Heath's French and English dictionary

Part 84

Chapter 842,989 wordsPublic domain

=gros=, _n.m._, large part; bulk, mass; main body (of an army); large hand (writing); (com.) wholesale. _Vendre en —_; to sell wholesale. _En — et en détail_; wholesale and retail. _Faire le — de la besogne_; to do the heavy work.

=gros=, _adv._, much. _Gagner —_; to earn, to win much, a great deal.

=gros-bec=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (orni.) grosbeak.

=gros canon=, _n.m._, (print.) French canon.

*=groseille=, _n.f._, _— à grappes_; red currant, white currant. _— à maquereau_, _— verte_; gooseberry.

*=groseillier=, _n.m._, red-currant-tree, white-currant-tree; gooseberry-bush. _— noir_; (l.u.) black-currant-tree. _V._ =cassis=.

*=groseillon=, _n.m._, small currant.

=gros-jean=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) a vulgar fellow, a countryman, mere nobody. _Être — comme devant_; to be as you were (_i.e._, no better off). _— en remontre à son curé_; (prov.) to teach one’s grandmother how to suck eggs.

=grosse=, _n.f._, gross (twelve dozen); large hand (writing); bottomry; (jur.) copy. _Contrat à la —_; bottomry bond. _Prêt à la —_; bottomry loan.

=grossement=, _adv._, grossly, coarsely.

=grosserie= (grô-srî), _n.f._, ironmongery; wholesale. _Il ne fait que la —_; he is a wholesale dealer only.

=grossesse=, _n.f._, pregnancy.

=grosseur=, _n.f._, bigness, largeness, hugeness, size, bulk; swelling.

=grossi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, coarse, thick; homely, plain, common; clumsy, rough, rude; unpolished, uncivilized; unmannerly, scurrilous; churlish, unpolite, uncouth, boorish. _Des meubles —s_; clumsy furniture. _Mœurs —ères_; unpolished manners. _Vous êtes bien —_; you are very unmannerly. _Il m’aborda d’un air —_; he accosted me rudely. _Erreur —ère_; gross mistake.

=grossièrement= (-sièr-mān), _adv._, coarsely, rudely, roughly, uncouthly, boorishly, unmannerly, scurrilously; churlishly; grossly, indecently.

=grossièreté= (-sièr-té), _n.f._, coarseness, grossness; rudeness, clownishness, roughness, incivility, bluntness, unmannerliness; coarse language, scurrility; clumsiness, awkwardness; churlishness. _Il lui a dit des —s_; he said rude things to him.

=grossir=, _v.a._, to make bigger, greater; to enlarge, to augment, to increase; to swell, to swell out; to magnify.

_se_ =grossir=, _v.r._, to grow bigger, larger; to increase in size; to increase, to augment, to be increased; to swell; to magnify.

=grossir=, _v.n._, to get big, large; to grow stout, to magnify; to enlarge; to swell out.

=grossissant=, _adj._, magnifying. _Verre —_; magnifying glass.

=grossissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, magnifying, enlargement, increase; exaggeration.

=grosso-modo=, _adv._, summarily, generally, roughly.

=grossoyer=, _v.a._, to engross, to copy in a large hand.

=grotesque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, grotesque; grotesque figure; grotesque dancer; clown.

=grotesquement=, _adv._, grotesquely.

=grotte=, _n.f._, grotto, grot; crypt.

*=grouillant=, =-e=, _adj._, (pop.) stirring, moving about; swarming, crawling. _Tout — de vermine_, crawling with vermin.

*=grouillement= (groo-), _n.m._, (pop.) rumbling (of the intestines); rattling; stirring, swarming.

*=grouiller=, _v.n._, (pop.) to stir, to move; to rumble (of the intestines); to shake (the head with old age); to swarm. _Le ventre me grouille_; my belly rumbles. _La tête lui grouille_; his head shakes. _Cela grouille de vermine_; that is alive with vermin.

=group= (groop), _n.m._, (com.) sealed bag of specie.

=groupe=, _n.m._, group, cluster, clump (of trees); crowd, flock, (print.) heading.

=groupement=, _n.m._, grouping.

=grouper=, _v.a._, to group.

_se_ =grouper=, _v.r._, to form into groups, to be grouped, to gather, to collect.

