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rose
1. n-f. rose (flower)
2. n-f. rose window
3. n-f. (heraldry) rose
4. n-m. pink
5. adj. pink
6. adj. (humorous) pink, left-wing
7. adj. (colloquial) erotic, blue
8. adj. (in phrases) rosy, rose-tinted
simple
1. adj. number box, 1
2. adj. single (multiplier)
comptabilité en partie simple et double - single-entry and double-entry bookkeping
passer du simple au double, du simple au triple... - to double, triple...
3. adj. simple
Un homme simple - A simple man
4. adj. one-way
Un billet simple - A one-way ticket
5. adj. mere
Un simple soldat - A mere soldier
6. n-m. one-way ticket
7. n-m. (baseball) single
sauvage
1. adj. wild, untamed, not domesticated
2. adj. coarse, unrefined
3. adj. uncontained, anarchic
la publicité sauvage - unregulated/unrestrained/excessive advertising
4. adj. (of a person) living in an eccentric, isolated way, not interested in social contact or appealing to others
5. adj. (especially, Canada, obsolete, offensive) Louisiana French, offensive Amerindian
6. n-m. (especially, Canada, obsolete, offensive, Louisiana) Amerindian
7. n-m. (Louisiana) an Amerindian language
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
églantier
1. n-m. (botany) wild rosebush
double
1. adj. number box, 2
2. adj. double (all senses), two
Il s'agit d'une phrase à double sens. - It is a phrase of two sentences.
3. adj. (music) sixteenth note
une double croche - a sixteenth note
4. n-m. double (twice the number, amount, etc.)
Je n'en avais pas assez, alors j'en acheté le double.
5. n-m. duplicate (an identical copy)
Faire un double de ses clés.
6. n-m. (baseball) double
7. v. first-person singular present of doubler
8. v. third-person singular present of doubler
9. v. second-person singular imperative of doubler
doubler
1. v. to double, duplicate
A cet instant précis, il a décidé de doubler la mise.
2. v. to double-cross
Nous avons été doublé ce coup-ci.
3. v. to overtake, pass
Sur l'autoroute, nous avons eu l'occasion de doubler de nombreux véhicules.
4. v. (sound engineering) to dub
Daniel Beretta qui double Arnold Schwarzenegger en français depuis 1987 a également prêté sa voix à l'agent Sam Fisher.
5. v. (Belgium) to repeat a school year
6. v. to line (a coat)
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?
quatre
1. num. four
saisons
1. n. plural of saison
saison
1. n-f. season (one of the four parts of the year in temperate regions: winter, spring, summer and autumn)
2. n-f. season (a certain time of the year, when something in particular happens)
La saison de ski - The skiing season
La saison des fraises - Strawberry season
3. n-f. (sports) season (the time of the year when teams compete)
du
1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the)
« Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ». - "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "avoir.".
2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...)
3. art. Forms the partitive article.
Il mange du pain. - He eats bread. / He eats some bread.
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
le
1. art. the (definite article)
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
4. art. (before units) a, an
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
5. 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.
6. 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
Bengale
1. Proper noun. Bengal
panachée
1. adj. feminine singular of panaché
panaché
1. n-m. shandy (mix of beer and lemonade)
Un panaché bien frais, quel bonheur !
2. n-m. mixture
3. Participle. past participle of panacher
4. adj. mixed, variegated
veloutée
1. adj. feminine singular of velouté
velouté
1. adj. velvety
2. adj. smooth
3. n-m. smoothness, softness
4. n-m. (cooking) a velouté
Blanche
1. Proper noun. given name, female
2. n-f. female equivalent of Blanc
3. adj. feminine singular of blanc
Cette page est blanche. (This page is blank/white.)
4. n-f. (music) minim, half note
blanc
1. adj. white color
Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.
2. adj. blank, unused
3. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression
4. n-m. white (color)
5. n-m. silence while in a dialog
6. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form
Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page.
7. n-m. (informal) white wine
Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine.
8. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion
9. n-m. albumen, egg white
10. n-m. white meat
11. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
jaune
1. adj. yellow
Le citron est un fruit jaune. (Lemon is a yellow fruit.)
2. n-m. yellow
3. n-m. yolk (of egg)
4. n-m. strikebreaker
thé
1. n-m. tea (especially made from leaves of the tea plant)
rouge
1. adj. red (of a red color)
Le sang est rouge. - Blood is red.
2. adj. red (left-wing, socialist)
L'armée rouge. - Red Army.
3. n-m. red
mousseuse
1. adj. feminine singular of mousseux
mousseux
1. adj. foamy; frothy
2. adj. (wine) sparkling
3. n-m. ellipsis of vin mousseux; sparkling wine
pompon
1. n-m. pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)
2. n-m. (figurative) culmination; climax; a very good or bad exemplar or end result
c’est le pompon ! - That takes the cake!
épanouie
1. Participle. feminine singular of épanoui
épanouir
1. v. to blossom; to bloom; to flower
2. v. to reveal its qualities
3. v. to thrive, flourish
lande
1. n-f. moor, heath

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