jouter, to compete, to fight.
le jouvenceau, lad.
le joyau, jewel
joyeux, merry.
le juge, judge, magistrate.
le jugement, judgment; opinion.
juger, to judge ; to conjecture, to suppose.
la jument, mare,
jurer, to swear.
jusque, jusqu’a, to, till, as far as ; jusque la, so far, hitherto ; jusqu’ici, until now, hitherto ; jusqu’a ce que, until,
juste, just, equitable.
la, there ; là dessus, there-upon.
labourer, to plough.
le laboureur, ploughman; peasant.
le lacet, latchet.
le lache, coward.
lacher, to let go.
le lai, poem ; story,
la laideur, ugliness.
le laïque, layman.
laisser, to leave, let, allow ;
laisse faire, let me do, never mind.
le lait, milk.
le lambeau, rag, tatter, piece,
se lamenter, to lament.
le langage, language, style.
large, wide, broad,
la larme, tear,
le larron, thief, rogue.
las, tired.
lasser, to tire ; se lasser, to grow tired.
la lassitude, weariness.
laver, to wash.
lecher, to lick.
la lecon, lesson,
la legende, legend,
leger, light, slight,
legerement, lightly,
leguer, to bequeath,
le lendemain, next day, morrow ; le lendemain matin, the next morning.
leste, nimble ; scurrilous.
leur, their ; to them.
leurrer, to decoy, to deceive.
lever, to lift, to raise ;
lever les yeux, to look up ;
se lever, to rise.
le lever, getting up ; a son (leur) lever, on getting up.
la levre, lip.
le liberateur, deliverer,
la liberte, liberty, freedom,
libre, free,
librement, freely,
le licol, licou, halter, bridle.
lier, to tie, to bind,
la liesse, rejoicing.
le lieu, place; avoir lieu (de), to have reason (to) ; au lieu de, instead of.
la lieue, league.
le limonier, shaft horse.
lire (lisant, lu, lis, lus), to read.
lis , see lire,
le lis [lis], lily,
la lisiere, border, edge.
lisse, smooth,
le lit, bed.
le livre, book.
la livre, old name of the franc (silver coin).
livrer, to deliver up, to surrender ; se livrer, to give oneself up.
la loge, hut.
loger, to lodge, to put up ;
to dwell, reside.
le logis, house, dwelling-place ;
au logis, at home,
la loi, law ; rule.
