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. | |
faut |
1. v. singular present indicative of falloir | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of falloir | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of faillir | |
faillir |
1. v. to almost do something | |
J'ai failli aller en Allemagne, mais j'ai annulé au dernier moment - I almost went to Germany, but cancelled at the last minute | |
2. v. to fail | |
Tu as failli à ta mission. - You failed your mission. | |
3. v. to go bankrupt | |
falloir |
1. v. (impersonal) to need, have to, to be necessary (that) | |
Il faut que j'y aille - I need to go. | |
Faut que j'y aille. - Got to go. | |
Il ne faut pas que tu dises ça. - You don’t have to say that. | |
Il a tout ce qu'il te faut. - He has everything that you need. | |
2. v. to take (time) | |
3. v. to be missing | |
mettre |
1. v. to put; to place | |
2. v. to put on | |
3. v. to set (to lay a table) | |
4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
couche |
1. n-f. (literary) bed (place for sleeping) | |
partager sa couche avec quelqu'un | |
2. n-f. nappy/diaper | |
3. n-f. coat (of paint) | |
4. n-f. layer (of soil, snow etc.) | |
5. n-f. (chiefly in the plural) childbirth | |
6. n-f. (chemistry) shell | |
7. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
8. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
9. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
10. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
11. v. second-person singular imperative of coucher | |
coucher |
1. v. to lay, to lay down | |
2. v. to put to bed, to put up (a lodger) | |
3. v. to go to bed | |
4. v. (of celestial objects) to set | |
Quand le Soleil se couche-t-il ce soir ? - When does the sun set? | |
Le Soleil se lève à l'est et se couche à l'ouest. - The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. | |
Les deux cercles polaires sont les parallèles des régions polaires au-delà desquels il existe au moins une journée où le Soleil ne se lève pas en hiver, et ne se couche pas en été. - The two po | |
5. v. to lodge, to beat down (wheat) | |
6. v. to layer (branches) | |
7. v. to slant (writing) | |
8. v. to aim at | |
9. v. to sleep | |
10. v. to sleep with (+ avec, t=with) | |
11. v. to spend the night | |
12. v. to lodge | |
13. v. to pack off to bed | |
14. n-m. going to bed | |
15. n-m. bedding | |
16. n-m. room and board | |
17. n-m. setting (sun) | |
coucher de soleil — sunset, sundown | |
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 | |
fraises |
1. n. plural of fraise | |
2. v. second-person singular present of fraiser | |
fraiser |
1. v. to sheer (with a cutting tool) | |
fraise |
1. n-f. strawberry | |
2. n-f. (literary) nipple | |
3. n-f. bulwark, palisade (defensive rampart of earth with sharpened wooden stakes set in at an angle) | |
4. n-f. calf's mesentery | |
5. n-f. (historical) fraise (ruff collar) | |
6. n-f. milling cutter | |
7. v. first-person singular present of fraiser | |
8. v. third-person singular present of fraiser | |
9. v. second-person singular imperative of fraiser | |
puis |
1. adv. then; after; next | |
2. conj. and | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
couche |
1. n-f. (literary) bed (place for sleeping) | |
partager sa couche avec quelqu'un | |
2. n-f. nappy/diaper | |
3. n-f. coat (of paint) | |
4. n-f. layer (of soil, snow etc.) | |
5. n-f. (chiefly in the plural) childbirth | |
6. n-f. (chemistry) shell | |
7. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
8. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
9. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
10. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
11. v. second-person singular imperative of coucher | |
coucher |
1. v. to lay, to lay down | |
2. v. to put to bed, to put up (a lodger) | |
3. v. to go to bed | |
4. v. (of celestial objects) to set | |
Quand le Soleil se couche-t-il ce soir ? - When does the sun set? | |
Le Soleil se lève à l'est et se couche à l'ouest. - The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. | |
Les deux cercles polaires sont les parallèles des régions polaires au-delà desquels il existe au moins une journée où le Soleil ne se lève pas en hiver, et ne se couche pas en été. - The two po | |
5. v. to lodge, to beat down (wheat) | |
6. v. to layer (branches) | |
7. v. to slant (writing) | |
8. v. to aim at | |
9. v. to sleep | |
10. v. to sleep with (+ avec, t=with) | |
11. v. to spend the night | |
12. v. to lodge | |
13. v. to pack off to bed | |
14. n-m. going to bed | |
15. n-m. bedding | |
16. n-m. room and board | |
17. n-m. setting (sun) | |
coucher de soleil — sunset, sundown | |
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 | |
groseilles |
1. n. plural of groseille | |
groseille |
1. n-f. redcurrant | |
puis |
1. adv. then; after; next | |
2. conj. and | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
couche |
1. n-f. (literary) bed (place for sleeping) | |
partager sa couche avec quelqu'un | |
2. n-f. nappy/diaper | |
3. n-f. coat (of paint) | |
4. n-f. layer (of soil, snow etc.) | |
5. n-f. (chiefly in the plural) childbirth | |
6. n-f. (chemistry) shell | |
7. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
8. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
9. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
10. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
11. v. second-person singular imperative of coucher | |
coucher |
1. v. to lay, to lay down | |
2. v. to put to bed, to put up (a lodger) | |
3. v. to go to bed | |
4. v. (of celestial objects) to set | |
Quand le Soleil se couche-t-il ce soir ? - When does the sun set? | |
Le Soleil se lève à l'est et se couche à l'ouest. - The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. | |
Les deux cercles polaires sont les parallèles des régions polaires au-delà desquels il existe au moins une journée où le Soleil ne se lève pas en hiver, et ne se couche pas en été. - The two po | |
5. v. to lodge, to beat down (wheat) | |
6. v. to layer (branches) | |
7. v. to slant (writing) | |
8. v. to aim at | |
9. v. to sleep | |
10. v. to sleep with (+ avec, t=with) | |
11. v. to spend the night | |
12. v. to lodge | |
13. v. to pack off to bed | |
14. n-m. going to bed | |
15. n-m. bedding | |
16. n-m. room and board | |
17. n-m. setting (sun) | |
coucher de soleil — sunset, sundown | |
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 | |
sucre |
1. n-m. sugar | |
sucrer |
1. v. to sugar (to add sugar to, to sweeten) | |
2. v. to steal, to take away from someone | |