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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'
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
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
arrosoir
     1. n-m. watering can
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