huile |
1. n-f. oil (liquid fat) | |
2. n-f. big gun, big cheese | |
3. v. first-person singular present of huiler | |
4. v. third-person singular present of huiler | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of huiler | |
huiler |
1. v. to oil, oil up (cover or coat with oil) | |
colle |
1. n-f. glue | |
2. n-f. (France, education) oral examination at a prépa or during the PASS | |
3. n-f. (by extension, figurative) conundrum, stumper (difficult question) | |
poser une colle - to ask a toughie | |
4. n-f. (college slang) detention | |
5. v. first-person singular present of coller | |
6. v. third-person singular present of coller | |
7. v. second-person singular imperative of coller | |
coller |
1. v. to stick (together), to glue | |
coller une image sur un mur - to stick an image on a wall | |
Le sang avait collé ses cheveux. - The blood had stuck his hair together. | |
2. v. to approach too closely; to be too close | |
Ne te colle pas comme ça à moi ! - Don't stick to me like that! | |
Une voiture commence à me coller. - A car is starting to follow me too closely. | |
3. v. to place | |
4. v. to give; to hand over | |
5. v. to fit well; to suit | |
6. v. to be dumbfounded; to be in a daze | |
Arrête de coller, réveille toi. - Stop being in a daze, wake up. | |
7. v. to be sticky; to stick | |
se coller au plafond - to stick to the ceiling | |
8. v. to have an affair | |
se coller avec une poulette - to have an affair with a chick | |
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 | |
Poisson |
1. Proper noun. surname, French metonymic | |
2. n-m. fish (marine animal) | |
Poisson sans boisson est poison. - Fish without drink is poison. | |