saluer |
1. v. to greet | |
2. v. to wave to (as a greeting) | |
3. v. to say goodbye to | |
4. v. (military, nautical) to salute | |
5. v. to salute, pay tribute to; to hail | |
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) | |
vaincu |
1. Participle. past participle of vaincre | |
2. n-m. loser (defeated party) | |
vaincre |
1. v. to defeat, vanquish | |
s'avouer vaincu - to admit defeat; to give up | |
2. v. to win | |
c'est |
1. contraction. it is (used to define the preceding word) | |
Le temps, c'est de l'argent. - Time is money. | |
2. contraction. it is (used to introduce a focus) | |
3. contraction. this is | |
ce |
1. det. this, that | |
2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) | |
C'est beau ! - It is beautiful! | |
est-ce que...? - is it that...? | |
ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of | |
C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but... | |
C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity... | |
3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that | |
C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity. | |
Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities. | |
Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people. | |
ce semble - it seems | |
ce peuvent être... - these may be... | |
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 | |
déjà |
1. adv. already | |
Je suis arrivé en retard à la gare et le train était déjà parti. - I got to the station late and the train had already left. | |
2. adv. before | |
As-tu déjà visité la Suisse? - Have you visited Switzerland before? | |
Il y a fort longtemps déjà, par un bel après-midi... - A long long time ago on a beautiful afternoon... | |
3. adv. again (following a question) | |
Quel est son nom déjà? - What's his name again? | |
4. adv. for a start | |
quelque |
1. det. some (singular) | |
chose |
1. n-f. thing | |
quelque chose |
1. pron. something (an indefinite or indeterminate object) | |
je |
1. pron. I | |
saluai |
1. v. first-person singular past historic of saluer | |
saluer |
1. v. to greet | |
2. v. to wave to (as a greeting) | |
3. v. to say goodbye to | |
4. v. (military, nautical) to salute | |
5. v. to salute, pay tribute to; to hail | |
ce |
1. det. this, that | |
2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) | |
C'est beau ! - It is beautiful! | |
est-ce que...? - is it that...? | |
ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of | |
C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but... | |
C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity... | |
3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that | |
C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity. | |
Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities. | |
Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people. | |
ce semble - it seems | |
ce peuvent être... - these may be... | |
comte |
1. n-m. count, earl | |
aboli |
1. Participle. past participle of abolir | |
abolir |
1. v. to abolish | |