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. | |
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 | |
pressa |
1. v. third-person singular past historic of presser | |
presser |
1. v. to urge | |
2. v. to squeeze, to squash | |
3. v. to hurry, to hurry up | |
4. v. to hurry up | |
5. v. to press against each other, to flock | |
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. | |
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 | |
serra |
1. v. third-person singular past historic of serrer | |
serrer |
1. v. to tighten (a screw, a knot) | |
Doucement ! Ça ne sert à rien de trop serrer cette vis. - Gently! It's no use to tighten this screw too much. | |
Ton nœud de cravate n'est pas assez serré. - Your tie's knot isn't tightened enough. | |
2. v. to shake (hands) | |
J'ai refusé de lui serrer la main. - I refused to shake his/her hand. | |
3. v. to squeeze | |
Il lui serra le bras si fort qu'elle en garda une trace pendant trois jours. - He squeezed her arm so hard that she had a mark on it for three days. | |
4. v. to squeeze | |
Ils se sont serrés pour lui faire une place. - They squeezed together to make room for him. | |
5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shake (hands) | |
Les jeunes hommes d'affaires se sont serré la main. - The young businessmen shook each other's hands. | |
6. v. (slang) to seduce; to flirt with | |
7. v. (slang) to pinch (to arrest, apprehend someone) | |
tendrement |
1. adv. tenderly | |
contre |
1. prep. against (in physical contact with) | |
La paille est contre la maison - the straw is against the house | |
Elle s'appuie contre le mur. - She's pushing against the wall. | |
2. prep. against (not in favor of) | |
Les citoyens sont pour, mais les hommes politiques sont contre. - The citizens are for, but the politicians are against. | |
3. prep. against (having as an opponent) | |
Ce soir: Lille contre Marseille en direct. - Tonight: Lille against Marseille live. | |
4. prep. as against (as opposed to, compared to, in contrast with) | |
10% des hommes ont eu plus de cent partenaires sexuels, contre 5% seulement des femmes. - 10 percent of all men have had more than a hundred sexual partners, as opposed to 5 percent of all wome | |
5. prep. in exchange for | |
On peut échanger ces billets contre un repas gratuit. - These tickets can be exchanged for a free meal. | |
6. v. first-person singular present of contrer | |
7. v. third-person singular present of contrer | |
8. v. second-person singular imperative of contrer | |
9. n-m. (bridge) double | |
son |
1. n-m. sound | |
Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.) | |
2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel) | |
Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat. | |
Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat. | |
J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend. | |
La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence. | |
3. n-m. bran | |
Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran. | |
Cœur |
1. Proper noun. surname, French | |
2. n-m. (anatomy) heart | |
3. n-m. (geometry) heart, heart shape | |
4. n-m. heart (love) | |
5. n-m. (card games) hearts (the suit) | |
6. n-m. (physics) the core of a nuclear reactor | |