Part 77

=fortune=, _n.f._, fortune, chance, risk, hazard, wealth, luck, success, property; (myth.) Fortune. _La — lui sourit_; fortune smiles upon him. _Avoir de la —_; to possess property, to be rich. _Artisan de sa —_; architect of one’s own fortune. _La — du pot_; pot-luck. _Bonne —_; good luck, good fortune, windfall. _Mauvaise —_; ill-fortune, ill-luck. _Courir après la —_; to hunt after riches. _Brusquer la —_; to tempt fortune. _Faire —_; to make a fortune. _Être en —_; to be lucky, to be in luck’s way. _Manger sa —_; to squander one’s fortune. _Il faut faire contre mauvaise — bon cœur_; we must put a good face upon matters. _De —_; enriched, self-made. _Homme à bonnes —s_; lady-killer; intriguer. _— de mer_; sea risks. _Demi —_; one-horse carriage.

=fortuné=, =-e=, _adj._, fortunate, lucky; happy.

=forum= (fo-rom), _n.m._, (antiq.) forum.

=forure=, _n.f._, bore, hole drilled.

=fosse=, _n.f._, hole, pit, den, grave; (hort.) trench; cesspool, pipe; (of the nose) chamber. _Basse-—_; dungeon. _Avoir un pied dans la —_; to have one foot in the grave. _— de céleri_; celery-trench. _— à fumier_; dung-hole. _— aux lions_; lion’s den; (nav.) boatswain’s store-room. _Mettre dans la —_; to lay in the grave. _Mettre la clé sur la —_; to waive one’s right of inheritance.

=fossé=, _n.m._, ditch, drain; (fort.) moat, fosse. _Mourir au bord d’un —_; to die in a ditch. _Sauter le —_; to pass the Rubicon, to cast the die. _Ce qui tombe dans le — c’est pour les soldats_; “findings is keepings.”

=fossette=, _n.f._, dimple; (play) chuck-farthing; pit of the stomach.

=fossile=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fossil.

=fossoyage=, _n.m._, ditching; grave-digging.

=fossoyer=, _v.n._, to ditch, to dig a trench round.

=fossoyeur=, _n.m._, ditcher, grave-digger; sexton.

=fou= _or_ =fol=, =folle=, _adj._, mad, foolish, wild, insane, senseless, frolicsome; playful; excessively fond; distracting (of pain); excessive. _Un fol espoir_; a foolish hope. _Devenir —_; to go mad. _Être — de_; to be mad for; to be passionately fond of. _Que vous êtes —!_ how foolish you are! _— à lier_; raving, mad.

=fou=, _n.m._, =folle=, _n.f._, madman, madwoman; madcap; mad-brain; jester, fool; bishop (at chess); (orni.) booby. _Maison de —s_; lunatic asylum. _Faire le —_; to play the fool. _Plus on est de —s, plus on rit_; the more the merrier. _Qui ne sait pas être — n’est pas sage_; it takes a wise man to make a fool.

=fouace=, _n.f._, buttered roll; hearth-cake.

=fouage=, _n.m._, hearth-money, hearth-penny.

*=fouaille=, _n.f._, (hunt.) quarry.

*=fouailler=, _v.a._, to lash, to whip.

=foudre=, _n.f._, thunder, thunder-bolt, lightning. _Coup de —_; clap of thunder. _La — est tombée sur_; a thunderbolt fell on. _Lancer la —_; to hurl the thunderbolt. _Être tué par la —_; to be killed by lightning.

=foudre=, _n.m._, thunderbolt; great orator; great warrior, captain, hero; a large cask, a tun. _Un — de guerre_; a great captain.

=foudroiement= _or_ =foudroîment= (foo-droa-mān), _n.m._, thunder-striking, crushing; overwhelming.

=foudroyant=, =-e=, _adj._, terrible, crushing, dreadful; fulminating, thundering; withering.

=foudroyer=, _v.a._, to thunder-strike; to batter with cannon and mortars; to riddle with shot; to fulminate, to blast; to crush, to overwhelm, to ruin, to confound.

=fouée=, _n.f._, bat-fowling; oven-fire; fagot.

