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 | |
fruits |
1. n. plural of fruit | |
fruit |
1. n-m. fruit | |
profits |
1. n. plural of profit | |
profit |
1. n-m. profit, benefit | |
Il a su tirer profit de ses connaissances. - He managed to take advantage of his knowledge. | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
émoluments |
1. n. plural of émolument | |
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 | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
charge |
1. n-f. load, burden | |
charge pesante - heavy load | |
2. n-f. cargo, freight | |
La charge de ce bateau est de cinquante tonneaux. - The freight of this boat is fifty tons. | |
3. n-f. responsibility, charge | |
J'ai la charge de vous dire que... - I have the responsibility to tell you that... | |
4. n-f. (legal) charge | |
Ce fait constitue une charge très grave contre le prévenu. - This fact constitutes a very serious charge against the accused. | |
5. n-f. (military) charge | |
une charge massive contre les positions allemandes - a massive charge against the German positions | |
6. n-f. caricature, comic exaggeration | |
7. n-f. (physics) charge | |
8. n-f. (heraldry) charge | |
9. n-f. (in the plural) costs, expenses | |
10. v. first-person singular present of charger | |
11. v. third-person singular present of charger | |
12. v. second-person singular imperative of charger | |
charger |
1. v. to load (up) (vehicle, animal etc.) | |
2. v. to load (firearm) | |
3. v. to charge (battery) | |
4. v. to put in charge; to charge (somebody with doing something) | |
5. v. to charge (somebody of a crime) | |
6. v. (military, sports) to charge | |
7. v. (theater) to overact, ham it up | |
8. v. to take care of, see to | |