Heath's French and English dictionary
Part 9
=aider=, _v.n._, to aid, to help, to assist, to succor, relieve. _— à la lettre_; to add to the matter, complete the sense. _— au succès_; to contribute to the success.
_s’_=aider=, _v.r._, to help one another, to use, to make use of; to bestir one’s self; to help one’s self, avail one’s self. _On s’aide de ce qu’on a_; people make use of what they have. _— l’un l’autre_; to help one another.
=aides=, _n.f.pl._, (man.) aids.
=aïe=, _int._, ay! oh! ah! oh dear!
=aïeul=, _n.m._, grandfather, grandsire.
=aïeule=, _n.f._, grandmother, grandam.
=aïeux=, _n.m.pl._, forefathers, ancestors.
=aigle=, _n.m._, eagle; star (noted person); reading-desk, lectern (in churches); (astron.) Aquila, Eagle. _À vol d’—_; eagle-winged. _Aux yeux d’—_; eagle-eyed.
=aigle=, _n.f._, she-eagle; (her.) eagle; eagle standard.
=aiglefin=, _n.m._, haddock.
=aiglette=, _n.f._ _V._ =aiglon=.
=aiglon=, _n.m._, eaglet, a young eagle; (her.) eaglet.
=aigre=, _n.m._, sourness; rawness; sharpness; mustiness.
=aigre=, _adj._, sour, tart, sharp, bitter; crabbed; ill-natured; rough, harsh; eager, brittle; shrill; musty. _Voix —_; harsh, shrill voice. _Paroles —s_; sharp words.
=aigre-dou-x=, =-ce=, _adj._, bitterish, sourish.
=aigrefin=, _n.m._, sharper.
=aigrelet=, =-te=, _adj._, sourish, tartish.
=aigrement=, _adv._, acrimoniously, sourly, sharply, bitterly, roughly, harshly.
=aigremoine=, _n.f._, (bot.) agrimony, liverwort.
=aigremore=, _n.m._, aigremore.
=aigret=, =-te=, _adj._, sourish, tartish.
=aigrette= _n.f._, egret, aigret; aigrette, tuft, or plume (of feathers, diamonds); (bot.) egret, (milit.) tuft; horn (of the owl); crest (of the peacock).
=aigretté=, =-e=, _adj._, with an egret, tufted, crested.
=aigreur=, _n.f._, sourness, sharpness, tartness, harshness, bitterness; surliness; ill-nature, grudge, spite; _pl._, (med.) acidity of stomach, heartburn, water-brash; (engrav.) harsh strokes, hatches made too hard.
=aigrir=, _v.a._, to make sour or sharp, to sour, to turn sour; to irritate, to embitter, to make worse; to incense, to provoke; to make ill-humored. _Sa disgrâce lui a aigri l’esprit_; his disgrace has soured his temper.
_s’_=aigrir=, _v.r._, to turn sour, to grow sour or sharp; to grow worse, to be exasperated. _Son mal s’aigrit_; his disease gets worse.
=aigrissement=, _n.m._, souring, irritation, bitterness.
=aigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, pointed, that has a sharp point; sharp, keen, acute, piercing. _Son —_; sharp, shrill sound. _Douleur —ë_; acute pain. _Faire un son —_; to utter a shrill cry.
=aiguade= (-gad), _n.f._, (nav.) fresh water; watering-place. _Faire —_; to take in fresh water.
=aiguail= (-ga-), _n.m._, or =aiguaille=, _n.f._, (hunt.) dewdrop; morning dew.
=aiguayer= (-gay-), _v.a._, to water (a horse); to rinse (clothes).
=aigue-marine=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_), aqua-marina, beryl.
=aiguichant=, =-e=, _adj._, enticing.
=aiguière= (-ghièr), _n.f._, ewer.
=aiguiérée= (-ghié-), _n.f._, ewer-full.
*=aiguillade=, _n.f._, goad.
*=aiguillage=, _n.m._, (railways) the shifting of the points, shunting.
*=aiguillat=, _n.m._, (ich.) dog-fish.
