Part 2

Geste {_m._, gesture, action, movement. _pl._, ☉great deeds of generals, princes, etc. {_f._, poem in old French.

Givre {_m._, hoar frost, rime. {_f._, (her.) snake, serpent, wyvern.

Grave {_m._, (phys.) body, heavy body; (lit.) grave style; (mus.) flat; wine made at Grave (France). {_f._, shore, beach (Newfoundland); {_pl._, gravelly and clayey soil in the department of Gironde (France).

Greffe {_m._, record-office of a court of justice. {_f._, graft.

Grêle {_m._, nut-coal. {_f._, hail; (med.) chalazion, grando, hailstone.

Guérilla {_m._, guerilla-soldier. {_f._, guerilla, small army of irregulars.

Guide {_m._, a guide. {_f._, rein.

Havane {_m._, Havana (cigar). {_f._, Havana (town).

Hymne {_m._, ode, hymn. {_f._, hymn (church).

Inde {_m._, indigo, indigo blue; logwood. {_f._, India.

Interligne {_m._, space between printed or written lines; space between the lines of the stave (mus.). {_f._, (print.) lead, metallic plate to separate lines.

Jujube {_m._, the extract of jujube (fruit). {_f._, [7]jujube (fruit).

Laque {_m._, lacker, lacquer. {_f._, lac, lake, gum-lake.

Lepte {_m._, (ent.) leptus, wheal-worm, harvest-bug. {_f._, (bot.) a triphyllous plant of the order celastraceæ.

Lévite {_m._, Levite. {_f._, surtout, overcoat.

Liquide {_m._, a liquid. {_f._, (gram.) liquid, liquid consonant.

Litre {_m._, liter, French measure of capacity, less than a quart. {_f._, band of black cloth bearing the coat of arms of a deceased person, and hung in church at his funeral.

Livre {_m._, book. {_f._, pound (weight, money).

Louche {_m._, ambiguity; equivocalnees; underhand dealing. {_f._, soup-ladle.

Loutre {_m._, ☉a hat, a muff, etc., made of otter-skin or hair. {_f._, otter.

Maheutre {_m._, (French hist.) Protestant soldier. {_f._, a sleeve that was formerly worn, and did not reach further than the elbow.

Manche {_m._, handle of a tool, a knife, etc. {_f._, sleeve; the English Channel.

Manœuvre {_m._, day-laborer; bricklayer’s journeyman; (fig.) bungler; crafty person. {_f._, (milit., nav.) maneuver; running rigging, cordages of a ship.

Marengo {_m._, Oxford gray (color). {_f._, (cook.) marengo (sauce for fowl).

Maroufle {_m._, ragamuffin, lout, rascallion, clodhopper. {_f._, (paint.) lining-paste.

Martyre {_m._, martyrdom. {_f._, a female martyr.

Masque {_m._, a mask. {_f._, ☉ugly woman, ugly girl.

Mémoire {_m._, memorandum; memoir; bill (of large amount). {_f._, the memory.

Merci {_m._, thanks. {_f._, mercy, grace, benevolence, favor.

Mestre de {_m._, ☉colonel; general. Camp {_f._, ☉the 1st company of a regiment.

Minime {_m._, minim, Franciscan monk. {_f._, ☉(mus.) minim.

Mobile {_m._, mover, spring, motive power; motive; soldier in the _garde mobile_. {_f._, the _garde mobile_, a French infantry corps no longer in existence.

Mode {_m._, mood, mode; method. {_f._, fashion.

Môle {_m._, pier, jetty. {_f._, (med.) mole.

Mort {_m._, a dead man. {_f._, death.

Moufle[8] {_m._, (chem.) muffle. {_f._, (mec.) tackle (assemblage of pulleys); fingerless glove.

Moule {_m._, mold, matrix to cast lead, iron, etc. {_f._, (ich.) mussel.

Mousse {_m._, cabin-boy, apprentice sailor. {_f._, moss; froth, foam.

Mulle {_m._, (ich.) mullet. {_f._, ☉rennet, prepared membrane of the calf’s stomach.

