abrutissement (-mān), n.m., brutishness, stupor, sottishness.
abrutisseur, n.m., brutalizer; adj., stupefying, brutalizing.
abscisse, n.f., (geom.) abscissa.
absence, n.f., absence, inadvertence, want of. — d’esprit; absence of mind. Avoir des —s d’esprit; to have fits of absence. Remarquer l’— de; to miss.
absent, -e, adj., absent, out of the way, missing, wanting; (of the mind) wandering.
absent, n.m., one absent, absentee. Les —s ont toujours tort; the absent are always in the wrong.
s’absenter, v.r., to absent one’s self; to keep out of the way.
absentéisme, n.m., absenteeism.
abside, n.f., (arch. and rel.) apse.
absinthe, n.f., absinthe, wormwood; bitters.