durant |
1. prep. during, while | |
2. post. on end | |
des heures durant - for hours on end | |
3. Participle. present participle of durer | |
durer |
1. v. to last (for) | |
Un match de football dure 90 minutes. - A football match lasts 90 minutes. | |
Elle ne dure guère plus longtemps que les précédentes. | |
L'expérience étrange a duré quelques secondes après quoi il est parti sans rien dire. | |
Le |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
2. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
5. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
ancien |
1. adj. (always placed before the noun) old, former, ex- (no longer current) | |
Mon ancien petit ami m'a plaquée. - My ex-boyfriend ditched me. | |
2. adj. (usually placed after the noun) ancient (very old) | |
Elle a acheté une maison ancienne. - She has bought an ancient house. | |
le grec ancien (rarer also l’ancien grec) - the Ancient Greek language | |
l’ancien français - the Old French language | |
3. n-m. an old person | |
empire |
1. n-m. empire | |
2. n-m. influence, authority, dominion | |
3. v. first-person singular present of empirer | |
4. v. third-person singular present of empirer | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of empirer | |
empirer |
1. v. to worsen | |
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. | |
affirme |
1. v. first-person singular present of affirmer | |
2. v. third-person singular present of affirmer | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of affirmer | |
affirmer |
1. v. to affirm, to claim | |
souvent |
1. adv. often | |
le plus souvent - most often; more often than not | |
le plus souvent possible, aussi souvent que possible - as often as possible | |
le moins souvent possible, aussi peu souvent que possible - as infrequently as possible | |
Je visite la France trop souvent. - I visit France too often. | |
Je n'y pense pas très souvent. - I don't think of it very often. | |
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' | |
pratique |
1. adj. practical, applied (concerning action or intervention of human will on the real to change it) | |
2. adj. concrete, practical | |
3. adj. belonging to the everyday or mundane | |
4. adj. experienced | |
5. adj. convenient; handy | |
Cette télécommande est vraiment pratique. - This remote control is really convenient. | |
6. n-f. practice | |
7. n-f. execution or implementation (of something) | |
8. n-f. methods, process, way (of doing or achieving something) | |
9. n-f. set of customs in a country or group of people | |
C'est la pratique de ce pays. - Those are the customs of this country. | |
10. n-f. experience | |
C'est un homme qui a la pratique des affaires. - This is a man with business experience. | |
11. n-f. act of frequenting | |
Il a beaucoup gagné à la pratique de la bonne société. - He’s gained a lot by frequenting good people. | |
12. n-f. clientele, regular clients | |
La pratique n'afflue pas à ce magasin. - Customers don't flow to that store. | |
Vous me servez mal, vous n’aurez plus ma pratique. - You’re serving me poorly, you're going to lose my business. | |
13. n-f. (nautical) freedom to board or disembark (as opposed to quarantine) | |
On donna pratique à ce navire après qu'il eut fait la quarantaine. - We gave freedom to board or disembark to the ship after it went through quarantine. | |
14. n-f. a steel or tin instrument placed in one's mouth to change one's voice during puppet ventriloquism | |
15. v. first-person singular present of pratiquer | |
16. v. third-person singular present of pratiquer | |
17. v. second-person singular imperative of pratiquer | |
pratiquer |
1. v. to do; to practise | |
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 | |
modeler |
1. v. to model, to mould (physically change the shape of) | |
2. v. to shape (e.g. a character) | |
un |
1. art. an, a | |
2. num. number box, fr | |
3. num. one | |
4. pron. one, someone | |
5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
masque |
1. n-m. mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection) | |
2. n-m. short for, masque de grossesse | |
3. v. first-person singular present of masquer | |
4. v. third-person singular present of masquer | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of masquer | |
masquer |
1. v. to mask; to hide | |
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). | |
plâtre |
1. n-m. plaster, plaster of Paris (the building material) | |
2. n-m. plaster, cast (supportive and immobilising device) | |
3. v. first-person singular present of plâtrer | |
4. v. third-person singular present of plâtrer | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of plâtrer | |
plâtrer |
1. v. to plaster | |
2. v. to render | |
sur |
1. prep. on, upon | |
2. prep. on top of | |
3. prep. from on top of | |
4. prep. above | |
5. prep. out of | |
sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
6. prep. in the case of | |
7. prep. about, concerning | |
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
sur Paris - in Paris | |
9. adj. sour | |
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' | |
face |
1. n-f. (anatomy) face | |
2. n-f. surface, side | |
3. n-f. (geometry) face | |
4. n-f. head (of a coin) | |
du |
1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the) | |
« Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.". | |
2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...) | |
3. art. Forms the partitive article. | |
Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread. | |
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 | |
le |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
4. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
5. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
défunt |
1. adj. (formal) (of a person) late, deceased | |
2. adj. (formal) (of a place, era etc.) which is dead and gone, bygone | |
3. adj. (literary) defunct | |
4. n-m. (formal) deceased | |