appareil |
1. n-m. apparatus, device | |
2. n-m. telephone | |
Pourrais-je parler avec monsieur Tremblay, s'il vous plaît ? / À l'appareil. - t = May I speak with Mr. Tremblay, please? / Speaking. | |
3. n-m. aircraft | |
4. n-m. camera (for photographs) | |
5. n-m. An arrangement of people, decorations, etc., for purposes of pomp. | |
6. n-m. (anatomy) a system (of organs) | |
7. n-m. (culinary) a preparation that is a ready-to-use mixture of the basic ingredients for making a dish | |
permettant |
1. Participle. present participle of permettre | |
2. Participle. allowing, enabling, ensuring, so that, through which to, make it possible, as a means to, which could | |
permettre |
1. v. (indtr, que) to permit, to allow (to grant permission or access) | |
permettre quelque chose à quelqu'un - to grant something to someone | |
permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to permit someone to do something | |
Me permettrez-vous de le faire ? (Will you allow me to do that?) | |
Les Durand permettent tout à leurs enfants. | |
Il ne permet pas à son fils de sortir après dix-huit heures. | |
2. v. (indtr, de) to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.) | |
permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to enable someone to do something | |
J'espère que les dernières mises à jour vont nous permettre d'achever le projet à temps. | |
La connaissance des langues mortes, en permettant l'étude des textes anciens, est utile notamment à la linguistique historique ainsi qu'à l'histoire et à ses disciplines annexes. - | |
3. v. to take the liberty of doing something | |
se permettre de faire quelque chose | |
Je me suis permis d'inviter un ami. | |
4. v. to afford to do something | |
Je ne peux pas me permettre de voyager. - I can't afford to travel. | |
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 | |
griller |
1. v. to toast (cook with a toaster) | |
2. v. to grill (cook with a grill) | |
3. v. to toast (heat up, said of e.g. skin) | |
4. v. (colloquial) to smoke (a cigarette) | |
5. v. (transport) to run; to pass a stop signal or stop sign, or without yielding right of way (at duty to yield) | |
Le |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
2. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
5. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
pain |
1. n-m. bread | |
2. n-m. piece of bread | |
3. n-m. food | |
4. n-m. bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner | |
5. n-m. (informal) punch (a hit with the fist) | |
6. n-m. a block (of ice, of salt, of soap …) with the shape and size of bread | |
7. n-m. (slang) (music) mistake during a performance (false note, forgot an intro, wrong solo, …) | |