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Sentence

Le soleil éclaire la terre.

Translation

The sun lights up the Earth.



Analysis


Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
soleil
     1. n-m. sun (star)
éclaire
     1. n-f. botany synonym of chélidoine, , celandine
     2. n-f. botany synonym of renoncule ficaire, , lesser celandine
     3. v. first-person singular present of éclairer
     4. v. third-person singular present of éclairer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of éclairer
     éclairer
          1. v. to light up; to brighten
          2. v. (figuratively) to shed light on; to enlighten
          3. v. to scout
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
terre
     1. n-f. earth; soil
     2. n-f. land, property (delimited area)
     3. v. first-person singular present of terrer
     4. v. third-person singular present of terrer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of terrer




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