vêtements |
1. n. plural of vêtement | |
parement |
1. n-m. (construction, clothing) facing | |
2. n-m. (ecclesiastical) liturgical paraphernalia | |
(synonyms, paramentique) | |
décoratif |
1. adj. decorative | |
souvent |
1. adv. often | |
le plus souvent - most often; more often than not | |
le plus souvent possible, aussi souvent que possible - as often as possible | |
le moins souvent possible, aussi peu souvent que possible - as infrequently as possible | |
Je visite la France trop souvent. - I visit France too often. | |
Je n'y pense pas très souvent. - I don't think of it very often. | |
brodé |
1. Participle. past participle of broder | |
2. adj. embroidered | |
broder |
1. v. to embroider | |
sur |
1. prep. on, upon | |
2. prep. on top of | |
3. prep. from on top of | |
4. prep. above | |
5. prep. out of | |
sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
6. prep. in the case of | |
7. prep. about, concerning | |
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
sur Paris - in Paris | |
9. adj. sour | |
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 | |
côtés |
1. n. plural of côté | |
côté |
1. n-m. side | |
2. n-m. way, direction | |
Elle est parti de ce côté ! - She went that way! | |
3. prep. (colloquial) as for, in terms of | |
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 | |
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) | |
bas |
1. adj. low | |
2. adj. bass | |
3. adv. low | |
4. n-m. socks; stockings; feet | |
5. n-m. lower end; bottom (of a thing) | |
6. n-m. stocking | |
généralement |
1. adv. generally, in general | |
dans |
1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
5. prep. out of, from | |
boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
8. n. plural of dan | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
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 | |
inférieure |
1. adj. feminine singular of inférieur | |
inférieur |
1. adj. lower, under | |
2. adj. inferior | |
3. adj. (math) less than or equal to. ≤, ⩽ | |