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.