acabit, n.m., quality (of fruits, vegetables); quality, stamp, kidney (of persons). Cet homme est d’un bon —; he is a good sort of fellow. Ce sont des gens du même —; they are all tarred with the same brush.
acacia, n.m., acacia; gum-tree.
académicien (-si-in), n.m., academician.
académie, n.f., academy, society of learned men; academy (division of the University of France); academy (Plato’s); university; ☉riding-school; pupils, school. Tenir —; to keep a gaming-house; (paint.) academy figure.
académique, adj., belonging to an academy, academical.
académiquement (-mik-mān), adv., academically.
☉académiser, v.n., to paint from a model.
académiste, n.m., academist, pupil.
*acagnarder, v.a., (fam.) to accustom to sloth; to make idle.
s’acagnarder, v.r., to grow slothful, to lead an idle life; to become besotted.