raccommodement (-mod-mān), n.m., reconciliation, reconcilement.

raccommoder, v.a., to mend, to repair; to piece, to patch, to botch; to adjust, to set right; to improve, to correct; to reconcile, to make friends again; to darn. Faire — quelque chose; to have anything mended. On les a raccommodés; they have been reconciled.

se raccommoder, v.r., to be mended; (of persons) to be reconciled; to make it up again. Le mari et la femme se sont raccommodés; the husband and wife are friends again, or have made it up again.

raccommodeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., mender, patcher.

raccord, n.m., joining, fitting, junction; union; piece, patch.

raccordement, n.m., (arch.) leveling; union, junction; mending, patching.

raccorder, v.a., to join, to unite, to adjust, to connect, to level; to piece, to patch; (of instruments) to tune again.

raccourci, -e, part., shortened, abbreviated; too short. À bras —s; with might and main.

raccourci, n.m., epitome, abridgment, short cut; (paint.) foreshortening. En —; abridged, briefly; (persp.) foreshortened; (fig.) in miniature. Prendre au —; to take a short cut.

raccourcir, v.a., to shorten, to make shorter; to contract, to bend; to curtail; to abbreviate, to abridge; (persp.) to foreshorten.