Ă |
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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 | |
OĂą 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 | |
aide |
1. n-f. help, support | |
Ă l'aide d'un ordinateur - with the help of a computer | |
Votre protection est sa seule aide. - Your protection is her sole support. | |
Il faut une aide financière pour les victimes. - There must be financial aid for the victims. | |
2. n-f. (sport) assist | |
3. n. aide (person) | |
4. v. first-person singular present of aider | |
5. v. third-person singular present of aider | |
6. v. second-person singular present imperative of aider | |
aider |
1. v. to help; to aid | |
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. | |
ĂŠtes-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 Ă 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 Ă midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
un groupe de cinq Ă 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 | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
grande |
1. adj. feminine singular of grand | |
grand |
1. adj. big, great, grand | |
2. adj. tall | |
Il est grand comment ? - How tall is he ? | |
3. adj. grown up, big | |
Quand je serai grande, je veux ĂŞtre astronaute. - When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut. | |
Il l'a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. - He did it all on his own like a big boy. | |
4. adj. (usually capitalized) great, an honorific title | |
Alexandre le Grand - Alexander the Great | |
5. adj. great; big fat; an intensifier | |
un grand tricheur - a big fat cheater | |
6. adj. extensive, large | |
7. n-m. grown-up | |
assiette |
ne pas ĂŞtre dans son assiette - to feel under the weather | |
1. n-f. (horse racing) seat | |
2. n-f. (nautical) trim, attitude, pitch attitude | |
3. n-f. (accounting) basis | |
4. n-f. dish (the food) | |
C'est une bonne assiette. - It's a good dish. | |
5. n-f. plate, dish (the crockery) | |
On a besoin d'assiettes. - We need plates. | |
6. n-f. plateful | |
ou |
1. conj. or | |
2. conj. either...or | |
Ou il est fou ou il est bĂŞte. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
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. | |
ĂŠtes-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 Ă 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 Ă midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
un groupe de cinq Ă 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 | |
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) | |
couvercle |
1. n-m. lid, cap, cover | |
retournez |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of retourner | |
2. v. second-person plural imperative of retourner | |
retourner |
1. v. to turn over, turn upside-down; (in cooking) to turn | |
2. v. to toss (salad), turn over (earth, soil) | |
3. v. to return, send back (an object) | |
4. v. to return, go back (to/from a place) | |
5. v. to return, revert (Ă to) (a state etc) | |
6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn over; to overturn, capsize | |
7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn round (turn one's head) | |
8. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be reversed, be turned round (of a situation etc.) | |
9. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get organised | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
OĂą est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
crique |
1. n-f. cove | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
laissez |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of laisser | |
2. v. second-person plural imperative of laisser | |
laisser |
1. v. to leave, to leave behind | |
Laissez le pistolet sur la table - Leave the gun on the table | |
2. v. to forget, to leave alone | |
3. v. to leave with, to give | |
4. v. to let, to allow | |
5. v. to allow oneself, to let oneself | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
OĂą est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
cuire |
1. v. to cook | |
Le repas cuit. - The meal is cooking. | |
Je fais cuire le repas. - I'm cooking the meal. / I cook the meal. | |
2. v. first-person singular present of cuirer | |
3. v. third-person singular present of cuirer | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of cuirer | |
cuirer |
1. v. to leather (cover with leather) | |
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 | |
OĂą 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 | |
autre |
1. adj. other | |
Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example. | |
2. adj. another | |
face |
1. n-f. (anatomy) face | |
2. n-f. surface, side | |
3. n-f. (geometry) face | |
4. n-f. head (of a coin) | |
encore |
1. adv. still | |
ĂŠtes-vous encore lĂ ? - Are you still there? | |
2. adv. more | |
Voulez-vous encore du pain ? - Would you like more bread? | |
Tu en veux encore? - Do you want some more? | |
3. adv. again | |
Écris-le encore une fois! - Write it once again! | |
4. adv. (after the adverb pas) yet, not yet | |
Je n'ai pas encore fini. - I haven't finished yet. | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
dizaine |
1. n-f. a set of ten | |
2. n-f. about ten | |
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. | |
ĂŠtes-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 Ă 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 Ă midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
un groupe de cinq Ă 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 | |
minutes |
1. n. plural of minute | |
2. v. second-person singular present of minuter | |
minuter |
1. v. to time | |
2. v. to take minutes (of a meeting) | |
minute |
1. n-f. minute (etymology 1, time unit, all same senses) | |
2. interj. wait a sec! | |
3. v. first-person singular present of minuter | |
4. v. third-person singular present of minuter | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of minuter | |