| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| jeune |
| 1. adj. young | |
| 2. n. youth, a young person | |
| femme |
| 1. n-f. woman | |
| 2. n-f. wife | |
| 3. n-f. (LGBT, rare) Alternative form of fem, , femme, feminine lesbian (contrast butch) | |
| jeune femme |
| 1. n-f. damsel, lass, maiden, young woman | |
| fait |
| 1. n-m. fact | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of faire | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of faire | |
| 4. adj. done | |
| 5. adj. cut out | |
| Je ne suis vraiment pas fait pour l'escalade. | |
| faire |
| 1. v. to do | |
| faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up. | |
| Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What are you doing? | |
| Fais pas ça. - Don't do that. | |
| 2. v. to make | |
| faire une erreur - to make a mistake. | |
| faire un voyage - to take a trip | |
| 3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) | |
| "Je t'aime," fit-il. - "I love you," he said. | |
| Le chat fait "miaou". - The cat goes "meow". | |
| 4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) | |
| Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh. | |
| La chanson me fait pleurer. - The song makes me cry. | |
| 5. v. to act like (something) | |
| Fais pas ton innocent avec moi. - Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act. | |
| 6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) | |
| Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. - It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside. | |
| Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. - We have known each other for ten years. | |
| Ça fait bizarre. - That seems/looks bizarre; that gives a bizarre effect/appearance/result. | |
| Ça fait très monsieur, ta cravate. - Your tie makes you look like a real gentleman. | |
| 7. v. to do, to make (oneself) | |
| Elle se fait les ongles. - She is doing her nails. | |
| 8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) | |
| se faire piquer - to be stung | |
| Je me suis fait avoir. - I got screwed. | |
| Est-ce que tu t'es fait couper les cheveux ? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
| 9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature | |
| 10. v. to become used to, to get used to | |
| Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait. - I still haven't got used to it. | |
| 11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) | |
| 12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) | |
| L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon. - The child soiled his trousers. | |
| Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte. - They've just heard the news and they're shitting themselves. | |
| 13. v. to become, to get | |
| venir |
| 1. v. to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker) | |
| Viens vivre avec moi en France. - Come live with me in France. | |
| 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 | |
| réparateurs |
| 1. n. plural of réparateur | |
| réparateur |
| 1. n-m. (agent noun of réparer); repairer | |
| 2. adj. restorative | |
| un sommeil réparateur - restorative sleep, refreshing sleep, restful sleep | |
| télé |
| 1. n-f. TV, telly | |
| Veux-tu regarder la télé? - Do you want to watch TV? | |
| logique |
| 1. n-f. logic | |
| 2. adj. logical | |
| C'est logique! - It's logical! | |
| alors |
| 1. adv. then (at that time) | |
| 2. adv. so, hence (as a consequence) | |
| 3. interj. (acknowledgement of previous statement) so, well, well then | |
| Alors on reste ici ce soir. - Well then, let's stay here tonight. | |
| 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. | |
| alors que |
| 1. conj. (fr-conjunction) (+ indicative) | |
| 2. conj. while, whereas, though; (expresses a sense of opposition between simultaneous events) | |
| 3. conj. (literary, or Quebec) when, while | |
| son |
| 1. n-m. sound | |
| Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.) | |
| 2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel) | |
| Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat. | |
| Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat. | |
| J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend. | |
| La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence. | |
| 3. n-m. bran | |
| Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran. | |
| poste |
| 1. n-f. post office | |
| 2. n-f. mail, postal service/system | |
| 3. n-m. job, post | |
| 4. n-m. position (in sport, or observation post) | |
| 5. n-m. slang police station (ellipsis of poste de police,), nick | |
| 6. n-m. a receiver, an electronic device | |
| 7. n-m. (colloquial) radio (ellipsis of poste de radio,) | |
| 8. n-m. (colloquial) TV, TV set (ellipsis of poste de télévision,) | |
| 9. n-m. (telephone) extension | |
| 10. n-m. stretch, stint (at work) | |
| 11. v. first-person singular present of poster | |
