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 | |
roseau |
1. n-m. common reed (Phragmites australis) | |
2. n-m. (by extension) any reed | |
3. n-m. quill, feather pen | |
courbe |
1. n-f. (mathematics) curve | |
2. adj. curved | |
3. adj. bent (not straight) | |
courber |
1. v. to bend (cause to become bent) | |
2. v. to bend (e.g. a rule) | |
3. v. to bend (become bent) | |
4. v. to bend | |
5. v. to bow, to bow down, to bend down, to bend over | |
6. v. to bend over backwards (be at another's will) | |
sous |
1. prep. below, under | |
2. n. plural of sou | |
3. n. (slang) money | |
sou |
1. n-m. (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin) | |
2. n-m. (by extension, chiefly in the colloquial) money; cash | |
Tu peux me prêter des sous ? - Can you lend me some cash? | |
3. n-m. (Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar) | |
Ça va être six piastres et vingt-cinq sous, s'il te plaît. - That'll be six dollars and twenty-five cents, please. | |
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 | |
vent |
1. n-m. atmospheric wind | |
2. n-m. (euphemistic) a flatulence | |
3. n-m. empty words, hot air | |
Toutes ces promesses, c'est du vent. - Those are empty promises. | |
sous le vent |
1. adv. (maritime) on the leeward side, on the side protected from the wind | |