Notre-Dame de Paris — Page 4
LITTLE SWORD IN POCKET.
PETITE ÉPÉE EN POCHE.
CHAPTER VII. CHATEAUPERS TO THE RESCUE.
CHAPITRE VII. CHÂTEAUPERS AU SECOURS.
BOOK ELEVENTH.
LIVRE ONZIÈME.
CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE SHOE.
CHAPITRE I. LE PETIT SOULIER.
CHAPTER II. THE BEAUTIFUL CREATURE CLAD IN WHITE. (Dante.)
CHAPITRE II. LA BELLE CRÉATURE VÊTUE DE BLANC. (Dante.)
CHAPTER III. THE MARRIAGE OF PHOEBUS.
CHAPITRE III. LE MARIAGE DE PHŒBUS.
CHAPTER IV. THE MARRIAGE OF QUASIMODO.
CHAPITRE IV. LE MARIAGE DE QUASIMODO.
NOTE.
NOTE.
FOOTNOTES.
NOTES DE BAS DE PAGE.
VOLUME I.
TOME I.
BOOK FIRST.
LIVRE PREMIER.
CHAPTER I. THE GRAND HALL.
CHAPITRE I. LA GRANDE SALLE.
Three hundred and forty-eight years, six months, and nineteen days ago to-day, the Parisians awoke to the sound of all the bells in the triple circuit of the city, the university, and the town ringing a full peal.
Il y a trois cent quarante-huit ans, six mois et dix-neuf jours, les Parisiens s'éveillèrent au son de toutes les cloches sonnant à grande volée dans la triple enceinte de la Cité, de l'Université et de la Ville.
The sixth of January, 1482, is not, however, a day of which history has preserved the memory.
Le six janvier 1482 n'est cependant pas un jour dont l'histoire ait conservé le souvenir.
There was nothing notable in the event which thus set the bells and the _bourgeois_ of Paris in a ferment from early morning.
Il n'y avait rien de remarquable dans l'événement qui mettait ainsi en émoi, dès le matin, les cloches et les _bourgeois_ de Paris.
It was neither an assault by the Picards nor the Burgundians, nor a hunt led along in procession, nor a revolt of scholars in the town of Laas, nor an entry of "our much dread lord, monsieur the king," nor even a pretty hanging of male and female thieves by the courts of Paris.
Ce n'était ni une attaque des Picards ni des Bourguignons, ni une chasse menée en procession, ni une révolte des écoliers dans la ville de Laas, ni une entrée de « notre très redouté seigneur, monsieur le roi », ni même une belle pendaison de larrons et de larronnesses par la justice de Paris.
Neither was it the arrival, so frequent in the fifteenth century, of some plumed and bedizened embassy.
Ce n'était pas non plus l'arrivée, si fréquente au quinzième siècle, de quelque ambassade empanachée et chamarrée.
It was barely two days since the last cavalcade of that nature, that of the Flemish ambassadors charged with concluding the marriage between the dauphin and Marguerite of Flanders, had made its entry into Paris, to the great annoyance of M.
Il y avait à peine deux jours que la dernière cavalcade de ce genre, celle des ambassadeurs flamands chargés de conclure le mariage entre le dauphin et Marguerite de Flandre, avait fait son entrée à Paris, au grand ennui de M.
Vocabulary
- PETITE
- Small or little, feminine form of petit
- ÉPÉE
- A fencing sword; thin blade used in competition
- EN
- In, on, or into; common French preposition
- POCHE
- A pocket in clothing or a bag
- CHAPITRE
- A chapter in a book or document
- AU
- Contraction of à+le; to the, at the
- SECOURS
- Help or rescue; aid in an emergency situation
- LIVRE
- A book; also an old French unit of currency
- ONZIÈME
- Eleventh; the ordinal number following tenth
- LE
- The; masculine singular definite article in French
- PETIT
- Small or little; masculine form of petite
- SOULIER
- A shoe; footwear worn on the foot
- LA
- The; feminine singular definite article in French
- BELLE
- Beautiful; feminine form of beau
- CRÉATURE
- A creature or being, human or otherwise
- VÊTUE
- Dressed or clothed; past participle of vêtir
- DE
- Of, from; very common French preposition
- BLANC
- White; a color, masculine form
- MARIAGE
- Marriage; the union of two people formally
- NOTE
- A note or annotation; brief written remark
- NOTES
- Notes or annotations; plural of note
- BAS
- Low or bottom; also stockings or socks
- PAGE
- A page in a book or document
- TOME
- A volume or large book in a series
- PREMIER
- First; the ordinal adjective meaning number one
- GRANDE
- Large or great; feminine form of grand
- SALLE
- A room or hall, often large and public
- Il
- He or it; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- y
- There; adverbial pronoun referring to a place
- a
- Has; third-person singular of avoir (to have)
- trois
- Three; the cardinal number 3
- cent
- One hundred; the cardinal number 100
- quarante-huit
- Forty-eight; the cardinal number 48
- ans
- Years; plural of an, referring to age or duration
- six
- Six; the cardinal number 6
- mois
- Month or months; unit of time
- et
- And; basic coordinating conjunction in French
- dix-neuf
- Nineteen; the cardinal number 19
- jours
- Days; plural of jour, unit of time
- les
- The; plural definite article for both genders
- Parisiens
- Parisians; inhabitants or natives of Paris
- s'
- Reflexive pronoun se elided before vowel
- éveillèrent
- Woke up; past historic of s'éveiller
