| 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 | |
| sous |
| 1. prep. below, under | |
| 2. n. plural of sou | |
| 3. n. (slang) money | |
| sou |
| 1. n-m. (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin) | |
| 2. n-m. (by extension, chiefly in the colloquial) money; cash | |
| Tu peux me prêter des sous ? - Can you lend me some cash? | |
| 3. n-m. (Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar) | |
| Ça va être six piastres et vingt-cinq sous, s'il te plaît. - That'll be six dollars and twenty-five cents, please. | |
| chef |
| 1. n-m. (now literary) head | |
| opiner du chef - to nod | |
| 2. n-m. article, principal point | |
| les principaux chefs d’une demande - the main points of a request | |
| 3. n-m. principal motive, charge, count of indictment | |
| Le procureur a tenu à refaire une lecture des chefs d’accusation. - The prosecutor insisted on reading off the counts of indictment again. | |
| 4. n-m. (heraldry) chief; top third of a coat of arms | |
| d'or au chef de gueules - or, a chief gules | |
| 5. n-m. a boss, chief, leader | |
| Le pape est le chef de l’Église. - The pope is the head of the church. | |
| 6. n-m. a culinary chef, chief cook | |
| Créant dans des établissements de prestige de nombreuses recettes reprises ensuite par d'autres chefs, Escoffier a fait connaitre internationalement la cuisine française. - Creating in prestigi | |
