pendant |
1. adj. hanging | |
2. n-m. stone that dangles on earrings | |
3. n-m. match, counterpart | |
4. prep. during, throughout, for the duration of | |
5. Participle. present participle of pendre | |
pendre |
1. v. to hang | |
2. v. to sag, droop | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
première |
1. adj. feminine of premier | |
2. n-f. (of a film) premiere, première | |
3. n-f. first (new event, something never done before) | |
4. n-f. (France) the penultimate year of lycée | |
5. n-f. first, first gear | |
6. n-f. first class (public transport) | |
premier |
1. adj. (ordinal) first | |
Le premier élément de la liste est un zéro. - The first element of the list is zero. | |
2. adj. prime (number etc) | |
3. n-m. first | |
Il est le premier. - He is the first. | |
4. n-m. premier | |
5. n-m. prime minister | |
6. adv. first | |
Il joue premier - he is playing first | |
semaine |
1. n-f. week | |
Je l'ai vu il n'y a pas plus longtemps qu'une semaine. - I saw him no longer than a week ago. | |
2. n-f. (Quebec) menstrual period | |
J'ai ma semaine. - I'm having my period. | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
brise |
1. n-f. breeze | |
2. v. first-person singular present of briser | |
3. v. third-person singular present of briser | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of briser | |
briser |
1. v. to break; snap | |
Est-ce que c'est vraiment une promesse si tu sais que tu vas la briser ? - Is it really a promise if you know you’re going to break it? | |
2. v. to become broken; snap | |
fut |
1. n-f. fr-post-1990, fût | |
2. v. third-person singular past historic 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 | |
très |
1. adv. very | |
légère |
1. adj. feminine singular of léger | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
excessivement |
1. adv. excessively | |
variable |
1. adj. variable | |
2. n-f. variable | |
tournant |
1. Participle. present participle of tourner | |
2. adj. turning | |
3. adj. revolving (door) | |
4. adj. swivel (chair) | |
5. n-m. bend, turn, corner | |
6. n-m. turning point | |
tourner |
1. v. to turn (left, right etc.) | |
2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients) | |
3. v. to tour, to go on tour | |
4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film | |
5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.) | |
Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer. | |
6. v. to lathe | |
constamment |
1. adv. constantly | |
du |
1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the) | |
« Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.". | |
2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...) | |
3. art. Forms the partitive article. | |
Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread. | |
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 | |
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 | |
nord |
1. n-m. north | |
au |
1. contraction. contraction of à le | |
Il étudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory. | |
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 | |
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 | |
suroit |
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en |
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
aller en bus - go by bus | |
partir en voiture - leave by car | |
4. prep. as | |
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
fort en histoire - good at history | |
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
en 1993 - in 1993 | |
en janvier - in January | |
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
en détresse - in distress | |
12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
en équipe - on a team | |
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
passant |
1. n-m. passer-by | |
2. n-m. loop (in belt etc.) | |
3. adj. busy (as in a busy street) | |
4. adj. (heraldry) passant | |
5. Participle. present participle of passer | |
passer |
1. v. to go past | |
2. v. to cross (a border) | |
3. v. (legal) to pass | |
passer une loi - to pass a law | |
4. v. to spend (time) | |
J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain. | |
J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place. | |
5. v. to publish (a newspaper) | |
6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test) | |
J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April. | |
7. v. to pass (an exam or test) | |
Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam. | |
8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test) | |
Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam. | |
9. v. (public transportation) to run | |
Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes. | |
10. v. to exceed (a limit) | |
11. v. to percolate | |
12. v. to hand down, to pass on | |
13. v. to be allowed | |
14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities) | |
15. v. to show (a movie) | |
16. v. to go up (a grade) | |
17. v. to shift (change gear) | |
18. v. to go down | |
19. v. to go up | |
20. v. to stop by, to pop in | |
Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us. | |
Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things. | |
21. v. to pass away, to die | |
22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk) | |
23. v. (TV) to show (be on television) | |
24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player) | |
25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton) | |
26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease) | |
27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else) | |
28. v. to wipe, rub | |
Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly. | |
29. v. to skip a go | |
30. v. to put (make something undergo something) | |
31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn) | |
32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass | |
Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here? | |
33. v. to go by | |
34. v. to do without | |
Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning. | |
35. v. to don | |
Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants. | |
36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for | |
faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something | |
se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate | |
en passant |
1. adv. in passing; incidentally, by the way | |
2. adv. (chess) en passant | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |