Part 143

=rider=, _v.a._, to wrinkle (the skin); to shrivel; to crumple; to ripple, to ruffle (water); to corrugate, to contract.

_se_ =rider=, _v.r._, to wrinkle, to shrivel, to shrivel up; to ripple, to ruffle (of water).

=ridicule=, _adj._, ridiculous. _Se rendre —_; to make one’s self ridiculous.

=ridicule=, _n.m._, ridicule, ridiculousness; ridiculous person, ridiculous thing. _Tomber dans le —_, or _tourner au —_; to become ridiculous. _Tourner quelqu’un en —_; to ridicule any one.

=ridiculement= (-kul-mān), _adv._, ridiculously.

=ridiculiser=, _v.a._, to ridicule, to make ridiculous, to make fun (of).

=ridiculité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) ridiculousness, ridiculous thing. _C’est une — de parler ainsi_; it is absurd to speak in this manner.

=rièble=, _n.m._ _V._ =grateron=.

=rien= (ri-in), _n.m._, nothing, nought, not anything; mere nothing, trifle, mere trifle. _Pour —_; for nothing, for next to nothing, for a mere trifle, for a song, _— de plus beau_; nothing finer. _— autre chose_; nothing else. _On ne fait — de —_; nothing can be made out of nothing. _Je n’en ferai —_; I shall do nothing of the sort. _Cette montre ne vous sert à —_; that watch is of no use to you. _Il ne sert à — de_; it is of no use to. _Cet homme ne m’est —_; that man is nothing to me. _Cela ne fait —_; that does not matter. _Tout comme si de — n’était_; as if nothing at all was the matter. _Ne faites semblant de —_; pretend not to mind it, not to see it, say nothing at all. _Je ne pense à — moins qu’à cela_; nothing is further from my thoughts. _Ce n’est — moins que cela_; it is quite another thing, it is anything but that. _En moins de —_; in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice. _De —_; don’t mention it! of nothing; insignificant. _— au monde ne me fera oublier cela_; nothing in the world will make me forget that. _— de —_; absolutely nothing. _Moins que —_; very little. _S’il y a — qui me plaise_; if anything pleases me. _Y a-t-il — de nouveau?_ is there any news? _N’aboutir à —_; to come to nothing.

=rieu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, laugher, giggler, sneerer. _Il a les —s de son côté_; he has the laughers on his side.

=rieu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, laughing, joking, sneering, mocking, jeering.

=riflard=, _n.m._, old umbrella; gamp; (carp.) horse-plane; (for stones) paring-chisel; (for metal) rough file.

=rigaudon=, _n.m._ _V._ =rigodon=.

=rigide=, _adj._, rigid, strict, harsh, severe, stiff.

=rigidement= (-jid-mān), _adv._, rigidly, strictly, harshly, stiffly.

=rigidité=, _n.f._, rigidness, rigidity, stiffness, strictness, severity, harshness.

=rigodon=, _n.m._, rigadoon (dance).

=rigole=, _n.f._, trench, little ditch _or_ furrow, little gutter; culvert (of roads).

=rigorisme=, _n.m._, rigorism, austerity; hyper-criticism.

=rigoriste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, rigorist; hyper-critic; over-rigid, over-severe; hypercritical.

=rigoureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, rigorously, severely, strictly, harshly.

=rigoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, rigorous, stern, harsh; strict; severe, sharp; close.

=rigueur= (-gheur), _n.f._, rigor, severity; harshness; sternness, sharpness, closeness, precision. _La — du sort_; the sternness of fate. _Traiter quelqu’un avec —_; to be severe with any one. _Cette règle est de —_; this rule is indispensable. _Jouer de —_; to play the strict rule of the game. _La — de l’hiver_; the inclemency of the winter. _À la —_; strictly speaking; in a strict sense; for once in a way; if absolutely necessary.

*=rillettes=, _n.f.pl._, minced pork.

*=rimaille=, _n.f._, (b.s.), rhyming doggerel.

*=rimailler=, _v.n._, to write bad verses.

