vous |
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person: | |
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all). | |
Vous allez - You (all) go. | |
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all). | |
Je vous adore. - I love you (all). | |
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun): | |
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you. | |
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person: | |
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you. | |
pouvez |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of pouvoir | |
pouvoir |
1. v. can, to be able to | |
Je peux venir ce soir. - I can come this evening. | |
2. v. may | |
désastre qui peut nous frapper - disaster which may strike us | |
3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be | |
Il se peut que je sois malade. - (literally) It could be that I'm ill / (more naturally) I may be ill. / I could be ill. | |
4. n-m. (or un) power | |
prendre le pouvoir - to take power, to seize power | |
5. n-m. authority | |
6. n-m. (legal) power of attorney | |
décorer |
1. v. to decorate | |
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... | |
cocktail |
1. n-m. cocktail | |
2. n-m. (metonymic) cocktail party | |
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. | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
Cerise |
1. Proper noun. given name, female | |
2. adj. cerise colour | |
3. n-f. cherry (fruit) | |
4. n-f. (color) cerise | |
ou |
1. conj. or | |
2. conj. either...or | |
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
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 | |
Le |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese | |
2. art. the (definite article) | |
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning. | |
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. | |
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind. | |
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. | |
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg. | |
5. art. (before units) a, an | |
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour | |
6. pron. (direct object) him, it | |
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him. | |
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car. | |
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English | |
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too | |
de le |
1. art. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of du, "of the", some | |
ananas |
1. n-m. pineapple | |