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| est |
| 1. adj. east | |
| 2. n-m. east | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être | |
| 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 | |
| Noir |
| 1. n-m. black (person) | |
| 2. adj. black in colour | |
| Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black. | |
| 3. adj. dark | |
| Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside. | |
| 4. adj. drunk; inebriated | |
| Il est noir. - He is drunk. | |
| 5. adj. black, of black ethnicity | |
| Il est noir. - He is black. | |
| 6. n-m. a black person | |
| 7. n-m. a person whose hair is dark | |
| 8. n-m. dark; darkness | |
| Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark. | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| Blanc |
| 1. n-m. white person | |
| 2. Proper noun. , from the common noun/adjective blanc | |
| 3. adj. white color | |
| Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white. | |
| 4. adj. blank, unused | |
| 5. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression | |
| 6. n-m. white (color) | |
| 7. n-m. silence while in a dialog | |
| 8. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form | |
| Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page. | |
| 9. n-m. (informal) white wine | |
| Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine. | |
| 10. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion | |
| 11. n-m. albumen, egg white | |
| 12. n-m. white meat | |
| 13. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex | |
| noir et blanc |
| 1. adj. black-and-white (displaying images in shades of grey/gray) | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| rouge |
| 1. adj. red (of a red color) | |
| Le sang est rouge. - Blood is red. | |
| 2. adj. red (left-wing, socialist) | |
| L'armée rouge. - Red Army. | |
| 3. n-m. red | |
| sur |
| 1. prep. on, upon | |
| 2. prep. on top of | |
| 3. prep. from on top of | |
| 4. prep. above | |
| 5. prep. out of | |
| sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
| 6. prep. in the case of | |
| 7. prep. about, concerning | |
| 8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
| sur Paris - in Paris | |
| 9. adj. sour | |
| Le |
| 1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
| 2. art. the (definite article) | |
| Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
| 3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
| L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
| 4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
| Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 5. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
| Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
| Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
| 7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
| Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
| derrière |
| 1. prep. behind | |
| Va derrière moi. - Go behind me. | |
| 2. prep. at the bottom of, behind (covertly responsible for) | |
| Je me demande qui est derrière tout ça. - I wonder who is at the bottom of all this. | |
| 3. adv. behind | |
| Il était loin derrière. - He was far behind. | |
| 4. n-m. rear of an object | |
| 5. n-m. bottom, bum, backside | |