*=rimailleur=, _n.m._, sorry rhymer, poetaster.

=rime=, _n.f._, rhyme. _pl._ verse. _—s croisées_; alternate rhymes. _—s plates_; following rhymes (line by line). _Il n’y a ni — ni raison dans ce qu’il dit_; there is neither rhyme nor reason in what he says.

=rimer=, _v.n._ and _a._, to rhyme. _Cela ne rime à rien_; there’s no sense in it; it is all nonsense; that means nothing at all. _De la prose rimée_; mere doggerel.

=rimeur=, _n.m._, rhymer; poetaster.

=rinçage=, _n.m._, rinsing.

=rinceau=, _n.m._, (arch.) foliage; (her.) bough.

=rincer=, _v.a._, to rinse, to wash, to cleanse. _Il a été bien rincé_; (pop.) he has been well drenched; he has been well thrashed; well paid out.

_se_ =rincer=, _v.r._, to rinse. _Se — la bouche_; to rinse one’s mouth.

=rinceu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, rinser, washer.

=rinçoir=, _n.m._, rinsing tub.

=rinçure=, _n.f._, rinsings; slops; (of wine) poor watery stuff.

=ringard=, _n.m._, (tech.) fire-iron, poker, iron-rake.

=ringrave=, _n.m.f._ _V._ =rhingrave=.

☉=riolé=, =-e=, _adj._, streaked.

=rioter=, _v.n._, to giggle, to titter.

=rioteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, giggler, titterer.

=riotte=, _n.f._, tiff.

=ripage=, _n.m._, (tech.) scraping.

*=ripaille=, _n.f._, feasting, junketing. _Faire —_; to feast, to junket.

=ripe=, _n.f._, (sculpt.) scraper.

=riper=, _v.a._, (sculpt.) to scrape.

=ripopée=, _n.f._, slops, medley; slipslop, mish-mash; bad wine.

=riposte=, _n.f._, smart reply, repartee; (fenc.) parry and thrust, return.

=riposter=, _v.n._, to repartee, to make a smart reply; to make a return; to reply, to answer, to return it; (fenc.) to parry and thrust. _Il riposta d’un soufflet_; he replied with a slap in the face.

=ripuaire=, _adj._, riparian, riverine.

=rire= (riant, ri), _v.n._, to laugh; to be merry; to look pleasant, to smile; to be in jest, to joke, to make game of; to trifle; to be favorable, to be propitious; to scoff at. _Eclater de —_; to break out into laughter, to burst out laughing. _Etouffer de —_; to be suffocating with laughter. _Se tenir les côtes de —_; to split one’s sides with laughing. _Se pâmer de —_; to die with laughing. _Avoir le mot pour —_; to be facetious, to be ever ready with a joke. _— à gorge déployée_; to roar with laughter. _— du bout des dents_, _— jaune_; to laugh on the wrong side of one’s mouth, to force a laugh. _— dans sa barbe_, _— sous cape_; to laugh in one’s sleeve. _— de_; to laugh at, not to mind, not to care for. _— de quelqu’un_; to laugh at any one. _— au nez de quelqu’un_; to laugh in any one’s face. _Apprêter à —_; to make one’s self a laughing-stock. _Rira bien qui rira le dernier_ or _marchand qui perd ne peut —_; let them laugh that win. _Cela fait —_; that makes one laugh. _Il n’y a pas là de quoi —_; there’s nothing to laugh at in that. _Il n’y a pas de quoi —_; it is no laughing matter. _Et la foule de —_; up went a great shout of laughter from the crowd! _— aux anges_; to laugh beyond measure; to laugh alone, _or_ to one’s self. _— aux dépens d’autrui_; to laugh at another’s expense. _Nous rirons bien_; we shall have great fun. _La fortune lui rit_; fortune smiles upon him. _Est-ce que vous riez?_ are you jesting? _Vous voulez —_; you are jesting. _Je le disais pour —_; I said it in jest. _— de bon cœur_; to laugh heartily. _Pour —_; in play, for fun. _En riant_, or _pour —_; jokingly, in jest, for fun. _Histoire de —_; for fun, for a lark. _Un roi pour —_; a sham king. _Un conte pour —_; a laughable story. _Pincer sans —_; to jest bitingly. _Tel qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleurera_; laughter is akin to tears, _or_ laugh to-day and cry to-morrow.

