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personne |
1. n-f. person | |
2. pron. (with ne) no one, nobody | |
Il n'y a personne ici. - There is nobody here. | |
Qui l'a lu? Personne. - Who has read it? No one. | |
Il n'a parlé avec personne. - He spoke to nobody. | |
Personne ne parle avec lui. - No one speaks with him. | |
3. pron. anyone | |
Il le sait mieux que personne. - He knows it better than anyone. | |
ou |
1. conj. or | |
2. conj. either...or | |
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
institution |
1. n-f. institution | |
qui |
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
organise |
1. v. first-person singular present of organiser | |
2. v. third-person singular present of organiser | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of organiser | |
organiser |
1. v. to organise; to plan an event | |
2. v. to organise; to put something in a specific order | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
dirige |
1. v. first-person singular present of diriger | |
2. v. third-person singular present of diriger | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of diriger | |
diriger |
1. v. to run; to direct (be the director of) | |
Il dirige son entreprise avec passion. - He runs his business with passion. | |
2. v. to supervise; to oversee | |
3. v. to steer (vehicles) | |
Il sait bien diriger le bateau. - He knows how to steer the boat. | |
4. v. to aim, to direct | |
Dirigez vos armes à l'ennemi. - Aim your weapons at the enemy. | |
5. v. (cinematography) to direct (a film) | |
6. v. to go towards; to head (for) | |
Le camion se dirige vers la falaise. - The truck is heading for the cliff. | |
Le |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
2. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
5. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
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 | |