familier |
1. adj. familiar (known to one) | |
2. adj. (linguistics) familiar, informal, colloquial (lexicon) | |
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briquet |
1. n-m. (obsolete) frizzen | |
2. n-m. firestriker | |
3. n-m. cigarette lighter, lighter | |
4. n-m. (zoology) beagle | |
5. n-m. (heraldry) firesteel | |
allumette |
1. n-f. match (small flammable object) | |
2. n-f. shoestring French fry | |
allume |
1. v. first-person singular present of allumer | |
2. v. third-person singular present of allumer | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of allumer | |
allumer |
1. v. to light, to set alight (a candle, a fire, a cigar) | |
allumer une bougie, un feu, un cigare - to light a candle, a fire, a cigar | |
2. v. to turn on (the light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating) | |
allumer la lumière, une ampoule, la télévision, le chauffage - to turn on the light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating | |
3. v. to start, to turn on (electronic devices with screens) | |
allumer un ordinateur, un smartphone - to start a computer, a smartphone | |
4. v. (colloquial) to arouse, to turn on | |
5. v. to flare up | |
La bougie, un feu s'alluma. - The candle, a fire flared up. | |
6. v. to go on | |
La lumière, l'ampoule, la télévision, le chauffage s'alluma. - The light, the lightbulb, the television, the heating went on. | |
7. v. to start up, to begin to operate | |
L'ordinateur, le smartphone s'allume par ce bouton. - The computer, the smartphone starts up through this button. | |
cigare |
1. n-m. cigar | |
dispositif |
1. n-m. arrangement, lay-out | |
2. n-m. measures, expedient, means to an end | |
3. n-m. device, machine, system | |
un dispositif informatique - a computing device | |
Un certain nombre de personnes m'ont dit qu'un dispositif est un ensemble d'appareils, mais selon des dictionnaires, c'est un ensemble de dispositifs qui constituent un appareil. | |
4. n-m. operation, plan | |
5. n-m. (law) dispositif | |
autonome |
1. adj. autonomous | |
destiné |
1. Participle. past participle of destiner | |
à |
1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. | |
2. prep. to (destination) | |
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
3. prep. to (until) | |
Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten | |
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock. | |
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) | |
à la maison - at home | |
à l'hôtel - at the hotel | |
au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
au bois - in the woods | |
J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d | |
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
à l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
à moi ! - help! | |
à l'aide ! - help! | |
au secours ! - help! | |
au feu ! - fire! | |
aux armes ! - to arms! | |
à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
à l'abordage ! - on board! | |
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
8. prep. from (origin) | |
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well. | |
Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library. | |
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from. | |
9. prep. of (belonging to) | |
C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car. | |
le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
à plus tard - see you later | |
à bientôt - see you soon | |
Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow. | |
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with | |
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for | |
moulin à poivre - pepper mill | |
sac à dos - backpack | |
boite à musique - music box | |
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
l'équipe à battre - the team to beat | |
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink. | |
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective | |
un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman | |
un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard | |
une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt | |
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls | |
15. prep. by | |
peu à peu - bit by bit | |
petit à petit - little by little | |
minute à minute - minute by minute | |
jour à jour - day by day | |
un à un - one by one | |
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
six à sept personnes - six or seven people | |
de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years | |
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
mettre le feu à - to set fire to | |
clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up | |
donner la chasse à - to give chase to | |
18. prep. with | |
produire |
1. v. to produce, to yield | |
2. v. to happen, take place (of an event) | |
3. v. to perform (of a singer, etc.) | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
petite |
1. adj. feminine singular of petit | |
petit |
1. adj. small | |
un petit verre de vin - a small glass of wine | |
2. adj. little | |
un petit garçon - a little boy | |
3. adj. petty | |
Certaines personnes sont vraiment petites à propos des plus petites choses. - Some people are really petty about the smallest things. | |
4. n-m. small one (anything that is small) | |
5. n-m. little one (anything that is little) | |
6. n-m. little one; child (of humans or other animals) | |
7. n-m. the young (of a species) | |
Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau". | |
flamme |
1. n-f. flame | |
c'est en flammes - it is in flames | |
2. n-f. (figurative) talent, brilliance | |
3. n-f. (nautical) streamer (long, narrow flag) | |
4. v. first-person singular present of flammer | |
5. v. third-person singular present of flammer | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of flammer | |
7. n-f. veterinary lancet | |