| Ă |
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| dix |
| 1. num. ten | |
| sept |
| 1. num. seven | |
| heures |
| 1. n. plural of heure | |
| heure |
| 1. n-f. hour, time | |
| C'est l'heure de partir. - It's time to leave. | |
| 2. n-f. o'clock | |
| comme |
| 1. conj. as | |
| Je travaille comme artiste. - I work as an artist. | |
| 2. conj. like | |
| J'agis comme il faut. - I act like I must. | |
| 3. conj. how | |
| Comme tu es belle ce soir ! - How beautiful you are tonight! | |
| 4. conj. because, as, since | |
| Comme j'Ă©tais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me. | |
| 5. part. (colloquial Canada) like | |
| 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) | |
| grand |
| 1. adj. big, great, grand | |
| 2. adj. tall | |
| Il est grand comment ? - How tall is he ? | |
| 3. adj. grown up, big | |
| Quand je serai grande, je veux ĂȘtre astronaute. - When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut. | |
| Il l'a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. - He did it all on his own like a big boy. | |
| 4. adj. (usually capitalized) great, an honorific title | |
| Alexandre le Grand - Alexander the Great | |
| 5. adj. great; big fat; an intensifier | |
| un grand tricheur - a big fat cheater | |
| 6. adj. extensive, large | |
| 7. n-m. grown-up | |
| nombre |
| 1. n-m. number | |
| nombrer |
| 1. v. to number | |
| 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) | |
| Ćuvres de Fermat - Fermatâs Works | |
| Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friendâs wife. | |
| le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor | |
| 3. prep. from (used to indicate origin) | |
| Elle vient de France. - She comes from France. | |
| Ătes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland? | |
| Ce fromage vient dâEspagne. - This cheese is from Spain. | |
| Câest de lâouest de la France. - Itâs from the west of France. | |
| Le train va de Paris Ă 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 boĂźte 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 Ă 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I wonât be free. | |
| Je travaille de huit heures Ă midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
| un groupe de cinq Ă 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 | |
| Jâai arrĂȘtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking. | |
| Il continue de mâembĂȘter. - He keeps annoying me. | |
| Elle mâa 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 dâautres exemples. - There are other examples. | |
| 10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object. | |
| Elle nâa pas de mĂšre. - She doesnât have a mother. | |
| Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesnât eat meat. | |
| Il nây a pas de problĂšmes. - There are no problems. | |
| 11. n-f. abbreviation of dame | |
| nombre de |
| 1. det. quite a few | |
| amoureuses |
| 1. adj. feminine plural of amoureux | |
| 2. n. plural of amoureux | |
| amoureux |
| 1. adj. in love | |
| Je suis amoureux de toi (I'm in love with you) | |
| 2. n-m. lover | |
| 3. Paronyms. rel4, fr | |
| 4. Paronyms. , Amouroux | |
| locales |
| 1. adj. feminine plural of local | |
| local |
| 1. adj. local | |
| 2. n-m. room | |
| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| reçus |
| 1. v. first-person singular past historic of recevoir | |
| 2. v. second-person singular past historic of recevoir | |
| 3. Participle. masculine plural of reçu | |
| recevoir |
| 1. v. to receive | |
| 2. v. to entertain (to welcome guests) | |
| 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) | |
| kori |
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| Ă |
| 1. Notes. In Canada, Ă and a are not homophones, Ă a, a ÉË. | |
| 2. prep. to (destination) | |
| aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
| Je vais Ă Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
| 3. prep. to (until) | |
| Le spectacle sera de 18h Ă 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
| 4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
| Tournez Ă gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
| Ne tournez pas encore Ă droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
| Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
| L'Ă©cole est Ă gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
| 5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
| Ă 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) | |
| Ă la maison - at home | |
| Ă l'hĂŽtel - at the hotel | |
| au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
| au bois - in the woods | |
| J'habite Ă un demi-kilomĂštre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
| La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomÚtres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomÚtres d | |
| 7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
| au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
| Ă l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
| au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
| Ă moi ! - help! | |
| Ă l'aide ! - help! | |
| au secours ! - help! | |
| au feu ! - fire! | |
| aux armes ! - to arms! | |
| Ă l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
| Ă 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 Ă la bibliothĂšque. - 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 Ă moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
| Cette voiture est Ă John. - This is John's car. | |
| le chien Ă Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
| 10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
| Ă plus tard - see you later | |
| Ă bientĂŽt - see you soon | |
| Salut, donc. Ă 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 Ă poivre - pepper mill | |
| sac Ă dos - backpack | |
| boite Ă musique - music box | |
| 13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
| l'Ă©quipe Ă battre - the team to beat | |
| Il n'y a jamais grand-chose Ă faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
| LĂ oĂč tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent Ă faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
| Il reste deux tĂąches Ă finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
| Il y a de la biĂšre Ă 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 Ă quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
| une femme au visage pĂąle - a pale-faced woman | |
| un homme Ă longue barbe - a long-bearded man â a man with a long beard | |
| une chemise Ă 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 Ă peu - bit by bit | |
| petit Ă petit - little by little | |
| minute Ă minute - minute by minute | |
| jour Ă jour - day by day | |
| un Ă un - one by one | |
| 16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
| six Ă sept personnes - six or seven people | |
| de vingt Ă trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
| tous les cinq Ă six ans - every five or six years | |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
| mettre le feu Ă - to set fire to | |
| clouer le bec Ă - to shut (someone) up | |
| donner la chasse Ă - to give chase to | |
| 18. prep. with | |
| la |
| 1. art. the (definite article) | |
| 2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
| OĂč est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
| Prends cette boĂźte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
| 3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
| Ă la |
| 1. prep. a la, in the style or manner of (with a feminine singular adjective or a proper noun) | |
| à la française (in the French style) | |
| Ă la Hugo (in the style of Hugo) | |
| grenadine |
| 1. n-f. grenadine | |
| 2. adj. feminine singular of grenadin | |
