familier |
1. adj. familiar (known to one) | |
2. adj. (linguistics) familiar, informal, colloquial (lexicon) | |
se |
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
2. pron. (to) himself | |
3. pron. (to) herself | |
4. pron. (to) oneself | |
5. pron. (to) itself | |
6. pron. (to) themselves | |
7. pron. (to) each other | |
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
dit |
1. Participle. past participle of dire | |
Il a dit son nom. - He said his name. | |
2. Participle. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of dire | |
4. v. third-person singular past historic of dire | |
« Je m'appelle Paul, » dit-il. - “My name is Paul,” he said. | |
dire |
1. v. to say, to tell | |
2. v. (informal) to be of interest to, to interest +preo, à, someone | |
Ça te dit de regarder un film de science-fiction? - Do you want to watch a science fiction movie? What do you say to watching a science fiction movie? | |
Ça vous dit ? - Are you interested in doing this? Are you up for it? | |
Il m'a demandé si ça nous dirait de nous joindre à eux plus tard. - He asked me if we'd like to join them later. | |
Ça ne me dit trop rien d'y aller. - I don't really want to go there. | |
3. v. (informal) to sound familiar +preo, à, someone | |
Ça me dit quelque chose. - It rings a bell. | |
Ça ne me dit rien. - It doesn't ring a bell. | |
4. n-m. saying (that which is said) | |
5. n-m. belief, opinion | |
lorsque |
1. conj. when (at a time when) | |
Lorsque j'étais jeune, mon meilleur ami était mon chat. - When I was young, my best friend was my cat. | |
une |
1. num. feminine singular of un | |
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
situation |
1. n-f. situation (all meanings) | |
qui |
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
se |
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
2. pron. (to) himself | |
3. pron. (to) herself | |
4. pron. (to) oneself | |
5. pron. (to) itself | |
6. pron. (to) themselves | |
7. pron. (to) each other | |
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
dégrade |
1. v. first-person singular present of dégrader | |
2. v. third-person singular present of dégrader | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of dégrader | |
dégrader |
1. v. to demote (lower someone's position in an organisation) | |
2. v. to degrade (lessen someone's reputation) | |
3. v. to deface (vandalise) | |
dégénère |
1. v. first-person singular present of dégénérer | |
2. v. third-person singular present of dégénérer | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of dégénérer | |
dégénérer |
1. v. to degenerate | |
2. v. to take a turn for the worse, to go south | |
La situation va dégénérer si ça continue comme ça. - The situation's gonna go downhill if it continues like this. | |
ou |
1. conj. or | |
2. conj. either...or | |
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
va |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative active of aller | |
2. v. second-person singular imperative of aller | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative active of vader | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of vader | |
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 | |
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 | |
plus |
1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives) | |
Ton voisin est plus moche que mon frère. - Your neighbour is uglier than my brother. | |
Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien. - Yours is much bigger than mine. | |
Elle est plus belle que sa cousine. - She is more beautiful than her cousin. | |
Elles sont toutes plus entêtées les unes que les autres. - They are each more stubborn than the last. | |
2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs) | |
Elle le fait plus rapidement que lui. - She does it more quickly than he does. | |
plus vite ! - faster! | |
3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity) | |
Je travaille plus en ce moment. - I am working more at the moment. | |
Je veux faire plus. - I want to do more. | |
4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun) | |
Elle a plus de chocolat. - She has more chocolate. | |
Plus de la moitié reste. - More than half is left. | |
5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de) | |
Une heure de plus et il serait mort. - One more hour and he would be dead. | |
Un kilo de plus, s'il vous plaît. - One more kilo, please. | |
6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs) | |
la plus grande - the biggest | |
le plus difficile - the most difficult | |
7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more | |
Tu n'existes plus. - You no longer exist. / You don't exist any more. | |
Il n'y a plus de travail. - There is no more work. | |
8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ... | |
Plus je vois, plus je veux. - The more I see, the more I want. | |
9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ... | |
Plus j'écoute, moins je comprends. - The more I listen, the less I understand. | |
10. n-m. plus, the symbol + | |
11. v. singular past historic of plaire | |
12. Participle. masculine plural of plu | |
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). | |
d'en |
1. contraction. de + en | |
plus |
1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives) | |
Ton voisin est plus moche que mon frère. - Your neighbour is uglier than my brother. | |
Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien. - Yours is much bigger than mine. | |
Elle est plus belle que sa cousine. - She is more beautiful than her cousin. | |
Elles sont toutes plus entêtées les unes que les autres. - They are each more stubborn than the last. | |
2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs) | |
Elle le fait plus rapidement que lui. - She does it more quickly than he does. | |
plus vite ! - faster! | |
3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity) | |
Je travaille plus en ce moment. - I am working more at the moment. | |
Je veux faire plus. - I want to do more. | |
4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun) | |
Elle a plus de chocolat. - She has more chocolate. | |
Plus de la moitié reste. - More than half is left. | |
5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de) | |
Une heure de plus et il serait mort. - One more hour and he would be dead. | |
Un kilo de plus, s'il vous plaît. - One more kilo, please. | |
6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs) | |
la plus grande - the biggest | |
le plus difficile - the most difficult | |
7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more | |
Tu n'existes plus. - You no longer exist. / You don't exist any more. | |
Il n'y a plus de travail. - There is no more work. | |
8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ... | |
Plus je vois, plus je veux. - The more I see, the more I want. | |
9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ... | |
Plus j'écoute, moins je comprends. - The more I listen, the less I understand. | |
10. n-m. plus, the symbol + | |
11. v. singular past historic of plaire | |
12. Participle. masculine plural of plu | |
Mal |
1. Proper noun. Section of Tongres in Belgium | |
2. n-m. (as in the phrase: avoir du mal) trouble, difficulty | |
J'ai du mal à m'imaginer ça. - I have trouble imagining that. | |
3. n-m. pain | |
J'ai mal à la tête. - I have pain at the head. | |
4. n-m. evil | |
Le philosophe abordait de grandes questions du bon et du mal. - The philosopher discussed broad questions of good and evil. | |
5. n-m. damage, harm | |
Le mal est fait. - The damage is done. | |
6. adv. badly | |
C'est mal fait. - It's done badly. | |
7. adj. (in set phrases and limited constructions) bad | |
bon an, mal an - good year, bad year | |
bon gré, mal gré - willy-nilly | |
Il est mal de infinitive - It’s wrong to infinitive | |
C'est mal de infinitive - It’s wrong to infinitive | |
en mal |
1. adv. negatively, unfavorably | |
parler de quelqu'un en mal - to speak ill of someone | |
changer en mal - to change for the worse | |