opossum (-som), n.m., (mam.) opossum.
opportun, -e, adj., opportune, convenient, seasonable, timely, well-timed, expedient.
opportunément, adv., opportunely, seasonably.
opportunité, n.f., opportuneness, seasonableness, expediency; opportunity.
opposable, adj., opposable.
opposant, -e, n. and adj., opponent, adversary; opposing, opposite, adverse.
opposé, -e, adj., opposite, contrary; facing; disinclined. Deux armées —es l’une à l’autre; two armies opposed one to the other.
opposé, n.m., opposite, reverse, contrary. Il est tout l’— de son père; he is quite the opposite of his father.
opposer, v.a., to oppose; to put in opposition; (jur.) to place opposite; to compare; to plead, to urge. — la force à la force; to oppose force to force.
s’opposer, v.r., to be opposed, to set one’s self against, to resist, to stem, to object, to combat, to stand in the way (of). S’— à quelque chose; to be opposed to anything. Vous vous y opposez; you stand in the way.