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 | |
roses |
1. n. plural of rose | |
2. adj. plural of rose | |
rose |
1. n-f. rose (flower) | |
2. n-f. rose window | |
3. n-f. (heraldry) rose | |
4. n-m. pink | |
5. adj. pink | |
6. adj. (humorous) pink, left-wing | |
7. adj. (colloquial) erotic, blue | |
8. adj. (in phrases) rosy, rose-tinted | |
sont |
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être | |
Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they? | |
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 | |
rouges |
1. n. plural of rouge | |
rouge |
1. adj. red (of a red color) | |
Le sang est rouge. - Blood is red. | |
2. adj. red (left-wing, socialist) | |
L'armée rouge. - Red Army. | |
3. n-m. red | |
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 | |
violettes |
1. adj. feminine plural of violet | |
violet |
1. n-m. (usually) purple (colour) | |
2. n-m. mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar | |
3. adj. purple | |
sont |
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être | |
Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they? | |
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 | |
bleues |
1. adj. feminine plural of bleu | |
bleu |
1. adj. blue | |
Le ciel est bleu. - The sky is blue. | |
2. adj. (of meat) very rare, underdone | |
3. n-m. the color blue | |
4. n-m. blue cheese | |
Le bleu ressemble au roquefort - Blue cheese looks like Roquefort | |
5. n-m. rookie, new recruit, raw recruit | |
Ce soldat est un vrai bleu - This soldier is a real rookie | |
6. n-m. bruise | |
Il est tombé, et maintenant il a un bleu - He fell over and now he has a bruise | |
7. n-m. (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk | |
8. n-m. (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party | |
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 | |
sucre |
1. n-m. sugar | |
sucrer |
1. v. to sugar (to add sugar to, to sweeten) | |
2. v. to steal, to take away from someone | |
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 | |
doux |
1. adj. sweet | |
2. adj. soft | |
3. adj. mild | |
4. adj. gentle (gradual rather than steep) | |
une pente douce - a gentle slope | |
5. adj. (of water) fresh, not salty | |
6. adv. gently | |
ainsi |
1. adv. in this way, thus | |
que |
1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
3. conj. when, no sooner | |
Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
ainsi que |
1. conj. as, just as, like | |
Cela s'est passé ainsi que je vous l'ai dit. - It happened just as I told you. | |
2. conj. as well as | |
vous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all). | |
Vous allez - You (all) go. | |
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all). | |
Je vous adore. - I love you (all). | |
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun): | |
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you. | |
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person: | |
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you. | |