par mois, etc., absence of | partir takes être in com-
article in, 497, note
paroi, gender of, 163,
parrain, fem. form of,
155
parricide, gender of, 254
parricidium, 254
Parts of speech, 143
part, gender of, 169, 249
part en part, 129
parterre, gender of, 271
participant, frequent
agreement of, 449
participe, gender of, 183,
263
participium, 263
Participle, 448, note
Participle Past stem, 328
Participle Past, use of in
compound tenses, 329
Participle Past, agree-
ment of, in Passive
sentence, 333, 449, 4
Participle Past, agree-
ment of, in Active sen-
tence, 449, 5
Participle Past, theory
of agreement in Active
sentence, 449, 458
Participle Past, agree
ment in Active sen-
tence till 16th cent.,458
Participle Past, agree-
ment in Active sen-
tence in 17th century,
458
Participle Past, Modern
agreement, examples
of, 458
Participle Past in Active
sentence, Whitney
quoted upon, 458
Participle Past, with In-
transitive verbs having
être, 333, 458
Participle Present, agree-
ment of, 448, 457
Participle Present, opi-
nion of Littré and
Génin upon modern
rule, 457
partir, 342, obs.
pays, etc., how pron.,
paysan, fem. of, 155
pas, affirmative power-pe, masc. ending,183,263
pascal, plural of, 214
passer, takes être or
avoir, 371
Passive Verb, less used
in French than in
English, 336, note
Passive Verb, what
meant by, 449
Passive voice, no special
tense-forms for, 336
passoire, gender of, 264
Past Imperfect tense,
327, 328
Past Imperfect
uses of, 489
Past Participle, see
ticiple
Past Perfect tense, 327,
peau, gender of, 170, 250
peccadille, Italian origin
of, 30
pécheur, pécheresse, 202
pêcheur, pêcheuse, 202
pécore (la), 230
pectinem, 262
pédant, Ital. orig. of, 30
pedem, 260
pédicule, gender of, 260
pediculus, 260
pédoncule, gender of, 260
peignant, g in, 382
peigne, see peindre
gender of, 182,262
peignis, see peindre
Par-peindre, 325, 346, 382
peint and vendu, 382, 4
peintre, from pictor, 209
fem. use of, 230
Past Perfect tense, uses
of, 490
Past Simple tense, 327,
328
Past Simple tense, uses
of, 488
Past tense forms,
quence of, 494
pasteur, pâtre, 209
pastoral (French) and
pastoral (English), ac-
cent in, compared, 52, 4
pâté, gender of, 162, 242
patience, en in, 90, 2
Patois, 28
patraster, -aster in, 42
pâtre and pasteur com-
pared, 209
patrem, a in, 39
pesanteur, gender of, | pinson, Celtic origin of, 25
pioche, io in, 80
pioneer, how accented in
English, 57
piper, 39, 264
pique, gender of, 239
pire, 209, 273
piston, Italian orig. of, 30
pisum, i in, 39
pittoresque, Italian ori-
gin of, 30
pix, 251
pl in a syllable, 45
placere, a in, 39
placet, plural of, 151
plaga, 257
plage, gend. of, 177, 257
plaindre, 382
plaire, liketaire, 355, 376
ai in, 392, 3
(à), 463, 471
plaisant, change of mean-
ing according to posi-
tion, 514
plaisir, ai in, 39
old form of plaire,
376
plat, dish, and plat, flat,
56, vii.
