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prise |
1. n-f. (electrical) socket, wall socket (also prise électrique) | |
2. n-f. (martial arts) hold | |
3. n-f. (climbing) hold (of a climbing wall) | |
4. n-f. grip | |
5. n-f. (baseball) a strike | |
6. n-f. a taking or capture | |
la prise de la Bastille | |
7. n-f. (film) a take | |
8. Participle. feminine singular of pris | |
9. v. first-person singular present of priser | |
10. v. third-person singular present of priser | |
11. v. second-person singular imperative of priser | |
priser |
1. v. to snuff, take snuff (to inhale a drug or other substance through the nose) | |
2. v. to price (fix a price according to market forces) | |
3. v. to prize (consider something valuable) | |
prendre |
1. v. to take | |
prends ma main - take my hand | |
2. v. to eat; to drink | |
elle prend un café - she is drinking a coffee | |
3. v. to get; to buy | |
Je vais prendre le plat du jour. - I'll get the dish of the day. | |
4. v. to rob; to deprive | |
prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un | |
5. v. to make | |
prendre une décision - to make a decision | |
prendre des mesures draconiennes - to take draconian measures | |
6. v. to catch, to work, to start | |
le feu ne prend pas - the fire won't start | |
la sauce ne prend pas - the sauce isn't thickening | |
ma mayonnaise ne prend pas - my mayonnaise isn't setting | |
ça ne prend pas avec moi - that won't wash with me | |
7. v. to get (something) caught (in), to jam | |
je me suis pris la main dans la porte - I caught my hand in the door | |
je me suis pris la porte dans la figure | |
8. v. indtr, à | |
Qu'est-ce qui t'a pris ? Qu'est-ce qui t'est passé par la tête ? - What were you thinking? What got into you? What came over you? | |
Qu'est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l'a piqué ? - What was he thinking? What got into him? | |
bien lui en prit | |
mal lui en prit | |
9. v. to start having a negative feeling towards someone | |
prendre en aversion | |
prendre en grippe | |
prendre en dégoût | |
10. v. (followed by a partitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to gain | |
prendre de la vitesse - to gain speed | |
prendre du galon - to gain a promotion | |
prendre de l'avance - to gain ground | |
prendre du retard - to fall behind schedule, to run late, to drop behind | |
prendre de la hauteur - to gain some perspective | |
prendre du recul - to take a step back | |
prendre de la bouteille - to gain experience | |
en prendre de la graine - to take away a lesson | |
prendre du poids - to gain weight | |
prendre de la masse - to build muscle | |
prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre - to get a paunch | |
prendre du bouchon | |
prendre de l'élan - to gain momentum | |
prendre de l'âge | |
prendre de la valeur - to gain value | |
prendre de l'importance | |
11. v. (colloquial ; impersonal) to take (a certain amount of time) | |
Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour. | |
12. v. (colloquial ; impersonal ; by extension) to take (a certain number or amount of) | |
Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes. - To finish in two hours, it'll take three people. | |
13. v. (impersonal) to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions) | |
il prend quelque chose à quelqu'un - something comes over someone | |
Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison. | |
électrique |
1. adj. electric, electrical | |
prise |
1. n-f. (electrical) socket, wall socket (also prise électrique) | |
2. n-f. (martial arts) hold | |
3. n-f. (climbing) hold (of a climbing wall) | |
4. n-f. grip | |
5. n-f. (baseball) a strike | |
6. n-f. a taking or capture | |
la prise de la Bastille | |
7. n-f. (film) a take | |
8. Participle. feminine singular of pris | |
9. v. first-person singular present of priser | |
10. v. third-person singular present of priser | |
11. v. second-person singular imperative of priser | |
priser |
1. v. to snuff, take snuff (to inhale a drug or other substance through the nose) | |
2. v. to price (fix a price according to market forces) | |
3. v. to prize (consider something valuable) | |
prendre |
1. v. to take | |
prends ma main - take my hand | |
2. v. to eat; to drink | |
elle prend un café - she is drinking a coffee | |
3. v. to get; to buy | |
Je vais prendre le plat du jour. - I'll get the dish of the day. | |
4. v. to rob; to deprive | |
prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un | |
5. v. to make | |
prendre une décision - to make a decision | |
prendre des mesures draconiennes - to take draconian measures | |
6. v. to catch, to work, to start | |
le feu ne prend pas - the fire won't start | |
la sauce ne prend pas - the sauce isn't thickening | |
ma mayonnaise ne prend pas - my mayonnaise isn't setting | |
ça ne prend pas avec moi - that won't wash with me | |
7. v. to get (something) caught (in), to jam | |
je me suis pris la main dans la porte - I caught my hand in the door | |
je me suis pris la porte dans la figure | |
8. v. indtr, à | |
Qu'est-ce qui t'a pris ? Qu'est-ce qui t'est passé par la tête ? - What were you thinking? What got into you? What came over you? | |
Qu'est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l'a piqué ? - What was he thinking? What got into him? | |
bien lui en prit | |
mal lui en prit | |
9. v. to start having a negative feeling towards someone | |
prendre en aversion | |
prendre en grippe | |
prendre en dégoût | |
10. v. (followed by a partitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to gain | |
prendre de la vitesse - to gain speed | |
prendre du galon - to gain a promotion | |
prendre de l'avance - to gain ground | |
prendre du retard - to fall behind schedule, to run late, to drop behind | |
prendre de la hauteur - to gain some perspective | |
prendre du recul - to take a step back | |
prendre de la bouteille - to gain experience | |
en prendre de la graine - to take away a lesson | |
prendre du poids - to gain weight | |
prendre de la masse - to build muscle | |
prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre - to get a paunch | |
prendre du bouchon | |
prendre de l'élan - to gain momentum | |
prendre de l'âge | |
prendre de la valeur - to gain value | |
prendre de l'importance | |
11. v. (colloquial ; impersonal) to take (a certain amount of time) | |
Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour. | |
12. v. (colloquial ; impersonal ; by extension) to take (a certain number or amount of) | |
Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes. - To finish in two hours, it'll take three people. | |
13. v. (impersonal) to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions) | |
il prend quelque chose à quelqu'un - something comes over someone | |
Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison. | |
fiche |
1. n-f. record | |
2. n-f. card (in a file) | |
3. n-f. plug | |
4. v. first-person singular present of ficher | |
5. v. third-person singular present of ficher | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of ficher | |
7. v. colloquial infinitive of ficher | |
Le prof est capable de me fiche une sale note rien que parce qu'il m'a aperçue en ville le mercredi. - The teacher is able to give me a bad grade just because he saw me in town on Wednesday. | |
ficher |
1. v. to plug in; to drive something in by its point, as with a nail or a stake | |
ficher un clou - to drive in a nail | |
2. v. to file, record, track (e.g. by police) | |
3. v. to not care | |
je m'en fiche ! - I don't care about it! | |
4. v. (infinitive "fiche", colloquial, past participle "fichu", euphemism) to do | |
5. v. (colloquial reflexive followed with "de" se ficher de/se fiche de (quelqu'un)) to make fun of someone | |