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adj.
real.

réélection
,
f.
reëlection.

réellement
,
adv.
really.

refaire
,
v.
to make again.

refermer
,
v.
to close again, close or shut;
se --
, close again;
-- les verrous de
, bolt again.

réfléchir
,
v.
to refiect;
réfléchi, -e
, adj. thoughtful.

reflet
,
m.
refiection (of light, etc.).

refléter
,
v.
to refiect (light, etc.).

réflexion
,
f.
rcflection;
faire une --
, to reflect;
toute -- faite
, after thinking about it carefully.

reflux
,
m.
ebb, ebbing tide (
x
not pronounced).

reformer
,
v.
to form again.

réformer
,
v.
to reform, dismiss.

refroidir
,
v.
to cool.

refuge
,
m.
refuge, shelter.

refugier (se)
,
v.
to take refuge.

refus
,
m.
refusal.

refuser
,
v.
to refuse;
se --
, to refuse, deny oneself;
s'y --
, refuse to do it.

regagner
,
v.
to regain, go or get back to, win back.

régalade
,
f.
treat, treating.

régaler
,
v.
to regale, treat.

regaloper
,
v.
to gallop again, trot around again (colloquial, derived from
galoper
).

regard
,
m.
glance, look, regard, eye.

regarder
,
v.
to look at, look, regard, watch, concern, look out (for).

régime
,
m.
diet, rule, cluster (of fruit).

régiment
,
m.
regiment.

région
,
f.
region.

régional, -e
,
adj.
regional, district, inter-departmental.

registre
,
m.
register.

règle
,
f.
rule;
en --
, all right.

règne
,
m.
reign.

régner
,
v.
to reign.

regret
,
m.
regret.

regretter
,
v.
to regret.

régulier, -ère
,
adj.
regular.

régulièrement
,
adv.
regularly.

rehausser
,
v.
to heighten, enhance, set off.

rein
,
m.
kidney, back;
autour des reins
, around the waist;
les reins courbés
, with

back bent.

reine
,
f.
queen.

rejeter
,
v.
to throw back.

rejoindre
,
v.
to rejoin, meet, join;
se --
, meet.

réjouir
,
v.
to rejoice, cheer, delight;
réjoui, -e
, delighted, beaming.

relayer
,
v.
to relieve.

relevé
,
m.
course immediately following the soup.

relever
,
v.
to lift again, raise, lift, turn back;
se --
, raise oneself, rise again, stand up, get up

again, rise.

relief
,
m.
relief (projection).

religieusement
,
adv.
religiously.

religieux, -euse
,
adj.
religious.

religion
,
f.
religion, piety.

relique
,
f.
relic.

reluire
,
v.
to shine, glisten.

remarquable
,
adj.
remarkable.

remarque
,
f.
remark.

remarquer
,
v.
to remark, notice.

rembourrer
,
v.
to stuff, pad.

remédier
,
v.
to remedy, obviate.

remercier
,
v.
to thank.

remettre
,
v.
to put back, put on again, put again, deliver, give, give over, recover;
se --
, put

oneself back, give oneself over, place oneself again, recover one's composure, make up;

se -- à
, begin again;
se -- avec
, get back into the good graces of, "make up with."

remonter
,
v.
to remount, go or come up again, go back, go up, get in again.

remords
,
m.
remorse.

remorque
,
f.
towing, tow.

remorquer
,
v.
to tow.

remous
,
m.
eddy.

rempart
,
m.
rampart, city wall.

remplacer
,
v.
to replace.

remplir
,
v.
to fill, fulfil;
rempli, -e
, filled, full.

remporter
,
v.
to carry off or back.

remuer
,
v.
to move, stir;
se --
, bestir oneself, stir, move about, move;
remuant, -e
, stirring,

busy.

renard
,
m.
fox.

renchaîner
,
v.
to chain up again.

rencontre
,
f.
meeting;
à sa --
, to meet him.

rencontrer
,
v.
to meet;
se --
, meet, find.

rendez-vous
,
m.
rendez-vous, appointment, meeting;
se donner --
, to make an appointment,

agree to meet.

rendormir
,
v.
to put to sleep again;
se --
, go to sleep again.

rendre
,
v.
to render, give back, make, restore, depict;
se --
, make or render oneself,

surrender, betake oneself, go;

rendu,-e
, rendered, knocked up, done for, "all in."

renfermer
,
v.
to shut up again, enclose, contain.

renfler
,
v.
to swell;
renflé, -e
, swollen, bulging.

renfoncer
,
v.
to plunge deeper, settle down.

renommé, -e
,
adj.
renowned, noted.

renommée
,
f.
renown, fame.

renoncer
,
v.
to renounce, give up.

renouveler
,
v.
to renew, repeat;
-- l'air
, ventilate;
se --
, be renewed.

