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tout
     1. adv. all
     2. det. all
     3. n-m. whole, entirety, total
           le tout
     4. pron. everything
ce
     1. det. this, that
     2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
           C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
           est-ce que...? - is it that...?
           ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
           C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
           C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
     3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
           C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
           Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
           Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
           ce semble - it seems
           ce peuvent être... - these may be...
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.
ce qui
     1. pron. (nominative, relative) what (that which; those which; the thing that)
           Ce qui est vrai, c'est que je l'adorais. - What's true is that I loved him.
           C'est quoi, ce qui a occasionné ça ? - What is it that caused this?
     2. pron. (nominative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions, subject)
           Je ne sais pas ce qui y est écrit. - I don't know what it says lit. is written.
           Savez-vous ce qui arrive ? - Do you know what happens?
sert
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of servir
           Il me sert maintenant! - He serves me now!
     servir
          1. v. to serve (to help in a shop; to bring a meal to someone)
                Je suis allée en France avec ma mère l'année dernière et le serveur nous a servi des escargots! - I went to France last year with my mother and the waiter served us escargots!
                On vous a servie, madame? - Have you been helped, madam?
          2. v. to be used for
          3. v. (indtr, à) to be useful for someone, to be of use, come in handy
          4. v. (sports) to serve (start a point with service)
          5. v. (sports) to set up (pass to, in order to give a scoring chance)
          6. v. to help oneself, to serve oneself
          7. v. (indtr, .reflexive) to use, make use of
à
     1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
           aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
           Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
     3. prep. to (until)
           Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
     4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
           Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
           Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
           Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
           L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
     5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
           à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
           Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
           à la maison - at home
           à l'hôtel - at the hotel
           au comptoir du bar - at the bar
           au bois - in the woods
           J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
           La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
           au voleur ! - stop thief!
           à l'assassin ! - murderer!
           au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
           à moi ! - help!
           à l'aide ! - help!
           au secours ! - help!
           au feu ! - fire!
           aux armes ! - to arms!
           à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
           à l'abordage ! - on board!
           au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
           au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
     8. prep. from (origin)
           Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
           Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
           Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
     9. prep. of (belonging to)
           C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
           Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
           le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
           à plus tard - see you later
           à bientôt - see you soon
           Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
     11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
     12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
           moulin à poivre - pepper mill
           sac à dos - backpack
           boite à musique - music box
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
           l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
           Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
           Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
           Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
           Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
     14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
           un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
           une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
           un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
           une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
           une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
     15. prep. by
           peu à peu - bit by bit
           petit à petit - little by little
           minute à minute - minute by minute
           jour à jour - day by day
           un à un - one by one
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
           six à sept personnes - six or seven people
           de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
           tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
     17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
           mettre le feu à - to set fire to
           clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
           donner la chasse à - to give chase to
     18. prep. with
éclairer
     1. v. to light up; to brighten
           Le soleil éclaire la terre. - The sun lights up the Earth.
     2. v. (figuratively) to shed light on; to enlighten
     3. v. to scout
comme
     1. conj. as
           Je travaille comme artiste. - I work as an artist.
     2. conj. like
           J'agis comme il faut. - I act like I must.
     3. conj. how
           Comme tu es belle ce soir ! - How beautiful you are tonight!
     4. conj. because, as, since
           Comme j'étais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me.
     5. part. (colloquial Canada) like
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
lampe
     1. n-f. lamp, light
     2. n-f. bulb
     3. v. first-person singular present of lamper
     4. v. third-person singular present of lamper
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of lamper
     lamper
          1. v. to quaff, to swig
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
plafonnier
     1. n-m. light (ceiling light)
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
lampe
     1. n-f. lamp, light
     2. n-f. bulb
     3. v. first-person singular present of lamper
     4. v. third-person singular present of lamper
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of lamper
     lamper
          1. v. to quaff, to swig
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
poche
     1. n-f. pocket (part of the clothing)
     2. n-f. pouch (small bag, or part of small bag)
     3. n-f. pouch (of a marsupial)
     4. n-f. pocket (cavity)
     5. n-f. poach (act of cooking by poaching)
     6. n-f. the rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black
     7. n-f. ladle (container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal)
     8. v. first-person singular present of pocher
     9. v. third-person singular present of pocher
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of pocher
     11. adj. (Quebec, informal) lame, boring, dull
     12. adj. (Quebec, informal) bad, untalented, sucky
     pocher
          1. v. (chiefly of an eye) to punch
                pocher un œil à quelqu'un, donner un œil au beurre noir à quelqu'un - to punch someone in the eye, to give someone a black eye
          2. v. (cooking) to poach; to cook by poaching
          3. v. to sketch; to make a sketch of
de poche
     1. adj. (relational) pocket
           lampe de poche - torch, flashlight
           mouchoir de poche - handkerchief
           argent de poche - pocket money
     2. adj. pocket-size
           un dico de poche bilingue
lampe de poche
     1. n-f. torch, flashlight
etc
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary