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nous
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person:
2. pron. (subject pronoun) we.
3. pron. (object pronoun) us, to us.
4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we)
5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy
avons
1. v. first-person plural present indicative of avoir
avoir
1. n-m. asset, possession
2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
4. v. to have (a condition)
J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
J'ai froid. - I have cold.
J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
5. v. to have (a measure or age)
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
6. v. to have (to trick)
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
passé
1. n-m. past tense
2. n-m. past (opposite of future)
3. adj. past
4. adj. (used with certain temporal nouns) last
la semaine passée ; l'année passée, l’an passé ; l'hiver passé - last week; last year; last winter
5. Participle. past participle of passer
passer
1. v. to go past
2. v. to cross (a border)
3. v. (legal) to pass
passer une loi - to pass a law
4. v. to spend (time)
J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain.
J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place.
5. v. to publish (a newspaper)
6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test)
J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April.
7. v. to pass (an exam or test)
Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam.
8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test)
Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam.
9. v. (public transportation) to run
Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes.
10. v. to exceed (a limit)
11. v. to percolate
12. v. to hand down, to pass on
13. v. to be allowed
14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities)
15. v. to show (a movie)
16. v. to go up (a grade)
17. v. to shift (change gear)
18. v. to go down
19. v. to go up
20. v. to stop by, to pop in
Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us.
Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things.
21. v. to pass away, to die
22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
23. v. (TV) to show (be on television)
24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)
28. v. to wipe, rub
Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly.
29. v. to skip a go
30. v. to put (make something undergo something)
31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn)
32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass
Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here?
33. v. to go by
34. v. to do without
Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning.
35. v. to don
Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants.
36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for
faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something
se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate
ensemble
1. adv. together
2. n-m. (A coming together of elements forming a whole, a unified or interrelated group); ensemble, set, grouping, aggregate, collection, body
La jurisprudence désigne l'ensemble des décisions de justice relatives à une question juridique donnée.
La langue d'oïl est considérée, selon la vision traditionnelle de la linguistique romane, comme une seule et même langue, qui correspond principalement à un ensemble de dialectes d'oïl répartis
3. n-m. an outfit (a set of articles of clothing)
4. n-m. (mathematics) a set
5. n-m. (music) an ensemble
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
douces
1. adj. feminine plural of doux
doux
1. adj. sweet
2. adj. soft
3. adj. mild
4. adj. gentle (gradual rather than steep)
une pente douce - a gentle slope
5. adj. (of water) fresh, not salty
6. adv. gently
heures
1. n. plural of heure
heure
1. n-f. hour, time
C'est l'heure de partir. - It's time to leave.
2. n-f. o'clock
au
1. contraction. contraction of à le
Il étudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory.
à
1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
2. prep. to (destination)
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
3. prep. to (until)
Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
à la maison - at home
à l'hôtel - at the hotel
au comptoir du bar - at the bar
au bois - in the woods
J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
au voleur ! - stop thief!
à l'assassin ! - murderer!
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
à moi ! - help!
à l'aide ! - help!
au secours ! - help!
au feu ! - fire!
aux armes ! - to arms!
à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
à l'abordage ! - on board!
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
8. prep. from (origin)
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
9. prep. of (belonging to)
C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
à plus tard - see you later
à bientôt - see you soon
Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
moulin à poivre - pepper mill
sac à dos - backpack
boite à musique - music box
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
15. prep. by
peu à peu - bit by bit
petit à petit - little by little
minute à minute - minute by minute
jour à jour - day by day
un à un - one by one
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
six à sept personnes - six or seven people
de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
mettre le feu à - to set fire to
clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
donner la chasse à - to give chase to
18. prep. with
le
1. art. the (definite article)
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
4. art. (before units) a, an
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
5. pron. (direct object) him, it
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
pied
1. n-m. (anatomy) foot
2. n-m. leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
3. n-m. an old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
4. n-m. (Quebec, etc.) (Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres))
5. n-m. (poetry) foot
au pied
1. interj. to heel!
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
cet
1. det. this
arbre
1. n-m. tree (plant, diagram, anything in the form of a tree)
2. n-m. axle
3. n-m. (mechanics) drive shaft

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