| figuré |
| 1. adj. figurative | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of figurer | |
| point |
| 1. n-m. point (small mark) | |
| 2. n-m. (sports) point | |
| 3. n-m. full stop, period (punctuation mark) | |
| 4. n-m. (knitting) stitch pattern | |
| 5. n-m. dot (Morse code symbol) | |
| 6. adv. (literary, dialectal, usually with "ne") not | |
| Ne craignez point - Fear not | |
| 7. Participle. past participle of poindre | |
| 8. v. third-person singular present indicative of poindre | |
| poindre |
| 1. v. to prick, sting | |
| 2. v. to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.) | |
| 3. v. to come up (of a plant), peep through | |
| 4. v. to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn) | |
| 5. v. to appear, spring up | |
| critique |
| 1. adj. critical (urgent) | |
| La situation est à présent plus que critique. | |
| 2. adj. critical (of great importance) | |
| 3. adj. critical (related to criticism) | |
| 4. adj. (of a person) judgemental | |
| 5. n-f. criticism | |
| 6. n-f. review, usually written | |
| 7. n-f. reason; logic | |
| 8. n. critic (profession) | |
| critiquer |
| 1. v. to criticise | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| dangereux |
| 1. adj. dangerous | |
| par |
| 1. prep. through | |
| par la fenêtre - through the window | |
| aller par le parc - go through the park | |
| 2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
| voyager par train - travel by train | |
| par surprise - by surprise | |
| le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
| 3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
| Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
| 4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
| voir par devant - see from the back | |
| le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
| 5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
| par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
| 6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
| par terre - on the ground | |
| 7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
| par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
| par un soir - in one evening | |
| 8. prep. in | |
| marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
| 9. prep. per, a, an | |
| trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
| 10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
| par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
| par tristesse - out of sadness | |
| 11. prep. for | |
| 12. n-m. (golf) par | |
| franchissement |
| 1. n-m. the act of crossing (e.g. a road, a river) | |
| La passerelle de franchissement est toujours en construction. - The access bridge is still under construction. | |
| 2. n-m. the act of clearing (e.g. an obstacle) | |
| 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? | |
| limites |
| 1. n. plural of limite | |
| 2. v. second-person singular present of limiter | |
| limiter |
| 1. v. to mark, to limit (to show a physical limit or boundary) | |
| 2. v. to limit (to state a limit for) | |
| limite |
| 1. n-f. limit | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial) edgy | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of limiter | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of limiter | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of limiter | |
| possibles |
| 1. adj. plural of possible | |
| possible |
| 1. adj. possible | |
| 2. n-m. the possible, feasible, what can be done, achieved etc. | |
| J'ai fait mon possible pour votre fils, mais sans discipline, il ne s'efforce pas à plein. - I've done what I can for your son, but without discipline, he won't put in full effort. | |
| permises |
| 1. Participle. feminine plural of permis | |
| permettre |
| 1. v. (indtr, que) to permit, to allow (to grant permission or access) | |
| permettre quelque chose à quelqu'un - to grant something to someone | |
| permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to permit someone to do something | |
| Me permettrez-vous de le faire ? (Will you allow me to do that?) | |
| Les Durand permettent tout à leurs enfants. | |
| Il ne permet pas à son fils de sortir après dix-huit heures. | |
| 2. v. (indtr, de) to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.) | |
| permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to enable someone to do something | |
| J'espère que les dernières mises à jour vont nous permettre d'achever le projet à temps. | |
| La connaissance des langues mortes, en permettant l'étude des textes anciens, est utile notamment à la linguistique historique ainsi qu'à l'histoire et à ses disciplines annexes. - | |
| 3. v. to take the liberty of doing something | |
| se permettre de faire quelque chose | |
| Je me suis permis d'inviter un ami. | |
| 4. v. to afford to do something | |
| Je ne peux pas me permettre de voyager. - I can't afford to travel. | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| admises |
| 1. Participle. feminine plural of admis | |
| admettre |
| 1. v. to admit, to accept, to recognize | |
| 2. v. to admit (into), to accept (into) (a hospital or a university) | |
