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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
ordres
1. n. plural of ordre
ordre
1. n-m. order (way in which things are arranged)
ordre alphabétique - alphabetical order
ordre des mots - word order
2. n-m. order (group)
les ordres militaires - military orders
3. n-m. (legal) order (calm)
4. n-m. region (used in estimations)
un chiffre de l'ordre de 2 millions - a number in the region of 2 million/a number around 2 million/2 million or so
5. n-m. kind, sort
6. n-m. order (tidiness)
7. n-m. order (instruction)
Il m'a donné l'ordre de tirer - he gave me the order to shoot
sur ordre du gouvernement - under the government's orders
8. n-m. (finance) order
9. n-m. (taxonomy) order
c'est de l'ordre des siréniens - from the order of sirenians
10. n-m. (architecture) classical order
sur
1. prep. on, upon
2. prep. on top of
3. prep. from on top of
4. prep. above
5. prep. out of
sept sur dix - seven out of ten
6. prep. in the case of
7. prep. about, concerning
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
sur Paris - in Paris
9. adj. sour
titres
1. n. plural of titre
titrer
1. v. to title (to give an honorific title to someone)
2. v. (chemistry) to titrate
titre
1. n-m. heading, title (name of a piece of work)
2. n-m. title (extra name bestowed upon somebody)
3. n-m. (chemistry) titre
4. n-m. tittle (the point on top of the letter i)
5. n-m. (finance) share, certificate (document evidencing ownership of stock, debt, commodities, etc.)
cotés
1. Participle. masculine plural of coté
coter
1. v. (finance) to quote, list
2. v. to quote the market price of; to put odds on
3. v. to mark (UK), grade (US)
4. v. to rate (a film etc.)
qui
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
annulent
1. v. third-person plural present of annuler
annuler
1. v. to cancel (to invalidate, to annul)
une
1. num. feminine singular of un
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
position
1. n-f. position
échéante
sur
1. prep. on, upon
2. prep. on top of
3. prep. from on top of
4. prep. above
5. prep. out of
sept sur dix - seven out of ten
6. prep. in the case of
7. prep. about, concerning
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
sur Paris - in Paris
9. adj. sour
des
1. art. plural of un
2. art. plural of une
3. art. plural of du
4. art. plural of de la
5. art. plural of de l'
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
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
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
de l'
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
dérivés
1. Participle. masculine plural of dérivé
dériver
1. v. to derive (originate from)
2. v. to drift
3. v. to derive
4. v. to redirect, to divert
5. v. to shunt
6. v. to unrivet
sur
1. prep. on, upon
2. prep. on top of
3. prep. from on top of
4. prep. above
5. prep. out of
sept sur dix - seven out of ten
6. prep. in the case of
7. prep. about, concerning
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
sur Paris - in Paris
9. adj. sour
indice
1. n-m. clue, hint, indication
2. n-m. (finance) index
3. n-m. (computing) index
4. v. first-person singular present of indicer
5. v. third-person singular present of indicer
6. v. second-person singular imperative of indicer
indicer
boursier
1. adj. (finance, relational) stock (relating to the financial markets)
2. n-m. grantee, scholarship beneficiary, recipient of a bursary
3. n-m. stockbroker
4. n-m. pursemaker

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