*espagnol, n.m., Spanish (language).
*espagnolette, n.f., baize; French window fastening.
espalier, n.m., (hort.) espalier; fruit-wall; (nav.) stroke-oar. Venir en —; to grow on an espalier.
espalmer, v.a., (nav.) to grave.
esparcet, n.m., esparcette, n.f., French honeysuckle; esparcet; sainfoin.
espargoute, n.f. V. spergule.
espars, n.m.pl., (nav.) spars.
espèce, n.f., species, kind, sort; nature; breed; case at issue, case in point, (jur.) case. pl., specie, ready money, hard cash; (theol.) element. L’— humaine; mankind. Payer en —s; to pay in cash. —s sonnantes; hard cash, cash down.
espérance, n.f., hope, confidence, trust, expectation. Dans l’—; in expectation. Se nourrir d’—; to feed on hope. Vivre d’—; to live on hope. Répondre à ses —s; to answer one’s expectations.
espérer, v.a., to hope, to hope for, to expect; to trust. Il espère une meilleure fortune; he hopes for a better fortune. Je n’espère plus rien; I have no further hopes.