Dictionnaire
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ma, mon pl mes "my." Madame "Milady" (in the 17c-18c, a title restricted to the wife of Monsieur, the King's brother; later commonized as the term of address for a married woman).

Mademoiselle (in the 17c-18c, a title restricted to the first Princess of the royal blood while she remained unmarried; later commonized as the term of address for an unmarried woman).

main "hand."

maintenant "now."

mais "but."

maison "house."

maître "master."

mal "bad, badly; evil."

malgré "in spite of."

malheureux, -euse (a) "unhappy."

manquer (v) "be lacking, fail."

matin "morning"

mauvais (a) "bad" (Rossini)

me "me."

meilleur "better" > mieux.

même "same, self; even." la même chose "the same old thing" (Karr).

mère "mother."

méridional/e pl méridionaux (a) "southern."

mesure "measure."

mettre (v) "put, place."

mieux "better." le mieux "the better option" (Voltaire).

moi "me" (Montaigne); in T constructions "as for me." Moi, je dit . . . "As for me, I would say . . ." (Mozart).

monter (v) "climb, ascend."

montrer (v) "show, demonstrate."

moins "less."

mois "month."

moitié "half." àmoitié fait "half done."

mon, ma pl mes "my." Monsieur "Milord" (originally, in the 17c-18c, a title restricted to the King's eldest brother; later commonized to "sir").

monde "world."

montrer (v) "show."

mort "death."

mot "word, saying" (same range as ).

mourir (v) "die."

mouvement "movement."

moyen "means; middle."

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