| conduit |
| 1. n-m. conduit (connecting pipe/channel) | |
| 2. n-m. a conductus | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of conduire | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present indicative of conduire | |
| conduire |
| 1. v. to drive (a vehicle) | |
| Il conduit la voiture. - He is driving the car. | |
| 2. v. to lead, to conduct | |
| 3. v. to behave, to conduct oneself | |
| Les enfants se conduisent mal. - The children are behaving badly. | |
| par |
| 1. prep. through | |
| par la fenêtre - through the window | |
| aller par le parc - go through the park | |
| 2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
| voyager par train - travel by train | |
| par surprise - by surprise | |
| le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
| 3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
| Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
| 4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
| voir par devant - see from the back | |
| le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
| 5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
| par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
| 6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
| par terre - on the ground | |
| 7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
| par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
| par un soir - in one evening | |
| 8. prep. in | |
| marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
| 9. prep. per, a, an | |
| trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
| 10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
| par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
| par tristesse - out of sadness | |
| 11. prep. for | |
| 12. n-m. (golf) par | |
| où |
| 1. adv. where (interrogative) | |
| Où est la gare? - Where is the station? | |
| Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going? | |
| Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live? | |
| 2. adv. where (relative pronoun) | |
| 3. adv. at that time; when | |
| Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father. | |
| 4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where | |
| Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go. | |
| 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. | |
| écoulent |
| 1. v. third-person plural present of écouler | |
| écouler |
| 1. v. to sell off, to shift | |
| 2. v. to flow | |
| 3. v. to pass, to elapse | |
| 4. v. to diminish, to dwindle away slowly | |
| les |
| 1. art. plural of le: the | |
| 2. art. plural of la: the | |
| 3. pron. plural of le: them | |
| 4. pron. plural of la: them | |
| eaux |
| 1. n. plural of eau | |
| eau |
| 1. n-f. water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas and oceans | |
| Il buvait un verre d’eau fraîche. - He drank a cool glass of water. | |
| L’eau de mer et l’eau de rivière n’ont pas la même teneur en sel et n’abritent donc pas les mêmes poissons. - Sea water and river water do not have the same salt content and thus do not harbor | |
| 2. n-f. In particular, rain | |
| Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l’eau. - If the wind persists, we will have rain. | |
| 3. n-f. (chemistry) the chemical compound with molecular formula H2O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam | |
| L’eau se durcit par le froid et se vaporise par la chaleur. - Water hardens with cold and vaporises with heat. | |
| 4. n-f. Natural liquid quantities or expanses | |
| Le soir, ils se baignaient dans les eaux du lac Titicaca. - In the evening, they bathed in the waters of Lake Titicaca. | |
| 5. n-f. Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal | |
| Les vésicatoires font des ampoules pleines d’eau. - Vesicants make blisters full of fluid. | |
| L’eau m'en vint à la bouche. - That made my mouth water. | |
| Il s’est échauffé à courir, il est tout en eau. - He warmed up to run. He's all sweaty. | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| les |
| 1. art. plural of le: the | |
| 2. art. plural of la: the | |
| 3. pron. plural of le: them | |
| 4. pron. plural of la: them | |
| immondices |
| 1. n. plural of immondice | |
| 2. n. refuse | |
| immondice |
| 1. n-f. (in the plural) refuse | |
| 2. n-f. filth | |
| 3. n-f. (obsolete in the singular) ordure | |
| 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 | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| Ville |
| 1. Proper noun. (Louisiana French) | |
| 2. n-f. town, city | |
