Part 68

=esprit=, _n.m._, spirit, soul, ghost, shade; mind, sense, understanding, wit, intellect; humor, disposition, temper, character; meaning; spirit, spirituous liquor; (gram.) breathing. _— malin_; evil spirit, fiend. _— follet_; goblin. _Dieu est un —_; God is a spirit. _Le Saint-—_, _l’—-Saint_; the Holy Ghost. _— doux_; (Grec. gram.) soft breathing. _— rude_; (Grec. gram.) hard breathing. _— borné_, _étroit_; narrow intellect. _— dérangé_; disordered mind. _— de corps_; fellow-feeling, brotherhood. _— d’ordre_; orderliness, management. _— de suite_; consistency. _— de parti_; party spirit. _Cultiver l’—_; to cultivate the mind. _Un homme d’—_; a man of parts, a sensible man, a man of wit. _Un ouvrage d’—_; a work of talent. _Un bel —_; a wit. _Un — fort_; a free-thinker. _— présent_; ready wit. _S’alambiquer l’—_; to puzzle one’s brains. _Un homme à l’— étroit_; a narrow-minded man. _Aliéner l’— de quelqu’un_; to drive any one mad. _Avoir l’— sain_; to be of sound mind. _Avoir de l’—_; to be intelligent, to be witty, to be sensible. _Avoir l’— aux talons_; to shine at the wrong end, to go a wool-gathering. _Avoir l’— bien fait_; to be good-tempered. _Faire de l’—_; to play the wit. _Faire revenir l’— à quelqu’un_; to bring any one to his senses. _Faire revenir quelqu’un à l’— de_; to recall to any one, _or_ remind any one of. _Où avait-il l’— quand?_ where were his wits when? what was he thinking of, when? _Vous n’avez pas saisi l’— de cet auteur_; you have not understood the meaning of that author. _Reprendre ses —s_; to recover one’s senses; to come to one’s self. _Ne pas avoir l’— tranquille_; to be uneasy in one’s mind. _Remettre les —s_; to quiet people’s minds. _Rendre l’—_; to give up the ghost. _Venir dans l’—_; to come into one’s mind. _Passer pour un homme d’—_; to pass for a wit. _Les grands —s se rencontrent_; great wits jump together (_i.e._, when two people say the same thing together). _—s animaux_; animal spirits. _L’— court les rues_; wit is a drug in the market.

=esprité=, =-e=, _adj._, intelligent, clever, witty.

=esprot=, _n.m._, sprat.

=esquicher=, _v.n._, _s’—_, _v.r._, (reversis) to play a low card in order not to win a trick. _S’—_; (fig.) to answer evasively, to back out of.

=esquif=, _n.m._, skiff.

*=esquille=, _n.f._, splinter (of a bone).

=esquinancie=, _n.f._, quinsy.

=esquine=, _n.f._, (man.) horse’s loins; (bot.) China-root. _Un cheval fort d’—_; a horse strong in his loins. (bot.) _V._ =squine=.

=esquipot=, _n.m._, (fam.) money-box.

=esquisse=, _n.f._, sketch, outline, rough drawing; rough-draft; plan. _Cahier d’—s_; sketch-book. _Faire l’— de_; to make a sketch of. _L’— d’un poème_; the sketch of a poem.

=esquisser=, _v.a._, (paint.) to sketch, to outline.

=esquiver=, _v.a._, to shun, to avoid, to elude.

_s’_=esquiver=, _v.r._, to escape, to slip away, to steal away, to give the slip, to make off.

=esquiver=, _v.n._, to slip away, to make off; to avoid.

=essai=, _n.m._, trial, essay, attempt, endeavor; sample; experiment; testing, assaying (metal.). _Donner_, _prendre_, _à l’—_; to give, to take, on trial. _Faire son coup d’—_; to make one’s first attempt. _Faire l’— de_; to make a trial of. _— sur la peinture_; essay on painting. _Faire l’— de l’or_; to assay gold. _Pour —_; by way of trial.

=essaim= (è-sin), _n.m._, swarm; bevy, host.

