| ouvrage |
| 1. n-m. work, labour | |
| 2. n-m. piece of work | |
| 3. n-m. work, oeuvre | |
| 4. n-m. book, volume | |
| imprimé |
| 1. Participle. past participle of imprimer | |
| relié |
| 1. Participle. past participle of relier | |
| relier |
| 1. v. to connect, link, join, relate to | |
| Ce problème est relié à un produit inférieur. - This problem is linked to an inferior product. | |
| 2. v. to bind (as a book) | |
| Mon livre est relié en cuir. - My book is leather-bound. | |
| 3. v. to hoop together (as a barrel) | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| broché |
| 1. Participle. past participle of brocher | |
| 2. adj. paperback | |
| 3. adj. brocaded | |
| non |
| 1. adv. no | |
| 2. conj. not | |
| 3. n-m. a no, a negative response | |
| 4. interj. no! | |
| périodique |
| 1. adj. periodic | |
| 2. n-m. periodical | |
| comportant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of comporter | |
| comporter |
| 1. v. to include | |
| Le frontispice de l’édifice public comportait d'ailleurs toujours l’inscription « Ecole-Marie ». - The frontispiece of the public building still included the inscription "Ecole-Marie.". | |
| 2. v. to consist of, comprise | |
| 3. v. to entail (formal, risk), involve | |
| 4. v. to behave, act | |
| 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) | |
| assez |
| 1. adv. enough | |
| Il est incontestable que je suis assez bouché de croire ça. - It's incontestable that I'm already dumb enough to believe that | |
| 2. adv. quite | |
| 3. adv. rather | |
| grand |
| 1. adj. big, great, grand | |
| 2. adj. tall | |
| Il est grand comment ? - How tall is he ? | |
| 3. adj. grown up, big | |
| Quand je serai grande, je veux être astronaute. - When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut. | |
| Il l'a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. - He did it all on his own like a big boy. | |
| 4. adj. (usually capitalized) great, an honorific title | |
| Alexandre le Grand - Alexander the Great | |
| 5. adj. great; big fat; an intensifier | |
| un grand tricheur - a big fat cheater | |
| 6. adj. extensive, large | |
| 7. n-m. grown-up | |
| nombre |
| 1. n-m. number | |
| nombrer |
| 1. v. to number | |
| 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 | |
| nombre de |
| 1. det. quite a few | |
| pages |
| 1. n. plural of page | |
| page |
| 1. n-f. page (of a book, etc.) | |
| 2. n-f. page, web page | |
| 3. n-m. page, page boy | |
