mirabelle, n.f., (bot.) mirabelle (plum).
miracle, n.m., miracle, wonder. À —; miraculously, extremely well, wonderfully well. Faiseur de —s; miracle-monger. Crier —; to cry out wonderful! Crier au —; to declare a thing a miracle. Opérer des —s; to work miracles. C’est un — de beauté; she or it is wonderfully beautiful. C’est un — de vous voir; it is a wonder to see you. Le beau —! not so wonderful after all; or why, is that all!
miraculeusement (-leûz-mān), adv., miraculously, wonderfully.
miraculeu-x, -se, adj., miraculous, wonderful, marvelous.
mirage, n.m., mirage; looming; (fig.) shadow, outline, delusion.
mirauder, v.a. V. mirer.
mire, n.f., (artil.) aim; (of firearms) sight, foresight. Prendre sa —; to take aim. Point de —; aim, point aimed at; object, end, in view.
miré, adj., (hunt.) with tusks curved inwards (of boars).
mirer, v.a., to aim, to take aim, to aim at, to have in view; to look at; to examine; to candle (eggs). — une place; to aim at a situation. — des œufs; to try eggs (by holding them up to the light).
se mirer, v.r., to look at one’s self in a glass; to admire one’s self; (of things) to be reflected. Se — dans ses plumes; to take pride in one’s beauty and dress.