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sucrerie
,
f.
sugar-refinery;
pl.
sweetmeats, candy.

sud
,
m.
south (
d
pronounced).

suer
,
v.
to sweat.

sueur
,
f.
sweat.

suffire
,
v.
to suffice, be enough;
suffisant, -e
, sufficient.

suffoquer
,
v.
to suffocate, choke.

suggestion
,
f.
suggestion.

suif
,
m.
tallow.

suiffeux
,
m.
fat and greasy fellow (slang, derived from

suif
);
gros -- à ne rien faire
, big fat good-for-nothing.

Suisse
,
f. and adj.
Switzerland, Swiss (written suisse when
adj.
).

suite
,
f.
following, retinue, succession, result, rest;
tout de --
, immediately;
par --
, in

consequence;
par -- de
, because of;
à la -- (de)
, after, behind;
de --
, in succession.

suivre
,
v.
to follow, study.

sujet
,
m.
subject;
au -- de
, about.

sultan, -e
,
m., f.
sultan, sultana.

superbe
,
adj.
superb, splendid.

supérieur, -e
,
adj.
superior, upper.

superstitieux, -euse
,
adj.
superstitious (second
ti
pronounced as
ci
).

superstition
,
f.
superstition.

supplication
,
f.
supplication, entreaty.

supplier
,
v.
to supplicate, beg.

supporter
,
v.
to support, tolerate.

supposer
,
v.
to suppose, suggest.

supposition
,
f.
supposition.

suprême
,
adj.
supreme, last.

sur
,
prep.
on, upon, over, near, about, toward, to;
prendre --
, to take from;
-- -le-champ
, at

once, on the spot;
sauter -- ses pieds
, to leap to his feet;
rouler -- l'or
, roll in money.

sûr, -e
,
adj.
sure, certain;
pour -- (que)
, surely.

suranné, -e
,
adj.
superannuated, antiquated.

sûreté
,
f.
safety.

surexciter
,
v.
to overexcite.

surface
,
f.
surface.

surgir
,
v.
to rise, spring up.

surhumain, -e
,
adj.
superhuman.

surmonter
,
v.
to surmount.

surnaturel, -le
,
adj.
supernatural.

surnuméraire
,
m.
supernumerary, one not yet receiving a salary.

surpasser
,
v.
to surpass.

surplis
,
m.
surplice (outer white garment of the clergy).

surplus
,
m.
surplus;
au --
, moreover, besides, however.

surprendre
,
v.
to surprise, take by surprise.

surprise
,
f.
surprise.

sursaut
,
m.
start, shock;
en --
, with a start.

surtout
,
adv.
above all, especially.

surveillant, -e
,
m., f.
watcher, watchman, guard, guardian.

surveiller
,
v.
to watch.

survenir
,
v.
to come on or up unexpectedly.

survivant
,
m.
survivor.

suspect, -e
,
adj.
suspicions, suspected (
ct
pronounced).

suspendre
,
v.
to suspend, hang.

syllabe
,
f.
syllable.

symbolique
,
adj.
symbolic.

symétriquement
,
adv.
symmetrically.

sympathie
,
f.
sympathy.

sympathiser
,
v.
to sympathize.

symptôme
,
m.
symptom.

système
,
m.
system.


T


t'
,
see
te
.

ta
,
see
ton
.

tabac
,
m.
tobacco (
c
not pronounced).

tabatière
,
f.
snuff-box.

table
,
f.
table.

tableau
,
m.
picture, diagram.

tableau
, scene, board.

tablette
,
f.
tablet, shelf.

tablier
,
m.
apron.

tache
,
f.
stain, spot, taint.

tâche
,
f.
task.

tacher
,
v.
to stain.

tâcher
,
v.
to try.

taciturnité
,
f.
taciturnity.

taffetas
,
m.
taffeta (formerly a heavy silk, now a thin, glossy silk;
s
not pronounced).

taille
,
f.
cut, figure, size, waist.

