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) | |
tel |
1. adj. such | |
2. prep. like, as | |
Il fond sur elle tel un oiseau de proie. - He swoops down on her like a bird of prey. | |
3. prep. such as | |
Ottawa compte aussi de charmantes tables, tel le Fraser Café. - Ottawa is also home to some enchanting restaurants, such as the Fraser Café. | |
4. pron. one (impersonal pronoun) | |
un tel |
1. pron. so-and-so | |
spectacle |
1. n-m. a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert | |
Ils ont estimé qu'il est divertissant et qu'il se démarque nettement du spectacle actuel. - They thought it was entertaining and that there was a clear difference between it and the current sho | |
2. n-m. a sight, a showing, a display | |
Devant un tel spectacle ils se jetèrent à genoux pleurant les morts de leurs compatriotes. - They went down on their knees crying for the deaths of their fellow countrymen at this atrocious sig | |
a |
1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A | |
2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she | |
C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
Elle a un chat. - She has a cat. | |
avoir |
1. n-m. asset, possession | |
2. v. to have (to own; to possess) | |
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) | |
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. | |
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me? | |
4. v. to have (a condition) | |
J'ai faim. - I have hunger. | |
J'ai soif. - I have thirst. | |
J'ai froid. - I have cold. | |
J'ai chaud. - I have hot. | |
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits. | |
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold. | |
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS. | |
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever. | |
5. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years. | |
6. v. to have (to trick) | |
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had. | |
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) | |
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations | |
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive | |
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. | |
touché |
1. Participle. past participle of toucher | |
toucher |
1. n-m. the act of touching (see below) | |
2. n-m. a way of touching | |
3. n-m. the sense of touch, tactility | |
4. v. to touch (physically) | |
Ne me touche pas! - Don't touch me! | |
5. v. to affect | |
La maladie touche actuellement 2 millions de personnes. - The disease currently affects 2 million people. | |
6. v. To try, to try out | |
Je n'ai jamais touché au tabac. - I've never tried tobacco. | |
7. v. Short for toucher sa bille. To be skillful | |
Ce mec est un ancien critique d'art. Je peux te dire qu'il touche en peinture! - This guy is a former art critic. Believe me, he knows a thing or two about painting! | |
8. v. to receive, to get | |
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. | |
Cœur |
1. Proper noun. surname, French | |
2. n-m. (anatomy) heart | |
3. n-m. (geometry) heart, heart shape | |
4. n-m. heart (love) | |
5. n-m. (card games) hearts (the suit) | |
6. n-m. (physics) the core of a nuclear reactor | |