hase, masc. form of, 155
hâte, h in, 127

hâter (se) (de), 462, 476
haubert, Teutonic origin
of, 26

haut, h in, 127
hârre, gender of, 264
-he, masc. nouns ending
in, 178, 258
heaume, Teutonic origin
of, 26,
héberger, Teutonic origin
of, 26
hébreu, hébraïque, 208
hedera, 264

hélas, pronunc. of, 108.
héler, English origin of,
36

héliotrope, gender of, 535
Helvetii, 5
hennir, h in, 127

pron. of, 90.

Henri, h in, 140
héraut, Teutonic origin
of, 26

h in, 127
hère, 26, note
hérisser, h in, 127
héron, Teut. origin of, 26
héroïne, length of o in, 78
masc. of, 155

héros, fem, of, 155
h in, 139

herse, -se in, 42

hésiter (à), 463, 477
hêtre, h in, 127
heur, 247, d

heureux, heur in, 247
heurter, h in, 127

Hiatus in prose, 97, 129,
131

century, 530
Malherbe's rules,

530

114

hurler, h in, 127
hutte, h in, 127
hymen, pronunciation of
en in, 89
hymenée, gender of, 255
hymenæus, 255

of ô in, 73
hordeum, 234
horloge, from
gium, 40, 2

horolo-

hymne, double gender of,

237

I

i French from e Latin, 39
i,. 39

i Latin into i French, 39

hormis, 436, 438

40, 2

hors, 436

hors de, 437

hospice, gender of, 173,

253

hospitium, 253

i, i, value of symbol in
pronunciation, 70

i in serviette, agitant,
Paris, Neuilly, agite,
length of, 78, 1

i in gite, gitant, length
of, 78, 1

163, 243

ia in fiacre, 80

verse, 526, A

iai in niais, 80

image, i in, 39
from imaginem,

40, 257
gender of, 177, 257
imaginem, -inem in, 40
i in, 39
imaginer, im in, how pro-
nounced, 77
imaginer (s), subjunctive
after, 468
not followed
by a preposition, 461,

Indefinite article, 146,

sen-

Indicative Mood, use of,
in Principal sentences,
465
Indicative Mood, use of,
in Subordinate sen-
tences, 465
Indicative or Conditional
in Subordinate
tences, 479 note
indice, gender of, 253
indigo, Spanish origin of,
31
inevitable and inévitable
accent in, compared,
52, 4
inexpugnable, gn not
mouillé in, 137
infanterie, Italian origin
of, 30
inférieur, fem. of, 147

gender of, 158
Infinitives used as sub-
stantives, plural of, 213
Infinitive Mood, 459, 474
inflare, in- in, 41
Initial letters, 96, note
initial, plural of, 214
inné, in in, 77

nn in, how pro-
nounced, 133
in-octavo, plural of, 151
inquiet, fem. of, 147
insecte, gender of, 186,

266

insectum, 266
inspecteur, from inspec-
torem, 202
instruire, 380

inter-, Latin prefix, 41
intérieur, length of é in,

79

intérim, pronunciation
of, 89
Interjections, 442

436

interligne, double gender
of, 159, 236
Interrogative Pronouns,
290
interstice, gender of, 253
interstitium, 253
intervalle, gender of,
260
intervallum, 260
Intransitive Verbs, 333
Intransitive Verbs usu-
ally take avoir in com-
pound tenses, 333, 371
Intransitive Verbs which
always take être, 333,
371
Intransitive Verbs with
être, model of, 349
Intransitive Verbs which
take avoir or étre, 371
Intransitive Verbs with
être.agree ment of Past
Participle in, 333
introduire, 380
-inus, Latin suffix, 42
inventeur, from invent-
torem, 202
investir, 388

inviter (à), 463, 477
involare, v in, 39

io in pioche, 80

io in verse, 526, A
-ion in lion, 80

gender of nouns in,
166, 216

in verse, 526, A
-ionem, Lat. suffix, .42
iou in chiourme, 80

fixes, 42

419A

J

25

jars, fem. form of, 155
jasmin, Spanish origin
of, 31
jaser, Provençal origin
of, 29
jaune, j in, 39
pronuncia-
je, tu, il, etc., 281, 299
tion of em in, 89
Jésus, s when sounded
in, 140
Jésus-Christ, pronuncia-
tion of, 140
jette, double consonants
in, 56, v

Jérusalem,

jeu, je,sounds of eu and e
in, compared, 66
jeu, length of cu in. 78
jeudi, compound word,

