| 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'étais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me. | |
| 5. part. (colloquial Canada) like | |
| 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. | |
| voulait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of vouloir | |
| vouloir |
| 1. v. to want, wish, desire | |
| Je veux voir le soleil. - I want to see the sun. | |
| Hitler voulait la guerre, mais beaucoup n'en étaient pas conscients. - Hitler wanted war, but many were not aware of it. | |
| 2. v. to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem | |
| 3. n-m. will | |
| voir |
| 1. v. to see (visually) | |
| Je vois ma mère là-bas. - I see my mother over there. | |
| On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here. | |
| 2. v. to see (to understand) | |
| Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong? | |
| 3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see) | |
| 4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative) | |
| Viens voir ici. - Come here please. | |
| si |
| 1. conj. if, whether | |
| Je me demande si elle sera seule. - I wonder if she'll be alone. | |
| Je veux savoir si tu viendras ou non. - I want to know if you're coming or not. | |
| 2. conj. if (assuming that) | |
| Si j'avais ses pouvoirs, je créerais un monde où le mal n'existe pas. - If I had his power, I'd create a world where evil didn't exist. | |
| Si tu n'avais pas appelé, je serais morte. - If you hadn't called, I'd be dead. | |
| 3. conj. even if | |
| 4. conj. although, while | |
| 5. interj. yes (used to contradict a negative statement) | |
| Tu ne m’aimes pas, n’est-ce pas ? — Si ! - You don’t like me, do you? — Yes, I do! | |
| Moi, je n'ai rien fait ! — Si ! - I didn't do anything! — Yes, you did! | |
| 6. adv. so, such (intensifier) | |
| J’étais si fatigué ces jours-ci que je n’avais pas le courage de vous écrire. - I was so tired those days that I didn't have the energy to write to you. | |
| Cela n'aurait pas été une si bonne idée. - That wouldn't have been such a good idea. | |
| 7. adv. (si + adjective/adverb + que ...) however (to whatever extent or degree) | |
| Si bavard qu'il soit, il ne dit rien de stupide. - However talkative he may be, he doesn't say anything stupid. | |
| 8. n-m. (music) si, the note 'B' | |
| ça |
| 1. pron. (informal) that | |
| J'aimerais ça. - I'd like that. | |
| 2. pron. (informal) this | |
| Je veux ça. - I want this. | |
| 3. pron. it | |
| Ça va. - It's okay. | |
| 4. pron. (non-gloss, used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action); people | |
| Partout ça criait, ça hurlait, ça se battait. - There was shouting, screaming, fighting everywhere. | |
| 5. pron. (Louisiana French) they | |
| 6. n-m. (psychoanalysis) id | |
| marchait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of marcher | |
| marcher |
| 1. v. to walk | |
| Il marche au milieu de la rue. - He is walking in the middle of the street | |
| 2. v. to travel; to move; to march | |
| 3. v. (figurative) to work, to function | |
| Comment ça marche ? - How does it work? | |
| Cet appareil ne marche plus. - This device isn't working anymore. | |
| 4. v. to step | |
| Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. - To step on the foot of someone | |
| 5. v. to cooperate | |
| Je ne marche plus. - I am no longer in. | |
| 6. v. to believe | |
| Il marche. - He believes my joke. | |
| Il m'a fait marcher. - He took me for a ride. | |
| bien |
| 1. adj. good, all right, great | |
| 2. adj. good looking, nice | |
| 3. adv. well | |
| Ça va bien ? - It goes well? | |
| Il joue vraiment bien au football. - He plays soccer really well. | |
| 4. adv. indeed; so | |
| Bien, on peut partir maintenant ? - So, can we leave now? | |
| 5. adv. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of) | |
| Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. - Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals. | |
| 6. adv. very; really | |
| C'est bien aimable à vous. - it's very considerate of you. | |
| C'est bien beau, mais... - It's all very well, but... | |
| Je te trouve bien silencieux aujourd'hui. - You seem very quiet today. | |
| Il est bien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. - That guy is really ugly. | |
| 7. adv. (in comparisons) much (more, less, better, etc.) | |
| Jérémie est bien plus fort que moi. - Jérémie is much stronger than me. | |
| bien meilleur que ... - much better than ..., much better than ... | |
| 8. n-m. good as opposed to evil | |
| 9. n-m. a commodity, a good | |
| 10. n-m. a possession | |
| 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. | |
| regarda |
| 1. v. third-person singular past historic of regarder | |
| regarder |
| 1. v. to look at | |
| Tu regardes quoi ? - What are you looking at? | |
| 2. v. to watch | |
| Je regarde un film à la TV si ça t'intéresse. - I'm watching a film on TV if you're interested. | |
| 3. v. to face | |
| 4. v. to concern (be associated with) | |
| 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' | |
| Pomme |
| 1. Proper noun. (rare) given name, female | |
| 2. Proper noun. ====Notes==== | |
| 3. Proper noun. In France in , Pomme was the 2745th most popular given name, with 99 people. | |
| 4. n-f. apple (fruit) | |
| manger une pomme - eat an apple | |
| la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l’arbre - the apple never falls far from the tree | |
| 5. n-f. any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size | |
| 6. n-f. the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead | |
| la pomme d’arrosoir - the nozzle of a watering can | |
| 7. n-f. (architecture) a decorative motif in the shape of an apple | |
| 8. n-f. (botany) the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce | |
| pomme épineuse - jimsonweed | |
| 9. n-f. (colloquial) the head or face | |
| 10. n-f. (colloquial) ninny, nitwit, idiot | |
| C’est la reine des pommes ! - She's the queen of nutters! | |
| 11. n-f. (by ellipsis) potato (ng, from pomme de terre) | |
| 12. n-f. (figuratively) crown, prize, especially in regards to beauty (ng, from the association with the Judgment of Paris) | |
| Elle mérite la pomme. - She's a real beaut. | |
| 13. n-f. (Canada, pejorative, offensive) an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society | |
| 14. v. first-person singular present of pommer | |
| 15. v. second-person singular present imperative of pommer | |
| 16. v. third-person singular present of pommer | |
| pommer |
| 1. v. (of vegetables, especially cabbage and lettuce) to develop a fruit | |
| 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 | |
| arrosage |
| 1. n-m. watering (act of giving or adding water) | |
| 2. n-m. (figurative) bribery, bribe | |
| tourna |
| 1. v. third-person singular past historic 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 | |
| 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 | |
| robinet |
| 1. n-m. tap (UK), faucet (US) | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| reçut |
| 1. v. third-person singular past historic of recevoir | |
| 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) | |
| jet |
| 1. n-m. throw | |
| 2. n-m. spurt, spout, jet | |
| 3. n-m. jet (airplane) | |
| 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 | |
| vitriol |
| 1. n-m. vitriol (all senses) | |
| dans |
| 1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
| vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
| être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
| avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
| dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
| Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
| Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
| mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
| Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
| Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
| 3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
| Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
| Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
| 4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
| dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
| dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
| 5. prep. out of, from | |
| boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
| Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
| 6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
| le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
| 7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
| dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
| dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
| 8. n. plural of dan | |
| 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 | |
| deux |
| 1. num. two | |
| yeux |
| 1. n. plural of œil, eyes | |
| Il a les yeux bleus. - He has blue eyes. | |
| Il a de beaux yeux bleus. - He has beautiful blue eyes. | |
| œil |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see | |
| 2. n-m. (plural œils) glyph, rendering of a single character | |
| 3. n-m. (plural œils) eye (of a needle) | |
