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. | |
se |
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
2. pron. (to) himself | |
3. pron. (to) herself | |
4. pron. (to) oneself | |
5. pron. (to) itself | |
6. pron. (to) themselves | |
7. pron. (to) each other | |
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
acheta |
1. v. third-person singular past historic of acheter | |
acheter |
1. v. to purchase; buy | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
corde |
1. n-f. rope (general) | |
2. n-f. (geometry) chord | |
3. n-f. (music) chord (of a string instrument) | |
4. n-f. chord (vocal chord) | |
5. n-f. line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry) | |
6. v. first-person singular present of corder | |
7. v. third-person singular present of corder | |
8. v. second-person singular imperative of corder | |
corder |
1. v. to rope up, rope | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
se |
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
2. pron. (to) himself | |
3. pron. (to) herself | |
4. pron. (to) oneself | |
5. pron. (to) itself | |
6. pron. (to) themselves | |
7. pron. (to) each other | |
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
jeta |
1. v. third-person singular past historic of jeter | |
jeter |
1. v. to throw | |
2. v. to throw away, to discard | |
3. v. (card games) to throw away, discard | |
4. v. (indtr, .reflexive) to throw oneself (into, out of, etc.) | |
coi, L'Amazone se jette dans l'Océan Atlantique. | |
5. v. The Amazon throws herself into the Atlantic Ocean. | |
6. v. (indtr, sur, .reflexive) to rush oneself onto something or someone | |
derrière |
1. prep. behind | |
Va derrière moi. - Go behind me. | |
2. prep. at the bottom of, behind (covertly responsible for) | |
Je me demande qui est derrière tout ça. - I wonder who is at the bottom of all this. | |
3. adv. behind | |
Il était loin derrière. - He was far behind. | |
4. n-m. rear of an object | |
5. n-m. bottom, bum, backside | |
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 | |
train |
1. n-m. train (rail mounted vehicle) | |
2. n-m. pace | |
3. n-m. (Louisiana French) noise | |
en |
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
aller en bus - go by bus | |
partir en voiture - leave by car | |
4. prep. as | |
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
fort en histoire - good at history | |
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
en 1993 - in 1993 | |
en janvier - in January | |
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
en détresse - in distress | |
12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
en équipe - on a team | |
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
marche |
1. n-f. march (formal, rhythmic way of walking) | |
2. n-f. march (song in the genre of music written for marching) | |
3. n-f. walk (distance walked) | |
4. n-f. movement (of a vehicle) | |
5. n-f. functioning | |
6. n-f. step (step of a stair) | |
7. n-f. marches (region near a border) | |
8. v. first-person singular present of marcher | |
9. v. third-person singular present of marcher | |
10. v. second-person singular imperative of marcher | |
marcher |
1. v. to walk | |
Il marche au milieu de la rue. - He is walking in the middle of the street | |
2. v. to travel; to move; to march | |
3. v. (figurative) to work, to function | |
Comment ça marche ? - How does it work? | |
Cet appareil ne marche plus. - This device isn't working anymore. | |
4. v. to step | |
Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. - To step on the foot of someone | |
5. v. to cooperate | |
Je ne marche plus. - I am no longer in. | |
6. v. to believe | |
Il marche. - He believes my joke. | |
Il m'a fait marcher. - He took me for a ride. | |
en marche |
1. prep. up, functional, in operation, operational, up and running | |
2. prep. underway | |