| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| puis |
| 1. adv. then; after; next | |
| 2. conj. and | |
| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| suis |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of être | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of suivre | |
| 3. v. second-person singular present indicative of suivre | |
| suivre |
| 1. v. to follow (literal sense) | |
| Je t'invite à me suivre. - I invite you to follow me. | |
| 2. v. to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying) | |
| Il nous faut travailler dur. Tu me suis ? - We have to work hard. Do you get me? | |
| 3. v. to take (a course or a class) | |
| Ma sœur suit un cours d'italien. - My sister is taking an Italian course. | |
| 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 | |
| entrée |
| 1. n-f. entry, act of entering | |
| 2. n-f. entrance, way in | |
| 3. n-f. (CA) mudroom | |
| 4. n-f. starter (of a meal) | |
| 5. n-f. (lexicography) headword, entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia) | |
| 6. Participle. feminine singular of entré | |
| dans |
| 1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
| vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
| être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
| avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
| dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
| Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
| Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
| mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
| Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
| Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
| 3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
| Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
| Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
| 4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
| dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
| dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
| 5. prep. out of, from | |
| boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
| Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
| 6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
| le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
| 7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
| dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
| dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
| 8. n. plural of dan | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| bande |
| 1. n-f. band, strip | |
| 2. n-f. stripe | |
| 3. n-f. strip (e.g. magnetic strip) | |
| 4. n-f. (billiards) cushion | |
| 5. n-f. (heraldry) bend | |
| 6. n-f. soundtrack | |
| 7. n-f. band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc) | |
| 8. n-f. pack (of wolves) | |
| 9. n-f. (bande de) pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you | |
| Bande de voyous! - You hooligans! | |
| 10. v. first-person singular present of bander | |
| 11. v. third-person singular present of bander | |
| 12. v. second-person singular imperative of bander | |
| bander |
| 1. v. to bandage | |
| 2. v. to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten | |
| 3. v. to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on | |
| Je bande pour toi. - I’ve got a hard-on for you. | |
| formidable |
| 1. adj. (dated, or literary) fearsome | |
| 2. adj. fantastic, tremendous | |
