| cartes |
| 1. n. plural of carte | |
| enseigne |
| 1. n-f. shop sign | |
| 2. n-f. (by metonymy) any chain store that operates under a shop brand | |
| 3. n-f. (cards) suit | |
| Les quatre enseignes d'un paquet standard sont le cœur, le carreau, le trèfle, et la pique. - The four suits in a standard deck are hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. | |
| 4. n. (military) ensign | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of enseigner | |
| 6. v. third-person singular present of enseigner | |
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative of enseigner | |
| enseigner |
| 1. v. to teach, to instruct, to educate | |
| enseigner des enfants et des adolescents - to teach young children and adolescents | |
| 2. v. to teach | |
| enseigner quelque chose à quelqu'un - to teach someone something (literally, to teach something to someone) | |
| enseigner à quelqu'un à faire quelque chose - to teach someone (how) to do something | |
| enseigner (Ã quelqu'un) que (...) - to teach (someone) that ... | |
| On lui enseigne le français. - We are teaching him/her French. | |
| Elle a l'intention de leur enseigner à résoudre les équations différentielles. - She intends to teach them to solve differential equations. | |
| symbole |
| 1. n-m. symbol (all meanings) | |
| du |
| 1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the) | |
| « Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.". | |
| 2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...) | |
| 3. art. Forms the partitive article. | |
| Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread. | |
| 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 | |
| le |
| 1. art. the (definite article) | |
| Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
| 2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
| L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
| 3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
| Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 4. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 5. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
| Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
| Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
| 6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
| Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
| jeu |
| 1. n-m. game (activity performed for amusement) | |
| 2. n-m. play (in a theatre/theater) | |
| 3. n-m. set (of objects that belong together) | |
| 4. n-m. manner of handling a gun | |
| 5. n-m. play (mechanics: a space between two adjacent parts to allow free movement) | |
| 6. n-m. a pipe organ stop | |
| 7. n-m. a hand of playing cards | |
| 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 | |
| cartes |
| 1. n. plural of carte | |
| carter |
| 1. n-m. housing (of an engine) | |
| 2. v. to verify a person's age etc by inspecting his identity card | |
| carte |
| 1. n-f. card | |
| 2. n-f. chart; map | |
| 3. n-f. menu, bill of fare | |
| jeu de cartes |
| 1. n-m. card game | |
| 2. n-m. deck of cards, card deck | |
| Français |
| 1. n-m. Frenchman | |
| 2. n-m. (Louisiana French) anybody with French ancestry or who is Francophone | |
| 3. adj. French | |
| Il est l'un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus. - He's one of the most well-known French entrepreneurs. | |
| 4. adj. (Louisiana French) Franco-American or Francophone | |
| 5. n-m. French (language) | |
| Il parle très bien le français. - He speaks French very well. | |
| Elle a fait beaucoup d'efforts pour améliorer son français. - She made a lot of effort to improve her French. | |
| Le français est la sixième langue la plus parlée au monde après le chinois, l'anglais, le hindi, l'espagnol et l'arabe. - French is the sixth most spoken language in the world after Chinese, En | |
| 6. n-m. , translation=Strongadverb of degree remains alive in the French spoken in Belgium and in certain provinces of France; it's very common in written language: (...) | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
| Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
| Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
| 3. conj. when, no sooner | |
| Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
| 4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
| 5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
| 6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
| Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
| 7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
| Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
| 8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
| Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
| 9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
| Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
| Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
| 10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
| 11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
| Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
| 12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
| Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
| Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
| 13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
| C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
| Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
| sont |
| 1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être | |
| Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they? | |
| être |
| 1. v. to be | |
| Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |
| Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. | |
| 3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) | |
| Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening. | |
| 4. n-m. being, creature | |
| 5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence | |
| 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 | |
| cœurs |
| 1. n. plural of cœur | |
| cœur |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) heart | |
| 2. n-m. (geometry) heart, heart shape | |
| 3. n-m. heart (love) | |
| 4. n-m. (card games) hearts (the suit) | |
| 5. n-m. (physics) the core of a nuclear reactor | |
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| carreaux |
| 1. n. plural of carreau | |
| carreau |
| 1. n-m. square (as a geometrical shape) | |
| 2. n-m. (card games) diamonds (card suit) | |
| 3. n-m. tile (compare with carrelage, meaning tiles or tiling) | |
| 4. n-m. windowpane | |
| 5. n-m. bolt (crossbow projectile) | |
| 6. n-m. (Haiti) a unit of land, 100 square pas (where a pas is 3.5 French feet or pieds): roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres | |
| 7. n-m. (Louisiana) plot, patch (of land, of cloth) | |
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| trèfles |
| 1. n. plural of trèfle | |
| trèfle |
| 1. n-m. clover | |
| J'ai trouvé un trèfle à quatre feuilles ! (I found a four-leaf clover!) | |
| 2. n-m. (card games) clubs (card suit) | |
| 3. n-m. (architecture) trefoil | |
| 4. n-m. (heraldry) trefoil | |
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| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| piques |
| 1. n. plural of pique; spades (card suit) | |
| 2. v. second-person singular present of piquer | |
| piquer |
| 1. v. to prick; to sting | |
| 2. v. to sting | |
| Ça pique ! | |
| 3. v. to put down, to euthanise | |
| faire piquer son chien - to have one's dog put down | |
| 4. v. (indtr, Ã , .colloquial, .transitive) to nick, pinch, steal | |
| piquer quelque chose à quelqu'un | |
| 5. v. (indtr, .reflexive) to pride oneself on; to like to think that one can do | |
| 6. v. (textiles, couture) to stitch together | |
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