je |
1. pron. I | |
aime |
1. v. first-person singular present of aimer | |
2. v. third-person singular present of aimer | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of aimer | |
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. | |
sens |
1. n-m. meaning, sense | |
le sens ultime de la vie - the ultimate meaning of life | |
Les mots ont un sens. - Words have meanings. | |
2. n-m. sense, sensation | |
3. n-m. sense, intelligence | |
bon sens - common sense | |
Je préfère fréquenter ceux qui manquent de bon sens. | |
4. n-m. direction of circulation | |
voie à sens unique | |
en tous sens, dans tous les sens | |
5. v. first-person singular present indicative of sentir | |
6. v. second-person singular present indicative of sentir | |
7. v. second-person singular imperative of sentir | |
sentir |
1. v. to smell (to have a certain odor) | |
Ça sent bon. - It smells good. | |
2. v. to taste | |
3. v. to feel (physical perception) | |
4. v. to smell of, taste of | |
Ce repas sent l’ail. - This meal smells/tastes of garlic. | |
5. v. to smack of; to indicate, foreshadow | |
Ça sent la pluie. - It looks like rain. | |
6. v. to have the character, manner, feeling or appearance of; to give a feeling of | |
7. v. to feel, be aware of, be conscious of | |
8. v. to feel (in oneself) | |
9. v. to show, be felt (of effect, improvement etc.) | |
du |
1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the) | |
« Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.". | |
2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...) | |
3. art. Forms the partitive article. | |
Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread. | |
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 | |
le |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
4. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
5. 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. | |
6. 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 | |
style |
1. n-m. style (manner of doing something) | |
2. n-m. (botany) style (of a flower) | |
3. n-m. fashion, trend, style | |
4. n-m. (colloquial) style (personal comportment) | |
5. n-m. flair | |
6. n-m. (art) style; method characteristic of an artist; artistic manner or characteristic by which an artistic movement may be defined | |
7. n-m. gnomon, style (needle of a sundial) | |
8. n-m. (dated, historical) stylus, style (implement for writing on tablets) | |
9. n-m. complement of jargon particular to a field; style (manner of writing specific to a field or discipline) | |
10. n-m. sort, type; category of things | |
styler |
1. v. to style; to dress | |