mammalogiste (mam-ma-), n.m., mammalogist.

mammifère (mam-mi-), n.m. and adj., mammifer; mammiferous.

mammiforme (mam-mi-) adj., mammiform.

mammon, n.m., Mammon.

mammouth, n.m., mammoth.

m’amour, (obsolete abbreviation of ma amour) my love, lovee. —s; marks of love, caresses, soft nothings; wheedling, coaxing. Faire des —s; to fawn upon, to coax, to wheedle.

manant, n.m., ☉peasant; clown, clodhopper.

*mancenille, n.f., (bot.) manchineel.

*mancenillier, n.m., manchineel-tree.

manche, n.m., handle; neck (of musical instruments). — à gigot; bone-holder. — de gigot; knuckle-bone (of mutton); finger-board (of a violin); tail (of a plow). — de couteau; knife handle. Il branle dans le —; he hesitates; he is irresolute. Jeter le — après la cognée; to throw the rope after the bucket (i.e. to give up in despair).