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
, 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.