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ce
1. det. this, that
2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
est-ce que...? - is it that...?
ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
ce semble - it seems
ce peuvent être... - these may be...
jeune
1. adj. young
2. n. youth, a young person
Homme
1. Proper noun. Man (genus Homo)
2. n-m. man (adult male human)
C'est un homme bien, le meilleur d'entre nous. - He's a good man, the best of us.
3. n-m. man, Man (species)
4. n-m. man (virile male)
5. n-m. man (employee)
jeune homme
1. n-m. young man, youth
tourne
1. v. first-person singular present of tourner
2. v. third-person singular present of tourner
3. v. second-person singular imperative of tourner
tourner
1. v. to turn (left, right etc.)
2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients)
3. v. to tour, to go on tour
4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film
5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.)
Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer.
6. v. to lathe
Mal
1. Proper noun. Section of Tongres in Belgium
2. n-m. (as in the phrase: avoir du mal) trouble, difficulty
J'ai du mal à m'imaginer ça. - I have trouble imagining that.
3. n-m. pain
J'ai mal à la tête. - I have pain at the head.
4. n-m. evil
Le philosophe abordait de grandes questions du bon et du mal. - The philosopher discussed broad questions of good and evil.
5. n-m. damage, harm
Le mal est fait. - The damage is done.
6. adv. badly
C'est mal fait. - It's done badly.
7. adj. (in set phrases and limited constructions) bad
bon an, mal an - good year, bad year
bon gré, mal gré - willy-nilly
Il est mal de infinitive - It’s wrong to infinitive
C'est mal de infinitive - It’s wrong to infinitive
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.
est
1. adj. east
2. n-m. east
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
être
1. v. to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
4. n-m. being, creature
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
en
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
Il est allé en France. - He went to France.
3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus - go by bus
partir en voiture - leave by car
4. prep. as
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire - good at history
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
en 1993 - in 1993
en janvier - in January
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
10. prep. in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse - in distress
12. prep. in (as part of something)
en équipe - on a team
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
passe
1. n-f. pass (the act of passing)
2. n-f. pass (passageway)
3. n-f. (sports) pass
4. n-m. pass (document allowing entry)
5. v. first-person singular present of passer
6. v. third-person singular present of passer
7. v. second-person singular imperative of passer
passer
1. v. to go past
2. v. to cross (a border)
3. v. (legal) to pass
passer une loi - to pass a law
4. v. to spend (time)
J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain.
J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place.
5. v. to publish (a newspaper)
6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test)
J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April.
7. v. to pass (an exam or test)
Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam.
8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test)
Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam.
9. v. (public transportation) to run
Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes.
10. v. to exceed (a limit)
11. v. to percolate
12. v. to hand down, to pass on
13. v. to be allowed
14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities)
15. v. to show (a movie)
16. v. to go up (a grade)
17. v. to shift (change gear)
18. v. to go down
19. v. to go up
20. v. to stop by, to pop in
Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us.
Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things.
21. v. to pass away, to die
22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
23. v. (TV) to show (be on television)
24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)
28. v. to wipe, rub
Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly.
29. v. to skip a go
30. v. to put (make something undergo something)
31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn)
32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass
Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here?
33. v. to go by
34. v. to do without
Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning.
35. v. to don
Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants.
36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for
faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something
se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate
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
en passe de
1. prep. (somewhat literary) on the brink (of); on the verge (of), on track to, about to
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.
Mal
1. Proper noun. Section of Tongres in Belgium
2. n-m. (as in the phrase: avoir du mal) trouble, difficulty
J'ai du mal à m'imaginer ça. - I have trouble imagining that.
3. n-m. pain
J'ai mal à la tête. - I have pain at the head.
4. n-m. evil
Le philosophe abordait de grandes questions du bon et du mal. - The philosopher discussed broad questions of good and evil.
5. n-m. damage, harm
Le mal est fait. - The damage is done.
6. adv. badly
C'est mal fait. - It's done badly.
7. adj. (in set phrases and limited constructions) bad
bon an, mal an - good year, bad year
bon gré, mal gré - willy-nilly
Il est mal de infinitive - It’s wrong to infinitive
C'est mal de infinitive - It’s wrong to infinitive
conduire
1. v. to drive (a vehicle)
Il conduit la voiture. - He is driving the car.
2. v. to lead, to conduct
3. v. to behave, to conduct oneself
Les enfants se conduisent mal. - The children are behaving badly.
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.
dévie
1. v. first-person singular present of dévier
2. v. third-person singular present of dévier
3. v. second-person singular imperative of dévier
dévier
1. v. to divert
2. v. to deviate, stray, go off course
3. v. to deflect, parry
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.
bonne
1. adj. feminine singular of bon
2. n-f. maid
bon
1. adj. good
(parasyn, bien)
2. adj. right, correct, appropriate
(parasyn, exact)
le bon usage - the correct usage
être dans la bonne direction - to be going the right way, to be heading the right way
Choisissez la bonne réponse. - Choose the correct response.
3. adj. (slang) sexy, hot, smoking hot
Cette meuf est fin bonne ! - That chick is fine as hell!
4. n-m. voucher, ticket, coupon
5. interj. well; OK
route
1. n-f. road (sometimes route like "Route 66")
2. n-f. route, way, path
bonne route
1. interj. safe travels!
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.
ne
1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think.
soutient
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of soutenir
soutenir
1. v. to support
2. v. to keep up
3. v. (used with que) to maintain (that)
4. v. to argue
pas
1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover
3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
Je ne sais pas. - I don't know
Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us.
J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work.
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
bonnes
1. adj. feminine plural of bon
2. n. plural of bonne
bonne
1. adj. feminine singular of bon
2. n-f. maid
espérances
1. n. plural of espérance
espérance
1. n-f. hope
2. n-f. (probability theory) expected value
que
1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well.
2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.
3. conj. when, no sooner
Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police.
4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
5. conj. introduces a comparison
6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father.
7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as
Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you.
8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit.
9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is!
Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are.
10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting?
Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done?
12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened?
Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit?
Que sommes-nous ? - What are we?
13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well.
Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me.
on
1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
On ne peut pas pêcher ici - You can’t fish here
2. pron. (personal, informal) we
On s’est amusés. - We had fun.
avait
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir
avoir
1. n-m. asset, possession
2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
4. v. to have (a condition)
J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
J'ai froid. - I have cold.
J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
5. v. to have (a measure or age)
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
6. v. to have (to trick)
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
conçues
1. Participle. feminine plural of conçu
concevoir
1. v. to conceive (an idea)
2. v. to conceive (a baby)
3. v. to conceive (to understand, to comprehend)
4. v. to design
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
lui
1. pron. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
J'habitais avec lui. - I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. - It was him who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. - He doesn't know anything about it.
2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
Je lui ai donné le livre. - I gave the book to him/her.
3. Participle. past participle of luire

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