| 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' | |
| dernière |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of dernier | |
| dernier |
| 1. adj. last | |
| Il est parti le mois dernier. - He left last month. | |
| Je n'ai parlé qu'une fois avec elle depuis l'année dernière. - I haven't spoken with her a single time since last year. | |
| 2. adj. latest (most recent) | |
| J'espère que les dernières mises à jour vont nous permettre d'achever le projet à temps. I hope that the latest updates allow us to complete the project on time. I hope that the latest updates | |
| 3. adj. latter | |
| fois |
| 1. n-f. time (an instance or repetition of something happening) | |
| J'y vais deux fois par mois. - I go there twice a month. | |
| Je lui ai parlé pour la première fois il y a des années. - I talked to him for the first time a few years ago. | |
| 2. n-f. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by | |
| 3. n. plural of foi | |
| foi |
| 1. n-f. faith | |
| 2. n-f. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
| Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
| Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
| 3. conj. when, no sooner | |
| Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
| 4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
| 5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
| 6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
| Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
| 7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
| Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
| 8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
| Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
| 9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
| Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
| Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
| 10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
| 11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
| Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
| 12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
| Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
| Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
| 13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
| C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
| Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| 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 | |
| vis |
| 1. n-f. screw (metal fastener) | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of vivre | |
| 3. v. second-person singular present indicative of vivre | |
| 4. v. second-person singular present imperative of vivre | |
| 5. v. first-person singular past historic of voir | |
| 6. v. second-person singular past historic of voir | |
| vivre |
| 1. v. to live | |
| vivre comme un roi - live like a king | |
| 2. v. to experience | |
| voir |
| 1. v. to see (visually) | |
| Je vois ma mère là-bas. - I see my mother over there. | |
| On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here. | |
| 2. v. to see (to understand) | |
| Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong? | |
| 3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see) | |
| 4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative) | |
| Viens voir ici. - Come here please. | |
| il |
| 1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) | |
| Il est parti. - He left. | |
| 2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) | |
| Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it? | |
| 3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it | |
| Il pleut. - It’s raining. | |
| portait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of porter | |
| 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) | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| chemise |
| 1. n-f. shirt | |
| 2. n-f. folder (office supplies) | |
| 3. n-f. chemise (wall-enforcing earthwork) | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of chemiser | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present of chemiser | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of chemiser | |
| chemiser |
| 1. v. to line (cover the inside surface of) | |
| bleue |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of bleu | |
| bleu |
| 1. adj. blue | |
| Le ciel est bleu. - The sky is blue. | |
| 2. adj. (of meat) very rare, underdone | |
| 3. n-m. the color blue | |
| 4. n-m. blue cheese | |
| Le bleu ressemble au roquefort - Blue cheese looks like Roquefort | |
| 5. n-m. rookie, new recruit, raw recruit | |
| Ce soldat est un vrai bleu - This soldier is a real rookie | |
| 6. n-m. bruise | |
| Il est tombé, et maintenant il a un bleu - He fell over and now he has a bruise | |
| 7. n-m. (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk | |
| 8. n-m. (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| pantalon |
| 1. n-m. trousers (UK), pants (US) | |
| Quel mec a volé mon pantalon? - Which guy stole my pants? | |
| 2. n-m. (dated) knickers | |
| Blanc |
| 1. n-m. white person | |
| 2. Proper noun. , from the common noun/adjective blanc | |
| 3. adj. white color | |
| Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white. | |
| 4. adj. blank, unused | |
| 5. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression | |
| 6. n-m. white (color) | |
| 7. n-m. silence while in a dialog | |
| 8. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form | |
| Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page. | |
| 9. n-m. (informal) white wine | |
| Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine. | |
| 10. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion | |
| 11. n-m. albumen, egg white | |
| 12. n-m. white meat | |
| 13. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex | |
