| 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 | |
| métonymie |
| 1. n-f. metonymy (figure of speech) | |
| au |
| 1. contraction. contraction of à le | |
| Il étudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory. | |
| singulier |
| 1. adj. (grammar) singular | |
| 2. adj. curious, strange, peculiar | |
| argot |
| 1. n-m. slang | |
| 2. n-m. cant (secret language) | |
| argent |
| 1. n-m. silver | |
| 2. n-m. money, cash | |
| 3. n-m. (tincture) argent (white in heraldry) | |
| monnaie |
| 1. n-f. change (money back after a transaction) | |
| 10 francs de monnaie. - 10 francs change. | |
| Gardez la monnaie. - Keep the change. | |
| 2. n-f. currency | |
| Le dollar est la monnaie d'Australie. - The dollar is the currency of Australia. | |
| 3. n-f. cash, change (coins, as opposed to notes) | |
| 4. n-f. coinage | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of monnayer | |
| 6. v. third-person singular present of monnayer | |
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative of monnayer | |
| monnayer |
| 1. v. to mint coins | |
| 2. v. (by extension) to manufacture money | |