=essaimer=, _v.n._, to swarm. _Cette ruche a essaimé_; that hive has swarmed.

=essanger=, _v.a._, to soak, to scour (dirty linen).

=essarder=, _v.a._, (nav.) to mop, to swab.

=essartement=, _n.m._, grubbing, clearing (of lands).

=essarter=, _v.a._, to clear, to grub; to assart.

=essaver=, _v.a._, to drain.

=essayage=, _n.m._, trying-on (of clothes).

=essayer=, _v.a._, to try; to essay, to attempt, to make a trial of; to assay. _— de l’or_; to assay gold. _— une chose_; to try a thing.

_s’_=essayer=, _v.r._, to try one’s strength _or_ one’s skill, to make attempts, to try one’s hand. _Il s’est essayé à peindre_; he has tried his hand at painting.

=essayer=, _v.n._, to try, to attempt, to make a trial. _Essayez de le persuader_; try to persuade him. _— de marcher_; to try to walk.

=essayerie=, _n.f._, assay-office (of the mint).

=essayeur=, _n.m._, assayer.

=essayiste=, _n.m.f._, essayist.

=esse=, _n.f._, S; linch-pin (of the axle-tree of a coach); fore-lock (of a gun-carriage).

=esseigler=, _v.a._, to clear of rye.

=esselier=, _n.m._, (man.) brace.

=esséminer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to disperse; to scatter.

=essence=, _n.f._, essence; substance; species (of trees); benzene; (of roses) otto, attar. _— de romarin_; essence of rosemary. _— de la vie_; heart’s blood.

=essénien=, _n.m._, Essene.

=essentiel=, =-le= (-cièl), _adj._, essential, material. _C’est là le point —_; that is the main point.

=essentiel= (-cièl), _n.m._, essential, essential point, main point, main thing.

=essentiellement= (-sièl-mān), _adv._, essentially, materially.

=essette=, _n.f._, hammer-axe.

=esseulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam., l.u.) solitary, abandoned.

=essieu=, _n.m._, axle-tree; pin (of a block), _écartement des —x_; wheel base (motor).

=essor=, _n.m._, flight; soaring, soar; strain; swing, play, scope, impulse, impulsion. _Donner l’— à_; to give wings to, to give scope to. _L’— du génie_; the soaring of genius. _Prendre son —_; to take one’s flight.

=essorant=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) soaring. _Un oiseau —_; (her.) a soaring bird.

=essorer=, _v.a._, to hang in the air in order to dry.

_s’_=essorer=, _v.r._, to soar aloft.

=essoreu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, dryer. _n.f._, drying machine.

*=essoriller=, _v.a._, to cut the ears (of a dog); to crop short (hair); to crop a dog.

=essoufflé=, =-e=, _part._, breathless; out of breath. _Être tout —_; to be quite out of breath.

=essoufflement=, _n.m._, panting, breathlessness.

=essouffler=, _v.a._, to put out of breath; to wind (horses). _S’—_, _v.r._, to put one’s self out of breath; to get or be out of breath.

=essui=, _n.m._, drying-closet, drying-house.

=essuie-main=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) towel.

=essuie-pieds=, _n.m._, mat, door-mat.

=essaie-plume=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) pen-wiper.

=essuyage=, _n.m._, wiping.

=essuyer=, _v.a._, to wipe, to wipe off, to wipe away, to wipe dry; to sustain, to support, to bear, to endure, to go through, to undergo. _— les larmes de quelqu’un_; to console any one. _— des affronts_; to endure affronts. _— un refus_ or _un revers_; to meet with a refusal _or_ a check.

_s’_=essuyer=, _v.r._, to dry one’s self. _S’— les mains_, _la figure_; to wipe one’s hands, one’s face.

=est= (èst), _n.m._, east. _D’—_; eastern, easterly. _Un vent d’—_; an easterly wind. _À l’—_; to the east, eastward. _Vers l’—_; eastward.

=estacade=, _n.f._, stockade; boom (of a harbor).

