French Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

<br>M.=sir, Mr.<br>maçon=mason, bricklayer<br>Madame=Mrs.<br>Mademoiselle=unmarried woman, Miss<br>magister=village schoolmaster<br>mai=May<br>maire=mayor<br>mairie=town hall<br>mais=but<br>maison=house<br>[maison communale]=[town hall]<br>maître=master<br>maître=d’école schoolteacher<br>majeur=of legal age, older<br>majorité=legal age, majority<br>maladie=disease, sickness<br>maraîcher=market gardener<br>marchand=merchant<br>marchant=trader, merchant<br>marché=market<br>mardi=Tuesday<br>maréchal ferrant=blacksmith<br>mari=husband<br>mariage=marriage, wedding<br>marié=groom, husband, married (m.)<br>mariée=bride, wife, married (f.)<br>marier (se marier)=to get married<br>mariés=the married ones<br>marin=sailor<br>marocain(e)=Moroccan<br>marraine=godmother<br>mars=March, Mars<br>masculin=male, masculine<br>matin=early (a.m.), morning<br>mégisseur=tanner<br>membre=member<br>même=the same, even<br>mendiant=beggar<br>menuisier=joiner, carpenter<br>mercredi=Wednesday<br>mère=mother<br>mériter=to be worthy<br>messe=Catholic mass<br>messidor=See “Months”<br>métayer=dairy keeper, cowherd, sharecropper<br>métier=trade, occupation, profession<br>métis, métisse=mixed blood<br>meunier=miller<br>midi=noon<br>mil=thousand<br>militaire=military<br>mille=thousand<br>millième=thousandth<br>mineur=under legal age, younger, minor<br>minorité=under legal age, minority<br>minuit=midnight<br>mis(e) en terre=buried<br>Mlle.=Mademoiselle, Miss<br>Mme.=Madame, Mrs.<br>moi=me<br>mois=month<br>Monsieur=sir, Mr.<br>montagne=hill, mountain<br>mort(e)=dead, death<br>mort=né stillborn<br>moulin=mill<br>mourant=dying<br>mourir=to die<br>moyen(ne)=middle, median, central <br>mulâtre=mulatto<br>muni des sacrements de l’Eglise=furnished with the (last) rites of the church  

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