vent, n.m., wind, gale; flatulence; breath; (hunt.) scent; vanity, emptiness; (artil.) windage. Un souffle de —; a puff of wind. Un — coulis; a slight draught. Il fait du —; it is windy. Être à l’abri du —; to be sheltered from the wind. Jeter la plume au —; to allow chance to decide. Autant en emporte le —; all that is idle talk. Aller comme le —; to go swiftly, like the wind. Aller selon le —; to sail with the wind; (fig.) to go with the times; to be a time-server. — fait; settled wind. Au —; to the wind; (nav.) to windward. Sous le —; (nav.) to leeward. — de terre; land breeze. — de mer; sea breeze. Avoir — et marée; to have both wind and tide (in one’s favor). Avoir le dessus du —; (nav.) to have the weather-gauge; (fig.) to have the upper hand of any one. Avoir des —s; to be troubled with wind, flatulence (fig.). Lâcher un —; to break a wind. Tout cela n’est que du —; all that means nothing. Si le — le permet; weather permitting. Filer — arrière; (nav.) to sail before the wind. Gagner le — sur; to get to windward of; to weather. Prendre le —; to scent; (nav.) to sail near the wind. — frais; fresh gale. Gros coup de —; strong gale. Être logé aux quatre —s; to be exposed to every wind that blows. Avoir le — contraire; to have the wind against one. Flotter au gré du —; to float in the wind. Iles du —; (geog.) Windward Islands. — au visage rend un homme sage; (prov.) adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
*ventail, n.m., (her.) ventail, visor (of a helmet).
vente, n.f., sale; selling, auction; felling, cutting out (of timber). En —; for sale, now ready (of a book). Mettre en —; to offer for sale; to put up for sale, to publish (a book). — aux enchères; auction. — judiciaire; sale under warrant, or before the sheriff. Marchandise de bonne —; goods that go off well. Asseoir les —s; to mark the trees that are to be felled. Lods et —s; tax on the sale of heritages.
ventelle, n.f. paddle-valve (of lock-gates).
venter, v.n.imp., to blow, to be windy. Il vente; the wind is blowing, it is windy.
venteu-x, -se, adj., windy, flatulent.
ventier, n.m., wood-salesman.
ventilateur, n.m., ventilator, fan; (phys.) air-exhauster.
ventilation, n.f., ventilation, airing; (jur.) valuation.
ventiler, v.a., to ventilate, to air; (jur.) to value; (fig.) to discuss, to moot.