Part 150

=soi=, _pron._, one’s self, self, itself. _Penser à —_; to think of one’s self. _Être à —_; to be one’s own master.

=soi-disant=, _adj._, self-styled, would-be, pretended, so-called, supposed.

=soie=, _n.f._, silk; hair (of a few species of dogs); bristle (of hogs); tongue (of knives, swords); (vet.) _V._ =seime=. _— de bourre_; floss-silk. _— crue_, _— grège_; raw silk. _— plate_; floss-silk. _Des jours filés d’or et de —_; halcyon days. _Peau de —_; Japanese silk.

=soierie= (soa-rî), _n.f._, silk, silk-trade; silk-manufactory. _pl._, silks, silk goods. _Marchand de —_; silk-mercer. _Maison de —_; silk-house.

=soif=, _n.f._, thirst. _Avoir —_; to be thirsty, to thirst after. _Avoir grand’ —_; to be very thirsty. _Mourir de —_; to be almost dying with thirst. _Etancher sa —_; to quench one’s thirst. _— des richesses_; thirst for riches, greed. _Garder une poire pour la —_; to lay up something for a rainy day.

=soigné=, =-e=, _adj._, carefully done; highly finished, elaborate; nicely got up; sound, sharp.

*=soigner=, _v.a._, to take care of, to look after, to attend, to attend to, to mind, to nurse. _— un malade_; to nurse a sick person.

*_se_ =soigner=, _v.r._, to take care of one’s self, to nurse one’s self.

*=soigneusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, carefully.

*=soigneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, careful, regardful, solicitous; mindful.

=soi-même=, _pron._, one’s self; itself.

=soi-mouvant=, _adj._, (philos.) self-moving.

=soin=, _n.m._, care, attendance on. _pl._, attentions, solicitude; pains, trouble. _Avoir — de quelque chose_; to take care of anything. _Je vous en laisse le —_; I leave it to your care. _Rendre des —s à quelqu’un_; to be attentive to any one. _Petits —s_; little, _or_ minute, attentions. _Être aux petite —s avec quelqu’un_; to be all attention to any one. _Manque de —_; carelessness. _Avec —_; carefully.

=soir=, _n.m._, evening, night. _Du matin au —_; from morning till, _or_ to, night. _Bon —_; good evening. _Hier —_, _hier au —_; last evening, last night. _Ce —_; this evening, to-night. _Sur le —_; towards evening; at night-fall. _Le — de la vie_; the declining years.

=soirée=, _n.f._, evening (duration of the evening); evening party. _Aller en —_; to go out to a party, to go to an evening party. _Passer la —_; to spend the evening. _Dans la —_; during the evening.

=soit=, _adv._, be it so, let it be so, well and good, I grant it. _Hé bien, —_; well, be it so. _Ainsi —-il_; so be it. _— dit_; be it said.

=soit=, _conj._, either, whether, or. _— l’un, — l’autre_; either one or the other. _— que_; (with a verb) whether.

=soixantaine= (soa-sān-tĕ-n), _n.f._, about, _or_ some, sixty; some sixty years of age.

=soixante= (soa-sānt), _n.m._ and _adj._, sixty. _—-dix_; seventy. _—-douze_; seventy-two.

=soixanter= (soa-sān-té), _v.n._, to reckon sixty (piquet).

=soixantième= (soa-sān-tièm), _n.m._ and _adj._, sixtieth.

=sol=, _n.m._, soil; ground; ground-plot; (mus.) G, sol; coin. ☉_V._ =sou=.

=solaire=, _adj._, solar. _Cadran —_; sun-dial.

=solandre=, _n.f._, (vet.) solanders, sallenders.

=solanées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) solanaceæ.

=solanum= (-nom), _n.m._, (bot.) solanum.

=solbatu=, =-e=, _adj._, (of horses) surbated.

=solbature=, _n.f._, (vet.) quitter, quitter-bone.

=soldanelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) soldanel; convolvulus soldanella.

