| feuille |
| 1. n-f. leaf (of a plant or tree) | |
| 2. n-f. sheet (of paper, etc) | |
| 3. n-f. (informal) ear | |
| 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 | |
| tabac |
| 1. n-m. (botany) tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana) | |
| des plantations de tabac - tobacco plantations. | |
| 2. n-m. tobacco (leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested) | |
| du tabac blond - blond tobacco | |
| Pour la pipe, quels sont tes tabacs préférés ? - For the pipe, what are your favorite tobaccos? | |
| 3. n-m. (with le) smoking, nicotine addiction | |
| J’ai pris une résolution : demain, j’arrête le tabac. - I have made a decision: tomorrow I'm quitting tobacco. | |
| 4. n-m. tobacconist (shop where tobacco is sold) | |
| Il s’engouffra dans un tabac et en sortit avec un briquet. - He rushed into a tobacconist's and came out with a lighter. | |
| 5. n-m. (by extension, regional) corner shop | |
| Le supermarché est fermé à cette heure-ci, il faudra acheter des bières dans un tabac. - The supermarket is closed at this time, one will have to buy beer in a corner shop. | |
| 6. n-m. (figurative) thing, stuff | |
| (c'est toujours) le même tabac – c'est du même tabac. - (it's always) the same thing – it's the same old stuff. | |
| 7. adj. having the color of tobacco | |
| 8. adj. , translation=See what martial air this venerable member of the National Guard breathes! With his tobacco-coloured coat, his sword and his pouch on a bandolier, his gun on his shoulder (...) he will f | |
| 9. n-m. violent fight | |
| Il va y avoir du tabac ce soir ! | |
| enveloppant |
| 1. adj. enveloping | |
| 2. Participle. present participle of envelopper | |
| envelopper |
| 1. v. to wrap someone or something, to cover | |
| 2. v. to envelop | |
| 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) | |
| cigare |
| 1. n-m. cigar | |
