personne |
1. n-f. person | |
2. pron. (with ne) no one, nobody | |
Il n'y a personne ici. - There is nobody here. | |
Qui l'a lu? Personne. - Who has read it? No one. | |
Il n'a parlé avec personne. - He spoke to nobody. | |
Personne ne parle avec lui. - No one speaks with him. | |
3. pron. anyone | |
Il le sait mieux que personne. - He knows it better than anyone. | |
animal |
1. n-m. animal | |
2. adj. animal | |
chose |
1. n-f. thing | |
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. | |
par |
1. prep. through | |
par la fenêtre - through the window | |
aller par le parc - go through the park | |
2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) | |
voyager par train - travel by train | |
par surprise - by surprise | |
le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates. | |
3. prep. over (used to express direction) | |
Viens par ici ! - Come over here! | |
4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) | |
voir par devant - see from the back | |
le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap | |
5. prep. around, round (inside of) | |
par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema | |
6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases) | |
par terre - on the ground | |
7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) | |
par un beau jour - on a nice day | |
par un soir - in one evening | |
8. prep. in | |
marcher par deux - walk in twos | |
9. prep. per, a, an | |
trois fois par semaine - three times a week | |
10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something) | |
par pure colère - out of pure anger | |
par tristesse - out of sadness | |
11. prep. for | |
12. n-m. (golf) par | |
son |
1. n-m. sound | |
Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.) | |
2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel) | |
Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat. | |
Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat. | |
J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend. | |
La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence. | |
3. n-m. bran | |
Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran. | |
comportement |
1. n-m. behavior, demeanor | |
ou |
1. conj. or | |
2. conj. either...or | |
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
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. | |
caractéristiques |
1. adj. plural of caractéristique | |
2. n. plural of caractéristique | |
caractéristique |
1. n-f. characteristic, trait (datedef, from 1550) | |
2. adj. characteristic (datedef, from 1694) | |
fait |
1. n-m. fact | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of faire | |
3. Participle. past participle of faire | |
4. adj. done | |
5. adj. cut out | |
Je ne suis vraiment pas fait pour l'escalade. | |
faire |
1. v. to do | |
faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up. | |
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What are you doing? | |
Fais pas ça. - Don't do that. | |
2. v. to make | |
faire une erreur - to make a mistake. | |
faire un voyage - to take a trip | |
3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) | |
"Je t'aime," fit-il. - "I love you," he said. | |
Le chat fait "miaou". - The cat goes "meow". | |
4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) | |
Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh. | |
La chanson me fait pleurer. - The song makes me cry. | |
5. v. to act like (something) | |
Fais pas ton innocent avec moi. - Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act. | |
6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) | |
Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. - It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside. | |
Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. - We have known each other for ten years. | |
Ça fait bizarre. - That seems/looks bizarre; that gives a bizarre effect/appearance/result. | |
Ça fait très monsieur, ta cravate. - Your tie makes you look like a real gentleman. | |
7. v. to do, to make (oneself) | |
Elle se fait les ongles. - She is doing her nails. | |
8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) | |
se faire piquer - to be stung | |
Je me suis fait avoir. - I got screwed. | |
Est-ce que tu t'es fait couper les cheveux ? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature | |
10. v. to become used to, to get used to | |
Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait. - I still haven't got used to it. | |
11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) | |
12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) | |
L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon. - The child soiled his trousers. | |
Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte. - They've just heard the news and they're shitting themselves. | |
13. v. to become, to get | |
penser |
1. v. to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something | |
Penser tout haut. - Think aloud, speak one's mind freely. | |
2. v. to estimate, imagine, believe | |
Vous n'en êtes pas où vous pensez. - You are not where you think you are. | |
