nous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) we. | |
3. pron. (object pronoun) us, to us. | |
4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we) | |
5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy | |
autres |
1. adj. plural of autre | |
autre |
1. adj. other | |
Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example. | |
2. adj. another | |
nous autres |
1. pron. we: first-person exclusive plural pronoun (I and others but not you) | |
2. pron. (Canada) We: inclusive or exclusive first-person plural (I and you; I, you, and others; or I and others) | |
jeunes |
1. adj. plural of jeune | |
2. n. plural of jeune | |
jeune |
1. adj. young | |
2. n. youth, a young person | |
filles |
1. n. plural of fille | |
fille |
1. n-f. girl | |
Toutes les filles n'aiment pas jouer avec des poupées. - Not all girls like playing with dolls. | |
2. n-f. daughter | |
Je vous présente mes fils, Gérard-Marcel et Pierre-Vincent, et mes filles, Marie-Léonore et Jacqueline-Hélène. - May I introduce you to my sons, Gérard-Marcel and Pierre-Vincent, and my daughte | |
3. n-f. (slang) prostitute, wench | |
Il buvait et courait les filles avant qu'il ne contracte la cirrhose et la blennorragie. - He drank and consorted with hookers before contracting cirrhosis and gonorrhea. | |
jeunes filles |
1. n. plural of jeune fille | |
Françaises |
1. n. plural of Française | |
2. adj. feminine plural of français | |
français |
1. adj. French | |
Il est l'un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus. - He's one of the most well-known French entrepreneurs. | |
2. adj. (Louisiana French) Franco-American or Francophone | |
3. n-m. French (language) | |
Il parle très bien le français. - He speaks French very well. | |
Elle a fait beaucoup d'efforts pour améliorer son français. - She made a lot of effort to improve her French. | |
Le français est la sixième langue la plus parlée au monde après le chinois, l'anglais, le hindi, l'espagnol et l'arabe. - French is the sixth most spoken language in the world after Chinese, En | |
4. n-m. , translation=Strongadverb of degree remains alive in the French spoken in Belgium and in certain provinces of France; it's very common in written language: (...) | |
nous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) we. | |
3. pron. (object pronoun) us, to us. | |
4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we) | |
5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy | |
sommes |
1. v. first-person plural present indicative of être | |
2. v. second-person singular present of sommer | |
3. n. plural of somme | |
sommer |
1. v. (mathematics) to sum up | |
2. v. to summon, to call | |
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 | |
somme |
1. n-f. sum; total | |
Il a reçu une somme de 300 euros. He received a sum of 300 euros. | |
2. n-m. nap; doze; quick sleep | |
3. n-f. packsaddle | |
4. v. first-person singular present of sommer | |
5. v. third-person singular present of sommer | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of sommer | |
livrées |
1. Participle. feminine plural of livré | |
livrer |
1. v. to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.) | |
2. v. to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.) | |
3. v. to betray | |
4. v. to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint) | |
5. v. abandon oneself, give oneself over + à (object) = to | |
6. v. to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry) + à (object) = to | |
par |
1. prep. through | |
par la fenêtre - through the window | |
aller par le parc - go through the park | |
2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
voyager par train - travel by train | |
par surprise - by surprise | |
le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
voir par devant - see from the back | |
le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
par terre - on the ground | |
7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
par un soir - in one evening | |
8. prep. in | |
marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
9. prep. per, a, an | |
trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
par tristesse - out of sadness | |
11. prep. for | |
12. n-m. (golf) par | |
nos |
1. det. plural of notre; our | |
Nos enfants nous rendent souvent visite. - Our children visit us often. | |
notre Our |
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familles |
1. n. plural of famille | |
famille |
1. n-f. family (group of related people) | |
2. n-f. (biology) family | |
comme |
1. conj. as | |
Je travaille comme artiste. - I work as an artist. | |
2. conj. like | |
J'agis comme il faut. - I act like I must. | |
3. conj. how | |
Comme tu es belle ce soir ! - How beautiful you are tonight! | |
4. conj. because, as, since | |
Comme j'étais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me. | |
5. part. (colloquial Canada) like | |
des |
1. art. plural of un | |
2. art. plural of une | |
3. art. plural of du | |
4. art. plural of de la | |
5. art. plural of de l' | |
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some) | |
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 | |
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 | |
de l' |
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article | |
Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic? | |
marchandises |
1. n. plural of marchandise | |
marchandise |
1. n-f. merchandise | |
à |
1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. | |
2. prep. to (destination) | |
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
3. prep. to (until) | |
Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten | |
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock. | |
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) | |
à la maison - at home | |
à l'hôtel - at the hotel | |
au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
au bois - in the woods | |
J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d | |
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
à l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
à moi ! - help! | |
à l'aide ! - help! | |
au secours ! - help! | |
au feu ! - fire! | |
aux armes ! - to arms! | |
à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
à l'abordage ! - on board! | |
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
8. prep. from (origin) | |
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well. | |
Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library. | |
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from. | |
9. prep. of (belonging to) | |
C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car. | |
le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
à plus tard - see you later | |
à bientôt - see you soon | |
Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow. | |
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with | |
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for | |
moulin à poivre - pepper mill | |
sac à dos - backpack | |
boite à musique - music box | |
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
l'équipe à battre - the team to beat | |
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink. | |
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective | |
un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman | |
un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard | |
une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt | |
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls | |
15. prep. by | |
peu à peu - bit by bit | |
petit à petit - little by little | |
minute à minute - minute by minute | |
jour à jour - day by day | |
un à un - one by one | |
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
six à sept personnes - six or seven people | |
de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years | |
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
mettre le feu à - to set fire to | |
clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up | |
donner la chasse à - to give chase to | |
18. prep. with | |
trois |
1. num. three | |
mois |
1. n-m. month (datedef, from c. 1100) | |
2. n-m. (euphemism, archaic) period, menstruation datedef, 1535—early 20th c. | |
quelquefois |
1. adv. sometimes | |
fin |
1. n-f. end, close, finish | |
2. n-f. end, end goal, objective, purpose | |
3. adj. thin, fine | |
4. adj. (Quebec) kind, nice | |
courant |
1. Participle. present participle of courir | |
2. n-m. current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.) | |
courant électrique - electric current | |
3. adj. current, present | |
4. adj. (language skills) fluent | |
5. adj. common | |
courir |
1. v. to run | |
2. v. to hurry; to rush | |
3. v. (Louisiana French) to go | |
Courez chercher mon livre! - Go get my book! | |