_se_ =rire=, _v.r._, to laugh; to make sport, to jest, to trifle, to scoff. _On se rit de lui_; he is laughed at.

=rire=, _n.m._, laugh; laughter, laughing; giggle; grin. _De grands éclats de —_; great shouts of laughter. _Un — moqueur_; a sneer. _Un — niais_; a silly laugh. _Un gros —_; loud laughter; a horse-laugh. _— étouffé_; suppressed laugh; giggle. _Accès de —_; fit of laughter. _Partir d’un éclat de —_; to burst out laughing.

=ris=, _n.m._, (poet.) laugh, smile, laughter; (nav.) reef (of sails); (cook.) sweet-bread. _Un — forcé_; a forced laugh. _Un — moqueur_; a sneer. _Prendre un —_; (nav.) to take in a reef. _— de veau_; (cook.) sweet-bread.

=risban=, _n.m._, (fort.) risband.

=risdale=, _n.f._ _V._ =rixdale=.

=risée=, _n.f._, laugh, laughter, mockery, derision; butt, laughing-stock; (nav.) gust, squall, flaw. _Être_, or _faire_, _la — de tout le monde_; to be the laughing-stock of everyone. _Objet de —_; laughing-stock.

=riser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to strike a sail, to reef.

=risette=, _n.f._, pretty laugh, smile.

=risibilité=, _n.f._, risibility.

=risible=, _adj._, risible; comical, laughable.

=risiblement=, _adv._, laughably.

=risquable=, _adj._, adventurous, hazardous; that may be ventured.

=risque=, _n.m._, risk, hazard, peril. _J’en courrai le —_; I will run the risk of it. _À tout —_; at all hazards or costs. _À ses —s et périls_; at one’s own risk. _Au — de_; at the risk of.

=risqué=, =-e=, _adj._, risky, hazardous, hazarded; bold; improper, broad, free.

=risquer=, _v.a._, to risk, to hazard, to venture, to run the risk of, to have to fear. _Qui ne risque rien n’a rien_; nothing venture, nothing have. _— le paquet_; to risk all _or_ to brave the storm.

_se_ =risquer=, _v.r._, to risk, to venture, to take one’s chance of.

=risque-tout=, _n.m._, desperado, dare-devil.

=risse=, _n.f._, (nav.) lashing-rope.

=risser=, _v.a._, to lash, to frap.

=rissole=, _n.f._, (cook.) minced meat fritter, rissole.

=rissolé=, =-e=, _part._, (cook.) brown, browned; crackling. _Il a le visage —_; his face is sunburnt.

=rissoler=, _v.a._, (cook.) to roast brown.

_se_ =rissoler=, _v.r._, (cook.) to roast brown.

=ristorne= _or_ =ristourne=, _n.f._, (com.) canceling an insurance.

=ristorner= _or_ =ristourner=, _v.a._, (com.) to cancel an insurance; to carry to another account.

=rit= _or_ =rite=, _n.m._, rite.

=ritournelle=, _n.f._, (mus.) ritornello, flourish.

=ritualiste=, _n.m.f._, ritualist.

=rituel=, _n.m._, ritual, prayer-book.

=rivage=, _n.m._, shore, sea-shore, strand, beach; bank-side (of rivers); water-side. _Être jeté sur le —_; to be cast ashore. _Quitter le —_; to put off.

=rival=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, rival. _Ils sont rivaux de gloire_; they are rivals in glory.

=rivaliser=, _v.n._, to rival, to vie, to compete, to strive, to strive with, to emulate. _Ils ont rivalisé d’efforts_; they vied with each other in efforts.

=rivalité=, _n.f._, rivalry, rivalship, competition, emulation.

=rive=, _n.f._, shore, bank (of rivers); border, skirt (of woods). _On n’y voit ni fond ni —_; (prov.) it is beyond any man’s comprehension.

