auxiliaire, adj., auxiliary, subsidiary. Verbe —; auxiliary verb.
auxiliaire, n.m., auxiliary; helper, assistant.
s’avachir, v.r., to flag; to grow fat and flabby; to get out of shape, to run down at heel.
aval, adv., down, downwards, down stream. Le vent vient d’—; the wind is blowing up stream. En — de; below. Vent d’—; westerly wind.
aval, n.m., (com.) guarantee, indorsement. Mettez votre — au dos de ce billet; indorse that bill.
avalaison, n.f., flood, torrent; (nav.) a long-continued west or northwest wind.
avalanche, n.f., avalanche, snow-slip.
avalasse, n.f. V. avalaison.
avalé, -e, part., flagging, hanging down; sunk, fallen in; gone down stream.
avaler, v.a., to swallow, to swallow down; to let down; to endure, to pocket (affront); to lower (things into a cellar); to drink, to toss off; (gard.) to lop; to gulp down. — un affront; to pocket an insult. Il ne fait que tordre et —; he gobbles up everything. — du vin dans une cave; to let wine down into a cellar. — une branche; to lop off a branch close to the trunk. — des couleuvres; to pocket many affronts.