| 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 |
| école |
| 1. n-f. school |
| 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 |
| à |
| 1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. |
| 2. prep. to (destination) |
| 3. prep. to (until) |
| 4. prep. on the, to (some directions) |
| 5. prep. at (said of a particular time) |
| 6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) |
| 7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations |
| 8. prep. from (origin) |
| 9. prep. of (belonging to) |
| 10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) |
| 11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with |
| 12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for |
| 13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) |
| 14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective |
| 15. prep. by |
| 16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. |
| 18. prep. with |
| être à |
| 1. v. to pertain to; to belong to; to be one's |
| gauche |
| 1. adj. left |
| 2. adj. awkward, gawky |
| 3. adj. clumsy |
| 4. n-f. the left, the left-hand side |
| 5. n-m. (boxing) a left-hander, a southpaw |
| à gauche |
| 1. prep. on the left |
| 2. prep. to the left |
