minaudi-er, -ère, adj. and n., affected, lackadaisical; affected, lackadaisical person.
mince, adj., thin, slender, puny, shallow, poor, slight, scanty; trivial, vulgar. Esprit —; shallow wit. C’est un homme bien —; he is but a shallow man. Taille —; slim or slender waist. Il est d’un —; he is as shallow as you like, or as they make them.
mine, n.f., look, aspect, mien, appearance; show; air, figure, style. Il a la — trompeuse; he has a deceitful look. — fière; proud look. Il ne faut pas juger des gens à la —; people should not be judged by their looks. Homme de bonne —; good-looking man. De mauvaise —; ill-looking. Avoir bonne —; to look well. Avoir mauvaise —; to look ill. Il a la — d’être riche; he looks like a rich man. J’ai bien la — de payer vos folies; it seems as if I shall have to pay for your follies. Faire — d’être fâché; to pretend to be angry. Faire bonne — à quelqu’un; to greet any one pleasantly. Faire mauvaise — à; to receive coldly, to look daggers at. Faire bonne — à mauvais jeu; to put a good face on matters. Faire la — à quelqu’un; to pout at any one. Faire la —; to look displeased. Payer de —; to be all outside show.
mine, n.f., mine; ore; source, store; plot, secret; mine (French measure, 78 liters); (Grec. antiq.) mina. — d’or; gold-mine. — de charbon de terre; coal-pit. Le puits de la —; the shaft of the mine. — de plomb; lead-mine; plumbago, black-lead pencil. — d’argent cornée; soft silver-ore. — d’argent rouge; silver-ore (mixed with arsenic and sulphur). — à bocarder; ore rough from the mine. — élevée; upright mine. — profonde; mine with downward lodes. — sèche; hard ore. —s vives; rich mines. Faire jouer une —; (milit.) to spring a mine. Eventer la —; (milit.) to discover and destroy the enemy’s mine; (fig.) to discover the plot; to baffle any one’s designs.
miner, v.a., to mine, to undermine, to sap; to hollow, to waste, to wear away; to consume, to waste by slow degrees, to impair, to prey upon. — un bastion; (milit.) to mine a bastion. L’eau mine la pierre; water wears away stone. Cette maladie le mine; that disease is wearing him away. Se —; to become undermined.
mineral, n.m., ore. — lavé; buddled ore. Extraire le —; to dig out ore. — brut; raw ore.
minéral, n.m., mineral.
minéral, -e, adj., mineral.
minéralisateur, n.m., (chem., min.) mineralizer.
minéralisat-eur, -rice, adj., (chem., min.) mineralizing.