conquered.
vainement, _adv._ vainly.
vainqueur, _m._ victor, conqueror; adjectively: victorious.
vaisseau, _m._ vessel, ship.
valet, _m._ valet, man-servant, farm-hand; -- de chambre,
man-servant.
valetaille, _f._ pack of footmen (derogatory).
valeur, _f._ value; _pl._ bills, paper (commercial).
valise, _f._ valise.
vallee, _f._ valley.
vallon, _m._ little valley, vale.
valoir, _v._ to be worth; -- mieux, be worth more, be better.
Van den Berg, name of the Doyen in _la Montre du Doyen_ (_van_ is
the Dutch prefix corresponding to the German _von, Berg_ = mountain, in
German).
vanite, _f._ vanity.
vaniteux, -euse, _adj._ vain.
vanter, _v._ to boast of, brag about, extol.
vanvole, _see_ venvole.
vapeur, _f._ vapor, steam, fume, mist; _m._ steamer.
vaquer, _v._ to be vacant; -- a, attend to, go about.
vareuse, _f._ jumper, pea-jacket.
variation, _f._ variation.
varier, _v._ to vary.
vase, _m._ vase.
vaste, _adj._ vast, immense.
va-t-au-nord, _m._ shift to the north (popular).
va-t-au-sud, _m._ shift to the south (popular).
veau, _m._ calf, veal.
vegetation, _f._ vegetation, vegetable growth, plant.
vehemence, _f._ vehemence.
veille, _f._ eve, clay before.
veiller, _v._ to watch, sit up; -- a, watch over; veille sur
toi, look out for yourself.
veine, _f._ vein, good luck.
velours, _m._ velvet.
veloute, -e, _adj._ velvety.
vendange, _f._ vintage.
vendetta, _f._ vendetta, blood-feud (in Italian, = vengeance;
_en_ pronounced as in _bien_).
vendeur, _m._ vendor, seller.
vendre, _v._ to sell; a --, for sale.
vendredi, _m._ Friday.
venerable, _adj._ venerable.
veneration, _f._ veneration; avoir en --, to worship.
vengeance, _f._ vengeance.
venger, _v._ to avenge.
venir, _v._ to come; -- de, come from, have just; -- a,
come to, happen; s'en --, come away or along; venu, _m._
comer.
vent, _m._ wind; au --, in the wind, flying.
vente, _f._ sale.
ventre, _m._ belly, stomach, hull, body.
ventrebleu, _interj._ by heaven!, etc.
ventru, -e, _adj._ big-bellied, pot-bellied.
venue, _f._. coming.
Venus, Venus; cheveux de --, kind of maidenhair fern.
venvole (a la), _adv._ heedlessly, lightly (obsolescent; formerly
and incorrectly written vanvole, the word is derived from
vent).
verdir, _v._ to make or turn green.
verdure, _f._ verdure, green vegetables.
vergue, _f._ yard (of a ship).
verification, _f._ verification.
veritable, _adj._ veritable, true, real.
veritablement, _adv._ veritably, really.
verite, _f._ tr
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