| mécanique |
| 1. adj. mechanical | |
| 2. adj. mechanic | |
| 3. n-f. mechanics (the science) | |
| 4. n-f. mechanics (the area of study) | |
| pièce |
| 1. n-f. room (in a house, etc) | |
| 2. n-f. piece | |
| 3. n-f. (money) coin | |
| 4. n-f. play (in a theatre) | |
| 5. n-f. (heraldry) ordinary | |
| 6. n-f. (legal) document, paper | |
| 7. n-f. patch | |
| permettant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of permettre | |
| 2. Participle. allowing, enabling, ensuring, so that, through which to, make it possible, as a means to, which could | |
| permettre |
| 1. v. (indtr, que) to permit, to allow (to grant permission or access) | |
| permettre quelque chose à quelqu'un - to grant something to someone | |
| permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to permit someone to do something | |
| Me permettrez-vous de le faire ? (Will you allow me to do that?) | |
| Les Durand permettent tout à leurs enfants. | |
| Il ne permet pas à son fils de sortir après dix-huit heures. | |
| 2. v. (indtr, de) to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.) | |
| permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to enable someone to do something | |
| J'espère que les dernières mises à jour vont nous permettre d'achever le projet à temps. | |
| La connaissance des langues mortes, en permettant l'étude des textes anciens, est utile notamment à la linguistique historique ainsi qu'à l'histoire et à ses disciplines annexes. - | |
| 3. v. to take the liberty of doing something | |
| se permettre de faire quelque chose | |
| Je me suis permis d'inviter un ami. | |
| 4. v. to afford to do something | |
| Je ne peux pas me permettre de voyager. - I can't afford to travel. | |
| 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 | |
| avoir |
| 1. n-m. asset, possession | |
| 2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
| J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
| J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
| Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
| 4. v. to have (a condition) | |
| J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
| J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
| J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
| J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
| J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
| J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
| J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
| J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever. | |
| 5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
| Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
| 6. v. to have (to trick) | |
| Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
| 7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
| avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
| 8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
| J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
| d'avoir |
| 1. contraction. de + avoir | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| action |
| 1. n-f. action, act, deed | |
| une bonne action - a good deed | |
| 2. n-f. campaign | |
| une action promotionnelle - a promotional campaign | |
| 3. n-f. stock, share | |
| une action de capitalisation - a capitalisation share | |
| 4. n-f. (Switzerland) a special offer | |
| manuelle |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of manuel | |
| 2. n-f. (informal) a manual car, a car with manual transmission | |
| manuel |
| 1. n-m. manual, handbook | |
| 2. adj. manual | |
| sur |
| 1. prep. on, upon | |
| 2. prep. on top of | |
| 3. prep. from on top of | |
| 4. prep. above | |
| 5. prep. out of | |
| sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
| 6. prep. in the case of | |
| 7. prep. about, concerning | |
| 8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
| sur Paris - in Paris | |
| 9. adj. sour | |
| 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) | |
| organe |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) organ (any part of the body) | |
| 2. n-m. organ (official publication) | |
| 3. n-m. subsystem (of mechanical parts) | |
| 4. n-m. body (of an organization), organ | |
| 5. n-m. voice | |
| mécanique |
| 1. adj. mechanical | |
| 2. adj. mechanic | |
| 3. n-f. mechanics (the science) | |
| 4. n-f. mechanics (the area of study) | |
