| 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' | |
| tante |
| 1. n-f. aunt | |
| Ma mère et ma tante sont jumelles. - My mother and my aunt are twins. | |
| 2. n-f. (pejorative) homosexual (man); faggot, fag (US); poof (UK) | |
| 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' | |
| nièce |
| 1. n-f. niece | |
| Je suis allé en ville avec ma nièce. - I went into town with my niece. | |
| 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. | |
| jetèrent |
| 1. v. third-person plural past historic of jeter | |
| jeter |
| 1. v. to throw | |
| 2. v. to throw away, to discard | |
| 3. v. (card games) to throw away, discard | |
| 4. v. (indtr, .reflexive) to throw oneself (into, out of, etc.) | |
| coi, L'Amazone se jette dans l'Océan Atlantique. | |
| 5. v. The Amazon throws herself into the Atlantic Ocean. | |
| 6. v. (indtr, sur, .reflexive) to rush oneself onto something or someone | |
| 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) | |
| rapide |
| 1. adj. fast, rapid | |
| 2. adv. (informal) fast; rapidly; quickly | |
| 3. n-m. (especially in plural) rapid (stretch of river) | |
| 4. n-m. express (fast train) | |
| coup |
| 1. n-m. blow, hit, strike | |
| 2. n-m. sound of the action | |
| coup de tonnerre - crash of thunder | |
| 3. n-m. physical consequences of the action (marks) | |
| marqué de coups - scratched | |
| 4. n-m. (by extension) fast and instantaneous action | |
| jeter un coup d'œil - to have a look | |
| boire un coup - to have a drink | |
| 5. n-m. (firearm) load, shot | |
| pistolet à six coups - six-shot pistol | |
| 6. n-m. bit (small quantity) | |
| mettre un coup de peinture - to put a stroke of paint | |
| 7. n-m. planned action | |
| préparer son coup - to make preparations | |
| 8. n-m. (slang) lay | |
| Cette meuf, c'était le meilleur coup de ma vie. - This bird was the best shag of my life. | |
| un bon coup - a good lay | |
| 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 | |
| oeil |
| 1. n-m. nonstandard spelling of œil | |
| coup d'oeil |
| 1. n-m. nonstandard spelling of coup d'œil | |
| œil |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see | |
| 2. n-m. (plural œils) glyph, rendering of a single character | |
| 3. n-m. (plural œils) eye (of a needle) | |
