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. | |
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. | |
deux |
1. num. two | |
ours |
1. n-m. bear (animal) | |
2. n-m. (gay slang) bear (hairy gay man) | |
3. n-m. masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff) | |
4. n-m. (cinematography) rough cut | |
Blancs |
1. n. plural of Blanc | |
2. adj. masculine plural of blanc | |
3. n. plural of blanc | |
blanc |
1. adj. white color | |
Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white. | |
2. adj. blank, unused | |
3. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression | |
4. n-m. white (color) | |
5. n-m. silence while in a dialog | |
6. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form | |
Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page. | |
7. n-m. (informal) white wine | |
Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine. | |
8. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion | |
9. n-m. albumen, egg white | |
10. n-m. white meat | |
11. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex | |
ours blancs |
1. n. plural of ours blanc | |
supérieurement |
1. adv. exceptionally | |
dressés |
1. Participle. masculine plural of dressé | |
dresser |
1. v. to raise, to erect, to build | |
2. v. to raise, to lift, to elevate | |
3. v. to prepare; to draw up | |
4. v. to pitch (a tent) | |
5. v. to set, to lay out | |
Est-ce qu'il a dressé la table? Has he laid the table? | |
6. v. to tame (lion etc), to break in (horse), to train (an animal) | |
7. v. to stand | |
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. | |
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 | |
faisaient |
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of faire | |
faire |
1. v. to do | |
faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up. | |
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What are you doing? | |
Fais pas ça. - Don't do that. | |
2. v. to make | |
faire une erreur - to make a mistake. | |
faire un voyage - to take a trip | |
3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) | |
"Je t'aime," fit-il. - "I love you," he said. | |
Le chat fait "miaou". - The cat goes "meow". | |
4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) | |
Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh. | |
La chanson me fait pleurer. - The song makes me cry. | |
5. v. to act like (something) | |
Fais pas ton innocent avec moi. - Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act. | |
6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) | |
Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. - It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside. | |
Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. - We have known each other for ten years. | |
Ça fait bizarre. - That seems/looks bizarre; that gives a bizarre effect/appearance/result. | |
Ça fait très monsieur, ta cravate. - Your tie makes you look like a real gentleman. | |
7. v. to do, to make (oneself) | |
Elle se fait les ongles. - She is doing her nails. | |
8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) | |
se faire piquer - to be stung | |
Je me suis fait avoir. - I got screwed. | |
Est-ce que tu t'es fait couper les cheveux ? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature | |
10. v. to become used to, to get used to | |
Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait. - I still haven't got used to it. | |
11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) | |
12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) | |
L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon. - The child soiled his trousers. | |
Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte. - They've just heard the news and they're shitting themselves. | |
13. v. to become, to get | |
vivre |
1. v. to live | |
vivre comme un roi - live like a king | |
2. v. to experience | |