oca, n.m., (bot.) oca.
occase, adj., (astron.) occasive (i.e. westerly).
occasion, n.f., opportunity, occasion; cause, reason, behalf, sake; bargain, job-lot, second-hand. Il faut attendre l’—; one must bide one’s time. Profiter d’une —; to take advantage of, to improve, an opportunity. En toute —; on all occasions. Dans l’—; as occasion offers, when occasion serves. Par —; occasionally; accidentally. Je vous l’enverrai par —; I shall send it you by private hand. À votre —; for your sake. D’—; accidentally; second-hand. Marchandise d’—; second-hand goods, job-lot.
occasionnel, -le, adj., occasional.
occasionnellement (-nèl-mān), adv., occasionally.
occasionner, v.a., to occasion, to bring on, to cause, to produce.
occident, n.m., West. D’—; western.
occidental, -e, adj., occidental, western, westerly. Les Indes —es; the West Indies.
occidentaux, n.m.pl., natives, inhabitants, of the western countries.
occipital, -e, adj., occipital.