41

jeune, j in, 39

change of mean-
ing according to posi-
tion, 514

jeúne, gender of, 182,

262

Job, b sounded in, 140

j French from g Latin, 39 jocare, o in, 39

325

Jacob, b sounded in, 140
jacere, 39, 412
jadis, 421,

pronunciation of,

ios
jalap, Amer. origin of, 35
jam,j in, 39
jamais, 421, 431
jamais affirmative power

of, 434

janissaire, Oriental ori-
gin of, 33

,, pronunciation of,
103
jouir, oui in, 80
joujou, plural of, 148
jour, r in, 96

our in, 42
journal, -al in, 42
Judas, s silent in, 140
judiciare, j in, 39
juger, j in, 39
juin, j in, 39

uin in, 80
julep, p sounded in, 110

pronouns, 289

là-bas, 422

labeur, gender of, 247
Labials, permut. of, 39
sounds of, 94

labial, plural of, 214
labyrinthe, gender of,
186, 266

lacerta, c in, 29
lacs, from laqueus, 209
c silent in, 120

lactuca, -uca in, 42
là-dedans, 422

La Fontaine, orthogra-
phy of, 533
laid, Teutonic origin of,
26

laie, masc. form of, 155
laisser, ai in, 39

ss in, 39
laitue, -ue in, 42
lampion, gender of, 166,
note, 246
lande, 26, note

in

Latin Vulgate, words of,

Glosses of

Reichenau, 27
pronunciation of,

39, note

modern pronun-

ciation

France, 141

ence of, in 16th

century, 17, 37

of, in

and Greek, influ-

influence of, in the

gender of French

nouns, 232

and French con-

jugations
pared, 366

com-

laver (se), model of re-
flexive verb, 348
laxare, a in, 39

x in, 39
lazzi, plural of, 151
le (article), 146
le, la, les, history of, 196
le, Littré's remarks upon,
196, note

le, this or that, 198
le, indeclinable, 505

laneus, -eus in, 42
lange, -ge in, 42
Langue d'Oil and Langue
d'Oc, 11, 28
laps, p in, 110, note
laque, double gender of,
240

laquais, Spanish origin
of, 31
large, g in, 39
largus, g in, 39

Pronoun in English,
497, 4

le, before monsieur, 498
le (pronoun), 281
-le, French suffix, 42
-le, masc. nouns ending
in, 180, 260
-le, diminutives in, 180
"Learned" words, mean-
ing of, 232, note, 37
lécher,Teutonic origin of,

7, value of symbol in pro-
nunciation, 115
Z mouillé, 116

variation in
pronunciation of, 136
7 silent in endings -auld,
-ault, etc., 140
l'used instead of le, la,
146

7 of Latin words changed

into u in French, 214
la, see Articles

108

leçon, e in, 39

gender of, 166, 246
lectionem, t in, 39

gender of, 246
legatee, accent in Eng-
lish, 57
legere, e in, 39

légion, gender of, 166,

246

légiste, iste in, 42
legista, ista in, 42
legem, 243

102

légume, e in, 39

gend. of, 181, 261

legumen, e in, 39

gender of, 261
le long de, 437, 438
le mien, adjective pos-
sessive pronoun. 286
Length of vowels by
position, 78
Length of vowels by
nature, 78
le nôtre, adjectival pos-
sessive pronoun, 286
-lent, -lant, French suf-
fixes, 42
lent,lentement, 426, note
-lentus, Latin suffix, 42
lequel, interrogative pro-

noun, 294
used for animals,
etc., instead of
qui, 314
and qui, que, com-
pared, 314
rarely employed
by Molière, 314
les influence of 8 on pro-
nunciation of e, 96, note
le sien, substantive pos-
sessive pronoun, 286
lest.pronunciation of, 106
leste, Teutonic orig. of, 26
le tien, adject. possessive
pronoun, 286
Letters, names of, 43

sounds of, see
Vowels and Consonants
lettres royaux, 207, note
leur, eu in, 82, B

,, adjective possessive

pronoun, 285

no special feminine
form, 285, 303

lère, accent in, 56, v.
lèverai, accent in, 56, v.

le vôtre, 286

lézard, z in, 39
Liaison, 100, 129

increase of, in
Modern French, 131
libella, l in, 39

libellus, 260
liber, 260

libraire, gender of, 261
librum, b in, 39
Licenses, poetical, mean-
ing of term, 529
licere, e in, 39
licou, compound word, 41
Liégeois, p. 20, note
lierre, gender of, 184, 264
lieue, Celtic origin of, 25
lièvre,fem.form of, 155
lieutenant-colonel, plural
of, 152
ligne, -gne in, 42
Limousin, p. 21, note
Lingua Romana, 8, 27
linea, ca in, 42
linge, gender of, 177,

257
linguiste, ui in, 84
linteum, 257
lion, ion in, 80

Long and short syllables,
47

Long and short vowels,

78
long, fem. of, 147

position of, 514
longtemps, 421
longueur, gender of, 247
lors, 421, 426, 432
lorsque, origin of, 432,441
Lothaire, 9
louange, ouan in, 80
Louis XI., 15
loup, fem. of, 155
louis, from proper name,
215

Louis the German, 9
Louis, from Ludovicus,
209

loup-cervier, plural of,