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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
maisons
     1. n. plural of maison
     maison
          1. n-f. house
          2. adj. homemade
                une grande tarte maison - a big home-made pie
                spécialité maison - speciality of the house
          3. adj. (employment) in-house
                La compagnie a un département de traduction maison. - The company has an in-house translation department.
          4. adj. (colloquial intensifier) first-rate, top-notch
                une engueulade maison - a hell of a telling off
provinciales
     1. adj. feminine plural of provincial
     provincial
          1. adj. provincial
          2. n-m. people from the provinces/regions
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
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)
ordre
     1. n-m. order (way in which things are arranged)
           ordre alphabétique - alphabetical order
           ordre des mots - word order
     2. n-m. order (group)
           les ordres militaires - military orders
     3. n-m. (legal) order (calm)
     4. n-m. region (used in estimations)
           un chiffre de l'ordre de 2 millions - a number in the region of 2 million/a number around 2 million/2 million or so
     5. n-m. kind, sort
     6. n-m. order (tidiness)
     7. n-m. order (instruction)
           Il m'a donné l'ordre de tirer - he gave me the order to shoot
           sur ordre du gouvernement - under the government's orders
     8. n-m. (finance) order
     9. n-m. (taxonomy) order
           c'est de l'ordre des siréniens - from the order of sirenians
     10. n-m. (architecture) classical order
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