=soldat=, _n.m._, soldier. _pl._, soldiery, rank and file. _— de la milice_; militiaman. _Simple —_; private soldier. _— du train_; army service corps man. _Se faire —_; to enlist.

=soldatesque=, _n.f._ and _adj._, soldier-like, soldierly, soldiery.

=solde=, _n.f._, (milit.) pay. _Demi-—_; half-pay.

=solde=, _n.m._, (com.) seulement; clearance sale, clearance, balance. _Pour — de tout compte_; in full of all demands.

=solder=, _v.a._, to pay, to settle, to discharge; to keep in pay; to liquidate; to sell off, to clear off. _— un compte_; to settle an account. _— des troupes_; to pay troops.

=sole=, _n.f._, sole (of animals); (agri.) brake; (ich.) sole; (arch.) sleeper. _— battue_; (vet.) quitter, quitter-bone.

=soléaire=, _adj._, (anat.) solear.

=solécisme=, _n.m._, solecism.

*=soleil=, _n.m._, sun; sunshine; star; sunflower; (c.rel.) monstrance; sun-fish; (print.) squabble; (fireworks) catherine wheel. _— couchant_; sun-set. _Se chauffer au —_; to bask in the sun. _Le — luit pour tout le monde_; the sun shines upon all alike. _Il fait du —_; the sun is shining. _Coup de —_; sunstroke. _Le — se couche_; the sun is setting, is going down. _Il fait un beau —_; it is beautiful sunshine. _Au —_; in the sun. _Au grand —_; at midday; in bright sunshine.

=soleillé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =ensoleillé=.

=solen= (-lè-n), _n.m._, (conch., surg.) solen.

=solénite=, _n.f._, (fos.) solenite.

=solennel=, =-le= (so-la-nèl), _adj._, solemn, awful.

=solennellement= (-la-nel-mān), _adv._, solemnly.

=solennisation= (-la-ni-) _n.f._, solemnization.

=solenniser= (-la-ni), _v.a._, to solemnize.

=solennité= (-la-ni-), _n.f._, solemnity, solemnness, solemn occasion.

=solfatare=, _n.f._, (geol.) solfatara.

=solfège=, _n.m._, (mus.) solfeggio.

=solfier=, _v.a._, (mus.) to sol-fa.

=solidaire=, _adj._, conjointly liable; jointly and separately liable; solidary; conjointly answerable.

=solidairement= (-dèr-mān), _adv._, conjointly; jointly and severally.

=solidarité=, _n.f._, solidarity, joint liability; joint and separate liability, joint interest, fellowship, brotherhood.

=solide=, _adj._, solid, strong, firm; steadfast, stable, fast, substantial, sound, real; solvent. _Un jugement —_; a sound judgment.

=solide=, _n.m._, solid; solid body; solid figure; reality. _Viser au —_; to have an eye to the main chance.

=solidement= (-lid-mān), _adv._, solidly, substantially; firmly; soundly.

=solidification=, _n.f._, solidification.

=solidifier=, _v.a._, to solidify, to concrete.

_se_ =solidifier=, _v.r._, to solidify, to become solid; to acquire solidity.

=solidité=, _n.f._, solidity, strength; steadfastness, stability, firmness, soundness.

=soliloque=, _n.m._, soliloquy.

=soliloquer=, _v.n._, to soliloquize.

=solin=, _n.m._, (arch.) space between two joists _or_ rafters.

=solipède=, _n.m._ and _adj._, soliped; solipedous.

=soliste=, _n.m._, solo singer, solo player, soloist.

=solitaire=, _adj._, solitary, lonely, desert, single.

=solitaire=, _n.m._, hermit, recluse, solitary individual; brilliant (diamond).

=solitairement= (-tèr-mān), _adv._, solitarily.

=solitude=, _n.f._, solitude, loneliness, wilderness, desert.

=solive=, _n.f._, joist, rafter.

=soliveau=, _n.m._, small joist.

☉=sollicitable=, _adj._, that may be solicited.

