quand |
1. conj. when | |
Appelez-moi quand vous arriverez chez vous - Call me when you get home | |
2. adv. when | |
Quand est-il mort ? - When did he die? | |
Je ne sais pas quand est-ce qu'il est mort. - I don't know when it was that he died. | |
Quand est-ce que vous voulez partir ? - When do you want to leave? | |
elle |
1. pron. she | |
Je crois qu'elle est partie. - I think she left. | |
2. pron. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun) | |
Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans. - That's my car. It is five years old. | |
3. pron. disjunctive form of elle; her; Ã elle = hers | |
C’est à elle. - It's hers. | |
sera |
1. v. third-person singular future indicative of être | |
serait |
1. v. third-person singular conditional of être | |
soit |
1. conj. or, meaning, that is to say | |
2. conj. either ... or | |
Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien. - He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog. | |
Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies agains, be that playing | |
3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of être | |
4. v. (math) let be | |
Soit f une fonction linéaire. - Let f be a linear function. | |
5. interj. OK; granted; so be it | |
eut |
1. v. third-person singular past historic 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, Ã ) to have (to), must +preo, Ã , infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
séché |
1. Participle. past participle of sécher | |
sécher |
1. v. to dry | |
2. v. (informal) to play truant | |
3. v. to dry up, to run out of things to say | |
4. v. to fail | |
ses |
1. det. his, her, its, their, one's (when referring to a plural noun) | |
Alicia dîne chez ses parents. - Alicia is having dinner at her parents' house. | |
Thomas a perdu ses clés. - Thomas has lost his keys. | |
Tout le monde doit apporter ses documents. - Everyone needs to bring their documents. | |
larmes |
1. n. plural of larme | |
larme |
1. n-f. tear; teardrop | |
2. n-f. drop (small amount of a beverage) | |
et |
1. conj. and | |
ravalé |
1. Participle. past participle of ravaler | |
sa |
1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's | |
Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house. | |
Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card. | |
Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white. | |
morve |
1. n-f. snot (mucus) | |
2. n-f. glanders | |
3. v. first-person singular present of morver | |
4. v. third-person singular present of morver | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of morver | |
morver |
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langer |
1. v. to diaper (to put diapers on someone) | |
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) | |
temps |
1. n-m. time (in general) | |
je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça - I haven't got (the) time to do that | |
il faut encore du temps - I need more time | |
Il est temps de commencer. - it's time to commence | |
2. n-m. weather | |
le temps n'est pas bon ici - the weather is no good here | |
quel temps fait-il ? - how's the weather? | |
3. n-m. (grammar) tense | |
un temps composé - a compound tense | |
un temps simple - a simple tense | |
changez le temps du verbe - change the tense of the verb | |
silencieux |
1. adj. silent (without sound) | |
Sois silencieux. / Sois silencieuse. / Soyez silencieux. / Soyez silencieuses. - Be quiet. | |
2. adj. quiet (not speaking) | |
3. adj. quiet (with little sound) | |
4. n-m. silencer, suppressor (for a gun) | |
5. n-m. muffler | |
6. n-m. (Canada) syn of pot d'échappement, , exhaust pipe | |
éructa |
1. v. third-person singular past historic of éructer | |
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 | |
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) | |
tonitruant |
1. Participle. present participle of tonitruer | |
2. adj. thundering; raucous | |
tonitruer |
1. v. to thunder, crack (make a sound like thunder) | |
2. v. to thunder (scream loudly and harshly) | |
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tu |
1. pron. you (singular); thou | |
2. Participle. past participle of taire | |
3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker) | |
C'est-tu possible ? - Is it possible? | |
taire |
1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence | |
Faites taire vos enfants ! - Shut your children up! | |
2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking | |
Tais-toi! - Be quiet!/Shut up! | |
3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say | |
Je l'ai entendu de quelqu'un dont je préfère taire le nom. - I heard it from someone whose name I'd rather keep to myself. | |
Me |
1. n. Abbreviation of Maître/Maitre(, a title given to lawyers and notaries public.) | |
2. pron. (direct object) me | |
Est-ce que tu me vois ? - Do you see me? | |
3. pron. (indirect object) to me | |
Émilien me donne un peu d'argent. - Émilien gave some money to me. | |
as |
1. n-m. ace (card of value 1) | |
2. n-m. ace (expert or pilot) | |
3. n-m. as (Roman coin) | |
4. v. second-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
Tu as un chien. - You have a dog. | |
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, Ã ) to have (to), must +preo, Ã , infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
cru |
1. adj. raw (uncooked, unprocessed) | |
2. Participle. past participle of croire | |
3. n-m. growth | |
4. n-m. vineyard; vintage | |
croire |
1. v. to believe (someone) | |
Il jure qu'il dit la vérité. Je ne le crois pas. - He swears that he's telling the truth. I do not believe him. | |
Je crois que c'est vrai. - I believe that it is true. | |
2. v. to believe, to accept as true (+preo, Ã , something) | |
Croire à quelque chose - To believe in something. | |
Les français croient à l'amour. - The French believe in love. | |
Croyez-vous à l'existence de Dieu? - Do you believe (in) the existence of God? | |
Nous croyons à la venue du messie. - We believe in the coming of the Messiah. | |
3. v. to believe, to have faith + en (object) = in | |
croire en quelqu'un, en quelque chose - I have faith in someone, ...in something. | |
Oui, je crois en Dieu. - Yes, I believe in God. | |
Je crois en toi. - I have faith in you. | |
Il ne croit qu'en soi. - He only believes in himself. | |
4. v. to think of oneself as, to consider oneself as | |
Il se croit parfait. - He thinks he's perfect. | |
hé |
1. interj. (familiar) (Used to call someone); hey | |
2. interj. (colloquial) (Used to express surprise); eh | |
3. interj. (Canada) (Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener confirm or agree with what has been said.) | |
Tu es Canadien, hé? - You're Canadian, eh? | |
4. n-m. (Belgium) a wooded slope | |
banane |
1. n-f. banana (the fruit) | |
2. n-f. (slang) chopper, copter, whirlybird (a two-rotor helicopter) | |
3. n-f. bum bag (UK, Australia), fanny pack (US, Canada), moon bag (South Africa) | |
4. n-f. pompadour, quiff (hairstyle) | |
5. n-f. (slang) idiot, fool | |