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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 (à 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. | |
rouge |
1. adj. red (of a red color) | |
Le sang est rouge. - Blood is red. | |
2. adj. red (left-wing, socialist) | |
L'armée rouge. - Red Army. | |
3. n-m. red | |
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 | |
forme |
1. n-f. shape (geometrical representation) | |
2. n-f. shape (physical appearance) | |
3. n-f. form | |
4. v. of former# inflection of;former; | |
5. v. , 3, s, pres, indc, ; | |
6. v. , 1//3, s, pres, subj, ; | |
7. v. , 2, s, pres, imp, ; | |
former |
1. v. to form (generic sense) | |
2. v. to shape (to make into a certain shape) | |
3. v. to train; to educate | |
fuselée |
1. Participle. feminine singular of fuselé | |
signalant |
1. Participle. present participle of signaler | |
signaler |
1. v. to signal | |
2. v. to highlight, to notify, to bring to attention, to identify | |
L'agence du médicament a signalé des risques au comprimé. - The medical agency indicated the risks of the tablet. | |
Une bande de Goths a été signalée dans la région. - A group of Goths have been identified in the region. | |
un |
1. art. an, a | |
2. num. number box, fr | |
3. num. one | |
4. pron. one, someone | |
5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
bureau |
1. n-m. desk | |
2. n-m. office (room) | |
3. n-m. ticket office | |
4. n-m. the staff of an office | |
5. n-m. office; an administrative unit | |
6. n-m. (obsolete) frieze (coarse woolen cloth) | |
7. n-m. (computing, GUI) desktop (on-screen background) | |
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 | |
tabac |
1. n-m. (botany) tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana) | |
des plantations de tabac - tobacco plantations. | |
2. n-m. tobacco (leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested) | |
du tabac blond - blond tobacco | |
Pour la pipe, quels sont tes tabacs préférés ? - For the pipe, what are your favorite tobaccos? | |
3. n-m. (with le) smoking, nicotine addiction | |
J’ai pris une résolution : demain, j’arrête le tabac. - I have made a decision: tomorrow I'm quitting tobacco. | |
4. n-m. tobacconist (shop where tobacco is sold) | |
Il s’engouffra dans un tabac et en sortit avec un briquet. - He rushed into a tobacconist's and came out with a lighter. | |
5. n-m. (by extension, regional) corner shop | |
Le supermarché est fermé à cette heure-ci, il faudra acheter des bières dans un tabac. - The supermarket is closed at this time, one will have to buy beer in a corner shop. | |
6. n-m. (figurative) thing, stuff | |
(c'est toujours) le même tabac – c'est du même tabac. - (it's always) the same thing – it's the same old stuff. | |
7. adj. having the color of tobacco | |
8. adj. , translation=See what martial air this venerable member of the National Guard breathes! With his tobacco-coloured coat, his sword and his pouch on a bandolier, his gun on his shoulder (...) he will f | |
9. n-m. violent fight | |
Il va y avoir du tabac ce soir ! | |
bureau de tabac |
1. n-m. tobacconist's | |