renseignement
,
m.
information (also in
pl.
);
prendre des renseignements
, to make

inquiries.

renseigner
,
v.
to inform;
se--
, get information.

rente
,
f.
income, annuity, income from government bonds or stocks, etc.

renrée
,
f.
reëntrance, return, return home.

rentrer
,
v.
to reënter, go back in, come in, return.

renverse (à la)
,
adv.
backward, on one's back.

renverser
,
v.
to overturn, upset, throw over or back.

renvoyer
,
v.
to send back or away, dismiss, reflect.

repaître
,
v.
to feed;
se -- de (avec)
, delight in.

répandre
,
v.
to scatter, spread;
se --
, spread, be spread, be spread out, scatter, launch,

burst.

reparaître
,
v.
to reappear.

réparer
,
v.
to repair, make amends for, recover from.

repartir
,
v.
to set out again, start again, leave.

repas
,
m.
repast, meal.

repasser
,
v.
to pass again, repass, pass on, iron, strop, sharpen.

repeindre
,
v.
to repaint.

repentir (se)
,
v.
to repent;
repentant, -e
, repentant, penitent;
repentir
, m. repentance.

répéter
,
v.
to repeat.

replacer
,
v.
to replace, put back.

replier
,
v.
to fold again, fold, fall back;
se --
, fall back, retreat.

réplique
,
f.
reply.

répliquer
,
v.
to reply.

replonger (se)
,
v.
to replunge, jump back (in).

répondre
,
v.
to respond, answer, reply;
-- de
, answer for, assure of.

réponse
,
f.
response, answer, reply.

reporter
,
v.
to carry or bring back.

repos
,
m.
repose, rest.

reposer
,
v.
to repose, rest;
se --
, rest.

repousser
,
v.
to push back, repulse;
repoussant, -e
, adj. repulsive.

reprendre
,
v.
to take again, get again, take on again, take up, take to, continue, catch again,

take back, regain, reply, resume.

représaille
,
f.
retaliation, reprisal;
pl.
reprisal.

représenter
,
v.
to represent, give;
se --
, represent oneself, picture to oneself, imagine.

reprise
,
f.
retaking, darn;
à plusieurs reprises
, several times.

reproduire
,
v.
to reproduce;
se --
, be reproduced.

république
,
f.
republic.

répugnance
,
f.
repugnance.

réputation
,
f.
reputation.

requin
,
m.
shark (applied also to a predatory or voracious person).

réserve
,
f.
reserve.

réserver
,
v.
to reserve;
se -- de
, reserve the right to.

résignation
,
f.
resignation.

résigner
,
v.
to resign.

résistance
,
f.
resistance.

résister
,
v.
to resist, withstand.

résolu
,
see
résoudre
.

résolument
,
adv.
resolutely.

résolution
,
f.
resolution.

résonner
,
v.
to resound.

résoudre
,
v.
to resolve, solve;
résolu, -e
, resolved, resolute.

respect
,
m.
respect (now usually pronounced
respek
).

respectable
,
adj.
respectable, venerable.

respecter
,
v.
to respect.

respectueux, -euse
,
adj.
respectful.

respirer
,
v.
to breathe, inhale.

resplendir
,
v.
to be resplendent;
resplendissant, -e
, resplendent.

responsable
,
adj.
responsible.

ressaisir
,
v.
to seize or take hold of again (in this word and in all the words to and including

ressouvenir
re
is pronounced as in
retenir
).

ressasser
,
v.
to resift, reëxamine.

ressemblance
,
f.
resemblance.

ressembler
,
v.
to resemble.

ressentir
,
v.
to feel again, feel, experience.

ressort
,
m.
spring.

ressortir
,
v.
to go or corne out again, stand out (in contrast).

ressource
,
f.
resource.

ressouvenir (se)
,
v.
to remember again.

restaurant
,
m.
restaurant.

restaurer
,
v.
to restore.

reste
,
m.
rest, remains, trace;
du (de) --, au --
, for the rest, besides;
ils ne sont pas beaux
de reste
, they are not any too good.

rester
,
v.
to remain, stay, stand;
-- là
, remain there or unchanged.

résultat
,
m.
result.

rétablir
,
v.
to reëstablish;
le silence s'était rétabli
, it had become silent again.

retaper
,
v.
to make over or up.

retard
,
m.
delay;
en --
, late.

retenir
,
v.
to retain, hold back, hold, keep, restrain.

retentir
,
v.
to resound, ring out.