=fouenne=, _n.f._ _V._ =faîne=.

=fouet=, _n.m._, whip, horsewhip, lash; whipcord; whipping; whisk; cat, cat-o’-nine-tails. _— à blancs d’œufs_; egg-whisk. _Faire claquer un —_; to crack a whip. _Faire claquer son —_; to sound one’s own trumpet. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to whip any one. _Donner des coups de — à_; to whip. _Se faire donner le —_; to get whipped. _Poulie à —_; (nav.) tail-block. _Coup de —_; sudden contraction of muscles of leg.

=fouetté=, =-e=, _part._, whipped; streaked (of flowers and fruit). _De la crème —e_; whipped cream. _Tulipe —e_; streaked tulip.

=fouette-queue=, _n.m._, star-lizard.

=fouetter=, _v.a._, to whip, to horsewhip, to lash, to scourge, to flog; to whisk; to flick; to toss off, to quaff; (nav.) to lash; (nav.) to flap back against the masts (of sails). _Il n’y a pas là de quoi — un chat_; it is a mere trifle. _Il a bien d’autres chiens à —_; he has other fish to fry. _Fouette! cocher_; whip up _or_ faster, coachman.

=fouetter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to cut (of the wind); to beat _or_ patter against (of hail, rain, snow); to sweep (of cannon).

=fouetteur=, _n.m._, flogger, whipper.

=fougade= _or_ =fougasse=, _n.f._, (milit.) fougade.

=fouger=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to grub (of wild boars).

=fougeraie= (fou-jrê), _n.f._, fern-plot _or_ brake.

=fougère=, _n.f._, (bot.) fern; brake; (fig.) drinking glass. _— aquatique_, _fleurie_, _royale_; flowering fern, king’s fern. _— impériale_, _femelle_; brake. _— musquée_; sweet fern.

=fougon=, _n.m._, (nav.) cook’s galley, caboose.

=fougue= (foug), _n.f._, fury, passion, transport, beat, ardor, fire, spirit, spiritedness, mettle; (nav.) mizzen-top. _Dans la — de la colère_; in the heat of passion. _La — de la jeunesse_; the impetuosity of youth. _Un cheval qui a trop de —_; a horse that has too much mettle.

=fougueu-x=, =-se= (-gheû, -z), _adj._, fiery, hot, hasty, impetuous, ardent, spirited, animated, passionate, mettlesome, high-mettled. _Cheval —_; spirited horse.

*=fouille=, _n.f._, excavating; excavation; digging. _Faire des —s_; to excavate, to make excavations.

=fouille-au-pot=, _n.m._, (_—_) (l.ex.) scullion, turnspit.

*=fouiller=, _v.a._, to excavate, to dig; to search, to pry into, to rummage; to ransack, to probe to the bottom; to think out; (paint., sculpt.) to sink. _— une mine_; to work a mine. _— quelqu’un_; to search any one.

*_se_ =fouiller=, _v.r._, to search one’s pockets, to feel in one’s pockets; to search one another.

*=fouiller=, _v.n._, to dig, to search, to rummage, to ransack. _— dans sa mémoire_; to ransack one’s brain.

*=fouillis=, _n.m._, confusion, medley; jumble, litter, mess; confused mass (of foliage).

=fouine=, _n.f._, (mam.) martin, beech-martin; martlet; (agri.) pitchfork, fork; (fishing) gig, fishgig, fizgig, gaff.

=fouiner=, _v.n._, to sneak away, to steal away, to slink off, to steal off.

=fouir=, _v.a._, to dig, to delve.

=fouissement= (foo-is-mān), _n.m._, digging.

=foulage=, _n.m._, (manu.) fulling.

=foulant=, =-e=, _adj._, pressing down. _Pompe —e_; forcing-pump.

=foulard=, _n.m._, silk handkerchief; scarf.

=foule=, _n.f._, crowd, throng, multitude, concourse, mob, press, shoal, fry, herd, common herd; (manu.) fulling. _Venir en —_; to flock, to throng together. _Entrer en —_; to crowd in. _La — des draps_; (manu.) the fulling of cloth. _Sortir de la —_; _se tirer de la —_; to rise above the common herd. _En —_; in crowds. _Faire —_; to crowd round.

