| jean |
| 1. n-m. a pair of jeans | |
| donnard |
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| allait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of aller | |
| aller |
| 1. v. to go + à, location (object) = to | |
| Je vais au magasin. - I'm going to the store. | |
| On y va. - Let's go. | |
| 2. v. to attend (school, church regularly) (+preo, à) | |
| aller à l'école - to attend school | |
| 3. v. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; (forms a near-future tense) | |
| Il allait visiter sa famille. - He was going to visit his family. | |
| Je vais aller au magasin. - I will go to the store. | |
| 4. v. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling) | |
| J'espère que tu vas bien. - I hope you are well. | |
| Tout ira bien - All will be well. | |
| 5. v. to go well + avec (object) = with (clothes, colors, etc.) | |
| 6. v. to suit (+preo, à, someone) | |
| Cette robe te va bien ! - That dress suits you well! | |
| 7. v. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) (+preo, à) | |
| aller au four - to be ovenproof | |
| aller au micro-ondes - to be microwave safe | |
| aller au lave-vaisselle - to be dishwasher proof | |
| 8. n-m. outward trip; journey out; trip away | |
| aller et retour - round trip | |
| répondre |
| 1. v. to reply, to answer + à (object) = to (a question) | |
| Tu dois répondre aux questions que je te pose. - You must answer the questions I ask you. | |
| 2. v. (law) to answer for +preo, de | |
| répondre de ses actes - to answer for one's deeds | |
| quand |
| 1. conj. when | |
| Appelez-moi quand vous arriverez chez vous - Call me when you get home | |
| 2. adv. when | |
| Quand est-il mort ? - When did he die? | |
| Je ne sais pas quand est-ce qu'il est mort. - I don't know when it was that he died. | |
| Quand est-ce que vous voulez partir ? - When do you want to leave? | |
| les |
| 1. art. plural of le: the | |
| 2. art. plural of la: the | |
| 3. pron. plural of le: them | |
| 4. pron. plural of la: them | |
| sept |
| 1. num. seven | |
| marins |
| 1. n. plural of marin | |
| marin sailors |
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| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| 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 | |
| mousse |
| 1. adj. blunt | |
| 2. n-f. moss (the plant) | |
| 3. n-f. bryophyte (in the broad sense) | |
| 4. n-f. foam | |
| 5. n-f. mousse (dessert) | |
| 6. n-m. a boy serving on a ship: a cabin boy | |
| 7. v. first-person singular present of mousser | |
| 8. v. third-person singular present of mousser | |
| 9. v. second-person singular imperative of mousser | |
| mousser |
| 1. v. to foam (produce foam) | |
| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
| Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
| Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
| La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
| Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
| J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
| Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
| Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
| Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
| 3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
| Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
| formaient |
| 1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of former | |
| former |
| 1. v. to form (generic sense) | |
| 2. v. to shape (to make into a certain shape) | |
| 3. v. to train; to educate | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| équipage |
| 1. n-m. crew (of a boat), ship's company (datedef, since c. 1455) | |
| 2. n-m. equipment (datedef, since 1540) | |
| 3. n-m. horse and carriage | |
| apparurent |
| 1. v. third-person plural past historic of apparaître | |
| apparaître |
| 1. v. to appear (become visible) | |
| Dans la nuit, il vit un spectre apparaître. - In the night, he saw a specter appear. | |
| 2. v. (video games) to spawn | |
| sur |
| 1. prep. on, upon | |
| 2. prep. on top of | |
| 3. prep. from on top of | |
| 4. prep. above | |
| 5. prep. out of | |
| sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
| 6. prep. in the case of | |
| 7. prep. about, concerning | |
| 8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
| sur Paris - in Paris | |
| 9. adj. sour | |
| 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' | |
| cale |
| 1. n-f. wedge (under door etc.) | |
| 2. n-f. (golf) wedge | |
| 3. n-f. chock (for wheel) | |
| 4. n-f. (obsolete) immersion (in water) | |
| 5. n-f. hold (of a ship) | |
| 6. n-f. slipway | |
| 7. n-f. bilge | |
| caler |
| 1. v. to wedge (open) (a door) | |
| 2. v. to jam (machinery etc.), to stall (an engine) | |
| 3. v. to stall (of driver, engine) | |
| 4. v. to fill (someone) up | |
| 5. v. (of person eating) to give up, be full | |
| 6. v. to synchronize | |
| 7. v. (Quebec, transitive) to chug (an alcoholic beverage) | |
| 8. v. (Quebec, transitive) to be bald or balding, to go or be going bald | |
| portant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of porter | |
| 2. adj. carrying | |
| 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) | |
| leurs |
| 1. det. (possessive) plural of leur: their (used before a plural noun) | |
| Elles ont oublié leurs livres. - They forgot their books. | |
| 2. pron. (possessive) plural of leur: theirs (referring to a plural noun) | |
| Ce sont vos papiers ou les leurs ? - Are those your papers or theirs? | |
| Je préfère nos voisins aux leurs. - I prefer our neighbors over theirs. | |
| J'ai besoin de vos papiers, pas des leurs. - I need your papers, not theirs. | |
| capotes |
| 1. n. plural of capote | |
| 2. v. second-person singular present of capoter | |
| capoter |
| 1. v. to overturn (of a boat, car etc.) | |
| 2. v. to derail | |
| 3. v. (figurative, intransitive) to fail | |
| faire capoter un plan - to make a plan fail | |
| 4. v. to flounder | |
| 5. v. to freak out, to lose it | |
| capote |
| 1. n-f. greatcoat | |
| 2. n-f. (of a car) soft top | |
| 3. n-f. slang ellipsis of capote anglaise, , condom | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of capoter | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present of capoter | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of capoter | |
| 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 | |
| Toile |
| 1. Proper noun. Web; World Wide Web | |
| 2. n-f. fabric, cloth; canvas | |
| 3. n-f. painting (artwork) | |
| 4. n-f. (spider's) web | |
| 5. n-f. alternative case form of Toile | |
| toiler |
| 1. v. to cover with cloth | |
| 2. v. (nautical) to extent the sail of a watercraft | |
| cirée |
| 1. Participle. feminine singular of ciré | |
| cirer |
| 1. v. to wax (apply wax to something) | |
| toile cirée |
| 1. n-f. oilcloth | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| leurs |
| 1. det. (possessive) plural of leur: their (used before a plural noun) | |
| Elles ont oublié leurs livres. - They forgot their books. | |
| 2. pron. (possessive) plural of leur: theirs (referring to a plural noun) | |
| Ce sont vos papiers ou les leurs ? - Are those your papers or theirs? | |
| Je préfère nos voisins aux leurs. - I prefer our neighbors over theirs. | |
| J'ai besoin de vos papiers, pas des leurs. - I need your papers, not theirs. | |
| paniers |
| 1. n. plural of panier | |
| panier |
| 1. n-m. basket | |
| 2. n-m. (basketball) goal | |
| 3. n-m. (basketball) hoop | |
| 4. n-m. (Internet) shopping basket | |
| 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 | |
| osier |
| 1. n-m. osier (tree) | |
| 2. n-m. wicker | |
| 3. n-m. (tree) willow | |