=estafette=, _n.f._, courier, express messenger; (milit.) estafette.

=estafier=, _n.m._, (b.s.) tall footman, flunkey, livery servant; lanky Jack; hector, bully.

=estafilade=, _n.f._, cut (in the face), gash, slash; rent (in clothes).

=estafilader=, _v.a._, to slash, to cut, to gash.

=estagnon=, _n.m._, a copper bottle.

=estame=, _n.f._, worsted, knitted worsted.

=estamet=, _n.m._, coarse, woolen fabric.

=estaminet=, _n.m._, coffee-house; smoking divan; shades; tap-room.

=estampage=, _n.m._, stamping (metal.).

=estampe=, _n.f._, print, engraving, cut; stamp. _Magasin d’—s_; print-shop; (tech.) stamping-machine, punch.

=estamper=, _v.a._, to stamp; to punch, to brand.

=estampeur=, _n.m._, stamper. _adj._, stamping.

=estampillage=, _n.m._, stamping, marking.

*=estampille=, _n.f._, stamp, mark, trade-mark.

*=estampiller=, _v.a._, to stamp, to mark.

=estanc=, _adj.m._, (nav.) water-tight, well-found. _Un navire —_; (nav.) a well-found ship.

=estance=, _n.f._, (nav.) stanchion.

=ester=, _v.n._, (jur.) to appear in court, to plead (before justice).

=estère=, _n.f._, straw mat; creek, cove.

=esteuble=, _n.f._, stubble. _V._ =éteule=.

=esthétique=, _n.f._, æsthetics.

=esthétique=, _adj._, æsthetical.

=estimable=, _adj._, estimable.

=estimateur=, _n.m._, appraiser, appreciator, valuer.

=estimatif=, _adj._, estimative. _Etat —_; estimate.

=estimation=, _n.f._, estimation, appraising, valuation, estimate. _Faire une — de_; to appraise, to estimate.

=estime=, _n.f._, esteem, regard, estimation; (nav.) reckoning. _Avoir de l’— pour_; to hold in esteem. _Être perdu d’— et de réputation_; to have lost one’s reputation, and the esteem of every one.

=estimer=, _v.a._, to estimate, to value; to rate, to assess; to esteem, to regard, to prize, to consider, to deem, to account. _— des meubles_; to value furniture. _— trop_; to overrate.

_s’_=estimer=, _v.r._, to esteem, _or_ to prize, one’s self; to set a value on one’s self; to consider one’s self; to esteem one another.

=estival=, =-e=, _adj._, estival, summer.

=estivation=, _n.f._, (bot.) estivation; (zoöl.) torpor.

=estive=, _n.f._, (nav.) trimming, stowing (cargo).

=estiver=, _v.a._, (nav.) to stow, to trim, to press the cargo down; to turn cattle out to grass during summer.

=estoc=, _n.m._, tuck (sword); point of a sword; trunk, stock (of trees); (nav.) ledge, rock, shelf. _Frapper d’— et de taille_; to cut and thrust, or to lay about (recklessly). _Parler d’— et de taille_; to talk at random. _Dites-vous cela de votre —?_ do you say that of yourself? is it original? _Être réduit à blanc —_; to be done up _or_ reduced to nothing. _À blanc —_; (agri.) to the root.

=estocade=, _n.f._, (fenc.) stoccado, stoccade, thrust, lunge; unexpected attack.

=estocader=, _v.n._, (fenc.) to thrust, to make passes, to lunge.

=estomac= (-ma), _n.m._, stomach; breast; chest. _Avoir mal à l’—_; to have a stomach-ache. _Ardeur d’—_; heartburn. _Soulever l’—_; to turn the stomach. _Tiraillements d’—_; twitching pains in the stomach. _Le creux de l’—_; the pit of the stomach.

_s’_=estomaquer=, _v.r._, (fam.) to take offense; not to be able to brook anything; to exhaust one’s self by speaking. _Il s’est estomaqué_; he is put out.

=estompage=, _n.m._, (draw.) stumping.

