oilet, dress, dressing.
Toine (abbreviation of Antoine), Tony.
toise, _f._ fathom (6 feet).
toiser, _v._ to size up, measure, eye from head to toot.
toison, _f._ fleece.
toit, _m._ roof.
tole, _f._ sheet-iron.
tolerer, _v._ to tolerate; -- que, bear to have.
tomate, _f._ tomato.
tombe, _f._ tomb, grave.
tombeau, _m._ tomb, tombstone.
tombeki, _m._ kind of tobacco raised chiefly in Persia (usually
written tombeki).
tomber, _v._ to fall, fall down, drop; faire --, make fall,
empty (ashes, etc.); le jour tombe, it grows dark; a la nuit
tombante, au jour tombant, at nightfall.
Tombouctou, Timbuktu (African town on the upper Niger).
ton, _m._ tone.
ton, ta (tes, _pl.), poss. adj. pr._ (familiar), your
(occasionally: thy).
Toni, Tony.
Tonkin, _m._ Tonkin (French protectorate in Indo-China,
definitively conquered in 1885).
tonne, _f._ tun, hogshead.
tonneau, _m._ cask, barrel, ton.
tonner, _v._ to thunder.
toque, _f._ Hat cap, toque (the French judge's toque suggests a
cylinder flaring at the top).
torche, _f._ torch.
tordre, _v._ to twist, wring; se --, writhe, laugh
convulsively.
torrent, _m._ torrent, flood.
tors, -e, _adj._ twisted, crooked.
torse, _m._ trunk (of a person), body.
tort, _m._ wrong, harm, stigma; avoir --, to be wrong; a
--, wrongly.
Tortillard, proper name suggesting tortiller.
tortiller, _v._ to twist.
tortu, -e, _adj._ crooked, gnarled.
tortue, _f._ tortoise, turtle.
torture, _f._ torture, torment; mettre l'esprit a la --, to
rack one's brains.
torturer, _v._ to torture, torment.
tot, _adv._ soon, early.
toucher, _v._ to touch, touch on; -- a, touch, meddle with,
border on, draw near; touchant,-e, touching, pathetic.
touffe, _f._ tuft, clump, cluster.
toujours, _adv._ always, all the time, continuously, ever, still,
nevertheless, at any rate.
tour, _f._ tower.
tour, _m._ turn, circuit, trip around, trick, feat; faire le --
(de), to make the circuit, fun around; -- a --, in turn.
tourbillon, _m._ whirlwind, whirlpool, swarm.
tourbillonner, _v._ to whirl.
tourelle, _f._ turret; escalier en --, winding turret
stairway.
tourmenter, _v._ to torment.
tournant, _m._ turn, corner.
tournee, _f._ turn, tour, trip, round.
tourner, _v._ to turn, flank, turn around or over or the corner of,
turn out, wind, twist, bend, circle; se --, turn oneself, turn,
turn around; mal --, take a turn for the worse, turn out badly;
mal tourne, badly formed or built, homely; -- au plafond,
encircle the ceilin
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