donc |
1. adv. therefore, consequently; thus | |
Le coefficient utilisé lors de ce tirage est donc le plus élevé du tour préliminaire. - The coefficient used for this random selection is therefore the highest for the preliminary round. | |
La fécondation ayant lieu en moyenne deux semaines après, à titre d'exemple une grossesse qui durerait trente-neuf semaines se déroulerait donc entre les termes de deux et quarante et une semai | |
toute |
1. adv. feminine singular of tout | |
2. det. feminine singular of tout | |
tout |
1. adv. all | |
2. det. all | |
3. n-m. whole, entirety, total | |
le tout | |
4. pron. everything | |
fuite |
1. n-f. escape; getaway; flight (e.g. from prison) | |
Faire sa fuite. (To make one's getaway.) | |
2. n-f. leak; the act of leaking | |
Il y a une fuite dans la salle de bains. (There's a leak in the bathroom.) | |
3. Participle. feminine singular of fuit | |
4. v. first-person singular present of fuiter | |
5. v. third-person singular present of fuiter | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of fuiter | |
fuiter |
1. v. (dialectal, intransitive) to leak information | |
devenait |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of devenir | |
devenir |
1. n-m. future | |
2. v. to become | |
3. v. (Louisiana French , followed by de) to come from | |
impraticable |
1. adj. impracticable, unfeasible | |
Ce projet est impraticable. | |
2. adj. impracticable, unusable | |
Un chemin impraticable. | |
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). | |
admettant |
1. Participle. present participle of admettre | |
admettre |
1. v. to admit, to accept, to recognize | |
2. v. to admit (into), to accept (into) (a hospital or a university) | |
que |
1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
3. conj. when, no sooner | |
Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
elle |
1. pron. she | |
Je crois qu'elle est partie. - I think she left. | |
2. pron. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun) | |
Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans. - That's my car. It is five years old. | |
3. pron. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers | |
C’est à elle. - It's hers. | |
sera |
1. v. third-person singular future indicative of être | |
serait |
1. v. third-person singular conditional of être | |
soit |
1. conj. or, meaning, that is to say | |
2. conj. either ... or | |
Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien. - He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog. | |
Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies agains, be that playing | |
3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of être | |
4. v. (math) let be | |
Soit f une fonction linéaire. - Let f be a linear function. | |
5. interj. OK; granted; so be it | |
eût |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of avoir | |
avoir |
1. n-m. asset, possession | |
2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
4. v. to have (a condition) | |
J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever. | |
5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
6. v. to have (to trick) | |
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
pu |
1. Participle. past participle of pouvoir | |
2. Participle. falconry past participle of paître | |
3. adv. (Quebec, colloquial) Alternative form of plus, id=no longer | |
paître |
1. v. to graze | |
pouvoir |
1. v. can, to be able to | |
Je peux venir ce soir. - I can come this evening. | |
2. v. may | |
désastre qui peut nous frapper - disaster which may strike us | |
3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be | |
Il se peut que je sois malade. - (literally) It could be that I'm ill / (more naturally) I may be ill. / I could be ill. | |
4. n-m. (or un) power | |
prendre le pouvoir - to take power, to seize power | |
5. n-m. authority | |
6. n-m. (legal) power of attorney | |
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 | |
tentée |
1. Participle. feminine singular of tenté | |
tenter |
1. v. (with de for verbs) to attempt | |
L'ennemi tenta une attaque frontale. - The enemy attempted a frontal attack. | |
Le sultan tentait de se présenter comme un musulman pieux. - The sultan attempted to present himself as a pious Muslim. | |
2. v. to tempt | |
Le serpent tenta Ève. - The serpent tempted Eve. | |
3. v. to be desirable or interesting to; to be something one feels like doing | |
Ça te tente de prendre une bière? - Do you feel like having a beer? | |
J'ai tellement de devoirs à faire mais ça ne me tente pas. - I have so much homework to do, but I don't feel like it. | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
porte |
1. n-f. door | |
2. n-f. gate (to a city, at airport) | |
3. n-f. (figuratively) gateway, means, door | |
4. v. first-person singular present of porter | |
5. v. third-person singular present of porter | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of porter | |
porter |
1. v. to carry | |
2. v. to support, to bear | |
3. v. to wear | |
4. v. (indtr, sur) to be about, to concern | |
Sur quoi portait la question ? - What was the question concerning? | |
5. v. to feel, to carry one's self | |
Je me porte mieux. - I am feeling better. | |
Il se porte bien. - He's in good health. | |
6. n-m. porter (beer) | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
fois |
1. n-f. time (an instance or repetition of something happening) | |
J'y vais deux fois par mois. - I go there twice a month. | |
Je lui ai parlé pour la première fois il y a des années. - I talked to him for the first time a few years ago. | |
2. n-f. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by | |
3. n. plural of foi | |
foi |
1. n-f. faith | |
2. n-f. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake | |
une fois |
1. adv. (literally) once, one time | |
Le clocher sonne une fois par heure. - The bell strikes once an hour. | |
2. conj. once, as soon as | |
3. conj. (With que, introducing a full clause in the perfect aspect.) | |
Une fois qu'elle l'aura vu, elle le comprendra. - Once she sees it, she'll understand it. | |
4. conj. (Introducing a reduced passive-voice clause consisting only of a subject plus a past participle phrase.) | |
Une fois le déjeuner fini, vous pourrez remonter. - Once dinner is finished, you can go up. | |
5. conj. (Introducing a reduced perfect-aspect clause consisting only of a subject plus a past participle phrase (provided that the verb is one that forms the p | |
Une fois les professeurs arrivés, les élèves expliquèrent tout. - Once the teachers had arrived, the students explained everything. | |
6. conj. (Introducing a reduced clause in either of the above senses, consisting only a past participle phrase, its subject being implied.) | |
Une fois sortie de cette maison, elle se sentit libérée. - Once she was out of that house, she felt liberated. | |
ouverte |
1. adj. feminine singular of ouvert | |
2. Participle. feminine singular of ouvert | |
ouvert |
1. adj. open | |
2. adj. switched on | |
3. adj. (heraldry) of a building: having a door of a specified colour | |
4. Participle. past participle of ouvrir | |