meeting, gathering.
reunir, _v._ to reunite, bring together, collect; se --, meet.
reussir, _v._ to succeed (in or with).
revaloir, _v._ to pay back.
revanche, _f._ revenge.
reve, _m._ dream.
reveil, _m._ awakening.
reveiller, _v._ to awaken; se --, awaken.
reveillon, _m._ midnight feast, supper (on Christmas Eve, etc.).
revelateur, -trice, _adj. and s._ revealing, tell-tale, revealer.
revelation, _f._ revelation.
reveler, _v._ to reveal.
revenir, _v._ to come back; return, recover, be due; -- sur ses
pas, retrace one's steps; revenu a lui, having recovered his
self-possession, having become himself again.
rever, _v._ to dream, dream of.
reverberation, _f._ reflection.
reverbere, _m._ reflector, street-lamp.
reverence, _f._ reverence, bow, curtsy.
reverie, _f._ revery, dreaming.
revers, _m._ reverse, facing (of cloth), back stroke (from left to
right), back.
revetir, _v._ to reclothe, put on, cover.
reveur, -euse, _adj. and s._ dreaming, dreamy, dreamer.
revivre, _v._ to revive, come to life again, live again.
revoir, _v._ to see again; au --, good-by (till next meeting).
revolution, _f._ revolution.
revolver, _m._ revolver (pronounced: revolver).
revoquer, _v._ to revoke, recall.
revue, _f._ review.
rez-de-chaussee, _m._ ground floor (first syllable is pronounced
_re_).
Rhin, _m._ Rhine.
rhingrave, _f._ wide breeches (of the 17th century).
riboter, _v._ to go on a spree.
ricaner, _v._ to sneer, chuckle.
richard, _m._ rich fellow (familiar).
riche, _adj. and s._ rich, rich person.
richement, _adv._ richly.
richesse, _f._ wealth, riches (also in _pl._).
richissime, _adj._ excessively rich (familiar).
ride, _f._ wrinkle, ripple.
rideau, _m._ curtain.
rider, _v._ to wrinkle.
ridicule, _adj. and m._ ridiculous, ridicule.
rien, _m._ nothing, anything; ne ... --, nothing; -- que,
only, merely; -- de bon, nothing good; -- de temps, no time;
ca ne fait --, that makes no difference; -- autre chose que,
nothing but.
rigoler, _v._ to be very much amused, split one's sides (familiar).
rigueur, _f._ rigor; tenir -- a, to treat coldly, refuse to
come to.
rime, _f._ rime.
rimer, _v._ to rime.
rin, dialectic for rien.
riole, _f._ debauch (obsolescent).
riposter, _v._ to reply (sharply).
rire, _v._ to laugh; donner a -- a, make laugh; _m._ laughter,
laugh; -- a, smile upon; -- aux eclats, burst out laughing.
risible, _adj._ laughable.
risque, _m._ risk.
risquer, _v._ to risk.
rite, _m._ rite.
rivage, _m._ shore