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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.
ne
1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think.
est
1. adj. east
2. n-m. east
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
être
1. v. to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
4. n-m. being, creature
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
pas
1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover
3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
Je ne sais pas. - I don't know
Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us.
J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work.
permis
1. n-m. permit, licence
2. v. first-person singular past historic of permettre
3. v. second-person singular past historic of permettre
4. Participle. past participle of permettre
5. Participle. masculine plural of permi
permettre
1. v. (indtr, que) to permit, to allow (to grant permission or access)
permettre quelque chose à quelqu'un - to grant something to someone
permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to permit someone to do something
Me permettrez-vous de le faire ? (Will you allow me to do that?)
Les Durand permettent tout à leurs enfants.
Il ne permet pas à son fils de sortir après dix-huit heures.
2. v. (indtr, de) to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.)
permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to enable someone to do something
J'espère que les dernières mises à jour vont nous permettre d'achever le projet à temps.
La connaissance des langues mortes, en permettant l'étude des textes anciens, est utile notamment à la linguistique historique ainsi qu'à l'histoire et à ses disciplines annexes. -
3. v. to take the liberty of doing something
se permettre de faire quelque chose
Je me suis permis d'inviter un ami.
4. v. to afford to do something
Je ne peux pas me permettre de voyager. - I can't afford to travel.
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
laisser
1. v. to leave, to leave behind
Laissez le pistolet sur la table - Leave the gun on the table
2. v. to forget, to leave alone
3. v. to leave with, to give
4. v. to let, to allow
5. v. to allow oneself, to let oneself
tomber
1. v. to fall
Un tamis placé à l'intérieur du dispositif empêchera les choses de tomber dans le tube. - A screen placed inside the device will keep things from falling into the tube.
2. v. to come down
Laisse la pluie tomber sur nous et recouvre le pays de cette eau qui donne la vie. - Let the rains come down upon us and cover the land with life-giving water.
3. v. (indtr, sur) to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call)
J'ai téléphoné à Robert mais je suis tombé sur Marie. - I phoned Robert but I got Marie.
4. v. (in idioms) to become, to get
tomber amoureux - to fall in love
tomber malade - to fall ill, to get sick
tomber enceinte - to fall pregnant, to get pregnant
laisser tomber
1. v. to physically drop (an object)
2. v. to drop, to forget about, to leave; to give up
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
égout
1. n-m. drain
2. n-m. sewer
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
ses
1. det. his, her, its, their, one's (when referring to a plural noun)
Alicia dîne chez ses parents. - Alicia is having dinner at her parents' house.
Thomas a perdu ses clés. - Thomas has lost his keys.
Tout le monde doit apporter ses documents. - Everyone needs to bring their documents.
eaux
1. n. plural of eau
eau
1. n-f. water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas and oceans
Il buvait un verre d’eau fraîche. - He drank a cool glass of water.
L’eau de mer et l’eau de rivière n’ont pas la même teneur en sel et n’abritent donc pas les mêmes poissons. - Sea water and river water do not have the same salt content and thus do not harbor
2. n-f. In particular, rain
Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l’eau. - If the wind persists, we will have rain.
3. n-f. (chemistry) the chemical compound with molecular formula H2O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam
L’eau se durcit par le froid et se vaporise par la chaleur. - Water hardens with cold and vaporises with heat.
4. n-f. Natural liquid quantities or expanses
Le soir, ils se baignaient dans les eaux du lac Titicaca. - In the evening, they bathed in the waters of Lake Titicaca.
5. n-f. Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal
Les vésicatoires font des ampoules pleines d’eau. - Vesicants make blisters full of fluid.
L’eau m'en vint à la bouche. - That made my mouth water.
Il s’est échauffé à courir, il est tout en eau. - He warmed up to run. He's all sweaty.
chez
1. prep. to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of
2. prep. , translation=I go into where the two of you live, because it was my place, when it was our place (...)
3. prep. , lit=I enter your place, as it was my place, (etc.)
chez moi - at my house
chez lui - at his house
chez Françoise - at Françoise’s
chez le dentiste - at the dentist
chez l'avocat - at the lawyer's office
4. prep. by extension, to, at or in the country of
une spécialité bien de chez nous - a true specialty of our country
rentrer chez soi - to return to one's country
5. prep. in; among (a group of things or people of the same type)
Cette maladie se voit souvent chez les chiens. - This illness is often seen among dogs.
le TDAH chez l'adulte - ADHD in adults
6. prep. in the work of (an author or artist)
C'est un thème très important chez Baudelaire. - That is a very important theme in Baudelaire's work.
le symbolisme des couleurs chez Picasso - color symbolism in Picasso's work
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.
voisin
1. adj. neighbouring/neighboring
2. n-m. neighbour/neighbor

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