son |
1. n-m. sound | |
Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.) | |
2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel) | |
Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat. | |
Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat. | |
J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend. | |
La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence. | |
3. n-m. bran | |
Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran. | |
élève |
1. n. (masculine, referring to a boy) schoolboy, pupil, student | |
2. n. (masculine, referring to a child of unspecified sex) schoolchild, pupil, student | |
3. n. (feminine) schoolgirl, pupil, student | |
4. v. first-person singular present of élever | |
5. v. third-person singular present of élever | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of élever | |
élever |
1. v. to raise | |
2. v. to bring up | |
3. v. to elevate, to enhance | |
4. v. to be heard, to rise | |
5. v. to rise, to soar | |
se |
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
2. pron. (to) himself | |
3. pron. (to) herself | |
4. pron. (to) oneself | |
5. pron. (to) itself | |
6. pron. (to) themselves | |
7. pron. (to) each other | |
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
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 | |
s'est |
1. contraction. se + est (third-person singular indicative present form of être) | |
montré |
1. Participle. past participle of montrer | |
montrer |
1. v. to show | |
Montre-le-moi. - Show it to me. | |
2. v. to display, to demonstrate one's characteristics | |
fort |
1. adj. strong; powerful | |
Arnie est fort. - Arnie is strong. | |
hommes forts - strong men | |
2. adj. (indtr, en) informal skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects) | |
Je suis fort en anglais - I am good at English | |
3. adj. (indtr, de) who can count on | |
fort d'une solide expérience - based on solid experience | |
4. adv. strongly | |
5. adv. much, a lot | |
6. adv. (when preceding certain adjectives and adverbs) very (intensifier) | |
Je lui parle fort souvent. - I speak with her very often. | |
7. n-m. a fort | |
reconnaissant |
1. adj. grateful, thankful | |
2. Participle. present participle of reconnaître | |
reconnaître |
1. v. to recognize | |
2. v. to recognise (something or someone that one has encountered before) | |
3. v. to admit | |
envers |
1. n-m. reverse | |
2. n-m. inverse | |
3. n-m. back | |
4. n-m. wrong side | |
5. n-m. other side | |
6. n-m. seamy side ("l'envers de la vie") | |
7. n-m. inside | |
8. prep. in relation to | |
9. prep. toward | |
lui |
1. pron. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject | |
J'habitais avec lui. - I was living with him. | |
C'est lui qui a dit cela. - It was him who said that. | |
Lui, il n'en sait rien. - He doesn't know anything about it. | |
2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object | |
Je lui ai donné le livre. - I gave the book to him/her. | |
3. Participle. past participle of luire | |