alors |
1. adv. then (at that time) | |
2. adv. so, hence (as a consequence) | |
3. interj. (acknowledgement of previous statement) so, well, well then | |
Alors on reste ici ce soir. - Well then, let's stay here tonight. | |
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 | |
marquis |
1. n-m. marquess (title of nobility) | |
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. | |
glissa |
1. v. third-person singular past historic of glisser | |
glisser |
1. v. to slip, to slide, to skid | |
se glisser dans ses vêtements - to slip into one's clothes | |
Des erreurs peuvent s'être glissées. - Some mistakes could have slipped in. | |
2. v. to glide | |
3. v. (music) to slide | |
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. | |
bruit |
1. n-m. a noise | |
2. n-m. a rumor or report | |
bruire |
1. v. to make a low noise | |
2. v. to rustle | |
3. v. to rattle | |
4. v. to roar | |
hors |
1. prep. (obsolete except in set phrases) outside | |
hors la ville - outside the city | |
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 | |
hors de |
1. prep. out of, outside | |
hors de cause - uninvolved, innocent | |
hors de combat - hors de combat | |
hors de contrôle - out of control | |
hors de danger - out of the woods | |
hors de page | |
hors de pair - peerless | |
hors de portée - out of reach | |
hors de prix - priceless | |
hors de proportion - out of proportion, disproportionate | |
hors de propos - beside the point, irrelevant | |
hors de question - out of the question | |
hors de saison - at an inopportune moment, inopportunely | |
hors de soi - beside oneself | |
hors d'affaire - out of the woods | |
hors d'âge - very old, ageless | |
hors d'atteinte - out of reach | |
hors d'état de nuire - harmless | |
hors d'haleine - out of breath | |
hors d'œuvre - separate from the main work | |
hors d'usage - out of order | |
hors du commun - out of the ordinary | |
hors du coup - out of the loop | |
hors des clous - not abiding by the rules | |
hors des sentiers battus - off the beaten path | |
hors de l'Église, point de salut - there is no salvation outside the Church | |
garder la tête hors de l'eau - to keep one's head above water | |
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. | |
couche |
1. n-f. (literary) bed (place for sleeping) | |
partager sa couche avec quelqu'un | |
2. n-f. nappy/diaper | |
3. n-f. coat (of paint) | |
4. n-f. layer (of soil, snow etc.) | |
5. n-f. (chiefly in the plural) childbirth | |
6. n-f. (chemistry) shell | |
7. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
8. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
9. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
10. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
11. v. second-person singular imperative of coucher | |
coucher |
1. v. to lay, to lay down | |
2. v. to put to bed, to put up (a lodger) | |
3. v. to go to bed | |
4. v. (of celestial objects) to set | |
Quand le Soleil se couche-t-il ce soir ? - When does the sun set? | |
Le Soleil se lève à l'est et se couche à l'ouest. - The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. | |
Les deux cercles polaires sont les parallèles des régions polaires au-delà desquels il existe au moins une journée où le Soleil ne se lève pas en hiver, et ne se couche pas en été. - The two po | |
5. v. to lodge, to beat down (wheat) | |
6. v. to layer (branches) | |
7. v. to slant (writing) | |
8. v. to aim at | |
9. v. to sleep | |
10. v. to sleep with (+ avec, t=with) | |
11. v. to spend the night | |
12. v. to lodge | |
13. v. to pack off to bed | |
14. n-m. going to bed | |
15. n-m. bedding | |
16. n-m. room and board | |
17. n-m. setting (sun) | |
coucher de soleil — sunset, sundown | |