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' | |
population |
1. n-f. population | |
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 | |
saint |
1. n-m. a male saint; masculine of sainte | |
2. adj. saintly (all meanings) | |
David |
1. Proper noun. (biblical character) David | |
2. Proper noun. given name, male, eq=David, from=Hebrew | |
3. Proper noun. surname, from=patronymics | |
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parlait |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of parler | |
parler |
1. v. to speak, talk | |
Il a commencé à parler à l’âge de quatre ans. - He began to speak at the age of four. | |
Ils ont parlé plusieurs heures avant d’aller se coucher. - They spoke several hours before going to sleep. | |
2. v. to be able to communicate in a language; to speak | |
Elle parle couramment français. - She speaks French fluently | |
3. v. (heraldry) to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name | |
Armes parlantes. | |
4. v. takes a reflexive pronoun | |
se parler Ă soi-mĂŞme - to talk to oneself | |
5. n-m. parlance | |
6. n-m. vernacular, dialect | |
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) | |
curieux |
1. adj. curious, inquisitive, intrigued, wondering; possessing curiosity | |
C'est un garçon curieux. - He's an inquisitive boy. | |
2. adj. curious, unusual, interesting, quaint; inducing curiosity | |
C'est un curieux garçon. - He's an unusual boy. | |
3. n-m. rubbernecker | |
patois |
1. n-m. patois (French dialect) | |
2. n-m. patois (any regional dialect) | |
3. n-m. (Louisiana French) saying, maxim, proverb, adage | |
Anglais |
1. n-m. (male) English person; Englishman | |
2. n-m. (Louisiana French) an Anglo-American or English speaker, as opposed to someone with French ancestry | |
3. n-m. English language | |
Il parle anglais. - He speaks English. | |
4. adj. English | |
Il est anglais. - He is English. | |
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. - This is not an English airplane | |
5. adj. (Louisiana French) Anglo-American or Anglophone | |
plein |
1. adj. full, full up | |
La voiture est pleine. - The car is full. | |
C'est plein de légendes. - It's full of stories | |
2. adj. plenty | |
Il y a plein de choses Ă faire. - There are plenty of things to do. | |
3. adj. solid | |
4. adj. (astronomy, of a moon) full | |
5. adj. (preceded by en) mid-; middle | |
en plein match - (right) in the middle of a match | |
en plein concert - mid-concert | |
en plein essor - on the rise | |
en pleine attaque - mid-attack | |
6. adj. (biology, of an animal) pregnant | |
7. adv. (of the four cardinal points) due | |
Aller plein sud - To go due north | |
8. adv. (colloquial) a lot, lots of, many | |
J'en ai plein du monde ici - I have lots of people here | |
9. n-m. full tank (of gas) | |
10. n-m. downstroke (of a letter) | |
11. prep. (somewhat colloquial) in; all over; filling | |
Avoir du vin plein sa cave. | |
J'ai de l’argent plein mes poches. - I have money filling up my pockets. | |
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 | |
expressions |
1. n. plural of expression | |
expression |
1. n-f. expression | |
maritimes |
1. adj. plural of maritime | |
maritime |
1. adj. maritime | |