*=aiguille=, _n.f._, needle; hand (of a dial, or watch, &c.); cock (balance); spindle (of a compass); spire (of a steeple); (ich.) hornfish, needle-fish; (railways) point. _— d’emballeur_; packing-needle. _— à tricoter_; knitting-needle. _— à reprises_; darning-needle. _—s à contre-poids_; self-acting points (rail.). _Trou d’une —_; eye of a needle. _Ouvrage à l’—_; needlework. _— aimantée_; magnetic needle. _Disputer sur la pointe d’une —_; to quarrel about straws. _Enfiler une —_; to thread a needle.
*=aiguillée=, _n.f._, needleful.
*=aiguiller=, _v.a._, (surg.) to couch (a cataract); (rail.) to shift the points.
*=aiguilletage=, _n.m._, tagging, (nav.) seizing.
*=aiguilleter=, _v.a._, (nav.) to trap, to seize, to mouse. _— les canons_; to lash the guns.
=aiguilletier=, _n.m._, tagger, tag-maker.
*=aiguillette=, _n.f._, aglet, point; shoulder-knot; slice (of flesh, skin); (nav.) knittle, tricing-line, laniard. _Le ferret de l’—_; the tag of a point.
=aiguilleur=, _n.m._, (rail.) pointsman, switcher.
*=aiguillier=, _n.m._, needle-case, book. _V._ =étui=.
*=aiguillier=, _n.m._, needle-maker.
=aiguillière=, _n.f._, garfish-net, net for catching hornfish; needle-maker.
*=aiguillon=, _n.m._, goad, spur, incentive, incitement, encouragement, stimulus, motive; sting (of insects, serpents); (bot.) prickle, stimulus. _Briser l’— de_; to take the sting out of.
*=aiguillonner=, _v.a._, to goad, to prick; to incite, to spur on, to stimulate.
*=aiguillot=, _n.m._, (nav.) pintle.
=aiguisé=, =-e=, _part._, whetted, sharpened. _Une croix aiguisée_; (her.) a pointed cross.
=aiguisement= (-mān), _n.m._, whetting, sharpening.
=aiguiser=, _v.a._, to whet, to sharpen, to make sharp; to set an edge on; to point. _— l’appétit_; to sharpen the appetite. _— une épigramme_; to give point to an epigram. _— ses couteaux_; to prepare for battle. _— ses dents_; to prepare to eat heartily.
=aiguiseur=, _n.m._, knife-grinder, sharpener (_pers._)
*=ail=, _n.m._, (ails), (aulx) (ô), garlic. _— stérile_; eschalot. _Une tête d’—_, _une gousse d’—_; a clove of garlic.
=ailante=, _n.m._, (bot.) ailanthus.
=aile=, _n.f._, wing, pinion; van, fan; wing (of an army, building); aisle (of churches); fly (horol.); rung (of ships). _Avoir les —s rapides_; to be swift-winged. _À tire d’—_; at a single flight. _En avoir dans l’—_; to be smitten, to be in love. _Il en a dans l’—_; there is a screw loose somewhere. _Frapper à l’—_; to wing. _Couper le bout de l’—_; to pinion. _Être sur l’—_; to be on the wing. _Battre des —s_; to clap the wings. _Trémousser des —s_; to flutter. _Rogner les —s à quelqu’un_; to clip a person’s wings. _Voler de ses propres —s_; to be able to do without the help of others; to stand on one’s own legs. _Vouloir voler sans avoir des —s_; to undertake a thing beyond one’s strength. _Ne battre plus que d’une —_; to be on one’s last legs. _Tirer de l’—_; to make wing. _Tirer pied ou — de_; to get something out of (a thing), to make the most of (a thing). _— de moulin_; wind-sail.
=ailé=, =-e=, _adj._, winged.
*=aileron=, _n.m._, small wing; pinion; fin (of some fish); float-board (of a water-wheel); (arch.) scroll.
=ailette=, _n.f._, side-piece, side-lining of a shoe; small wing (of a building); flange (motor).
*=aillade=, _n.f._, garlic sauce.
*=ailleurs=, _adv._, elsewhere, somewhere else, _D’—_; from another reason, cause; on another account; besides, moreover, in other respects; after all, in addition to which.
=aimable=, _adj._, amiable, lovable, lovely, agreeable, worthy to be loved. _Un caractère —_; an amiable temperament.