=estompe=, _n.f._, stump. _Dessin à l’—_; stump-drawing.

=estomper=, _v.a._, to stump; to shade off.

=estouffade=, _n.f._ _V._ =étouffée=.

=estrade=, _n.f._, platform, stand, stage. ☉_Battre l’—_; to scout; to be on the tramp. _Batteurs d’—_; ☉scouts; (fam.) strollers, trampers, vagrants.

=estragon=, _n.m._, (bot.) tarragon.

☉=estramaçon=, _n.m._, two-edged sword. _Coup d’—_; cut with the edge of a sword.

=estramaçonner=, _v.r._, (jest., l.u.) to strike with the edge of a sword, to cut, to slash.

=estrapade=, _n.f._, strappado; gibbet used for the strappado; (man.) estrapade. _Se donner l’—_; to torture one’s brains.

=estrapader=, _v.a._, to give the strappado, to torture.

=estrapasser=, _v.a._, (man.) to overwork, to override.

=estraper=, _v.a._, to mow (stubble).

=estrope=, _n.f._, (nav.) strop.

=estroper=, _v.a._, (nav.) to strop.

=estropiat=, _n.m._, (fam.) cripple; beggar.

=estropié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, cripple.

=estropié=, =-e=, _part._, crippled, lame; disabled. _Être — d’un bras_; to have an arm disabled. _Passage —_; mutilated passage.

=estropier=, _v.a._, to cripple, to lame, to maim, to disable; to mangle, to murder, to spoil, to mutilate. _— un passage_; to mutilate a passage. _— un rôle_; (theat.) to murder a part.

=estuaire=, _n.m._, (geog.) estuary.

=esturgeon= (-jon), _n.m._, (ich.) sturgeon.

=esule=, _n.f._, (bot.) esula.

=et= (é), _conj._, and. — ... —; both ... and; then, thereupon. _— vous — moi_; both you and I. [The final _t_ of _et_ is never pronounced.]

=établage=, _n.m._, stabling.

=étable=, _n.f._, stable (for oxen, sheep, goats); stall; cattle-shed; cattle-house; pig-sty, hog-sty, sty. _S’aborder de franche —_; (nav.) to run right into one another, to run foul of one another.

=établer=, _v.a._, to put in a stable, to stable.

=établi=, _n.m._, bench (joiner’s); shop-board, counter (tailor’s).

=établi=, =-e=, _part._, established; settled, laid down.

=établir=, _v.a._, to establish, to set, to fix, to erect, to set up, to set up in business; to institute, to found, to aver, to make good, to lay down (statements); to assert; to prove, to make out, to show; to induct; to strike (balance); to impose (a tax). _— sa fille_; to settle one’s daughter. _— un fait_; to state a fact; to make it good. _— par des exemples_; to prove, to make good, by examples.

_s’_=établir=, _v.r._, to establish one’s self, to fix one’s residence, to take up one’s residence; to settle down, to settle (marry); to set up shop; to set up in business, to set up for one’s self, to set up. _Il est venu s’— en France_; he came to settle in France. _Il songe à s’—_; he is thinking of settling down.

=établissement= (-blis-mān), _n.m._, establishment, establishing, settlement; setting up, fixing, placing, erecting; proving, making out, showing; imposition (of taxes); settling; setting up in business; (nav.) tide-table. _L’— d’un fait_; the stating, proving of a fact. _Les hôpitaux sont des —s très-utiles_; hospitals are highly useful institutions. _L’— de ses enfants_; the settling of one’s children. _Frais de premier —_; first expenses. _Dans l’—_; on the premises.

=étage=, _n.m._, story, floor; flight (of stairs); (geol., mining) layer, stratum. _Il demeure au troisième —_; he lives on the third floor. _Il y a des hommes d’esprit de tout —_; there are wits of every degree. _C’est un sot à triple —_; he is a consummate fool. _Avoir un menton à double —_; to have a double chin. _De bas —_; of low degree; low birth.

=étagé=, =-e=, _part._, _adj._, rising tier upon tier; tapered, tapering.

