| mettre |
| 1. v. to put; to place | |
| 2. v. to put on | |
| 3. v. to set (to lay a table) | |
| 4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| papillon |
| 1. n-m. butterfly | |
| Vif et léger comme un papillon. | |
| 2. n-m. (by extension) someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant | |
| 3. n-m. (fashion) knot | |
| 4. n-m. mechanics ellipsis of écrou papillon; wing nut, butterfly nut | |
| 5. n-m. (swimming) butterfly stroke | |
| Le record du monde en nage papillon. | |
| Nager le papillon. | |
| 6. n-m. (colloquial) parking ticket | |
| Les automobilistes parisiens ont fortement tendance à classer dans un tiroir les papillons qu'ils trouvent sur leur pare-brise. | |
| 7. n-m. (engineering) butterfly valve | |
| Minute papillon ! - Wait a minute! | |