=foulé=, =-e=, _part._, trodden down, trampled upon, oppressed; (manu.) milled.

=foulée=, _n.f._, pile (of skins); tread (of steps). _pl._, (hunt.) foiling, fusee, slot; (man.) appui.

=fouler=, _v.a._, to tread, to trample on, to trample down, to grind down, to oppress; to gall (animal); to sprain; (agri.) to jam; (manu.) to full; (manu.) to mill; (hunt.) to beat (a wood). _— la vendange_; to press the grapes. _— aux pieds_; to trample under foot. _— du drap_; to full cloth. _— un chapeau_; to work a hat. _— un cheval_; to override a horse.

_se_ =fouler=, _v.r._, to sprain one’s self. _— le pied_; to sprain one’s foot. _Ne pas se —_; (fig.) to take things easy.

=fouler=, _v.n._, (print.) to press.

=foulerie= (foo-lrî), _n.f._, fullery.

=fouleur=, _n.m._, wine-presser; fuller.

=fouloir=, _n.m._, (manu.) beater; (artil.) rammer; sponge-rod; tobacco-plug; plugger.

=fouloire=, _n.f._, (manu.) fulling-board.

=foulon=, _n.m._, fuller. _Chardon à —_; (bot.) teasel, fuller’s thistle. _Moulin à —_; fulling-mill. _Terre à —_; fuller’s earth.

=foulonnier=, _n.m._, fuller.

=foulque=, _n.f._, (orni.) coot.

=foulure=, _n.f._, sprain, strain; (manu.) fulling; (manu.) milling. _pl._, (hunt.) foiling, fusee, slot (of a stag); (vet.) warbles.

=four=, _n.m._, oven; bake-house; kidnaping-house, crimping-house; dark room; furnace; kiln; (metal.) hearth; (fig. and fam.) bungle, mull, mess, failure. _Mettre le pain au —_; to put the batch into the oven. _— de campagne_; portable oven. _— à briques_; brick-kiln. _— à chaux_; lime-kiln. _Gueule de —_; kiln-hole. _Des petits —s_; (cook.) small cakes. _Pièces de —_; (cook.) pastry. _Charger le —_; to heat the oven. _Aller au —_; to go to the bake-house. _Ce n’est pas pour vous que le — chauffe_; that is not meant for you. _Vous viendrez cuire à mon —_; you will have need of me some day. _Faire —_; to be unsuccessful, to fail, to be a frost (fam., thea.) _Faire un —_; to commit a blunder.

=fourbe=, _n.f._, cheating, imposture, low villainy, knavery.

=fourbe=, _n.m.f._, cheat; knave, impostor.

=fourbe=, _adj._, deceitful, knavish, crafty.

=fourber=, _v.a._, to cheat, to take in, to gull, to impose upon, to trick.

=fourberie=, _n.f._, cheating, knavery, imposture, deceit.

=fourbir=, _v.a._, to furbish, polish.

=fourbisseur=, _n.m._, furbisher; sword-cutler.

=fourbissime=, _adj._, most knavish.

=fourbissure=, _n.f._, furbishing; rubbing up.

=fourbu=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) foundered; diseased in the feet. _Rendre —_; to founder.

=fourbure=, _n.f._, foundering; founder in the feet.

=fourche=, _n.f._, fork, pitchfork. _—s patibulaires_; forked gibbet. _—s Caudines_; Caudine forks. _Faire la —_; to fork, to branch off. _Faire une chose à la —_; to do a thing anyhow.

=fourché=, =-e=, _part._, forked, split; cloven; (her.) fourchee. _Croix —e_; (her.) cross fourchee.

=fourcher=, _v.n._, to fork; to branch off; to trip (of the tongue). _Chemin qui fourche_; road that branches off. _La langue lui a fourché_; his tongue tripped.

_se_ =fourcher=, _v.r._, to fork, to branch off.

=fourcher=, _v.a._, (agri.) to fork.

=fourchet=, _n.m._, (vet.) foot-rot.