=sollicitation= (sol-li-), _n.f._, solicitation; entreaty; application; instigation; canvassing.

=solliciter= (sol-li-), _v.a._, to solicit; to apply for; to incite, to urge; to entreat, to incite; to induce; to canvass.

=solliciter=, _v.a._, to solicit, to petition.

=solliciteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se= (sol-li-), _n.f._, solicitor, solicitress, petitioner, canvasser.

=sollicitude= (sol-li-), _n.f._, solicitude, care, anxiety. _Avoir de la — pour_; to be solicitous (for), anxious (about).

=solo=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) solo.

=solstice=, _n.m._, solstice. _— d’été_; summer solstice.

=solsticial=, =-e=, _adj._, solstitial.

=solubilité=, _n.f._, solubility.

=soluble=, _adj._, solvable; soluble, dissolvable.

=solution=, _n.f._, solution; break; dissolution; (math.) solution; resolution; (jur.) discharge.

=solvabilité=, _n.f._, solvency.

=solvable=, _adj._, solvent.

=somatologie=, _n.f._, somatology.

=sombrage=, _n.m._, (agri.) first dressing.

=sombre=, _adj._, dark, somber, dull, dim, dingy, lurid; gloomy; overcast; melancholy, sad, sullen. _Temps —_; gloomy weather. _Lumière —_; dull, _or_ dim, light. _Couleurs —s_; somber colors.

=sombrer=, _v.n._, (nav.) to founder, to go down; (agri.) to give a first dressing to.

=sombrero=, _n.m._, sombrero, broad-brimmed hat.

=sommaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, summary, compendium, abridgment, abstract; summary, compendious.

=sommairement= (-mèr-mān), _adv._, summarily, briefly, succinctly.

=sommation=, _n.f._, summons, notice; (jur.) process, summons; (math.) summation. _Signifier une — à quelqu’un_; to serve a summons on any one. _Faire les trois —s_; to read the Riot Act.

=somme=, _n.f._, burden; sum (quantity); amount; (math.) sum; (lit.) summary, compendium. _Bête de —_; beast of burden. _— totale_; sum-total. _— toute_, _en —_; finally, in short. _Une — de_; a stated sum.

=somme=, _n.m._, nap (sleep). _Faire un —_; to have a nap, to have forty winks. _Ne faire qu’un —_; never to wake all night, to sleep the night through.

*=sommeil=, _n.m._, sleep. _Avoir —_; to be sleepy. _J’ai bien —_; I am very sleepy. _Profond —_; deep sleep. _Cela porte au —_; that induces sleep. _— agité_; restless sleep. _Dormir d’un profond —_; to sleep soundly. _Accablé de —_; dreadfully sleepy. _Tomber de —_, _n’en pouvoir plus de —_; to be overcome with sleep. _Il n’en peut plus de —_; he is quite worn out for want of sleep. _Le — me gagne_; I am getting sleepy. _Avoir le — léger_; to be a light sleeper.

*=sommeiller=, _v.n._, to slumber, to doze.

=sommeli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, butler, cellarman.

=sommellerie= (so-mèl-rî), _n.f._, butler’s place; pantry, buttery.

=sommer=, _v.a._, to summon, to call upon, to charge, to challenge; (math.) to sum up, to cast up. _— quelqu’un de sa parole_; to call upon any one to fulfill his promise. _— une place de se rendre_; (milit.) to summon a fortress to surrender.

=sommet=, _n.m._, top, apex, summit; pinnacle; acme, zenith; crown, top (of the head); (bot.) vertex; (arch.) crown; (geom.) apex, vertex.

=sommier=, _n.m._, pack-horse; hair-mattress; wind-chest (of an organ); wrest plank, sound-board (of pianos); (arch.) breastsummer; summer; register-book; (print.) winter. _— élastique_; spring mattress.

=sommité= (som-mi-), _n.f._, summit, top, apex; head, eminent man; principal, _or_ chief, point. _Une des —s_; (fig.) one of the distinguished men.

=somnambule= (som-nān-), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, somnambulist.

