alcyon, n.m., halcyon, kingfisher.
alcyonien, -ne, (-in, -è-n), adj., halcyon.
aldébaran, n.m., (astron.) Aldebaran.
alderman, n.m., alderman.
aléatoire, adj., (jur.) eventual, aleatory, contingent.
alêne, n.f., awl. Feuilles en —; acuminated leaves; (pisc.) sharp-nosed skate.
alénier, n.m., awl-maker.
alentir, s’alentir. V. ralentir and se ralentir.
alénois, n.m., common garden cress.
alentour, adv., about, around, round about. Les bois d’—; the neighboring, surrounding woods.