| Qu'est |
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| ce |
| 1. det. this, that |
| 2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) |
| 3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that |
| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) |
| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. |
| 3. conj. when, no sooner |
| 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 |
| 7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as |
| 8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but |
| 9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) |
| 10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) |
| 11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) |
| 12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) |
| 13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) |
| ce que |
| 1. pron. (accusative, relative) what (relative pronoun - direct object) |
| 2. pron. (accusative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions) |
| tu |
| 1. pron. you (singular); thou |
| 2. Participle. past participle of taire |
| 3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker) |
| taire |
| 1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence |
| 2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking |
| 3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say |
| fais |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of faire |
| 2. v. second-person singular present indicative of faire |
| 3. v. second-person singular present imperative of faire |
| faire |
| 1. v. to do |
| 2. v. to make |
| 3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) |
| 4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) |
| 5. v. to act like (something) |
| 6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) |
| 7. v. to do, to make (oneself) |
| 8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) |
| 9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature |
| 10. v. to become used to, to get used to |
| 11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) |
| 12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) |
| 13. v. to become, to get |
