| Çà |
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| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| là |
| 1. adv. referring to physical place | |
| 2. adv. there | |
| Je t'attendrai là. - I'll wait for you there. | |
| 3. adv. here; present (used with être) | |
| Je suis (toujours) là. - I'm (still) here. | |
| 4. adv. (referring to an abstract destination or goal); there | |
| Je suis presque là. - I'm almost there. | |
| çà et là |
| 1. adv. here and there, hither and thither | |
| 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) | |
| vieux |
| 1. adj. old | |
| 2. n-m. old person | |
| 3. n-m. (slang) parents (when in the plural), father | |
| mes vieux - my mom and dad | |
| 4. n-m. old chap | |
| – Je ne veux pas t'empêcher de travailler, vieux. Je vois que tu es très occupé. | |
| puits |
| 1. n-m. well, shaft | |
| 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 | |
| mine |
| 1. n-f. mine (excavation or explosive) | |
| 2. n-f. pencil lead | |
| 3. n-f. (soccer) piledriver, scorcher | |
| 4. n-f. appearance, physical aspect; expression | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of miner | |
| 6. v. third-person singular present of miner | |
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative of miner | |
| miner |
| 1. v. to mine, exploit natural riches | |
| 2. v. to undermine; to erode | |
| abandonné |
| 1. Participle. past participle of abandonner | |
| 2. adj. given up, abandoned | |
| 3. n-m. abandonee, one who is abandoned | |
| abandonner |
| 1. v. to give up | |
| 2. v. to abandon, forsake | |
| déchiqueté |
| 1. Participle. past participle of déchiqueter | |
| déchiqueter |
| 1. v. to rip up (into small pieces) | |
| 2. v. to cut up (into small pieces) | |
| par |
| 1. prep. through | |
| par la fenêtre - through the window | |
| aller par le parc - go through the park | |
| 2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
| voyager par train - travel by train | |
| par surprise - by surprise | |
| le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
| 3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
| Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
| 4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
| voir par devant - see from the back | |
| le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
| 5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
| par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
| 6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
| par terre - on the ground | |
| 7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
| par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
| par un soir - in one evening | |
| 8. prep. in | |
| marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
| 9. prep. per, a, an | |
| trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
| 10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
| par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
| par tristesse - out of sadness | |
| 11. prep. for | |
| 12. n-m. (golf) par | |
| 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 | |
| pluies |
| 1. n. plural of pluie | |
| pluie |
| 1. n-f. rain | |
| Des pluies torrentielles se sont abattues la semaine dernière. - Torrential rain struck down last week. | |
| 2. n-f. (figuratively) loads of sth | |
| Il a reçu une pluie de messages de recruteurs cherchant à le débaucher. - He received a flood of messages from recruiters looking to poach him. | |
| déshonoré |
| 1. Participle. past participle of déshonorer | |
| déshonorer |
| 1. v. to dishonor | |
| par |
| 1. prep. through | |
| par la fenêtre - through the window | |
| aller par le parc - go through the park | |
| 2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
| voyager par train - travel by train | |
| par surprise - by surprise | |
| le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
| 3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
| Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
| 4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
| voir par devant - see from the back | |
| le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
| 5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
| par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
| 6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
| par terre - on the ground | |
| 7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
| par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
| par un soir - in one evening | |
| 8. prep. in | |
| marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
| 9. prep. per, a, an | |
| trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
| 10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
| par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
| par tristesse - out of sadness | |
| 11. prep. for | |
| 12. n-m. (golf) par | |
| 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 | |
| ronces |
| 1. n. plural of ronce | |
| ronce |
| 1. n-f. (plant) bramble (Rubus fruticosus) | |
| 2. n-f. (figurative) trouble, difficulty, problem | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of roncer | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of roncer | |
| 5. v. second-person singular present imperative of roncer | |
| ouvre |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of ouvrir | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of ouvrir | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of ouvrir | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of ouvrer | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present of ouvrer | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of ouvrer | |