=aimablement=, _adv._, in an amiable manner, amiably.
=aimant=, =-e=, _adj._, loving, affectionate.
=aimant=, _n.m._, loadstone, magnet. _La déclinaison de l’—_; the variation of the compass.
=aimanté=, =-e=, _adj._, magnetic.
=aimanter=, _v.a._, to rub or touch with a loadstone, to magnetize.
=aimé=, =-e=, _adj._, loved, beloved.
=aimer=, _v.a._, to love, to be fond of, to have a passion for; to be in love with; to like, to fancy, to have a fancy for, to admire, to delight in, to have an inclination for. _Il aime à monter à cheval_; he delights in riding. _Il aime sa personne_; he loves his own dear self. _Aimez qu’on vous conseille, et non pas qu’on vous loue_; love to be advised, not to be praised. _— mieux_; to prefer, to like better. _— passionnément_; to be passionately fond of. _— à l’idolâtrie_; to idolize. _Se faire —_; to endear one’s self to. _Qui aime bien, châtie bien_; he chasteneth that loveth well. _Qui m’aime aime mon chien_; love me, love my dog.
_s’_=aimer=, _v.r._, to love one’s self. _S’— les uns les autres_; to love one another.
=aimez-moi=, _n.f._, marsh scorpion-grass. _V._ =myosotis=.
=ain=, _n.m._, woollen thread; the number of threads contained in a given space.
=aine=, _n.f._, groin; herring-stick.
=aîné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, elder, senior.
=aîné=, =-e=, _adj._, eldest, elder, the eldest son or daughter; senior.
=aînesse=, _n.f._, primogeniture. _Droit d’—_; birthright.
=ainsi=, _adv._, thus, so, in this, that, manner. _Je suis — fait_; that’s my temper. _Le monde est —_; such is the world. _— du reste_; and so forth. _Il en est — des autres passions_; thus it is with the other passions. _— soit-il_; amen, so be it. _— va le monde_; so the world goes. _S’il en est —_; if such is the case.
=ainsi=, _conj._, thus, therefore, so that. _— que_, _tout — que_; as, as well as, even as, in the same way as. _Cela s’est passé — que je vous l’ai dit_; that happened in the way I told you.
=air=, _n.m._, air, wind; look, appearance, countenance, deportment; aspect; (mus.) tune; (chem., man., paint., sculp.) air. _— abattu_; downcast look. _— chagrin_; sorrowful look. _— éveillé_; sharp look. _— farouche_; forbidding look. _Faire des châteaux en l’—_; to build castles in the air. _Un coup d’—_; a cold chill. _Prendre l’—_; to take the air. _Donner de l’— à une chambre_; to let the air into, to ventilate, a room. _Chasser l’— renfermé_; to let out the confined air. _En plein —_; in the open air. _Se tenir entre deux —s_; to be in a draught. _Il ne fait point d’—_; there is not the least breath of wind. _Être en l’—_; to be in a flutter. _Paroles en l’—_; empty, idle, words. _Parler en l’—_; to talk wildly. _Il forme des desseins en l’—_; he forms extravagant designs. _Il a tiré son coup en l’—_; he has miscarried. _Prendre l’— du bureau_; to go and see how matters stand. _Faire prendre l’—_; to give an airing to. _Les gens du bel —_; gentle folks, fashionable people. _Un homme de méchant —_; an ill-looking man. _Un homme du grand —_; a man of rank, of quality. _Avoir l’— de_; to look like. _Avoir l’— bien portant_; to look well. _Lancer en l’—_; to toss (of horned cattle). _Avoir l’— bon_, _l’— mauvais_; to look good-natured, ill-natured. _Prendre un — riant_; to put on a smiling countenance. _Prendre un — de feu_; to warm one’s self. _Rempli d’— vicié_; filled with foul air. _Cela a l’— grand_; that looks grand. _Elle n’a pas l’— spirituel_; she doesn’t look sprightly. _Elle a l’— bien étourdi_; she looks very giddy. _Il n’a pas l’— content_; he doesn’t seem pleased. _Prendre des —s_, _se donner des —s_; to give one’s self airs. _Prendre des —s de bel esprit_; to set up for a wit. _Un — de famille_; a family likeness. _Air de tête_ (paint.); the attitude of the head. _Un — gai_, _triste_; a lively, dull, tune. _Faire un — sur des paroles_; to set words to music. _Jouer un — rapide_; to play a flourish. _Ce cheval va à tout —_; this horse has all his paces.
