| batteuse |
| 1. n-f. (agriculture) threshing machine, thresher | |
| 2. n-f. music, rare female equivalent of batteur: female drummer | |
| mue |
| 1. n-f. moulting (UK) / molting (US) (of bird, mammal) | |
| 2. n-f. metamorphosis (of insect) | |
| 3. n-f. sloughing of skin (of reptile) | |
| 4. n-f. casting (of stag) | |
| 5. n-f. breaking of voice | |
| 6. n-f. (literary) transformation | |
| 7. v. first-person singular present of muer | |
| 8. v. third-person singular present of muer | |
| 9. v. second-person singular imperative of muer | |
| 10. Participle. feminine singular of mû | |
| mouvoir |
| 1. v. to move | |
| 2. v. to go around, to move about | |
| muer |
| 1. v. to moult (to shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, etc.) | |
| 2. v. to change, to mutate | |
| 3. v. (of a teenager's voice) to break | |
| par |
| 1. prep. through | |
| par la fenêtre - through the window | |
| aller par le parc - go through the park | |
| 2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
| voyager par train - travel by train | |
| par surprise - by surprise | |
| le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
| 3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
| Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
| 4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
| voir par devant - see from the back | |
| le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
| 5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
| par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
| 6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
| par terre - on the ground | |
| 7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
| par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
| par un soir - in one evening | |
| 8. prep. in | |
| marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
| 9. prep. per, a, an | |
| trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
| 10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
| par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
| par tristesse - out of sadness | |
| 11. prep. for | |
| 12. n-m. (golf) par | |
| ce |
| 1. det. this, that | |
| 2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) | |
| C'est beau ! - It is beautiful! | |
| est-ce que...? - is it that...? | |
| ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of | |
| C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but... | |
| C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity... | |
| 3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that | |
| C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity. | |
| Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities. | |
| Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people. | |
| ce semble - it seems | |
| ce peuvent être... - these may be... | |
| dispositif |
| 1. n-m. arrangement, lay-out | |
| 2. n-m. measures, expedient, means to an end | |
| 3. n-m. device, machine, system | |
| un dispositif informatique - a computing device | |
| Un certain nombre de personnes m'ont dit qu'un dispositif est un ensemble d'appareils, mais selon des dictionnaires, c'est un ensemble de dispositifs qui constituent un appareil. | |
| 4. n-m. operation, plan | |
| 5. n-m. (law) dispositif | |
