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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'
banane
     1. n-f. banana (the fruit)
     2. n-f. (slang) chopper, copter, whirlybird (a two-rotor helicopter)
     3. n-f. bum bag (UK, Australia), fanny pack (US, Canada), moon bag (South Africa)
     4. n-f. pompadour, quiff (hairstyle)
     5. n-f. (slang) idiot, fool
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'
Cerise
     1. Proper noun. given name, female
     2. adj. cerise colour
     3. n-f. cherry (fruit)
     4. n-f. (color) cerise
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'
Pomme
     1. Proper noun. (rare) given name, female
     2. Proper noun. ====Notes====
     3. Proper noun. In France in , Pomme was the 2745th most popular given name, with 99 people.
     4. n-f. apple (fruit)
           manger une pomme - eat an apple
           la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l’arbre - the apple never falls far from the tree
     5. n-f. any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size
     6. n-f. the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead
           la pomme d’arrosoir - the nozzle of a watering can
     7. n-f. (architecture) a decorative motif in the shape of an apple
     8. n-f. (botany) the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce
           pomme épineuse - jimsonweed
     9. n-f. (colloquial) the head or face
     10. n-f. (colloquial) ninny, nitwit, idiot
           C’est la reine des pommes ! - She's the queen of nutters!
     11. n-f. (by ellipsis) potato (ng, from pomme de terre)
     12. n-f. (figuratively) crown, prize, especially in regards to beauty (ng, from the association with the Judgment of Paris)
           Elle mérite la pomme. - She's a real beaut.
     13. n-f. (Canada, pejorative, offensive) an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society
     14. v. first-person singular present of pommer
     15. v. second-person singular present imperative of pommer
     16. v. third-person singular present of pommer
     pommer
          1. v. (of vegetables, especially cabbage and lettuce) to develop a fruit
et
     1. conj. and
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'
fraise
     1. n-f. strawberry
     2. n-f. (literary) nipple
     3. n-f. bulwark, palisade (defensive rampart of earth with sharpened wooden stakes set in at an angle)
     4. n-f. calf's mesentery
     5. n-f. (historical) fraise (ruff collar)
     6. n-f. milling cutter
     7. v. first-person singular present of fraiser
     8. v. third-person singular present of fraiser
     9. v. second-person singular imperative of fraiser
     fraiser
          1. v. to sheer (with a cutting tool)
sont
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être
           Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they?
     être
          1. v. to be
                Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
                Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
                Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
des
     1. art. plural of un
     2. art. plural of une
     3. art. plural of du
     4. art. plural of de la
     5. art. plural of de l'
     6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
     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
     les
          1. art. plural of le: the
          2. art. plural of la: the
          3. pron. plural of le: them
          4. pron. plural of la: them
     de l'
          1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
                Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
fruits
     1. n. plural of fruit
     fruit
          1. n-m. fruit
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