gravure |
1. n-f. engraving | |
2. n-f. (computing) burning (optical disc) | |
3. n-f. a printing method using as printing form an engraved cylinder | |
tailles |
1. v. second-person singular present of tailler | |
tailler |
1. v. (of a suit, garment etc.) to cut | |
2. v. to sharpen | |
3. v. (informal) to do one, to clear off | |
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. | |
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 | |
eau |
1. n-f. water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas and oceans | |
Il buvait un verre d’eau fraîche. - He drank a cool glass of water. | |
L’eau de mer et l’eau de rivière n’ont pas la même teneur en sel et n’abritent donc pas les mêmes poissons. - Sea water and river water do not have the same salt content and thus do not harbor | |
2. n-f. In particular, rain | |
Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l’eau. - If the wind persists, we will have rain. | |
3. n-f. (chemistry) the chemical compound with molecular formula H2O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam | |
L’eau se durcit par le froid et se vaporise par la chaleur. - Water hardens with cold and vaporises with heat. | |
4. n-f. Natural liquid quantities or expanses | |
Le soir, ils se baignaient dans les eaux du lac Titicaca. - In the evening, they bathed in the waters of Lake Titicaca. | |
5. n-f. Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal | |
Les vésicatoires font des ampoules pleines d’eau. - Vesicants make blisters full of fluid. | |
L’eau m'en vint à la bouche. - That made my mouth water. | |
Il s’est échauffé à courir, il est tout en eau. - He warmed up to run. He's all sweaty. | |
forte |
1. adj. feminine singular of fort | |
fort |
1. adj. strong; powerful | |
Arnie est fort. - Arnie is strong. | |
hommes forts - strong men | |
2. adj. (indtr, en) informal skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects) | |
Je suis fort en anglais - I am good at English | |
3. adj. (indtr, de) who can count on | |
fort d'une solide expérience - based on solid experience | |
4. adv. strongly | |
5. adv. much, a lot | |
6. adv. (when preceding certain adjectives and adverbs) very (intensifier) | |
Je lui parle fort souvent. - I speak with her very often. | |
7. n-m. a fort | |
a |
1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A | |
2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she | |
C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
Elle a un chat. - She has a cat. | |
avoir |
1. n-m. asset, possession | |
2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
4. v. to have (a condition) | |
J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever. | |
5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
6. v. to have (to trick) | |
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
trop |
1. adv. too; too much | |
La soupe est trop chaude. - The soup is too hot. | |
J'ai trop mangé. - I have eaten too much. | |
2. adv. (colloquial intensifier) very, really, so | |
Elle est trop belle ! - She is so beautiful! | |
mordu |
1. Participle. past participle of mordre | |
2. n-m. (colloquial) enthusiast, buff | |
C'est un mordu de cinéma. - He's a movie buff. | |
mordre |
1. v. to bite | |
(by extension) to take the bait intentionally | |
2. v. to encroach | |