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pièce
1. n-f. room (in a house, etc)
2. n-f. piece
3. n-f. (money) coin
4. n-f. play (in a theatre)
5. n-f. (heraldry) ordinary
6. n-f. (legal) document, paper
7. n-f. patch
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
tapisserie
1. n-f. tapestry
2. n-f. (by extension) wallcovering, wallpaper
morceau
1. n-m. piece, slice, bit, morsel
2. n-m. (music) piece, work
manger le morceau - to fess up, spill the beans
3. n-m. (Quebec, slang) gun, piece
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
tapisserie
1. n-f. tapestry
2. n-f. (by extension) wallcovering, wallpaper
travaillé
1. Participle. past participle of travailler
travailler
1. v. to work
Il ne fait que travailler. - All he does is work.
2. v. to study
3. v. to struggle
séparément
1. adv. separately
qui
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
avec
1. prep. (accompaniment) with
Je suis revenu avec lui. - I have returned with him.
Voudriez-vous y aller avec moi ? - Would you like to come with me?
Ils m'ont dit qu'ils étaient avec toi. - They told me that they were with you.
2. prep. (manner, instrument) with
Je l'ai fait avec plaisir. - I did it with pleasure.
3. adv. (informal) too, also
Il en est vraiment content. —Bien, moi avec. - He's really happy about it. —Well, me too.
plusieurs
1. adj. several, many, a lot
autres
1. adj. plural of autre
autre
1. adj. other
Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example.
2. adj. another
morceaux
1. n. plural of morceau
morceau
1. n-m. piece, slice, bit, morsel
2. n-m. (music) piece, work
manger le morceau - to fess up, spill the beans
3. n-m. (Quebec, slang) gun, piece
forme
1. n-f. shape (geometrical representation)
2. n-f. shape (physical appearance)
3. n-f. form
4. v. of former# inflection of;former;
5. v. , 3, s, pres, indc, ;
6. v. , 1//3, s, pres, subj, ;
7. v. , 2, s, pres, imp, ;
former
1. v. to form (generic sense)
2. v. to shape (to make into a certain shape)
3. v. to train; to educate
une
1. num. feminine singular of un
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
tenture
1. n-f. curtain
2. n-f. drape, drapery, (wall) hanging
3. n-f. fabric wall-covering
4. n-f. funeral hangings
tenturer
entière
1. adj. feminine singular of entier
entier
1. adj. whole
des biscuits entiers et des brisés - whole and broken biscuits
2. adj. (arithmetic) whole (of a number), integer
un chiffre entier - a whole number
une valeur entière - an integer value
3. adj. entire, whole
le monde entier, la terre entière - the entire world, the whole world
4. adj. (of bread) wholemeal (UK), wholewheat (US)
5. n-m. (mathematics) integer, whole number

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