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anatomie
1. n-f. anatomy (structure of a living being)
2. n-f. anatomy (study)
3. n-f. anatomy; dissection
4. n-f. (figuratively) dissection; study
superficie
1. n-f. surface
2. n-f. area (amount of 2-dimensional space)
3. n-f. surface area
ordinairement
1. adv. ordinarily; normally
Blanche
1. Proper noun. given name, female
2. n-f. female equivalent of Blanc
3. adj. feminine singular of blanc
Cette page est blanche. (This page is blank/white.)
4. n-f. (music) minim, half note
blanc
1. adj. white color
Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.
2. adj. blank, unused
3. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression
4. n-m. white (color)
5. n-m. silence while in a dialog
6. 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.
7. n-m. (informal) white wine
Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine.
8. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion
9. n-m. albumen, egg white
10. n-m. white meat
11. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
et
1. conj. and
luisante
1. adj. feminine singular of luisant
luisant
1. Participle. present participle of luire
2. adj. gleaming, glistening
qui
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
couvre
1. v. first-person singular present of couvrir
2. v. third-person singular present of couvrir
3. v. second-person singular imperative of couvrir
couvrir
1. v. to cover up, to cover (put a cover over)
2. v. to cover (feature, discuss, mention)
la
1. art. the (definite article)
2. pron. her, it (direct object)
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
partie
1. n-f. part (portion, amount)
Il y a deux parties principales de ce truc. - There are two main parts to this thing.
faire partie (de) to participate in
2. n-f. (legal) party
3. n-f. game, play (sense "the conduct, or course of a game")
4. n-f. (math) subset
5. Participle. feminine singular of parti
partir
1. v. (obsolete, transitive) to share, to share out, to divide
Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un. - To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone.
2. v. to go away, leave, depart
3. v. to originate
Toutes les artères partent du cœur. - All arteries originate from the heart.
4. v. to die
Il ne s'est pas vu partir - He has not seen death
5. v. to emanate
Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe. - This belief emanates from an evil principle.
6. v. (Quebec, informal, transitive) to start
partir une affaire - to start a business
osseuse
1. adj. feminine singular of osseux
osseux
1. adj. osseous
2. adj. bony
des
1. art. plural of un
2. art. plural of une
3. art. plural of du
4. art. plural of de la
5. art. plural of de l'
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
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
les
1. art. plural of le: the
2. art. plural of la: the
3. pron. plural of le: them
4. pron. plural of la: them
de l'
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
dents
1. n. plural of dent
dent
1. n-f. tooth
2. n-f. cog (tooth on a gear)

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