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barricader
,
v.
to barricade.

barrière
,
f.
barrier, city wall, fence, railing.

barrique
,
f.
barrel, cask.

bas
,
m.
stocking.

bas, -se
,
adj., adv. and m.
low, in a low tone, down, lower side, bottom;
en --
, below,

downstairs;
là---
, yonder, over there;
à --
, down, down with, off;
à -- de
, down from;
par le --
,

along the bottom;
mettre --
, to take off (a coat, etc.).

bassin
,
m.
basin.

bassiner
,
v.
to warm (a bed), bathe.

bataille
,
f.
battle, line of battle.

bataillon
,
m.
battalion;
chef de --
, major.

bateau
,
m.
boat.

bâtiment
,
m.
building, vessel.

bâtir
,
v.
to build.

bâtisse
,
f.
building (of masonry).

bâton
,
m.
stick, staff, club.

battant
,
m.
leaf (of a folding door);
le portail s'ouvre à deux battants
, the large folding door

opens wide.

battement
,
m.
beating.

batterie
,
f.
battery.

battre
,
v.
to beat, strik, flap, churn;
se --
, fight;

battant neuf
, brand new.

battue
,
f.
battue (hunting), beating (of a horse's feet), chase.

Batz
, village near le Croisic (pronounced as written, or:
Ba
).

bazar
,
m.
bazaar, Oriental market.

béant, -e
,
adj.
gaping, wide open.

beau (bel
before vowels),
belle
,
adj.
beautiful, fair, handsome, fine;
de plus belle
, harder

(deeper, etc.) than ever;
belle
,
f.
beauty (woman).

beaucoup
,
adv.
much, many, very much, a good deal.

beau-frère
,
m.
brother-in-law.

beau-père
,
m.
father-in-law.

beauté
,
f.
beauty.

bébé
,
m.
baby.

bec
,
m.
beak, prow, mouth (slang in last sense);
-- de gaz
, gas-light.

bedaine
,
f.
paunch, belly.

Bedredin
, Bedreddin, name borrowed by Gautier from the Arabian Nights.

bégayer
,
v.
to stammer.

ben
, familiar for
bien
(
en
pronounced as in
bien
).

Ben
, Hebrew word for son.

bénéfice
,
m.
profit.

bénir
,
v.
to bless.

benjoin
,
m.
benzoin (an aromatic resin;
en
pronounced as in
bien
).

béquille
,
f.
crutch.

bercail
,
m.
sheepfold, fold.

berceau
,
m.
cradle.

bercer
,
v.
to rock, soothe; lull, weigh (an idea).

berger, -ère
,
m., f.
shepherd, shepherdess;
f.
easy-chair.

berlinois, -e
,
adj.
of Berlin.

bernicle
,
f.
barnacle (popular form of bernacle).

Bertha
, German form of Berthe.

Berthe
, Bertha.

Berthine
, diminutive of Berthe.

besace
,
f.
wallet.

bésicles
,
f. pl.
spectacles.

besogne
,
f.
work, occupation, business.

besoin
,
m.
need, necessity;
avoir -- de
, to need, must.

bestiole
,
f.
little animal.

bétail
(
pl.
bestiaux),
m.
cattle.

bête
,
f. and adj.
beast, animal, foolish, silly, stupid;
faire la --
, to pretend to be a fool;
petites
bêtes
, little animais, insects, worms, etc.

bêtise
,
f.
nonsense, silly thing, stupidity.

beugler
,
v.
to bellow..

beurre
,
m.
butter.

Bézières
, name perhaps suggested by Béziers (in southern France) or by Mézières

(department of Ardennes).

biais
,
m.
bias, slope, way.

bibliothèque
,
f.
library, bookcase.

bicarbonate
,
m.
bicarbonate.

bien
,
adv. and m.
well, very, quite, many, much, fully, nicely, properly, comfortable, all right,

indeed;
m.
good, goods, property, possession;
-- du
(etc.), much,
-- des
, many;
homme de --
,

good or honest man;
-- que
,
conj.
although.

bien-aimé, -e
,
adj. and s.
well beloved, dearly loved, sweetheart.

bien-être
,
m.
comfort.

bienheureux, -euse
,
adj. and s.
blessed, one of the blest.

