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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
épine
1. n-f. thorn; spine; prickle
2. n-f. an aperitif made from blackthorn berries
3. v. first-person singular present of épiner
4. v. third-person singular present of épiner
5. v. second-person singular imperative of épiner
épiner
1. v. to protect with spikes or spines
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
Judas
1. Proper noun. (biblical character) Judas
2. n-m. a small hole in a door through which a person can spy without being seen from the other side
3. n-m. Judas (traitor)
4. n-m. (espionage) judas (spyhole)

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
épine
1. n-f. thorn; spine; prickle
2. n-f. an aperitif made from blackthorn berries
3. v. first-person singular present of épiner
4. v. third-person singular present of épiner
5. v. second-person singular imperative of épiner
épiner
1. v. to protect with spikes or spines
double
1. adj. number box, 2
2. adj. double (all senses), two
Il s'agit d'une phrase à double sens. - It is a phrase of two sentences.
3. adj. (music) sixteenth note
une double croche - a sixteenth note
4. n-m. double (twice the number, amount, etc.)
Je n'en avais pas assez, alors j'en acheté le double.
5. n-m. duplicate (an identical copy)
Faire un double de ses clés.
6. n-m. (baseball) double
7. v. first-person singular present of doubler
8. v. third-person singular present of doubler
9. v. second-person singular imperative of doubler
doubler
1. v. to double, duplicate
A cet instant précis, il a décidé de doubler la mise.
2. v. to double-cross
Nous avons été doublé ce coup-ci.
3. v. to overtake, pass
Sur l'autoroute, nous avons eu l'occasion de doubler de nombreux véhicules.
4. v. (sound engineering) to dub
Daniel Beretta qui double Arnold Schwarzenegger en français depuis 1987 a également prêté sa voix à l'agent Sam Fisher.
5. v. (Belgium) to repeat a school year
6. v. to line (a coat)
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