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jonglerie
1. n-f. juggling
figure
1. n-f. face
2. n-f. figure
figurer
1. v. to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent
2. v. to imagine, picture
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.
les
1. art. plural of le: the
2. art. plural of la: the
3. pron. plural of le: them
4. pron. plural of la: them
objets
1. n. plural of objet
objet
1. n-m. (perceptible) thing, object
2. n-m. in particuliar crafted or manufactured thing
3. n-m. aim, goal
4. n-m. mental representation, what is thought
5. n-m. source or target of feeling
6. n-m. (grammar) object
7. n-m. (object-oriented) object
8. n-m. (letters and emails) subject line
décrivent
1. v. third-person plural present of décrire
décrire
1. v. to describe
une
1. num. feminine singular of un
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
trajectoire
1. n-f. trajectory
2. n-f. course (trajectory of a ball etc.)
ovale
1. adj. oval
2. n-m. oval
ovaler
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).
passant
1. n-m. passer-by
2. n-m. loop (in belt etc.)
3. adj. busy (as in a busy street)
4. adj. (heraldry) passant
5. Participle. present participle of passer
passer
1. v. to go past
2. v. to cross (a border)
3. v. (legal) to pass
passer une loi - to pass a law
4. v. to spend (time)
J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain.
J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place.
5. v. to publish (a newspaper)
6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test)
J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April.
7. v. to pass (an exam or test)
Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam.
8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test)
Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam.
9. v. (public transportation) to run
Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes.
10. v. to exceed (a limit)
11. v. to percolate
12. v. to hand down, to pass on
13. v. to be allowed
14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities)
15. v. to show (a movie)
16. v. to go up (a grade)
17. v. to shift (change gear)
18. v. to go down
19. v. to go up
20. v. to stop by, to pop in
Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us.
Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things.
21. v. to pass away, to die
22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
23. v. (TV) to show (be on television)
24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)
28. v. to wipe, rub
Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly.
29. v. to skip a go
30. v. to put (make something undergo something)
31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn)
32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass
Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here?
33. v. to go by
34. v. to do without
Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning.
35. v. to don
Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants.
36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for
faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something
se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate
en passant
1. adv. in passing; incidentally, by the way
2. adv. (chess) en passant
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.
première
1. adj. feminine of premier
2. n-f. (of a film) premiere, première
3. n-f. first (new event, something never done before)
4. n-f. (France) the penultimate year of lycée
5. n-f. first, first gear
6. n-f. first class (public transport)
premier
1. adj. (ordinal) first
Le premier élément de la liste est un zéro. - The first element of the list is zero.
2. adj. prime (number etc)
3. n-m. first
Il est le premier. - He is the first.
4. n-m. premier
5. n-m. prime minister
6. adv. first
Il joue premier - he is playing first
main
1. n-f. hand
2. n-f. (soccer) handball
3. n-f. (poker) hand
à
1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
2. prep. to (destination)
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
3. prep. to (until)
Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
à la maison - at home
à l'hôtel - at the hotel
au comptoir du bar - at the bar
au bois - in the woods
J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
au voleur ! - stop thief!
à l'assassin ! - murderer!
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
à moi ! - help!
à l'aide ! - help!
au secours ! - help!
au feu ! - fire!
aux armes ! - to arms!
à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
à l'abordage ! - on board!