Bienne (lac de)
, Swiss lake northeast of Neuchâtel.

bientôt
, adv. soon;
à --
, good-by, I'll see you again soon, etc.

bienveillance
,
f.
goodwill, friendliness, kindliness.

bienveillant, -e
,
adj.
friendly, kindly, benevolent.

bière
,
f.
beer.

bigre
,
interj.
the deuce, etc;

bijou
,
m.
jewel.

billard
,
m.
billiard-table, billiards, billiard-room.

bille
,
f.
billiard-ball, ball, marble.

billet
,
m.
note, ticket, slip.

bise
,
f.
north wind

Bismarck
(Otto, Prince von), German statesman and chancellor, founder of German unity,

considered by the French largely responsible for the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871

(1815-1898).

bistré, -e
,
adj.
bistre-colored, dusky, swarthy.

bivac
,
m.
bivouac (now usually written
bivouac
).

bizarre
,
adj.
bizarre, odd, strange.

blague
,
f.
humbug, bosh.

blaguer
,
v.
to make fun of, tease, draw the long bow.

blanc, blanche
,
adj.
and m. white;
argent --
, silver.

blancheur
,
f.
whiteness, white.

blanchir
,
v.
to whiten, make white, become white or light.

blanchisseuse
,
f.
washerwoman, laundress.

blason
,
m.
coat of arms.

blé
,
m.
wheat, grain.

blême
,
adj.
pale, wan.

blesser
,
v.
to wound, offend;

blessé, -e
,
m., f.
injured or wounded persan, etc.;
blessant, -e
,
adj.
offensive, shocking.

blessure
,
f.
wound.

bleu, -e
,
adj. and m.
blue;
-- gris
, blue-gray.

bleuâtre
,
adj.
bluish.

bloc
,
m.
block.

blond, -e
,
adj. and s.
blond, fair, light.

blondin, -e
,
adj. and s.
fair, persan with fair hair.

bloquer
,
v.
to blockade.

blottir (se)
,
v.
to crouch;
blotti, -e
, crouched, squatting, cowering, nestling.

blouf
,
interj.
splash!

blouse
,
f.
blouse.

boeuf
,
m.
ox, beef.

Bohême
,
f.
Bohemia.

bohème
,
m.
tramp.

bohémien, -ne
,
adj. and s.
Bohemian, gipsy, vagrant.

boire
,
v.
to drink.

bois
,
m.
wood.

boiserie
,
f.
wainscoting.

boisson
,
f.
drink.

boite
,
f.
box.

boitiller
,
v.
to hobble (not recognized by standard dictionaries).

bombance
,
f.
feasting, high living.

bon, -ne
,
adj.
good, kind, pleasant, agreeable;
pour de --
, really, heartily, for good and all;

bonne place
, good place, right spot;
bonne
,
f.
maid, servant;
quel -- vent?
, what lucky

wind?

Bonaparte (Napoléon)
, the French Emperor (1769-1821); see note to p. 2, l. 5.

bonasse
,
adj.
soft (applied to persons), good-natured, silly, simple.

bonbon
,
m.
bonbon, candy.

bond
,
m.
bound, leap, jump.

bondir
,
v.
to bound, leap.

bonheur
,
m.
happiness, good fortune.

bonhomme
,
m.
good-natured or worthy old fellow, old fellow, fellow, little fellow, worthy man.

