| droit |
| 1. n-m. right (entitlement) | |
| J'ai le droit de dormir. - I have the right to sleep. | |
| 2. n-m. law (study of law) | |
| Il est étudiant en droit. - He is a law student. | |
| 3. n-m. (geometry) right angle | |
| Un angle de trois droits. - An angle of 270 degrees. | |
| 4. adj. right (on the right-hand side) | |
| Donne-moi ta main droite. - Give me your right hand. | |
| 5. adj. straight (not bent or crooked) | |
| Une rue droite. - A straight road. | |
| 6. adj. (geometry) right (of an angle) | |
| 7. adv. straight, straight on | |
| 8. adv. upright, straight, not bent or crooked | |
| Tenez votre tête droit. - Keep your head straight. | |
| ecclésiastique |
| 1. adj. ecclesiastic | |
| lieu |
| 1. n-m. place | |
| 2. n-m. any of several fish from the Pollachius family | |
| où |
| 1. adv. where (interrogative) | |
| Où est la gare? - Where is the station? | |
| Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going? | |
| Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live? | |
| 2. adv. where (relative pronoun) | |
| 3. adv. at that time; when | |
| Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father. | |
| 4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where | |
| Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go. | |
| 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 | |
| tribunaux |
| 1. n. plural of tribunal | |
| tribunal |
| 1. n-m. tribunal | |
| 2. n-m. (law) court, court of law | |
| peuvent |
| 1. v. third-person plural present indicative of pouvoir | |
| pouvoir |
| 1. v. can, to be able to | |
| Je peux venir ce soir. - I can come this evening. | |
| 2. v. may | |
| désastre qui peut nous frapper - disaster which may strike us | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be | |
| Il se peut que je sois malade. - (literally) It could be that I'm ill / (more naturally) I may be ill. / I could be ill. | |
| 4. n-m. (or un) power | |
| prendre le pouvoir - to take power, to seize power | |
| 5. n-m. authority | |
| 6. n-m. (legal) power of attorney | |
| exercer |
| 1. v. to instruct, to command | |
| exercer des soldats - train soldiers | |
| exercer des écoliers à la composition - to instruct students in composition | |
| 2. v. to exercise | |
| 3. v. to practise, to do | |
| Ce médecin n’exerce plus. - This doctor is no longer practising. | |
| leur |
| 1. pron. (personal, indirect) (to) them | |
| Je leur ai donné un coup de main. - I gave them a hand. | |
| 2. det. their | |
| Je peux voir leur maison d'ici. - I can see their house from here. | |
| juridiction |
| 1. n-f. jurisdiction | |
