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pilote
1. n-m. pilot (controller of aircraft)
Le pilote a réussi à quitter son avion juste avant le crash.
2. n-m. pilot (controller of vessel)
3. n-m. driver (computing)
4. n-m. pilot (miniature prototype)
5. n-m. pilot (sample episode of a television series)
6. v. first-person singular present of piloter
7. v. third-person singular present of piloter
8. v. second-person singular imperative of piloter
piloter
1. v. to pilot (control an aircraft)
2. v. to pilot (control a vessel)
3. v. to drive (control a vehicle)
pionnier
1. n-m. (military) pioneer, soldier employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances
2. n-m. pioneer, one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow
Originalité d'un métier où l'on s'établit où l'on veut, comme on veut, dans la solitude, avec la liberté du pionnier américain.
3. n-m. precursor
Les pionniers de la civilisation.
4. n-m. (communism) pioneer, child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party
Ce même camp d'Artek, paradis pour enfants modèles (...) ce qui fait que je lui préfère de beaucoup d'autres camps de pionniers, plus modestes.
5. adj. pioneering, avant-garde
un esprit pionnier.
The Shadows est un groupe pionnier du rock britannique.
6. adj. first to colonize
La végétation pionnière est le premier type de végétation colonisant un milieu.
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
test
1. n-m. test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement
2. n-m. (marine biology) test, the external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm
3. n-m. a test, a tryout, a review

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