| tu |
| 1. pron. you (singular); thou | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of taire | |
| 3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker) | |
| C'est-tu possible ? - Is it possible? | |
| taire |
| 1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence | |
| Faites taire vos enfants ! - Shut your children up! | |
| 2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking | |
| Tais-toi! - Be quiet!/Shut up! | |
| 3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say | |
| Je l'ai entendu de quelqu'un dont je préfère taire le nom. - I heard it from someone whose name I'd rather keep to myself. | |
| connais |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of connaître | |
| 2. v. second-person singular present indicative of connaître | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of connaître | |
| connaître |
| 1. v. to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event) | |
| 2. v. to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.) | |
| 3. v. to know (sexually) | |
| 4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be knowledgeable (en about) | |
| C'est toi qui t'y connais! - It is you who knows! | |
| 5. v. (law, somewhat, archaic) to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially | |
| 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 | |
| histoire |
| 1. n-f. story | |
| 2. n-f. history | |
| 3. n-f. (informal) lie, fantasy, invention | |
| 4. n-f. misadventure | |
| 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 | |
| histoire de |
| 1. conj. (informal, dated) resulting in | |
| 2. conj. (informal) in order to | |
| Barbe |
| 1. Proper noun. (given name, female), equivalent to English Barbara as a saint's name. Usual given name form: Barbara | |
| 2. n-f. beard | |
| Il a une barbe bien fournie. (He has a luxurious beard.) | |
| Je vais peut-être me laisser pousser la barbe. (Maybe I'll let my beard grow.) | |
| Certaines personnes mettent plusieurs années avant d'obtenir une barbe dure, d'autres n'y parvenant jamais. (Some people take several years before obtaining a strong beard, others never succeed | |
| 3. n-f. longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals | |
| La barbe d'une chèvre, d'un bouc. - The beard of a goat, of a billygoat. | |
| 4. n-f. barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish) | |
| Les barbes du brochet. - The barbels of the pike. | |
| 5. n-f. barb (feather) | |
| Le duvet est constitué de petites plumes légères dont les barbes ne sont pas enchevêtrées. - The duvet is made of small, light feathers whose barbs are not tangled. | |
| 6. n-f. (botany) barb (hair or bristle) | |
| 7. n-f. (colloquial) a boring thing, a drag | |
| Quelle barbe ! - What a bore! | |
| 8. adj. (horse) Barbary | |
| un cheval barbe. | |
| 9. n-m. Barbary horse | |
| Les barbes d'Abaco sont une toute petite population de chevaux barbes espagnols sauvages sur l'île d'Abaco. | |
| 10. v. first-person singular present of barber | |
| 11. v. third-person singular present of barber | |
| 12. v. second-person singular imperative of barber | |
| barber |
| 1. v. (informal) to bore someone | |
| bleue |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of bleu | |
| bleu |
| 1. adj. blue | |
| Le ciel est bleu. - The sky is blue. | |
| 2. adj. (of meat) very rare, underdone | |
| 3. n-m. the color blue | |
| 4. n-m. blue cheese | |
| Le bleu ressemble au roquefort - Blue cheese looks like Roquefort | |
| 5. n-m. rookie, new recruit, raw recruit | |
| Ce soldat est un vrai bleu - This soldier is a real rookie | |
| 6. n-m. bruise | |
| Il est tombé, et maintenant il a un bleu - He fell over and now he has a bruise | |
| 7. n-m. (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk | |
| 8. n-m. (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party | |
