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et
1. conj. and
plaçant
1. Participle. present participle of placer
placer
1. v. to place (to put in a specific location)
2. v. to seat (to put an object into a place where it will rest)
3. v. to place (to earn a given spot in a competition)
devant
1. prep. confronted with, faced with
2. prep. in front of, before
3. prep. outside
4. n-m. front
5. Participle. present participle of devoir
devoir
1. n-m. duty
manquer à son devoir, manquer à tous ses devoirs - to fail in one's duty, duties
Il est de mon devoir de protéger le roi. - It is my duty to protect the king.
2. n-m. exercise, assignment (set for homework)
3. v. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
Les auteurs d'un dictionnaire doivent déterminer au départ les catégories de mots à retenir, en fonction des limites imposées par l'éditeur et du public visé. - The authors of a dictionary have
4. v. (present) must
5. v. (conditional) should
6. v. must, to do or have with certainty
7. v. to owe (money, obligation and etc)
8. v. (literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject) (even) though it be necessary (+ infinitive)
9. v. to have a duty to
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
cendres
1. n. plural of cendre
2. Participle. second-person singular present of cendrer
cendrer
1. v. (dated, painting) to give the color of ash
2. v. (dated, arts) to mix or cover with ashes
cendre
1. n-f. ash (of fire, etc.)
2. n-f. (in the plural) mortal remains
3. Participle. first-person singular present of cendrer
4. Participle. third-person singular present of cendrer
5. Participle. second-person singular imperative of cendrer
du
1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the)
« Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.".
2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...)
3. art. Forms the partitive article.
Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread.
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
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
foyer
1. n-m. hearth
2. n-m. lobby, foyer
3. n-m. home, domicile
4. n-m. household
5. n-m. source, centre, seat
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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)
des
1. art. plural of un
2. art. plural of une
3. art. plural of du
4. art. plural of de la
5. art. plural of de l'
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
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
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
de l'
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
escabeaux
1. n. plural of escabeau
escabeau
1. n-m. step ladder
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
chêne
1. n-m. oak (tree), oak tree
Un chêne. Le chêne de mon jardin.
Un chêne millénaire, la fable du chêne et du roseau.
2. n-m. oak (wood)
Du chêne. Le chêne de ce lit. Un chêne moyen (middle-aged wood, with intermediate color, young woods are more clear).
Une table en chêne, de chêne, faite avec du chêne.
il
1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
Il est parti. - He left.
2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
Il pleut. - It’s raining.
mit
1. v. third-person singular past historic of mettre
mettre
1. v. to put; to place
2. v. to put on
3. v. to set (to lay a table)
4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something
Le
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
2. art. the (definite article)
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
5. art. (before units) a, an
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
6. 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.
7. 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
second
1. adj. number box, 2
2. adj. second
une seconde possibilité - a second possibility, another possibility
3. adj. , translation="Chiquita! Chiquita!" At the second call, a thin and emaciated little girl (...) came up to Agostin
4. n-m. assistant, first mate
escabeau
1. n-m. step ladder
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
Le
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
2. art. the (definite article)
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
5. art. (before units) a, an
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
6. 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.
7. 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
de le
1. art. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of du, "of the", some
autre
1. adj. other
Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example.
2. adj. another
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
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'
de la
1. art. of the
2. art. some; the feminine partitive article
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam?
J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie.
Table
1. Proper noun. Mensa (constellation)
2. n-f. table (item of furniture)
Pourquoi as-tu laissé ces livres sur la table ? - Why did you leave these books on the table?
3. n-f. flat surface atop various objects
4. n-f. flat part of a cut or carved object
5. n-f. (music) table of a stringed instrument
6. n-f. matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns
7. n-f. systematic list of content
8. v. first-person singular present of tabler
9. v. third-person singular present of tabler
10. v. second-person singular imperative of tabler
tabler
1. v. (indtr, sur) to base one's scheming on something
et
1. conj. and
fit
1. v. third-person singular past historic of faire
faire
1. v. to do
faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up.
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What are you doing?
Fais pas ça. - Don't do that.
2. v. to make
faire une erreur - to make a mistake.
faire un voyage - to take a trip
3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)
"Je t'aime," fit-il. - "I love you," he said.
Le chat fait "miaou". - The cat goes "meow".
4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something)
Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh.
La chanson me fait pleurer. - The song makes me cry.
5. v. to act like (something)
Fais pas ton innocent avec moi. - Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act.
6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations)
Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. - It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside.
Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. - We have known each other for ten years.
Ça fait bizarre. - That seems/looks bizarre; that gives a bizarre effect/appearance/result.
Ça fait très monsieur, ta cravate. - Your tie makes you look like a real gentleman.
7. v. to do, to make (oneself)
Elle se fait les ongles. - She is doing her nails.
8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action)
se faire piquer - to be stung
Je me suis fait avoir. - I got screwed.
Est-ce que tu t'es fait couper les cheveux ? - Did you get your hair cut?
9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature
10. v. to become used to, to get used to
Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait. - I still haven't got used to it.
11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with)
12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified)
L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon. - The child soiled his trousers.
Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte. - They've just heard the news and they're shitting themselves.
13. v. to become, to get
signe
1. n-m. sign (indicator; indication; mathematical polarity)
en signe de reconnaissance - as a sign of gratitude
en signe d'affection - as a sign of affection
2. n-m. gesture
3. v. first-person singular present of signer
4. v. third-person singular present of signer
5. v. second-person singular imperative of signer
signer
1. v. to sign (put a signature on)
2. v. to sign (communicate using sign language)
faire signe
1. v. (indtr, à) to signal (to someone); to gesticulate; to indicate using gestures
2. v. (informal, figurative) indtr, à to give someone a heads up, to let someone know
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
Chevalier
1. Proper noun. surname, from=occupations, eq=Knight
2. n-m. knight
3. n-m. sandpiper (bird)
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
se
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
2. pron. (to) himself
3. pron. (to) herself
4. pron. (to) oneself
5. pron. (to) itself
6. pron. (to) themselves
7. pron. (to) each other
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
asseoir
1. v. to sit down; to get seated
Assieds les enfants sur des chaises ! - Sit the children down on chairs!
2. v. to assert
asseoir sa domination - to assert one's dominance
3. v. to sit down; to sit up; to take a seat

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