plâtre,gender of, 184, 264
plein, -ein in, 42
in terre-plein, 223
plénière, only used in
the fem., 208
plenus, -enus in, 42
pleurs, 227
pleuvoir, 359
plicare, i in, 39
plomb, b silent in, 111
ployer, oi in, 39
plu, see pleuvoir
Plural of ordinary ad-
jectives and sub-
stantives, 148
history of s as a
mark of, 209
Plural of proper names, | populus, ending in, 40, | pour le coup, le in, 198
of foreign words, por-, pour-, Latin prefix,
151, 217
of compound sub-porc, c silent in, 120
stantives and ad-porcelaine, Italian origin
jectives, 152, 218
irregularities in,
caused by vocal-
isation of 7, 214
plus-que-parfait, pro-
nunciation of, 108
plus tôt, 421
of, 30
porche, che in, 42
gender of, 535
pore, gender of, 184, 264
portare, a in, 39
porte-allumettes, plural
porte-clefs, plural of, 220
plut, see pleuvoir and porte-feuille, gender of,
poêle, gend. of, 159, 235
poète, oè in, 80
fem. use of, 230
Poetical licenses in
verse, 529
poignard, etc., pronun-
ciation of, 70
point, affirmative power
of, 434
poire, gender of, 184,
271
porter, e in, 39
model of conju-
gation in -er, 325
340
porticus, -icus, in, 42
portique, gender of, 535
portrait, por- in, 41
porus, 264
Possessive Pronouns,
284, 300-303
post-, Latin prefix, 41
post-natus, post in, 41
postscriptum, plural of,
postscriptum, pronuncia-
tion of, 89
poste, gender of, 159, 239
postérieur, fem. of, 147
275
posterula, l in, 39
polype, gend. of, 231, 263 poulet, gender of, 231, y
ponce, o in, 39
n in, 39
populace, Ital.orig. of, 30
Popular and Low Latin,
difference between, 24
Popular words, 37
pouliche, masc. of, 155
poulpe, gender of, 231
pouls, ou in, 39
pour, 436
pourboire, gender of, 271
pour l'amour de, 437
précisément, from précis,
426, 435
préfix, fem. of, 147
prehensionem, 246
préjudice, gender of. 253
prémices, no sing., 227
premièrement, 423
prenant, see prendre
prendre, 357, 394
prendre plaisir (à), 463,
Prepositions, 436
près, 422
près de, 437
Present Participle, see
Participle
Present stem, 328, 354
programme, gender of, | public, fem. of, 147
181, 261
promettre (de), 462, 476
présentement, 421, 426, prompt, pronunciation
note, 435
presque, 424
presser (se) (de), 462, 476
présumer, subjunctive
after, 468
prête, length of ê, 79
prétendant, frequent a-
greement of, 449, note
prétendre, not followed
by a preposition, 461,
475
prêter, length of ê, 79
prétexte, double gender
of, 236
prêtre, fem. of, 155
puiné, pui- in, 41
| puis-, French prefix, 41
puis, 41, 421
puis (je), see pouvoir
puisque, 441
puissé-je, accent in, 56, v.
puisse, see pouvoir
puits, from puteus, 209
pulpitum, 264
pulsus, u in, 39
sition of, 513, 517-519
u in, 39
Pronunciation, care re-punir (de), 462, 476
quired when judging pupille, l not mouillé in,
of, 78
Pronunciation of Latin,
141
Pronunciation
French 142
Proper names, pronun-
ciation of, 140
Proper names, plural of,
150, 215
Proper names, gender of,
272
Proper substantives, 144
prophète, fem. of, 155
proposer(se)(de).462,476
propre, change of mean-
ing according to posi-
tion, 514
Prosody, 521-532
Protasis and Apodosis,
protége, length of é in, 79
Prothesis, 40
protrahere, pro- in, 41
Provençal origin, words
of, 29
Provençal, where once
spoken, 29
proverbe, gender of, 172,
Proverbs, frequent ab-
sence of article in, 497
providere, pro- in, 41
provoquer (à), 463, 477
prudemment, pronuncia-
tion of, 90
Psyché, ch in, 140
pu, from paître
from pouvoir
-re, fourth conjugation,
model 1, 344
-re, fourth conjugation,
model 2, 345
-re, fourth conjugation,
model 3, 346
quelque, indefinite pro-r French from 7 Latin, 39-re, fourth conjugation,
quei.. que, 319
quelque que, 319
quelque (some), 318
quelque chose, gender of,
r Latin into 7 French, 39-re,
r, value of symbol in pro-
nunciation, 114, 138
r, rarely carried on, 114
-r, fem. nouns ending in,
167
-rd.-rt, how pronounced,
129
rabiem, 257
Rabelais, influence of,
upon French, 18
race, Teutonic origin of,
26
racheter, use of accent
in tonic syllable, 392,1
Racine's orthography,
533
râcloire, gender of, 264
radicem, -icem in, 42
radis, Provençal origin
of, 29
-is in, 42
conjugation in, cor-
responds to Latin in
-ĕre, 366
-re, masc. ending, 184,
not a regular
verb, 364, note
strong and weak
forms in, 392, 3
récipient, en in, how pro-
nounced, 90, 2
récipissé, plural of, 151
Reciprocal verbs, how
conjugated, 334
rage, gender of, 177, note, réclame, double gender
|