Rethel
, town in northeastern France (department of Ardennes); it was captured in 1650 under

Louis XIV, also by the duke de Guise in 1611 (minority of Louis XIII, not under Henri IV as

stated by de Maupassant).

retirer
,
v.
to retire, draw back, take off or from, get, draw out;
se --
, retire, withdraw.

retomber
,
v.
to fall again, fall back, relapse.

retour
,
m.
return.

retourner
,
v.
to go back, return, turn around, turn over again or inside out, turn over, turn;
se --
,

turn around or over;
s'en --
, return, go back;
voir de quoi il retourne
, to see how the land lies,

get at the truth.

retracer
,
v.
to retrace, sketch, lay out.

retraite
,
f.
retreat, retirement, tattoo;
battre en --
, to beat a retreat.

rétribuer
,
v.
to remunerate, give a salary to.

retrousser (se)
,
v.
to turn up.

retrouver
,
v.
to find again;
se --
, find oneself again, be found again, meet again.

réunion
,
f.
reunion, meeting, gathering.

réunir
,
v.
to reunite, bring together, collect;
se --
, meet.

réussir
,
v.
to succeed (in or with).

revaloir
,
v.
to pay back.

revanche
,
f.
revenge.

rêve
,
m.
dream.

réveil
,
m.
awakening.

réveiller
,
v.
to awaken;
se --
, awaken.

réveillon
,
m.
midnight feast, supper (on Christmas Eve, etc.).

révélateur, -trice
,
adj. and s.
revealing, tell-tale, revealer.

révélation
,
f.
revelation.

révéler
,
v.
to reveal.

revenir
,
v.
to come back; return, recover, be due;
-- sur ses pas
, retrace one's steps;
revenu
à lui
, having recovered his self-possession, having become himself again.

rêver
,
v.
to dream, dream of.

réverbération
,
f.
reflection.

réverbère
,
m.
reflector, street-lamp.

révérence
,
f.
reverence, bow, curtsy.

rêverie
,
f.
revery, dreaming.

revers
,
m.
reverse, facing (of cloth), back stroke (from left to right), back.

revêtir
,
v.
to reclothe, put on, cover.

rêveur, -euse
,
adj. and s.
dreaming, dreamy, dreamer.

revivre
,
v.
to revive, come to life again, live again.

revoir
,
v.
to see again;
au --
, good-by (till next meeting).

révolution
,
f.
revolution.

revolver
,
m.
revolver (pronounced: révolver).

révoquer
,
v.
to revoke, recall.

revue
,
f.
review.

rez-de-chaussée
,
m.
ground floor (first syllable is pronounced
ré
).

Rhin
,
m.
Rhine.

rhingrave
,
f.
wide breeches (of the 17th century).

riboter
,
v.
to go on a spree.

ricaner
,
v.
to sneer, chuckle.

richard
,
m.
rich fellow (familiar).

riche
,
adj. and s.
rich, rich person.

richement
,
adv.
richly.

richesse
,
f.
wealth, riches (also in
pl.
).

richissime
,
adj.
excessively rich (familiar).

ride
,
f.
wrinkle, ripple.

rideau
,
m.
curtain.

rider
,
v.
to wrinkle.

ridicule
,
adj. and m.
ridiculous, ridicule.

rien
,
m.
nothing, anything;
ne ... --
, nothing;
-- que
, only, merely;
-- de bon
, nothing good;
-- de
temps
, no time;
ça ne fait --
, that makes no difference;
-- autre chose que
, nothing but.

rigoler
,
v.
to be very much amused, split one's sides (familiar).

rigueur
,
f.
rigor;
tenir -- à
, to treat coldly, refuse to come to.

rime
,
f.
rime.

rimer
,
v.
to rime.

rin
, dialectic for
rien.

riole
,
f.
debauch (obsolescent).

riposter
,
v.
to reply (sharply).

rire
,
v.
to laugh;
donner à -- à
, make laugh;
m.
laughter, laugh;
-- à
, smile upon;
-- aux éclats
,

burst out laughing.

risible
,
adj.
laughable.

risque
,
m.
risk.

risquer
,
v.
to risk.

rite
,
m.
rite.

rivage
,
m.
shore, beach.

rival, -e
,
adj. and s.
rival.

rivaliser
,
v.
to rival.

rive
,
f.
bank (of a stream).

river
,
v.
to rivet.

rivière
,
f.
river.

robe
,
f.
robe, dress, gown, frock.

robinet
,
m.
faucet, spigot.

roc
,
m.
rock (mass of rock still in the earth).

roche
,
f.
rock.

