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nègre
1. n-m. (offensive, or dated) negro
2. n-m. (now sometimes, offensive) ghostwriter
un nègre littéraire
3. n-m. (informal, pejorative, Louisiana French, Cajun French) friend, buddy
4. n-m. (informal, Louisiana French, Cajun French) honey, baby, precious (term of endearment)
5. adj. (relational) of the Blacks of Africa or of African arts
6. adj. black (color)
Marron
1. Proper noun. surname, French, eq=Marron
2. n-m. horse-chestnut
3. n-m. chestnut
4. n-m. chestnut brown
5. n-m. A token used as a control of the presence of someone at his post
6. n-m. (pyrotechnics) firecracker (on a rocket)
7. n-m. (informal) punch (with the fist)
8. n-m. (informal) head
9. adj. (France) brown
10. adj. that has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state)
11. adj. illicit, crooked (of professions)
magie marronne - hedge magic
12. n-m. maroon (a slave or animal who has run away to live free)
Esclave
1. Proper noun. Slavey (An Athabaskan people)
2. n. slave
Noir
1. n-m. black (person)
2. adj. black in colour
Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black.
3. adj. dark
Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside.
4. adj. drunk; inebriated
Il est noir. - He is drunk.
5. adj. black, of black ethnicity
Il est noir. - He is black.
6. n-m. a black person
7. n-m. a person whose hair is dark
8. n-m. dark; darkness
Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark.
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
Amérique
1. Proper noun. America (as in the Americas)
2. Proper noun. informal, by ellipsis, metonymy ellipsis of États-Unis d'Amérique, t=United States of America
évadé
1. Participle. past participle of évader
2. adj. escaped
3. n-m. escapee, evader
évader
1. v. to escape (from a building, situation etc.)
ou
1. conj. or
2. conj. either...or
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
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)
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
ses
1. det. his, her, its, their, one's (when referring to a plural noun)
Alicia dîne chez ses parents. - Alicia is having dinner at her parents' house.
Thomas a perdu ses clés. - Thomas has lost his keys.
Tout le monde doit apporter ses documents. - Everyone needs to bring their documents.
descendants
1. n. plural of descendant
descendant
1. Participle. present participle of descendre
2. Participle. (preceded by en) gerund of descendre
3. n-m. a descendant; one who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time; e.g. a child; a grandchild, etc.
4. adj. (which is) descending

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