| nous |
| 1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person: |
| 2. pron. (subject pronoun) we. |
| 3. pron. (object pronoun) us, to us. |
| 4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we) |
| 5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy |
| les |
| 1. art. plural of le: the |
| 2. art. plural of la: the |
| 3. pron. plural of le: them |
| 4. pron. plural of la: them |
| poussons |
| 1. v. first-person plural present indicative of pousser |
| 2. v. first-person plural imperative of pousser |
| pousser |
| 1. v. to push |
| 2. v. to urge on, encourage |
| 3. v. to grow |
| 4. v. to spring up, to sprout |
| 5. v. to utter (a cry) |
| 6. v. to move aside |
| 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 |
| bout |
| 1. n-m. end, extremity, tip (of a physical object) |
| 2. n-m. bit, piece, scrap |
| 3. n-m. (nautical) rope |
| 4. n-m. (curling) end |
| 5. v. third-person singular present indicative of bouillir |
| bouillir |
| 1. v. to boil (becoming boiling; reach boiling point) |
| 2. v. to boil (cause to boil) |
| 3. v. (figuratively) to seethe |
| pousser à bout |
| 1. v. to push someone to the limit, to push someone to breaking point, to push someone over the edge, to drive someone crazy, to drive someone mad |
| à bout |
| 1. adj. (informal) at the end of one's tether |
