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héraldique
     1. adj. heraldric
     2. n-f. heraldry (the profession of devising and blazoning arms)
Champagne
     1. Proper noun. Champagne, a region and former countship in the northeast of France, the terroir of the wine champagne
     2. n-m. champagne, , wine from the Champagne region of France
     3. n-m. (non-European French, informal) sparkling wine, generic champagne
     4. n-m. (heraldic charge) base; bottom third of a coat of arms
     5. n-f. (rare) an expanse of flat and open cultivated earth
réduite
     1. Participle. feminine singular of réduit
     réduire
          1. v. to reduce
          2. v. to cut (prices); to shorten (text); to reduce, scale down (pictures etc.)
          3. v. (indtr, à) to reduce (someone) to
                Je les ai réduits en esclavage. I reduced them to slavery.
          4. v. (indtr, en) to reduce (something) to
                La maison fut réduite en cendres. The house was reduced to ashes.
          5. v. (medicine) to reduce, set
          6. v. (chemistry, cooking) to reduce
          7. v. (military) to capture (place), quell (opposition etc.)
          8. v. (indtr, à, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to amount to, to come down to
                Les copules, qui se réduisent au rôle de lien syntaxique entre sujet et attribut en estompant leur sémantique propre, sont souvent des verbes d'état. -
dont
     1. pron. of/from whom/which, whose
           Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ? - Do you remember that of which we spoke?
           Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain. - There is nothing of which I am still certain.
           Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ? - What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
           J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours. - I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
           La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable. - The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.
           Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers. - The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of
           Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste. - These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.
           Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. - Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.
     2. pron. (sometimes) by which
           Le coup dont il fut frappé. - The blow by which he was struck.
     3. pron. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
           Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles. - He had ten children, nine of them girls.
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'
ligne
     1. n-f. line
     2. n-f. route, course, service, line
     3. n-f. cable
     4. n-f. (computing) row (in a table)
     5. n-f. (body shape) figure
     ligner
          1. v. to line, make a line (mark with a line)
          2. v. to line (add lines to a surface)
          3. v. (nautical, rare) to fold up (a sail)
          4. v. (fishing) to fish with a line
supérieure
     1. adj. feminine singular of supérieur
     supérieur
          1. adj. superior
          2. adj. upper, senior
          3. adj. (followed by à) above; higher than
          4. adj. (math) greater than or equal to. ≥, ⩾.
          5. n-m. senior (boss)
                Je ne plaisante pas avec lui - c'est mon supérieur - I don't make fun of him - he's my senior
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
     être
          1. v. to be
                Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
                Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
                Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
droite
     1. adj. feminine singular of droit
     2. n-f. (geometry) straight line
     3. n-f. (politics) the right, right wing
     4. n-f. right, right-hand side
     5. n-f. (boxing) right-handed punch
     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.
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