analogie |
1. n-f. analogy (similar example as explanation) | |
partie |
1. n-f. part (portion, amount) | |
Il y a deux parties principales de ce truc. - There are two main parts to this thing. | |
faire partie (de) to participate in | |
2. n-f. (legal) party | |
3. n-f. game, play (sense "the conduct, or course of a game") | |
4. n-f. (math) subset | |
5. Participle. feminine singular of parti | |
partir |
1. v. (obsolete, transitive) to share, to share out, to divide | |
Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un. - To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone. | |
2. v. to go away, leave, depart | |
3. v. to originate | |
Toutes les artères partent du cœur. - All arteries originate from the heart. | |
4. v. to die | |
Il ne s'est pas vu partir - He has not seen death | |
5. v. to emanate | |
Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe. - This belief emanates from an evil principle. | |
6. v. (Quebec, informal, transitive) to start | |
partir une affaire - to start a business | |
supérieure |
1. adj. feminine singular of supérieur | |
supérieur |
1. adj. superior | |
2. adj. upper, senior | |
3. adj. (followed by à) above; higher than | |
4. adj. (math) greater than or equal to. ≥, ⩾. | |
5. n-m. senior (boss) | |
Je ne plaisante pas avec lui - c'est mon supérieur - I don't make fun of him - he's my senior | |
présentant |
1. Participle. present participle of présenter | |
présenter |
1. v. to present, to introduce | |
2. v. to show, to present | |
3. v. to look | |
Il présente bien. - He looks good. | |
4. v. to appear, to be present (before someone) | |
5. v. to arise, to surface, to present itself | |
6. v. (indtr, à) to be a candidate for | |
se présenter à un examen - to take an exam | |
se présenter à une élection - to stand for an election/to run for an election | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
surface |
1. n-f. surface | |
plane |
1. adj. feminine singular of plan | |
2. v. first-person singular present of planer | |
3. v. third-person singular present of planer | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of planer | |
planer |
1. v. to glide, to hover | |
2. v. to be entranced, to be mesmerized | |
3. v. (slang) to be high | |
4. v. (slang) to be going well; to run smoothly | |
plan |
1. n-m. map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.) | |
un plan du métro | |
2. n-m. plane (flat surface) | |
un plan incliné | |
3. n-m. (geometry) plane | |
4. n-m. (cinema) shot | |
5. n-m. plan | |
Quels sont tes plans pour cet été ? | |
6. n-m. (slang) a small case inserted in the rectum in order to hide one's valuables from a full-body search | |
7. adj. planar | |
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 | |
certains |
1. adj. plural of certain | |
2. pron. plural of certain: some, some people | |
certain |
1. adj. certain, for certain, indubitably | |
2. adj. certain (of indefinite, unknown or simply unmentioned identity, quality or quantity) (prepositive to the noun it modifies, and usually preceded by an indefinite article) | |
un certain nombre de - a certain number of | |
une certaine femme - a certain woman | |
3. adj. certain (sure, positive) (postpositive to the modified noun) | |
une victoire certaine - a sure victory | |
Il est certain qu'il viendra. - It is certain that he will arrive. | |
4. adj. certain (fixed, determined) | |
5. adj. certain (specified, particular) | |
6. n-m. certain; certainty | |
7. det. certain: a determined but unspecified amount of ; some | |
Certaines personnes vont aller. - Some people are going. | |
objets |
1. n. plural of objet | |
objet |
1. n-m. (perceptible) thing, object | |
2. n-m. in particuliar crafted or manufactured thing | |
3. n-m. aim, goal | |
4. n-m. mental representation, what is thought | |
5. n-m. source or target of feeling | |
6. n-m. (grammar) object | |
7. n-m. (object-oriented) object | |
8. n-m. (letters and emails) subject line | |