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du |
1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the) | |
« Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.". | |
2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...) | |
3. art. Forms the partitive article. | |
Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread. | |
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 | |
le |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
4. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
5. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
Sud |
1. Proper noun. South | |
2. n-m. south | |
péjoratif |
1. adj. pejorative | |
par |
1. prep. through | |
par la fenêtre - through the window | |
aller par le parc - go through the park | |
2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
voyager par train - travel by train | |
par surprise - by surprise | |
le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
voir par devant - see from the back | |
le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
par terre - on the ground | |
7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
par un soir - in one evening | |
8. prep. in | |
marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
9. prep. per, a, an | |
trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
par tristesse - out of sadness | |
11. prep. for | |
12. n-m. (golf) par | |
analogie |
1. n-f. analogy (similar example as explanation) | |
personne |
1. n-f. person | |
2. pron. (with ne) no one, nobody | |
Il n'y a personne ici. - There is nobody here. | |
Qui l'a lu? Personne. - Who has read it? No one. | |
Il n'a parlé avec personne. - He spoke to nobody. | |
Personne ne parle avec lui. - No one speaks with him. | |
3. pron. anyone | |
Il le sait mieux que personne. - He knows it better than anyone. | |
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 | |
couleur |
1. n-f. color, colour | |
2. n-f. (poker) a flush | |
3. n-f. (cards) suit | |
4. n-f. (heraldry) tincture, colour | |
de couleur |
1. adj. (dated) of color, colored (of skin color other than white) | |
Noire |
1. n-f. female equivalent of Noir | |
2. adj. feminine singular of noir | |
3. n-f. (music) quarter note | |
noir |
1. adj. black in colour | |
Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black. | |
2. adj. dark | |
Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside. | |
3. adj. drunk; inebriated | |
Il est noir. - He is drunk. | |
4. adj. black, of black ethnicity | |
Il est noir. - He is black. | |
5. n-m. a black person | |
6. n-m. a person whose hair is dark | |
7. n-m. dark; darkness | |
Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark. | |
pensant |
1. Participle. present participle of penser | |
2. adj. thinking | |
penser |
1. v. to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something | |
Penser tout haut. - Think aloud, speak one's mind freely. | |
2. v. to estimate, imagine, believe | |
Vous n'en êtes pas où vous pensez. - You are not where you think you are. | |
Il y a, je pense, dix kilomètres de chez vous chez moi. - It is ten kilometres, I estimate, from your place to my place. | |
J'irai vous voir demain, je pense. - I will see you tomorrow, I suppose. | |
La chose n'est pas si facile qu'on le pense. - The thing is not as simple as one might believe. | |
Je ne pensais pas que vous vous méprendriez sur le sens de mes paroles. - I didn't imagine you would be mistaken on the sense of my words. | |
3. v. (originally with a que sentence) to be of the opinion that, believe | |
Je pensais qu'il était de vos amis. - I thought he was a friend. | |
Je veux être d'accord avec toi, mais je ne pense pas que nous ayons besoin de son aide. - I want to agree with you, but I don't think we need his help. | |
Je pense comme vous. - I agree with your view. | |
Il ne dit rien qu'il ne pense. - He doesn't say anything he doesn't believe. | |
Dites librement ce que vous pensez. - Cavalierly state your opinion. | |
J'espère qu'il ne pense pas ce qu'il dit. - I hope he doesn't believe what he is saying. | |
Faites-moi connaître votre façon de penser. - Tell me how you think about it. | |
Pensez-vous ? - Do you really believe that? (1935, punning at the dialogue partner's missing belief in his own statement) | |
4. v. to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts | |
5. v. to conceive a project | |
6. v. (with de + object) to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind | |
Penser d'aucun. | |
7. v. (with à + object) to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly | |
Pensez à moi. - Think of me. | |
Il ne pense qu'à celle qu'il aime. - He only thinks but of his beloved. | |
8. v. (with infinitive) to believe being or doing something | |
Il pense être plus habile que les autres. - He believes being smarter than others. | |
Il ne pensait pas être observé. - He didn't think he was being observed. | |
J'ai pensé mourir. - I thought I was going to die. | |
9. v. (with mal or bien + de + object) to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone | |
C'est un homme qui pense toujours mal des autres. - It's a man who always thinks badly of others. | |
Je ne pense de cette affaire ni bien ni mal. - I don't think neither well nor badly of this affair. | |
Que pensez-vous de cet homme ? - What do you think about this man? | |
10. v. (with de + infinitive) to try or prepare to do something | |
Penser de faire qqc. | |
11. v. to reflect on something | |
Soi penser qqc. | |
12. v. (with à + object) to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something | |
Le mal vient sans qu'on y pense. - Evil comes without one thinking of it. | |
Faire ou dire une chose sans penser à mal. - Do or say something without meaning to harm. | |
À quoi pensez-vous ? - What are you thinking? | |
13. v. (with infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something | |
Je pensais aller vous voir. - I fancied paying you a visit. | |
Que pensez-vous faire ? - What do you intend to do? | |
14. v. to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623) | |
C'est un homme qui ne dit jamais ce qu'il pense. - That's a man who never says what he thinks. | |
Il pense beaucoup de choses qu'il ne dit pas. - He thinks a lot of things he doesn't say. | |
15. v. (with à + infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something | |
À quoi pensez-vous de vous conduire ainsi ? - What are you aiming at by behaving like this? | |
Je suis trop de vos amis pour avoir pensé à vous nuire. - I am too much your friend to think of harming you. | |
Je pensais à aller vous voir hier. - I considered to visit you yesterday. | |
16. v. (with mal, obsolete) to intend to do something bad | |
Penser mal. | |
17. v. (with à + object) to take care of | |
Il nous a reçus admirablement, il a pensé à tout. - He has welcomed us admirably, he has thought of everything. | |
18. v. (with bien, in politics, religion, moral) to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles | |
Bien penser. | |
19. v. (with adverb or adverbial expression) to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property | |
Penser finement, noblement, singulièrement, hardiment. - To think finely, nobly, in a singular way, boldly. | |
Penser avec justesse. - To think with accuracy. | |
Penser juste. - To think in the right way. | |
comme |
1. conj. as | |
Je travaille comme artiste. - I work as an artist. | |
2. conj. like | |
J'agis comme il faut. - I act like I must. | |
3. conj. how | |
Comme tu es belle ce soir ! - How beautiful you are tonight! | |
4. conj. because, as, since | |
Comme j'étais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me. | |
5. part. (colloquial Canada) like | |
un |
1. art. an, a | |
2. num. number box, fr | |
3. num. one | |
4. pron. one, someone | |
5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
Blanc |
1. n-m. white person | |
2. Proper noun. , from the common noun/adjective blanc | |
3. adj. white color | |
Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white. | |
4. adj. blank, unused | |
5. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression | |
6. n-m. white (color) | |
7. n-m. silence while in a dialog | |
8. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form | |
Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page. | |
9. n-m. (informal) white wine | |
Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine. | |
10. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion | |
11. n-m. albumen, egg white | |
12. n-m. white meat | |
13. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex | |