endroit |
1. n-m. place, spot (specified area) | |
Le bar "Figaro" est un bon endroit pour boire. - The “Figaro” bar is a good spot to drink. | |
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. | |
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 | |
on |
1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual) | |
On ne peut pas pêcher ici - You can’t fish here | |
2. pron. (personal, informal) we | |
On s’est amusés. - We had fun. | |
dépose |
1. v. first-person singular present of déposer | |
2. v. third-person singular present of déposer | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of déposer | |
déposer |
1. v. to put down (set down), lay down | |
Déposez votre lourd fardeau. - Lay down your heavy burden. | |
déposer les armes | |
2. v. to deposit (one material onto another) | |
Le fleuve a déposé d’importantes quantités d’alluvions à son embouchure - The river deposited a large amount of sediments (alluvium) at its mouth. | |
3. v. to drop off (someone) | |
4. v. (banking) to deposit (money) | |
5. v. to depose (to remove (a leader) from (high) office) | |
déposer un monarque | |
6. v. to file (an application); to present (a document) | |
déposer une plainte officielle - to lodge a formal complaint | |
déposer un document, un rapport, un projet de loi - to introduce a document for discussion; to table, to put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussi | |
Il a dû déposer son bilan. - He had to file for bankruptcy. | |
Avant de déposer une marque, il faut s’assurer de sa disponibilité - Before submitting a trademark for registration, make sure that it is available. | |
momentanément |
1. adv. momentarily | |
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? | |
vêtements |
1. n. plural of vêtement | |
vêtement |
1. n-m. garment, item of clothing | |
2. n-m. (in plural vêtements) clothes, clothing | |
3. n-m. (heraldry) a set of four triangles covering the corners of the shield, leaving a lozenge of the field (the edges of which reach the edges of the shield) in the middle (compare vêtu) | |
4. n-m. , translation=SCHWERIN Gules vêtu argent. (..., The cape or chapé is a vestment of two right-angled triangles, formed by the sides of the escutcheon and by two lines leading to the top center of each | |