| 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... | |
| tableau |
| 1. n-m. painting | |
| 2. n-m. picture (a captured image) | |
| 3. n-m. writing board | |
| 4. n-m. table (arrangement of rows and columns) | |
| 5. n-m. chart | |
| 6. n-m. (theatre) tableau | |
| se |
| 1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
| 2. pron. (to) himself | |
| 3. pron. (to) herself | |
| 4. pron. (to) oneself | |
| 5. pron. (to) itself | |
| 6. pron. (to) themselves | |
| 7. pron. (to) each other | |
| 8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
| Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
| 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 | |
| s'est |
| 1. contraction. se + est (third-person singular indicative present form of être) | |
| décroché |
| 1. Participle. past participle of décrocher | |
| décrocher |
| 1. v. to unhook, remove from a hook | |
| 2. v. to pick up, pick up the phone, start a telephone conversation | |
| 3. v. (aeronautics) to stall | |
| 4. v. to pick up, get one's hands on | |
| 5. v. to withdraw (from drugs, alcohol, etc.) | |
| 6. v. to drop out of school | |
| Il a décroché de l'école à l'âge de douze ans. - He dropped out of school at twelve. | |
| 7. v. to abandon an interest or activity; to separate oneself from a person, group, idea, identity, etc. | |
| J'ai décroché du parti après le chaos de la dernière élection. - I left the (political) party after the chaos of the last election. | |
