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triste
,
adj.
sad, gloomy, dismal, wretched.
tristement
,
adv.
sadly.
tristesse
,
f.
sadness.
trois
,
card.
three.
troisième
,
ord.
third;
chambre du --
, fourth-story room.
tromper
,
v.
to deceive, disappoint;
se --
, be mistaken, make
a mistake.
tronc
,
m.
trunk, tree-trunk.
tronçon
,
m.
fragment, stump.
trône
,
m.
throne.
tronquette
,
f.
girl, lass (popular).
trop
,
adv.
too, too much;
pas --
, not too much, not very much.
trot
,
m.
trot;
petit --
, slow trot.
trottoir
,
m.
sidewalk.
trou
,
m.
hole.
trouble
,
m.
trouble, embarrassment, confusion, disturbance, distress.
troubler
,
v.
to trouble, disturb, confuse, excite;
se --
, be
disturbed, become troubled.
trouer
,
v.
to make a hole in, pierce;
troué, -e
, pierced,
full of holes.
troupe
,
f.
troop, crowd, brood (of chickens), litter (of pigs);
de la --
, soldiers.
troupeau
,
m.
flock, herd.
troupier
,
m.
trooper.
trousse
,
f.
case; aux trousses (de), at one's heels.
trousseau
,
m.
trousseau, outfit.
trouver
,
v.
to find, consider, discover, hit on;
se --
, find
oneself, be found, chance to be, be,
find that one has, offer an
opportunity;
s'en -- bien
, find it good for one.
truffe
,
f.
truffle.
truie
,
f.
sow.
truisse
,
f.
clump of trees (used especially in La Vendée).
trumeau
,
m.
pier (of a wall), pier-glass.
tu
,
conj. pr.
(familiar), you (occasionally: thou).
Tubingue
, Tübingen (town in Württemberg).
tuer
,
v.
to kill.
tumulte
,
m.
tumult, uproar.
tumultueusement
,
adv.
tumultuously, riotously.
tumultueux, -euse
,
adj.
tumultuous, riotous.
tunique
,
f.
tunic, coat (of a uniform).
turban
,
m.
turban;
valeurs à --
, Turkish stocks (financial
vernacular).
turc, turque
,
adj. and s.
Turkish, Turk (written
Turc
when
s.
).
turco
,
m.
turco (Algerian soldier in the French service).
turne
,
f.
wretched room, shanty (familiar).
tuyau
,
m.
tube, pipe, flue.
typographe
,
m.
printer; adjectively: printer's.
U
uhlan
,
m.
uhlan (German lancer; no elision before this word).
un, -e
,
card. and indef. art.
one, a, an;
l'--
, one;
les
uns ... les autres
, some ... others;
les uns les autres
, one
another;
les uns aux autres
, to one another;
l'-- et l'autre
,
both;
se regarder l'-- l'autre
, to look at each other.
uni, -e
,
adj.
united, smooth, uniform.
uniforme
,
m.
uniform.
union
,
f.
union.
unique
,
adj.
unique, only.
uniquement
,
adv.
only.
usage
,
m.
usage, use, custom.
user
,
v.
to use up, wear out, use,
-- de
, make use of.
usine
,
f.
factory.
utile
,
adj.
useful.
V
vacance
,
f.
vacancy, vacation.
vacarme
,
m.
uproar, hubbub.
vache
,
f.
cow.
vaciller
,
v.
to vacillate, reel, totter, shake.
va-et-vient
,
m.
going and coming.
vagabond
,
m.
vagabond, vagrant.
vague
,
f.
wave, sea.
vague
,
adj.
vague, indistinct.
vaguement
,
adv.
vaguely.
vaillant, -e
,
adj. and s.
valiant, strong, brave.
vain, -e
,
adj.
vain, empty, useless.
vaincre
,
v.
to conquer, vanquish;
vaincu, -e
,
adj. and s.
conquered, one conquered.
vainement
,
adv.
vainly.
vainqueur
,
m.
victor, conqueror; adjectively: victorious.
vaisseau
,
m.
vessel, ship.
valet
,
m.
valet, man-servant, farm-hand;
-- de chambre
,
man-servant.
valetaille
,
f.
pack of footmen (derogatory).
valeur
,
f.
value;
pl.
bills, paper (commercial).
valise
,
f.
valise.
vallée
,
f.
valley.
vallon
,
m.
little valley, vale.
valoir
,
v.
to be worth;
-- mieux
, be worth more, be better.
