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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'
version
     1. n-f. version; model (a specific state, variant, or form of something)
     2. n-f. a translation exercise
     3. n-f. a translation
     4. n-f. a specific manner of reporting a fact or event
     5. n-f. (medicine) an obstetric maneuver to change the fetus' position inside the uterus so as to facilitate childbirth
android
du
     1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the)
           « Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.".
     2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...)
     3. art. Forms the partitive article.
           Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread.
     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
     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
navigateur
     1. n-m. navigator
     2. n-m. (computing) browser
focus
passera
     1. v. third-person singular future of passer
     passer
          1. v. to go past
          2. v. to cross (a border)
          3. v. (legal) to pass
                passer une loi - to pass a law
          4. v. to spend (time)
                J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain.
                J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place.
          5. v. to publish (a newspaper)
          6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test)
                J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April.
          7. v. to pass (an exam or test)
                Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam.
          8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test)
                Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam.
          9. v. (public transportation) to run
                Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes.
          10. v. to exceed (a limit)
          11. v. to percolate
          12. v. to hand down, to pass on
          13. v. to be allowed
          14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities)
          15. v. to show (a movie)
          16. v. to go up (a grade)
          17. v. to shift (change gear)
          18. v.          to go down
          19. v.          to go up
          20. v. to stop by, to pop in
                Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us.
                Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things.
          21. v. to pass away, to die
          22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
          23. v. (TV) to show (be on television)
          24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
          25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
          26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
          27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)
          28. v. to wipe, rub
                Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly.
          29. v. to skip a go
          30. v. to put (make something undergo something)
          31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn)
          32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass
                Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here?
          33. v. to go by
          34. v. to do without
                Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning.
          35. v. to don
                Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants.
          36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for
                faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something
                se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate
progressivement
     1. adv. progressively
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
moteur
     1. n-m. motor, engine (datedef, from 1744)
           moteur Diesel - Diesel motor
     2. n-m. (computing) engine
           moteur de recherche - search engine
     3. n-m. (philosophy) mover; one who causes a movement datedef, from 1377
           Selon Aristote, Dieu est le moteur non mû. - According to Aristotle, God is the unmoved mover.
     4. n-m. (figuratively) driving force
     5. adj. motive, driving (datedef, from 1558)
gecko
     1. n-m. gecko
dans
     1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
           vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty
           être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry
           avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth
           dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic
           Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris.
           Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water.
           mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket
           Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
           Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York.
     3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time)
           Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour.
           Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days.
     4. prep. (with respect to time) during
           dans un temps donné - during a given time
           dans ma jeunesse - in my youth
     5. prep. out of, from
           boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup
           Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge.
     6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of
           le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre
     7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les)
           dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos
           dans les dix euros - about ten euros
     8. n. plural of dan
les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
mois
     1. n-m. month (datedef, from c. 1100)
     2. n-m. (euphemism, archaic) period, menstruation datedef, 1535—early 20th c.
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.
viennent
     1. v. third-person plural present of venir
     venir
          1. v. to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker)
                Viens vivre avec moi en France. - Come live with me in France.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary