| 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 |
| y |
| 1. pron. there (at a place) |
| 2. pron. there, thither (to there) |
| 3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à. |
| 4. pron. With verbs: see for verbs which use this structure. |
| 5. pron. With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology. |
| 6. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) he: Alternative form of il |
| 7. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) they: Alternative form of ils |
| 8. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) they: Alternative form of elles |
| avait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir |
| avoir |
| 1. n-m. asset, possession |
| 2. v. to have (to own; to possess) |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) |
| 4. v. to have (a condition) |
| 5. v. to have (a measure or age) |
| 6. v. to have (to trick) |
| 7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) |
| 8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive |
| y avoir |
| 1. v. (impersonal, transitive) there be |
| du |
| 1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the) |
| 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 (...) |
| 3. art. Forms the partitive article. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| monde |
| 1. n-m. world |
| 2. n-m. people |
| 3. interj. (Louisiana French) good heavens |
| partout |
| 1. adv. everywhere |
| je |
| 1. pron. I |
| ne |
| 1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes) |
| 2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below) |
| 3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so- |
| 4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative |
| pouvais |
| 1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of pouvoir |
| 2. v. second-person singular imperfect indicative of pouvoir |
| pouvoir |
| 1. v. can, to be able to |
| 2. v. may |
| 3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be |
| 4. n-m. (or un) power |
| 5. n-m. authority |
| 6. n-m. (legal) power of attorney |
| pas |
| 1. n-m. step, pace, footstep |
| 2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass |
| 3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut) |
| 4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc. |
| bouger |
| 1. v. to move |
| 2. v. to budge |