=somnambulisme=, _n.m._, somnambulism.

=somnifère= (som-ni-), _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) narcotic; somniferous.

=somnolence= (som-no-), _n.f._, somnolence, somnolency.

=somnolent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) somnolent, sleepy, drowsy.

=somptuaire=, _adj._, sumptuary.

=somptueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, sumptuously, splendidly.

=somptueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sumptuous, gorgeous, splendid.

=somptuosité=, _n.f._, sumptuousness, splendor.

=son=, _n.m._, bran; (phys.) sound; freckle. _Tache de —_; freckle. _— aigu_; shrill sound. _— de cloches_; ringing of bells. _— du tambour_; beat of the drum, sound of the drum.

=son=, =sa=, =ses=, _adj._, his, her, its, one’s. _Son frère, sa sœur et ses enfants_; his brother, sister, and children. _Son âme_; his, her, soul. [_Son_ is used for the _fem._ instead of _sa_ when the word following begins with a vowel or a silent _h_.]

=sonate=, _n.f._, (mus.) sonata.

=sondage=, _n.m._, sounding; (mining) boring.

=sonde=, _n.f._, plummet, fathom-line; (nav.) sounding-line, sounding-lead; (surg.) probe; (manu.) proof-stick; (mining) bore. _pl._, (nav.) soundings. _Jeter la —_; (nav.) to heave the lead, to sound. _Plomb de —_; sounding lead.

=sonder=, _v.a._, to sound, to fathom; to ullage, to taste; to scrutinize, to examine thoroughly, to investigate, to explore; to probe, to search. _— le terrain_; (mining) to bore; (fig.) to see how matters stand. _— le gué_; to sound the ford; (fig.) to reconnoiter; to see how matters stand. _— la côte_; to ascertain the depth, _or_ to take soundings (along the coast). _— une plaie_; to probe a wound. _— un fromage_; to pierce a cheese. _— quelqu’un_; to sound, to pump, any one.

=sonder=, _v.n._, (nav.) to heave the lead, to sound, to take soundings.

=sondeur=, _n.m._, (nav.) leadsman; (min.) borer.

=songe=, _n.m._, dream, dreaming. _Faire un —_; to have a dream. _Voir en —_; to see in a dream, to dream. _Mal d’autres n’est que —_; other people’s woes do not affect us much.

=songe-creux=, _n.m._, (_—_) dreamer, visionary.

☉=songe-malice=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) mischief-maker.

=songer=, _v.n._, to dream, to muse; to think, to reflect, to mean; to intend, to devise, to purpose, to propose, to consider, to cast about (for); to aim (at). _— profondément_; to think deeply. _— à quelque chose_; to think of anything (suddenly). _Songez à ce que vous faites_; mind what you are about. _Sans y —_; unawares, unthinkingly. _Il songe a se marier_; he is thinking of marrying, _or_ he contemplates marriage. _Songez-y_, _songez-y bien_; mind what you are about; beware. _Maintenant que j’y songe_; now that I think of it; now that I remember.

=songer=, _v.a._, to dream (in one’s sleep); to dream, to imagine, to think of. _— une comédie_; to think of a comedy, to imagine a comedy. _Ne — que bals, que fêtes_; to think of nothing but balls, parties.

=songerie=, _n.f._, dreaming, musing, idle dream.

=songeur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (l.u.) dreamer; thoughtful, dreamy.

☉=sonica=, _adv._, in the nick of time, just in time. _On allait partir sans lui, il est arrivé —_; they were going to set out without him, when he arrived just in the nick of time. _Il a gagné —_; (basset) he has won just in the nick of time.

*=sonnaille=, _n.f._, bell (attached to the neck of cattle).

*=sonnailler=, _v.n._, (fam.) to ring often; to keep ringing.

*=sonnailler=, _n.m._, bell-wether (of sheep).

=sonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, sounding, that has a clear sound; sonorous. _Espèces —es_; hard cash, money down, ready money. _À sept heures —es_; just as the clock was striking seven.