Bonifacio
, town and port of southern Corsica.

bonjour
,
m.
good day, good morning.

bonnement
,
adv.
simply.

bonnet
,
m.
bonnet, cap;
-- de police
, foraging or fatigue cap;
gros --
, big man; important

person (familiar).

bonsoir
,
m.
good evening.

bonté
,
f.
goodness, kindness.

bonzou
, baby's pronunciation of
bonjour
.

bord
,
m.
edge, border, bank, shore, brim, rail, side, sill, tip;
à --
, on board;
-- à --
, side by side;

à son --
, on board bis boat;
vie de --
, life on board ship;
sur le -- des lèvres
, on the tip of the

tongue;
par-dessus --
, overboard.

border
,
v.
to border.

bordereau
,
m.
account, note, memorandum.

borne
,
f.
limit, mile-stone, stone post (at the corner of a bouse, etc.), stepping-stone,

horse-block.

bosse
,
f.
hump, bump.

bossuer
,
v.
to dent, bruise;
bossué, -e
, bruised, knotted.

botte
,
f.
boat, hoof, bundle.

bottine
,
f.
shoe (high).

bouche
,
f.
mouth.

bouchée
,
f.
mouthful.

boucher
,
m.
butcher.

boucher
,
v.
to stop up.

bouchon
,
m.
stopper, cork, pothouse, tavern.

boucle
,
f.
buckle, curl.

boucler
,
v.
to buckle.

boudin
,
m.
blood pudding.

boudoir
,
m.
boudoir.

Boudroulboudour
, the Full Moon of the Full Moons (in Arabic: Badru-l-budûr).

boue
,
f.
mud.

boueux, -euse
,
adj.
muddy.

bouffée
,
f.
puff, whiff.

bouffi -e
,
adj. and s.
puffed up, puffy, swollen, puffed up or bloated fellow.

bouffon, -ne
,
adj.
clownish, ludicrous, farcical.

bouge
,
m.
dirty hole, hovel.

bouger
,
v.
to move, budge.

bougie
,
f.
wax candle.

bougre
,
m.
fellow (slang);
b... de teigneux
, scurvy devil.

bouillie
,
f.
pap, pulp.

bouillon
,
m.
bubble, broth.

boulanger
,
m.
baker.

Boulanger (Georges)
, French general involved in political intrigue to overthrow the

Government (1837-1891).

boule
,
f.
ball.

boulet
,
m.
cannon-ball, ball.

boulevard
,
m.
boulevard.

bouleverser
,
v.
to upset, overthrow.

Boulogne-sur-Mer
, city and port on the English Channel (department of Pas-de-Calais).

bouquet
,
m.
bouquet, cluster.

bourbeux, -euse
,
adj.
muddy, miry.

bourdonnement
,
m.
buzzing.

bourdonner
,
v.
to buzz, hum.

bourengrédel
,
f. pl.
(= German Bauerngredel) peasant girls (Gredel = Grete = Maggie).

bourg
,
m.
borough, country town, town.

bourgeois, -e
,
adj.
and s. bourgeois, member of the middle class, citizen, master, boss

(language of the working class);
sa bourgeoise
, his old woman.

bourgeonner
,
v.
to bud, put out shoots.

bourgmestre
,
m.
burgomaster, mayor (g pronounced).

bourg-pourri
,
m.
rotten borough.

bourrasque
,
f.
squall.

bourrer
,
v.
to cram, stuff.

bourse
,
f.
purse; la Bourse, the Stock-Exchange.

bousculade
,
f.
jostling, bustling.

bouse
,
f.
cow-dung.

bout
,
m.
end, bit, limit;
au -- de
, at the end of, after;
venir à -- de
, to manage to, succeed in.

bouteille
,
f.
bottle.

boutique
,
f.
shop.

bouton
,
m.
button.

boutonner
,
v.
to button.

bouvier
,
m.
cowherd.

bouvreuil
,
m.
bullfinch.

bracelet
,
m.
bracelet.

braconnier
,
m.
poacher.

braise
,
f.
embers, live coals.

branchage
,
m.
branches.

branche
,
f.
branch.

brandir
,
v.
to brandish.

branle
,
m.
swinging, jogging motion;
en --
, swinging;
être
mis en --
, to be set in motion, start.