=fourchetée=, _n.f._, forkful.

=fourchette=, _n.f._, fork; rest (of a musket); forset (of gloves); sleeve-bit (of a shirt); prop (of carts); wish-bone (of birds); merry-thought. _Les dents d’une —_; the prongs of a fork. _Déjeuner à la —_; meat-breakfast. _— du pied d’un cheval_; the frog of a horse’s foot. _— à découper_ or _grande —_; carving-fork. _La — de l’estomac_; the breast-bone. _La — d’Adam_; the fingers. _C’est une bonne —_; she is a hearty eater.

=fourchon=, _n.m._, prong; fork (of a tree).

=fourchu=, =-e=, _adj._, forked; cloven; furcate. _Barbe —e_; forked beard. _Pied —_; cloven foot. _Chemin —_; road branching off. _Menton —_; indented chin. _N’avoir pas la langue —e_; to be plain-spoken.

=fourchure=, _n.f._, furcation-fork.

=fourgon=, _n.m._, van, carriage; (milit.) baggage-wagon; poker (of ovens); (railways) van. _La pelle se moque du —_; the pot calls the kettle black.

=fourgonner=, _v.n._, to poke the fire (of an oven); to stir, to poke the fire; to poke, to fumble, to rummage.

=fourmi=, _n.f._, ant, pismire, emmet. _Avoir des —s dans l’oreille_; to have a tingling in one’s ear.

=fourmilier=, _n.m._, ant-eater.

=fourmilière=, _n.f._, ant-hill, ant-nest; (fig.) swarm; crowd.

*=fourmillement=, _n.m._, tingling; (fig.) swarming, teeming.

*=fourmiller=, _v.n._, to swarm, to abound with, to be full of; to feel a tingling, to tingle.

=fournage=, _n.m._, charge for baking.

=fournaise=, _n.f._, furnace.

=fournaliste=, _n.m._, stove-maker.

=fourneau=, _n.m._, stove, cooking-range, kitchener, furnace; (milit.) chamber (mine). _pl._, (nav.) cook’s galley. _— de cuisine_; kitchen stove. _— portatif_; portable stove. _Le — d’une pipe_; the bowl of a pipe. _Haut —_; blast furnace.

=fournée=, _n.f._, a batch, baking; kilnful (of bricks); ovenful.

=fourni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, oven-keeper; parish-baker.

=fournil= (-ni), _n.m._, bakehouse.

=fourniment=, _n.m._, ☉powder-flask, powder-horn; (milit.) belt, shoulder-belt, buffs.

=fournir=, _v.a._, to furnish, to provide, to supply, to stock, to store, to procure, to afford; to make up, to complete (a sum of money); to draw a bill; (com.) to meet, to value (on); (fig.) to go over the whole course (of a horse). _— l’armée de vivres_; to supply the army with provisions. _— des défenses_; to furnish means of defense.

_se_ =fournir=, _v.r._, to furnish, to supply one’s self; to find one’s self (in); to deal (with).

=fournir=, _v.n._, to contribute, to supply, to be sufficient, to suffice. _— à la dépense_; to bear the expense.

=fournissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, (com.) share of capital; capital.

=fournisseur=, _n.m._, contractor, tradesman, purveyor; (theat.) property-man. _— breveté de_; by appointment to.

=fourniture=, _n.f._, furnishing, providing, supplying; supply, provision. _Il fait les —s de la maison_; he supplies the family. _— de salade_; dressing of a salad. _Faire — de_; to supply. _—s de bureau_; stationery, sundries.

=fourrage=, _n.m._, fodder, provender; forage; (artil.) wad, wadding; foraging-party. _— vert_; green fodder, grass. _— sec_; dry fodder, hay. _Envoyer au —_; to send out foraging.

=fourrager=, _v.n._, to forage; to pilfer, to plunder. _— dans un champ_; to forage in a field. _— au vert_; to forage for grass. _— au sec_; to forage for hay.

=fourrager=, _v.a._, to forage, to ravage; to rummage; to rake.

=fourragère=, _adj.f._, fit for fodder. _Plantes —s_; plants fit for fodder.

