| 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. | |
| voit |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of voir | |
| voir |
| 1. v. to see (visually) | |
| Je vois ma mère là-bas. - I see my mother over there. | |
| On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here. | |
| 2. v. to see (to understand) | |
| Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong? | |
| 3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see) | |
| 4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative) | |
| Viens voir ici. - Come here please. | |
| rien |
| 1. pron. nothing | |
| Je n'ai besoin de rien d'autre. - I need nothing else. | |
| 2. n-m. a nothing | |
| petits riens – little things, little nothings | |
| sans |
| 1. prep. without | |
| Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you. | |
| Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone. | |
| 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. | |
| lunettes |
| 1. n. plural of lunette | |
| 2. n. (plurale tantum) spectacles, eyeglasses | |
| lunette |
| 1. n-f. (astronomy) telescope (refracting telescope) | |
| 2. n-f. (architecture) lunette | |
| 3. n-f. toilet seat | |
| 4. n-f. (ornithology) breastbone | |
| 5. n-f. (in the plural) eyeglasses, spectacles | |
