| 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 | |
| hommes |
| 1. n. plural of homme | |
| homme |
| 1. n-m. man (adult male human) | |
| C'est un homme bien, le meilleur d'entre nous. - He's a good man, the best of us. | |
| 2. n-m. man, Man (species) | |
| 3. n-m. man (virile male) | |
| 4. n-m. man (employee) | |
| naissent |
| 1. v. third-person plural present of naître | |
| naître |
| 1. v. to be born (typically used in the passive voice) | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| demeurent |
| 1. v. third-person plural present of demeurer | |
| demeurer |
| 1. v. to live, stay | |
| 2. v. (formal) to stay, to remain, to stop for a long time | |
| 3. v. (figuratively) to last, to persist | |
| libres |
| 1. adj. plural of libre | |
| libre |
| 1. adj. free, at liberty | |
| Un homme libre - a free man | |
| 2. adj. clear, free, vacant | |
| la voie est libre - the way is clear | |
| 3. adj. free, without obligation | |
| temps libre - free time | |
| 4. adj. (sports) freestyle | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| égaux |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of égal | |
| égal |
| 1. adj. equal | |
| 2. adj. indifferent, of no importance to | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
| J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
| Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
| 3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
| aller en bus - go by bus | |
| partir en voiture - leave by car | |
| 4. prep. as | |
| Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
| habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
| 5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
| fort en histoire - good at history | |
| 6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
| une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
| une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
| 7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
| en 1993 - in 1993 | |
| en janvier - in January | |
| en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
| 8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
| 9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
| C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
| 10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
| une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
| 11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
| en détresse - in distress | |
| 12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
| en équipe - on a team | |
| 13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
| Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
| Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
| Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
| Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
| Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
| Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
| 14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
| Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
| droits |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of droit | |
| 2. n. plural of droit | |
| droit |
| 1. n-m. right (entitlement) | |
| J'ai le droit de dormir. - I have the right to sleep. | |
| 2. n-m. law (study of law) | |
| Il est étudiant en droit. - He is a law student. | |
| 3. n-m. (geometry) right angle | |
| Un angle de trois droits. - An angle of 270 degrees. | |
| 4. adj. right (on the right-hand side) | |
| Donne-moi ta main droite. - Give me your right hand. | |
| 5. adj. straight (not bent or crooked) | |
| Une rue droite. - A straight road. | |
| 6. adj. (geometry) right (of an angle) | |
| 7. adv. straight, straight on | |
| 8. adv. upright, straight, not bent or crooked | |
| Tenez votre tête droit. - Keep your head straight. | |