=fourrageur=, _n.m._, forager; rummager.

=fourré=, _n.m._, thicket; brake, jungle.

=fourré=, =-e=, _part._, furred, interchanged; counter, secret; underhand (of blows); woody (of countries); mixed (of hay, straw); furred (of clothing); plated (of metals); stuffed (cook.). _Bois —_; wood full of thickets and briers. _Pays —_; country full of woods, hedges, etc. _Coup —_; underhand trick, thrust. _Paix —e_; peace suddenly patched up. _Médaille —e_; plated medal. _Langue —e_; savory tongue. _Toile —e_; diaper.

=fourreau=, _n.m._, case, scabbard, sheath, cover; child’s frock; front fork (of bicycle). _L’épée_, or _la lame_, _use le —_; the sword wears out the scabbard; the mind is too active for the body. _Coucher dans son —_; to sleep in one’s clothes.

=fourrer=, _v.a._, to put, to thrust; to cram, to stuff; to beat, to knock; to line with fur; (nav.) to serve (cables and ropes). _Fourrez cela dans l’armoire_; put that away into the cupboard. _Il fourre du latin dans ses discours_; he stuffs his speeches cram full of Latin. _— quelque chose dans la tête de quelqu’un_; to beat a thing into any one’s brains or head. _Il fourre son nez partout_; he pokes his nose everywhere.

_se_ =fourrer=, _v.r._, to get, to creep, in; to intrude _or_ thrust one’s self, to poke one’s self in; to wear warm clothing _or_ furs; (nav.) to serve (of cables). _Il se fourre partout_; he pokes his nose in everywhere. _Ne savoir où se —_; not to know where to hide one’s self.

=fourreur=, _n.m._, furrier.

=fourrier=, _n.m._, (obs.) harbinger; (milit.) quartermaster; (nav.) clerk. _Faire le bon —_; to help one’s self to the best pieces.

=fourrière=, _n.f._, pound, greenyard. _Mettre un cheval en —_; to impound a horse.

=fourrure=, _n.f._, fur, furred gown; (her.) vair; (nav.) service. _— de gouttière_; water-way.

=fourvoiement= (-voa-mān), _n.m._, (l.u.) going astray, wandering, blunder, mistake; (fig.) error, going the wrong way.

=fourvoyer=, _v.a._, to mislead, to lead astray, to lead into error; to baffle, to foil.

_se_ =fourvoyer=, _v.r._, to go astray, to stray, to lose one’s way; to err grossly, to go on the wrong scent.

=foustanelle=, _n.f._, fustanelle.

=fouteau=, _n.m._, (pop.) beech, beech-tree.

=foutelaie=, _n.f._, beech grove _or_ plantation.

=foyer=, _n.m._, fire-grate, hearth, fire-box (of an engine), hearthstone; (thea.) lobby, green-room; focus; (of a pipe) bowl; (fig.) seat, hot-bed, source; home. _— des acteurs_; (thea.) green-room. _— du public_; (thea.) lobby, crush-room. _Combattre pour ses —s_; to fight for one’s home. _Aimer à garder son —_; to like quiet, to like to lead a secluded life.

=frac=, _n.m._, dress coat, dress jacket.

=fracas=, _n.m._, crash, noise; din, bustle, fuss. _Avec —_; with a crash. _Faire du — dans le monde_; to make a noise or show in the world.

=fracasser=, _v.a._, to break to pieces, to shatter, to shiver.

_se_ =fracasser=, _v.r._, to break to pieces, to be shattered.

=fraction=, _n.f._, breaking; fraction; portion; (arith.) fraction.

=fractionnaire=, _adj._, fractional.

=fractionnement=, _n.m._, dividing into fractions.

=fractionner=, _v.a._, to divide into fractions.

=fracture=, _n.f._, breaking (with violence); rupture; (surg.) fracture.

=fracturé=, =-e=, _adj._, (surg.) fractured.

=fracturer=, _v.a._, (surg.) to fracture.

_se_ =fracturer=, _v.r._, (surg.) to fracture one’s self; to be fractured.

=fragiforme=, _adj._, strawberry-shaped.

