| 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... | |
| cheval |
| 1. n-m. horse | |
| 2. n-m. horsepower | |
| 3. n-m. (slang) tall and slim woman, beautiful woman (only in the feminine form, jument) | |
| 4. n-m. (slang) horse, H (narcotic) | |
| a |
| 1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A | |
| 2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she | |
| C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute. | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
| Elle a un chat. - She has a cat. | |
| avoir |
| 1. n-m. asset, possession | |
| 2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
| J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
| J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
| Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
| 4. v. to have (a condition) | |
| J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
| J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
| J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
| J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
| J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
| J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
| J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
| J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever. | |
| 5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
| Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
| 6. v. to have (to trick) | |
| Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
| 7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
| avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
| 8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
| J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| raie |
| 1. n-f. (agriculture) ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land) | |
| une raie de champ - a field balk | |
| 2. n-f. line | |
| J'ai fait une raie. - I drew a line. | |
| tracer une raie au crayon, à la plume - draw a line with a pencil, a quill | |
| 3. n-f. scratch, mark | |
| 4. n-f. cleft (between the buttocks) | |
| 5. n-f. stripe | |
| marbre marqué de raies noires - marble marked with black lines | |
| 6. n-f. parting (in hair) | |
| porter la raie au milieu, de côté - have one’s hair parted in the middle, on the side | |
| 7. n-f. (fish) ray | |
| 8. v. first-person singular present of rayer | |
| 9. v. third-person singular present of rayer | |
| 10. v. second-person singular imperative of rayer | |
| rayer |
| 1. v. to line, to make lines on, to mark with lines (e.g. a piece of paper) | |
| 2. v. to cross out, to cross off (remove something from a list) | |
| Quand il arrivera, tu pourras rayer son nom. - When he arrives, you can cross off his name. | |
| 3. v. to wipe off (remove) | |
| Je l'ai rayé du tableau. - I wiped it off the board. | |
| J'ai rayé de la carte. - I wiped off the map | |
| Noire |
| 1. n-f. female equivalent of Noir | |
| 2. adj. feminine singular of noir | |
| 3. n-f. (music) quarter note | |
| noir |
| 1. adj. black in colour | |
| Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black. | |
| 2. adj. dark | |
| Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside. | |
| 3. adj. drunk; inebriated | |
| Il est noir. - He is drunk. | |
| 4. adj. black, of black ethnicity | |
| Il est noir. - He is black. | |
| 5. n-m. a black person | |
| 6. n-m. a person whose hair is dark | |
| 7. n-m. dark; darkness | |
| Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark. | |
| 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 | |
| dos |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) back (of a person) | |
| 2. n-m. (in the plural) backs (of persons) | |
| 3. n-m. (swimming) backstroke | |
| 4. n-m. spine (of a book) | |
