| French > English |
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| boîte de conserve |
| 1. n-f. can, tin (of food) |
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| French > French |
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| boîte de conserve |
| 1. n-f. Orthographe alternative de boite de conserve. |
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| Analysis |
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| boîte |
| 1. n-f. box (the container) |
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| 2. n-f. tin, can |
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| 3. n-f. (colloquial) ellipsis of boîte de nuit: club, nightclub |
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| 4. n-f. (informal) company, employer |
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| de |
| 1. prep. of (expresses belonging) |
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| Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France. |
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| 2. prep. of (used to express property or association) |
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| Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works |
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| Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife. |
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| conserve |
| 1. n-f. canned food, preserve |
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| 2. v. first-person singular present of conserver |
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| 3. v. third-person singular present of conserver |
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| 4. v. second-person singular imperative of conserver |
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| conserver |
| 1. v. to keep (in a particular place) |
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| Conserver la glace dans un congélateur. - Keep the ice cream in a freezer. |
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| 2. v. , passage=Frappé par cette contradiction, il décida de conserver un suivi du traitement qu'on leur réservait tout au long de leur voyage., t=Struck by this contradiction, he decided to keep track of t |
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| 3. v. to retain, conserve, preserve |
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