littérature |
1. n-f. literature | |
Livre |
1. Proper noun. synonym of Bible | |
2. n-m. book | |
3. n-f. pound (unit of weight) | |
4. n-f. (Europe, informal) metrical pound, half a kilogramme, 500 g | |
5. n-f. (North America) imperial pound ≈ 454 g | |
6. n-f. (historical) various values between 300 and 600 g | |
7. n-f. pound (unit of currency) | |
8. n-f. (Louisiana) grade (level) | |
9. v. first-person singular present of livrer | |
10. v. third-person singular present of livrer | |
11. v. second-person singular imperative of livrer | |
livrer |
1. v. to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.) | |
2. v. to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.) | |
3. v. to betray | |
4. v. to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint) | |
5. v. abandon oneself, give oneself over + à (object) = to | |
6. v. to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry) + à (object) = to | |
recueil |
1. n-m. compendium, anthology | |
2. n-m. collection | |
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 | |
pensées |
1. n. plural of pensée | |
2. Participle. feminine plural of pensé | |
penser |
1. v. to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something | |
Penser tout haut. - Think aloud, speak one's mind freely. | |
2. v. to estimate, imagine, believe | |
Vous n'en êtes pas où vous pensez. - You are not where you think you are. | |
Il y a, je pense, dix kilomètres de chez vous chez moi. - It is ten kilometres, I estimate, from your place to my place. | |
J'irai vous voir demain, je pense. - I will see you tomorrow, I suppose. | |
La chose n'est pas si facile qu'on le pense. - The thing is not as simple as one might believe. | |
Je ne pensais pas que vous vous méprendriez sur le sens de mes paroles. - I didn't imagine you would be mistaken on the sense of my words. | |
3. v. (originally with a que sentence) to be of the opinion that, believe | |
Je pensais qu'il était de vos amis. - I thought he was a friend. | |
Je veux être d'accord avec toi, mais je ne pense pas que nous ayons besoin de son aide. - I want to agree with you, but I don't think we need his help. | |
Je pense comme vous. - I agree with your view. | |
Il ne dit rien qu'il ne pense. - He doesn't say anything he doesn't believe. | |
Dites librement ce que vous pensez. - Cavalierly state your opinion. | |
J'espère qu'il ne pense pas ce qu'il dit. - I hope he doesn't believe what he is saying. | |
Faites-moi connaître votre façon de penser. - Tell me how you think about it. | |
Pensez-vous ? - Do you really believe that? (1935, punning at the dialogue partner's missing belief in his own statement) | |
4. v. to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts | |
5. v. to conceive a project | |
6. v. (with de + object) to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind | |
Penser d'aucun. | |
7. v. (with à + object) to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly | |
Pensez à moi. - Think of me. | |
Il ne pense qu'à celle qu'il aime. - He only thinks but of his beloved. | |
8. v. (with infinitive) to believe being or doing something | |
Il pense être plus habile que les autres. - He believes being smarter than others. | |
Il ne pensait pas être observé. - He didn't think he was being observed. | |
J'ai pensé mourir. - I thought I was going to die. | |
9. v. (with mal or bien + de + object) to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone | |
C'est un homme qui pense toujours mal des autres. - It's a man who always thinks badly of others. | |
Je ne pense de cette affaire ni bien ni mal. - I don't think neither well nor badly of this affair. | |
Que pensez-vous de cet homme ? - What do you think about this man? | |
10. v. (with de + infinitive) to try or prepare to do something | |
Penser de faire qqc. | |
11. v. to reflect on something | |
Soi penser qqc. | |
12. v. (with à + object) to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something | |
Le mal vient sans qu'on y pense. - Evil comes without one thinking of it. | |
Faire ou dire une chose sans penser à mal. - Do or say something without meaning to harm. | |
À quoi pensez-vous ? - What are you thinking? | |
13. v. (with infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something | |
Je pensais aller vous voir. - I fancied paying you a visit. | |
Que pensez-vous faire ? - What do you intend to do? | |
14. v. to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623) | |
C'est un homme qui ne dit jamais ce qu'il pense. - That's a man who never says what he thinks. | |
Il pense beaucoup de choses qu'il ne dit pas. - He thinks a lot of things he doesn't say. | |
15. v. (with à + infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something | |
À quoi pensez-vous de vous conduire ainsi ? - What are you aiming at by behaving like this? | |
Je suis trop de vos amis pour avoir pensé à vous nuire. - I am too much your friend to think of harming you. | |
Je pensais à aller vous voir hier. - I considered to visit you yesterday. | |
16. v. (with mal, obsolete) to intend to do something bad | |
Penser mal. | |
17. v. (with à + object) to take care of | |
Il nous a reçus admirablement, il a pensé à tout. - He has welcomed us admirably, he has thought of everything. | |
18. v. (with bien, in politics, religion, moral) to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles | |
Bien penser. | |
19. v. (with adverb or adverbial expression) to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property | |
Penser finement, noblement, singulièrement, hardiment. - To think finely, nobly, in a singular way, boldly. | |
Penser avec justesse. - To think with accuracy. | |
Penser juste. - To think in the right way. | |
pensée |
1. Participle. feminine singular of pensé | |
2. n-f. a thought (first attested 1176 in Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès, ed. A. Micha, 5246) | |
3. n-f. reflection, meditation, faculty of thinking (late 12th century) | |
4. n-f. (in the expression “être en pensée”) worry, concern (late 12th century) | |
5. n-f. the mind as the seat of thinking (c. 1200) | |
6. n-f. (obsolete) amorous attachment (c. 1200) | |
7. n-f. manner of thinking (c. 1215) | |
8. n-f. an idea coming up in one's mind (c. 1220 in Anseïs de Carthage, 332) | |
9. n-f. the guiding idea of a decision made or one's will (c. 1274 in Adenet Le Roi, Berte, 1644) | |
10. n-f. moral disposition (first quarter of 13th century) | |
11. n-f. an operation of the mind (since 1636) | |
12. n-f. idea expressed by an author in a literary or artistic work (since 1621) | |
13. n-f. thinking, worldview of an author | |
Travestir la pensée d'un auteur. | |
14. n-f. a pansy (plant) (c. 1460) | |
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 | |
opinions |
1. n. plural of opinion | |
opiner |
1. v. to opine | |
opinion |
1. n-f. opinion (thought, estimation) | |
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 | |
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) | |
auteur |
1. n. author | |
2. n. composer, artist | |
3. n. inventor (of discovery); perpetrator (of crime); leader (of rebellion etc.) | |
publié |
1. Participle. past participle of publier | |
publier |
1. v. to publish, to release, to issue | |
dans |
1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
5. prep. out of, from | |
boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
8. n. plural of dan | |
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) | |
ordre |
1. n-m. order (way in which things are arranged) | |
ordre alphabétique - alphabetical order | |
ordre des mots - word order | |
2. n-m. order (group) | |
les ordres militaires - military orders | |
3. n-m. (legal) order (calm) | |
4. n-m. region (used in estimations) | |
un chiffre de l'ordre de 2 millions - a number in the region of 2 million/a number around 2 million/2 million or so | |
5. n-m. kind, sort | |
6. n-m. order (tidiness) | |
7. n-m. order (instruction) | |
Il m'a donné l'ordre de tirer - he gave me the order to shoot | |
sur ordre du gouvernement - under the government's orders | |
8. n-m. (finance) order | |
9. n-m. (taxonomy) order | |
c'est de l'ordre des siréniens - from the order of sirenians | |
10. n-m. (architecture) classical order | |
alphabétique |
1. adj. alphabetical (in the order of the letters of the alphabet) | |