.r._, to win back again; to retrieve one’s losses, to recoup one’s self.

=rade=, _n.f._, (nav.) roads, roadstead. _— foraine_; open roadstead. _Grande —_; outer roads. _Petite —_; inner roads. _Vaisseau en —_; roadster. _Aller en —_; to go into the roads.

=radeau=, _n.m._, raft.

=rader=, _v.a._, (nav.) to anchor in a roadstead; to strike (a measure). _— un vaisseau_; to anchor a ship in a roadstead.

=radeur=, _n.m._, salt-measurer.

=radiaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (zoöl.) radiary; radiated. _—s_; radiata.

=radial=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat., geom.) radial.

=radiance=, _n.f._, radiance, radiancy; luster.

=radiant=, =-e=, _adj._, radiant.

=radiation=, _n.f._, radiation, irradiation; obliteration, erasure, crossing out, striking out.

=radical=, =-e=, _adj._, radical.

=radical=, _n.m._, radical; root.

=radicalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, radically.

=radicalisme=, _n.m._, radicalism.

=radicant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) radicant.

=radication=, _n.f._, radication.

=radicelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) radicle.

=radicule=, _n.f._, (bot.) radicle.

=radié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) radiant, radiated, stellated; (her.) radiant.

=radier=, _n.m._, (arch.) inverted arch; floor (of a lock on a canal); apron (of docks, of basins); radish-plate.

=radier=, _v.a._, to strike out, to cross out.

=radieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, radiant, beaming, shining, blazing.

=radiomètre=, _n.m._, (astron.) radiometer.

=radis=, _n.m._, radish.

=radius= (-us), _n.m._, (anat.) radius.

=radoire=, _n.f._, strike (of measures).

=radotage=, _n.m._, nonsense, idle talk, drivel; dotage.

=radoter=, _v.n._, to rave, to dote, to talk idly, to wander, to talk drivel.

=radoterie= (ra-do-trî), _n.f._ _V._ =radotage=.

=radoteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, dotard, driveler. _Vieille —se_; trifling old woman.

=radoub= (-doob), _n.m._, (nav.) repair, refitting of a ship, graving. _Cale de —_; graving slip. _Forme de —_; graving dock. _Vaisseau en —_; ship undergoing repairs. _Mettre au —_; to lay up (a vessel).

=radouber=, _v.a._, (nav.) to refit, to repair, to recalk.

_se_ =radouber=, _v.r._, (nav.) to be repaired.

=radoubeur=, _n.m._, (nav.) calker.

=radouci=, _part._ _adj._, softened, subdued.

=radoucir=, _v.a._, to soften, to make milder, to appease, to pacify, to mitigate, to allay.

_se_ =radoucir=, _v.r._, to soften, to grow milder, to become milder, to get milder; to grow soft, to become soft, to get soft; to subside, to be appeased, to be pacified; to relent, to relax, to soften down. _Le temps se radoucit_; it is getting milder _or_ better weather.

=radoucissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, softening, getting milder (of the weather); mitigation, allaying, appeasement, improvement.

=rafale=, _n.f._, (nav.) squall.

=rafalé=, _adj._, caught in a squall; (pop. & fig.) hard up, up a tree.

=raffe=, _n.f._ _V._ =rafle=.

=raffermir=, _v.a._, to harden, to make firm; to fasten; to establish, to confirm, to settle, to secure, to fortify, to strengthen. _Cet événement raffermit son autorité_; that event strengthened his authority. _— le courage de quelqu’un_; to give heart to any one.

_se_ =raffermir=, _v.r._, to grow stronger, to gather strength; to be established, to become established, to consolidate; to be confirmed, to become confirmed; to improve. _Sa santé se raffermit_; his health is improving.

=raffermissement= (-mis-mān), _n.m._, hardening, strengthening; confirmation, establishment, fastening, securing, consolidation, improvement.

=raffinade=, _n.f._, best refined sugar.

=raffinage=, _n.m._, refining.

=raffiné=, _n.m._, fashionable rake.

=raffiné=, =-e=, _adj._, refined, delicate; keen, sharp, subtle, clever, consummate.

=raffinement= (ra-fi-n-mān), _n.m._, refinement, affected nicety.

=raffiner=, _v.a._, to refine.

_se_ =raffiner=, _v.r._, to refine, to be refined, to become refined.

=raffiner=, _v.n._, to refine. _— sur le point d’honneur_; to be over-nice upon the point of honor.

=raffinerie= (ra-fi-n-rî), _n.f._, refinery; sugar-refinery, refining.

=raffineur=, _n.m._, refiner. _— de sucre_; sugar-refiner, sugar-baker.

=raffoler=, _v.n._, to dote (upon), to be passionately fond (of), to be distractedly in love (with). _Il raffole de cette femme_; he is madly in love, _or_ infatuated, with that woman.

=raffolir=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to become mad, to go mad. _V._ =affoler=.

=rafistolage=, _n.m._, patching up, mending.

=rafistoler=, _v.a._, (fam.) to mend clothes, to patch up, to make new.

=rafle=, =raffe=, _or_ =râpe=, _n.f._, grape-stalk stripped of all its fruit; (dice) pair-royal. _Faire —_; (fam.) to sweep off the stakes; to sweep off everything, to make a clean sweep.

=rafler=, _v.a._, (fam.) to sweep away, to sweep off, to carry off.

☉=raflouer=, _v.a._, (nav.). _V._ =renflouer=.

=rafraîchir=, _v.a._, to cool; to refresh, to restore, to invigorate, to repair, to recruit, to renew, to freshen, to freshen up, to renovate, to rub up, to crop, to cut, to trim (cut the ends of); (milit.) to relieve; to rest. _— du vin_; to cool wine. _— le sang_; to refresh the blood. _— un tableau_; to clean up, or freshen up, a picture. _— une tapisserie_; to restore a piece of tapestry. _— les cheveux_; to clip the hair. _— la mémoire_; to refresh one’s memory. _— une muraille_; to repair a wall. _— une place_; to supply a garrison with fresh men and provisions. _Ces troupes sont fatiguées, il faut les mettre dans de bons quartiers pour les —_; these troops are worn out, they must be sent into good quarters to rest. _— la mémoire à quelqu’un_; to remind any one of a thing.

_se_ =rafraîchir=, _v.r._, to cool, to grow cool, to become cool; to take refreshment, to refresh one’s self; to be refreshed; to recruit one’s self; to recruit one’s strength, to rest one’s self. _Venez vous rafraîchir_; come and take some refreshment. _Le vent se rafraîchit_; the wind is freshening.

=rafraîchir=, _v.n._, to cool, to become cool; to be refreshing.

=rafraîchissant=, =-e=, _adj._, cooling, refreshing, refrigerative.

=rafraîchissant=, _n.m._, (med.) cooling medicine.

=rafraîchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, cooling; cooling effect. _pl._, refreshments; provisions, supplies. _Faire les —s_; (nav.) to take in fresh provisions.

=rafraîchisseur=, _adj._, cooling, refrigerative.

=rafraîchissoir=, _n.m._, cooler, refrigerator.

*=ragaillardir=, _v.a._, to make merry, to render merry, to render cheerful, to enliven, to cheer, to cheer up, to give a fillip to.

=rage=, _n.f._, (med.) rage, fury, incensement; mania; rabies, hydrophobia, canine madness, mania, inveterate habit. _Ecumer de —_; to foam with rage. _Avoir la —_; to be mad (of animals). _— de dents_; violent tooth-ache; (pop.) ravenous hunger. _Il a la — d’écrire_; he has a mania for writing, he will write at any price. _Il l’aime à la —_; he loves her to distraction. _Il a la — du jeu_; he has a passion for gambling. _Faire —_; to be quite or all the rage; to cause great disorder, great havoc; to do one’s utmost. _Dire — de quelqu’un_; to say all imaginable harm of any one. _Quand on veut noyer son chien, on dit qu’il a la —_; (prov.) give a dog a bad name and hang him.

=rager=, _v.n._, (fam.) to be in a passion; to sulk, to be angry, to fume.

=rageu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, ill-tempered person; spitfire.

=ragot=, _n.m._, (hunt.) solitary wild boar; (fig.) silly talk, twaddle.

=ragot=, =-e=, _adj._, dumpy, thick and short; thick set; squat (animal).

=ragoût=, _n.m._, (cook.) ragout; stew; hash. _Faire un —_; to make a stew. _En —_; stewed.

=ragoûtant=, =-e=, _adj._, relishing, savory; inviting, tempting. _Morceau —_; tit-bit. _Ce mets-là n’est guère —_; that dish is not very tempting.

=ragoûter=, _v.a._, to restore the appetite; to quicken, to stimulate, to stir up.

_se_ =ragoûter=, _v.r._, to recover one’s appetite.

=ragrafer=, _v.a._, to clasp again, to re-clasp, to hook again.

=ragrandir=, _v.a._, to enlarge again; to enlarge.

_se_ =ragrandir=, _v.r._, to be enlarged again; to become larger.

=ragréage=, _n.m._, (nav.) refitting.

=ragréer=, _v.a._, (arch.) to finish, to finish off, to give the finishing touch to; to restore, to renovate, to do up; to repair; to pare again (trees), to prune; (nav.) to rig anew, to refit. _— un ouvrage de menuiserie_; to finish a piece of joiner’s work. _— une branche d’arbre_; to prune a branch of a tree.

