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) | |
sperme |
1. n-m. semen; sperm | |
substance |
1. n-f. substance | |
dont |
1. pron. of/from whom/which, whose | |
Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ? - Do you remember that of which we spoke? | |
Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain. - There is nothing of which I am still certain. | |
Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ? - What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes? | |
J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours. - I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days. | |
La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable. - The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name. | |
Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers. - The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of | |
Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste. - These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies. | |
Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. - Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation. | |
2. pron. (sometimes) by which | |
Le coup dont il fut frappé. - The blow by which he was struck. | |
3. pron. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations. | |
Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles. - He had ten children, nine of them girls. | |
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 | |
animaux |
1. adj. masculine plural of animal | |
2. n. plural of animal | |
animal |
1. n-m. animal | |
2. adj. animal | |
sont |
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être | |
Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they? | |
être |
1. v. to be | |
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. | |
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) | |
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening. | |
4. n-m. being, creature | |
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence | |
engendrés |
1. Participle. masculine plural of engendré | |
engendrer |
1. v. to generate, spawn, beget | |