=rivement=, _n.m._, riveting.

=river=, _v.a._, to rivet, to clinch. _— son clou à quelqu’un_; to give any one a clincher, to silence any one.

=riverain= (rī-vrin), _n.m._, river-side resident; borderer; owner of riverside property.

=riverain=, =-e=, _adj._, riparian, bordering (on rivers or woods); riverine; possessing property situated along a forest, road, or street.

=rivet=, _n.m._, rivet.

=rivetage=, _n.m._, riveting.

=rivière=, _n.f._, river, stream. _Bras d’une —_; branch of a river. _Gens de —_; watermen. _La — est marchande_; the river is navigable. _Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes —s_; many a little makes a mickle. _Mettre des peaux en —_; to soak skins. _— de diamants_; diamond necklace, stream of diamonds.

=rivoir=, _n.m._, riveting-hammer.

=rivure=, _n.f._, hinge-pin.

=rixdale=, _n.f._, rix-dollar.

=rixe=, _n.f._, combat, conflict, fight, scuffle; brawl, dispute, affray; quarrel.

=riz= (ri), _n.m._, (bot.) rice. _— au lait_; rice-milk. _Gâteau de —_; rice-pudding, rice-cake.

=rize=, _n.m._, rize (Turkish coin).

=rizière=, _n.f._, rice-field, rice-plantation.

=rob=, _n.m._, (pharm.) rob.

=robe=, _n.f._, gown, robe, dress, frock; coat (of certain animals); husk, peel (of certain vegetables, fruit); cloth (clergymen); long robe (lawyers). _— de femme_; dress, gown. _— d’enfant_; frock. _— de chambre_; morning-gown, dressing-gown. _— décolletée_; low dress. _— montante_; dress high to the neck. _Gens de —_; gentlemen of the long robe; barristers. _En — de chambre_; (of potatoes) in their skins, in their jackets.

=rober=, _v.a._, to bark (madder). _— un chapeau_; to rub a hat; (of cigars) to wrap.

=robin=, _n.m._, (b.s.) limb of the law, lawyer.

=robin=, proper name used in the following familiar and proverbial expressions: _Toujours souvient à — de ses flûtes_; one always remembers one’s old ways. _C’est un plaisant —_; he is a contemptible fellow, _or_ an easy fool.

=robinet=, _n.m._, cock; tap, plug. _— à deux eaux_, _à deux faces_, _à deux fins_; double-valve cock. _Fermer le —_; to turn off the cock. _Ouvrir le —_; to turn on the cock.

=robinier=, _n.m._, (bot.) robinia, common acacia, locust-tree.

=roborati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) (l.u.) roborant.

=robre=, _n.m._, rubber (whist).

=robuste=, _adj._, robust, hardy, strong, vigorous, sturdy.

=robustement=, _adv._, robustly, hardily, lustily, stoutly.

=robustesse=, _n.f._, robustness, strength, vigor.

=roc=, _n.m._, rock (isolated mass of stony matter); ☉rook, castle (at chess). _— vif_; solid rock.

*=rocaille=, _n.f._, rock-work, grotto work.

*=rocailleur=, _n.m._, grotto-maker, rock-work-maker.

*=rocailleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pebbly, stony, flinty; rugged, rough. _Style —_; harsh style.

=rocambeau=, _n.m._, (nav.) iron ring (holding the sails round the mast).

=rocambole=, _n.f._, (hort.) rocambole, seasoning; a trite, sorry joke; ☉piquancy, point, zest; cream (of anything). _Et la —_; (pop.) and the rest of it.

=roccelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) archil, orchil.

=roche=, _n.f._, rock, boulder; quartz, stony mass (inland); rock (insensibility), flint, steel. _Cœur de —_; heart of flint. _Homme de la vieille —_; man of the old stamp or school. _Il y a quelque anguille sous —_; there is a snake in the grass; I can smell a rat. _— crayeuse_; chalk rock. _Eau de —_; spring water.

