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héraldique
     1. adj. heraldric
     2. n-f. heraldry (the profession of devising and blazoning arms)
nom
     1. n-m. a name, especially a last name or family name
           Un nom de famille est un nom propre. - A family name is a proper noun.
           Votre nom et prénom, s'il vous plaît. - Your last name and first name, please.
     2. n-m. a noun
           Un nom de famille est un nom propre. - A family name is a proper noun.
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
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'
de la
     1. art. of the
     2. art. some; the feminine partitive article
           Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam?
           J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie.
grille
     1. n-f. bars; railings; rack; grate
           grille de fenêtre - window bars
           grille d’un fourneau - oven rack
           grilles d’une prison - prison bars
           La grille du barbecue est pleine de graisse de saucisses. - The barbecue grate is covered in grease from the sausages.
     2. n-f. gate (with bars)
           À huit heures et quart, on ferme la grille d’entrée de l’école. - At 8:15, we close the school’s entrance gate.
     3. n-f. grid
           grilles de sudoku - sudoku grids
           grille de mots croisés - crossword grid
           Ci-joint la grille d’évaluation. - Attachment: assessment grid.
     4. v. first-person singular present of griller
     5. v. third-person singular present of griller
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of griller
     griller
          1. v. to toast (cook with a toaster)
          2. v. to grill (cook with a grill)
          3. v. to toast (heat up, said of e.g. skin)
          4. v. (colloquial) to smoke (a cigarette)
          5. v. (transport) to run; to pass a stop signal or stop sign, or without yielding right of way (at duty to yield)
fermant
     1. Participle. present participle of fermer
     fermer
          1. v. to shut
          2. v. to close
          3. v. to do up (of clothing)
          4. v. to switch off, to turn off (of a device or an appliance)
          5. v. to shut down, to discontinue, to axe (of a service)
          6. v. to harden (of someone's face)
          7. v. to put someone off something, to turn someone off something
                Ce professeur l'a fermé au sujet des mathématiques. - That teacher turned him off maths.
          8. v. to mark the border of
                Les Vosges ferment l'Alsace à l'ouest. - The Vosges mountains mark the western border of the Alsace.
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
château
     1. n-m. castle (fortified building or similar structure; winegrower's estate)
ou
     1. conj. or
     2. conj. either...or
           Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
bâtisse
     1. n-f. (obsolete) (act of) building
     2. n-f. (chiefly pejorative) construction
     3. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of bâtir
     4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of bâtir
     5. v. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bâtir
     bâtir
          1. v. to build; to construct
          2. v. to build up
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