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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'
mer
1. n-f. sea (large body of water)
2. n-f. (used with the definite article) the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
salue
1. v. first-person singular present of saluer
2. v. third-person singular present of saluer
3. v. second-person singular imperative of saluer
saluer
1. v. to greet
2. v. to wave to (as a greeting)
3. v. to say goodbye to
4. v. (military, nautical) to salute
5. v. to salute, pay tribute to; to hail
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'
Terre
1. Proper noun. the Earth (planet)
2. n-f. earth; soil
3. n-f. land, property (delimited area)
4. v. first-person singular present of terrer
5. v. third-person singular present of terrer
6. v. second-person singular imperative of terrer
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
vaisseaux
1. n. plural of vaisseau
vaisseau
1. n-m. ship, vessel
2. n-m. vessel (i.e. blood vessel)
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.
mouillent
1. v. third-person plural present of mouiller
mouiller
1. v. to make wet, get wet, dampen, moisten
2. v. to water (down)
3. v. to cast, drop (anchor)
4. v. to palatalize
5. v. to anchor, lie at anchor
6. v. to be so frightened as to piss oneself
7. v. to be wet
8. v. to rain
9. v. to stick one's neck out
Tu ne te mouilles pas trop, à ce que je vois ! - you don't get too wet
devant
1. prep. confronted with, faced with
2. prep. in front of, before
3. prep. outside
4. n-m. front
5. Participle. present participle of devoir
devoir
1. n-m. duty
manquer à son devoir, manquer à tous ses devoirs - to fail in one's duty, duties
Il est de mon devoir de protéger le roi. - It is my duty to protect the king.
2. n-m. exercise, assignment (set for homework)
3. v. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
Les auteurs d'un dictionnaire doivent déterminer au départ les catégories de mots à retenir, en fonction des limites imposées par l'éditeur et du public visé. - The authors of a dictionary have
4. v. (present) must
5. v. (conditional) should
6. v. must, to do or have with certainty
7. v. to owe (money, obligation and etc)
8. v. (literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject) (even) though it be necessary (+ infinitive)
9. v. to have a duty to
une
1. num. feminine singular of un
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
forteresse
1. n-f. fortress
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'
saluent
1. v. third-person plural present of saluer
saluer
1. v. to greet
2. v. to wave to (as a greeting)
3. v. to say goodbye to
4. v. (military, nautical) to salute
5. v. to salute, pay tribute to; to hail
en
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
Il est allé en France. - He went to France.
3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus - go by bus
partir en voiture - leave by car
4. prep. as
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire - good at history
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
en 1993 - in 1993
en janvier - in January
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
10. prep. in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse - in distress
12. prep. in (as part of something)
en équipe - on a team
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
tirant
1. n-m. (nautical) draft, draught
2. n-m. drawstring
3. Participle. present participle of tirer
tirer
1. v. to draw, drag, pull
2. v. to shoot
3. v. to draw (conclusions), to consider (consequences)
4. v. to leave a place
5. v. to set free, to deliver
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
canon
1. n-m. cannon, (big) gun
2. n-m. barrel (of firearm)
3. n-m. cannon for a horse
4. n-m. canon
5. n-m. (music) canon
6. n-m. (religion) canon
7. n-m. (slang) hottie, dish, bombshell (attractive man/woman)
8. adj. (informal, of a person) hot, sexy
Cette nouvelle coupe de cheveux te va trop bien, t'es canon! - This new hair really suits you, you're hot!
9. n-m. (slang) glass of wine

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