=rocher=, _n.m._, rock, boulder, crag (sea-girt usually); (conch.) murex; (artificial) rockery. _Plein de —s_; rocky. _Cœur de —_; heart of flint. _— escarpé_; steep rock.

=rocheraie= (ro-shré), _n.f._, (orni.) stock-dove.

=rochet=, _n.m._, rocket (surplice); (horl.) rack, ratch; (of machinery) clink; (locksmith’s work) ratchet.

=rocheu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (geol.) rocky, stony.

=rock= _or_ =rouc=, _n.m._, roc (fabulous bird).

=rococo=, _n.m._, and _adj._, antiquated style, rococo style, bad taste (in arts); antiquated, trumpery, old, old-fashioned.

=rocou=, =rocouer=, =rocouyer=. _V._ =roucou=, =roucouer=, =roucouyer=.

=rôder=, _v.n._, to roam, to rove, to ramble; to prowl.

=rôdeur=, _n.m._, roamer, rover, rambler; vagrant; prowler.

=rodomont=, _n.m._, rodomont, blusterer, ranter, braggadocio, bully.

=rodomontade=, _n.f._, rodomontade, boasting, bluster, bravado, swaggering.

=rogations=, _n.f.pl._, (c.rel.) rogation. _Jours des —_; rogation-days. _Semaine des —_; rogation week.

=rogatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) of inquiry. _Commission —_; judicial commission (to examine witnesses).

=rogatons=, _n.m.pl._, scraps, odds and ends, broken meat; waste paper.

=roger-bontemps=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) (fam.) a jolly fellow, merry andrew.

*=rogne=, _n.f._, itch; mange; (vet.) scab.

*=rognement=, _n.m._, cutting, paring, clipping.

*=rogne-pieds=, _n.m.pl._, (vet.) farrier’s knife.

*=rogner=, _v.a._, to clip, to cut (at the extremities); to pare, to crop, to prune, to lop; to cut off, to cut short, to pare off. _— la vigne_; to prune the vine. _— un livre_; to cut a book. _— la monnaie_; to clip coin. _— les ongles à quelqu’un_; to clip any one’s wings.

*=rogneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, clipper (of coin).

*=rogneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, itchy, mangy, scabbed, scurvy.

*=rognoir=, _n.m._, (book-bind.) plow; cutting-press.

*=rognon=, _n.m._, kidney; (pop.) loins; hip; testicle (of some animals). _Blessure aux —s d’un cheval_; navel-gall. _Mine en —s_; (metal.) kidney-shaped ore.

*=rognonner=, _v.n._, to growl, to grumble.

*=rognure=, _n.f._, paring, clipping, cutting. _pl._, refuse, leavings.

=rogomme=, _n.m._, dram, spirits, grog. _Voix de —_; croaking voice, hoarse voice, drunkard’s voice.

=rogue= (rog), _adj._, (fam.) proud, haughty, disdainful.

=roi=, _n.m._, king. _De par le —_; in the king’s name. _Vive le —_; long live the king. _Le jour des —s_; Twelfth-day. _Gâteau des —s_; Twelfth-cake. _Fêter_, or _tirer_, _les —s_; to celebrate Twelfth-night. _Vivre en —_; to live like a king, like a prince. _C’est la cour du — Pétaud_; it is Bedlam broke loose. _— d’armes_; king at arms.

=roide=, _adj._ _V._ =raide=.

=roitelet= (roa-tlè), _n.m._, petty king, kinglet; (orni.) wren. _— huppé_; golden-crested wren. _— triple bandeau_; fire-crested wren.

=rôlage=, _n.m._, rolling (of tobaccos).

=rôle=, _n.m._, roll, scroll; list, rota, roster, catalogue; (thea.) part, character, impersonation; (jur.) cause-list. _À tour de —_; in turn, by turn, by rotation. _Jouer bien son —_; to play one’s part well. _— de combat_; (nav.) quarter-bill. _— de quart_; watch-bill. _— d’équipage_; (nav.) muster-roll. _Sortir de son —_; to be out of character, to exceed one’s attributes. _Saisir son —_; to catch the spirit of one’s part. _Manquer son —_; (fig.) to mistake one’s vocation. _Outrer son —_; to overdo one’s part.

