| 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. | |
| groupe |
| 1. n-m. group | |
| grouper |
| 1. v. to group (to put together to form a group) | |
| 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 | |
| personnes |
| 1. n. plural of personne | |
| 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. | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| sentiment |
| 1. n-m. a sentiment, general thought, sense or feeling | |
| 2. n-m. an opinion | |
| intérieur |
| 1. adj. interior | |
| 2. n-m. interior, inside | |
| à l'intérieur - inside | |
| contre |
| 1. prep. against (in physical contact with) | |
| La paille est contre la maison - the straw is against the house | |
| Elle s'appuie contre le mur. - She's pushing against the wall. | |
| 2. prep. against (not in favor of) | |
| Les citoyens sont pour, mais les hommes politiques sont contre. - The citizens are for, but the politicians are against. | |
| 3. prep. against (having as an opponent) | |
| Ce soir: Lille contre Marseille en direct. - Tonight: Lille against Marseille live. | |
| 4. prep. as against (as opposed to, compared to, in contrast with) | |
| 10% des hommes ont eu plus de cent partenaires sexuels, contre 5% seulement des femmes. - 10 percent of all men have had more than a hundred sexual partners, as opposed to 5 percent of all wome | |
| 5. prep. in exchange for | |
| On peut échanger ces billets contre un repas gratuit. - These tickets can be exchanged for a free meal. | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present of contrer | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present of contrer | |
| 8. v. second-person singular imperative of contrer | |
| 9. n-m. (bridge) double | |
| 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. | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| contre |
| 1. prep. against (in physical contact with) | |
| La paille est contre la maison - the straw is against the house | |
| Elle s'appuie contre le mur. - She's pushing against the wall. | |
| 2. prep. against (not in favor of) | |
| Les citoyens sont pour, mais les hommes politiques sont contre. - The citizens are for, but the politicians are against. | |
| 3. prep. against (having as an opponent) | |
| Ce soir: Lille contre Marseille en direct. - Tonight: Lille against Marseille live. | |
| 4. prep. as against (as opposed to, compared to, in contrast with) | |
| 10% des hommes ont eu plus de cent partenaires sexuels, contre 5% seulement des femmes. - 10 percent of all men have had more than a hundred sexual partners, as opposed to 5 percent of all wome | |
| 5. prep. in exchange for | |
| On peut échanger ces billets contre un repas gratuit. - These tickets can be exchanged for a free meal. | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present of contrer | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present of contrer | |
| 8. v. second-person singular imperative of contrer | |
| 9. n-m. (bridge) double | |
| quoi |
| 1. pron. (interrogative, ;, for things) what | |
| 2. pron. (after a preposition) | |
| De quoi parle-t-il ? - What is he talking about? | |
| À quoi penses-tu ? - What are you thinking about? | |
| À quoi cela sert-il ? - What is this used for? | |
| Avec quoi cela se mange-t-il ? - What is this supposed to be eaten with? | |
| En vue de quoi fais-tu cela ? - What are you doing this for? | |
| 3. pron. (attributive, or direct object, ;, colloquial) | |
| C'est quoi ? (attributive) - What is this/that? (noncolloquial French: qu') (noncolloquial French: qu') | |
| Il dit quoi ? (direct object) - What does he say? (noncolloquial French: que) (noncolloquial French: que) | |
| 4. pron. (relative, ;, for things) what, (that) which | |
| 5. pron. (direct object) | |
| Je sais quoi faire. - I know what to do. | |
| Je ne sais pas quoi faire. - I don't know what to do. (more formal French: Je ne sais que faire.) (more formal French: Je ne sais que f | |
| 6. pron. (after a preposition) | |
| Laisse-moi te montrer ce sur quoi je travaille en ce moment. - ...that on which I am working... | |
| Et voilà à quoi nous avons passé notre temps. - And that's what we've spent our time on. | |
| Ils ont perdu beaucoup d'argent, en conséquence de quoi ils ont dû fermer le magasin. - They've lost a lot of money, in consequence of which they | |
| 7. pron. after de and before an infinitive verb | |
| 8. pron. enough (of something specific) | |
| Il y avait de quoi remplir trois boîtes. - There was enough to fill three boxes. | |
| 9. pron. nothing | |
| Il n'y a pas de quoi en faire tout un plat ! - There's nothing to make a big thing out of! | |
| Merci !—Il n'y a pas de quoi me remercier. - There is nothing to thank me for. | |
| 10. pron. (before a subjunctive verb) whatever | |
| 11. pron. (direct object) | |
| Quoi que je fasse, rien ne changera. - Whatever I may do, nothing will change. | |
| 12. pron. (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Quoi qu'il arrive, je serai là. - Whatever may happen, I will be there. | |
| 13. adv. (colloquial) you know, like, y'know | |
| Alors, ce mec m'a dit de te donner son porte-monnaie, quoi. - So, this guy, like, told me to give you his wallet. | |
| 14. Phrase. what? say again? | |
| Le |
| 1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
| 2. art. the (definite article) | |
| Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
| 3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
| L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
| 4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
| Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
| 5. art. (before units) a, an | |
| Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
| 6. 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. | |
| 7. 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 | |
| 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. | |
| combat |
| 1. n-m. combat (hostile interaction) | |
| 2. n-m. (figuratively) combat (contest; competition) | |
| 3. n-m. (in the plural) battle; military combat | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present indicative of combattre | |
| combattre |
| 1. v. to fight, to combat (against) | |
| 2. v. to oppose, to struggle | |
