petit |
1. adj. small | |
un petit verre de vin - a small glass of wine | |
2. adj. little | |
un petit garçon - a little boy | |
3. adj. petty | |
Certaines personnes sont vraiment petites à propos des plus petites choses. - Some people are really petty about the smallest things. | |
4. n-m. small one (anything that is small) | |
5. n-m. little one (anything that is little) | |
6. n-m. little one; child (of humans or other animals) | |
7. n-m. the young (of a species) | |
Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau". | |
espace |
1. n-m. space | |
Je manque d'espace. - I'm short on space. | |
Il a changé en l'espace de deux minutes. - It changed in the space of two minutes. | |
2. n-f. (typography) space | |
espace insécable - non-breaking space | |
3. v. first-person singular present of espacer | |
4. v. third-person singular present of espacer | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of espacer | |
espacer |
1. v. to space out, to allow gaps or intervals between | |
clos |
1. Participle. past participle of clore | |
2. adj. closed, shut | |
3. adj. shut in, enclosed | |
4. n-m. a piece of cultivated land surrounded by walls or hedges, especially a small vineyard | |
clore |
1. v. close (put an end to) | |
La discussion est close. - The discussion is closed. | |
utilisé |
1. adj. used, in use | |
2. Participle. past participle of utiliser | |
utiliser |
1. v. to use, to utilize | |
Si tu veux l'utiliser, demande d'abord - If you want to use it, ask first | |
pour |
1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun) | |
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you. | |
2. prep. for (in support of) | |
Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him? | |
3. prep. for (as a consequence for) | |
Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes. | |
4. prep. for (an intended destination) | |
Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London. | |
5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive) | |
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back. | |
6. prep. for, to (according to) | |
Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic. | |
se |
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
2. pron. (to) himself | |
3. pron. (to) herself | |
4. pron. (to) oneself | |
5. pron. (to) itself | |
6. pron. (to) themselves | |
7. pron. (to) each other | |
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
soulager |
1. v. to relieve, soothe | |
2. v. to make oneself feel better, to find relief | |
3. v. to relieve oneself | |
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? | |
déjections |
1. n. plural of déjection | |
déjection |
1. n-f. (medicine) dejection, defecation | |
corporelles |
1. adj. feminine plural of corporel | |
corporel |
1. adj. corporeal | |
2. adj. (relational) body; corporal; bodily | |
telles |
1. adj. feminine plural of tel | |
tel |
1. adj. such | |
2. prep. like, as | |
Il fond sur elle tel un oiseau de proie. - He swoops down on her like a bird of prey. | |
3. prep. such as | |
Ottawa compte aussi de charmantes tables, tel le Fraser Café. - Ottawa is also home to some enchanting restaurants, such as the Fraser Café. | |
4. pron. one (impersonal pronoun) | |
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. | |
telles que |
1. adj. feminine plural of tel que | |
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 | |
urine |
1. n-f. urine | |
2. v. first-person singular present of uriner | |
3. v. third-person singular present of uriner | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of uriner | |
uriner |
1. v. to urinate | |
2. v. (indtr, de) to urinate; to void in one's urine | |
uriner du sang - to urinate blood; pass blood in the urine | |
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 | |
selles |
1. n. plural of selle | |
2. n. (metonymy) Stool, feces. | |
seller |
1. v. to saddle | |
selle |
1. n-f. saddle (for riding) | |
2. n-f. commode (chair containing a chamber pot) | |
3. n-f. (metonymically, chiefly in the plural) excrement (human or animal) | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
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 | |
vomissures |
1. n. plural of vomissure | |
vomissure |
1. n-f. vomit, sick | |