| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
| Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
| Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
| La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
| Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
| J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
| Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
| Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
| Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
| 3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
| Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
| tente |
| 1. n-f. tent | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of tenter | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present of tenter | |
| first and tenter |
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| tenter |
| 1. v. (with de for verbs) to attempt | |
| L'ennemi tenta une attaque frontale. - The enemy attempted a frontal attack. | |
| Le sultan tentait de se présenter comme un musulman pieux. - The sultan attempted to present himself as a pious Muslim. | |
| 2. v. to tempt | |
| Le serpent tenta Ève. - The serpent tempted Eve. | |
| 3. v. to be desirable or interesting to; to be something one feels like doing | |
| Ça te tente de prendre une bière? - Do you feel like having a beer? | |
| J'ai tellement de devoirs à faire mais ça ne me tente pas. - I have so much homework to do, but I don't feel like it. | |
| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
| Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
| Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
| La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
| Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
| J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
| Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
| Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
| Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
| 3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
| Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
| cause |
| 1. n-f. cause | |
| 2. n-f. (law) case (a legal proceeding) | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of causer | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of causer | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of causer | |
| causer |
| 1. v. to cause (be the cause of) | |
| 2. v. (informal, transitive) to speak (a language) | |
| Tu causes le céfran, mec ? - You speak frog, dude? | |
| 3. v. (informal, intransitive) to speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about | |
| De quoi il cause ? - What's he banging on about? | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| envie |
| 1. n-f. desire, lust, urge | |
| 2. n-f. appetite, craving | |
| 3. n-f. envy | |
| 4. n-f. birthmark | |
| 5. n-f. hangnail | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present of envier | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present of envier | |
| 8. v. second-person singular imperative of envier | |
| envier |
| 1. v. to envy | |
| 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) | |
| désir |
| 1. n-m. desire | |