=airain=, _n.m._, brass. _L’âge d’—_; the brazen age. _Avoir un front d’—_; to have a brazen face, to blush at nothing. _Avoir des entrailles d’—_; to have a heart of stone.
=aire=, _n.f._, area, barn-floor, threshing-floor; aerie (of a bird of prey); (of ships) impetus, headway. _L’— d’un bâtiment_; (arch.) the area of a building. _— de plancher_; superficies of a floor. _L’— d’un triangle_; (geom.) the area or inside of a triangle. _Une — de vent_; (nav.) a point of the compass.
=airée=, _n.f._, the lot of wheat, &c., lying on a barn-floor; batch of dough.
=airelle=, _n.f._, whortleberry, bilberry.
=airer=, _v.n._, to make its aerie or nest.
=ais= (ê), _n.m._, board, shelf, plank; (print.) wetting-board; butcher’s block.
=aisance=, _n.f._, ease, freedom, easiness, affluence; the comforts or conveniences of life. _—s_, _pl._, water-closet. _Il fait tout avec —_; he does everything with ease. _Avoir de l’— dans les manières_; to have an easy deportment. _Être dans l’—_; to be in easy circumstances. _Cabinet d’—s_, _lieux d’—s_; water-closet. _Fosse d’—s_; cess-pool.
=aise=, _n.f._, gladness, joy, content; ease, comfort, conveniency. _À l’—_; easily; comfortable. _Se pâmer d’—_; to be overjoyed. _Tressaillir d’—_; to leap for joy. _Elle ne se sent pas d’—_; she is beside herself for joy. _Être à son —_; to be well off. _Mettre quelqu’un à son —_; to put at ease, to reassure any one. _Vous en parlez bien à votre —_; it is easy for you to say so. _N’en prendre qu’à son —_; to do only what pleases one, to take it easy. _Se sentir mal à l’—_; to feel uncomfortable. _Aimer ses —s_; to love one’s ease. _On n’a pas toutes ses —s en ce monde_; we cannot have all we wish for in this world.
=aise=, _adj._, glad, joyful, well pleased. _Je suis bien — de vous voir_; I am very glad to see you.
=aisé=, =-e=, _adj._, easy, convenient, commodious; in easy circumstances. _Cela est — à dire_; it is an easy thing to say. _Un homme — à vivre_; an easy, good-natured man. _Des souliers —s_; comfortable shoes. _Un air —_; an easy deportment. _Un style —_; a free, lucid, easy style. _Il est fort —_; he is in very easy circumstances.
=aisément=, _adv._, easily, readily, commodiously, freely, comfortably.
=aisselle=, _n.f._, arm-pit; (anat., bot.) axil, axilla.
=aitiologie=. _V._ =étiologie=.
=ajointer=, _v.a._, to join end to end, to fit.
=ajonc=, _n.m._, furze, thorn-broom, gorse, whin.
=ajournement=, _n.m._, adjournment, postponement; (jur.) summons.
=ajourner=, _v.a._, to adjourn, to put off; (jur.) to summon.
=ajourner=, _v.n._, _s’_=ajourner=, _v.r._, to adjourn, to be adjourned, to put off, to defer, to summons.
=ajoutage=, _n.m._, piece joined on.
=ajouter=, _v.a._, to add, to join, to put to, to tag, to subjoin, to supply, to interpolate. _Ce passage a été ajouté à ce livre_; this passage is an interpolation. _— foi à quelque chose_; to give credit to a thing.
=ajoutoir=. _V._ =ajoutage=, =ajutage=.
=ajustage=, _n.m._, adjusting, or giving the legal weight to a coin.
=ajusté=, =-e=, _part._, adjusted, fitted, accommodated, dressed. _Un style bien —_; a very elaborate style. _Comme vous voilà —!_ what a figure you cut.
