c'est |
1. contraction. it is (used to define the preceding word) | |
Le temps, c'est de l'argent. - Time is money. | |
2. contraction. it is (used to introduce a focus) | |
3. contraction. this is | |
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... | |
est |
1. adj. east | |
2. n-m. east | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être | |
être |
1. v. to be | |
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. | |
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) | |
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening. | |
4. n-m. being, creature | |
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
forte |
1. adj. feminine singular of fort | |
fort |
1. adj. strong; powerful | |
Arnie est fort. - Arnie is strong. | |
hommes forts - strong men | |
2. adj. (indtr, en) informal skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects) | |
Je suis fort en anglais - I am good at English | |
3. adj. (indtr, de) who can count on | |
fort d'une solide expérience - based on solid experience | |
4. adv. strongly | |
5. adv. much, a lot | |
6. adv. (when preceding certain adjectives and adverbs) very (intensifier) | |
Je lui parle fort souvent. - I speak with her very often. | |
7. n-m. a fort | |
réplique |
1. n-f. response, reply | |
2. n-f. rebuttal | |
3. n-f. replica | |
4. n-f. (theatre) line | |
5. n-f. aftershock | |
6. v. first-person singular present of répliquer | |
7. v. third-person singular present of répliquer | |
8. v. second-person singular imperative of répliquer | |
répliquer |
1. v. (indtr, à) to reply, to retort | |
2. v. (computing, transitive) to duplicate, to recreate (a situation or occurrence) | |
mais |
1. conj. but, although | |
2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah | |
Mais qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What the heck are you doing? | |
3. n. plural of mai | |
six |
1. num. six | |
jours |
1. n. plural of jour | |
jour |
1. n-m. day | |
2. n-m. daylight, light | |
3. n-m. opening, aperture | |
après |
1. prep. after, later than in time. | |
On mange après avoir bu. - We eat after we drink. | |
après la fête - after the party | |
2. prep. after, coming for, trying to get (someone). | |
3. adv. afterwards | |
On va au cinéma après. - We'll go to the cinema afterwards. | |
4. adv. (Louisiana French) (Indicates the continuous aspect) | |
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 | |
choc |
1. n-m. hit, strike | |
2. n-m. shock (surprise, startling) | |
3. n-m. electrical shock | |
4. n-m. clash | |
5. n-m. episode | |
6. n-m. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of tchoque, , blackbird | |
principal |
1. adj. main, key, principal | |
l'un des principaux problèmes - one of the key problems | |
les principales ethnies du pays - the principal ethnic groups of the country | |
2. n-m. someone or something which is important, key, paramount | |
les principaux du royaume - the chief men of the kingdom | |
3. n-m. principal (school administrator) | |
4. n-m. (finance) principal (the money originally invested or loaned) | |
cela |
1. pron. that | |
2. v. third-person singular past historic of celer | |
rentre |
1. v. first-person singular present of rentrer | |
2. v. third-person singular present of rentrer | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of rentrer | |
rentrer |
1. v. to go back, to re-enter | |
rentrer dans la salle - go back in(to) the room/re-enter the room | |
2. v. to go (back) home, to come (back) home | |
À trois heures du matin, je suis rentré chez moi. - At three in the morning, I went home. | |
3. v. to get in, to go in, to fit in | |
Ses chaussures ne rentrent pas dans son sac. - Her shoes don't fit in her bag. | |
4. v. to bring in, to get in, to put in | |
Rentre ta monnaie dans ta poche. - Put your change in your pocket. | |
5. v. to score (a goal) | |
6. v. to collide (with), crash (into), run (into) | |
Fais attention! Tu as failli me rentrer dedans! - Watch out! You nearly ran into me! | |
dans |
1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
5. prep. out of, from | |
boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
8. n. plural of dan | |
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 | |
déroulement |
1. n-m. unfolding, event, occurrence | |
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 | |
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 | |
de le |
1. art. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of du, "of the", some | |
activité |
1. n-f. activity (something to do for educational, recreational, or other purposes) | |
2. n-f. activity, hustle and bustle | |
3. n-f. occupation, profession, job, work | |
normale |
1. adj. feminine singular of normal | |
2. n-f. (geometry) Line perpendicular to a curve | |
normal |
1. adj. normal (according to norms, usual) | |
2. adj. (relational) normal (relating to a school to teach teachers how to teach) | |
3. adj. okay, alright | |