par |
1. prep. through | |
par la fenêtre - through the window | |
aller par le parc - go through the park | |
2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
voyager par train - travel by train | |
par surprise - by surprise | |
le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
voir par devant - see from the back | |
le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
par terre - on the ground | |
7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
par un soir - in one evening | |
8. prep. in | |
marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
9. prep. per, a, an | |
trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
par tristesse - out of sadness | |
11. prep. for | |
12. n-m. (golf) par | |
analogie |
1. n-f. analogy (similar example as explanation) | |
technique |
1. adj. technical | |
2. n-f. technique, technology | |
partie |
1. n-f. part (portion, amount) | |
Il y a deux parties principales de ce truc. - There are two main parts to this thing. | |
faire partie (de) to participate in | |
2. n-f. (legal) party | |
3. n-f. game, play (sense "the conduct, or course of a game") | |
4. n-f. (math) subset | |
5. Participle. feminine singular of parti | |
partir |
1. v. (obsolete, transitive) to share, to share out, to divide | |
Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un. - To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone. | |
2. v. to go away, leave, depart | |
3. v. to originate | |
Toutes les artères partent du cœur. - All arteries originate from the heart. | |
4. v. to die | |
Il ne s'est pas vu partir - He has not seen death | |
5. v. to emanate | |
Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe. - This belief emanates from an evil principle. | |
6. v. (Quebec, informal, transitive) to start | |
partir une affaire - to start a business | |
saillante |
1. adj. feminine singular of saillant | |
saillant |
1. adj. salient (prominent) | |
2. adj. acute (angle) | |
3. Participle. present participle of saillir | |
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 | |
certains |
1. adj. plural of certain | |
2. pron. plural of certain: some, some people | |
certain |
1. adj. certain, for certain, indubitably | |
2. adj. certain (of indefinite, unknown or simply unmentioned identity, quality or quantity) (prepositive to the noun it modifies, and usually preceded by an indefinite article) | |
un certain nombre de - a certain number of | |
une certaine femme - a certain woman | |
3. adj. certain (sure, positive) (postpositive to the modified noun) | |
une victoire certaine - a sure victory | |
Il est certain qu'il viendra. - It is certain that he will arrive. | |
4. adj. certain (fixed, determined) | |
5. adj. certain (specified, particular) | |
6. n-m. certain; certainty | |
7. det. certain: a determined but unspecified amount of ; some | |
Certaines personnes vont aller. - Some people are going. | |
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 | |