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Il est l'un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus.

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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
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
     être
          1. v. to be
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
le
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     4. art. (before units) a, an
     5. pron. (direct object) him, it
     6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
des
     1. art. plural of un
     2. art. plural of une
     3. art. plural of du
     4. art. plural of de la
     5. art. plural of de l'
     6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
     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
     les
          1. art. plural of le: the
          2. art. plural of la: the
          3. pron. plural of le: them
          4. pron. plural of la: them
     de l'
          1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
entrepreneurs
     1. n. plural of entrepreneur
     entrepreneur
          1. n-m. entrepreneur (person who organizes and operates a business venture)
français
     1. adj. French
     2. adj. (Louisiana French) Franco-American or Francophone
     3. n-m. French (language)
     4. n-m. , translation=Strongadverb of degree remains alive in the French spoken in Belgium and in certain provinces of France; it's very common in written language: (...)
les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
plus
     1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
     2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
     3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
     4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun)
     5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de)
     6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
     7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
     8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
     9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
     10. n-m. plus, the symbol +
     11. v. singular past historic of plaire
     12. Participle. masculine plural of plu
connus
     1. adj. masculine plural of connu
     2. v. first-person singular past historic of connaître
     3. v. second-person singular past historic of connaître
     4. Participle. masculine plural of connu
     connaître
          1. v. to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event)
          2. v. to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.)
          3. v. to know (sexually)
          4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be knowledgeable (en about)
          5. v. (law, somewhat, archaic) to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially




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