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roue
     1. n-f. a wheel
           Une roue de vĂ©lo (bike wheel), une roue de secours (spare wheel)
           Roue de moulin: mill wheel.
           Roue dentĂ©e (or engrenage): toothed wheel, cogwheel
     2. n-f. the breaking wheel
     rouer
          1. v. to curl up, roll up
          2. v. to roll (of e.g. birds, to spin in the air)
          3. v. to beat upon the breaking wheel
          4. v. to run over (squash by driving over)
          5. v. to abuse, beat (subject to a beating)
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)
           Ĺ’uvres 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 boĂ®te 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 Ă  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 arrĂŞtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embĂŞter. - 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 rĂ©duirait 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)
           OĂą est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
           Prends cette boĂ®te 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 mangĂ© de la tarte - I ate some pie.
moralité
     1. n-f. morality
     2. n-f. moral; lesson (of a story)
tourne
     1. v. first-person singular present of tourner
     2. v. third-person singular present of tourner
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of tourner
     tourner
          1. v. to turn (left, right etc.)
          2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients)
          3. v. to tour, to go on tour
          4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film
          5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.)
                Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer.
          6. v. to lathe
tourne
     1. v. first-person singular present of tourner
     2. v. third-person singular present of tourner
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of tourner
     tourner
          1. v. to turn (left, right etc.)
          2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients)
          3. v. to tour, to go on tour
          4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film
          5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.)
                Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer.
          6. v. to lathe
tourne
     1. v. first-person singular present of tourner
     2. v. third-person singular present of tourner
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of tourner
     tourner
          1. v. to turn (left, right etc.)
          2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients)
          3. v. to tour, to go on tour
          4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film
          5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.)
                Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer.
          6. v. to lathe
et
     1. conj. and
dis
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of dire
     2. v. second-person singular present indicative of dire
     3. v. first-person singular past historic of dire
     4. v. second-person singular past historic of dire
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of dire
     dire
          1. v. to say, to tell
          2. v. (informal) to be of interest to, to interest +preo, Ă , someone
                Ă‡a te dit de regarder un film de science-fiction? - Do you want to watch a science fiction movie? What do you say to watching a science fiction movie?
                Ă‡a vous dit ? - Are you interested in doing this? Are you up for it?
                Il m'a demandĂ© si ça nous dirait de nous joindre Ă  eux plus tard. - He asked me if we'd like to join them later.
                Ă‡a ne me dit trop rien d'y aller. - I don't really want to go there.
          3. v. (informal) to sound familiar +preo, Ă , someone
                Ă‡a me dit quelque chose. - It rings a bell.
                Ă‡a ne me dit rien. - It doesn't ring a bell.
          4. n-m. saying (that which is said)
          5. n-m. belief, opinion
nous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) we.
     3. pron.          (object pronoun) us, to us.
     4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we)
     5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy
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)
           Ĺ’uvres 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 boĂ®te 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 Ă  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 arrĂŞtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embĂŞter. - 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 rĂ©duirait 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
quoi
     1. pron. (interrogative, ;, for things) what
     2. pron.          (after a preposition)
                   De quoi parle-t-il ? - What is he talking about?
                   Ă€ quoi penses-tu ? - What are you thinking about?
                   Ă€ quoi cela sert-il ? - What is this used for?
                   Avec quoi cela se mange-t-il ? - What is this supposed to be eaten with?
                   En vue de quoi fais-tu cela ? - What are you doing this for?
     3. pron.          (attributive, or direct object, ;, colloquial)
                   C'est quoi ? (attributive) - What is this/that? (noncolloquial French: qu') (noncolloquial French: qu')
                   Il dit quoi ? (direct object) - What does he say? (noncolloquial French: que) (noncolloquial French: que)
     4. pron. (relative, ;, for things) what, (that) which
     5. pron.          (direct object)
                   Je sais quoi faire. - I know what to do.
                   Je ne sais pas quoi faire. - I don't know what to do. (more formal French: Je ne sais que faire.) (more formal French: Je ne sais que f
     6. pron.          (after a preposition)
                   Laisse-moi te montrer ce sur quoi je travaille en ce moment. - ...that on which I am working...
                   Et voilĂ  Ă  quoi nous avons passĂ© notre temps. - And that's what we've spent our time on.
                   Ils ont perdu beaucoup d'argent, en consĂ©quence de quoi ils ont dĂ» fermer le magasin. - They've lost a lot of money, in consequence of which they
     7. pron. after de and before an infinitive verb
     8. pron.          enough (of something specific)
                   Il y avait de quoi remplir trois boĂ®tes. - There was enough to fill three boxes.
     9. pron.          nothing
                   Il n'y a pas de quoi en faire tout un plat ! - There's nothing to make a big thing out of!
                   Merci !—Il n'y a pas de quoi me remercier. - There is nothing to thank me for.
     10. pron. (before a subjunctive verb) whatever
     11. pron.          (direct object)
                   Quoi que je fasse, rien ne changera. - Whatever I may do, nothing will change.
     12. pron.          (subject of an impersonal verb)
                   Quoi qu'il arrive, je serai lĂ . - Whatever may happen, I will be there.
     13. adv. (colloquial) you know, like, y'know
           Alors, ce mec m'a dit de te donner son porte-monnaie, quoi. - So, this guy, like, told me to give you his wallet.
     14. Phrase. what? say again?
de quoi
     1. interj. what was that
           De quoi?!
     2. Phrase. What is necessary to
           J'ai de quoi acheter une voiture. - I have enough (money) to buy a car.
     3. Phrase. (Quebec, informal) something
           Y'a-tu de quoi Ă  manger? - Is there something to eat?
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
           Il est parti. - He left.
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
           Je cherche mon livre. OĂą est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
           Il pleut. - It’s raining.
retourne
     1. v. first-person singular present of retourner
     2. v. third-person singular present of retourner
     3. v. second-person singular 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
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary