Daily French Audio - Words
Words used in this podcast
Word | Root | Meanings | |
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sous-marin | 1. n-m. submarine (undersea boat) | ||
2. n-m. (Quebec) submarine (sandwich) | |||
3. adj. underwater| submarine | |||
carré | 1. adj. square | ||
2. adj. (maths) quadratic | |||
3. adj. straightforward | |||
4. n-m. square | |||
5. n-m. patch (of land) | |||
tape-cul | 1. n-m. a vehicle with poor suspension | ||
2. n-m. a see-saw (child's game) (English)| a teeter-totter (US English) | |||
particulièrement | 1. adv. particularly, specifically | ||
2. adv. especially | |||
3. adv. in particular | |||
taille | 1. n-f. the act of cutting, pruning, trimming | ||
2. n-f. size | |||
3. n-f. waist | |||
4. n-f. , translation=The last type is the "hobby horse", a term which Ethnologue reserves for a disguise for a person, made as follows: the body of the person is surrounded at the waist by a cloth — the skir | |||
5. n-f. waistline | |||
tailler | 1. v. (of a suit, garment etc.) to cut | ||
2. v. to sharpen | |||
3. v. (informal) to do one, to clear off | |||
être | 1. v. to be | ||
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3. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |||
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5. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) | |||
petit copain | 1. n-m. (informal) boyfriend | ||
français | 1. adj. French | ||
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3. adj. (Louisiana French) Franco-American or Francophone | |||
4. n-m. French (language) | |||
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fondu | 1. n-m. fade | ||
2. n-m. (film, video) fade | |||
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4. Participle. past participle of fondre | |||
fondre | 1. v. to melt, melt down, smelt | ||
2. v. to melt | |||
3. v. to melt away, waste away | |||
4. v. to dwindle| to diminish | |||
5. v. to blend in, blend into | |||
centre | 1. n-m. centre, center | ||
2. n-m. (soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area | |||
centrer | 1. v. to center (put into, move into to center) | ||
fermé | 1. Participle. past participle of fermer | ||
2. adj. closed | |||
3. adj. switched off | |||
fermer | 1. v. to shut | ||
2. v. to close | |||
3. v. to do up (of clothing) | |||
4. v. to switch off, to turn off (of a device or an appliance) | |||
tiré | 1. n-m. (music) down bow | ||
2. Participle. past participle of tirer | |||
quelques | 1. adj. plural of quelque | ||
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mousse | 1. adj. blunt | ||
2. n-f. moss (the plant) | |||
3. n-f. bryophyte (in the broad sense) | |||
4. n-f. foam | |||
5. n-f. mousse (dessert) | |||
mousser | 1. v. to foam (produce foam) | ||
occuper | 1. v. to occupy, to take up | ||
2. v. to employ | |||
3. v. to be busy, to keep oneself busy | |||
4. v. to take care of, to tend to, to deal with someone | |||
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