des |
1. art. plural of un | |
2. art. plural of une | |
3. art. plural of du | |
4. art. plural of de la | |
5. art. plural of de l' | |
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some) | |
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 | |
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 | |
de l' |
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article | |
Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic? | |
poires |
1. n. plural of poire | |
poirer |
1. v. (slang) to nab, take by surprise | |
poire |
1. n-f. pear | |
2. n-f. (colloquial) mug, sucker, soft touch | |
3. n-f. (informal) mush, face | |
en pleine poire - straight in the face | |
se payer la poire de quelqu'un - to pull someone's leg | |
4. n-f. a bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper | |
5. n-f. pear brandy | |
6. n-f. a pull cord switch with a pear-shaped knob | |
7. n-f. (butchery) a beef cut | |
tapées |
1. Participle. feminine plural of tapé | |
taper |
1. v. to slap, knock, beat | |
2. v. to type (use a keyboard or typewriter) | |
3. v. (indtr, sur) to hit, beat, rap | |
4. v. to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.) | |
5. v. to stink, pong, reek | |
6. v. to put away (a meal etc.) | |
Je me suis tapé un bon petit hamburger hier soir. - I put away a good, tiny hamburger last night. | |
7. v. to fuck (have sex) | |
Il s'est tapé la fille de son patron. - He fucked his boss' daughter. | |
8. v. to put up with | |
J'ai dû me taper trois heures d'embouteillage pour rejoindre l'aéroport. - I had to put up with three hours of traffic jam to get to the airport. | |