tailler
,
v.
to cut, cut out, carve; at faro: to hold the cards and play alone against all, deal.

taire
,
v.
to suppress, keep quiet;
se --
, be or become silent, keep quiet.

talent
,
m.
talent.

talonner
,
v.
to be close on the heels of.

talus
,
m.
embankment, bank, slope (
s
not pronounced).

tambour
,
m.
drum, drummer.

tan
,
m.
tan (bark).

tandis
,
adv.
meanwhile;
-- que
,
conj.
whereas, white.

tanière
,
f.
den, lair.

tanner
,
v.
to tan.

tanneur
,
m.
tanner.

tant
,
adv.
so much, so many;
-- que
, conj. so long as, as much as, so much, as many;
-- bien
que mal
, as well as possible, fairly well.

tante
,
f.
aunt.

tantôt
,
adv.
soon, a little ago, before long, just now;
-- ... --
, now ... now.

tapage
,
m.
uproar, noise, disturbance.

tapageur, -euse
,
adj. and s.
roistering, noisy, uproarious, riotous, brawler, roisterer, noisy

fellow.

tape
,
f.
rap, slap.

taper
,
v.
to slap, strike, stamp;
-- de l'oeil
, drop off (asleep).

tapir (se)
,
v.
to crouch;
tapi, -e
, crouching.

tapis
,
m.
carpet, rug, table-cover, cloth;
-- vert
, green baize (of the table).

tarabuca
,
f.
used by Gautier as the name of an Arab air, probably erroneously derived from

darabukke (Arahic), a kind of tambourine or hand-drum.

Tarascon
, town on the Rhone, north of Arles.

Tarbes
, town in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées.

tard
,
adv.
late.

tarder
,
v.
to be late, be slow in, be long in; il lui tardait de, he was anxious to.

tardif, -ive
,
adj.
tardy.

tarir
,
v.
to dry up, exhaust;
ne point -- en
, never get tired making.

tas
,
m.
pile, heap.

tasse
,
f.
cup.

tâter
,
v.
to feel, feel of.

tâtons (à)
,
adv.
groping, feeling one's way.

taudis
,
m.
hovel, dirty hale.

te
,
conj. pr.
(familiar), you, to you (occasionally: thee, to thee).

Te Deum
,
m.
Te Deum (a hymn sung as a service of thanksgiving; pronounced as in Latin).

teigneux, -euse
,
adj.
scurvy.

teindre
,
v.
to dye.

teint
,
m.
dye, tint, complexion.

teinte
,
f.
tint, tinge, hue, coloring.

tel, -le
,
adj.
such;
un --
, such a, such and such a one, so and so;
connu pour --
, known as

such, known to be so.

téléphoner
,
v.
to telephone.

tellement
,
adv.
so, to such a degree.

téméraire
,
adj.
rash.

témoigner
,
v.
to witness, show.

témoin
,
m.
witness.

tempe
,
f.
temple (of the head).

tempête
,
f.
tempest.

temps
,
m.
time, weather;
dans le --
, in former times;
dans les premiers --
, at first

(pronounced as the adverb
tant
).

tendon
,
m.
tendon, sinew.

tendre
,
adj.
tender.

tendre
,
v.
to stretch, stretch out, extend, band, bang, drape;
-- l'oreille
, listen intently.

tendrement
,
adv.
tenderly.

tendresse
,
f.
tenderness, fondness, affection.

ténèbres
,
f. pl.
darkness.

tenir
,
v.
to hold, keep, get, keep to, stick to, be contained in;
tiens!, tenez!
, wait!, see!, there!,

here!, ah!;
-- à
, insist on, be attached to, cling to, cherish, be anxious about, deliver (a speech)

to;
-- dans
, hold in, be contained in;
il n'y tint plus
, he could not stand it any longer;
se --
,

remain, keep, stand, be;
je ne (me) tiens plus sur mes jambes
, I cannot stand up any

longer;
faire -- à
, have sent to.