=grouper=, _v.n._, (paint.) to group.

=gruau=, _n.m._, oat-meal; gruel, groats; (tech.) small crane. _Farine de —_; groats. _Pain de —_; finest wheaten bread.

=grue=, _n.f._, (orni., tech.) crane; (astron.) Grus; simpleton, goose. _Faire le pied de —_; to dance attendance.

☉=gruerie=, _n.f._, wood-mote.

=grugeon=, _n.m._, lump (of sugar).

=gruger=, _v.a._, to craunch, to eat, to eat up, to devour. _— du sucre_; to craunch sugar.

=grugerie=, _n.f._, craunching.

=grugeur=, _n.m._, squanderer, sponger, parasite.

=grume=, _n.f._, bark. _En —_; with the bark on.

=grumeau=, _n.m._, clod, clot, lump.

_se_ =grumeler=, _v.r._, to clot.

=grumeleu-x=, =-se= (gru-mleû, -z), _adj._, clotted, grumous; rugged, rough. _Sang —_; clotted blood. _Poires —ses_; rough pears.

=gruyer=, _n.m._, a justice in eyre.

=gruy-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of the crane. _Faucon —_; hawk trained to fly the crane. _Faisan —_; crane pheasant. ☉_Seigneur —_; lord having certain rights on the woods of his vassals.

=gruyère=, _n.m._, Gruyere cheese.

=guano= (gooa-no), _n.m._, guano.

=gué= (ghé), _n.m._, ford. _Passer une rivière à —_; to ford a river. _Sonder le —_; to probe the ford; (fig.) to sound a person.

=guéable= (ghé-), _adj._, fordable.

=guèbre=, _n.m._ _V._ =gaure=.

=guédasse=, _n.f._, weed-ash.

=guède= (ghèd), _n.f._, (dy.) woad, dyer’s-woad, pastel.

=guéder= (ghé-dé), _v.a._, to dye with woad; ☉to cram, to stuff (with food).

☉_se_ =guéder=, _v.r._, to cram one’s self with food.

=guéer= (ghéé), _v.a._, to ford. _— un cheval_; to water a horse. _— du linge_; to wash linen (in a river). _Se —_, _v.r._, to be forded.

=guelfe=, _n.m._, (Italian hist.) Guelph.

*=guenille= (ghĕ-), _n.f._, rag, tatter; rubbish, trifle, trumpery, thing.

*=guenilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tattered, ragged, in rags; rubbishy, trumpery, worthless.

*=guenillon= (ghĕ-), _n.m._, little rag; scrap.

=guenipe= (ghĕ-), _n.f._, slut, trollop; drab.

=guenon= (ghĕ-), _n.f._, (mam.) monkey; she-monkey; fright, ugly woman; strumpet.

=guenuche= (ghĕ-), _n.f._, young she-monkey. _— coiffée_; over-dressed woman; ape in petticoats.

=guépard=, _n.m._, (mam.) cheetah.

=guêpe= (ghêp), _n.f._, (ent.) wasp. _—-frelon_ (_—s-—s_); hornet. _Mouche-—_ (_—s-—s_); wasp-fly. _Taille de —_; very slender waist. _Nid de —_; wasps’ nest.

=guêpier=, _n.m._, wasps’ nest; (orni.) bee-eater; scrape, difficulty. _Donner_, _tomber_, _dans un —_; to get into a scrape.

☉=guerdon= (ghèr-), _n.m._, guerdon, recompense, reward, meed.

☉=guerdonner=, _v.a._, to requite, to reward, to recompense.

=guère= _or_ =guères= (ghèr), _adv._, but little, not much, not very; not long; hardly, scarcely, very few. _N’avoir — d’argent_; to have but little money. _Il n’est — sage_; he is not very wise. _Il ne tardera — à venir_; it will not be long before he comes _or_ he will soon come. _Il ne s’en faut —_; it wants but little. _N’avoir — plus_; to have little more. _N’avoir — moins_; to have little less. _Je ne le vois —_; I hardly ever see him.

=guéret= (ghé-rè), _n.m._, (agri.) land unsown, fallow-land. _pl._, (poet.) fields.

=guéridon= (ghé-), _n.m._, gueridon, round table, centre table, loo-table, stand; (nav.) scoop.