=rôler=, _v.n._, (b.s.) to spin out legal documents (to increase the costs).

=rôlet=, _n.m._, (l.u.) character, little part. _Jouer bien son —_; to play one’s part well. _Être au bout de son —_; to be at one’s wits’ end, at the end of one’s tether.

=rollier=, _n.m._, (orni.) roller.

=romain=, =-e=, _adj._, Roman; Romish; (print.) Roman. _À la —e_; Roman-like. _L’Eglise catholique —e_; the church of Rome. _Calendrier —_; Romish calendar. _Laitue —e_; cos lettuce.

=romain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Roman.

=romain=, _n.m._, (print.) Roman, primer. _Gros —_; great primer. _Petit —_; long primer.

=romaine=, _n.f._, steelyard; (bot.) cos lettuce.

=romaïque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Romaic, modern Greek language; Greek, Grecian.

=romaïque=, _n.f._, the Greek national dance.

=roman=, _n.m._, novel, romance, fiction, romancing tale; Romance (language). _Cela tient du —_; it is like a romance. _C’est une aventure de —_; it is a romantic adventure. _De —_; of novels, romantic, imaginary.

=roman=, =-e=, _or_ =romance=, _adj._, Romanic, Romance.

=romance=, _n.f._, (mus.) ballad, song.

=romancer= _or_ =romanciser=, _v.n._, to romance.

=romancero=, _n.m._, (_—s_) romancero, collection of short Spanish epic poems.

=romancier=, _n.m._, romance-writer; novelist, novel-writer.

=romane=, _adj._, (arch.) romanesque.

=romanesque=, _adj._, fanciful, romantic; romanesque.

=romanesquement=, _adv._, romantically, in a romantic manner.

=romaniser=, _v.a._ and _n._, to romanize.

=romanticisme=, _n.m._, romanticism.

=romantique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, romanticist, romanticism; romantic, romantical.

=romantiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, romantically.

=romantisme=, _n.m._, romanticism.

=romarin=, _n.m._, (bot.) rosemary.

=rompement= (ronp-mān), _n.m._, only used in: _— de tête_; mental fatigue, head-splitting.

=rompre=, _v.a._, to break, to break asunder, to snap; to break off, to dissolve; to train, to break in, to train up, to use; to divert, to turn off; (phys.) to refract; (med.) to rupture; (paint.) to blend. _— un criminel_; to break a criminal upon the wheel. _— la tête à quelqu’un_; to break any one’s head. _— les chemins_; to spoil the roads, to break up the roads. _— la glace_; to break the ice. _— le cou à quelqu’un_; to break any one’s neck, to ruin any one. _— les couleurs_; to blend the colors. _— la mesure_ or _la semelle_; (fenc.) to retire in parrying, to draw back. _— le grain germé_; to turn the barley. _— les bordages_; (nav.) to rip off planks. _— le sommeil de quelqu’un_; to interrupt the sleep of any one. _— un coup_; to deaden a blow. _— le silence_; to break silence. _— les chiens_; (hunt.) to call off the dogs. _— l’eau à un cheval_; to interrupt a horse in drinking. _— un traité_; to break off a treaty. _— son ménage_; to give up housekeeping. _— le carré_; (milit.) to break the square. _— une armée_; to disband an army. _— la paille_; to break off (an agreement, a bargain, etc.); to break off, to fall out with, to become the enemy of any one. _— son serment_; to break one’s oath. _— son jeûne_; to break one’s fast. _— sa prison_; to break out of prison. _— son ban_; to break one’s ban. _— la tête à quelqu’un_; to turn any one’s brain; to worry any one. _— un homme aux affaires_; to train a man up to business. _— un cheval_; to break in a horse. _À tout —_; furiously, frantically. _Cet acteur a été applaudi à tout —_; that actor received frantic applause.

