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) | |
tapis |
1. Participle. masculine plural of tapi | |
2. n-m. carpet; mat; rug | |
3. n-m. (poker) all-in (an instance of betting all of one's chips) | |
tapir |
1. v. to hide | |
2. n-m. tapir | |
vert |
1. n-m. green | |
2. adj. green | |
ne |
1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes) | |
2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below) | |
3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so- | |
4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative | |
Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think. | |
ira |
1. v. third-person singular future of aller | |
aller |
1. v. to go + à, location (object) = to | |
Je vais au magasin. - I'm going to the store. | |
On y va. - Let's go. | |
2. v. to attend (school, church regularly) (+preo, à) | |
aller à l'école - to attend school | |
3. v. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; (forms a near-future tense) | |
Il allait visiter sa famille. - He was going to visit his family. | |
Je vais aller au magasin. - I will go to the store. | |
4. v. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling) | |
J'espère que tu vas bien. - I hope you are well. | |
Tout ira bien - All will be well. | |
5. v. to go well + avec (object) = with (clothes, colors, etc.) | |
6. v. to suit (+preo, à, someone) | |
Cette robe te va bien ! - That dress suits you well! | |
7. v. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) (+preo, à) | |
aller au four - to be ovenproof | |
aller au micro-ondes - to be microwave safe | |
aller au lave-vaisselle - to be dishwasher proof | |
8. n-m. outward trip; journey out; trip away | |
aller et retour - round trip | |
pas |
1. n-m. step, pace, footstep | |
2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass | |
Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover | |
3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut) | |
4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc. | |
Je ne sais pas. - I don't know | |
Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us. | |
J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work. | |
avec |
1. prep. (accompaniment) with | |
Je suis revenu avec lui. - I have returned with him. | |
Voudriez-vous y aller avec moi ? - Would you like to come with me? | |
Ils m'ont dit qu'ils étaient avec toi. - They told me that they were with you. | |
2. prep. (manner, instrument) with | |
Je l'ai fait avec plaisir. - I did it with pleasure. | |
3. adv. (informal) too, also | |
Il en est vraiment content. —Bien, moi avec. - He's really happy about it. —Well, me too. | |
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... | |
rideau |
1. n-m. curtain (woven fabric to cover, e.g., windows) | |
2. n-m. blind (cover for windows) | |
3. n-m. (figuratively) curtain, veil (something keeping another in secret) | |
bleu |
1. adj. blue | |
Le ciel est bleu. - The sky is blue. | |
2. adj. (of meat) very rare, underdone | |
3. n-m. the color blue | |
4. n-m. blue cheese | |
Le bleu ressemble au roquefort - Blue cheese looks like Roquefort | |
5. n-m. rookie, new recruit, raw recruit | |
Ce soldat est un vrai bleu - This soldier is a real rookie | |
6. n-m. bruise | |
Il est tombé, et maintenant il a un bleu - He fell over and now he has a bruise | |
7. n-m. (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk | |
8. n-m. (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party | |