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action
1. n-f. action, act, deed
une bonne action - a good deed
2. n-f. campaign
une action promotionnelle - a promotional campaign
3. n-f. stock, share
une action de capitalisation - a capitalisation share
4. n-f. (Switzerland) a special offer
de
1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub
Un chien de garde - A guarddog
Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
Un stade de football - A football stadium
6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me.
Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother.
Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems.
11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
traire
1. v. to milk (a cow, etc)
traite
1. n-f. milking
2. n-f. (finance, banking) bill of exchange
3. n-f. human trafficking
4. n-f. slave trade
5. n-f. (dated) transportation of goods; traffic
6. n-f. journey or route done without stopping
7. v. first-person singular present of traiter
8. v. third-person singular present of traiter
9. v. second-person singular imperative of traiter
10. Participle. feminine singular of trait
traiter
1. v. to treat
bien traiter quelqu'un - to treat someone well
2. v. to take care (of)
être traité pour, se faire traiter pour - to undergo treatment for (a condition)
3. v. to process, spray, coat
Les champs de blé étaient traités avec des pesticides par avion. - The wheat fields were aerially sprayed with pesticide.
4. v. to process
Les opérateurs de l'équipe de nuit traitent les tâches par lots. - The night shift operators process batch jobs.
5. v. (indtr, ditr=1) to call, label (something negative)
Ils l'ont traitée de menteuse. - They called her a liar.
Il m'a traité de tous les noms. - He called me every name under the sun.
6. v. (indtr, de) to deal with, handle (i.e. commerce, a subject or theme)
Cet article traitera de sujets très sérieux. - This article will deal with very serious subjects.

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