Van den Berg
, name of the Doyen in
la Montre du Doyen
(
van
is
the Dutch prefix
corresponding to the German
von, Berg
= mountain, in
German).
vanité
,
f.
vanity.
vaniteux, -euse
,
adj.
vain.
vanter
,
v.
to boast of, brag about, extol.
vanvole
,
see
venvole.
vapeur
,
f.
vapor, steam, fume, mist;
m.
steamer.
vaquer
,
v.
to be vacant;
-- à
, attend to, go about.
vareuse
,
f.
jumper, pea-jacket.
variation
,
f.
variation.
varier
,
v.
to vary.
vase
,
m.
vase.
vaste
,
adj.
vast, immense.
va-t-au-nord
,
m.
shift to the north (popular).
va-t-au-sud
,
m.
shift to the south (popular).
veau
,
m.
calf, veal.
végétation
,
f.
vegetation, vegetable growth, plant.
vehémence
,
f.
vehemence.
veille
,
f.
eve, clay before.
veiller
,
v.
to watch, sit up;
-- à
, watch over;
veille sur
toi
, look out for yourself.
veine
,
f.
vein, good luck.
velours
,
m.
velvet.
velouté, -e
,
adj.
velvety.
vendange
,
f.
vintage.
vendetta
,
f.
vendetta, blood-feud (in Italian, =
vengeance
;
en
pronounced as in
bien
).
vendeur
,
m.
vendor, seller.
vendre
,
v.
to sell;
à --
, for sale.
vendredi
,
m.
Friday.
vénérable
,
adj.
venerable.
vénération
,
f.
veneration;
avoir en --
, to worship.
vengeance
,
f.
vengeance.
venger
,
v.
to avenge.
venir
,
v.
to come;
-- de
, come from, have just;
-- à
,
come to, happen;
s'en --
, come away or
along;
venu
,
m.
comer.
vent
,
m.
wind;
au --
, in the wind, flying.
vente
,
f.
sale.
ventre
,
m.
belly, stomach, hull, body.
ventrebleu
,
interj.
by heaven!, etc.
ventru, -e
,
adj.
big-bellied, pot-bellied.
venue
,
f.
. coming.
Vénus
, Venus;
cheveux de --
, kind of maidenhair fern.
venvole (à la)
,
adv.
heedlessly, lightly (obsolescent; formerly
and incorrectly written
vanvole
,
the word is derived from
vent
).
verdir
,
v.
to make or turn green.
verdure
,
f.
verdure, green vegetables.
vergue
,
f.
yard (of a ship).
vérification
,
f.
verification.
véritable
,
adj.
veritable, true, real.
véritablement
,
adv.
veritably, really.
vérité
,
f.
truth.
vermeil, -le
,
adj.
vermilion, bright red, rosy.
vermoulu, -e
,
adj.
wormeaten.
vernir
,
v.
to varnish, polish.
vernis
,
m.
varnish, polish.
verre
,
m.
glass;
petit --
, small glass of brandy.
verrou
,
m.
bolt.
vers
,
m.
verse.
vers
,
prep.
toward.
verser
,
v.
to pour, pour forth or out, shed.
verset
,
m.
verse (of a hymn, of the Koran, etc.).
verste
,
f.
verst (Russian measure, about one kilometer).
vert, -e
,
adj. and m.
green.
vertige
,
m.
vertigo, giddiness, dizziness.
vertu
,
f.
virtue.
verve
,
f.
animation, spirit.
veste
,
f.
short coat, jacket.
vestibule
,
m.
vestibule.
vestige
,
m.
vestige, trace.
veston
,
m.
jacket, short coat.
vêtement
,
m.
garment, piece of clothing;
pl.
clothes.
vétéran
,
m.
veteran.
vêtir
,
v.
to clothe, dress, cover.
vétusté
,
f.
oldness, antiquity, decay.
veuf, veuve
,
m., f.
widower, widow.
viager, -gère
,
adj.
for life; rente viagère, life annuity.
viande
,
f.
meat.
vibrer
,
v.