tentation
,
f.
temptation.

tentative
,
f.
attempt.

tenter
,
v.
to tempt, attempt.

tenue
,
f.
bearing, carriage, dress, full dress, form, formality;
en grande --
, in full dress;

-- de soirée
, evening clothes.

terme
,
m.
term, expression.

terminer
,
v.
to termina to, end, finish;
se --
, end, etc.

terne
,
adj.
dull, lusterless, gloomy.

ternir
,
v.
to tarnish.

terrain
,
m.
soil, piece of land, ground.

terrasse
,
f.
terrace, flat roof of an Oriental house.

terre
,
f.
earth, land, cultivated land, ground, earthenware;
par --
, on the ground or floor;
à --
,

to the ground or floor.

terrestre
,
adj.
terrestrial.

terreur
,
f.
terror.

terrible
,
adj. and m.
terrible, terrible side of thing.

terriblement
,
adv.
terribly.

terrier
,
m.
terrier, hole, burrow.

territoire
,
m.
territory.

terroir
,
m.
soil.

terroriser
,
v.
to terrorize.

tertre
,
m.
hillock, mound.

tes
,
see
ton.

tête
,
f.
head, top, expression;
en --
, at the head, in front;
-- de lettre
, letter-head;
tenir -- à
,

to resist, oppose.

téter
,
v.
to suck;
donner à --
, nurse.

Thann
, town in Alsace.

théâtre
,
m.
theater.

Thèbes
, Thebes (reference in the text is to the celebrated ancient Egyptian city, not to the

Greek village).

théologien
,
m.
theologian.

thermomètre
,
m.
thermometer.

ti
, dialectic particle used in questions:
je sais- --?
, do I know?

tic-tac
,
m.
tick-tack, ticking.

tiers
,
m.
third.

tige
,
f.
stem, shaft, stick, club.

tigre
,
m.
tiger.

timbre
,
m.
bell, hand-bell, tone, sound, stamp.

timbré, -e
,
adj.
stamped;
papier --
, officially stamped paper (with the revenue stamp).

timide
,
adj.
timid.

timidité
,
f.
timidity.

tintement
,
m.
tinkling.

tinter
,
v.
to tinkle, ring, toll.

tir
,
m.
shooting, shooting-gallery, shooting-grounds.

tirade
,
f.
tirade (long speech in a drama).

tirailler
,
v.
to pull about, plague.

tirailleur
,
m.
sharp-shooter, skirmisher.

tirer
,
v.
to draw, pull, draw lots, attract, pull off, extricate, get out, shoot, tire, arouse;
s'en --
,

get oneself out, manage, get along;
-- au sort à qui ...
, draw lots to see who....

tireur
,
m.
puller, shot (person).

tiroir
,
m.
drawer.

tisserand
,
m.
weaver.

titre
,
m.
title, claim, right;
à -- de
, by virtue of being.

toast
,
m.
toast (pronounced:
tost
).

toi
,
disj. and conj. pr.
(familiar), you, to you (occasionally: thou, thee, to thee);
à --
, your turn.

toile
,
f.
cloth, canvas, linen, web.

toilette
,
f.
toilet, dress, dressing.

Toine
(abbreviation of
Antoine
), Tony.

toise
,
f.
fathom (6 feet).

toiser
,
v.
to size up, measure, eye from head to toot.

toison
,
f.
fleece.

toit
,
m.
roof.

tôle
,
f.
sheet-iron.

tolérer
,
v.
to tolerate;
-- que
, bear to have.

tomate
,
f.
tomato.

tombe
,
f.
tomb, grave.

tombeau
,
m.
tomb, tombstone.

tombeki
,
m.
kind of tobacco raised chiefly in Persia (usually written tombéki).

tomber
,
v.
to fall, fall down, drop;
faire --
, make fall, empty (ashes, etc.);
le jour tombe
,

it grows dark;
à la nuit tombante, au jour tombant
, at nightfall.