=ajustement=, _n.m._, adjustment, adjusting, fitting, regulation, settlement; laying out; attire, garb, apparel, dress, garment; accommodation, agreement, reconciliation. _L’— d’un poids_; the adjusting of a weight. _L’— d’une machine_; the regulating a machine. _Elle n’est pas belle, elle a besoin d’—_; she is not handsome, she needs dress or adornment.
=ajuster=, _v.a._, to adjust, to regulate, to square, to size, to tally; to aim, to take aim at, to aim at; to fit, to adapt, to set in order, to accommodate; to trim, to bedeck, to dress. _— un lièvre_; to take aim at a hare. _— de nouveau_; to recompose. _— ses cheveux_; to put one’s hair in order. _— deux personnes_; to reconcile two people, to make them agree. _— un différend_; to reconcile a différence. _Ajustez vos flûtes_; understand one another. _On l’a bien ajusté_; they have given it him well. _— des passages d’un livre_; to make passages of a book agree.
_s’_=ajuster=, _v.r._, to prepare one’s self, to get one’s self ready; to dress, to deck, one’s self out; to agree, to take measures, to concert together.
=ajusteur=, _n.m._, weigher at the mint, fitter, sizer.
=ajustoir=, _n.m._, a pair of scales (used in the mint); assay scales.
=ajutage=, =ajutoir=, _n.m._, adjutage, a tube or pipe (for water-works).
=alacrité=, _n.f._, alacrity.
=alambic=, _n.m._, alembic, still. _Faire passer par l’—_; to distill, to draw by distillation. _Passer par l’—_; to undergo a careful examination.
=alambiqué=, =-e=, _part._, far-fetched, too subtle, too refined, fine-spun, wire-drawn. _Cette pensée est trop —e_; that thought is too refined.
=alambiquer=, _v.a._, to puzzle, to refine too much upon. _S’— l’esprit sur quelque chose_; to beat, puzzle one’s brains about a thing, to pore over it.
=alanguir= (-ghir), _v.a._, to enfeeble, to make languid.
_s’_=alanguir=, _v.r._, to languish, to flag, to become languid.
=alarguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, (nav.) to bear off, to put to sea, to sheer off.
=alarmant=, =-e=, _adj._, alarming, dreadful.
=alarme=, _n.f._, alarm, sudden fear, fright. _Sonner l’—_, _donner l’—_; to sound, to give the alarm. _Cloche d’—_; alarm-bell. _Fausse —_; false alarm. _Donner des —s_; to cause uneasiness to. _Porter l’— dans_; to alarm. _L’— est au camp_; they are in a great fright. _Tenir en —_; to keep in constant fear.
=alarmer=, _v.a._, to alarm, to raise an alarm, to startle.
_s’_=alarmer=, _v.r._, to take alarm, to be alarmed. _Ne vous alarmez point_; don’t frighten yourself.
=alarmiste=, _n.m.f._, alarmist.
=alaterne=, _n.m._, species of buck-thorn; alatern.
=albâtre=, _n.m._, alabaster, whiteness. _D’—_; of alabaster, snowy white.
=albatros=, _n.m._, (orni.) albatross.
=alberge=, _n.f._, a small forward peach.
=albergier=, _n.m._, an alberge-tree.
=albigeois=, _n.m.pl._, Albigenses.
=albinos=, _n.m._, albino.
=albion=, _n.f._, Albion (England).
=albran=. _V._ =halbran=.
=albuginé=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) albugineous.
=albugineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (anat.) albugineous, whitish.
=albugo=, _n.m._, (med.) albugo.
=album= (-bom), _n.m._, album, scrap-book, sketch-book.
=albumine=, _n.f._, albumen, white (of an egg).
=albumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, albuminous.
=alcade=, _n.m._, Spanish alcaid, alcade.
=alcaïque=, _adj._, alcaic. _Vers —s_; alcaic verses.
=alcalescence=, _n.f._, alkalescence.
=alcalescent=, =-e=, _adj._, alkalescent.
=alcali=, _n.m._, alkali.
=alcalimètre=, _n.m._, alkalimeter.
=alcalin=, =-e=, _adj._, alkaline.