=étager=, _v.a._, to taper; to dispose in tiers. _S’—_; to rise tier upon tier; to taper.

=étagère=, _n.f._, what-not, shelves.

=étague= (é-tag), _n.f._, (nav.) hoisting the yards.

=étai=, _n.m._, stay, shore; prop, strut. _— de misaine_; (nav.) fore-stay. _— d’artimon_; (nav.) mizzen-stay. _— du grand mât_; (nav.) main-stay.

=étaie=, _n.f._, (her.) chevronel.

☉=étaiement=, _n.m._, propping, staying, shoring, supporting, bearing up. _V._ =étayement=.

=étaim= (è-tin), _n.m._, fine carded wool.

=étain=, _n.m._, tin; pewter. _— fin_; pure tin. _— commun_; block tin. _— métallique_; white tin. _— oxydé_; tin-stone. _— en feuilles_; tin-foil. _— de glace_; tin-glass.

=étal=, _n.m._, stall; butcher’s stall; butcher’s shop.

=étalage=, _n.m._, laying out, exposing of goods for sale; goods exposed for sale; shop-window; window; stallage; finery, fine clothes; showing off, ostentatious display, show. _Cela n’est bon qu’à servir d’—_; that will only serve for show. _Faire — de son esprit_; to parade one’s wit. _Faire de l’—_; to make a show, to show off.

=étalagiste=, _n.m._, stall-keeper, window-dresser.

=étale=, _adj._, (nav.) still; slack (of the water); settled, steady (of the wind). _Mer —_; slack water, tide.

=étalé=, =-e=, _part._, spread out, unfolded, displayed.

=étaler=, _v.a._, to expose for sale; to put in the shop-window; to spread, to spread out; to show, to set forth, to display, to parade, to make a show _or_ parade of, to show off.

_s’_=étaler=, _v.r._, to be exposed for sale; to be hung up in the window; to be displayed, to be spread out; to stretch one’s self out, to sprawl; to show one’s self off, to show off. _S’— sur l’herbe_; to stretch one’s self at full length on the grass.

=étalier=, _n.m._, journeyman-butcher.

=étalinguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (nav.) to clinch.

=étalingure=, _n.f._, (nav.) clinch, bend (of a cable).

=étalon=, _n.m._, stallion; standard (of weight and measures). _D’—_; standard. _— de haras_; stud-horse.

=étalonnage= _or_ =étalonnement=, _n.m._, stamping (of weights, etc.); gauging.

=étalonner=, _v.a._, to stamp; to gauge.

=étalonneur=, _n.m._, inspector of weights and measures.

=étamage=, _n.m._, tinning; quicksilvering, silvering; plating.

=étambot= (_formerly_ étambord), _n.m._, (nav.) stern-post.

=étambrai=, _n.m._, (nav.) partner (of a mast, etc.).

=étamer=, _v.a._, to tin; to plate (glass); to foliate, to quicksilver.

=étameur=, _n.m._, tinman; silverer.

=étamine=, _n.f._, stamin; tammy; sieve; strainer, colander; bolting-cloth; bolter; bunting; (bot.) stamen, male organ, thrum. _Passer par l’—_; to sift. _Il a passé par l’—_; he has been strictly examined.

=étaminé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) stamened.

=étamineuse=, _adj.f._, (bot.) having stamina, but no petals or leaves.

=étaminier=, _n.m._, stamin-maker.

=étamper=, _v.a._, to punch (horse-shoes).

=étampure=, _n.f._, the holes of a horse-shoe.

=étamure=, _n.f._, melted tin, tinning, material for tinning.

=étanche=, _adj._, water-tight; air-tight; steam-tight.

=étanché=, _part._, stopped (of a leak).

=étanchement= (é-tānsh-mān), _n.m._, stanching; stopping; quenching; slaking. _L’— du sang_; the stopping of blood.

=étancher=, _v.a._, to stanch; to stop; to slake, to quench. _— le sang_; to stop the blood. _— la soif_; to quench the thirst. _— un vaisseau_; (nav.) to free a ship of water.