Myope {_m._, myope, short-sighted man; (ent.) conops. {_f._, myope, short-sighted female.

Mystique {_m._, mystic (man). {_f._, mystic (female); the study of spirituality.

Néphrétique {_m._, (med.) nephritic; man affected with nephritis. {_f._, nephritic, renal colic.

Nielle {_m._, niello. {_f._, blight, smut; (bot.) rose campion.

Noël {_m._, Christmas; Christmas carol. {_f._, _la Noël_ (ellipsis for _la_ fête de _Noël_), Christmas-day.

Œuvre {_m._, the philosopher’s stone; (arch.) walls; the whole of the works of an engraver, painter, or composer of music; argentiferous lead; (jur.) summons to one who builds upon another man’s ground. {_f._, work, deed, action; work of the hand; handiwork; (jewel.) bezel; (nav.) hull of a ship; the works of a writer.

Office {_m._, divine service; duty; office[9]; employment; formulary of prayers. _Saint-—_; holy-office, inquisition. {_f._, servants’ hall; pantry.

Ombre[10] {_m._, (ich.) umbra, chromis, corvo; umber, grayling, char; (card game) omber. {_f._, shade, shadow; spirit, ghost.

Once {_m._, mountain-cat, catamount. {_f._, ounce (weight); jaguar, ounce.

Orphiques {_m._, Orpheus’ poems; Pythagoreans, votaries of Orpheus. {_f._, orgies, feast in honor of Bacchus.

Page {_m._, page, young male servant. {_f._, page of a book, etc.

Paillasse {_m._, clown, merry-andrew. {_f._, straw-bed, straw-bed ticking.

Palme {_m._, palm; hand (measures). {_f._, palm; palm-branch; (bot.) palm-tree; pattern of cashmere shawls; (sculpt., arch.) palm; (her.) palm; (bot.) Cuban reed; (nav.) a kind of East Indian ship with two masts.

Pantomime {_m._, pantomimist, pantomime. {_f._, dumb-show, pantomime.

Pâque[11] {_m._, Easter (Christian religion). {_f._, Passover, Easter (Jewish religion).

Parallèle {_m._, comparison; (geog.) parallel of latitude. {_f._, (geom.) parallel line; (fort.) trench, trenches.

Part {_m._, (jur.) new-born child, infant; birth. {_f._, share, portion, part; concern, interest, part, side.

Peau-rouge {_m._, American Indian. Red-skin. {_f._, (no hyphen) any one’s skin when it is red, or redder than usual.

Pendule {_m._, pendulum. {_f._, time-piece.

Période {_m._, highest point, acme, height. {_f._, period, epoch.

Personne {_m._, (pron.) nobody, anybody. {_f._, (noun) a person.

Physique {_m._, a person’s constitution, body. {_f._, natural philosophy.

Pique {_m._, spade (cards). {_f._, pike (weapon); tiff, pique, quarrel.

Pivoine {_m._, (orni.) bull-finch. {_f._, (bot.) peony, piony.

Plane {_m._, (bot.) plane-tree; inside surface of scissors blades. {_f._, joiner’s plane; spoke-shave, drawing-knife; (ich.) plaice.

Platine {_m._, (metal.) platinum. {_f._, lock (of small fire-arms); metallic-plate.

Podagre {_m._, a podagrical man, _i.e._ one having the gout in his feet. {_f._, podagra, gout in the feet.

Poêle {_m._, pall; stove. {_f._, frying-pan.

Polacre or {_m._, ☉Polish cavalry. Polaque {_f._, (nav.) polacca, polacre.

Politique {_m._, politician. {_f._, politics; policy.

Ponte {_m._, punter (gambling). {_f._, laying of eggs.

Poste {_m._, post, situation. {_f._, post, mail, post-office; buckshot.

Poulpe {_m._, (mol.) poulp, octopus. {_f._, pulp, pap.

