onciale, n. and adj. f., uncial.

oncle, n.m., uncle; (pop.) money-lender, usurer. — à la mode de Bretagne; father or mother’s cousin german.

onction, n.f., unction; anointing; grace, impressiveness. L’extrême —; (c.rel.) extreme unction, last sacrament.

onctueusement (-eûz-mān), adv., impressively, unctuously.

onctueu-x, -se, adj., unctuous, oily; impressive, moving. Une terre —se; fat earth. Un sermon —; an impressive or moving sermon.

onctuosité, n.f., unctuousness, oiliness.

onde, n.f., wave, billow, surge; watering. L’— amère; the briny main. Passer l’— noire; to cross the Stygian lake. Les —s d’un bois veiné; the waves of a piece of veined wood.

ondé, -e, adj., undulated, watered, curled, grained.

ondée, n.f., shower. Une forte —; a sharp, tremendous shower; a downpour.

ondin, n.m., -e, n.f., water-sprite, Undine.