Tombouctou
, Timbuktu (African town on the upper Niger).

ton
,
m.
tone.

ton, ta (tes
,
pl.), poss. adj. pr.
(familiar), your (occasionally: thy).

Toni
, Tony.

Tonkin
,
m.
Tonkin (French protectorate in Indo-China, definitively conquered in 1885).

tonne
,
f.
tun, hogshead.

tonneau
,
m.
cask, barrel, ton.

tonner
,
v.
to thunder.

toque
,
f.
Hat cap, toque (the French judge's toque suggests a cylinder flaring at the top).

torche
,
f.
torch.

tordre
,
v.
to twist, wring;
se --
, writhe, laugh convulsively.

torrent
,
m.
torrent, flood.

tors, -e
,
adj.
twisted, crooked.

torse
,
m.
trunk (of a person), body.

tort
,
m.
wrong, harm, stigma;
avoir --
, to be wrong;
à --
, wrongly.

Tortillard
, proper name suggesting tortiller.

tortiller
,
v.
to twist.

tortu, -e
,
adj.
crooked, gnarled.

tortue
,
f.
tortoise, turtle.

torture
,
f.
torture, torment;
mettre l'esprit à la --
, to rack one's brains.

torturer
,
v.
to torture, torment.

tôt
,
adv.
soon, early.

toucher
,
v.
to touch, touch on;
-- à
, touch, meddle with, border on, draw near;
touchant,-e
,

touching, pathetic.

touffe
,
f.
tuft, clump, cluster.

toujours
,
adv.
always, all the time, continuously, ever, still, nevertheless, at any rate.

tour
,
f.
tower.

tour
,
m.
turn, circuit, trip around, trick, feat;
faire le -- (de)
, to make the circuit, fun around;

-- à --
, in turn.

tourbillon
,
m.
whirlwind, whirlpool, swarm.

tourbillonner
,
v.
to whirl.

tourelle
,
f.
turret;
escalier en --
, winding turret stairway.

tourmenter
,
v.
to torment.

tournant
,
m.
turn, corner.

tournée
,
f.
turn, tour, trip, round.

tourner
,
v.
to turn, flank, turn around or over or the corner of, turn out, wind, twist, bend,

circle;
se --
, turn oneself, turn, turn around;
mal --
, take a turn for the worse, turn out badly;

mal tourné
, badly formed or built, homely;
-- au plafond
, encircle the ceiling.

Tournevent
, imaginary town.

tournoiement
,
m.
turning, winding.

tournoyer
,
v.
to turn, whirl.

tournure
,
f.
shape, figure, form, appearance.

Tours
, city on the Loire.

tourterelle
,
f.
turtle-dove.

tous
,
see
tout
.

tousser
,
v.
to cough.

tout, -e (tous, toutes
,
pl.), adj., adv. and s.
all, every, everything, everyone, wholly, quite, very,

wide (open), any;
--le jour
, all day;
tous les jours
, every day;
en -- cas
, in any case;
-- à fait
,

wholly, entirely, altogether, wholeheartedly;
-- de même
, all the same;
pas du --
, not at all;

rien du --
, nothing at all;
-- au plus
, at the very most;
c'est -- au plus si je pourrais
, at the

very most I could only;
avoir de --
, to have something of everything;
-- un jour
, an entire day;

comme --
, as everything, as anything;
toute fée que je sois
, fairy though I be;
-- en
, while, all

the time (with participle);
le --
, all (when
tous
stands alone, without a noun,
s
is pronounced).

toutefois
,
adv.
however, still, yet, nevertheless.

tout-puissant, -e
,
adj.
all-powerful, omnipotent.

