| bande |
| 1. n-f. band, strip | |
| 2. n-f. stripe | |
| 3. n-f. strip (e.g. magnetic strip) | |
| 4. n-f. (billiards) cushion | |
| 5. n-f. (heraldry) bend | |
| 6. n-f. soundtrack | |
| 7. n-f. band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc) | |
| 8. n-f. pack (of wolves) | |
| 9. n-f. (bande de) pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you | |
| Bande de voyous! - You hooligans! | |
| 10. v. first-person singular present of bander | |
| 11. v. third-person singular present of bander | |
| 12. v. second-person singular imperative of bander | |
| bander |
| 1. v. to bandage | |
| 2. v. to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten | |
| 3. v. to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on | |
| Je bande pour toi. - I’ve got a hard-on for you. | |
| 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 | |
| organisée |
| 1. Participle. feminine singular of organisé | |
| organiser |
| 1. v. to organise; to plan an event | |
| 2. v. to organise; to put something in a specific order | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| modèle |
| 1. n-m. model, example, design | |
| 2. n-m. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) template | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of modeler | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of modeler | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of modeler | |
| modeler |
| 1. v. to model, to mould (physically change the shape of) | |
| 2. v. to shape (e.g. a character) | |
| militaire |
| 1. adj. (relational) military, militaristic | |
| 2. n-m. military | |
| 3. n-m. a soldier | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| agissant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of agir | |
| 2. adj. agitated | |
| 3. adj. active | |
| agir |
| 1. v. to act | |
| Il faut agir pour lutter contre la pauvreté. - We must act in order to fight poverty. | |
| 2. v. to act, to do (something) | |
| Il n’agit pas comme il devrait. - He’s not doing as he should. | |
| 3. v. to act, behave | |
| Vous agissez en enfants. - You’re acting like children. | |
| Il agit comme un fou. - He’s acting like a madman. | |
| 4. v. to act on | |
| 5. v. (legal, followed by contre) prosecute, sue | |
| 6. v. (impersonal, reflexive, followed by de) to be, be all about, be a question of | |
| Dans le livre il s’agit d’une femme perdue. - The book is about a lost woman. | |
| Il s’agit de vous en tirer honorablement. - It’s all about you getting out of there honorably. | |
| Dans la vie; il s’agit de faire son devoir. - Life is all about doing your duty. | |
| Il s’agissait de choisir entre les ducs. - It was about choosing between the two dukes. | |
| 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). | |
| dehors |
| 1. adv. outside | |
| Le spectacle se déroule dehors, et c’est gratuit. - The show will take place outside, and it's free. | |
| 2. n-m. outside | |
| 3. prep. outside; outside of | |
| en dehors |
| 1. adj. (music) played "out in front of" the ensemble by projecting the volume so as to be heard | |
| 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 | |
| en dehors de |
| 1. prep. outside of | |
| 2. prep. (figuratively) apart from, aside from | |
| 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' | |
| 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 mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie. | |
| loi |
| 1. n-f. law (legal code) | |
| la loi de la France - the law in France, French law | |
| 2. n-f. law (scientific principle) | |
| la loi de Boyle - Boyle's law | |
