skeptic.
essaim, _m._ swarm.
essayer, _v._ to try.
essence, _f._ essence, perfume, scent.
essentiel, -le, _adj._ essential (_t_ pronounced as _c_).
essoufflement, _m._ breathlessness.
essoufiler, _v._ to put out of breath; essouffle, -e, out of
breath, breathless.
essuyer, _v._ to wipe, wipe away.
estafette, _f._ courier, messenger.
estimer, _v._ to esteem, estimate.
estomac, _m._ stomach (pronounced: _estoma_).
estrade, _f._ platform, dais.
estropie, -e, _adj. and s._ crippled, maimed, cripple.
et, _conj._ and.
etable, _f._ stable, cattle-shed; -- a cochons, pig-sty.
etablir, _v._ to establish, set up, set, settle, fix, fasten, make;
s'--, be established, take a position, settle down, etc.
etablissement, _m._ establishment, moving in.
etage, _m._ flight of stairs, story, floor (above the groundfloor);
premier --, second story.
etain, _m._ tin, pewter.
etalage, _m._ goods exposed for sale, display, show-window.
etaler, _v._ to set out, spread out, display, expose goods (for
sale); s'--, spread out, be exposed or displayed.
etat, _m._ state, condition.
etat-major, _m._ staff.
etc., pronounced in French: _ett cetera_.
ete, _m._ summer.
eteindre, _v._ to extinguish, put out; s'--, die out, go out;
eteint, -e, extinguished, extinct, dead.
etendre, _v._ to extend, stretch, stretch out; s'--, extend,
stretch oneself out.
etendue, _f._ stretch, extent.
eternel, -le, _adj._ eternal, everlasting.
eternuer, _v._ to sneeze.
etinceler, _v._ to sparkle, glitter; etincelant, -e,
sparkling, glittering, brilliant.
etincelle, _f._ spark, flash, glitter.
etirer, _v._ to stretch.
etoffe, _f._ stuff, fabric.
etoile, _f._ star; coucher a la belle --, to sleep in the open
air.
etoiler, _v._ to star, stud, dot, shine like a star, sparkle.
etonnement, _m._ astonishment.
etonner, _v._ to astonish, amaze; s'--, be astonished.
etouffer, _v._ to stifle, muffle, smother, choke.
etourdi, -e, _adj. and s._ giddy, heedless, rattlebrained,
rattlebrain, madcap, giddy-headed fellow.
etrange, _adj._ strange.
etrangement, _adv._ strangely.
etranger, -ere, _adj. and s._ strange, foreign, stranger, foreigner.
etrangler, _v._ to strangle, choke.
etre, _v._ to be, go (in past tense); -- a, belong to, be the
right of, be the turn of, be busy (about); en - a, reach the point
of, come to; en - la, to be reduced to such a point, be in such a
condition; -- bien avec, be on good terms with; nous y sommes,
here we are; il est, there is or are (ra