| apposition |
| 1. n-f. apposition | |
| avant |
| 1. adv. beforehand; earlier | |
| Je l'avais fait avant. - I had done it beforehand. | |
| 2. prep. before (in time) | |
| Elle est arrivé un jour avant moi. - She arrived one day before me. | |
| Il faut se laver avant de manger. - You must wash before eating. | |
| Tais-toi avant que je ne te tue. - Shut up before I kill you. | |
| 3. prep. before (in space), in front of, ahead of | |
| 4. n-m. front | |
| l'avant d'une voiture - The front of a car. | |
| 5. n-m. (sports) forward | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| après |
| 1. prep. after, later than in time. | |
| On mange après avoir bu. - We eat after we drink. | |
| après la fête - after the party | |
| 2. prep. after, coming for, trying to get (someone). | |
| 3. adv. afterwards | |
| On va au cinéma après. - We'll go to the cinema afterwards. | |
| 4. adv. (Louisiana French) (Indicates the continuous aspect) | |
| 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) | |
| nom |
| 1. n-m. a name, especially a last name or family name | |
| Un nom de famille est un nom propre. - A family name is a proper noun. | |
| Votre nom et prénom, s'il vous plaît. - Your last name and first name, please. | |
| 2. n-m. a noun | |
| Un nom de famille est un nom propre. - A family name is a proper noun. | |
| épicène |
| 1. adj. epicene (lacking gender distinction); neuter, gender-neutral | |
| Camille, Claude, Dominique, Maxime ou Christel sont des prénoms épicènes. - Camille, Claude, Dominique, Maxime, and Christel are gender-neutral given names. | |
| pour |
| 1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun) | |
| J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you. | |
| 2. prep. for (in support of) | |
| Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him? | |
| 3. prep. for (as a consequence for) | |
| Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes. | |
| 4. prep. for (an intended destination) | |
| Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London. | |
| 5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive) | |
| Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back. | |
| 6. prep. for, to (according to) | |
| Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic. | |
| lever |
| 1. v. to raise, lift | |
| 2. v. to rise, stand up | |
| 3. v. (of celestial bodies) To rise, come up | |
| Le Soleil se lève à l'est et se couche à l'ouest. - The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West. | |
| 4. v. to get up (out of bed) | |
| Je me lève, je me lave. - I get up, I wash. | |
| 5. v. to clear, lift | |
| 6. n-m. the act of getting up in the morning | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| ambiguïté |
| 1. n-f. ambiguity (something liable to more than one interpretation) | |
| Il n'aime pas s'exprimer ouvertement. Il parle d'habitude avec ambiguïté. - he doesn't like to express himself openly. He usually speaks with ambiguity. | |