| ouvrer |
| 1. v. to work | |
| ouvrir |
| 1. v. to open | |
| 2. v. to begin, to initiate | |
| À peine arrivé, il a ouvert les hostilités. - He initiated hostilities almost as soon as he arrived. | |
| 3. v. to open (of a door or a flower) | |
| 4. v. to open, to begin | |
| La séquence s'ouvre sur une scène de nuit. - The sequence opens with a night scene. | |
| 5. v. to turn on, to switch on, to put on (of a device or an appliance) | |
| 6. v. to open it or the door, to answer it or the door, to get it | |
| On sonne à la porte. Je vais ouvrir. - There's someone at the door; I'll open/answer/get it. | |
| Sophie, ouvre-moi, je voudrais te parler ! - Sophie, open the door; I want to talk to you! | |
| Allez, arrête tes bêtises et va ouvrir à Patrick ; il doit avoir froid dehors. - Stop being silly and open the door for Patrick; he must be cold outside. | |
| 7. v. to cut something open, to gash something (of a part of one's body) | |
| Le gardien de but a plongé pour rattraper le ballon, s'est cogné contre le poteau et s'est ouvert l'arcade sourcilière. - The goalkeeper dived to catch the ball, banged himself on the goalpost | |
| 8. v. to open onto, to lead into (+ sur) | |
| Cette porte s'ouvre sur le jardin. - This door opens onto the garden. | |
| 9. v. to open onto, to overlook, to look onto (of a door or a window) (+ sur) | |
| La porte ouvre sur la rue. - The door opens onto the street. | |
| 10. v. to open up to, to be open to, to be exposed to, to get a feel for (+ à) | |
| Sa fille s'est ouverte à la musique sur le piano familial. - The girl got a feel for music playing her family's piano. | |
| 11. v. to open up to, to confide in (+ à) | |
| 12. v. to make, to create, to open up (e.g., a path) | |
| sa |
| 1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's | |
| Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house. | |
| Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card. | |
| Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white. | |
| gueule |
| 1. n-f. gullet, snout, face (of an animal) | |
| 2. n-f. (informal) mug (person's face) | |
| 3. n-f. (informal) mouth | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of gueuler | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present of gueuler | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of gueuler | |
| gueuler |
| 1. v. (slang) to yell, to scream | |
| béante |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of béant | |
| béant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of béer | |
| 2. adj. gaping | |
| gouffre |
| 1. n-m. pit or shaft cave, pothole | |
| 2. n-m. chasm | |
| 3. n-m. money pit, drain on finances | |
| sans |
| 1. prep. without | |
| Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you. | |
| Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone. | |
| fond |
| 1. n-m. back | |
| 2. n-m. bottom | |
| 3. n-m. fund; funding | |
| 4. n-m. foundation | |
| 5. n-m. (figuratively) basics, essence | |
| 6. n-m. background | |
| 7. n-m. (cooking) base | |
| 8. n-m. (music) foundation stop on a pipe organ | |
| 9. v. third-person singular present indicative of fondre | |
| fondre |
| 1. v. to melt, melt down, smelt | |
| 2. v. to melt | |
| 3. v. to melt away, waste away | |
| 4. v. to dwindle; to diminish | |
| 5. v. to blend in, blend into | |
| pareil |
| 1. adj. such | |
| Je n'ai jamais vu une chose pareille. - I've never seen such a thing. | |
| en pareil cas - in such a case | |
| 2. adj. like, alike, same | |
| Les chauves-souris voletaient en silence, pareilles à des ombres inquiètes. - Bats fluttered in silence like worried shadows. | |
| ux, Il est pareil à son père., t=He's like his father. | |
| 3. adv. the same; alike | |
| faire pareil - to do the same | |
| Elles étaient habillées pareil. - They were dressed alike. | |
| 4. adv. (Quebec, informal) anyway; just the same | |
| J'avais pas envie d'y aller, mais ch't'y allé pareil. - I didn't feel like going, but I went anyway. | |
| au |
| 1. contraction. contraction of à le | |
| Il étudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory. | |
| 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 | |
| le |
| 1. art. the (definite article) | |
| Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
| 2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
| L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
| 3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
| Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 4. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 5. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
| Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
| Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
| 6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
| Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
| cratère |
| 1. n-m. (geography, astronomy) crater | |
| 2. n-m. (history) krater | |
| 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) | |
| volcan |
| 1. n-m. volcano | |
| éteint |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of éteindre | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of éteindre | |
| 3. adj. extinct | |
| 4. adj. dead, lifeless | |
| éteindre |
| 1. v. to turn off (a switch, device, etc.) | |
| 2. v. to put out (a fire) | |
| 3. v. to die out, fade | |
