| 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 | |
| bois |
| 1. n-m. wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree) | |
| 2. n-m. wood (wood of a particular species of tree) | |
| 3. n-m. wood, woodland (forested or wooded area) | |
| 4. n-m. antler (branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs) | |
| 5. n-m. (music) woodwind instrument, woodwind | |
| 6. v. singular present indicative of boire | |
| 7. v. second-person singular present imperative of boire | |
| boire |
| 1. v. to drink | |
| 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 | |
| peuplier |
| 1. n-m. poplar | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| léger |
| 1. adj. light (not heavy) | |
| 2. adj. slight (not much, not a lot) | |
| tendre |
| 1. adj. tender (soft, delicate) | |
| 2. v. to tighten | |
| 3. v. to stretch out | |
| 4. v. (indtr, vers) to tend towards | |
| tendre vers l'infini - to tend to infinity | |
| 5. v. (indtr, vers) to strive for | |
| 6. v. to become taut | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| assez |
| 1. adv. enough | |
| Il est incontestable que je suis assez bouché de croire ça. - It's incontestable that I'm already dumb enough to believe that | |
| 2. adv. quite | |
| 3. adv. rather | |
| résistant |
| 1. n-m. resistant | |
| 2. adj. resistant | |
| 3. Participle. present participle of résister | |
| résister |
| 1. v. to resist | |
