invasion, n.f., invasion; inroad; irruption.

invective, n.f., invective. — sanglante; bitter invective.

invectiver, v.n., to inveigh.

invendable, adj., unsalable.

invendu, -e, adj., (com.) unsold.

inventaire, n.m., inventory. Bénéfice d’—; (jur.) non-liability to debts beyond assets stated in inventory. Faire l’— de; to take the inventory of. Faire l’— des fonds en magasin; (com.) to take stock.

inventer, v.a., to invent, to find out, to contrive, to devise; to imagine, to forge, to fabricate. Il n’a pas inventé la poudre; he will never set the Thames on fire.

invent-eur, -rice, n. and adj., inventor, contriver, deviser.

inventi-f, -ve, adj., inventive.

invention, n.f., invention, contrivance; ingenuity; device, trick; fiction, untruth, falsehood. Brevet d’—; patent. Vivre d’—; to live upon one’s wits.