| 12. v. third-person singular present of poster | |
| 13. v. second-person singular imperative of poster | |
| poster |
| 1. v. to post, (put in the) mail | |
| 2. v. to post | |
| 3. n-m. poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place) | |
| marche |
| 1. n-f. march (formal, rhythmic way of walking) | |
| 2. n-f. march (song in the genre of music written for marching) | |
| 3. n-f. walk (distance walked) | |
| 4. n-f. movement (of a vehicle) | |
| 5. n-f. functioning | |
| 6. n-f. step (step of a stair) | |
| 7. n-f. marches (region near a border) | |
| 8. v. first-person singular present of marcher | |
| 9. v. third-person singular present of marcher | |
| 10. v. second-person singular imperative of marcher | |
| marcher |
| 1. v. to walk | |
| Il marche au milieu de la rue. - He is walking in the middle of the street | |
| 2. v. to travel; to move; to march | |
| 3. v. (figurative) to work, to function | |
| Comment ça marche ? - How does it work? | |
| Cet appareil ne marche plus. - This device isn't working anymore. | |
| 4. v. to step | |
| Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. - To step on the foot of someone | |
| 5. v. to cooperate | |
| Je ne marche plus. - I am no longer in. | |
| 6. v. to believe | |
| Il marche. - He believes my joke. | |
| Il m'a fait marcher. - He took me for a ride. | |
| très |
| 1. adv. very | |
| bien |
| 1. adj. good, all right, great | |
| 2. adj. good looking, nice | |
| 3. adv. well | |
| Ça va bien ? - It goes well? | |
| Il joue vraiment bien au football. - He plays soccer really well. | |
| 4. adv. indeed; so | |
| Bien, on peut partir maintenant ? - So, can we leave now? | |
| 5. adv. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of) | |
| Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. - Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals. | |
| 6. adv. very; really | |
| C'est bien aimable à vous. - it's very considerate of you. | |
| C'est bien beau, mais... - It's all very well, but... | |
| Je te trouve bien silencieux aujourd'hui. - You seem very quiet today. | |
| Il est bien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. - That guy is really ugly. | |
| 7. adv. (in comparisons) much (more, less, better, etc.) | |
| Jérémie est bien plus fort que moi. - Jérémie is much stronger than me. | |
| bien meilleur que ... - much better than ..., much better than ... | |
| 8. n-m. good as opposed to evil | |
| 9. n-m. a commodity, a good | |
| 10. n-m. a possession | |
| très bien |
| 1. adv. very good, very well | |
| 2. adv. excellent | |
| elle |
| 1. pron. she | |
| Je crois qu'elle est partie. - I think she left. | |
| 2. pron. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun) | |
| Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans. - That's my car. It is five years old. | |
| 3. pron. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers | |
| C’est à elle. - It's hers. | |
| sera |
| 1. v. third-person singular future indicative of être | |
| serait |
| 1. v. third-person singular conditional of être | |
| soit |
| 1. conj. or, meaning, that is to say | |
| 2. conj. either ... or | |
| Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien. - He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog. | |
| Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies agains, be that playing | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of être | |
| 4. v. (math) let be | |
| Soit f une fonction linéaire. - Let f be a linear function. | |
| 5. interj. OK; granted; so be it | |
| 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. | |
| allonge |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of allonger | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of allonger | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of allonger | |
| allonger |
| 1. v. to lay down | |
| 2. v. to lengthen, to make longer, to extend | |
| 3. v. to extend out, to stretch | |
| 4. v. to lengthen | |
| 5. v. to grow, to get longer | |
| 6. v. to stretch out | |
| 7. v. to lie, to lie down | |
| sur |
| 1. prep. on, upon | |
| 2. prep. on top of | |
| 3. prep. from on top of | |
| 4. prep. above | |
| 5. prep. out of | |
| sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
| 6. prep. in the case of | |
| 7. prep. about, concerning | |
| 8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
| sur Paris - in Paris | |
| 9. adj. sour | |
| 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 | |
| lit |
| 1. n-m. bed | |
| Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. - Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed. | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of lire | |
| Jean lit très souvent. - Jean reads very often. | |
| lire |
| 1. v. to read | |
| 2. v. to be read | |
| 3. n-f. lira (unit of currency) | |
| dénudée |
| 1. Participle. feminine singular of dénudé | |
