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pierre
1. n-f. stone (substance)
2. n-f. stone (rock, a pebble)
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
touche
1. n-f. touch
2. n-f. key (on keyboard), button
3. n-f. fingerboard
4. n-f. (sports) touch
5. v. first-person singular present of toucher
6. v. third-person singular present of toucher
7. v. second-person singular imperative of toucher
toucher
1. n-m. the act of touching (see below)
2. n-m. a way of touching
3. n-m. the sense of touch, tactility
4. v. to touch (physically)
Ne me touche pas! - Don't touch me!
5. v. to affect
La maladie touche actuellement 2 millions de personnes. - The disease currently affects 2 million people.
6. v. To try, to try out
Je n'ai jamais touché au tabac. - I've never tried tobacco.
7. v. Short for toucher sa bille. To be skillful
Ce mec est un ancien critique d'art. Je peux te dire qu'il touche en peinture! - This guy is a former art critic. Believe me, he knows a thing or two about painting!
8. v. to receive, to get
pierre de touche
1. n-f. touchstone
Pierre
1. Proper noun. Peter (biblical character)
2. Proper noun. (given name, male) traditionally popular in France
3. Proper noun. surname, from=patronymics
4. n-f. stone (substance)
5. n-f. stone (rock, a pebble)
en
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
Il est allé en France. - He went to France.
3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus - go by bus
partir en voiture - leave by car
4. prep. as
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire - good at history
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
en 1993 - in 1993
en janvier - in January
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
10. prep. in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse - in distress
12. prep. in (as part of something)
en équipe - on a team
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
jaspe
1. n-m. jasper (precious stone)
jasper
1. v. apply different colors of paint flowing together in order to make it look like jasper stone
Jasper la tranche d’un livre.
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.
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.
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.
sert
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of servir
Il me sert maintenant! - He serves me now!
servir
1. v. to serve (to help in a shop; to bring a meal to someone)
Je suis allée en France avec ma mère l'année dernière et le serveur nous a servi des escargots! - I went to France last year with my mother and the waiter served us escargots!
On vous a servie, madame? - Have you been helped, madam?
2. v. to be used for
3. v. (indtr, à) to be useful for someone, to be of use, come in handy
4. v. (sports) to serve (start a point with service)
5. v. (sports) to set up (pass to, in order to give a scoring chance)
6. v. to help oneself, to serve oneself
7. v. (indtr, .reflexive) to use, make use of
pour
1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
2. prep. for (in support of)
Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him?
3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes.
4. prep. for (an intended destination)
Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London.
5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
6. prep. for, to (according to)
Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic.
distinguer
1. v. to distinguish
Il n'existe pas de critère strictement linguistique permettant de distinguer une langue d'un dialecte. - There is no strictly linguistic criterion capable of distinguishing a language from a di
2. v. to be distinguished
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
or
1. n-m. gold
2. n-m. (tincture) or (yellow in heraldry)
3. adv. (obsolete) now, presently
4. conj. yet, however, now, that said ((introduces the second term in a syllogism))
du
1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the)
« Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.".
2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...)
3. art. Forms the partitive article.
Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread.
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
le
1. art. the (definite article)
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
4. art. (before units) a, an
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
5. 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.
6. 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
cuivre
1. n-m. copper
2. n-m. (music) brass
3. n-m. (arts) copperplate
4. v. first-person singular present of cuivrer
5. v. third-person singular present of cuivrer
6. v. second-person singular imperative of cuivrer
cuivrer
1. v. to coat with copper

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