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au
1. contraction. contraction of à le
Il étudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory.
singulier
1. adj. (grammar) singular
2. adj. curious, strange, peculiar
terme
1. n-m. (in the plural) terms (conditions)
2. n-m. conclusion, end (of a period of time, distance, or journey)
3. n-m. term (word, expression)
4. n-m. deadline, due date (rent, pregnancy, contract)
5. n-m. rent
générique
1. n-m. (cinema, television) the opening credits or end credits/closing credits
2. n-m. (pharmacology) a generic drug
3. adj. (relational) genre
4. adj. generic, genericized
qualifiant
1. Participle. present participle of qualifier
qualifier
1. v. to qualify (of a sports team, etc.)
2. v. to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage
Notre équipe s'est qualifiée pour les quarts de finale. - Our team qualified for the quarter-finals.
3. v. (indtr, ditr=1) to call someone something, to label someone
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)
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?
onze
1. num. eleven
champs
1. n. plural of champ
champ
1. n-m. field in its various senses, including:
2. n-m. a wide open space
3. n-m. an area of study
4. n-m. a vector field, tensor field, or scalar field (but not a commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse, cf. corps)
5. n-m. the background of a shield's design
chromatiques
1. adj. plural of chromatique
chromatique
1. adj. chromatic
2. adj. (music) chromatic
Français
1. n-m. Frenchman
2. n-m. (Louisiana French) anybody with French ancestry or who is Francophone
3. adj. French
Il est l'un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus. - He's one of the most well-known French entrepreneurs.
4. adj. (Louisiana French) Franco-American or Francophone
5. n-m. French (language)
Il parle très bien le français. - He speaks French very well.
Elle a fait beaucoup d'efforts pour améliorer son français. - She made a lot of effort to improve her French.
Le français est la sixième langue la plus parlée au monde après le chinois, l'anglais, le hindi, l'espagnol et l'arabe. - French is the sixth most spoken language in the world after Chinese, En
6. n-m. , translation=Strongadverb of degree remains alive in the French spoken in Belgium and in certain provinces of France; it's very common in written language: (...)
couvrant
1. Participle. present participle of couvrir
2. adj. covering
couvrir
1. v. to cover up, to cover (put a cover over)
2. v. to cover (feature, discuss, mention)
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
différentes
1. adj. feminine plural of différent
différent
1. adj. different
variantes
1. adj. feminine plural of variant
variant
1. Participle. present participle of varier
2. adj. varied, which varies; variable
3. n-m. mutation, variant (of a virus)
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
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'
de la
1. art. of the
2. art. some; the feminine partitive article
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam?
J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie.
couleur
1. n-f. color, colour
2. n-f. (poker) a flush
3. n-f. (cards) suit
4. n-f. (heraldry) tincture, colour
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

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