gymnastique |
1. adj. gymnastic | |
2. n-f. (sports) gymnastics | |
3. n-f. (intellectual and artistic exercise) gymnastics | |
4. n-f. (school) PE, physical education | |
bascule |
1. n-f. seesaw | |
2. v. first-person singular present of basculer | |
3. v. third-person singular present of basculer | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of basculer | |
basculer |
1. v. to topple, to tip over | |
2. v. to sway from side to side | |
3. v. to fall apart, to turn upsidedown | |
4. v. to transfer (e.g. a call) | |
5. v. to tip over, to tip up | |
6. v. (indtr, sur, .computing) to fail over | |
Allemande |
1. n-f. female equivalent of Allemand; woman from Germany or of German background | |
2. adj. feminine singular of allemand | |
3. n-f. allemande (dance) | |
allemand |
1. n-m. German (The German language) | |
L’allemand est une langue germanique. - German is a Germanic language. | |
Mon stagiaire parle un allemand impeccable. - My trainee speaks perfect German. | |
Parlez-vous allemand ? - Do you speak German? | |
2. adj. (relational) German (related to or originating from Germany) | |
J’ai acheté une voiture allemande. - I've bought a German car. | |
Les contes allemands sont fameux. - German fairy tales are famous. | |
3. adj. (relational) of the German language; German | |
Il n’y a pas qu’en Allemagne qu’on utilise des mots allemands. - Not only in Germany does one use German words. | |
La traduction allemande de France est Frankreich. - The German translation of "France" is Frankreich. | |
élan |
1. n-m. spirit | |
2. n-m. momentum | |
Il prend son élan. - He is gaining momentum. | |
3. n-m. (sports) run up | |
4. n-m. moose, elk | |
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). | |
arrière |
1. n-m. back; rear | |
Elle s'est assise à l'arrière du car. - She sat down at the back of the coach. | |
2. n-m. (sports) fullback | |
3. n-m. (basketball) shooting guard | |
4. adv. far, far away | |
5. adv. late | |
6. adv. rear, behind, hinter- | |
7. adv. great- (relatives) | |
8. adj. back (near the rear) | |
arriérer |
1. v. to tarry (be late) | |