=guérilla= (ghé-), _n.f._, guerilla.

=guérilla=, _n.m._, guerilla-soldier.

=guérir= (ghé-), _v.a._, to heal, to cure. _— la fièvre_; to cure a fever. _— quelqu’un d’une erreur_; to rid any one of an error. _Cela ne me guérira de rien_; that will be of no use to me.

_se_ =guérir=, _v.r._, to recover, to be cured, to heal, to be healed, to recover one’s health, to mend; to get rid, to be rid of. _Se — de ses préventions_; to get rid of one’s prejudices. _Médecin, guéris-toi toi-même_; physician, heal thyself.

=guérir=, _v.n._, to heal, to heal up; to recover, to be cured; to get rid, to be rid. _On ne guérit point de la peur_; fear admits of no cure.

=guérison= (ghé-), _n.f._, recovery, healing, cure. _Il lui doit sa —_; he owes his recovery to him.

=guérissable=, _adj._, curable.

=guérisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (b.s.) healer, curer.

=guérite= (ghé-), _n.f._, sentry-box; turret, watch-tower. _Gagner la —_; to take to one’s heels, to make off.

=guerre= (ghèr), _n.f._, war; warfare; strife, dissension, contest. _— à mort_; war to the knife. _— de plume_; paper warfare. _Vaisseau de —_; man-of-war. _Petite —_; sham fight; war on a small scale. _Cri de —_; war-cry. _Foudre de —_; great warrior _or_ general. _Gens de —_; military men. _Place de —_; fortified town, fortress. _Nom de —_; nickname; assumed name. _Aller à la petite —_; to go out pillaging. _Faire la — avec_; to serve with, to be a fellow-soldier. _Faire la — à ses passions_; to struggle against one’s passions. _Faire la — à_; to be at war with. _Il lui en fit la —_; he found fault with him for it. _Faire la — à l’œil_; to be on the look-out for opportunities. _Faire bonne — à quelqu’un_; to deal fairly with any one. _De bonne —_; by fair play, by fair means. _À la — comme à la —_; one must take things as they come. _Qui terre a, — a_; much coin, much care. _Moitié —, moitié marchandise_; armed (of ships); (fig.) half-willingly, half-compulsorily. _Faire une chose de — lasse_; to do a thing against one’s will, after long resistance. _En —_; at variance.

=guerri-er=, =-ère=, _n._ and _adj._, warrior; female warrior; warlike; martial.

=guerroyant=, =-e=, _adj._, martial, combative, pugnacious.

=guerroyer=, _v.n._, to make war, to wage war, to war.

=guerroyeur=, _n.m._, man fond of fighting.

=guet= (ghè), _n.m._, watch; watching; sentinel. _— de nuit_; patrol, night-watch. _Mot du —_; watchword. _Maison du —_; round-house. _Crier au —_; to call the watch. _Être au —_, _avoir l’œil au —_, _l’oreille au —_; to be on the watch, to be on the look-out. _Ce chien est de très bon —_; this is a very good watch-dog. _Se donner le mot du —_; to act in concert. _Faire le —_; to watch, to keep watch; to look out, to be on the look-out. _Au —_; on the watch, on the look-out.

=guet-apens= (ghè-ta-pān), _n.m._, (_—s-—_) ambush, ambuscade; willful injury; lying in wait. _De —_; by lying in wait. _Dresser un — à_; to waylay.

=guêtre= (ghê-tr), _n.f._, gaiter. _Grande —_; legging. _Tirer ses —s_; to run away; to hook it. _Laisser ses —s quelque part_; to leave one’s bones somewhere.

=guêtré=, =-e=, _adj._, gaitered.

=guêtrer=, _v.a._, to put on gaiters, to gaiter.

_se_ =guêtrer=, _v.r._, to put on one’s gaiters.

=guêtrier=, _n.m._, gaiter-maker.

=guetter= (ghé-té), _v.a._, to lie in wait for, to watch for, to be upon the watch for; to dog the footsteps of, to watch; to wait for, to await.

=guetteur=, _n.m._, (nav.) signal-man, lookout-man.

=gueulard= (gheu-lar), _n.m._, furnace-mouth; gully-hole.

=gueulard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (pop.) brawler, bawler; glutton. _adj._, (of horses) hard-mouthed.