_se_ =rompre=, _v.r._, to break, to break off, to snap, to break up, to break asunder; to discontinue; (phys.) to be refracted; (med.) to rupture. _Se — la tête_; to puzzle, _or_ rack, one’s brains.

=rompre=, _v.n._, to break, to break asunder, to break off, to snap, to break up; to discontinue, to have done. _— court_; to break off short. _— en visière avec quelqu’un_; to tell any one the truth to his face; to quarrel openly with any one, to break off with any one.

=rompu=, =-e=, _part._, broken, snapped; broken in; (nav.) hogged (of a ship). _Être — aux affaires_; to be used, _or_ accustomed, to business. _Tout — de fatigue_; quite worn out with fatigue. _Travailler à bâtons —s_; to work by fits and starts. _Nombre —_; (l.u.) fraction.

=ronce=, _n.f._, (bot.) bramble, brier; blackberry-bush; blackberry-tree; (fig.) thorn, obstacle.

=ronceraie=, _n.f._, brake, briery.

=rond=, =-e=, _adj._, round; rotund; frank, easy, plain-dealing; even (of money, accounts). _Un peu —_; roundish. _Du fil —_; coarse thread. _Pain —_; coarse bread. _Voix —e_; full voice. _Compte —_; even account. _C’est un homme tout —_; he is a plain-dealing man, _or_ honesty itself. _Être — en affaires_; to be straightforward in business matters. _Figure de —e bosse_; (sculpt.) figure in alto-relievo. _Période —e_; full and rounded period.

=rond=, _n.m._, round, orb, ring, circle, disk. _Danser en —_; to dance in a ring. _— d’eau_; circular basin of water. _— de serviette_; napkin ring.

=rondache=, _n.f._, round buckler, round shield.

=ronde=, _n.f._, round; patrol; table song, roundelay; (mus.) semibreve; round hand (writing). _Faire la —_; to go the rounds. _À la —_; round about. _Boire à la —_; to drink all round. _Passer à la —_; to hand round, to pass round. _Chemin des —s_; round-way.

=rondeau=, _n.m._, rondeau, roundelay (French poet.); (mus.) rondo.

=rondelet=, =-te= (rōn-dlè, -t), _adj._, roundish, plump, plumpish.

=rondelette=, _n.f._, ground-ivy.

=rondelettes=, _n.f.pl._, sail-cloth made in Brittany.

=rondelle=, _n.f._, round shield; rundle, ring; washer (of a wheel); sculptor’s rounded chisel.

=rondement= (rōn-dmān), _adv._, roundly; quickly; briskly, vigorously; plainly, frankly; with a high hand. _Mener une affaire —_; not to dilly-dally. _Y aller —_; to act frankly and quickly. _Il va — en besogne_; he goes briskly to work.

=rondeur=, _n.f._, roundness, smoothness, undulating expanse, rotundity; fullness, flow; openness, plain dealing; curve, compass (of a piece of timber used in shipbuilding).

=rondin=, _n.m._, billet, round log; cudgel.

=rondiner=, _v.a._, to cudgel. _— d’importance_; to beat soundly.

=rondon=, _n.m._, (hawking) swoop, impetuosity. _En —_; impetuously.

=rond-point=, _n.m._ (_—s-—s_) (arch.) apsis; circus (place where several roads, _or_ walks, meet).

=ronflant=, =-e=, _adj._, snoring; sonorous, high-sounding; loud.

=ronflement=, _n.m._, snoring, snore; roaring, peal, rumbling; humming; snorting (of horses). _— des vents_; roaring of the wind. _— d’une toupie_; humming of a top.

=ronfler=, _v.n._, to snore; (of horses) to snort; (of cannon, thunder) to roar; (of organs) to peal; (of spinning-tops) to hum.

=ronfleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, snorer.

=ronge=, _n.m._, (hunt.) ruminating. _Le cerf fait le —_; the stag is ruminating.

=rongeant=, =-e=, _adj._, gnawing, devouring, corroding; (med.) corrosive.

*=ronge-maille=, _n.m._, (_—_) nibble (rat). _Maître —_; squire nibble.

=ronge-ver=, _n.m._, gnawing worm.