ma chère my dear.
Ma foi! Indeed! (literally "my goodness").
ma reine my queen (or my love).
mais ce n'est pas mal! elle s'y connait, elle a de la force, oui But that's not bad at all! She knows what she's doing, she has a talent.
marron glacé marrons in syrup or glazed with sugar; candied chestnuts.
matting a woven fabric of fiber, as straw or hemp, for mats, floor covering, wrapping, and so on.
ménage a household; domestic establishment.
mets main dish or main course.
mulatresse female mulatto.
mulatto a person who has one black parent and one white parent.
mules lounging slippers that do not cover the heels.
multitudinous very numerous; many.
muslin any of various strong, often sheer cotton fabrics of plain weave; especially a heavy variety used for sheets, pillowcases, and so on.
nom de guerre a pseudonym.
on her mettle roused or prepared to do her best.
