le |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
4. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
5. 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. | |
6. 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 | |
mouton |
1. n-m. sheep (animal) | |
2. n-m. mutton (meat) | |
3. n-m. (figuratively) lemming, sheep (someone who follows a crowd and succumbs to groupthink) | |
4. n-m. mouton (coin) | |
5. n-m. dust bunny | |
est |
1. adj. east | |
2. n-m. east | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être | |
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 | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
viande |
1. n-f. meat | |
2. n-f. (obsolete) food | |
3. n-f. (sexuality) an object of sexual desire; a piece of meat | |
Noire |
1. n-f. female equivalent of Noir | |
2. adj. feminine singular of noir | |
3. n-f. (music) quarter note | |
noir |
1. adj. black in colour | |
Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black. | |
2. adj. dark | |
Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside. | |
3. adj. drunk; inebriated | |
Il est noir. - He is drunk. | |
4. adj. black, of black ethnicity | |
Il est noir. - He is black. | |
5. n-m. a black person | |
6. n-m. a person whose hair is dark | |
7. n-m. dark; darkness | |
Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark. | |