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astronautique
     1. adj. astronautic
télédétection
     1. n-f. remote sensing
spatiale
     1. adj. feminine singular of spatial
photogrammétrie
     1. n-f. (cartography, photography) photogrammetry
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.
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
données
     1. Participle. feminine plural of donné
     2. n. (rare in the singular) data
     donner
          1. v. to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else
          2. v. to donate
          3. v. to come across
sur
     1. prep. on, upon
     2. prep. on top of
     3. prep. from on top of
     4. prep. above
     5. prep. out of
           sept sur dix - seven out of ten
     6. prep. in the case of
     7. prep. about, concerning
     8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
           sur Paris - in Paris
     9. adj. sour
donner sur
     1. v. to look out onto
           La fenêtre donne sur un jardin. - The window looks out onto a garden.
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
zone
     1. n-f. zone
     2. v. first-person singular present of zoner
     3. v. third-person singular present of zoner
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of zoner
     zoner
          1. v. (colloquial intransitive) to wander around, wander about
                On a retrouvé la fugueuse, elle zonait sur les quais. - We found the runaway, she was wandering on the docks.
          2. v. (slang) to sleep
                Pendant l'hiver, on zonait chez des potes. - During the winter, we crash at friends' places.
          3. v. (slang) to go to sleep, hit the hay
                Il est allé se zoner sans dire un mot. - He went to hit the hay without saying a word.
déterminée
     1. Participle. feminine singular of déterminé
     déterminer
          1. v. to determine, establish
afin
     1. conj. to
     2. conj. so that
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
afin de
     1. conj. fr-conjunction
     2. conj. in order to
en
     1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
           J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
           Il est allé en France. - He went to France.
     3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
           aller en bus - go by bus
           partir en voiture - leave by car
     4. prep. as
           Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
           habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas
     5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
           fort en histoire - good at history
     6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
           une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
           une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
     7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
           en 1993 - in 1993
           en janvier - in January
           en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
     8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
     9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
           C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
     10. prep. in (used to describe color)
           une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
     11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
           en détresse - in distress
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
           en équipe - on a team
     13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
           Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
           Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
           Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
           Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
           Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
           Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
     14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
           Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
d'en
     1. contraction. de + en
obtenir
     1. v. to get, to obtain
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
représentation
     1. n-f. representation
     2. n-f. the act or an instance of showing or presenting
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary