quel |
1. det. which | |
Quel mec a volé mon pantalon? - Which guy stole my pants? | |
Des psychologues ont essayé d'analyser quels traits physiques étaient considérés comme attirants. - Psychologists have tried to analyse which physical traits are considered attractive | |
2. det. (exclamative) what | |
Quelle catastrophe! - What a catastrophe! | |
3. pron. (interrogative) what | |
Quel est son nom? - What is his name? | |
est |
1. adj. east | |
2. n-m. east | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être | |
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 | |
ton |
1. det. (possessive) your | |
Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre ? - Did you remember to bring your book? | |
Ton écriture est jolie. - Your writing is pretty. | |
J'aime beaucoup ton manteau. - I really like your coat. | |
2. n-m. tone (sound of a particular frequency) | |
3. n-m. (music) tone (interval) | |
Il y a un ton entre do et ré - Doh and ray are separated by one tone. | |
4. n-m. tone (manner of speaking) | |
Je n'aime pas le ton sur lequel tu me parles! - I don’t like your tone! (I don’t like the way you are talking to me!) | |
5. n-m. tone, shade (of colour) | |
Différents tons de rouge. - Several shades of red. | |
jeu |
1. n-m. game (activity performed for amusement) | |
2. n-m. play (in a theatre/theater) | |
3. n-m. set (of objects that belong together) | |
4. n-m. manner of handling a gun | |
5. n-m. play (mechanics: a space between two adjacent parts to allow free movement) | |
6. n-m. a pipe organ stop | |
7. n-m. a hand of playing cards | |
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 | |
plateau |
1. n-m. flat area | |
2. n-m. tray | |
3. n-m. (geography) plateau | |
4. n-m. stage (in theatre); set (of television broadcast) | |
5. n-m. (cycling) chainring | |
préféré |
1. adj. favourite | |
2. Participle. past participle of préférer | |
préférer |
1. v. to prefer | |