nhabitant of a faubourg (where
laborers, workmen, etc., live), plebeian.
faulx, obsolescent spelling of faux, _f._
faute, _f._ fault, error; -- de, for lack of; -- de
mieux, for lack of anything better; il y a un peu de votre --
dans, you are a little to blame for.
fauteuil, _m._ armchair.
fauve, _adj._ fallow, fawn-colored, tawny; bete --, wild
beast, deer.
fauvette, _f._ warbler.
faux, _f._ scythe.
faux, fausse, _adj._ false, pretended, wrong; -- pas, misstep,
mistake.
faveur, _f._ favor.
favorable, _adj._ favorable, pleasing.
favori, -te, _adj._ favorite; _m. pl._ whiskers, side-whiskers.
favoriser, _v._ to favor.
Fecamp, town on the English Channel between Le Havre and Dieppe
(department of Seine-Inferieure).
fee, _f._ fairy.
feindre, _v._ to feign, pretend.
Felibrige, _m._ name of a modern school or society of Provencal
writers (see also note given on p. 295).
felicite, _f._ felicity.
feliciter, _v._ to congratulate.
fellah, _m._ fellah (Egyptian peasant).
feminin, -e, _adj._ feminine.
femme, _f._ woman, wife; -- de chambre, maid.
fendre, _v._ to split, cleave, crack;
fendu, -e, split, wide open (of the mouth).
fenetre, _f._ window; sauter sur la --, to jump on the
window-sill.
fer, _m._ iron.
Ferdoussi, Firdusi or Ferdausi, celebrated Persian epic poet,
author of the Shahnamah or Book of Kings (c. 940-c. 1020).
ferme, _adj. and adv._ firm, steady, firmly, steadily, hard.
ferme, _f._ farm, farming out, lease.
fermenter, _v._ to ferment.
fermer, _v._ to close, shut; se --, close.
fermete, _f._ firmness, steadiness.
fermeture, _f._ closing, fastening.
fermier, _m._ farmer; -- general, farmer-general (financier to
whom, before the French Revolution, the taxes were farmed out).
feroce, _adj._ ferocious.
ferocite, _f._ ferocity.
ferrer, _v._ to tip with iron, shoe.
ferveur, _f._ fervor.
fete, _f._ festival, holiday, party, entertainment; jour de
--, holiday.
feu, _m._ fire, shot; de --, of fire, fiery, red-hot; faire
--, to fire; mettre le --, set fire (to anything); au coin de
son --, at her fireside.
feu, -e, _adj._ late, deceased.
feuille, _f._ leaf.
feuillee, _f._ bower, foliage.
feuillet, _m._ leaf (of a book).
feuilleter, _v._ to turn the leaves of.
feutre, _m._ felt, felt hat.
fevrier, _m._ February.
fi, _interj._ fie!; -- donc!, fie!, for shame!
fiancer, _v._ to betroth; fiance, -e, fiance, fiancee,
betrothed.
ficeler, _v._ to tie, bind.
ficelle, _f._ string.
fidele, _adj._ faithful.