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petite
     1. adj. feminine singular of petit
     petit
          1. adj. small
                un petit verre de vin - a small glass of wine
          2. adj. little
                un petit garçon - a little boy
          3. adj. petty
                Certaines personnes sont vraiment petites à propos des plus petites choses. - Some people are really petty about the smallest things.
          4. n-m. small one (anything that is small)
          5. n-m. little one (anything that is little)
          6. n-m. little one; child (of humans or other animals)
          7. n-m. the young (of a species)
                Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau".
élévation
     1. n-f. elevation (height above something)
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
terrain
     1. n-m. ground, landscape
     2. n-m. field (as in soccer field)
           Un nouveau terrain de football a été aménagé l'an dernier. - A new soccer field was build last year.
     3. n-m. lot, plot, parcel
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.
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
pentes
     1. n. plural of pente
     pente
          1. n-f. slope
          2. n-f. (figurative) inclination, tendency
sont
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être
           Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they?
     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
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
et
     1. conj. and
arrondies
     1. adj. feminine plural of arrondi
     arrondi
          1. Participle. past participle of arrondir
          2. adj. rounded (made circular or spherical)
          3. adj. (mathematics, of a number) rounded (approximated to its nearest round value)
          4. adj. (phonetics, phonology) rounded (pronounced with lips drawn together)
          5. n-m. round part, rounded portion (of an object)
          6. n-m. (engineering, architecture) fillet (rounded relief or cut at an edge)
          7. n-m. (aviation) flare (transition from downward flight to level flight)
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