- son
- Sound or his/her; noun meaning an audible noise
- toutes
- All; feminine plural form of tout
- cloches
- Bells; plural of cloche, church or tower bell
- sonnant
- Ringing or sounding; present participle of sonner
- à
- To, at, in; very common French preposition
- grande
- Large or great; feminine form of grand
- volée
- Full peal; bells swinging at full ring
- dans
- In or inside; French preposition of location
- triple
- Triple; consisting of three parts or layers
- enceinte
- Enclosure or city wall; also means pregnant
- Cité
- City or island city; the Île de la Cité
- l'
- The; elided definite article before a vowel
- Université
- University; an institution of higher learning
- Ville
- City or town; urban settlement or municipality
- janvier
- January; the first month of the year
- n'
- Elided negation particle ne before vowel
- est
- Is; third-person singular of être (to be)
- cependant
- However or nevertheless; concessive adverb
- pas
- Not; negation particle used with ne
- un
- A or one; masculine indefinite article
- jour
- A day; a unit of time, 24 hours
- dont
- Whose or of which; relative pronoun
- histoire
- History or story; account of past events
- ait
- Has; third-person singular subjunctive of avoir
- conservé
- Preserved or kept; past participle of conserver
- souvenir
- Memory or remembrance; recollection of the past
- avait
- Had; third-person singular imperfect of avoir
- rien
- Nothing; negation meaning not anything
- remarquable
- Remarkable or notable; worthy of attention
- événement
- An event or occurrence; something that happens
- qui
- Who or which; relative or interrogative pronoun
- mettait
- Was putting or setting; imperfect of mettre
- ainsi
- Thus or in this way; adverb of manner
- émoi
- Excitement or commotion; emotional agitation
- dès
- From or as early as; preposition of time
- matin
- Morning; the early part of the day
- bourgeois
- Middle-class citizen; townsperson of some standing
- Ce
- This or that; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- était
- Was; third-person singular imperfect of être
- ni
- Neither/nor; negative correlative conjunction
- une
- A or one; feminine indefinite article
- attaque
- An attack or assault; aggressive action against someone
- des
- Some or of the; partitive or plural article
- chasse
- A hunt or chase; pursuit of animals or people
- menée
- Led or conducted; past participle of mener
- procession
- A procession; an organized ceremonial march
- révolte
- A revolt or uprising; rebellion against authority
- écoliers
- Schoolboys or students; young people in school
- ville
- City or town; an urban area or settlement
- entrée
- Entry or entrance; act of entering a place
- notre
- Our; first-person plural possessive adjective
- très
- Very; adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb
- redouté
- Feared or dreaded; commanding great respect/fear
- seigneur
- Lord or master; a nobleman or feudal superior
- monsieur
- Mister or sir; formal address for a man
- roi
- King; the male monarch of a kingdom
- même
- Even or same; adverb or adjective of sameness
- pendaison
- A hanging; execution by hanging someone
- larrons
- Thieves; plural of larron, old word for thief
- par
- By or through; preposition indicating means or agent
- justice
- Justice or the law; the legal system's authority
- non
- No; negation or refusal in French
- plus
- More or no longer; adverb of degree or negation
- arrivée
- Arrival; the act of reaching a destination
- si
- So, if, or yes; conjunction or adverb of condition
- fréquente
- Frequent; occurring often or at short intervals
- quinzième
- Fifteenth; ordinal number following fourteenth
- siècle
- Century; a period of one hundred years
- quelque
- Some or a few; indefinite adjective of quantity
- ambassade
- An embassy; diplomatic mission or its delegation
- peine
- Hardship, penalty, or hardly; effort or difficulty
- deux
- Two; the cardinal number 2
- que
- That, than, or what; versatile conjunction or pronoun
- dernière
- Last or most recent; feminine form of dernier
- cavalcade
- A cavalcade; a procession of riders or vehicles
- ce
- This or that; demonstrative pronoun
- genre
- Kind, type, or gender; a category or sort
- celle
- The one; feminine singular demonstrative pronoun
- ambassadeurs
- Ambassadors; official diplomatic representatives of nations
- chargés
- Charged with or tasked; loaded or assigned a mission
- conclure
- To conclude or finalize; to bring something to end
- mariage
- Marriage; the formal union of two people
- entre
- Between or among; preposition indicating middle position
- dauphin
- The Dauphin; heir apparent to the French throne
- fait
- Done or made; past participle of faire
- grand
- Great or big; masculine adjective of large size
- ennui
- Boredom or weariness; a feeling of tedium
- M
- Abbreviation for Monsieur; mister or sir
Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.
Create free account →