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à
1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
2. prep. to (destination)
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
3. prep. to (until)
Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
à la maison - at home
à l'hôtel - at the hotel
au comptoir du bar - at the bar
au bois - in the woods
J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
au voleur ! - stop thief!
à l'assassin ! - murderer!
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
à moi ! - help!
à l'aide ! - help!
au secours ! - help!
au feu ! - fire!
aux armes ! - to arms!
à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
à l'abordage ! - on board!
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
8. prep. from (origin)
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
9. prep. of (belonging to)
C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
à plus tard - see you later
à bientôt - see you soon
Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
moulin à poivre - pepper mill
sac à dos - backpack
boite à musique - music box
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
15. prep. by
peu à peu - bit by bit
petit à petit - little by little
minute à minute - minute by minute
jour à jour - day by day
un à un - one by one
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
six à sept personnes - six or seven people
de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
mettre le feu à - to set fire to
clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
donner la chasse à - to give chase to
18. prep. with
sept
1. num. seven
heures
1. n. plural of heure
heure
1. n-f. hour, time
C'est l'heure de partir. - It's time to leave.
2. n-f. o'clock
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)
valet
1. n-m. (history) a male attendant of a knight or a lord
2. n-m. (history) officer belonging to the king's house or a princely house, also valet de chambre
3. n-m. a male servant, a footman
4. n-m. a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing, also valet de nuit
5. n-m. (card games) jack
discret
1. adj. discreet
2. adj. (mathematics) discrete
posa
1. v. third-person singular past historic of poser
poser
1. v. to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody)
2. v. to ask (a question)
J'ai quelques questions à lui poser. - I have a few questions to ask him.
Puis-je vous poser une question ? - Can I ask you a question?
3. v. to land (a plane)
4. v. to lay, place
5. v. to install, fit
6. v. to relax, settle
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)
potage
1. n-m. soup (dish)
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
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'
Table
1. Proper noun. Mensa (constellation)
2. n-f. table (item of furniture)
Pourquoi as-tu laissé ces livres sur la table ? - Why did you leave these books on the table?
3. n-f. flat surface atop various objects
4. n-f. flat part of a cut or carved object
5. n-f. (music) table of a stringed instrument
6. n-f. matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns
7. n-f. systematic list of content
8. v. first-person singular present of tabler
9. v. third-person singular present of tabler
10. v. second-person singular imperative of tabler
tabler
1. v. (indtr, sur) to base one's scheming on something
se
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
2. pron. (to) himself
3. pron. (to) herself
4. pron. (to) oneself
5. pron. (to) itself
6. pron. (to) themselves
7. pron. (to) each other
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
retira
1. v. third-person singular past historic of retirer
retirer
1. v. to take off; to remove (e.g. clothes)
Elle retira sa chemise. - She took off her shirt.
2. v. to withdraw; to get out; to take out (money)
J'ai retiré 50 euros pour ce soir, j'espère que ça suffira. - I took out 50 euros for tonight, I hope that'll be enough.
3. v. to retire
4. v. to remove, to pull out
et
1. conj. and
ferma
1. v. third-person singular past historic of fermer
fermer
1. v. to shut
2. v. to close
3. v. to do up (of clothing)
4. v. to switch off, to turn off (of a device or an appliance)
5. v. to shut down, to discontinue, to axe (of a service)
6. v. to harden (of someone's face)
7. v. to put someone off something, to turn someone off something
Ce professeur l'a fermé au sujet des mathématiques. - That teacher turned him off maths.
8. v. to mark the border of
Les Vosges ferment l'Alsace à l'ouest. - The Vosges mountains mark the western border of the Alsace.
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'
porte
1. n-f. door
2. n-f. gate (to a city, at airport)
3. n-f. (figuratively) gateway, means, door
4. v. first-person singular present of porter
5. v. third-person singular present of porter
6. v. second-person singular imperative of porter
porter
1. v. to carry
2. v. to support, to bear
3. v. to wear
4. v. (indtr, sur) to be about, to concern
Sur quoi portait la question ? - What was the question concerning?
5. v. to feel, to carry one's self
Je me porte mieux. - I am feeling better.
Il se porte bien. - He's in good health.
6. n-m. porter (beer)

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