=sonner=, _v.n._, to sound, to emit a sound; to chink, to ring; to strike (of clocks); to toll; to ring the bell. _Faites — cet écu_; ring that crown-piece. _— de la trompette_; to sound the trumpet. _— du cor_; to blow the French horn. _Voilà midi qui sonne_; the clock is striking twelve, it is striking twelve. _On sonne_; there is a ring at the door, _or_ the bell is ringing.

=sonner=, _v.a._, to sound, to ring; to toll; to strike (of watches, clocks); to wind (of instruments); (milit.) to sound. _— les cloches_; to ring the bells. _— le dîner_; to ring for dinner. _— ses gens_; to ring for the servants. _— le boute-selle_; (milit.) to sound to horse. _Ne — mot_; not to say a word, not to let the least hint drop. _— la messe_; to ring the bells for mass. _Il a vingt ans bien sonnés_; he is well over twenty. _Il est trois heures sonnées_; the clock has struck three, _or_ it is past three o’clock.

=sonnerie= (so-n-rî), _n.f._, ring of bells; bells; (horl.) striking part, clock-work; airs, flourishes; (milit.) sound of the trumpet. _Pendule à —_; striking clock.

=sonnet=, _n.m._, sonnet.

=sonnette=, _n.f._, little bell; house-bell, hand-bell, rattle; (tech.) pile-driver; engraver’s mallet. _Cordon de —_; bell-pull. _Agiter la —_, _tirer la —_; to ring, to ring the bell, to pull the bell.

=sonneur=, _n.m._, bell-ringer, blower.

=sonnez= (-né), _n.m._, two sixes (backgammon).

=sonomètre=, _n.m._, sonometer.

=sonore=, _adj._, sonorous, clear, deep-toned. _Voix —_; sonorous voice.

=sonorité=, _n.f._, sonorousness.

=sopeur=, _n.f._, =sopor=, _n.m._, (med.) deep, comatose sleep.

=sopha=, _n.m._ _V._ =sofa=.

=sophi=, _n.m._ _V._ =sofi=.

=sophisme=, _n.m._, sophism, fallacy. _pl._, sophistry.

=sophiste=, _n.m._, sophist.

=sophistication=, _n.f._, sophistication; adulteration.

=sophistique=, _adj._, sophistic, sophistical. _n.f._, sophistry.

=sophistiquer=, _v.a._, to sophisticate, to adulterate.

=sophistiquer=, _v.n._, to subtilize.

=sophistiquerie= (-ti-krî), _n.f._, sophistry, sophistication, adulteration.

=sophistiqueur=, _n.m._, subtilizer, sophisticator, adulterator.

=sophore=, _n.m._, (bot.) sophora.

=soporati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, soporiferous, soporific.

=soporeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) soporous.

=soporifère= _or_ =soporifique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, soporific; soporiferous.

=soprano=, _n.m._, (mus.) soprano, treble (voice).

=sor=. _V._ =saure=.

=sorbe=, _n.f._, (bot.) sorb.

=sorbet=, _n.m._, sherbet.

=sorbétière=, _n.f._, ice-pail.

=sorbier=, _n.m._, (bot.) sorb. _— domestique_; service, service-tree. _— sauvage_, _— des oiseaux_; quick-beam, quick-beam tree, roan-tree, mountain ash, quicken, quicken-tree.

=sorboniste=, _n.m._, Sorbonist.

=sorbonne=, _n.f._, Sorbonne (seat of the university of Paris).

=sorcellerie= (-sèl-rî), _n.f._, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery, enchantment.

=sorcier=, _n.m._, sorcerer, wizard; conjurer, magician, enchanter. _Il n’est pas grand —_; he is no conjurer.

=sorcière=, _n.f._, sorceress, witch, enchantress. _Vieille —_; old hag. _Sabbat des —s_; witches’ Sabbath.

=sordide=, _adj._, sordid, dirty, filthy, mean, covetous, niggardly. _— avarice_; base avarice.

=sordidement= (-did-mān), _adv._, sordidly, meanly, niggardly, stingily.

=sordidité=, _n.f._, sordidness, meanness.

=soret=. _V._ =sauret=.

=sorgho=, _n.m._, (bot.) sorghum, sorgo.

=sorite=, _n.m._, (log.) sorites.

=sorne=, _n.f._, scum, slag, dross.

=sornette=, _n.f._, idle talk, idle story, small talk, stuff. _Conter des —s_; to talk nonsense, _or_ to say sweet nothings to.

=sororal=, =-e=, _or_ =sororial=, =-e=, _adj._, of a sister, sisterly, of sisters.

=sort=, _n.m._, fate, destiny, lot; fortune; position, condition; existence; spell, charm. _Le — des armes_; the fate of arms, the chances of war. _Au —_; by lot. _Tirage au —_; drawing by lots. _Tirer au —_; to cast lots, to draw lots. _Tomber au —_; to draw a bad number (at conscriptions). _Le — en est jeté_; the die is cast. _Jeter un — à quelqu’un_; to throw a spell over any one. _Jeter un — sur quelque chose_; to throw a spell over anything. _Être son —_; to be one’s lot, to fall to one’s lot. _Faire un — à quelqu’un_; to procure any one an existence; to provide for any one.

=sortable=, _adj._, suitable.

=sortablement=, _adv._, suitably.

=sortant=, _n.m._, person going out; person leaving office, a dignity, a place. _Les entrants et les —s_; the incomers and outgoers.

=sortant=, =-e=, _adj._, outgoing, leaving office; drawn, coming out (of numbers in lotteries).

=sorte=, _n.f._, sort, kind, species; manner, way. _Parler de la bonne — à quelqu’un_; to rate any one soundly; (fam.) to give it him. _En aucune —_; in no wise. _De telle —_; to such a degree, in such a way. _De quelque — que ce soit_; in any way whatever. _De la —_; thus, so, in that manner, in that way. _De — que_, _en — que_; so that. _De toute —_, _de toutes —s_; of every kind, of all kinds. _Faire en — que_; to manage so that; to see that; to contrive that.

=sorteu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, much out, fond of going out. _C’est un grand —_; he is always out, always gadding about.

=sortie= (-tî), _n.f._, going out, coming out, departure, leaving; egress, outlet, issue, exit, way out, escape; holiday; outburst, attack, abuse; tirade; (customs) exportation; (thea.) exit; (milit.) sally, sortie; low cards (at cards). _À la — du dîner_; on leaving the dinner-table, _or_ at the end of the dinner. _Droit de —_; export duty. _— de bal_; opera cloak. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to blow any one up. _Faire une —_; (milit.) to make a sally. _Faire une — contre_; to launch out against. _Jour de —_; holiday. _Fausse —_; (thea.) wrong exit.

=sortilège=, _n.m._, sorcery, witchcraft, spell.

=sortir= (sortant, sorti), _v.n._ (_irregular_), to go out, to go forth, to come, to come out, to come forth, to emerge, to proceed, to issue; to get out, to come off; to rise; to depart, to swerve, to deviate; to proceed; to result; to ensue; to wander (from a subject); to start (of the eyes); to spring up, to come up; to peep out, to shoot out (milit.); to sally forth, to sally out; to steam out (of ships); (thea.) to exit, to make one’s exit; to spring, to be born; to run off (locomotives); (paint.) to project, to stand out; to be in relief. _— de la chambre_; to go out of the room. _Il est sorti_; he has gone out. _Il vient de —_; _il ne fait que de —_; he has just gone out. _Il est sorti ce matin_; he went out this morning. _Il ne fait qu’entrer et —_; he does nothing but go in and out. _La rivière est sortie de son lit_; the river has overflowed its banks. _Faire — un homme de prison_; to get a man out of prison. _— du port_; to leave, to steam out of, the harbor. _— de maladie_; to (just) recover from illness. _— de table_; to rise from table. _— de son devoir_; to deviate from one’s duty. _— des bornes de la bienséance_; to overstep the rules of decency. _— de l’enfance_; to be no longer a child. _— de cadence_; (mus.) to be out of time. _Les yeux lui sortent de la tête_; his eyes are starting out of his head. _Faire —_; to make go out; to drive out; to call forth; to elicit, to bring to light.

