ambrette, n.f., amber-seed, musk-seed.
ambroisie, n.f., ambrosia. D’—; ambrosial, fragrant, delicious.
ambrosien, -ne (-in, -ène), adj., pertaining to St. Ambrose; Ambrosian.
ambulance, n.f., field-hospital, ambulance. Chirurgien d’—; field-surgeon. En —; (of vendors) itinerant.
ambulant, -e, adj., ambulatory, ambulant; itinerant, strolling. Marchand —; itinerant dealer. Comédiens —s; strolling players. Erésipèle —; flying erysipelas. Mener une vie —e; to stroll about, to be upon the tramp.
ambulatoire, adj., ambulatory, movable, itinerant.
âme, n.f., soul; mind; genius; conscience; essence; ghost, spirit; feeling, sentiment; person, people; motto; bore (of a gun); small wood (in faggots); (of bellows) clapper; (sculp.) a rough figure of clay; the model made use of to form a mold; (mus.) sounding-post. Les facultés de l’—; the faculties of the mind. Grandeur d’—; magnanimity. Du fond de l’—; from the depths of the soul. Dieu veuille avoir son —; God rest his soul. Avoir la mort dans l’—; to be grieved to death. Il n’y a pas — qui vive ici; there is not a living creature here. Je le veux de toute mon —; I wish it with all my soul. Les bonnes —; (iron.) good-natured souls. Sans —; spiritless. La vérité est l’— de l’histoire; truth is the life of history. La bonne foi est l’— du commerce; honesty is the very soul of trade. Il n’y a point d’— dans sa déclamation; his delivery is spiritless. Il est l’— damnée du ministre; he is the minister’s tool. Rendre l’—; to give up the ghost. Il a l’— bourrelée; his conscience wracks him. Cet homme n’a point d’—; that man has no soul. Il n’y a pas d’— dans ce tableau; there is no life in this picture.
amélioration, n.f., amelioration, improvement, mending. Susceptible d’—; improvable.
améliorer, v.a., to ameliorate, to improve, to meliorate, to better, to cultivate, to mend.
s’améliorer, v.r., to mend, to improve.