je |
1. pron. I | |
convoque |
1. v. first-person singular present of convoquer | |
2. v. third-person singular present of convoquer | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of convoquer | |
convoquer |
1. v. to convene, convoke (invite together) | |
2. v. to summon, call (call up), invite | |
3. v. (legal) to summon; to summons | |
pour |
1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun) | |
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you. | |
2. prep. for (in support of) | |
Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him? | |
3. prep. for (as a consequence for) | |
Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes. | |
4. prep. for (an intended destination) | |
Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London. | |
5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive) | |
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back. | |
6. prep. for, to (according to) | |
Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic. | |
demain |
1. adv. tomorrow | |
Demain c'est dimanche. - Tomorrow is Sunday. | |
matin |
1. n-m. morning | |
tout |
1. adv. all | |
2. det. all | |
3. n-m. whole, entirety, total | |
le tout | |
4. pron. everything | |
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 | |
reste |
1. n-m. rest, remainder | |
le reste du monde - the rest of the world | |
J'ai fait ce matin une grande partie de ma tâche, ce soir je ferai le reste. - I've done a large part of my assignment this morning; I'll do the rest this evening. | |
2. n-m. a trace or vestige which remains | |
Il a perdu le petit reste d'espoir. - He lost the last little bit of hope. | |
3. n-m. (mathematics) remainder | |
4. v. first-person singular present of rester | |
5. v. third-person singular present of rester | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of rester | |
rester |
1. v. to stay | |
On est restés à l'hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades. | |
2. v. to remain, be left over | |
Il reste un peu de riz dans le frigo, si tu veux. | |
3. v. to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality) | |
Elle est restée comme elle était quand je l'ai rencontrée. | |
4. v. (rare) to rest | |
5. v. (Louisiana French, Canada) to live | |
Moi, je reste au Québec. | |
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 | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
de la |
1. art. of the | |
2. art. some; the feminine partitive article | |
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam? | |
J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie. | |
bande |
1. n-f. band, strip | |
2. n-f. stripe | |
3. n-f. strip (e.g. magnetic strip) | |
4. n-f. (billiards) cushion | |
5. n-f. (heraldry) bend | |
6. n-f. soundtrack | |
7. n-f. band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc) | |
8. n-f. pack (of wolves) | |
9. n-f. (bande de) pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you | |
Bande de voyous! - You hooligans! | |
10. v. first-person singular present of bander | |
11. v. third-person singular present of bander | |
12. v. second-person singular imperative of bander | |
bander |
1. v. to bandage | |
2. v. to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten | |
3. v. to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on | |
Je bande pour toi. - I’ve got a hard-on for you. | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
vous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all). | |
Vous allez - You (all) go. | |
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all). | |
Je vous adore. - I love you (all). | |
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun): | |
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you. | |
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person: | |
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you. | |
demande |
1. n-f. request (act of requesting) | |
à la demande de mon père - at the request of my father | |
2. n-f. (economics) demand | |
3. n-f. favour, favor | |
4. n-f. small fine (paid after breaking a rule) | |
5. v. first-person singular present of demander | |
6. v. third-person singular present of demander | |
7. v. second-person singular imperative of demander | |
demander |
1. v. to ask (a person) | |
2. v. to request | |
3. v. to wonder | |
Elle s'est demandé ce qu'elle devait faire. - She wondered what she had to do. | |
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 | |
vous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all). | |
Vous allez - You (all) go. | |
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all). | |
Je vous adore. - I love you (all). | |
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun): | |
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you. | |
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person: | |
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you. | |
rendre |
1. v. to give back; to return, to restore | |
2. v. to render | |
3. v. to give | |
rendre un avis favorable. - To give a favorable opinion. | |
rendre sa décision. - To make a decision. | |
4. v. to make | |
Tu me rends malade. - You make me ill. | |
5. v. to pay (a visit) | |
L'amour vient rendre visite à mon âme. - Love comes to pay a visit to my soul. | |
6. v. to make one's way (to a place), to get oneself (into a place) (with dans) | |
7. v. (indtr, chez, .reflexive) to call on (someone) | |
8. v. to surrender, to give in, to give oneself up to | |
Après trois longues heures d'attente, le voleur s'est finalement rendu. - After three long hours of waiting, the thief finally surrendered. | |
dès |
1. prep. since, from | |
maintenant |
1. adv. now, currently | |
2. adv. , à cette heure | |
3. adv. , à présent | |
4. adv. , actuellement | |
5. adv. , aujourd'hui | |
6. adv. , en ce moment | |
7. Participle. present participle of maintenir | |
maintenir |
1. v. to maintain | |
2. v. to stick to | |
3. v. to stay fair | |
4. v. to persist | |
5. v. to keep up | |
dès maintenant |
1. right now | |
vers |
1. prep. towards | |
2. prep. to | |
Elle a traduit les paroles de sa chanson préférée du français vers l'anglais. - She translated the lyrics of her favorite song from French to English. | |
3. prep. around, circa (with a date or time) | |
Pouvez-vous nous attendre jusque vers midi ? - Can you wait for us until about noon? | |
4. n-m. verse | |
5. n. plural of ver | |
ver |
1. n-m. worm | |
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 | |
petit |
1. adj. small | |
un petit verre de vin - a small glass of wine | |
2. adj. little | |
un petit garçon - a little boy | |
3. adj. petty | |
Certaines personnes sont vraiment petites à propos des plus petites choses. - Some people are really petty about the smallest things. | |
4. n-m. small one (anything that is small) | |
5. n-m. little one (anything that is little) | |
6. n-m. little one; child (of humans or other animals) | |
7. n-m. the young (of a species) | |
Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau". | |
pied |
1. n-m. (anatomy) foot | |
2. n-m. leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it) | |
3. n-m. an old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres | |
4. n-m. (Quebec, etc.) (Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)) | |
5. n-m. (poetry) foot | |
à |
1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. | |
2. prep. to (destination) | |
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
3. prep. to (until) | |
Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten | |
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock. | |
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) | |
à la maison - at home | |
à l'hôtel - at the hotel | |
au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
au bois - in the woods | |
J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d | |
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
à l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
à moi ! - help! | |
à l'aide ! - help! | |
au secours ! - help! | |
au feu ! - fire! | |
aux armes ! - to arms! | |
à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
à l'abordage ! - on board! | |
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
8. prep. from (origin) | |
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well. | |
Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library. | |
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from. | |
9. prep. of (belonging to) | |
C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car. | |
le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
à plus tard - see you later | |
à bientôt - see you soon | |
Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow. | |
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with | |
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for | |
moulin à poivre - pepper mill | |
sac à dos - backpack | |
boite à musique - music box | |
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
l'équipe à battre - the team to beat | |
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink. | |
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective | |
un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman | |
un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard | |
une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt | |
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls | |
15. prep. by | |
peu à peu - bit by bit | |
petit à petit - little by little | |
minute à minute - minute by minute | |
jour à jour - day by day | |
un à un - one by one | |
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
six à sept personnes - six or seven people | |
de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years | |
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
mettre le feu à - to set fire to | |
clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up | |
donner la chasse à - to give chase to | |
18. prep. with | |
Terre |
1. Proper noun. the Earth (planet) | |
2. n-f. earth; soil | |
3. n-f. land, property (delimited area) | |
4. v. first-person singular present of terrer | |
5. v. third-person singular present of terrer | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of terrer | |
où |
1. adv. where (interrogative) | |
Où est la gare? - Where is the station? | |
Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going? | |
Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live? | |
2. adv. where (relative pronoun) | |
3. adv. at that time; when | |
Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father. | |
4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where | |
Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go. | |
vous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all). | |
Vous allez - You (all) go. | |
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all). | |
Je vous adore. - I love you (all). | |
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun): | |
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you. | |
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person: | |
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you. | |
pourrez |
1. v. second-person plural future of pouvoir | |
pouvoir |
1. v. can, to be able to | |
Je peux venir ce soir. - I can come this evening. | |
2. v. may | |
désastre qui peut nous frapper - disaster which may strike us | |
3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be | |
Il se peut que je sois malade. - (literally) It could be that I'm ill / (more naturally) I may be ill. / I could be ill. | |
4. n-m. (or un) power | |
prendre le pouvoir - to take power, to seize power | |
5. n-m. authority | |
6. n-m. (legal) power of attorney | |
pendant |
1. adj. hanging | |
2. n-m. stone that dangles on earrings | |
3. n-m. match, counterpart | |
4. prep. during, throughout, for the duration of | |
5. Participle. present participle of pendre | |
pendre |
1. v. to hang | |
2. v. to sag, droop | |
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 | |
stage |
1. n-m. internship, job that a trainee is doing in a workplace until a fixed date | |
rapport de stage - internship report, training period report | |
2. n-m. probation, induction | |
venir |
1. v. to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker) | |
Viens vivre avec moi en France. - Come live with me in France. | |
passer |
1. v. to go past | |
2. v. to cross (a border) | |
3. v. (legal) to pass | |
passer une loi - to pass a law | |
4. v. to spend (time) | |
J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain. | |
J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place. | |
5. v. to publish (a newspaper) | |
6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test) | |
J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April. | |
7. v. to pass (an exam or test) | |
Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam. | |
8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test) | |
Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam. | |
9. v. (public transportation) to run | |
Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes. | |
10. v. to exceed (a limit) | |
11. v. to percolate | |
12. v. to hand down, to pass on | |
13. v. to be allowed | |
14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities) | |
15. v. to show (a movie) | |
16. v. to go up (a grade) | |
17. v. to shift (change gear) | |
18. v. to go down | |
19. v. to go up | |
20. v. to stop by, to pop in | |
Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us. | |
Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things. | |
21. v. to pass away, to die | |
22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk) | |
23. v. (TV) to show (be on television) | |
24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player) | |
25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton) | |
26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease) | |
27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else) | |
28. v. to wipe, rub | |
Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly. | |
29. v. to skip a go | |
30. v. to put (make something undergo something) | |
31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn) | |
32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass | |
Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here? | |
33. v. to go by | |
34. v. to do without | |
Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning. | |
35. v. to don | |
Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants. | |
36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for | |
faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something | |
se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate | |
vos |
1. det. plural of votre; your | |
Vos parents sont très gentils. - Your parents are very nice. | |
votre Your |
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nuits |
1. n. plural of nuit | |
nuit |
1. n-f. night | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of nuire | |