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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.
dont
1. pron. of/from whom/which, whose
Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ? - Do you remember that of which we spoke?
Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain. - There is nothing of which I am still certain.
Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ? - What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours. - I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable. - The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.
Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers. - The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of
Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste. - These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.
Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. - Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.
2. pron. (sometimes) by which
Le coup dont il fut frappé. - The blow by which he was struck.
3. pron. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles. - He had ten children, nine of them girls.
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
métier
1. n-m. job, profession, trade
2. n-m. skill
3. n-m. (textile arts) machine, device, loom
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
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
couper
1. v. to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever
2. v. to cut, to clip, to trim
J'ai besoin de me faire couper les cheveux. - I need to get my hair cut.
3. v. to cut off, to keep out
4. v. to dilute (with water)
5. v. to crack
et
1. conj. and
coiffer
1. v. to cover the head
2. v. to give a haircut; to do the hair of
3. v. to do one's own hair
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
cheveux
1. n. plural of cheveu
cheveu
1. n-m. a headhair
et
1. conj. and
éventuellement
1. adv. possibly, maybe, perhaps; if you want
2. adv. (Quebec) eventually
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'
Barbe
1. Proper noun. (given name, female), equivalent to English Barbara as a saint's name. Usual given name form: Barbara
2. n-f. beard
Il a une barbe bien fournie. (He has a luxurious beard.)
Je vais peut-être me laisser pousser la barbe. (Maybe I'll let my beard grow.)
Certaines personnes mettent plusieurs années avant d'obtenir une barbe dure, d'autres n'y parvenant jamais. (Some people take several years before obtaining a strong beard, others never succeed
3. n-f. longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals
La barbe d'une chèvre, d'un bouc. - The beard of a goat, of a billygoat.
4. n-f. barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish)
Les barbes du brochet. - The barbels of the pike.
5. n-f. barb (feather)
Le duvet est constitué de petites plumes légères dont les barbes ne sont pas enchevêtrées. - The duvet is made of small, light feathers whose barbs are not tangled.
6. n-f. (botany) barb (hair or bristle)
7. n-f. (colloquial) a boring thing, a drag
Quelle barbe ! - What a bore!
8. adj. (horse) Barbary
un cheval barbe.
9. n-m. Barbary horse
Les barbes d'Abaco sont une toute petite population de chevaux barbes espagnols sauvages sur l'île d'Abaco.
10. v. first-person singular present of barber
11. v. third-person singular present of barber
12. v. second-person singular imperative of barber
barber
1. v. (informal) to bore someone
la barbe
1. n-f. (slang) Something that is very boring
C'est la barbe. - This is boring.

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