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qualifie
1. v. first-person singular present of qualifier
2. v. third-person singular present of qualifier
3. v. second-person singular imperative of qualifier
qualifier
1. v. to qualify (of a sports team, etc.)
2. v. to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage
Notre équipe s'est qualifiée pour les quarts de finale. - Our team qualified for the quarter-finals.
3. v. (indtr, ditr=1) to call someone something, to label someone
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
mulâtres
1. n. plural of mulâtre
mulâtre
1. n-m. mulatto
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.
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
distinguer
1. v. to distinguish
Il n'existe pas de critère strictement linguistique permettant de distinguer une langue d'un dialecte. - There is no strictly linguistic criterion capable of distinguishing a language from a di
2. v. to be distinguished
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?
Blancs
1. n. plural of Blanc
2. adj. masculine plural of blanc
3. n. plural of blanc
blanc
1. adj. white color
Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.
2. adj. blank, unused
3. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression
4. n-m. white (color)
5. n-m. silence while in a dialog
6. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form
Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page.
7. n-m. (informal) white wine
Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine.
8. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion
9. n-m. albumen, egg white
10. n-m. white meat
11. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
ou
1. conj. or
2. conj. either...or
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
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?
Noirs
1. n. plural of Noir
2. n. plural of noir
noir
1. adj. black in colour
Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black.
2. adj. dark
Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside.
3. adj. drunk; inebriated
Il est noir. - He is drunk.
4. adj. black, of black ethnicity
Il est noir. - He is black.
5. n-m. a black person
6. n-m. a person whose hair is dark
7. n-m. dark; darkness
Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark.

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