aurone, n.f., abrotanum, southern-wood.
aurore, n.f., dawn, morning, morn, day-dawn, day; East; gold color; (myth., astron.) Aurora. À l’—; at daybreak. Avant l’—; before dawn. L’— commençait à poindre; day was beginning to dawn. L’— aux doigts de rose; rosy-fingered morn. Du couchant à l’—; from west to east. — boréale; aurora borealis.
auscultation, n.f., (med.) auscultation.
ausculter, v.a., (med.) to auscultate.
auspice, n.m., auspice, omen, presage. Heureux —s; a good omen, auspices.
aussi, adv., too, also, likewise; besides, therefore, moreover; accordingly; so; as much; as. Vous le voulez, et moi —; you will have it so, and I too. Donnez-m’en —; give me some too. Il est — sage que vaillant; he is as prudent as courageous. Il est — sot que son ami; he is as much a fool as his friend.
aussi, conj., therefore, but then. Ces dentelles sont belles, — coûtent-elles beaucoup; these laces are fine, but then they are dear. — bien; for, and the more so as; as well. Je ne veux point y aller, — bien est-il trop tard; I won’t go there, the more so as it is too late. Je n’ai que faire de l’en prier, — bien ne m’écouterait-il pas; it would be in vain for me to entreat him, inasmuch as he would not listen to me. Je sais cela — bien que vous; I know that as well as you. — peu que; as little as, as few as.
aussière or haussière, n.f., (nav.) hawser, small cable, warp.
aussitôt, adv., immediately, directly, as soon as, forthwith. — après votre départ; immediately after your departure. — dit, — fait; no sooner said than done. — que; as soon as, whenever. — qu’il viendra; as soon as he comes.
auster (os-tèr), n.m., auster, south-wind.