| sens |
| 1. n-m. meaning, sense | |
| le sens ultime de la vie - the ultimate meaning of life | |
| Les mots ont un sens. - Words have meanings. | |
| 2. n-m. sense, sensation | |
| 3. n-m. sense, intelligence | |
| bon sens - common sense | |
| Je préfère fréquenter ceux qui manquent de bon sens. | |
| 4. n-m. direction of circulation | |
| voie à sens unique | |
| en tous sens, dans tous les sens | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present indicative of sentir | |
| 6. v. second-person singular present indicative of sentir | |
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative of sentir | |
| propre |
| 1. adj. (before a noun) own | |
| C'est ma propre maison - It's my own house | |
| 2. adj. clean | |
| une maison propre - a clean house | |
| 3. adj. (of a child) toilet-trained | |
| 4. adj. (of a pet) house-trained | |
| 5. adj. proper, specific, particular + à (object) = to | |
| 6. adj. (mathematics) eigen- | |
| valeur propre - eigenvalue | |
| mettre |
| 1. v. to put; to place | |
| 2. v. to put on | |
| 3. v. to set (to lay a table) | |
| 4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| chose |
| 1. n-f. thing | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
| J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
| Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
| 3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
| aller en bus - go by bus | |
| partir en voiture - leave by car | |
| 4. prep. as | |
| Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
| habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
| 5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
| fort en histoire - good at history | |
| 6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
| une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
| une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
| 7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
| en 1993 - in 1993 | |
| en janvier - in January | |
| en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
| 8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
| 9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
| C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
| 10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
| une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
| 11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
| en détresse - in distress | |
| 12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
| en équipe - on a team | |
| 13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
| Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
| Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
| Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
| Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
| Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
| Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
| 14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
| Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
| isolement |
| 1. n-m. isolation (detachment, exclusion) | |
| isolement social - social isolation | |
| Cet état d'isolement lui est pénible. - This state of isolation is painful for him. | |
| 2. n-m. (medicine) isolation (separation of a patient) | |
