asphyxié, n.m., -e, n.f., a person in a state of asphyxia.
asphyxier, v.a., to cause asphyxia, to suffocate. Le gaz les asphyxia; the gas suffocated them.
s’asphyxier, v.r., to destroy one’s self by suffocation.
aspic, n.m., aspic; asp; (bot.) aspic; spikenard; spike-lavender; (cook.) cold meat or fish, with jelly. Langue d’—; a viper’s tongue.
aspirant, -e, adj., suction, sucking (of pumps).
aspirant, n.m., -e, n.f., candidate, suitor, aspirant, postulant; midshipman. — au doctorat; candidate for a doctor’s degree. — de marine; midshipman.
aspirateur, n.m., (of air-pumps) exhauster.
aspiration, n.f., inhaling, inspiration; (gram.) aspiration, breathing; (of pumps) exhaustion, suction; aspiration, longing after, fervent desire. Tuyau d’—; exhausting pipe.
aspiré, -e, adj., aspirate; (hydr.) exhausted.
aspirée, n.f., (gram.) aspirate.