bras
,
m.
arms;
les -- leur tomberaient
, they would throw up their hands in astonishment.

brasier
,
m.
brazier, clear bright fire, fire of red-hot coals.

brasserie
,
f.
brewery, beer-saloon, café.

brasseur
,
m.
brewer;
-- d'argent
, money-maker, scheming money-maker.

brave
,
adj.
brave, worthy, fine, good;
un -- garçon, un -- homme
, a fine fellow, a good man;

ce -- homme de soleil
, this good old sun.

bravement
,
adv.
bravely, worthily.

braver
,
v.
to brave.

bravo
,
interj.
bravo!, fine!

bravoure
,
f.
bravery.

bredouiller
,
v.
to splutter, stutter.

bref, -ève
,
adj. and adv.
brief, short, curt, in short.

breloque
,
f.
bauble, trinket, charm.

Brêmer
,
cf.
German Bremer, of Bremen.

Bretagne
,
f.
Brittany.

bretelle
,
f.
brace, suspender.

breton, -ne
,
adj. and s.
of Brittany, Breton (written
Breton
when
s.
).

bride
,
f.
bridle, rein, string (of a bonnet).

brigadier
,
m.
corporal, police sergeant.

brigand
,
m.
brigand, ruffian.

briller
,
v.
to shine;
brillant, -e
, adj. and m. brilliant, shining, brilliancy, luster.

brin
,
m.
blade, sprig, grain, bit;
espère un --
, wait a bit.

brindille
,
f.
twig, sprig, bit.

brique
,
f.
brick.

brisant
,
m.
reef, breaker, surf.

brise
,
f.
breeze.

brise-lames
,
m.
breakwater.

briser
,
v.
to break, break down, shatter;
se --
, be broken, be dashed to pieces.

britannique
,
adj.
British.

brocanteur
,
m.
second-band dealer, dealer in curiosities.

brocart
,
m.
brocade.

brocher
,
v.
to figure, brocade, sew (books).

brodequin
,
m.
high laced shoe.

broder
,
v.
to embroider, embellish with designs in relief.

bronze
,
m.
bronze.

brosse
,
f.
brush.

brosser
,
v.
to brush.

brosserie
,
f.
brush-trade or manufactory, brushes.

brouette
,
f.
wheelbarrow;
huiler la roue de sa --
, to help oneself to other people's property,

"graft" (the idea being that the wheel was oiled so well that the garden could be plundered

without noise).

brouillard
,
m.
fog, mist.

Brouin
, family name, perhaps Balzac derived it from the dialectic form
brouine
.

brouine
, dialectic for
bruine
.

broussailles
,
f. pl.
brambles, briars, thorny undergrowth, underbrush (rare in singular).

broyer
,
v.
to crush, grind.

bru
,
f.
daughter-in-law.

bruine
,
f.
drizzling rain, drizzle.

bruire
,
v.
to make a confused noise, rustle.

bruit
,
m.
noise, report.

brûler
,
v.
to burn; brûlé, m. burning.

brûlot
,
m.
fire ship, firebrand, burning brandy with sugar.

brûlure
,
f.
burning, burn, scalding.

brume
,
f.
mist.

brumeux, -euse
,
adj.
misty, foggy.

brun, -e
,
adj.
brown, dark.

brusque
,
adj.
blunt, abrupt, brusk.

brusquement
,
adv.
bruskly, rudely, quickly.

brut, -e
,
adj.
raw, rough, crude.

brutalité
,
f.
brutality.

brute
,
f.
brute.

bruyant -e
,
adj.
noisy.

bûche
,
f.
log, stick of wood.

bûcheron -ne
,
m., f.
wood-cutter.

buffet
,
m.
sideboard, refreshment-room.

