| il |
| 1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) |
| 2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) |
| 3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it |
| ne |
| 1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes) |
| 2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below) |
| 3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so- |
| 4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative |
| faut |
| 1. v. singular present indicative of falloir |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of falloir |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of faillir |
| faillir |
| 1. v. to almost do something |
| 2. v. to fail |
| 3. v. to go bankrupt |
| falloir |
| 1. v. (impersonal) to need, have to, to be necessary (that) |
| 2. v. to take (time) |
| 3. v. to be missing |
| pas |
| 1. n-m. step, pace, footstep |
| 2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass |
| 3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut) |
| 4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc. |
| faire |
| 1. v. to do |
| 2. v. to make |
| 3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) |
| 4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) |
| 5. v. to act like (something) |
| 6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) |
| 7. v. to do, to make (oneself) |
| 8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) |
| 9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature |
| 10. v. to become used to, to get used to |
| 11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) |
| 12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) |
| 13. v. to become, to get |
| mal |
| 1. n-m. (as in the phrase: avoir du mal) trouble, difficulty |
| 2. n-m. pain |
| 3. n-m. evil |
| 4. n-m. damage, harm |
| 5. adv. badly |
| 6. adj. (in set phrases and limited constructions) bad |
| faire mal |
| 1. v. to hurt (to cause pain) |
| à |
| 1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. |
| 2. prep. to (destination) |
| 3. prep. to (until) |
| 4. prep. on the, to (some directions) |
| 5. prep. at (said of a particular time) |
| 6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) |
| 7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations |
| 8. prep. from (origin) |
| 9. prep. of (belonging to) |
| 10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) |
| 11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with |
| 12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for |
| 13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) |
| 14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective |
| 15. prep. by |
| 16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. |
| 18. prep. with |
| autrui |
| 1. pron. (chiefly literary) others; other people; someone else |
