| désuet |
| 1. adj. obsolete, out of use, no longer in use | |
| 2. adj. out of fashion, out of style, old-fashioned, passé | |
| sans |
| 1. prep. without | |
| Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you. | |
| Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone. | |
| interruption |
| 1. n-f. interruption | |
| 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 | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| seule |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of seul | |
| seul |
| 1. adj. lonely | |
| 2. adj. alone | |
| 3. adj. only | |
| 4. adj. single | |
| traite |
| 1. n-f. milking | |
| 2. n-f. (finance, banking) bill of exchange | |
| 3. n-f. human trafficking | |
| 4. n-f. slave trade | |
| 5. n-f. (dated) transportation of goods; traffic | |
| 6. n-f. journey or route done without stopping | |
| 7. v. first-person singular present of traiter | |
| 8. v. third-person singular present of traiter | |
| 9. v. second-person singular imperative of traiter | |
| 10. Participle. feminine singular of trait | |
| traiter |
| 1. v. to treat | |
| bien traiter quelqu'un - to treat someone well | |
| 2. v. to take care (of) | |
| être traité pour, se faire traiter pour - to undergo treatment for (a condition) | |
| 3. v. to process, spray, coat | |
| Les champs de blé étaient traités avec des pesticides par avion. - The wheat fields were aerially sprayed with pesticide. | |
| 4. v. to process | |
| Les opérateurs de l'équipe de nuit traitent les tâches par lots. - The night shift operators process batch jobs. | |
| 5. v. (indtr, ditr=1) to call, label (something negative) | |
| Ils l'ont traitée de menteuse. - They called her a liar. | |
| Il m'a traité de tous les noms. - He called me every name under the sun. | |
| 6. v. (indtr, de) to deal with, handle (i.e. commerce, a subject or theme) | |
| Cet article traitera de sujets très sérieux. - This article will deal with very serious subjects. | |
| d'une seule traite |
| 1. adv. synonym of d'une traite | |
