| porter |
| 1. v. to carry | |
| 2. v. to support, to bear | |
| 3. v. to wear | |
| 4. v. (indtr, sur) to be about, to concern | |
| Sur quoi portait la question ? - What was the question concerning? | |
| 5. v. to feel, to carry one's self | |
| Je me porte mieux. - I am feeling better. | |
| Il se porte bien. - He's in good health. | |
| 6. n-m. porter (beer) | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| vêtement |
| 1. n-m. garment, item of clothing | |
| 2. n-m. (in plural vêtements) clothes, clothing | |
| 3. n-m. (heraldry) a set of four triangles covering the corners of the shield, leaving a lozenge of the field (the edges of which reach the edges of the shield) in the middle (compare vêtu) | |
| 4. n-m. , translation=SCHWERIN Gules vêtu argent. (..., The cape or chapé is a vestment of two right-angled triangles, formed by the sides of the escutcheon and by two lines leading to the top center of each | |
| beaucoup |
| 1. adv. much, very much, a lot | |
| Merci beaucoup! - Thank you very much! | |
| Je mange beaucoup. - I eat a lot. | |
| trop |
| 1. adv. too; too much | |
| La soupe est trop chaude. - The soup is too hot. | |
| J'ai trop mangé. - I have eaten too much. | |
| 2. adv. (colloquial intensifier) very, really, so | |
| Elle est trop belle ! - She is so beautiful! | |
| ample |
| 1. adj. plentiful, abundant, copious, profuse, ample | |
| 2. adj. (of clothes) loose, baggy | |
| 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 | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| taille |
| 1. n-f. the act of cutting, pruning, trimming | |
| 2. n-f. size | |
| 3. n-f. waist | |
| 4. n-f. , translation=The last type is the "hobby horse", a term which Ethnologue reserves for a disguise for a person, made as follows: the body of the person is surrounded at the waist by a cloth — the skir | |
| 5. n-f. waistline | |
| 6. n-f. a direct tax levied during the Ancien Régime; tallage | |
| tailler |
| 1. v. (of a suit, garment etc.) to cut | |
| 2. v. to sharpen | |
| 3. v. (informal) to do one, to clear off | |
| beaucoup |
| 1. adv. much, very much, a lot | |
| Merci beaucoup! - Thank you very much! | |
| Je mange beaucoup. - I eat a lot. | |
| trop |
| 1. adv. too; too much | |
| La soupe est trop chaude. - The soup is too hot. | |
| J'ai trop mangé. - I have eaten too much. | |
| 2. adv. (colloquial intensifier) very, really, so | |
| Elle est trop belle ! - She is so beautiful! | |
| grande |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of grand | |
| grand |
| 1. adj. big, great, grand | |
| 2. adj. tall | |
| Il est grand comment ? - How tall is he ? | |
| 3. adj. grown up, big | |
| Quand je serai grande, je veux être astronaute. - When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut. | |
| Il l'a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. - He did it all on his own like a big boy. | |
| 4. adj. (usually capitalized) great, an honorific title | |
| Alexandre le Grand - Alexander the Great | |
| 5. adj. great; big fat; an intensifier | |
| un grand tricheur - a big fat cheater | |
| 6. adj. extensive, large | |
| 7. n-m. grown-up | |
| 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. | |
| soi |
| 1. pron. (rare) nominative pronoun reinforcing indefinite or very generalized subject; one | |
| 2. pron. (more commonly) Designating or reinforcing a reflexive (direct) object or the regime of a preposition | |
| (parasyn, soi-même) | |
| Pourquoi ne pense-t-on qu'à soi ? | |
| 3. pron. (chiefly) oneself | |
| 4. pron. (Occasionally representing other pronouns, e.g. ourselves, or translated according to the referenced indefinite subject) | |
| 5. pron. (dated) himself, herself, itself | |