=gueule= (gheul), _n.f._, mouth (of an animal); jaws, chops. _— renversée_; (arch.) ogive. _À — dépourvue de dents_; (ich.) leather-mouthed. _En —_; (bot.) labiated. _La — d’un chien_; the mouth of a dog. _— de canon_; muzzle of a gun. _La — d’un sac_; the mouth of a sack. _Mettre quelqu’un à la — du loup_; to put any one in the clutches of his enemy. _— fraîche_; (triv.) person always ready to eat. _Homme fort en —_; (triv.) abusive man; great gabbler. _Femme trop forte en —_; (triv.) ill-tongued woman. _Fine —_; (fam.) epicure, judge of good living. _Il n’a que de la —_; (triv.) he is all talk. _Donner sur la — à quelqu’un_; (triv.) to give any one a dressing. _Il est venu la — enfarinée_; (triv.) he came blundering and full of confidence. _Il a la — pavée_; (triv.) his throat must be paved. _Il a la — morte_; (triv.) he is down in the mouth.

=gueule-de-loup=, _n.f._, cowl, chimney cowl; (_—s-—_) (bot.) snapdragon, calf’s snout.

=gueulée=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) large mouthful; indecent expression.

=gueuler= (gheu-lé), _v.n._, (pop.) to bawl, to squall, to clamor, to mouth.

=gueuler=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to take up, to seize.

=gueules=, _n.m._, (her.) gules. _Porter des —_; to bear gules.

*=gueusaille= (gheu-), _n.f._, parcel of beggars, low set, rabble, riffraff.

=gueusailler=, _v.n._, to beg, to loaf, to go begging.

=gueusant=, =-e= (gheu-), _adj._, begging, mumping.

=gueusard=, _n.m._, beggar, scoundrel, blackguard, ragamuffin, loafer.

=gueuse= (gheuz), _n.f._, pig-iron; beggar; bad woman, wench, hussy.

=gueuser=, _v.a._ and _n._, (fam.) to beg; to clamour for. _— des encens_; to clamour after praise.

=gueuserie= (gheû-zrî), _n.f._, beggary, beggarliness; trash; poverty, mendicity, villainy.

=gueuset=, _n.m._, pig-iron.

=gueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, poor, beggarly, wretched, destitute. _— comme un rat d’église_; as poor as a church-mouse.

=gueux=, _n.m._, beggar; knave, rascal, ragamuffin, scoundrel. _Tas de —_; pack of scoundrels. _— revêtu_; upstart, beggar on horseback.

=gui= (ghi), _n.m._, mistletoe; (nav.) main-boom (of a sloop, of a brig).

=guibre= (ghi-br), _n.f._, (nav.) cut-water.

=guichet= (ghi-shè), _n.m._, wicket; grating; door; shutter, small window. _À remettre au —_; to be handed in over the counter.

=guichetier= (ghish-tié), _n.m._, turnkey.

=guide= (ghid), _n.m._, guide; guide-book; text-book; (milit.) fugleman.

=guide=, _n.f._, rein (of a bridle). _Conduire à grandes —s_; to drive four-in-hand. _Mener la vie à grandes —s_; to live in grand style, a very fast life.

=guide-âne=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) guide-book.

=guide-chaîne=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (horl.) guard, ratchet.

=guide-main=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (of the piano-forte) chiroplast, hand-guide.

=guider= (ghi-dé), _v.a._, to guide, to lead, to conduct; to direct; to actuate; (nav.) to steer.

=guidon= (ghi-), _n.m._, (milit.) field-colors, guidon; (of fire-arms) sight; (of writings) reference, marks; (nav.) broad pendant; (mus.) direction; handle-bar. _— de renvoi_; reference.

=guifette= (ghi-), _n.f._, (orni.) sea-swallow.

*=guignard= (ghi-), _n.m._, (orni.) dotterel.

*=guigne= (ghi-), _n.f._, black-heart cherry; (fam. and fig.) ill-luck.

=guigner= (ghi-), _v.a._, (fam.) to wink at, to ogle, to peer at; to covet; to peep at; to have in view, to have a design upon. _— une charge_; to have an eye to some post.

*=guigner=, _v.n._, to leer, to peer, to ogle.

*=guignette= (ghi-), _n.f._, (orni.) common sand-piper.

*=guignier= (ghi-), _n.m._, black-heart cherry-tree.

=guignol=, _n.m._, puppet-show; Punch and Judy show.

*=guignon= (ghi-), _n.m._, (fam.) bad luck, ill-luck. _Avoir du —_; to be unlucky. _Être en —_; to have a run of ill-luck.

=guignonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, provoking.

=guigue= (gig), _n.f._, (nav.) gig.

*=guildive= (ghi-), _n.f._, (l.u.) tafia, rum.

*=guillage= (ghi-), _n.m._, working, fermentation (of beer).

*=guillaume= (ghi-), _n.m._, rabbet plane.

*=guilledin= (ghi-), _n.m._, gelding.

*=guilledou= (ghi-), _n.m._, (pop.) places of ill-fame. _Courir le —_; to frequent places of ill-fame.

*=guillemet= (ghi-), _n.m._, (print.) inverted comma.

*=guillemeter=, _v.a._, to put between inverted commas.

*=guillemot= (ghi-), _n.m._, (orni.) guillemot.

=guiller=, _v.n._, to work, to ferment (of beer).

*=guilleret=, =-te= (ghi-), _adj._, sprightly, gay, lively, dapper. _Il a l’air —_; he has a sprightly air.

*=guilleri= (ghi-), _n.m._, chirping (of sparrows).

=guillet=, _n.m._, tip cat (game).

*=guillocher= (ghi-), _v.a._, (arch.) to engine-turn.

*=guillochis= (ghi-), _n.m._, (arch.) engine-turning.

*=guillotine= (ghi-), _n.f._, guillotine.

*=guillotiné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, person guillotined; executed.

*=guillotinement=, _n.m._, guillotining.

*=guillotiner=, _v.a._, to guillotine, to behead.

=guimauve= (ghi-), _n.f._, marsh-mallow.

*=guimaux= (ghi-), _n.m.pl._, meadows mowed twice a year.

=guimbarde= (ghin-), _n.f._, wagon, van; jew’s-harp; rickety old coach.

=guimpe= (ghinp), _n.f._, stomacher, chemisette; veil (for nuns).

=guinard=, _n.m._, (ich.) red gurnet.

=guindage= (ghin-), _n.m._, (nav.) hoisting.

=guindant= (ghin-), _n.m._, (nav.) hoist (of flags).

=guinde=, _n.f._, =guinda=, =guindeau=, _n.m._, (nav.) windlass, hoist.

=guindé=, =-e=, _part._, stiff, strained, forced, unnatural; (of style) stilted, formal. _Cet homme est toujours —_; that man is always as stiff as a poker.

=guinder= (ghin-dé), _v.a._, to hoist, to strain, to force; (nav.) to hoist up (masts); (of style) to strain, to force.

_se_ =guinder=, _v.r._, to be strained; to be forced, to bridle up.

=guinderesse= (ghin-drès), _n.f._, (nav.) top-rope.

=guinderie= (ghin-drî), _n.f._, constraint, stiffness.

=guinée= (ghi-), _n.f._, guinea; long cloth.

=guingan= (ghin-), _n.m._, gingham.

=guingois= (ghin-ghoa), _n.m._, crookedness. _De —_; awry, cross-grained. _Marcher tout de —_; to walk crookedly. _Avoir l’esprit de —_; to be cross-grained.

=guinguette= (ghin-ghèt), _n.f._, road-side inn; tea-garden.

=guiorant=, =-e=, _adj._, squeaking.

=guiorer= (ghi-), _v.n._, (of mice) to squeak.

=guipon= (ghi-), _n.m._, (nav.) mop.

=guipure= (ghi-), _n.f._, guipure-lace.

=guirlande= (ghir-), _n.f._, garland, wreath; girdle (of jewels); (arch.) belt (of a column).

=guise= (ghiz), _n.f._, manner, way; fancy, humor. _En — de_; by way of. _Chacun vit à sa —_; everybody lives as he likes. _Faire à sa —_; to do as one likes; to have one’s own way.

=guitardin= (ghi-), _n.m._, (bot.) fiddle-wood.

=guitare= (ghi-), _n.f._, guitar. _Jouer_, _pincer_, _de la —_; to play the guitar.

