| religion |
| 1. n-f. religion | |
| religieuse |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of religieux | |
| 2. n-f. nun | |
| Ma tante, qui est religieuse, est tout le temps en train de prier. | |
| 3. n-f. religieuse (pastry) | |
| religieux |
| 1. adj. religious | |
| 2. n-m. a religious person (man) | |
| 3. n-m. (Catholicism) a person (man) who is a member of a religious institute, or society, in which the member takes a public vow and lives a fraternal life in common; friar; monk | |
| 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. | |
| dirige |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of diriger | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of diriger | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of diriger | |
| diriger |
| 1. v. to run; to direct (be the director of) | |
| Il dirige son entreprise avec passion. - He runs his business with passion. | |
| 2. v. to supervise; to oversee | |
| 3. v. to steer (vehicles) | |
| Il sait bien diriger le bateau. - He knows how to steer the boat. | |
| 4. v. to aim, to direct | |
| Dirigez vos armes à l'ennemi. - Aim your weapons at the enemy. | |
| 5. v. (cinematography) to direct (a film) | |
| 6. v. to go towards; to head (for) | |
| Le camion se dirige vers la falaise. - The truck is heading for the cliff. | |
| 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) | |
| couvent |
| 1. n-m. convent, nunnery | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of couver | |
| couver |
| 1. v. to brood (an egg) | |
| 2. v. (figuratively) to coddle, pamper, mollycoddle | |
| 3. v. (figuratively) to plot, hatch, scheme | |
