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| cadet |
| 1. adj. (family) youngest | |
| le fils cadet - the youngest son | |
| 2. n-m. cadet, student officer | |
| 3. n-m. junior sportsperson, young player | |
| 4. n-m. a younger sibling | |
| 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) | |
| bel |
| 1. adj. form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound | |
| 2. n-m. (sound engineering) bel (unit of sound intensity) | |
| beau |
| 1. adj. handsome, fine, attractive | |
| 2. adj. nice | |
| 3. adj. fair (weather) | |
| Il fait beau. - It is nice out. | |
| 4. n-m. (Louisiana French) boyfriend | |
| 5. adv. in vain | |
| J'ai beau trimer - No matter how hard I try / Try as I might | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| beau |
| 1. adj. handsome, fine, attractive | |
| 2. adj. nice | |
| 3. adj. fair (weather) | |
| Il fait beau. - It is nice out. | |
| 4. n-m. (Louisiana French) boyfriend | |
| 5. adv. in vain | |
| J'ai beau trimer - No matter how hard I try / Try as I might | |
| garçon |
| 1. n-m. boy | |
| Il a deux garçons et une fille. - He has two boys and a girl. | |
| 2. n-m. (by extension) young man; man | |
| 3. n-m. Generic name of a male employee in some industries | |
| 4. n-m. short for, garçon de café | |
| Garçon, l'addition s'il vous plaît. - Waiter, the bill please. | |
| dont |
| 1. pron. of/from whom/which, whose | |
| Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ? - Do you remember that of which we spoke? | |
| Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain. - There is nothing of which I am still certain. | |
| Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ? - What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes? | |
| J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours. - I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days. | |
| La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable. - The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name. | |
| Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers. - The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of | |
| Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste. - These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies. | |
| Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. - Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation. | |
| 2. pron. (sometimes) by which | |
| Le coup dont il fut frappé. - The blow by which he was struck. | |
| 3. pron. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations. | |
| Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles. - He had ten children, nine of them girls. | |
| 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 | |
| filles |
| 1. n. plural of fille | |
| fille |
| 1. n-f. girl | |
| Toutes les filles n'aiment pas jouer avec des poupées. - Not all girls like playing with dolls. | |
| 2. n-f. daughter | |
| Je vous présente mes fils, Gérard-Marcel et Pierre-Vincent, et mes filles, Marie-Léonore et Jacqueline-Hélène. - May I introduce you to my sons, Gérard-Marcel and Pierre-Vincent, and my daughte | |
| 3. n-f. (slang) prostitute, wench | |
| Il buvait et courait les filles avant qu'il ne contracte la cirrhose et la blennorragie. - He drank and consorted with hookers before contracting cirrhosis and gonorrhea. | |
| 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. | |
| éprennent |
| 1. v. third-person plural present of éprendre | |
| éprendre |
| 1. v. to burn | |
| 2. v. to become enamoured with, fall in love with | |
| d'abord |
| 1. adv. first, at first, right away | |
| 2. adv. primarily | |
| 3. adv. for one thing | |
| 4. adv. Used to add annoyed emphasis, particularly to a refusal | |
| J'irai pas d'abord! - I won't go then! | |
| 5. adv. (Québec) in that case, then, if that is so | |
| Okay, d'abord. - Okay, then. | |
| D'abord, pourquoi tu es toujours ici? - In that case, why are you still here? | |
| pour |
| 1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun) | |
| J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you. | |
| 2. prep. for (in support of) | |
| Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him? | |
| 3. prep. for (as a consequence for) | |
| Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes. | |
| 4. prep. for (an intended destination) | |
| Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London. | |
| 5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive) | |
| Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back. | |
| 6. prep. for, to (according to) | |
| Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic. | |
| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
| Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
| Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
| La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
| Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
| J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
| Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
| Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
| Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
| 3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
| Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
| elles |
| 1. pron. they (female) | |
| 2. pron. them (female) | |
| 3. n. plural of elle | |
| 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. | |
| jalousent |
| 1. v. third-person plural present of jalouser | |
| jalouser |
| 1. v. to be jealous of; to envy | |
| Il ne cessa de le jalouser et de le haïr. | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| 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. | |
| déchirent |
| 1. v. third-person plural present of déchirer | |
| déchirer |
| 1. v. to tear; to rip up | |
| déchirer une lettre - to rip up a letter | |
| Ma robe s'est déchirée. - My dress got torn. | |
| L'Église était déchirée par un schisme. - The Church was torn by a schism. | |
| Un cri strident déchira la nuit. - A shrill cry tore through the night. | |
| 2. v. to tear up emotionally | |
| 3. v. to kick arse, to kick ass, to kick butt, to rock, to rule | |
