hétérogénéité, n.f., heterogeneity, heterogeneousness.
hétérosciens (-si-in), n.m.pl., (geog.) Heteroscians.
hetman, n.m., hetman (general of cossacks).
†hêtre, n.m., beech, beech-tree.
heu, n.m., (nav.) hoy.
heu! int., alas! lackaday! hey! ah! aye!
☉heur, n.m., luck, good fortune, chance. Il n’y a qu’heur et malheur en ce monde; chance is everything (what’s one man’s meat is another man’s poison).
heure, n.f., hour; o’clock; time, time of day; moment, moments; appointment. pl., primer (prayer-book). Belle —; pleasant time of day. La belle — pour arriver! what a nice time to come! — indue; late hour. Une bonne, grande —; a good, a full, hour. — dernière, dernière —; last moments. — marquée, désignée, dite; appointed hour. — suprême; dying hour, hour of death, last or supreme moments. —s en sus; after-hours, over-time (of workmen). Ami, homme, de toutes les —s; friend who is always welcome, friend always ready to oblige. Livre d’—s; (c.rel.) prayer-book. Une paire d’—s; a primer. Un mauvais quart d’—; a bad time. Quart d’— de Rabelais; paying time, settling time, trying time. J’y serai dans une —; I will be there within an hour. Quelle — est-il? what o’clock is it? Il est une — et demie; it is half-past one. Sur les une —; about one o’clock. L’horloge a sonné deux —s; the clock has struck two. Chercher midi à quatorze —s; to create difficulties where there are none; to look for grapes on thorns. Mettre une montre à l’—; to set a watch. Il est l’— de dîner; it is dinner-time. À l’— qu’il faut; in due time. Vous venez à l’— qu’il fallait; you come in the very nick of time. Je le ferai à mes —s perdues; I will do it in my leisure hours. Faites le sur l’—; do it this very moment. Donner —; to fix an hour; to make an appointment. L’— du berger; the propitious hour for lovers. De bonne —; betimes, early, soon. Venez de meilleure —; come sooner. À cette —, à l’— qu’il est; now, at present, nowadays; by this time. Pour l’—; at present. Tout à l’—; by-and-by, presently; not long ago, just now. D’une — à l’autre; from one moment, from one minute, to the other. D’— à autre; now and then. D’— en —; hourly, every hour, every moment. À la bonne —; well done! that’s something like! Les Heures; (myth.) the Hours (Horæ).
heureusement (eu-reûz-mān), adv., happily, luckily; successfully, fortunately, prosperously; by good luck; well.
heureu-x, -se, adj., happy; blessed, blissful; lucky, fortunate; successful; prosperous, favorable, auspicious; pleasing, prepossessing; good; excellent, rare; happy, pleased, delighted. Une —se vieillesse; a happy old age. Il est né —; he was born lucky. Des couches —ses; a happy delivery (of a woman). Une physionomie —se; a pleasing countenance. Être —; to be lucky. — au jeu; lucky at play. Il est — d’avoir eu votre protection; he was lucky to find you there. L’— de la chose c’est que; the luckiest part of the thing was that.