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. | |
fit |
1. v. third-person singular past historic 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 | |
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) | |
Tour |
1. Proper noun. (by ellipsis) the Eiffel Tower | |
2. Proper noun. (cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France | |
3. n-f. tower | |
La tour de Pise est penchée. - The Tower of Pisa is leaning. | |
4. n-f. (chess) rook | |
5. n-f. apartment building | |
6. n-m. turn, circumference | |
7. n-m. go, turn | |
8. n-m. walk, stroll | |
9. n-m. round, stage (of a competition) | |
10. n-m. trick (e.g. magic trick, card trick) | |
11. n-m. ride | |
12. n-m. lathe | |
13. n-m. potter’s wheel | |
faire un tour |
1. v. to take a walk, to take a stroll, to go for a walk | |
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 | |
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' | |
chambre |
1. n-f. a chamber in its various senses, including: | |
2. n-f. a room. | |
3. n-f. a hotel room. | |
4. n-f. a bedroom. | |
5. n-f. a house of a parliament. | |
prit |
1. v. third-person singular past historic of prendre | |
2. n-m. (slang) penis | |
3. n-m. (slang) a stupid or contemptible man | |
prendre |
1. v. to take | |
prends ma main - take my hand | |
2. v. to eat; to drink | |
elle prend un café - she is drinking a coffee | |
3. v. to get; to buy | |
Je vais prendre le plat du jour. - I'll get the dish of the day. | |
4. v. to rob; to deprive | |
prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un | |
5. v. to make | |
prendre une décision - to make a decision | |
prendre des mesures draconiennes - to take draconian measures | |
6. v. to catch, to work, to start | |
le feu ne prend pas - the fire won't start | |
la sauce ne prend pas - the sauce isn't thickening | |
ma mayonnaise ne prend pas - my mayonnaise isn't setting | |
ça ne prend pas avec moi - that won't wash with me | |
7. v. to get (something) caught (in), to jam | |
je me suis pris la main dans la porte - I caught my hand in the door | |
je me suis pris la porte dans la figure | |
8. v. indtr, à | |
Qu'est-ce qui t'a pris ? Qu'est-ce qui t'est passé par la tête ? - What were you thinking? What got into you? What came over you? | |
Qu'est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l'a piqué ? - What was he thinking? What got into him? | |
bien lui en prit | |
mal lui en prit | |
9. v. to start having a negative feeling towards someone | |
prendre en aversion | |
prendre en grippe | |
prendre en dégoût | |
10. v. (followed by a partitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to gain | |
prendre de la vitesse - to gain speed | |
prendre du galon - to gain a promotion | |
prendre de l'avance - to gain ground | |
prendre du retard - to fall behind schedule, to run late, to drop behind | |
prendre de la hauteur - to gain some perspective | |
prendre du recul - to take a step back | |
prendre de la bouteille - to gain experience | |
en prendre de la graine - to take away a lesson | |
prendre du poids - to gain weight | |
prendre de la masse - to build muscle | |
prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre - to get a paunch | |
prendre du bouchon | |
prendre de l'élan - to gain momentum | |
prendre de l'âge | |
prendre de la valeur - to gain value | |
prendre de l'importance | |
11. v. (colloquial ; impersonal) to take (a certain amount of time) | |
Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour. | |
12. v. (colloquial ; impersonal ; by extension) to take (a certain number or amount of) | |
Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes. - To finish in two hours, it'll take three people. | |
13. v. (impersonal) to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions) | |
il prend quelque chose à quelqu'un - something comes over someone | |
Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison. | |
son |
1. n-m. sound | |
Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.) | |
2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel) | |
Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat. | |
Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat. | |
J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend. | |
La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence. | |
3. n-m. bran | |
Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran. | |
chapeau |
1. n-m. hat | |
2. n-m. (law) introductory text | |
3. n-m. (printing) lead of an article | |
4. n-m. cap (of a mushroom) | |
5. interj. Used to express appreciation. | |
Chapeau, monsieur. | |