ardent, -e, adj., hot, burning, fiery, glowing; scorching; ardent, vehement, violent; strenuous, spirited, mettlesome; zealous; hasty, passionate; sanguine, fervent, earnest; greedy; red (of the hair); (nav.) griping. Charbon —; burning-coal. Chapelle —e; mortuary chamber (for lying in state). Chambre —e (French history) ardent-chamber, criminal court. Verre —; burning-glass.
ardent, n.m., ignis fatuus, will-o’-the-wisp.
☉arder or ardre. V. brûler.
ardeur, n.f., ardor, heat, burning heat; ardency, warmth, fervency; vividness, intensity; eagerness, fire, spirit, spiritedness, mettle, fervor; earnestness, forwardness, strenuousness; passion. Cheval plein d’—; high-mettled horse. Avec —; spiritedly.
*ardillon, n.m., tongue (of a buckle); barb (of a hook).
ardoise, n.f., slate; score, account. Carrière d’—; slate-quarry. Crayon d’—; slate-pencil. Couvreur en —; slater. Couvrir d’—; to slate.
ardoisé, -e, adj., slate-colored.
ardoiser, v.a., to slate.
ardoisier, n.m., owner of, workman in (a slate-quarry).
ardoisi-er, -ère, adj., slaty.