il |
1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) | |
Il est parti. - He left. | |
2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) | |
Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it? | |
3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it | |
Il pleut. - It’s raining. | |
avait |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir | |
avoir |
1. n-m. asset, possession | |
2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
4. v. to have (a condition) | |
J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever. | |
5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
6. v. to have (to trick) | |
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
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 | |
teint |
1. Participle. past participle of teindre | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of teindre | |
3. adj. dyed; tinted | |
4. n-m. tint | |
teindre |
1. v. to dye | |
2. v. to tint, tinge | |
pâle |
1. adj. pale (light in color) | |
2. adj. pale (lacking brightness) | |
3. adj. pale (dull) | |
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 | |
yeux |
1. n. plural of œil, eyes | |
Il a les yeux bleus. - He has blue eyes. | |
Il a de beaux yeux bleus. - He has beautiful blue eyes. | |
œil |
1. n-m. (anatomy) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see | |
2. n-m. (plural œils) glyph, rendering of a single character | |
3. n-m. (plural œils) eye (of a needle) | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
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 | |
cheveux |
1. n. plural of cheveu | |
cheveu |
1. n-m. a headhair | |
fort |
1. adj. strong; powerful | |
Arnie est fort. - Arnie is strong. | |
hommes forts - strong men | |
2. adj. (indtr, en) informal skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects) | |
Je suis fort en anglais - I am good at English | |
3. adj. (indtr, de) who can count on | |
fort d'une solide expérience - based on solid experience | |
4. adv. strongly | |
5. adv. much, a lot | |
6. adv. (when preceding certain adjectives and adverbs) very (intensifier) | |
Je lui parle fort souvent. - I speak with her very often. | |
7. n-m. a fort | |
Noirs |
1. n. plural of Noir | |
2. n. plural of noir | |
noir |
1. adj. black in colour | |
Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black. | |
2. adj. dark | |
Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside. | |
3. adj. drunk; inebriated | |
Il est noir. - He is drunk. | |
4. adj. black, of black ethnicity | |
Il est noir. - He is black. | |
5. n-m. a black person | |
6. n-m. a person whose hair is dark | |
7. n-m. dark; darkness | |
Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark. | |