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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'
distance
1. n-f. distance (literal physical distance)
On se tient à distance de deux kilomètres l'un de l'autre. - We stand at a distance of two kilometers from each other.
2. n-f. distance (metaphoric or figurative)
Il convient de la tenir à une certaine distance. - It's suitable to maintain a certain distance.
3. v. first-person singular present of distancer
4. v. third-person singular present of distancer
5. v. second-person singular imperative of distancer
distancer
1. v. to distance, outdistance
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.
se
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
2. pron. (to) himself
3. pron. (to) herself
4. pron. (to) oneself
5. pron. (to) itself
6. pron. (to) themselves
7. pron. (to) each other
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
trouve
1. v. first-person singular present of trouver
2. v. third-person singular present of trouver
3. v. second-person singular imperative of trouver
trouver
1. v. to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one
Quand est-ce qu'elle a trouvé les clés ? - When did she find the keys?
2. v. to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so)
Je vous trouve si jolie. - I find you so pretty.
3. v. to find oneself (at a place or in a situation)
4. v. to be found, to be situated, to be
La boulangerie se trouve en face du cinéma. - The bakery is found opposite the cinema.
5. v. (impersonal, reflexive, se trouver) to be the case, to turn out (that)
Il se trouve que je passe près de chez vous. - I happen to be heading past your place.
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
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
composteur
1. n-m. (printing) composing stick
2. n-m. (gardening) a composter (garden waste container)
3. n-m. a machine used for validating tickets
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.
sa
1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's
Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house.
Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card.
Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white.
tête
1. n-f. head (part of the body)
J'ai mal à la tête - I have a headache
2. n-f. head (leader)
3. n-f. (soccer) header
4. n-f. (colloquial) a bright spark, a quick study
Ce type-là, c'est une tête - This guy is a head
et
1. conj. and
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'
tête
1. n-f. head (part of the body)
J'ai mal à la tête - I have a headache
2. n-f. head (leader)
3. n-f. (soccer) header
4. n-f. (colloquial) a bright spark, a quick study
Ce type-là, c'est une tête - This guy is a head
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
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'
de la
1. art. of the
2. art. some; the feminine partitive article
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam?
J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie.
coulisse
1. n-f. coulisse (piece of timber)
2. n-f. side of a stage, dressing room
3. n-f. slide or rail on which a drawer or window slides
Comme nous avons pu le voir précédemment, le tiroir se pose sur la coulisse et le stabilise à l’arrière. - As we have seen earlier, the drawer is placed on the rail which stabilizes it in the b
4. n-f. background
Soudain, une voix s'éleva en coulisse. - Suddenly a voice was heard in the background.
5. n-f. (musical instruments, lutherie, bowmaking) underslide, underslide channel
6. adj. feminine singular of coulis
7. v. first-person singular present of coulisser
8. v. third-person singular present of coulisser
9. v. second-person singular imperative of coulisser
coulisser
1. v. to slide
coulis
1. adj. flowing; running
2. n-m. coulis (sauce)
3. n-m. melted metal used to fix a joint
inférieure
1. adj. feminine singular of inférieur
inférieur
1. adj. lower, under
2. adj. inferior
3. adj. (math) less than or equal to. ≤, ⩽
fixe
1. adj. fixed
2. v. first-person singular present of fixer
3. v. third-person singular present of fixer
4. v. second-person singular imperative of fixer
5. n-m. fix
fixer
1. v. to fix, fasten
2. v. to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
3. v. to settle (in a place)
4. v. to stare at
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'
longueur
1. n-f. length
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
chaque
1. adj. each
2. adj. every
ligne
1. n-f. line
2. n-f. route, course, service, line
3. n-f. cable
4. n-f. (computing) row (in a table)
5. n-f. (body shape) figure
ligner
1. v. to line, make a line (mark with a line)
2. v. to line (add lines to a surface)
3. v. (nautical, rare) to fold up (a sail)
4. v. (fishing) to fish with a line
et
1. conj. and
c'est
1. contraction. it is (used to define the preceding word)
Le temps, c'est de l'argent. - Time is money.
2. contraction. it is (used to introduce a focus)
3. contraction. this is
ce
1. det. this, that
2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
est-ce que...? - is it that...?
ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
ce semble - it seems
ce peuvent être... - these may be...
est
1. adj. east
2. n-m. east
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
être
1. v. to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
4. n-m. being, creature
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
ce
1. det. this, that
2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
est-ce que...? - is it that...?
ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
ce semble - it seems
ce peuvent être... - these may be...
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.
ce que
1. pron. (accusative, relative) what (relative pronoun - direct object)
C'est ce que font les gens bien. - This is what good people do.
Cela n'est pas ce que je voulais. - That isn't what I wanted.
Il avait bien conscience de ce qu'il avait fait. - He knew perfectly well what he had done.
Ce que dit le roi est vrai, parce que le roi le dit. - What the king says is true, because the king says it.
A est à B ce que C est à D - A is to B as C is to D
2. pron. (accusative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions)
Savez-vous ce qu’il dit ? - Do you know what he says?
Savez-vous ce que vous faites ? - Do you know what you're doing?
on
1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
On ne peut pas pêcher ici - You can’t fish here
2. pron. (personal, informal) we
On s’est amusés. - We had fun.
nomme
1. v. first-person singular present of nommer
2. v. third-person singular present of nommer
3. v. second-person singular imperative of nommer
nommer
1. v. to nominate
2. v. to name, to call
3. v. to be called, to call oneself
Je me nomme Gus. (I am called Gus.)
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'
justification
1. n-f. justification (reason, excuse, etc.)

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