une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
armée |
1. n-f. (military) army | |
2. n-f. (military) armed forces | |
Une doctrine militaire est constituée des principes fondamentaux selon lesquels l'armée ou certaines de ses parties accomplissent leurs tâches pour atteindre les objectifs nationaux. | |
3. adj. feminine singular of armé | |
4. Participle. feminine singular of armé | |
armé |
1. adj. armed (having weapons) | |
2. Participle. past participle of armer | |
même |
1. adv. (used before the article) even | |
Même les rois doivent mourir. - Even kings must die | |
On ne peut même pas en faire une. - We cannot even make one | |
J'veux même pas savoir. - I don't even want to know. | |
2. adj. (used before the noun) same | |
Je l'ai acheté le même jour - I bought it the same day | |
3. adj. (used after the noun) very | |
Ah, la personne même que je voulais voir! - Ah, the very person I wanted to see! | |
en |
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
aller en bus - go by bus | |
partir en voiture - leave by car | |
4. prep. as | |
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
fort en histoire - good at history | |
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
en 1993 - in 1993 | |
en janvier - in January | |
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
en détresse - in distress | |
12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
en équipe - on a team | |
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
mouvement |
1. n-m. movement | |
2. n-m. motion | |
doit |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of devoir: must, has to | |
Il doit aller en France un jour. - He must go to France one day. | |
Must |
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devoir |
1. n-m. duty | |
manquer à son devoir, manquer à tous ses devoirs - to fail in one's duty, duties | |
Il est de mon devoir de protéger le roi. - It is my duty to protect the king. | |
2. n-m. exercise, assignment (set for homework) | |
3. v. must, to have to, should (as a requirement) | |
Les auteurs d'un dictionnaire doivent déterminer au départ les catégories de mots à retenir, en fonction des limites imposées par l'éditeur et du public visé. - The authors of a dictionary have | |
4. v. (present) must | |
5. v. (conditional) should | |
6. v. must, to do or have with certainty | |
7. v. to owe (money, obligation and etc) | |
8. v. (literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject) (even) though it be necessary (+ infinitive) | |
9. v. to have a duty to | |
assurer |
1. v. to assure, to ensure, to make sure | |
2. v. to do; to take care of; to carry out; to be in charge of | |
Des bénévoles assurent le nettoyage des lieux. - Volunteers take care of the cleaning of the premises. | |
3. v. to insure, to give insurance to | |
4. v. (climbing) to belay | |
sa |
1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's | |
Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house. | |
Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card. | |
Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white. | |
couverture |
1. n-f. blanket | |
2. n-f. coverage | |
3. n-f. cover, covering | |