ainsi |
1. adv. in this way, thus | |
armée |
1. n-f. (military) army | |
2. n-f. (military) armed forces | |
Une doctrine militaire est constituée des principes fondamentaux selon lesquels l'armée ou certaines de ses parties accomplissent leurs tâches pour atteindre les objectifs nationaux. | |
3. adj. feminine singular of armé | |
4. Participle. feminine singular of armé | |
armé |
1. adj. armed (having weapons) | |
2. Participle. past participle of armer | |
je |
1. pron. I | |
Me |
1. n. Abbreviation of Maître/Maitre(, a title given to lawyers and notaries public.) | |
2. pron. (direct object) me | |
Est-ce que tu me vois ? - Do you see me? | |
3. pron. (indirect object) to me | |
Émilien me donne un peu d'argent. - Émilien gave some money to me. | |
crus |
1. adj. masculine plural of cru | |
2. Participle. masculine plural of cru | |
croire |
1. v. to believe (someone) | |
Il jure qu'il dit la vérité. Je ne le crois pas. - He swears that he's telling the truth. I do not believe him. | |
Je crois que c'est vrai. - I believe that it is true. | |
2. v. to believe, to accept as true (+preo, à, something) | |
Croire à quelque chose - To believe in something. | |
Les français croient à l'amour. - The French believe in love. | |
Croyez-vous à l'existence de Dieu? - Do you believe (in) the existence of God? | |
Nous croyons à la venue du messie. - We believe in the coming of the Messiah. | |
3. v. to believe, to have faith + en (object) = in | |
croire en quelqu'un, en quelque chose - I have faith in someone, ...in something. | |
Oui, je crois en Dieu. - Yes, I believe in God. | |
Je crois en toi. - I have faith in you. | |
Il ne croit qu'en soi. - He only believes in himself. | |
4. v. to think of oneself as, to consider oneself as | |
Il se croit parfait. - He thinks he's perfect. | |
capable |
1. adj. able, capable | |
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 | |
paraître |
1. v. to appear (become visible) | |
L'acteur parut sur l'écran. - The actor appeared on screen. | |
2. v. to be published | |
Ce texte est paru il y a longtemps. - This text was published long ago. | |
Le livre paraîtra en août. - The book will be published in August. | |
3. v. to appear, to seem | |
Il paraît avoir 40 ans. - He seems forty (years old). | |
4. v. (impersonal, with que) to be said that, to be rumored that | |
Il paraît que le vaccin fonctionne très bien. - It is said that that the vaccine works very well. | |
5. n-m. appearance | |
sans |
1. prep. without | |
Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you. | |
Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone. | |
trop |
1. adv. too; too much | |
La soupe est trop chaude. - The soup is too hot. | |
J'ai trop mangé. - I have eaten too much. | |
2. adv. (colloquial intensifier) very, really, so | |
Elle est trop belle ! - She is so beautiful! | |
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 | |
trop de |
1. adj. excessive, (an excess of) | |
Il y en a trop. - There is too much of it — or — There are too many of them. | |
2. adj. (with singulars and unnouns) too much | |
On est passé beaucoup trop de temps en compagnie de menteurs. - Too much time is spent in the company of liars. | |
3. adj. (with nouns) too many | |
Il a lis trop d'histoires effrayantes et ne sait plus s'endormir.histoires effrayantes et ne sait plus s'endormir. | |
4. adj. , He read too many scary stories and can't sleep any more. | |
désavantage |
1. n-m. drawback, disadvantage, handicap | |
2. v. first-person singular present of désavantager | |
3. v. third-person singular present of désavantager | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of désavantager | |
désavantager |
1. v. to disadvantage; hinder | |
parmi |
1. prep. among, amongst | |
2. prep. amid, amidst | |
les |
1. art. plural of le: the | |
2. art. plural of la: the | |
3. pron. plural of le: them | |
4. pron. plural of la: them | |
toilettes |
1. n. plural of toilette | |
2. n. toilet, lavatory | |
toiletter |
1. v. to groom (an animal) | |
toilette |
1. n-f. toilet (act of cleaning oneself) | |
2. n-f. (Belgium) the toilet, lavatory | |
splendides |
1. adj. plural of splendide | |
splendide |
1. adj. splendid; magnificent; impressive | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
les |
1. art. plural of le: the | |
2. art. plural of la: the | |
3. pron. plural of le: them | |
4. pron. plural of la: them | |
beautés |
1. n. plural of beauté | |
beauté |
1. n-f. beauty | |
La beauté est une notion abstraite liée à de nombreux aspects de l'existence humaine. Ce concept est étudié principalement par la discipline philosophique de l'esthétique, mais il est également | |
célèbres |
1. adj. plural of célèbre | |
2. v. second-person singular present of célébrer | |
célébrer |
1. v. to celebrate | |
célèbre |
1. adj. famous | |
2. v. first-person singular present of célébrer | |
3. v. third-person singular present of célébrer | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of célébrer | |