| ou |
| 1. conj. or |
| 2. conj. either...or |
| 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 |
| fou |
| 1. adj. mad, crazy |
| 2. n-m. madman |
| 3. n-m. jester (court entertainer) |
| 4. n-m. (colloquial) nut (extreme enthusiast) |
| 5. n-m. (chess,) bishop |
| 6. n-m. booby (bird) |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or |
| 2. conj. either...or |
| 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 |
| bête |
| 1. n-f. beast, animal |
| 2. n-f. (pejorative) fool |
| 3. adj. (offensive) Not very bright and lacking in judgement; stupid; inept |
| 4. adj. Which could have been easily averted; silly |
| 5. adj. (Canada, informal) Having a bad character or in a bad mood; showing great displeasure in interacting with people; ill-tempered |
