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on
1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
On ne peut pas pêcher ici - You can’t fish here
2. pron. (personal, informal) we
On s’est amusés. - We had fun.
publie
1. v. first-person singular present of publier
2. v. third-person singular present of publier
3. v. second-person singular imperative of publier
publier
1. v. to publish, to release, to issue
aujourd'hui
1. adv. today
2. adv. nowadays
3. n-m. today
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
chansons
1. n. plural of chanson
chanson
1. n-f. song
patoises
1. v. second-person singular present of patoiser
patoiser
1. v. to speak in patois
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
Bretagne
1. Proper noun. Brittany, a region in North-West France
ou
1. conj. or
2. conj. either...or
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
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
Aquitaine
(synonyms, Gaule aquitaine)
1. adj. feminine singular of aquitain
aquitain
1. adj. (relational) Aquitaine, Aquitanian
2. n-m. Aquitanian (ancient language)
mais
1. conj. but, although
2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
Mais qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What the heck are you doing?
3. n. plural of mai
aucun
1. det. (with ne) no, none, not any
Il n'a aucun désir de construire des temples. - He has no desire to build temples.
2. pron. (with ne) none, no-one
Aucun d'entre eux n'a été capable de répondre. - No one among them could give an answer.
Aucun de ses amis ne sait où il est. - None of his friends knows where he is.
chant
1. n-m. song
2. n-m. the discipline of singing
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?
vieilles
1. adj. feminine plural of vieux
vieux
1. adj. old
2. n-m. old person
3. n-m. (slang) parents (when in the plural), father
mes vieux - my mom and dad
4. n-m. old chap
– Je ne veux pas t'empêcher de travailler, vieux. Je vois que tu es très occupé.
provinces
1. n. plural of province
province
1. n-f. province
2. n-f. (Paris region) the countryside; or more broadly, the rest of France. Note: This term can be perceived as pejorative by the people coming from the said regionshttps://www.lefigaro.fr/langue-francaise/e
où
1. adv. where (interrogative)
Où est la gare? - Where is the station?
Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going?
Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live?
2. adv. where (relative pronoun)
3. adv. at that time; when
Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father.
4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where
Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go.
se
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
2. pron. (to) himself
3. pron. (to) herself
4. pron. (to) oneself
5. pron. (to) itself
6. pron. (to) themselves
7. pron. (to) each other
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
est
1. adj. east
2. n-m. east
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
être
1. v. to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
4. n-m. being, creature
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
s'est
1. contraction. se + est (third-person singular indicative present form of être)
toujours
1. adv. always
Il est toujours en retard. - He is always late.
Parfois, peut-être même souvent, mais certainement pas toujours - Sometimes, maybe even often, but certainly not always
2. adv. still
3. adv. , A man who you might think came straight out of the Renaissance, and who was assassinated in 1975, for reasons which still haven't been elucidated.
Je suis toujours là. - I'm still here.
Elle n'est toujours pas revenue. - She still hasn't come back.
parlée
1. adj. feminine singular of parlé
2. Participle. feminine singular of parlé
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
parlé
1. Participle. past participle of parler
2. adj. colloquial
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of parler
4. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of parler
la
1. art. the (definite article)
2. pron. her, it (direct object)
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
vraie
1. adj. feminine singular of vrai
vrai
1. adj. true
C'est vrai? - Really?
Est-il vrai que vous ayez dit qu'il a besoin de notre aide ? - Is it true that you said he needs our help?
Il est vrai que l'on a dit cela. - It is true that we said that.
Il n'est pas vrai que l'on ait dit cela. - It is not true that we said that.
2. adj. real, proper
3. adj. honest, sincere, truthful
4. n-m. truth
5. adv. true; truly
Raconter vrai (to retell truly, without errors)
langue
1. n-f. (anatomy) tongue
la langue dans la bouche - the tongue in the mouth
2. n-f. (linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle - the mother tongue, native language
une langue étrangère - a foreign language
Elle parle trois langues. - She speaks three languages.
faire parler la langue française - to make speak the French language — Bertrand Barère
Française
1. n-f. Frenchwoman
2. adj. feminine singular of français
français
1. adj. French
Il est l'un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus. - He's one of the most well-known French entrepreneurs.
2. adj. (Louisiana French) Franco-American or Francophone
3. n-m. French (language)
Il parle très bien le français. - He speaks French very well.
Elle a fait beaucoup d'efforts pour améliorer son français. - She made a lot of effort to improve her French.
Le français est la sixième langue la plus parlée au monde après le chinois, l'anglais, le hindi, l'espagnol et l'arabe. - French is the sixth most spoken language in the world after Chinese, En
4. n-m. , translation=Strongadverb of degree remains alive in the French spoken in Belgium and in certain provinces of France; it's very common in written language: (...)
ne
1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think.
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
sera
1. v. third-person singular future indicative of être
être
1. v. to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
4. n-m. being, creature
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
conservé
1. Participle. past participle of conserver
conserver
1. v. to keep (in a particular place)
Conserver la glace dans un congélateur. - Keep the ice cream in a freezer.
2. v. , passage=Frappé par cette contradiction, il décida de conserver un suivi du traitement qu'on leur réservait tout au long de leur voyage., t=Struck by this contradiction, he decided to keep track of t
3. v. to retain, conserve, preserve

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