asbeste, n.m., asbestos.

ascaride, n.m., (ent.) ascaris.

ascendant, n.m., ascendant; ascendency, influence; power, ruling passion, ancestor. Avoir de l’— sur; to have influence over. —s et descendants; ancestors and descendants.

ascendant, -e, adj., ascending, ascendant, upwards.

ascenseur, n.m., hoist, lift.

ascension, n.f., ascent; up-stroke (of machinery); ascension; ascending, rising; Ascension-day, Holy Thursday. Jour de l’—; Holy Thursday.

ascensionnel, -le, adj., ascensional.

ascète, n.m.f., ascetic, anchoret; monk.

ascétique, adj., ascetic, rigid, severe.

ascétique, n.m., ascetic.