=guitariste=, _n.m.f._, guitarist, guitar-player.

=guiterne= (ghi-), _n.f._, (nav.) prop.

=guit-guit= (ghi-ghi), _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a variety of humming-birds.

=guiton= (ghi-), _n.m._, (nav.) dog-watch.

=guivre=, _n.f._ _V._ =givre=.

=gulf-stream=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (geog.) Gulf-Stream.

=gumène=, _n.f._, (her.) cable (of an anchor).

=gustatif=, _adj.m._, (anat.) (of nerves) gustatory, hypoglossal.

=gustation=, _n.f._, tasting, gustation.

=gutta-percha= (-ka), _n.f._, (_n.p._) gutta-percha.

=gutte=. _V._ =gomme=.

=guttier=, _n.m._, (bot.) gamboge-tree.

=guttifères=, _n.m.pl._, (bot.) guttiferæ.

=guttiforme=, _adj._, drop-shaped.

=guttural=, =-e= (gut-tu-), _adj._, guttural.

=gutturale=, _n.f._, guttural.

=gymnase= (jim-nâz), _n.m._, gymnasium.

=gymnaste=, _n.m._, gymnast.

=gymnastique=, _n.f._, gymnastics.

=gymnastique=, _adj._, gymnastic.

=gymnique=, _adj._, gymnic.

=gymnique=, _n.f._, gymnic.

=gymnosophiste=, _n.m._, gymnosophist.

=gymnosperme=, _adj._, (bot.) gymnospermous.

=gymnospermie=, _n.f._, (bot.) gymnospermia.

=gymnote=, _n.m._, gymnotus. _— électrique_; electric eel.

=gynandre=, _adj._, (bot.) gynandrous.

=gynandrie=, _n.f._, (bot.) gynandria.

=gynécée=, _n.m._, women’s apartment, gyneceum, gynæceum.

=gynécocratie= (-ci), _n.f._, gynæcocracy, petticoat government.

=gynécocratique=, _adj._, of a gynæcocracy.

=gypaète=, _n.m._, (orni.) griffin, bearded vulture, lammergeier.

=gypse=, _n.m._, gypsum, parget; plaster of Paris.

=gypseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, gypseous.

=gyratoire=, _adj._ _V._ =giratoire=.

=gyromancie=, _n.f._, gyromancy.

=gyroselle=, _n.f._, (bot.) Virginian cowslip.

=gyrovague=, _n.m._, wandering monk; tramp.

H

[All words in which the _h_ is aspirated, are marked thus †.]

=h=, _n.m.f._, the eighth letter of the alphabet, h.

†=ha!= _int._, ah! ha!

=habeas corpus=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) habeas-corpus.

=habile=, _adj._, able, clever, skillful; expert, sharp, quick; qualified; capable; knowing, cunning; (nav.) able-bodied. _— dans les affaires_; skillful in business.

=habilement= (a-bil-mān), _adv._, cleverly, skillfully, ably; dexterously; knowingly.

=habileté= (a-bil-té), _n.f._, ability, skill, cleverness, skillfulness, artfulness, sharpness.

=habilissime=, _adj._, very clever, very skillful.

=habilitation=, _n.f._, (jur.) habilitation, qualification, aptitude.

=habilité=, _n.f._, (jur.) competency, qualification.

*=habiliter=, _v.a._, (jur.) to qualify.

*=habillage=, _n.m._, (cook.) trussing poultry.

=habillant=, =-e=, _adj._, dressy, nice, rich.

=habillé=, =-e=, _part._, dressed, clothed, clad, decked out.

=habillement=, _n.m._, clothes, clothing, dress, wearing apparel, attire. _— complet_; complete suit of clothes.

*=habiller=, _v.a._, to dress, to clothe; to make clothes for; to wrap up; to become; to fit; (cook.) to prepare. _Ce tailleur m’habille_; that tailor makes my clothes, works for me. _Il habille bien_; he works well. _Cette étoffe vous habille bien_; that stuff becomes you very well. _— une pensée en vers_; to clothe a thought in verse. _— de la volaille_; to draw and truss fowls. _— du poisson_; to gut and scale fish. _— du cuir_; to dress leather.

_s’_=habiller=, _v.r._, to dress one’s self; to have one’s clothes made; to find one’s own clothes; to abuse each other. _Cet homme s’habille bien_; that man dresses well.

=habilleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (thea.) dresser; skin-dresser.

=habit=, _n.m._, garment, dress, apparel, garb; coat, dress coat. _pl._, clothes, wearing apparel. _— bourgeois_; private clothes. _— complet_; suit of clothes. _— habillé_; dress coat, full dress, evening dress. _— galonné_; laced-coat. _— de cheval_; riding-coat. _—s de deuil_; mourning. _Porter un — râpé_; to wear a shabby, seedy coat. _L’— ne fait pas le moine_; it is not the cowl that makes the friar; it is not the coat that makes the man. _Prendre l’—_; to become a monk _or_ (of a nun) to take the veil.

=habitabilité=, _n.f._, habitableness; habitability.

=habitable=, _adj._, inhabitable, habitable.

=habitacle=, _n.m._, ☉habitation, abode, dwelling; (nav.) binnacle.

=habitant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, inhabitant, resident, inmate; occupant, occupier; denizen. _Les —s des bois_; the denizens of the woods.

=habitat=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) habitat.

=habitation=, _n.f._, habitation, residence, abode, tenement, dwelling-place; place of abode; plantation, settlement (in a colony); (zoöl., bot.) habitat, haunt. _Maison d’—_; (jur.) dwelling-house.

=habiter=, _v.a._, to inhabit, to dwell in, to live in, to reside in, to frequent. _— un lieu_; to live in a place.

=habiter=, _v.n._, to inhabit; to dwell in; to reside in; (jur.) to cohabit.

=habitude=, _n.f._, habit, custom, use; practice, wont; (b.s.) trick. _Il n’en fait pas une habitude_; he does not make a custom of it. _L’— est une autre nature_; use is a second nature. _Faire quelque chose par —_; to do a thing from habit. _Faire perdre une vilaine — à quelqu’un_; to break any one of a bad habit, of a nasty trick. _D’—_; usual, habitual; usually, generally.

=habitué=, =-e=, _part._, used, accustomed.

=habitué=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, frequenter, customer. _Les —s d’un café_; the regular customers of a tavern. _Ce monsieur est un de nos —s_; that gentleman is one of our regular customers.

=habituel=, =-le=, _adj._, habitual, customary, usual.

=habituellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, habitually, customarily, usually.

=habituer=, _v.a._, to use, to accustom, to habituate, to inure. _— les jeunes gens à la fatigue_; to inure young men to fatigue.

_s’_=habituer=, _v.r._, to accustom, to inure, one’s self. _Je m’y habituerai_; I shall get used to it. _S’— au climat_; to get inured to the climate.

†=hâbler=, _v.n._, to brag, to boast, to draw the long-bow.

†=hâblerie=, _n.f._, bragging, boasting, drawing the long-bow.

†=hâbleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, bragger, boaster.

†=hache=, _n.f._, ax, hatchet. _— d’armes_; battle-ax, pole ax. _Fait à coups de —_; clumsily made, roughly done. _— d’abordage_; boarding-hatchet.

†=haché=, =-e=, _adj._, (style) abrupt, irregular, desultory.

†=hache-paille=, _n.m._, (_—_) chaff-cutter.

†=hacher=, _v.a._, to chop, to hew, to hack, to cut to pieces; (engr.) to hatch; (cook.) to hash, to mince; (drawing) to tint. _— menu_; to chop small; (cook.) to mince. _— en morceaux_; to cut to pieces. _— quelqu’un menu comme chair à pâté_; to make mince-meat of any one.

†=hachereau= (ha-shrô), _n.m._, little ax, hatchet.

†=hachette=, _n.f._, hacking-knife, hatchet.

†=hachis=, _n.m._, (cook.) minced meat, hash.

†=hachisch=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), hashish.

†=hachoir=, _n.m._, chopping-board; chopping-knife; chaff-cutter.

†=hachure=, _n.f._, (engr.) hatching.

†=hagard=, =-e=, _adj._, haggard, wild.

=hagiographe=, _n.m._, hagiographer.

=hagiographe=, _adj._, hagiographic.

=hagiographie=, _n.f._, hagiography.

=hagiologique=, _adj._, hagiological.

†=haha=, _n.m._, ha-ha, haw-haw.