to vibrate, quiver;
vibrant, -e
, vibrating,
resounding, quivering, tremulous.
vice
,
m.
vice.
victime
,
f.
victim.
victoire
,
f.
victory.
vide
,
adj.
empty.
vider
,
v.
to empty;
se --
, be emptied, empty oneself.
vie
,
f.
life, living.
vieillard
,
m.
old man.
vierge
,
f. and adj.
virgin;
la sainte Vierge
, the Holy
Virgin.
vieux (vieil
, before vowels),
vieille
,
adj. and s.
old, old
man or woman.
vif, vive
,
adj.
lively, alive, keen,
brisk
, bright, vivid, living.
vigne
,
f.
vine, vineyard.
vignette
,
f.
vignette (small ornamental engraving in a book, on
letter-paper, etc.).
vigoureux,-euse
,
adj.
vigorous.
vigueur
,
f.
vigor, strength, force.
vil, -e
,
adj.
vile, despicable, base.
vilain, -e
,
adj.
mean, dirty, nasty, coarse, wretched, ugly,
scandalous.
villa
,
f.
villa (in this and in the next four words
ll
is not
liquid).
village
,
m.
village.
villageois
, -e,
adj. and s.
rustic, villager.
ville
,
f.
city, town;
-- forte
, stronghold.
Villemomble
, village 8 miles east of Paris.
vin
,
m.
wine;
-- du Rhin
, Rhine wine.
vingt
,
card.
twenty.
vingtaine
,
f.
score.
vingt-cinq
,
card.
twenty-five (
t
pronounced).
vingt-deux
,
card.
twenty-two (
t
pronounced as
d
).
vingt-huit
,
card.
twenty-eight.
vingtième
,
ord.
twentieth.
vingt-trois
,
card.
twenty-three (
t
pronounced in vingt).
violemment
,
adv.
violently (
em
pronounced as
am
).
violence
,
f.
violence, force.
violent, -e
,
adj.
violent.
violer
,
v.
to violate.
violet, -te
,
adj.
violet.
violette
,
f.
violet.
violon
,
m.
violin, violinist.
violoncelliste
,
m.
violoncellist.
vindicatif, -ive
,
adj.
vindictive.
virer
,
v.
to turn.
visage
,
m.
visage, countenance, face.
viser
,
v.
to aim at, visé.
visible
,
adj.
visible.
visiblement
,
adv.
visibly.
visière
,
f.
visor.
vision
,
f.
vision.
visite
,
f.
vigil.
visiter
,
v.
to vigil, inspect.
visiteur, -euse
,
m., f.
visiteur.
vite
,
adv.
quickly.
vitesse
,
f.
speed.
vitre
,
f.
window-pane.
vitrer
,
v.
to glaze;
vitré, -e
,
adj.
glass.
vitreux, -euse
,
adj.
glassy.
vivacité
,
f.
vivacity.
vivement
,
adv.
quickly, briskly, heartily, intensely, keenly.
vivre
,
v.
to live, be alive;
pour --
, live, live on;
vive!
;
long live!;
vivant, -e
, living, alive.
vociférer
,
v.
to vociferate, bawl.
voeu
,
m.
vow, wish.
voici
,
prep.
here is, here are, ago, you see here, etc.;
le
--
, here he (it) is.
voie
,
f.
way;
en bonne --
, on the road to recovery.
voilà
,
prep.
there is, there are, you see there, that's it,
that's how it is, there you have it, here is,
etc.;
le --
, there he
(it) is;
-- que
, suddenly, it happened that, now;
-- deux jours
que
, for two
days;
-- qui est bien
, that's right.
voile
,
m.
veil, sail;
toile à --
, sail-cloth.
voiler
,
v.
to veil.
voir
,
v.
to see;
voyons
, let us see, come now!;
voyez-vous
, just see, you see;
-- la chose
,
see the thing, see
about the matter;
faire --
, show; nous verrons cela, we'll see
about that;
bien
vu
vu
, in favor;
vu que
,
conj.
seeing that;
vu
,
prep.
seeing, in view of.
voisin, -e
,
adj. and s.
neighboring, adjoining, bordering,
neighbor.
voisinage
,
m.
neighborhood;
de --
, neighborly.
voiture
,
f.
carriage.
voix
,
f.
voice;
d'une -- rauque
, hoarsely.