_se_ =ragréer=, _v.r._, (nav.) to be repaired; to obtain fresh rigging.

=ragrément=, _n.m._, finishing, finishing off; restoration, renovation, doing up; pruning, reparing (of trees); (nav.) refitting.

=ragué= (ra-ghé), _adj._, (nav.) chafed, rubbed, galled.

_se_ =raguer=, _v.r._, (nav.) to chafe, to gall.

=raguet=, _n.m._, (pisc.) codling.

=raïa=, _n.m._, rajah, raja.

=raide=, _adj._, stiff, rigid; tight; inflexible, stern; tough; steep; swift, rapid; (nav.) taught. _— de froid_; stiff with cold. _Peau —_; tough skin. _Montagne —_; steep mountain. _— comme une barre de fer_; as stiff as a poker. _Se tenir —_; to stand stiff. _Vol —_; rapid flight. _Le cours de la rivière est —_; the current of the river is very swift. _— comme balle_; in no time, in a jiffy.

=raide=, _adv._, quickly, swiftly; vigorously; tightly; toughly.

=raideur=, _n.f._, stiffness, rigidity; inflexibility; tightness; toughness; steepness; swiftness, velocity.

*=raidillon=, _n.m._, ascent; hillock.

=raidir=, _v.a._, to stiffen, to render inflexible, to render rigid; to tighten; to toughen; (nav.) to haul taught.

_se_ =raidir=, _v.r._, to stiffen; to become, to grow, to get stiff; to become inflexible, to get inflexible; to bear up against (fig.), to resist; to harden one’s self (against); to withstand; to bristle up; to toughen.

=raidir=, _v.n._, to stiffen; to become, to grow, to get, stiff; to tighten; to toughen.

=raie=, _n.f._, line, stroke; streak, stripe; (of hair) parting; (agri.) furrow; (ich.) ray, skate. _À —s_; striped. _Faire sa —_; to part one’s hair. _Étoffe à —s_; striped material. _— bouclée_; (ich.) thornback. _— mobular_; angel-fish.

=raifort=, _n.m._, (bot.) radian, horse-radish.

=rail=, _n.m._, (railways) rail. _— mobile_; switch-rail, point. _— ondulé_; fish-bellied rail. _— à ornière_; tram-rail. _Distance des —s dans œuvre_; gauge of way.

*=railler=, _v.a._, to banter, to jeer, to rally, to joke, to jest.

_se_ =railler=, _v.r._, to jest, to joke, to mock, to make game of.

*=railler=, _v.n._, to jeer, to scoff; to joke, to jest, to laugh at. _— de tout_; to jeer at everything. _Ne raillez pas davantage_; no more of your jeering, jesting. _Je ne raille pas_; I am not joking.

*=raillerie=, _n.f._, raillery, bantering, jesting, jest, joke, banter, jeer, mockery. _Tourner une chose en —_; to turn anything into a jest. _Entendre la —_; to joke well, to be a good hand at a joke. _Entendre —_; to take a joke, to take a jest. _C’est une — de croire que_; it is ridiculous to think that. _— à part_, _sans —_; seriously, in good earnest, without joking. _La — en est-elle?_ (fam.) is it a matter for jest, or joking?

=railleu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, banterer, jeerer, joker, scoffer, jester; bantering, jeering, joking, jesting, scoffing, fond of raillery. _D’un air —_; sneeringly.

=railway=, _n.m._, railway.

=rain=, _n.m._, skirt (of a wood). _V._ =lisière=.

=rainceau=, _n.m._ _V._ =rinceau=.

=raine=, _n.f._, (local expr.) frog.

=rainette=, _n.f._, (erp.) tree-frog; (bot.) _V._ =reinette=.

=rainure=, _n.f._, groove; rabbet; furrow, slot-hole, quirk.

=raiponce=, _n.f._, (bot.) rampion, rampion bell-flower.

=raire= _or_ =réer=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to bell, to croon.

=rais=, _n.m._, spoke (of a wheel); ☉beam, ray (of light); (her.) beam. _— de cœur_; (arch.) ogee.

=raisin=, _n.m._, grape, grapes. _Une grappe de —_; bunch of grapes. _Un grain de —_; a grape. _Un pépin de —_; a grapestone. _— de Corinthe_; (grocer’s) currants. _Des —s secs_; raisins. _— d’Amérique_; (bot.) poke-weed. _— d’ours_; bear’s whortleberry. _— de renard_; (bot.) herb-Paris, true-love. _Grand —_; royal (paper).

=raisiné=, _n.m._, pear, quince, and grape preserve.

=raisinier=, _n.m._, (bot.) grape-tree.