| anal |
| 1. adj. (relational) anus; anal | |
| couleur |
| 1. n-f. color, colour | |
| 2. n-f. (poker) a flush | |
| 3. n-f. (cards) suit | |
| 4. n-f. (heraldry) tincture, colour | |
| des |
| 1. art. plural of un | |
| 2. art. plural of une | |
| 3. art. plural of du | |
| 4. art. plural of de la | |
| 5. art. plural of de l' | |
| 6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some) | |
| de |
| 1. prep. of (expresses belonging) | |
| Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France. | |
| 2. prep. of (used to express property or association) | |
| Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works | |
| Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife. | |
| le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor | |
| 3. prep. from (used to indicate origin) | |
| Elle vient de France. - She comes from France. | |
| Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland? | |
| Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain. | |
| C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France. | |
| Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux. | |
| 4. prep. of (indicates an amount) | |
| 5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples. | |
| Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
| Une portion de frites - A portion of fries | |
| 5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word | |
| Un jus de pomme - Apple juice | |
| Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
| Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub | |
| Un chien de garde - A guarddog | |
| Une voiture de sport - A sportscar | |
| Un stade de football - A football stadium | |
| 6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range) | |
| De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free. | |
| Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
| un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people | |
| 7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive | |
| J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking. | |
| Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me. | |
| Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come. | |
| Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come. | |
| 8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change) | |
| Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%. | |
| 9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives. | |
| Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children. | |
| Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples. | |
| 10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object. | |
| Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother. | |
| Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat. | |
| Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems. | |
| 11. n-f. abbreviation of dame | |
| 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 | |
| de l' |
| 1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article | |
| Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic? | |
| carrosseries |
| 1. n. plural of carrosserie | |
| carrosserie |
| 1. n-f. bodywork, body (of car) | |
| Blanches |
| 1. n. feminine plural of Blanc | |
| 2. adj. feminine plural of blanc | |
| blanc |
| 1. adj. white color | |
| Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white. | |
| 2. adj. blank, unused | |
| 3. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression | |
| 4. n-m. white (color) | |
| 5. n-m. silence while in a dialog | |
| 6. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form | |
| Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page. | |
| 7. n-m. (informal) white wine | |
| Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine. | |
| 8. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion | |
| 9. n-m. albumen, egg white | |
| 10. n-m. white meat | |
| 11. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| Noires |
| 1. n. feminine plural of Noir | |
| 2. adj. feminine plural of noir | |
| noir |
| 1. adj. black in colour | |
| Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black. | |
| 2. adj. dark | |
| Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside. | |
| 3. adj. drunk; inebriated | |
| Il est noir. - He is drunk. | |
| 4. adj. black, of black ethnicity | |
| Il est noir. - He is black. | |
| 5. n-m. a black person | |
| 6. n-m. a person whose hair is dark | |
| 7. n-m. dark; darkness | |
| Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark. | |
