rêve |
1. n-m. dream | |
2. n-m. , Tu peux cracher même rire et tu le dois à ton étoile, à Marcos, à la joie, à la beauté des rêves, à la mélancolie, à l'espoir qui nous tient (...) | |
3. n-m. , You can even spit out a laugh and you owe it to your star, to Marcos, to joy, to the beauty of dreams, to sadness, to the hope that we hold (...) | |
4. v. first-person singular present of rêver | |
5. v. third-person singular present of rêver | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of rêver | |
rêver |
1. v. to dream | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
dernière |
1. adj. feminine singular of dernier | |
dernier |
1. adj. last | |
Il est parti le mois dernier. - He left last month. | |
Je n'ai parlé qu'une fois avec elle depuis l'année dernière. - I haven't spoken with her a single time since last year. | |
2. adj. latest (most recent) | |
J'espère que les dernières mises à jour vont nous permettre d'achever le projet à temps. I hope that the latest updates allow us to complete the project on time. I hope that the latest updates | |
3. adj. latter | |
fois |
1. n-f. time (an instance or repetition of something happening) | |
J'y vais deux fois par mois. - I go there twice a month. | |
Je lui ai parlé pour la première fois il y a des années. - I talked to him for the first time a few years ago. | |
2. n-f. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by | |
3. n. plural of foi | |
foi |
1. n-f. faith | |
2. n-f. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake | |
que |
1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
3. conj. when, no sooner | |
Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
je |
1. pron. I | |
te |
1. pron. (direct object) you | |
Il te cite souvent. - He often quotes you. | |
2. pron. (indirect object) you | |
Il te donne le livre. - He gives you the book. | |
3. pron. yourself | |
Tu te souviens d'elle. - You remind yourself of her. | |
Le |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
2. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
5. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
ai |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
J'ai un chien. - I 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, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
prêté |
1. Participle. past participle of prêter | |
prêter |
1. v. (indtr, à, ditr=1) to lend | |
J'ai prêté ma télévision à Paul. - I lent my television to Paul. | |
2. v. (indtr, à, ditr=1) to attribute | |
Elle lui prête des qualités qu'il n'a pas. - She attributes qualities to him that he lacks. | |
3. v. (indtr, à, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to lend itself to | |
4. v. (indtr, à, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to go along with | |
Il ne voulait pas se prêter à leurs manœuvres. - He didn't want to go along (or have anything to do) with their schemes. | |
5. v. (Louisiana French) to borrow | |
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. | |
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, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
failli |
1. Participle. past participle of faillir | |
2. n-m. (law) bankrupt; insolvent. | |
3. adj. (law) bankrupt; insolvent. | |
faillir |
1. v. to almost do something | |
J'ai failli aller en Allemagne, mais j'ai annulé au dernier moment - I almost went to Germany, but cancelled at the last minute | |
2. v. to fail | |
Tu as failli à ta mission. - You failed your mission. | |
3. v. to go bankrupt | |
Le |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
2. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
5. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
péter |
1. v. (vulgar) to blow off, fart | |
2. v. (slang) to break | |
3. v. (slang) to explode | |