respiratoire (rès-pi-ra-toar), adj., respiratory.
respirer (rès-pi-ré), v.n., to breathe, to respire; to take breath, to draw breath, to rest; to long for. Il a de la peine à —; he can scarcely breathe. — après quelque chose; to long for anything, to desire anything ardently.
respirer (rès-), v.a., to breathe, to inhale; to thirst after, to long for; to bespeak, to betoken, to express. Son visage respire la douceur; his face betokens gentleness. Il ne respire que la vengeance; he thirsts after vengeance.
resplendir (rès-plān-), v.n., to shine brightly; to be resplendent, to glitter.
resplendissant, -e (rès-plān-), adj., resplendent, bright, glittering.
resplendissement (rès-plān-dis-mān), n.m., resplendence.
responsabilité (rès-), n.f., responsibility, liability.
responsable (rès-), adj., responsible, answerable, liable, accountable.
responsi-f, -ve (rès-), adj., (jur.) responsory.
ressac (rĕ-sak), n.m., (nav.) surf.