Roche-Oysel
, an imaginary town (=Bird-Rock).

rocher
,
m.
rock, cliff.

rôder
,
v.
to roam, prowl.

rôdeur
,
m.
prowler.

roi
,
m.
king.

roidir
,
v.
to stiffen, tighten.

rôle
,
m.
rôle, part;
à tour de --
, in turn.

romain, -e
,
adj. and s.
Roman (written
Romain
when
s.
).

roman
,
m.
novel, story.

roman, -e
,
adj.
Romance (belonging to the Latin languages).

romanesque
,
adj.
romanesque, fantastic, romantic.

rompre
,
v.
to break, rupture, rend;
se --
, be broken, break.

ronce
,
f.
bramble, briar.

rond, -e
,
adj. and m.
round;
-- de cuir
, round leather cushion.

ronde
,
f.
round.

rondin
,
m.
billet, round log.

ronflement
,
m.
snoring, snore, humming, roar, roaring, whir.

ronfler
,
v.
to snore, roar, snort.

ronger
,
v.
to gnaw, eat away or out.

roquefort
,
m.
roquefort cheese (made in Roquefort in south-western France, department of

Landes).

rose
,
f.
rose;
adj.
pink.

roseau
,
m.
reed.

rossignol
,
m.
nightingale.

Rôth
, proper name;
cf. roth
or
rot
, red, in German.

rôtir
,
v
. to roast.

roue
,
f.
wheel.

rouet
,
m.
spinning-wheel.

rouge
,
adj. and m.
red, red-hot, redness, blush, rouge.

rougeur
,
f.
glow, blush.

rougir
,
v.
to redden, blush.

rouiller
,
v.
to rust;
se --
, get rusty.

roulage
,
m.
cartage;
voiture de --
, wagon.

rouleau
,
m.
roll, stack, roller.

roulement
,
m.
rolling, rumbling, beating (of a drum).

rouler
,
v.
to roll, roll up or about, turn on or over, turn;
se --
, roll oneself, roll about;
-- sur
,

roll on, deal with.

roulette
,
f.
roller, little wheel, roulette.

Roumanille (Joseph)
, Provençal writer and poet, one of the founders of the brotherhood

known as les Félibres consisting at first of seven modern Provençal poets including Mistral

(1818-1891).

roussin
,
m.
steed, stallion.

route
,
f.
route, way, highway, road;
en --
, on the way.

roux, rousse
,
adj.
russet, reddish brown.

royal, -e
,
adj.
royal; Place Royale, square in eastern section of Paris, now called Place des

Vosges, before the French Revolution it was a center of fashion.

ruban
,
m.
ribbon.

ruche
,
f.
hive.

rude
,
adj.
rude, rough;
-- partie
, great game.

rudement
,
adv.
rudely, roughly, terribly.

rudesse
,
f.
roughness.

rue
,
f.
street.

ruelle
,
f.
alley.

ruer
,
v.
to throw, cast;
se --
, throw oneself, rush, dash.

rugir
,
v.
to roar.

ruine
,
f.
ruin.

ruiner
,
v.
to ruin.

ruisseau
,
m.
small stream, gutter.

ruisseler
,
v.
to drip, trickle.

rumeur
,
f.
rumor, murmur, uproar, noise.

ruse
,
f.
ruse, trick.

rusê, -e
,
adj.
crafty, tricky, cunning.

russe
,
adj. and s.
Russian (written
Russe
when
s.
).

Russie
,
f.
Russia.


S


s'
,
see
se
or
si
.

sa
,
see
son
.

Saâdi
, Sadi, celebrated Persian poet,
see
also
Gulistan
(c. 1190-1291).

Saar
,
f.
Saar (Alsatian river).

sabir
,
m.
mixture of Arabic, French, Spanish and Italian spoken in the Levant, jargon.

sable
,
m.
sand.

sablonneux, -euse
,
adj.
sandy.

sabot
,
m.
wooden shoe, hoof.

sabre
,
m.
saber.

sac
,
m.
sack, bag.

sachet
,
m.
sachet, scent-bag.

sacrer
,
v.
to consecrate.

sacrificateur
,
m.
priest, high priest (Jewish).

sacrifier
,
v.
to sacrifice.

sacrilège
,
m.
sacrilege.

sacristain
,
m.
sacristan, sexton.

sage
,
adj.
good, well-behaved, wise.

sage-femme
,
f.
midwife.

saigner
,
v.
to bleed;
-- du nez
, have the nosebleed.

sain, -e
,
adj.
healthy, sound.

saint, -e
,
adj. and s.
saintly, holy, sacred, saint.

Saint-Christophe
, Saint Christopher (name of a church and street in Heidelberg).

Saint-Cloud
, town on the Seine, a western suburb of Paris.

Saint-Nazaire
, city and port at the mouth of the Loire.

sainte-nitouche
,
f.
sanctimonious person, one who affects an innocent air.

Saint-Paul (hôtel)
, former residence of Charles V in the Saint-Antoine quarter of Paris.

Saint-Pierre (île de)
, island in the Swiss Lake of Bienne (Rousseau tried to take refuge here

in 1765).

Saint-Vincent
, name of a footbridge over the Saône in Lyons.

saisir
,
v.
to seize, catch, grasp.

saisissement
,
m.
shock.

saison
,
f.
season;
marchand des quatre saisons
, costermonger, huckster.

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