| en |
| 1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) |
| 3. prep. by (used to indicate means) |
| 4. prep. as |
| 5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) |
| 6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) |
| 7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) |
| 8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while |
| 9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something |
| 10. prep. in (used to describe color) |
| 11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) |
| 12. prep. in (as part of something) |
| 13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) |
| 14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. |
| 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 |
| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom |
| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that |
| 3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if |
| ce qui |
| 1. pron. (nominative, relative) what (that which; those which; the thing that) |
| 2. pron. (nominative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions, subject) |
| concerne |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of concerner |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of concerner |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of concerner |
| concerner |
| 1. v. to concern (be concerned with, be associated with) |
| en ce qui concerne |
| 1. prep. concerning, as to, as far as ... is concerned |
| la |
| 1. art. the (definite article) |
| 2. pron. her, it (direct object) |
| 3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' |
| beauté |
| 1. n-f. beauty |
| il |
| 1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) |
| 2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) |
| 3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it |
| tient |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of tenir |
| tenir |
| 1. v. to have; to hold |
| 2. v. to keep |
| 3. v. to take (e.g., take into account, take into consideration); to consider; to account for; to reflect |
| 4. v. to stay; to hold |
| 5. v. to hold on |
| 6. v. to hold oneself, to be standing |
| 7. v. to behave |
| 8. v. to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition |
| 9. v. (indtr, à) to be attached to something, to be fond of something, to hold something dear; to wish to |
| 10. v. to hang out |
| de |
| 1. prep. of (expresses belonging) |
| 2. prep. of (used to express property or association) |
| 3. prep. from (used to indicate origin) |
| 4. prep. of (indicates an amount) |
| 5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word |
| 6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range) |
| 7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive |
| 8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change) |
| 9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives. |
| 10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object. |
| 11. n-f. abbreviation of dame |
| tenir de |
| 1. v. to take after, act similarly to |
| son |
| 1. n-m. sound |
| 2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel) |
| 3. n-m. bran |
| père |
| 1. n-m. father (parent) |
| 2. n-m. father (clergyman) |
| 3. n-m. Sr. (senior) (postnomial title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son) |
