respectablement, adv., respectably.
respecter (rès-pèk-), v.a., to respect, to reverence, to revere; to spare. — la vieillesse; to respect old age. Respectez ses sentiments; spare his feelings. Le temps n’a pas respecté ces monuments; time has not spared those monuments. Se faire —; to command respect.
se respecter (rès-pèk-té), v.r., to respect one’s self; to respect each other.
respecti-f, -ve (rès-pèk-), adj., respective.
respectivement (rès-pèk-tiv-mān), adv., respectively.
respectueusement (rès-pèk-tu-eûz-mān), adv., respectfully, reverentially, dutifully, deferentially.
respectueu-x, -se (rès-pèk-), adj., respectful, reverential, dutiful, deferential.
respirable (rès-), adj., respirable, breathable.
respirateur, adj., respiratory. n.m., respirator.
respiration (rès-), n.f., respiration, breathing. Difficulté de —; shortness of breath. Avoir la — coupée; to be unable to get one’s breath.