| 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 | |
| membre |
| 1. n-m. member (of a group or organization) | |
| 2. n-m. limb, member | |
| 3. n-m. member, penis | |
| membrer |
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| inférieur |
| 1. adj. lower, under | |
| 2. adj. inferior | |
| 3. adj. (math) less than or equal to. ≤, ⩽ | |
| tout |
| 1. adv. all | |
| 2. det. all | |
| 3. n-m. whole, entirety, total | |
| le tout | |
| 4. pron. everything | |
| entier |
| 1. adj. whole | |
| des biscuits entiers et des brisés - whole and broken biscuits | |
| 2. adj. (arithmetic) whole (of a number), integer | |
| un chiffre entier - a whole number | |
| une valeur entière - an integer value | |
| 3. adj. entire, whole | |
| le monde entier, la terre entière - the entire world, the whole world | |
| 4. adj. (of bread) wholemeal (UK), wholewheat (US) | |
| 5. n-m. (mathematics) integer, whole number | |
| y |
| 1. pron. there (at a place) | |
| Il est dans la maison. Il y est. - He is in the house. He is there. | |
| 2. pron. there, thither (to there) | |
| Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. - We are going to Mexico. We are going there. | |
| 3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à. | |
| Je pense à mon pays. J'y pense. - I think about my country. I think about it. | |
| 4. pron. With verbs: see for verbs which use this structure. | |
| 5. pron. With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology. | |
| personnes y nommées - Persons named there(in) | |
| procédures y afférentes - Related procedures | |
| documents y relatifs - Related documents | |
| eaux y affluentes - Tributary waters | |
| 6. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) he: Alternative form of il | |
| 7. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) they: Alternative form of ils | |
| 8. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) they: Alternative form of elles | |
| compris |
| 1. adj. understood | |
| 2. adj. included | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of comprendre | |
| comprendre |
| 1. v. to understand, comprehend | |
| J'ai compris maintenant. - I understand now. (lit. I have understood now.) | |
| Il est trop intelligent pour ne pas comprendre ce que vous lui avez dit. | |
| Est-ce que vous avez bien compris ? - Did you understand? | |
| „Est-ce que tu comprends ce qu'il dit ?” „Je ne comprends même pas ce que je dis moi.” - "Do you understand what he's saying?" "I don't even understand what I'm saying.". | |
| 2. v. to comprise, include | |
| 3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, reciprocal) to know each other well or intimately | |
| Quoique leurs goûts fussent différents, ces deux amis se comprenaient à merveille. | |
| 4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be comprehensible or conceivable | |
| y compris |
| 1. prep. including (being part of the group or topic just mentioned) | |
| 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' | |
| cuisse |
| 1. n-f. (anatomy) thigh | |