=sortir=, _v.a._ (_irregular_), to get out, to bring out, to take out, to carry out; to extricate. _Sortez ce cheval_; bring out that horse. _— des fleurs_; to put flowers out in the open air. _— un enfant_; to take a child out.

=sortir=, _v.a._ (_regular_), (jur.) to obtain, to have.

=sortir=, _n.m._, going out, leaving, quitting, coming out, rising. _Au — du lit_; on getting out of bed. _Au — de sa lecture_; (Ste. Beuve) when we close his book.

=sosie=, _n.m._, second self, counterpart, twin, like.

=sot=, =-te=, _n._ and _adj._, fool, blockhead; stupid, silly, foolish, senseless, sheepish. _— animal_; (triv.) foolish creature. _Le voilà bien —_; he looks rather sheepish now. _Il est resté —_; he looked somewhat foolish. _À —te demande point de réponse_; a silly question needs no answer _or_ answer a fool according to his folly. _C’est un — en trois lettres_; he is a downright fool. _Quelque — le ferait_; one would be a fool to do that.

=sotie=, _n.f._, sotie (kind of 14th century play in which political satire predominated).

=sot-l’y-laisse=, _n.m._, (_—_) pope’s nose (of poultry).

=sotnia=, _n.f._, sotnia (company of Russian horse).

=sottement= (sot-mān), _adv._, sillily, foolishly, senselessly.

=sottise=, _n.f._, silliness, folly; silly thing, foolish trick, nonsense, foolishness; indecency; insult. _pl._, abuse, abusive language. _Dire des —s à quelqu’un_; to abuse any one, to call any one names.

=sottisier=, _n.m._, (fam.) collection of indecent tales _or_ songs; ribald person.

=sou=, _n.m._, sou, copper; cent. _Gros —_; penny-piece, copper. _Petit —_; cent, small copper. _N’avoir pas le —_, _n’avoir pas un —_; to be penniless, not to be worth a farthing, not to be worth a groat. _Sans le —_; penniless. _Une affaire de deux —s_; a two-cent business, _or_ trumpery affair. _Comme quatre —s_; (fam.) wretchedly, shabbily, paltrily.

=soubarbe=, _n.f._ _V._ =sous-barbe=.

=soubassement= (-bâs-mān), _n.m._, dado, bed-valance; (arch.) basement, sub-basement. _— d’une colonne_; (arch.) pattern of a column.

=soubise=, _n.f._, onion-sauce.

=soubresaut=, _n.m._, sudden leap _or_ start; jolt; plunge (of a horse); (med.) subsultus.

=soubresauter=, _v.n._, to start, to jump, to jolt, to plunge.

=soubrette=, _n.f._, (thea.) waiting-woman, abigail, lady’s maid.

=soubreveste=, _n.f._, sleeveless upper coat.

=soubuse=, _n.f._, (orni.) hen harrier.

=souche=, _n.f._, stump, stock, stub, stem (of trees); block; blockhead; head, founder (genealogy); chimney-neck, chimney-shaft, chimney-stalk; (bot.) subterranean stock; counterfoil (of passports, etc.); voucher, counterfoil (of checks, receipts, etc.); tally. _C’est une vraie —_; he is a regular blockhead. _Faire —_; to be the first of a branch, to found a family. _— de cheminée_; chimney-stock. _— d’enclume_; anvil-block.

=souchet=, _n.m._, (bot.) galingale; (mas.) ragstone; (orni.) shoveler, shoveler-duck.

=souchetage= (soosh-taj), _n.m._, counting stumps (of felled timber).

=soucheteur= (soosh-teur), _n.m._, surveyor of stocks, stubs, in a forest.