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
8. prep. from (origin)
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
9. prep. of (belonging to)
C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
à plus tard - see you later
à bientôt - see you soon
Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
moulin à poivre - pepper mill
sac à dos - backpack
boite à musique - music box
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
15. prep. by
peu à peu - bit by bit
petit à petit - little by little
minute à minute - minute by minute
jour à jour - day by day
un à un - one by one
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
six à sept personnes - six or seven people
de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
mettre le feu à - to set fire to
clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
donner la chasse à - to give chase to
18. prep. with
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'
à la
1. prep. a la, in the style or manner of (with a feminine singular adjective or a proper noun)
à la française (in the French style)
à la Hugo (in the style of Hugo)
seconde
1. adj. feminine singular of second
2. n-f. second (for indicating time)
3. n-f. (music) second (interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale)
seconder
1. v. to assist
Elle surveillait d'un œil profondément attentif le travail sanglant du bistouri, sa main adroite (...) employant tour à tour, pour seconder l'opérateur, les éponges, les fils (...) les crochets
2. v. to help, ease
Le principe protestant seconda d'abord l'essor scientifique et le développement industriel, en stimulant les efforts personnels et brisant des règles oppressives. (Comte, Catéchisme positiviste
second
1. adj. number box, 2
2. adj. second
une seconde possibilité - a second possibility, another possibility
3. adj. , translation="Chiquita! Chiquita!" At the second call, a thin and emaciated little girl (...) came up to Agostin
4. n-m. assistant, first mate
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
manière
1. n-f. manner, way
une autre manière de vivre - another way of living
2. adv. (Louisiana French) somewhat, kinda, sorta, a bit, a little
Alle est manière tchaque drette asteur. - She's kind of drunk right now.
quasiment
1. adv. practically, almost
horizontale
1. adj. feminine singular of horizontal
2. n-f. horizontal
horizontal
1. adj. horizontal
et
1. conj. and
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.
seconde
1. adj. feminine singular of second
2. n-f. second (for indicating time)
3. n-f. (music) second (interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale)
seconder
1. v. to assist
Elle surveillait d'un œil profondément attentif le travail sanglant du bistouri, sa main adroite (...) employant tour à tour, pour seconder l'opérateur, les éponges, les fils (...) les crochets
2. v. to help, ease
Le principe protestant seconda d'abord l'essor scientifique et le développement industriel, en stimulant les efforts personnels et brisant des règles oppressives. (Comte, Catéchisme positiviste
second
1. adj. number box, 2
2. adj. second
une seconde possibilité - a second possibility, another possibility
3. adj. , translation="Chiquita! Chiquita!" At the second call, a thin and emaciated little girl (...) came up to Agostin
4. n-m. assistant, first mate
à
1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
2. prep. to (destination)
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
3. prep. to (until)
Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
à la maison - at home
à l'hôtel - at the hotel
au comptoir du bar - at the bar
au bois - in the woods
J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
au voleur ! - stop thief!
à l'assassin ! - murderer!
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
à moi ! - help!
à l'aide ! - help!
au secours ! - help!
au feu ! - fire!
aux armes ! - to arms!
à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
à l'abordage ! - on board!
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
8. prep. from (origin)
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
9. prep. of (belonging to)
C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
à plus tard - see you later
à bientôt - see you soon
Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
moulin à poivre - pepper mill
sac à dos - backpack
boite à musique - music box
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
15. prep. by
peu à peu - bit by bit
petit à petit - little by little
minute à minute - minute by minute
jour à jour - day by day
un à un - one by one
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
six à sept personnes - six or seven people
de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
mettre le feu à - to set fire to
clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
donner la chasse à - to give chase to
18. prep. with
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'
à la
1. prep. a la, in the style or manner of (with a feminine singular adjective or a proper noun)
à la française (in the French style)
à la Hugo (in the style of Hugo)
première
1. adj. feminine of premier
2. n-f. (of a film) premiere, première
3. n-f. first (new event, something never done before)
4. n-f. (France) the penultimate year of lycée
5. n-f. first, first gear
6. n-f. first class (public transport)
premier
1. adj. (ordinal) first
Le premier élément de la liste est un zéro. - The first element of the list is zero.
2. adj. prime (number etc)
3. n-m. first
Il est le premier. - He is the first.
4. n-m. premier
5. n-m. prime minister
6. adv. first
Il joue premier - he is playing first
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).
trajectoire
1. n-f. trajectory
2. n-f. course (trajectory of a ball etc.)
parabolique
1. adj. parabolic

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