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 | |
muets |
1. adj. masculine plural of muet | |
muet |
1. adj. dumb (unable to talk) | |
2. adj. silent, mute, unspeaking | |
3. adj. silent, unvoiced, unspoken | |
2=Le etla deviennentl' devant une voyelle ou un « h » muet. - Le and la become l' before a vowel or a silent "h". | |
parlent |
1. v. third-person plural present of parler | |
parler |
1. v. to speak, talk | |
Il a commencé à parler à l’âge de quatre ans. - He began to speak at the age of four. | |
Ils ont parlé plusieurs heures avant d’aller se coucher. - They spoke several hours before going to sleep. | |
2. v. to be able to communicate in a language; to speak | |
Elle parle couramment français. - She speaks French fluently | |
3. v. (heraldry) to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name | |
Armes parlantes. | |
4. v. takes a reflexive pronoun | |
se parler à soi-même - to talk to oneself | |
5. n-m. parlance | |
6. n-m. vernacular, dialect | |
par |
1. prep. through | |
par la fenêtre - through the window | |
aller par le parc - go through the park | |
2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
voyager par train - travel by train | |
par surprise - by surprise | |
le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
voir par devant - see from the back | |
le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
par terre - on the ground | |
7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
par un soir - in one evening | |
8. prep. in | |
marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
9. prep. per, a, an | |
trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
par tristesse - out of sadness | |
11. prep. for | |
12. n-m. (golf) par | |
signes |
1. n. plural of signe | |
2. v. second-person singular present of signer | |
signer |
1. v. to sign (put a signature on) | |
2. v. to sign (communicate using sign language) | |
signe |
1. n-m. sign (indicator; indication; mathematical polarity) | |
en signe de reconnaissance - as a sign of gratitude | |
en signe d'affection - as a sign of affection | |
2. n-m. gesture | |
3. v. first-person singular present of signer | |
4. v. third-person singular present of signer | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of signer | |