| 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. | |
| portait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of porter | |
| porter |
| 1. v. to carry | |
| 2. v. to support, to bear | |
| 3. v. to wear | |
| 4. v. (indtr, sur) to be about, to concern | |
| Sur quoi portait la question ? - What was the question concerning? | |
| 5. v. to feel, to carry one's self | |
| Je me porte mieux. - I am feeling better. | |
| Il se porte bien. - He's in good health. | |
| 6. n-m. porter (beer) | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| cravate |
| 1. n-f. necktie | |
| 2. n-f. headlock (wrestling move) | |
| 3. n-f. (Quebec) Situation in which a canoe is stuck on a rock | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of cravater | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present of cravater | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of cravater | |
| cravater |
| 1. v. to put on a tie | |
| 2. v. to decorate someone with a chain or ribbon around the neck | |
| 3. v. to strangle, choke | |
| bleu |
| 1. adj. blue | |
| Le ciel est bleu. - The sky is blue. | |
| 2. adj. (of meat) very rare, underdone | |
| 3. n-m. the color blue | |
| 4. n-m. blue cheese | |
| Le bleu ressemble au roquefort - Blue cheese looks like Roquefort | |
| 5. n-m. rookie, new recruit, raw recruit | |
| Ce soldat est un vrai bleu - This soldier is a real rookie | |
| 6. n-m. bruise | |
| Il est tombé, et maintenant il a un bleu - He fell over and now he has a bruise | |
| 7. n-m. (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk | |
| 8. n-m. (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party | |
| clair |
| 1. adj. clear (see-through) | |
| 2. adj. clear (understandable) | |
| 3. adj. (of a color) light (having a light shade, not dark) | |
| bleu clair - light blue | |
| 4. n-m. light | |
| 5. adv. clearly | |
| Il voit clair. - He sees clearly. | |
