| 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 | |
| maire |
| 1. n-m. mayor | |
| tirait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of tirer | |
| tirer |
| 1. v. to draw, drag, pull | |
| 2. v. to shoot | |
| 3. v. to draw (conclusions), to consider (consequences) | |
| 4. v. to leave a place | |
| 5. v. to set free, to deliver | |
| parti |
| 1. adj. (heraldry) divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale; said of an escutcheon | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial) drunk | |
| 3. n-m. (politics) party | |
| 4. n-m. parti | |
| 5. n-m. course of action | |
| 6. Participle. past participle of partir | |
| partir |
| 1. v. (obsolete, transitive) to share, to share out, to divide | |
| Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un. - To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone. | |
| 2. v. to go away, leave, depart | |
| 3. v. to originate | |
| Toutes les artères partent du cœur. - All arteries originate from the heart. | |
| 4. v. to die | |
| Il ne s'est pas vu partir - He has not seen death | |
| 5. v. to emanate | |
| Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe. - This belief emanates from an evil principle. | |
| 6. v. (Quebec, informal, transitive) to start | |
| partir une affaire - to start a business | |
| tirer parti |
| 1. v. (indtr, de) to take advantage of, to make the most of, to cash in on, to turn to good account | |
| 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 | |
| cette |
| 1. det. feminine singular of ce | |
| lettre |
| 1. n-f. letter (written character) | |
| 2. n-f. letter (written message) | |
| 3. n-f. (figuratively) the literal meaning, the plain meaning of something | |
| lorsque |
| 1. conj. when (at a time when) | |
| Lorsque j'étais jeune, mon meilleur ami était mon chat. - When I was young, my best friend was my cat. | |
| 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) | |
| nouvel |
| 1. adj. Form of nouveau, t=new used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound. | |
| Je souhaiterais que tu sois là pour le nouvel an. - I wish you were here for the new year. | |
| incident |
| 1. adj. incidental | |
| 2. adj. (physics) incident | |
| 3. n-m. incident | |
| vint |
| 1. v. third-person singular past historic 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. | |
| compliquer |
| 1. v. to complicate | |
| 2. v. to elaborate | |
| 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 | |
| affaire |
| 1. n-f. business; matter; affair | |
| affaire importante - important business | |
| C'est une affaire d'honneur. - It is a matter of honor. | |
| C'est l'affaire d'une minute. - It's a matter of a minute. | |
| C'est mon affaire, pas la vôtre. - It's my business, not yours. | |
| 2. n-f. deal, transaction, bargain | |
| conclure une affaire - to close a deal | |
| 3. n-f. business, enterprise | |
| monter une affaire - to set up a business | |
| Ils ont repris l'affaire familiale. - They took over the family business. | |
| 4. n-f. affair, scandal | |
| l'affaire Dreyfus - the Dreyfus affair | |
| Affaire Fillon - Fillon affair | |
| 5. n-f. (law) case, trial | |
| L'affaire O.J. Simpson fut une des plus médiatisées. - The O. J. Simpson case was one of the most publicized. | |
| 6. n-f. (informal) things; stuff | |
| 7. n-f. (informal, chiefly in the plural) belonging (something physical that is owned) | |
| 8. n-f. (informal, Quebec) thingamajig | |
| 9. n-f. (informal, Louisiana French) thing | |