vol
,
m.
theft.
vol
,
m.
flight, flock;
à -- d'oiseau
, bird's-eye view.
volaille
,
f.
fowl, poultry.
volant
,
m.
shuttlecock, pump handle.
volcan
,
m.
volcano.
voler
,
v.
to teal, rob.
voler
,
v.
to fly.
volet
,
m.
shutter.
voleur, -euse
,
m., f.
thief, robber.
volontaire
,
adj.
voluntary.
volontairement
,
adv.
voluntarily.
volonté
,
f.
will, wish.
volontiers
,
adv.
willingly.
voltiger
,
v.
to hover, flutter, flit.
volumineux, -euse
,
adj.
voluminous, bulky.
volupté
,
f.
pleasure, delight.
voluptueux, -euse
,
adj.
voluptuons.
voracement
,
adv.
voraciously, ravenously.
vos
,
see
votre
.
Vosges (les)
,
m. pl.
the Vosges (chain of mountains in
north-eastern France and
south-western Germany. parallel with the upper
Rhine; pronounced:
voge
).
vote
,
m.
vote.
voter
,
v.
to vote.
votre (vos
,
pl.), poss. adj. pr.
your.
vôtre
,
poss. adj. pr.
(usually with the article), yours.
vouer
,
v.
to devote, consecrate, dedicate.
vouloir
,
v.
to wish, will, be willing, require, decree, start,
expert;
-- bien
, be willing, be willing
to, accept;
-- bien
de
; be willing to accept;
-- dire
, mean;
en -- à
, have a
grudge against, be
angry with;
que voulez-vous?
, what do you wish?,
what do you expect?;
veuillez
, be good
enough to.
vous
,
conj. and disj. pr.
you, to you.
vous-même (s)
,
pr.
you, yourself, yourselves.
voûte
,
f.
vault, arch.
voûter
,
v.
to vault.
voyage
,
m.
voyage, journey, trip, traveling, travels.
voyager
,
v.
to travel.
voyageur
,
m.
traveler.
vrai, -e
,
adj.
true, real;
bien --
, really;
dire --
, to
speak the truth.
vraiment
,
adv.
truly, really.
vraisemblance
,
f.
likelihood, probability (
s
pronounced as in
sembler
).
vue
,
f.
view, sight;
perdre de --
, to lose sight of.
vulgaire
,
adj.
vulgar, low, common.
vulnérable
,
adj.
vulnerable.
W
w
, this letter does not belong to the French alphabet, it occurs
only in foreign words.
wachtman
,
m.
watchman (German).
wagon
,
m.
railway-car;
-- à minerai
, ore or mining car.
Walewska
,
see
Gallitzin.
Wilfrid
, Wilfrid.
Y
y
,
adv. and conj. pr.
there, to or at or in it, to or at or in
them, about it, to him, etc., here.
ya
,
adv.
yes (German).
yatagan
,
m.
yataghan (long Turkish dagger).
yeux
,
see
oeil
.
Ypsilanti (Alexandre)
, Alexander Ypsilanti (or Hypsilanti), a Greek
who became an officer in
the Russian army; in 1820 he became the head of
the Greek Hetreria, a secret society
founded in Odessa for the purpose
of liberating Greece from the Turks, and in 1821 he led an
insurrection
against the Turks in the Danube provinces and inaugurated the Greek war
for
independence; after a number of mistakes (
cf. the déroute de
Skouliani
) and humiliating
defeats, and after having been dismissed
from the Russian army, he died in poverty
(1792-1828).
Z
Zaatcha
, Algerian oasis near Biskra (captured by the French in 1849).
Zâhn
, proper name (
Zahn
= tooth, in German).
zebeks (zebecks or zebecs)
,
m. pl.
there is a Turkish word
(
zebek; or zebeik
;) with an
obscene meaning, probably Gautier found
this unknown word and thought that it meant
"attendant," it should be so
translated. There is a similar word in Turkish (
zibek or zeibek
, with
a different
k
), which means "vagabond" or "people living in the
mountains."
Zette
(abbreviation of
Suzette
), Susie.
Zidore
, abbreviation of
Isidore
.
Zimmer
, proper name (
cf. Zimmer
, room, in German).
zingueur
, m. zinc-worker.
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