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' | |
Maison |
1. Proper noun. surname, eq=Maison | |
2. n-f. house | |
3. adj. homemade | |
une grande tarte maison - a big home-made pie | |
spécialité maison - speciality of the house | |
4. adj. (employment) in-house | |
La compagnie a un département de traduction maison. - The company has an in-house translation department. | |
5. adj. (colloquial intensifier) first-rate, top-notch | |
une engueulade maison - a hell of a telling off | |
a |
1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A | |
2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she | |
C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
Elle a un chat. - She has a cat. | |
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, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
besoin |
1. n-m. need | |
2. n-m. want (state of being in need) | |
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 | |
avoir besoin de |
1. v. to need | |
Avez-vous besoin d'aide ? - Do you need help? | |
Il m'a offert des choses dont j'ai besoin. - He offered me things I need. | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
nouvelle |
1. adj. feminine singular of nouveau | |
Jérôme a acheté sa nouvelle voiture hier. - Jerome bought his new car yesterday. | |
2. n-f. news, a piece of information | |
J'ai appris la nouvelle hier soir. - I heard the news yesterday evening. | |
3. n-f. novella, short story | |
nouveau |
1. adj. new, novel | |
2. n-m. new person, new thing | |
couche |
1. n-f. (literary) bed (place for sleeping) | |
partager sa couche avec quelqu'un | |
2. n-f. nappy/diaper | |
3. n-f. coat (of paint) | |
4. n-f. layer (of soil, snow etc.) | |
5. n-f. (chiefly in the plural) childbirth | |
6. n-f. (chemistry) shell | |
7. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
8. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher | |
9. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
10. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coucher | |
11. v. second-person singular imperative of coucher | |
coucher |
1. v. to lay, to lay down | |
2. v. to put to bed, to put up (a lodger) | |
3. v. to go to bed | |
4. v. (of celestial objects) to set | |
Quand le Soleil se couche-t-il ce soir ? - When does the sun set? | |
Le Soleil se lève à l'est et se couche à l'ouest. - The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. | |
Les deux cercles polaires sont les parallèles des régions polaires au-delà desquels il existe au moins une journée où le Soleil ne se lève pas en hiver, et ne se couche pas en été. - The two po | |
5. v. to lodge, to beat down (wheat) | |
6. v. to layer (branches) | |
7. v. to slant (writing) | |
8. v. to aim at | |
9. v. to sleep | |
10. v. to sleep with (+ avec, t=with) | |
11. v. to spend the night | |
12. v. to lodge | |
13. v. to pack off to bed | |
14. n-m. going to bed | |
15. n-m. bedding | |
16. n-m. room and board | |
17. n-m. setting (sun) | |
coucher de soleil — sunset, sundown | |
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 | |
peinture |
1. n-f. painting | |
La peinture de genre. | |
2. n-f. painting, canvas | |
Il y a de belles peintures dans ce palais. | |
3. n-f. vivid description | |
Cet auteur excelle dans la peinture des caractères, des passions, des mœurs, des faiblesses du cœur humain. | |
4. n-f. paint | |
la peinture en est toute fraîche. | |
Qu'est-ce qui sent comme la peinture verte, coule comme la peinture violette et se fond sur une camionnette blanche ? | |
5. v. first-person singular present of peinturer | |
6. v. third-person singular present of peinturer | |
7. v. second-person singular imperative of peinturer | |
peinturer |
1. v. (Canada) to paint | |
2. v. (France) to paint like a child, in a way lacking grace and dexterity | |
Cet enfant s'amuse à peinturer. | |