Pourpre {_m._, purple (color); (her.) purpure; (chem.) purple; (med.) purples. {_f._, purple, coloring matter extracted from _buccinum lapillus_; stuff, fabric dyed in purple; (fig.) vivid red color; sovereign dignity, cardinal’s dignity.

Prétexte {_m._, pretense, pretext. {_f._, (Rom. ant.) prætexta.

Primevère {_m._, ☉spring season. {_f._, (bot.) primrose, cowslip, oxlip.

Pupille {_m._, a male ward. {_f._, a female ward; pupil of the eye.

Pyrrhique {_m._, pyrrhic (poet.). {_f._, pyrrhic, military dance.

Quadrille {_m._, quadrille (card game); quadrille, a dance; (mus.) quadrille. {_f._, troup of horses in a tournament.

Quadruple {_m._, quadruple, fourfold; (Spanish coin) doubloon. {_f._, Spanish gold coin worth about £3 8s.

Quatrième {_m._, fourth; 4th floor; pupil of the 4th form in public schools. {_f._, 4th form in public schools; (piquet) quart.

Queux {_m._, ☉cook. {_f._, whetting-stone, hone.

Réciproque {_m._, like, like for like, tit for tat. {_f._, (log.) converse.

Réclame {_m._, (hawking) cry, sign to bring back a hawk to the lure or to the fist. {_f._, (print.) catch-word; primer; editorial advertisement in newspapers; (c.rel.) part of the responses recited in the versicle; (thea.) cue.

Régale {_m._, organ stop imitating the human voice; regal (musical instrument). {_f._, the king’s right to receive the revenue of a vacant bishopric.

Réglisse {_m._, _du réglisse_ (popular ellipsis for _du_ jus de _réglisse_) extract of liquorice, Spanish juice. {_f._, (bot.) liquorice, licorice; liquorice root.

Relâche {_m._, (thea.) non-performance. {_f._, (nav.) putting into port.

Remise {_m._, coach let on hire, livery-coach. {_f._, coach-house; (com.) remittance.

Rencontre {_m._, (her.) rencounter. {_f._, encounter, rencounter, accidental meeting; accident, chance, collision; meeting; accidental fight; opportunity, occurrence, case; juncture.

Rhingrave {_m._, count of the Rhine. {_f._, ☉knee-breeches.

Romaïque {_m._, Romaic, modern Greek language. {_f._, the Greek national dance.

Rossinante {_m._, Rosinante, Don Quixote’s horse. {_f._, Rosinante, a sorry horse, a jade.

Sagittaire {_m._, (astron.) Saggitarius. {_f._, (bot.) arrow-head, adder’s-tongue.

Sarde {_m._, a native of Sardinia. {_f._, (ich.) whale; scomber; sardan; Brazilian sardine or pilchard.

Satyre {_m._, (myth.) satyr. {_f._, (Grec. ant.) satyric tragedy.

Scolastique {_m._, scholastic; school-man. {_f._, scholasticism.

Scolie {_m._, (geom.) scholium. {_f._, scholium, annotation; (Grec antiq.) table-song.

Scytale {_m._, (zoöl.) a species of very venomous snakes. {_f._, (antiq.) staff used in Sparta as a cypher to write secret dispatches.

Septième {_m._, seventh, seventh part, seventh day. {_f._, (piquet) septième; (mus.) seventh.

Serpentaire {_m._, (astron.) Serpentarius; (orni.) secretary-bird, snake-eater. {_f._, (bot.) dragon’s-wort.

Silène {_m._, (myth.) Silenus; Satyr, attendant of Bacchus; (ent.) a South European butterfly. {_f._, (bot.) catch-fly.

Sixième {_m._, sixth, sixth part; sixth day; pupil of the 6th class in public schools. {_f._, (piquet) seizième; 6th class in public schools.

Solde {_m._, balance of an account. {_f._, soldier’s pay.

Somme {_m._, nap, slumbers, doze, sleep. {_f._, a sum of money; total; load, burden.

Souris {_m._, smile. {_f._, mouse.

Statère[12] {_m._, (antiq.) stater (coin). {_f._, (antiq.) statera, Roman balance.

Statuaire {_m._, sculptor. {_f._, the art of making statues, statuary.

Stipe {_m._, (bot.) stipe; caudex. {_f._, (bot.) stipa, feather-grass; ☉a tax on leases.

Superbe {_m._, proud, haughty man. {_f._, arrogance, haughtiness, vainglory.

Technique {_m._, (arts) material execution, technicalities. {_f._, technics.

Teneur {_m._, keeper, accountant; _teneur de livres_; book-keeper. {_f._, text, terms, purport, tenor, contents, of writings.

Terre-neuve {_m._, Newfoundland dog. {_f._, Newfoundland.

Tirelire {_m._, ☉song, carol of the lark. {_f._, money-box.

Tonique {_m._, (med.) tonic. {_f._, (mus.) tonic, key-note, key.

Topique {_m._, (rhet., med.) tonic. {_f._, (rhet.) the art of finding topic or arguments.

Tour {_m._, turn; tour; lathe; trick. {_f._, tower.

Triomphe {_m._, triumph. {_f._, triumph (card-game).

Trochée {_m._, (poet.) trochee. {_f._, (agri.) brushwood.

Troisième {_m._, third; third floor; pupil of the 3d class in public schools. {_f._, 3d class in public schools.

Trolle {_m._, globe-flower, trollius. {_f._, (hunt.) trolling.

Trompette {_m._, trumpeter. {_f._, trumpet.

Trouble {_m._, confusion, disorder, disturbance, dispute, quarrel; _pl._ troubles, broils, commotions. {_f._, hoop-net (for fishing).

Vague {_m._, space, emptiness; vagueness; looseness; uncertainty. {_f._, sea-wave, billow.

Vapeur {_m._, steamer, steam-boat. {_f._, steam; vapor.

Vase {_m._, vase. {_f._, mud, slime, mire.

Vigogne {_m._, hat made of vicugna wool. {_f._, (zoöl.) vicugna.

Voile {_m._, veil. {_f._, sail.

Vulnéraire {_m._, (pharm.) vulnerary. {_f._, (bot.) kidney-vetch, woundwort.

FOOTNOTES

[1] Some grammars and dictionaries give _ange de mer_, angel-fish, as feminine, but it is an error; _ange_ is masculine in all its acceptations.—(ACAD.)

[2] In the language of botany this word is sometimes used in the masculine.—(ACAD.)

[3] In the sense of pirate, this word has no accent: _capre_.

[4] Some grammarians and lexicographers give _ébène_, in the figurative sense of black color, as masculine, but it is an error; _ébène_ is feminine even when used figuratively.—(ACAD.)

[5] Voltaire used this word in the feminine, in the sense of a small sheet of paper; but it is contrary to etymology, and even to common sense. The French Academy does not give this acceptation.

[6] When it means _forest_, its _e_ has a circumflex accent: _forêt_.

[7] The French Academy gives to _jujube_ (fruit) the feminine gender; but it is contrary to general present usage.

[8] French mechanicians give to this noun, in the sense of _tackle_, the masculine gender.

[9] This word has never in French the meaning of _room_, _apartment_, for the transaction of business.

[10] _Ombre_, card game, is also spelt _hombre_.

[11] _Pâque_, or _Pâques_, Christian religion, is often used in the plural, and is then feminine. _Pâque_, Jewish religion, is always feminine, and never used in the plural.

[12] When it means a coin, it is also spelt _stater_.

TABLE OF IRREGULAR AND DEFECTIVE VERBS.

The Imperfect of the Indicative, the Conditional, the Imperative, and the Imperfect of the Subjunctive, are wanting in this Table. These four tenses are formed as follows:—

The imperfect of the indicative is regularly formed from the present participle by changing _ant_ into _ais_, as: _parl-ant_, _je parl-ais_; _finiss-ant_, _je finiss-ais_, &c.

The conditional has always the same root as the future; so that the first person of the future being known, it is easy to form the conditional, as: _je parlerai_, _je parlerai-s_; _je finirai_, _je finirai-s_.

