une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
Botte |
1. Proper noun. Italy | |
2. n-f. boot (footwear) | |
3. n-f. something resembling a boot | |
la botte italienne - the Italian boot | |
une botte à bière - a boot-shaped beer glass | |
4. n-f. (figuratively) oppression | |
Les Juifs ont grandement souffert sous la botte du régime nazi. - The Jews suffered greatly under the oppression of the Nazi regime. | |
5. n-f. (polytechnic jargon) the top of the class in polytechnic school | |
6. v. first-person singular present of botter | |
7. v. third-person singular present of botter | |
8. v. second-person singular imperative of botter | |
9. n-f. bunch, bundle (of flowers, vegetables) | |
10. n-f. bundle, sheaf (of grain) | |
11. n-f. bale (bundle of compressed wool or hay) | |
12. n-f. (by extension) fodder or feed for small livestock | |
13. n-f. a bundle of skeins | |
14. n-f. bunch (large amount of something) | |
15. n-f. (informal) sex, proposed to a woman by a man | |
Je lui ai proposé la botte. En vain ! - I offered to have sex with her. No luck! | |
16. n-f. bale (measurement of hay weighing 30-50 kg) | |
17. n-f. (fencing) thrust | |
18. n-f. (nautical) ton, register ton (unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet) | |
19. n-f. large barrel, cask | |
20. n-f. (historical) (a former unit of measure:) about 230 kilograms; about 500 pounds | |
21. n-f. (historical) (a former unit of measure, varying with time and place:) about 190 to 520 litres; about 50 to 140 US gallons | |
botter |
1. v. to kick | |
2. v. (slang) to please, to like | |
Ça te botterait d'aller au ciné? - Would you like to go the cinema? | |
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 | |
vendanges |
1. n. plural of vendange | |
vendanger |
1. v. to vintage | |
vendange |
1. n-f. vintage (yield of grapes for wine-making) | |
2. n-f. (by extension) grapes harvested for wine-making | |
3. n-f. (chiefly plural) grape harvesting season | |
4. v. first-person singular present of vendanger | |
5. v. third-person singular present of vendanger | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of vendanger | |