Bulbul
, a kind of thrush in the Orient, sometimes called the nightingale of the East (Arabic).

bulletin
,
m.
bulletin.

bureau
,
m.
desk, office;
-- de tabac
, tobacco shop.

burgau
,
m.
mother-of-pearl (shell).

burlesque
,
adj.
burlesque, ludicrous.

buste
,
m.
bust.

but
,
m.
goal, target, aim;
dans un --
, for an object.

buveur
,
m.
drinker.


C


c' (ç')
,
see
ce
.

ça
,
see
cela
.

çà
,
adv. and interj.
here, now!, come now!;
-- et là
, here and there.

caban
,
m.
overcoat or cloak with hood.

cabaret
,
m.
tavern, bar.

cabaretier -ère
,
m., f.
tavern-keeper, tavern-keeper's wife.

cabestan
,
m.
capstan.

cabinet
,
m.
office, study, closet, cabinet, small room.

câble
,
m.
cable.

cacher
,
v.
to conceal, bide.

cachet
,
m.
seal.

cacheter
,
v.
to seal.

cachette
,
f.
hiding-place;
en --
, on the sly.

cachot
,
m.
dungeon.

cadavre
,
m.
corpse, dead body.

cadeau
,
m.
present.

cadet -te
,
adj. and s.
younger, youngest, junior, younger brother or sister.

cadran
,
m.
dial, face of a clock.

cadre
,
m.
frame.

café
,
m.
coffee, café.

caftan
,
m.
caftan (Turkish for coat).

cage
,
f.
cage.

cahier
,
m.
copy-book, exercise-book.

caillot
,
m.
clot.

caillou
,
m.
pebble.

Cailloux (rue des)
, this street is in Clichy rather than in Levallois-Perret.

Caire (le)
, Cairo (capital of Egypt).

caisse
,
f.
case, chest, box, till, cashier's office;
garçon de --
, runner, collector, bank clerk.

caisson/
,
m.
caisson, limber, ammunition-wagon.

calcul
,
m.
calculation (final
l
pronounced).

calculer
,
v.
to calculate.

cale
,
f.
wedge, prop, block, bold.

calèche
,
f.
open carriage, barouche;
-- de voyage
, traveling barouche.

calife
,
m.
caliph (Mohammedan ruler).

calme
,
adj. and m.
calm, quiet, calmness , tranquillity;
du --
, be calm.

calmer
,
v.
to calm, quiet;
se --
, become calm, quiet down.

calvaire
,
m.
calvary, crucifix placed on a mound.

camarade
,
m., f.
comrade.

Cambremer
, name derived from
cambrer
and
mer
.

cambrer
,
v.
to curve, bend.

camée
,
m.
cameo.

camion
,
m.
dray, truck.

camomille
,
f.
camomile (plant).

camp
,
m.
camp.

campagnard -e
,
adj.
and s. country, rustic, countryman.

campagne
,
f.
country, campaign; mis
en --
, set to work.

canaille
,
f.
rabble, riffraff.

canard
,
m.
duck.

canette
,
f.
beer-bottle, jug.

Cannes
, town and winter-resort on the French Riviera.

canon
,
m.
cannon, gun-barrel.

canonnier
,
m.
cannonier, gunner.

canot
,
m.
small boat, ship's boat.

canotage
,
m.
boating.

canton
,
m.
canton (subdivision of an arrondissement).

cantonnement
,
m.
cantonment, temporary quarters.

capable
,
adj.
capable.

capitaine
,
m.
captain.

capital, -e
,
adj. and m.
capital, chief;
capitale
,
f.
capital (city).

capituler
,
v.
to capitulate, surrender by treaty.

caporal
,
m.
corporal.

capote
,
f.
large cloak with hood, soldier's overcoat.

caprice
,
m.
caprice, whim.

capsule
,
f.
capsule, percussion cap.

captif -ive
,
adj. and s.
captive.

captiver
,
v.
to captivate.

capturer
,
v.
to capture.

capuchon
,
m.
cowl.

car
,
conj.
for.

carabine
,
f.
carbine, rifle.

caractère
,
m.
character, disposition.

caravane
,
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