The imperative is always regularly formed from the present of the indicative, by suppressing the pronouns, as: _je parle_, imperative, _parle_; except in the verbs _avoir_, _être_, and _savoir_. The third person singular and plural of the imperative are always the same as in the present of the subjunctive, and belong to that tense.

The imperfect of the subjunctive is always regularly formed from the preterit indicative by adding _se_, etc., to the second person singular, as: _tu parlas_, _que je parlas-se_; _tu finis_, _que je finis-se_; _tu reçus_, _que je reçus-se_; _tu vendis_, _que je vendis-se_.

_Infinitive._ _Present _Past _Present._ _Indicative participle._ participle._ Preterit._

_FIRST CONJUGATION._

Aller allant allé je vais, allons j’allai vas, allez va, vont

Envoyer envoyant envoyé j’envoie, envoyons j’envoyai envoies, envoyez envoie, envoient

_SECOND CONJUGATION._

Acquérir acquérant acquis j’acquiers, acquérons j’acquis acquiers, acquérez acquiert, acquièrent

Assaillir assaillant assailli j’assaille, assaillons j’assaillis assailles, assaillez assaille, assaillent

Avenir[1] avenant avenu il avient il avint

Bouillir[2] bouillant bouilli je bous, bouillons je bouillis bous, bouillez bout, bouillent

Courir courant couru je cours, courons je courus cours, courez court, courent

Cueillir cueillant cueilli je cueille, cueillons je cueillis cueilles, cueillez cueille, cueillent

Défaillir[3] défailli nous défaillons je défaillis vous défaillez ils défaillent ils défaillirent

Dormir dormant dormi je dors, dormons je dormis dors, dormez dort, dorment

Ébouillir ébouilli

Faillir[4] faillant failli je faux, faillons je faillis faux, faillez faut, faillent

Férir[5] féru

Fleurir fleurissant fleuri je fleuris, fleurissons je fleuris florissant fleuris, fleurissez fleurit, fleurissent

Fuir fuyant fui je fuis, fuyons je fuis fuis, fuyez fuit, fuient

Gésir[6] gisant gisons gisez gît, gisent

Haïr haïssant haï je hais, haïssons je haïs hais, haïssez hait, haïssent

Mésavenir il mésavient il mésavint

Mourir mourant mort je meurs, mourons je mourus meurs, mourez meurt, meurent

Ouïr[7] ouï j’ois, oyons j’ouïs ois, oyez oit, oient

Ouvrir ouvrant ouvert j’ouvre, ouvrons j’ouvris ouvres, ouvrez ouvre, ouvrent

Quérir[8]

Saillir[9] saillant sailli il saille ils saillent

Sentir sentant senti je sens, sentons je sentis sens, sentez sent, sentent

Servir servant servi je sers, servons je servis sers, servez sert, servent

Sortir[10] sortissant sorti il sortit il sortissent

Surgir[11] il surgit il surgit ils surgissent

Tenir tenant tenu je tiens, tenons je tins tiens, tenez tient, tiennent

Vêtir vêtant vêtu je vêts, vêtons je vêtis vêts, vêtez vêt, vêtent

_THIRD CONJUGATION._

Apparoir[12] il appert

Asseoir asseyant assis j’assieds, asseyons j’assis assieds, asseyez assied, asseient

Avoir ayant eu j’ai, avons j’eus as, avez a, ont

Choir chu

Comparoir[13]

Déchoir[14] déchu je déchois, déchoyons je déchus déchois, déchoyez déchoit, déchoient

Démouvoir

Échoir[15] échéant échu il échoit _or_ il échut il échet

Falloir[16] fallu il faut il fallut

Mouvoir mouvant mu je meus, mouvons je mus meus, mouvez meut, meuvent

Pleuvoir pleuvant plu il pleut il plut

Pourvoir pourvoyant pourvu je pourvois, pourvoyons je pourvus pourvois, pourvoyez pourvoit, pourvoient