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| au bout du compte |
| 1. adv. all things considered, after all, in the end |
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| French > French |
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| au bout du compte |
| 1. v. Tout considéré ; après tout. |
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| Analysis |
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| au |
| 1. contraction. contraction of à le |
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| Il étudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory. |
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| à |
| 1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. |
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| 2. prep. to (destination) |
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| aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way |
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| Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. |
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| 3. prep. to (until) |
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| le |
| 1. art. the (definite article) |
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| Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. |
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| 2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. |
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| L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. |
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| 3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. |
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| bout |
| 1. n-m. end, extremity, tip (of a physical object) |
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| 2. n-m. bit, piece, scrap |
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| 3. n-m. (nautical) rope |
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| 4. n-m. (curling) end |
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| 5. v. third-person singular present indicative of bouillir |
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| bouillir |
| 1. v. to boil (becoming boiling; reach boiling point) |
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| 2. v. to boil (cause to boil) |
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| 3. v. (figuratively) to seethe |
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| du |
| 1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the) |
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| « Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.". |
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| 2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...) |
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| 3. art. Forms the partitive article. |
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| Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread. |
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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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| le |
| 1. art. the (definite article) |
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| Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. |
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| 2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. |
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| L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. |
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| 3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. |
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| compte |
| 1. n-m. account (bank or user account) |
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| 2. n-m. count (the action of counting) |
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| 3. v. first-person singular present of compter |
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| 4. v. third-person singular present of compter |
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| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of compter |
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| compter |
| 1. v. to count |
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| 2. v. to reckon, allow |
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| Pour se rendre jusque là, il faut compter deux bonnes heures. - To get there, it takes two good hours. |
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| 3. v. to include; to comprise, to consist of |
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| Je ne l'ai pas comptée dans le calcul. - I did not include it in the calculation. |
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