=étançon=, _n.m._, prop, stay, supporter, shore; (nav.) stanchion.

=étançonner=, _v.a._, to prop, to underprop, to stay, to support, to shore.

=étanfiche=, _n.f._, quarry-stratum.

=étang=, _n.m._, pond, fish-pond; pool. _Peupler un —_; to stock a pond. _Pêcher un —_; to drag a pond.

=étape=, _n.f._, store-house; rations; forage; halting place; stage. _Brûler l’—_; to pass through without stopping.

=étapier=, _n.m._, (milit.) distributor of rations.

=état=, _n.m._, state; commonweal, commonwealth; case, condition; position, circumstance, plight, predicament, account, statement, return; list, register, inventory, estimate; establishment; calling, profession, station; office. _pl._, dominions; (med.) acme; (milit.) list, muster-roll. _Mettre hors d’— de_; to put it out of any one’s power to. _Il est en — de payer_; he is able to pay, he is in a position to pay. _En quelque — que soit l’affaire_; however the matter may stand. _De son —_; by profession, by trade. _Se mettre en — de défense_; to put one’s self in a state of defense. _Mettre en —_; to enable, to prepare for. _Tenir une chose en —_; to keep a thing ready; to keep a thing in its place. _Tenir en —_; to keep in suspense. _Faire peu d’— de_; to have a poor opinion of. _L’—-major_; (_—s-—s_) (milit.) staff, staff-office, —s-généraux; states-general. _— de comptes_; statement of accounts. _Tenir un grand —_; to keep a large establishment. _Ministre_, _secrétaire_, _d’—_; minister, secretary, of state. _Coup d’—_; stroke of state policy. _Homme d’—_; statesman. _Affaires d’—_; state affairs. _Raison d’—_; state policy. _Les —s-Unis d’Amérique_; the United States of North America. _Remettre en —_; to set right again.

=étau=, _n.m._, vice. _Les mâchoires de l’—_; the chops of the vice. _— à main_; hand-vice.

=étayement= (-tê-mān), _n.m._, staying, shoring, bearing up, propping, supporting.

=étayer=, _v.a._, to stay, to prop, to bear up, to support, to shore.

=etc.=, _conj._, (ab. of _et cætera_) etc.

=et cætera=, _conj._, _et cætera_.

=été=, _n.m._, summer; prime (of life). _— chaud_, _brûlant_; warm, scorching, summer. _Au milieu de l’—_; in the middle of summer. _Être dans son —_; to be in one’s prime.

*=éteigneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (pers.) extinguisher.

*=éteignoir=, _n.m._, extinguisher (instrument).

=éteindre= (*éteignant, éteint), _v.a._, to put out, to extinguish, to quench, to appease; to exterminate, to destroy, to obliterate; to soften (colors); to wear out; to liquidate (a debt); to strike out. _Eteignez la chandelle_; put out the candle. _— de la chaux_; to slake lime. _— la soif_; to quench the thirst. _— une pension_; to buy up, to redeem, an annuity. _— une obligation_; to cancel an obligation. _— le souvenir de_; to obliterate the recollection of. _— une couleur_; to soften down a color.

_s’_=éteindre=, _v.r._, to be extinguished, to be put out, quenched; to go out, to die away, to die out; to decrease, to diminish, to be diminished; to be slaked (of lime). _Le feu s’éteint_; the fire is going out. _Cette maison va s’—_; that family will soon die out, will soon be extinct.

=éteint=, =-e=, _part._, put out, extinguished, out, extinct. _Mon feu est —_; my fire is out. _Elle a la voix —e_; her voice is scarcely audible. _Des yeux —s_; dull eyes.

=étendage=, _n.m._, lines to hang things to dry upon; drying-room.

=étendard=, _n.m._, standard, colors, banner, flag. _Arborer_, _déployer_, _planter_, _un —_; to hoist, to display, to plant, a standard. _Lever l’— de la révolte_; to raise the standard of rebellion.

=étendeuse=, _n.f._, (spinning) stretcher.