=alcalisation=, _n._, alkalization.
=alcaliser=, _v.a._, (chem.) to alkalize.
=alcaloïde=, _n.m._, (chem.) alkaloid.
=alcantara=, _n.m._, a Spanish military order.
=alcarraza=, _n.m._, water-cooler.
=alcazar=, _n.m._, alcazar (Moorish palace).
=alcée=, _n.f._, hollyhock.
=alchimie=, _n.f._, alchemy.
*=alchimille=, _n.f._, (bot.) lady’s mantle.
=alchimique=, _adj._, alchymical.
=alchimiste=, _n.m._, alchymist.
=alcool=, _n.m._, alcohol.
=alcoolique=, _adj._, alcoholic.
=alcoolisation=, _n.f._, alcoholization.
=alcooliser=, _v.a._, to alcoholize.
=alcoolisme=, _n.m._, (med.) alcoholism.
=alcoran=, _n.m._, Koran.
=alcôve=, _n.f._, alcove, recess.
=alcyon=, _n.m._, halcyon, kingfisher.
=alcyonien=, =-ne=, (-in, -è-n), _adj._, halcyon.
=aldébaran=, _n.m._, (astron.) Aldebaran.
=alderman=, _n.m._, alderman.
=aléatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) eventual, aleatory, contingent.
=alêne=, _n.f._, awl. _Feuilles en —_; acuminated leaves; (pisc.) sharp-nosed skate.
=alénier=, _n.m._, awl-maker.
=alentir=, _s’_=alentir=. _V._ =ralentir= and _se_ =ralentir=.
=alénois=, _n.m._, common garden cress.
=alentour=, _adv._, about, around, round about. _Les bois d’—_; the neighboring, surrounding woods.
=alentours=, _n.m.pl._, the neighboring grounds; environs, neighborhood; persons about, around one; associates, familiars.
=alépine=, _n.f._, bombazine.
=alérion=, _n.m._, (her.) eaglet without beak or feet.
=alerte=, _n.f._, alarm, warning. _En —_; on the alert.
=alerte=, _adj._, alert, vigilant, watchful; active, stirring, quick, sprightly, brisk, lively, agile.
=alerte=, _int._, take care, be quick; up!
=alésage=, _n.m._, (tech.) boring, drilling.
=aléser=, _v.a._, (tech.) to hammer planchets; to drill, bore. _— un canon_; to bore a cannon.
=alésoir=, _n.m._, borer (instrument).
=alevin= (-vin), _n.m._, fry, young fish.
=alevinage=, _n.m._, small fry.
=aleviner= (-né), _v.a._, to stock with fry.
=alevinier= (-nié), _n.m._, breeding-pond.
=alexandrien=, =-ne=, _adj._, Alexandrian.
=alexandrin=, _n.m._, (poet.) alexandrine.
=alexandrin=, =-e=, _adj._, alexandrine.
=alezan= (-zān), _n.m._, chestnut horse.
=alezan=, =-e=, (-zān, -za-n), _adj._, chestnut.
=alèze=, _n.f._, sheet (placed under sick persons); draw-sheet; withe.
=alfa=, _n.m._, (bot.) an African plant; alfa-grass.
=alfange=, _n.f._, scimiter, phalanx, battalion (Chinese, Tartar). _V._ =cimeterre=.
=algalie=, _n.f._, (surg.) catheter.
=alganon=, _n.m._, a chain for galley-slaves.
=algarade=, _n.f._, (fam.) insult, affront; rating; blowing up; attack. _Faire une —_; to insult, to rate any one; to blow any one up.
=algèbre=, _n.f._, algebra.
=algébrique=, _adj._, algebraical.
=algébriquement=, _adv._, algebraically.
=algébriste=, _n.m._, algebraist.
=algide=, _adj._, (med.) cold as ice, algid.
=algor=, _n.m._, (med.) algor.
=algorithme=, _n.m._, algorithm.
=alguazil= (-goua-zil), (_—s_) _n.m._, alguazil.
=algue=, _n.f._, alga, sea-weed, sea-wrack grass.
=alibi=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (jur.) alibi.
=alibiforain=, _n.m._, (fam. l.u.) irrelevant, rambling answer; evasion, shuffling, prevarication.
