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plante
1. n-f. sole of the foot
2. n-f. plant
3. v. first-person singular present of planter
4. v. third-person singular present of planter
5. v. second-person singular imperative of planter
planter
1. v. to plant
2. v. to drive in (a nail, stake etc.)
3. v. to pitch (a tent)
4. v. to flake, leave someone behind, by not showing up (for a meeting, date)
5. v. (ambitransitive, computing) to crash
6. v. to fall off
7. v. to fail, to not succeed
8. v. to break down
9. v. to stab with a knife
herbacée
1. adj. feminine singular of herbacé
herbacé
1. adj. herbaceous
dioïque
1. adj. (organic chemistry) dioic
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
fibres
1. n. plural of fibre
fibre
1. n-f. fibre
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
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'
de la
1. art. of the
2. art. some; the feminine partitive article
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam?
J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie.
tige
1. n-f. (botany) stem (of a plant etc.)
2. n-f. sapling
3. n-f. shank
4. n-f. (dated) ciggie, cig, fag, smoke
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
utilisés
1. Participle. masculine plural of utilisé
utiliser
1. v. to use, to utilize
Si tu veux l'utiliser, demande d'abord - If you want to use it, ask first
dans
1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty
être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry
avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth
dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic
Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris.
Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water.
mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket
Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris.
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York.
3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time)
Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour.
Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days.
4. prep. (with respect to time) during
dans un temps donné - during a given time
dans ma jeunesse - in my youth
5. prep. out of, from
boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup
Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge.
6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of
le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre
7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les)
dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos
dans les dix euros - about ten euros
8. n. plural of dan
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'
conception
1. n-f. conception (of a child)
2. n-f. conception (beginning, start)
3. n-f. ability to understand
4. n-f. viewpoint; angle
5. n-f. concept, idea
textile
1. adj. able to be made into textiles; fibrous (datedef, from 1752)
2. adj. (relational) textile datedef, from 1864
3. n-m. textile, fabric (datedef, from 1872)
4. n-m. (naturism) textile, non-nudist
et
1. conj. and
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
inflorescences
ont
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of avoir
avoir
1. n-m. asset, possession
2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
4. v. to have (a condition)
J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
J'ai froid. - I have cold.
J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
5. v. to have (a measure or age)
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
6. v. to have (to trick)
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
des
1. art. plural of un
2. art. plural of une
3. art. plural of du
4. art. plural of de la
5. art. plural of de l'
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
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
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
de l'
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
propriétés
1. n. plural of propriété
propriété
1. n-f. property (something owned)
propriété privée - private property
2. n-f. property, attribute
psychoactives
1. adj. feminine plural of psychoactif
psychoactif
1. adj. psychoactive

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