Il y a, je pense, dix kilomètres de chez vous chez moi. - It is ten kilometres, I estimate, from your place to my place. | |
J'irai vous voir demain, je pense. - I will see you tomorrow, I suppose. | |
La chose n'est pas si facile qu'on le pense. - The thing is not as simple as one might believe. | |
Je ne pensais pas que vous vous méprendriez sur le sens de mes paroles. - I didn't imagine you would be mistaken on the sense of my words. | |
3. v. (originally with a que sentence) to be of the opinion that, believe | |
Je pensais qu'il était de vos amis. - I thought he was a friend. | |
Je veux être d'accord avec toi, mais je ne pense pas que nous ayons besoin de son aide. - I want to agree with you, but I don't think we need his help. | |
Je pense comme vous. - I agree with your view. | |
Il ne dit rien qu'il ne pense. - He doesn't say anything he doesn't believe. | |
Dites librement ce que vous pensez. - Cavalierly state your opinion. | |
J'espère qu'il ne pense pas ce qu'il dit. - I hope he doesn't believe what he is saying. | |
Faites-moi connaître votre façon de penser. - Tell me how you think about it. | |
Pensez-vous ? - Do you really believe that? (1935, punning at the dialogue partner's missing belief in his own statement) | |
4. v. to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts | |
5. v. to conceive a project | |
6. v. (with de + object) to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind | |
Penser d'aucun. | |
7. v. (with à + object) to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly | |
Pensez à moi. - Think of me. | |
Il ne pense qu'à celle qu'il aime. - He only thinks but of his beloved. | |
8. v. (with infinitive) to believe being or doing something | |
Il pense être plus habile que les autres. - He believes being smarter than others. | |
Il ne pensait pas être observé. - He didn't think he was being observed. | |
J'ai pensé mourir. - I thought I was going to die. | |
9. v. (with mal or bien + de + object) to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone | |
C'est un homme qui pense toujours mal des autres. - It's a man who always thinks badly of others. | |
Je ne pense de cette affaire ni bien ni mal. - I don't think neither well nor badly of this affair. | |
Que pensez-vous de cet homme ? - What do you think about this man? | |
10. v. (with de + infinitive) to try or prepare to do something | |
Penser de faire qqc. | |
11. v. to reflect on something | |
Soi penser qqc. | |
12. v. (with à + object) to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something | |
Le mal vient sans qu'on y pense. - Evil comes without one thinking of it. | |
Faire ou dire une chose sans penser à mal. - Do or say something without meaning to harm. | |
À quoi pensez-vous ? - What are you thinking? | |
13. v. (with infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something | |
Je pensais aller vous voir. - I fancied paying you a visit. | |
Que pensez-vous faire ? - What do you intend to do? | |
14. v. to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623) | |
C'est un homme qui ne dit jamais ce qu'il pense. - That's a man who never says what he thinks. | |
Il pense beaucoup de choses qu'il ne dit pas. - He thinks a lot of things he doesn't say. | |
15. v. (with à + infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something | |
À quoi pensez-vous de vous conduire ainsi ? - What are you aiming at by behaving like this? | |
Je suis trop de vos amis pour avoir pensé à vous nuire. - I am too much your friend to think of harming you. | |
Je pensais à aller vous voir hier. - I considered to visit you yesterday. | |
16. v. (with mal, obsolete) to intend to do something bad | |
Penser mal. | |
17. v. (with à + object) to take care of | |
Il nous a reçus admirablement, il a pensé à tout. - He has welcomed us admirably, he has thought of everything. | |
18. v. (with bien, in politics, religion, moral) to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles | |
Bien penser. | |
19. v. (with adverb or adverbial expression) to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property | |
Penser finement, noblement, singulièrement, hardiment. - To think finely, nobly, in a singular way, boldly. | |
Penser avec justesse. - To think with accuracy. | |
Penser juste. - To think in the right way. | |
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 | |
ce |
1. det. this, that | |
2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) | |
C'est beau ! - It is beautiful! | |
est-ce que...? - is it that...? | |
ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of | |
C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but... | |
C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity... | |
3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that | |
C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity. | |
Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities. | |
Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people. | |
ce semble - it seems | |
ce peuvent être... - these may be... | |
phénomène |
1. n-m. phenomenon | |
2. n-m. (figuratively, of a person) one of a kind | |