| pronominal |
| 1. adj. takes a reflexive pronoun | |
| réduire |
| 1. v. to reduce | |
| 2. v. to cut (prices); to shorten (text); to reduce, scale down (pictures etc.) | |
| 3. v. (indtr, à) to reduce (someone) to | |
| Je les ai réduits en esclavage. I reduced them to slavery. | |
| 4. v. (indtr, en) to reduce (something) to | |
| La maison fut réduite en cendres. The house was reduced to ashes. | |
| 5. v. (medicine) to reduce, set | |
| 6. v. (chemistry, cooking) to reduce | |
| 7. v. (military) to capture (place), quell (opposition etc.) | |
| 8. v. (indtr, à, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to amount to, to come down to | |
| Les copules, qui se réduisent au rôle de lien syntaxique entre sujet et attribut en estompant leur sémantique propre, sont souvent des verbes d'état. - | |
| sa |
| 1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's | |
| Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house. | |
| Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card. | |
| Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white. | |
| vitesse |
| 1. n-f. speed | |
| 2. n-f. (automotive) gear | |
| 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 | |
| moins |
| 1. adv. comparative of peu; less, fewer | |
| Faites moins de bruit. - Make less noise. | |
| J'ai dû attendre moins de dix minutes. - I had to wait less than ten minutes. | |
| De moins en moins de personnes peuvent se permettre de passer des vacances à l'étranger. - Fewer and fewer people can afford to spend holidays abroad. | |
| 2. adv. (with numbers) minus; negative | |
| moins cinq - minus five | |
| 3. adv. preceded by a definite article superlative of peu; the least | |
| C'est lui qui gagne le moins (d'argent) dans sa famille. - He earns the least money in his family. | |
| C'était la chose la moins surprenante. - It was the least surprising thing. | |
| 4. n-m. the minus sign | |
| 5. prep. minus | |
| Cinq moins deux font trois - Five minus two makes three. | |
| actif |
| 1. adj. active | |
| 2. adj. (grammar) active | |
| la voix active - the active voice | |
| 3. n-m. (accounting) asset | |
| 4. n-m. (grammar) active | |
| 5. n-m. (LGBT, slang) top | |
