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remarque
1. n-f. remark (comment, something said)
2. v. first-person singular present of remarquer
3. v. third-person singular present of remarquer
4. v. second-person singular imperative of remarquer
remarquer
1. v. to observe
2. v. to point out, remark upon
3. v. to notice
4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to attract attention
5. v. (Louisiana French) to announce
accessoire
1. n-m. accessory
2. n-m. (theater) prop
3. adj. accessory (having a supplementary function)
formant
1. Participle. present participle of former
former
1. v. to form (generic sense)
2. v. to shape (to make into a certain shape)
3. v. to train; to educate
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)
sens
1. n-m. meaning, sense
le sens ultime de la vie - the ultimate meaning of life
Les mots ont un sens. - Words have meanings.
2. n-m. sense, sensation
3. n-m. sense, intelligence
bon sens - common sense
Je préfère fréquenter ceux qui manquent de bon sens.
4. n-m. direction of circulation
voie à sens unique
en tous sens, dans tous les sens
5. v. first-person singular present indicative of sentir
6. v. second-person singular present indicative of sentir
7. v. second-person singular imperative of sentir
sentir
1. v. to smell (to have a certain odor)
Ça sent bon. - It smells good.
2. v. to taste
3. v. to feel (physical perception)
4. v. to smell of, taste of
Ce repas sent l’ail. - This meal smells/tastes of garlic.
5. v. to smack of; to indicate, foreshadow
Ça sent la pluie. - It looks like rain.
6. v. to have the character, manner, feeling or appearance of; to give a feeling of
7. v. to feel, be aware of, be conscious of
8. v. to feel (in oneself)
9. v. to show, be felt (of effect, improvement etc.)
distinct
1. adj. distinct; discrete (separate, distinguished, different)
et
1. conj. and
séparé
1. Participle. past participle of séparer
séparer
1. v. to separate
2. v. to split up, to cause to come apart
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
celui
1. pron. the one
Le bon choix est celui que je vous ai indiqué. - The right choice is the one I have indicated to you.
Les états paranoïaques, tels que ceux de schizophrénie, peuvent sembler superficiellement similaires mais sont caractéristiquement différents. - Paranoid states, such as those of schizophrenia
Contrairement au modèle français, le Président du Conseil ne dispose pas de pouvoir formel, tel que celui de désigner ou renvoyer les autres, ou encore la capacité de dissoudre le Parlement. -
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
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'
de la
1. art. of the
2. art. some; the feminine partitive article
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam?
J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie.
phrase
1. n-f. sentence
phraser
1. v. to phrase
2. v. (music) to phrase
où
1. adv. where (interrogative)
Où est la gare? - Where is the station?
Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going?
Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live?
2. adv. where (relative pronoun)
3. adv. at that time; when
Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father.
4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where
Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go.
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; à 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
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
insérée
1. Participle. feminine singular of inséré
insérer
1. v. to insert

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