| règle |
| 1. n-f. rule, regulation | |
| 2. n-f. rule, period of ruling | |
| La règle du Roi Henry - King Henry's rule. | |
| 3. n-f. ruler (for measuring length) | |
| 4. n-f. (in plural) period, menstruation | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of régler | |
| 6. v. third-person singular present of régler | |
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative of régler | |
| régler |
| 1. v. to sort out, to settle (a problem, a bill) | |
| On va régler le problème tout de suite. - We will sort out that problem immediately. | |
| 2. v. to set, to adjust | |
| Régler le réveil pour 8 heures. - Set the alarm for 8 o'clock. | |
| 3. v. to regulate | |
| 4. v. to rule; to put lines on | |
| Régler le papier. | |
| 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. | |
| tracer |
| 1. v. to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out | |
| 2. v. to rule (a line) | |
| 3. v. (informal) to buck up, hurry up | |
| des |
| 1. art. plural of un | |
| 2. art. plural of une | |
| 3. art. plural of du | |
| 4. art. plural of de la | |
| 5. art. plural of de l' | |
| 6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some) | |
| 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 | |
| les |
| 1. art. plural of le: the | |
| 2. art. plural of la: the | |
| 3. pron. plural of le: them | |
| 4. pron. plural of la: them | |
| de l' |
| 1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article | |
| Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic? | |
| traits |
| 1. n. plural of trait | |
| trait |
| 1. n-m. line | |
| 2. n-m. trait | |
| 3. n-m. color of a mineral | |
| 4. n-m. (dated) the action of hauling or pulling (by an animal of burden) | |
| 5. n-m. (dated) straps or cords placed on an animal of burden and attached to the vehicle which the animal pulls | |
| 6. n-m. (obsolete) an action reflecting a favorable or adverse intention by one person toward another | |
| 7. n-m. a remarkable or influential historical event | |
| 8. n-m. a particular passage in a speech that is well-written; an excellent or appealing characteristic of a speech | |
| 9. n-m. a vibrant, brilliant, or innovative idea | |
| 10. n-m. (religion) verses sung in a Mass between the gradual and the gospel reading | |
| 11. n-m. connection or link between one thing and another | |
| 12. n-m. (geology) color of the dust produced by a mineral | |
| 13. n-m. (chess, checkers) the privilege of taking the first turn/move | |
| 14. n-m. (oriented-object programming) trait | |
| 15. v. third-person singular present indicative of traire | |
| 16. v. third-person singular past historic of traire | |
| 17. Participle. past participle of traire | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| mesure |
| 1. n-f. measure | |
| 2. n-f. measurement | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of mesurer | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of mesurer | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of mesurer | |
