objectivité, n.f., objectivity.
objet, n.m., object, subject, matter, business; aim, end, view, drift, purport; article. pl., goods. Un — de risée; a laughing-stock. Être l’— de la conversation; to be the subject of conversation. Il n’a pour — que son intérêt; his only aim is self-interest. Il vend toutes sortes d’—s; he deals in all sorts of articles. —s de première nécessité; articles of indispensable use.
objurgation, n.f., objurgation.
objurgatoire, adj., objurgatory.
oblat, n.m., ☉lay monk.
oblation, n.f., oblation, offering.
obligataire, n.m., (com., fin.) bond-holder, debenture-holder.
obligation, n.f., obligation; (com., fin., jur.) bond, debenture, preference share. Remplir ses —s; to fulfill one’s obligations. Vous êtes dans l’— de lui répondre; you are bound to answer him. Être dans l’— de; to be under an obligation to. Porteur d’—; (com.) bond-holder, debenture holder.
obligatoire, adj., obligatory, incumbent.
obligatoirement (-tôar-mān), adv., obligatorily, compulsorily.