cheveux |
1. n. plural of cheveu | |
cheveu |
1. n-m. a headhair | |
en |
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
aller en bus - go by bus | |
partir en voiture - leave by car | |
4. prep. as | |
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
fort en histoire - good at history | |
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
en 1993 - in 1993 | |
en janvier - in January | |
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
en détresse - in distress | |
12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
en équipe - on a team | |
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
brosse |
1. n-f. brush (the implement) | |
2. n-f. crew cut | |
Haha! Tu t'es fait une brosse, tu t'es cru en 1982 ou quoi ? | |
3. v. first-person singular present of brosser | |
4. v. third-person singular present of brosser | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of brosser | |
brosser |
1. v. to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush) | |
2. v. to whip, to beat (to defeat) | |
3. v. (Belgium, informal) to play truant, to skip class | |
Barbe |
1. Proper noun. (given name, female), equivalent to English Barbara as a saint's name. Usual given name form: Barbara | |
2. n-f. beard | |
Il a une barbe bien fournie. (He has a luxurious beard.) | |
Je vais peut-être me laisser pousser la barbe. (Maybe I'll let my beard grow.) | |
Certaines personnes mettent plusieurs années avant d'obtenir une barbe dure, d'autres n'y parvenant jamais. (Some people take several years before obtaining a strong beard, others never succeed | |
3. n-f. longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals | |
La barbe d'une chèvre, d'un bouc. - The beard of a goat, of a billygoat. | |
4. n-f. barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish) | |
Les barbes du brochet. - The barbels of the pike. | |
5. n-f. barb (feather) | |
Le duvet est constitué de petites plumes légères dont les barbes ne sont pas enchevêtrées. - The duvet is made of small, light feathers whose barbs are not tangled. | |
6. n-f. (botany) barb (hair or bristle) | |
7. n-f. (colloquial) a boring thing, a drag | |
Quelle barbe ! - What a bore! | |
8. adj. (horse) Barbary | |
un cheval barbe. | |
9. n-m. Barbary horse | |
Les barbes d'Abaco sont une toute petite population de chevaux barbes espagnols sauvages sur l'île d'Abaco. | |
10. v. first-person singular present of barber | |
11. v. third-person singular present of barber | |
12. v. second-person singular imperative of barber | |
barber |
1. v. (informal) to bore someone | |
en |
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
aller en bus - go by bus | |
partir en voiture - leave by car | |
4. prep. as | |
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
fort en histoire - good at history | |
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
en 1993 - in 1993 | |
en janvier - in January | |
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
en détresse - in distress | |
12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
en équipe - on a team | |
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
brosse |
1. n-f. brush (the implement) | |
2. n-f. crew cut | |
Haha! Tu t'es fait une brosse, tu t'es cru en 1982 ou quoi ? | |
3. v. first-person singular present of brosser | |
4. v. third-person singular present of brosser | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of brosser | |
brosser |
1. v. to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush) | |
2. v. to whip, to beat (to defeat) | |
3. v. (Belgium, informal) to play truant, to skip class | |
cheveux |
1. n. plural of cheveu | |
cheveu |
1. n-m. a headhair | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
Barbe |
1. Proper noun. (given name, female), equivalent to English Barbara as a saint's name. Usual given name form: Barbara | |
2. n-f. beard | |
Il a une barbe bien fournie. (He has a luxurious beard.) | |
Je vais peut-être me laisser pousser la barbe. (Maybe I'll let my beard grow.) | |
Certaines personnes mettent plusieurs années avant d'obtenir une barbe dure, d'autres n'y parvenant jamais. (Some people take several years before obtaining a strong beard, others never succeed | |
3. n-f. longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals | |
La barbe d'une chèvre, d'un bouc. - The beard of a goat, of a billygoat. | |
4. n-f. barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish) | |
Les barbes du brochet. - The barbels of the pike. | |
5. n-f. barb (feather) | |
Le duvet est constitué de petites plumes légères dont les barbes ne sont pas enchevêtrées. - The duvet is made of small, light feathers whose barbs are not tangled. | |
6. n-f. (botany) barb (hair or bristle) | |
7. n-f. (colloquial) a boring thing, a drag | |
Quelle barbe ! - What a bore! | |
8. adj. (horse) Barbary | |
un cheval barbe. | |
9. n-m. Barbary horse | |
Les barbes d'Abaco sont une toute petite population de chevaux barbes espagnols sauvages sur l'île d'Abaco. | |
10. v. first-person singular present of barber | |
11. v. third-person singular present of barber | |
12. v. second-person singular imperative of barber | |
barber |
1. v. (informal) to bore someone | |
qui |
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
poussent |
1. v. third-person plural present of pousser | |
pousser |
1. v. to push | |
2. v. to urge on, encourage | |
pousser quelqu'un à faire quelque chose | |
pousser à | |
3. v. to grow | |
L'arbre pousse vite. - The tree is growing quickly. | |
4. v. to spring up, to sprout | |
Les Starbucks poussent comme des champignons ici. - The Starbucks are springing up like mushrooms here. | |
5. v. to utter (a cry) | |
6. v. to move aside | |
droits |
1. adj. masculine plural of droit | |
2. n. plural of droit | |
droit |
1. n-m. right (entitlement) | |
J'ai le droit de dormir. - I have the right to sleep. | |
2. n-m. law (study of law) | |
Il est étudiant en droit. - He is a law student. | |
3. n-m. (geometry) right angle | |
Un angle de trois droits. - An angle of 270 degrees. | |
4. adj. right (on the right-hand side) | |
Donne-moi ta main droite. - Give me your right hand. | |
5. adj. straight (not bent or crooked) | |
Une rue droite. - A straight road. | |
6. adj. (geometry) right (of an angle) | |
7. adv. straight, straight on | |
8. adv. upright, straight, not bent or crooked | |
Tenez votre tête droit. - Keep your head straight. | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
raides |
1. adj. plural of raide | |
raide |
1. adj. stiff, straight | |
2. adj. steep, abrupt | |
une pente raide - a steep slope | |
3. adj. stubborn | |
4. adj. (of alcohol) rough | |
5. adj. (slang) broke | |
6. adj. (slang) pissed, hammered; high, stoned | |