naffe, n.m., orange-flower. Only used in Eau de —; orange-flower water.
nage, n.f., swimming; rowing, sculling, paddling; (fig.) profuse perspiration, sweat. A la —; swimming, by swimming. Passer la rivière à la —; to swim across the river or to row over. Se jeter à la —; to leap into the water. Être tout en —; to be in a bath of perspiration. Donner la —; to pull the stroke oar, to give the stroke.
nagée, n.f., (l.u.) stroke in swimming or rowing.
nagement (na-jmān), n.m., swimming, rowing.
nageoire, n.f., fin (of a fish); cork, bladder, float for swimming; board floating in a pail (to keep the water steady).
nageoter, v.n., to swim a little, to swim about.
nager, v.n., to swim; to float; to roll; to welter; (nav.) to row, to paddle, to scull, to pull. Il nage comme un poisson; he swims like a fish. — dans l’opulence; to be rolling in riches. — entre deux eaux; to swim under water; (fig.) to be a trimmer. — dans son sang; to be weltering in one’s blood. — à culer; (nav.) to back, to back water.
nageu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., swimmer; (nav.) rower, oarsman.
naguère or naguères (na-ghèr), adv., lately, but lately, but now, not long ago.
naïade, n.f., (myth.) naiad, water-nymph.