| familier |
| 1. adj. familiar (known to one) | |
| 2. adj. (linguistics) familiar, informal, colloquial (lexicon) | |
| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
| Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
| Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
| La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
| Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
| J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
| Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
| Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
| Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
| 3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
| Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
| manque |
| 1. n-m. lack, absence | |
| le manque d'amour maternel - the lack of maternal love | |
| 2. n-m. stress due to drug withdrawal | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of manquer | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of manquer | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of manquer | |
| 6. n-f. only used in, à la manque | |
| manquer |
| 1. v. (indirect transitive, ;, object marked with preposition de) to lack, to be lacking in | |
| Je manque de temps. - I don't have enough time. | |
| 2. v. (Used as English uses to miss (to feel a sadness caused by the absence of something, distance from a place, and longing to reunite therewith) more lite | |
| Tu me manques. - You are missed by me./You are lacking to me. | |
| 3. v. to be missing or lacking to | |
| La sottise ne manque pas là. - There is no lack of stupidity here. | |
| 4. v. to miss out | |
| 5. v. * 1996, Noir Désir, (lang, À ton étoile) | |
| 6. v. *: quote, fr | |
| 7. v. , Ça m'a manqué, tout ça, quand tu sauvais la face à bien d'autres que moi. | |
| 8. v. , I missed out on that, all of that, when you were saving face for many more than me. | |
| 9. v. to miss, to fail | |
| J'ai manqué mon train. - I missed my train. | |
| 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 | |
| discernement |
| 1. n-m. (good) judgment | |
| stupide |
| 1. adj. stupid | |
| sot |
| 1. adj. silly, foolish, stupid | |
| 2. n-m. imbecile, fool | |
