tenir |
1. v. to have; to hold | |
2. v. to keep | |
3. v. to take (e.g., take into account, take into consideration); to consider; to account for; to reflect | |
Peut-être devons-nous tenir compte de plusieurs problèmes. - Maybe we should take several issues into account. | |
4. v. to stay; to hold | |
5. v. to hold on | |
Elle descend en se tenant aux racines. - She comes down using the roots for handles (holding on to the roots). | |
6. v. to hold oneself, to be standing | |
Il se tenait dans le coin. - He stood in the corner. | |
7. v. to behave | |
Tiens-toi bien. - Behave yourself. | |
8. v. to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition | |
Tiens-toi droit! - Keep yourself straight! | |
Elle se tient immobile sur la corde raide. - She stays still on the tightrope. | |
9. v. (indtr, à) to be attached to something, to be fond of something, to hold something dear; to wish to | |
10. v. to hang out | |
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 | |
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 | |
rang |
1. n-m. row or line of things placed side-by-side | |
2. n-m. rank or position in a series or hierarchy | |
3. n-m. (knitting) a knitting course | |
4. n-m. (Canada, geography) a series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road | |
5. n-m. (Canada, geography) the road serving such a series of plots | |
6. n-m. (military) the non-officers of an army, taken as a group | |