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. | |
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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 | |