annihilation (a-n-ni-), n.f., annihilation.

annihiler (a-n-ni-), v.a., to annihilate, to destroy.

annille, n.f., (her.) anille, fer de moline, millrind; (tech.) cramping-iron.

anniversaire, adj., anniversary.

anniversaire, n.m., anniversary. — de sa naissance; birthday.

annomination, n.f., annomination.

loi annonaire, adj., (antiq.) a Roman law to prevent the price of provisions from rising.

annonce, n.f., announcement, publication, notification, indication, sign, mark; advertisement; banns of matrimony. Faiseur d’—s; puffer. Faire insérer une —; to advertise. — de spectacle; play-bill.

annoncer, v.a., to announce, to tell, to declare, to inform, to proclaim, to bespeak, to advertise; to usher in; to publish, to give out, to preach, to set forth; to foretell, to forebode; to augur, to show, to promise. Faites vous —; send in your name. Cela ne nous annonce rien de bon; that bodes us no good.

s’annoncer, v.r., to present one’s self; to manifest itself; to make itself known. S’— bien; to be promising. S’— mal; not to be promising, to begin badly.