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... | |
papier |
1. n-m. paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets) | |
2. n-m. paper (official documents) | |
3. n-m. article, piece (in a newspaper) | |
4. n-m. (plural) paperwork | |
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 | |
il |
1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) | |
Il est parti. - He left. | |
2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) | |
Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it? | |
3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it | |
Il pleut. - It’s raining. | |
Blanc |
1. n-m. white person | |
2. Proper noun. , from the common noun/adjective blanc | |
3. adj. white color | |
Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white. | |
4. adj. blank, unused | |
5. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression | |
6. n-m. white (color) | |
7. n-m. silence while in a dialog | |
8. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form | |
Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page. | |
9. n-m. (informal) white wine | |
Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine. | |
10. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion | |
11. n-m. albumen, egg white | |
12. n-m. white meat | |
13. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex | |