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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
divers
1. adj. various; varying
temps
1. n-m. time (in general)
je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça - I haven't got (the) time to do that
il faut encore du temps - I need more time
Il est temps de commencer. - it's time to commence
2. n-m. weather
le temps n'est pas bon ici - the weather is no good here
quel temps fait-il ? - how's the weather?
3. n-m. (grammar) tense
un temps composé - a compound tense
un temps simple - a simple tense
changez le temps du verbe - change the tense of the verb
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
verbe
1. n-m. speech
2. n-m. tone of voice
3. n-m. way of speaking
4. n-m. (grammar) verb
sont
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être
Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they?
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
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
présent
1. adj. present (that what/which is in the place talked about)
2. adj. current, present
3. adj. (grammar) present
4. n-m. (grammar) present tense
5. n-m. (dated, except in, Louisiana, and Acadia French) gift; present
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
imparfait
1. adj. imperfect, flawed
2. adj. unaccomplished, incomplete
3. n-m. (grammar) the past imperfect, the imperfect or continuous past tense
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
passé
1. n-m. past tense
2. n-m. past (opposite of future)
3. adj. past
4. adj. (used with certain temporal nouns) last
la semaine passée ; l'année passée, l’an passé ; l'hiver passé - last week; last year; last winter
5. Participle. past participle 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
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
plus
1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
Ton voisin est plus moche que mon frère. - Your neighbour is uglier than my brother.
Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien. - Yours is much bigger than mine.
Elle est plus belle que sa cousine. - She is more beautiful than her cousin.
Elles sont toutes plus entêtées les unes que les autres. - They are each more stubborn than the last.
2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
Elle le fait plus rapidement que lui. - She does it more quickly than he does.
plus vite ! - faster!
3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
Je travaille plus en ce moment. - I am working more at the moment.
Je veux faire plus. - I want to do more.
4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun)
Elle a plus de chocolat. - She has more chocolate.
Plus de la moitié reste. - More than half is left.
5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de)
Une heure de plus et il serait mort. - One more hour and he would be dead.
Un kilo de plus, s'il vous plaît. - One more kilo, please.
6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
la plus grande - the biggest
le plus difficile - the most difficult
7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
Tu n'existes plus. - You no longer exist. / You don't exist any more.
Il n'y a plus de travail. - There is no more work.
8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
Plus je vois, plus je veux. - The more I see, the more I want.
9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
Plus j'écoute, moins je comprends. - The more I listen, the less I understand.
10. n-m. plus, the symbol +
11. v. singular past historic of plaire
12. Participle. masculine plural of plu
que
1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well.
2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.
3. conj. when, no sooner
Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police.
4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
5. conj. introduces a comparison
6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father.
7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as
Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you.
8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit.
9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is!
Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are.
10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting?
Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done?
12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened?
Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit?
Que sommes-nous ? - What are we?
13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well.
Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me.
parfait
1. Participle. past participle of parfaire
2. adj. perfect (exactly right)
Le déjeuner était parfait. - The lunch was perfect.
3. n-m. (grammar) perfect tense
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
futur
1. adj. future
2. n-m. future (what will happen)
Le futur nous donnera la réponse. - The future will give us the answer.
3. n-m. (grammar) future, future tense
Le verbe manger à la deuxième personne du singulier du futur simple donne: Tu mangeras. - The verb manger, in the second person singular of the future simple gives: Tu mangeras (You will eat).
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
futur
1. adj. future
2. n-m. future (what will happen)
Le futur nous donnera la réponse. - The future will give us the answer.
3. n-m. (grammar) future, future tense
Le verbe manger à la deuxième personne du singulier du futur simple donne: Tu mangeras. - The verb manger, in the second person singular of the future simple gives: Tu mangeras (You will eat).
antérieur
1. adj. preceding, anterior
2. adj. previous
futur antérieur
1. n-m. (grammar) future perfect (verb tense)
etc

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