là |
1. adv. referring to physical place | |
2. adv. there | |
Je t'attendrai là . - I'll wait for you there. | |
3. adv. here; present (used with être) | |
Je suis (toujours) là . - I'm (still) here. | |
4. adv. (referring to an abstract destination or goal); there | |
Je suis presque là . - I'm almost there. | |
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 | |
Américains |
1. n. plural of Américain | |
2. adj. masculine plural of américain | |
américain |
1. adj. (relational) of America; American | |
2. n-m. sandwich, generally with ham or pork, and French fries | |
vivent |
1. v. third-person plural present of vivre | |
vivre |
1. v. to live | |
vivre comme un roi - live like a king | |
2. v. to experience | |
strictement |
1. adv. strictly | |
2. adv. (degree) absolutely, utterly | |
Ca n'a strictement rien avoir avec toi. Tu t'occupes de tes fesses! - This has absolutely nothing to do with you. Go mind your own business! | |
Depuis, il ne s'est strictement rien passé. - Nothing's happened at all since. | |
entre |
1. prep. between | |
2. prep. among | |
3. v. first-person singular present of entrer | |
4. v. third-person singular present of entrer | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of entrer | |
entrer |
1. v. to enter | |
Entrer dans la salle. - Enter the room. | |
eux |
1. pron. they: disjunctive form of ils | |
avec |
1. prep. (accompaniment) with | |
Je suis revenu avec lui. - I have returned with him. | |
Voudriez-vous y aller avec moi ? - Would you like to come with me? | |
Ils m'ont dit qu'ils étaient avec toi. - They told me that they were with you. | |
2. prep. (manner, instrument) with | |
Je l'ai fait avec plaisir. - I did it with pleasure. | |
3. adv. (informal) too, also | |
Il en est vraiment content. —Bien, moi avec. - He's really happy about it. —Well, me too. | |
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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. | |
nombreuses |
1. adj. feminine plural of nombreux | |
nombreux |
1. adj. numerous, many | |
églises |
1. n. plural of église | |
église |
1. n-f. (architecture, Christianity) church | |
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. | |
ne |
1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes) | |
2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below) | |
3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so- | |
4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative | |
Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think. | |
ont |
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of avoir | |
avoir |
1. n-m. asset, possession | |
2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
4. v. to have (a condition) | |
J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever. | |
5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
6. v. to have (to trick) | |
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
8. v. (indtr, Ã ) to have (to), must +preo, Ã , infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
pas |
1. n-m. step, pace, footstep | |
2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass | |
Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover | |
3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut) | |
4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc. | |
Je ne sais pas. - I don't know | |
Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us. | |
J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work. | |
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 | |
apparence |
1. n-f. appearance | |
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 | |
églises |
1. n. plural of église | |
église |
1. n-f. (architecture, Christianity) church | |
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. | |
non |
1. adv. no | |
2. conj. not | |
3. n-m. a no, a negative response | |
4. interj. no! | |
moins |
1. adv. comparative of peu; less, fewer | |
Faites moins de bruit. - Make less noise. | |
J'ai dû attendre moins de dix minutes. - I had to wait less than ten minutes. | |
De moins en moins de personnes peuvent se permettre de passer des vacances à l'étranger. - Fewer and fewer people can afford to spend holidays abroad. | |
2. adv. (with numbers) minus; negative | |
moins cinq - minus five | |
3. adv. preceded by a definite article superlative of peu; the least | |
C'est lui qui gagne le moins (d'argent) dans sa famille. - He earns the least money in his family. | |
C'était la chose la moins surprenante. - It was the least surprising thing. | |
4. n-m. the minus sign | |
5. prep. minus | |
Cinq moins deux font trois - Five minus two makes three. | |
nombreuses |
1. adj. feminine plural of nombreux | |
nombreux |
1. adj. numerous, many | |
loges |
1. n. plural of loge | |
2. v. second-person singular present of loger | |
loger |
1. v. to lodge, to stay, to be lodging (to temporarily inhabit) | |
Trouver un endroit où loger - To find a place to stay | |
2. v. to find (someone) a place to stay | |
3. v. to fit into | |
maçonniques |
1. adj. plural of maçonnique | |
maçonnique |
1. adj. masonic, Masonic | |