=alibile=, _adj._, (med.) alible.
=aliboron=, _n.m._, jackass, a self-conceited fellow. _Maître —_; ass.
=aliboutier=, _n.m._, a fragrant resin, storax.
=alidade=, _n.f._, alidade, the index of any surveying instrument, such as a quadrant, sextant, &c.
=aliénable=, _adj._, alienable, transferable.
=aliénataire=, _n.m._, alienee.
=aliénat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, alienator.
=aliénation=, _n.f._, a legal conveyance of property to another, alienation, transfer; alienation (of the mind). _— mentale_; mental derangement, madness.
=aliéné=, =-e=, _n._, lunatic, maniac. _Hospice pour les —s_; lunatic asylum. _Maison d’—s_; mad-house.
=aliéné=, =-e=, _adj._, (of property) alienated, transferred to another; (affections) estranged, withdrawn; (of the mind) deranged, mad.
=aliéner=, _v.a._, to alienate, to give away, to part with, to make over, to deliver up the possession or right of. _— les affections_, _les cœurs_, _les esprits_; to alienate, to estrange, to disaffect, to lose the affection. _Il a aliéné les esprits_; he has disaffected all minds. _— l’esprit à quelqu’un_; to drive one mad. _S’—_, _v.r._, to lose, to estrange; to be lost; to be alienated; to become deranged.
*=aligné=, =-e=, _part._, in line; laid out in a line; that stands in a right line; formed in line.
*=alignement=, _n.m._, laying out by a line; line; (milit.) dressing; (print.) ranging. _Cette maison sort de l’—_; that house stands out of the row. _Rentrer dans l’—_; to fall into line. _Prendre l’—_; to trace the line of. _—!_ (milit.) dress!
*=aligner=, _v.a._, to lay out by a line; to square; to put in a straight line; (milit.) to dress; (print.) to range. _— des troupes_; to form troops in a line. _— ses phrases_; to square one’s sentences. _— un compte_ (com.); to balance an account.
_s’_=aligner=, _v.r._, (milit.) to dress; (pop.) to have a set to, to fight.
=aliment=, _n.m._, food, aliment, nourishment, meat, nutriment, nutrition; fuel; (jur.) allowance.
=aliments=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) alimony, maintenance.
=alimentaire=, _adj._, alimentary; alimental. _Pension —_; alimony, maintenance. _Régime —_; diet. _Pompe —_; feed-pump, donkey engine.
=alimentation=, _n.f._, alimentation; feeding.
=alimenter=, _v.a._, to feed, to nourish; to maintain; to supply with what is necessary, to furnish; to fuel, to keep up. _Le marché ne fournit pas de quoi — la ville_; the market does not furnish enough to supply the town.
=alimenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) nutritive, alimentary, alimental.
=alinéa=, _n.m._, (_—s_), new paragraph, break.
=aliquante=, _adj._, (math.) aliquant.
=aliquote=, _adj._, (math.) aliquot.
=alise=, _n.f._, beam-berry, wild-sorb, chess-apple.
=alisier=, _n.m._, service-tree, beam-tree.
=alité=, =-e=, _part._, bedridden, laid up.
=aliter=, _v.a._, to confine to one’s bed.
_s’_=aliter=, _v.r._, to keep one’s bed, to be bedridden, to take to one’s bed.
=alizari=, _n.m._, madder-root.
=alize=, _adj._, (nav.). _Vents —s_; trade-winds.
=alizé=, _n.f._ _V._ =alise=.
=alizier=, _n.m._ _V._ =alisier=.
=alkali=, &c. _V._ =alcali=, &c.
=alkékenge=, _n.m._, winter-cherry.
=alkermès= (-ess), _n.m._, alkermes.
=allah= (al-la), _n.m._, Alla, Allah.
=allaitement= (-lèt-mān), _n.m._, lactation, nursing, suckling.
=allaiter=, _v.a._, to suckle, to give suck, to nurse.
=allant=, _n.m._, goer. _— et venants_; goers and comers.
=allant=, =-e=, _adj._, stirring, bustling, fond of going about.
=allantoïde=, _n.f._, (anat.) allantois.