fonctionnaire |
1. n. civil servant, official | |
employé |
1. n-m. employee | |
2. Participle. past participle of employer | |
employer |
1. v. to use (a physical thing) | |
2. v. to use (an abstract) | |
On emploie cet adjectif pour décrire des choses. | |
3. v. (passive takes a reflexive pronoun) to be used | |
4. v. to employ (a person) | |
5. v. (passive takes a reflexive pronoun) to be employed | |
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 | |
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' | |
police |
1. n-f. police | |
Fuyez, la police arrive ! - Run, the police are coming! | |
2. n-f. (Quebec, colloquial) cop (police officer) | |
3. n-f. (insurance) policy | |
police d'assurance - insurance policy | |
4. n-f. (typography) fount, font | |
police de caractères - font family | |
police d'écriture - typeface | |
5. v. first-person singular present of policer | |
6. v. third-person singular present of policer | |
7. v. second-person singular imperative of policer | |
policer |
1. v. to police | |