=étendoir=, _n.m._, drying-room; (print.) peel.

=étendre=, _v.a._, to spread, to stretch, to expand, to distend; to lay out; to lengthen, to prolong, to draw out; to lay dead, to kill one on the spot; to enlarge, to extend, to widen; to wire-draw; to lay on (colors); to overthrow, to throw down. _— du beurre sur du pain_; to spread butter upon bread. _— son armée_; to extend one’s army. _— du linge_; to lay out linen. _— le bras_; to stretch out one’s arm. _— les ailes_; to spread the wings. _— son commerce_; to extend one’s trade.

_s’_=étendre=, _v.r._, to stretch one’s self out, to sprawl; to reach, to extend; to expatiate, to dwell; to lengthen, to grow out; to draw out, to launch. _Il s’étendit tout de son long sur l’herbe_; he laid himself at full length upon the grass. _Aussi loin que la vue peut s’—_; as far as the eye can reach. _S’— sur un sujet_; to expatiate, to dwell, upon a subject.

=étendu=, =-e=, _part._, stretched, spread, extended. _Du linge — sur l’herbe_; linen laid out on the grass. _Un empire fort —_; a widely extended empire. _La vue est ici fort —e_; the view here is very extensive. _Des connaissances —es_; extensive knowledge. _Il a une voix très —e_; he has great compass of voice. _C’est un esprit fort —_; he is a man of vast intellect.

=étendue=, _n.f._, extent, extensiveness, expanse; compass, length. _Dans toute son —_; to the full. _La vaste — des mers_; the wide expanse of ocean. _Grande — de voix_; great compass of voice.

=éternel=, =-le=, _adj._, eternal, everlasting, ever-enduring, endless, ever-living. _Le Père —_; God Almighty.

=éternel=, _n.m._, Eternal, God; Everlasting.

=éternelle=, _n.f._ _V._ =immortelle=.

=éternellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, eternally, to all eternity, everlastingly; forever, perpetually; incessantly, continually, for evermore.

=éterniser=, _v.a._, to perpetuate. _— son nom_; to immortalize one’s name.

_s’_=éterniser=, _v.r._, to be perpetuated, to be rendered eternal.

=éternité=, _n.f._, eternity, everlastingness. _De toute —_; from all eternity.

=éternue=, _n.f._, (bot.) florin, sneezewort.

=éternuement= _or_ =éternûment=, _n.m._, sneezing, sneeze.

=éternuer=, _v.n._, to sneeze.

=éternueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, sneezer.

=étésien=, _adj._, etesian.

=étêtement= (é-têt-mān), _n.m._, pollarding, topping.

=étêter=, _v.a._, (hort.) to top, to pollard; to take off the heads (of nails, pins).

☉=éteuf= (é-teu), _n.m._, ball (at tennis).

=éteule= _or_ =esteuble=, _n.f._, stubble.

=éther= (é-tèr), _n.m._, ether.

=éthéré=, =-e=, _adj._, ethereal.

=éthérifier=, _v.a._, to etherealize; to etherize.

_s’_=éthérifier=, _v.r._, to become etherized.

=éthérisation=, _n.f._, (chem.) etherification.

=éthériser=, _v.a._, (chem.) to etherealize; (med.) to produce insensibility by means of ether.

=éthiopien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Ethiopian.

=éthique=, _n.f._, ethics, morals.

=éthique=, _adj._, ethic, ethical.

=ethmoïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) ethmoidal. _L’os —_; ethmoidal bone.

=ethmoïde=, _n.m._, (anat.) ethmoid.

=ethnarchie=, _n.f._, ethnarchy.

=ethnarque=, _n.m._, ethnarch.

=ethnique=, _adj._, ethnic, ethnical.

=ethnographe=, _n.m._, ethnologist.

=ethnographie=, _n.f._, ethnography.

=ethnographique=, _adj._, ethnographical.

=ethnologie=, _n.f._, ethnology, ethnography.

=ethnologue=, _n.m._, ethnologist, ethnographer.

=ethnologique=, _adj._, ethnologie, ethnological.