point |
1. n-m. point (small mark) | |
2. n-m. (sports) point | |
3. n-m. full stop, period (punctuation mark) | |
4. n-m. (knitting) stitch pattern | |
5. n-m. dot (Morse code symbol) | |
6. adv. (literary, dialectal, usually with "ne") not | |
Ne craignez point - Fear not | |
7. Participle. past participle of poindre | |
8. v. third-person singular present indicative of poindre | |
poindre |
1. v. to prick, sting | |
2. v. to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.) | |
3. v. to come up (of a plant), peep through | |
4. v. to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn) | |
5. v. to appear, spring up | |
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 | |
vue |
1. Participle. feminine singular of vu | |
2. n-f. sight (something seen) | |
3. n-f. sight, eyesight, vision | |
4. n-f. view | |
Je souhaiterais une chambre avec vue sur la mer. - I would hope for a room with a sea view. | |
5. n-f. (internet) view (an individual viewing of a video by a user) | |
(synonyms, visionnement, q1=Canada) | |
Cette vidéo a atteint les 1 000 000 vues sur YouTube. - That YouTube video has 1,000,000 views. | |
point de vue |
1. n-m. point of view | |
D'un point de vue financier, cette proposition était tout à fait acceptable. - From a financial point of view, this proposition was entirely acceptable. | |
avis |
1. n-m. opinion | |
2. n-m. piece of advice | |
3. n-m. notice | |
opinion |
1. n-f. opinion (thought, estimation) | |