aboyant, -e, adj., barking.
aboyer, v.n., to bark, to bay, to yelp; to dun. Il aboie après tout le monde; he snarls at everybody. — après quelque chose; to long for a thing, covet a thing. — à la lune; to bark when one cannot bite; to complain in vain.
aboyeur, n.m., barker; snarler; dun; touter; link-man (at the door of a theatre): (orni.) greenshank. Ce journaliste n’est qu’un —; this journalist is nothing but a snarling critic.
abrac, n.m., abraxas.
abracadabra, n.m., abracadabra (magical word).
abraquer, v.a., (nav.) to haul taut.
abrasion, n.m., (med.) abrasion, excoriation.
abraxas, n.m., abracadabra.
abrégé, -e, adj., short, summary.
abrégé, n.m., abridgment, compendium, epitome, abstract, summary. En —; in a few words, briefly. Réduire en —; to epitomize.