vantardise, n.f., (fam.) habitual boasting, bragging.
vanter, v.a., to vaunt, to cry up, to praise up, to extol.
se vanter, v.r., to boast, to vaunt, to brag; to praise one’s self; to plume one’s self upon. Il n’y a pas de quoi se —; there is nothing to brag of.
vanterie (vān-trî), n.f., boasting, bragging, vaunting; brag, boast.
☉vanteur, n.m. V. vantard.
va-nu-pieds, n.m. and f., (—) tatterdemalion, ragged rascal, ragamuffin, waif and stray; vagabond, beggar.
vapeur, n.f., vapor, fume, steam, damp, exhalation. pl., vapors, hysterics. À la —; by steam. Bateau à —; steam-boat, steamer. Remorqueur à —; steam-tug. Chaudière à —; steam-boiler. Machine à —; steam-engine. Registre de —; throttle-valve (of a steam-engine). En —; with the steam on. À toute —; at full speed. Mettre en —; to put the steam on, to get up steam. On est en pleine —; steam is up.
vapeur, n.m., steamer. — poste; mail-steamer.
vaporeu-x, -se, adj., vaporous, vaporish; (paint.) aërial.
vaporisation, n.f., vaporization.