| service |
| 1. n-m. service | |
| Cet employé a obtenu sa retraite après trente années de service. - This employee retired after thirty years of service. | |
| être d'un bon service - to be of good service | |
| 2. n-m. (tennis) service | |
| 3. n-m. (Switzerland, in the plural) cutlery | |
| 4. n-m. set (collection of objects) | |
| 5. interj. (Switzerland) you're welcome | |
| 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 | |
| transport |
| 1. n-m. transport | |
| public |
| 1. adj. public (various meanings) | |
| 2. adj. (relational) of the people as a whole; public datedef, from 1238 | |
| l'intérêt public - the public interest | |
| le bien public - the public good | |
| La voix publique est pour lui. - The public voice is for him. | |
| 3. adj. public; seen or known by everyone (datedef, from 1330) | |
| C'est une nouvelle qui est déjà publique. - It's already public news. | |
| 4. adj. public; representing the state on behalf of the community (datedef, from 1390) | |
| pouvoirs publics - public powers | |
| notaire public - public notary | |
| 5. adj. public; open to all (datedef, from 1538) | |
| lieu public - public place | |
| fille publique - public girl | |
| 6. n-m. public (people in general) (datedef, from 1320) | |
| 7. n-m. audience (datedef, from 1671) | |
| Il devait plaire à son public. - He had to please his audience. | |
| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
| Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
| Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
| La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
| Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
| J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
| Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
| Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
| Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
| 3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
| Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
| dessert |
| 1. n-m. dessert, pudding | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of desservir | |
| desservir |
| 1. v. (religion, transitive) to serve (be the pastor of a church) | |
| 2. v. (of a transit service or other public service or similar) to serve, to have as or in its catchment area | |
| Ce train dessert les grandes villes de la région. - This train serves the big towns in the region. | |
| Les résidents s'unissent contre la fermeture du seul bureau de poste qui dessert leur quartier. - The residents are uniting against the closure of the only post office serving the neighbourhood | |
| 3. v. to clear, clear away (e.g. a table) | |
| 4. v. to do a disservice, to perform ill offices (to someone) | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| Ville |
| 1. Proper noun. (Louisiana French) | |
| 2. n-f. town, city | |
