qualifie |
1. v. first-person singular present of qualifier | |
2. v. third-person singular present of qualifier | |
3. v. second-person singular imperative of qualifier | |
qualifier |
1. v. to qualify (of a sports team, etc.) | |
2. v. to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage | |
Notre équipe s'est qualifiée pour les quarts de finale. - Our team qualified for the quarter-finals. | |
3. v. (indtr, ditr=1) to call someone something, to label someone | |
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) | |
officier |
1. v. to officiate | |
2. n-m. officer | |
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. | |
attend |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of attendre | |
attendre |
1. v. to wait for, to await | |
Je l'attends. - I'm waiting for her/him. | |
J’attends mon cousin à la gare. - I'm waiting for my cousin at the station. | |
2. v. to expect | |
On attendait mieux de toi. - We expected better from you. | |
3. v. to expect | |
Je m'attendais à pire. - I expected worse. | |
Il s'attend à ce que tu viennes ce soir. - He expects you to come tonight. | |
Pourquoi est-ce que je me suis attendu à ce que vous ayez la gentillesse de me laisser tranquille ? - Why did I expect you to be nice enough to leave me in peace? | |
4. v. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of entendre, to hear | |
Quand t'étais petit, t'attendais le français à la Messe ou a l'église? - When you were little, would you hear French at Mass or at church? | |
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. | |
Tour |
1. Proper noun. (by ellipsis) the Eiffel Tower | |
2. Proper noun. (cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France | |
3. n-f. tower | |
La tour de Pise est penchée. - The Tower of Pisa is leaning. | |
4. n-f. (chess) rook | |
5. n-f. apartment building | |
6. n-m. turn, circumference | |
7. n-m. go, turn | |
8. n-m. walk, stroll | |
9. n-m. round, stage (of a competition) | |
10. n-m. trick (e.g. magic trick, card trick) | |
11. n-m. ride | |
12. n-m. lathe | |
13. n-m. potter’s wheel | |
pour |
1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun) | |
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you. | |
2. prep. for (in support of) | |
Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him? | |
3. prep. for (as a consequence for) | |
Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes. | |
4. prep. for (an intended destination) | |
Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London. | |
5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive) | |
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back. | |
6. prep. for, to (according to) | |
Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic. | |
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. | |
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) | |
commandement |
1. n-m. command, order | |
Il a fait cela par votre commandement. - He did this by your order. | |
2. n-m. (metonymy) authority, power to command, to give orders; command | |
poste de commandement - command post | |
centre de commandement - command center | |
commandement des forces interarmées - Joint Forces Command | |
3. n-m. (metonymy) commander | |
4. n-m. (religion) commandment; rule or law imposed by a superior power | |
les Dix Commandements - the Ten Commandments | |
actif |
1. adj. active | |
2. adj. (grammar) active | |
la voix active - the active voice | |
3. n-m. (accounting) asset | |
4. n-m. (grammar) active | |
5. n-m. (LGBT, slang) top | |