| sport |
| 1. n-m. sport | |
| action |
| 1. n-f. action, act, deed | |
| une bonne action - a good deed | |
| 2. n-f. campaign | |
| une action promotionnelle - a promotional campaign | |
| 3. n-f. stock, share | |
| une action de capitalisation - a capitalisation share | |
| 4. n-f. (Switzerland) a special offer | |
| 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 | |
| pousser |
| 1. v. to push | |
| 2. v. to urge on, encourage | |
| pousser quelqu'un à faire quelque chose | |
| pousser à | |
| 3. v. to grow | |
| L'arbre pousse vite. - The tree is growing quickly. | |
| 4. v. to spring up, to sprout | |
| Les Starbucks poussent comme des champignons ici. - The Starbucks are springing up like mushrooms here. | |
| 5. v. to utter (a cry) | |
| 6. v. to move aside | |
| 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) | |
| coureur |
| 1. n-m. runner | |
| 2. n-m. racer | |
| 3. n-m. (cycling) rider | |
| dans |
| 1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
| vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
| être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
| avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
| dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
| Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
| Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
| mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
| Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
| Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
| 3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
| Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
| Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
| 4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
| dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
| dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
| 5. prep. out of, from | |
| boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
| Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
| 6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
| le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
| 7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
| dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
| dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
| 8. n. plural of dan | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| montée |
| 1. n-f. climb (act of climbing/going up) | |
| 2. n-f. rise | |
| la montée du populisme - the rise of populism | |
| 3. n-f. (a generic used in some road names): 10, montée de Liesse. | |
| 4. Participle. feminine singular of monté | |
| monter |
| 1. v. to go up, to climb (go to a higher position) | |
| 2. v. to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs | |
| 3. v. to get on, get in (a vehicle) | |
| 4. v. to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.)) | |
| 5. v. to stage, put on (a show) | |
| 6. v. to ride (a horse) | |
| 7. v. to mount (a horse) | |
| 8. v. to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position) | |
| J'ai monté les valises. - I brought up the cases. | |
| 9. v. to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.) | |
| 10. v. to raise (increase the level, price etc.) | |
| 11. v. to put up (a tent) | |
| Thomas décide de monter son camp pour la nuit. - Thomas decides to set up camp for the night. | |
| 12. v. to assemble (put together) | |
| Une seule personne suffit pour monter le kit étagère atelier. - One person can assemble the shelving kit by themselves. | |
| 13. v. to string (an instrument) | |
| 14. v. (cinematography) to edit | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| 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) | |
| passage |
| 1. n-m. the act of going through a place or event | |
| 2. n-m. the time when such an act occurs | |
| 3. n-m. Circulation, traffic, movement | |
| 4. n-m. (astronomy) Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian | |
| 5. n-m. a short stay | |
| 6. n-m. a trip or travel, especially by boat | |
| 7. n-m. the act of going from a state to another | |
| 8. n-m. graduation from a school year | |
| 9. n-m. the act of making something undergo a process | |
| 10. n-m. the act of handing something to someone | |
| 11. n-m. an access way | |
| 12. n-m. a laid out way allowing to go across something | |
| 13. n-m. an alley or alleyway off-limits to cars | |
| 14. n-m. a paragraph or section of text or music | |
| 15. v. first-person singular present of passager | |
| 16. v. third-person singular present of passager | |
| 17. v. second-person singular imperative of passager | |
| passager |
| 1. n-m. passenger | |
| 2. adj. whose presence in a location is only temporary; passing | |
| 3. adj. of a short duration; temporary; transitory, fleeting, flighty | |
| 4. adj. (informal, of a street or place) busy | |
| difficile |
| 1. adj. difficult | |
| 2. adj. choosy, fussy, picky | |