=fragile=, _adj._, fragile; brittle; frail. _— comme du verre_; as brittle as glass. _—!_ glass, with care.

=fragilité=, _n.f._, fragility; brittleness; frailty.

=fragment=, _n.m._, fragment, piece, scrap, particle.

=fragmentaire=, _adj._, fragmentary, fragmental.

=fragon=, _n.m._, (bot.) butcher’s broom.

=frai=, _n.m._, spawn, spawning (of fish); fry (young fish); roe, hard roe.

=fraîchement= (frèsh-man), _adv._, coolly, freshly; coldly; newly, recently, just.

=fraîcheur=, _n.f._, coolness, freshness, bloom; coldness, dampness; floridness, ruddiness; luster, brilliancy; (nav.) flaw of wind.

=fraîchir=, _v.n._, to freshen, to begin to blow fresh, to get cool. _Le vent fraîchit_; it is beginning to blow.

=fraie=, _n.f._, spawning time.

=frairie=, _n.f._, (fam.) merry-making. _Faire —_, _être en —_; to make merry, to be merry-making.

=fra-is=, =-îche=, _adj._, cool, fresh, coldish; recent, new; youthful; florid, ruddy; newlaid (of eggs). _Temps —_; cool weather. _Eau —îche_; cold water. _Des nouvelles —îches_; fresh news. _Des œufs —_; new-laid eggs. _Du pain —_; new bread. _Plaie toute —îche_; raw wound. _Du saumon —_; fresh salmon. _Un teint —_; a florid complexion.

=frais=, _n.m._, cool, coolness, freshness; cool spots; (nav.) gale. _Mettre du vin au —_; to cool wine. _Il fait —_; it is cool. _Prendre le —_; to take the air, to go out for an airing. _Bon —_, _joli —_; (nav.) fresh gale. _Grand —_; strong gale. _Au —_; in the cool of the evening.

=frais=, _n.m.pl._, expense, expenses; charge, charges, cost, outlay. _Faux —_; incidental expenses; (jur.) untaxable costs. _Menus —_; petty expenses. _Les — d’un procès_; the costs of a lawsuit. _Tous — faits_; clear of all charges; all paid. _À grands —_; very expensively. _À peu de —_; at little cost, cheaply. _Constituer quelqu’un en —_; to put any one to expense. _Se mettre en —_; to put one’s self to expense. _Recommencer sur nouveaux —_; to begin anew, to begin over again. _À — communs_; jointly, at joint expense. _En être pour ses —_; to have lost one’s time and money. _Faire les — de_; to bear the expense of. _Faire ses —_; to cover one’s expenses. _Faire des —_; to go to _or_ to incur expense; to take trouble, to make efforts to please.

=fraise=, _n.f._, (bot.) strawberry; ruff; (fort.) fraise; (hunt.) start; crow. _— des bois_; wood _or_ wild strawberry. _— de veau_; calf’s crow.

=fraisement= (frèz-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) starlings (of bridges); (fort.) fraising.

=fraiser=, _v.a._, to plait, to ruffle; (fort.) to fraise; to knead dough thoroughly.

=fraisette=, _n.f._, small ruff.

=fraisier=, _n.m._, strawberry-plant.

=fraisil= (-zi), _n.m._, coal-dross, breeze.

=framboise=, _n.f._, (bot.) raspberry.

=framboisé=, =-e=, _part._, flavored with raspberries; having a flavor of raspberries.

=framboiser=, _v.a._, to give a raspberry flavor to.

=framboisier=, _n.m._, raspberry-bush, raspberry-plant.

=framée=, _n.f._, Frankish lance, javelin.

=franc= (fran), _n.m._, franc (French coin worth $0.193); (hort.) seedling. _Au marc le —_; at the rate of so much in the dollar.

=franc=, =-he= (fran, frānsh), _adj._, free, unconstrained, exempt from; frank, downright, open, sincere; entire, full; complete; true, real; mere; arrant; staunch, right; very; whole, clear; (paint.) bold. _— de port_; post-paid. _Compagnie —he_; free-company. _Cœur —_; open heart. _Être — du collier_; to draw freely (of horses); (fig.) to be eager, obliging, honest. _Un — charlatan_; a downright quack. _Une —he coquette_; an arrant jilt. _Avoir son — parler avec_; to speak one’s mind, to speak out; not to mince matters. _— Taupins_. _V._ =taupins=.

=franc=, _adv._, frankly, freely, plainly, openly, sincerely; clean, quite, completely, entirely.

=fran-c=, =-que=, _n._ and _adj._, Frank; Frankish.

=français=, =-e=, _adj._, French. _La langue —e_; the French tongue. _À la —e_; in the French fashion.

=français=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Frenchman, Frenchwoman.

=français=, _n.m._, French. _Entendre le —_; to understand French. _Parler —_; to speak French; to call a spade a spade. _En bon —_; in plain terms; like a true Frenchman. _Parler — comme une vache espagnole_; to murder the French language. _Les Français_ = le Théâtre Français.

=franc-alleu=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_). _V._ =alleu=.

=francatu=, _n.m._, a kind of apple.

_de_ =franc-étable=, _adv._, (nav.) collision, foul.

=franc-fief=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a fief possessed by a commoner.

=franc-funin=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (nav.) white hawser.

=franchement= (frānsh-mān), _adv._, frankly, freely, openly, plainly, sincerely, unreservedly, ingenuously, boldly; really, frankly speaking. _J’avoue — que_; I readily admit that.

=franchir=, _v.a._, to leap, to get over; to clear; to pass, to pass over, to overstep, to go beyond, to break through; to cross, to traverse; to surmount; (nav.) to head (the sea). _Il a franchi le fossé_; he has jumped over the ditch. _— une barrière_; to clear a bar. _— les montagnes_; to cross the mountains. _— les bornes du devoir_; to overstep the bounds of duty. _— le pas_; to take a resolution. _— le mot_; to let out the word. _— une difficulté_; to overcome a difficulty.

=franchise=, _n.f._, franchise, exemption, immunity, freedom (of a city); frankness, sincerity, openness, candor, plainness; (paint.) boldness, freedom. _Parler avec —_; to speak frankly. _— du coloris_; (paint.) freedom of coloring. _En — de droit_; duty-free.

=franchissable=, _adj._, passable, capable of being crossed.

=franchissement=, _n.m._, leap over, leaping.

=francisation=, _n.f._, gallicizing; (com.) registering as a French ship.

=franciscain=, _n.m._, Franciscan, gray friar.

=franciser=, _v.a._, to frenchify, to gallicize.

_se_ =franciser=, _v.r._, to become French.

=francisque=, _n.f._, battle ax.

=franc-maçon=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) freemason.

=franc-maçonnerie=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) freemasonry.

=franco=, _adv._, free of expanse, pre-paid. _Ecrire —_; address, post-paid.

=francolin=, _n.m._, (orni.) francolin.

=franc-parler=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) liberty _or_ freedom of speech.

=franc-quartier=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (her.) quarter, franc-quarter.

=franc-réal=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) sort of pear.

☉=franc-tenancier=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) free-holder.

=franc-tillac=, _n.m._, (nav.) flush-deck.

=franc-tireur=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (milit.) sharp-shooter, skirmisher; volunteer.

=frange=, _n.f._, fringe, valance.

=frangé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) fimbriate.

=franger=, _v.a._, to fringe, to valance.

=franger= _or_ =frangier=, _n.m._, fringe-maker.

=frangipane=, _n.f._, almond-cake.

=frangipanier=, _n.m._, (bot) red jasmine.

=franque=, _adj.f._, Frankish.

=franquette=, _n.f._, (l.u.) frankness. _À la bonne —_; frankly, freely, sincerely.

=frappant=, =-e=, _adj._, striking, impressive.

=frappe=, _n.f._, (coin.) stamp; set of matrices.

=frappé=, =-e=, _part._, struck; iced (of liquids); strong and close (of cloth); powerful, forcible. _— d’étonnement_; struck with wonder. _Vers bien —s_; spirited verses.

=frappé=, _n.m._, (mus.) fall (of the foot).

=frappe-main=, _n.m._, (n.p.) hot-cockle.