| 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. | |
| a |
| 1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A | |
| 2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she | |
| C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute. | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
| Elle a un chat. - She has a cat. | |
| 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. | |
| trois |
| 1. num. three | |
| grille |
| 1. n-f. bars; railings; rack; grate | |
| grille de fenêtre - window bars | |
| grille d’un fourneau - oven rack | |
| grilles d’une prison - prison bars | |
| La grille du barbecue est pleine de graisse de saucisses. - The barbecue grate is covered in grease from the sausages. | |
| 2. n-f. gate (with bars) | |
| À huit heures et quart, on ferme la grille d’entrée de l’école. - At 8:15, we close the school’s entrance gate. | |
| 3. n-f. grid | |
| grilles de sudoku - sudoku grids | |
| grille de mots croisés - crossword grid | |
| Ci-joint la grille d’évaluation. - Attachment: assessment grid. | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of griller | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present of griller | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of griller | |
| griller |
| 1. v. to toast (cook with a toaster) | |
| 2. v. to grill (cook with a grill) | |
| 3. v. to toast (heat up, said of e.g. skin) | |
| 4. v. (colloquial) to smoke (a cigarette) | |
| 5. v. (transport) to run; to pass a stop signal or stop sign, or without yielding right of way (at duty to yield) | |
| pains |
| 1. n. plural of pain | |
| pain |
| 1. n-m. bread | |
| 2. n-m. piece of bread | |
| 3. n-m. food | |
| 4. n-m. bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner | |
| 5. n-m. (informal) punch (a hit with the fist) | |
| 6. n-m. a block (of ice, of salt, of soap …) with the shape and size of bread | |
| 7. n-m. (slang) (music) mistake during a performance (false note, forgot an intro, wrong solo, …) | |
| chez |
| 1. prep. to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of | |
| 2. prep. , translation=I go into where the two of you live, because it was my place, when it was our place (...) | |
| 3. prep. , lit=I enter your place, as it was my place, (etc.) | |
| chez moi - at my house | |
| chez lui - at his house | |
| chez Françoise - at Françoise’s | |
| chez le dentiste - at the dentist | |
| chez l'avocat - at the lawyer's office | |
| 4. prep. by extension, to, at or in the country of | |
| une spécialité bien de chez nous - a true specialty of our country | |
| rentrer chez soi - to return to one's country | |
| 5. prep. in; among (a group of things or people of the same type) | |
| Cette maladie se voit souvent chez les chiens. - This illness is often seen among dogs. | |
| le TDAH chez l'adulte - ADHD in adults | |
| 6. prep. in the work of (an author or artist) | |
| C'est un thème très important chez Baudelaire. - That is a very important theme in Baudelaire's work. | |
| le symbolisme des couleurs chez Picasso - color symbolism in Picasso's work | |
| 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 | |
