ils |
1. pron. they (male or mixed group) | |
2. pron. (Quebec, informal) they (female) | |
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 Ă la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
relayaient |
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of relayer | |
relayer |
1. v. (historical, intransitive) to relay, change horses | |
2. v. to relieve, take over from | |
3. v. to replace | |
4. v. to transmit, relay (information) | |
5. v. to take turns, to alternate | |
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) | |
SĂ©bastien est parti pour Londres. - SĂ©bastien 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. | |
tourner |
1. v. to turn (left, right etc.) | |
2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients) | |
3. v. to tour, to go on tour | |
4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film | |
5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.) | |
Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer. | |
6. v. to lathe | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
OĂą 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' | |
manivelle |
1. n-f. crank | |
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. | |
ĂŠtes-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 Ă 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 Ă midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
un groupe de cinq Ă 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 | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
OĂą 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' | |
de la |
1. art. of the | |
2. art. some; the feminine partitive article | |
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam? | |
J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie. | |
magnéto |
1. n-f. magneto | |
2. n-m. (sound engineering) tape recorder | |
3. n-m. (film) videocassette recorder | |
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une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
grosse |
1. adj. feminine singular of gros | |
2. adj. pregnant | |
3. n-f. gross (twelve dozens) | |
gros |
1. adj. big, thick, fat | |
Mon petit copain a des gros doigts. - My boyfriend has fat fingers. | |
2. adj. coarse, rough | |
3. adj. (Louisiana French) famous | |
4. n-m. a person in overweight | |
5. n-m. the bulk, the majority | |
Le gros de la négociation c'est la baisse de prix d'achat du produit. - The bulk of the negotiation is lowering the purchasing price of the product. | |
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gégène |
1. n-f. (military, slang) "genny", generator; dynamo | |
2. n-f. electroshock torture, gégène | |
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