| 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). | |
| particulier |
| 1. adj. particular | |
| 2. adj. peculiar | |
| 3. n-m. an individual; a specified person | |
| zoologie |
| 1. n-f. zoology (science that studies the animal kingdom) | |
| familier |
| 1. adj. familiar (known to one) | |
| 2. adj. (linguistics) familiar, informal, colloquial (lexicon) | |
| sorte |
| 1. n-f. sort, kind, type | |
| 2. n-f. way, manner | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of sortir | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of sortir | |
| 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 | |
| engourdissement |
| 1. n-m. numbness, numbing | |
| 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. | |
| saisit |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of saisir | |
| 2. v. third-person singular past historic of saisir | |
| saisir |
| 1. v. to take hold of; to grab | |
| 2. v. to seize, to take (an illegal product), to capture | |
| 3. v. to grasp mentally; understand | |
| 4. v. (computing) to capture (screen or data) | |
| 5. v. (computing) to type (something) into a computer; to input | |
| 6. v. (accounting) to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc. | |
| 7. v. (law) to vest a court with a case; to refer a matter to a court | |
| certains |
| 1. adj. plural of certain | |
| 2. pron. plural of certain: some, some people | |
| certain |
| 1. adj. certain, for certain, indubitably | |
| 2. adj. certain (of indefinite, unknown or simply unmentioned identity, quality or quantity) (prepositive to the noun it modifies, and usually preceded by an indefinite article) | |
| un certain nombre de - a certain number of | |
| une certaine femme - a certain woman | |
| 3. adj. certain (sure, positive) (postpositive to the modified noun) | |
| une victoire certaine - a sure victory | |
| Il est certain qu'il viendra. - It is certain that he will arrive. | |
| 4. adj. certain (fixed, determined) | |
| 5. adj. certain (specified, particular) | |
| 6. n-m. certain; certainty | |
| 7. det. certain: a determined but unspecified amount of ; some | |
| Certaines personnes vont aller. - Some people are going. | |
| animaux |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of animal | |
| 2. n. plural of animal | |
| animal |
| 1. n-m. animal | |
| 2. adj. animal | |
| pendant |
| 1. adj. hanging | |
| 2. n-m. stone that dangles on earrings | |
| 3. n-m. match, counterpart | |
| 4. prep. during, throughout, for the duration of | |
| 5. Participle. present participle of pendre | |
| pendre |
| 1. v. to hang | |
| 2. v. to sag, droop | |
| Le |
| 1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
| 2. art. the (definite article) | |
| Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
| 3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
| L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
| 4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
| Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 5. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
| Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
| Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
| 7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
| Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
| hiver |
| 1. n-m. winter | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| 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. | |
| dans |
| 1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
| vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
| être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
| avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
| dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
| Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
| Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
| mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
| Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
| Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
| 3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
| Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
| Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
| 4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
| dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
| dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
| 5. prep. out of, from | |
| boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
| Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
| 6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
| le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
| 7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
| dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
| dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
| 8. n. plural of dan | |
| 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 | |
| pays |
| 1. n-m. land, country, region, nation | |
| 2. n-m. (politics, geography) country | |
| chauds |
| 1. n. plural of chaud | |
| chaud |
| 1. adj. warm, hot | |
| Attention, la poêle est chaude ! - Be careful; the pan is hot! | |
| 2. adj. (slang) horny, randy (showing interest in sexual activity) | |
| Cette meuf est chaude ! - That chick's horny as hell! | |
| 3. adj. (slang) enthusiastic, willing, up for | |
| T'es sûr que tu veux y aller ? Je suis vraiment pas chaud, perso ! - Are you sure you wanna go? I'm not really up for it, personally. | |
| 4. adj. (slang) hard | |
| Ça va être chaud de finir ça d'ici demain, je crois pas que j'aurai le temps... - Finishing that on time is gonna be hard, I don't think I'll have enough time... | |
| 5. adj. (slang) risky, dangerous, disreputable, dodgy | |
| Il vaut mieux éviter cette partie de la ville, ces quartiers sont chauds. - It's better to avoid that part of the city; those neighborhoods are sketchy. | |
| 6. n-m. heat, warmth | |
| saisit |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of saisir | |
| 2. v. third-person singular past historic of saisir | |
| saisir |
| 1. v. to take hold of; to grab | |
| 2. v. to seize, to take (an illegal product), to capture | |
| 3. v. to grasp mentally; understand | |
| 4. v. (computing) to capture (screen or data) | |
| 5. v. (computing) to type (something) into a computer; to input | |
| 6. v. (accounting) to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc. | |
| 7. v. (law) to vest a court with a case; to refer a matter to a court | |
| 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 | |
| autres |
| 1. adj. plural of autre | |
| autre |
| 1. adj. other | |
| Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example. | |
| 2. adj. another | |
| d'autres |
| 1. det. plural of un autre | |
| animaux |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of animal | |
| 2. n. plural of animal | |
| animal |
| 1. n-m. animal | |
| 2. adj. animal | |
| durant |
| 1. prep. during, while | |
| 2. post. on end | |
| des heures durant - for hours on end | |
| 3. Participle. present participle of durer | |
| durer |
| 1. v. to last (for) | |
| Un match de football dure 90 minutes. - A football match lasts 90 minutes. | |
| Elle ne dure guère plus longtemps que les précédentes. | |
| L'expérience étrange a duré quelques secondes après quoi il est parti sans rien dire. | |
| 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' | |
| saison |
| 1. n-f. season (one of the four parts of the year in temperate regions: winter, spring, summer and autumn) | |
| 2. n-f. season (a certain time of the year, when something in particular happens) | |
| La saison de ski - The skiing season | |
| La saison des fraises - Strawberry season | |
| 3. n-f. (sports) season (the time of the year when teams compete) | |
| sèche |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of sec | |
| 2. n-f. mud flat | |
| 3. n-f. (colloquial) cigarette | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of sécher | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present of sécher | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of sécher | |
| sécher |
| 1. v. to dry | |
| 2. v. (informal) to play truant | |
| 3. v. to dry up, to run out of things to say | |
| 4. v. to fail | |
| sec |
| 1. adj. dry | |
| 2. adj. dried, having had its moisture evaporated | |
| des abricots secs - dried apricots | |
| du poisson sec - dried fish | |
| 3. adj. lean, thin, skinny | |
| 4. adj. (of alcohol) bitter, not sweet | |
| 5. adj. (of a person) harsh | |
| Désolé si j'ai été un peu sec. - Sorry if I was a bit harsh. | |
| 6. n-m. something that is dry | |
| Les bouches buvaient sec et parlaient beaucoup. | |
