Étendue |
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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 | |
eau |
1. n-f. water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas and oceans | |
Il buvait un verre d’eau fraîche. - He drank a cool glass of water. | |
L’eau de mer et l’eau de rivière n’ont pas la même teneur en sel et n’abritent donc pas les mêmes poissons. - Sea water and river water do not have the same salt content and thus do not harbor | |
2. n-f. In particular, rain | |
Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l’eau. - If the wind persists, we will have rain. | |
3. n-f. (chemistry) the chemical compound with molecular formula H2O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam | |
L’eau se durcit par le froid et se vaporise par la chaleur. - Water hardens with cold and vaporises with heat. | |
4. n-f. Natural liquid quantities or expanses | |
Le soir, ils se baignaient dans les eaux du lac Titicaca. - In the evening, they bathed in the waters of Lake Titicaca. | |
5. n-f. Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal | |
Les vésicatoires font des ampoules pleines d’eau. - Vesicants make blisters full of fluid. | |
L’eau m'en vint à la bouche. - That made my mouth water. | |
Il s’est échauffé à courir, il est tout en eau. - He warmed up to run. He's all sweaty. | |
étendue d'eau |
1. n-f. body of water | |
salée |
1. adj. feminine singular of salé (Something that contains table salt; salty.) | |
2. Participle. feminine singular of salé | |
saler |
1. v. to salt | |
salé (Something that contains table salt |
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couvrant |
1. Participle. present participle of couvrir | |
2. adj. covering | |
couvrir |
1. v. to cover up, to cover (put a cover over) | |
2. v. to cover (feature, discuss, mention) | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où 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' | |
majeure |
1. adj. feminine singular of majeur | |
majeur |
1. adj. greater, larger, more important | |
2. adj. (by extension) of great importance, main, major, principal, greatest | |
3. adj. major, adult, of age (who has attained the age of majority, who is over the legal age of majority) | |
majeur et vacciné - old enough to look after oneself | |
4. adj. (music) major | |
si majeur - B major | |
la majeur - A major | |
5. n-m. an adult (as defined by the age of majority) | |
6. n-m. middle finger | |
partie |
1. n-f. part (portion, amount) | |
Il y a deux parties principales de ce truc. - There are two main parts to this thing. | |
faire partie (de) to participate in | |
2. n-f. (legal) party | |
3. n-f. game, play (sense "the conduct, or course of a game") | |
4. n-f. (math) subset | |
5. Participle. feminine singular of parti | |
partir |
1. v. (obsolete, transitive) to share, to share out, to divide | |
Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un. - To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone. | |
2. v. to go away, leave, depart | |
3. v. to originate | |
Toutes les artères partent du cœur. - All arteries originate from the heart. | |
4. v. to die | |
Il ne s'est pas vu partir - He has not seen death | |
5. v. to emanate | |
Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe. - This belief emanates from an evil principle. | |
6. v. (Quebec, informal, transitive) to start | |
partir une affaire - to start a business | |
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 | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où 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' | |
de la |
1. art. of the | |
2. art. some; the feminine partitive article | |
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam? | |
J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie. | |
Terre |
1. Proper noun. the Earth (planet) | |
2. n-f. earth; soil | |
3. n-f. land, property (delimited area) | |
4. v. first-person singular present of terrer | |
5. v. third-person singular present of terrer | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of terrer | |