Tramasset (Édouard)
, Coppée's cousin, to whom he dedicated
Le Louis d'Or
.

tracasser
,
v.
to vex, plague, annoy.

trace
,
f.
trace, mark, track.

tracer
,
v.
to trace.

tradition
,
f.
tradition.

traduction
,
f.
translation.

traduire
,
v.
to translate.

tragediante
,
m.
tragedian (Italian).

tragédie
,
f.
tragedy.

tragique
,
adj.
tragic.

trahir
,
v.
to betray.

train
,
m.
pace, rate, bustle, course, train, raft, train of boats;
en -- de
, in the act of, about to;

-- de bateaux
, line of boats, tow.

traînée
,
f.
trail.

trainer
,
v.
to drag, draw, drawl;
se --
, drag oneself along.

trait
,
m.
trace, shaft, trait, feature, draught.

traité
,
m.
treaty, agreement.

traiter
,
v.
to treat, treat of;
-- de
, treat as, call.

traîtreusement
,
adv.
treacherously.

trajet
,
m.
journey, trip, distance, way.

tramway
,
m.
tramway, street-car.

tranche
,
f.
slice.

trancher
,
v.
to cut, cut off or out, stand out, form a contrast;

tranchant, -e
, adj. cutting, sharp.

tranquille
,
adj.
tranquil, quiet;
laisser --
, to let alone, let be;
vivre --
, live quietly (
ll
in this and

the next three words is not liquid).

tranquillement
,
adv.
tranquilly, quietly.

tranquilliser
,
v.
to tranquilize, quiet, make easy.

tranquillité
,
f.
tranquillity, quiet, ease (of mind).

transcrire
,
v.
to transcribe.

transe
,
f.
fright, pang.

transformer
,
v.
to transform.

transi, -e
,
adj.
chilled, benumbed.

transparent, -e
,
adj.
transparent.

transpiration
,
f.
perspiration, transpiration.

transport
,
m.
transportation, transport, rapture.

transporter
,
v.
to transport, convey, carry.

trappe
,
f.
trap-door.

trapu, -e
,
adj.
thick-set, dumpy.

traquer
,
v.
to track, hunt, pursue (closely).

travail
,
m.
work, labor, laboring;
instrument de --
, tool.

travailler
,
v.
to work, till, plow through, torment;
travaillé, -e
, worked, wrought.

travers
,
m.
breadth, width;
à --
, through, across;
au -- de
, through;
en --
, crosswise;
en -- de
,

across, through;
de --
, awry, not on straight, crooked, crosswise, sidewise, askance, wrong.

traversée
,
f.
crossing, passage.

traverser
,
v.
to cross, pass through, traverse.

trébucher
,
v.
to stumble, trip.

treillis
,
m.
trellis, lattice.

treize
,
card.
thirteen.

tremblement
,
m.
trembling.

trembler
,
v.
to tremble;
tremblant, -e
, trembling, quaking, shaking.

tremper
,
v.
to soak.

trentaine
,
f.
about thirty.

trente
,
card.
thirty.

trente-cinq
,
card.
thirty-five.

trente-deux
,
card.
thirty-two.

trente-quatre
,
card.
thirty-four.

trente-sept
,
card.
thirty-seven.

trente-six
,
card.
thirty-six.

trépignement
,
m.
stamping.

trépigner
,
v.
to stamp.

très
,
adv.
very, very much.

trésor
,
m.
treasure.

tressaillir
,
v.
to start, jump, thrill.

tretous
(dialectic, =
très tous
),
m. pl.
all indeed, quite all.

triangle
,
m.
triangle.

tribu
,
f.
tribe.

tribunal
,
m.
tribunal, court.

tricorne
,
m.
three-cornered hat.

tricot
,
m.
knitting, knitted vest.

tricoter
,
v.
to knit.

trinquer
,
v.
to touch glasses before drinkingo

triolet
,
m.
triolet, triplet.

triomphal
, -e,
adj.
triumphal.

triomphalement
,
adv.
triumphantly.

triomphe
,
m.
triumph.

triompher
,
v.
to triumph;
triomphant, -e
, triumphant.

tripe
,
f.
tripe, bowels, stomach.

triple
,
adj.
triple.

tripler
,
v.
to triple.

tripot
,
m.
gambling-house.

trique
,
f.
cudgel.

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